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4D light field reconstruction and scene depth estimation from plenoptic camera raw images
(2016-05-16)
Microlens-array-based light-field cameras (also known as plenoptic cameras), which are capable of recording both angular and spatial information of light, are already commercially available as consumer commodities. Due to ...
Transnational (dis)affect in the Digital Age. Photographic practices of Irish‐Spanish families living in Ireland
(2016-10-20)
Migrant communities copiously use digital means to communicate. The visual component of communication is substantial in this process. This thesis reports the ways Spanish‐Irish families living in Ireland ...
An examination of the Tree of Life and Tree of Knowledge In Irish Christian art and iconography
(2016-11-29)
This thesis is the first study investigating the motif of the Tree of Life and Tree of Knowledge in Irish Christian art and iconography between the seventh and twelfth centuries AD. It deals with the pre-Christian Irish ...
The cannabinoid type-2 (CB2) receptor as a target for anti-inflammatory disease modification in Parkinson's disease
(2016-08-04)
Parkinson’s disease is a multifaceted neurodegenerative disorder with no curative treatment. A key aspect in the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease is inflammation, which is initially triggered by dying neurons and which ...
Experimental and computational analysis of the mechanical behavior of poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) during degradation for medical implant applications
(2016-01-25)
Biodegradable polymers such as PLGA have been used in a wide range of biomedical applications due to their hydrolytic degradation and biocompatibility. The mechanical performance of biodegradable polymers during degradation ...
When paradigms clash: Irish labour market institutions and the unemployment crisis
(2017-10-18)
The recent Irish economic and financial crisis had significant impacts on the performance of the labour market and was also associated with major changes to labour market policies and institutions. Drawing on Douglass ...
DNA hybridisation detection on chemically modified electrodes with bioelectrocatalytic amplification of signal
(2011-12-22)
Electrochemical detection of DNA hybridization is a viable alternative to optical and radio-labelled techniques. The benefits of using biosensors based on electrochemical systems are: high sensitivity, possible development ...
Chondrogenic and vascular priming: an endochondral ossification approach to bone tissue regeneration
(2015-11-30)
Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine have significant potential to treat bone pathologies by exploiting the capacity for bone progenitors to grow and produce tissue constituents under specific biochemical and ...
Molecular microbial ecology of ammonia oxidation in coastal sediments
(2017-02-10)
This thesis focuses on the processes of nitrification in three coastal bays, specifically, aerobic ammonia oxidation which is the rate limiting step of nitrification and is mediated by ammonia oxidising bacteria and/or ...
A molecular genetic investigation into stress sensing in the food-borne pathogen Listeria Monocytogenes: roles for RsbR and its paralogues
(2016-11-30)
The alternative sigma factor σB is conserved across several Gram-positive bacteria species as the major general stress response (GSR) regulator. For the food-borne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes, σB enables the bacterium ...