2012

Hamza, Safia F. (2012) A Study of Concept Images and Concept Definitions related to Metric Spaces. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Campbell, Lahcen I. (2012) A cause for consilience: Utilizing multiple genomic data types to resolve problematic nodes within Arthropoda and Ecdysozoa. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Hensey, Áine (2012) A comparative study of the lives of Church of Ireland and Roman Catholic clergy in the south-eastern dioceses of Ireland from 1550 to 1650. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Ahmed, Kazi Ishtiak (2012) Acoustic data optimisation for seabed mapping with visual and computational data mining. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Ryder, Theresa M. (2012) Adapting to Domination: The Athenian reaction to the hegemony of the Macedonian Kings, Philip II and Alexander III, 338-323 B.C.E. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Nicholson, Oliver (2012) An Analysis of Changes in the Long Term Characteristics of River Flows in the Munster Blackwater Catchment. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Aysel, Tugba (2012) An Exploration of the Effects of High-Stakes Examinations on the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics in Post-Primary Education in Ireland and Turkey. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

O'Reilly, Niamh (2012) An Investigation of the Role of Bacillus oleronius in the Pathogenesis of Rosacea. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Cahill, Niall M. (2012) An investigation of the utility of monaural sound source separation via nonnegative matrix factorization applied to acoustic echo and reverberation mitigation for hands-free telephony. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Dang, Xiaodong (2012) Application of High Resolution Melting analysis for haplotype detection in phylogeographic research and case studies of Arenaria ciliata, A. norvegica and Minuartia recurva (Caryophyllaceae). PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Lorenzi, Francesca (2012) Assessment as Dialogue, through Dialogue, for Dialogue. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Carr, Derek P. (2012) Assessment of alternative uses for lignocellulosic waste products. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

O'Donnell, Siobhan (2012) Bad Mothers in Eighteenth-Century Fiction. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Bennett, Rachel (2012) Brain energy metabolism: development and application of novel live methodologies. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Kirwan, Annie (2012) Characterisation of the role of human Evolutionary Conserved Signalling Intermediate in Toll (ECSIT) in Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase (MAPK) signalling. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Commins, Adele (2012) Charles Villiers Stanford's Preludes for Piano op.163 and op.179: A Musicological Retrospective (3 volumes). PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Jeffers, Winifred (2012) Childcare Tutors: Profiles, Perspectives and Professional Development Needs. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

McGowan, Niall (2012) Circadian desynchrony in the mouse: how does chronic exposure to rotating shift work-like patterns of light/dark affect circadian rhythms and neurobehavioural outcomes. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Broderick, Ciaran (2012) Climate Change and Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): Changes in Flow and Freshwater Habitat in the Burrishoole Catchment. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Flood, Stephen (2012) Climate Change and Potential Economic Impacts in Ireland: The Case for Adaptation. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Smyth, David (2012) Climate Change and its Potential Impacts on Construction in Ireland: The Argument for Mitigation and Adaptation. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Chen, Xiaomin (2012) Coding in 802.11 WLANs. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Zagato, Alessandro (2012) Community Development in Dublin. Political Subjectivity and State Cooption. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

McGlynn, William (2012) Community Educators and the Struggle for Recognition Theorising meaning, educator and institution in Ireland’s community education field using a generative grounded theory approach. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Feuda, Roberto (2012) Comparative genomics of early animal evolution. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Lopez-Caamal, Fernando (2012) Contributions to the Analysis of Biochemical Reaction-Diffusion Networks Stability, Analysis, and Numerical Solutions. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Lawlor, Rebecca Sharon (2012) Crime in nineteenth-century Ireland: Grangegorman female penitentiary and Richmond male penitentiary, with reference to juveniles and women, 1836-60. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Grehan, Martin (2012) Critical Events in Students’ Engagement with Mathematics. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Pierce, Kenneth W. (2012) The Design, Development and Characterisation of a new Biosensor for In-vivo Neurochemical Monitoring of ᴅ-Serine. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Gavin, Declan P. (2012) Design, synthesis and evaluation of organocatalysts in 1,4-conjugate additions to nitroolefins and alkylidene malonates. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

White, P. J. (2012) Designer as Ethnographer: A Study of Domestic Cooking and Heating Product Design for Irish Older Adults. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

O'Reilly, Anthony (2012) Developing the Function Acquisition Speed Test: Using a Functional Research Approach to Build a Novel Implicit Test. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

