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1. What are the regional AMR rates and trends in Ireland?
2. How effective has Ireland’s National Action Plan on AMR (2017–2025) been in mitigating antimicrobial resistance compared to other EU countries?
3. What role do antimicrobial stewardship programs in Irish healthcare settings play in reducing AMR rates, and how do they align with WHO recommendations?
4. How do surveillance systems like EARS-Net and HALT surveys contribute to understanding and managing regional AMR trends in Ireland?
5. What lessons can Ireland learn from the AMR strategies and innovations of other EU nations to enhance its combat against antimicrobial resistance?
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Hello Doc!
Not sure I understand this.
I understand the questions but is this a manuscript you are currently working on?
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In Germany, before obtaining the title of professor, the qualifications of a habilitated doctor must be confirmed
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We see the small island of Britain off the west coast of Europe posturing as global policeman vis a vis Syria/Russia/Iran/ North Korea, not sure who else?
But in their own backyard they have failed to even understand the question, let alone offer a solution on the Irish border post Brexit,
I begin to wonder if there is a direct correlation between economic decline (these things go in cycles you know) and the mental capacity to understand the world around you and what you need to do to survive?
Are there experts out there who can enlighten us please?
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The decline of mental capacities precedes every economic decline, dear Ronaldo Munck Once you stop to think in the categories of cooperation and integration, you are on the road to economic decline.
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The main achievement of economics is that it has provided a theory of peaceful human cooperation. This is why the harbingers of violent conflict have branded it as a dismal science and why this age of wars, civil wars, and destruction has no use for it.
Ludwig Von Mises (1990). “Economic freedom and interventionism: an anthology of articles and essays”
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Dear Participant
We would like to invite you to participate in the survey which is being implemented by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in the frame of the European Commission Project with the title Science and Human Factor for Resilient Society.
The aim of the project is to identify factors that affect the usage of social media, including such channels as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter in relation to disaster risk reduction situations. The survey is conducted among inhabitants of Sweden, Ireland, Luxembourg, Italy, Germany, Croatia, and Lithuania.
Thank you very much for your time and support.
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Sorry, I did not see this earlier. But if you are looking for a collaborator, let me know.
Cheers,
Reza
New Brunswick, Canada
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Dear colleagues,
I’m conducting a study that is intended to identify determinants of evaluation use in evaluation systems embedded in public and non-profit sectors. I’m planning to conduct a survey on a representative sample of organizations that systematically evaluate the effects of their programs and other actions in Austria, Denmark, Ireland and the Netherlands. And here comes my request: can anyone of you, familiar with evaluation practice in these countries, suggest what types of organizations I should include in my sample? Are there any country-specific organizations active in the evaluation field that I should not omit?
It is obvious to me that in all these countries evaluation is present in central and local government (ministries, municipalities, etc.) as well as institutions funding research or development agencies, but I also suspect that there might be some country-specific, less obvious types of organisations which are important “evaluation players”.
Thanks for any hints.
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Austria is conducting such an evalutation through the AUVA. You can contact, and use my name :
DI Georg Effenberger
Austrian Workers’ Compensation Board
Head of Prevention Department
Vienna, Austria
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I have recently completed my Masters in supply chain management from Ireland.
My masters was of 1 year and 90 credits for which I have got a socre of 2:1 which is approximately between 70% to 60%.
Now I am planning to go for PhD in main land Europe, especially in Netherlands, Norway, Belgium, lexemborg, swiss and Spain, apart from this I am also looking in UK, Ireland, Finland and Sweden and USA as well.
Now my question is
1)Does the 1 Masters holds some weightage?
2) if so then do all university in Europe have any problem with 1 year taught masters?
3) Can I go for PhD without masters on the basis of bachelor's in Europe or in USA?
4) how hard is to get a admission or get scholarship for PhD?
5) what are the basic requirements for PhD?
6) can anyone please suggest some websites and links where I can look for scholarship for PhD?
7) what is the scope for doing a PhD in supply chain?
8) which area shall I go for PhD, and. I have some interest in sustainable supply chain and food supply chain also I have some interest in shipping industry?
Please give your opinion and try to answer my questions.
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Very interesting to follow this.
Note that even within Europe, there are different 'formats' for doing a PhD. In some cases, it is almost like a taught degree and you have to pay tuition fees (and hence, might need a scholarship to fund it). In other cases, as in NL, the PhD is a job and you would get a full salary (not a lot necessarily, but livable).
