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ULTEMAT: A mobile framework for smart ecological momentary assessments and interventions

van de ven, Pepijn; O'Brien, Hugh; Henriques, Ricardo; Klein, Michel; Msetfi, Rachel M.; Nelson, John; Rocha, Artur; Ruwaard, Jeroen; O’Sullivan, Donal; Riper, Heleen (Elsevier, 2017)

In this paper we introduce a new Android library, called ULTEMAT, for the delivery of ecological momentary assessments (EMAs) on mobile devices and we present its use in the MoodBuster app developed in the H2020 ...
Ultrasound measurement of the size of the anterior tibial muscle group: the effect of exercise and leg dominance.

Egan, Sinead; McCreesh, Karen (BioMed Central, 2011)

Background: Knowledge of normal muscle characteristics is crucial in planning rehabilitation programmes for injured athletes. There is a high incidence of ankle and anterior tibial symptoms in football players, however ...
Unchallenged good intentions: a qualitative study of the experiences of medical students on international health electives to developing countries

O'Donnell, Patrick; McAuliffe, Ailish; O'Donovan, Diarmuid (BioMed Central, 2014)

Background: Irish medical students have a long and proud history of embarking on international health electives (IHEs) to broaden their experience in the developing world. Although there are many opinions in the literature ...
Uncovering the foundational heritage of Irish occupational therapy

O'Riordan, Yvonne (University of Limerick, 2013)

Background: This study arose from a wider University of Limerick, Clinical Therapies Departmental project, seeking to plot Irish occupational therapy history. Dr. Eamonn O’Sullivan’s, “ A Textbook of Occupational Therapy ...
Underrepresented students on BSc nursing programmes: an exploration of the student experience

O'Sullivan, Deirdre (University of Limerick, 2014)

Background: Pre-registration nurse education has become established within higher education in Ireland. Concurrently, the Irish government commitment to widening participation in higher education impacted on the profile ...
Understanding help-seeking amongst university students: the role of group identity, stigma, and exposure to suicide and help-seeking

Kearns, Michelle; Muldoon, Orla T; Msetfi, Rachel M.; Surgenor, Paul W.G (Frontiers in Media, 2015)

Background: Despite a high prevalence of suicide ideation and mental health issues amongst university students, the stigma of help-seeking remains a barrier to those who are in real need of professional support. Social ...
Understanding the implementation of complex interventions in health care: the normalization process mode

May, Carl R; Finch, Tracy; Mair, Frances; Ballini, Luciana; Dowrick, Christopher; Eccles, Martin; Gask, Linda; MacFarlane, Anne; Murray, Elizabeth; Rapley, Tim; Rogers, Anne; Treweek, Shaun; Wallace, Paul; Anderson, George; Burns, Jo; Heaven, Ben (BioMed Central, 2007)

Background: The Normalization Process Model is a theoretical model that assists in explaining the processes by which complex interventions become routinely embedded in health care practice. It offers a framework for ...
Unexpected consequences of everyday life during the Maoist insurgency in Nepal

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 ...
Universal neonatal hearing screening

O'Gorman, Clodagh S; Hamid, H.A.; Fox, G.P.P. (Irish Medical Organization, 2005)
Unravelling 'Ethos' and section 37(1): the experiences of LGBTQ teachers

Neary, Aoife (2014)

Section 37 (1) of the Employment Equality Act allows religious institutions to differentiate in the recruitment of employees in order to maintain religious ‘ethos’. It also facilitates legal action against an employee who ...
An unusual case of recurrent chest infections

Dahab, Taqua; Saleem, Shahzaib; Gumani, Dikshaini; Casserly, Brian; Sharkey, Claire; Laghi, Frank; Newmarch, William (Elsevier, 2017)

This case presentation relates to a 53 year old male, cachectic in appearance, who presented with progressively worsening dyspnoea, cough, intermittent haemoptysis and a history of nasal dryness on going over five months. ...
The use of case-based learning in the development of student teachers’ levels of moral reasoning

O'Flaherty, Joanne; McGarr, Oliver (Taylor and Francis, 2014)

The important role of the teacher in developing morally sensitive individuals is widely acknowledged. This paper examines the integration of context specific moral development interventions within a 4-year undergraduate ...
The use of contact time and the reactive strength index to optimize fast stretch-shortening cycle training

Flanagan, Eamonn; Comyns, Thomas (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2008)

THIS ARTICLE REVIEWS RESEARCH RELATING TO THE STRETCH-SHORTENING CYCLE AND PLYOMETRICS. THE ARTICLE INSTRUCTS STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING PRACTITIONERS IN THE USE OF GROUND CONTACT TIMES AND THE REACTIVE STRENGTH INDEX IN ...
The use of Independent component analysis on EMG data to explore cross-talk

Howard, Róisín Marie; Conway, Richard; Harrison, Andrew J. (International Society of Biomechanics, 2015)

The purpose of this study was to explore the use of Independent Component Analysis (ICA) on Electromyography (EMG) data to distinguish between individual muscle activations due to its capabilities of signal separation. ...
The use of sensory and chemesthetic stimuli in the treatment of oropharyngeal dysphagia: scoping practice in Ireland and the UK

Tierney, Jessica (University of Limerick, 2014)

Taste affects thresholds of swallow elicitations implying that swallowing functions may be sensitive to sensory qualities of boli. There is some evidence to suggest that sensory and chemesthetic stimuli may provoke changes ...
The use of sensory and chemesthetic stimuli in the treatment of oropharyngeal dysphagia: scoping practice in the UK and Ireland

Mannion, Joanne (University of Limerick, 2014)

Background: This study was conducted as part of a wider study to discover if speech and language therapists working in the UK and Ireland are using sensory and chemesthetic stimuli in oropharyngeal dysphagia treatment and ...
The use of sensory and chemesthetic stimuli in the treatment of oropharyngeal dysphagia: scoping practice in the UK and Ireland

Felle, Mairéad (University of Limerick, 2014)

Background The research identified by the author investigated speech and language therapists‘ (SLT) decision making; there were a limited number of treatments provided to clients with dysphagia (McCurtin 2012). The use ...
Use of the mini-BESTest to measure balance in people with multiple sclerosis

Ross, Elaine O (University of Limerick, 2014)

Balance impairments are common in Multiple Sclerosis (MS). The Berg Balance Scale (BBS) is widely used measure of balance in People with MS (PwMS), however it may not capture all domains of balance. The novel Mini-BESTest ...
Using a narrative retell tool; “Captain Grey and The Greedy Aliens”, what do typically developing children tell us about verb production at sentence level?

O'Brien, Sinead (University of Limerick, 2014)

Background: Research has found that children with Specific Language Impairment (CwSLI) often have difficulties with verb and verb structure. This research project has been undertaken to support development of a test of ...
Using a simulated environment to support students learning clinical skills

Doody, Owen; Condon, Mairead (Elsevier, 2013)

Within intellectual disability nursing students are prepared within a biopsychosocialeducational model and curriculum address these challenges. Using a simulated learning environment has great potential for promoting ...

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