Browsing Trinity College Dublin Theses & Dissertations by Title
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uDiscovery: An Urban-Centric Model for Service Discovery in Smart Cities
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Computer Science & Statistics. Discipline of Computer Science, 2020)Cities offer services to their citizens to improve their overall quality of life (e.g., education, or health care services) and these services are frequently supported by digital information (e.g., library opening hours ... -
Ulster loyalism, Ulster unionism and the Irish State, 1970-85
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2015)This thesis is the first specialised study into the relationship between Ulster Loyalists, Ulster Unionists and the Irish State during the Northern Ireland conflict. Ulster loyalists are defined as the representatives, ... -
Ultrafast non-linear optics for telecommunication applications
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Physics, 2003)The aim of the research done for this thesis was to characterise the properties of a fibre laser producing ultrashort pulses at the telecommunication wavelength of 1550nm. We also measured the nonlinear optical properties ... -
Ultrafast Optical Nonlinearity of Liquid Phase Exfoliated Pdse2 Nanosheets.
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Physics. Discipline of Physics, 2022)In recent years, the study of condensed matter and optical physics has resulted in increasing technological progress, and this study may be credited with a significant portion of current scientific research and technical ... -
Ultrafast spectroscopy of DNA binding systems
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Physics, 2004)Ultrafast transient spectroscopy was used to investigate the properties of various systems which bind to DNA. Visible and IR pump and probe was employed to elucidate excited state process of the DNA binding complexes. Ultra ... -
Ultrasonic spray pyrolysis and electroless deposition for the synthesis of nanostructured metal / carbon microspheres
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Chemistry, 2014)The objective of this work is to synthesis various nano-metallic carbon microsphere composite materials for environmental and catalytic applications. Ultrasonic spray pyrolysis and electroless deposition techniques were ... -
Ultrasound to enhance assessment of the fetal head position prior to instrumental delivery
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2013)This thesis is aimed at investigating the role of ultrasound to enhance diagnosis of the fetal head position prior to instrumental delivery in order to make instrumental deliveries safer.There are four components to this ... -
Umberto Eco and Rabelaisian grotesque : Bakhtinian echoes and sociopolitical criticism in the fictional works of Umberto Eco
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Italian Department, 2013)Despite the fact that Eco is a world-renowned public intellectual with an evident desire to contribute to the changes of contemporary Italian society, scholarly literature has given little attention to the sociopolitical ... -
Unbounded? Gender and body in a recreational drug culture
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Gender and Women's Studies, 2006)This dissertation explores how a sample of young adults in Dublin experience issues of gendered embodiment in their recreational engagement with the drug ecstasy (MDMA). The study applies a gender studies theoretical ... -
Unconscious Biases In Irish Theatre: Reading plays by women before and after #WakingTheFeminists
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Creative Arts. Discipline of Drama, 2022)The emergence of #WakingTheFeminists in response to the Abbey Theatre?s male-dominated 2016 ?Waking The Nation? programme confirmed the presence of systemic gender bias within Irish theatre. This thesis investigates the ... -
Uncovering the effects of semantic context on the cortical processing of continuous speech using computational models of language
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Engineering. Discipline of Electronic & Elect. Engineering, 2021)The semantic context in which spoken words appear will greatly shape how they are understood by the human brain. This understanding is underpinned by a hierarchical system that processes increasingly abstract features of ... -
Under pressure? Stress and coping in adolescents during preparation for the Leaving Certificate
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2020)Introduction: This study explores the concepts and experiences of stress and coping for adolescents who are preparing to sit the Irish Leaving Certificate examinations. Methodology: An Inductive Thematic Analysis approach ... -
Undernutrition in inactive and mildly active Crohn's Disease : an unrecognised problem?
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Clinical Medicine, 2009)Crohn's disease (CD), the incidence of which is increasing worldwide, is a chronic transmural inflammatory disease that can affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract. It follows a relapsing remitting course and results ... -
Understanding carbon-biomolecules interactions for the rational design of carbon-based biomaterials
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2018)Carbon-based materials have shown an outstanding performance in the biomedical field and the desire of understanding the impressive bioresponse towards carbon materials is an attractive prospect for design of improved ... -
Understanding DNA dispersed single-walled carbon nanotube systems
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Physics, 2008)HiPCO Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) have been dispersed in water using a variety of different nucleic acids. An extensive study of the factors controlling the quality of the DNA-SWNT dispersions was carried out, ... -
Understanding late Holocene woodland dynamics in southwestern and western Ireland through the analysis of sub-fossil insect remains
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Botany, 2008)The main aim of this research was to explore the validity of using sub-fossil insect remains as a proxy for reconstructing late Holocene woodland dynamics in southwestern and western Ireland. Three woodlands were examined ... -
Understanding leakage from a fault-sealed CO2 reservoir in east-central Utah: a natural analogue applicable to CO2 storage
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geology, 2006)This thesis investigates a natural CO2 reservoir to define the factors that can cause leakage and determine the rates and consequences of CO2 leakage on the surrounding environment. Situated at the northern end of the ... -
Understanding lived experiences and contextual realities of Ebola outbreaks: A case studies approach in Western Uganda
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Public Health & Primary Care, 2018)Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is caused by a highly infectious and fatal filovirus of zoonotic origin among human and primate populations on the African continent. EVD is classified as a potential ?public health emergency of ... -
Understanding stakeholders : towards a theory of responsiveness in organizations
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2003)This study investigates the nature of responsiveness in organizations and its relation to dialogue as a reflective mode of conversation. Responsiveness as a theme emerged from the practical experience of the author in an ... -
Understanding the experience of loss, grief and bereavement for staff supporting persons with intellectual disability and dementia : a hermeneutic inquiry
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Nursing & Midwifery, 2012)