In NL, a one-year master counts as sufficient to start a PhD, but within the first year you might need to make up for the lack of research courses (or in a pre-PhD position sometimes offered). The quality of the degree is important though.
PhD positions are quite competitive. Dutch positions are always announced on 'academictransfer.nl'. Note that these are the salaried positions and that most Dutch universities therefore do not have a fixed 'PhD program'. You will learn the job on the spot, taking some courses and being embedded as employee in a research environment, supervised by two (or more) expeirences researchers.
As for the topic: follow what you care about. Doing the PhD will take a long time and you will likely spend the rest of your lifetime on similar topics, so you have to make sure you can stay motivated.
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Economic taxes or what trade uses are financial policy tools that countries use to influence an economic activity on it, which leads to knowing their role in directing economic activities in those countries, Ireland, Sweden, help in this in order to finish my PhD project
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When extracting percentages for Urban atlas and adding up all the percentages for one adress I either end up at ~60% (80 percent of the times) and also sometimes at 120% (the remaining 20%). Do you know what I am doing wrong? Here is what I did:
I have the x/y coordinates of adresses in GB, Germany and Ireland and downloaded the 2018 versions of Urban Atlas (all cities for Ireland, Germany and GB). I included the adresses by the step "add delimited text layer" and made buffers with the radius of 200m, 500m, 1km and 2km (using MMQGIS). I merged all Urban atlas pieces to one big map. Then I reprojected both layers to EPSG:3035. I made a new variable in the buffer shapefiles called "catchArea" that included the $area of the current buffer. Then I intersected the buffer-shapefile with the all-in-one UA-map. After that step I made a new variable in the intersected file with $area (called classArea) and then made another variable with the formula: (classArea/catchArea)*100. Now adding up all the percentages I don't end up at 100% as it should be. This error does not exist if I have a buffer with a radius of 10m but I do not get less percentages with the 2km buffer. (So it is 60% in 200m and 60% in 2km most of the times).
I now started to make an extra step with dissolving the all-in-one map first and now intersect it. Dissolving worked fine but intersection now runs for 5 days now and there is no end in sight. Even if this is my solution it takes too long to be a solution and I am hoping for your swarm intelligence to tell me where I have made a mistake.
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Thank you, great job
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In this article we pose the dilemmas of international NGOs in terms of whether their influence has been positive or negative in developing countries. While going for the negative side ourselves we would welcome more positive readings. This is an important debate though much neglected.
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Whether international non-governmental organizations are helpful in the context of effectively supplementing the functions of state institutions depends on whether they realistically pursue pro-social statutory goals, or implement the demands of society and people's needs. Public central and local government institutions do not always fully correctly implement specific pro-social goals and functions of the state in the field of providing public goods and services to the society. NGOs operating in the national and international scope can fill the gaps in the effective functioning of public institutions. NGOs operating internationally should also organize and implement medical, food and economic aid for the poorest countries, characterized by weaker economic development and low income of citizens. International NGOs can also support the cross-border transfer of technology and capital to stimulate economic development in poorer countries. In addition, internationally active green NGOs can support the implementation of the ecological transformation of the economy in poorer countries. In this way, the disproportions in the economic and technological development, etc. will be reduced. International disproportions in terms of income, standard of living and the pro-ecological transformation of the economy should be reduced.
Have a nice day, Stay healthy! Best wishes,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
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Celtic mythology tells of Eochaid Ollathair (“Father of All”), also known as the Dagda, the “Good God”.  The Dagda's cauldron, one of the four sacred objects brought to Ireland by the Tuatha De Danaan, provided unlimited food and sustenance:  "No company ever went from it unthankful".    
But this is not a simple corncopia.  The Dagda's cauldron is a central symbol of reconciliation, at the heart of good governance. It is the Coire Aisic -- the Cauldron of Restitution -- positioned in the Great Hall in the Rites of Tara and around which everybody must gather when a divisive problem has arisen.  All persons who participate in the gathering, contribute what they have to the cauldron, so that it holds every form of sustenance used by the Irish.  All those present (including lords and poets -- the knowledge holders and the 'stakeholders', as it were) must speak to the cauldron, instilling it with the knowledge and the purposes that they bring.  Then each in turn is brought to the cauldron, and receives a fork thrust out of it; and, in this way, through the magical power of the cauldron, the proper portion comes out to each.
