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Depositing Your PhD Thesis in ARAN
1. Discuss with your supervisor whether an embargo period to withhold access to your thesis is necessary and, if required, request this using the Library Submission form EOG051 which you you submit with your hardbound thesis.
2. Check whether you need to obtain permissions to include any third party copyrighted material such as illustrations or tables from other sources that you have reproduced. Your ethesis will be available on open access so if you do not have permission you must replace this content in the electronic version with a placeholder that states the content has been removed due to copyright restrictions. You can find further information on third party copyright here and adapt the template permission request letter
3. The electronic version of your thesis may require editing to indicate third party copyright permissions or you should replace third party material with a placeholder where copyright permission was not received before deposit. The thesis should be saved as a PDF and the recommended file naming convention is yearnamedegree.pdf (e.g. 2011smithphd.pdf).
4. When ready to upload the electronic version of the thesis, email aran@nuigalway.ie to request a password for your ARAN account to be created. Please provide your name, school, supervisor and email address in this email.
5. On notification that an account has been created, you should log on to ARAN at http://aran.library.nuigalway.ie using your email address.
- Complete stub metadata: Name, Title, Year, Supervisor, etc.
- Upload the third party copyright cleared version of your thesis as a PDF file.
- Sign off the deposit agreement electronically, including the declaration that third party permissions have been received to complete the deposit.
6. ARAN staff will verify the metadata and will check the status of any embargo request before committing your thesis to ARAN, thus making it available via the Web. [NOTE: Where an embargo has been granted, only the descriptive information will be displayed in ARAN for the duration of the embargo period.]
7. If an embargo period was granted, ARAN staff will lift the access restriction when the embargo period expires.
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A quiet cultural revolution: The amateur theatre movement in Ireland, 1952-1980
(NUI Galway, 2019-12-19)This dissertation outlines the origins, contours, and impact of the amateur theatre movement in Ireland from the foundation of the All-Ireland and Ulster Drama Festivals in 1953 to the establishment of Field Day Theatre ... -
Richard Hakluyt: An essay in bibliography 1580–88
(NUI Galway, 2020-03-18)This thesis comprises ten chapters each describing a printed book or manuscript produced between 1580 and 1588 by or otherwise associated with Richard Hakluyt (1552–1616), the advocate of overseas discovery, trade and ... -
An investigation of the contribution of centrosomal genes to schizophrenia and cognitive function
(NUI Galway, 2020-03-11)The centrosome is the key microtubule organising centre of animal somatic cells. Centrosomes play a crucial role in brain development, influencing cell shape, polarity, motility, and division. The older of the two barrel-shaped ... -
Groupoids and computational topology
(NUI Galway, 2019-09-09)This thesis contributes to the computational theory of finitely presented groupoids. It develops, implements and illustrates data types and algorithms aimed at pure and applied topology. In particular, the thesis designs ... -
The potential of GDF5-functionalised collagen hydrogels to enhance dopaminergic cell replacement therapies for Parkinson's disease
(NUI Galway, 2020-03-05)Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder associated with the loss of dopaminergic neurons from the substantia nigra and striatum. Over time, the gold standard pharmacotherapy, L-dopa, loses its ... -
Integrated proteomic and systems biology approach to understanding injured spinal cord pathophysiology and repair
(NUI Galway, 2020-03-05)Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a severe neurological condition. There are currently no effective treatment options to restore function following SCI. The major obstacle to developing effective therapies is the fragmented ... -
Faith, reason, and the limits of linguistic expression: An investigation of Søren Kierkegaard and Immanuel Kant
(NUI Galway, 2020-03-02)There exists an apparent conflict or disjunction between religious faith and reason – one that manifests in a tangible way as a clash between secular and religious ways of looking at the world. When we contextualize this ... -
