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Ballyglunin cave Co. Galway and the hydrology of the surrounding area
Authors: Drew D. P.
Published: October 2023

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Spatial Aspects of Unemployment and Economic Stress in Northern Ireland
Authors: Murie Alan
Published: October 2023

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Nineteenth-Century Irish Explorers in the Levant
Authors: Costello C.
Published: October 2023

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A mudslide on the Antrim Coast, 24th November 1974
Authors: Prior D. B.
Published: October 2023

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Soils of the Northern and Central Parts of County Armagh
Authors: Cruickshank James G.
Published: October 2023

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Through Irish eyes: An examination of space preferences
Authors: Pacione Michael
Published: October 2023

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The Knockmealdown Mountains: A Glacial Nunatak
Authors: Lewis Colin A.
Published: October 2023

Farrington's 1947 hypothesis that the Knockmealdown Mountains were a glacial nunatak is tested and confirmed. The unglaciatcd area was considerably less than Farrington suggested and the maximum altitude reached by the ice around the mountains appears to have been around 365 m.
Estate records and the making of the Irish landscape: An example from County Tipperary
Authors: Smyth W. J.
Published: October 2023

Estate records, other than estate maps, have been surprisingly underutilised by geographers involved in analysing the transformation of the Irish landscape during the landlord era. The objective of this paper is to illustrate the specific value of estate account books, and other materials, in interpreting changing patterns of settlement and landholding in 18th and 19th-century Ireland. Using the fragmentary remains of estate records from the O'Callaghan lands of south-western Tipperary, three phases of landscape development can be suggested. Phase I (c. 1730- c. 1775) can be interpreted as a critical formative phase with both landlord and well-to-do 'middleman' farmers involved both in the expansion of a commercialised pastoral economy and in initiating change in the arrangement of farm and field systems. The second phase (c. 1775- c. 1815) witnessed a phenomenal economic boom with significant demographic and landscape consequences - a new mansion and demesne are created; the landlord town of Clogheen expands rapidly while in the countryside, intensification of land use, and related increases in the number of farm holdings and cottier settlements, all add momentum to the growing demographic explosion. From 1815 onwards, however, a phase of readjustment may be distinguished as a kind of balance is struck between demographic pressures on the land leading to further fragmentation on the one hand, and deliberate estate policy aimed at the maintenance of viable farm holdings on the other. Careful use of estate records - while recognising their limitations - can therefore be seen to assist greatly in the elucidation of the processes and patterns of landscape change in Ireland over this era.
Land tenures, enclosures and field-patterns in Co. Derry in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
Authors: Currie E. A.
Published: October 2023

In Co. Derry, on lands planted by London companies in the seventeenth century, elements of two distinct field and settlement- patterns are still visible in the rural landscape. The small strip-fields, scattered holdings and house-clusters (clachans) are relics of an open-field system, while compact farms and dispersed settlement characterise the areas where tenants held their land in severalty. A study of this landscape from documentary sources reveals the complex processes which influenced its development. These range from the socio-economic systems of the ethnic groups involved, to die varied management policies pursued by the different companies or their middlemen lessees. But open-fields and enclosures were not mutually exclusive elements in the landscape pattern. In the townland of Moyagall on the Vintner's Proportion in the early eighteenth century, partnership groups were obliged to enclose their lease holdings and divide the premises by ditches into large 'parks'. Thus, while open-field farming (rundale) was practised here, it took place within a coarse network of enclosure. Lease holdings proliferated towards the end of the century and the enclosure net tightened. With little reorganisation of land here after the Famine, the pattern of small fields and fragmented farms became fossilised in the landscape. Just as the clachans have survived as relict settlement forms, however, die long, straight, leasehold boundaries have come down from the eighteenth century to form the structural framework within which the fields have taken shape.
The horse breeding industry in Ireland
Authors: Lewis Colin A. , McCarthy Mary E.
Published: October 2023

The general background to horse breeding in Ireland is described and the regional distributions of Thoroughbreds, Half-Breds, Irish Draughts, Connemaras and Kerry Ponies are mapped and discussed. Suggestions are made for the future development of the industry.
Ethnic and temporal dimensions of regional residential preferences : A northern ireland example
Authors: Boal F. W. , Orr J. A.E.
Published: October 2023

This paper examines the preferences, over a nine year period 1969–77, of first‐year geography students at Queen's University, Belfast, for twenty‐three regions within the British Isles. When the students were allocated to one of two ethnic categories (Protestant or Catholic), important differences emerged between the categories, in particular a marked Catholic preference for certain areas in the Irish Republic, and a Protestant orientation towards Northern Ireland and parts of Scotland. When the regional preferences of Catholics and Protestants are compared as they emerged over the nine year period of the study it becomes evident that preferences for the areas composing Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic show marked change over time. In addition, up to 1973 Protestant and Catholic preferences diverge, with a convergence observable from 1974 to 1977. This pattern can be related to the evolving level and nature of ethnic conflict in Northern Ireland.
Reviews of Books and Maps
Authors: Edwards C. J. W. , McCourt D. , Duffy P. J. , Aalen F. H.A. , Horner A. A. , Osborne Robert D. , Lewis Colin A. , Simms A. , Buchanan R. H. , Gillmor Desmond A. , Dawson J. A. , Cruickshank James G. , Walsh Francis , Drew D. P. , Butlin R. A. , Mac Aodha Breandán S.
Published: October 2023

