Browsing University of Galway Theses by Title
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Applying informal health reports and search queries for public health monitoring: An evaluation of characteristics, potentials, and requirements of online self-reporting, discussions, and search behaviour
(NUI Galway, 2021-01-13)The introduction of digital data sources has positively impacted public health surveillance and has paved the way for novel approaches. Internet-based sources provide large volumes of data which can be analysed in near ... -
Applying machine learning towards automating resource management in cloud computing environments
(NUI Galway, 2021-01-28)Over the last number of years there has been high acceleration and widespread adoption of cloud based services by many different industries to improve the scalability and reliability of their services while also reducing ... -
Approaches and methods used to assess ecological quality under European environmental legislation
(2012-09)Benthic habitats and the macrobenthic communities they support form an integral component of ecological quality assessments in marine and estuarine waters. Good conceptual understanding of change in benthic community ... -
Ar lorg an chleite: Seachadadh Beatha Cholaim Chille mar eiseamláir ar cheird an scríobhaí i dtús na seachtú haoise déag
(2017-09-06)Déantar iarracht sa tráchtas seo léargas a fháil ar chleachtas agus ar cheird scríobhaí Gaelach, Brian Mac Niallais, agus cóip dhílis de Beatha Cholaim Chille á cóiriú aige i dtús na seachtú haoise déag. Cuirtear i gcomórtas ... -
Archaeological watermarks: Settlement, landscape and seasonal flooding in historical Ireland
(NUI Galway, 2020-09-21)Turloughs are karst wetland ecosystems that are virtually unique to Ireland. They are intermittently inundated on an annual basis, mainly from groundwater. This thesis concerns the interaction of past communities with the ... -
Architecture of exclusion: the struggle for land and legitimacy of Palestinians under Israeli law
(2016-10)This research focuses on land law and provides an overview of the right to land under international law, followed by a background of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Subsequently, exploring the underpinning of the land ... -
Art and analogy through evolutionary computation
(NUI Galway, 2019-04-05)In this thesis the development of a computer system capable of generating art through the process of analogy is presented. A visual display is generated analogous to a given piece of music. This analogy is based upon the ... -
The art of Jack B Yeats and John Sloan: Connections and change
(NUI Galway, 2020-11-11)In 1904, at the instigation of his patron John Quinn, and on the occasion of his first solo show in the city, Jack B Yeats spent six weeks in New York. Three years later, his father John Butler Yeats arrived in Manhattan, ... -
Artefact Books: Towards a Multi-field Analytical Framework for Literary Research
(2011-09-30)While the most fundamental object of literary studies is often the codex, in this age of digital and electronic sensory inundation, it would seem that the physical book has a limited lifespan. However, the technologies ... -
Article 33 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: a new bridge to bring human rights law to the domestic level and create a dynamic of change
(2015-09-30)This thesis looks at Article 33 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Article 33 requires states to set up a framework, located both within and outside of government, to guide and monitor the ... -
Aspects of modeling and application of survival-type data
(NUI Galway, 2018-02)Survival analysis is collection of methods for analyzing data where the outcome of interest is the time to an event and some of the observations are censored. Survival data can arise naturally from studies on, machines' ... -
Assessing and training analogical reasoning in young children using relational frame theory
(NUI Galway, 2021-09-23)Analogical responding is pervasive in everyday language and cognition and is a key component in learning. However, despite this, there is as yet relatively little behavioural research on 1) the age of emergence and 2) ... -
Assessing and training early emergent derived relational responding in children with autism
(2015-09-30)Many children with autism fail to develop generative language despite intensive teaching; their language can be described as “rote”. Research in the area of derived stimulus relations, in particular Relational Frame Theory ... -
Assessing and training temporal relational responding in children
(NUI Galway, 2023-12-19)Time is a fundamentally important dimension of human experience and responding adaptively in terms of this dimension is critical to human personal and societal functioning. However, there is an important distinction ... -
Assessing public preferences for integrated multi-trophic aquaculture
(NUI Galway, 2020-05-05)The global aquaculture industry demonstrates consistently high growth rates, yet growth of the European industry is lagging. The European Union expressed a dual approach to develop European aquaculture; aiming to increase ... -
Assessing the impact of wastewater treatment plant effluent on the norovirus contamination of shellfisheries
(2014)Norovirus (NoV) is the most common cause of viral gastroenteritis in the developed world. The discharge of Wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluent to the marine environment has implications for the virus quality of ... -
Assessment and mitigation of forest clearfelling impacts on salmonid receiving waters
(2012-09-03)It was estimated that about 500,000 hectare (ha) of peatland was afforested between the 1950s and 1990s in the UK and 300,000 ha in Ireland. Many of these blanket peat forests are now reaching harvestable age and concerns ... -
An assessment of allergenic mite species and allergens in vehicles and homes, with particular reference to dust mite transfer in clothing
(2015-03-25)Dust mite allergens cause conditions including asthma, atopic dermatitis and allergic rhinitis in people globally. Most studies investigating aspects of mite ecology and epidemiology have focussed on Pyroglyphid mites, ... -
The assessment of communication skills during OSCEs: development and trialled implementation of a new standardised model using the MAAS-Global Instrument
(2016-01-19)Communication skills (CS) are important skills that have a major impact in healthcare outcomes. These outcomes include, for instance, increased patient understanding, patient satisfaction and better pain control. With ... -
Assessment of environmental compliance of waterbodies through integration of monitoring and modelling
(2016-09-30)Design of water quality monitoring networks in estuarine and coastal waters is hampered by a lack of a clear methodology. Monitoring networks are designed on an ad-hoc basis supported by experts in the area. Guidance on ...