OBJECTIVES To determine whether performance in any of the Health Professions Admissions Test (HPAT) sections, most specifically the interpersonal understanding section, correlates with self-reported empathy levels in medical students. SETTING The study was conducted in University College Cork, Ireland. PARTICIPANTS 290 students participated in the study. Matching HPAT scores were available ...

E. Mac Aoidh, G. McArdle, M. Petitc∗, C. Ray, M. Bertolotto, C. Claramunt, and D. Wilson Computer Science Dept., National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland; Computer Science Dept., University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; Geographic Information Systems Dept., Naval Academy Research Institute, Brest, France; Software and Information Systems Dept., University of North Carolina, Charlott...

1 School of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, India, Department of Food Science and Technology, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, India, 4 Biomerit Research Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, 5 School of Biomedical Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, C...

In this paper we compute the Fourier spectra of some recently discovered binomial APN functions. One consequence of this is the determination of the nonlinearity of the functions, which measures their resistance to linear cryptanalysis. Another consequence is that certain error-correcting codes related to these functions have the same weight distribution as the 2-error-correcting BCH code. Furt...

CROSS-BORDER AND LOCAL COOPERATION ON THE ISLAND OF IRELAND: AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE Cross-border and local cooperation can foster local learning and contribute positively to business performance and social cohesion. This paper considers firms’ economic motivation for both types of cooperation around the Irish border. This area, while inevitably impacted by civil unrest in Northern Ireland, sha...

This report presents Semantic Web pipes, a powerful paradigm to build RDF-based mashups. Semantic Web pipes work by fetching RDF models on the Web, operating on them, and producing an output which is itself accessible via a stable URL. We illustrate how Semantic Web pipes can solve use cases ranging from simple aggregation to complex collaborative editing and filtering of distributed RDF graphs...

With the many changes occurring in Ireland it would seem an opportune time to review the body of research conducted and policy enacted in the Republic of Ireland on oral health services and oral health. The dental health of the nation prior to water fluoridation, the legislation and policy decisions impacting on oral health up to budgetary changes, and the production of evidence-based guideline...

Ovarian Androgen Production in Cattle 3 F Mossa, F Jimenez-Krassel, JK Folger, JLH Ireland, GW 4 Smith, P Lonergan, ACO Evans, and JJ Ireland 5 6 School of Agriculture Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, and Conway 7 Institute of Biomedical and Biomolecular Research, College of Life 8 Sciences, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland; Molecular 9 Reproductive Endocrinology Labo...

Molecular Medicine Ireland (MMI) is a research partnership in molecular medicine formed by the National University of Ireland Galway, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, University College Cork, University College Dublin, and Trinity College Dublin and their associated academic hospitals to build a sustainable national system to coordinate, support, and promote translational and clinical ...

Nazim Agoulmine, University d’Evry, France Nelly Bencomo, Lancaster University, UK Monique Calisti, Whitestein Technologies, Switzerland Betty Cheng, Michigan State University, USA Simon Dobson, University College Dublin, Ireland Joel Fleck, HP Labs, USA Robert France, Colorado State University, USA Jeff Gray, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA Brendan Jennings, TSSG, Waterford Institute ...