Browsing University of Galway Theses by Title
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The allocation of time to non-market off-farm activities by farm household members in the West of Ireland
(2014-05-26)Community development and social support systems have evolved uniquely in rural Ireland. In response to poverty and other historical developments, dense networks of families, friends and neighbours often formed strong ... -
Allogeneic cell therapy for osteoarthritis
(2016-05-11)Osteoarthritis is a debilitating multi-factorial joint disease which currently has no cure. Due to the significant immune cell mediated component in this disease a therapy which can modulate this inflammation and promote ... -
Along the way: a multi-method examination of tourism, identity, and community values on Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way
(NUI Galway, 2023-01-04)Background Marine and coastal tourism plays an indisputably crucial role in global tourism, yet there remains a dearth of academic attention afforded to coastal tourism trails in the Irish context. Cultural aspects of ... -
Altered nociceptive responding in animal models of affective disorders: role of monoamines and immune mediators
(2013-12-18)Depression and chronic pain share an intricate, complex relationship, the comorbidity of which is reported to affect up to 80% of patients. This thesis demonstrated enhanced nociceptive responding to mechanical and cold, ... -
Altering legacies as ‘A Farmer in My Own Right’: married women's experiences of farm property ownership in Ireland
(NUI Galway, 2018-01-31)A number of women living on family farms own farm property in their own right. This is an unexplored research area in Ireland. Gender inequalities in the ownership and control of farm property have consequences for women’s ... -
An alternative gathering: public space and shared agency in the lived experience of multicultural Ireland
(2014-01-31)The overarching aim of this thesis is to understand the palette of complex ways in which a diverse community in Ireland responds to its challenges. This research, therefore, offers important insights into novel approaches ... -
The American Indian movement and the Black Panther party compared: violence, the state and social movements in the USA, 1966 to 1976
(NUI Galway, 2020-04-30)The concepts of liberal democracy and pluralism evoke themes relating to justice, parity of esteem and the right of equal protection under the law. At the centre of these tenets is a state that is deemed to be both the ... -
Amorphous pharmaceuticals and composites
(NUI Galway, 2018-04-27)An attractive, yet challenging approach to overcome poor water solubility is to convert a crystalline Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) into its more soluble amorphous form.1-3 Nevertheless, the use of amorphous drug ... -
Amplifying disabled people’s voices: The role of national human rights institutions
(NUI Galway, 2023-03-29)This thesis was funded under the Disability Advocacy Research in Europe (DARE) Marie Curie Innovative Training Network. The Network was sponsored by the EU by way of grant agreement 814249. The grant agreement included ... -
Anaerobic digestion of nut and coffee wastes: different pretreatment techniques to enhance methane production
(NUI Galway, 2022-07-25)Lignocellulosic materials (LMs) are the most abundant residues on the planet and have a great potential for methane production. Nevertheless, the energy potential of LMs for biofuel production is limited by their complex ... -
Anaerobic digestion of selenium-rich wastewater for simultaneous methane and volatile fatty acid production and selenium bioremediation
(NUI Galway, 2022-09-09)This research aimed at investigating the anaerobic digestion (AD) of selenium (Se)-rich and lipid-rich wastewaters via evaluating the operational parameters in sequential and continuous bioreactors. In the first part of ... -
Anaerobic microbial hydrolysis and fermentation of food waste for volatile fatty acid production
(2016-04-28)Landfill, incineration, compositing and anaerobic digestion (AD) are the principal food-waste (FW) treatment methods used in the European Union. Because of the EU landfill directive and waste-management policies on organic ... -
Analogous states: John Millington Synge, Zora Neale Hurston, and the performance of ethnography
(2016-12-09)The thesis presents J. M. Synge and Zora Neale Hurston as autoethnographic researcher-practitioners who employed important cultural forms in their theatre, such as the keen and the cakewalk, in order to challenge the ... -
Analysing bovine sperm cells using flow cytometry
(NUI Galway, 2024-04-10)The accurate assessment of bull fertility is extremely important to the beef and dairy industry. In recent years, flow cytometry has become the dominant approach in sperm evaluation and is increasingly being used for quality ... -
Analysis and design of high frequency gapped transformers and planar transformers in LLC resonant converters
(2015-05-27)The LLC resonant converter is particularly applicable for power supplies applications since soft switching is easily achieved. The dual objectives in power supply are higher switching frequencies and higher power densities. ... -
Analysis and Implementation of Mixed-Mode Cohesive Zone Formulations for Cardiovascular Biomechanics Applications
(2013-02-18)A comprehensive theoretical analysis of potential-based and non-potential-based cohesive zone models (CZMs) under mixed-mode conditions is presented. Using the well established Xu-Needleman (XN) CZM, it is demonstrated ... -
Analysis and interpretation of epigenomic patterns in colonic epithelia
(2015-12-18)The methylation of cytosine nucleotides at the 5' position of DNA is a crucial epigenetic mechanism for the control of gene expression. Epigenome-wide associated studies have demonstrated that specific methylome patterns ... -
Analysis of clonal mutations in cancer as a means of studying variation in somatic mutation processes
(NUI Galway, 2023-09-13)Somatic mutations are mutations that arise throughout a person’s lifetime. They contribute to ageing, cancer and other age-related disorders. Recent technological advances led to many studies investigating somatic ... -
Analysis of cytokine expression in breast cancer
(2014-10-29)Introduction: It has long been recognized that cancer develops in sites of chronic inflammation. Tumours seem to seize molecular pathways seen in wound healing and the inflammatory response and as a consequence appear as ... -
Analysis of EMCCD gain estimation techniques for use in astronomical instruments
(NUI Galway, 2023-09-14)Electron-multiplied Charge Coupled Devices (EMCCDs) are used in many astro nomical instruments where they provide much improved signal to noise compared to conventional CCDs. However, the gain provided by electron-multiplication ...