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Virtual Heritage Learning Environments, Eimear Meegan, Maurice Murphy, Garrett Keenaghan, Anthony Corns, Robert Shaw, Stephen Fai, Simona Scandura, Alain Chenaux

Conference papers

. The change and restrictions in how we react with cultural heritage because of the COVID-19 pandemic has created an urgency in advancing remote and digital access to objects and sites. This paper outlines the process for developing Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) using digital recording and modelling of architectural heritage and archaeology. Virtual Reality (VR) software, game engine platforms and WEB platforms are outlined which can be applied to represent heritage sites in addition to emerging screen based technological learning systems. The application Historic Building Information Modelling (HBIM) and Game Engine Platforms for creating Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) is also …

A Laboratory Of Common Interest: Contesting The Economisation Of Space In Limerick City Through The Practice Of Aesthetic Work, Fiona Woods

Doctoral

This arts practice-based research [APBR] addresses a political and ethical problem, namely how a creative practice can operate contrary to the destructive, predatory forces of extractive capitalism. The research took the systemic, socio-spatial violence of enclosure and economisation as a starting point, anchored in the concrete conditions of Limerick city, to test the critical, political possibilities of collaborative, cultural work. From an examination of the ways in which lived space is subsumed under the abstractive logic of ‘the Economy’, two processes of abstraction and enclosure are isolated and examined: i) a hollowing out of publicness, captured by the lexigraph public …

The Apprentice Africa Tv Format: Local Culture, Global Model, And Informalized Production Practices In The Nigerian Media Industry, Kosidichimma Anyanwu

Doctoral

In 2008, the hugely popular American global television format programme, The Apprentice, debuted its Africa wide version, The Apprentice Africa, in the African market. This became the first entrepreneurship format programme to be produced in Nigeria and Africa. First, the show was broadcast on three Nigerian channels, then moved to broadcasters in Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. The Apprentice Africa reality TV show is a strategic research site for investigating the conditions of television format production in Nigeria, considering the programme’s interaction with multiple economic sectors of the country.

This study is set against the backdrop of the …

Integrative Sonic Urbanism: Artist-Led Strategies For Urban Sound Design In The Contemporary City, Sven Anderson

Doctoral

This doctoral research advances the fields of urban sound design and acoustic planning, presenting new ways of exploring the interrelationship between individual and collective sonic experience, the dynamic potential of the urban sound environment and the complex evolution of the contemporary cityscape. It links urban sound art practices with larger urban design processes, revealing how sound contributes to the production of urban space. The research progresses by crafting a dynamic, integrative methodology that activates contrasting sonic perspectives to critically reassess the role of sound in the public realm. As it discloses this methodology, the research navigates the tension between new …

From Full Irish To Freespace: Irish Architecture In The Twenty-First Century, Brian Ward

Books/Book chapters

This chapter examines Irish architecture during the Celtic Tiger boom years, the crash, and the eventual economic recovery. Using representations of Irish architecture such as the book, Full Irish, and the Architecture Biennale, FREESPACE, it concentrates on the architectural practices (such as Grafton Architects and O’Donnell + Tuomey) that were the focus of international interest during this period but places their work in the midst of the country’s broader spatial production. Using imagery of ghost estates, it also examines the emergence of a distinct post-Celtic Tiger mode of architecture evident in projects such as Commonage.

How Do Graduate Civil Engineers Working In London Learn Global Responsibility And Support Un Sustainable Development Goals?, Shannon M. Chance

Research Outputs: 2025-Present

In this paper, we report what topics the participating engineers associated with global responsibility and how they learned about the topic over time. We then compare the findings with the UN’s SDGs and with recommendations by PwC regarding where engineers can make the most difference related to the SDGs.