 
The Rites of Tara engaged people to renounce their prior claims, to contribute sources of nourishment and understanding into the common pool, so as to permit -- somewhat mysteriously -- the emergence of a just and respectful solution to the conflict.   In what ways can these symbols be useful for orientating current challenges of reconciliation and conflict resolution?
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Your research perspective is very important and makes a lot of sense nowadays. The concrete references that I have in my library are the following:
- DOWLIN, Gerard. "The Liminal Boundary: An Analysis of the Sacral Potency of the Ditch at Ráith na Ríg, Tara. Co. Meath", in: The Journal of Irish Archaeology, Vol. 15 (2006), pp. 15-37.
- MACALISTER, R.A.S. "Temair Breg: A Study of the Remains and Traditions of Tara", in: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Section C: Archaeology, Celtic Studies, History, Linguistics, Literature, Vol. 34 (1917 - 1919), pp. 231-399.
- MACALISTER, R.A.S. Tara: A Pagan Sanctuary of Ancient Ireland. London: Scribners, 1931.
- MICHAEL J. ENRIGHT, Michael J. "lona, Tara and Soissons: The Origin of the Royal Anointing Ritual. (Arbeiten zur Fruhmittelalterforschung, 17.) Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1985.
- PETRIE, Georges. "On the History and Antiquities of Tara Hill", in: The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy, vol. 18 (1839).
I also remember that in the movie Gone With the Wind the name of the plantation was Tara, and the family probably was from Irish origins. I am not sure, but probably can be an interesting clue for contemporary representations of rituals of repentance and reconciliation.
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Why is there a high discrepancy in mortality rates for COVID-19 in western Europe?
Examining the mortality rates of different countries in Western Europe, one can not be but shocked at the high mortality rates recorded by some of the most developed countries in the world; UK (14%), France (15%), Italy (14%), Netherlands(13%), Belgium (16%), Spain (9.5%) (The cumulative number of deaths in these countries constitute about 40% of the total deaths worldwide). But what is more surprising, why have these countries recorded these high mortality rates while other neighboring western European countries have recorded a much lower mortality rate? e.g. Germany (4.5%), Portugal (4.3%), Switzerland (6%), Austria (4%), and Ireland (7%). Is it because of the superiority (or at least the better preparedness for emergencies) of the health system in these countries to those of the former group? Or is it due to a different strain of COVID-19 infecting different countries? Or is due to the different responses (and timing) of the governments of these countries to the pandemic? Any ideas, thoughts or theories on this issue. Any references is appreciated.
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In GErmany it is rather low. This is thought to be a mixture of having very many ICU beds with ventilators available and the strong treatment of hospitalized cases with Remdesivir plus an early action/lockdown by the government and the 16 federal states. But Covid-19 is hitting hart in the not prepared homes for the elderly (as in all countries of Europe)... And also in the USA/Russia...
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In a speech today, Queen of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, Elizabeth II announced that the United Kingdom plans to withdraw formally from the European Union as of January 31, 2020. Why was this decision made? Is it timely, long overdue, or hasty and premature?
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@Srini, the General elections on 12/12/2019was won by the conservatives by the same lies AS in 2016 and even more of them... But what would have Bern the alternative? An old Marxist?;
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My model is Dynamic Systems Maturity Theory and is proving normative for all types of human system - individual, organization, economy. It has just been reviewed by a university here in Ireland re. Psychological and Organization Development and and I am preparing that material for publication. It has 7 Levels, each with 2 Phases both for development and habituation in already-established patterns. It integrates models and theories from across all schools of Psychology. It has proved very insightful across a range of issues especially Culture/Mindset, but I need to show congruence with the Narrative/Dialogue paradigm. I have shown that it adds structure and process to e.g., Open Dialogue, but the Narrative analysis could be critical in terms of a key indicator of what is organising narrative, especially in the developmental context.
I would love to discuss the potential in collaborating and if you would like to discuss, please contact me at myless@orgcmf.com - this is a website being developed to host and market online Organization-Development applications of the model. It has intro material but it is written for a lay audience. I hope to hear from you, Best Regards, Myles Sweeney BA (Psychol.), MBS (Finance), Ph.D (Psychol.)
