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Conflict and chaos: a case study of Ireland's Covid-19 outbound travel market
(WSB University in Poznań, 2021)During the COVID-19 pandemic the international outbound travel market from Ireland collapsed, declining at one point by 94%. This case study paper explores the environment which framed the collapse in travel, positioning ... -
The ‘connectaholic’ behind the curtain: medical student use of computer devices in the clinical setting and the influence of patients.
(BMC, 2019)Background: The use of mobile devices such as tablets and laptops by students to support their learning is now ubiquitous. The clinical setting is an environment, which lends itself to the use of mobile devices as students ... -
Connecting the Person by Removing the Stigma: Why Ireland Should Follow the Portuguese Model of Drug Decriminalisation
(South Eastern European Journal of Public Health, 2022-07-26)The decriminalisation of drugs and how it can impact addiction, crime and mental health is a subject that inspires global interest and debate. Much has been written about the positive outcomes of decriminalisation from a ... -
Considering the relationship between research and practice in technology education: a perspective on future research endeavours.
(Design and Technology Association, 2019-07)Technology subjects are a relatively recent addition to the discipline offerings at postprimary level, and have a short but interesting history in terms of associated educational research. In this paper, an overview of ... -
A container-based edge cloud PaaS architecture based on Raspberry Pi Clusters.
(IEEE, 2016-08)Cloud technology is moving towards multi-cloud environments with the inclusion of various devices. Cloud and IoT integration resulting in so-called edge cloud and fog computing has started. This requires the combination ... -
Containers and clusters for edge cloud architectures - a technology review.
(IEEE, 2015-10-26)Cloud technology is moving towards more distribution across multi-clouds and the inclusion of various devices, as evident through IoT and network integration in the context of edge cloud and fog computing. Generally, ... -
The context aware security policy language for Zero Trust Network
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-06)With the development of the pervasive computing, the number of devices accessing to network is increasing. Though this condition brings us a more convenient and intelligent lifestyle, accompanying with it is the higher ... -
Continuous affect prediction using eye gaze and speech.
(IEEE, 2017-12)Affective computing research traditionally focused on labeling a person's emotion as one of a discrete number of classes e.g. happy or sad. In recent times, more attention has been given to continuous affect prediction ... -
The contribution of Gaelic football participation to physical activity in Irish youth
(Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest, 2022-03)Background: Physical activity (PA) provides a range of health benefits for adolescents. However, approximately 80% of adolescents internationally fail to meet the PA guidelines. Organised sport (OS) participation is ... -
The contribution of Gaelic football participation to youth physical activity levels.
(JSSM, 2020-12-01)The primary aim of this study was to describe the contribution of Gaelic football participation to youth physical activity (PA) levels. Secondary aims were to objectively quantify the overall daily PA levels of participants ... -
Convergence of machine learning and robotics communication in collaborative assembly: mobility, connectivity and future perpectives.
(Springer, 2019-10-16)Collaborative assemblies of robots are promising the next generation of robot applications by ensuring that safe and reliable robots work collectively toward a common goal. To maintain this collaboration and harmony, ... -
Conversations on an emergent professional network: a personal reflection on the background, development and sustainability of the Educational Developers in Ireland Network (EDIN).
(EDIN, 2013)The purpose of this chapter is to capture an oral history of the Educational Developers in Ireland Network (EDIN), which was established in 2002, and to provide a snapshot of the Network as it is currently in 2012-13. ... -
Cooking and food skills confidence of team sport athletes in Ireland
(Wiley on behalf of British Nutrition Association, 2023-07-12)Nutritional support often focuses on cooking and food skills such as food selection, recipe planning and meal preparation. Individuals with greater cooking and food skills confidence have previously displayed higher diet ... -
Cooperative industrial multi robot system using multi agent reinforcement learning
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-06)This poster describes the research definition process for thisearly stage PhD. Our goal is to investigate the feasibility of using multi-agent deep learning (MADRL) as an approach for solving cooperative multi robot system ... -
The correlation between sustainable plastic adoption and business sustainability in the food packaging sector
(Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022)Ireland is producing the most plastic waste per person in Europe (Statista Research Department, 2021). Approximately 40 % of all plastic produced in Ireland goes to the food packaging sector (EESC, 2020). In order to ... -
Corrosion resistant reinforcement for sustainable bridges and underground structures.
(ICSECM, 2013-12)Bridge decks and underground service structures are often exposed to extreme environmental conditions where structural damage due to corrosion is a common phenomenon. This results in reduced service life and expensive ... -
Costing pressure ulcer care in an Irish acute care setting: a feasibility study
(Wiley, 2021-11)Objective: To test the feasibility of using a standardised data collection tool to estimate the cost of stage 2–4 pressure ulcer (PU) care within an acute care setting. Method: Data on resource use and cost were ... -
Could inversion improve your decision-making?
(Psychology Today, 2023-07-27)Inversion thinking asks us to mentally simulate a scenario in which our answer/solution is incorrect. Working backward, like reverse engineering, is a common method used in problem-solving. Considering what makes a ... -
Countermovement jump characteristics of world-class elite and sub-elite male sprinters.
(SPSR, 2020-06-23)World-class 100m sprinters need a combination of exceptional acceleration, maximum-velocity and speed endurance; each of which are dictated by their own complex interplay of physiological and biomechanical factors [1]. ... -
Creating spaces for relational reflexivity in social care education
(2018)This research sets out to explore how social care training might embrace more relationally reflexive learning processes within existing course provision, to assist students for practice in social care contexts.