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Roddy Doyle en version française: que devient l'identité irlandaise en traduction?
(NUI Galway, 2019-01-25)
La notion de l’identité en traduction est incontestablement épineuse : la langue étant le premier véhicule identitaire en littérature, comment ne rien perdre avec la disparition de la langue source et est-il possible de ...
Development and characterisation of compressed, macro-porous and collagen-coated poly-ε-caprolactone electrospun meshes
(NUI Galway, 2019-02-25)
Electrospun scaffolds are utilised in a diverse spectrum of clinical targets, with an ever-increasing quantity of work progressing to clinical studies and commercialisation. However, the very dense architecture and the low ...
Cognition in two languages: bilingualism and second language competency as determinants of cognitive performance
(NUI Galway, 2019-07-15)
Introduction. This project emphasises the importance of two aspects in research on bilingualism: (i) the inclusion of multiple language sets to reach generalisable results, which ensures that differences originate in changes ...
Mechanistic insights into novel cellular therapy strategies for the treatment of corneal allograft rejection
(NUI Galway, 2019-02-14)
It has previously been demonstrated by our lab that tolerogenic dendritic cells (tDCs) prolong corneal allograft survival. This study revealed that tDCs had significantly higher levels of sialic acid on the cell surface ...
People, land-use and time: linking multi-proxy palaeoenvironmental data to the archaeological record of prehistoric Co. Clare, Ireland
(NUI Galway, 2019-01-23)
The aim of this thesis is to understand the nature of changing human-environment interactions through prehistory (from the Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age) in two neighbouring regions of western Ireland. The first is the ...
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 ...
Sources, concentrations, and screening of hazardous brominated flame retardants from waste streams in Ireland
(NUI Galway, 2019-04-12)
Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) are organohalogen compounds which are applied to polymer-based materials in order to meet fire safety standards. Some of the most commonly-used of these BFRs in consumer plastic over the ...
Carbohydrates in the synthesis of macrocycles and glycoclusters
(NUI Galway, 2019-01-28)
This thesis deals with efforts to generate new bioactive organic compounds. The main focus
has been on the use of carbohydrate building blocks for synthesis of both macrocyclic
compounds and glycoclusters for biological ...
Students as creators: The impact of digital innovation on Irish-language learning
(NUI Galway, 2019-07-23)
The overall aim of this study is to explore the possibilities for enhancing the Irish-language learning experience in English-medium primary school classrooms through students collaboratively constructing digital artefacts ...
Sex, stigma and silence: the discursive construction of HIV in Ireland
(NUI Galway, 2019-01-11)
Improvements to treatment mean that HIV is now a chronic, manageable illness. People living with HIV (PLHIV) have a life expectancy on a par with HIV negative individuals, and are non-infectious once the treatment goal of ...