Browsing Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin: Theses & Dissertations by Title
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A Trust-Based Reputation Management System
(Trinty College Dublin. School of Computer Science and Statistics. Computer Science, 2008-11-10)Since its inception in the early 1990s, e-commerce in consumer-to-consumer (C2C) markets has achieved great success, with significant projected growth. For example, the Internet auction provider, eBay, has established ... -
Trying for a VBAC : an ethnography of cultural change within a radomised trial aimed at increasing vaginal birth after caesarean section : The OptiBIRTH study
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Nursing & Midwifery, 2016)Background: There is a real and valid concern worldwide around increased caesarean section (CS) rates. The OptiBIRTH Study was designed to address these concerns through the implementation of a complex intervention in a ... -
Trypanotolerace in West African cattle and the population genetic effects of selection
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Genetics, 2002)A panel of 69 microsatellite loci was used to investigate the population genetic effects of selection at genes on linked, neutral markers. Loci were typed in African and European Bos taurus cattle and Bos indicus populations ... -
Tubulin-targeting antiparasitic herbicides : new insights into putative ligand-binding pockets and computational design of molecular equivalents
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Biochemistry and Immunology, 2013)Neglected diseases are a group of tropical infections which are especially endemic in lowincome populations in developing regions of Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Collectively these diseases affect more more than a biUion ... -
Tumour derived microRNA-21 reprograms macrophage responses
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Biochemistry & Immunology. Discipline of Biochemistry, 2022)The role of the oncogenic yet anti-inflammatory microRNA-21 (miR-21) in the tumour microenvironment (TME) is not clearly defined, despite its upregulation in many cancers. Since re-education of macrophages by tumour derived ... -
Tumour microenvironment, extracellular vesicles and their effect on prostate cancer progression and docetaxel resistance
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Pharmacy & Pharma. Sciences. Discipline of Pharmacy, 2022)Prostate cancer is the fourth most common cancer in Europe and the third leading cause of death in males. The standard of care as initial treatment for prostate cancer is, typically, androgen-deprivation therapy. Although ... -
Tumour therapy using cytokine-expressing semliki forest virus vectors
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Microbiology, 2005)Semliki Forest Virus (SFV) vector is a transient RNA based suicidal expression vector system and has been previously used as a potential anti-cancer agent. Recently, a new enhanced SFV vector has been developed, pSFV10-E. ... -
Tumourigenesis and resistance to Interferon alpha-treatment in Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Clinical Medicine, 2005)Mycosis fungoides (MF) is a Cutaneous T-Cell lymphoma (CTCL) of unknown aetiology, and the mechanisms of tumourigenesis of this lymphoma are unclear. The diagnosis of MF is extremely challenging due to the fact that, in ... -
Tumours have a sex: impact on the response of bladder cancer and lung adenocarcinoma to therapy
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Radiation Therapy, 2024)Background: The 23rd pair of chromosomes in humans is responsible for sex determination, in which humans are categorised as female (XX chromosomes) or male (XY chromosomes). While phenotypically, male and females are ... -
Tuneable plasmonic metasurfacesfor on-chip beam steering applications using vanadium dioxide
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Physics. Discipline of Physics, 2023)For centuries, optical components were created using bulk components of various refractive indexes where light accumulates phase over a path much longer than its wavelength. With the advent of nanofabrication techniques, ... -
Tuning and characterization of self-assembled plasmonic nanoparticle arrays
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Physics, 2015)This thesis details the development and use of a novel nano-entity fabrication technique. The technique is based on a glancing angle deposition (GLAD) on transparent stepped templates. It is demonstrated that the technique ... -
Turlough vegetation communities : links with hydrology, hydrochemistry, soils and management
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Botany, 2012)This thesis documents the vegetation communities of 22 turloughs from Counties Galway, Clare, Roscommon and Mayo. In total, 28 vegetation communities were identified, classified and described. These communities ranged from ... -
Twelve poems attributed to Fland Manistrech from the Book of Leinster
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Irish and Celtic Studies, 2000)One of the aims of this thesis is to produce a translated and annotated text of twelve poems attributed to the eleventh-century poet, Flann Manistrech (+1056) from the Book of Leinster (Trinity College Dublin), a manuscript ... -
Two dimensional semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides via thermally assisted conversion - synthesis, characterisation and electronic properties
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2018)2D transitional metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are of major interest to the research and electrical engineering community. A number of TMDs are semiconducting and have a wide range of bandgaps, they can exhibit n- or p- ... -
Two-dimensional Materials for Energy Storage and Harvesting
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2020)Energy storage and harvesting have become a global concern due to the ever-increasing demand for energy and upcoming depletion of natural resources. As a family of Van der Waals layered crystals, metal chalcogenides (MCs) ... -
Two-phase flow and heat transfer in reflux thermosyphons
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, 2016)Improved cooling technologies are becoming necessary in electronic applications, specifically Radio Frequency Power Amplifiers (RFPA) installed in tower-top Remote Radioheads (RRH). Current methods of cooling are becoming ... -
Two-photon absorption based detection in semiconductor microcavities
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Physics, 2009)The most important feature of a two-photon absorption microcavity (TPAM) is that of its enhancement of the optical field which enhances the level of twophoton absorption (TPA) for a particular input optical power incident ... -
Two-photon-absorption in semiconductor micro-cavities
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Physics, 2006)In this thesis a study of two-photon absorption photoconductivity in semiconductor microcavities is presented. It can be shown that a 10,000-fold enhancement of the non-linear two-photon absorption response can be obtained ... -
Type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance and effects of exercise in young adults
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Clinical Medicine, 2010)Study 1- Characteristics of the physically active but insulin resistant phenotype. Methods: Data from the European Group on Insulin Resistance- Relationship between Insulin Sensitivity and Cardiovascular Risk study was ... -
Typography and Narrative Voice in Children's Literature: Relationships, Interactions, and Symbiosis
(Trinity College Dublin. School of English. Discipline of English, 2018)This thesis explores the relationship between typography and narrative voice in children’s literature. Substantial attention has been paid in the past to the word/image interaction in children’s books due to their multimodal ...