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Attitudes and approaches of Irish retrofit industry professionals towards achieving nearly zero-energy buildings
(Emerald, 2017-04-10)Abstract Purpose There is profound demand for higher skills and expertise in retrofitting the existing building stock of Europe. The delivery of low- or nearly zero-energy retrofits is highly dependent on technical ... -
Attitudes to outcomes measured in clinical trials of cardiovascular prevention
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2015-07-31)Background: Selecting outcome measures in cardiovascular prevention trials should be informed by their importance to selected populations. Major vascular event outcomes are usually prioritized in these trials with considerably ... -
Attraction and love in schoolchildren in Ireland - Pilot
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Attributional style and depressive symptoms in a male prison sample
(Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-02-14)The reformulated learned helplessness model proposes that people who tend to make internal, stable, and global attributions in response to uncontrollable aversive events are more likely to develop depression. The present ... -
An atypical and functionally diverse family of Kunitz-type cysteine/serine proteinase inhibitors secreted by the helminth parasite Fasciola hepatica.
(Nature Research, 2020-11-26)Fasciola hepatica is a global parasite of humans and their livestock. Regulation of parasite-secreted cathepsin L-like cysteine proteases associated with virulence is important to fine-tune parasite-host interaction. We ... -
Atypical behavioural effects of lorazepam: Clues to the design of novel therapies?
(Elsevier, 2010-04)Aside from their pharmacokinetic properties, e.g. their speed of action and the duration of residual effects, benzodiazepines are still considered as equivalent in terms of their effects on cognition. Here we review evidence ... -
Atypical right hemispheric functioning in the euthymic state of bipolar affective disorder
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Audio frequency in vivo optical coherence elastography
(IOP Publishing, 2009-05-06)We present a new approach to optical coherence elastography (OCE), which probes the local elastic properties of tissue by using optical coherence tomography to measure the effect of an applied stimulus in the audio frequency ... -
Audio quality assessment techniques—a review, and recent developments
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Audiovisual translation in language teaching and learning
(Routledge, 2018-09-06)This chapter explores the use of AVT in language teaching and learning. It begins with a historical overview exploring the benefits of presenting language students with subtitled video material, and experimenting with ... -
An audit of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in children
(RCN Publishing, 2012-09-11)Frieda Clinton and colleagues present a study at one children’s cancer centre into the use and effectiveness of anti-emetics for patients receiving chemotherapy An audit was conducted of the management of chemotherapy-induced ... -
Audit quality threatening behaviours: perceptions of auditees
(Irish Accounting and Finance Association, 2015)Previous research has found that audit staff engage in audit quality threatening behaviours (QTB). Auditee personnel interact with audit staff during fieldwork, and their perceptions of QTB are reported in this paper. ... -
Auditing best practice for effective product innovation management
(Science Direct, 2004-10)Over the past number of years, researchers and industrialists have recognised the need for and the importance of developing approaches to enhance competitive advantage in new product development. However, the product ... -
Augmentation of endogenous cannabinoid tone modulates lipopolysaccharide-induced alterations in circulating cytokine levels in rats
(Blackwell, 2008-10)The endogenous cannabinoid system plays an important role in regulating the immune system. Modulation of endogenous cannabinoids represents an attractive alternative for the treatment of inflammatory disorders. This study ... -
Augmentation of endogenous cannabinoid tone modulates lipopolysaccharide-induced alterations in circulating cytokine levels in rats
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2008-10-01)The endogenous cannabinoid system plays an important role in regulating the immune system. Modulation of endogenous cannabinoids represents an attractive alternative for the treatment of inflammatory disorders. This study ... -
Augmenting home exercise programmes in multiple sclerosis with 'exercise buddies' : A pilot study
(Mark Allen Healthcare, 2017-02-21)Background: Non-ambulatory people with multiple sclerosis comprise 25% of the multiple sclerosis population. Literature reviews show insufficient evidence exists regarding physiotherapy for this population. A qualitative ... -
Augmenting Social Media Items with Metadata using Related Web Content
(2012-01-23)The Web has shifted from a read-only medium where most users were solely consumers of information, to an interactive medium where collaborative technologies allow anyone to publish or edit content. In this environment, ... -
Austerity and Irish local government expenditure since the Great Recession
(Sciendo, 2018-12-31)This paper sets out to establish the extent of austerity in the Irish local government system during and after the Great Recession. Austerity is measured by the adjusted change in local government expenditure from peak to ... -
Austerity as retrogression: The rights to adequate housing and social security in the United Kingdom and Ireland
(NUI Galway, 2024-02-13)Austerity measures adopted by State Parties since 2008 had a detrimental impact on social housing and welfare, deteriorating the enjoyment of the rights to housing and social security under the International Covenant ...