Trinity College Dublin Theses & Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Smart Control and Energy Recovery of Pump-As-Turbines in Water Networks using Model Predictive Control
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Engineering. Disc of Civil Structural & Environmental Eng, 2022)This masters dissertation explores the potential of maximizing power production in Pump As Turbines using Model Predictive Control. Pump As Turbines are pumps operating in reverse mode. They are proposed to be installed ... -
Covalently cross-linked tetrafunctionalized m-THPC chitosan hydrogels as drug delivery platforms
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2022)Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an anti-cancer treatment method which uses the combined effect of a photosensitizing drug, light, and oxygen to cause selective damage to target tissue. The second generation photosensitizer ... -
Perinatal Depression and Children's Developmental Outcomes at 2 and 3 Years Postpartum
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Psychiatry, 2022)Depression is the most common perinatal psychiatric disorder and has been associated with a range of adverse outcomes for children, parents and overall family functioning. The current thesis sought to build on existing ... -
The mind's blue eye : Berkeleian casts in the poetry of Richard Wilbur
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of English, 2001)One is struck, throughout the poetry of Richard Wilbur, by a tantalizing resemblance to the work of two close contemporaries: Howard Nemerov in the United States and Philip Larkin in Great Britain. Wilbur admired both, ... -
Advanced histology methods for biodistribution and safety screening of next generation nanobiomaterials
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Clinical Medicine, 2022)Over the past few decades nanobiomaterials (NBMs) have shown a promise in improving many areas of medicine such as diagnosis and treatment of diseases, with number of formulations currently approved for use by the regulators. ... -
Development of Supramolecular Coordination Materials Using Naphthalimide and 2,6-bis(triazol-4-yl)pyridine Motifs
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2022)Structural coordination chemistry can be ultilised to develop functional supramolecular materials such as coordination polymers, soft materials, and metal organic frameworks. By applying the principles of self-assembly an ... -
The Accompaniment of Plainchant in France, Belgium and Certain Other Catholic Regions: A Chronological Study of Theory and Practice from the French Revolution to the Second Vatican Council
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Creative Arts. Discipline of Music, 2022)This dissertation establishes the techniques employed in the organ accompaniment of plainchant, determines whether consensus was reached on the adoption of such techniques, and illustrates the musical and commercial factors ... -
Monolingual and Bilingual Narrative Production and Comprehension across Cultures
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Linguistic Speech & Comm Sci. C.L.C.S., 2022)Children's narrative development has been argued as more dependent on age and much less on linguistic abilities and cultural backgrounds, which is also the case for bilingual children's narrative development across two ... -
Multiwavelength Observations of Solar Magnetic Phenomena and Particle Acceleration
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Physics. Discipline of Physics, 2022)The solar magnetic field is instrumental in controlling the dynamics and topology of all coronal phenomena. The magnetic flux we observe varies by a factor of ~8 over a twenty-two year cycle causing a modulation in the ... -
Computational Modelling of Perovskite-based Materials for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Applications
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2022)The development and use of clean and renewable modes of power generation is essential to address the increasing environmental and health concerns associated with fossil fuel consumption. Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) ... -
The role of Colony Stimulating Factor 1 Receptor in microglial phenotype and function in vitro and in vivo
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Biochemistry & Immunology. Discipline of Biochemistry, 2022)As the brain ages multiple cellular processes become less efficient leading to a decline in cognitive and other functions, and in many cases giving rise to chronic neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s Disease ... -
Examining How Planets Interact With The Stellar Wind Using 3D Numerical Models
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Physics. Discipline of Physics, 2022)The majority of planets do not exist in empty space, but are embedded in the stellar wind, which consists of mostly ionised Hydrogen ejected from the host star. Understanding stellar wind-planet interactions is of huge ... -
Expectation in Sensory Processing and Perceptual Decision-Making
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2022)At every level of sensory processing, prior experience contributes to the construction of the perceptual world. In the last two decades, there has been renewed interest in the mechanisms that implement these contributions ... -
Women's Experiences of Attempted Access to Alternative Birth Models in Contemporary Ireland
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Nursing & Midwifery. Discipline of Nursing, 2022)Maternity care in contemporary Ireland is situated within a medical model of birth that conceptualises pregnancy and labour as potentially pathological and inherently risky. Grounded within this paradigm, maternity services ... -
A Study on the Functional Role of the Locus Coeruleus in Memory Formation and Alzheimer's Disease
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2022)Over the past decade, the locus coeruleus (LC) has fast become a key instrument of study, resulting in a growing amount of evidence signifying its prominence and influence within the central nervous system. Moreover, the ... -
Empirical evaluation of electrochemical air pollution sensors
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Engineering. Discipline of Mechanical & Manuf. Eng, 2022)The objective of the research was to characterise the potential of state-of-the-art low cost gas air pollution sensors to measure air pollution levels in an active urban environment, through the implementation of a set of ... -
Disorder and synchronization in nonequilibrium Bose-Einstein condensates
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Physics. Discipline of Physics, 2022)In this thesis, we investigate the impact of spatial disorder on driven-dissipative Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs). Bose-Einstein condensation is a collective phenomenon where many particles spontaneously occupy a single ... -
Designing Touchless Interaction Interfaces for Medical Image Viewers
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Computer Science & Statistics. Discipline of Computer Science, 2022)Clinical work in modern hospitals involves extensive use of digital medical imaging, with many specialities becoming reliant on real-time access to detailed imaging. The widespread use of technology such as digital imaging ... -
Development and Studies of New Magnetic Core@Shell Nanostructures
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2022)In this work, the synthesis of various magnetic nanoparticles such as magnetite, manganese ferrite, cobalt ferrite and copper ferrite is explored using different synthetic protocols. The produced nanomaterials are characterised ... -
The "Walking Nuns" are still walking: a study of Mercy sisters in Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Gender and Women's Studies, 1998)This dissertation looks at the life and work of a remarkable woman called Catherine McAuley in the early part of the 19th century. She emerged out of a distinct social economic background, where women's voices were barely ...
