Doctor of Business Administration

Cullen, Christopher (2015) An investigation into the lived experience of project leaders in a loosely-coupled transient project context. Doctor of Business Administration thesis, Dublin City University.

Doctor of Education

Keyes, Deirdre (2015) Cultivating the good of school leadership purpose, coherence and excellence in practice. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.

Butler, Martine (2015) Experiences and perspectives on the social dimension of inclusion of pupils with special educational needs in an Irish primary school. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.

McGovern, Éadaoin Marie (2015) From aspiration to succession and transition: An exploratory study of the fundamental principles of sustainable leadership from the perspectives of newly appointed principals in Irish primary education. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.

Harkin, Liam (2015) From ex-quota to in-quota: An analysis of guidance counsellors' perceptions of the impact of 2012 budgetary cutbacks on their care work across different school types. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.

McGonagle, Catherine (2015) Happiness in the workplace: an appreciative inquiry. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.

Treacy, Maria (Mia) (2015) Spoon-feeding to tongue-biting and beyond: implementing a reform approach to mathematics teaching in an Irish primary school. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.

Ryan, Garrett (2015) Succession planning in industry. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.

Murray, Denis (2015) The case of higher education provision in further education: leadership in the evolution of higher education in the post leaving certificate sector of the city of Dublin vocational education committee. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.

Jordan, Dervil (2015) The dual identity of the artist-teacher: what does teaching do to the artist-teacher in a contemporary educational context? Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.

McHugh, Bernadette (2015) An evaluation of a blended programme of teacher education in Ireland. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.

Moran, Carol (2015) Full and part time mature learner experiences in Irish institutes of technology: a mixed methods enquiry. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.

MacDermott, Siobhan J. (2015) Merging the person and the illness: the lived experience of emerging adults with childhood onset chronic illness. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.

Ladden, Brian (2015) School Evaluation: an exploration of the impact of evaluation processes on the staff in an Irish post-primary school. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.

McHugh, Gerard (2015) The Leadership careers of selected primary school principals. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.

Doctor of Psychotherapy

Mulligan, Nigel (2015) A discourse analysis of psychotherapists’ account of their work with people who are taking prescribed anti-depressant medication. Doctor of Psychotherapy thesis, Dublin City University.

Master of Arts

Reynolds, Mark (2015) The Gaelic Athletic Association and the H-Blocks crisis, 1976 -1981. Master of Arts thesis, Dublin City University.

Clarke, Jean (2015) The plays of Paul Meercer: Globalisation, the Celtic tiger and beyond. Master of Arts thesis, Dublin City University.

Master of Business Studies

Phillips, Martin (2015) European airline performance: a data envelopment analysis with extrapolations based on model outputs. Master of Business Studies thesis, Dublin City University.

Master of Engineering

Sheehy, Brian (2015) Spectral enhancement of quantum well laser diode bars for spectroscopic applications. Master of Engineering thesis, Dublin City University.

Alkadhimi, Fadel (2015) Wear testing and finite element analysis of nitrile rubber (NBR) hand pump seals. Master of Engineering thesis, Dublin City University.

Master of Science

Hoey, Edel (2015) An examination of the nutritional intake and anthropometric status of individuals with an intellectual disability. Master of Science thesis, Dublin City University.

Boyle, Patricia (2015) Development and validation of a rapid analytical method and sampling methodology for trace level APIs in support of cleaning validation. Master of Science thesis, Dublin City University.

Donnelly, Neil (2015) The PACE system: A P2P architecture for cloud based EHealth systems. Master of Science thesis, Dublin City University.

Mac Cooey, Aoife (2015) The role of mitochondrial folate enzymes in cancer. Master of Science thesis, Dublin City University.

Kennedy, Eimear (2015) Characterisation of resident multipotent vascular stem cell derived smooth muscle cells in culture. Master of Science thesis, Dublin City University.

Other

Naughton, Yvonne Marie (2015) The application of repertory grid analysis combined with concept mapping in the elicitation of children’s constructions of plant nutrition. Other thesis, Dublin City University.

