Browsing University of Galway Theses by Title
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Industrial finance in independent Ireland: The Trade Loans (Guarantee) Acts, 1924-1939
(2018-02-22)This thesis examines and analyses the first industrial policy initiative undertaken in independent Ireland. The Trade Loans (Guarantee) Act, 1924, allowed the state to guarantee loans borrowed by firms for their business ... -
Infilling wetlands with construction and demolition (C&D) waste: Influence on land use, plant/dipteran communities and metal contamination
(2015-01-28)Construction and demolition (C&D) waste, comprised of sand, stone, concrete, bitumen and other wastes from building sites, is one of the largest fractions of waste produced internationally. It frequently ends up being used ... -
Inflammatory-environment interactions as an approach to modelling Parkinson's disease
(2017-09-22)It has been over 50 years since the first demonstration that levodopa was capable of reversing the motor dysfunction associated with Parkinson’s disease. In the intervening decades, although levodopa has remained the most ... -
Influence agenda setting through Twitter for health promotion
(2016-05-12)We are in what is known as the new media era, and it impacts all dimensions and aspects of people’s lives. Through advanced technology and the internet, new media continues evolving to change people’s lives so that they ... -
The influence of collagen isolation, cross-linking and sterilisation on macrophage response
(2018-03-07)Collagen-based devices are frequently associated with foreign body response. Although several pre- (e.g. species, state of animal, tissue, isolation protocol) and post- (e.g. cross-linking, scaffold architecture, sterilisation) ... -
The influence of collagen type I source and cross-linking on cell function and phenotype maintenance
(NUI Galway, 2023-09-13)Collagen is a complex supramolecular structure that occurs in highly diverse morphologies across different tissues, lending them a range of physical and biological functions. Collagens have a long history in both ... -
The influence of creep on the settlement of foundations supported by stone columns
(2014-11-05)Vibro-replacement stone columns are widely used in geotechnical practice to improve the bearing capacity and settlement characteristics of weak natural soils and man-made fills, accelerate consolidation in fine soils and ... -
The Influence of Environmental Estrogens on Early-life Stage Zebrafish Development
(2013-03-27)Endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) including bisphenol A (BPA) and genistein may induce estrogenic effects in organisms. Genistein is a naturally occurring plant compound found mainly in soy products while BPA is used ... -
The Influence of Housing, Sex and Strain on Baseline and Drug-Induced Behavioural and Neurochemical Parameters in the Rat
(2011-09-30)A number of confounding factors are believed to affect both basal rodent behaviour and responsivity to psychotropic drugs. To date, few detailed comparative assessments of these confounds have been made. This thesis examined ... -
The influence of milk oligosaccharides on host-commensal interactions in the GI tract
(2013-11)This thesis sets out to explore the influence of milk oligosaccharides on the colonisation of the intestinal microflora and their potential downstream impact upon components of the gastrointestinal tract. Milk oligosaccharides ... -
The influence of prior knowledge and distributional justice messaging on recipient cognition
(NUI Galway, 2019-06-18)This thesis examines how recipient cognition is influenced by prior knowledge when presented with a distributional justice message. It is hypothesised the cognitive response of high prior knowledge recipients to the advocacy ... -
The influence of psychological, social, and neurobiological factors on ‘everyday’ childhood pain experiences
(NUI Galway, 2020-08-13)Introduction: The Early Years period (0-5 years) is a critical time of physical, social, and emotional development. During this period, acute ‘everyday’ pain incidents, such as those leading to bumps, scrapes, and cuts, ... -
The influence of silvicultural practices on mechanical properties of softwood timber
(NUI Galway, 2019-06)The increase in the use of structural timber in construction over recent years has been one of the main drivers behind the renewed interest in optimizing forest management for timber quality. Past research and forest ... -
Influence of tissue source on the therapeutic potential of mesenchymal stromal cells
(NUI Galway, 2023-05-11)Advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs) offer revolutionary new prospects for the treatment of conditions of unmet medical need. Among them, Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSCs) have emerged as promising candidates for ... -
Influences of abiotic and biotic factors on biochemical composition of selected temperate macroalgae
(NUI Galway, 2023-02-27)Seaweeds, as a foundation species and ecosystem engineers, play an important role in nature by providing food, refuge, and habitat for higher trophic levels, and contributing significantly to primary production. In ... -
Influencing factors in the implementation and management of routine enquiry for intimate partner violence (IPV) in antenatal care setting in Ireland: A case study
(NUI Galway, 2019-09-19)Referred to any form of violence by either partner within an intimate relationship, intimate partner violence (IPV), is recognised as a serious global public health problem. IPV results in poorer health and quality of life ... -
Information systems project portfolio management as a complex adaptive system: The CAPPP framework
(2018-01-29)Project portfolio management (PPM) has been subject to very little investigation in information systems (IS) research. This is surprising, given the huge global expenditure on IS, the high levels of failure at the project ... -
An Infrastructure for Privacy-Enabled Sharing of Context Data
(2011-08-29)The concept of context originated in the ubiquitous computing domain where information regarding the user's situation was gathered using sensing devices, allowing the application to automatically adapt according to the ... -
Inhibition of metabolic intermediates and enhancement of methane production in dry anaerobic digestion
(NUI Galway, 2022-07-15)Dry anaerobic digestion (AD) is advantageous over wet AD in treating high-solid organic wastes (e.g., livestock and food wastes). However, it often suffers from low methane production and metabolic intermediates inhibition ... -
Inhibition of polyomavirus DNA replication by nucleotide analogs
(2017-01-31)Polyomaviruses are non-evenloped circular DNA viruses that cause severe polyomavirus-associated diseases in immune compromised individuals. The diseases associated with these viruses have been on the rise due to myriad of ...