Browsing University of Galway Theses by Title
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‘Let Maimed Kings Lie’: Disability, corporeality, woundedness, and embodiment in the ‘makings’ of David Jones
(NUI Galway, 2023-02-27)This thesis addresses corporeality, woundedness, disability, and embodiment in the work of the Welsh modernist maker, poet, painter, and engraver, David Jones (1895-1974). I examine the work of Jones through the dual ... -
Leveraging nature-inspired techniques to semi-automate the design of multi-agent systems
(NUI Galway, 2023-07-11)Multi-agent systems (MAS) applications are used in many fields, from telecommu nications network management to traffic simulation. Their utilisation is increasing with emerging technologies such as Edge computing and the ... -
Leveraging orthographic information to improve machine translation of under-resourced languages
(NUI Galway, 2020-07-24)This thesis describes our improvement of word sense translation for under-resourced languages utilizing orthographic information with a particular focus on creating resources using machine translation. The first target of ... -
Leveraging Wikipedia-based features for entity relatedness and recommendation
(2018-01-31)Entities such as people, locations, organizations play a key role in natural language understanding. Most of the approaches that deal with natural language processing tasks, require a method to measure the relatedness ... -
Léamh iarchoilíneach ar shaothair le Cathal Ó Sándair
(NUI Galway, 2020-07-29)Chuir mé romham sa tráchtas seo staidéar a dhéanamh ar theoiricí iarchoilíneacha i litríocht Ghaeilge na n-óg agus na teoiricí sin a thagairt do shaothar Chathail Uí Shándair, an tsraith Réics Carló agus Réamonn Óg go ... -
Léargas ar chleachtas scéalaíochta phobal traidisiúnta Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne mar a nochtar i scannáin fhaisnéise Ghaeilge chomhaimseartha é
(2016-12-22)ACHOIMRE Léargas ar chleachtas scéalaíochta phobal traidisiúnta Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne mar a nochtar i scannáin fhaisnéise Ghaeilge chomhaimseartha é. Is éard atá sa tráchtas PhD seo ná mionléiriú ar an léargas ar ... -
A life course perspective: Life course learning for adult learners in Higher Education - an examination of the NUI Diploma in Applied Social Studies and the BA in Applied Social Studies
(NUI Galway, 2018-09-28)This research study examines the concept of the life course and why it may be considered an issue of critical importance in the context of teaching and learning policy and practice for adult learners in higher education. ... -
Life with crippled microtubules: How yeast and human cells deal with forced microtubule depolymerization
(NUI Galway, 2023-01-25)Microtubule poisons are microtubule targeting agents widely used in cancer treatment. These drugs are given to cancer patients in cycles, and resistant cells can emerge both after the first or the following rounds of ... -
The life-cycle of methanogenic granular biofilms
(NUI Galway, 2019-08-19)Anaerobic granules, sometimes referred to as methanogenic granules, underpin the sustainable treatment of wastewater in high-rate anaerobic bioreactors. They are spontaneously-forming self-immobilised biofilm aggregates ... -
Linked data with access control
(2015-01-29)The explosion of digital content and the heterogeneity of enterprise content sources have pushed existing data integration solutions to their boundaries. An alternative solution is to use the Resource Description Framework ... -
Linking microbial community structure and function to process performance and reactor configuration during high-rate low-temperature anaerobic treatment of dairy wastewater
(NUI Galway, 2018-09-14)Anaerobic digestion is a sustainable and attractive option for the treatment of wastewaters. It allows the recovery of energy from waste - in the form of biogas - and is more cost-efficient than aerobic biological treatments. ... -
Linking microbially mediated soil organic matter turnover and nitrogen mineralisation to phosphorus and pH management in grassland soils
(NUI Galway, 2022-01-10)Nitrogen (N) is an essential nutrient for plant growth that is often limiting in agricultural production systems. While soil organic matter (SOM) represents a large terrestrial store of N, N stored in SOM is not directly ... -
Linking microbiology and performance of slow sand filters for wastewater treatment
(NUI Galway, 2018-10-08)Slow Sand Filtration (SSF) is biologically mediated method of water treatment dependent upon the natural development of a complex microbial community within the filter-bed. Due to increasing water scarcity worldwide, the ... -
Linking soil pH and phosphorus management to potential N2O emissions and nitrogen cycling microbial communities
(NUI Galway, 2022-08-15)Greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere create the greenhouse gas effect, which allows maintenance of global temperatures. However, anthropogenic production of GHGs has caused dramatic increases of GHGs in the ... -
Litearthacht aosach sa nGaeltacht: staidéar ar riachtanais agus ar chumas aosach maidir le litearthacht i nGaeilge
(2015-08-30)Ba í aidhm an staidéar taighde seo ná tuiscint a fháil ar dhearcadh, chumas agus riachtanais lucht labhartha na Gaeilge sa nGaeltacht maidir le litearthacht sa teanga sin i gcúinsí an tsíorbhrú atá ar an nGaeilge mar theanga ... -
The lived experience of adolescents with developmental coordination disorder transitioning from primary school to secondary school
(2016-09-07)Aim: The aim of the research was to explore the lived experience of transitioning into secondary school by adolescents with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). Design: This study used a qualitative methodology ... -
Living the stories we create: an educational response to narrative in the digital age
(2015-11-30)Narrative forms, play a vital role in human enrichment and development. Through them we acquire a sense not only of our environment, but of our own identity. We are drawn to describe our world and subsequently seek to ... -
Localising the Right to Drinking Water: Perspectives and Challenges
(2014-01-08)Access to drinking water has become a critical matter for humanity in the current context of growing competing demand for resource. It is well recognised that the ongoing water crisis to a large extent is a crisis of ... -
Logainmneacha Chill Chainnigh Thiar agus Chluain Lonáin - Ainmneacha na mBailte Fearainn
(2012-09-21)Achoimre Is í aidhm an tráchtais seo foirmeacha Gaeilge údarásacha chomh maith le fianaise stairiúil chuí d'ainmneacha 276 baile fearainn sna barúntachtaí Cill Chainnigh Thiar agus Cluain Lonáin, Co. na hIarmhí a chur ar ... -
Logainmneacha Mhagh Loirg agus Uachtar Thíre, Contae Ros Comáin: Anailís ar ainmneacha bhailte fearainn na seandúichí sin
(2013-02-18)Déantar grinn-anailís sa tráchtas seo ar logainmneacha laistigh de bharúntacht Mhainistir na Búille i dtuaisceart Chontae Ros Comáin. Aithnítear na dúichí stairiúla Magh Loirg, Uachtar Thíre agus Tír Thuathail leis an ...