Browsing University of Galway Theses by Title
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First Synthesis of an Aziridinyl Fused Pyrrolo[1,2-a]benzimidazole and Cytotoxicity Evaluation of Various Imidazobenzimidazolequinones Towards Human Normal and Cancer Cell Lines
(2011-07-13)Chapter 1 provides a review of aziridine containing anti-tumour agents and some key syntheses of the aziridinomitosene skeleton. A novel protocol for aziridine ring fusion is described leading to the preparation of the ... -
First-year student well-being and persistence: Building the evidence base and including the student perspective
(NUI Galway, 2022-02)Student persistence is essential to student education attainment and is linked with student motivation to continue with their studies, even when they face challenges. Student persistence during first year of college is ... -
Fitting in whilst standing out: Fostering enterprise development among Irish rural women
(NUI Galway, 2021-02-17)Policymakers and academics have come to consider rural entrepreneurship as a key source of eco-nomic and social development. Over the last decade, as potential creators of new businesses, wom-en have been recognised as ... -
Flashes of modernity: stage design at the Abbey Theatre, 1902-1966
(NUI Galway, 2018-08-31)Responding to Guy Julier’s call for a “knowing practice” of design studies, this doctoral thesis reveals Ireland’s negotiation with modernity through stage design. I use historian T.J. Clark’s definition of modernity as ... -
Flood risk management in Ireland: the role of public participation
(2014-10-17)While growing vulnerability to floods globally emphasizes the need to pursue research in this field, the relatively recent engagement in Ireland with this escalating social problem is notably found wanting in both the areas ... -
The flute in Flamenco social practice: An analysis of timbre, processes of hybridisation, and indigenisation (1975-2017)
(NUI Galway, 2020-09-10)This thesis explores the introduction and integration of the flute in flamenco. Since its codification in the 1850s, flamenco has been associated with ethnic, regional and national identity in Spain (Gypsy, Andalusian and ... -
Foinn, focail, féiniúlachtaí: claochlú cultúir sa Chlár 1850-1950
(2017-09-27)Breathnaíonn an tráchtas seo ar na slite ina ndearna pobal iarthar an Chláir ionramháil ar fhoinn agus ar fhocail i dtraidisiún na hamhránaíochta, chun a bhféiniúlacht Éireannach féin a chur in iúl, le linn na tréimhse ... -
Food waste fermentation for lactic acid production and recovery
(NUI Galway, 2022-09-23)This research aimed at optimizing the lactic acid production process exploiting the organic matter present in food waste. The objective was to investigate every aspect of the industrial lactic acid production and define ... -
Forgiveness in the age of accountability - Assessing Amnesty in northern Uganda
(NUI Galway, 2021-07-05)In the year 2000, Uganda passed the Amnesty Act – a blanket amnesty law that effectively ended a 20-year rebellion by the Lord’s Resistance Army (“LRA”), reintegrating thousands of ex-combatants back into the community. ... -
Formal calibration methodology relating to CFD models of naturally ventilated internal environments
(2013-08-16)The building sector is responsible for 40% of total global energy consumption. Half of the energy consumed by buildings relates to heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems. Natural ventilation can provide ... -
Formality of financial reward management, availability of non-financial rewards and employee outcomes in SMEs: An investigation using psychological contract theory
(NUI Galway, 2022-08-13)This PhD study investigates whether the formality of financial reward management and the availability of non-financial rewards are associated with more positive employee outcomes in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). ... -
Fortune and the Troilus and Cressida Story; A Study of the Representations and Functions of Fortune in Boccaccio's Filostrato, Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde and Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida
(2011-09)This thesis examines the representations of Fortune in Boccaccio's Filostrato, Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, and Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida. Both in the Middle Ages and in the Renaissance, Fortune was intrinsically ... -
Fractionation of whey protein glycosylation and assessment of prebiotic and immunomodulation bioactivities for valorisation
(NUI Galway, 2021-03-15)Functional foods are defined as food components that, in addition to their nutritional value, improve human health and/or decrease the risk of diseases. Probiotics, ingested live beneficial bacteria, and prebiotics, the ... -
A framework for the assessment of the effectiveness of ocean literacy tools and initiatives
(NUI Galway, 2021-09-28)In order to assess the effectiveness of Ocean Literacy (OL) tools, it is necessary to gather data on the usage of the tools, and their impact on the participants’ ocean literacy. This is to say, their awareness, knowledge, ... -
Framing open space-time in the films of Jean Renoir: society, ideology, technology
(2016-02-01)In the films of Jean Renoir (1894-1979), class strata clash in public and private spheres, alternately eroding and bolstering ideological values, and implementing traumatic social upheaval on a local, national, or even ... -
Franco "Bifo" Berardi in movimento. 1964-1978
(2014-10-28)Cap I origini-1970 Berardi tra gli ultimi bagliori del Novecento In the first chapter of my research project, I aim to analyze the political and philosophical life of Franco "Bifo" Berardi (both institutional and extra ... -
Freedom of expression and the contours of political speech in Ethiopia: Lessons from a comparative study
(2017-08-20)The doctoral thesis studies the scope and application of the right to freedom of expression and the contours of political speech in Ethiopia. In particular, the research focuses on two fundamental areas of speech regulation-the ... -
Freedom,power and relational equality: republican justice in diverse societies
(2016-09-30)This thesis is my response to a view of republicanism that has become orthodox among contemporary political theorists. On that view, when we are talking about what it means to be treated as free and equal in a republic we ... -
Fretting wear-fatigue study for tribologically-induced damage in simple and complex geometries
(2013-02-22)This thesis presents the development of a computational and experimental methodology for predicting fretting wear-fatigue interaction in simple and complex geometries, specifically targeting the taper-lock assembly in ... -
From animal welfare to animal rights: Rethinking our legal paradigm
(NUI Galway, 2021-03)This thesis is a critique of the current welfare system of protection for nonhuman animals (hereafter, animals) and calls for a paradigm shift in the legal protection. It is argued that there needs to be a shift from a ...