Browsing University of Galway Theses by Title
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Elucidation of the role of the glutamate decarboxylase system and the gamma-aminobutyric acid shunt pathway in the stress response of Listeria monocytogenes
(2014-07-22)The foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes is the causative agent of listeriosis in humans and other animals. This disease can have a fatality rate of up to 30% in infected patients and leads to spontaneous abortion in ... -
Emanuel Carnevali's cultural translation: an Italian in Modernist America
(2016-02-09)The thesis investigates translingual writing – that is, writing in a language which is not the native one – at the intersection between culture, identity, and translation. The focus is here on Italian American writer Emanuel ... -
Embattled families: Parents’ experiences of child to parent violence and abuse and of the non-violent resistance intervention
(NUI Galway, 2024-04-17)Despite extensive activity in the field of domestic violence in recent decades, the matter of child to parent violence and abuse has been largely ignored in policy, practice and research until relatively recently. While ... -
Embedded Reddit - An investigation into improved information extraction from Reddit through word embeddings
(NUI Galway, 2020-12-31)Social media has increasingly become a de facto source of information for people seeking to inform themselves on current events. Traditionally there has always been a centralised source such as news-papers or news ... -
Emergence in hybrid adaptive multi-agent systems
(NUI Galway, 2021-03-10)This thesis investigates a number of hybrid adaptive strategies to drive multi-agent systems from initial states of disorder towards consensus or favourable configurations. The dynamics of the agents and their communicative ... -
Emerging new product development methodology for the automobile industry
(2014-07-21)New competitive pressures are unsettling traditional carmakers. These include: new consumer groups in emerging markets; zero emission requirements of existing customers; new competitors from emerging markets; and increasing ... -
Emotions & social change in Ireland: Exploring habitus shift in liquid modernity
(2013-10-17)Drawing on insights from a range of disciplines, including philosophy, psychology, history, politics, but particularly sociology and sociological theory, this thesis explores the relationship between emotions and social ... -
Empire, emergency & the law
(2014-05-27)This thesis interrogates the nature of emergency legal doctrine -- from the institutional and constitutional planes of international relations, national security and political economy, down to more mundane planes of daily ... -
Empirical essays on consumer engagement and heterogeneity in residential energy demand
(2017-06)Residential energy demand is a key priority area for energy policy in the European Union, especially for the engagement of its citizens in a so-called 'Energy Union' that encourages consumers to take ownership of the energy ... -
Employee Reactions to High Performance Work Systems in the Service Sector: Assessing the Role of Organisational Justice Theory.
(2012-05-10)This study examines the impact of high performance work systems (HPWS) on employee outcomes. Understanding the HR causal chain linking HR and performance has been an on-going area of investigation. This research seeks to ... -
Employment and Autism Spectrum Disorder: an evaluation of technology-aided interventions on teaching and improving skills necessary for workplace inclusion
(NUI Galway, 2019-05-09)Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a complex, life-long, neurodevelopmental disorder that is associated with high unemployment rates and community participation restrictions that impact quality of life. In recent years, ... -
Empowering children and young people: an access to justice assessment of mental health law and policy
(2016-10-08)This thesis aims to comparatively assess the Irish government’s national, international and regional obligations to respect, protect and fulfil children’s access to justice rights under mental health law, policy and ... -
Enabling occupational engagement in the transition to independent living using a longitudinal case study approach
(NUI Galway, 2020-10-27)Individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) highlight their preference to live independently in their own normal housing in the community as opposed to congregated settings consistently. Research has shown they experience ... -
Enabling smart societies using social internet of things: A semantic framework for real-time virtual object management
(NUI Galway, 2019-02-04)A wide variety of unique smart services and applications are evolved based on Internet of Things (IoT) for resolving numerous issues in daily life, social community, agriculture, health sector, entertainment sector, city ... -
The endgame of treason: Suppressing rebellion and usurpation in the late roman empire AD 397-411
(2014-08-15)This thesis examines how rebellion, usurpation and conspiracy to usurp imperial power (all crimes of high treason) were suppressed by the state during the Late Empire, with a particular focus on the years 397-411, during ... -
Endocannabinoid modulation of TLR3-induced neuroinflammation
(2017-10-06)Toll-like receptors (TLRs) play a key role in the recognition and activation of the innate immune system in response to infection. However, aberrant TLR activation has been implicated in predisposing to, and exacerbating, ... -
Endocannabinoid modulation of TLR4-induced neuroinflammation: implications for autism spectrum disorders
(2014-07-07)Neuroinflammation is a key component of various neurological diseases including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis and psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders such as depression and autism. ... -
Endocannabinoid regulation of neuroinflammatory responses following acute systemic viral (TLR3) and bacterial (TLR4) infection
(2015-10-14)Toll like receptors (TLRs) are key players in host defence, homeostasis and response to injury. However, uncontrolled and aberrant TLR activation has been proposed to trigger the onset of certain neurodegenerative disorders ... -
Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress as a Component of Demyelination in Animal Models of Multiple Sclerosis
(2012-12-19)Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress is a homeostatic signalling pathway, linked to many neurological diseases including multiple sclerosis (MS), which can lead to cell death when prolonged. Increasing evidence suggests that ... -
Endoplasmic reticulum stress signalling in myelination
(2017-12-07)Demyelinating conditions such as multiple sclerosis have a continued unmet need for remyelinating therapies. Myelin is a multi-lamellar membrane structure made by oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs) that is critical ...