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Academic freedom and the eye of power: the politics and poetics of open enclosures
(Taylor & Francis, 2016-06-13)
Transparency is both a powerful idea and a technology of power associated with accountability, justice and democracy, which opposes the secretive and shadowy power of surveillance wielded by states and corporations. This ...
Tackling homophobic bullying through poetry from the foreign language class: A didactic proposal
(Revistas Científicas Complutenses, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 2016-10-07)
Otherness, of which the homosexual other is a component, is rarely included in syllabi. This
paper will explore the negative implications of its omission, and the benefits of its inclusion in academic
curricula, with ...
The roles of financial threat, social support, work stress and mental distress in dairy farmers' expectations of injury
(Frontiers Media, 2016-06-21)
Farming is dangerous, with fatalities among the highest in any occupation. Farmers often work alone, for long hours, with unreliable equipment and in difficult weather conditions with hazardous chemicals and livestock. In ...
Francis Hutcheson's aesthetics and his critics in Ireland: Charles-Louis de Villette and Edmund Burke
(Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies, University of Aberdeen, 2016)
In his own time as much as in ours, the response to Francis Hutcheson’s
philosophy has concentrated above all on his contribution to moral thought,
especially the articulation of a so-called ‘moral sense’.1 The moral ...
Conscientiousness and mindfulness in midlife coping: An assessment based on MIDUS II
(Wiley, 2016-02-03)
Research has demonstrated that conscientious individuals tend to engage in planful problem solving to cope with stressful situations. Likewise, mindful individuals tend to favour approach-based coping and are less likely ...
Geophysical Survey at Rathcroghan 2010-2012
(Navan Research Group, 2016)
Following an extensive programme of geophysical survey at Rathcroghan published in 2009, five hitherto
unexplored areas were surveyed using magnetic gradiometry in 2010–12. In an area south of Oweynagat a
faint circular ...
Algorithms, social media and mental health
(Society for Computers and Law, 2016-09-28)
Algorithmic identification of mental health characteristics is feasible on the basis of easily available information on social media. Such information can be extracted by algorithmic methods from publicly available ...
'We are all like a family here’: Qualitative insights on the role of youth cafés in supporting the health and well-being of young people
(Children's Research Network, 2016-05)
While there have
been many positive
policy developments
for young people in
Ireland over recent
decades – including
increased access to
and participation in education – issues
related to the well-being of young ...
A protocol for a randomised active-controlled trial to evaluate the effects of an online mindfulness intervention on executive control, critical thinking and key thinking dispositions in a university student sample
(BioMed Central, 2016-04-12)
Background
While most modern research focuses on the clinical benefits of mindfulness, an emerging body of work suggests that mindfulness can facilitate self-regulation of everyday thinking in typically developing ...
Bridging the gap: Using Veerman and Van Yperen's (2007) framework to conceptualise and develop evidence informed practice in an Irish youth work organisation
(2016-04)
While there is considerable support among the policy, practice and academic communities for the idea that practice in youth work should be based on evidence, Veerman and Van Yperen (2007) highlight the fact that little ...