In his 1909 work ‘Rites De Passage’, Arnold van Gennep acknowledges that a ritual often contains ‘rites within rites’. So, it was with the ancient ritual of the Irish wake, at the center of which was another ritual, that ...

Background Ketamine is known to rapidly reduce depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation (SI) in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD), but evidence is limited for its acceptability and effectiveness in “real-world” ...

More and more organizations adopt software product lines to leverage extensive reuse and deliver a multitude of benefits such as increased quality and productivity and a decrease in cost and time-to-market of their software ...

Background: Participatory approaches that engage affected populations are increasingly applied in humanitarian health programs in concert with emerging accountability frameworks and the rapid growth of research in these ...

Objective To develop a set of generic outcome-based performance measures for Irish hospital libraries. Methods Various models and frameworks of performance measurement were used as a theoretical paradigm to link the ...

Aims and objectives: This study has aimed to examine key stakeholders’ perspectives, views and experiences regarding transfer documents, used when an older person is being transferred from a residential to an acute care ...

The aim of this study was to sample human kinematics and kinetics during simulated tasks to aid the design of industrial exoskeletons. Twelve participants performed two dynamic tasks; a simulated lifting task and an overhead ...

The hurdle jump is a commonly prescribed plyometric exercise for sprint athletes. The purpose of this study was to assess the lower body kinematic differences between maximal velocity sprinting and hurdle jumps performed ...

The reactions of molecular oxygen (O2) and nitric oxide (NO) with reduced Thermus thermophilus (Tt) ba3 and bovine heart aa3 were investigated by time-resolved optical absorption spectroscopy to establish possible relationships ...

The applicability of thresholds that constitute an acceptable score or meaningful change on the Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) in cohorts ≥ 5 years following knee injury is not well understood. The ...