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Apreciado Myles Sweeney .
Muy interesante tu modelo, en relación a RACIMO no es para comercializar sin considerar el proceso de su implementación.
Estaré valorando tu propuesta
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As part of an ongoing Masters degree currently being undertaken at the Waterford Institute of Technology. We are seeking insight into the critical success factors in construction that could drive successful commissioning of a major project in Ireland. Can i get professionals (PM,Commissioners,Designers, ,Engineers,etc.) in the construction industry to participate in our survey in other to generate result for the research?
Kindly click the link below to participate in the survey that will take just 5- 6 minutes.Thank
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Dear Amadin Igiebor ,
Contact people at Dodge & Data:
They can deliver you huge dataset of contact information into construction industry to get additional answers.
B.R.,
Ari
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I've encountered an Ostracod species within Beech leaf litter from Aberdeenshire, Scotland and would like to know if:
- other researchers have encountered leaf litter Ostracods in the UK/Ireland/ Europe.
- there is a key to terrestrial species.
- anyone would be willing for me to forward to them a number of specimens for possible identification?
Best Regards
Brian
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I've had a look on SNH's files, and the only thing I can find is a record of Terrestricythere on Orkney. This was found by Professor David Horne (Queen Mary University of London) and two students in 2018, and a report is available at http://www.arcs.qmul.ac.uk/media/arcs/students/finances/bursaries-grants-scholarships/expeditions-fund/2017-18/Scotland-1.pdf. Prof Horne's page is at https://www.qmul.ac.uk/geog/staff/horned.html, so I think he'd be your best bet.
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The European take on this is uniformly negative
And yet in Britain he seems unstoppable. Every Tory will come behind him as they fear oblivion at the hands of Farage or Corbyn.
Labour voters think he is 'fun' and may vote for him. Remember he defeated Ken Livingston for Mayor of London when he had a 20% lead.
Can anyone explain this?
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unfortunately, yes
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A colleague is currently drafting her thesis proposal.
The aim of the thesis would be comparing the pedagogical effectiveness of traditional map reading in the geography classroom, versus 'digital' map reading tools. Some examples of 'digital' map reading tools could be google maps, augmented reality apps, or virtual reality 'field trips'.
Ideally, she would be conducting her research in Irish secondary schools, but she is willing to consider case studies from other countries.
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They are improving students' map reading skills. A combination of both the digital map reading tools and the traditional method will definitely be more effective.
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I am doing a project in college at the minute with the RQ: "Has the introduction of a gender quota in Ireland changed the way that the media covers female political candidates?". I have hypothesised that women will receive more issue-related coverage following the gender quota because it renegotiation of the gendered meaning of politics. Is there a theory that links how something tangible like a policy can affect the way that people think about things? People in this case actually referring to the media. I think my theoretical basis on this hypothesis is a bit tenuous at the moment.
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Good afternoon. Perhaps this list of theories may help you to find what you're looking for: http://changingminds.org/explanations/theories/a_alphabetic.htm
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There is no statutory or common-law power to detain a patient in a Healthcare Facility outside of the application of the Mental Health Act 2001. This presents certain legal, ethical and moral dilemmas for Healthcare Providers when caring for a person who lacks capacity wishing to self - discharge. The requirement to provide for a ‘safe discharge’ may clash where appropriate community supports are lacking. In Ireland, approximately 4.5% of older people live in a congregated setting or residential care settings. This is approximately 40% higher than the current European average.
In 2017 Home Care Services accounted for €376 million of Healthcare expenditure. 19,807 people were in receipt of a home care package and 46,243 of home help hours (D’Alton et al, 2018).According to Care Alliance Ireland, an additional an additional four million hours of homecare needs to be provided to cope with ageing demographics, at a cost of €110 million (Cullen.P.2018).
Pending advancement of the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015 which provides a statutory framework for individuals to make legally-binding agreements to be assisted and supported in making decisions about their welfare, their property and affairs we are currently acting under the Lunacy Regulations (1871). From 2012 to 2015 there was a 36% increase in wardship applications.
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There is very useful case law and summaries published by Alex Ruck Kene and colleagues https://www.39essex.com/
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As the endgame approaches it becomes clear that Britain's current political leaders cannot/will not sign up to any special deal for Northern Ireland as proposed by the EU negotiators (and Ireland of course).