PhD

Zhang, Dian ORCID: 0000-0001-5659-5865 (2015) A multi-modal smart sensing network for marine environmental monitoring. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Ó Broin, Cathal (2015) A new GPU-based computational framework for the Ab-initio solution of the TDSE for atomic and molecular one-electron systems under intense ultra-short laser fields. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Abbasi, Aakash Ahmad (2015) A pattern language for evolution reuse in component-based software architectures. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Toomey, Gráinne (2015) A study of linguistic strategies in Irish Dáil debates with a focus on power and gender. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Brennan, Eoin (2015) Amplification-free detection and live-cell imaging of nucleic acids. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Meehan, Paula (2015) An efficient scalable time-frequency method for tracking energy usage of domestic appliances using a two-step classification algorithm. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Priyadarshini, Anushree (2015) An exploration of open innovation in Irish food firms. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Kenefick, David (2015) An insider and participatory action research study of the service development role of the executive team of an organisation providing services for people with intellectual disabilities. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Nagle, Angela (2015) An investigation into contemporary online anti-feminist movements. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Griffith, Alan (2015) An investigation of novel genetic tools for the manipulation of CHO cell phenotypes during recombinant protein production. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Dever, Michael (2015) AutoPar: automating the parallelization of functional programs. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Cole, Harriet Emma (2015) Cell density monitoring and control of microencapsulated CHO cell cultures. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

McGrath, Mary C. (2015) Chemical interactions between drugs containing reactive amines and acrylates in aqueous solutions. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Tillson, John (2015) Children, religion and the ethics of influence. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Mitchell, Linda (2015) Community post-editing of machine-translated user-generated content. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Kearney, Fearghal ORCID: 0000-0002-3251-8707 (2015) Cross asset class applications of functional data analysis: evaluation with controls for data snooping bias. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Montingelli, Maria (2015) Development and application of a mechanical pretreatment to increase the biogas produced from Irish macroalgal biomass. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

McCluskey, Peter (2015) Development of a microfluidic device and imaging system for the monitoring of anti-platelet therapy. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Monaghan, Ruairi (2015) Development of biofunctional and biocompatible surfaces for biodiagnostic applications utilising plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Matzeu, Giusy (2015) Development, Optimisation and Applications of Screen-Printed Electrochemical Sensors. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Tiernan, Peter ORCID: 0000-0001-5076-8905 (2015) Digital literacy and online video: investigating students’ use of online video in assignments using a customised video retrieval system. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Kenny, Helena C. (2015) Effects of physical inactivity on skeletal muscle metabolic function. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Byrne, Conor (2015) Fabrication and characterisation of copper diffusion barrier layers for future interconnect applications. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Harrison, Alan (2015) Folic acid: investigation of its relevance for DNA methylation and the enzymes that reduce it. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Walshe, Anna (2015) From curriculum to classroom in upper second level science. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Ó Catháin, Ciarán ORCID: 0000-0002-8526-8924 (2015) Gait re-training: a technology-based intervention for reducing impact loading in running. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Porter, Adam (2015) Green chemistry in the design of safer anaerobic adhesives. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

McCooey, Andrea (2015) High sensitivity nucleic acid detection using metal nanowires and nanotubes. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

McGrane, Bronagh (2015) Implementation and evaluation of the youth physical activity towards health (Y-PATH) intervention: the role of fundamental movement skills. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Baugh, Declan (2015) Implementing von Neumann’s architecture for machine self reproduction within the tierra artificial life platform to investigate evolvable genotype-phenotype mappings. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Yang, Dong (2015) In situ enzymatic conversion of biomass into glucose in biodegradable enzyme compatible ionic liquids. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Doyle, Bevin (2015) Indestructible treasures: art and the ekphrastic encounter in selected novels by John Banville. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Ó Brolcháín, Conchúr (2015) Iniúchadh ar mhúnlaí luath-oideachais dhátheangaigh i mbunscoileanna Gaeltachta. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Ekpeni, Leonard E.N. (2015) Investigation and disruption of baker’s yeast / chlorella vulgaris in high-pressure homogenizer (HPH) to improve cost-effective protein yield. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Al-Hamed, Ahmed (2015) Investigation of HVOF thermal sprayed micro/nanostructured WC-12Co mixed with inconel-625 nickel/chrome based coatings for erosion/corrosion applications. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

