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Analytic moduli spaces of simple sheaves on families of integral curves (Pre-print version)
(Wiley, 2013)
We prove the existence of fine moduli spaces of simple coherent sheaves on families of irreducible curves. Our proof is based on the existence of a universal upper bound of the Castelnuovo–Mumford regularity of such sheaves, ...
Aliens in wartime: reactions and responses to foreign nationalities and minorities in Ireland during the First World War
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2013)
Ireland was a diverse society made up of various nationalities and ethnic minorities before the twentieth century. Relationships and tensions have developed between these various ‘foreign’ groups and Ireland’s host nation ...
How mean is the mean?
(Frontiers, 2013)
In this paper we voice concerns about the uncritical manner in which the mean is often used as a summary statistic in psychological research. We identify a number of implicit assumptions underlying the use of the mean and ...
Sex in the civitas: early Irish Intellectuals and their vision of women (pre-print version)
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2013)
Given arguments that Irish poets and churchmen could be educated together, this paper quarries ecclesiastical sources for stereotypes informing female depictions in narrative literature.
The television anti-hero
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2013)
This thesis tests the hypothesis that there has been a sustained depiction of the anti-hero on US cable television since the late 1990s. It also addresses a number of closely related research sub-questions. In summary, why ...
A foucauldian discourse analysis of intellectual disability in Irish education
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2013)
Since the birth of the Irish State there has been three official terms for children with mental disabilities, ‘mental deficiency’, ‘mental handicap’ and ‘intellectual disability’. Each new term replaced the previous one; ...
What you see is what you get, but do you get what you see: Higher education students’ evaluation of the credibility of online information.
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2013)
Information literacy involves the ability to find, access, evaluate, organise and store information in a variety of media, though there is as yet no consensus on a precise definition. This thesis, set in the context of ...
Apparent randomness and chaotic non-linearity: change over time in the essays of a cohort of philosophy undergraduates
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2013)
For most degree programmes in third-level education, the primary form of assessment is by written work submitted by the student to an assessor, either through formal, time-limited examinations or take-home essays.
This ...
The provision of disability services in Limerick 1930-1990
(2013-12-18)
This thesis explores the evolution of services for the disabled in Limerick from the 1930s to end of the twentieth century. It examines the development of services, the prominent role of religion and the church in this ...