Background: Evidence based practice (EBP) is an essential requirement of occupational therapists in practice today in order to support the efficacy of interventions and fulfil the ethical requirements of providing the best ...

The major weakness of frequently used Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) signals is their high sensitivity to nonlinear amplification process when they are driven through RF power amplifiers (PAs). In research ...

The aim of this thesis was to thoroughly immerse myself into the liminal space that lingers between our initial thoughts and realised visions. The shadow, as it were, was the elusive subject I have chased since my ...

The eukaryotic voltage-gated sodium channel Nav is an integral membrane protein that transports sodium across the cell membrane. While the Nav has a four-domain structure with six α-helical transmembrane segments in each ...

and related hip fracture in the elderly population are a serious problem in health care. It is widely documented that prevention of hip fracture has the potential to improve the quality of life and substantially decrease ...

The fundamental basis of herd health planning and disease control is a science-based risk analysis. A disease risk analysis involves examining the probability of a disease occurring and the impact of that disease should ...

The world of Irish traditional music is one defined by its multiple, porous, and overlapping experiential contexts. This dynamic, living, and continuously evolving system of meanings, values, and intentions is sustained ...

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 ...

A boundary is a real line that marks the limit or containment of something, place or space. A boundary is not necessarily a physical entity. Shannon has both types of boundaries, physical and mental. The physical is in the ...

The study of linguistics has been dominated by a graphocentric approach to language, overlooking the fact that spoken language has at its heart a phonocentric beat. This dissertation considers the intricate relationship ...