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Men's information-seeking behavior regarding cancer risk and screening: A meta-narrative systematic review

Saab, Mohamad M.; Reidy, Mary; Hegarty, Josephine; O'Mahony, Mairin; Murphy, Mike; Von Wagner, Christian; Drummond, Frances J. (Wiley, 2017-08-18)

Objective: Preventive strategies are known to reduce cancer risk and incidence and improve prognosis. Men seldom seek medical information about cancer prevention and risk reduction. The aim of this meta-narrative systematic ...
Risk perceptions of cyber-security and precautionary behaviour

van Schaik, Paul; Jeske, Debora; Onibokun, Joseph; Coventry, Lynne; Jansen, Jurjen; Kusev, Petko (Elsevier, 2017-05-29)

A quantitative empirical online study examined a set of 16 security hazards on the Internet and two comparisons in 436 UK- and US students, measuring perceptions of risk and other risk dimensions. First, perceived risk was ...
Abstract concepts and aging: An embodied and grounded perspective

Borghi, Anna M.; Setti, Annalisa (Frontiers Media, 2017-05-22)

How do we represent abstract concepts, as “justice” and “phantasy”? This issue has become hotly debated within embodied and grounded cognition views (for reviews: Pecher et al., 2011; Dove, 2016; Borghi et al., 2017). It ...
Peanut Allergen Threshold Study (PATS): Novel single-dose oral food challenge study to validate eliciting doses in children with peanut allergy

Hourihane, Jonathan O'B.; Allen, Katrina J.; Shreffler, Wayne G.; Dunn Galvin, Gillian; Nordlee, Julie A.; Zurzolo, Giovanni A.; Dunn Galvin, Audrey; Gurrin, Lyle C.; Baumert, Joseph L.; Taylor, Steve L. (Elsevier, 2017-02-24)

Background: Eliciting doses (EDs) of allergenic foods can be defined by the distribution of threshold doses for subjects within a specific population. The ED05 is the dose that elicits a reaction in 5% of allergic subjects. ...
Assessing efficiency of prompts based on earner characteristics

Backhaus, Joy; Jeske, Debora; Poinstingl, Herbert; Koenig, Sarah (MDPI, 2017-02-10)

Personalized prompting research has shown the significant learning benefit of prompting. The current paper outlines and examines a personalized prompting approach aimed at eliminating performance differences on the basis ...
Transformative spaces in the social reintegration of former child soldier young mothers in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Northern Uganda

Veale, Angela; Worthen, Miranda; McKay, Susan (American Psychological Association, 2017-02)

A significant but insufficiently considered category of female former child soldiers is those that become mothers as a result of rape or through relationships with “bush husbands”. This article reflects on learning from a ...
Green, Yellow, and Red risk perception in everyday life - a communication tool

Stensgaard, A.; Dunn Galvin, Audrey; Nielsen, D.; Munch, M.; Bindslev-Jensen, C. (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2017-01-24)

Background: Adolescents have the highest risk for food allergy-related fatalities. Our main aim was to investigate the level of risk in everyday social situations as perceived by adolescents/young adults with peanut allergy, ...
'I'm a rambler, I'm a gambler, I'm a long way from home': exploring participation through music and digital design in dementia care

Morrissey, Kellie (University College Cork, 2017)

People with dementia (PWD) living in care are a population commonly termed as ‘vulnerable’, and whose challenging life situations are often described in the literature as being a part of a ‘burden’, both on the part of ...
Urbanisation and cognitive ageing: an investigation of geographical variations in the cognitive health of older adults in Ireland

Cassarino, Marica (University College Cork, 2017)

Ageing and urbanisation worldwide, and the increasing risk of chronic conditions such dementia and cognitive impairment with higher life expectancy, urge to understand the impact of city or rural living on healthy cognitive ...
Load theory behind the wheel: an experimental application of a cognitive model to simulated driving

Murphy, Gillian (University College Cork, 2017)

Load Theory is a prominent model of selective attention first proposed over twenty years ago. Load Theory is supported by a great many experimental and neuroimaging studies. There is however, little evidence that Load ...
Reading fluency in monolingual and bilingual primary school children: cognitive mechanisms and remediation of difficulties

