Browsing NUI Galway Theses (PhD Theses) by Title
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Radiobiological modelling in Radiation Oncology
(2011-09-30)Biological models potentially o er the ability to predict the response of tumour control to irradiation. A tumour control probability (TCP) model with excellent radiobiological pedigree was developed and examined to predict ... -
(Re)connecting children with nature? A sociological study of environmental education in Ireland.
(2014-11-01)The outcome of environmental education to solve the ecological crises by producing an environmentally sustainable society is uncertain. The marginalisation of environmental education in mainstream education, its precarious ... -
(Re)Thinking the Girl Effect: A Critical Analysis of Girls' Political Subjectivity and Agency at the United Nations 54th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 54)
(2012-10-26)This study is a feminist poststructuralist analysis of the Girl Effect informed by girls experiences at the 54th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 54). Based on a series of in-depth qualitative interviews ... -
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 ... -
Readership and Non-Canonical Victorian Popular Fiction 1860-1900: Materiality, Textuality, and Narrative
(2013-12-12)Scholars of print media are increasingly realising significant headway in the recovery of the history of reading. The study of Victorian fiction has also expanded beyond a core body of canonical texts to encompass a more ... -
Real-time detection of pedestrians in night-time conditions using a vehicle mounted infrared camera
(2016-09-30)Current statistics show that a significant number of road fatalities occur during night-time hours despite a smaller number of vehicles on the road. This number could be significantly reduced with the use of systems that ... -
Recombinant expression and characterization of ligand binding to mutants ff 3-O-sulphotransferase-1
(2014-10-21)Heparan Sulphate (HS) is a highly charged glycosyaminoglycan (GAG) that is closely related to Heparin, a related GAG with a higher degree of sulphation. Heparin is used in the development of anticoagulant drugs. Currently, ... -
Reform, instruction, and practice: the impact of the Catholic Revival on the laity in the Dublin diocese, 1793-1853
(2016-09-14)In the aftermath of the 1793 Catholic Relief Act the Catholic Church in Dublin experienced a period of revival. The building of new churches, the flourishing of religious orders, and the development Sunday Schools all point ... -
Regional development in minority language territories: state policies, structures and interventions in the Irish Gaeltacht
(2016-09-09)The primary aim of this thesis was to critically assess the capacity of the state to conceptualise and implement policies in support of the sustainable development of the Gaeltacht, and to do so through an integrated spatial ... -
Regional Scale Modelling of Boundary Layer Ozone and Influences of Climate Change
(2013-02-20)Ozone is a major air quality parameter, a key player in atmospheric chemistry and instrumental in greenhouse gas forcing. Consequently, the subject of ozone pollution warrants significant consideration in the construction ... -
Regulation and assembly of the associated network in human cells
(2011-10)Centromeres are the chromosomal loci which are responsible for the equal segregation of sister chromatids to daughter cells during mitosis, by directing the assembly of kinetochores. Despite being involved in the faithful ... -
Regulation and function of the tumour suppressor 53BP1 at sites of DNA damage
(2013-10-16)Cancer is the major cause of death for people in middle age. It results from cell transformation into malignant cells and propagates with normal controls. This process is induced by mutations occurring in DNA through the ... -
The regulation of ER stress induced cell death by HSPB1 (hsp27)
(2013-01-29)Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress is associated with several human pathologies including neurodegenerative disorders. ER stress results in accumulation of unfolded proteins which activates the unfolded protein response ... -
Regulation Of Myometrial Gene Expression By Oestrogen And Progesterone: The Use Of A Cell Culture Model To Mimic The In Vivo Conditions Of Pregnant Human Uterus
(2012-12-31)Pregnancy and labour are physiological events controlled by a complex interplay between maternal and foetal factors. These processes are diverse and specific to each species, hence simple extrapolation from model organisms ... -
Regulation of Six1 and Eya1 during the formation of the preplacodal ectoderm in xenopus - towards a gene regulatory network of the developing neural plate border
(2017-01-06)Cranial placodes are ectodermal thickenings in vertebrate embryos that give rise to many sense organs and ganglia. All placodes arise from a common precursor, the pre-placodal ectoderm (PPE). The latter develops during ... -
The regulation of starch synthesis by phytochrome A&B, thioredoxins and plastidial kinases in Arabidopsis thaliana leaves
(2017-08-09)Starch is an important storage carbon in many plant leaves which is synthesized during the day and degraded at night to maintain cellular maintenance and eventually growth. The biosynthesis of starch is a highly regulated ... -
The Regulation of Stem Cell Research in Ireland
(2013-03-19)This thesis explores the regulation of stem cell research internationally with a view to providing a suitable regulatory framework for Ireland. It examines the ethical, legal and economic issues which can is raised by stem ... -
The Regulation of the Legal Profession in Ireland
(2013-09-30)This thesis seeks to explore the regulation of the legal profession in Ireland and to identify whether changes ought to be made to the present regulatory regime. Against a background of economic collapse and Troika bailout, ... -
Regulators of TRAIL resistance in normal and transformed cells
(2015-05-26)TRAIL is a member of the Tumor Necrosis Factor superfamily which was shown to be able to induce apoptotic cell death in a wide variety of transformed cells, leaving normal, healthy cells unharmed. However, approximately ... -
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 ...