Browsing University of Galway Theses (PhD Theses) by Title
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The X Factor(s): New antibiotic resistance mechanisms in community-associated methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus
(2017-03-31)Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains typically express low-level heterogeneous (HeR) resistance from which high-level homogeneously resistant (HoR) mutants can be isolated following oxacillin exposure. ... -
Xenophon and the ancient Greek cavalry horse: an equestrian perspective
(2015-11-30)The origins of this thesis lie in my appreciation, because of my own equestrian background, of Xenophon’s Art of Horsemanship and the Cavalry Commander. As the research progressed, I was surprised that classical scholars ... -
Yes, and: Implementation of access to cultural materials for persons with disabilities
(NUI Galway, 2023-01-19)This thesis examines the right to access culture for persons with disabilities and proposes a new approach to implementing that right. Part I lays out where this right can be found and why it is so important. It ... -
"You Mean We're Not Real People?": A semiotic and sociolinguistic perspective on the transposition of fictive Dialogue in the Spanish Translations of John Updike's "Rabbit" books
(2015-01-29)Despite the vast amount of research on translation in recent decades, the issue of fictive dialogue has yet to gain prominence in the field. Viewed from a monolingual perspective, dialogue is already problematic in that ... -
Young people's attitudes toward the police in Ireland. A mixed methods study
(2013-10-30)The aim of this research was to address outstanding empirical issues in the attitudes to police literature by developing and testing a theoretical model of the factors that influence young people's attitudes toward the ... -
Zambian Perspectives: A participatory contextualisation of Youth Civic Engagement (YCE) from both youth and adult Zambian perspectives
(2012-10-26)In the contemporary adult centered world, global policy has placed young people at the centre of the civic engagement debate. A universal definition of youth civic engagement (YCE) is lacking. The current YCE literature ... -
Zhu reduction theory for vertex operator algebras on Riemann surfaces
(NUI Galway, 2019-08-21)In this thesis we first develop a recursive relation for $n$-point functions for Vertex Operator Super Algebras (VOSAs) on a genus two Riemann surface constructed by sewing two tori. This relation is used to develop formal ...