Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury continues to be a constant adversary to field sports athletes. Females are widely acknowledged as being at an increased risk of ACL injury, in comparison to males. Athletes who are ...
Pettigrew, Judith(Bridgewater State University's Virtual Commons, 2012)
This article examines gendered aspects of women’s lives in a hill village in central Nepal during the decade-long civil war (1996-2006). The predominantly middle aged and elderly women discussed in the paper were not ...
Summary:
Objective: To explore the attitudes of first time mothers towards antenatal education from the perspective of attenders and non-attenders.
Design: A qualitative approach was utilised using focus group interviews ...
Lynch, Raymond; Walsh, Michael(Dublin Institute of Technology * Tempus Publications, 2011)
This paper examines the obligatory but often contentious relationship that
exists between contemporary second level education and undergraduate student
course choice within an Irish context. A survey of 1,723 students ...
The pattern of residential services for people with intellectual disability in Ireland has seen many positive developments in recent years, with more places made available in residential homes within both community- and ...
Msetfi, Rachel, M.; Murphy, Robin, A.; Kornbrot, Diana, E.(Taylor and Francis, 2012)
Depressed mood states affect subjective perceptions of time but it is not clear whether this is due to changes in the underlying timing mechanisms, such as the speed of the internal clock. In order to study depression ...
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. ...
Arterial diseases are a common cause of death in
the western world. The development of arterial
substitute materials for the improved treatment of
cardiovascular diseases is vital. One such material
is urinary bladder ...
Doody, Owen; Tuohy, Dympna; Deasy, Christine(Mark Allen Healthcare, 2012)
Role transition can be both challenging and exciting. This study presents the findings of
phase one of a two-part study conducted by Deasy et al (2011), which explored final-year
student nurses’ (n=116) perceptions and ...