McLaughlin, Brian (2012) Development of a scanning system for use in the Terahertz region of the Electromagnetic Spectrum. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Ó Catháin, Micheál (2012) Dialann Phríosúin Sheáin a’ Chóta. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Zazo Ruiz, Javier (2012) Distributed Energy-Saving Algorithms for Wireless Networks. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Sobiesiak, Kamila Magdalena (2012) Drifting identity in the global era? Polish students in Irish Higher Education. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Ó Seachnasaigh, Pól (2012) Eagrán de na scéalta idirnáisiúnta ó na Cruacha Gorma a bhailigh Seán Ó hEochaidh do Choimisiún Béaloideasa Éireann i 1947 agus 1948. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Sherwin, Elaine Marie (2012) An Edition of the Cathedral Works of Sir John Andrew Stevenson. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Hennessy, Roseanne (2012) Effects of a dual application of entomopathogenic nematodes and entomopathogenic fungi against a forest pest, Hylobius abietis L. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and a horticultural pest, Otiorhynchus sulcatus F. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Hamilton, Sinead C. (2012) Environmentally Influenced Duplication Patterns Followed by Functional Shifts Fueling the Evolution of Metazoan Sensory Systems. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Madigan, Gillian (2012) Evaluation of Different Methods for the Detection of Mycobacterium bovis in Lymph Node Tissue. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Haggerty, Leanne S. (2012) Exploring the Non-vertical Component of Bacterial Evolution Using Network Structures. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Smith, Ken (2012) Exploring the social constructions of working class masculinities as barriers to men and education in Ireland. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Beare, Clodagh Mary (2012) Finding the horseshoe nail: Colonization, de-colonoization and counter-colonization in Adult and Community Education. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Horgan, Alan (2012) Functional Characterisation of a Novel Tir-Domain containing Protein in Immune Signalling. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Hasin, Naushaba (2012) Functional significance of Hsp70 post-translational modification in prion propagation and cellular function. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

McLaughlin, Dan (2012) Game on! How video games and game design principles can help to make adult education more engaging for the learner. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Lu, Binbin (2012) Geographically weighted Regression with non-Euclidean distance metrics. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Owens, Rebecca A. (2012) A Global and Targeted Proteomic Investigation of Aspergillus fumigatus. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Fitzmaurice, Vivienne (2012) Health Literacy: Knowledge and experiences of Traveller women. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

McLoughlin, Kathleen Ellen (2012) Identifying and changing attitudes toward palliative care: an exploratory study. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Zarka, Zsuzsanna (2012) Images and perceptions of Hungary and Austria-Hungary in Ireland, 1815-1875. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Tobin, Laura M. (2012) Immune Mechanisms of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy for Acute Graft versus Host Disease. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Maycock, Jonathan (2012) Improving reconstructions of digital holograms. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

O'Reilly, Zoe (2012) ‘In between spaces’: experiences of asylum seekers in the ‘direct provision’ system in Ireland. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Doherty, Aoife (2012) Increased genome sampling reveals novel insights into vertebrate molecular evolution. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

McGinnity, John (2012) Individual, Family, School and Regional Characteristics and their influence on the expected points and University Applications of Irish School Leavers. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Small, Lucy (2012) Information Diffusion on Social Networks. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Jacob, Ricky (2012) Integrating Haptic Feedback into Mobile Location Based Services. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Humphries, Fiachra (2012) Investigating the regulation and enzymatic function of human ecsit in innate immune signalling. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Maratha, Ashwini (2012) Investigations into the role of Toll-Like Receptors in the modulation of the inflammatory response during Osteoarthritis. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Whelan, Barry (2012) Ireland and Spain, 1939-55: Cultural, Economic and Political Relations from Neutrality in the Second World War to Joint Membership of the United Nations. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Burroughs, Elaine (2012) Irish Institutional Discourses of Illegal Immigration: A Critical Discourse Analysis Approach. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Dunnigan, Diane Rose (2012) Irish return migration from America at the turn of the nineteenth century: 1890-1920. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Algay, Virginie (2012) Isoxazole Linked siRNA Cholesterol Conjugates by Catalyst Free Nitrile Oxide/Alkyne Cycloadditions. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Murtagh, Eleanor Therese (2012) Kingship, religion, culture and order: The native Irish and the Old English in early seventeenth-century Ireland. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Cutcan, Simona (2012) LA DIFFÉRENCE DES SEXES DANS L’OEUVRE D’AGOTA KRISTOF. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Meredith, David (2012) Labour and Geography in Ireland, 2006 Evaluating the National Spatial Strategy for Ireland 2002 - 2020: People, Places and Potential. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Keane, Roisin (2012) Learning through creative writing. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

