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Analysis of barriers to implement blockchain in industry and service sectors
(2019)Blockchain technology holds great potential for industries and services globally by executing transactions in a verifiable and permanent way. It operates as an open distributed ledger that can record transactions between ... -
Ponding of random plastic filter medium due to the fungus Subbaromyces splendens Hesseltine in the treatment of sewage
(1983)Fungi are a common component of the film in the upper regions of percolating filters and are associated with strong sewages and industrial wastewaters. Subbaromyces splendens Hesseltine is reported as growing extensively ... -
Adapting prescribing criteria for amyloid-targeted antibodies for adults with Down syndrome
(2024)Prior authorization criteria for Federal Drug Administration (FDA) approved immunotherapeutics, among the class of anti-amyloid monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), established by state drug formulary committees, are tailored for ... -
Definitions of serious injury in long-term residential care: a systematic review protocol
(2023)Background Evidence indicates that the reporting of serious injury in long-term residential care has increased substantially over the past decade. However, what constitutes a serious injury in residential care is ... -
Bone length calibration can significantly improve the measurement accuracy of knee flexion angle when using a marker-less system to capture the motion of countermovement jump
(2016)Marker-less motion capture systems can provide online recordings of human biomechanics during rapid dynamic exercises such as countermovement jump (CMJ) which could indicate an athlete's risk of injury to the anterior ... -
The potential costs and distributional effect of COVID-19 related unemployment in Ireland
(Economic and Social Research Institute, 2020)This paper simulates the impact that Covid-19 related job losses will have on family incomes and the public finances. It finds that in the central ‘medium’ unemployment scenario of 600,000 job losses, around 400,000 ... -
Broad shoulders and tight belts, options for taxing the better-off
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Universal Credit in Northern Ireland: what will its impact be, and what are the challenges?
(Institute for Fiscal Studies, 2013)This is the first of two reports examining welfare reform and poverty in Northern Ireland, funded through a research call from OFMdFM in their remit as the department with policy responsibility for equality and social ... -
Putting outcomes into practice: The implementation of a framework of outcomes measures within a child and family service
(2024)Of utmost concern for effective child protection and child and family services is evidence-based practice. There is an onus of accountability on providers of therapeutic services to establish the merit and cost efficiency ... -
Competency-based training within the prison system: enhancing the likelihood of entrepreneurial activity upon release
(2024)Recidivism rates across the world remain high, and one of the key reasons for this situation is that people leaving the prison system have great difficulty in securing employment. Addressing this issue must be explored from ... -
Depression and Cognitive Dissonance: an empirical exploration of a close relationship
(2023)This qualitative study seeks to establish whether dissonance theory provides a meaningful avenue to add insights into the experience of depression. Semi-structured interviews were used (n=30) in which fifteen participants ... -
The Role of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) on People in Opiate Agonist Treatment: the importance of feeling unloved
(2023)Introduction: Adults in opiate agonist treatment (OAT) often have a background of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and are more likely to be exposed to a variety of risks that may trigger post-traumatic stress disorder ... -
A systematic scoping review of palliative care interventions for adult patients in the intensive care units: A new horizon for Irish healthcare
(2023)Aim: Currently, there is no standardised structured approach to palliative care (PC) in Ireland’s intensive care units (ICU) and the characteristics of available approaches are mostly unknown. Additionally, there is little ... -
An invisible population: Late-stage cancer diagnosis for people with intellectual or developmental disability
(2023)In this issue of Cancer, Mahar and colleagues report stark findings that people with IDD experienced a 60% higher risk of stage IV female breast cancer, and a 42% higher risk of stage IV colorectal cancer, compared to ... -
A focus on adolescent peer violence and bullying in Europe, central Asia and Canada
(World Health Organization, 2024)The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study is a large school-based survey carried out every four years in collaboration with the WHO Regional Office for Europe. HBSC data are used at national/regional and ... -
Co-designing a website with and for youth, so they can better manage their health
(2023)Objective: To co-design a website aimed to empower youth to ask questions to encourage productive, meaningful conversations with their health care providers. Methods: The research team recruited adolescent stakeholders ... -
Neoadjuvant treatment for stage III and IV cutaneous melanoma
(2023)Background: Cutaneous melanoma is amongst the most aggressive of all skin cancers. Neoadjuvant treatment is a form of induction therapy, given to shrink a cancerous tumour prior to the main treatment (usually surgery). The ...
