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Reconstructive performances of memory and trauma in life writing by daughters of Harkis
(NUI Galway, 2018-12-14)
This study presents a close reading and comparative analysis of a corpus of texts by daughters of harkis – Algerian men who served as auxiliary soldiers in the French army during the Algerian War of Independence (1954-1962) ...
Development of a global energy management system for the non-energy intensive multi-site manufacturing organisations
(NUI Galway, 2018-09-30)
Climate change and energy resource sustainability are both major challenges facing humanity today. Due to their scale, multi-site (and/or multi-national) manufacturing organisations (MMO), are large consumers of energy, ...
“The Insider Threat” Comparing malicious and non-malicious information security behaviours using a rational choice model
(NUI Galway, 2018-09-27)
In the modern networked world, replete with massive amounts of data, one of the greatest threats facing organisations is information loss inflicted by actors within or trusted by the organisation. This research is thus ...
Analysis of the mechanical performance of a biodegradable magnesium stent in a remodelling artery
(NUI Galway, 2018-09-28)
Coronary stents made from degradable biomaterials such as magnesium alloy are an emerging technology in the treatment of coronary artery disease. Biodegradable stents provide mechanical support to the artery during the ...
Aspects of modeling and application of survival-type data
(NUI Galway, 2018-02)
Survival analysis is collection of methods for analyzing data where the outcome of interest is the time to an event and some of the observations are censored.
Survival data can arise naturally from studies on, machines' ...
Deciphering the role of human MSL2 and MSL1 within and beyond the MSL complex
(2018-01-14)
While the components of the MSL (Male Specific Lethal) complex in Drosophila are well studied and known to play a critical role in dosage compensation, there is little known about the function of its evolutionary conserved ...
Impacts of natural and induced abiotic factors on phlorotannins in brown algae
(2018-02-22)
Phlorotannins are a group of highly bioactive marine polyphenols found exclusively in brown algae. They play multiple ecological roles in algae inhabiting stressful environments and, as a result, their natural concentrations ...
Outside the canon: theatre, social change, and archival memory
(NUI Galway, 2018-09-26)
This dissertation examines the intersection of theatre and society of post-Emergency Ireland through a methodological assessment of social, performative and archival memory. It identifies a group of new Irish plays and ...
Developing health and safety guidance for geodetic engineering surveyors
(NUI Galway, 2018-12-21)
Geodetic engineering surveyors are integral to the entire construction process and work in a sector that is considered occupationally hazardous. The aim of this research was to determine the extent of health and safety ...
Optimisation and characterisation of cholecyst-derived extracellular matrix for abdominal wall reconstruction
(NUI Galway, 2018-10-19)
Polypropylene mesh was created by Usher in 1962 after he experienced unsatisfactory
results from using autografts and allografts for hernia repairs. More than fifty years later,
polypropylene is still the most popular ...