Browsing University of Galway Theses by Title
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A value-centered approach to data privacy decisions
(NUI Galway, 2024-02-06)There are a host of data privacy decisions we must make every day – and it is exceedingly difficult, if not impossible, for us to make meaningful decisions about all of them. In this thesis, I define, conceptualize, ... -
Valuing natural amenities and flood risk: a hedonic house price approach
(NUI Galway, 2021-04-12)Environmental amenities play a key role in determining where people choose to live. Understanding the dynamics of preferences for environmental amenities is crucial for managing how a population co-exists with the landscape ... -
Vascular plasticity and target for therapy in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
(NUI Galway, 2023-06-13)Angiogenesis is the growth of new blood vessels from pre-existing vessels, necessary for the growth and maintenance of homeostasis. Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a debilitating disease of the musculoskeletal ... -
Very-High-Energy and Ultraviolet Studies of Markarian 421 during 2007-2008
(2012-06-14)We have investigated the very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray emission and the ultra- violet emission of Markarian 421 recorded during 2007-2008. The VHE dataset is reasonably spread out over nine successive months of observation, ... -
Vindicating substantive equality in the right to work of persons with disabilities in Indonesia
(NUI Galway, 2020-10-22)This thesis uses a substantive equality framework to analyse disability law and policy on the right to work of persons with disabilities in Indonesia, employing qualitative methods. Substantive equality is essential for ... -
Vineta: the Vineta 'Sage' and its reception in German literary texts from the 1820s to 1989
(NUI Galway, 2018-11-21)The dissertation explores the myth of the sunken city of Vineta, supposedly destroyed in the twelfth century, and its reception in German literature from the 1820s to the late twentieth century. It analyses the reports in ... -
Virulence mechanisms as targets for biodiscovery in combatting antimicrobial resistance: Identification and characterization of antibacterial and anti-virulence molecules from marine sponges and snake venom
(NUI Galway, 2022-06-14)Emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistanceposes a serious health concern.Using conventional antibiotics will speed upthis process because of the selective pressure it confers to the bacteria. ... -
Vision Algorithms and Systems for Vehicle and Pedestrian Detection in Night Time Conditions Using Vehicle Mounted Cameras
(2011-08-24)Statistics show that a disproportionate amount of road fatalities occur at night-time despite the greatly reduced volume of traffic on roads. This thesis describes a system aimed at addressing this issue by automatically ... -
The visual culture of the Franklin search expeditions to the Arctic (1848-55)
(2018-02-22)This thesis examines the visual representation of the Canadian Arctic and adjacent regions during the period of the Franklin search expeditions from 1848 to 1855. The study traverses the disciplines of literature, visual ... -
Visual Exploration of Text Collections
(2012-10-05)Despite many technological advances, the information overload problem still prevails in many application areas. It is challenging for users who are inundated with data to explore different facets of a complex information ... -
The Voice of Children in Social Work Assessments: What They Say? or What They Play?
(2012-04-13)Child protection and welfare social work practice is faced with many challenges in its statutory duty to protect children at risk of abuse and/or neglect. Numerous child care tragedies have highlighted the importance of ... -
Volcanic activity, magma-sediment-water interaction, hydrothermal alteration and vein mineralisation in south County Waterford
(2010-11-05)The Ordovician volcanic sequence of the south Waterford coast is used to investigate magma-sediment-water interaction and its role in hydrothermal systems. Field investigations and rock textures analysis have shown ... -
Voltammetric Characterization of Macroalgae-Exuded Organic Ligands in Response to Metal Exposure
(2013-09-30)Trace metal availability, and hence toxicity, is largely dependent on metal speciation. It is well established that in seawater complexation by organic ligands dominates the speciation of most metals including Cd, Cu, Pb, ... -
W. B. Yeats the dramaturge: Space dramaturgy in Four Plays for Dancers - the investigations of a research-practitioner
(NUI Galway, 2020-12-10)The research investigates the dramaturgical composition of William Butler Yeats’s four dance plays (At the Hawk’s Well, The Dreaming of the Bones, The Only Jealousy of Emer, Calvary), published in the collection Four Plays ... -
Wave-structure interaction of offshore wave energy converters
(2013-11-04)With the continuing rise in oil prices and greater concern for the damage to the atmosphere, the world is continually looking for a cleaner and more sustainable form of energy. Ocean wave energy as a renewable source of ... -
Wavelength dependence of femtosecond laser ablation of thin gold films
(2014-05-26)The demand for efficient laser processing of materials is as strong as ever and this requires a deep understanding of the fundamental laser-material interactions. There has been a recent upsurge in the number of studies ... -
Waves, wrinkles and creases in deformed soft solids
(NUI Galway, 2018-07-10)This article-based thesis comprises a collection of four articles, each of which constitutes a chapter written and formatted in pre-print manuscript form. The general aim underlying these articles is to model the large ... -
"We here in Ireland are not outside this struggle": the Irish Catholic Church, anti-communism and the Cold War, 1945-1965
(NUI Galway, 2018-04-03)This project explores an understudied aspect of modern Irish Catholicism by examining the anticommunism of the Irish Catholic Church in the period from 1945 to 1965, which marked the early years of the Cold War. It looks ... -
A web-based system for determining drug dosing levels in kidney impairment
(2014-02-03)University Hospital Galway, Ireland (UHG) uses a hybrid system to maintain patient records. Some wards have an electronic health record (EHR), while others are still dependent on paper records. The continued use of ... -
What are the factors that influence person centred care in public residential care settings for older people?
(2014-02)The term Person centred care is used widely in health and social care discourse and is commonly employed in the articulation of policy, both at governmental and professional level. The concept, as it relates to older people ...