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Family and healthcare professionals' perceptions of a pilot hospice at home programme for children: a qualitative study.
(BMC, 2016-10-28)Background Parents commonly report a significant improvement in quality of life following the provision of hospice and supportive care and have identified a need for such a service in the home. The purpose of this study ... -
FAQs on the effort sharing regulation (ESR) and access to justice
(EJNI: Environmental Justice Network Ireland, 2022-10)The EU Commission in their Communication on Improving Access to Justice 2020 committed to bringing forward access to justice clauses in all new legislative proposals which might concern environmental matters. This was ... -
Faster release of lumen-loaded drugs than matrix-loaded equivalent in polylactic acid/halloysite nanotubes.
(MDPI, 2019-06-15)Nanocomposite-based drug delivery systems with intrinsic controlled release properties are of great interest in biomedical applications. We report a novel polylactic acid (PLA)/halloysite nanotube (HNT) nanocomposite-based ... -
Fear-avoidance following musculoskeletal injury in male adolescent Gaelic footballers
(Human Kinetics, 2020-03-12)Gaelic football participation provides a wealth of benefits but a risk of 4 musculoskeletal injury also exists. Injury is associated with physical consequences, including 5 pain, discomfort, loss of function, time absent ... -
Fear-avoidance following musculoskeletal injury in male adolescent Gaelic footballers.
(Human Kinetics, 2019-03)CONTEXT: Gaelic football participation provides a wealth of benefits but a risk of musculoskeletal injury also exists. Injury is associated with physical consequences, including pain, discomfort, loss of function, time ... -
The feasibility of running an Oktoberfest styled-event in Limerick Institute of Technology
(International Hospitality Research Centre, 2012)This paper is a detailed study of an Oktoberfest-styled event in Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) – The LIT Oktoberfest. The feasibility is determined over a business period of three years. The customer will experience ... -
A federated learning system for optimised environmental control of consecutive areas.
(IADIS, 2019)Building management systems have led to artificially controlled environmental conditions. While new infrastructure will lead to a lower carbon footprint and a better working environment, the costs cannot justify the rewards ... -
Feedback in first year: a landscape snapshot.
(2016)The Y1Feedback project is funded by the Irish National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning under the Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund 2014. At its core, the Y1Feedback project aims to enhance ... -
Feigning Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Through Health-Washing: Gambling Industry Conflicts of Interest in Health Service Provision and Training in Ireland
(Universala Medicina Esperanto Asocio, 2022-08-30)The gambling industry in Ireland, and elsewhere continues to grow. Evidence of the nature and extent of the gambling problem in Ireland has started to emerge. In order to better understand the machinations, tactics and ... -
Fetuin-A as a potential biomarker of metabolic variability following 60 days of bed rest
(Frontiers Media, 2020-10-19)Background: Fetuin-A is a hepatokine linked to the development of insulin resistance. The purpose of this study was to determine if 60 days head-down-tilt (HDT) bed rest increased circulating fetuin-A and if it was linked ... -
Fetuin-A as a potential biomarker of metabolic variability following 60 days of head-down-tilt bed rest
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-06)Physical inactivity and exposure to microgravity can cause a pronounced reduction in whole-body insulin sensitivity, which is influenced by the secretion of proteins from tissues of metabolic importance. Fetuin-A, a novel ... -
Final Year Capstone Group & Individual Assessment
(Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022)The context of the assessment task for this 4th Year Final capstone assessment is based on the widely acclaimed ‘Dragon’s Den’ BBC programme that showcases entrepreneurs' business ideas to investors. The investment for ... -
Financial fair play: can it regulate European club football? An investigation into UEFA’s Financial Fair Play regulations, how they work and its potential success or failure in regulating European club football.
(2013)European club football today has seen a financial trend where wealthy clubs in Europe are making substantial trading losses, spending way beyond their means in order to become successful in European and domestic competition. ... -
Fingerprinting critical therapeutic attributes: overcoming challenges to fulfil commercial potential – Early stages
(Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022)Aim: This research endeavour will determine and evaluate the mechanism of action of a modified coconut oil that has previously shown promising antimicrobial activity against the opportunistic infection, T. rubrum. Background: ... -
FireNet: a specialized lightweight fire & smoke detection model for real-time IoT applications.
(arXiv, 2018-05-28)Fire disasters typically result in lot of loss to life and property. It is therefore imperative that precise, fast, and possibly portable solutions to detect fire be made readily available to the masses at reasonable ... -
First results from the REAL-time transient acquisition backend (REALTA) at the Irish LOFAR station
(ESO/EDP Sciences, 2021-10-28)Modern radio interferometers such as the LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR) are capable of producing data at hundreds of gigabits to terabits per second. This high data rate makes the analysis of radio data cumbersome and ... -
The first year experience of a peer assisted learning program in two institutes of technology in Ireland
(University of Wollongong Australia, 2014)This paper describes a collaborative action research study in which peer assisted learning was deployed simultaneously across a range of disciplines in two institutes of technology in Ireland. The aim of the research was ... -
Fitness profiling of elite level adolescent Gaelic football players.
(National Strength and Conditioning Association, 2013-08)The purpose of this study was to evaluate the anthropometric characteristics and fitness levels of elite level under 18 (U-18) Gaelic football players to establish normative centile scores for selected fitness parameters ... -
Flipping The Classroom To Form A Community Of Learning
(Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022)Summary of Teaching & Learning Context The teaching and learning context applies to law modules with students assigned in groups of four. Each group is required to conduct in depth research in relation to the sections ... -
A flow based architecture for efficient distribution of vehicular information in smart cities
(IEEE, 2019-10-22)The Introduction of the Internet of Things has made the vision of “Smart Cities” a very reachable goal. Aggregating data from a wealth of sensors throughout a city, with the aim of improving quality of life for its ...