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Taxonomy, parataxonomy, and metabarcoding: an investigation of invertebrate diversity in high nature value wet grasslands
(NUI Galway, 2017-11-01)
Wet grassland habitats characterised by seasonal inundation and low-intensity agricultural practices support a rich mosaic of plant and animal communities. Whilst most of the conservation strategies aimed at protecting ...
Structure and evolution of classical Nova Shells
(2017-09-22)
This thesis focuses on shells ejected during classical nova events. Novae are due to thermonuclear runaway on the surface of a white dwarf in a binary system. The work herein concentrates on nova shells individually to ...
The politics of melancholia in twentieth-century Irish drama by women: Augusta Gregory, Teresa Deevy, Christina Reid and Marina Carr
(NUI Galway, 2017-09-30)
This thesis explores the dynamics of national and historical melancholia as invoked in twentieth-century drama of four Irish women, Augusta Gregory (1852-1932), Teresa Deevy (1894-1963), Christina Reid (1942-2015), and ...
Business capability-centric management of services and processes models
(2017-01-11)
With the advent of Industry 4.0, more and more companies are actively working on digitising their assets (i.e., services, processes, etc.) for better control, collaboration, modularity, analysis, etc. By 2020 more than 80% ...
Evaluating and benchmarking the performance of federated SPARQL endpoints and their partitioning using selected metrics and specific query types
(2017-02-07)
The increasing amount of Linked Data and its inherent distributed nature have created for need to developing and researching querying technologies. Inspired by research results from traditional distributed databases, ...
RNA metabolism proteins identified as ATM and 53BP1 partners function in the DDR
(2017-07-05)
The DNA is continually under treat of being damaged by both endogenous and exogenous sources such as reactive oxygen species produced during normal cell metabolism or ionising radiation. It is vital for the maintenance of ...
Protein-carbohydrate interactions and structural characterization of Ralstonia solanacearum lectin
(2017-03-20)
Ralstonia solanacearum is a bacterium which causes fatal damage to hundreds of agricultural plants such as potato or tobacco. It produces two lectins that are involved in attachment of the bacterium to the host. One of ...
Rehabilitation approaches in dementia: an evaluation of three interventions from an occupational therapy perspective
(2017-01-25)
Dementia is a complex, progressively degenerative condition resulting in loss of cognitive and functional capabilities, along with a significant increase in degree of dependency.
In recent years a number of non-pharmacological ...
The use of neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) as part of the postoperative care regime in orthopaedic patients
(2017-09-14)
Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) is an extremely beneficial procedure carried out primarily as a treatment for end-stage knee osteoarthritis to improve both quality of life and physical functioning. Limitations in physical ...
Development of novel nucleic acid diagnostics technologies for the detection of predominant microorganisms associated with bacterial meningitis
(2017-01-13)
With an estimated 1.2 million cases annually worldwide, bacterial meningitis is a
medical emergency and primary prevention as well as accurate diagnosis and
treatment of this often fatal disease is paramount. The ...