Snapshots of Postgraduate Research at University College Cork 2016 Contents Introduction by Professor Liam Marnane, Dean of Graduate Studies v Rehan Ahmed: Automated System for Detecting Neonatal Brain Injuries 1 Evin Allen: Smarter, faster, better vaccines 7 Wejdan M. Alsadi: I see what is said: The interaction between multimodal metaphors and intertextuality in cartoons 13 Hazzaa Naif Alshareef: Introducing mobile cloud technology into m-health to deliver better care/support in case of emergencies 20 Joveria Baig: Tired of slow internet? Lasers to the rescue 27 Margaret Buckley: Welfare Provision for the over 50s in Limerick City, 1875 to 1925 33 Sharon Louise Cadogan: Testing times ahead? An exploration of laboratory use in Primary Care 37 Paul Anthony Cahill: Smart Cities — How can we get bridges talking? 42 Rudi Capra: Blue mountains, empty waters: the evolution of Chinese landscape painting under the influence of Chan Buddhism 48 Yen-Chi Wu: John McGahern and the temporalities of modernity 55 James Cully: Daylight saving for the brain 60 Shane Duggan: Photons in the machine 65 Loretta Goff: Hyphenating Ireland and America: the contemporary construction of iden- tity, film, and media in a hybrid space 70 H. Pierre Hsieh: What do the translator and the grocery shopper have in common? Well, everything! 74 i SNAPSHOTS OF POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK Blazej Kaucz: Legal textbooks — the reflection of socio-legal reality 79 Niamh Kavanagh: The internet is not limitless 81 Niamh Kehoe: Holy humour: Vernacular saints’ lives in England, 900 — 1300 87 James Keogh: Can we ever have a ‘right to die’? A reflective consideration of assisted suicide in Ireland 92 Alison Elizabeth Killilea: The Grendel-kin: From Beowulf to the 21st century 97 Annarita Magliacane: “I am going abroad to study English”: language learning beyond words and grammar 102 Alan McCarthy: The censorship and suppression of Cork’s nationalist and loyalist news- papers during the Irish Revolution, 1916-1923 108 Zamzaliza Abdul Mulud: “What will happen when I can no longer cope?” Burden in caring for people with severe mental illness 112 Fiona Edwards Murphy: To bee, or not to bee? Honey bees, Boolean logic, bits and information 117 Lisa Murphy: The Mental Time Traveller: Considering the Future Consequences of Present Day Behaviours 123 Margaret M. Murphy: Rainbow of hope after the storm: Couples’ experiences of preg- nancy after stillbirth 128 Jeanna Ní Riordáin: ‘Victor Hugo, the Irish ‘Misérables, and Fenian women in the nineteenth-century’ 131 Mary G. O Brien: Photography: My New Score 136 Eoin O’ Callaghan: A demanding form: William Faulkner and the short story 142 Karen O’Callaghan: Nutrition and Health in Mothers and Infants — Update from the Vitamin D Research Group 147 Patricia O Connor: Marginalised Texts: The Old English Marginalia and the Old English Bede in Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 41. 152 Deirdre O’Donnell: Why is the Shaky Bridge so Shaky? 158 Meadhbh O’Halloran : The Medieval World on the Renaissance Stage 163 Siobhán O’Neill: Technology and Teenagers: No Time to Sleep? 166 ii SNAPSHOTS OF POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK Brian O’Reilly: The European Public Prosecutor’s Office: An institution built on sand? 171 Jane Maeve O’ Sullivan: Silence please! 175 Lloyd Frank Philpott: The Secret Lives of Postnatally Depressed Dads 179 Sinead Power: Shave of the brave: Self-concept in chemotherapy-induced hair loss 183 Silvino Jose Antuña Presa: Illuminating the future with LEDs 188 Wissam Abdel Samad: STEMming the tide of student non-engagement 193 Mary Catherine Gallagher: Alien versus native: The fight for free space 199 Sander van Lanen: Surviving in uncertainty: experiences of recession in Knocknaheeny, Cork 204 iii SNAPSHOTS OF POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK iv SNAPSHOTS OF POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK Introduction For any research student, a key skill is the ability to communicate results and more impor- tantly the impact of their research to a wide audience. In the year that we in University College Cork celebrate the 200th anniversary of George Boole, it is our pleasure to intro- duce the fifth volume of the Boolean, which presents snapshots of Postgraduate Research at University College Cork. In The Boolean we aim to promote the calibre of digital think- ing and diverse research projects at our University. In order to have their articles included in The Boolean, authors have to describe their re- search using non-specialist language, so that the wider community can understand it. We congratulate the authors on their efforts and we particularly thank the students and staff of UCC, listed on the following page, who reviewed the articles. We hope that readers en- joy the articles and get a greater understanding of the breath of research being undertaken at UCC. ‘The Boolean’ Team — November 2015 Editor Professor Liam Marnane, Dean of Graduate Studies Editorial Assistant Anne-Marie Scarry, Graduate Studies Office Reviewers Dr Teresa Barbosa, School of Pharmacy Dr Joe