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Divorce and Intergenerational Support: Comparing the Perceptions of Divorced Adults and Their Parents
(2012)Many studies have indicated that intergenerational support may be required when people separate from their spouse. However, the difference between the younger and older generation's experience of such intergenerational ... -
Consumption of care and intergenerational relations in the Irish context
(2014)An ageing demographic and changing family practices in Western societies raise the question as to what kind of care landscape will emerge. An Irish study explores practices, experiences and meanings of relations between ... -
Sustainability of the Nordic model in the face of population ageing
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Life-long singlehood: Intersections of the past and the present
(2014)This paper examines life-long singlehood and its ramifications in old age among women and men in Ireland. During the life-time of the 26 research participants, Ireland shifted from the Western European marriage pattern, ... -
Women (re-)negotiating care across family generations: Intersections of gender and socioeconomic status
(2014)Changing Generations, a study of intergenerational relations in Ireland undertaken between 2011 and 2013 by the Social Policy and Ageing Research Centre (SPARC), Trinity College, Dublin, and the Irish Centre for Social ... -
Early-life circumstances and later-life loneliness in Ireland
(2014)Purpose of the Study: This article examines the impact of early- and later-life circumstances on loneliness among people aged 65+ in Ireland. Design and Methods: Data are from the first wave of the Irish Longitudinal Study ... -
Grandparenting
(Routledge, 2015)Grandparenting is a dynamic family practice that varies over time and between cultural contexts, and is shaped by material and structural factors such as social class, demographic change, and the welfare state context. ... -
'Emergent Reconstruction' in Grounded Theory: Learning from Team-Based Interview Research
(2015)Constructivist grounded theory (CGT) methods render an interpretive portrayal, a construction of reality, strengthened when the process of construction is acknowledged. An Irish team study uses CGT to explore intergenerational ... -
'Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt': Solidarity between generations in the Irish crisis
(2014)Ireland has gained a reputation for peaceable acceptance of austerity following a European Union/International Monetary Fund bailout in 2010. While proponents of austerity praise Ireland’s stoicism, critics of global ... -
Socio-behavioural factors and early childhood caries: A cross-sectional study of preschool children in central Trinidad.
(2013)Background Early childhood caries (ECC) is a public health problem due to its impact on children’s health, development and well being. Little is known about early childhood oral health in the West Indies or the influence ... -
Analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms in the region of CLDN2-MORC4 in relation to inflammatory bowel disease.
(2013)AIM: To investigate a possible genetic influence of claudin (CLDN)1, CLDN2 and CLDN4 in the etiology of inflammatory bowel disease. METHODS: Allelic association between genetic regions of CLDN1, CLDN2 or CLDN4 and patients ... -
Promoting universal financial protection: contracting faith-based health facilities to expand access - lessons learned from Malawi.
(2013)Background Public-private collaborations are increasingly being utilized to universalize health care. In Malawi, the Ministry of Health contracts selected health facilities owned by the main faith-based provider, the ... -
The presentation of metabolic dysfunction and the relationship with energy output in breast cancer survivors: a cross-sectional study.
(2013)Background Breast cancer prognosis can be adversely influenced by obesity, physical inactivity and metabolic dysfunction. Interventions aimed at improving surrogate markers of breast cancer risk such as insulin resistance ... -
Physical activity and cardiovascular risk factors in urban school children
(2013)Although the clinical signs of cardiovascular disease (CVD) are not evident until adulthood, many of the risk factors have their roots in early childhood. The aim of this study was to examine physical activity levels (PA) ... -
Supercritical-fluid synthesis of FeF2 and CoF2 Li-ion conversion materials
(2013)The synthesis of the Li-ion conversion candidates, FeF2 and CoF2, obtained from the single source organometallic precursors [Fe(tta)3] (tta = C8H4F3O2S), and [Co(hfac)2·2H2O] (hfac = C5H1F6O2), respectively, via a novel ... -
Benefits of pre-referral preparation for rheumatology clinics.
(2013)Appropriate allocation of rheumatology clinic appointments depends on the information contained in referral letters. Such letters were analysed for the presence of pertinent information and a scoring system was devised ... -
Containing the Catalyst: Diameter Controlled Ge Nanowire Growth
(2013)Sub-20 nm diameter Ge nanowires with narrow size distributions were grown from Ag nanoparticle seeds in a supercritical fluid (SCF) growth process. The mean Ge nanowire diameter and size distribution was shown to be dependent ...
