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When Should the Master Answer?: Respondeat Superior and the Criminal Law
(2023)Respondeat superior is a legal doctrine conferring liability from one party onto another because the latter stands in some relationship of authority over the former. Though originally a doctrine of tort law, for the past ... -
Backwards Causation in Social Institutions
(2022)Whereas many philosophers take backwards causation to be impossible, the few who maintain its possibility either take it to be absent from the actual world or else confined to theoretical physics. Here, however, I argue ... -
On the Return of the (Media) Author: Michel Houellebecq, écrivain médiatique
(2020)This article argues that Michel Houellebecq is an écrivain médiatique, a media author, and examines how and why he engages in a type of authorial strategy that relies on more than the text and presents the author as a ... -
Is The Map More Interesting Than The Territory? A Post-Representational Approach to Michel Houellebecq’s The Map and the Territory
(2018)This collaborative, interdisciplinary article analyses Houllebecq’s use of crime fiction and autofiction in The Map and the Territory (2010). The novel’s intra- inter- and extra-textual geographies, including its depiction ... -
'VISUAL CULTURES OF THE BANLIEUES: PRECARIOUS PERIPHERIES OR CREATIVE CENTRES?
(2023)The Parisian banlieues have long been depicted through harmful stereotypes in political speeches, the press and mainstream film as places of violence, crime and poverty, and of social, racial and religious divisions. In ... -
EVIDENCE BASED INTERVENTIONS FOR CHILDREN (0-12) WITH ASD AND EATING ISSUES Protocol for Scoping Review
(2022)Background: Approximately 40-90% of people on the autism spectrum are considered to present with challenging eating and mealtime behaviours (2) and are five times more likely to experience eating difficulties than neurotypical ... -
Physics-Informed Neural Network surrogate model for bypassing Blade Element Momentum theory in wind turbine aerodynamic load estimation
(2024)This paper proposes the use of Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs), specifically Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs), for dynamic surrogate modelling of wind turbines. PINNs offer the flexibility to model complex ... -
In Transit? Insights from the lived experience of lone parents claiming Jobseeker's Transitional Payment
(2024)This research, conducted in conjunction with One Family, set out to document the lived experiences of Jobseeker’s Transitional Payment (JST) recipients and to explore how JST is working ‘on the ground’. Because JST is a ... -
Policy Silences and Poverty in Ireland: An Argument for Inclusive Approaches
(2024)Policy documents shape and inform policy but they are not neutral objects. Policy documents can also silence through the exclusion and omission of discrete knowledges transmitted through testimony and lived experience. ... -
A longitudinal exploration of self-reported TV behaviours as a surrogate for sedentary behaviour in older adults with an intellectual disability from the intellectual disability supplement to the Irish longitudinal study on aging (IDS-TILDA) study
(2024)This study presents the findings of an investigation into the self-reported TV habits of adults with an intellectual disability, where time watching TV was used as a proxy for sedentary behaviour (SB). Risk factors identified ... -
Efficient deadlock avoidance for 2D mesh NoCs that use OQ or VOQ routers
(2024)Network-on-chips (NoCs) are currently a widely used approach for achieving scalability of multi-cores to many-cores, as well as for interconnecting other vital system-on-chip (SoC) components. Each entity in 2D mesh-based ... -
Prevalence and incidence of cancer amongst adults with intellectual disability: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
(HRB Open, 2024-02)Background: People with intellectual disabilities have poorer health and die earlier than their peers without identified disabilities. This difference represents a significant inequality. Until recently, it was considered ... -
Optimizing performance of quantum operations with non-Markovian decoherence: the tortoise or the hare?
(2024)The interaction between a quantum system and its environment limits our ability to control it and perform quantum operations on it. We present an efficient method to find optimal controls for quantum systems coupled to ... -
Barriers to Community Participation for Adults Aging With an Intellectual Disability in Ireland: A Longitudinal Study
(2023)Social inclusion is associated with better health and quality of life. Community participation is essential to inclusion and is an established human right. However, people with intellectual disability experience limitations ... -
Does Arterial Stiffness Predict Cardiovascular Disease in Older Adults With an Intellectual Disability?.
(2024)Background: Arterial stiffness has been associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in some patient populations. Objectives: The aims of this study were to investigate (1) whether there is an ... -
Enabling older adults with intellectual disability to become physical activity leaders in their community: Pilot study
(2023)People with intellectual disabilities (ID) have high levels of sedentary behaviour and co-morbid health conditions. There is also increased longevity for this group which is an incredible success story but one which also ... -
Epidemiology of constipation and its associated factors in an ageing population of people with an intellectual disability in Ireland: A cross-sectional study.
(2024)Background: Constipation impacts health-related quality of life with a burden similar to other chronic conditions. This study characterises the prevalence of constipation and its associated factors in older adults with ... -
Health and well-being of sibling carers of adults with an intellectual disability in Ireland: Four waves of data
(Springer Nature, 2023)Background: As the life expectancy of people with intellectual disability increases, they may now outlive their parents or their parents' ability to continue to care. Siblings of adults with intellectual disability often ... -
Prevalence and incidence of cancer amongst adults with intellectual disability ? a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
(2024)Background: People with intellectual disabilities have poorer health and die earlier than their peers without identified disabilities. This difference represents a significant inequality. Until recently, it was considered ... -
Cognitive reserve and dementia risk management in people with an intellectual disability.
(2023)Dementia risk is elevated in people with intellectual disability, particularly for those with Down syndrome Differences in lifestyle factors have been cited as factors that exacerbate dementia risk in people with ...
