Browsing University of Galway Theses by Title
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The impact of cloud computing on IT service providers’ business models
(2016-03-15)This study’s objective is to understand how cloud computing impacts information technology service providers’ business models. Cloud computing has accelerated business model evolution for delivering information technology ... -
The impact of cognitive dysfunction on the occupational performance of cancer survivors post chemotherapy
(NUI Galway, 2024-03-13)Background: Cancer rates are increasing globally. Survivorship is also rising due to advancements in early detection and treatment. Chemotherapy is a common anti-cancer treatment with adverse effects reported due to its ... -
Impact of DC-DC converter topologies on passive components miniaturization
(NUI Galway, 2022-08-30)Power electronic circuits are a key player in many essential electrical systems and applications, e.g., power converters. For computational and battery-powered consumer products, the desire for higher power densities and ... -
The Impact of Dynamic Network Effects and Decision Heuristics on Social Dynamics
(2011-08-31)Many systems in the real world display properties that cannot be easily understood by an analysis of their component parts. There are a number of approaches used to help us gain insight into these complex systems. One ... -
The impact of environmental regulation on human interaction with marine and coastal ecosystems
(2014-09)The primary objective of this thesis is to investigate the impact of environmental regulations on stakeholder interaction with marine and coastal ecosystems as well as provide a thorough treatment of the contrasts in ... -
The impact of farmers' implementation decisions on environmental effectiveness in the Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS)
(2013-12)The primary objective of this thesis is to investigate the impact of farmers' implementation decisions on the effectiveness of the Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS). Three separate empirical papers are used to ... -
Impact of interventions for obesity on insulin sensitivity using the leptin to adiponectin ratio
(NUI Galway, 2021-11-13)Introduction: Low energy meal replacement regimens can induce short-term weight loss in patients with severe obesity, but usually require specially formulated dietary supplements. Hypocaloric diets are known to induce ... -
The impact of knowledge transfer activities on farm level outcomes
(NUI Galway, 2018-10-12)Agricultural knowledge transfer (KT) activities are services that aim to improve farm level performance by building the capabilities of clients through improved problem solving, decision making and farm management skills. ... -
Impact of light intensities and low temperature on the composition and diurnal use of transient carbon stores in barley (Hordeum vulgare)
(NUI Galway, 2019-10-18)The carbon partitioning and accumulation are critical for biomass formation in plants and can be affected by environmental changes and regulated by circadian clock. Thus, in this study, barley was grown under three light ... -
The impact of preterm birth on adaptive behaviour and participation in childhood occupation
(2015-10-02)Background: Premature infants are at increased risk of developing motor, cognitive and behavioural impairments compared with infants born at term. Outcome studies have tended to focus their assessments predominately ... -
The Impact of Raunch Culture on the Development of an Autonomous Female Sexuality in Ireland
(2012-05-31)Raunch Culture is the relatively recent term given to the mainstreaming of sexualised images, language and messages within popular culture and the popular media over the past two decades. This thesis seeks to expose the ... -
The impact of the 2008 Great Recession on the well-being, young adult development, and masculine identity of emerging adult Irish men
(NUI Galway, 2018-09-25)This thesis presents three studies that aim to better understand how the 2008 Great Recession impacted the well-being, masculine identity, and young adult development of young Irish men. Exposure to limited opportunities ... -
The Impact of threat appeals on risky driving behaviours
(2014-03-26)A threat appeal is a form of persuasive communication that aims to change behaviour through the presentation of threatening material. Despite their widespread use in road safety campaigns, the empirical research exploring ... -
The impact of topology on diffusion processes in complex networks
(NUI Galway, 2019-10-18)In this thesis we explore how the structure of a network impacts upon spreading behaviours on that network. We have created a dataset of 2,400 hyperbolic random geometric graphs, of increasing edge density from 0 to 1, and ... -
The Impact of Volcanic Eruptions on the Climate and Ecology of Ireland since A.D. 1800
(2010-12-20)Global warming and the influence of anthropogenic changes to the environment are dominant themes in climate research today. However, the trends brought about by these processes have the potential to be abruptly altered by ... -
Impacts of DNA damage on the pericentriolar material and centriole duplication
(2015-12-03)The centrosome consists of two barrel-shaped centrioles embedded in a proteinaceous pericentriolar material (PCM), a highly organised scaffold that serves as a platform for proteins that regulate spindle assembly, protein ... -
Impacts of natural and induced abiotic factors on phlorotannins in brown algae
(2018-02-22)Phlorotannins are a group of highly bioactive marine polyphenols found exclusively in brown algae. They play multiple ecological roles in algae inhabiting stressful environments and, as a result, their natural concentrations ... -
IMPAIR: Massively parallel regularised Richardson-Lucy deconvolution on heterogeneous hardware
(2017-10-27)This thesis investigates the comparative performance of multicore CPU and general purpose GPU on a commodity desktop computer. To investigate this, an image deconvolution software package (IMPAIR) was updated from its ... -
Implementation of menu labelling interventions in the out-of-home food environment
(NUI Galway, 2022-10-10)Background: Prevention of obesity is a public health priority both globally and in Ireland. While the causes of obesity are complex and multifaceted, poor diet is a leading risk factor. Labelling menus with nutrition ... -
Implementation strategies for the use of social robotics in the context of dementia
(NUI Galway, 2022-12-14)Introduction Dementia is a global health challenge, and the number of people living with dementia (PLWD) is expected to continue to rise worldwide. Pet robots have been developed to support the psychosocial well-being ...