Browsing University of Galway Theses (PhD Theses) by Title
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High-resolution habitat suitability modelling of vulnerable marine ecosystems in the deep sea
(2013-02-15)Knowledge of the spatial distribution of species and habitats is crucial for effective management of marine resources. Data to support informed decision-making in the deep sea are often sparse or absent, as offshore sampling ... -
High-resolution measurements of leakage flow through bileaflet mechanical heart valve hinges
(2017-02-24)To restore proper function of the heart, diseased valves require repair or replacement. Mechanical heart valves are one of the treatments available. Despite their superior durability in comparison with biological prostheses, ... -
High-resolution spectral domain optical coherence tomography system and structural characterization of ex vivo biological tissues using nanosensitive OCT
(NUI Galway, 2023-09-12)Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is a rapidly growing imaging modality which is based on the principle of low coherence interferometry. It can perform high-resolution, cross-sectional imaging of the microstructure of ... -
The history of labour in Limerick in the nineteenth century
(NUI Galway, 2020-07-09)While there is an increasing volume of research and publications relating to labour history in Ireland in the recent period, there is still a dearth of local labour histories since Emmet O’Connor published A Labour History ... -
hMOF and associated proteins in transcription and cancer
(2013-04-24)The lysine acetyltransferase MOF (males absent on the first) has been associated with transcriptional activation in Drosophila melanogaster. This activation is mediated by its acetylation of histone H4 at lysine 16 ... -
Hochschild (co)homology of two families of complete intersections
(NUI Galway, 2020-01-08)The thesis presents the original results on a description of the ring structure in terms of generators and relations of the Hochschild cohomology of the two families of complete intersections: the square-free monomial ... -
Holding a Vision: An Investgation of a Rights-Based Social Supports Infrastructure for Children/Young Persons with an Intellectual Disability in Ireland
(2013)The overall aim of the research was to assess the realities of the current social supports infrastructure as it applies children/young persons with an intellectual disability against the components of a rights paradigm. A ... -
Home Rule from a transnational perspective: The Irish Parliamentary Party and the United Irish League of America, 1901-1918
(NUI Galway, 2019-02-04)When John Redmond was elected chairman of the reunited Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP) in 1900, he quickly identified a pressing need to re-engage Irish America. Ireland’s largest diaspora had grown weary of constitutional ... -
Hooking up as a sexual script: How is consent to sexual activity communicated in an emerging adult university population when mediated by gender and alcohol in the context of societal and cultural norms?
(NUI Galway, 2022-04-25)This thesis presents a mixed-methods study to examine how consent to sexual activity is understood and communicated by Irish college men and women. Additionally, it seeks to examine how injunctive and descriptive norms ... -
How accounting engages with the process of innovation in new product development
(2017-02)This study examines accounting within contexts involving innovation and New Product Development (NPD). Within the NPD process, multiple participants and heterogeneous rationales are involved and must be coordinated. The ... -
How adults tell: messages for society and policy makers regarding disclosure of childhood sexual abuse
(NUI Galway, 2019-02-08)The social work profession in Ireland plays a significant role in the assessment of child sexual abuse referrals. Somewhat unique in an international context, this role encompasses assessment of disclosures by current ... -
How can Utopia inform the understanding of works of visual and plastic art?
(2017-02-15)This project explores the production of visual art, utopian studies, and the interpretation of the works of Luce Irigaray, through a body of artwork that embodies and demonstrates perceptions of utopia as informing strategies ... -
How do children and young people in Ireland experience the process of their parents' separation and divorce and subsequent changed family life? Giving recognition to children's experiences.
(2017-05)Traditionally, children and young people in Ireland have not been given the opportunity to have their views heard on matters that affect their lives. The conceptualisation of children and childhood has, however, changed ... -
How does the delegation of tasks by registered nurses to health care assistants occur in residential care for older people? Interpretive multiple embedded case study
(NUI Galway, 2022-06-29)There is a need to develop safe and effective nursing teams within residential care for older people (RCOP) with an appropriate and sustainable skill mix to meet the increasing demands of the ageing population. This ... -
How evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for Venous Leg Ulcers impact on patient safety.
(NUI Galway, 2022-10-10)Patient safety is central to nursing practice. It is the connecting term in the Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics for Registered Nurses and Registered Midwives in Ireland (NMBI, 2021). However, it would appear ... -
How research impacts on health policy in Ireland: A case study of alcohol and drug policy
(NUI Galway, 2020-07-15)Abstract The goal of public health and health promotion practitioners is to increase the health of populations through evidence informed health policy. Comparable to evidence-based medicine, public health advocates ... -
HPC IO and seismic data performance optimization using ANNs prediction based auto-tuning
(NUI Galway, 2023-06-19)HPC or super-computing clusters are designed for executing computationally intensive operations that typically involve large scale IO operations. This most commonly involves using a standard MPI library implemented in ... -
Human dignity as a bar to bio-patentability in European Patent Law: An exposé and a novel reform paradigm
(NUI Galway, 2023-10-04)This research addresses a gap found in the literature which is that there is a lack of coherence about the standard of the fundamental, but under-defined, concept of human dignity in European patent law. This problem ... -
Human endogenous retrovirus K (HERV-K) in prostate cancer
(2016-08-08)Millions of years of infection by viral agents have left their mark on the human genome in the form of human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs). These retroelements integrated into our germline, became subject to Mendelian ... -
Human induced pluripotent stem cells as a model for neurodevelopmental disease
(2015-10-01)Abstract Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are neurodevelopmental disorders which encompass a wide range of symptoms, including intellectual disability and delayed development, while the phenotype can range from mild to ...