Research@THEA (new): Recent submissions
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WIP: Adaptive comparative judgement as a tool for assessing first-year engineering design projects
(ASEE, 2022-06-26)Design projects are an important part of many first-year engineering programs. The desire to employ holistic assessment strategies to student work with open-ended and divergent responses has been widely noted in the ... -
Workshop: Introduction to adaptive comparative judgement: a holistic assessment for design problems
(ASEE, 2022-06-26)This workshop is an interactive session where participants will experience an exciting approach for holistically assessing design problems, Adaptive Comparative Judgement (ACJ). ACJ is an adaptive software tool that can ... -
Differences in perceived stress levels and measured stress while solving spatial tests
(ASEE, 2022-08-26)Many events, including tests, personal conflicts, and hard deadlines, may result in a high level of stress for both students and educational practitioners. For example, taking a test is particularly stressful for students ... -
Roles of medicinal mushrooms as natural food dyes and dye-sensitised solar cells (DSSC): synergy of zero hunger and affordable energy for sustainable development
(MDPI, 2022)In 2015, approximately 195 countries agreed with the United Nations that by 2030, they would work to make the world a better place. There would be synergies in accomplishing the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). ... -
Validation of a Digital Simulation Model for Maintenance in a High-Volume Automated Manufacturing Facility
(Elsevier, 2022)Digitalization in manufacturing is the conversion of information into digital format, the integration of this digital data and technologies into the manufacturing process and the use of those technologies (eg: simulation) ... -
Keep calm and carry on: moral panic, predatory publishers, peer review, and the emperor’s new clothes
(Pitt Open Library Publishing, 2022-04-26)The moral panic over the impact of so-called predatory publishers continues unabated. It is important, however, to resist the urge to simply join in this crusade without pausing to examine the assumptions upon which such ... -
Exploring early year educators' perspectives of outdoors play
(2020-08)Acknowledgement of outdoor play affordances, positively supports children’s health, wellbeing, learning and development. There has been a visible diminishing of opportunities for children’s outdoor play in recent years. ... -
Using pupil dilation to measure cognitive load during a spatial skills test
(ASEE, 2022-08-23)This full research paper explores how spatial skills and cognitive load interact. Spatial skills allow a person to manipulate and rotate any three-dimensional object. Studies have reported that spatial skills can be a ... -
Synthesis, properties, and applications of polylactic acid-based polymers
(Wiley, 2022-11-03)Polylactic acid (PLA) is known as one of the greatest promising bioabsorbable and compostable polyesters with the capability of high molecular weight synthesis. Lactic acid condensation, azeotropic dehydration, and ... -
Assessment and management of cognitive and psychosocial difficulties for people with Multiple Sclerosis in Ireland: A national survey of clinical practice
(Wiley/Hindawi, 2022-10-21). A recent survey of 109 healthcare professionals explored how UK healthcare professionals typically assess and treat multiple sclerosis (MS)-related cognitive impairment. Little is currently known about what constitutes ... -
Examining the relationship between spatial ability and cognitive load during complex problem solving
(PATT, 2022-06-21)Spatial ability is documented as a predictor of success in STEM disciplines and noted to contribute to individuals problem-solving approaches. While there is a significant body of correlational evidence indicating that ... -
Geobacillus stearothermophilus and Bacillus atrophaeus spores exhibit linear inactivation kinetic performance when treated with an industrial scale vaporized hydrogen peroxide (VH2O2) sterilization process
(Wiley, 2022)Many medical devices are supplied as sterile for safe patient care (McEvoy and Rowan 2019). The global sterilization services market is projected to reach USD 5.5 billion by 2026, growing at a compound annual growth rate ... -
Enhanced antimicrobial activity of biocompatible bacterial cellulose films via dual synergistic action of curcumin and triangular silver nanoplates
(2022-10-13)Curcumin and triangular silver nanoplates (TSNP)-incorporated bacterial cellulose (BC) films present an ideal antimicrobial material for biomedical applications as they afford a complete set of requirements, including a ... -
Biogeography in the deep: Hierarchical population genomic structure of two beaked whale species
(Elsevier B.V., 2022-10-14)The deep sea is the largest ecosystem on Earth, yet little is known about the processes driving patterns of genetic diversity in its inhabitants. Here, we investigated the macro- and microevolutionary processes shaping ... -
Language teaching and learning in Ireland: 2012–2021
(Cambridge University Press, 2022-11-03)The language teaching landscape in Ireland has changed considerably over the last 30 years as a result of substantial and sustained inward migration into the country during this period. These social and demographic ... -
Epistemological treatment of design in technology education
(Springer, 2022-10-18)Design as a construct has multiple meanings depending on context, function, and agenda. This paper proposes to set out functions of design as it manifests in the context of technological activity for the purposes of ... -
Bioresorbable chitosan-based bone regeneration scaffold using various bioceramics and the alteration of photoinitiator concentration in an extended UV photocrosslinking reaction in an extended UV photocrosslinking reaction
(MDPI, 2022-10-28)Bone tissue engineering (BTE) is an ongoing field of research based on clinical needs to treat delayed and non-union long bone fractures. An ideal tissue engineering scaffold should have a biodegradability property ... -
European Team-Based Learning (TBL) Symposium 2022
(Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022-05)European Team Based Learning Community (ETBLC) The aim of the ETBLC is to disseminate Team-Based Learning to educators and educational institutions across Europe. We seek to create a continental TBL network made up ... -
Formulation and evaluation of Fenbendazole extended-release extrudes processed by hot-melt extrusion
(MDPI, 2022-10-06)This study aimed to demonstrate the feasibility of hot-melt extrusion in the development of extended-release formulations of Fenbendazole (Fen) dispersed in PEO/PCL blend-based matrices. Their thermal, physical, chemical ... -
Researching gambling: have we learned nothing from Big Tobacco's manipulation of science?
(Jacobs Verlag, 2022-07-26)The global gambling industry was estimated to be worth US$711.4 Billion in 2020, with projections of its worth to reach US$876 Billion by 2026 (1). However, behind such headline grabbing statistics lies the ...
