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Poor health and loneliness in later life: the role of depressive symptoms, social resources, and rural environments
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2013-12-10)
Objectives. We draw on cognitive discrepancy theory to hypothesize and test a pathway from poor health to loneliness in later life. We hypothesize that poor health will have a negative influence on social participation and ...
Policy drivers of farm succession and inheritance
(Elsevier BV, 2017-02-01)
Genotypic characterisation and cluster analysis of campylobacter jejuni isolates from domestic pets, human clinical cases and retail food
(Springer Nature, 2011-01-01)
The genetic similarity of Campylobacter jejuni isolates from pets, compared to human clinical cases and retail food isolates collected in Ireland over 2001-2006 was investigated by cluster analysis of pulsed-field gel ...
Talent on demand?
(Emerald, 2010-06-08)
Purpose - As the interest in talent management (TM) gathers momentum, this paper aims to unravel how talent is managed in multinational corporations, what factors mediate the talent management process and what computerised ...
The success story of the eurozone crisis? ireland's austerity measures
(Informa UK Limited, 2014-02-05)
This paper examines the response of the Irish government to the Eurozone fiscal crisis. This paper discusses the external financial assistance programme sought and implemented, economic recovery to date, and the impacts ...
Socio-demographic variations in perspectives on cardiovascular disease and associated risk factors
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 1999-10-01)
Coronary heart disease (CHD) rates in Ireland are very high but little is known about attitudes to the disease. Qualitative attitudinal data were collected in focus group settings from 74 individuals across socio-demographic ...
Destruction of conspecific bioturbation structures by amphiura filiformis (ophiuroida): evidence from luminophore tracers and in situ time-lapse sediment-profile imagery
(Inter-Research Science Center, 2006-06-13)
Bioturbation processes of a dense ophiuroid assemblage were studied by in situ time-lapse sediment-profile imagery (t-SPI) and laboratory tracer-experiments. The burrows of 4 Amphiura fliformis (Ophiuroida) individuals ...
Estimating relationships between air mass origin and chemical composition
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2001-03-01)
Observations of a chemical at a point in the atmosphere typically show sudden transitions between episodes of high and low concentration. Often these are associated with a rapid change in the origin of air arriving at the ...
Variation in the sizes of chthamalid -barnacle post-settlement cyprids on european shores
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2001-12-01)
As part of a wider study on the settlement and recruitment of Chthamalus spp. in Europe, this study investigated whether chthamalid cyprids can be separated by length on a European scale. Variation in cyprid length with ...
Different shades of green? unpacking habitual and occasional pro-environmental behavior
(Elsevier BV, 2015-11-01)