AGRICULTURE IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND, by Desmond A. Gillmor (Geography of world agriculture, volume 7). Budapest: Akademiai Kiado, 1977. 202 pp.PEASANT OPENFIELD FARMING AND ITS TERRITORIAL ORGANISATION IN COUNTY TIPPERARY, by Ingeborg Leister.Marburg: Marburger Geographische Schriften, 1976. 100 pp.SOURCES FOR LOCAL STUDIES, by William Nolan. Department of Geography, Carysfort College, 1977, 61 pp.COUNTY LEITRIM RESOURCE SURVEY. Part III ‐ Demography, Sociology and Economics. Dublin: An Foras Taluntais, 1975. 101 pp. £2.00.THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE IRISH TOWN, edited by R. A. Butlin. London: Croom Helm, 1977. 144 pp. £6.95.NATIONALISM AND SOCIALISM IN TWENTIETH‐CENTURY IRELAND, by E. Rumpf and A. C. Hepburn. Liverpool: the University Press, 1977. 275 pp. £15–25.THE QUATERNARY HISTORY OF THE IRISH SEA, edited by C. Kidson and M. J. Tooley. Liverpool: Seel House Press, 1977. 345 pp. £16.00.MEDIEVAL MOATED SITES OF S.E. IRELAND, by Terence B. Barry. London: British Archaeological Reports, 35, 1977. 247 pp., £4.70.LIFE AND TRADITION IN RURAL IRELAND, by Timothy P. O'Neill. London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1977. 122 pp. £9.95.SERVICE‐TYPE EMPLOYMENT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, by Michael J. Bannon, James G. Eustace and Mary Power. Dublin: Stationery Office, National Economic and Social Council report no. 28, undated (1977) 142 pp. £0.55.CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR, MOTIVATION AND PERCEPTION : A STUDY OF DUBLIN, by A. J. Parker. Dublin: Department of Geography, University College, 1976. 265 pp. £2.50.SOILS OF COUNTY WESTMEATH, by T. F. Finch. Dublin: An Foras Taluntais, National Soil Survey of Ireland, Soil Survey Bulletin No. 33, 1977. 100 pp. £5.THE SUGAR INDUSTRY IN IRELAND, by Michael Foy. Dublin: Comhlucht Siúicre Éireann Teo., 1976. 159 pp.THE RELEVANCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL HYDROLOGICAL DECADE TO ULSTER, by R. Common. Belfast: Department of Geography, Queen's University, Departmental Research Paper No. 1, 1977. 160 pp.THE CHANGING FORTUNES OF MARGINAL REGIONS, edited by P. G. Sadler and G. A. Mackay. Aberdeen: Institute for the Study of Sparsely Populated Areas, undated. 163 pp. £2.85.DUBLIN'S WOOD QUAY, by Nuala Burke. Drumconrath: Civic Heritage Publications, 1977. 46 pp. £3.30.MAP REVIEWTHE BURREN: A MAP OF THE UPLANDS OF NORTH‐WEST CLARE, EIRE, by T. D. Robinson: Cill Ronain, published by the author, 1977. 92 cm × 65 cm. £1.10.
The co‐operative movement in the Gaeltacht
Authors: Johnson Maureen
Published: October 2023

The growth of multi‐purpose community development co‐operatives in Gaeltacht districts is described and the advantages of such organisations as agents of development at the local level and the achievement of the co‐operatives to‐date are discussed. Problems experienced by them are mainly associated with finance. Two Gaeltacht co‐operatives — Comharchumann Forbartha Chorca Dhuibhne and Comharchumann Chois Fharraige — are examined and their achievements, together with the problems experienced by them, are reviewed. Future possibilities for the co‐operative movement's role in Gaeltacht development are suggested.
Reviews of Books
Authors: Lewis Colin A. , Hughes T. J. , Butlin Robin , Horner A. A. , Simms A. , Smyth W. J. , Haughton J. P. , O'Flanagan P. , Duffy Patrick J. , Nolan W. , Haworth Richard , Campbell Bruce M. S. , Smyth W. J. (Seamus) , Mawhinney K. A.
Published: October 2023

THE GEOMORPHOLOGY OF THE BRITISH ISLES: IRELAND, by G. L. Herries Davies and Nicholas Stephens. London: Methuen, 1978. 250 pp. £3.95.MAN AND THE LANDSCAPE IN IRELAND, by F. H. A. Aalen. London: Academic Press, 1978. 343 pp. £9.90.IRISH MAPS, by J. H. Andrews. Dublin: Eason and Son Ltd., The Irish Heritage Series, No. 18, 1978. 31 pp. £0.99.INDUSTRIEPARKS IN IRLAND, by Armin Hüttermann. Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, 1978. 128 pp. DM 18.60.WANDLUNGEN IN DER KULTURLANDSCHAFT UND AGRARGE‐SELLSCHAFT IM KLEINFARMGEBIET DER BEARA‐ UND IVERAGH‐HALBINSEL (SUDWESTIRLAND), by Gunther Glebe. Düsseldorfer Geographische Schriften, Heft 6, 1977. 310 pp. DM 27.NINETEEN ACRES, by John Healy. Galway: Kenny, 1978. 138 pp. £4.95.VALENTIA — PORTRAIT OF AN ISLAND, by Daphne D. C. Pochin Mould. Dublin: Blackwater Press, 1978. 145 pp. £5.45.TOPONOMIA HIBERNIAE I: BARÚNTACHT DHÚN CIARÁIN THUAIDH. BARONY OF DUNKERRON NORTH, by Breandán Ó Cíobháin. Dublin: An Foras Duibhneach, 1978. 176 pp. £5.50.SOUTH WESTMEATH: FARM AND FOLK, by Jeremiah Sheehan. Dublin: Blackwater Press, 1978. 454 pp. £10.00.SOURCES FOR OFFALY HISTORY, by Michael Byrne. Tullamore: Offaly Research Library, Second edition, 1978. 102 pp. £2.50.KILKENNY. ITS ARCHITECTURE AND HISTORY, edited by Katherine M. Lanigan & Gerald Tyler. Published by An Taisce, Kilkenny Association, 1977. Distributed by the O'Brien Press, Dublin. 112 pp. £5.45.CHANGING FORCES SHAPING A NINETEENTH CENTURY IRISH TOWN: A CASE STUDY OF NAVAN, by Peter Connell. Department of Geography, Maynooth College, Occasional Papers, No. 1, 1978. 54 pp. £1.00.IRISH SPINNING, DYEING AND WEAVING: AN ANTHOLOGY FROM ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS, collected by Lillias Mitchell. Dundalk: Dundal‐gan Press (W. Tempest) Ltd., 1978, 80 pp. £4.50.WHEEL AND SPINDLE: ASPECTS OF IRISH INDUSTRIAL HISTORY, by Alan McCutcheon. Belfast: Blackstaff Press, 1977. 92 pp. £3.60.
The territorial organisation of Gaelic landownership and its transformation in county Monaghan, 1591–1640
Authors: Duffy P. J.
Published: October 2023

