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The Night Owl Effect in the Premier League
Get PDFA novel dataset of all the fixtures in the English Premier League’s 2021/2022 season is used to analyse the impact which kick-off time has on home advantage. Results show that late kickoffs significantly increase home advantage. During late kick-offs, home teams are significantly more likely to win fixtures and win fixtures by greater margins compared to early kick-offs. Furthermore, away teams are significantly less likely to keep clean sheets in middle-of-the-day and late kick-offs compared to early kick-offs. The night owl effect is proposed as a term to refer to this finding where late kick-offs facilitate increased home advantage
Hillslope Analysis at Templehill, Cork
Get PDFAs a science, Geomorphology includes both a description of landscape and the analysis of the processes which create that landscape. A hillslope analysis must therefore include an insight into the original genesis of the area and any subsequent processes causing changes in the landscape thereafter.  
Preface
Get PDFSpring is the season of renewal, of hope, of anticipation. The difficult business of individual scholarly research and learning also needs the well-springs of inspiration, also needs renewal and certainly requires group encouragement and support. By its very nature, the discipline of Geography - long concerned with the understanding and appreciation of places and peoples - inspires much cooperative effort amongst students and staff whether in the field, in the mapping laboratory or wherever. The blossoming of Chimera this mid-March epitomises the quality of this esprit de corps amongst all the geography students
"Towards an Explanation of Time Geography"
Get PDFThis paper sets out to discuss the discipline of Time Geography. To succeed in this aim the issue has to be defined and explained within the context of geography, and its uses illustrated in an attempt at understanding the manifestations in the spatial organisation and man. Geography is a very broad discipline and embraces many diverse fields of study. It encompasses many different elements of the planet from the atmosphere to the sociosphere. This latter sphere examines man\u27s interaction with the geographical sphere
Dawn in the East
Get PDFDeliberate in his ideals, an advocator of new ways of thinking, Mikail Gorbachev came to power in 1985. His perseverance in attempting to get rid of Brezhnev and post Brezhnev ideology enabled him to make his mark not only as an idealist, but as a realist. An indication of rapid change came in February 1986 when seventeen out of twenty-four of one of the most senior policy makers, the Politburo, were replaced by younger, more progressive thinkers\u27. In rejuvenating leaderships, the energetic Gorbachev, in his prudent yet pragmatic style, had rapidly reshuffled his personnel. Loyalty thus consolidated his power base
Cancer cachexia and dysphagia: a systematic literature review
Get PDFBackground: Dysphagia is a difficulty in swallowing. Cancer cachexia is a generalised muscle loss disorder common in patients with late-stage disease. The prevalence of dysphagia in patients with head and neck cancer is well documented. However, it is postulated that cancer cachexia can, through systemic muscle loss, cause weakening of swallowing muscles and dysphagia. This review aimed to evaluate the scope of the association between cancer cachexia (excluding head and neck cancer) and dysphagia.
Methods: A systematic review was conducted using the PRISMA P guidelines. PubMed and Embase databases were searched for papers including terms related to (1) cancer, (2) cachexia and (3) dysphagia. Results were imported to Zotero software manager, where duplicates were removed. The remaining articles were screened using pre-determined eligibility criteria. Eligible papers were retained for data extraction, data synthesis and narrative synthesis. Risk of bias was evaluated using the CASP cohort and case control tools.
Results: Four studies met the eligibility criteria. These papers reported an association between cancer cachexia and dysphagia, with odds ratios of 2.1 [P=0.033] and 1.8 [P=0.018]. Prevalence of dysphagia was 16% higher in cancer patients with cachexia.
