Trinity College Dublin Theses & Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Resting-state electroencephalographic biomarkers for tracking cognitive network dysfunction in amyotrophiclateral sclerosis
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Clinical Medicine, 2024)Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) stands as a multifaceted neurological disorder that primarily affects both upper and lower motor neurons. However, research in neuroimaging, neuropsychology and neurobiology has shown ... -
Lymph node status and coagulation biomarkers as predictors of venous thromboembolism in gynaecological cancer patients post surgery
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Clinical Medicine, 2024)Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a major complication of cancer ranging from 4- 20% depending on tumour type and stage. VTE risk increases post-surgical treatment especially in the first 90 days post-surgery. The precise ... -
Magnetic Fields and Accretion Processes in Young Stars: A case study of the classical T Tauri star DK Tau
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Physics. Discipline of Physics, 2024)Low-mass young stars that are a few million years old and called classical T Tauri stars (cTTs) experience magnetospheric accretion. They are surrounded by a circumstellar disk (which consists of an inner and outer disk) ... -
Assessment and mitigation of human's exposure to microplastics (MPs) from biodegradable plastics
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Engineering. Disc of Civil Structural & Environmental Eng, 2024)Plastic waste and pollution have become a global environmental challenge due to their detrimental impacts on the environment, ecosystems, and human health. Since 1950s, plastic waste, particularly single-use plastics, has ... -
Management of Product Recall in the Automobile Industry
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Business. Discipline of Business & Administrative Studies, 2024)A product recall occurs when products fail to meet certain safety standards or contain a defect that could cause serious harm to consumers. The objective of the thesis is to explore the sources of product recalls and the ... -
Refining the psychometric properties of the Trinity Student Profile - A self-report measure of occupational performance difficulties within the student role in higher education.
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Occupational Therapy, 2024)Background: The Trinity Student Profile (TSP) is a self-report measure of occupational performance difficulties within the university student role and is based on the Person-Environment-Occupation Model. The tool was ... -
Development of a solution-based process for hydroxyapatite and functionalised hydroxyapatite
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2024)Hydroxyapatite coatings have long been established as a means of improving the osteointegration of metallic orthopaedic implants. Nonetheless there are both technical and commercial drawbacks associated with industrial ... -
An investigation into molecular biomarkers of pulp inflammation and cell death and their potential use as a diagnostic tool.
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Dental Sciences. Discipline of Dental Science, 2024)The overarching aim of the thesis was to present a robust method of collecting and analysing pulpal blood, to inform quality biomarker discovery with the potential to detect the `threshold? between teeth amenable to vital ... -
Metabolic and redox regulation of IL-17-producing γδ T cells
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Biochemistry & Immunology. Discipline of Biochemistry, 2024)Interleukin-17 (IL-17) is a proinflammatory cytokine that contributes to a wide range of immune responses, including host defence, tissue repair, autoimmune inflammation, and tumour progression. γδ17 T cells (CD3+TCRδ+CD27-) ... -
Toil, Soil, and Spoils: The Unemployment Relief Scheme for Archaeological Purposes, from 1934 to 1940
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of History, 2024)In 1934 a programme of relief schemes was devised by the Irish government to address chronic unemployment throughout the country. The inclusion of archaeological excavations was a significant step forward for the under-funded ... -
Concrete façade panels with enhanced thermal energy storage capacity
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Engineering. Disc of Civil Structural & Environmental Eng, 2024)The escalating global climate change crises is motivating governments to seek solutions for reducing non-renewable energy consumption. Buildings are responsible for more than 40% of the total global energy consumption and ... -
Fast automated mineral differentiation using optical hyperspectral imaging
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Physics. Discipline of Physics, 2024)The processing of mineral-bearing rocks in the mining industry is a highly energy and resource-intensive process. This has motivated the development of more effective ways to automatically sort valuable ore from barren ... -
Development of Stimuli-responsive Materials for Direct Laser Writing for the Realisation of Microactuators
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Chemistry. Discipline of Chemistry, 2024)Two-photon polymerisation (2PP) is a laser-based fabrication technology which can be used to fabricate complex 3D microstructures with feature sizes ~100 nm. This thesis assesses the state of the art in 2PP and presents ... -
Hollow vessels : a study of some attitudinal, motivational and affective variables and their impact on L2 proficiency of English-speaking learners of French in the French Foreign Legion
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of French, 2005)The present investigation sets out - within a particular instructional setting - to establish empirical evidence to support the thesis that attitudinal, motivational and affective variables are related to proficiency in ... -
Cinematic Verbalists : Dialogue Integration in the Work of Selected Contemporary American Writer-Directors
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Film, 2015)This thesis contributes to the study of dialogue in cinema, an area that remains critically under-developed within film studies. In general, scholarly references to speech tend to be made in passing, disregarding dialogue's ... -
Sacrifice in the Bronze Age Aegean and Near East. A poststructuralist approach
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Classics, 2011)The goal of this study is a better understanding of the practice of 'sacrifice' in the Bronze Age Aegean and Near East. This includes animal and human sacrifice, but not inanimate offerings. This has been done through ... -
The Irish Hydra : English policy and plantations in Gaelic Ulster in 1567 - 79
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2016)The aim of this thesis is provide an analysis of Ulster politics during the period between the death of Shane O'Neill in June 1567 and the Crown's estrangement from Turlough Luineach O'Neill in 1579. The importance of this ... -
Extra-legal steadying factors' in the Article 267 TFEU preliminary reference procedure
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Law, 2017)This dissertation presents the thesis that there are 'extra-legal steadying factors' in the EU legal system and the preliminary reference procedure that serve to reduce significantly the impact of obstacles to 'legal ... -
"Welcome to the Good Life!" Neoliberalism(s) and Contemporary Irish Women's Short Fiction
(Trinity College Dublin. School of English. Discipline of English, 2024)This thesis examines the ways in which neoliberalism as a pervasive economic, political, and cultural discourse is represented, recreated, and subverted in contemporary short fiction by Claire Keegan, Nicole Flattery, Lucy ... -
"I have the child who has something else." Entering the Worlds of How Mothers Make Sense of `Diagnosis' within the context of their Child with a Rare or Undiagnosed Neurodevelopmental Condition in Ireland: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Linguistic Speech & Comm Sci. Discipline of Clin Speech & Language Studies, 2024)Information on the experiences of parents whose children have rare or undiagnosed conditions is particularly lacking in Ireland. It can be hypothesised that these parents experience a unique set of challenges, in comparison ...
