Research@THEA (new): Recent submissions
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Health service design for older people the role of community, and the community and voluntary sector in the implementation of the living well at home piece of the integrated care programme for older people in kilkenny
(South East Technological University, Carlow., 2023-01-12)The Integrated Care Programme for Older People (ICPOP) is part of how health and social care delivery is being envisaged in Ireland (ICPOP, 2018). The Living Well at Home piece of ICPOP, includes community and the community ... -
Co-designing interactive systems to increase autonomy and improve the door-to-door customer journey for irish rail
(South East Technological University Carlow, 2022-05)Public transport companies like Irish Rail have a vital role to play in countering the many problems that modern society is facing, such as climate change, energy independence while at the same time increasing the mobility ... -
Experiences of humanistic and integrative psychotherapists of the therapeutic relationship with autistic clients: an interpretative phenomenological approach
(Institute of Technology, Carlow., 2021-07)This study explores the role and lived experience of the therapeutic relationship with autistic clients in humanistic and integrative psychotherapy and what, if any, flexibility and adaptations therapists bring to this ... -
Can milk affect recovery from simulated team-sport match play?
(MDPI, 2019-12-31)This study investigated the effects of cow’s milk on recovery from repeated simulated team games (STGs) in females. Twenty female team-sport athletes completed an STG circuit (2x ~ 30 min, with 10 min ‘half-time’). Measures ... -
Characterisation of the complete mitochondrial genome of the insect-parasitic nematode heterorhabditis bacteriophora: an idiosyncratic gene order and the presence of multiple long non-coding regions
(Brill Academic Publishers, 2021-06)We present here the complete mtDNA genome (mitogenome) of Heterorhabditis bacteriophora, an important biological control agent of soil-dwelling insect pests in agriculture and horticulture. This is the first description ... -
Designing products for older people’s social and emotional needs: a case study
(Anthropology and Aging, 2023-11)The products that we use in our living environment greatly assist us in maintaining health and independence as we age. Much research has been conducted on the physical ergonomic needs in product design for older people, ... -
COVID-19 and interdisciplinary research: What are the needs of researchers on aging?
(University of Deusto, 2021-11-26)COVID-19 has had an extreme effect on older people. Now more than ever we need collaborative approaches to address complex issues within research on aging. However, the pandemic has dramatically changed the way we conduct, ... -
How does a (smart) age-friendly ecosystem look in a post-pandemic society?
(MDPI, 2020-11-09)COVID-19 has impacted not only the health of citizens, but also the various factors that makeup our society, living environments, and ecosystems. This pandemic has shown that future living willneed to be agile and flexible ... -
The design and development of novel cooking and heating products for irish older adults: a real health need
(Common Ground Research Networks, 2011-07-06)The world’s population is ageing; researchers have an increasingly important role to play in innovating new products, appliances and services to allow for better everyday living conditions of this ageing demographic. ... -
Designing a domestic heating product for older people within the concept of contained living spaces.
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A culture of universal empathy in design at the south east technological university carlow.
(Universal Design in Education Conference, 2015-11)This paper discusses the development of a culture of ‘Universal Empathy’ within Product Design programmes at the Institute of Technology Carlow. The concept draws from the inclusive, holistic nature of Universal Design ... -
How design thinking offers strategic value to micro-enterprises
(DRS International, 2018-06-25)Large organisations use design and design thinking to create value; however, there is a low awareness and practice of design and design thinking in smaller businesses. 69% of Irish businesses never use design, or use it ... -
Designing an interdisciplinary research culture in higher education: a case study
(Springer, 2020-04-27)Design methods and processes are now commonly used across disciplines as an approach to gain deeper and more connected understanding within complex or wicked problems. However, little research exists on the use of Design ... -
Learning from covid-19: design, age-friendly technology, hacking and mental models
(Emerald, 2020-04-29)In March 2020 the United Nations published an open brief for the creative community to propose interventions to the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic. However, when faced with unprecedented wicked problems such as these, the ... -
Online-based participatory design: a case study of developing international standards during a pandemic
(Universidad do Vale de Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), 2022-09-05)Standards are essential instruments to ensure the safety, efficiency and quality of products, services, systems, processes, and environments. In pre-pandemic times, the standard development process ... -
Effects of a fall on the quality of life of someone over the age of 65
(2020-08)Background: Care of the older person will become more important in the future due to the expected increase in this area of the population. Falls and fall related injuries are the most comm on cause of admission to ... -
Current decontamination challenges and potentially complementary solutions to safeguard the vulnerable seafood industry from recalcitrant human norovirus in live shellfish: Quo Vadis?
(Elsevier, 2023-02-24)Safeguarding the seafood industry is important given its contribution to supporting our growing global population. However, shellfish are filter feeders that bioaccumulate microbial contaminants in their tissue from ... -
Improvement of rheological and mechanical properties of PLA by reactive blending with Poly(MMA-g-GMA)
(Polymer Processing Society, 2017-06-26)The aim of this study is to improve the melt strength of Polylacticacid (PLA) using methylmethacrylate-g-glycidylmethacrylate copolymers, Poly(MMA-g-GMA), that was synthesized by reactive blending at different weight ... -
Synthesis of MMA/GMA graft and random copolymers by melt and solution copolymerizations
(Polymer Processing Society, 2017-06-27)In this study Poly(MMA g GMA) copolymers was prepared via reactive blending of PMMA and GMA using benzoyl peroxide ( and dicumyl peroxide ( and Poly(MMA ran GMA) was synthesized by solution copolymerization of ... -
Designing a module in entrepreneurship for product design students
(Sage Publications, 2021-04-30)Creative problem-solving has been identified as one of the most critical future-proof skillsets we can develop in our society. When educating future designers, entrepreneurship skills are now considered essential; however, ...
