Browsing University of Galway Theses by Title
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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 ... -
Initial motivation and its impact on quality and dynamics in formal youth mentoring relationships: A longitudinal qualitative study
(2017-06-23)This longitudinal qualitative study explores experiences and understandings of the mentoring role in the Big Brothers Big Sisters Czech Republic mentoring programme, using a phenomenological approach. In particular, the ... -
An injectable collagen scaffold delivering exogenous microRNA as a therapy to modulate extracellular matrix remodelling
(2013-06-01)Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the developed world and is responsible for approximately 36% of Irish mortality. Myocardial infarction (MI), which is literally the death of cardiac tissue due to ... -
Inside the 'Black Box' of the Born Global Network
(2014-02-07)From inception, born global firms attempt to gain competitive advantage over their competitors by using the limited resources available to them, and by the development of their sales internationally (Oviatt & McDougall, ... -
“The Insider Threat” Comparing malicious and non-malicious information security behaviours using a rational choice model
(NUI Galway, 2018-09-27)In the modern networked world, replete with massive amounts of data, one of the greatest threats facing organisations is information loss inflicted by actors within or trusted by the organisation. This research is thus ... -
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, ... -
Insights into the evolution and development of Haliclona indistincta (Porifera, Haplosclerida)
(2013-03-12)Abstract: Haliclona indistincta (order Haplosclerida, family Chalinidae) is an intertidal, and shallow sub-tidal, dwelling sponge found in Ireland, Britain and elsewhere that possesses a highly variable morphology. It ... -
Insular ornamental metalwork AD 300 - 500: 'Military Style' inspired art in Ireland and Britain
(2014-09-30)The first dedicated examination, analysis and contextualisation of a corpus of Insular metalwork characterised by highly-accomplished, reserved fine-line ornament. Comprising mostly silver and copper-alloy dress-fasteners, ...