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Bullying and work-related stress in the Irish workplace
(MDPI, 2019-02-13)Work-related stress is increasing in prevalence, with important consequences for employees, employers, the economy, and wider society. While previous research has identified a link between work-related stress and bullying, ... -
Bullying others among schoolchildren in Ireland. HBSC Ireland Research Factsheet No. 9.
(HBSC Ireland, 2012)HBSC Ireland 2010 has found that 16.5% of schoolchildren in Ireland report having bullied others at school (22.3% of boys and 10.4% of girls), representing a decrease since 2006 (22.0%). The percentage of boys that have ... -
Bumblebee colony development following chronic exposure to field-realistic levels of the neonicotinoid pesticide thiamethoxam under laboratory conditions
(Springer Nature, 2017-08-14)Neonicotinoid pesticides are used in agriculture to reduce damage from crop pests. However, beneficial insects such as bees can come into contact with these pesticides when foraging in treated areas, with potential ... -
Bumblebee colony development following chronic exposure to field-realistic levels of the neonicotinoid pesticide thiamethoxam under laboratory conditions
(Nature Publishing Group, 2017-08-20)Neonicotinoid pesticides are used in agriculture to reduce damage from crop pests. However, beneficial insects such as bees can come into contact with these pesticides when foraging in treated areas, with potential ... -
Bumblebee learning and memory is impaired by chronic exposure to a neonicotinoid pesticide.
(Nature Publishing Group, 2015-11-16)Bumblebees are exposed to pesticides applied for crop protection while foraging on treated plants, with increasing evidence suggesting that this sublethal exposure has implications for pollinator declines. The challenges ... -
Bumping into classroom walls: How to win the timed race of language learning in the university classroom
(Peter LangAuthor’s accepted manuscript (AAM), not the definitive, published version of record of the chapter. “All rights reserved.”, 2014)Departing from student-led evaluations of Spanish classrooms in a university in Canada a few years ago, this chapter focuses on the conditions that space and time impose on our contemporary university classrooms. In ... -
Bunú Choláiste na gCeithre Máistrí
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Burden of chronic kidney disease and rapid decline in renal function among adults attending a hospital-based diabetes center in Northern Europe
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2021-06-14)Introduction This study aimed to determine the prevalence of diabetic kidney disease (DKD) and rapid renal function decline and to identify indices associated with this decline among adults attending a diabetes center in ... -
Bureaucracy, agency, elites and social critique
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Burial of a child's remains: Resolving parental disputes
(Law Week Limited, 2013-02-28)A dispute between parents as to where or how to dispose of their child's remains may seem too tragic to countenance. However, it can occur, understandably, where two parents live far apart (in different countries even), ... -
Burnout and counterproductive workplace behaviours among frontline hospitality employees: the effect of perceived contract precarity.
(Emerald, 2022-08-12)Purpose: This study aims to investigate affective commitment (ACS) and leader¿member exchange (LMX) as resources mitigating against burnout and counterproductive work behaviours (CWBs) in the hospitality sector, and ... -
“Bury don’t discuss”: The help-seeking behaviour of family members affected by substance-use disorders
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2018-04-10)The impact of substance-use disorders on families is well documented in the literature, with families experiencing physical, emotional and psychological stress. Also documented is the perceived stigma experienced by those ... -
Business capability-centric management of services and processes models
(2017-01-11)With the advent of Industry 4.0, more and more companies are actively working on digitising their assets (i.e., services, processes, etc.) for better control, collaboration, modularity, analysis, etc. By 2020 more than 80% ... -
Business Modelling to Support the Development of Integrated Process Support Systems in the Extended Enterprise
(1999)Recent years have witnessed rapid advances in the areas of Business Process Reengineering(BPR) and Software Engineering. In order for BPR to work, successful deployment of Information Technology is imperative, with the ... -
Business sustainability methodology for European manufacturing SMEs
(IST Press, 2011-06-28)SMEs find it difficult to deal with environmental issues due mainly to their limited resources in terms of money, people and time. Our research also identified other barriers to engaging SMEs in environmental improvement ... -
‘But you don’t look Irish’: identity constructions of minority ethnic students as ‘non-Irish’ and deficient learners at school in ireland
(Taylor & Francis, 2021-05-18)Ireland’s schooling population has significantly diversified in the last 15 years. Despite the growing body of research on migrant and minority ethnic students’ experiences, we still know relatively little about their ... -
Button holes: novel deepithelialization technique in reduction mammaplasty
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Buttressing staples with cholecyst-derived extracellular matrix (cem) reinforces staple lines in an ex vivo peristaltic inflation model
(Springer Nature, 2008-05-06)Background Staple line leakage and bleeding are the most common problems associated with the use of surgical staplers for gastrointestinal resection and anastomotic procedures. These complications can be reduced by reinforcing ... -
By hook or by crook: Designing physics video hooks with a modified ADDIE framework
(Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), 2020-10)This paper delineates the specific design strategy used in the creation of physics video hooks over the course of an eight-week project. A hook is an instructional technique which stimulates student attention (Hunter, 1994; ...