Bogue, Department of Food Business and Development Dr Jane Bourke, School of Economics Dr Colman Casey, College of Medicine and Health Dympna Daly, School of Education Niamh Denihan, Department of Paediatrics & Child Health Dr Samantha Dockray, School of Applied Psychology Maria Donovan, School of Pharmacy Dr Barbara Doyle, School of Biological Earth & Environmental Sciences Prof Joseph Feller, Business Information Systems v SNAPSHOTS OF POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK Dr Eoin Fleming, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology Christine Gaffney, School of Applied Social Studies James Edward Gallagher, School of Pharmacy Anushka Gangnaik, Department of Chemistry Emilie Ghio, School of Law Dr Brendan Griffin, School of Pharmacy Ciara Harty, School of Medicine Prof Mark Hutchinson, Department of Accounting, Finance and Information Systems Dr Aislinn Joy, School of Medicine Dr JJ Keating, School of Pharmacy Dr Elizabeth Kiely, School of Applied Social Studies Nina Konstantinidou, Department of Microbiology Dr Patricia Leahy — Warren, School of Nursing and Midwifery Laura Lee, School of Applied Psychology Dr Eoin Lettice, School of Biological Earth & Environmental Sciences Marie Luise Theuerkauf, Department of Early and Medieval Irish Dr Orla Lynch, Department of Sociology Susan Martin, School of Applied Social Studies Aoife Mc Gillicuddy, School of Pharmacy Carol McCarthy, School of Pharmacy Dr Florence McCarthy, Department of Chemistry Dr Pat Meere, School of Biological Earth & Environmental Sciences Karen Moloney, School of English Kellie Morrissey, School of Applied Psychology Dr Kevin Murphy, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience Dr Orla Murphy, School of English Dr Deirdre Murray, Department of Paediatrics & Child Health Dr Mervyn O’Driscoll, School of History Prof Ken O’Halloran, Department of Physiology vi SNAPSHOTS OF POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK Andrew O’Leary, Department of Physiology Dr Conor O’Mahony, School of Law Dr Maureen O’Connor, School of English Karen O’Leary, School of Applied Psychology Dr Jacqui O’Riordan, School of Applied Social Studies Joseph O’Shea, School of Pharmacy Dr Niall O’Sullivan, School of Economics Kevin O’Sullivan, School of Law Marc O’Sullivan, Department of Paediatrics & Child Health Prof. Ronan O’Sullivan, Department of Surgery Rosemary O’Sullivan, School of Law Elliot Payne, School of Law Laura Pomeroy, School of English Dr Ruth Ramsay, School of Biological Earth & Environmental Sciences Dr Brendan Richardson, Department of Management and Marketing Dr Ken Rooney, School of English Eileen Russell, School of Biological Earth & Environmental Sciences Dr David Sammon, Business Information Systems Steve Warren, School of Applied Psychology The Boolean Team also wish to thank the following people for their invaluable assistance. f Áine Flynn, Graduate Studies Office f Peter Flynn, IT Services f Breda Herlihy, Boole Library f Catherine Maguire, UCC Academy f Gretta McCarthy, Academic Secretariat For comments or queries, please contact [email protected] vii SNAPSHOTS OF POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK viii Snapshots of Postgraduate Re- search at University College Cork 2016 Automated System for Detecting Neonatal Brain Injuries Rehan Ahmed Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering,, UCC “The most dangerous journey a human ever makes in his life is from the womb of his mother to the outer world.” (Lord Robert Winston) The birth of a baby is a moment, enjoyed by many parents. However, in some rare cases these moments get shadowed due to the poor health of the new-born. Almost 1 in 5 preg- nancies gets complicated and around 10% of all babies require admission to the special care unit due to problems of delivery. Brain injury at the time of birth, due to lack of oxygen or blood in the brain, may cause neural dysfunctions or death in severe cases. In fact, it accounts for a third of all neonatal deaths globally and is the most common cause of long term severe neurological disability in neonates. Therefore, it is very important to diagnose and then treat the neonates with these brain injuries as early as possible. a) b) Figure 1: (a) A neonate being monitored in the NICU (Source: A shot from publicly avail- able video of neonatal brain research group (https://youtu.be/aEtpIY8Wiy4?t=119)). (b) Electrodes placed on a neonate’s head to record the EEG. Source: Neonatal brain research group, UCC, Cork The problem with detecting brain injuries in neonates is that, in most cases the babies do not show any clear physical signs of the undergoing brain damage. In order to find such hidden brain injuries, the electrical activity of the brain is monitored using a method called Electroencephalography. Tiny electrodes (Figure 1b), are attached on the neonate’s head to record the brain signals known as Electroencephalogram (EEG). EEG is considered the gold standard for detecting the timing and nature of neonatal brain injuries. Moreover, it also helps in monitoring any progression or improvement in the brain injury after the treatment is initiated.