Yet Britain's negotiators insist that there will be no 'hard border' in Ireland. The EU have called this 'magical thinking' somewhat amusingly to Irish ears.
Can you help Britain square the circle? Leave the single market as the UK of GB and NI and yet not have a customs border between the latter and the rest of Ireland.
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Suppose a survey is done in which a participant indicates their name and gender, the countries to which they have traveled, and their rating of each. Suppose the Excel file has data looking like this (the commas indicating a separate column value and each line break being a different row):
Joe Smith, M, Germany, Above Average
Joe Smith, M, Italy, Excellent
Joe Smith, M, Australia, Average
Jane Jones, F, Canada, Below Average
Jack Green, M, USA, Below Average
Jack Green, M, Mexico, Excellent
Jack Green, M, Brazil, Above Average
Jack Green, M, Austria, Excellent
Jack Green, M, Switzerland, Average
Megan Brown, F, Ireland, Below Average
Megan Brown, F, Ukraine, Above Average
In order to do my analysis, I need each so that each row reflects the data of one person, looking like this:
Joe Smith, M, Germany, Above Average, Italy, Excellent, Australia, Average,
Jane Jones, F, Canada, Below Average
etc.
With a small data set like this, I can simply manually do it. However, this dataset has about 5000 rows with about 400 names, some with one row to their name and others with upwards of 5 to 6. This would take many hours to do.
My question is this: Is there a shortcut way where I can merge rows based on a value (like name)?
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It's easy;
you need to generate a new column with=
=A1&", "& A2&", "&A3&", "&"A4 "
When are ready, then
copy many times like rules you have.
That's all.
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Thanet farm in UK is the good example of self sufficiency in terms of crop production
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You mean agriculture in greenhouses
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What are the potential options available with regards to the Irish border, and how safe is the Good Friday Agreement in it's current form throughout the Brexit process?
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Thank you Carsten & Margaret for your answers - I think we are beginning to approach crunch time and this is where we will start to see serious proposals gain increased attention - indeed it appears brexiteers are open to less rigid approaches to the process, but I don't think my fears are assuaged just yet and hope a solution is found soon.
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In the UK as the Brexit deadlines loom large we see the party political questions seemingly drowning out rational economic calculation.
Boris Johnson want to replace Theresa May. So does Jeremy Corbyn. The DUP say a border in the Irish Sea is a red line and they will remove support for May's government if she 'concedes' on this issue. The temperature in short is rising rapidly.
Does this mean that politics are now in the ascendancy and rational economic calculations must take a back seat? Or is this just surface noise? I wonder...
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Ireland after independence did indeed retreat inwards and was indeed dominated culturally and socially by the Catholic church. But those days are long gone. Referendums on same sex marriage and abortion recently show a sea change in attitudes. I would put a lot of modernisation and secularisation down to joining the EU in 1972
An interesting thought that UK maye be heading backwards towards isolation and dreams of glories past. Not good....
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I have experience in teaching in Europe (France and Ireland) and in the US. The ways of teaching physics doffer quite a bit. In the US, Calculus is not required. Therefore, a Physics teacher has to teach physics using algebra. While in France, Mathematics courses incorporate calculus, even basic calculus. Also Physics courses implement some 'maths tools' like derivatives and so on, which makes the physics course a mixture between conceptual physics and calculus based physics. Some French teachers might say that the level dropped significantly, may be, but this is still another approach much more calculus based. Landau's famous textbooks use calculus, while Feynman's lectures are more intuition based (even though one cannot object that calculus is also a part of the lecture, at a second level of reading, I agree). Some teacher say, we don't need calculus as one can 'feel' the concepts. Some others will say that we should use calculus to solve problems, as one uses a screw driver for DIY at home. I think this is an interesting debate (less controversial, or may be not) and as usual your opinions are more than welcome!
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From my experience, both are essential and reinforce each other. Concepts should be pushed forward by use of maths in order to introduce more advanced ones. This is how a science is built. I believe the teaching should follow the same path.
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The invasive range for Metrosideros exelsa is Japan, Spain, England, Ireland and South Africa. I am interested in environmental and socio-economic impacts in its invasive / introduced range.
