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Walking and cardiovascular risk: A meta-analysis of randomised, controlled trials 2361 board #93 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM (Pre-published version)
(American College of Sports Medicine, 2006)Walking is the most popular physical activity among the EU population, and has become an important cornerstone in many physical activity promotion campaigns. Despite this, interventions that have considered the effects of ... -
Walking back to Earth: the enduring appeal of ancient pilgrimage as portal to the sacred for the contemporary seeker
(2022-05-16)This thesis offers a perspective on pilgrimage, from the vantage point of the pilgrim’s reflection on their embodied experience and an analysis of that experience from theological and psychological hermeneutics, in particular. ... -
Walking: The first steps in cardiovascular disease prevention
(Wolters Kluwer Health Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2010)Purpose of review Health professionals are presented with the challenge of prescribing physical activity that is likely to be sustained by the sedentary majority. Walking is eminently suited to physical activity ... -
War of the words: literary rebellion in France and Ireland (Pre-published version)
(T.I.R. [Université Rennes 2], 2010) -
We can check it in the corpus shur: Framing the use of corpus and corpus methodologies through an investigation of the pragmatic marker shur in Irish English
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We must guarantee a genuine Irish welcome for our returning diaspora (Pre-published version)
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‘We think considerable improvement should be made.’ Irish insanity and the Limerick District Lunatic Asylum, 1772-1900
(2021-04-08)The focus of this thesis is the Limerick District Lunatic Asylum (LDLA hereafter), its interconnected institutions and the people who used them. Established in 1827, LDLA was Ireland’s first large-scale provincial district ... -
Well-being: bridging the gap between the language of policy and the culture of schools
(ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development), 2019)While there is an increasing interest in the notion of well-being—politically, societally and educationally—it remains an enigmatic, multifaceted concept that sometimes eludes definition in academic articles. This article ... -
Welsh ogams from an Irish perspective
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What are primary school teachers' attitudes toward introversion in students?
(2023-11-06)The existing literature suggests a potential implicit social desirability associated with the extrovert personality and as a result, extroverts are accommodated across various work and educational settings, leading to a ... -
What else could have caused it? Counterfactuals, enablers and alternatives
(Science Foundation Ireland, 2010)The aim of this study was to explore why people focus on enablers rather than causes in their counterfactual thinking (i.e., how people undo the past). We report the results of an experiment that compared causes and enablers ... -
What is an Irish clan?
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What is PE? (Pre-published version)
(Taylor & Francis [Routledge], 2013)Physical education is a socially constructed activity that forms one component of a wider physical culture that includes sport and health/physical activity (Kirk, 1999, Lake, 2001a: 69, Penney, 1998). The terms sport and ... -
What is strong over what is wrong: an exploration of Irish educational psychologists' use and perceptions of strengths based practice
(2023-11-03)The present research aims to explore how Educational Psychologists (EPs) employ strengths based practice (SBP) and to elicit their thoughts and experiences of working from a strengthsbased lens. Research in the area of SBP ... -
What is the experience of navigating a new life in Ireland for international protection applicants and refugees and what role does education play?
(2022-04-01)This research is political in nature. It analyses the system of reception for international protection applicants and refugees in Ireland, investigates the nature of life within Direct Provision and explores the ways in ... -
‘What ish my nation?’: Towards a Negative Definition of Identity
(Minerva, 1999)This chapter examines Derrida’s distinction between law and justice, looking at the heritage of Pascal and Montaigne and examining issues of ethical and political responsibility in the process, taking some examples from ... -
What lies beneath: an exploration of the unseen in John B. Keane's The field
(2016)John B. Keane remains a hugely popular dramatist, his plays continue to fill theatres to this day, and many of his characters have transcended from the stage and reside in common cultural consciousness. This dissertation ...