El-Khouly, Ingy A. (2015) Investigation of WIP management for control of semiconductor manufacturing segments. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Le-Dang, Quang (2015) Location-aware mechanism for efficient video delivery over wireless mesh networks. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Prisecaru, Andreea (2015) Metallodrugs as inducers and inhibitors of chemical nuclease activity. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Kinsella, Shay (2015) Milford Mills and the creation of a gentry powerbase: the Alexanders of Co. Carlow, 1790-1870. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Dehghani, Alireza (2015) Model-based human upper body tracking using interest points in real-time video. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Su, Zhenning (2015) Modelling of low-pressure discharges for plasma processing. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Suzuki, Akisato (2015) Nationalism, rivalry, and revisionist state behavior. A new theory and empirics in the post-WWII era. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

O'Neill, Ray (2015) Nommo-sexuality: naming homo/sexual desire: a dis-story. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Yu, Sha ORCID: 0000-0001-9796-1446 (2015) Non-Locally Regularised Optic-Flow Approaches and Model and Motion-based Dense Cell Population Tracking. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Walsh, Anthony John (2015) Optimising the efficiency of coherent optical packet switched networks. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Kumarappan, Kumar (2015) Photoemission studies of ex-situ and in-situ surface cleaning and electronic properties of ZnO surfaces. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Martin, Eamonn (2015) Photonic generation of millimetre waves for radio over fibre distribution systems. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Iacono, Marcello (2015) Poly(methacrylatic acid) brush silica nanoparticles: Synthesis and application in analytical science. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Mac Gearailt, Niall (2015) Process diagnostics of industrial plasma systems. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Power, Martin (2015) Proteomic profiling of phosphoproteins and secreted proteins from mammalian cell lines in order to gain insights into factors affecting cellular growth and recombinant protein production. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Delaney, Des (2015) Resolving recognitive-power dilemmas: the everyday experience of Sunni Muslim individuals in Dublin, Ireland. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Hyland, Mary (2015) Rising to the occasion? Trade union revitalisation and migrant workers in Ireland. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Dooley, Laura (2015) Second-level students' perceptions of immigrants investigated in the classroom: an imagological mixed-methods approach. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Hong, Chao-Ping (2015) Stakeholder perspectives around sustainable development: a Q methodology study on ‘green pioneers’ in Ireland. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Mac Kenna, Nicky (2015) Stimuli-sensitive hydrogel materials for sensing and drug delivery. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Fitzgerald, Valerie (2015) Tailored bio-molecular screening methodologies for selection of improved antibody lead clones for diagnostic and therapeutic applications. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

McStravick, Darren John (2015) The Irish restorative reparation panel and the search for community: idealised rhetoric or practical reality? PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Fitzgerald, Sean (2015) The biological and clinical characterisation and validation of novel biomarkers in colorectal cancer. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Cogan, Deirdre (2015) The development of low cost autonomous chemical sensors for environmental monitoring. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Farrelly, Mary (2015) The discursive construction of mental health problems in Irish print news media. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

McGuinness, Gerard (2015) The impact of the financial crisis on the working capital of SMEs: a panel data analysis. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Healy, Grainne (2015) The meaning of civil partnership for same-sex couples in Ireland: an interpretative phenomenological study. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Baker, Audry (2015) The portrayal of disability in young adult fiction: a critical examination. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Doughan, Christopher (2015) The printed word in troubled times: A historical survey of the Irish provincial press, 1914-1921. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Lewis, Ingrid (2015) The representation of women in European holocaust films: perpetrators, victims and resisters. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Howe, Karen (2015) The role of miRNAs in resistance to HER2 targeted therapies. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Zadeh Kaljahi, Rasoul Samad (2015) The role of syntax and semantics in machine translation and quality estimation of machine-translated user-generated content. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

