Browsing University of Galway Theses by Title
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Advances in the Modelling of Facial Sub-Regions and Facial Expressions using Active Appearance Techniques
(2009-05-01)Advances are presented in the modeling of facial sub-regions, in the use of enhanced whole face-models, and based on these sub-region models, in the determination of facial expressions. Models are derived using techniques ... -
Advances in the testing of stereo image acquisition devices
(2014-01-04)The core problem addressed in the current thesis is to provide a novel test bed for depth map generation and stereo image-based algorithms. The test bed comprises of elements such as (i) the choice and calibration of ... -
Advances in Understanding, Mining, and Using People-Tags
(2012-05-31)People-tagging involves the process of adding non-hierarchical metadata to users of a system. Such metadata facilitates organising contacts and building user profiles in a collaborative fashion. People-tag-based user ... -
Advancing Science and Controlling the Misuse of Genetic Information in Employment and Insurance - Towards an Effective European Union Regulatory Framework
(2013-08-28)The science of genetic testing and related technology is rapidly advancing. Among other things, genetic testing technology may offer the prospect of being able to detect the onset of future disabilities. It also offers ... -
Advocating and Setting Agendas: An Exploratory Study of NGO Advocacy surrounding the Reception Conditions of Asylum Seeking Children and Families in Ireland and its Influence on Agenda Setting
(2013-03-20)Asylum seekers arriving in Ireland are accommodated under a system known as Direct Provision and Dispersal. Concerns have been raised since its inception in 2000 by NGOs, academics, health professionals and the international ... -
Aerosol Hygroscopic Growth in Marine and Continental Air
(2013-09-24)Aerosol particulate matter contributes significantly to the global climate directly, through scattering and absorption of solar radiation, and indirectly, through changing cloud reflectance and cloud cover persistence. ... -
Aerosols and the imaging atmospheric Cherenkov technique
(2018-02-22)The ability to extract energetic γ-rays from the overwhelming high energy cosmic ray back- ground has opened up a new window of observation on the non-thermal universe. By utilis- ing an atmospheric technique VERITAS, an ... -
The aesthetics of challenge: Mario Perniola and Dandyism
(NUI Galway, 2021-01-06)This thesis compares the work of the Italian philosopher and writer Mario Perniola and the phenomenon of dandyism. Specifically, it focuses on Perniola’s aesthetic and philosophical thought in order to develop and explore ... -
After the end of history: Utopia, cities, and the populist imagination
(NUI Galway, 2023-06-14)Following the electoral success of populist movements in Europe and the Americas throughout the 2010s, liberal democracy is widely believed to be in crisis—a stark contrast to its jubilant victory over alternative ... -
Ag spreagadh gasúir Ghaeltachta chun ceangal a dhéanamh le hacmhainní teanga saibhre digiteacha agus ag cruthú deiseanna idirghníomhaíochta idir na glúnta a thrasnaíonn teorainneacha baile-scoile-pobail / Encouraging Gaeltacht children’s engagement with rich digital language resources and creating opportunities for intergenerational interaction across home-school-community boundaries
(2017-01-23)This thesis outlines the trajectory of a pedagogic intervention that was designed to support the language development of native-speaking children of Irish through their sustained engagement with rich language resources ... -
Agallamh Oisín agus Phádraig: téacs agus tráchtaireacht
(2012-08-28)Agallamh Oisín agus Phádraig: Téacs agus Tráchtaireacht Máire Síle Ní Mhurchú Staidéar ar an bhfás a tháinig ar an Laoi Fiannaíochta dar tús A Oisín is fada do shuan (Agallamh Oisín agus Phádraig) ón gcóip is luaithe i ... -
Aid policy, aid projects and aid practitioners. The role of agency, actors and interfaces in 'pro-poor development' projects in post-apartheid South Africa and post-communist Baltic States
(2018-02-23)The dissertation is about understanding the role of agency in the production of the unintended outcomes of international development interventions ‘designed’ to eliminate rural poverty and underdevelopment. It takes as its ... -
‘Ainm bréige go dtiocfad fíor’ Filíocht Bhiddy Jenkinson agus Teoiric na Feiniméaneolaíochta
(2017-08-09)Cuirim romham sa tráchtas seo staidéar a dhéanamh ar fhilíocht agus ar fhealsúnacht fhileata an scríbhneora, Biddy Jenkinson. Is duine de mhórscríbhneoirí na Nua-Ghaeilge í. Is ainm cleite é an t-ainm Biddy Jenkinson, rud ... -
Air to sea gas exchange of CO2 in the north-east Atlantic Ocean
(2011-12-08)Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations have been rising for the past 200 years, and started increasing at a faster rate during the last 60 years. The world's oceans act as a reservoir for large amounts of CO_2. How they ... -
Algorithms for Nilpotent Linear Groups
(2011-03-04)In this thesis, we develop practical algorithms for irreducibility and primitivity testing of finite nilpotent linear groups defined over various fields of characteristic zero, including number fields and rational function ... -
Algorithms for the accurate and efficient solution of fourth order boundary-layer problems
(NUI Galway, 2022-06-10)In this thesis, we study the analysis and numerical solution of second-order complex-valued reactiondiffusion equations, and two families of fourth-order singularly perturbed problems. The problems are all singularly ... -
All of the People all of the Time? Configurations of actors, knowledge and space in the making of local development
(2012-10-26)Local development approaches purport to offer a more effective means of addressing development issues in areas experiencing specific socio-economic challenges. By facilitating local involvement in the identification of the ... -
Alleviating Educational Disadvantage through Localised Policy Intervention: Lessons for Success
(2014-02-10)Educational disadvantage, recognised as a factor in determining a child's life-chances, manifests itself in the form of resistance to and disengagement from school, resulting in the inability of marginalised students to ... -
Allies and enemies, past and present: An analysis of the rationale for the development of universal jurisdiction over serious crimes under international law
(2017-11-08)Universal jurisdiction is a type of extraterritorial jurisdiction in international law. It permits any State to prosecute persons accused of committing certain abuses regardless of where the offence occurred and irrespective ... -
The allocation of time to non-market off-farm activities by farm household members in the West of Ireland
(2014-05-26)Community development and social support systems have evolved uniquely in rural Ireland. In response to poverty and other historical developments, dense networks of families, friends and neighbours often formed strong ...