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Assessing good-practice frameworks for the development of sustainable energy communities in europe: lessons from denmark and ireland
(International Centre for Sustainable Development of Water, 2016-09-01)This paper presents findings from initial fieldwork studies of sustainable energy community development methodologies in two islands in Denmark and one rural village in Ireland. The main goals of this study were to determine ... -
Assessing ISO 18404 standard applicability in the service sector: a qualitative study
(Emerald, 2024-01-18)This research aims to establish the applicability of the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) 18404 standard to the service sector, identify any required amendments and identify the critical success factors ... -
Assessing life design and evaluating its impact on the learning experience: A conceptual overview and emergent framework based on the Designing Futures Programme at University of Galway, Ireland
(University of Galway, 2023-06-14)In complex and challenging times, with the increasing imperative to advance the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, comes the call for new pedagogical approaches, which move education from a transactional to a reciprocal ... -
Assessing methods to specify the target difference for a randomised controlled trial: delta (difference elicitation in trials) review
(National Institute for Health Research, 2014-01-01)Background: The randomised controlled trial (RCT) is widely considered to be the gold standard study for comparing the effectiveness of health interventions. Central to the design and validity of a RCT is a calculation of ... -
Assessing public preferences for integrated multi-trophic aquaculture
(NUI Galway, 2020-05-05)The global aquaculture industry demonstrates consistently high growth rates, yet growth of the European industry is lagging. The European Union expressed a dual approach to develop European aquaculture; aiming to increase ... -
Assessing sobriety and successful membership of Alcoholics Anonymous
(Informa Healthcare, 2003-02)This study aimed to identify appropriate measures of successful membership of Alcoholics Anonymous and to investigate membership patterns and perceptions of sobriety across sociodemographic categories of AA membership. -
Assessing the community development-family support relationship: an exploratory examination of projects & programmes in the West of Ireland
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Assessing the effectiveness of a ‘site visit’ on recruitment rates in a multicentre randomised trial: swat-1
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Assessing the efficacy of first-aid measures in physalia sp. envenomation, using solution- and blood agarose-based models
(MDPI AG, 2017-04-26)Stings from the hydrozoan species in the genus Physalia cause intense, immediate skin pain and elicit serious systemic effects. There has been much scientific debate about the most appropriate first aid for these stings, ... -
Assessing the Empirical Performance of the DSGE models in the lead up to the Crisis
(2013)The global financial crisis has sparked renewed debate over the state of macroeconomic modeling, particularly in the lead up to the 2008/2009 Great Recession. The standard workhorse of macroeconomic modeling, the Dynamic ... -
Assessing the geographic representativity of farm accountancy data
(MDPI AG, 2013-02-06)The environment affects agriculture, via soils, weather, etc. and agriculture affects the environment locally at farm level and via its impact on climate change. Locating agriculture within its spatial environment is thus ... -
Assessing the impact of an ageing population on complication rates and in-patient length of stay
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Assessing the Impact of Pensions Policy Reform in Ireland: the Case of Increasing the Pension Age
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2004)Although demographic ageing will affect Ireland later than many EU countries, by 2050 it will result in significant pressures on the public pension system. Recent reform in Ireland has attempted to address these pressures ... -
Assessing the impact of wastewater treatment plant effluent on the norovirus contamination of shellfisheries
(2014)Norovirus (NoV) is the most common cause of viral gastroenteritis in the developed world. The discharge of Wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluent to the marine environment has implications for the virus quality of ... -
Assessing the long-term impact and legacy of truth commissions
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Assessing the microbial oxidative stress mechanism of ozone treatment through the responses of escherichia coli mutants
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2011-05-13)Aims: To investigate the effect of the oxidative stress of ozone on the microbial inactivation, cell membrane integrity and permeability and morphology changes of Escherichia coli. Methods and Results: Escherichia coli BW ... -
Assessing the pay communication, knowledge and satisfaction of exempt employees at Medtronic Vascular
(NUI Galway, 2009-04-01)Medtronic Vascular is a US-based multinational that develops technologies to provide lifelong solutions for people with chronic diseases. Over 2,000 people are employed in Ireland with most of the company’s employees ... -
Assessing the performance of eight real-time updating models and procedures for the brosna river
(Copernicus GmbH, 2005-10-07)The flow forecasting performance of eight updating models, incorporated in the Galway River Flow Modelling and Forecasting System (GFMFS), was assessed using daily data (rainfall, evaporation and discharge) of the Irish ... -
Assessing the predictions of a NOx kinetic mechanism on recent hydrogen and syngas experimental data
(Elsevier, 2017-05-02)A detailed chemical kinetic mechanism has been developed to describe the pyrolysis and oxidation of the hydrogen/NOx and syngas/NOx systems. The thermodynamic data of nitrogenous compounds have been updated based on the ...