Bim - Route For The Qs Into The 4d And 5d Digitised Workflow, 1st Ed., Dermot Kehily Dr

Other

Building Information Modelling (BIM) has the potential to increase effi ciency in the construction industry by changing traditional 2 Dimensional (2D) information exchange to a method of delivery that promotes collaboration and integration across the construction supply chain. From a Quantity Surveyor (QS) perspective, BIM offers capabilities to generate Quantity Take-Off (QTO) directly from a 3 Dimensional (3D) model. This paper outlines the 4 Dimensional (4D - Planning) and 5 Dimensional (5D - Cost) process. It also addresses some of the issues that the QS may come up against when generating and using BIM quantities and some diffi culties when …

A New Epoch For Community Renewable Energy Co-Operatives In Ireland? An Exploration Of The Factors Influencing Their Development, Gerard Doyle

Articles

The paper outlines the capacities required for community groups to successfully establish and maintain renewable energy co-operatives in Ireland. The paper finds that community groups that successfully establish renewable energy co-operatives must possess high levels of resilience, have access to technical expertise, and have appropriate finance. It also highlights how it is crucial that at least one member of each renewable energy co-operative engages with state agencies and the community. Pringle’s (2015) theoretical framework applied in this paper focuses on the capacities required for the successful implementation of community renewable energy projects (which include community renewable energy co-operatives) in rural …

Considering Children’S Travel Needs: Perceptions Of Transport Planning Professionals In Ireland, Sarah Mcdonagh, Sarah Rock

Conference Papers

In recent years it has been reported that in an international comparison of children’s independent mobility that Ireland has one of the lowest rates of both children’s independent mobility and active travel among several countries (Shaw et al., 2015). Children’s independent mobility and active travel are shown to be affected by several factors including parental time pressures and lifestyle choices; societal fears (‘stranger danger’); and the fear of traffic and road safety (Shaw et al., 2015, Hillman et al., 1990; Lynch, 1977; Johansson, 2006; Shaw et al., 2013; and Zwerts et al., 2010). This research focuses on the latter – …

You Can't Lose A Game If You Don't Play The Game: Exploring The Ethics Of Gamification In Education, Dympna O'Sullivan, Ioannis Stavrakakis, Damian Gordon, Andrea Curley, Brendan Tierney, Emma Murphy, Michael Collins, Anna Becevel

Articles

Gamification has been hailed as a meaningful solution to the perennial challenge of sustaining student attention in class. It uses facets of gameplay in an educational context, including things such as points, leaderboards and badges. These are clearly efforts to make the student experience more entertaining and engaging, but nonetheless, they are also clearly digital nudges and attempts to change the students’ behaviours and attitudes to a specific set of concepts, and in which case they must, and should, be subject to the same ethical scrutiny as any other form of persuasion technique, as they may be unintentionally eroding the …

“You Must Have Your Webcam On For The Entire Duration Of The Examination”: The Trade-Off Between The Integrity Of On-Line Assessments And The Privacy Rights Of Students, Damian Gordon, Paul J. Gibson, Brendan Tierney, Dympna O'Sullivan, Ioannis Stavrakakis, Andrea Curley

Conference Papers

The impact of COVID-19 has been widespread and far-reaching, and one domain that has experienced severe disruption is the university education sector, where the entire apparatus of teaching and assessment for many programmes of study had to move on-line in a matter of days. This was accomplished notably through enormous co-operation between staff and students in educational institutions (Adnan and Anwar, 2020). The negative economic impacts of COVID-19 on university students has been highlighted in terms of poor access to online resources, delayed graduation and lost internships with this effect felt more keenly by students from low socioeconomic backgrounds (Aucejo, …

Sustainable International Engagement Using A Partner Co-Hosted Teaching Model, Brian Gillespie, Paul Doyle, Zy Jiang, Darryl Humble

Conference Papers

Internationalisation is a significant activity of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) worldwide and is typically embedded within the aims, ambitions, vision, and strategy of the institution. It incorporates the policies and procedures required to facilitate participation within a global academic environment, and is often considered to be a transformative process that impacts practices in teaching and learning, research, and administration. With formal protocols to establish partnerships, such as memoranda of understanding and articulation agreements, the business of formally creating international partnerships is well defined. However, the motivations, corresponding metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) of successful partnerships are not as well …

