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Faith, reason, and the limits of linguistic expression: An investigation of Søren Kierkegaard and Immanuel Kant
(NUI Galway, 2020-03-02)
There exists an apparent conflict or disjunction between religious faith and reason – one that manifests in a tangible way as a clash between secular and religious ways of looking at the world. When we contextualize this ...
Landscape legacies: the renegotiation of the Irish west in contemporary visual culture
(NUI Galway, 2019-02-21)
This thesis examines the cultural legacy of the landscape of the West of Ireland and its lasting impact on the contemporary visualization of the region. Through a critical examination of the historic underpinning and ...
Performing scalar interculturalism: Race and identity in contemporary Irish performance
(NUI Galway, 2019-05-07)
This dissertation is an interdisciplinary analysis of race and identity in contemporary Irish performance. Using the Irish case study and looking at theatre, sport and dance, it develops an intersectional framework of ...
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 ...
Integrated proteomic and systems biology approach to understanding injured spinal cord pathophysiology and repair
(NUI Galway, 2020-03-05)
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a severe neurological condition. There are currently no effective treatment options to restore function following SCI. The major obstacle to developing effective therapies is the fragmented ...
From Carnacon to Cape Town: An interpretive study of the transnational career of Senator Colonel Maurice Moore (1854-1939), soldier, diplomat and politician
(NUI Galway, 2018-08-31)
In this thesis, the contextual, thematic, biography of Senator Colonel Maurice Moore, a Catholic member of the Irish Ascendancy is used as a prism through which to interpret and reflect on a military and political career ...
Expansion and augmentation of social marketing theory and practice with systems science and mechanism, action, structure (MAS) theory to explore dynamic complexity and leverage points pertinent to the Galway cycling system
(NUI Galway, 2019-05-08)
Social marketing is confronted by serious challenges of both endogenous and exogenous character. If these challenges are not properly addressed, social marketing risks entering into a deep, intrinsic and ontological crisis. ...
The role of the endogenous opioid system in social motivation and cognition in the valproic acid model of social impairment
(NUI Galway, 2019-11-11)
Positive social interactions and successful relationships are important for physical and mental health, and have been shown to elicit beneficial effects on multiple physiological systems and bodily function. Impairments ...
The development of a digital intervention to promote timely presentation of breast cancer symptoms to a healthcare professional
(NUI Galway, 2019-10-31)
Breast cancer is the primary cause of death among women globally and in Ireland, mortality rates from breast cancer are the third highest in Europe. Early diagnosis of breast cancer is linked to more favourable outcomes ...
Framing open space-time in the films of Jean Renoir: society, ideology, technology
(2016-02-01)
In the films of Jean Renoir (1894-1979), class strata clash in public and private spheres, alternately eroding and bolstering ideological values, and implementing traumatic social upheaval on a local, national, or even ...