In the absence of large-scale confiscation by the Crown, Gaelic landownership persisted in a declining condition in Monaghan until the Cromwellian confiscation. It evidently consisted of a complex and stable territorial system encompassing barony, ballybetagh and tate, which was closely associated with ecclesiastical territorial order, and through which the exigencies of Gaelic kinship were expressed. This social and territorial structure shows clear signs of disintegration in the face of expanding colonial landownership in the early decades of the seventeenth century.
Rural change south of the river Bride in counties Cork and Waterford: The surveyors' evidence 1716–1851
Authors: O'Flanagan Patrick
Published: October 2023

Estate studies in Irish historical geography have been often designed to confirm or contrast local trends of development with those previously identified at the regional or sub-regional level. To date, little attention has been awarded to estate maps in studies of rural landscape change. It is a theme of this paper that the results yielded from a careful study of such estate maps can throw light on the results of the activities of the majority of estate residents. In this regard, it is fortunate that at Lismore surveys of the estate in 1716–17 and 1773–4 have survived, and a nineteenth century dimension is added by an analysis of the Valuation Office maps for 1851. This work is focused on a study of critical indicators of change, notably leasing arrangements, farm size, rate and type of enclosure, infrastructural development and settlement growth. These changes are reviewed within the framework of the dialectic that developed between landlord or landlord-inspired management policies and the forces released locally by the vast bulk of the population. Broadly this analysis indicates some of the potential rewards which may be secured by detailed scrutiny of estate maps in conjunction with other estate records.
Supply of nutrients in bulk precipitation to the Upper Lagan catchment
Authors: Gardiner T.
Published: October 2023

Studies of the supply of nutrients from atmospheric sources have been common in Britain and the United States but little similar research has been undertaken in Ireland. In the present study monthly inputs in bulk precipitation were calculated for the 1976/77 water year in a 3 km2 headwater portion of the River Lagan catchment. Nutrient values were observed to fluctuate from month to month, usually reflecting rainfall amount. The effects of atmospheric scavenging were noted for months which followed several consecutive weeks of dry weather. Dry fallout, originating from outside the catchment, was thought to be an important contributor of phosphate. Nitrate and potassium were other nutrients considered to have predominantly terrestrial sources; sodium, magnesium, and to a lesser extent calcium, having marine origins
Field evidence in the earth sciences
Authors: Davies Gordon L. Herries
Published: October 2023

In recent centuries much effort within the earth sciences has been deployed in studying the earth's rocks and landforms in an effort to reconstruct the history of the earth's surface. In making the field-observations upon which our histories are based, however, the earth-scientist has to employ a fallible human mind which received highly subjective impulses through sets of filters which are broadly of social origin. What the earth-scientist observes is affected by pre-conceived hypotheses and theories, and by sociological factors such as the type of research that society is prepared to finance and the type of data in fashion within the scientific community at any given time. There is also the possibility that a few unscrupulous earth-scientists may be more concerned with the advancement of their own careers than with the decipherment of true earth-history and they may be tempted to manipulate the field-evidence in order to achieve their desired objectives.
Contemporary accounts of the Killarney Woods 1580–1870
Authors: Watts W. A.
Published: October 2023

Numerous references to the history of woodland at Killarney can be found in accessible literature. The present woodlands represent survival from charcoal burning for iron-works, from estate management practices during the eighteenth century and from clear-felling and replanting during the period of the Napoleonic Wars. With the possible exception of woods on the Muckross Peninsula, all woodland stands in the Killarney Valley have been disturbed by various forms of human use in recent centuries. In the nineteenth century prior to modern afforestation with non-native trees, the introduction of exotic plants and animals has had a major impact on the landscape. The present protection of much of the Valley's woods in the National Park provides hope that natural woodland conditions will be re-established extensively with time. The existence of records of woodland in the literature is of great value in understanding the present condition of the Valley and in resolving the management problems it poses for conservation.
Defensive planning in Belfast
Authors: Dawson G. M.
Published: October 2023

The paper examines redevelopment in one religiously divided area of inner city Belfast. Plans are examined from the standpoint of defensible space, road network rationalisation and sectarian conflict, and it is concluded that although the two orthodox theories of planning are being adhered to, future sectarian conflict has been considered in drawing up the plans. Such considerations have had a dramatic effect on redevelopment for the area.
Territoriality on the Shankill–Falls Divide, Belfast
Authors: Boal Fredenrick W.
Published: October 2023

