Browsing University of Galway Theses by Title
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Counterfactual taxonomies: Evolution and empire in the work of Edward Lear
(NUI Galway, 2022-04-25)This dissertation interrogates the structures and patterns of Edward Lear’s (1812-1888) works as reflective of the evolution of nineteenth-century networks of empire and philosophies of the self and humanity’s place in ... -
Coupled and Uncoupled Operational Mode of Nitric Oxide Synthase and the Regulation of the Sarcolemmal Na+- K+ ATPase: Receptor and Non-receptor Pathways
(2012-05-09)The membrane Na+-K+ pump transports 3 Na+ ions out and 2 K+ ions into cells against their electrochemical gradient, using energy derived from hydrolysis of ATP. The Na+ and K+ ion gradients generated by the pump serve in ... -
Creating a Systematic Approach for the Reflective Practice of Service-Learning Academics through the Development of Communities of Reflective Practice
(2011-09-29)This Ph.D. thesis in education is a qualitative examination of the reflective practice of academics who use service-learning, which can be described as an experiential pedagogy whereby students learn through providing a ... -
Creating opportunities for engagement: Exploring the relationship between the Burren landscape, civil society and community
(NUI Galway, 2022-01-27)Research has demonstrated a need to explore the significant contribution communities make towards the conservation and management of some of our most protected landscapes. Due to significant budgetary cuts within the ... -
Criminal children in post-Famine Connacht: Poverty, crime and punishment, with a particular focus on the period 1854-1870
(2012-09-21)This study examines the extent and nature of juvenile crime in Connacht from 1854 to 1884, and looks at how poor and criminal children were treated in the west of Ireland in this period. Most studies of juvenile crime in ... -
A critical analysis of risk and volatility modeling in the financial markets
(2011-12-20)In light of the recent financial crisis, the limitations of current risk estimation techniques have become apparent. The purpose of this thesis is to see if nonlinear tools and techniques can facilitate our understanding ... -
A critical and textual history of Thomas Moore’s Lalla Rookh, with two editions of “Paradise and the Peri.”
(NUI Galway, 2009-09)The purpose of this three-part thesis is to construct a study which outlines the composition, publication and reception history of Thomas Moore’s Lalla Rookh, and to create two closely linked scholarly editions of ... -
A critical exploration of intercultural education in a post-primary school in Ireland with particular reference to travellers
(NUI Galway, 2020-09-09)This dissertation is about intercultural education in a post-primary school setting and Travellers’ experiences of education. Based within one very diverse post-primary DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, ... -
Cross-cultural judgments of personality and decision-making in job interviews
(NUI Galway, 2023-01-24)Introduction. Humans express their personality through their every-day behaviour. In this way, they provide other humans with cues for detecting personality with a certain degree of accuracy. Accurately judging a ... -
Cross-lingual natural language processing with linguistic typology knowledge
(NUI Galway, 2023-10-04)State-of-the-art approaches to most Natural Language Processing (NLP) tasks have achieved near human performance. This recent progress has positively impacted millions of lives and businesses around the world. However, ... -
A crowdsourcing framework for stakeholder engagement in funding agency call processes
(NUI Galway, 2020-03-02)Public research funding agencies have sought to better involve the general public and other stakeholders in their competitive processes for the allocation of research funding. Such efforts result from the worldwide push ... -
Crystal growth and design of multicomponent pharmaceuticals
(NUI Galway, 2022-08-30)Cocrystallisation and salt formation is a widely studied method of optimising the action of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) without chemical modification of the parent compound. Careful selection of suitable ... -
Crystal Growth Using Low Temperature Gradient Sublimation in Vacuo
(2012-09-27)A sublimation method based on the use of a conventional vacuum oven was developed for growing high quality single crystals of organic compounds suitable for structure determination. Key features of the method are the use ... -
Ctrl-atl-delete: Re-thinking the mechanisms of biofilm formation by staphylococci
(2015-04-07)Biofilm formation by staphylococci on implanted medical devices represents a major virulence mechanism and a serious threat to hospital patients. Staphylococcus aureus strains including, methicillin-resistant S. aureus ... -
Cultural glocalization or resistance? Interrogating the production of YouTube videos at an Irish summer college through practice-based research
(2017-03)This thesis includes the film Dúshlán Lurgan/The Lurgan Challenge and a written exegesis which reflects on the film's 'generative performance'. The film asks if making Irish-language versions of music videos in English at ... -
Cumann na mBan in Clare, 1916-1923
(NUI Galway, 2024-03-21)Cumann na mBan was founded in 1914 as an auxiliary force to the Volunteers. However, not until recently has the true value of their activity been appreciated. The decade of centenaries saw the publication of many books ... -
Curbing The Consumption of Distance? A practice-theoretical investigation of an employer-based mobility management initiative to promote more sustainable commuting
(2013-01-15)A central feature of modern life is the desire and the need to be mobile. The increasing availability of cars during the twentieth century facilitated the rise in individualised, motorised travel in many countries, including ... -
Current and potential diagnostic modalities in the detection and management of breast cancer
(NUI Galway, 2021-07-06)Global statistics have demonstrated that breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer death among female patients, accounting for 23 percent of total cancer cases and 14 percent of ... -
Cycling and transport of phosphorus and nitrogen from harvested peatland forests and possible mitigation and methods
(2012-11-16)Drainage of peatlands has been part of forestry practice since the early 20th century. In Ireland and the UK, approximately 800,000 ha of peat catchments were drained and afforested between the 1950s and 1990s. A large ... -
Cycloaddition reactions of imidazolium and phthalazinium dicyanomethanide 1,3-dipoles: synthesis, mechanism and the effect of water
(2017-09-28)The cycloaddition reactions of imidazolium-3-dicyanomethanide 1,3-dipoles with electron poor alkene and alkyne dipolarophiles were explored. The reactions of these azolium 1,3-dipoles with alkyne dipolarophiles generated ...