Trinity College Dublin Theses & Dissertations: Recent submissions
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A Finite-State approach to the Event Calculus and Type Coercion
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2016)The Event Calculus (EC) and Finite-State Temporality are two very different formalisms that both address Temporal Semantics. The link between these formalisms is Monadic Second-Order Logic (MSO). Real-line models for the ... -
Investigation the role of T cells in the progression of reflux oesophagitis to Barrett's oesophagus and oesophageal adenocarcinoma
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Surgery, 2016)Oesophageal adenocarcinoma (OAC) is an inflammatory driven cancer that arises on a background of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) and Barrett’s oesophagus (BO). T cells have been implicated in the initiation of ... -
Old liberals, new politics : the Americans for Democratic Action and the transformation of American liberalism, 1947 - 1976
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The Impact of Child Protection Training on Nurses' Self-Efficacy in Detection and Reporting of Child Abuse in Saudi Arabia
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Nursing & Midwifery. Discipline of Nursing, 2024)The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported that child abuse and neglect constitute major international health problems that cause unacceptable morbidity and mortality. These forms of maltreatment can have severe ... -
Nursing home residents in the Emergency Department (NuHR-ED): a review of resident characteristics and outcomes following Emergency Department attendance and the impact of a Nursing Home Liaison Service
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Clinical Medicine, 2024)Introduction: Nursing Home (NH) residents are among the most vulnerable members of society. High rates of multimorbidity, functional dependence and frailty lead to high levels of health and social care needs in this cohort. ... -
Applications of the LA-ICP-MS image mapping approach to U-Pb carbonate dating : from far-field tectonism to pedogenic nodules
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Geology, 2024)Carbonates are one of the most common mineral phases in the upper crust, and form in many geological environments (e.g. biotic and abiotic carbonate precipitation, fracture fills in tectonic veins and ore deposits). This ... -
Finding diachronic sense changes by unsupervised methods
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2017)An existing word in a language may acquire a new meaning as time passes, in addition to meanings it already possesses. Such a new word meaning pairing is called a semantic neologism. An example of a semantic neologism in ... -
The Dublin University Mission - Irish medical missionaries in Britain's empire in India, 1891 - 1929 : identity, impact and sustainability
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2016)This thesis traces the evolution of the Dublin University Mission (DUM)from initial foundation as a graduate brotherhood mission in Victorian Dublin, to one which established a sustainable female healthcare programme in ... -
William Wordsworth's writings on war, 1793 - 1798
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of English, 2017)This thesis is about William Wordsworth's early literary engagement with the French Revolutionary Wars. The military conflicts lasted from 1793 to 1802, but I have taken the years between 1793-the year when the wars broke ... -
Modelling plausible steering behaviours for autonomous virtual humans in complex environments
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2017)In order to create plausible virtual humans it is important to model their movement and interactions with their environment in an accurate and realistic manner. A lot of time and effort is spent by artists and engineers ... -
The content of EU directives and their judicial enforcement through member state courts in the EU fifteen
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2016)This project develops insights into the nature of the mechanism of 'decentralized enforcement'; a process that links EU rule-making to judicial enforcement of EU laws through national courts. Decentralized enforcement is ... -
Unlocking the structure-property relationships of conjugated polyelectorlytes and photoactive surfactants to design functional responsive materials
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Chemistry, 2017)Self-assembly is an elegant method for the preparation of functional responsive materials. This thesis focuses on understanding the self-assembly properties of photoactive soft matter systems (e.g. polymers, polyelectrolytes, ... -
Analysis of the metabolic shift that accompanies differential activation of microglia
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Physiology, 2017)Microglia, the resident immune cells of the central nervous system (CNS), adopt different phenotypes upon activation by different stimuli. The primary role of microglia is protection and maintenance of homeostasis, and any ... -
Human rights & Islam in North-Western China : the effects of minority & religious policy in the Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Near and Middle Eastern Studies, 2016)The Uyghur, one of China's 55 officially recognised minority nationalities, bear a distinct ethno-religious identity that demarcates them from China’s majority nationality, the Han. The Uyghurs' unique identity as a minority ... -
Authoritarian nostalgia in post-communist Europe
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2017)What explains authoritarian nostalgia in post-communist Europe? My introduction justifies the selection of East Central Europe and the timeframe for study. In the second chapter, I define authoritarian nostalgia as the ... -
Plasmon mediated energy transfer in hybrid quantum well-quantum dot system
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Physics, 2016)In this thesis silver plasmonic arrays, fabricated using both helium-ion lithography (HIL) and electron beam lithography (EBL), on an InGaN/GaN quantum well (QW) are used to enable localised surface plasmon (LSP) enhanced ... -
Excercise and TrkB activation as neuroprotectants in mouse models of age and neuroinflammation : an assessment of underlying mechanisms
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Physiology, 2017)The processes of learning and memory concern themselves primarily with the hippocampus - one of two exclusive cortical regions where neurogenesis has been found to take place. These cognitive processes are themselves ... -
Pollinator ecology at a landscape scale
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Botany, 2016)Pollination is a key ecosystem service in natural and agricultural ecosystems which provides benefits to human society. It has been estimated that 87.5 % of angiosperms depend on animal pollinators. The role of pollinators ... -
Quantifying fire regimes and their impact on the Irish landscape
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Botany, 2016)This thesis examines the role of fire in the Irish landscape in the past, its drivers, impacts and interactions with the surrounding landscape, vegetation, climate and humans. Lacustrine sediment is utilised from seven ... -
How (not) to design an Internet : principles and properties of network architectures
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2017)The TCP/IP internet architecture (IA) has been tremendously successful and the Internet has become a dominating component in the world's economic and political landscapes. However, the Internet is based on a prototype ...