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Metrosideros exelsa (New Zealand Christmas tree) is a coastal evergreen tree which produces a brilliant display of red (or occasionally orange, yellow or white flowers made up of a mass of stamens. Renowned for its vibrant colour and its ability to survive even perched on rocky, precarious cliffs, they are located in New Zealand .The grows up to 25 metres (82 ft) high, with a spreading, dome-like form.
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Today we are told that Britain has agreed there will be 'continued regulatory alignment' between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
What does this mean?
It is not the same as saying NI will remain in the Customs Union and the Single Market. It may not even be the same as saying 'no regulatory divergence'.
But it is hugely significant I think. Unless it is prepared to accept regulatory divergence between NI and Britain then it must continue aligned with EU rules on food safety, animal welfare, medical drugs etc.
But what about labour and environmental standards? Is Britain now precluded from the 'race to the bottom' the Brexiteers wanted?
I would be interested in international opinion on this development
Thanks
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Denis MacShane@DenisMacShane
If this is the text "The UK will ensure that there continues to be no divergence from those rules of the internal market and the customs union which, now or in the future, support North South cooperation and the protection of the Good Friday agreement" it means NI stays in CU, SM
3:47 PM - Dec 4, 2017
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I am currently doing a literature review for my final year of psychiatric nursing. My aim is to compile all relevant literature on the prevalence causes and preventions of burnout among psychiatric nurses. I then wish to make a comparison between Ireland and England.
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Here you can compare with something from Sweden:
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Is anyone aware of research regarding creating an Autistic Community? Specialisterne NI are commencing a 3 year project which has been designed by Autistic adults in N Ireland.. The design phase used participatory action research methods, Clean language and other communication supports. The project will engage 80 adults on the Autistic Spectrum per year and is funded by the Big Lottery Fund. Led by a participant panel, we are looking for examples of good practice elsewhere regarding linking up autistic adults where connecting can be hard and difficult, and is a core want nonetheless. https://www.specialisterneni.com/introducing-2gether/
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Thank you Mary - these are perfect!
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I was recently collecting on the Hook peninsula (Ballymartin Point Formation, Ballysteen Limestone Formation) and am having difficulty in finding specific literature on the abundant crinoid and brachiopod fauna which can be found there. Does anyone have any suggestions on literature or websites which would help me in identifying crinoids and brachiopods found in the lower Carboniferous Tournaisian formations in county Wexford, Ireland?
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I would like some tips or information on the above mentioned topic ... I have referenced a few but wanted to know if any study was conducted in Ireland. thank you
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one thing I would caution you about - It is not enough to implement an early warning score like MEWS without also implementing an action plan (ideally multidisciplinary one) to react to patients who are flagged by the MEWS score as at high risk of deterioration. The better plans include having the RN screen patients with regular vital signs, and a high score results in:
1. RN informs MD, charge nurse, educator/resource nurse
2. Assess the patient - Airway, breathing, circulation, neurologic status, history (possibly a rapid response team if your facility has it)
3. oxygen if needed, IV, and perhaps fluid
4. if this stabilizes the patient YAH! but if the patient continues to be unstable, ICU consult.
When a MEWS score is implemented for the nursing staff, but no education was provided for the new residents, then the score just becomes another piece of paper a nurse fills out, and the processes that results in delayed care continues.
Second thing, something like MEWS seems most beneficial (i.e. results in improve care) to novice RNs MDs because seasoned clinicians have developed the clinical judgement (hopefully) to recognize trouble quickly and know what to do and how fast to do it. There was a paper published in Australian Critical Care a few years back and I think a couple other ones recently that looked at the value of MEWS scores vs the experience level, but I don't have the exact reference on the tip of my fingertips.
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Trying to find out the debates of why Ireland were or were not neutral, then and after 1945
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Remained Neutral on records and extending condolence on the death of Hitler, but Ireland behaved and acted towards Britain like any good neighbor would and should! Cranborne report details the helping hand of Ireland during 1939 - 1945!
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Hi,
I am working on bioluminescence in insects caused by Photorhabdus bacteria.
Do someone knows if there are some Lampyridae species in Ireland? I cannot find reliable data.
Thanks,
Julien
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You can ask John Tyler. Anyway, the distribution map of Lampyris noctiluca that he has published on the net, does not include Ireland.
