Despite the reduction in early-school leaving rates in Ireland beginning at the end of the last decade at the onset of the economic recession, there remain persistent social class differences in educational attainment and ...

The plantarflexors are important due to their role in locomotion and stiffness control, high prevalence of injury, link to knee stability and anterior cruciate ligament injury. Current methods of assessing the plantarflexors ...

This arts-practice Ph.D. thesis seeks to investigate the aporia of autonomy and dependency through arts practice and social engagement. Arts Practice was used as a robust and agile tool for allowing space for non-consensus ...

While abundantly evident that thermophilic organisms are adapted to grow at high temperatures, the exact thermoadaptation mechanisms are often very subtle. Various membrane-bound respiratory oxidases have been characterised ...

Background: Improving the translation of evidence-based practices (EBPs) for students with autism from research into practice in classrooms is a key issue in autism education provision. Employing EBPs in educating ...

Despite passing all microscopy based quality control (QC) assessments at artificial insemination (AI) centres, bulls with apparently normal semen quality yield unacceptably low pregnancy rates. Based on a statistical ...

In the current language dynamic of Ireland, the number of L1 speakers of Irish within the Gaeltacht areas is diminishing. The home language of the Gaeltacht is gradually shifting towards Irish-English bilingualism, and ...

Our lives, and the events that punctuate them, do not play out within a vacuum. Rather, we are all part of an intrinsically connected network of people that cumulatively influence our thoughts, feelings and behaviours. ...

Epoxy-based composite laminates frequently behave as brittle materials under various types of loading, from quasi-static to impact, as they cannot absorb/dissipate enough energy. Matrix cracks develop due to the brittle ...

Digital polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has emerged as an extremely powerful technique for quantification of nucleic acids. Digital PCR offers superior quantification accuracy, precision and sensitivity compared to ...