This article starts from the position that gender is crucial in understanding Irish society. Using Connell’s concept of the patriarchal dividend, and drawing on a variety of relevant literature, it explores its existence ...
Much of the Irish semi-state sector is still characterized by permanent employment within male-dominated hierarchical structures. This case study focuses on a rural semi-state organization with a statutory obligation as ...
O'Connor, Pat(Surrey : Department of Sociology, University of Surrey, 2000)
This paper explores the reality of patriarchal privileging and resistance within a society which has undergone dramatic change over the past twenty-five years. Using Foucault's ideas of power and resistance (1980; 1988; ...
Dobson, Simon; Farragher, Linda(Trinity College Dublin, Department of Computer Science, 2000)
Most modern programming languages are complex and feature rich. Whilst this is (sometimes) an advantage for industrial-strength applications, it complicates both language teaching and language research. We describe our ...
In this work a step by step planar transformer design proccdare for Flybock switch-mode DC-DC converter application is presented. This transformer has a maximum dimention of 2cm x 2cm x 0.4cm aiming to achieve an efficiency ...
McGloughlin, Timothy M.; Kavanagh, A.G.(Institute of Mechanical Engineers, 2000)
The formation and development of wear is now widely accepted as one of the major concerns in the long-term survivorship of contemporary knee prostheses in vivo. This review examines the role of surface topography, third-body ...
Phelan, Helen Frances(University of Limerick, 2000)
This work proposes the sourcing of a theology of music with particular reference to liturgical music developments in the Irish Catholic church since the Second Vatican Council. In doing so, it is confronted by two primary ...
Reeves, Eoin; Barrow, Michael(Economic and Social Research Institute, 2000)
This paper examines the impact of contracting out on the costs incurred by local authorities in providing refuse collection services. Using original survey data for the Republic of Ireland, three methods of estimating the ...
Fitzgerald, Brian; Adam, Frédéric(Professor Tom Wilson of the Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield, 2000)
This paper provides a detailed assessment of the current status of the Information Systems (IS) field by tracing its historical evolution. It uses lessons drawn from the history of another social science, sociology, to ...
BID, a pro-apoptotic Bcl-2 family member, promotes cytochrome c release during apoptosis initiated
by CD95L or TNF. Activation of caspase-8 in the latter pathways results in cleavage of BID,
translocation of activated ...