O'Donoghue, Patrick (2012) Logainmneacha na mbailte fearainn i mbarúntachtaí Dhéise Uachtarach agus Dhéise Íochtarach Contae na Mí: bunfhoirmeacha agus bríonna. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Byrne, Susan (2012) Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Legacy to Cognitive Psychology: Concepts as Participatory. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Ying, Fangli (2012) Management of spatial data for visualization on mobile devices. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Koller, Justé Anca (2012) Mathematics Experience and Format-specific Effects in Numerical Cognition. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Roche, Gary A. (2012) The Matt Talbot Community Trust: A case study of participants' perception of education in a social and political context. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Yu, Yi (2012) Modeling a Two-currency Affine Arbitrage-free Nelson-Siegel Term Structure Model. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Sheridan, Declan (2012) Modelling football match results and testing the efficiency of the betting market. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Flaherty, Eoin (2012) Modes of production, metabolism and resilience: toward a framework for the analysis of complex social-ecological systems. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

O'Brien, Matthew (2012) Molecular and Epidemiological Studies of Trichoderma aggressivum f. europaeum. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Dixon, Deirdre (2012) Motivational factors in further education. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Walsh, Lorcan (2012) Non-Contact Sleep Monitoring. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Contini, Renaud (2012) Nurturing utopia : Jeffersonian expansionism in contexts, 1760-1810. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Smith, Peter (2012) OSM-CAT: A software application to generate contribution summaries from OpenStreetMap XML. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Dowling, Linda (2012) Older adults in further education: re-defining careers in a recession, a narrative inquiry. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Doherty, Stephen (2012) Optical and Quasi-Optical Design and Analysis of Astronomical Instrumentation including a Prototype SAFARI Pixel. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

McLoughlin, Enda (2012) Optimisation of a Near-Field Scanning System. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Francis, Febe (2012) Pacemaking Neurons in the study of Parkinson’s Disease. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Hughes, Freda (2012) The Palestine Education Initiative: A Case Study on Campaigning, Development Education and Activism in Ireland. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Howell, Sonia (2012) Partners in Practice: Contemporary Irish Literature, World Literature and Digital Humanities. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Kavanagh, Declan William (2012) Patriots and Fribbles: Effeminacy and Politics in the Literature of the Seven Years’ War and its Aftermath, 1756-1774. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Hodgkinson, Matthieu (2012) Physically Informed Subtraction of a String's Resonances from Monophonic, Discretely Attacked Tones : a Phase Vocoder Approach. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Smith, Eoin (2012) Portfolio of Compositions with Commentaries. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Gallagher, Louise (2012) Preparation and Characterisation of Alginate Composite Beads and Investigations into their Potential Use in Environmental Applications. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Butler, Shane (2012) Prognostic Algorithms for Condition Monitoring and Remaining Useful Life Estimation. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Ahmed, Suaad M. (2012) Proteomic analysis of TRIF interactome and functional characterisation of novel TRIF interacting proteins. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Corbet, Shaen (2012) Quantifying the effects of new derivative introduction on exchange volatility, efficiency and liquidity. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Fusco, Francesco (2012) Real-time Forecasting and Control for Oscillating Wave Energy Devices. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Campion, Rebecca Margaret Ricardo (2012) Reconstructing an Ascendancy world: the material culture of Frederick Hervey, the Earl Bishop of Derry (1730-1803). PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Nolan, Suzanne (2012) Respect & Recognition: What’s the Story? PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Kumar, Pankaj (2012) Road Features Extraction Using Terrestrial Mobile Laser Scanning System. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Goold, Eileen (2012) The Role of Mathematics in Engineering Practice and in the Formation of Engineers. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Cassidy, Aideen (2012) Searching for equality: improving reading literacy at second level in disadvantaged schools. The impact of the JCSP Literacy Strategy on reading literacy with a particular focus on the impact of the JCSP Literacy Medley. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

O'Sullivan, Louise Mary (2012) Selected Performances and Compositions of the Theresienstadt Ghetto (1941‐1945): An Examination of Music, Memory and Survivance. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Glover, John C. (2012) Sinusoids, noise and transients: spectral analysis, feature detection and real-time transformations of audio signals for musical applications. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Freeman, Colin (2012) Site-Specific Labelling of Nucleic Acids by Catalyst-Free 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

