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Science classroom discourse and learning in secondary biology classrooms implementing a Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) approach
(NUI Galway, 2019-05-28)
This multiple case study research analyses upper secondary teachers’ and students’ experiences of learning biology through the medium of a foreign language, which in this study is English, in the European context (German ...
Hydrogen peroxide and hydrohalic acid mediated synthesis of halogenated benzimidazolequinones and anti-cancer evaluation of benzotriazinones
(NUI Galway, 2019-11-29)
Chapter 1 provides a literature review of metal and metal-free oxidative annulations employed to access ring-fused benzimidazoles while highlighting their significance and application towards anti-tumour benzimidazolequinones. ...
A quiet cultural revolution: The amateur theatre movement in Ireland, 1952-1980
(NUI Galway, 2019-12-19)
This dissertation outlines the origins, contours, and impact of the amateur theatre movement in Ireland from the foundation of the All-Ireland and Ulster Drama Festivals in 1953 to the establishment of Field Day Theatre ...
Sparse surface graphs
(NUI Galway, 2019-12-20)
This thesis is concerned with building certain classes of sparse and tight surface graphs via suitable sets of inductive moves from specified sets of irreducible surface graphs.
In particular, we derive topological ...
Expansion and augmentation of social marketing theory and practice with systems science and mechanism, action, structure (MAS) theory to explore dynamic complexity and leverage points pertinent to the Galway cycling system
(NUI Galway, 2019-05-08)
Social marketing is confronted by serious challenges of both endogenous and exogenous character. If these challenges are not properly addressed, social marketing risks entering into a deep, intrinsic and ontological crisis. ...
Piezoelectric scaffolds: Mediating tendon regeneration by activation of piezosensitive receptors
(NUI Galway, 2019-09-15)
Tendon disease caused by trauma, illness or age-related degeneration constitutes an unmet clinical need. Tendon repair using different pharmacological and engineering strategies based on both synthetic and biological grafts ...
Exploring community living in Ireland: Experiences of ageing with and into disability
(NUI Galway, 2019-12-16)
This research examines the topic of community living for older persons with disabilities. This group comprises people who are ageing with disabilities, either lifelong or earlier onset, as well as people who are ageing ...
Synthesis and evaluation of multivalent ligands for macrophage galactose C-type lectin. Development of new chemical tools for immunological research and structural investigation of the lectin with GalNAc and derivatives
(NUI Galway, 2019-09-30)
Synthetic chemistry can provide powerful tools to explore the correlation between an antigen’s
chemical structure and the type of immune response triggered. This thesis work has focused
on the design, synthesis and ...
A kind of mime: Cultural politics and narrative experiment in the works of Samuel Beckett, Máirtín Ó Cadhain, and Brian Ó Nualláin
(NUI Galway, 2019-09-27)
This thesis is a trilingual comparative literary study, analysing the works of Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906-1970), and Brian Ó Nualláin (1911-1966). This study will argue that the very particular ...
Identification of plant-specific components of the Polycomb Group pathway and their roles in the regulation of Arabidopsis thaliana development
(NUI Galway, 2019-09-30)
The knowledge about Arabidopsis thaliana developmental life cycle is deep in broad strokes. Nevertheless, the mechanisms that fine tune these phase transitions are still poorly described. One of these mechanisms is the ...