Browsing University of Galway Theses (PhD Theses) by Title
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Identity Formation Among Teenaged Members of the Muslim Population of Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo
(2012-08-29)Younger members of Muslim populations in Western society are placed at the frontline of the immigration process. As a result of daily school attendance and exposure to the media they are often heavily influenced by the ... -
Illegal territoriality in international law: the interaction and enforcement of the law of belligerant occupation through other territorial regimes
(2014-08-30)This work examines the place and function of the international law of belligerent occupation its interplays with other public international law regimes and argues that the co-application of these regimes, as well as an ... -
(Im)Possibility of Utopia: Aldous Huxley and Michel Houellebecq
(NUI Galway, 2023-08-17)This thesis examines the connections between ambivalence and Utopianism through the writings of Aldous Huxley and Michel Houellebecq. By conducting a comprehensive analysis of the authors’ seminal works, this study ... -
Image and video quality in the automotive environment
(2016-05-12)This thesis is concerned with the development of methodologies for image and video quality assessment for the automotive environment, and the use of those methodologies for evaluating the effect of image and video ... -
Image super-resolution for consumer thermal cameras
(NUI Galway, 2019-01-21)This thesis attempts to solve a problem currently faced by consumer-grade thermal cameras. Consumers have grown accustomed to the high pixel counts and high resolution offered by the modern smartphone, while the performance ... -
Images and representations of the sea in early medieval Hiberno-Latin and vernacular literature: studies in intertextuality and innovation
(2017-02-23)This research takes the sea and its creatures as the common focus for an investigation of a series of thematically linked early medieval texts’ interactions with each other and with texts ranging from contemporaneous Insular ... -
An immersive virtual reality behaviour change intervention to support retired and non-working adults to reduce prolonged bouts of sedentary activity
(NUI Galway, 2024-01-25)Background. It is currently understood that prolonged daily sedentary behaviour is independently associated with multiple morbidities and mortality across the adult lifespan. Epidemiological evidence suggests that older ... -
Immunogenicity of allogeneic mesenchymal stem cells
(2016-10-20)Allogeneic mesenchymal stem cells (allo-MSC) are a promising “off-the-shelf” therapy and are often cited as failing to elicit anti-donor immune responses. Intra-muscular (IM) administration may be the optimal route for ... -
Immunomodulation by interleukin-10 overexpressing mesenchymal stem cells for cartilage repair in osteoarthritis
(2015-03-06)Although osteoarthritis (OA) is typically characterised by the loss or damage to articular cartilage, inflammation of the synovial membrane is now recognised as a prevalent feature believed to contribute to both symptoms ... -
Immunomodulation in mesenchymal stem cell therapy for osteoarthritis: mechanistic insights on the role of cell death and engraftment
(NUI Galway, 2018-11-02)Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative pathology of the articular cartilage causing chronic pain and disability in millions of individuals. In OA synovia, resident macrophages and infiltrated lymphocytes contribute to the ... -
Immunomodulation of the T-helper 17 Cell Lineage by Mesenchymal Stem Cells
(2012-11-20)T-helper 17 (Th17) cells play a pathogenic role in multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease, psoriasis, acute kidney injury, glomerulonephritis and transplant rejection. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are immunosuppressive ... -
The impact of alcohol consumption on brain networks: Investigating differential effects in bipolar disorder
(NUI Galway, 2022-03-30)Background: Widespread alterations to cortical regions particularly in areas related to reward processes have been described following non-dependent alcohol use and independently in bipolar disorder (BD). Additionally, ... -
The impact of chemically amended pig slurry on surface runoff, leachate and greenhouse gasses.
(2013-08-27)In Ireland, the pig industry is concentrated in a small number of counties. Pig farms typically have a high stocking rate. Therefore, the disposal of slurry in a cost-effective and environmentally-responsible way is a ... -
The impact of childhood trauma on structural brain connectivity in schizophrenia: A diffusion MRI and network based study
(NUI Galway, 2021-12-29)Schizophrenia is a severe and heterogeneous neuropsychiatric disorder affecting approximately 1% of the world’s population. In recent years, exposure to childhood trauma has been established as a prominent environmental ... -
The impact of cloud computing on IT service providers’ business models
(2016-03-15)This study’s objective is to understand how cloud computing impacts information technology service providers’ business models. Cloud computing has accelerated business model evolution for delivering information technology ... -
Impact of DC-DC converter topologies on passive components miniaturization
(NUI Galway, 2022-08-30)Power electronic circuits are a key player in many essential electrical systems and applications, e.g., power converters. For computational and battery-powered consumer products, the desire for higher power densities and ... -
The Impact of Dynamic Network Effects and Decision Heuristics on Social Dynamics
(2011-08-31)Many systems in the real world display properties that cannot be easily understood by an analysis of their component parts. There are a number of approaches used to help us gain insight into these complex systems. One ... -
The impact of environmental regulation on human interaction with marine and coastal ecosystems
(2014-09)The primary objective of this thesis is to investigate the impact of environmental regulations on stakeholder interaction with marine and coastal ecosystems as well as provide a thorough treatment of the contrasts in ... -
The impact of farmers' implementation decisions on environmental effectiveness in the Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS)
(2013-12)The primary objective of this thesis is to investigate the impact of farmers' implementation decisions on the effectiveness of the Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS). Three separate empirical papers are used to ... -
Impact of interventions for obesity on insulin sensitivity using the leptin to adiponectin ratio
(NUI Galway, 2021-11-13)Introduction: Low energy meal replacement regimens can induce short-term weight loss in patients with severe obesity, but usually require specially formulated dietary supplements. Hypocaloric diets are known to induce ...