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Differential release of high mannose structural isoforms by fungal and bacterial endo-β-N-acetylglucosaminidases
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2012-02-28)Endo-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidases (ENGases) are widely used to remove N-linked oligosaccharides from glycoproteins for glycomic and proteomic studies and biopharmaceutical processes. Although several ENGases are widely ... -
Campylobacter jejuni strain discrimination and temperature-dependent glycome expression profiling by lectin microarray
(Elsevier, 2014-02-12)Gram-negative Campylobacter jejuni is the leading cause of bacterial gastroenteritis in humans worldwide and the most frequently identified infectious trigger in patients developing Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). While ... -
A critical exploration of intercultural education in a post-primary school in Ireland with particular reference to travellers
(NUI Galway, 2020-09-09)This dissertation is about intercultural education in a post-primary school setting and Travellers’ experiences of education. Based within one very diverse post-primary DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, ... -
Early life adversities and social cognition in schizophrenia
(NUI Galway, 2020-09-02)Childhood adversity constitutes a major public health problem as it leads to numerous negative physical and mental consequences in later life. In individuals with schizophrenia, the prevalence of early life adversities ... -
Systems for team empowerment: Research on practice 2020
(National University of Ireland Galway, 2020-07)Teams are incredible. Teamwork has raised humanity’s achievements to greatness. Not only have most of humanity’s greatest achievement resulted from teamwork but those teams were empowered by systems of work, systems of ... -
Systems for team empowerment: Research on practice 2018
(National University of Ireland Galway, 2018-07)Welcome to this collection of research papers on Systems for Team Empowerment. Achieving empowerment in teams is complex. Not only do team leaders need to understand the complex and nebulous interplays between systems, ... -
A novel ROM methodology to support the estimation of the energy savings under the Measurement and Verification protocol
(National University of Ireland Galway, 2020-09-21)This paper presents a novel Reduced Order grey box Model (ROM) methodology, based on a ResistorCapacitor (RC) network, which supports the creation of the baseline energy consumption and the estimation of energy savings ... -
Tudor representations of Sylvan Ireland and constructions of barbarity and civility
(NUI Galway, 2020-09-11)This thesis challenges the traditional perspectives of Ireland’s woodland history in the Tudor century where Ireland is lauded as an exceptionally primitive island with a mysterious population of sylvan peoples who lived ... -
Advantages and challenges of face-to-face and online methodologies: Researching adolescents experiences of nonterminal cancer in the family
(SAGE Publications, 2020)This case study provides an overview of a research study with adolescents experiencing maternal cancer. It explores the methodological successes and limitations to promote a critical understanding of carrying out sensitive ... -
Exploring the role of practitioner confidence in prevention and early intervention in child welfare: A case study of Irish youth workers in Meitheal
(Routledge, 2020-06-05)This study analyses the role of youth workers’ confidence in Meitheal: an Irish model of prevention and early intervention in child welfare. This study had an exploratory mixed methods design. Semi-structured interviews ... -
A new model: Seán Ó Riada, Ceoltóirí Cualann and Irish traditional music
(NUI Galway, 2020-07-19)This interdisciplinary thesis examines the history of Seán Ó Riada’s traditional ensemble Ceoltóirí Cualann and investigates the significance of the new group model for Irish traditional music that Ó Riada developed from ... -
Ontology learning for systems engineering body of knowledge
(NUI Galway, 2020-09-14)Systems engineering (SE) is a multidisciplinary and integrative approach that enables the successful realization of engineered systems. It encompasses fundamentals, principles, and models of foundational systems science, ... -
Effect of surface chemistry on islet amyloid polypeptide conformation
(American Institute of Physics, 2020-09-04)The formation of dense, linear arrays (fibrils) by biomolecules is the hallmark of a number of degenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer s and type-2 diabetes. Protein fibrils have also attracted interest as building blocks ... -
Recovered wood as raw material for structural timber products. Characteristics, situation and study cases: Ireland and Spain
(International Society of Wood Science and Technology (SWST), 2020-07-12)The circular economy is an efficient system to reuse materials reducing the amount of waste generated. In order to implement it in the timber sector, the InFutUReWood (Innovative Design for the Future Use and Reuse of ... -
Simultaneous adsorption and biodegradation of trichloroethylene occurs in a biochar packed column treating contaminated landfill leachate
(Elsevier, 2021-08-14)Trichloroethylene (TCE) is a human carcinogen that is commonly found in landfill leachate as a result of anthropogenic activities. Contaminated leachate plumes may be intercepted prior to reaching groundwater and treated ... -
The role of wet wipes and sanitary towels as a source of white microplastic fibres in the marine environment
(Elsevier, 2020-06-10)Understanding source elements of the ocean plastic crisis is key to effective pollution reduction management and policy. The ubiquity of microplastic (MP) fibres in the oceans is considered to derive primarily from clothing ... -
Characterisation of Irish-grown Scots pine timber for structural applications
(National University of Ireland Galway, 2020-08-27)There is very little knowledge on the timber quality of the native Scots pine grown in Ireland, and its potential to produce timber for structural applications. This paper studied the mechanical performance in tension and ... -
The people’s saviours? Voluntary activism in Dublin and Toronto in the age of the influenza pandemic, 1900-1920
(NUI Galway, 2020-08-31)This study compares the nature of voluntary action in early twentieth century Dublin and Toronto, with particular reference to grassroots activism during the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-20. It focuses on the relief operations ... -
Enhancing low grade sitka spruce glulam beams with bonded-in BFRP rods
(National University of Ireland Galway, 2014)The reinforcement of timber elements using fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) rods or plates is widely accepted as an effective method of increasing the stiffness of members, while at the same time reducing the variability ... -
Irish timber - characterisation, potential and innovation
(Civil Engineering Research Association of Ireland (CERAI), 2014-09-28)In order to increase the utilisation of Irish timber in construction and novel engineered wood products, the mechanical and physical properties of the material must be established. For timber products used for structural ...