Browsing University of Galway Theses (PhD Theses) by Title
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Biosupramolecular protein tectonics
(NUI Galway, 2021-03-31)Taking a structural biology approach, this thesis describes in-depth investigations into protein bioconjugation (PEGylation), surface recognition (synthetic receptors), and ligand-mediated assembly (crystalline frameworks). ... -
Blood biomarker monitoring in professional soccer: Longitudinal analysis of inflammation in English Premier League players
(NUI Galway, 2021-09-06)The high intensity demands of elite soccer predispose players to recurrent episodes of acute inflammation, and during periods of frequent match play recovery time may not be adequate for the resolution of the inflammatory ... -
Body and Soul: Turning Turk in Early Modern Barbary captivity narratives
(2016-12-20)This thesis focuses on early modern Barbary captivity narratives which describe Christian encounters with the Islamic world, and gives particular attention to questions of sexuality and gender. From the short fledgling ... -
Bone marrow stromal cell transplantation ameliorates cytopenias caused by depletion of FAP-α expressing cells
(NUI Galway, 2018-05-03)Mesenchymal stromal cell (MSC) therapies are being successfully developed for immune-mediated inflammatory diseases as phase 3 clinical trials have demonstrated. However, the en-dogenous roles of stromal cells (SSCs) are ... -
Boolean games played in a triangle using bi-partite and tri-partite entanglement
(NUI Galway, 2024-04-17)This dissertation analyses the Nash equilibrium points in a triangle network when the three nodes/players are playing pairwise boolean games using bi-partite and tri partite entanglement. The players are given one bit as ... -
Booleying in Achill, Achillbeg and Corraun: survey, excavation and analysis of booley settlements in the Civil Parish of Achill
(2014-04-24)Transhumance, called booleying in Ireland, is a practice found in many parts of Europe that involves the movement of livestock and their keepers from lowland, permanent settlements to summer pasture, usually in the uplands, ... -
Borrowers and lenders in the residential mortgage context: legacy of the financial crisis on regulatory frameworks in Ireland and Spain
(2016-09-27)The Global Financial Crisis is clearly identifiable as a catalyst for reform of financial regulation and supervision in the period from 2008 onwards. It was also the starting point for the emergence of an indebtedness ... -
The bottomless care pyramid: a decolonial feminist ethnography of equality, diversity and inclusion initiatives at the University of Galway
(NUI Galway, 2024-03-12)This thesis examines tensions between feminist demands for transformations in higher education and the creation of equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) governance structures at an Irish institution. Through a case ... -
Breaking down barriers to reception rights for unaccompanied migrant children in Europe: Does intersectional discrimination matter?
(NUI Galway, 2023-10-10)Introduction ‘States should ensure that children in the context of international migration are treated first and foremost as children’ 1 Although the exact number cannot be known, recent figures indicate that there are ... -
Brewery spent grain cascade process: protein recovery and improved downstream fermentation for simultaneous volatile fatty acid production and recovery
(NUI Galway, 2022-03-23)Volatile fatty acids (VFAs) are short chain carboxylic acids currently produced from fossil fuels. Renewable biomass, including organic wastes, could be used as an alternative source of VFAs. Brewery spent grain (BSG) was ... -
The British Empire’s southern Dominions and the emergence of the League of Nations “C” mandates, 1914–1926: Origins, administration and international oversight
(NUI Galway, 2020-04-30)This thesis examines the impacts of changing international opinion during the First World War regarding the expansion of colonial Empires, in this particular case the British Empire, and the desire to prevent annexation ... -
Building educational partnerships: An illustration of the disparities between policy and practice of the Home, School and Community Liaison Programme through an exploration of the challenges that HSCL Coordinators experience in its implementation
(NUI Galway, 2019-03-20)Poverty inhibits pupils from reaching their full educational potential. A body of literature exists which suggests that pupils experiencing financial deprivation or who have parents with lower levels of education are more ... -
Building envelope thermal bridging heat loss assessment using infrared thermography
(NUI Galway, 2018-07-25)Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and energy use is necessary to stop the progress of climate warming, which may have a serious impact on the human environment and the ecosystem. To achieve this reduction, it is essential ... -
Building semantic models and knowledge graphs for intelligent smart manufacturing applications
(NUI Galway, 2024-04-04)Industry 4.0 (I4.0) (or smart manufacturing) is a new era in the industrial revolution that emphasises machine connectivity, automation, and data an alytics. This revolution has led to the creation of production lines ... -
Building the evidence base for the development and implementation of an Irish national digital Type 2 Diabetes prevention programme
(NUI Galway, 2022-12-09)Background: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) represents a major public health concern. Over one million annual deaths worldwide are attributed to the disease, making it the ninth leading cause of mortality. In Ireland, the ... -
Built to last: The benefits and the construction of Uí Néill dynastic identity in early medieval Ireland
(NUI Galway, 2022-06-10)This project examines the benefits and the construction of ‘Dynastic Frameworks’ in Early Medieval Ireland. It does so by using the Uí Néill, a powerful Irish political group, as a case study for understanding the role ... -
Business capability-centric management of services and processes models
(2017-01-11)With the advent of Industry 4.0, more and more companies are actively working on digitising their assets (i.e., services, processes, etc.) for better control, collaboration, modularity, analysis, etc. By 2020 more than 80% ... -
Cache maintenance in federated query processing based on quality of service constraints
(2017-05-09)The Linked Open Data (LOD) Cloud forms a substantial and ever increasing portion of the global knowledge on theWorldWideWeb by contributing many distributed data sources. Due to the diversity of the knowledge that they ... -
CAL4AHU - Calibration of air handling unit models for fault detection and diagnosis
(NUI Galway, 2021-02-08)A systematic methodology for the automated calibration of Air Handling Unit (AHU) computational models for use in Fault Detection and Diagnosis (FDD) is investigated that requires a minimum dataset and produces a trade-off ... -
Calendars, feasting, cosmology and identities: later Neolithic-early Bronze Age Ireland in European context
(2016-07-25)The aim of the study is to investigate the connections between calendar systems, large-scale feasting activities, changing representations of cosmological ideas and the formation of group identities from the Middle/Late ...