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Supplementary Pensions and the Income of Ireland's Retirees
(TILDA - Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, 2012-11-29)The objective of this report is to explore (a) the incomes of retirees in Ireland and (b) the distribution of supplementary pensions among them, although clearly there is a close relationship between (a) and (b). Our focus ... -
Supporting the improvement and management of prescribing for urinary tract infections (SIMPle): protocol for a cluster randomized trial
(2013)Background The overuse of antimicrobials is recognized as the main selective pressure driving the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance in human bacterial pathogens. Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among ... -
Supportive care: the "keystone" of modern oncology practice
(2023)The Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) defines supportive care as "the prevention and management of the adverse effects of cancer and its treatment. This includes management of physical and ... -
Supportive relationships between patients and family caregivers in specialist palliative care: A qualitative study of barriers and facilitators
(2023)Objectives: Patients with advanced illness and their family caregivers can be mutually supportive. However, what facilitates and/or restricts supportive relationships between patients and family caregivers in palliative ... -
Surface layer proteins isolated from Clostridium difficile induce clearance responses in macrophages
(2014)Clostridium difficile is the leading cause of hospital-acquired diarrhoea worldwide, and if the bacterium is not cleared effectively it can pose a risk of recurrent infections and complications such as colitis, sepsis and ... -
Surface layer proteins of Clostridium difficile as novel vaccine candidates
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Clinical Medicine, 2005)Clostridium difficile is a major cause of antibiotic associated diarrhoea and pseudomembranous colitis in hospitalised patients. The major precipitating factor for C. difficile-associated disease (CDAD) is disruption of ... -
Surface neuromuscular electrical stimulation for quadriceps strengthening pre and post total knee replacement.
(2010)Background: Total knee replacement has been demonstrated to be one of the most successful procedures in the treatment of osteoarthritis. However quadriceps weakness and reductions in function are commonly reported following ... -
Surveillance study on children and adolescents with Down Syndrome (3 months to 18.9 years) in the Eastern Regional Health Authority
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Paediatrics, 2006)Down syndrome is the most common cause of developmental disability in Ireland with a birth prevalence of 1 in 546 live births. Children with Down syndrome have a high incidence of associated treatable medical disorders. ... -
A Survey to Establish Current Practice in Addressing Work Participation with Inflammatory Arthritis in the Irish Clinical Setting.
(2018)Background: Inflammatory arthritis (IA) is a complex progressive disease, with 2,250cases diagnosed in Ireland annually (Kane & Kavanagh, 2011) and an average age at onset of 35–45 years (Health Service Executive,2015). ... -
Survival Analysis of Irish Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients Diagnosed from 1995 2010
(2013)Introduction: The Irish ALS register is a valuable resource for examining survival factors in Irish ALS patients. Cox regression has become the default tool for survival analysis, but recently new classes of flexible ... -
Survival prediction in Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis based on MRI measures and clinical characteristics
(2017)Background: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) a highly heterogeneous neurodegenerative condition. Accurate diagnostic, monitoring and prognostic biomarkers are urgently needed both for individualised patient care and ... -
Susceptibility (risk and protective) factors for in-patient violence and self-harm: Prospective study of structured professional judgement instruments START and SAPROF, DUNDRUM-3 and DUNDRUM-4 in forensic mental health services
(2013)Background The START and SAPROF are newly developed fourth generation structured professional judgement instruments assessing strengths and protective factors. The DUNDRUM-3 and DUNDRUM-4 also measure positive factors, ... -
Susceptibility to a multisensory speech illusion in older persons is driven by perceptual processes.
(2013)Recent studies suggest that multisensory integration is enhanced in older adults but it is not known whether this enhancement is solely driven by perceptual processes or affected by cognitive processes. Using the "McGurk ... -
Sustained Attention Is Associated With Frailty In The Older Adult Population.
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Switching off LTP: mGlu and NMDA receptor-dependent novelty exploration-induced depotentiation in the rat hippocampus.
(2013)Both electrically induced synaptic long-term potentiation (LTP) and long-term depression have been extensively studied as models of the cellular basis of learning and memory mechanisms. Recently, considerable interest has ... -
Symposium on 'The challenge of translating nutrition research into public health nutrition'. Session 3: Joint Nutrition Society and Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute Symposium on 'Nutrition and autoimmune disease'. Recent advances in genetic understanding of coeliac disease.
(2009)Over the past 20 years major advances have been made in the diagnosis and understanding of pathogenic mechanisms relating to coeliac disease. Recently-identified genetic markers support the immunological?inflammatory nature ...