For myself, earthbound and fettered to the scene of my activities, I confess that I do feel the differences of mankind, national and individual …I am, in plainer words, a bundle of prejudices - made of likings and dislikings - the veriest thrall to sympathies, apathies, antipathies (Charles Lamb, quoted by Allport,). Segregation, on the basis of both economic and ethnic characteristics, is a feature of most cities. Segregation is usually measured on the basis of the spatial distribution of individuals or households belonging to a particular economic or ethnic group. Most commonly, the actual distribution of group members is compared to the pattern that would exist if the group members were distributed evenly throughout the area under study - the deviation between the actual and even distributions forming a measure of the degree of segregation.
Geography in Ireland in transition: a retrospective
Authors: Moore-Cherry Niamh
Published: October 2023

Ten years ago, in the 60th anniversary edition of Irish Geography, Rob Kitchin wrote a short commentary reflecting on the major transitions that geography in Ireland (hereafter, Irish geography) had gone through since 2000. His article, together with the range of responses written by a number of academics from across the island, published in Vol 37(2), makes interesting reading. Given the seismic shifts that have occurred in the intervening period, not only in the institutional and national context but also within the discipline itself, it is worth revisiting this commentary in the journal’s 70th anniversary volume.
Stable oxygen isotopes in Irish oaks: potential for reconstructing local and regional climate.
Authors: Vallack Hazel , Loader Neil , Young Giles , McCarroll Danny , Brown David
Published: October 2023

The long Irish oak tree-ring chronology, developed for archaeological dating and radiocarbon calibration, is the longest of any in northwest maritime Europe, spanning most of the Holocene (7,272 years). Unfortunately, the rings’ widths do not carry a strong climate signal and the record has yet to be satisfactorily applied for dendroclimatic reconstruction. This pilot study explores the potential for extracting a climate signal from Irish oaks by comparing the stable oxygen isotopes ratios from ten oak tree cores (Quercus robur and Quercus petraea L.) collected across the Armagh region of NE Ireland with local and regional climatic and stable isotopic data. Statistically significant correlations between isotope ratios and the amount of summer precipitation (r = -0.44) point to the isotopic composition of summer rainfall as the dominant signal. Including the Armagh data into an extended regional oxygen isotope series did not reduce the correlation coefficient with regional precipitation (r = -0.68, p < 0.01). Correlations of this magnitude in dendro-hydroclimatology are typically restricted to trees growing at their ecological limits. This research suggests that there is considerable potential for including living trees and ancient timbers from Ireland into a regional composite to reconstruct the summer hydroclimate of Britain and Ireland.
The 1783 Statistical Survey of Dublin’s Street Network
Authors: O’Cionnaith Finnian
Published: October 2023

Founded in 1774, the Dublin Paving Board was responsible for maintaining and improving the quality of the city’s street network. By 1783, the organisation had amounted substantial debts resulting in significant political fallout concerning its governance. An interim committee, tasked with alleviating the situation, commissioned a statistical survey to better understand the state of Dublin’s transport network, which at the time consisted of nearly four hundred streets, lanes and alleys. The survey was important for several reasons. In immediate terms, it was central to operational and financial planning of the Paving Board whose work affected the entire populace of Dublin. By categorising and assessing every street in Dublin, the survey empowered decision makers within the Board to determine the future of the organisation and how the city’s streets should be managed. The survey was also of historical significance as it documented an important element of urban life in eighteenth-century Dublin free of bias or opinion that frequently shadowed the often-controversial work of the Paving Board in period publications.
The future geomorphic landscape in Ireland
Authors: Farrell Eugene , Bourke Mary
Published: October 2023

There are multifaceted challenges in conducting geomorphology research in third level institutions in Ireland in an academic era rife with pressures to publish and expectations to conduct relevant research with high societal impact. This special issue includes a series of innovative papers that address that challenge, focused specifically on the vulnerability of Irish landscape systems to climate change and human activity. A series of recommendations are presented that promote the visibility of geomorphology research and teaching and identify opportunities where geomorphologists can contribute to national plans on broad landscape planning and building climate resilience. These include: (i) using climate change as a vehicle to foster new cross disciplinary research programmes and to bridge the physical-human divide in the discipline of geography; (ii) monetising ecosystems goods and services as a means to obtain proportional capital investment to conserve and protect our neglected and underappreciated geomorphic features and landscapes; and (iii) advocating for appropriately resourced research funding to support essential field-based research in the wider geomorphological field across universities.
Mapping land use on Irish peatlands using medium resolution satellite imagery
Authors: Connolly John
Published: October 2023

The EU is committed to quantifying greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry, including wetlands. Wetlands and peatlands will play a central role in achieving temperature goals agreed in the Paris Agreement. Throughout Europe and particularly in Ireland, peatlands have been under severe strain for decades. Irish peatlands cover about 20.6% of the land and up to 85% are degraded. Medium resolution satellite data were analysed using a combination of object-based image assessment and peatland maps to produce land use maps for the 2005 to 2006 period. Four peatland land use types were detected: grassland, forestry, industrial peat production, and residual peat. Persistent cloud was an issue along the western seaboard and peatlands in these areas were excluded from the analysis. Despite this issue, the results show that 66% of peatlands have undergone land use change: 35% to grassland; 27% to forestry; and 4% to industrial. The overall map accuracy was 77%. The results could be used to aid the development of baseline data on peatland land use in Ireland for the 2005-2009 base period as required by the 2030 Climate and Energy Framework. The methodology may be used to quantify land use and land use change on peatlands across the EU.
Climate variability impacts on coastal dune slack ecohydrology
Authors: Martins Sara Varandas , Burningham Helene , Pinto-Cruz Carla
Published: October 2023

