Administrative Staff Authors : Recent submissions
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Effect of dispersion on the reflectivity of an asymmetric Fabry?Perot etalon
(American Institute of Physics, 1995)We have shown that the spectral properties of an asymmetric Fabry?Perot etalon, with a multiple quantum well cavity, are very sensitive to dispersion in the refractive index. We also show that this effect can be used to ... -
Observation of optical Stark effect in InGaAs/InP multiple quantum wells
(American Institute of Physcis, 1987)We report an experimental observation of a blue shift in the n=1 heavy-hole exciton line of In0.53Ga0.47As/InP multiple quantum wells resulting from a picosecond photoexcitation in the transparent spectral region. The ... -
Trial and Error in Thomas Hardy's Legal Fictions
(The Thomas Hardy Soceity, 2008)Thomas Hardy held the role of Justice of the Peace, or borough magistrate from 1884 to 1912. In an interview with The World in 1886 he stated that `he played the part of Justice Silence with great assiduity, though admitting ... -
Putting Research Evidence to Work: Key Issues for Research Utilisation in Irish Children's Services
(Children Acts Advisory Board, 2009)Following its establishment in July 2007 the Board of the CAAB identified as a key strategic objective the need to strengthen the knowledge base of children?s services. In order to fully meet this objective the Board ... -
The Role and Future Development of Meals-on-Wheels Services for Older People in Ireland
(National Council on Ageing and Older People, 2008)In recent years, the National Council on Ageing and Older People (NCAOP) has noted the increased recognition of the importance of the meals-on-wheels services in improving older people?s nutritional status, health and ... -
Lessons from a Community-Based Participatory Research Project: Older People's and Researchers' Reflections
(2010)The ethical and practical importance of actively involving older people in the research process is increasingly articulated in the gerontology literature. This article contributes to the literature by outlining a ... -
From the workhouse to the home. The historical origins and development of domiciliary care services for older people in Ireland
(2008)Purpose: Care of older persons in their own homes has in recent years received much attention in Ireland. The proponents of domiciliary care draw on both economic and quality of life arguments, many of which are identifiable ... -
In Search of Security: Migrant Workers' Understandings, Experiences and Expectations Regarding 'Social Protection'
(2009)While both migration and welfare states are popular topics of research, the intersection between them is rarely studied. In this article, we present the findings of a study that explored migrant workers? conceptualisation ... -
Obligations, Ambitions, Calculations: Migrant Care Workers' Negotiation of Work, Career and Family
(2010)The literature on migrant care workers has tended to place little emphasis on themultiple relationships thatmigrant carers formwith care recipients, employers/managers and work colleagues. This article makes a contribution ... -
The Different Faces of Care Work: Understanding the Experiences of the Multi-Cultural Care Workforce
(2009)An increased demand for long-term care services coupled with the decreased availability of informal (family) carers in many industrialised countries has led to the employment of growing numbers of `migrant care workers ... -
Rethinking the Value of Residents' Councils: Observations and Lessons from an Exploratory Study
(2010)Little empirical research is available on residents? councils in care settings for older people. This article analyzes the operation of a residents? council in an Irish facility, drawing on direct observation of council ... -
Caring and Collaborating Across Cultures? Migrant Care Workers' Relationships with Care Recipients, Colleagues and Employers
(2010)The literature on migrant care workers has tended to place little emphasis on themultiple relationships thatmigrant carers formwith care recipients, employers/managers and work colleagues. This article makes a contribution ... -
Toward an Integrative Theory of Care: Formal and Informal Intersections
(Lexington, 2009)Researchers have categorized the complex phenomenon of care into two distinct types: formal and informal. According to this accepted dichotomy, informal care is generally provided by untrained social network members (family ... -
Care revolutions in the making? A comparison of cash-for-care programmes in four European countries.
(Cambridge University Press, 2006)This article describes and evaluates cash-for-care programmes for older people in four European countries, namely Home-Care Grants in Ireland, Direct Payments in the United Kingdom (England), Service Vouchers in Finland ... -
Living in institutional care: Residents' experiences and coping strategies
(2009)Insights into daily living in residential care settings are rare. This article draws on a qualitative dataset (semi-structured interviews and recordings of residents? council meetings) that gives a glimpse of the experiences ... -
Outcome of pregnancy and disease course among women with aplastic anemia treated with immunosuppression
(American College of Physicians, 2002)Background: Aplastic anemia may develop during pregnancy and sometimes improves spontaneously after delivery. The effects of pregnancy on aplastic anemia after immunosuppressive treatment and of aplastic anemia on the ... -
Molecular response to imatinib mesylate following relapse after allogeneic SCT for CML
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Development of leukemia in donor cells after allogeneic stem cell transplantation--a survey of the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT).
(Pensiero Scientifico / Ferrata Storti Foundation, 2005)Leukemia in donor cells (donor cell leukemia; DCL) has been reported as a rare but severe complication of allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT). However, the incidence, potential pathogenetic factors, therapeutic ... -
Effective use of imatinib-mesylate in the treatment of relapsed chronic myeloid leukemia after allogeneic transplantation
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Chronic granulomatous disease presenting as an oculomucocutaneous syndrome mimicking Behcet's syndrome
(BMJ, 1986)A female patient who presented for the first time at the age of 19 with oculomucocutaneous syndrome was found to have an absolute deficiency of neutrophil peroxide production. Neutrophil peroxide production as measured by ...
