To promote science awareness, combat science-related stereotypes and contribute towards the formation of a scientifically-literate society, many scientists facilitate Informal Science Education (ISE) activities with ...

Supramolecules such as calixarenes, cucurbiturils and foldamers are rapidly emerging as tools for protein assembly. This thesis builds on past successes with some of these scaffolds. Previously, sulfonato-calix[4]arene was ...

Within the last 50 years, the European eel has gone from one of the largest freshwater fisheries resources throughout its range to being listed as critically endangered. A variety of factors have been implicated in this ...

The chief objective of this dissertation is to attempt to answer the question of whether or not Irish Catholics formed a disproportionately small element of the Officer Corps of the British Army, in the period following ...

Acute ischemic stroke (AIS), which accounts for approximately 85% of all strokes globally, is among the leading causes of death and long-term disability. It occurs when a blood clot causes an occlusion in a blood vessel, ...

In Aerogen aerosol drug delivery technology, an aperture plate vibrates at high frequency under a piezoelectric drive. Liquid drug stored on one side of the plate passes through the apertures to form an aerosol of microscopic ...

Pituitary-dependent Cushing syndrome (CS), referred to herein as Cushing Disease (CD), is the most common cause of endogenous CS. The challenge for diagnosing CD includes difficulty identifying the often small pituitary ...

The thesis examines the economic and political contributions of the European Union (EU) to the Northern Ireland peace process, tracing the genesis of EU involvement and analysing how it acted as an arena in which to ...

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative pathology of the articular cartilage causing chronic pain and disability in millions of individuals. In OA synovia, resident macrophages and infiltrated lymphocytes contribute to the ...

This research explores the design, development and evaluation of a Technology-enhanced Cultural Heritage Education (TECHe) learning model to enhance children’s engagement with their local heritage and place. Following ...