The hydrological regime of freshwater systems plays a crucial role in shaping the dynamics of the different biological communities that inhabit them. Climate change is expected to cause major alterations in the hydrological regime of dune slacks by producing shifts in temperature, precipitation and evapotranspiration. Across seasons, we explore the controls on common water fleas (Cladocera) and aquatic plant communities relative to water level regime, water chemistry, weather and geomorphological setting, in a slack of the Sheskinmore dune system, Co. Donegal, northwest Ireland. Cladoceran abundance and diversity peak in summer, but also vary inter-annually, and drivers for this and hydrological variability are discussed. Vegetation is likewise affected by hydrology in a spatial sense, where distribution follows wet/dry patches of water. Water chemistry is more variable within the same season than across different years, particularly related to the drying out of the slack. Rainfall through 2016-2017 was lower than average and evapotranspiration showed higher values than average for the same time period. The influence on the slack of this decreased precipitation extended across successive seasons. The water table is the most important driver of slack ecology, with incidence on biological communities expressed by the increased variability inter-annually, as opposed to seasonal variation.
Marine Spatial Planning in a Climate of Uncertainty – An Irish Perspective
Authors: Carr Liam
Published: October 2023

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Marine Spatial Planning, Brexit and the island of Ireland
Authors: Ritchie Heather , Flannery Wesley , O’Hagan Anne Marie , Twomey Sarah , O’Mahony Cathal
Published: October 2023

Brexit poses major institutional and governance challenges for the island of Ireland, not least in the area of Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) and the cooperative governance and integrated management of shared marine spaces and ecosystems. To date, MSP scholarship has not delved into the complex processes that construct marine borders and has failed to acknowledge how the same border may have different boundary qualities across a range of institutional contexts. Using the case of transboundary marine governance on the island of Ireland, we evaluate recent marine governance innovations in the Republic of Ireland (ROI) and Northern Ireland (NI) to assess if they promote integration. We then illustrate how the boundary characteristics of marine borders are context dependent, with the same border being both hard and soft in differing contexts, and we discuss how this may be impacted by Brexit. We argue that the development of integrated marine management is not a priority in these jurisdictions and that the resulting complex, multiple constructions of marine borders has largely been ignored by MSP researchers.1 We conclude that developing a more nuanced understanding of borders in order to advance integrated marine management is crucial for post-Brexit MSP planning practice and research.
III The feminist fork in the road: Focusing on mentoring as support and strategy in the absence of magical insights for getting more men ‘on board’
Authors: Meletis Zoë A.
Published: October 2023

In this collection, several authors – ranging from early career to well established academics – consider the role of women and the female voice in academia. This compilation developed from a conference session organised by the Supporting Women in Geography (SWIG) Ireland group, at the Conference of Irish Geographers in University College Cork (UCC) in 2017. In the first piece, Ahern and Mc Ardle consider why this discussion is necessary at all, ruminating on examples from both within and outside of academia. Till then brings in her experience working in Ireland, the US and beyond, and reflects on the importance of including all voices, and challenges scholars to end gender discrimination in Ireland. Manzo then reflects on how female work in academia, similar to community organising, can be considered invisible, devalued labour (Daniels, 1987). Yet she focuses on the positives of this, outlining the women-centred community organising model, the social capital that is involved, and the range of activities for empowering women to alter the efforts in Irish academia to making this change. Meletis then widens this discussion with an international example of a group similar to SWIG Ireland, Inspiring Women Among Us (IWAU) in Canada. She reflects on the difficulty of being an inclusive group. These discussions are vital to tackling gender bias in Irish academia, yet all the authors agree this needs to be an ongoing conversation, a lived practice, and we hope this work inspires further contributions to this cause.
Studying Submarine Geomorphology in an INFOMAR Priority Bay through the application of Remote Sensing Techniques
Authors: Cahalane Conor , Monteys Xavier , Mage Aidan , Hanafin Jenny , Harris Paul , McCarthy Tim
Published: October 2023

Bathymetric mapping in the coastal shallow water zone is a challenging and costly process using traditional survey methods. Because of this, much of this region worldwide remains uncharted and, therefore, is poorly understood. Multispectral satellite imagery has proven to be a practical alternative tool in predicting water depth in coastal zones, though influences on its performance and accuracy are not fully understood and vary according to local environmental conditions. This study explored the suitability of a satellite derived bathymetry (SDB) methodology in Irish Atlantic coastal waters. Using imagery captured at a range of spatial, spectral and temporal resolutions by the RapidEye and Landsat 8 satellites, we explored the correlation between performance, accuracy and image resolution, demonstrating that sensor wavelength is the key limiting factor in optical penetration of water and also accurate delineation of the gradient on the seafloor. We further applied this data in a study of submarine geomorphology in an INFOMAR priority bay. Although the SDB accuracy is insufficient for high accuracy bathymetry products, nevertheless, they are considered beneficial in a variety of other applications in sensitive disciplines such as environmental monitoring, seabed mapping, or coastal zone management.
IL‑4 alleviates CIRI by suppressing autophagy via the HIF‑1α/Bcl‑2/BNIP3 pathway in rats
Authors: Suo Yijun , Zhang Lu , Che Yuanhang
Published: October 2023

