Browsing University of Galway Theses by Title
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Contributions to data augmentation techniques and synthetic data for training deep neural networks
(NUI Galway, 2022-06-10)In the recent years deep learning has become more and more popular and it is applied in a variety of fields, yielding outstanding results in different machine learning applications. Deep learning based solutions thrive ... -
Contributions to deep learning methodologies
(NUI Galway, 2018-10-26)In recent years the Deep Neural Networks (DNN) has been using widely in a big range of machine learning and data-mining purposes. This pattern recognition approach can handle highly nonlinear problems. In this work, ... -
Contributions to neural network models and training datasets for facial depth
(NUI Galway, 2023-03-27)The depth estimation problem has made significant progress due to recent improvements in Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) and the incorporation of traditional methodologies in these deep learning systems. Depth ... -
Contributions to practical iris biometrics on smartphones
(2016-05-12)This thesis investigates the practical adaption of iris biometrics on smartphones. Iris recognition is a mature and widely deployed technology which will be able to provide the high security demanded by next generation ... -
Contributions to the measurement of depth in consumer imaging
(NUI Galway, 2018-06-12)This thesis aims to examine and investigate methods that could potentially utilize images captured by consumer cameras such as smartphones to estimate depth and generate a 3D structure. After more than a century of ... -
Contributions to unconstrained palmprint recognition on smartphones
(NUI Galway, 2019-11-27)This thesis investigates the suitability of unconstrained palmprint as a biometric modality for handheld devices equipped with a camera, such as smartphones. A detailed literature survey is provided, covering existing ... -
Contributions towards 3D synthetic facial data generation and 3D face analysis with weak supervision
(NUI Galway, 2024-03-11)Facial analysis tasks are of pivotal importance in social interaction, thus gaining extensive attention among the scientific community. With the increased popularity of deep learning models and the availability of ... -
Control in a time of conflict: Women’s petitions in Ireland from 1541 to 1584
(NUI Galway, 2024-04-15)This dissertation provides the first comprehensive and detailed study of Anglophone women’s petition letter-writing in Tudor Ireland, from 1541-1583. This project provides both microhistories and quantitative rhetorical ... -
The control of centrosome duplication after genotoxic stress
(2011-12-16)The centrosome is the major microtubule organising center in animal cells. Following DNA damage, centrosome amplification can occur, which in turn can result in the formation of multipolar mitotic cells, and cell death. ... -
Control of polymorphism, crystal size and habit in pharmaceuticals
(NUI Galway, 2019-09)Crystallization is widely used as a purification method of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, APIs. During the process a crystalline compound is generally obtained, and it can display general properties and characteristics ... -
Controls on upper Viséan (Carboniferous) depositional environments in Ireland
(2010-11-02)The lithostratigraphy and fauna of Carboniferous sedimentary sequences in northwest and southwest Ireland were investigated to reconstruct how and why palaeoenvironments were changing throughout the upper Viséan and ... -
Copper complexes coupled to nucleosides, bile acids and histone deacetylase inhibitors.
(NUI Galway, 2019-12-10)The aim of this project is to synthesize and characterise novel inorganic complexes which consist of metal-based DNA cleavage entities coupled to biomolecules. It is hoped that the coupling of known DNA cleavage agents to ... -
A core outcome set for the treatment of pregnant women with pregestational diabetes: An international consensus study
(NUI Galway, 2021-09-10)Background Meaningful comparisons between studies evaluating interventions of pregnant women with pre-gestational diabetes mellitus (PGDM) are limited due to the heterogeneity in outcome selection and reporting. The aim ... -
Correction of the Aberrations of the Eye Using Adaptive Optics with Pupil Tracking
(2011-09-01)Adaptive optics has long been used in the astronomical telescopes to acquire high resolution images via the real time correction of the rapidly changing wavefront aberrations. Human retinal images also suffer from rapidly ... -
Cortical Bone Fracture and Orthopaedic Fixation Devices: An Experimental and Computational Investigation
(2012-09-28)An experimental and computational investigation of cortical bone failure mechanisms has been conducted in this thesis. Firstly, a computational comparison of four methods of proximal humeral fracture fixation was conducted. ... -
Counterfactual taxonomies: Evolution and empire in the work of Edward Lear
(NUI Galway, 2022-04-25)This dissertation interrogates the structures and patterns of Edward Lear’s (1812-1888) works as reflective of the evolution of nineteenth-century networks of empire and philosophies of the self and humanity’s place in ... -
Coupled and Uncoupled Operational Mode of Nitric Oxide Synthase and the Regulation of the Sarcolemmal Na+- K+ ATPase: Receptor and Non-receptor Pathways
(2012-05-09)The membrane Na+-K+ pump transports 3 Na+ ions out and 2 K+ ions into cells against their electrochemical gradient, using energy derived from hydrolysis of ATP. The Na+ and K+ ion gradients generated by the pump serve in ... -
Creating a Systematic Approach for the Reflective Practice of Service-Learning Academics through the Development of Communities of Reflective Practice
(2011-09-29)This Ph.D. thesis in education is a qualitative examination of the reflective practice of academics who use service-learning, which can be described as an experiential pedagogy whereby students learn through providing a ... -
Creating opportunities for engagement: Exploring the relationship between the Burren landscape, civil society and community
(NUI Galway, 2022-01-27)Research has demonstrated a need to explore the significant contribution communities make towards the conservation and management of some of our most protected landscapes. Due to significant budgetary cuts within the ... -
Criminal children in post-Famine Connacht: Poverty, crime and punishment, with a particular focus on the period 1854-1870
(2012-09-21)This study examines the extent and nature of juvenile crime in Connacht from 1854 to 1884, and looks at how poor and criminal children were treated in the west of Ireland in this period. Most studies of juvenile crime in ...