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Age verification of boarfish (capros aper) in the northeast atlantic
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2011-11-01)The boarfish (Capros aper) is a pelagic species of recent interest to the fishing industry, with landings increasing by >500% over the past 3 years. The objective of the study was to provide a method for age ... -
Age-related changes in platelet function are more profound in women than in men
(Springer Nature, 2015-07-16)Age is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), however the effect of age on platelet function remains unclear. Ideally, platelet function should be assayed under flow and shear conditions that occur in vivo. Our ... -
Age-related task sensitivity of frontal EEG entropy during encoding predicts retrieval
(Springer, 2013)Age-related declines in memory may be due in part to changes in the complexity of neural activity in the aging brain. Electrophysiological entropy provides an accessible measure of the complexity of ongoing neural activity. ... -
Ageing in changing community contexts: cross-border perspectives from rural Ireland and Northern Ireland
(2012)Ongoing demographic, social, economic and cultural changes point to the dynamic and continually changing contexts of rural areas in Ireland and Northern Ireland. However, the influence of such changes on the lives of older ... -
Ageing octopods from stylets: development of a technique for permanent preparations
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2010-05-25)Previous attempts at ageing octopods from stylets have relied on preparations that deteriorate with time. Some techniques require an immediate photographic record, others allow real-time enumeration but do not provide a ... -
Ageism in health policy.
(Institute of Public Administration, 2004-05-01)This paper explores the extent to which health policy in Ireland can be said to be ageist. Following the identification of key pieces of legislation and related polcy and strategy documents, the documents were reviewed, ... -
Aggregating partitions
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2011-02)Consider the following social choice problem. A group of individuals seek to partition a finite set X into two subsets. The individuals may disagree over the partition and an aggregation rule is applied to determine a ... -
Aggregation of binary evaluations: a borda-like approach
(Springer Nature, 2015-09-10)We characterize a rule for aggregating binary evaluations-equivalently, dichotomous weak orders-similar in spirit to the Borda rule from the preference aggregation literature. The binary evaluation framework was introduced ... -
Aggregation of nanoparticles on one and two-component bilayer membranes
(AIP Publishing, 2014)Using dissipative particle dynamics simulations the aggregation of nanoparticles on single and two-component bilayers is investigated. For a uniform bilayer the aggregation of nanoparticlesdepends strongly on the location ... -
Agile Practices in Use from an Innovation Assimilation Perspective: a Multiple Case Study
(2007)Agile methods have been adopted by many information systems development (ISD) teams and organizations in recent years. However, while agile method research is growing, many studies lack a strong theoretical and conceptual ... -
Agile practices: the impact on trust in software project teams
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Agility from first principles: reconstructing the concept of agility in information systems development
(Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS), 2009-09)Awareness and use of agile methods has grown rapidly among the information systems development (ISD) community in recent years. Like most previous methods, the development and promotion of these methods have been almost ... -
The aging contemporary: Aging families and generational connections in Irish writing
(Cambridge University Press, 2020-09)In a youth-driven society such as Ireland, older adults may well find themselves marginalized by institutionalized ageism and figured as outsiders in the cultural imagination. Rather than static concepts of age, however, ... -
Agreement and conversion formula between mini-mental state examination and montreal cognitive assessment in an outpatient sample
(Baishideng Publishing Group Inc., 2016-01-01)AIM To explore the agreement between the mini-mental state examination (MMSE) and montreal cognitive assessment (MoCA) within community dwelling older patients attending an old age psychiatry service and to derive and test ... -
Agricultural anaerobic digestion power plants in Ireland and Germany: policy and practice
(Wiley, 2016-08-24)The process of anaerobic digestion (AD) is valued as a carbon-neutral energy source, while simultaneously treating organic waste, making it safer for disposal or use as a fertilizer on agricultural land. The AD process in ... -
Agricultural Biodiversity and Land Fragmentation: the case of Bulgaria
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2008)This paper presents an empirical analysis of the role of land fragmentation, crop biodiversity and their interplay with farm profitability. Original primary date are drawn from a survey conducted in Bulgaria. We present ... -
Agricultural entrepreneurs as entrepreneurial partners in land use management: a policy-based characterization
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1999)An organizational economic analysis of the agricultural enterprise illustrates that agricultural entrepreneurs are not the independent capitalist entrepreneurs they are often assumed to be. This paper offers an alternative ... -
Agricultural policy and land tenure in an Irish marginal country
(Geographical Society of Ireland, 1988)This paper has a twofold objective. Firstly, recent land policy both at EEC and Irish government levels is evaluated from the perspective of the small family farm in County Lcitrim. one of Ireland's most marginal farming ... -
Agriculture land-use effects on nutrient losses in west tiaoxi watershed, china
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2004-12-01)Five types of land use/land covers in the West Tiaoxi watershed of China were studied for nutrient losses in artificial rainstorm runoff. A self-designed rainfall simulator was used. In situ rainfall simulations were used ...