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The development, implementation, and evaluation of a theory-based concussion education programme for secondary school Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) athletes
(NUI Galway, 2018-05)
Sport-related concussion (SRC) is a public health concern (Thurman, Branche, & Sniezek, 1998), especially among children and adolescent athletes, as their brains are still developing (Field, Collins, Lovell & Marron, 2003; ...
Recessionary tales: an investigation into how intellectually disabled young people, and their families, experienced the economic downturn
(NUI Galway, 2018-09-26)
This study presents an original contribution to knowledge through investigating the impact and lived experience of economic recession for intellectually disabled young people and their families in Ireland, who use services ...
Magnetotelluric research of the Rathlin Basin
(NUI Galway, 2018-12-24)
The IRETHERM Project was funded under SFI PI Grant 10/IN.1/I3022, with the aim of addressing uncertainties and gaps in the knowledge of potential geothermal resources within Ireland. This thesis presents geophysical ...
Green solvent free methods for active pharmaceutical ingredient polymorph control
(NUI Galway, 2018-09-28)
Polymorphism control of pharmaceutical compounds is a fundamental issue in pharmaceutical companies. Solution crystallization is a well-known pharmaceutical process. There are a variety of factors that can influence the ...
Linking microbial community structure and function to process performance and reactor configuration during high-rate low-temperature anaerobic treatment of dairy wastewater
(NUI Galway, 2018-09-14)
Anaerobic digestion is a sustainable and attractive option for the treatment of wastewaters. It allows the recovery of energy from waste - in the form of biogas - and is more cost-efficient than aerobic biological treatments. ...
Reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) of a new class of pH-sensitive monomers and polymerization induced self-assembly (PISA) in supercritical carbon dioxide
(NUI Galway, 2018-10-15)
Chapter 1 The traditional thermal Mannich reaction is unsuitable for preparing polymerizable N-methylene amino substituted acrylamides and methacrylamides. Herein we provide a facile multi-gram high yield synthesis of these ...
Linking microbiology and performance of slow sand filters for wastewater treatment
(NUI Galway, 2018-10-08)
Slow Sand Filtration (SSF) is biologically mediated method of water treatment dependent upon the natural development of a complex microbial community within the filter-bed. Due to increasing water scarcity worldwide, the ...
Metastatic breast cancer: Patterns of metastasis and novel biomarkers
(NUI Galway, 2018-05-25)
Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease and is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women, with metastatic disease the principle cause of mortality. In recent years great advances have been made in stratifying ...
Combined experimental testing and numerical modelling of a novel vertical axis tidal turbine
(NUI Galway, 2018-11-30)
This research presents a study of a novel vertical axis tidal turbine (VATT) – the GKinetic turbine – using experimental testing of scale devices and numerical modelling. The primary aims of the thesis were: (1) to assess ...
Studies in the Latin Christian reception of early Greek materialism
(NUI Galway, 2018-11-16)
This work explores the reception of the physical teachings of the Presocratic philosophers, as transmitted by the doxographical tradition, during Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. In particular it examines the ways ...