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JOURNAL OF POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH VOLUME XIV 2015
(Graduate Students’ Union of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, 2015)It is with great pleasure that we present the fourteenth volume of Trinity College Dublin’s Journal of Postgraduate Research (JPR). The JPR provides an opportunity for postgraduate students to present original and ... -
Putting oesophageal cancer on the RACK A study of the RACK1 scaffolding protein in oesophageal adenocarcinoma
(Graduate Students’ Union of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, 2015)Purpose There is a need to identify new therapeutic targets for oesophageal adenocarcinoma. Deoxycholic acid is a component of gastro-oesophageal refluxate and is believed to promote oesophageal adenocarcinoma. RACK1 ... -
Varieties of Untranslatability Exploring a potential system of classification for the discussion of untranslatability in literary texts
(Graduate Students’ Union of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, 2015)This paper outlines a new theoretical framework for the discussion of untranslatability in translation theory and practice. It reacts to the observation that the concept of untranslatability within Translation Studies ... -
Body/Language: Embodied Sexuality in Cyberspace and Spike Jonze’s Her
(Graduate Students’ Union of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, 2015)This essay offers a sustained analysis of the role of embodiment in cybersex, with reference to “phone sex” in Spike Jonze’s Her (2013) and chat-based “tinysexual” encounters online (particularly those which are described ... -
Photo/Memory: Recovering Memory and Identity through Photographs in Post-1945 Art and Literature
(Graduate Students’ Union of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, 2015)The use of the photograph is particularly prevalent among artists of the first post-war generation, born shortly before or after Stunde Null (Zero Hour), 1945. These artists become the inheritors of the horrors perpetrated ... -
Native fungal microorganisms enhance important agronomic traits in barley by
(Graduate Students’ Union of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, 2015)Successfully addressing the challenge of providing future food security will require both improvements in crop yield as well as the cultivation of additional farmland. This may result in the steady increase of farming ... -
Governing Traveller Identity Analysing the Irish State’s Refusal to Recognise Traveller Ethnicity by
(Graduate Students’ Union of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, 2015)In November 2014, the Minister of State for Equality Aodhán Ó Riordáin said that it was “no longer tenable for this State to deny Traveller ethnicity” and that Traveller ethnicity will be “a reality” in six months (Holland, ... -
A Narrative of Revision Documents of Performance and the Theatrical Abridgment Theory in Romeo and Juliet
(Graduate Students’ Union of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, 2015)One question lies at the heart of Shakespeare editorial studies: if multiple versions of a play were printed within his lifetime, how can we know what best represents Shakespeare’s true vision? This concern is particularly ... -
Religious Education and Islamic Religious Education in Europe Reflections for Ireland
(Graduate Students’ Union of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, 2015)Debate about the place of religion in public education, both in Europe and worldwide, has increased in the twenty-first century. The role of faith-based schools in secular societies and the need for provision of religious ... -
Enlightenment and the Republic of Letters at the Dublin Medico-Philosophical Society, 1756-1784
(Graduate Students’ Union of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, 2015)The Dublin Medico-Philosophical Society was established by John Rutty, Charles Smith and others in 1756. It was a small, self-funded and self-selecting learned society, which met on a bi-monthly basis to present and ... -
“It’s Always the Same, and It’s Always Different” Mythologisation and the Serial Killer in Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer.
(Graduate Students’ Union of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, 2015)Serial killers are important in American horror because of their ability to exist between ‘myth’ and ‘reality’. The serial killer is one of the most important American myths, but it is one firmly rooted in real life: ... -
JOURNAL OF POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH VOLUME XIII
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Class divisions and the ‘mere Irish’ of colonial Ulster
(Graduate Students’ Union of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, 2014)This article seeks to delineate the class structure of indigenous society in Ulster in the period between the beginning of large-scale colonisation at the start of the 17th century, and the 1641 rising. This has been ... -
RoadRunners: An Exploratory Study of an Activity Programme for Young Offenders in North Dublin
(Graduate Students’ Union of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, 2014)Purpose The Children Act 2001, in a significant departure from earlier Irish juvenile justice legislation, introduces a range of community based sanctions for young offenders including a Probation (training and activity ... -
“Apotropaic” Tactics in the Matthean Temptation
(Graduate Students’ Union of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, 2014)Among the Dead Sea Scrolls are a number of texts that provide insight into demonological beliefs and practices in Second Temple Judaism. Some passages are concerned principally with providing safety from demonic influence. ... -
Grieving students: The response and support of educators in Irish schools
(Graduate Students’ Union of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, 2014)It is estimated that bereavement has affected between 36,000 and 60,000 young people in Ireland. Little academic research has been conducted to ascertain the response of Irish schools to bereavement and grief support. The ... -
Black and White and Green All Over? The Emergence of Irish Female Stardom in Contemporary Mainstream Cinemas
(Graduate Students’ Union of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, 2014)This article proposes to address issues of gender and ethnicity in performances by Irish female film stars since 2000. In Acting Irish in Hollywood, Ruth Barton has noted that it has been easier, historically, for Irish ... -
Friendship in the Field: Ethics and Reflexivity in Auto/biographical Research
(Graduate Students’ Union of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, 2014)The aim of this paper is to explore a model of researcher reflexivity, drawn from anthropological literature and applied to an auto/biographical study of young men in university. Social scientific research can involve ... -
Exploring the Concept and Determinants of Mental Health of the Tibetan Community in Exile: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
(Graduate Students’ Union of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, 2014)Globally, the focus on mental health (MH) issues has become increasingly important in recent years. However, current Western approaches based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM V), have ... -
A fitful fungus from a hot, arid climate increases grain yield in cool-cultivated barley
(Graduate Students’ Union of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, 2014)Purpose The fungus Piriformospora indica was first isolated from plants growing in arid, hot desert conditions and has been shown to have significant potential as a biocontrol and biofertilising organism in barley under ...