Managing A Mega-Project To Explore And Enhance Careers: Insights From Global Entrepreneurial Talent Management 3, Alison Pearce, Brian Harney, Mark Bailey, Katarzyna Dziewanowska, Janine Bosak, Peter Pease, Brenda Stalker, Dimitra Skoumpopoulou, Paul Doyle, Samuel Clegg, Alireza Shokri, Suzanne Crane, Susan O'Donnell, Rose Quan, Ilsang Ko, Katarina K. Mihelič, Robert Kaše, Matej Černe, Julie Brückner, John Mcmackin, Szu-Hsin Wu, Jose Aldo Valencia Hernandez, Huan Sun

Other

Contemporary careers are changing and face many challenges. This creates a need for innovative cross-cultural and multidisciplinary research. In this chapter, twenty-three participants in a European/South Korean research mega-project provide an overview of their diverse experiences of trans-national, trans-sectoral, and trans-generational work. First, the project’s architects explore the context and rationale in five countries, selection of partners, securing funding and the underpinning principles of ‘strategic entrepreneurship’ and ‘multi-sociation’. Key workstream leaders then outline the project content, including diplomacy in research design, reflecting gender, ensuring impact, capturing learning, communicating to various audiences. Major aspects of Implementation are described: quality management, managing …

Attitudes Of Community College Faculty Toward Online Foreign Language Courses, Erika Dale Stevens

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

This study examined the attitudes that Tennessee community college faculty hold toward online foreign language courses and the predictive correlational relationship between those attitudes and advising behaviors of the faculty in regard to online foreign language courses. According to the Reasoned Action Approach, formerly the Theory of Reasoned Action, attitudes, perceived social norm, and perceived behavioral control can be used to determine behavioral intention, which can predict future actions. The data collected from this cross-sectional descriptive and predictive correlational study was analyzed using a hierarchical multiple regression analysis to determine if there is a correlation between faculty attitudes, perceived social …

Bridging Symtpoms In Ptsd And Suicidal Ideation: Disentangling Dysfunctional Cognitions And Emotions In The Ptsd Symptoms D2, D3, And D4, Han Tran

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Specific PTSD symptoms, certain dysfunctional cognitions and emotions in particular, may be central to the PTSD and the PTSD/suicidal ideation comorbidity networks. The present study applied network analysis to identify 1) central symptoms in PTSD, and 2) bridging symptoms that may account for the comorbidity between PTSD and suicidal ideation. In both networks, the DSM-5 PTSD symptoms D2, D3, and D4 were disentangled, where the cognitions and emotions (negative thoughts about the self, self-blame, negative thoughts about the world, blaming others, anger, fear, shame, and guilt) within these symptoms were measured and analyzed as separate variables. Additionally, variables from the …

Measurinig Elementary Teacher Concerns About Integrating English Language Arts And Music In The Common-Core Classroom, Hilary Robb Dow Ward

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Leadership & Policy Studies

A Longitudinal Examination Of The Relation Of Profiles Of Children Based On Overt, Relational, And Cyber Aggression, To Assessments Of Peer Liking And Popularity, Robert Washington

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The present research examined the association of empirically derived, person centered profiles based on overt, relational, and cyber aggression to peer liking and popularity over a two-year period. Children from six cohorts of grades 3 5 (IRB approved) participated in the study (boys = 127, girls = 165; primarily middle-class SES families). A latent profile analysis (LPA) was conducted using third grade levels of the three subtypes of aggression. Three distinct groups were identified: non-aggressive (low in all three forms), traditionally aggressive (high only in overt and relational aggression), cyber aggressive (only high in cyber aggression). Growth curve models indicated …

Acylated Nanofibrous Chitosan Biomaterials For Prolonged Biofilm Inhibition And Pain Mitigation, Carlos Montez Wells

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Microbial contamination and biofilm formation in complex musculoskeletal trauma is an ongoing clinical challenge. Infection and biofilm formation in these injuries cause significant pain in addition to physical, socioeconomic, mental, and familial burdens to patients while increasing strains on the healthcare system. Biofilm based infections are prevalent and are particularly difficult to treat due to the biofilm's tolerance to antimicrobials and ability to evade natural body defenses. Primary strategies to treat biofilm are 1) inhibition, 2) dispersal, and 3) removal. A promising strategy is to use the biofilm dispersal agent 2 decenoic acid (2DA) and its analogs combined with antimicrobials …

