Browsing University of Galway Theses by Title
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Integrating structured and unstructured knowledge sources for domain-specific chatbots
(NUI Galway, 2023-11-07)The increasing demand for customer support in various industries and the popularity of con versational interfaces has necessitated the development of chatbots. The availability of domain knowledge has enabled chatbots to ... -
Integrating the old and new: smart thermoresponsive surfaces and 3D fabrication technologies for tissue engineering
(2017-05-08)One promising direction of regenerative medicine is the development of cell sheet-based tissue-like constructs. The cell sheets preserve ECM and cell−cell junctions. This may greatly support cell adherence to damaged organ ... -
The Integration of Bounce and Resuspension into a Lagrangian Simulation of Particle Movement.
(2010-09-30)The phenomenon of particle transport in turbulent flows has been studied extensively using Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) over the past few decades. One of the most useful DNS approaches is Lagrangian simulation. ... -
Integration of Genetic Biomarkers in Prognostic Models for Breast Cancer Survival
(2014-01-08)The main aim of my PhD is to create a prognostic model for invasive breast cancer patients for disease recurrence and death. The data were collected retrospectively and are comprised of 647 invasive breast cancer patients ... -
Integrative evaluation of Tetanocera elata (Diptera: Sciomyzidae) for slug pest management in agriculture
(NUI Galway, 2019-09-25)Terrestrial gastropods are pervasive pests, especially of agriculture in temperate regions. While current management options exist, they primarily consist of baited pellets with active ingredients such as methiocarb or ... -
Integrative taxonomy of sponges and cnidarians at "El Pelado" marine protected area (Santa Elena), Ecuador: Assessing the potential of metabolomics
(NUI Galway, 2020-01-23)In the course of the XXI century, the explorations of our oceans have moved towards the extremes with several highly funded projects to inspect remote places like the poles or the deep-sea. Does it mean that inventories ... -
The interannual variability of gelatinous zooplankton abundance and diversity in North East Atlantic shelf seas
(NUI Galway, 2020-09-30)Gelatinous zooplankton are a natural and globally important group of marine organisms, as they provide regulating, provisioning and supporting services to ecosystems. However, gelatinous zooplankton are still a major issue ... -
The interface between human behaviour and technology in youth with Type 1 diabetes mellitus
(2015-05-07)Utilisation of technology in the management of youth with type 1 diabetes has increased substantially over the past decade, however glycaemic results remain suboptimal for a significant proportion of users. Continuous ... -
Interferon alpha-induced changes in emotional and nociceptive processing: involvement of the endocannabinoid system
(2015-11-13)Interferon-α (IFN-α) is a pro-inflammatory cytokine used for the treatment of hepatitis B and C as well as various malignancies. However, therapy is often associated with neuropsychiatric side effects, including depression ... -
Intergenerational learning: collaborations to activate young children's civic engagement in Irish Primary School
(2015-10-14)This study addresses a two-dimensional problem: weaknesses in the provision of citizenship education in Irish Primary School; and increasing social distance between younger and older generations in Irish society. The thesis ... -
Interlinking Personal Semantic Data on the Semantic Desktop and the Web of Data
(2012-09-28)With the goal of improved Personal Information Management, the Semantic Desktop emerged as a solution to the problem of data fragmentation and disconnection on the desktop. It provides a framework based on Semantic Web ... -
International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law: From Separation to Complementary Application
(2012-05-23)This study analyses the interplay between international human rights and humanitarian law, with the aim of clarifying their concurrent application. Part I provides an understanding of each legal framework and of their ... -
International News Supply in Ireland, c.1899-1949
(2014-07-03)During the first half of the twentieth century the Irish media were primarily reliant on news agencies for their coverage of international events. The Press Association was their dominant and often favoured supplier among ... -
Interoperability in intercloud
(NUI Galway, 2023-08-24)Intercloud is a cloud deployment model that interconnects multiple public cloud services together in a ‘cloud of clouds’. Intercloud provisioning has the potential to be the next stage in cloud evolution, involving ... -
Interrogating the call for more male primary school teachers as role models for boys: 'I don't care if it is male or female, I just want to learn!'
(NUI Galway, 2020-02-21)Abstract The education of girls and boys in Irish primary schools is one of the most imperative aspects of our children’s lives, yet it seems to be an area in which important focus shifts towards essentialist, simplistic ... -
Intervention, Consociationalism and De Facto Partition: The role of the external dimension in shaping post-war Kosovo 1999-2012
(2014-10-29)Consociational systems in post-conflict societies have been increasingly subject to international intervention. Whereas the literature argues that consociationalism has become the blueprint for international post-conflict ... -
Interviews with children: An experimental comparison of methods
(2013-02-19)Child-adult interviews are a prominent mode of research and practice in psychology. There is a considerable knowledge-base in forensic interviewing but less is known about interviews in other settings. The aim of the present ... -
Intra-household economic decision-making during a period of recession and austerity in Ireland
(2016-09-30)This thesis concerns intra-household economic decision-making within heterosexual couples in Ireland. Ireland recently experienced its worst economic recession in the post World War II era. The main hypothesis for the study ... -
Intra-Renal Inflammation in Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
(2013-09-30)Introduction: Unhealthy diet and sedentary lifestyle, lead to the constellation of obesity, hyperinsulinaemia and hyperlipidaemia that are risk factors for both chronic kidney disease and type 2 Diabetes mellitus. Renal ... -
Intraguild impact of the invasive Noble false widow spider Steatoda nobilis (Thorell, 1875) in Ireland
(NUI Galway, 2024-04-04)With rapid urbanisation during the Anthropocene, several generalist spider species have adapted to synanthropic microhabitats and have established large populations outside of their native ranges. On the island of ...