Browsing Trinity College Dublin Theses & Dissertations by Title
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P-glycoprotein expression and function, relationship to plasma and intracellular drug concentrations, and the effects of HIV disease
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Clinical Medicine, 2007)P-glycoprotein Expression and Function: Peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBMCs) were isolated by Ficoll density gradient centrifugation, fixed and permeabilised. P- glycoprotein (P-gp) expression was quantified by flow cytometry ... -
PAEDIATRIC OUTCOMES AND SERUM BIOMARKER PANEL IN ACUTE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY /CONCUSSION TO SEVERE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Paediatrics, 2020)Introduction Paediatric mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is increasingly recognised to have significant longer term neurocognitive effects. Childhood is a time of high risk for head injury. There were no national ... -
Pain-related Disability, Physical Function and Behavioural Aspects of Ankylosing Spondylitis-related Inflammatory Low Back Pain
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Physiotherapy, 2019)Inflammatory low back pain (ILBP) is a key clinical symptom and a significant problem in ankylosing spondylitis (AS), and its high socioeconomic costs are mainly attributed to disability. Ankylosing spondylitis-related ... -
The Palaeo-Ecology and Geochemistry of Potential Source and Reservoir Microbialites in the Ediacaran-Cambrian Sirab Formation, Sultanate of Oman
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Geology, 2022)Background Rationale & Aim; Ediacaran - Cambrian microbial carbonates are known to range from West Africa to Arabia and Pakistan. In the Sultanate of Oman, these microbialites serve as both source rock and reservoir in the ... -
Palestinian refugees in Lebanon : from co-ethnics to a racialized minority
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2015)This study employs critical race theory to understand, explain, and theorize the exclusion and racialization of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. There exists vast and diverse literature on the exclusion of Palestinians in ... -
Palynological correlation of Mississippian (Carboniferous) stages in Western Europe and the USA
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geology, 2009)Palynological assemblages from the Late Devonian - Mississippian of Kentucky and the Mississippi Valley have been studied. Productive samples have been obtained from two outcrops situated in northeast Kentucky and eight ... -
Palynostratigraphy and palynofacies analysis of upper Devonian and Mississippian strata of Eastern U.S.A.
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geology, 2009)Well preserved and taxonomically diverse miospore assemblages have been recovered from the uppermost Devonian and lower Mississippian strata of the Appalachian Basin, Eastern USA. Rock samples were collected from 13 ... -
PAM-AID - A study in human-machine cooperative behaviour
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2001)The research described in this thesis attempts to address the needs of a growing number of people with both a visual impairment and a mobility impairment. These people tend to live a very inactive lifestyle, often confined ... -
Papacy and church : the assertion and reception of Papal authority and justice in the Papal letters, 1143-53
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2007)The subject of this thesis is papal authority and administrative practice in the period 1143-53, and how they are reflected through the letters of the papacy. Accordingly, the focus here is on the everyday business of the ... -
Papers in Biomechanics and Bioengineering
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland)., 2009)This is the account of the papers submitted for the degree of Doctor in Science. The papers address the following topics in biomechanics and bioengineering. Mechanobiology and tissue engineering, Implant design and testing ... -
Paralanguage and The Beatles
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Creative Arts. Discipline of Music, 2020)Scholarship concerning popular song has lent itself to studies throughout the arts and humanities, but it has not received a close study oriented through paralanguage. That is the nonverbal characteristics of speech that ... -
Paramagnetic defects in thin carbon films
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Physics, 2003)This thesis is an investigation into paramagnetic defects in thin carbon films, their nature and the effects of deposition parameters and post deposition treatments. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) is used to examine ... -
Parasites in a host species' invasion : a unique small mammal model system
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Zoology, 2015)It is becoming increasingly evident that biological invasions result in altered disease dynamics in invaded ecosystems, with knock-on effects for native host communities. Invasive species may acquire native parasites, ... -
Parasitic routing : using social network analysis for routing in disconnecting delay-tolerant MANETs
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2007)Message delivery in sparse Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs) is difficult due to the fact that the network graph is rarely (if ever) connected. As a consequence, a full end-to-end path between nodes may not exist at any given ... -
Parent-Child Interaction and the Developmental Profile of Children following Neonatal Encephalopathy
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2024)Neonatal Encephalopathy (NE) is a clinical condition characterised by disturbed neurological functioning in newborn infants and is associated with unfavourable outcomes including developmental delay. It is estimated that ... -
Parent-Infant Sleep as Co-Occupation: A Meta-Ethnography of Parent Experiences and Perspectives
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Occupational Therapy, 2024)Sleep is a key component of health and wellbeing for both adults and infants and has implications for daytime functioning and quality of life. Infants' sleep patterns in the first two years involve unpredictable, short ... -
Parental anxiety, child anxiety and father-child interactons : a longitudinal, multi-method investigation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2014)Childhood anxiety represents a serious mental health concern, and there is a great need to identify risk factors influencing both its development and maintenance in order to design effective therapeutic interventions. ... -
Parental Perception of Children Affected by Amelogenesis Imperfecta (AI) and Dentinogenesis Imperfecta (DI): A Qualitative Study.
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Dental Sciences. Discipline of Dental Science, 2018)Aims: This study aimed to investigate and explore parental attitudes, beliefs, values and expectations regarding aesthetics and treatment need of children in primary dentition affected by AI and DI. Methods: A descriptive ... -
Parenthood pursuits : couples' experiences of infertility and its treatment - an Irish case study
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2010)This thesis is based on prospective longitudinal research with 34 couples over a two-year period (2005-2007) as they underwent an IVF/ICSI cycle in a Dublin-based clinic. Couples were interviewed at four time points: before ...