Browsing University of Galway Theses (PhD Theses) by Title
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A conceptual history of the idea of self-causation: from Plato's forms to Hegel's concrete universal
(2015-09-29)The dissertation is a historical-cum-conceptual examination of the idea of self-causation (causa sui). In the Western metaphysical tradition, self-causation has been understood in two ways: (i.) as an individual existent’s ... -
Conceptualisation of constraints on creativity in teaching in higher education: Towards the possibility of challenging practices in an Irish university
(2013-07-19)Creativity in relation to teaching has become a fundamental political and philosophical concern that has shaped a new paradigm of higher education (HE), in the context of a social and economic change. Yet, the instrumentalist ... -
Conceptualising and modelling hierarchical classification from a behavioural perspective
(2013-10-03)This thesis involved conceptualising and modelling hierarchical classification from a behavioural perspective. Classification refers to grouping stimuli according to their physical or functional similarity (Barnes-Holmes, ... -
Conceptualising domestic violence against women: Between gender-based universal human rights duty and gender-blind national responses
(NUI Galway, 2021-03-22)Despite widespread international acknowledgement of domestic violence against women and a plethora of governmental commitments to eliminate it, the issue remains as prevalent today as it was at the beginning of the domestic ... -
Confession in Literature from Webster to Defoe
(2012-12-20)As England attempted to define its Confession of faith during the Reformation, there were vacillations between Catholicism and Protestantism, via-media Protestantism and orthodox Calvinism. This led to widespread debate ... -
Confocal microwave imaging and artifact removal algorithms for the early detection of breast cancer
(NUI Galway, 2018-03-29)Microwave imaging is an emerging imaging modality for the early detection of breast cancer. Early-time artifact removal and imaging algorithm are the two most important signal processing components of any Confocal Microwave ... -
Conradh na Gaeilge agus an Language Freedom Movement (LFM): Coimhlint Idé-eolaíochta 1965 - 1974
(2014-09-15)Déanann an tráchtas seo cur síos ar na hidé-eolaíochtaí freasúracha teanga a bhí i réim i gConradh na Gaeilge agus san Language Freedom Movement (LFM) idir 1965 agus 1974. Áiteofar gurbh fhrámaí cognaíocha agus tuisceana ... -
Conscientiousness and cardiovascular reactivity to recurrent acute psychological stress
(NUI Galway, 2019-02-27)Introduction. Conscientiousness is a personality construct encompassing the trait of being careful, vigilant, dutiful, and concerned about the implications of one’s actions. It is a core trait within the five-factor ... -
The conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction of the Costa Rica thermal dome: moving from lex lata to lex ferenda
(2017-09-28)The ocean plays an essential role in environmental, social and economic development worldwide. The aim of the study is to examine the scientific, policy and legal reasons underpinning efforts to ensure the conservation and ... -
Conservation biology of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) on a hydropower-regulated Irish river
(2012-07-31)The European eel (Anguilla anguilla) has a complex lifecycle, involving catadromous migration between marine spawning grounds and continental growth habitat. European eel stocks have undergone a serious population collapse, ... -
Constructing Englishness: War, race, and the empire in Enid Blyton's fiction
(NUI Galway, 2022-09-16)This thesis studies the British children’s author Enid Blyton’s (1897-1968) writing from 1926 to twenty-first century modified editions of her books and series. I argue that Blyton’s twentieth-century fiction constructs a ... -
Constructing the good king: Biblical exempla in Sedulous Scottus’ De Rectoribus Christianis
(NUI Galway, 2023-06-13)De Rectoribus Christianis (DRC) is a mid-ninth century political treatise, written by the Irish scholar Sedulius Scottus. The text is an example of the specula principum (‘mirrors for princes’) genre, and it instructs ... -
The construction of legitimacy in nature conservation: knowledge, power and participation in the regulation of Irish raised bogs under the European Habitats Directive
(NUI Galway, 2018-09-26)A network of 53 Irish raised bogs were designated as Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) under the European Union (EU) Habitats Directive in the 1990s. Whilst the purpose of the designation is to protect unique habitats, ... -
Constructive Engagement and Human Rights: The Case of EU Policy on China
(2012-09-28)Since the European Commission released its first communication on relations with China in 1995, together, human rights diplomacy and human rights assistance, in the form of EU funding for rights-related technical cooperation ... -
A constructivist grounded theory study of the enablers and development of trust in scrum teams
(NUI Galway, 2019-08-19)The academic discourse is replete with aphorisms advocating the need for trust in Scrum teams. However, whilst trust is believed to be necessary to foster knowledge sharing and collaboration within the Scrum team no research ... -
Contested space: The revolutionary intersection of land hunger, memory and social justice impulse, within a rural west of Ireland community, 1793-1925 (a North Mayo case study)
(NUI Galway, 2023-10-09)‘The whole of Europe is filled with the spirit of revolution. There is a deep sense not only of discontent, but of anger and revolt’, according to British Prime Minister David Lloyd George writing in Spring 1919. This ... -
The context and circumstances of early sexual initiation among adolescents in Ireland: A mixed methods investigation
(NUI Galway, 2020-08-25)Adolescents who initiate sexual intercourse at early ages may be at a heightened risk of negative sexual health outcomes at the time of first sex and later in life. In the case of Ireland, there is inadequate knowledge ... -
Contextualised sentiment analysis in the financial domain
(NUI Galway, 2021-07-02)Sentiments and beliefs play an important role in actions and decisions in a market environment; for example, people disliking a brand will tend to avoid products of it or people aiming to reduce their carbon-dioxide footprint ... -
Contextualising sensors with linked data to improve relevancy, data quality and network adaptability
(2015-10-09)A sensor taken by itself, with no indication of what it is sensing, with what unit of measurement and where, would keep working without anybody being able to interpret its output. The sensor needs to be "contextualised". ... -
Contextualizing the 'Other': Parliamentary Discourses on Genocide and Rape in late nineteenth and late twentieth century Britain
(2012-09-27)This thesis argues that parliamentary discourses on genocide and rape have experienced continuity throughout the twentieth century. This is evident from the repetition of discursive categories within the British Houses of ...