Genome dosage, genetic hybridity and crop improvement
(NUI Galway, 2020-03-02)Plant breeding is focussed on introducing novel traits in plants, as well as enhancing or repressing traits already present. A noble objective in agriculture is to produce more food per unit area with overall fewer resources. ... -
A new framework for adaptive and agile honeypots
(NUI Galway, 2020-01-13)As new technological concepts appear and evolve, cyberattack surfaces and vectors are exploited. Every Internet facing device or service is vulnerable from the untrusted external Internet. Previously standalone devices are ... -
The development of a digital intervention to promote timely presentation of breast cancer symptoms to a healthcare professional
(NUI Galway, 2019-10-31)Breast cancer is the primary cause of death among women globally and in Ireland, mortality rates from breast cancer are the third highest in Europe. Early diagnosis of breast cancer is linked to more favourable outcomes ... -
“Then sing England for ever, and Erin-go-bragh”: Irishness in the English-printed, nineteenth-century street ballad
(NUI Galway, 2020-03-02)Throughout the nineteenth century, Ireland was by far the most dominant national trope in English-printed street balladry, appearing as specified place in English streetballadry almost as much as England itself. Ireland ... -
Developing the evidence base for preschool social circles: An intervention to support social inclusion for children with autism spectrum disorder
(NUI Galway, 2020-03-02)Background Successful social inclusion in early childhood education is associated with positive outcomes for all children in later life, irrespective of disabilities or complexity of needs. Many children with additional ... -
Gach díograis go deireadh: Bailiúchán náisiúnta an bhéaloidis i dTeileann, iardheisceart Thír Chonaill, 1935-1976
(NUI Galway, 2020-02-02)Sa tráchtas seo, dírítear ar shaothar Sheáin Uí Eochaidh (1913-2002) agus a líonra seanchaithe i dTeileann idir 1935-1976. Le linn dó a bheith ag obair mar bhailitheoir de chuid Choimisiún Béaloideasa Éireann (1935-1971), ... -
A crowdsourcing framework for stakeholder engagement in funding agency call processes
(NUI Galway, 2020-03-02)Public research funding agencies have sought to better involve the general public and other stakeholders in their competitive processes for the allocation of research funding. Such efforts result from the worldwide push ... -
Anglicisms in German radio media: A comparative study of the public service and private broadcasting sector
(NUI Galway, 2020-03-02)This thesis investigates the usage of anglicisms as mobile linguistic resources in both public service and private radio media in Germany. In previous research on anglicisms not much attention has been given to the medium ... -
Copper complexes coupled to nucleosides, bile acids and histone deacetylase inhibitors.
(NUI Galway, 2019-12-10)The aim of this project is to synthesize and characterise novel inorganic complexes which consist of metal-based DNA cleavage entities coupled to biomolecules. It is hoped that the coupling of known DNA cleavage agents to ... -
Diagnostic insights from twenty years of bilateral inferior petrosal sinus sampling for Cushings Disease at Mayo Clinic (1998-2018)
(NUI Galway, 2020-03-02)Pituitary-dependent Cushing syndrome (CS), referred to herein as Cushing Disease (CD), is the most common cause of endogenous CS. The challenge for diagnosing CD includes difficulty identifying the often small pituitary ... -
Hannah Arendt and mass evil: A critical examination of Arendt's concepts of banality and Ideology
(NUI Galway, 2020-02-27)ABSTRACT This thesis explicates Hannah Arendt’s understanding of mass evildoing. Arendt’s approach to mass evil is grounded in her analysis of the historical periods of the Third Reich and the Soviet regime under Stalin ... -
Establishing an evidence base for the development of porn literacy interventions for adolescents
(NUI Galway, 2020-02-20)Background In recent years, many claims have been made regarding the impact of pornography on young peoples’ sexual development. Acknowledging the ease of access to pornography, its role as a source of sexual information ... -
Comic books in the digital age: Understanding technological co-existence through post-medium specificity
(NUI Galway, 2020-02-28)Comic books, a rarefied pastime in Western countries, have increasingly become content providers and narrative links in wide transmedia enterprises and have found new audiences through digital channels. This places the ...