Browsing by Subject "Environment"
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Advancing the Low-Carbon Transition in Irish Transport
(National Economic and Social Council, ireland, 2019-05-10)This research from DCU identifies three main themes: complexities inherent in transport; competing priorities and contestation between institutional drivers; and the fragmented governance landscape and institutional ... -
Barriers to Sustainable Transport in Ireland
(Environmental Protection Agency, 2011)This synthesis report provides an overview of the findings from the Assessing the Barriers to SustainableTransport in Ireland project and distils the conclusions outlined in the End of Project Report. The purpose of this ... -
Biopolymer based soil treatment for geotechnical engineering applications
(Springer, Singapore, 2023)Biopolymers (natural polymers) are exuded by micro- and macro-organisms (bacteria, plants, etc.) and have been shown to affect the geotechnical engineering behavior and properties of different soil types for low dosage ... -
Comment on “A new approach to stabilization of calcareous dune sand”
(2023)The Discussers read with interest the paper by Ghadr et al. (2022) (the Authors); the research topic being particularly important for various regions of the world regarding the main goals of dust suppression and wind-driven ... -
Community established best practice recommendations for tephra studies?from collection through analysis
(2022)Tephra is a unique volcanic product with an unparalleled role in understanding past eruptions, long-term behavior of volcanoes, and the effects of volcanism on climate and the environment. Tephra deposits also provide ... -
Cost-Benefit Analysis, Environment and Climate Change
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Discovering Trinity's Biodiversity: Report from the Biodiversity Audit Pilot Study
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Draft recommendations on access to environmental information
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Effect of decomposition on physical properties of fibrous peat
(2014)Organic matter in peat deposits undergoes slow microbial decomposition, which causes permanent material change, including reduction in volume of solids, and is a significant factor in the development of creep settlements ... -
The Environment Review 2012
(ESRI, 07/06/2012)The Environment Review 2012 presents projections of environmental emissions covering the period to 2030. The projections, which are based on current policies, provide a baseline of projected emissions (e.g. greenhouse ... -
Environmental risk factors associated with ANCA associated vasculitis: A systematic mapping review.
(2020)Background: Anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) is a rare multi-system autoimmune disease, characterised by a pauci-immune necrotising small-vessel vasculitis, with a relapsing and remitting ... -
Examining total and domain-specific sedentary behaviour using the socio-ecological model - a cross-sectional study of Irish adults
(2019)Background: Sedentary behaviour (SB) has been linked with detrimental effects on morbidity and mortality. This study aims to identify the individual, social and environmental correlates of total sedentary behaviour and the ... -
Fossil Fuel Interests in Environmental and Climate Policy: Evidence of Influence and Institutionalised Participation
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Political Science, 2023)Do fossil fuel interest groups and companies engage in systematic participation in institutions of state-society relations such as public consultations in pursuit of policy influence in the area of environment and climate? ... -
The Irish Energy Tetralemma: A Framework for Fuel Choices in Ireland, August 2010
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Leveraging a national patient registry to explore relapse in ANCA associated vasculitis
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Clinical Medicine, 2023)BACKGROUND ANCA associated vasculitis (AAV) is an archetypal rare autoimmune disease, resulting in immune-mediated organ damage. It has a relapsing-remitting course, resulting in cumulative morbidity and mortality. Toxic ... -
Modelling the Zero-Carbon Transition: International Approaches and Lessons for Ireland
(National Economic and Social Council, ireland, 2020-05-20)The Government’s Climate Action Plan and Future Jobs Ireland 2019 included a request for NESC’s advice on how to manage the transition associated with climate change and digital automation. Specifically, how to minimise ... -
National progress indicators for sustainable economic, social and environmental development
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Natural Capital Accounting: A Guide for Action
(National Economic and Social Council, ireland, 2024-01-18)How can Ireland better account for nature? On request from Government and drawing on in-depth engagement with key stakeholders, this Council report provides advice on natural capital accounting and presents a guide for ... -
Nature as Listener and Consoler in Post-Classical Irish Poetry.
(Liverpool University Press, 2011)From earliest medieval times the land and nature are depicted in Irish poetry as the chieftain’s spouse, a sovereignty goddess in conjugal relationship with the ruling lord. [...] While that imagery, which proliferates in ...