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I am presently doing a thesis for a masters in Contemporary studies in Migration and the Diaspora and I wish to study the effect of returning emigrants to Ireland in the present economic climate, specifically those who return and have no choice but to live in with their families and thus the challenges both the family and returning emigrant experiences.  Any information/advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Some time ago I have worked on theoretical aspects of return migration. The article is also among my RG papers (see page 4 of publication list):
"Migrants' Savings, Purchasing Power Parity, and the Optimal Duration of Migration" by
Oded Stark, Christian Helmenstein and Yuri Yegorov, INTERNATIONAL TAX AND PUBLIC FINANCE, Vol. 4, No. 3, 1997
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Little research has been conducted to investigate the efficacy of team teaching or on various effective models which have resulted in significant student gain. Does it really contribute to significant educational advancement for the SEN student?
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The CAME project is worth looking at.
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I am researching how rural communities can improve their adoption of digital technologies and am employing action research. I am planning to do a comparative study using action research in rural Canada and rural Ireland but have not found any examples or literature for using action research in this fashion yet.
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Hi Wayne,
On personal level, even with thew added detail, my view remains the same. AR typically exemplifies single studies - so the comparison would come ex-post facto. However, I'm  wondering if you might not be the first to ever pose this question - or even conduct a study of this type. The next post on this topic may well reveal something different.
Glen - I'm a bit of a fan of GT - but I have to say that you might have mis-interpreted the regional question. Constant comparative analysis is, indeed, a common aspect of GT - and could be part of an action research project. However, action research is mixed-methods - so not reliant on any one approach - and the comparison that Wayne is referring to is not related to a single data set - but to two different sample populations. 
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As a result of their various cultural backgrounds/beliefs, migrant communities/new Irish communities, particularly women experiencing domestic violence, may find it difficult to access these services, due to lack of awareness, fear, socio-cultural factors, etc
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Hi.  I didn't forget about this.  I found a treatment that I am excited about that might help you.  It is currently being used with substance abuse families, however there is a researcher currently testing it with IPV and I think the premise holds true for IPV as well.  I would also incorporate Trauma Incident Reduction treatment into the program (see http://www.tir.org/about-tir.html  -- if you follow Carl Rogers approach of empathic listening you can follow the guidelines in a book to do this treatment, sometimes EMDR is useful (I'm told, I only use TIR))
1. "Get your loved one sober: Alternatives to nagging, pleading, and threatening" by Robert J. Meyers (I believe he's coined as the founder of the approach) & Brenda L. Wolfe
2. "Beyond Addiction: How science and kindness help people change" by Jeffrey Foote, Carrie Wilkens, & Nicole Kosanke (I know Nicole and had her come in and guest lecture my students in the spring)
Here is a radio interview that Nicole did with Kenneth Anderson about the book and CRAFT, which may be of interest to you: http://motivationandchange.com/dr-nicole-kosanke-on-addiction-treatments-that-work/
Article re: CRAFT and IPV:  Roozen, H. G., Blaauw, E., & Meyers, R. J. (2009). Advances in Management of Alcohol Use Disorders and Intimate Partner Violence: Community Reinforcement and Family Training. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 16(S1), S74-S80.
I wrote to Dr. Roozen and he graciously forwarded the article: h.roozen@boumanggz.nl
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I am writing a dissertation looking at the relationship between suicide and rural communities and would like to know if mental health stigmatisation plays a role.
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These articles mention the problem of stigma, esp. with regard to mental illness: 
Brems, C., Johnson, M. E., Warner, T. D., & Roberts, L. W. (2006). Barriers to healthcare as reported by rural and urban interprofessional providers. Journal of interprofessional care, 20(2), 105-118.
Brems, C., Johnson, M. E., Warner, T. D., & Roberts, L. W. (2007). Exploring differences in caseloads of rural and urban healthcare providers in Alaska and New Mexico. Public health, 121(1), 3-17.
This study is from Ireland and finds that some rural people tend to avoid to talk about mental health problems:
Johnson, I. R., McDonnell, C., O'Connell, A. M., & Glynn, L. G. (2011). Patient perspectives on health, health needs, and health care services in a rural Irish community: a qualitative study. Rural and remote health, 11(1659).
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I am looking at the relationship between CDOM and DOC in a bay on the west coast of Ireland. I have measured the absorbance of the samples and also the DOC. I have found high DOC and very low (almost indistinguishable from noise) values for CDOM for some of my samples. Another bay I looked at show a very tight correlation between CDOM and DOC concentration. Any suggestions as to why my CDOM is so low but I have high DOC?
