Browsing NUI Galway Theses by Title
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Axonal Regeneration Supported by Oligo[poly(ethylene glycol)fumarate] Cell-Loaded Hydrogel Scaffolds in the Transected Rat Spinal Cord
(2012-04-16)Spinal cord injury results in complete tissue destruction and irreversible loss of neurologic function below the level of the lesion in 40% of patients in Ireland. Tissue engineering using polymer scaffolds offers potential ... -
Balance, binary debate and missing women: a discourse analysis and creative response to 30 years of the abortion debate on RTÉ current affairs television, 1983-2013
(2017-02-23)Since the introduction of a foetal right to life into the Irish Constitution in 1983, abortion has persisted as a contentious issue in public debate in Ireland. This practice-based study investigates Irish public discourse ... -
Barton esters for initiator-free radical cyclisation with heteroaromatic substitution and anti-cancer evaluation of benzo[e][1,2,4]triazin-7-ones
(2014-07-03)Chapter 1 provides a general introduction to Chapters 2-5. Homolytic aromatic substitution routes to alicyclic ring-fused azoles and diazoles is reviewed. A review of recent literature using the COMPARE program of the ... -
Basic aesthetic features and their influence on attention and performance
(2015-01-23)Within experimental aesthetics it is often claimed that artists can exploit the normal activity of the perceptual system in order to achieve aesthetic effect. This thesis extends such a proposal by providing evidence to ... -
Becoming a person again: A classic grounded theory of psychosocial intervention use with residents with dementia in long-stay care.
(2014-05-14)This study set out to develop a theoretical understanding of staff's psychosocial intervention use with residents with dementia in long-stay care. This study applied classic grounded theory procedures. Data was collected ... -
Becoming learners across contexts: Kosovo postgraduate students’ transformative study abroad experiences in the UK
(2017-02-23)This study examines transformative learning dimensions in the context of study abroad. The research uses an integrative approach of transformative learning theory to explore the learner identity transformations of 16 ... -
Bede's plures de Scottorum regione: The Irish in the Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum
(2013-05-09)The Irish are an integral element of the Venerable Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum as missionaries, teachers, and as Christian models. The Columban mission to Northumbria, in particular, was essential to the ... -
Behavioural fluency: An investigation of instructional approaches to build fluency with academic skills and associated outcomes
(2014-07-11)This thesis investigates the efficacy of instructional approaches designed to build fluency with mathematics skills, specifically, frequency-building, Precision Teaching (PT) and the Morningside Mathematics Fluency curricula. ... -
Being in the land: a sculptural investigation of ecology
(2012-04-04)This doctoral research addresses the question: How may sculpture be generated as a result of a reciprocal relationship with the natural environment? Through an integrated theoretical and practical framework, the sculptures ... -
Being played
(2015-09)This thesis is an examination of kinaesthetic play from the lived experience of the player. The aim of this work is to show that the value of play runs much deeper than its applications and that play should be understood ... -
The benign synthesis of bioactive heterocycles using photochemistry and hydrogen peroxide with hydrohalic acids
(2016-07-08)Chapter 1 provides a pertinent review of recent photochemical homolytic aromatic substitution (HAS) literature. Photochemical methods for HAS include UV-light and visible light photoredox catalysis. Recently invented methods ... -
Between Logic and Rhetoric
(2012-02)In The Uses of Argument (1958), Stephen E. Toulmin produced a model, analogous to procedures in jurisprudence, for the layout of arguments. He was seeking to provide a method of accommodating arguments in a wide range of ... -
Between realities: investigating temporal relations between stillness and movement in contemporary artists' lens-based imagery
(2017-02-23)Temporal registers of stillness and movement in lens-based imagery, traditionally defined under the terms of photography and film, are in many ways two faces of the same coin, one representing time as a frozen moment and ... -
Bi-Directional work to life conflict: An investigation of work-life balance for nurses in acute public hospital settings in Ireland
(2015-01-26)The overall research question this thesis will address is; How does Work-Life Balance Policy and Practice Affect Nurses Work-Life Balance in Public Hospital Settings in Ireland? In order to do this, four sub-research ... -
Biochemical and functional characterization of human MSL2
(2013-04-10)DNA in Eukaryotic cells is complexed with histone proteins to form chromatin. This mediates DNA packaging into the nucleus but also facilitates the regulation of all DNA-templated processes, including transcription, ... -
Biochemical plasticity in seaweeds: assessment and optimisation of high value compounds
(2016-02-16)Macroalgae are important primary producers and habitat forming organisms of the marine coastal zone. In response to different environmental parameters, the chemical composition of macroalage can change as an acclimation ... -
Bioelectrochemical films on electrodes for application to biofuel cells
(2012-05-04)This thesis focuses on studies of both enzymatic (EFC) and microbial (MFC) fuel cells. In the enzymatic fuel cell studies, interactions between enzymes, osmium based complexes and redox polymers are characterized ... -
Biological characterization of a human mesenchymal stromal cell product
(2016-07-21)The translation of stem cell research into a therapeutic setting presents with it many scientific, logistic, financial and regulatory challenges for academic scientists. This thesis identifies some key areas that one must ... -
The biology of the slug-killing Tetanocera elata (Diptera: Sciomyzidae) and its potential as a biological control agent for pestiferous slugs
(15-02-05)Laboratory experiments were carried out to determine the effects of controlled temperatures (14oC, 17oC, 20oC, 23oC, and 26oC) and ambient outdoor and laboratory temperatures on the development and predation capacity of ... -
A Biomaterials Approach for an Ex-Vivo Multiple Sclerosis Model of Inflammatory Demyelination
(2013-10-03)Multiple sclerosis (MS) is characterised by the presence of inflammatory demyelinating foci throughout the brain and spinal cord, accompanied by axonal and neuronal damage. Although inflammatory processes are thought to ...