Browsing University of Galway Theses (PhD Theses) by Title
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Fractionation of whey protein glycosylation and assessment of prebiotic and immunomodulation bioactivities for valorisation
(NUI Galway, 2021-03-15)Functional foods are defined as food components that, in addition to their nutritional value, improve human health and/or decrease the risk of diseases. Probiotics, ingested live beneficial bacteria, and prebiotics, the ... -
A framework for the assessment of the effectiveness of ocean literacy tools and initiatives
(NUI Galway, 2021-09-28)In order to assess the effectiveness of Ocean Literacy (OL) tools, it is necessary to gather data on the usage of the tools, and their impact on the participants’ ocean literacy. This is to say, their awareness, knowledge, ... -
Framing open space-time in the films of Jean Renoir: society, ideology, technology
(2016-02-01)In the films of Jean Renoir (1894-1979), class strata clash in public and private spheres, alternately eroding and bolstering ideological values, and implementing traumatic social upheaval on a local, national, or even ... -
Franco "Bifo" Berardi in movimento. 1964-1978
(2014-10-28)Cap I origini-1970 Berardi tra gli ultimi bagliori del Novecento In the first chapter of my research project, I aim to analyze the political and philosophical life of Franco "Bifo" Berardi (both institutional and extra ... -
Freedom of expression and the contours of political speech in Ethiopia: Lessons from a comparative study
(2017-08-20)The doctoral thesis studies the scope and application of the right to freedom of expression and the contours of political speech in Ethiopia. In particular, the research focuses on two fundamental areas of speech regulation-the ... -
Freedom,power and relational equality: republican justice in diverse societies
(2016-09-30)This thesis is my response to a view of republicanism that has become orthodox among contemporary political theorists. On that view, when we are talking about what it means to be treated as free and equal in a republic we ... -
Fretting wear-fatigue study for tribologically-induced damage in simple and complex geometries
(2013-02-22)This thesis presents the development of a computational and experimental methodology for predicting fretting wear-fatigue interaction in simple and complex geometries, specifically targeting the taper-lock assembly in ... -
From animal welfare to animal rights: Rethinking our legal paradigm
(NUI Galway, 2021-03)This thesis is a critique of the current welfare system of protection for nonhuman animals (hereafter, animals) and calls for a paradigm shift in the legal protection. It is argued that there needs to be a shift from a ... -
From Carnacon to Cape Town: An interpretive study of the transnational career of Senator Colonel Maurice Moore (1854-1939), soldier, diplomat and politician
(NUI Galway, 2018-08-31)In this thesis, the contextual, thematic, biography of Senator Colonel Maurice Moore, a Catholic member of the Irish Ascendancy is used as a prism through which to interpret and reflect on a military and political career ... -
From Connemara to Minnesota: The Nugent Emigration Scheme, 1880
(2016-05-10)Abstract This study examines an assisted emigration scheme undertaken by Father James Nugent of Liverpool in June 1880. With the support of Bishop John Ireland of St Paul, Minnesota, Nugent transferred thirty-five destitute ... -
From Gaelic lordships to English counties: the Tudor transition in Leix and Offaly, c.1547-1603
(NUI Galway, 2018-05-29)This study evaluates whether or not successive Tudor regimes effectively transformed the Gaelic lordships of Leix and Offaly into English counties and as a direct consequence, administered these territories through the ... -
From hybrid bodies to haunted bodies: Mobile technologies, affect and theatre
(2017-09-22)Mobile digital technologies - from smartphones, to wearables, to pervasive technologies - are transforming the ways in which we experience our own bodies, and the ways in which we experience the world through our bodies. ... -
From phantasmagoria to mundanity: the fetishization of the automobile in 20th-century French representations
(2015-01-30)The automobile is an object that has been systematically consumed to become part of the fabric of society, hence its impact and its perception make the car a particularly precise means of studying cultural values. As it ... -
From the membrane to central metabolism: New insights into the diverse mechanisms controlling β-lactam resistance in MRSA
(NUI Galway, 2022-01-07)Staphylococcus aureus is an important human pathogen, with the ability to colonise and cause disease, ranging in severity from superficial skin infections to life threatening invasive disease. The emergence of healthcare ... -
Fun games and health: evaluating physical education related CPD provision in primary schools: the case of the Buntus programme
(2014-09-27)Thesis Summary: Continuous Professional Development (CPD) is essential for teachers to change practices. The teaching and context methodologies for teaching and facilitating effective PE-CPD programmes is a challenging ... -
Functional Analysis of Vertebrate Msl2
(2014-02-12)hMSL2 (Male Specific Lethal 2, human) is a RING finger protein with E3 ubiquitin ligase activity. Although it has been shown to target histone H2B at lysine 34 and p53 at lysine 351, suggesting roles in transcription ... -
A functional approach to characterising the microbial communities underpinning low temperature anaerobic digestion
(2013-03-06)Low-temperature anaerobic digestion (LTAD) presents a sustainable, cost-efficient technology for the treatment of a vast array of wastewater streams. However, this microbially-mediated process requires further understanding ... -
Functional characterization of orphan genes in Arabidopsis thaliana
(2015-01-28)All organisms are known to contain a unique set of genes called 'orphan genes', which do not share any similarity with genes or protein domains in other evolutionary lineages. Such orphan genes can impart unique traits to ... -
Functional dissection of the Smc5/6 complex: roles of the SUMO ligase Nse2/Mms21 in the maintenance of genome stability
(2011-06)Nse2/ Mms21 is an E3 SUMO ligase component of the Smc5/6 complex, which plays multiple roles in maintaining genome stability. To study the functions of the vertebrate Nse2 orthologue, we generated Nse2-deficient chicken ... -
Functional effects of inter-genome interactions on seed development in Arabidopsis thaliana
(NUI Galway, 2022-01-14)Plant seed size determination is of high economic interest for modern food production worldwide as many crops are mainly consumed in the form of seeds, such as rice, wheat or corn. Parental conflict and genomic imprinting ...