Administrative Staff Authors : Recent submissions
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Technology in dementia care
(IOS Press, 2007)The aim of this paper is to provide a clinical overview of Alzheimer's disease and the related dementias and to detail the progressive losses ? physical, social and psychological ? experienced by the individual diagnosed ... -
The Underdetection of Cognitive Impairment in Nursing Homes in the Dublin area: The Need for on-going Cognitive Assessment
(Oxford University Press, 2010)Sampling of NHs: All general private and voluntary NHs belonging to the former Irish Health Service Executive East Coast Area (Dublin Mid-Leinster) were sampled. Three areas, namely 1, (Dun Laoire), 2 (Dublin South East) ... -
Explaining International Differences in Rates of Overeducation in Europe
(ESRI, 2010-12-22)This paper examines the factors determining variations in international rates of overeducation. We find significant effects for a range of factors including labour market structural imbalances, risk, trade-union density ... -
The Gene Regulatory Cascade Linking Proneural Specification with Differentiation in Drosophila Sensory Neurons
(2010)In neurogenesis, neural cell fate specification is generally triggered by proneural transcription factors. Whilst the role of proneural factors in fate specification is well studied, the link between neural specification ... -
Determinants of Vegetarianism and Partial Vegetarianism in Ireland
(ESRI, 2011-01-07)Vegetarianism is increasing in the western world. Anecdotally, this trend can be attributed to heightened health, environmental and animal welfare concerns. In this paper we investigate the factors associated with vegetarianism ... -
Peak frequency in the theta and alpha bands correlates with human working memory capacity
(2010)Theta oscillations in the local field potential of neural ensembles are considered key mediators of human working memory. Theoretical accounts arising from animal hippocampal recordings propose that the phase of theta ... -
Report of an Audit of Irish Research on Child Protection 1990-2009
(Children Acts Advisory Board, 2010-07-31)Executive Summary 1. Introduction The Children Acts Advisory Board (the CAAB) 1 is responsible for advising the Minister for Health and Children and the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform on policy ... -
The Euro Through the Looking-Glass: Perceived Inflation Following the 2002 Currency Changeover
(2010)Following the Euro changeover in January 2002, consumers across the Euro Area perceived a sharp rise in inflation, in contrast to official figures. Several theories have been advanced to explain this apparent economic ... -
The differential impact of subjective and objective aspects of social engagement on cardiovascular risk factors
(2010)Background: This article provides new insights into the impact of social engagement on CVD risk factors in older adults. We hypothesized that objective (social participation, social ties and marital status) and subjective ... -
Effect of sample bias on backscattered ion spectroscopy in the helium ion microscope
(2010)The authors present experimental results showing the effect of an applied bias voltage on backscattered ion spectra acquired from thin films of ruthenium and hafnia in the helium ion microscope. A characteristic peak ... -
Negative Equity in the Irish Housing Market
(2010)Having peaked in early 2007 Irish house prices have fallen steadily. Negative equity occurs if house price falls result in the house value being lower than the outstanding debt. Many in negative equity will be unaffected ... -
Preliminary Evidence for Correlation Between PASAT Performance and P3a and P3b amplitudes in progressive multiple sclerosis.
(2010)Background. The no-go P3a event-related potential (ERP) is a measure of attentional engagement and the P3b is a measure of context updating. The aim of this study was to compare ERP topographies 1) to Paced Auditory ... -
FASTER: Fully Automated Statistical Thresholding for EEG artifact Rejection
(2010)Electroencephalogram (EEG) data are typically contaminated with artifacts (e.g., by eye movements). The effect of artifacts can be attenuated by deleting data with amplitudes over a certain value, for example. Independent ... -
A high-density ERP study reveals latency, amplitude, and topographical differences in multiple sclerosis patients versus controls.
(2010)Objective. To quantify latency, amplitude and topographical differences in event-related potential (ERP) components between multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and controls and to compare ERP findings with results from ... -
Impaired information processing speed and attention allocation in multiple sclerosis patients versus controls: A high-density EEG study
(2010)Background: The no-go P3a is a variant of the P300 event-related potential (ERP) that indexes speed of information processing and attention allocation. The aim of this study was to compare ERP findings with results from ... -
Altered Brain Activation During a Verbal Working Memory Task in Subjects with Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment.
(2010)In subjects with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) memory disorders indicate a high risk for conversion to Alzheimer?s disease (AD). The objective of this study was to delineate the differences in brain activation between ... -
Decreased activation along the dorsal visual pathway after a 3-month treatment with Galantamine in mild Alzheimer's disease
(Wolters Kluwer, 2009)Visual perception has been shown to be altered in Alzheimer?s disease (AD) patients and it is associated with decreased cognitive function. Galantamine is an active cholinergic agent, which has been shown to lead to ... -
Fear-enhanced visual search persists after amygdala lesions
(Elsevier, 2010)Previous research has indicated that the amygdala is a critical neural substrate of the emotional modulation of attention. However, a recent case-study suggests that the amygdala may not be essential for all types of ... -
Electrochemical characterisation of bis(1,10-phenanthroline) gadolinium (III) trichloride formed in situ
(2010)The in situ formation and electrochemical behaviour of a complex between Gadolinium (III) and 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) are discussed. The electron withdrawing ability of phen decreases the redox potential of Gd(III). A ... -
Substrate stiffness and contractile behaviour modulate the functional maturation of osteoblasts on a collagen GAG scaffold
(2010)Anchorage dependent cells respond to mechanical and physical properties of biomaterials. One such cue is a material?s mechanical stiffness. We compared the osteogenic potential of collagen glycosaminoglycan (CG) scaffolds ...
