Browsing University of Galway Theses (PhD Theses) by Author "http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001596"
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Acquisition of dielectric properties of tissues in the microwave range
Salahuddin, Saqib (NUI Galway, 2019-11-12)This thesis aims to conduct an investigation into the factors that influence the measurement and interpretation of the dielectric properties of biological tissues in the microwave frequency rage. Firstly, a novel two-stage ... -
Aspects of modeling and application of survival-type data
Fallah, Lida (NUI Galway, 2018-02)Survival analysis is collection of methods for analyzing data where the outcome of interest is the time to an event and some of the observations are censored. Survival data can arise naturally from studies on, machines' ... -
Bayesian imputation of right censored data in time-to-event studies
Moghaddam, Shirin (NUI Galway, 2018-03-20)In time-to-event studies subjects are followed until the event of interest has happened. Subjects who do not experience the event are referred to as censored. Due to censoring, methods of plotting individual survival ... -
Deep learning techniques in data augmentation and neural network design
Lemley, Joseph (NUI Galway, 2020-05-22)In recent years, deep learning has revolutionized computer vision and has been applied to a range of problems where it often achieves accuracies equal to or greater than those obtainable by individual human experts. This ... -
Development and characterisation of compressed, macro-porous and collagen-coated poly-ε-caprolactone electrospun meshes
Fuller, Kieran P. (NUI Galway, 2019-02-25)Electrospun scaffolds are utilised in a diverse spectrum of clinical targets, with an ever-increasing quantity of work progressing to clinical studies and commercialisation. However, the very dense architecture and the low ... -
Development of correlated and computational methods for predicting premixed turbulent flame speed
Burke, Eoin M. (NUI Galway, 2018-10-02)Turbulent flame speed is an important property within turbulent flames and an invaluable parameter for gas turbine combustor design. A major issue however is the difficulty in accurately predicting turbulent flame speed ... -
Epigenetic regulation of germline stem cell fate by Centromere Protein C
Carty, Ben (NUI Galway, 2021-01-21)Germline stem cells (GSCs) divide asymmetrically to produce one new daughter stem cell and one daughter cell that will subsequently undergo meiosis and differentiate to generate the mature gamete. The ‘silent sister ... -
An experimental and computational investigation into procedural complications relating to transcatheter aortic heart valves
McGee, Orla (NUI Galway, 2018-02-20)Although transcatheter aortic valves are widely used for treatment of high to medium risk patients with severe aortic stenosis, there are still many associated procedural complications. In particular, new on-set conductance ... -
An experimental and computational investigation on the biomechanics of polymer-covered self-expanding stents
McKenna, Ciara (NUI Galway, 2021-07-09)Nitinol self-expanding stents are commonly used to treat peripheral artery disease. However, the femoropopliteal artery presents a challenging environment for stent placement, where large arterial deformations occur many ... -
Genesis of the Moly Brook molybdenum-copper deposit, Newfoundland, Canada: Geological and geochemical constraints on fluid evolution, links with adjacent tungsten mineralization, and the role of Late Devonian granitic intrusions
Lynch, Edward P. (NUI Galway, 2017-08-25)An integrated geological, structural and geochemical study of the Moly Brook Mo-Cu deposit, southern Newfoundland (Canada), is presented. The role of subordinate leucogranite as progenitor to the mineralizing components ... -
Integrative evaluation of Tetanocera elata (Diptera: Sciomyzidae) for slug pest management in agriculture
Bistline-East, Allison (NUI Galway, 2019-09-25)Terrestrial gastropods are pervasive pests, especially of agriculture in temperate regions. While current management options exist, they primarily consist of baited pellets with active ingredients such as methiocarb or ... -
Investigation of various ligand design approaches and synthesis of diverse heterocyclic bioactive compounds
Negi, Arvind (NUI Galway, 2019-09-27)Structure-based design and ligand-based design are one of the most common approaches used to develop new inhibitors against druggable protein targets in various human disorders. Mcl-1 is a protein belongs to Bcl-2 family ... -
Just tweet it - The collection, processing, classification and analysis of 2 million fitness tweets
Vickey, Theodore (NUI Galway, 2018-06-13)In 2013, the World Health Organization coined the term “Globesity” to highlight the importance of the epidemic and impact as a major health problem in many parts of the world (World Health Organization, 2013). Many believe ... -
Neural transfer learning for natural language processing
Ruder, Sebastian (NUI Galway, 2019-06-07)The current generation of neural network-based natural language processing models excels at learning from large amounts of labelled data. Given these capabilities, natural language processing is increasingly applied to new ... -
On the application of analytical techniques to mobile network CDRs for the characterisation and modelling of subscriber behaviour
Wang, Han (NUI Galway, 2018-06-13)This thesis describes work completed on the characterisation and modelling of the behaviour of subscribers in mobile phone networks implementing dynamic pricing by means of Call Detail Records (CDR) datasets analysis. The ... -
Plant-pollinator interactions in semi-natural grasslands: Evaluation, monitoring and conservation
Larkin, Michelle (NUI Galway, 2021-01-14)Pollinators provide a vital ecosystem service by pollinating many commercial and wild plant species. Agricultural intensification is one of the main drivers of global pollinator population declines, with consequences for ... -
Processing linked data on lightweight computing devices
Le-Tuan, Anh (NUI Galway, 2021-06-01)The development of the Internet of Things (IoT) is enabling innovative and smarter domestic and commercial services. Due to the lack of skill and technology to make sense of IoT data, the full potential of the available ... -
Radiative transfer of star formation and destruction regions
Guegan, Nevenoe (NUI Galway, 2022-12-14)While star formation and destruction may lie at the opposite ends of a star's life cycle, they display remarkable similarities. Both star forming regions and pre-planetary nebulae can be detected by observing molecular ... -
Using Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy (TIRFM) for studying protein-surface interactions
Zarski, Przemyslaw (NUI Galway, 2018-09-10)Total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (TIRFM) techniques play an important role in investigating phenomena which occur on transparent dielectric surfaces at nanometre scales in various research fields from ...