Conclusion: These findings suggest a positive association between cancer cachexia and dysphagia. However, due to the limited number of papers included, their heterogeneity and their limitations, it is difficult to draw a robust conclusion. Sarcopenia or neurodegenerative disease may have contributed to these results. Regardless, these four studies support the requirement for dysphagia assessment in patients with cancers outside swallow regions
Future frontiers in paediatric oncology
Get PDFPaediatric oncology is the field of medicine relating to the care and treatment of childhood cancers. Over the past two decades, the remission rate has been increasing due to improved treatment methods; however, a number of aggressive forms of malignancy still affect this cohort. These rarer forms of cancer do not respond well to conventional treatment, presenting a significant challenge for paediatric oncologists due to their unique genetic profile and rapid progression. This paper seeks to explore two new frontiers in paediatric cancer treatment: the fields of genetic testing and targeted treatment strategies. Combined, both of these domains not only present a promising approach toward treating childhood cancers through personalised medicine, but also earlier detection leading to improved survival rate
Enter Modius: Neurovalens\u27s innovative new solution to insomnia
No full textAdequate sleep is an important aspect of a healthy lifestyle that increasingly seems to evade many. Factors like elevated stress and poor sleep hygiene are some of the primary culprits behind this, and the consequences they can have on patients’ health are hard to overstate. Insufficient sleep has been documented to have adverse long-term effects on patients’ cardiovascular health, immune systems, and mental well-being, among many other facets of health. Given this, patients with insomnia are at significantly elevated risk of developing these negative health outcomes over time. Insomnia is defined as difficulty with sleep onset or maintenance with associated daytime deficiencies, such as poor concentration. In Ireland, it has been estimated that up to 15% of the population struggle with this potentially debilitating disorder, surpassing some other European populations. Further complicating things, the management of this disorder can be quite difficult and inconsistent. The pharmacological options we currently have at our disposal tend to either have limited efficacy, like melatonin receptor agonists, or carry the risk of dependence, such as benzodiazepines. As for non-pharmacological therapies, our options are extremely lacking, with cognitive behavioural therapy being the only such treatment currently recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Teacher presence in EFL-learners’ (re-)creation of text for literary text comprehension
Get PDFIn anglophone countries, creative writing as an established university course of studies aims at preparing budding authors for their future profession. Creative writing in the context of teaching English as a foreign language at school in Germany is related to the methodological principles of action- and production-orientation. The latter focus on the learners’ response to literary texts thereby allowing them to combine literary text analysis and creative alternations of the texts under discussion. The question arises as to what aspects of a teacher’s presence in an EFL-classroom facilitate pupils’ creating imaginative texts of their own. Moreover, if the texts created by EFL-learners are designed to be performed, the teacher’s presence directing their pupils from written productions to oral performances needs further substantiating. In this paper, it is claimed that the success of creative writing and performing the texts produced largely depends upon the English language teacher’s presence vis-à-vis subject matter knowledge, classroom management, and rapport to their pupils. In this way, teachers make their learners experience creative writing not only as a form of comprehending literary texts, but also as a way to help students reflect upon their roles as writers, learners, and performers of English as a foreign language
Being, non-being and the in-between: Field notes on the paradox of presence and absence
Get PDFWhat is presence really? What are we talking about when we talk about presence? For a performer, it seems such an obvious thing but the closer you look, the more elusive it becomes, like one of those optical illusions which can only be perceived sideways through the eyes; looking directly makes it immediately disappear. And the whole thing becomes even more sideways when we take presence and put it in the middle of a classroom. Is it possible that we might have been over emphasising presence in the search for the elusive-mysterious? Have we been overly focused on presence in our pursuit of the qualities that make teaching and learning truly transformative? And obviously, what sort of transformative are we talking about in the fractured times that we live in? What is the other side of the story? What can Absence tell us about its polar twin? Does the absent become present by its very absence? And what or who is it that is absent? In my talk which I\u27ve framed as a set of field notes, entirely subjective observations gathered over a period of time, I am drawing upon my experience as a performer in search of the elusive-mysterious; my experience as a teaching artist in a teacher education program at Delhi University; and as a researcher investigating teacher agency in the classroom. In interrogating the binary of presence/absence, I seek to throw some light into that liminal space where these two intersect and collide, and begin to reveal the elusive-mysterious so that pedagogical practices can be reimagined and reenacted