International Courts interact with each other, especially by referring to each other's rulings, and the consequences of these interactions often assumed to be a progressive and stable convergence of their respective ...

In this thesis, heavy hadron spectroscopy was studied through the formalism of lattice quantum chromodynamics. A summary of relevant theory is provided, followed by an overview of the current state-of-the-art spectroscopy ...

First principles codes based on DFT are now sufficiently accurate and efficient that they can be used in the design of novel materials with specifically selected properties. Doing so requires checking whether a compound ...

In the absence of widespread rocks older than 4.0 Ga, the earliest terrestrial material and the only direct evidence for the nature of the Earth's very early crust are tiny zircon crystals. The chemical compositions of ...

This study investigated critical thinking in general nursing students registered in a four year undergraduate BSc. Honours degree course in nursing, at two university sites in Ireland. A main aim was to find out the critical ...

This thesis studies and analyses how entrepreneurship emerged and evolved in a peripheral rural community from a pre-industrial stage at the end of the 19th century to a stage in the early 21st century when a transition ...

The PhD thesis "Images of Spain in Twentieth Century Irish Literature" discusses the ways in which Spain and its people are represented in Irish novels, short stories, poems, plays, auto/biographies, and travelogues written ...

This thesis examines whether the unconventional monetary policy measures pursued by the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, and the European Central Bank since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) are ...

The present study explores the use of a feminist pedagogy approach in a refugee education context in Greece. Its main aim is to discuss whether the ground is ready for such an approach, through examining the following three ...

The rapid digitalization of society over the past decades has fundamentally changed how people socialize, work, and play. Subsequently, children and adolescents’ use of digital technologies has increased rapidly, facilitated ...