Browsing University of Galway Theses by Title
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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 ... -
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 ... -
Analysis of gene regulation using high throughput genomics
(2012-10-23)The recent development of high-throughput genomics techniques and their subsequent applications have completely transformed the study of biology. The analysis, interpretation and storage of the resulting large volumes of ... -
Analysis of hepatic microRNA expression in postpartum dairy cows in negative energy balance
(2014-05-27)This thesis sets about to answer three research questions grounded in transcriptional regulation of hepatic genes in the high yielding postpartum dairy cow under negative energy balance (NEB). For this purpose we used ... -
Analysis of hepatic microRNA expression in postpartum dairy cows in negative energy balance
(2014-05-27)This thesis sets about to answer three research questions grounded in transcriptional regulation of hepatic genes in the high yielding postpartum dairy cow under negative energy balance (NEB). For this purpose we used ... -
An analysis of internal attacks on PTP-based time synchronization networks
(NUI Galway, 2021-12-21)The IEEE 1588 precision time protocol (PTP) is very important for many industrial sectors and applications that require time synchronization accuracy between computers down to microsecond and even nanosecond levels. ... -
Analysis of MiRNA Expression and Biomarker Potential in Common Diseases: Breast Cancer and Obesity
(2012-05-28)The two greatest health concerns worldwide at present are cancer and obesity; both of which continue to rise in incidence and are associated with high morbidity and mortality. Understanding the aetiology and mechanisms of ... -
Analysis of putative somatic mutations in 200,000 human exomes
(NUI Galway, 2023-09-19)Somatic mutations accumulate throughout life and contribute significantly to disease risk. While research into somatic mutation is well established in cancer, it is only in recent years that investigations into the ... -
Analysis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mec1 and Rad9 functions in the DNA Damage Response
(2012-10-01)The maintenance of genome integrity is critical for cell proliferation and survival of all organisms. Central to the DNA Damage Response are signal-transduction pathways, termed DNA damage checkpoints, conserved from ...