Browsing University of Galway Theses (PhD Theses) by Title
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Influencing factors in the implementation and management of routine enquiry for intimate partner violence (IPV) in antenatal care setting in Ireland: A case study
(NUI Galway, 2019-09-19)Referred to any form of violence by either partner within an intimate relationship, intimate partner violence (IPV), is recognised as a serious global public health problem. IPV results in poorer health and quality of life ... -
Information systems project portfolio management as a complex adaptive system: The CAPPP framework
(2018-01-29)Project portfolio management (PPM) has been subject to very little investigation in information systems (IS) research. This is surprising, given the huge global expenditure on IS, the high levels of failure at the project ... -
An Infrastructure for Privacy-Enabled Sharing of Context Data
(2011-08-29)The concept of context originated in the ubiquitous computing domain where information regarding the user's situation was gathered using sensing devices, allowing the application to automatically adapt according to the ... -
Inhibition of metabolic intermediates and enhancement of methane production in dry anaerobic digestion
(NUI Galway, 2022-07-15)Dry anaerobic digestion (AD) is advantageous over wet AD in treating high-solid organic wastes (e.g., livestock and food wastes). However, it often suffers from low methane production and metabolic intermediates inhibition ... -
Inhibition of polyomavirus DNA replication by nucleotide analogs
(2017-01-31)Polyomaviruses are non-evenloped circular DNA viruses that cause severe polyomavirus-associated diseases in immune compromised individuals. The diseases associated with these viruses have been on the rise due to myriad of ... -
Initial motivation and its impact on quality and dynamics in formal youth mentoring relationships: A longitudinal qualitative study
(2017-06-23)This longitudinal qualitative study explores experiences and understandings of the mentoring role in the Big Brothers Big Sisters Czech Republic mentoring programme, using a phenomenological approach. In particular, the ... -
An injectable collagen scaffold delivering exogenous microRNA as a therapy to modulate extracellular matrix remodelling
(2013-06-01)Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the developed world and is responsible for approximately 36% of Irish mortality. Myocardial infarction (MI), which is literally the death of cardiac tissue due to ... -
Inside the 'Black Box' of the Born Global Network
(2014-02-07)From inception, born global firms attempt to gain competitive advantage over their competitors by using the limited resources available to them, and by the development of their sales internationally (Oviatt & McDougall, ... -
“The Insider Threat” Comparing malicious and non-malicious information security behaviours using a rational choice model
(NUI Galway, 2018-09-27)In the modern networked world, replete with massive amounts of data, one of the greatest threats facing organisations is information loss inflicted by actors within or trusted by the organisation. This research is thus ... -
Insights into microbial acclimation to salinity in high-rate anaerobic digestion
(NUI Galway, 2024-02-12)In recent years, anaerobic digestion (AD) has been investigated as a suitable biotechnology to treat wastewater at elevated salinities. Nevertheless, when starting up AD reactors with inocula that are not adapted to salinity, ... -
Insights into the evolution and development of Haliclona indistincta (Porifera, Haplosclerida)
(2013-03-12)Abstract: Haliclona indistincta (order Haplosclerida, family Chalinidae) is an intertidal, and shallow sub-tidal, dwelling sponge found in Ireland, Britain and elsewhere that possesses a highly variable morphology. It ... -
Insular ornamental metalwork AD 300 - 500: 'Military Style' inspired art in Ireland and Britain
(2014-09-30)The first dedicated examination, analysis and contextualisation of a corpus of Insular metalwork characterised by highly-accomplished, reserved fine-line ornament. Comprising mostly silver and copper-alloy dress-fasteners, ... -
An Integrated Approach to Characterising the Hydrogeology of the Tynagh Mine Catchment, County Galway, Ireland
(2014-01-08)The first major Pb-Zn mine in Ireland, located near the village of Tynagh, in east County Galway operated from the early 1960s until the early 1980s producing almost eight million tonnes of ore from surface and underground ... -
Integrated assessment of sheep production systems and the agricultural value chain
(NUI Galway, 2018-07-02)This thesis describes the development of an integrated, farm level, bioeconomic systems model of Irish sheep production using nationally representative data from the National Farm Survey (NFS). A systems approach is applied ... -
Integrated proteomic and systems biology approach to understanding injured spinal cord pathophysiology and repair
(NUI Galway, 2020-03-05)Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a severe neurological condition. There are currently no effective treatment options to restore function following SCI. The major obstacle to developing effective therapies is the fragmented ... -
Integrating Heterogeneous Data by Extending Semantic Web Standards
(2012-09-28)In enterprises different software applications are used to manage specific functions: customer relations, human resources, and manufacturing, each requiring specialised software. Relational databases are commonly used as ... -
Integrating structured and unstructured knowledge sources for domain-specific chatbots
(NUI Galway, 2023-11-07)The increasing demand for customer support in various industries and the popularity of con versational interfaces has necessitated the development of chatbots. The availability of domain knowledge has enabled chatbots to ... -
Integrating the old and new: smart thermoresponsive surfaces and 3D fabrication technologies for tissue engineering
(2017-05-08)One promising direction of regenerative medicine is the development of cell sheet-based tissue-like constructs. The cell sheets preserve ECM and cell−cell junctions. This may greatly support cell adherence to damaged organ ... -
The Integration of Bounce and Resuspension into a Lagrangian Simulation of Particle Movement.
(2010-09-30)The phenomenon of particle transport in turbulent flows has been studied extensively using Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) over the past few decades. One of the most useful DNS approaches is Lagrangian simulation. ... -
Integration of Genetic Biomarkers in Prognostic Models for Breast Cancer Survival
(2014-01-08)The main aim of my PhD is to create a prognostic model for invasive breast cancer patients for disease recurrence and death. The data were collected retrospectively and are comprised of 647 invasive breast cancer patients ...