Trinity College Dublin Theses & Dissertations: Recent submissions
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More than a man's part, Sir Charles Alexander Cameron : public analyst and medical officer of health for Dublin, 1862-1921
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2008)Sir Charles Alexander Cameron became Public Analyst for Dublin in 1862, and Medical Officer of Health for Dublin in 1874; he held both posts concurrently until his death in 1921 at the age of ninety. This thesis examines ... -
Aligning with the flow of control : a classic grounded theory of choice in the lives of people with intellectual disabilities
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Nursing & Midwifery, 2016)Aligning with the flow of control: A classic grounded theory study. Background: Since the relatively recent acknowledgement that people with intellectual disabilities are restricted in making life decisions, ensuring choice ... -
The life and work of Harry Clarke (1889-1931)
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History of Art and Architecture, 1982)The aim of this thesis is to describe in detail the life, work and career of the artist, not only in terms of his outstanding talents as a stained glass artist and craftsman and as a book illustrator, but also as a vital ... -
Impediments to the process of aligning business and information systems strategies in public service organisations
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2017)With the rise of e-business, organisations have become increasingly reliant on information systems (IS). Alignment of IS and business strategies has become a key factor in contributing to the creation of business value for ... -
The role of brands as frames for engagement in meeting pro-social goals : a multi-study investigation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2016)There is a crisis of trust in our world and this is compromising our ability to meet prosocial goals. Brands were originally conceived as signals of trust and can be an interesting lens to explore pro-social engagement. ... -
Rhetorical agency and the retransmission of presidential rhetoric : Southern Baptist elites and the Global War on Terror
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Confederal School of Religions, Peace Studies and Theology, 2017)The primary function of this dissertation is to examine the process in which political elites that represent constituencies engage with political narratives created in presidential rhetoric and practice rhetorical agency ... -
Modelling the thermal history of onshore Ireland, Britain and its offshore basins using low-temperature thermochronology
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Geology, 2017)The main goal of this PhD thesis is to investigate the early Cenozoic exhumation history of Ireland and Britain. The causal mechanism for early Cenozoic exhumation on this sector of the NW European margin remains contentious, ... -
Molecular characterisation of tagO-deficient mutants of Staphylococcus aureus
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Microbiology, 2017)Wall teichoic acid (W TA) is a major component of the Gram -positive bacterial cell wall. Despite not being essential, it plays important roles in cell growth, division, morphology and virulence. The enzyme TagO initiates ... -
Putative roles of glutamate and glutathione in beta-amyloid-mediated hippocampal synaptic plasticity disruption in vivo
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2016)The mechanisms underlying beta-amyloid (Aβ) protein-meditated disruption of synaptic plasticity in the CA1 region of the rat hippocampus in vivo were investigated using water soluble Aβ, both in synthetic preparations and ... -
Regulation of subsidies in the civil aircraft industry under the WTO framework
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Law, 2016)The regulation of subsidies has long been an intractable issue in terms of international trade regulation. When it involves the civil aircraft industry, the question of subsidies is even more complex. Conflicts over the ... -
The spatial and non-spatial properties of single-units in the anterior retrosplenial cortex of the freely-moving rat
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2016)The purpose of this study was to describe the spatial and non-spatial properties of single-units in the anterior retrosplenial cortex (RSC) of the freely moving rat. A total of five male Lister Hooded rats were implanted ... -
Following translation of individual proteins by single ribosomes in real-time using dual-trap optical tweezers
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Physics, 2016)Gradient force traps (optical tweezers) have found many applications in physics and the life sciences [1-3] ever since Arthur Ashkin's first description of optical trapping of dielectric particles in liquid [4], Near-infrared ... -
Structuring and functionalisation of chemical vapour deposited graphene
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Chemistry, 2016)Graphene has fascinated researchers since its discovery in 2004 due to its extraordinary physical, electrical and optical properties. In order to exploit its potential for industrial applications, the mass production of ... -
Veils and scales : the significance of obduracy and obfuscation motifs in the Letters of Paul
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Religions and Theology, 2016)This thesis examines the use of obduracy and obfuscation motifs in Paul’s undisputed letters, in light of and in comparison to their use in biblical and early Jewish literary traditions, using the commonly accepted ... -
Examining barriers to electric vehicle adoption using vehicle and charging infrastructure data, owenership cost analysis, and electrical grid demand and environmental impact analyses
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, 2016)This thesis reports the results of research on the analysis of data emerging from electric vehicles (EV) and charging infrastructure and the applications of the data on the study of the impacts increasing numbers of EVs ... -
Towards the improved representation of manual window operation in open plan office buildings
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, 2017)Manually operated windows have an important part to play in the future of building development and design. This research sets out to improve the way in which manual window control is represented in building simulation ... -
Inhibition of PP2A in a mono and co-culture model of hepatocelluar carcinoma : implications on the regulation of the matrix metalloproteinase system and the formation of the metastatic niche
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2016)Okadaic acid alteration in Hep3B cells Phosphoproteome: Cell proliferation was measured by MTT assay. Okadaic acid (OA; 40 nM) increased HepSB cells cell proliferation after 12, 24 and 48 h compared to untreated control ... -
Methods for the identification of important areas of plant diversity in Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Botany, 2016)The loss of biodiversity is an on-going global issue that not only results in the extinction of species but also threatens the ecosystem services and goods on which humanity depends. The global community has responded with ... -
The impact of international trade on informality and wages
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2016)This thesis examines the links between trade and two main outcomes: informality and wages. It contributes to a wide strand of literature examining the impacts of globalization, particularly trade. Our first chapter is ... -
Molecular mechanisms linking excess adipose tissue with esophageal cancer : targeting tumor metabolism and 5-lipoxygenase
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Surgery, 2017)Oesophageal adenocarcinoma (OAC) is the fastest growing cancer in the developed world. Visceral obesity, and in particular factors secreted from metabolically active visceral adipose tissue, may alter tumour glycolytic ...