This paper was designed for delving into the mechanism adopted by interleukin‑4 (IL‑4) to relieve cerebral ischemia‑reperfusion injury (CIRI) in rats via suppressing autophagy. Herein, rats stochastically fell into sham operation (sham), model (RI), model + IL‑4 intervention (IL‑4), model + HIF‑1α inhibitor (2‑methoxyestradiol, 2ME2) and model + IL‑4 + 2ME2 (IL‑4 + 2ME2) groups. Next, western blotting was utilized to examine the protein expressions of microtubule‑associated protein 1 light chain 3 (LC3), p62, hypoxia‑inducible factor 1‑alpha (HIF‑1α) and Bcl‑2/adenovirus E1B 19 kDa‑interacting protein 3 (BNIP3). Relative to RI group, IL‑4 group had a significantly lower neurological impairment scale (NIS) score and an overtly lower apoptosis rate of neurons as well as a strikingly smaller cerebral infarction volume and number of autophagosomes (P<0.05). The LC3II/LC3I ratio and HIF‑1α and BNIP3 protein expressions dropped, but p62 protein expression rose pronouncedly in IL‑4 group (P<0.05). In contrast to those in RI group, the NIS score, neuronal apoptosis rate, cerebral infarction volume and autophagosome number were strikingly reduced (P<0.05). The NIS score, cerebral infarction volume, neuronal apoptosis rate, autophagosome number, LC3II/LC3I ratio and protein expressions of HIF‑1α and BNIP3 plummeted, while p62 protein expression sharply rose in IL‑4 + 2ME2 group relative to those in IL‑4 group (P<0.05). IL‑4 suppresses cell autophagy by inhibiting the HIF‑1α/BNIP3 pathway, thus relieving CIRI in rats.
Profesionales sanitarios y COVID-19. ¿Cómo y cuánto nos ha afectado? Cohorte COVID-19 CATCentral (póster)
Authors: Ruiz Comellas Anna , Ramírez Morros Anna , Vidal Alaball Josep , Miró Catalina Queralt , Velasco Márquez Eduard , Rozas Cadenas Hugo
Published: October 2023

OBJETIVOS
Estudiar la afectación de la infección de SARS-CoV-2 en profesionales de la sanidad de la cohorte COVID CATCentral. Comparar los resultados de las dos subcohortes: profesionales infectados y vacunados, y profesionales vacunados.

MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS
Estudio descriptivo longitudinal de la cohorte de profesionales sanitarios COVID CATCentral. Período de estudio: marzo de 2020-diciembre de 2022. Esta cohorte está compuesta por dos subcohortes: subcohorte 1: profesionales infectados al inicio de la pandemia, previa vacunación, y subcohorte 2: profesionales infectados posvacunación y de características sociodemográficas similares a la subcohorte 1. Variables de estudio: sociodemográficas y clínicas (comorbilidades, gravedad, número de infecciones, dosis de vacuna y diagnóstico de COVID persistente). Se realizaron análisis descriptivos univariantes para describir la cohorte COVID CATCentral y análisis bivariantes y multivariantes para comparar las dos subcohortes. Para el contraste de hipótesis, se utilizó la chi cuadrado para variables categóricas y la t-Student o Mann-Whitney para variables categóricas y continuas.

RESULTADOS
Se incluyeron 447 pacientes (edad media: 45,87 (11,17) años. Mujeres: 83,9%. Facultativos: 30,65%; enfermería: 34.89%. La mayoría de participantes se infectaron: un 56,82% una vez, 23,71% dos veces y un 3.80% 3 veces. Los participantes con más comorbilidades se infectaron más (p-valor < 0,05). Un 5,14% no se vacunó. Un 7,16 % se había administrado una dosis; un 24,38%, dos dosis, y un 63,33%, tres dosis o más. Un 4,92% presentaban estado de COVID persistente. La subcohorte 1 (n = 247) se infectó más veces, tuvo clínica más grave (hospitalización), se administró menos dosis de vacuna y presentaban más estado de COVID persistente, en relación con la subcohorte 2 (p-valor < 0,05).

CONCLUSIONES
La mayoría de los participantes se infectaron. El 63,3% se administró tres dosis de vacuna o más. Los profesionales infectados antes de la vacunación tuvieron clínica más grave, se infectaron más, se vacunaron menos y presentaban más COVID persistente.

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IDIAP J Gol 20/162-PCV.
Uso de neurolépticos para los síntomas neuropsiquiátricos de la demencia en Atención Primaria (póster)
Authors: García Martín Victoria , de Hoyos Alonso María del Canto , del Cura González Isabel , Delgado Puebla Rosalía
Published: October 2023

OBJETIVOS
Los antipsicóticos o neurolépticos están indicados en el tratamiento de algunos de los síntomas neuropsiquiátricos (SNP) asociados a la demencia. Su uso se limita a síntomas graves con riesgo para pacientes o sus familiares, ya que no están exentos de complicaciones.

Objetivo: describir la prevalencia de uso de neurolépticos en el tratamiento de los SNP de pacientes con demencia atendidos en Atención Primaria y analizar los factores asociados a su uso y su adecuación.

MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS
Estudio observacional, descriptivo y transversal en dos centros de salud. Criterios de inclusión: diagnóstico de demencia y/o tratamiento específico (anticolinesterásicos y/o memantina), atendidos el último año. Criterios de exclusión: institucionalizados, esquizofrenia o trastornos psicóticos previos. Variables: clínicas del paciente, sociodemográficas de paciente y persona cuidadora. Los SNP se analizaron mediante el cuestionario Neuropsychiatric Inventory, aislados y agrupados en subsíndromes. Análisis estadístico: descriptivo, bivariante y regresión logística.

