Background: It has previously been hypothesized that lower socio-economic status can accelerate biological ageing, and predispose to early onset of disease. This study investigated the association of socio-economic and ...

Background The Advanced Paramedic (AP) is a relatively recent role in Ireland and refers to a prehospital practitioner with Advanced Life Support (ALS) skills and training. The Advanced Paramedic Clinical Activity Study ...

Obesity is a global epidemic and is defined as excess fat accumulation to the extent that health may be impaired (WHO 2000). However, body mass index (BMI), the metric used to quantify obesity, does not adequately represent ...

Objective: To determine whether 5 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associate with ALS in 3 different populations. We also assessed the contribution of genotype to angiogenin levels in plasma and CSF. Methods: Allelic ...

The hunt for novel tools to investigate empirical questions is ever present in psychophysiological research. Antibody response to vaccination has received increasing attention over recent years as a useful measure of in ...

Few sports require such a range of equipment as does the game of golf. There are different types of golf clubs, such as drivers and irons, and balls to suit different occasions and conditions – and all are constantly being ...

A 64 year old female presented with a right eye visual impairment. On examination, the visual acuity was decreased on the right side. Slit lamp examination showed bilateral non-pigmented choroidal lesions. Physical examination ...

The purpose of this thesis was to determine how shaft length affects golf driving performance. Shaft length effects on the golf swing have been of interest to several researchers (including Egret et al., 2003; Reyes and ...

This thesis by publication documents the results of a three year PhD research project investigating boredom. Even though boredom is a common experience that has been suggested to hold major implications for life and ...