University of Galway Theses (PhD Theses): Recent submissions
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Essays on estimating effects of star arrival in small open economies: An event-study analysis
(NUI Galway, 2024-03-14)As the economy’s growth becomes more dependent on innovation, science policy is increasing in importance as an instrument for shaping the direction and impact of science on economic development, especially in small ... -
Micromechanical modelling of poly-l-lactide degradation in bioresorbable polymeric stents
(NUI Galway, 2024-03-13)Biodegradable semi-crystalline polymers, such as poly (L-lactic acid) (PLLA), have shown initially promising results as a replacement for permanent implants such as vascular stents, but their detailed mechanical response ... -
The bottomless care pyramid: a decolonial feminist ethnography of equality, diversity and inclusion initiatives at the University of Galway
(NUI Galway, 2024-03-12)This thesis examines tensions between feminist demands for transformations in higher education and the creation of equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) governance structures at an Irish institution. Through a case ... -
Fat grafting for lower extremity ulcers
(NUI Galway, 2024-03-12)Chronic lower limb ulcerations (CLU) are open sores which fail to heal within 6 weeks. Ulcers affect approximately 49 million people worldwide every year, making them one of the most common health problems globally1 . ... -
Design, synthesis and evaluation of glycomimetics as galectin inhibitors
(NUI Galway, 2024-03-11)Chapter-1: This chapter begins with a short review on carbohydrates and their structure and then summarises some highlights from the last two decades of research on developing carbohydrate-based drug candidates. Included ... -
Contributions towards 3D synthetic facial data generation and 3D face analysis with weak supervision
(NUI Galway, 2024-03-11)Facial analysis tasks are of pivotal importance in social interaction, thus gaining extensive attention among the scientific community. With the increased popularity of deep learning models and the availability of ... -
Cognitive functioning in schizophrenia: Characterising the effects of common genetic variation, brain structure, inflammation, and early life adversity
(NUI Galway, 2024-03-08)Schizophrenia is a complex, highly polygenic neuropsychiatric disorder. Individuals with schizophrenia experience neurocognitive and social cognitive deficits that can impact their ability to work, live independently, ... -
Advances in the estimation of the reproduction number from compartmental models using contemporary Monte Carlo methods
(NUI Galway, 2024-03-08)The reproduction number represents the average number of secondary cases generated by a primary case. If the population is completely susceptible, it is referred to as the basic reproduction number (<0) and theoretically ... -
Assessment of measuring and monitoring safety in healthcare in Ireland and Saudi Arabia
(NUI Galway, 2024-03-04)In the past two decades, governments worldwide have prioritised the improvement of health care quality and safety as a primary policy goal. However, progress towards achieving this goal has been limited. The provision ... -
Neurosymbolic visual reasoning with scene graph enrichment
(NUI Galway, 2024-02-26)Visual reasoning is a critical component of artificial intelligence that aims to understand, interpret, and reason about complex visual content. It has an interdisciplinary nature incorporating visual feature extraction ... -
Beyond Lolium perenne: the impact of grassland biodiversity on butyric acid and biomethane production in a forage-based anaerobic biorefinery
(NUI Galway, 2024-02-22)Permanent grassland fields are complex ecosystems consisting of graminoids (e.g., grasses) and forbs (e.g., legumes and herbs), which are crucial for environmental health and food production. Forbs are important players ... -
“On the Wisp” Rethinking birthplace in Ireland for a more-than-human world
(NUI Galway, 2024-02-21)At the beginning of the twentieth century, most Irish people’s birthplace was synonymous with their homeplace. However, by the end of the century, 99% of all Irish births occurred in hospital settings. In that time there ... -
A collaborative tax administration: The case of co-operative compliance in Ireland
(NUI Galway, 2024-02-19)Tax administrations worldwide face similar challenges in improving taxpayer services, addressing non-compliance, minimising the administrative burden on taxpayers, and reducing costs. In achieving these goals, tax ... -
Austerity as retrogression: The rights to adequate housing and social security in the United Kingdom and Ireland
(NUI Galway, 2024-02-13)Austerity measures adopted by State Parties since 2008 had a detrimental impact on social housing and welfare, deteriorating the enjoyment of the rights to housing and social security under the International Covenant ... -
Insights into microbial acclimation to salinity in high-rate anaerobic digestion
(NUI Galway, 2024-02-12)In recent years, anaerobic digestion (AD) has been investigated as a suitable biotechnology to treat wastewater at elevated salinities. Nevertheless, when starting up AD reactors with inocula that are not adapted to salinity, ... -
Investigating the roles of MARCKS and MARCKS-like 1 proteins in Xenopus laevis spinal cord development and regeneration
(NUI Galway, 2024-02-12)The identification and characterisation of key molecules that can promote or suppress regeneration has been an elusive, long-sought objective for researchers in spinal cord injury. The myristoylated alanine-rich C-kinase ... -
A value-centered approach to data privacy decisions
(NUI Galway, 2024-02-06)There are a host of data privacy decisions we must make every day – and it is exceedingly difficult, if not impossible, for us to make meaningful decisions about all of them. In this thesis, I define, conceptualize, ... -
Learning to be a school leader in Ireland: Investigating the understanding, use and efficacy of a model of professional learning for the professional development of school leaders in Irish schools
(NUI Galway, 2024-02-02)The lack of coherence – both structural and process – in terms of building a national strategy to increase leadership capacity and the need to examine the components of a model of professional learning for leadership ... -
Using spatial light modulators to investigate the limitations of adaptive optics performance for the European Extremely Large Telescope
(NUI Galway, 2024-02-02)The European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) will be the world’s largest ground based optical / near-infrared telescope ever built. Its primary mirror, M1, will be 39 m in diameter and consist of 798 individual hexagonal ... -
Microplastics in the marine environment: analytical considerations, emerging sources, and protocol validation
(NUI Galway, 2024-02-02)Microplastics particles, with a size range between 1µm to 5 mm are established in all ecosystems, from the poles to the equator, and in a wide range of organisms including mammals, birds, fish, and invertebrates. ...