RESULTADOS
Se incluyeron 129 pacientes, 70,5% mujeres, edad media: 82,7 años. El 98,4% tenía SNP. El 72,9% (intervalo de confianza [IC] 95%: 6,9-80,6) tomaba anticolinesterásicos y/o memantina; el 75,5% (IC 95%: 70,5;84,5), algún tratamiento para los SNP, y un 42,6% (IC 95%: 34,1-51,2), neurolépticos. Hubo asociación significativa entre el uso de neurolépticos y la presencia de delirios (odds ratio [OR] = 2,8, IC 95%: 1,2-5,4), alucinaciones (OR = 2,6, IC 95%: 1,4-5,4), alteraciones del sueño (OR = 3, IC 95%: 1,5-6,3) y desinhibición (OR = 2,4, IC 95%: 1,2-5,1). Las alteraciones del sueño se asociaron con delirios (OR = 2,2, IC 95%: 1,1-4,5) y alucinaciones (OR = 2,7, IC 95%: 1,3-5,7). La desinhibición no se asoció a ningún síntoma psicótico. En el análisis multivariante, el uso de neurolépticos aumentó con la presencia de desinhibición (OR = 2,3, IC 95%: 1,1-5,2) y psicosis (OR = 4,1, IC 95%: 1,7-9,9) y disminuyó con el tratamiento específico (OR = 0,4, IC 95%: 0,2-0,9).

CONCLUSIONES
El uso de los antipsicóticos es adecuado en general, utilizándose para los síntomas psicóticos. En las alteraciones del sueño puede estar condicionado por su asociación con delirios y alucinaciones. No encontramos justificación para su uso en la desinhibición. El tratamiento específico para la demencia disminuyó el uso de neurolépticos.

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Comité Ético de Investigación Clínica del Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón 23 de septiembre de 201515/65.
Utilidad del cribado poblacional del deterioro cognitivo en una población urbana (póster)
Authors: Molins Rojas Cristina , Piñol Ripoll Gerard , Sol Culleré Joaquim , Plana Blanco Antoni
Published: October 2023

OBJETIVOS
Conocer la prevalencia de deterioro cognitivo (DC) en población mayor de 65 años asintomática mediante cribado poblacional interdisciplinar entre Atención Primaria (AP) y la Unidad de Trastornos Cognitivos (UTC) hospitalaria.

MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS
Estudio de cohortes prospectivo aleatorizado. Se evaluaron en ámbito de AP 161 personas sin diagnóstico de DC mayores de 65 años mediante test cognitivos (MoCA y T@M) y score de riesgo (CAIDE). Los que presentaron resultados sugestivos de DC fueron evaluados en UTC para confirmar sospecha diagnóstica. Limitaciones: el seguimiento a largo plazo podría condicionar pérdida de seguimiento. Aspectos éticos: se requiere consentimiento informado.

RESULTADOS
De las 161 personas valoradas en AP, 47 obtuvieron resultados patológicos en los test cognitivos, y 17 (36% de los pacientes detectados en AP) fueron diagnosticadas de DC leve o demencia (10% de la muestra inicial) en UTC. Datos demográficos y antecedentes personales sin significación estadística. Los pacientes con DC confirmado mostraron puntuaciones más bajas en el test T@M 35 (33;39) versus 32 (DS 28;35).

CONCLUSIONES
Nuestro estudio demuestra la importancia del cribado de DC en pacientes asintomáticos en consultas de AP, ya que un 10% fueron diagnosticados de DC o demencia. Entre los test, T@M es el más sensible, y su especificidad aumenta si se asocia al MoCA.

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Comité Ético de Investigación Clínica de IDIAP Jordi Gol: 20/212-P.
As contribuições do trabalho de campo como metodologia de ensino na formação de professores de geografia: a experiência do trabalho de campo na região das águas quentes em Goiás
Authors: Da Costa Samara Pereira , Carneiro Janãine Daniela Pimentel Lino , De Matos Patrícia Francisca
Published: October 2023

O trabalho de campo tem sido um importante recurso metodológico para o processo de ensino aprendizagem em Geografia. Este recurso aliado à observação, ao diário de campo, à pesquisa participante, às fontes orais, dentre outros instrumentos, tem permitido a construção do conhecimento geográfico por parte dos estudantes de Geografia seja na Educação Básica, no Ensino Médio, no Ensino Superior ou mesmo na Pós-graduação, uma vez que, aliado à teoria que o embase, permite a compreensão da realidade complexa e contraditória que compõe o espaço geográfico e os sujeitos que nele atuam. Neste estudo, buscou-se reconhecer as contribuições do trabalho de campo e a sua importância como metodologia de ensino na formação de professores de Geografia.  Para tanto, utilizou-se a contribuição de alguns autores que se dedicam ao estudo desta temática, os quais constituíram a fundamentação teórica desta análise. Dentre os autores estão Lima Dourado (2010), Tomita (1999), Silvestre; Lima; Moreira (s/d), Matos; Pessôa (2009), Venâncio; Pessôa (2009) e Thompson (1992). Constatou-se que o trabalho de campo oportuniza a construção de um conhecimento geográfico mais próximo da realidade percebida e vivenciada pelo discente dando um sentido para este conhecimento, muito além do sentido transmitido pelas teorias discutidas em sala de aula, permitindo que as metodologias de ensino e o conhecimento geográfico sejam constantemente (re)construídos a partir da dinâmica pedagógica e da realidade. Ademais, que ao efetivar esta metodologia na formação de professores, irá contribuir para também a incorpore na sua prática docente.
A resistência a compressão de material composto com inserção do bagaço da cana de açúcar
Authors: Silva Thayná Moreira , Kawakame Marcelo dos Santos , Moreno Guilherme Filipe de Siqueira , Garcia Mariana Lobato
Published: October 2023

