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Provoking performance: challenging the people, the state and the patriarchy in 1980s Irish Theatre
(NUI Galway, 2018-08-28)
Summary of Contents: Provoking Performance: Challenging the People, the State and the Patriarchy in 1980s Irish Theatre
This thesis offers new perspectives and knowledge to the discipline of Irish theatre studies and ...
Neuroanatomical dysconnectivity in bipolar disorder
(2016-10-13)
Bipolar Disorder (BD) is a major psychotic illness characterized by cyclic mood dysregulation. The dysconnectivity hypothesis suggests that psychotic illnesses arise not from regionally specific focal pathophysiology, but ...
Investigating Irish antiquarianism: A comparative study of Protestant and Catholic antiquarian cultures, 1830-1876
(2017-09-15)
The aim of this study is to investigate the differences in and similarities between Protestant and Catholic antiquarian cultures in Ireland in the period 1830 to 1876. The thesis demonstrates that there were notable ...
Experimental and numerical characterisation of materials for biomass co-firing
(2017-02-23)
As Europe continues to decarbonize its electricity generation capacity, operators of thermal power plants face challenges to which they must adapt including increasingly transient operation and co-firing with biomass. This ...
Studies in anomerisation of glycosyl thiols and glycosides
(NUI Galway, 2018-06-29)
The stereoselective generation of 1,2-cis linkages continues to be a substantial challenge in
carbohydrate chemistry today. Lewis acid-promoted anomerisation of 1,2-trans linkages offers
a facile method to generate 1,2-cis ...
The reluctant Lord Deputy: the early life and career of Sir William Fitzwilliam of Milton
(NUI Galway, 2018-07-23)
This thesis presents a detailed study of the early life and career of Sir William Fitzwilliam of Milton, who served as Treasurer-at-War of Ireland from 1559 to 1573 and as Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1571 to 1575. The ...
Investigating the role of IRE1α RNase activity in breast cancer
(NUI Galway, 2018-12-17)
Metastatic, drug resistant disease poses the greatest threat to the survival of breast cancer patients. Thus, elucidating and targeting mechanisms which govern this phenotype is a primary goal of the breast cancer field. ...
Developing a culture of professional practice learning in an FET context
(NUI Galway, 2018-12)
This research explored ways of promoting a professional learning community (PLC) in the further education and training (FET) context. There was limited evidence related to teacher learning within the FET case study ...
Characterization of a novel zebrafish model of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
(NUI Galway, 2018-12-14)
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is a congenital heart disorder characterized by replacement of the ventricular myocardium with fibrofatty tissue. The majority of cases are due to mutations in genes ...
Regulation of cell fate by microRNAs during unfolded protein response and its role in cancer
(NUI Galway, 2018-12-20)
The endoplasmic reticulum (EnR) stress is a common phenomenon in various cancers such as breast, colorectal, skin and hepatocellular carcinoma. Several pathophysiological events (e.g., radiation, aneuploidy, oncogenic ...