Browsing Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin: Theses & Dissertations by Title
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Recognising the fine-grained actions of a goal-directed activity from multi-modal images
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Computer Science & Statistics. Discipline of Computer Science, 2021)The ability to understand and respond to human activities can form the basis of many pervasive computing applications. Recognising the constituent actions of an activity can lead to a more detailed understanding of the ... -
Recognition of abnormal thermal histories of Jurassic source rocks from integrated analyses of vitrinite reflectance and organic matter colour / fluorescence
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geology, 2002)By investigating three sedimentary horizons through the aureole of a Tertiary dyke intruding a Middle Jurassic sedimentary section in NE Skye, the thermal response rates of the various organic maturity indicators to ... -
Recombinant vaccines against infectious pancreatic necrosis virus
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Microbiology, 2000)The rapid expansion of the aquaculture industry in recent years has led to an increase in disease outbreaks. Over the last few years bacterial disease problems have been brought under control, largely due to the use of a ... -
Recommender Systems: A Study of Cold-Start and Attack Resilience
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Computer Science & Statistics. Discipline of Computer Science, 2024)My thesis focuses on two key challenges in Recommender System: the Cold Start Problem and Data Poisoning attacks within the user-clustering framework. We explored utilizing user clustering to address the Cold Start Problem, ... -
Reconfigurable manufacturing process monitoring systems
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, 2016)Performance measurement is indispensable to manufacturing, due to the fact that if the efficiency of an activity cannot be measured it could not be effectively controlled. Recent trends in process monitoring systems point ... -
Reconfigurable OFDM systems
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, 2005)Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) is a multi-carrier wireless transmission technique. OFDM is used for robust, high quality and high data-rate music, voice, images, video, news and data broadcasts. It is ... -
Reconfigurable software radio systems
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, 2004)Software radio has been heralded as a significant evolutionary step for wireless technology as it allows dedicated analogue radio hardware to be replaced with flexible digital signal processing. Due to current technological ... -
Reconfigurable test execution systems machine and process development
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Engineering. Discipline of Mechanical & Manuf. Eng, 2018)Reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMS) are a key enabling technology to meet new challenges in a global market. These emerging products and markets are defined as having short development cycles, being highly customisable ... -
Reconsidering the goals of Irish corporate rescue law : identifying appropriate models and legal provisions suitable for a small open economy
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Law, 2016)The Companies (Amendment) Act, 1990 as amended has proven to be one of the most controversial pieces of commercial legislation introduced in the State. This thesis investigates for the most part formal company rescue law ... -
Reconstructing Devonian palaeoatmosphere & palaeoecology using fossil plant traits
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Botany, 2024)This thesis examines the reconstruction of atmospheric CO2 concentration during the Devonian period and the palaeoecology of Ireland's first fossil forests at the Devonian/Carboniferous boundary. The expansion and ... -
Reconstructing livability : a grounded theory of partners' experiences of living with someone with an eating disorder
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Nursing & Midwifery, 2017)Background: It is estimated that 200,000 people in Ireland are experiencing an eating disorder (ED). Although EDs are primarily associated with adolescents and young adults, in recent years an increase in people of older ... -
Reconstructing name : Lady Gregory's tragic Irish heroine
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of English, 1999)This thesis discusses the development of historian, folklorist and dramatist Lady Gregory's dramatic technique in regard to her Folk-History plays, Kincora I and II, Dervorgilla, and Grania. The focus of the thesis is on ... -
Reconstruction of the Gothic Past : cultures of conservation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 2012)This thesis explores the restoration and conservation of Gothic ecclesiastical buildings in Ireland fronn the late eighteenth to the early tw/entieth century. Jwo key cistinct but interrelated contexts have been examined: ... -
Recovery factor and conjugate heat transfer for micro jet impingement
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, 2010)Impinging jets are renowned for achieving high rates of heat transfer over extended periods of time. The bulk of the research to date in this area has focused on relatively large diameter jets. However, the current study ... -
Recovery from 'mental illness' as a re-enchantment with life : a narrative study
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Recruiting in Ireland for the American Civil War
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Recurrence of venous thromboembolism in patients with gynaecological cancer incidence, risk factors and impact on survival
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Clinical Medicine, 2022)Background: Gynaecological malignancy and surgery are independently associated with the highest risks of VTE. However, factors influencing the rate of recurrent VTE in patients with gynaecological malignancy are unknown. ... -
Red giant mass-loss : studying evolved stellar winds with FUSE and HST / STIS
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Physics, 2006)The changes that a star undergoes during the dying process are the most dramatic of its lifetime. These changes result in the most important interactions between a star and its environment, indeed it is in this area of ... -
Redemption theory : Redeeming the sins of the father : grandfathers' experiences and practices in a border community in Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2017)Exploring the extant literature on grandparents reveals that, in many cases ‘grandparent’ is de facto synonymous with ‘grandmother’. The world of the grandfather remains elusive, although evidence is emerging that recognise ... -
Rediscovering quality through grounded theory
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2002)