Browsing University of Galway Theses (PhD Theses) by Title
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The application of a conceptual model of school-based implementation to the Relationships and Sexuality Education programme at Irish post-primary level
(NUI Galway, 2019-02-07)Purpose – The purpose of this study was to explore the practice of Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) in-service training and subsequent RSE delivery in schools. This involved examining the implementation process ... -
The application of Article 107(3)(b)TFEU in systemic banking crises: The need for a new State Aid Crisis Framework for the European Banking Sector in light of the European Commission’s interpretation of the “serious disturbance” exemption as a response to the 2008 financial crisis.
(NUI Galway, 2019-09-27)The 2008 financial crisis illustrated the problems that arise when EU State aid rules are relaxed and Member States are allowed to prop up ailing banking sectors. Member States in effect become subject to a constant drain ... -
Application of CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing to target Neuronal Interleukin-16 a novel protein involved in osteoarthritis progression
(NUI Galway, 2022-09-07)Osteoarthritis (OA) is a debilitating joint disease affecting an increasing proportion of the elderly population worldwide annually. Current treatments for the disease are symptomatic with management of pain and side effects ... -
Application of electrodialysis for nutrient recovery from Anaerobic digestate
(NUI Galway, 2023-03-30)Electrodialysis (ED) is an electro-driven membrane-based technology, which can separate ions from solutions with high efficiency. Recently, ED has been studied to recover nutrients, i.e., ammonium (NH4 +) and phosphate ... -
Application of electrodialysis into nutrient recovery and antibiotics removal for pig manure management
(NUI Galway, 2019-07-25)Animal manure should be regarded as a resource rather than a waste as it contains abundant nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) available for plants. Land spreading of animal manure is a common practice while it has to be ... -
The application of machine learning to optimise live migration in cloud data centres
(NUI Galway, 2019-08-06)Cloud computing providers utilise large-scale data centres to provide computing resource to users’ worldwide. However, an ongoing challenge facing cloud providers is to ensure that the required resource is available to ... -
Application of the doctrine of adverse possession under English and Nigerian law: A comparative study
(NUI Galway, 2021-06-04)This thesis engages a comparative study of the application of the doctrine of adverse possession under English and Nigerian law. Whilst the pre-colonial geographical entity which later became known as Nigeria had both ... -
Applications of image processing for performance assessment of wastewater treatment plants
(NUI Galway, 2018-09-13)This thesis is concerned with the development of methodologies for automatically assessing fluid properties in wastewater treatment plants, and to monitor plant performance and efficiency. Reliable performance metrics are ... -
Applied learning. A design model for further education in the 21st century
(2015-11-23)Undertaken over four years, this research was both an investigation of the adoption of an applied learning approach for further education (FE) course delivery in the 21st century, and the development of an educational model ... -
Applying informal health reports and search queries for public health monitoring: An evaluation of characteristics, potentials, and requirements of online self-reporting, discussions, and search behaviour
(NUI Galway, 2021-01-13)The introduction of digital data sources has positively impacted public health surveillance and has paved the way for novel approaches. Internet-based sources provide large volumes of data which can be analysed in near ... -
Applying machine learning towards automating resource management in cloud computing environments
(NUI Galway, 2021-01-28)Over the last number of years there has been high acceleration and widespread adoption of cloud based services by many different industries to improve the scalability and reliability of their services while also reducing ... -
Approaches and methods used to assess ecological quality under European environmental legislation
(2012-09)Benthic habitats and the macrobenthic communities they support form an integral component of ecological quality assessments in marine and estuarine waters. Good conceptual understanding of change in benthic community ... -
Ar lorg an chleite: Seachadadh Beatha Cholaim Chille mar eiseamláir ar cheird an scríobhaí i dtús na seachtú haoise déag
(2017-09-06)Déantar iarracht sa tráchtas seo léargas a fháil ar chleachtas agus ar cheird scríobhaí Gaelach, Brian Mac Niallais, agus cóip dhílis de Beatha Cholaim Chille á cóiriú aige i dtús na seachtú haoise déag. Cuirtear i gcomórtas ... -
Archaeological watermarks: Settlement, landscape and seasonal flooding in historical Ireland
(NUI Galway, 2020-09-21)Turloughs are karst wetland ecosystems that are virtually unique to Ireland. They are intermittently inundated on an annual basis, mainly from groundwater. This thesis concerns the interaction of past communities with the ... -
Architecture of exclusion: the struggle for land and legitimacy of Palestinians under Israeli law
(2016-10)This research focuses on land law and provides an overview of the right to land under international law, followed by a background of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Subsequently, exploring the underpinning of the land ... -
Art and analogy through evolutionary computation
(NUI Galway, 2019-04-05)In this thesis the development of a computer system capable of generating art through the process of analogy is presented. A visual display is generated analogous to a given piece of music. This analogy is based upon the ... -
The art of Jack B Yeats and John Sloan: Connections and change
(NUI Galway, 2020-11-11)In 1904, at the instigation of his patron John Quinn, and on the occasion of his first solo show in the city, Jack B Yeats spent six weeks in New York. Three years later, his father John Butler Yeats arrived in Manhattan, ... -
Artefact Books: Towards a Multi-field Analytical Framework for Literary Research
(2011-09-30)While the most fundamental object of literary studies is often the codex, in this age of digital and electronic sensory inundation, it would seem that the physical book has a limited lifespan. However, the technologies ... -
Article 33 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: a new bridge to bring human rights law to the domestic level and create a dynamic of change
(2015-09-30)This thesis looks at Article 33 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Article 33 requires states to set up a framework, located both within and outside of government, to guide and monitor the ... -
Aspects of modeling and application of survival-type data
(NUI Galway, 2018-02)Survival analysis is collection of methods for analyzing data where the outcome of interest is the time to an event and some of the observations are censored. Survival data can arise naturally from studies on, machines' ...