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Defining corporate energy policy and strategy to achieve carbon emissions reduction in non-energy intensive multi-site industrial organisations
(University of Maribor Press, 2017-07-05)Research on the components and characteristics of long-term energy policy and strategies in large organisations is limited. Non-energy intensive multinationals do not face the environmental regulations required by their ... -
A systematic decision support framework and prioritization method for energy projects in industrial organisations
(University of Maribor Press, 2017-07-05)This paper describes a decision support framework to help industrial organisations make positive investment decisions on energy performance improvement projects. It is intended as a simple and repeatable approach for ... -
Inflammatory-environment interactions as an approach to modelling Parkinson's disease
(2017-09-22)It has been over 50 years since the first demonstration that levodopa was capable of reversing the motor dysfunction associated with Parkinson’s disease. In the intervening decades, although levodopa has remained the most ... -
Bioreactor scalability: laboratory-scale bioreactor design influences performance, ecology, and community physiology in expanded granular sludge bed bioreactors
(Frontiers Media, 2017)Studies investigating the feasibility of new, or improved, biotechnologies, such as wastewater treatment digesters, inevitably start with laboratory-scale trials. However, it is rarely determined whether laboratory-scale ... -
Consuming distance or (all) consuming work? The case of telework
(Routledge, 2014)The reality of anthropogenic climate change and the consequences for society and environment is of growing concern to many worldwide. Sustainable Development - development which addresses existing human needs while ... -
Methods and techniques employed to monitor and manage carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) induced seismicity
(GNS Science, 2016)This report discusses the topic of induced seismicity resulting from the operations of subsurface CO2 injection at Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) sites. The potential for induced seismicity to occur in CCS projects is ... -
MISFITS: Lego, Wool, Art, Equations agus Seanfhocail: Professional Development Pilot –a living teaching portfolio initiative
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Determination of survival of wildtype and mutant Escherichia coli in soil
(Bio-protocol, 2017-07-20)E. coli resides in the gastrointestinal tract of humans and other warm-blooded animals but recent studies have shown that E. coli can persist and grow in various external environments including soil. The general stress ... -
'No Good Days But The Present Ones?' Readers' Letters to Woman's Way 1963-69
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Investigating Irish antiquarianism: A comparative study of Protestant and Catholic antiquarian cultures, 1830-1876
(2017-09-15)The aim of this study is to investigate the differences in and similarities between Protestant and Catholic antiquarian cultures in Ireland in the period 1830 to 1876. The thesis demonstrates that there were notable ... -
Career motivations of student teachers in the Republic of Ireland: continuity and change during educational reform and 'Boom to Bust' economic times
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The use of neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) as part of the postoperative care regime in orthopaedic patients
(2017-09-14)Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) is an extremely beneficial procedure carried out primarily as a treatment for end-stage knee osteoarthritis to improve both quality of life and physical functioning. Limitations in physical ... -
Emotional eating: feeding and fearing feelings - what psychologists need to know
(The Psychological Society of Ireland, 2017-06)This article reviews the psychological theories of emotional eating and introduces to a little known model, Affect Phobia, which combines both learning and psychodynamic theory -
‘Harry Potter is funny’. The tricky task of translating humour and character voices into Spanish
(Association for Language Learming, 2012-05-04)In 2003 the highlight of the International Federation of Translators conference was their UNESCO Literary Translators Committee Round Table devoted to the translators of J.K. Rowling’s work as contributors to her popularity. ... -
Ireland and Biafra: hunger, history, politics and public opinion
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Using drug similarities for discovery of possible adverse reactions
(AMIA, 2017-02-10)We propose a new computational method for discovery of possible adverse drug reactions. The method consists of two key steps. First we use openly available resources to semi-automatically compile a consolidated data set ... -
The moral dimension of third world development
(Irish Province of the Society of Jesus, 1997)The 1987 Encyclical of Pope John Paul II, Solicitudo Rei Socialis is a most remarkable statement on the problem of development, particularly in relation to the Third World. While following the tradition of the social ... -
Economic well-being in the Ballymote rural area: myth and reality
(Irish Province of the Society of Jesus, 1996)Despite the many negative indicators such as falling population and high emigration which are characteristic of the Northwest, the town of Ballymote appears to be booming. In explaining this apparent contradiction, ...