McConnon, Eamonn (2015) The security-development nexus as risk management: a multiple-donor case study of the coordination of security and development in US, UK and Canadian policy. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Jacobs, Jaco (2015) Towards polypeptide based nanoparticles. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Keogh, Katrina A. (2015) Towards the development of localised and reusable teaching and learning content and resources for languages: From one content database to many teaching and learning resource outputs. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Cadwell, Patrick ORCID: 0000-0002-2371-4378 (2015) Translation and trust: a case study of how translation was experienced by foreign nationals resident in Japan for the 2011 great east Japan earthquake. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Marszalowska, Izabela (2015) Unravelling the role of glycosylation in clostridium difficile infection. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Doolan, Ronan (2015) VANET-enabled eco-friendly road characteristics-aware routing for vehicular traffic. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Gaule, Patricia (2015) c-Met/HGF in triple negative breast cancer. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Sicard, Aurelie (2015) “Reframing” the postwar moment: the impact of UNSCR 1325 (2000) on gender relations in post-conflict states – the case of Sierra Leone. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Piasek, Paulina (2015) Case studies in therapeutic SenseCam use aimed at identity maintenance in early stage dementia. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

De Ridder, Reglindis (2015) 'Arme rijke taal' Audiovisual translation and minority language planning in pluricentric language areas: a case study of Flemish public service broadcasting. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Carpy, Tom (2015) A scanning tunnelling microscopy and spectroscopic study of bromine functionalised molecules on metal surfaces. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Quinn, Fergal (2015) Building cities on sand: the normative basis for journalism in Cambodia. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Cocargeanu, Dana-Mihaela (2015) Children's literature across space and time: the challenges of translating Beatrix Potter’s tales into Romanian. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Chen, Shengyang (2015) Cross-layer energy-efficient schemes for multimedia content delivery in heterogeneous wireless networks. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Elmaghrum, Salem (2015) Design and characterisation of a photonic sensor platform for the detection of biofilm formation. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Meyer, Martin (2015) Designing a method for assessing the enterprise architecture business value. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

McDonald, Bernard (2015) Development of an oral drug delivery platform formulation for the targeted delivery of celecoxib for the chemoprevention and treatment of colorectal cancer. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Ahmad, Asnul Hadi (2015) Effect of temporal thermal field on quality of semi-solid metal formed components. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Kilroy, Steven (2015) Employee perceptions of high involvement work practices and burnout in health care: a conservation of resources theory perspective. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Kechkar, Samir (2015) Experimental investigation of a low pressure capacitively-coupled discharge. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

McRae, Kathryn M. (2015) Identification of variation in the sheep genome controlling gastrointestinal nematode resistance. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Silke, Henry (2015) Ideology, class, crisis and power: the representation of economic crisis and political policy in Ireland (2007-2009). PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Webb, Andrew Edward (2015) Immunoinformatics: towards an understanding of species-specific protein evolution using phylogenomics and network theory. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Hayes, Catriona Ann (2015) Intrinsic and extrinsic factors affecting proteasome inhibitor resistance in multiple myeloma. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Ozaki, Mari (2015) Investigation of gene specific DNA methylation and folate polymorphisms and their relevance for human health and disease. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Dubiel, Bozena (2015) Lexical development in early sequential bilinguals: evidence from child heritage Polish. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Stilz, Melanie (2015) Negotiating new ICTs in the education sector in Afghanistan - participation, adoption and appropriation. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Hasegawa, Tomonori (2015) On the evolution of genotype-phenotype mapping: exploring viability in the Avida articial life system. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Chen, Ci (2015) On the robustness of the linear quadratic regulator via perturbation analysis of the Riccati equation. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Hanzlikova, Nina (2015) Particle-in-cell simulations Of highly collisional plasmas on the GPU in 1 and 2 dimensions. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Farouk, Mohamed (2015) Principal component pyramids using image blurring for nonlinearity reduction in hand shape recognition. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Brown, Jennifer (2015) The legal powers to detain the mentally ill in Ireland: medicalism or legalism? PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

McCrossan, Peter (2015) The political economy of EU interregionalism. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Joly, Francoise (2015) The responsibility to protect: from doctrine to practice ‘R2P’ and protection of civilians: case study: DRC. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Shiel, Nina (2015) Upgrading ekphrasis: representations of digital space and virtual worlds in contemporary literature. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Mitchell, Edmond (2015) A machine learning framework for automatic human activity classification from wearable sensors. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Jefferies, Philip L. (2015) ‘Just Normal’: a grounded theory of prosthesis use. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.