Lee, Laura Mary (University College Cork, 2017)

The topic of this thesis is reading fluency. Reading fluency is a critical component of skilled reading, and has been the subject of much investigation in recent years. Despite this surge in interest, we are still challenged ...
Family connections versus optimised treatment-as-usual for family members of individuals with borderline personality disorder: non-randomised controlled study

Flynn, Daniel; Kells, Mary; Joyce, Mary; Corcoran, Paul; Herley, Sarah; Suarez, Catalina; Cotter, Padraig; Hurley, Justina; Weihrauch, Mareike; Groeger, John (BioMed Central, 2017)

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is challenging for family members who are often required to fulfil multiple roles such as those of advocate, caregiver, coach and guardian. To date, two uncontrolled studies by the ...
Help-seeking behaviors and mental well-being of first year undergraduate university students

Goodwin, John; Behan, Laura; Kelly, Peter; McCarthy, Karen; Horgan, Aine M. (Elsevier Inc., 2016-12-30)

University students demonstrate poor help-seeking behaviors for their mental health, despite often reporting low levels of mental well-being. The aims of this study were to examine the help-seeking intentions and experiences ...
Quality of life in childhood, adolescence and adult food allergy: patient and parent perspectives

Stensgaard, A.; Bindslev-Jensen, C.; Nielsen, D.; Munch, M.; Dunn Galvin, Audrey (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2016-12-14)

Background: Studies of children with food allergy typically only include the mother and have not investigated the relationship between the amount of allergen needed to elicit a clinical reaction (threshold) and health-related ...
I can't get (no) Boolean satisfaction: a reply to Barrett et al. (2015)

King, Robert J. (Frontiers Media, 2016-12-06)
The Trier Social Stress Test: principles and practice

Allen, Andrew P.; Kennedy, Paul J.; Dockray, Samantha; Cryan, John F.; Dinan, Timothy G.; Clarke, Gerard (Elsevier, 2016-11-12)

Researchers interested in the neurobiology of the acute stress response in humans require a valid and reliable acute stressor that can be used under experimental conditions. The Trier Social Stress Test (TSST) provides ...
Measuring sperm backflow following female orgasm: a new method

King, Robert J.; Dempsey, Maria; Valentine, Katherine A. (Co-Action Publishing, 2016-10-25)

Background: Human female orgasm is a vexed question in the field while there is credible evidence of cryptic female choice that has many hallmarks of orgasm in other species. Our initial goal was to produce a proof of ...
A systematic review of methods to assess intake of sugar-sweetened beverages among healthy European adults and children: a DEDIPAC (DEterminants of DIet and Physical Activity) study

Riordan, Fiona; Ryan, Kathleen; Perry, Ivan J; Schulze, Matthias B.; Andersen, Lene Frost; Geelen, Anouk; Van't Veer, Pieter; Eussen, Simone; van Dongen, Martien; Wijckmans-Duysens, Nicole; Harrington, Janas M. (Cambridge University Press, 2016-10-21)

Research indicates that intake of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) may be associated with negative health consequences. However, differences between assessment methods can affect the comparability of intake data across ...
Fictional game elements 2016

Rapp, Amon; Cena, Federica; Hopfgartner, Frank; Hamari, Juho; Linehan, Conor (Sun SITE Central Europe / RWTH Aachen University, 2016-10)

Gamification has been widely accepted in the HCI community in the last few years. However, the current debate is focused on its short-term consequences, such as effectiveness and usefulness, while its side-effects, long-term ...
A systematic review of methods to assess intake of fruits and vegetables among healthy European adults and children: a DEDIPAC (DEterminants of DIet and Physical Activity) study

Riordan, Fiona; Ryan, Kathleen; Perry, Ivan J.; Schulze, Matthias B.; Andersen, Lene Frost; Geelen, Anouk; Van't Veer, Pieter; Eussen, Simone; Dagnelie, Pieter; Wijckmans-Duysens, Nicole; Harrington, Janas M. (Cambridge University Press, 2016-09-14)

Evidence suggests that health benefits are associated with consuming recommended amounts of fruits and vegetables (F&V), yet standardised assessment methods to measure F&V intake are lacking. The current review aims to ...

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