Browsing University of Galway Theses (PhD Theses) by Title
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Understanding gender in conflict-affected Timor-Leste: Women's voices on marriage, motherhood and the gender-poverty-violence nexus
(2017-06-29)This research addresses conceptual dilemmas facing gender mainstreaming that impede its transformative potential to end gender inequality. It explores meanings of gender underlying women's subjective experiences of everyday ... -
Understanding port performance: An examination of challenges in the contextualisation of performance in support of policy design in the port sector
(NUI Galway, 2019-11-25)Owing to the prominence of maritime transport, the performance of ports as nodes in the maritime transport network is a critical enabler of a regions capability to trade internationally. Ensuring the performance of ports ... -
Understanding strategic engagement: an exploratory study of perspectives on philanthropic investment in programmes for children and youth in Ireland
(2015-09-29)In Ireland, the term ‘philanthropy’ has connotations of charitable beneficence and is often associated with nineteenth century forms of giving to alleviate poverty in areas that subsequently become the responsibility of ... -
Understanding subsidiary leaders' behaviour when responding to headquarters’ expectations: Identity, scripts, and impression management perspectives
(NUI Galway, 2022-12-16)It is acknowledged that subsidiary leaders play an important part in the overall success of the subsidiary and the organisation as a whole, yet, little is known about the micro-level mechanisms that enable this success. ... -
Understanding the economics of land access in Ireland
(NUI Galway, 2018-03-28)This thesis analyses land availability and mobility in Ireland. The thesis begins with an overview of the economic theory of agricultural land markets followed by a description of Ireland’s current land use structures and ... -
Understanding the effects of multi-species grassland mixtures on the composition and function of the soil microbiome in temperate grasslands.
(NUI Galway, 2022-08-24)This thesis investigated the effects of multi species grassland mixtures on the composition and function of the soil microbiome in temperate grasslands. Three major gaps in knowledge were identified: (1) What effects do ... -
Understanding the Mechanisms of Action of Hypercapnic Acidosis and the Therapeutic Potential of Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in Diminishing Inflammation and Enhancing Repair in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.
(2013-09-30)Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a term used to describe severe lung injury characterised by uncontrolled inflammatory response and resultant damage to endothelial and epithelial layers leading to eventual ... -
Understanding the multifunctional domains of controller protein Centrin2
(NUI Galway, 2018-12-21)Centrin2 is a centrosomal calcium-binding protein that plays a critical role in centriole dynamics and ciliogenesis. Structurally, it has four calcium-binding EF- hand motifs. Most of the cellular centrin2 is not associated ... -
Understanding the role of the general stress response regulator, RpoS, in the environmental persistence of Escherichia coli
(2017-04-03)The use of E. coli as an indicator organism for faecal contamination in the environment, particularly in water sources, is based partly on the assumption that E. coli survives transiently outside of the mammalian ... -
Understanding the role of the rumen microbiome for enhancing feed efficiency and reducing methane emissions in sheep
(NUI Galway, 2024-04-22)Sheep play a vital role in global agricultural enterprises and support human livelihoods by converting human-inedible plant matter into human-edible products, such as meat and milk. However, the production of methane, a ... -
Unemployment inflows and outflows in the UK: a micro economometric analysis
(2016-06-09)The unemployment rate is a function of both the inflows to unemployment and the outflows from unemployment. Understanding the unemployment rate requires an understanding of the flows that drive the rate. This thesis ... -
An unexpected role for Nanos in cnidarian neural stem cell fate determination
(2012-09)The mechanisms of lineage commitment and acquiring specific cell fate remain obscure and require investigating the role of particular genes involved in these complex processes. To address this issue, I studied the role of ... -
A Unified Probabilistic Approach for Predicting the Structural Response of Oriented Strandboard
(2011-09-30)Oriented strandboard (OSB) is a wood-based composite manufactured from elongated wood-strands coated in a resin binder that are oriented and arranged in layers, cross-laminated and hot pressed to form large panels. OSB is ... -
The United States and International Criminal Tribunals
(2012-08-07)This study examines the policies put forth by the United States during international debates that established international criminal tribunals from the pre-First World War era to 2012. Each chapter closely considers the ... -
Unlocking the potential for quality improvement of healthcare complaints made about general practice in Ireland
(NUI Galway, 2021-06-09)Healthcare complaints are an underutilised resource for quality and safety improvement. Previous research on healthcare complaints has focused on secondary care. However, there is also a need to consider quality of care ... -
Unsaturated hydrocarbon combustion chemistry and gasoline and diesel fuel ignition: Experimental and theoretical studies
(2017-12-04)The primary objective of the work presented in this Thesis is to investigate the oxidation chemistry of unsaturated hydrocarbons. Butenes (1-, 2-, iso-butene) and 1,3-butadiene are the shortest olefins with structural ... -
Unsupervised deep representation learning for low-resourced languages and applications
(NUI Galway, 2023-05-08)Artificial intelligence and Natural Language Processing (NLP) are becoming integral parts of modern tech nologies and amenities starting from the adaptation of Amazon Alexa to automatic chatbots in different industries. ... -
Unsupervised target-driven artificial neural networks for dynamic DDoS mitigation within the ISP domain
(NUI Galway, 2020-10-08)Contemporary Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack vectors can change their traffic patterns during the time when an attack is underway, and as such, pre-trained models can struggle to identify new attack traffic ... -
Unveiling knowledge gaps: an investigation into the design and implementation of video hooks in the science classroom
(2017-01-21)Both internationally and in Ireland, the role science plays in the advancement of economic and technological endeavours cannot be undervalued. Nevertheless, in developed countries, established trends of decreasing student ... -
Upland transhumance practices in Ireland, and their role in post-medieval settlement and society, c.1550-1900 AD
(2016-06-07)This thesis creates a new understanding of the phenomenon of transhumance in post-medieval Ireland, c.1550-1900 AD. Transhumance is an agro-pastoral system in which people and their livestock spend several months of each ...