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The glycosylation signature of human urinary extracellular vesicles
(2015-12-22)
Cells of virtually all organs and tissues are known to release large numbers of subcellular particles called extracellular vesicles (EVs) into bodily fluids such as blood and urine. There has been a growing interest in ...
An examination of the interactions between the real and financial economy
(2015-10-15)
The primary aim of this thesis is to critically examine the interactions between the real and financial economy, particularly in the context of financialisation, and its implications for the transmission of monetary policy. ...
A systems engineering approach to equipment qualification in healthcare
(2015-08)
Equipment Qualification is a formal quality assurance process in manufacturing which establishes confidence that specified equipment is ‘ready for its intended use’. This thesis, in drawing parallels between requirements ...
Non-linear anisotropic mechanical behaviour of hard and soft tissues
(2015-09-30)
The overall objective of this thesis is to develop accurate and rigorous constitutive formulations for the non-linear anisotropic behaviour of soft tissue (arterial) and hard tissues (trabecular bone) at large strains.
The ...
Narrating in/security: women's activism in Kashmir
(2015-09)
This thesis explores women activists’ narratives of everyday experiences of in/security through a qualitative case study in Kashmir, northern India. In order to gather women’s in/security narratives I conducted 13 in-depth ...
Reproductive biology and growth of Ballan Wrasse Labrus Bergylta in west of Ireland waters
(2015-08-15)
The research undertaken is very relevant to the aquaculture industry and fisheries management as it addresses natural cycle of the reproductive parameters including sex hormones, gonads development and nutritional background. ...
Pulsed laser material interaction with thin indium tin oxide films
(2015-09-30)
The interaction of short and ultrashort laser pulses with very thin films is currently an important area of research for laser material interactions. The interaction between the laser pulse and the thin transparent conductive ...
Schema-agnostic queries for large-schema databases: A distributional semantics approach
(2015-05-01)
The evolution of data environments towards the growth in the size, complexity, dynamicity and decentralisation (SCoDD) of schemas drastically impacts contemporary data management. The SCoDD trend emerges as a central data ...
Towards inherently adaptive first person shooter agents using reinforcement learning
(2015-09-30)
Reinforcement learning (RL) is a paradigm which involves an agent interacting with an environment. The agent carries out actions in the environment and receives positive reinforcement for actions that are deemed “good” and ...
Irish mothers, separation and divorce an exploratory study: examining experiences, services and policy
(2015-09-30)
Lone parent families are not a homogenous group rather this family form is varied and despite the vast array of research into the lives and experiences of lone parents in Ireland, there is a dearth of information on ...