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I have been measuring CDOM absorption off the west coast of Ireland in 1998. This data set have been published in the paper by Darecki at al., 2003 Continental Shelf Research (it can be downloaded from the my Research Gate profile). Unfortunately did not measured DOC at that time. The problem that your describing is well known and it can be explained by CDOM source analysis. If the CDOM and DOC have the same source and physical mixing inn the primary drive of the variablity of both parameters you can have a very tight relationship between aCDOM and DOC. If sources of both parameter are different and there are number other non-linear relationships that can act  as sources or decomposition of CDOM the DOC and aCDOM will decoupled, see also discussion in my 2010 Marine Chemistry paper on aCDOM DOC relationship in South Atlantic Bight. There is no general and common relationship between aCDOM and DOC, and relationships between those two parameters can be only established locally (not globally) see the text book be Wozniak and Dera Light Absorption in Sea Water, Springer for detailed explanation. I would also looked at your data set for location of the coastal front, that separate the Atlantic domain water (blue waters) from the coastal waters (green waters). It is common especially in subtropical and tropical oligotrophic water that you have in the mixed layer very low CDOM absorption high DOC, and below mixed layers you have much higher aCDOM absorption and low DOC. Probably these data points mess up your relationships.  see Nelson and Siegel Review, 2013, and number of papers by Nelson and Siegel, Swan, Kitidis and myself (Marine Chemistry, 2013).
In general a clear selection of your data based on the location of the coastal front shell help you to solve the problem.
Cheers,
Piotr
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I'm examining modern shallow water benthic foraminiferal distributions in Galway Bay, west of Ireland and used rose bengal staining to be able to identify the living from dead assemblages but from 18 different locations in the bay only 3 live foraminifera were found. The procedure for adding in the rose bengal was followed to the letter. I was wondering has anyone had this problem before or heard of a similar situation or have an explanation as to why it might have given such a low count? Thanks in advance for any response
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Hi Shane
Its possible (likely) that there are no live forams then. The grab sampler is not the greatest in the world (if it's the one I'm thinking of) and you may well have lost the uppermost sediment which would have had the live forams in. The grab tends to leak / sluice a lot of water through and you effectively wash off the top few centimetres of sediment. Worth seeing if you can track down someone who was on board during recovery (or check photos if taken).
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I'm specifically seeking grave goods associated with Celtic child burials. References, information, leads, I'll take it all!
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Sorry about the delay, I had to send my computer in for repair and I've been preparing to excavate in Jordan, so this was the soonest I could get back to you. Eileen Murphey has written extensively on child burial in Ireland, and while her writings focus on a period that is well past Roman, her bibliography is full of ethnographic and folklore accounts that may prove useful. She does cover the grave goods, but not in much detail, which is reasonable as they are sparse in Christian practice. It is still very much useful for supplementing any argument regarding the reasoning behind a burial practice. Below is the publication information for two of her works. I would focus on the one written in IJA, but both have decent information.
Murphey, Eileen. 2011. "Children's Burial Grounds in Ireland (Cillini) and Parental Emotions Towards Infant Death." International Journal of Historical Archaeology 15 (3): 409-428.
Donnelly, C J, and Eileen M Murphey. 2008. "The Origins of Cillini in Ireland." In Deviant Burial in the Archaeological Record, edited by Eileen M Murphey, 191-232. Oxford: Oxbow Books.
A second author that provides a good overview of Cillini is Nyree Finlay. Some of the writing goes back much further (to the Bronze Age if I remember correctly), but there is a general focus on the medieval/postmedieval period. This is also very high quality work, and I have posted the information below.
Finlay, Nyree. 2001. "Outside of Life: Traditions of Infant Burial in Ireland from Cillin to Cist." World Archaeology (31): 407-442.
SOME CLOSING NOTES: There are many more articles(particularly by FInlay) that I did not include because I don't readily have that information with my computer in the shop. Of the sixteen cillini excavated following the advent of radiocarbon dating only one of them dates back to the Early Christian Period, and I cant remember which one of the top of my head. Fortunately, I do know for a fact that one of the sources I provided (likely Finlay, 2001 or Murphey 2011) do include inforrmation on that site and have further sources in their bibliographies.
I really hope this helped, and I apologize again for the delay.
Cheers,
Aaron Fehir