Browsing Trinity College Dublin Theses & Dissertations by Sponsor "Other"
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Analysis of Speech Parameters as Indicators of Engagement in Conversation
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Computer Science & Statistics. Discipline of Computer Science, 2020)In human conversations, the words being said may not always contain the whole of the information intended to be conveyed; instead, such information may be conveyed through the way those words are being said. Thus understanding ... -
BRAIN: Brain Injury in Neonates
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Psychiatry, 2022)Despite advances in neonatal care leading to a dramatic reduction in mortality rates in recent decades, there have been comparatively modest improvements in neurodevelopmental outcomes for infants born with neonatal ... -
Essays in Development Economics, International Trade and Industrial Organisation
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Economics, 2019)This thesis examines questions in the areas of development economics, international trade and industrial organisation in both empirical and theoretical settings. It consists of an introduction, two empirical research ... -
Examining the role of lymphocytes in health and in neonatal encephalopathy and the influence of mucosal associated T cells on B cell functions
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Immunology, 2022)Background. Neonatal encephalopathy (NE) is a neurological syndrome in term babies characterised by altered levels of consciousness, seizures, abnormal tone and reflexes, and/or failure to initiate or maintain respiration. ... -
Explanations and Familiarity in XAI: How users understand predictions and make decisions using an AI support system
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2023)We compared the effects of counterfactual and causal explanations for an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system?s decisions in a familiar domain (alcohol and driving) and an unfamiliar one (chemical safety) in four experiments ... -
Immunomodulatory therapies for autoimmune diseases
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Biochemistry & Immunology. Discipline of Biochemistry, 2019)Multiple sclerosis (MS) and psoriasis are both T cell mediated autoimmune diseases that are triggered in genetically susceptible individuals in response to environmental factors. Th17 cells are strongly implicated in the ... -
In-depth profiling of drug resistance to PI3K-mTOR inhibition and intra-tumour heterogeneity in NSCLC
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Clinical Medicine, 2021)Lung cancer has an overall 5-year survival rate of less than 15% and is the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. As such, it is crucial we develop new treatment strategies to overcome this formidable disease. ... -
Investigation of Phosphorescent Materials for Photovoltaic Device Applications
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Engineering. Disc of Civil Structural & Environmental Eng, 2019)Phosphorescence is used in photovoltaic devices by embedding phosphorescence species within a transparent host polymer to absorb ultraviolet solar radiation followed by a slow emission of visible light. Phosphorescent ... -
On IPO Withdrawal
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Business. Discipline of Business & Administrative Studies, 2019)This doctoral thesis offers insights into the determinants, outcomes and predictions of IPO withdrawal in 21st-century Western Europe by focusing on three distinct investigations. These investigations are motivated by a ... -
Simple Bodies and Aristotle's Explanation of Change: De Caelo and De Generatione et Corruptione
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Philosophy, 2021)Why does Aristotle commit to the existence of simple bodies? Why does Aristotle conduct an investigation into simple bodies as part of his his natural philosophy? These are the two questions I want to focus on in this ... -
Spectral Gamma Ray (SGR) Analysis of Sedimentary Environments in Early Continental Rift Basins: Implications for Petroleum Exploration
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Geology, 2022)Continental rift basins are structures of global geoscientific significance, as they hold over 30% of the world?s giant oil fields and serve as modern day examples of unique biodiversity sites, typically operating as ... -
A taxonomic revision of the genus Henckelia Spreng. (Gesneriaceae) in Thailand and surrounding countries
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Botany, 2020)Henckelia was described in 1817 by Sprengel. The name Henkelia honours a German administrator and amateur botanist, L.V.F. Henckel von Donnersmarck (1785-1861). Currently Henckelia contains 68 species globally. This ... -
Theoretical and experimental study on electron transport in oxygen-plasma-treated monolayer MoS2
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Physics. Discipline of Physics, 2019)In recent years, two dimensional (2D) molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) has attracted a wide range of interest due to its interesting physics properties, such as valley electronics and quantum spin Hall effect, and its potential ... -
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 ...