Zora Neale Hurston's Thier Eyes Were Watching God And Other Works: The Catalyst For Understanding Imbalances Of Black Love As Seen In Pop Culture, Dale Michelle Williams

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The state of African American romantic love and marriage has garnered increased scrutiny over the last 20 years, sparking great attention among scholarly studies, pop culture, and mainstream media to combat marriage decline. African American literature offers a complex view of marriage and romantic love via the works of Zora Neale Hurston as early as the 1930s that predates other studies. Hurstons Their Eyes Were Watching God and Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick are the catalysts for understanding black romantic love, questions of marriage, and concerns about black male and female relationships then and now. A close …

Detection Of Circulating Biomarkers With Gold-Based Nanoparticles And Optical Spectroscopy, Raymond E. Wilson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are remarkable agents for biological detection due to their facile surface modification, optical enhancement, and biocompatibility. These characteristics encourage the development of new methods for biological detection. Of particular interest, in the field of biological detection, is the ability to detect, quantify, and characterize circulating biomarkers. Circulating biomarkers include classes of biological analytes such as cells, extracellular vesicles, proteins, DNAs, and RNAs. The ability to detect and characterize such analytes gives clinicians two significant advantages in diagnosing diseases. One advantage is diagnosis by means of a non-invasive biopsy, as circulating biomarkers may be isolated and detected from …

Self-Assembly Of Electric Circuits, Rojoba Yasmin

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Inspired by self-assembled biological growth, the circuit tile assembly model(cTAM) is an abstract system that attempts to understand the effects of electricity ongrowth. The cTAM is based on the DNA tile assembly system with a unit tile thatcombines chemical glues with basic electrical circuit components. In the cTAM, thegrowth of resistive tiles is driven by a voltage source until the voltage at the terminus ofthe circuit is less than a threshold. This simulates a system with a finite resourceswhose consumption establishes self-control over the extent of its growth. Thisresearch has extended the cTAM to develop theoretical models that exhibits specificfunctionalities, …

Two Hundred Years Of Grit And Grind: A Mythological Geography In The Literary Landscape Of Memphis, Tennessee, Meredith Heath Boulden

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Two Hundred Years of Grit and Grind explores literary texts that are set in Memphis and authored by native Memphians which offer scholars unique insight into the city of Memphis, Tennessee. While not intended as essentialized representations of an authentic Memphis, the texts in this dissertation provide an insiders view to Memphians perceptions of their local identity, one that Yi-Fu Tuan argues is but one of several much-needed perspectives into our understanding of a given place. As an entry point into a more comprehensive understanding of the South, Memphians ambivalence toward their status as residents of the Bluff City reflects …

Faith, Hope, And Torture: Music In The Prisoner-Of-War Camps Of North Vietnam, Angela Michelle Brunson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

North Vietnams cruel treatment of captured American pilots included music torture which rivaled the CIAs program in Guantnamo Bay, but the aural persecution suffered for nearly a decade by the American prisoners of war has never been documented. Unlike other victims of music torture, the prisoners consistently turned to music as a healing, empowering, and unifying force, which raises several questions. Why did the POWs fare better than Guantnamo detainees? Can music reverse the trauma that music torture caused? How do we determine which music will cause harm and which music will heal? Through numerous interviews with repatriated POWs and …

Disenfranchised Losses: Grief And Growth In Non-Death Loss Events, Mae-Lynn Germany

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Although non-death losses (NDLs) can be recognized as grieveable events, they rarely benefit from the social recognition, support, and empirical examination afforded to death-related bereavement. Disenfranchised losses can result in prolonged grief reactions and lead to increased vulnerability, challenges to meaning making, and confusion. Dynamics related to the global COVID-19 pandemic and political unrest in 2020 have resulted in myriad NDLs for individuals and communities, making the salience of and for fuller understanding of NDLs more important than ever. To this end we examined tangible and intangible loss experiences (e.g. loss of safety, security, respect, housing) associated with NDL events, …

