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The event of space: geographic allusions in the phenomenological tradition
(SAGE Publications, 1998-02)n this essay I analyse the role of space in key texts belonging to the tradition of phenomenology. Starting from the assumption that phenomenology is uniquely positioned to answer the epistemological challenges posed by ... -
Eververse data
(Zenodo, 2020-11-24)Eververse was a yearlong project (2019-20) which synthesised perspectives from the humanities and sciences to develop critical and creative explorations of poetry and poetic identity in the digital age. Deploying tools and ... -
Everyday creativity on a university campus: crafting a challenge to journey beyond the formal
(NUI Galway, 2017-08-23)This paper reports on an initiative to encourage staff, students and the wider community of an Irish university to engage in open, daily creative challenges, mediated by technology. The aim was to encourage creativity as ... -
Evidence for 40-Hz oscillatory short-term visual memory revealed by human reaction-time measurements
(American Psychological Association, 2000-05)Four experiments show that presentation of a synchronous premask frame within a 40-Hz, flickering premask matrix primes subsequent detection of a Kanizsa-type square by generation of a 40-Hz prime. Reaction time (RT) priming ... -
Evidence for impaired integration-segmentation processes and slowed synchrony coding in dyslexics
(Pabst Science Publishers, 2001)Using a primed figure-detection task we were able to reveal the existence of two distinct groups of dyslexics. One group is characterized by a significant impairment of visual integration-segmentation processes, resulting ... -
Evidence for impaired visuo-perceptual organization in developmental dyslexics and its relation to temporal processes.
(Taylor & Francis, 2005-07)An analysis of normal and dyslexic readers' reaction-time (RT) performance in a standard visualdetection task (Experiment A) and in temporally primed visual detection (Experiment B) reveals a tendency for significantly ... -
Evidence-based training of health professionals to inform families about disability
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2013-05-09)Objective The development, delivery and evaluation of a training programme for medical and nursing professionals on best practice for informing families of their child’s disability. Design A 2 h training course on ‘Best ... -
An examination of gender differences in the impact of individual and organisational factors on work hours, work-life conflict and psychological strain in academics
(Routledge / Taylor & Francis, 2015-04-21)The current study used multi-group structural equation modelling (SEM) to test a fully and partially mediated Extended Rational Model of Work-Life Conflict and examine the impact of job involvement, workaholism, work ... -
An examination of the effects of argument mapping on students' memory and comprehension performance
(Elsevier, 2013-04)Argument mapping (AM) is a method of visually diagramming arguments to allow for easy comprehension of core statements and relations. A series of three experiments compared argument map reading and construction with ... -
Examining the relationship between sleep quality, social functioning, and behavior problems in children with autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review
(Taylor and Francis Group and Dove Press, 2022-04-14)Over forty percent of autistic children experience poor sleep quality, and social interaction difficulties are a core characteristic of autism. However, the relationship between sleep quality and social functioning and ... -
Excavation at 'Dathi's Mound', Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon
(Journal of Irish Archaeology, 1988)The partial excavation of the embanked mound and standing stone known as 'Dathi's Mound' at the royal site of Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon, confirmed that the mound had been cut from a natural gravel ridge. It also revealed ... -
Exile, pistols, and promised lands: Ibsen and Israeli modernist writers
(MDPI, 2019-09-17)Allusions to Henrik Ibsen's plays in the works of two prominent Israeli modernist writers, Amos Oz s autobiographical A Tale of Love and Darkness (2004) and David Grossman s The Zigzag Kid (1994) examined in the context ... -
The exilic burial place of a Gaelic Irish community at San Pietro in Montorio, Rome
(Cambridge University Press, 2017-07-27)This paper presents the findings of a survey of the funerary monuments and burial vault of an exiled community of Gaelic Irish who were interred (1608-23) at San Pietro in Montorio, Rome. The site of their burial and ... -
Expectancy, not memory determines identical search rates in static and dynamic displays.
(International Society for Psychophysics, 2005)Search rates are often used as a measure of search efficiency. Horowitz & Wolfe employed this measure to compare static and dynamic visual search (Horowitz & Wolfe, 1998). Based on identical search rates, they argued that ... -
Exploiting information and communication technologies for rural development
(Elsevier, 1992-07)This paper examines how information technology (IT) might be exploited to promote rural development; it also considers how IT impacts on the rural periphery. The appropriate adaptation of this technology for indigenous ... -
An exploration of resilience in adolescents facing maternal cancer
(Wiley, 2019-07-24)Background Research findings on the impact of parental cancer on adolescents are inconsistent, some studies identifying negative psychosocial impact but others identifying positive impact; however, there is not enough ... -
Exploratory, Pilot Study: Treatments accessed by caregivers of children with Down Syndrome - An internet survey
(Ontario Association on Developmental Disabilities, 2018)Down syndrome is associated with a range of developmental strengths and challenges. The treatment use of individuals with Down syndrome along with associated factors have not yet been determined. In a pilot study to address ... -
Exploring European sporting identities: history, theory, methodology ,
(Peter Lang, 2010)This collaborative study (an introduction to the collection Sport, Representation, and Evolving Identities in Europe) is intended to contribute to the ongoing elucidation of the role of sport in the processes of identity ... -
Exploring Good Practice in Child and Family Services: Reflections and Considerations
(Taylor and Francis, 2007)The prospect of furthering good practice in child and family services is something that is in everybody¿s interest, service users, practitioners, policy makers, and academics alike. However, it is a task fraught with ...