Department of Nursing & Healthcare: Recent submissions
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Can healthy motivated British adults achieve the revised UK government fibre recommendations of 30 g per day? Results from a preliminary study
(Sage, 2018-08-30)Background: UK Government recommendations for dietary fibre intakes have recently increased 5 to 30 g/day, well below current population intakes. This study aimed to explore whether this target 6 could be achieved and the ... -
Challenges and solutions for addressing critical shortage of supply chain for personal and protective equipment (PPE) arising from Coronavirus disease (COVID19) pandemic - case study from the Republic of Ireland.
(Elsevier, 2020-04-05)Coronavirus (COVID-19) is highly infectious agent that causes fatal respiratory illnesses, which is of great global public health concern. Currently, there is no effective vaccine for tackling this COVID19 pandemic where ... -
To examine the factors affecting health and wellbeing of centenarians living in Ireland
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2018-04-24)According to the United Nations the global number of centenarians is set to continue to climb, expecting to reach more than 25 million people in 2100 [1]. As centenarians live at the furthest extremity of age, they have ... -
Family and healthcare professionals' perceptions of a pilot hospice at home programme for children: a qualitative study.
(BMC, 2016-10-28)Background Parents commonly report a significant improvement in quality of life following the provision of hospice and supportive care and have identified a need for such a service in the home. The purpose of this study ... -
Opinions of key stakeholders concerning involuntary admission of patients under the Mental Health Act 2001.
(Cambridge University Press, 2017)Objectives. To evaluate and compare the opinions of key stakeholders involved in the involuntary admission and treatment of patients under the Mental Health Act (MHA) 2001 regarding their views towards the operation of ... -
The role of care coordinator for children with complex care needs: a systematic review.
(Ubiquity Press, 2016-05)Introduction: This systematic review seeks to identify the intended components of the role of care coordinator for children with complex care needs and the factors that determine its composition in practice. Theory and ... -
A descriptive survey study of violence management and priorities among psychiatric staff in mental health services, across seventeen European countries.
(BMC, 2017)Background: In mental health services what is commonplace across international frontiers is that to prevent aggressive patients from harming themselves, other patients or staff, coercive measures and foremost, ... -
Technology implementation in delivery of healthcare to older people: how can the least voice in society be heard?
(2018-07)Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to focus on ethical and judicial themes related to technology and the older adults. Design/methodology/approach – Different consecutive phases in technology design and ... -
Inclusion of older adults in the research and design of digital technology.
(MDPI, 2019-10-02)Digital technology holds a promise to improve older adults’ well-being and promote ageing in place. However, there seems to be a discrepancy between digital technologies that are developed and what older adults actually ... -
Social capital and its contribution to the wellbeing of the older person in the Midlands Region Ireland.
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2016)BACKGROUND The literature generally describes Social Capital as a characteristic of social structures made up of a network of relationships between residents of neighbourhoods and communities, focusing on levels of ... -
Can learning organisation maturity be interpreted as a predictor of ICT integration levels. A recent empirical study in a higher education setting in Ireland.
(EDEN: European Distance and E-Learning Network, 2008-06)This study is set in an era when higher education institutions, similar to private business organisations are required to adapt and change at an increasingly frenetic rate to ever more intrusive environmental stimuli which ... -
Rapid development of an electronic logbook to satisfy student practicum on placement in audiology.
(EDEN: European Distance and E-Learning Network, 2015-06)The use of technology by academics in teaching learning and assessing in higher education has become increasingly important in the early part of the 21st century. In this paper the author traces the literature in the area ... -
The efficacy of exercise referral as an intervention for Irish male prisoners presenting with mental health symptoms.
(Ingenta Connect, 2018-06-11)Purpose The use of exercise as an intervention to improve health in the general population is well documented. The purpose of this paper is to explore whether an exercise referral scheme can be an effective health promotion ... -
Is there a correlation between ICT integration levels and learning organisation maturity.
(EDEN: European Distance and E-Learning Network, 2014)This study is set in an era when higher education institutions, similar to private business organisations are required to adapt and change at an increasingly frenetic rate to ever more intrusive environmental stimuli which ... -
Virulent rough filaments of Listeria monocytogenes from clinical and food samples secreting wild-type levels of cell-Free p60 protein.
(American Society for Microbiology, 2000-07)Atypical rough cell filaments of Listeria monocytogenes (designated FR variants), isolated from clinical and food samples, form long filaments up to 96 microm in length and demonstrated wild-type levels of adherence, ... -
Use of a fluorescent viability stain to assess lethal and sublethal injury in food-borne bacteria exposed to high-intensity pulsed electric fields. (2004).
(The Society for Applied Microbiology, 2004-07)Aims: To apply scanning electron microscopy, image analysis and a fluorescent viability stain to assess lethal and sublethal in food-borne bacteria exposed to high-intensity pulsed electric fields (PEF). Methods and ... -
Putative virulence factor expression by clinical and food isolates of Bacillus spp.after growth in reconstituted infant milk formulae.
(American Society for Microbiology, 2001-09)Forty-seven strains representing 14 different Bacillus species isolated from clinical and food samples were grown in reconstituted infant milk formulae (IMF) and subsequently assessed for adherence to, invasion of, and ... -
Production of diarrheal enterotoxins and other potential virulence factors by veterinary isolates of Bacillus species associated with nongastrointestinal infections.
(American Society for Microbiology, 2003-04)With the exceptions of Bacillus cereus and Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus species are generally perceived to be inconsequential. However, the relevance of other Bacillus species as food poisoning organisms and etiological agents ... -
Maltodextrin stimulates growth of Bacillus cereus and synthesis of diarrheal enterotoxin in infant milk formulae.
(American Society for Microbiology, 1997-03)One hundred reconstituted milk-based infant formulae (IMF) representative of 10 leading brands available in many European Economic Community countries were examined for Bacillus cereus and for the presence of diarrheal ... -
Pulsed electric field inactivation of diarrhoeagenic Bacillus cereus through irreversible electroporation.
(The Society for Applied Microbiology, 2001-12)The physical effects of high‐intensity pulsed electric fields (PEF) on the inactivation of diarrhoeagenic Bacillus cereus cells suspended in 0·1% peptone water were examined by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The ...
