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Food for thought: analysing the internal and external school food environment
(Emerald, 2015-02-02)
Purpose - Availability and access to food is a determinant of obesity. The purpose of this paper is to examine food availability within and outside of post-primary schools in Ireland.
Design/methodology/approach - Data on ...
An evaluation of the measurement properties of the five cs model of positive youth development
(Frontiers Media SA, 2015-12-22)
There is growing recognition of the need to develop acceptable measures of adolescent's positive attributes in diverse contexts. The current study evaluated the measurement properties of the Five Cs model of Positive Youth ...
Triggering employee voice under the european information and consultation directive: a non-union case study
(SAGE Publications, 2015-06-18)
The transposition of the 2002/14/EC Directive, establishing a general framework for information and consultation (I&C), has proven contentious in largely voluntarist systems of employment regulation. Receiving particular ...
Different shades of green? unpacking habitual and occasional pro-environmental behavior
(Elsevier BV, 2015-11-01)
Generating a long-term series of sst and chlorophyll-a for the coast of ireland
(Copernicus GmbH, 2015-04-30)
The use of remote sensing has increased greatly in recent years due to technological advances and its advantages in comparison with traditional methods. In the case of Ireland however the use of these techniques is not ...
The influence of partial public reimbursement on vaccination uptake in the older population: a cross-sectional study
(Springer Nature, 2015-02-05)
Background: Flu vaccination is recommended annually for high risk groups. However, in Ireland, free access to vaccination is not universal for those in high risk groups; the vaccine and consultation are only free for those ...
Consideration of coastal risk in the irish spatial planning process
(Elsevier BV, 2015-02-01)
An exploration of strategies used by older people to obtain information about health- and social care services in the community
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2015-09-08)
Purpose To explore the strategies used by older people living in Ireland to obtain information about community health and social services.
Methods A qualitative exploratory design was used. Focus groups (n = 3) were conducted ...
A longitudinal study of amoebic gill disease on a marine atlantic salmon farm utilising a real-time pcr assay for the detection of neoparamoeba perurans
(Inter-Research Science Center, 2015-11-18)
Amoebic gill disease (AGD) is a proliferative gill disease of marine cultured Atlantic salmon Salmo salar, with the free-living protozoan Neoparamoeba perurans being the primary aetiological agent. The increased incidence ...
Effects of seal predation on a modelled marine fish community and consequences for a commercial fishery
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2015-11-14)
We constructed a size- and trait-based dynamic marine community model of the Celtic Sea/Biologically Sensitive Area, including grey seals Halichoerus grypus (Fabricius 1791) and harbour seals Phoca vitulina vitulina (Linnaeus ...