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Targeting the glycome of the milk fat globule membrane for anti-infective properties
(2016-10-21)
This thesis sets out to explore the potential bioactivities of bovine milk fat globule membrane (MFGM) to enhance our understanding of the roles bovine milk glycoconjugates may play in humans and to contribute towards ...
Adaptive task assignment in spatial crowdsourcing
(2016-08)
Spatial crowdsourcing has emerged as a new paradigm for solving difficult problems in the physical world. It engages a large number of human workers in scenarios such as crisis management and smart cities. The utility of ...
Re-place: performative landscapes as conceptual ecological environments
(2016-09-27)
This dissertation aims to integrate Irish theatre history into a wider discourse of the environmental humanities. Combining material ecocritical thinking and theories of space and place, this thesis contends firstly, that ...
Settlement clusters at parish churches in Ireland, c. 1200-1600 AD
(2016-04-06)
This thesis investigates the archaeology and cultural history of small settlements that occur at parish churches in English- and Gaelic- dominated lordships of Ireland, c. 1200-1600 AD, in order to propose their origins ...
Novel methods for the planning and design of greenways for cycling
(2016-05-12)
There is a crisis in transport internationally as the continuing proliferation of car-use undermines environment, society and economy. Cycling has gained considerable attention in policy and academia in recent years as one ...
Evaluating conversation partner programmes: perspectives of people with aphasia
(2016-06-22)
Background
Stroke is the most common cause of disability in the western World. Approximately 176,000 new individuals in the United Kingdom and Ireland are diagnosed with stroke annually with up to one third experiencing ...
Framing open space-time in the films of Jean Renoir: society, ideology, technology
(2016-02-01)
In the films of Jean Renoir (1894-1979), class strata clash in public and private spheres, alternately eroding and bolstering ideological values, and implementing traumatic social upheaval on a local, national, or even ...