Browsing Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin: Theses & Dissertations by Title
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Returns and information flow in futures markets and their relation to the behaviour of volatility and symmetry measures : an analysis utilizing VAR and GARCH modelling
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2009)This dissertation examines the behaviour of futures returns and change in volume (information flow) across a wide selection of market sectors encompassing multiple contracts within each sector. The contracts examined ... -
A review of structural failures in Ireland
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Engineering. Disc of Civil Structural & Environmental Eng, 2018)Many technical papers have been written and presented to the structural engineering community in Ireland giving details of major projects successfully completed. These projects are on time and under budget. Far more ... -
A review of the engineering constraints and project management challenges involved in utilising Scot’s Church as a heritage asset through responsible adaptive reuse and conservation strategies
In the field of structural building, there has been a rising popularity in adaptive reuse of older structures, which stems from a variety of stimuli. Apart from preserving built heritage, providing old buildings with new ... -
Revision of the Liverwort genus Asterella P. Beauv. (Marchantiales, Aytoniaceae) in Continental Eurasia, Malesia and Japan
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Botany, 2001)This study constitutes a taxonomic revision of the genus Asterella in Eurasia, Asterella belongs to the family Aytoniaceae in the Chambered Liverworts (Marchantiales). It is poorly understood taxonomically and a worldwide ... -
Revisiting Contextual Recommendation from an Information Retrieval Standpoint
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Computer Science & Statistics. Discipline of Computer Science, 2021)The challenge of providing personalized and contextually appropriate recommendations to a user is faced in a range of use-cases, e.g. recommendations for movies, places to visit, articles to read etc. In this thesis, we ... -
Revolutionary Currents: Newspapers, Publicity, and the Imperial Public Sphere, c.1760-1784
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of History, 2024)The concept of the public sphere has generated significant debate across the varied fields of historical studies. This debate has centred on Habermas's original explanation, and how it failed to comprehend and take into ... -
Rheological and local fluid dynamics in foams
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Physics, 2005)This thesis explores the physics of foams, particularly those that are wet (i.e. have a high liquid fraction). The properties which are measured here relate to structure, drainage and rheology. We have performed the first ... -
Rhythm and Modernity: The Concept of Dynamic Unity in Literature of the Early 20 th Century Metropolis
This dissertation explores the way in which a number of key modernist writers, including Ford Madox Ford, Virginia Woolf, and the group of artists commonly known as ‘the Rhythmists,’ used rhythm as a framework for both ... -
Richard II and Ireland, 1395-9
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Ricoeur's ethics of the person, complemented by Aquinas's analogy, developed as an intercultural hermeneutic
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Religions and Theology, 2011)This summary is intended to provide a succinct overview of the methods used and the major findings of this thesis. I will begin by presenting my methodology before indicating the final conclusions of this work. The primary ... -
The Right to Religious Freedom under International Human Rights Law and Islamic Jurisprudence: A Re-Interpretation
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Law. Discipline of Law, 2022)This thesis examines the Right to Freedom of Religion under the International Human Rights legal regime and Islamic jurisprudence. It does so in order to highlight the shortcomings of the way this right is interpreted under ... -
Ripples through the city : prising open public bike journeys and the processes of embedding a new mobility system in a city
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2015)This thesis is concerned with mobility and processes of social change. It sets out to prise open the journey experiences of public bike users and to determine what, if anything, is distinctive about public biking compared ... -
The rise of private policy in the digital market: consequences for fundamental rights and the rule of law
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Law. Discipline of Law, 2020)The work which follows examines the process by which private actors in the digital market are redefining fundamental rights through their contractual terms and practical operation. The argument is allied to works which ... -
Risk assessment of genetically modified crops in Ireland : investigations of pollen dispersal from oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) using molecular and pollen trapping techniques
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Botany, 2004)A risk assessment was carried out to help determine the extent of pollen flow from a crop of oilseed rape (OSR, Brassica napus L). The project aimed to develop a better understanding of the potential risks of gene flow ... -
Risk Connectedness: Evolution, Intervention, and Application
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Business. Discipline of Business & Administrative Studies, 2024)In recent years, global uncertainty has surged due to the multi-effects of COVID-19, geopolitical conflicts, energy price fluctuation, downward pressure on the economy, inflation, policy uncertainty, and natural disasters. ... -
Risk markers for acute stroke in Ireland - association of sodium-lithium countertransport (SLC) with vascular disease
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2002)The work in this thesis is divided into two parts, an epidemiological study of the risk markers for stroke in an Irish population and a laboratory study of the possible association between sodium lithium countertransport ... -
Risk perception as a function of age - a psychological investigation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2015)This thesis explored how older drivers' perception of risk differs from that of younger age groups. Its aim was to enhance knowledge that can inform the development of measures to maintain the driving safety of older drivers ... -
Risk perceptions on social networking sites : an investigation of age and other factors
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2012)Since the mid 2000’s, social networking sites (SNSs) such as Facebook and Bebo have seen phenomenal growth. These sites provide many benefits for users, but there are risks in using them. To date most of the studies that ... -
Risking work and working risk : a phenomenology of the risk environment of prostitution in Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2009)The focus of this thesis is on the lived experiences of women in prostitution in Ireland. The limited knowledge base on the Uved realities of those engaged in prostitution in Ireland was a compelling rationale for undertaking ... -
The Road to Calvary: Tracing the Diachronic Instability in Representations of the Cleric in Modern Irish Film
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Creative Arts. Discipline of Drama, 2023)This thesis argues for the diachronic contingency of the priest in modern Irish cinema. This study utilises Richard Kearney?s account of `incarnate? and `excarnate? subjectivity to construct an analogous model for analysing ...