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Children's social care statistics for Northern Ireland 2015/16

, 2016
This bulletin presents children’s social care activity data by health and social care trusts in Northern Ireland including five year trends where data is available.
Social Services and Public Safety (Northern Ireland), Department of Health   +1 more
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How wildlife respond to tropical cyclones: short‐term tactics and long‐term impacts

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT From butterflies to lizards and from sharks to seabirds, wildlife exhibit tactics to survive the impacts of tropical cyclones, also known as hurricanes, cyclones, or typhoons depending on where they occur. Some species seek refuge during the storm by moving, some remain in place and ride it out, and others move longer distances, avoiding the ...
Erin L. Koen, Mohamed Khalil Meliane, Zachery B. Holmes, Karl E. Miller, William J. Barichivich, Emilie Dedeban, Alex Furst, Miranda Imeri, Peyton E. Niebanck, Samantha Nunn, Kailee Pearson, Nicole Rita, Brier Ryver, Dakotah Shaffer, Susan C. Walls, E. Hance Ellington   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Consultation on 'Co-operating to safeguard children and young people in Northern Ireland'

, 2015
This draft policy has been updated to reflect changes in structures and legislation. The draft policy outlines how communities, organisations and individuals must work to ensure children and young people in Northern Ireland are safeguarded as effectively
Department of Health (Northern Ireland)
core   +1 more source

National Environmental Policies and Corporate Green Innovation: The Mirroring Versus Substitution Hypotheses

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Drawing on comparative institutional theory, we study the nature and magnitude of the effects of national environmental policies on corporate green innovation in developed versus emerging markets. Using a sample of 1831 listed firms in 34 countries from 2002 to 2020, we find that national environmental policies increase corporate green ...
Ivan Miroshnychenko, Knut Haanaes, Julia Binder   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainability‐Oriented Innovation and Circular Economy Transitions: Evidence From the UK Textile and Clothing Industry

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The transition to a circular economy (CE) in the textile and clothing (TC) industry is frequently attributed to sustainability‐oriented innovation (SOI), yet empirical understanding of the systemic conditions under which SOI enables CE remains underdeveloped.
Krishnendu Saha, Narain Gupta, Deniz E. Yoruk, Vikas Kumar   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effectiveness of mucoactives (carbocisteine and hypertonic saline) in addition to usual airway clearance management with usual airway clearance management alone in acute respiratory failure (MARCH): study protocol for a multi-centre 2x2 factorial, randomised, controlled, open-label, Phase 3, pragmatic, clinical and cost-effectiveness trial with internal pilot [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

NIHR Open Research
Background Usual airway clearance management in critically ill patients with acute respiratory failure includes suctioning, humidification, use of isotonic saline, and respiratory physiotherapy techniques.
Mike Clarke, Marc Chikhani, Cliona McDowell, Ranjit Lall, Michael McKelvey, Margaret McFarland, Brenda O'Neill, Cecilia O'Kane, Murali Shyamsundar, Gavin Perkins, Clifford C Taggart, Gordon Sturmey, Barry Williams, John Warburton, Paul Dark, Bronwen Connolly, Ashley Agus, Naomi Dickson, Mark Borthwick, Bronagh Blackwood, Daniel F McAuley, Christina Campbell, Judy Bradley   +22 more
doaj   +1 more source

An assessment of machine and statistical learning approaches to inferring networks of protein-protein interactions

Journal of Integrative Bioinformatics, 2006
Protein-protein interactions (PPI) play a key role in many biological systems. Over the past few years, an explosion in availability of functional biological data obtained from high-throughput technologies to infer PPI has been observed. However, results
Browne Fiona, Wang Haiying, Zheng Huiru, Azuaje Francisco   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Drug use in Ireland and Northern Ireland, Bulletin 2

, 2012
19.6.2012 This bulletin presents key findings at a local level from the third drug prevalence survey of households in both Ireland and Northern Ireland. The bulletin presents results relating to drug prevalence on a lifetime, last year (recent) and last
Department of Health (Ireland)
core   +1 more source

Company Location, Business Environment and Digital Maturity as Drivers of Environmental Innovation in Business

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Environmental protection has emerged as a global priority in the contemporary context. As pivotal actors in the transition towards sustainable development, companies play a crucial role through the adoption of environmental innovations. This study investigates how organisational characteristics—specifically geographical location, business ...
Carlos de las Heras‐Rosas, Juan Herrera‐Ballesteros, Pedro Mota Veiga, Rui Silva Rodrigues   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Morphological, Thermal, and Mechanical Analysis of 3D Printed Polyetherketoneketone (PEKK) and PEKK‐Hydroxyapatite Composites: Establishing the Reference Enthalpy of Fusion for Crystalline PEKK 7003

Macromolecular Materials and Engineering
The enthalpy of fusion (ΔHf) is a critical parameter for determining the degree of crystallinity in semi‐crystalline polymers such as polyetherketoneketone (PEKK).
Frances Hasson, Krzysztof Rodzeń, Joanna Ward, Alistair McIlhagger, Eiméar O'Donnell, Adrian Boyd   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source