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An examination of factors affecting student bystanders' decisions regarding reporting concerns about bullying in secondary schools to staff
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Education, 2017)
Concerns are frequently raised and disappointments expressed regarding the failure of secondary school students to report bullying to teachers, thus alerting them to the plight of their bullied peers. This study examined ...
Dual information processing of cardiovascular disease risk perception : an examination of the Extended Parallel Process Model
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2017)
The overall objective of this thesis was to examine dual information processing of CVD risk communications through empirical manipulations of both information processing modes (cognitive and affective), and to examine the ...
Pathogens, punishment and public health : some jurisdictions have not yet prosecuted exposure to, or transmission of, a pathogen during sexual activities - should they do so now?
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Law, 2017)
To address the central question, I consider the philosophical and theoretical perspectives relating to criminalisation and punishment, concluding that criminalisation may be justified on a standard harm analysis but that ...
The value of real world data in healthcare decision-making : practical applications using observational data from the National Hepatitis C Treatment Registry
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Clinical Medicine, 2017)
Introduction: Observational research can play an integral role in the healthcare decision-making process. In an era of ever increasing drug costs, healthcare decision-makers are under pressure to optimally allocate resources. ...
A biomechanical analysis of the trunk and spine during paediatric cerebral palsy gait
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, 2017)
Movement pathologies in the lower limbs of children with cerebral palsy are well established in the literature. However, movement pathologies of the upper body, in particular the trunk, are less well defined. Mechanical ...
Reconstructing livability : a grounded theory of partners' experiences of living with someone with an eating disorder
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Nursing & Midwifery, 2017)
Background: It is estimated that 200,000 people in Ireland are experiencing an eating disorder (ED). Although EDs are primarily associated with adolescents and young adults, in recent years an increase in people of older ...
Co-creation with Open Government Data : a constructivist approach using a multiple case studies strategy from an information systems perspective
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2017)
Open Government Data (OGD) initiatives are spreading worldwide. One use of OGD is the co-creation of applications and web services. Both OGD and co-creation concepts can be viewed from different perspectives as there are ...
The surface energetics of low dimensional nanomaterials
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Physics, 2017)
Over the past two decades, there has been great interest in the discovery and research of low dimensional nanomaterials. These materials, such as carbon nanotubes and graphene, are amongst the strongest and most conductive ...
Network structure, institutional frameworks, and social change : the case of nonprofits that support asylum seekers in Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2017)
The steep rise in the number of asylum seekers arriving in Ireland since the late 1990s has presented a novel set of challenges to the Republic’s nonprofit sector. Legal instruments and statutory policy that have developed ...
A risk assessment tool for highly energetic break-up events during the atmospheric re-entry
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Computer Science & Statistics, 2017)
Most unmanned space missions end up with a destructive atmospheric re-entry. From ten to forty percent of a re-entering satellite’s mass may survive re-entry and hit the Earth’s surface. This has the potential to be a ...