McDermot, Dolores (2012) Social class and education: the relationship between social class and engagement with education. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Shalaik, Bashir (2012) Software for the Control and Analysis of Public Transport Systems. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Bokharaie, Vahid Samadi (2012) Stability Analysis of Positive Systems with Applications to Epidemiology. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Kumar, Sajja Surya Shravan (2012) Stability results for constrained dynamical systems. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Murphy, John J. (2012) Studies in Synthesis and Organocatalysis: (i) The Design and Synthesis of Novel Electron Deficient Dienes and their Application in the First Enamine Activated Organocatalytic 1,6-Conjugate Addition. (ii) The Development of a New Organocatalytic Methodology through the Combination of DNA-Based Catalysis and Organocatalysis. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Smith, Alanna (2012) Synthesis and Characterisation of Silver(I)-Bioglues and Assessment of Biological Activity of AgNO3 Against Staphylococcus aureus. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Diao, Haowen (2012) Synthesis and chemosensing ability of novel pyrene-isoxazole-calix[4]arene constructs. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Buggy, Carol Elizabeth (2012) The Synthesis of Glucosamine-Based Derivatives with Potential as Immunomodulators, Kinase Inhibitors, and Prodrugs. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

O'Flaherty, Roisin (2012) Synthetic Alkyl Glycolipids as Therapeutic Agents: Their Synthesis as Potential iNKT Cell Stimulators and their Anti- Microbial Properties. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Hamilton, Anita (2012) The Formation and Characterisation of a Polypyrrole Based Sensor for the Detection of Urea. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

King, Julie (2012) The Impacts of Health Care Reconfiguration on Patient Access to Services: A Case Study of Nenagh General Hospital. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Peacocke, Patrick Tully (2012) The Modelling of Scattering in Corrugated Waveguides. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Smith, Gregory (2012) The Western Seaboard Science Project: An Innovative Model of Professional Development to Enhance the Teaching and Learning of Primary Science. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

McNally, Fiona Rose (2012) The evolution of pilgrimage practice in early modern Ireland. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Hanney, James (2012) The experience of mild stroke among young adults and their spouses: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Evans, Gary (2012) The raising of the first internal Dáil Éireann Loan and the British responses to it, 1919-1921. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Sloan, Cory (2012) The self-sufficiency of the good man against the need for friendship. A discussion concerning the importance of friendship for the good man in Cicero. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Carroll, Janefer (2012) To earn or to learn? Why the women from Navan Traveller Education Centre returned to learning. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Bridges, Brian (2012) Towards a Perceptually–grounded Theory of Microtonality: issues in sonority, scale construction and auditory perception and cognition. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Finnerty, Julie (2012) Une amitié en Dieu : L’edition critique de la correspondance de la mère Angélique de Saint-Jean à Angélique Angran de Fontpertuis. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

O'Malley, Michael F. (2012) University and the State in Ireland: from a negotiated exchange relationship based on trust to prescriptive requirements in university governance. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Avila, Maria (2012) University in Society: Organising for Engagement in Ireland. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Graham, Ann-Marie (2012) Unmarried mothers: the legislative context in Ireland, 1921. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Foley, Peter (2012) Using Geovisual Analytics to investigate the performance of Geographically Weighted Discriminant Analysis. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

O'Brien, Jennifer (2012) Using Saccharomyces cerevisiae to characterise the in vivo effects of exposure to the prion-curing drug Tacrine and the fungal metabolite gliotoxin. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Quinn, Siobhan (2012) Using attachment theory as a lens to understand the role of an adult educator. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Quinn, Deirdre (2012) Vexatious Bodies in Modern Ireland. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Finnegan, Fergal (2012) Welcome to the knowledge factory? A study of working class experience, identity and learning in Irish Higher Education. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Clarke, Deirdre (2012) What place does accreditation have in learner centred adult literacy? Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Eslahy, Mahasty (2012) Where is my geography, where is your geography. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Hughes, Sean (2012) Why We Like What We Like: A Functional Approach to the Study of Human Evaluative Responding. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Hobbs, Adrienne (2012) Young People as Active Citizens: Placing Youth Participation Structures in The Republic of Ireland under Critical Scrutiny. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Holton, Josephine (2012) "A fish out of water": The middle-class experience of over-indebtedness and the role of adult education. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Fallon, Ann (2012) The long-term benefits of community education for learners: Tensions between the developmental and economic points of view. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

Sweeney, Barbara (2012) The perceived benefits and challenges of attending a Death Review meeting from an interdisciplinary perspective. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.