NUI Galway Theses: Recent submissions
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Writing water justice in the twenty-first century: Environmental novels, neoliberalism, and water politics
(NUI Galway, 2023-03-30)This thesis poses drought as a literary problem. It analyses seven different twenty first-century novels which respond to drought events as a way of articulating culturally and historically specific anxieties surrounding ... -
Application of electrodialysis for nutrient recovery from Anaerobic digestate
(NUI Galway, 2023-03-30)Electrodialysis (ED) is an electro-driven membrane-based technology, which can separate ions from solutions with high efficiency. Recently, ED has been studied to recover nutrients, i.e., ammonium (NH4 +) and phosphate ... -
Signal processing and machine learning algorithms for stress monitoring using wearable sensor technologies
(NUI Galway, 2023-03-30)In recent years, there has been a notable increase in depression, anxiety, pathological stress, and other stress-related diseases. Stress is a known contributor to several life-threatening medical conditions and triggers ... -
The role of cultural ecosystem services and community-based conservation in the collaborative governance of Irish peatlands
(NUI Galway, 2023-03-30)Human societies face huge environmental and societal challenges including climate change, biodiversity loss, and social unrest as intersecting crises and periods of rapid change impact on people’s lives and livelihoods. ... -
Amplifying disabled people’s voices: The role of national human rights institutions
(NUI Galway, 2023-03-29)This thesis was funded under the Disability Advocacy Research in Europe (DARE) Marie Curie Innovative Training Network. The Network was sponsored by the EU by way of grant agreement 814249. The grant agreement included ... -
Mechanobiological origins of osteolysis during bone metastasis
(NUI Galway, 2023-03-28)Metastasis is the final, lethal stage of cancer where cells migrate from a primary tumour site to colonise a secondary organ and is the primary cause of mortality in cancer patients. Breast cancer is the leading cause ... -
Centromere function in asymmetrically dividing Drosophila germline stem cells
(NUI Galway, 2023-03-28)Germline stem cells (GSCs) undergo asymmetric cell division (ACD) to give rise to one stem cell residing in the niche and one differentiating daughter cell. The daughter cell subsequently divides through mitosis and meiosis ... -
Bidirectional inverter with improved light load efficiency for integration in a hybrid AC/DC distribution system in buildings
(NUI Galway, 2023-03-28)Increasingly more research is being done on DC distribution systems with the aim of increasing system efficiency for power delivery between DC power sources, loads, and energy storage equipment as compared to AC ... -
A chemical kinetic computational toolkit for computational modelling and estimation of fuel thermodynamic properties
(NUI Galway, 2023-03-27)It is undeniable that, due to human activity, global warming is one of the most challenging environmental issues of our time. It is well known that the main source of greenhouse gases (GHG) is due to the burning of ... -
Contributions to neural network models and training datasets for facial depth
(NUI Galway, 2023-03-27)The depth estimation problem has made significant progress due to recent improvements in Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) and the incorporation of traditional methodologies in these deep learning systems. Depth ... -
The experiences and implications of living with a BRCA1/2 alteration: Establishing the evidence base
(NUI Galway, 2023-03-23)Background BRCA1/2 alterations refer to a pathogenic variant in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. Having a BRCA1/2 alteration leads to a significant increase in lifetime risk of developing certain cancers, namely melanomas, ... -
There should be recognition and protection of the privacy of children's identity and freedom for them to narrate their own online identity
(NUI Galway, 2023-03-21)Sharenting is a compound word derived from the words ‘parent’ and ‘sharing’ and, is defined as ‘the online posting of a child’s images and private details by parents with or without the child’s consent’.1 Parents share ... -
Advanced therapies in pancreatic islet transplantation for type 1 diabetes mellitus
(NUI Galway, 2023-03-14)Type 1 diabetes mellitus is an autoimmune condition whereby β-cells are destroyed by the immune system causing the lack/absence of insulin production and resultant hyperglycaemia. Pancreatic islet transplantation is ... -
Fables for a reconstruction: A toolkit to imagine the Symbiocene
(NUI Galway, 2023-03-13)My PhD enquiry addresses the research question, How can contemporary art practice contribute to a shared understanding of and response to the Anthropocene? through the use of eco-art, socially engaged art practices, art ... -
Mineral fertiliser equivalence value of dairy processing waste and derived strubias products
(NUI Galway, 2023-03-09)Globally, agriculture urgently needs alternative sources of phosphorus (P). Presently, global agriculture is over-reliant on inorganic mineral P fertilisers sourced from finite mining sources. This is especially relevant ... -
Experimental and modelling studies of natural gas and gasoline surrogate blends
(NUI Galway, 2023-03-09)Combustors rely heavily on fossil and/or bio-derived fuels that all produce significant quantities of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Hence, the successful development of advanced combustors requires predictive chemical ... -
Utilizing passage-based evidences in information retrieval tasks
(NUI Galway, 2023-03-09)In the age of Information overload accessing information is a few clicks away from us. This wealth of information at hand can certainly have its advantages. However, for a search engine, identifying the relevant information ... -
Management of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia in cancer patients
(NUI Galway, 2023-03-06)Chemotherapy is widely used as a successful treatment option for cancer patients, showing a higher success rate in hematological cancers than solid tumours. Chemotherapy-induced neutropenia (CIN), defined as “a reduction ... -
Media matters: Impact of expansion media on the phenotype of mesenchymal stromal cells
(NUI Galway, 2023-03-02)Despite a long history of investigation and sustained efforts in clinical testing with large numbers of clinical trials being initiated, the number of market authorisations for mesenchymal stromal cell (MSC) therapies ... -
Novel mechanobiological modelling of bone metastasis reveals that substrate stiffness, biochemical bone cell signaling and mechanical stimulation alter metastatic activity
(NUI Galway, 2023-03-01)For more than 70% of breast cancer patients, cancer cells spread from their primary site and metastasize to bone. Although much research has been conducted to understand the pathogenesis of the metastatic bone disease, ...