Para a composição dos materiais da construção civil é extraído alguns recursos, como para o processo de confecção do concreto, em que os seus agregados são retirados da natureza, e sendo assim gera um impacto ambiental. Algumas maneiras de mitigar é adotando materiais alternativos no composto que pode ser resíduos oriundo da indústria agrícola, o qual o seu descarte incorreto pode também ocasionar impacto ambiental. Desta maneira o trabalho propõe utilizar o bagaço da cana-de-açúcar em sua fase anterior a incineração, visto que esse processo pode emitir gases poluentes, portanto o objetivo do trabalho é determinar a resistência a compressão do concreto com inserção de um material lignocelulósico oriunda da indústria açucareira. Para tal a metodologia consistiu em secagem e análise granulométrica da fibra, com a intenção de reduzir o percentual de umidade e aproximar a granulometria de acordo com o agregado fino do concreto, logo foi realizada 4 amostras de concreto comum, concreto com 5% da fibra tratada e concreto com 5% de fibra e 1% de amido termoplástico para melhorar a ligação da fibra com a matriz cimentícia. Os resultados foram na redução da resistência a compressão em 8,85 Mpa para concreto com fibra e 8,98 para o concreto com a fibra e o amido termoplástico o que indica que o percentual de resíduo inserido foi alto e que a redução se deu devido os açúcares solúveis em água, hemicelulose e lignina provocarem aumento do tempo de hidratação da pasta de cimento acarretando a redução da resistência mecânica inicial dos compósitos. Então conclui-se que o concreto com fibra, assim como o do amido termoplástico não é indicado para elementos estruturais, porém para outros segmentos pode ser adotado, como revestimento de calçadas com a construção de blocos de concreto, devido não haver presença de carga altas.
Evolução do programa de subvenção ao prêmio do seguro rural (PSR) na região Nordeste
Authors: Teixeira Larissa Nobre , Tabosa Francisco José Silva , Silva Vitor Hugo Miro Couto , Ferreira Francisca Ingrid Gouveia , Menezes Eucinete , Lessa Laura , Sousa Erika Costa
Published: October 2023

O presente estudo tem o objetivo de analisar a evolução do Programa de Subvenção ao Prêmio Rural (PSR) na região Nordeste. O estudo traz a discussão acerca do importante papel da agricultura no cenário econômico e cultural do país, a importância da proteção de culturas ante os imprevistos relacionados as intempéries e a relação do Estado diante deste contexto. Realizou-se uma análise comparativa entre a região Nordeste e o Brasil como um todo, tendo uma coleta de dados com relação ao número de produtores, número de apólices, valores de apólices, área de cobertura, subvenção e produtividade, distribuídos em espaço e tempo do ano de 2006 a 2020. Observou-se que, tanto a nível regional como nacional, o PSR cresceu ao longo do período analisado. A região Nordeste apresentou aumentos expressivos em diversas varáveis. Demandando assim um melhor trabalho informativo e de prospecção para tal programa na região estudada.
Estudo da microestrutura de cerâmicas incorporadas com resíduo de rochas ornamentais proveniente do tear multifio
Authors: Sant'Ana Maria Angelica Kramer , De Aguiar Mariane Costalonga , Gadioli Mônica Castoldi Borlini
Published: October 2023

O setor industrial cerâmico no Brasil abriga aproximadamente 5.437 empresas atuantes no segmento de Indústrias Cerâmicas e Olarias. Sabe-se também que as indústrias de rochas ornamentais geram resíduos em demasia. Este trabalho tem o objetivo de estudar a microestrutura das cerâmicas sinterizadas com a incorporação de resíduo da serragem por multifio de blocos de rochas na massa cerâmica industrial, visando promover a utilização do resíduo de rocha ornamental e melhorar artefatos cerâmicos. Foram preparadas massas com incorporação de 0, 20 e 50% em massa dos resíduos na massa cerâmica industrial. Corpos de prova foram conformados por prensagem uniaxial e sinterizados a 850 e a 1050°C. Os ensaios realizados para a caracterização da microestrutura foram o de difração de raios-X (DRX) e microscopia eletrônica de varredura (MEV) com Espectroscopia de Energia Dispersiva (EDS). Com os testes efetuados observou-se que a utilização dos resíduos na incorporação de massas cerâmicas é possível e inclusive pode melhorar a microestrutura das cerâmicas.
Efeitos de diferentes recipientes e idades de expedição na qualidade de mudas clonais de eucalipto
Authors: De Fanola Hannah Cristina Botelho Lima , De Novaes Adalberto Brito , De Freitas Luis Carlos , Da Silva José Geraldo Mageste
Published: October 2023

Avaliou-se os efeitos dos recipientes tubetes e paperpots e ainda, três idades diferentes de expedição na qualidade de mudas do clone VCC 865 (Eucalyptus urophylla x Eucalyptus grandis) assim como, o desempenho das plantas no campo. Os tratamentos constaram de um arranjo fatorial 2x3, com dois sistemas de produção de mudas (tubetes 55 cm³ e paperpots 115 cm³) e três idades de expedição (70, 80 e 90 dias), portanto, seis tratamentos e cinco repetições. Avaliou-se a altura da parte aérea (H), diâmetro de colo (D) e biomassas fresca e seca das partes aérea, radicial e total. O PRR foi avaliado em tubos por meio da determinação do número de raízes regeneradas. No campo o experimento foi instalado em blocos ao acaso com os mesmos tratamentos adotados no viveiro com quatro repetições. Avaliou-se altura da parte aérea e o diâmetro de colo. Mudas de eucalipto oriundas do clone VCC 865, produzidas em paperpots apresentaram, aos seis meses de idade, o melhor desempenho. Mudas com idade de 80 dias, produzidas em paperpots e tubetes apresentaram maior ritmo de crescimento em altura e diâmetro do coleto. As menores médias, no viveiro e campo para todos os parâmetros avaliados, foram obtidas de mudas com 70 dias de idades. Entre os parâmetros avaliados, o potencial de regeneração de raízes apresentou-se mais eficiente na predição do desempenho das mudas.