Towards A Holistic Efficient Stacking Ensemble Intrusion Detection System Using Newly Generated Heterogeneous Datasets, Ahmed Mosbah Elsaeed Mahfouz

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

With the exponential growth of network-based applications globally, there has been a transformation in organizations' business models. Furthermore, cost reduction of both computational devices and the internet have led people to become more technology dependent. Consequently, due to inordinate use of computer networks, new risks have emerged. Therefore, the process of improving the speed and accuracy of security mechanisms has become crucial.Although abundant new security tools have been developed, the rapid-growth of malicious activities continues to be a pressing issue, as their ever-evolving attacks continue to create severe threats to network security. Classical security techniquesfor instance, firewallsare used as a …

Beyond Viability: Case Studies In Writing Center Sustainability, Loren Skye Roberson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Writing centers are resilient institutions, but its unclear what factors contribute to their longevity. Scholars such as Neal Lerner suggest the versatility of writing centers stems from their ability to react and resist the status quo. Yet, its undetermined what specific factors lend themselves to the continuation of a writing centers life span. Using ecocomposition as a theoretical framework, this dissertation expands the limited conversation on writing center ecology and sustainability. Each chapter is a case study of the risk management, resilience, and sustainability systems at a regional writing center. The purpose of these case studies is twofold: to ascertain …

Social Media Interaction And Self-Perception In Adolescents And Young Adults With Cancer, Sarah Daniels

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The unique psychosocial needs of adolescents and young adults (AYA) with cancer are often overlooked or left unmet during treatment (Zebrack, 2011). Self-development is an important task for all AYA, and it is often informed by social interaction (Goffman, 1959). Given that social interaction among AYA occurs in offline and online spaces, the role of social interaction on social media for self-development is curious (Calvin, 2020). But examining this relationship also requires thoughtful attention by researchers to adequately describe the population being studied (Davis et al., 2020). As such, this exploratory sequential mixed methods research study sought to address the …

Identifying Student, Institutional, And Economic Factors Associated With Increasing Tuition Revenue Through Tuition Discounting At Public Institutions, Bridgette Decent

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Tuition discounting has long been an important component of revenue management at private institutions and has been steadily growing in prevalence in public institutions. The fundamental assumption of tuition discounting is that student enrollment behavior can be influenced by strategic optimization of student aid and tuition price. However, a literature review reveals the inherent tensions between relevant economic theories describing human behavior at the aggregate level, and student choice theories detailing the complex individual factors that combine to form a student enrollment decision. This three-part quantitative study evaluates trends in institutional tuition discount rates for first-time freshmen at public, four-year, …

On Nonlinear Acoustic Waves Of Third--Order (In Time) And Applications, Marcelo Adriano Dos Santos Bongarti

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The mathematical topic of the present thesis is a third-order (in time) semilinear Partial Differential Equation (PDE), generally referred to, in the context of acoustics, as the Jordan-Moore-Gibson-Thompson equation. It arises in a variety of physical contexts such as in describing the behavior of viscoelastic materials and propagation of acoustic waves. The presence of the third-order time derivative is due to the use of the second-sound phenomenon as a model for heat propagation. This anticipates thermal waves traveling with finite velocity, to replace the classical thermal theory, which is based on diffusion and under which heat signals have an infinite …

Building Culturally Responsive Stem Peer Mentoring Relationships Through Virtual Training: A Case Study, Chelsie Marie Dubay

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

According to the National Science Foundation (2017), women who represent ethnically or racially minoritized backgrounds accounted for only 11% of earned bachelors degrees in science and engineering. To better understand why racially minoritized women do not choose to pursue or fail to persist in STEM programs, one must delve into the intersectional barriers that create and contribute to these disincentives. Using a qualitative, field-based learning experience design following a multi-site case study approach, this study examined racially minoritized female STEM students' experiences within a virtual peer mentoring training program. The aim was to determine how, if at all, the training …