Browsing University of Galway Theses (PhD Theses) by Title
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Ghost Dances and Ring Shouts: Lakota and Gullah Nineteenth Century Musical Traditions in Comparative Perspective
(2014-03-04)During the nineteenth century, as the United States established itself as a nation and expanded its territory, the cultures of Native Americans and African Americans went through a period of profound change. The Lakota, a ... -
GIS-based advanced spatial analysis of total organic carbon and potentially toxic elements in European agricultural and Irish soils
(NUI Galway, 2022-03-01)With the increasing availability of data in environmental geochemistry, one of the biggest challenges is to extract useful knowledge and interpretable information from large and diverse data sources. The unprecedented ... -
Gliceas na teanga nach bhfuil láidir: Aistriúcháin liteartha ó Ghaeilge go Béarla, 1916-2016
(2017-06-10)Is í an téis atá á cur chun cinn sa tráchtas seo go raibh straitéis aistriúcháin chinnte ag na haistritheoirí liteartha a d’aistrigh saothair filíochta, ficsin agus neamhfhicsin, ó Ghaeilge go Béarla idir tús an fichiú ... -
A glyco approach for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease: From the glycobiological characterisation to the development of glyco-modulatory collagen-based hydrogel systems
(NUI Galway, 2021-12-20)Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the most common motor-related progressive neurodegenerative condition, mainly caused by the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. Despite the increased knowledge regarding its ... -
Glycobiology of commensal bacteria with emphasis on cell surface adhesins and exopolysaccharides
(2014-09-25)The human gastro-intestinal tract (GIT) is an elaborate ecosystem specific to an individual and his physiological stage that involves inter- and intra-relationships between the bacteria composing the microbiota and between ... -
Glycoconjugates in Campylobacter jejuni-mediated disease
(2013-09-30)Gram-negative bacterium Campylobacter jejuni is a major cause of gastroenteritis in humans worldwide, and the most frequent infectious trigger in patients developing Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). While C. jejuni is ... -
Glycosaminoglycan Dependent Isolation of Mesenchymal Chondroprogenitor Populations from Human Bone Marrow
(2013-01-24)Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic disease of joints characterised by progressive destruction of articular cartilage resulting in painful, limited joint movement. Cartilage has a limited ability to self-repair due to low ... -
Glycosylation and glycoengineering of recombinant antibody fragments in Escherichia coli
(2016-11-14)Recombinant protein production (RPP) in Escherichia coli benefits from a long history of research which has facilitated the development of a plethora of strains and vectors suited to RPP applications. The identification ... -
Glycosylation in the injured and regenerating spinal cord, and the influence of biomaterial treatment
(NUI Galway, 2020-02-04)Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) results in disruption of tissue integrity leading to a loss of function. There has been minimal success in treating these injuries clinically, due to the inhibitory environment which ... -
The glycosylation signature of human urinary extracellular vesicles
(2015-12-22)Cells of virtually all organs and tissues are known to release large numbers of subcellular particles called extracellular vesicles (EVs) into bodily fluids such as blood and urine. There has been a growing interest in ... -
A godly Sybilla, an erudite wife and a burdensome sister: the formation and representation of women’s reputations within the Hartlib Circle 1641-1661
(NUI Galway, 2018-10-19)This thesis analyses the formation and representation of the reputations of three women: Katherine Jones, Viscountess Ranelagh (1615-1691); Dorothy Moore Dury (c.1612-1664); and Jean Appelius (fl.1638-1648), whose connection ... -
Golden cages: refugees, camps and the politics of law
(2015-12-09)This thesis explores the interplay between the refugee as a figure and the refugee camp as a space, and interrogates how this interplay has informed international refugee law as well as examining the gaps in international ... -
Governance, management control and social capital in mandated hospital networks
(NUI Galway, 2022-10-14)This study examines how mandated networks are governed and controlled by management. Mandated networks are the emergent product of reform implementation in the public sector in the expectation of greater efficiency and ... -
Governmentality and the Performativity of the Asylum Process
(2012-09-28)This thesis is about the construction and performance of subject positions. Specifically, these include the subject position refugee and its negative constituent the bogus asylum seeker. Such a construction has over time ... -
Graph summarisation of web data: data-driven generation of structured representations
(2016-08-31)The advent of the Internet enabled the sharing of information between people all around the world. Projects like Wikipedia have made human knowledge accessible to anybody with a simple mouse click. The Linked Data movement ... -
Graph topology and the evolution of cooperation
(2015-01-31)It has been shown that the graph topology can influence the level of cooperation in evolutionary games. Previous research showed that graphs like scale-free networks and small-world networks are more useful in maintaining ... -
Graph-based diffusion methods for node classification and link prediction
(NUI Galway, 2020-02-13)Graphs are common representation tools to organize information from heterogeneous sources. They have been applied in various domains such as the scientific, engineering, political, and business sectors. The large volume ... -
Green solvent free methods for active pharmaceutical ingredient polymorph control
(NUI Galway, 2018-09-28)Polymorphism control of pharmaceutical compounds is a fundamental issue in pharmaceutical companies. Solution crystallization is a well-known pharmaceutical process. There are a variety of factors that can influence the ... -
Greenhouse gas policies in Ireland 1990 -2012 : Reliance on the land
(14-08-01)This research sought to determine the extent to which national greenhouse gas (GHG) policy relied upon the land, through afforestation, controls on agriculture, and expansion of bioenergy. The implications of this reliance ... -
Group Decision Quality in Agile Software Development: The Impact of Contribution Behaviours
(2013-07-16)The purpose of this research is to develop an understanding of the impact of contribution behaviours on group decision quality in the context of Agile Software Development (ASD) teams. ASD is the most commonly deployed ...