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Effectiveness of a minecraft education intervention for improving spatial thinking in primary school children: A mixed methods two-level cluster randomised trial
(Elsevier, 2024-09-02)Background: Spatial thinking plays a crucial role in STEM success. Minecraft Education, a digital game-based learning platform, provides opportunities for developing students’ spatial thinking while supporting curricular ... -
Exploring Imagined Temporalities in Resettlement Workers’ Narratives: Renegotiating Temporal and Emotional Boundaries in Post-Brexit Britain
(Springer Nature, 2024-01-17)This paper develops the concept of ‘imagined temporalities’ to explore multiple temporal subjectivities, time cultures, ‘myths’, and realities evident in interviews with resettlement workers who were part of the Syrian ... -
Evaluation of a School-Based Attention Training Program for Improving Sustained Attention
(International Mind, Brain, and Education Society and Wiley Periodicals LLC., 2024-02)This study evaluated the impact of a theory-driven cognitive attention training program, Keeping Score!, in improving students' sustained attention capacity. Training was based on sustained updating. Students engaged this ... -
A spatial examination of alcohol availability and the level of disadvantage of schools in Ireland
(BMC Public Health, 2024-03-13)Background: The availability of alcohol is a major factor in underage drinking and according to the alcohol harm paradox, those living in more deprived communities are more susceptible to the negative consequences of ... -
Death cafés as a strategy to foster compassionate communities: Contributions for death and grief literacy
(Frontiers in Psychology, 2022-08-02)The death-positive movement, the most recent manifestation of the death awareness movement, contends that modern society is suffering from a “death taboo” and that people should talk more openly about death (Koksvik and ... -
Connecting the Person by Removing the Stigma: Why Ireland Should Follow the Portuguese Model of Drug Decriminalisation
(South Eastern European Journal of Public Health, 2022-07-26)The decriminalisation of drugs and how it can impact addiction, crime and mental health is a subject that inspires global interest and debate. Much has been written about the positive outcomes of decriminalisation from a ... -
Caught in Crossfire: Library "Troubles" in Northern Ireland Exacerbate Ongoing Issues
(Journal of Radical Librarianship, 2022-11-11)The Government of the United Kingdom (UK) has proposed a reduction in Arts & Humanities degrees in favour of STEMM disciplines. At the same time funding for Libraries in the UK continues to decline annually. This broader ... -
Health Care Needs of Iraqi Refugees Presenting to the Kurdish Red Crescent Clinics in the Al Hol Camp During 12 Months of On-going Conflict: A Cross-Sectional Study
(Universala Medicina Esperanto Asocio, 2023-06)The Battle for Mosul began in October 2016 as the world's single largest military operation since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. In anticipation of massive displacement of Iraqi refugees, the Al-Hol camp was erected at the ... -
Drawing it Properly: An Examination of Smoking Portrayals in Texts on How to Draw in the Noir Graphic Novel/Comic Book Style
(Universala Medicina Esperanto Asocio, 2023-06)Smoking remains a leading cause of mortality and morbidity globally. Therefore attention must be paid to the manner is which pro-smoking materials may serve to reflect, reinforce and ultimately reproduce smoking behaviours. ... -
An examination of Ireland’s sugar sweetened beverage tax (sugar tax) in practice
(Oxford University Press, 2023-06-20)Background In the face of rising obesity levels, Ireland introduced a sugar sweetened beverage tax (SSBT) in 2018, the scope of which was extended in 2019. To date, there is a dearth of research on the actual impact of ... -
Technological Universities in Ireland: the new imperative!
(Technological University Dublin, 2020)Higher education in Ireland has been characterized for some time as having a distinct two-tier structure. The top tier is comprised of the university sector, which features a number of older and newer entrants. Firmly in ... -
A Breath of Fresh Air: The Irish Breathalyser Statistics Debacle
(Radical Statistics Group, 2017)It has long been understood that crime statistics are notoriously ‘difficult’ to use and interpret (Coleman, 1996). Deficiencies in reporting are a feature that has been noted internationally (Lynch & Addington, 2007), ... -
‘Say nothing for a wee while, and then say nothing at all’: Still hiding the evidence on health inequalities in Ireland
(Radical Statistics Group, 2015)Social and spatial inequalities in health status and health service access are pervasive throughout Ireland. However, they rarely form the subject of prolonged public scrutiny. It is clear that the Irish Government has ... -
Something is rotten in the state of Ireland: the Irish Police (An Garda Síochána) and their official statistics
(Radical Statistics Group, 2018)Revelations concerning the extensive falsification of breathalyser testing statistics by the Irish Police (O’Sullivan, 2017), An Garda Síochána, have recently escalated into a damning expose of a series of more incriminating ... -
The luck of the Irish… what are the chances of that? Irish Credit Union Prize Draw Misappropriation and Mismanagement
(Radical Statistics Group, 2018)The collapse of the Irish economy in 2008-2009, which ultimately resulted in a bail-out of the Irish Government by the Troika of the European Union (EU), the European Central Bank (ECB), and the International Monetary Fund ... -
Lies, Damned Lies, Metrics & Semantics: Exploring definitions of the end of Leprosy (Hansen’s Disease) & their implications
(Radical Statistics Group, 2019)Many a statistic is false on its face. It gets by only because the magic of numbers brings about a suspension of common sense. Leprosy (also known as Hansen’s Disease), is an infectious disease that is both potentially ... -
Tobacco at Irish Funerals: the final nail in the coffin
(Universala Medicina Esperanto Asocio, 2021-08-03)Tobacco control in Ireland remains an issue of high priority for the Irish Government. The Irish State is committed to the denormalisation of tobacco in Irish Society. Tobacco and alcohol have both featured strongly at ... -
Leukocyte and Platelet-Rich Fibrin (LPRF) Therapy & Leprosy: the Need for Caution and Research Among Marginalised Groups in Low Resource Settings
(Universala Medicina Esperanto Asocio, 2023-03-15)This paper discusses the potential of Leukocyte and Platelet-Rich Fibrin Therapy (LPRF) to help treat ulcers and skin damage associated with leprosy. It warns that although LPRF may be a valuable and cost-effective treatment, ... -
Ireland, the 2020 Tokyo olympics, guinness, and the imagine one world kimono project
(Universala Medicina Esperanto Asocio, 2021-02-12)A spin-off event building on the global focus on the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games was the production of 213 kimonos as part of Imagine One World’s Kimono Project. Problematically, the kimono produced for Ireland features both ... -
Feigning Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Through Health-Washing: Gambling Industry Conflicts of Interest in Health Service Provision and Training in Ireland
(Universala Medicina Esperanto Asocio, 2022-08-30)The gambling industry in Ireland, and elsewhere continues to grow. Evidence of the nature and extent of the gambling problem in Ireland has started to emerge. In order to better understand the machinations, tactics and ...
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