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A portrait of the citizen as artist: Community arts, devising and contemporary Irish theatre practice
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The possibilities of feminism(s) in an uncertain world
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(Post) human rights, poverty and inequality: problems of algocracy, pharmocracy and chemocracy
(Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021-09)This chapter explores new questions for human rights in a context of extreme poverty and inequalities of income, wealth, political power and biological life. Minimalist and contradictory narratives of poverty and inequality ... -
Post-glacial vegetation and landscape change in upland Ireland with particular reference to Mám Éan, Connemara
(Elsevier, 2021-01-20)Holocene vegetation dynamics of mid-western Ireland are discussed with particular reference to the Galway and Mayo uplands, the development of upland blanket bog and the history of pine and yew. A detailed pollen profile ... -
The practices of technology: putting society and technology in their place
(Common Ground Publishing, 2013)Technology is all pervasive in modern society transforming people s everyday lives and work environments. Societal change is coinciding with the ever increasing availability of small, light, and affordable tools for ... -
Practitioner guide to literature review: permanence and stability for children in care
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, The National University of Ireland, Galway, 2016-06)The purpose of this guide is to provide key messages from the main literature review for practitioners who wish to use the literature for report writing, court, case conferences and similar work processes. This guide ... -
Pre-Norman fortification in eleventh and twelfth-century Ireland
(Publications du CRAHM, Château Gaillard, Université de Caen, 2012)This paper examines the evolution of fortification in Connacht during the 11th and 12th centuries, prior to the arrival of theAnglo-Normans to Ireland in 1169. Our main argument is that Irish fortresses of the period, while ... -
Pre-service teacher perceptions in integrating maker-centered learning in their mathematics and education initial teacher education programme
(Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Departament de Pedagogia, 2020)This paper describes an innovative programme ‘C2 4M2 : Creative Coding for Math’s Makers’, in an undergraduate concurrent teacher education degree programme. Using the Makerspace in a University setting, the programme ... -
Prefrontal cortex and the generation of oscillatory visual persistence
(Cambridge University Press, 2003-12-01)In this commentary, the formation of "pre-iconic" visual-prime persistence is described in the context of prime-specific, independent-component activation at prefrontal and posterior EEG-recording sites. Although this ... -
Prefrontal cortex and the generation of oscillatory visual persistence
(Cambridge University Press, 2003)In this commentary, the formation of ¿pre-iconic¿ visual-prime persistence is described in the context of prime-specific, independent-component activation at prefrontal and posterior EEG-recording sites. Although this ... -
The prehistoric archaeology of Ireland
(Galway University Press, 1998)The first edition of The Prehistoric Archaeology of Ireland was published by Galway University Press (now no more) in 1998. This comprehensive survey of Irish prehistory is still a useful work of reference. This is a proof ... -
Prescription contraception use: a cross-sectional population study of psychosocial determinants
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2015-08-12)Objective: Many forms of contraception are available on prescription only for example, the oral contraceptive pill (OCP) and long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs). In this analysis we aim to identify key determinants ... -
Pressing pause: Critical reflections from the history of media studies
(TripleC, 2018-02-26)This article examines the history of the fraught relationship between the fields of media and journalism studies and the media industries in the US and UK contexts. In the US, journalism programmes were built on instituting ... -
Prevalence and impact of dysmenorrhea among University students in Ireland
(Wiley, 2021-04-03)Abstract Objective Primary dysmenorrhea (PD), or painful menstruation, is a common gynaecological condition that can cause intense pain and functional disability in women of reproductive age. As a non-malignant condition, ... -
The print cultures of the Celtic languages, 1700–1900
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2015-05-01)While the cultural trajectories of the Celtic language communities have some broad similarities in the long term, their histories in the medium term were quite different. The article approaches this issue through a comparative ... -
Prioritising target behaviours for research in diabetes: Using the nominal group technique to achieve consensus from key stakeholders
(BioMed Central, 2016-04-06)The behaviour of people with diabetes (e.g. taking medication) and the behaviour of doctors and other healthcare professionals (e.g. checking patients' blood sugar) are important. Our research group wanted to select one ... -
Process timing and its relation to the coding of tonal harmony.
(American Psychological Association, 2010)Advances in auditory research suggest that gamma-band synchronization of frequency-specific cortical loci could be responsible for the integration of pure tones (harmonics) into harmonic complex tones. Thus far, evidence ... -
Process timing and its relation to the perception of tonal harmony
(Editora Legis Summa Ltda, 2002)Recent advances in auditory research suggest that gamma-band synchronization of frequency-specific cortical loci could be responsible for the integration of pure tones (harmonics) into harmonic complex tones. Thus far, ... -
Procession and symbolism at Tara: analysis of Tech Midchúarta (the Banqueting Hall) in the context of the sacral campus
(Wiley, 2007-10-11)New analysis explores Tech Midchúarta (the ‘Banqueting Hall’) from the point of view of a sacral, processional approach to the summit of the Hill of Tara, the pre‐eminent cult and inauguration site of prehistoric and early ... -
Prolegomena to the study of code-switching in the Old Irish Glosses
(Brepols, 2014)This article investigates the frequent alternation of Latin and Old Irish in several collections of Early Medieval Irish glosses (especially focussing on the glosses to the Epistles of St Paul in Würzburg, Universitätsbibliothek, ...