Browsing University of Galway Theses by Title
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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 ... -
Cytotoxic drug induced JNK activation is DR5-dependent and vital for apoptosis and provides a new target for MSC-mediated delivery of DR5-specific sTRAIL variants
(2013-03-20)Over the past two decades, cancer research has produced tremendous advances in our understanding of the pathogenesis of cancer. Among the most important of these advances is the realization that apoptosis and the proteins ... -
Dairy and grassland economics in an era of possible expansion
(2015-10-14)Thesis focuses on the efficiency and the Total Factor Productivity (TFP) which is associated with the dairy enterprise of Specialist Dairy farms. The approach uses econometric methods to generate its measures. Special ... -
Damage and permeability in linerless composite cryogenic tanks
(2015-09-29)Carbon fibre reinforced polymers (CFRP) are one of the prospective material families being investigated for use in the fuel tanks of future reusable launch vehicles (RLVs). The extreme cryogenic thermo-mechanical loading ... -
The dark side of humanity: psychopathy, psychiatry and human nature
(2017-10-11)Psychopathy or antisocial personality disorder is generally conceived as a neurophysiological disorder undermining moral reasoning or sentiment, leading to behaviour which contravenes social and moral norms. This psychiatric ... -
Dashboards for supporting cancer care in value-based healthcare context – Information needs, design principles and acceptance
(NUI Galway, 2021-09-19)Improving the value of care is central to the value-based healthcare model. This model emphasises the active role of patients in decision making and providing them with the information they require during the different ... -
Data availability analysis in P2P networks
(2012-09-28)P2P network architectures have gained popularity as applications for sharing files between users. A P2P network provides a scalable, robust, and economical storage architecture. These features have led to the extended ... -
The Death Penalty in Africa
(2011-09-29)This study begins by addressing the issue of the death penalty in Africa prior to foreign legal influences. An Africanist view exhorts retentionist countries to repeal the death penalty simply because it is an imperialist ... -
Deciphering anaerobic ethanol oxidation for better recovery of renewable energy from wastewater
(NUI Galway, 2024-03-28)Anaerobic digestion is a promising technology relying on complex microbial interactions to convert organics into methane, achieving sustainable energy recovery. Ethanol is an important low-molecular intermediate during ... -
Deciphering the geomorphic and sedimentary record of the last Irish Ice Sheet in NW Donegal, Ireland: implications for glacial dynamics and decay configurations
(2012-04-13)The last Irish Ice Sheet has a long history of investigation, but its characteristics and behaviour remain elusive. A comprehensive reconstruction of the last Irish Ice Sheet of NW Donegal is presented in this thesis. It ... -
Deciphering the role of human MSL2 and MSL1 within and beyond the MSL complex
(2018-01-14)While the components of the MSL (Male Specific Lethal) complex in Drosophila are well studied and known to play a critical role in dosage compensation, there is little known about the function of its evolutionary conserved ...