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Impaired endothelial function in pediatric patients with Turner Syndrome and healthy controls: a case-control study

O'Gorman, Clodagh S; Syme, Catriona; Bradley, Tim; Hamilton, Jill; Mahmud, Farid H (BioMed Central Ltd, 2012)

Background: Turner Syndrome women are at high risk of vascular disease and the assessment of early risk factors in Turner Syndrome girls is an emerging focus of research. Our objective was to evaluate endothelial function ...
Implementation of social, personal and health education at Junior Cycle National Survey Report

Geary, Tom; Mannix McNamara, Patricia (2003)

This report presents the results from the national survey into the implementation of Social Personal and Health Education (SPHE) in second level schools since its introduction in 2000. The report was commissioned by the ...
Implementation of the accelerated reader program in a designated disadvantaged second-level school : a case study

Moran, Catherine (Kathleen) (University of Limerick, Department of Education and Professional Studies, 2009)

The purpose of this study was to determine whether a specific computer-based reading development programme i.e. the Accelerated Reader Program, when implemented through a professionally staffed school library, actually ...
The implementaton of revised physical education syllabus: circumstances, rewards and costs

MacPhail, Ann; Halbert, John (SAGE Publications, 2005)

This study is concerned with the particular circumstances, personal rewards and costs which Irish post-primary principals and physical education teachers identify as affecting the implementation of the revised junior cycle ...
Implementing a blended learning approach in a further education college : a case study

Martin, Aileen (University of Limerick, Department of Education and Professional Studies, 2009)

Blended or hybrid learning refers to learning which is provided through any combination of instructional modalities, both physical and virtual. It combines concepts, methods, processes, tools and pedagogic styles to achieve ...
Implications for Irish curricular dissemination / implementation drawing on principal and teacher insight

Halbert, John; MacPhail, Ann (Routlege Taylor & Francis, 2008)

In an effort to understand interpretations of new and revised physical education syllabuses, and conditions that appear to strengthen or weaken the desire to introduce them, this paper draws on insights provided by principals ...
Improving school lighting for video display units

Parker-Jenkins, Marie; Parker-Jenkins, William (The Association for Science Education, 1985)

School lighting has in the past been relatively straightforward since the predominant occupation has been one of reading dark letters (print) on a light (paper) background. However, with the prolific installation of video ...
Improving the content and face validity of OSCE assessment marking criteria on an undergraduate midwifery programme: a quality initiative

Barry, Maebh; Bradshaw, Carmel; Noonan, Maria (Elsevier, 2013)

Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE’s) have been adopted as a means of assessing midwifery students’ clinical skills. The purpose of the OSCE is to provide a standardised method for the evaluation of clinical ...
I'm worried about what I missed”: GP registrars’ views on learning needs to deliver effective healthcare to ethnically and culturally diverse patient populations

Pieper, Hans-Olaf; MacFarlane, Anne (Medknow Publications, 2011)

Introduction: It is widely accepted that medical undergraduate and postgraduate education should address issues related to human diversity. Despite the growth of guidelines and training resources, little is known about ...
Increasing student involvement and learning through using debate as an assessment

Doody, Owen; Condon, Mariead (Elsevier, 2012)

Assessment has long been recognised as the single most influential factor in shaping what and how students in higher education choose to learn and the quality of learning outcomes depends on the quality of assessment. ...
Influence of ankle taping on jump performance

Kenny, Ian; Jeyram, Selva Prakash (Original Writing Ltd., 2009)

INTRODUCTION: The present study aimed to investigate the influence of prophylactic ankle taping on jump performance, in the push off and the landing phase, for healthy subjects, for three types of jump. Ankle sprains ...
Influence of exercise instruction method on the activation of vastus medialis obliques and vastus lateralis during a mini-squat

Conroy, Clare Jane; O'Sullivan, Kieran (Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists, 2008)

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of different exercise instruction methods on the activation of vastus medialis oblique (VMO) and vastus lateralis (VL) while performing a mini-squat. Thirty healthy ...
Influence of shaft length on golf driving performance

Kenny, Ian; Wallace, Eric S.; Otto, Steve R. (Routledge, 2008)

The aim of this study was to determine how shaft length affects golf driving performance. A range of drivers with lengths between 1.168m and 1.270 m, representing lengths close to the 1.219m limit imposed by R&A Rules ...
Influence on ankle taping on dynamic balance performance

Kenny, Ian; Wu, Can; McEvoy, Johnson (ISBS, 2011)

This research aimed to investigate the effect of ankle taping on dynamic balance performance. Eighteen recreational athletes without any previous ankle sprain history performed six star excursion balance tests on each ...
Inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation for patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a clinical and economic assessment

Kennedy, Norelee; Stokes, Emma; O'Shea, Eamon; Murphy, Thomas Brendan; Bresnihan, Barry; Fitzgerald, Oliver (Informa Healthcare, 2007)

The aim of this study was to compare inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation for patients with active rheumatoid arthritis from clinical and cost perspectives. A single-centre, randomised trial design was used. Data ...
Insertion of umbilical arterial and venous catheters

O'Gorman, Clodagh S (Irish Medical Organization, 2005)

Introduction:The use of umbilical arteries and veins for vascular access was first described in the 1960s and has been an integral part of neonatology since then. This report aims to define the indications, contraindications, ...
Intellectual disability nursing and transcultural care.

Doody, Owen; Doody, Catriona M. (Mark Allen, 2012)

In today’s healthcare environment nurses’ are urged to use up-to-date research evidence to ensure better patient outcomes and inform nursing decisions, actions and interactions with patients. Within the practice setting ...
Intellectual disability nursing assessment: student reflections

Doody, Owen; McInerney, Paula; Linnane, Lynda (Mark Allen Publishing, 2012)

Nursing students, Paula and Lynda, reflect on their first academic assessment of their 4-year intellectual disability nursing course. The reflection is conducted by the second and third authors of this article and is guided ...
Intellectual disability nursing in Ireland: identifying its development and future.

Doody, Owen; Slevin, Eamonn; Taggart, Laurence (Sage Publications Ltd, 2012)

As a profession, intellectual disability nursing has often come under scrutiny and been called into question. Since its inception as an individual nursing profession in 1959 in Ireland, both education and service provision ...
The interactive whiteboard in an Irish primary school, a catalyst for pedagogic change? A case study

Crowley, Neil (University of Limerick, Department of Education and Professional Studies, 2009)

Education like most other areas has been influenced by the rapidly changing environment in which we live in today. The revised primary school curriculum has encouraged teachers to examine different approaches such as ICT ...

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