Browsing Trinity College Dublin Theses & Dissertations by Title
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Gaeilge gaming : using technology to learn Irish in the primary school
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Education, 2017)This thesis presents the development and evaluation of an Irish language learning computer game for primary school children. Recent research demonstrates significant challenges for Irish at school, with a sharp decline in ... -
Gaelicisation and identity in the 'four obedient shires' of Ireland, 1399-1534
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2011)This thesis examines gaelicisation in the ‘four obedient shires’ of the English colony in Ireland from 1399-1543. This region was thought of by contemporaries, and subsequently has been treated by historians, as the most ... -
Galaxy clusters, voids and elliptical galaxies using the ROSAT PSPC
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Physics, 2003)The ROSAT data archive contains of the order of 100,000 sources observed by the ROSAT PSPC (Position Sensitive Proportional Counter). For many sources detected with the ROSAT PSPC there is not a sufficient number of photons ... -
Game theoretic formulations and solution methods for transport network reliability and reliable network design
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, 2010)Transport network reliability has emerged as an issue of immense importance over the past decade leading many researchers to propose various reliability measures and approaches to assess transport network reliability and ... -
Gamma Ray Bursts : probing burst environments in high redshift galaxies
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Physics, 2008)First discovered in the late 1960s, Gamma Ray Bursts have remained something of a cosmic mystery for almost four decades. It has only been quite recently that the nature of these phenomena is beginning to be understood. ... -
Gaps, actors and the process of commercialising applied research from Irish universities
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2010)The recent global economic crisis has increased the levels and frequency of calls by national and region governments for universities to contribute to economic growth (Etzkowitz and Chunyan, 2008). These calls emerge from ... -
GARCH modelling of the volume-volatility relation in equity markets
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2012)The mixture of distributions hypothesis (MDH) provides a theoretical explanation for the existence of a positive volume-volatility relationship. According to this hypothesis, both volume and volatility are driven by a ... -
The Garda Inspectorate: Driving Collaborative Reform Through a Model of Equilibrated Governance
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Business. Discipline of Business & Administrative Studies, 2018)In the Garda Síochána Act of 2005, the Irish Government established a new oversight body, the Garda Inspectorate, to drive reform in its national police service, An Garda Síochána. Appointed in 2006 as the first Chief ... -
An Garda Síochána: Culture, challenges, and change
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Work & Social Policy. Discipline of Social Studies, 2020)An Garda Síochána: Culture, challenges, and change is an exploration and understanding of the organisational culture of An Garda Síochána Ireland's National Policing Organisation. While the Gardaí or officers are often in ... -
Garden tourism in Ireland : an exploration of product group co-operation, links and relationships
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geography, 2010)This thesis explores the use of co-operative approaches, links and relationships that exist (or not) in the garden tourism sector, and whether the sector constitutes sustainable tourism provision. A brief history of gardens ... -
Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease : studies in physiology and innovations in surgical management
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Surgery, 2007)The work detailed in this thesis combined studies in surgical audit with assessment of outcomes relating to dysmotility, evaluated an innovative approach to quality assurance in surgery, explored new understandings of ... -
Gender and career progression in the financial services
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2013)This thesis is an exploration of gender and how it affects career progression within the financial services in Ireland. Research has found that the financial services is a particularly difficult industry for women in terms ... -
Gender and Neonatal Inflammation in Preterm Outcome
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Paediatrics, 2021)Introduction: Preterm neonates are at high risk of sepsis and sepsis-related complications. Despite the prominence of sepsis in neonatal practice, there is no consensus definition and the role of organ dysfunction in ... -
Gender Effects in Interactive Interface Design
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Computer Science & Statistics. Discipline of Computer Science, 2021)The growing interest in the impact of gender on technology brings attention to some concerns with regard to gender bias in design and its implications for the user experience. A first exploration with users of dating ... -
Gender in Insular Celtic : a functionalist account of variation and change in Irish and Welsh
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2011)In this study, I investigate linguistic variation and change in a situation of language contact and obsolescence; specifically, I look at grammatical gender in Insular Celtic. The analysis of this linguistic phenomenon is ... -
Gene expression profiling in patients with severe sepsis
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Surgery, 2014)The human response to infection ranges from mild illness which is relatively well tolerated to a severe, potentially life-threatening syndrome termed severe sepsis. This thesis explored this response in patients hospitalised ... -
Gene order evolution and genomic analyses of the model eukaryote, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and other yeast species
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Genetics and Microbiology, 2000)The complete genome sequence of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae can be used to form a clearer picture of the evolution of the diverse species of yeast and to construct a model of eukaryote genome evolution. In this study ... -
Gene regulation and the Fis nucleoid-associated protein in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Microbiology, 2005)The Fis protein was found to influence the superhelical density of DNA and its ability to do this differed between Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S. typhimurium) and Escherichia coli (E. coli). Induction of the ... -
Gene regulation and the leucine-responsive regulatory protein of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Microbiology, 2007)The leucine-responsive regulatory protein of Escherichia coli (E. coli) is a well characterised global regulator of transcription. Comparatively little is known about the Lrp regulon of Salmonella enterica serovar ... -
Gene therapy strategies for dominant heterogeneous disorders and the identification of a novel gene causing retinitis pigmentosa and sensorineural deafness
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Genetics, 2000)The purpose of this Ph.D. thesis has been to contribute towards the generation of therapies for inherited disorders such as retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and osteogenesis imperfecta (OI). In chapter 2, a novel mitochondrial ...
