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“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 ...
Book Review: Education for All? The Legacy of Free Post-Primary Education in Ireland, edited by Professor Judith Harford
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-11-19)
In July 1963, An Taoiseach, Seán Lemass appeared on the cover of Time Magazine with the title, Ireland: New Spirit in the Auld Sod .
It was international recognition of the dynamism with which the Lemass Government was ...
Discussion paper on Irish language radio broadcasting
(NUI Galway and Mary Immaculate College, UL, 2018-01)
This discussion paper presents the findings of the first phase of an ongoing study into the use of Irish language on the country s radio stations, other than those that broadcast exclusively in Irish. Under broadcasting ...
The challenges of protecting rural coastal communities from climate change impacts. A Case Study: Maharees Conservation Association CLG
(NUI Galway, 2018)
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Mobile health technology interventions for suicide prevention: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
(JMIR Publications, 2018-01-26)
Background: Previous research has reported that two of the major barriers to help-seeking for individuals at risk of suicide are stigma and geographical isolation. Mobile technology offers a potential means of delivering ...
Socio-demographic composition of primary initial teacher education entrants in Ireland
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-10-24)
The homogeneity of the teaching profession is an international, as well as national, phenomenon. In an era of significant demographic change in schools and education policy development in Ireland and across Europe, the ...
In-game motion dynamics provide a means of exploring the cognitive dynamics of deception
(IEEE, 2018-07-15)
User interfaces that produce an immersive and intuitive in-game experience depend on a strong coupling between user input and the motion of game objects. Such user interfaces require a high sensitivity to user movement ...
Contemporary research in Irish education: Volume 5: Book of abstracts of the 7th Annual Postgraduate Research Seminar
(School of Education, NUI Galway, 2018-04-11)
We are delighted to welcome you to the 7th Annual Postgraduate Research Seminar of the School of
Education, NUI Galway. A central part of the School of Education’s recurrent Research Seminar Series,
this annual research ...
Sport, representation, and the commemoration of the 1916 Rising: a new Ireland rises?
(European Federation of Associations and Centres of Irish Studies (EFACIS), the Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies (RIISS) in Aberdeen, and the University of Leuven, 2018-10-24)
Commemoration is part of what defines nations and their configurations; the considerable investment of the Irish state (and various sporting organisations) during 2016 in 1916 commemorations speaks to the importance of ...
Men, women, and not quite non-persons: derivatization in Roxana
(Société d’études anglo-américaines des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, 2018)
This article argues that Roxana exemplifies a peculiarly modern mode of “derivatization”: a form of “ontological reductionism” articulated by Ann J. Cahill in which individuals are diminished to “the reflection, projection, ...