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Estimating Catchment Area Population Indicators Using Network Analysis
(Taylor & Francis, 2008-11)This paper proposes an approach to estimating catchment area population indicators (CAPIs) using geographic information system (GIS)-based network analysis. Specifically, it considers how 'GeoDirectory', a geodatabase ... -
Estimating the extra cost of living for people with disabilities
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2010-06-09)Addressing the extra economic costs of disability is a logical step towards alleviating elements of social exclusion for people with disabilities. This study estimates the long-run economic cost of disability in Ireland ... -
EU Bewildered by Ireland's Attitude to Peacekeeping Force for Macedonia
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EUREEKA: Deepening the Semantic Web by More Efficient Emergent Knowledge Representation and Processing
(CEUR-WS, 2008)One of the major Semantic Web challenges is the knowledge acquisition bottleneck. New content on the web is produced much faster than the respective machine readable annotations, while a scalable knowledge extraction ... -
Evaluating the impact of membership of Active Retirement Ireland on the lives of older people
(Active Retirement Ireland, 2012-11)The purpose of the current independent evaluation is to assess o what extent is Active Retirement Ireland achieving its central aim of encouraging healthier lifestyles and enhancing well-being? Specific objectives are to ... -
Evaluation of a Human Factors Analysis and Classification System as Used by Simulated Mishap Boards
(2011)O'CONNOR P, WALKER P. Evaluation of a Human Factors Analysis and Classification System as used by simulated mishap boards. Aviat Space Environ Med 2011; 82:44-8.Background: The reliability of the Department of Defense Human ... -
Evaluation of a human factors analysis and classification system as used by simulated mishap boards.
(2011)Background: The reliability of the Department of Defense Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (DOD-HFACS) has been examined when used by individuals working alone to classify the causes of summary, or partial, ... -
Evaluation of a human factors analysis and classification system as used by trained raters.
(2010-10)In this study 22 military officers used DOD-HFACS to classify information obtained from an interview with an individual who had been involved in an aviation incident in which the potential for serious injury had been high. -
Evaluation of a novel PCR based diagnostic assay for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum specimens
(ACM, 1996-06-18)We report on a PCR-based assay we have developed for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum samples. One hundred sputum specimens, which included 34 culture-positive and 66 culture-negative specimens, were ... -
Evaluation of a novel real-time PCR test based on the ssrA gene for the identification of group B streptococci in vaginal swabs.
(2009)Despite the implementation of prevention guidelines, early-onset group B streptococci (GBS) disease remains a cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. Strategies to identify women who are at risk of transmitting ... -
Evaluation of cartilage repair by mesenchymal stem cells seeded on a PEOT/PBT scaffold in an osteochondral defect
(Springer Verlag, 2015-01-15)The main objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a mesenchymal stem cell (MSC)-seeded polyethylene-oxide-terephthalate/polybutylene-terephthalate (PEOT/PBT) scaffold for cartilage tissue repair in an ... -
Evaluation of drug loading capacity and release characteristics of PEDOT/naproxen system: Effect of doping ions
(Elsevier, 2018-09-08)Conducting polymers are versatile and robust materials that have recently become attractive as controlled drug delivery systems. Possessing ion exchangeable properties, they can serve as carriers for numerous biologically ... -
Evaluation of Semantic and Social Technologies for Digital Libraries
(2008)Libraries are the tools we use to learn and to answer our questions. The quality of our work depends, among others, on the quality of the tools we use. Recently, the semantic web and social networking technologies are ... -
An evaluation of SPARQL federation engines over multiple endpoints
(NUI Galway, 2018-04-23)Due to decentralized and linked architecture underlying Linking Data, running complex queries often require collecting data from multiple RDF datasets. The optimization of the runtime of such queries, called federated ... -
Evaluation of Technology Term Recognition with Random Indexing
(2014)In this paper, we propose a method that combines the principles of automatic term recognition and the distributional hypothesis to identify technology terms from a corpus of scientific publications. We employ the ... -
An evaluation of the Bealtaine festival: a celebration of older people in the arts.
(Age and Opportunity, 2008-04)This evaluation assesses the contribution of the Bealtaine festival, celebrating creativity in older age, to promoting the participation of older people in the arts in Ireland, and to improving the health and well-being ... -
Evaluation of the early in vivo response of a functionally graded macroporous scaffold in an osteochondral defect in a rabbit model
(Springer Verlag, 2015-10-05)Cartilage tissue engineering is a multifactorial problem requiring a wide range of material property requirements from provision of biological cues to facilitation of mechanical support in load-bearing diarthrodial joints. ... -
An Evaluation of the Educational Action Research (EAR) Project Athlone
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An Evaluation of the Educational Action Research (EAR) Project, Athlone
(Child and Family Research Centre, National University of Ireland, Galway, 2009-01)Athlone Community Taskforce (ACT) established the Educational Action Research (EAR) Project in 2005 to strengthen the ability of young people in the Athlone area to make a successful transition from primary to post-primary school -
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Barnardos Wizards of Words Reading Programme.
(Barnardo's, 2013)[no abstract available]