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Inventing Liberia: imagining and representing colony and nation in American, Liberian and European writing 1820-1940
(NUI Galway, 2018-10-11)
Liberia, the West African nation, whose name connotes freedom, was the creation of the American Colonisation Society (ACS) whose initial aim was to rid the United States of a growing population of ‘free people of colour.’ ...
A life course perspective: Life course learning for adult learners in Higher Education - an examination of the NUI Diploma in Applied Social Studies and the BA in Applied Social Studies
(NUI Galway, 2018-09-28)
This research study examines the concept of the life course and why it may be considered an issue of critical importance in the context of teaching and learning policy and practice for adult learners in higher education. ...
Using Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy (TIRFM) for studying protein-surface interactions
(NUI Galway, 2018-09-10)
Total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (TIRFM) techniques play an important role in investigating phenomena which occur on transparent dielectric surfaces at nanometre scales in various research fields from ...
An edition of Cath Cairn Chonaill with full apparatus and translation, together with a detailed study of its literary and cultural context
(NUI Galway, 2018-10-19)
The aim of my research has been to edit to modern standards the important Old and Middle Irish king-tale Cath Cairn Chonaill. The editorial work is accompanied by full transcripts of the manuscript witnesses on which it ...
Epigenetic regulation of NOD-like receptor activity and expression
(NUI Galway, 2018-11-19)
NOD-like receptors (NLRs) are a family of intracellular pathogen recognition receptors involved in the innate immune response. NOD1 and NOD2 are the best characterised members of this family, and so are the focus of this ...
An experimental and computational investigation into procedural complications relating to transcatheter aortic heart valves
(NUI Galway, 2018-02-20)
Although transcatheter aortic valves are widely used for treatment of high to medium risk patients with severe aortic stenosis, there are still many associated procedural complications. In particular, new on-set conductance ...
Provoking performance: challenging the people, the state and the patriarchy in 1980s Irish Theatre
(NUI Galway, 2018-08-28)
Summary of Contents: Provoking Performance: Challenging the People, the State and the Patriarchy in 1980s Irish Theatre
This thesis offers new perspectives and knowledge to the discipline of Irish theatre studies and ...
Studies in anomerisation of glycosyl thiols and glycosides
(NUI Galway, 2018-06-29)
The stereoselective generation of 1,2-cis linkages continues to be a substantial challenge in
carbohydrate chemistry today. Lewis acid-promoted anomerisation of 1,2-trans linkages offers
a facile method to generate 1,2-cis ...
The reluctant Lord Deputy: the early life and career of Sir William Fitzwilliam of Milton
(NUI Galway, 2018-07-23)
This thesis presents a detailed study of the early life and career of Sir William Fitzwilliam of Milton, who served as Treasurer-at-War of Ireland from 1559 to 1573 and as Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1571 to 1575. The ...
Investigating the role of IRE1α RNase activity in breast cancer
(NUI Galway, 2018-12-17)
Metastatic, drug resistant disease poses the greatest threat to the survival of breast cancer patients. Thus, elucidating and targeting mechanisms which govern this phenotype is a primary goal of the breast cancer field. ...