Browsing Trinity College Dublin Theses & Dissertations by Title
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Y chromosomes and Irish phylogeography
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Genetics, 2005)A High-Resolution Y Chromosome Survey of Ireland. In order to investigate the origins of the Irish population and to describe the population genetic events that have shaped the extant Irish gene pool, Y chromosome genetic ... -
Yang-Mills instantons on the taub-NUT space and supersymmetric N=2 gauge theories with impurities
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Mathematics, 2010)We write a formula for arbitrary charge calorons, instantons on R3 x S1, in terms of the Green's function of the Laplacian defined for the Nahm Transform, thus generalising the formula for the charge one caloron derived ... -
You have no idea. You have no idea what it is like...not to be able to talk : exploring the impact and experience of acquired neurological dysarthria from the speaker's perspective
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Clinical Speech & Language Studies, 2003)This thesis explores the impact and experience of acquired neurological dysarthria. Despite the fact that this is the most commonly acquired speech disorder, little has been written to date on its psychological impact, ... -
You take your past with you wherever you go : the experiences and results of mature adult student graduates engagement with third level education at Trinity College Dublin
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Education, 2015)The concept of lifelong learning has evolved over a number of decades and has been channelled through various supranational and national organisations, for instance UNESCO (1960), OECD (1973), EU(1996), HEA (2010) and ... -
Young brown dwarfs and their environments : testing star and planet formation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Physics, 2014)This thesis presents a new contribution to our understanding of the formation of brown dwarfs. From a description of their discovery, to an analysis of their disks and photospheres, it sheds new light on the conditions ... -
Young people's understandings of youth suicide: A qualitative study
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Work & Social Policy. Discipline of Social Studies, 2020)In Ireland, youth suicide is a serious public health issue accounting for approximately thirty percent of all deaths among young people aged between 15 and 24 years old. Youth suicide has received considerable attention ... -
Young people, drugs and risk : an ethnography of drug use in a Dublin inner-city community
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2004)This ethnographic study of drug use is based in a socially disadvantaged Dublin locality with a lengthy history of concentrated drug problems. The study set out to investigate drug use and non-use among young people living ... -
Zygomatic implants : a finite element analysis study
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Dental Science, 2012)Alveolar bone resorption commonly occurs following the loss of teeth in the posterior maxilla. The placement of conventional dental implants is often difficult in this area when resorption has occurred. Zygomatic implants ... -
α-Lactalbumin-oleic acid complex : structure function dynamics
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Biochemistry and Immunology, 2015)Human alpha-lactalbumin made lethal to tumor cells (HAMLET) and its analogues are partially unfolded protein-oleic acid complexes that exhibit selective tumoricidal activity normally absent in the native protein itself, ... -
β-adrenoceptor-mediated regulation of matrix metalloproteinase-9 in fibroblasts
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2011)Adrenoceptor signalling in fibroblasts: Intracellular cAMP levels were measured by a direct cAMP enzyme immunoassay. Isoprenaline (ISO, 1 μM) increased intracellular cAMP concentration by 1.3 and 4.8 fold, P<0.05, after ...
