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Characterising and evaluating online communities from live microblogging user interactions
(NUI Galway, 2018-07-03)
Microblogging (mainly represented by Twitter) is
a type of social media that focuses on fast open real-time
communication using short messages between users and their
followers. This system is attractive due to its open ...
Privacy, security and policies: A review of problems and solutions with semantic web technologies
(IOS Press, 2018)
Semantic Web technologies aim to simplify the distribution, sharing and exploitation of information and knowledge,
across multiple distributed actors on the Web. As with all technologies that manipulate information, there ...
Effect of sodium glucose co-transporter-2 inhibition on the Aldosterone/Renin Ratio in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
(Thieme Publishing, 2018-12-06)
The aldosterone to renin ratio (ARR) is recommended for case detection of primary aldosteronism (PA). Several factors including medications can undermine its diagnostic accuracy. The objective was to explore the effect of ...
A retrospective study of the Meitheal model
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2018-07)
This report presents findings on a retrospective study of the experiences of parents1
and Lead
Practitioners who participated in Meitheals initiated prior to 2017. This is complementary to the Meitheal
Process and ...
Defining reference intervals for a serum growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15) assay in a Caucasian population and its potential utility in diabetic kidney disease (DKD).
(De Gruyter, 2018-09-15)
BACKGROUND:
Growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15), a stress responsive cytokine, is a promising biomarker of renal functional decline in diabetic kidney disease (DKD). This study aimed primarily to establish normative ...
Factors influencing the development of empathy and pro-social behaviour among adolescents: A systematic review
(Elsevier, 2018-07-25)
Research has indicated that empathy and prosocial responding are associated with numerous emotional, psychological and social benefits. However, although adolescence is recognised as a key period for prosocial development, ...
A comparison of emotion annotation approaches for text
(MDPI, 2018-05-11)
While the recognition of positive/negative sentiment in text is an established task with many standard data sets and well developed methodologies, the recognition of a more nuanced affect has received less attention: there ...
Where to search top-K biomedical ontologies?
(Oxford University Press, 2018-03-20)
Motivation
Searching for precise terms and terminological definitions in the biomedical data space is problematic, as researchers find overlapping, closely related and even equivalent concepts in a single or multiple ...
Towards a crowd-sourced WordNet for colloquial English
(The Global WordNet Association, 2018-01-08)
Princeton WordNet is one of the most
widely-used resources for natural language
processing, but is updated only infrequently
and cannot keep up with the
fast-changing usage of the English language
on social media ...
Supporting youth civic engagement: Supranational and national policy frameworks in comparative perspective
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, National University of Ireland Galway, 2018-04)
Over the past half-century, and particularly since the adoption of the United Nations Convention
of the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), there have been both increased attention and shifting policy
orientations towards ...