bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Editorial
Authors: Alabdulwahhab Khalid
Published: January 2024

From Editor’s Desk…

Public health officials and government officials around the globe are sounding the alarm about the unprecedented global spread of dengue fever, a notorious and potentially fatal disease. The risk of dengue fever is high enough to affect about half of the global population. The number of confirmed cases worldwide increased from half a million in 2000 to five and a half million in 2019, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). With reports of occurrences in 129 different countries, 2019 reached an unprecedented peak.

While milder infections may just produce flu-like symptoms, more severe dengue infections can cause internal bleeding and potentially death. People infected with dengue can have a wide range of symptoms. A substantial number of dengue patients do not have any symptoms at all.

The changing distribution of the vectors, especially Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, is one of the many factors that the dengue outbreak is more likely to spread, especially in countries where dengue has never occurred before. More than five million cases and five thousand deaths have been caused by dengue since 2023. This has occurred in more than 80 countries and territories across five WHO regions: South-East Asia, Western Pacific, Eastern Mediterranean, Africa, and the Americas.

These numbers likely do not represent the actual incidence of dengue because most primary infections do not cause any symptoms and reporting is not required in many nations.

Dr. Khalid Mohammed Alabdulwahhab
Editor in Chief
Social Media Effects on the Academic Performance of
Undergraduate Medical Students in KSA
Authors: Naggar Marwa , Alrasheedi Abdullah , Almutairi Reema , Alrwaily Lora , Alruwaili Njood , Alruwaili Ghida , Alruwaili Wogood , Daghmani Razan
Published: January 2024

Background and Aims:
A cross-sectional study aims to measure social media’s effects on the academic performance of undergraduate governmental and private medical students in KSA from October 2020 to March 2021.

Methods:
A total of 1200 students participated in the survey. After data collection, data were analyzed in terms of number and percentage, mean and SD, students’ t-test, and Pearson correlation coefficient test, using the SPSS-21. The data was collected using a questionnaire adapted from Osharive’s (2015) social media and the academic performance of the students’ questionnaire (SMAAPOS).

Results:
The sample size was 1670 students. One thousand twenty-one students responded to the questionnaire with a response rate of 72.45%. Students’ GPAs ranged from <2, 2.1-3.0, 3.1-4.0, and 4.1-5.0 were 0 (0.00%), 50 (4.62%), 420 (38.26%), and 610 (56.4%); respectively. Three hundred and seven (31.1%), 220 (18.5%), and 160 (13.4%) use Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram, respectively. Nine hundred and eight students (81.7%) mentioned that the duration of using social media was more than five years, while 910 (75.21%) spent more than 5- 10 hours/ daily using social media. Eight hundred and seven (71.9%), 460 (38%), 36 (29.8), 700 (57.9%), and 280 (23.1%) use social media for social, games, professional, academic, and other purposes, respectively. The results showed Pearson correlation of a significant negative relationship between the time medical students spent on social media and their GPA, r = 0.1553.

Conclusions:
This study concludes a significant negative relationship between medical students’ time on social media and academic performance.
The Use of Augmented Reality Social Media Filters and Inter¬est to Pursue Aesthetic Procedures: Is There A Link?
Authors: AlHadlaq Abdulmajeed , Almudarra Saud , Almeziny Abdullah
Published: January 2024

Background and Aims:
Social media plays a critical role in the way people perceive beauty standards. Through filtered photos and augmented reality, people are exposed to idealized images of beauty that can influence their desire to pursue cosmetic surgery. There is no scientific evidence to support the claim that social media is directly responsible for the increasing number of people seeking cosmetic surgery, but the trend is worth observing. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of augmented reality social media filters on users’ pursuit of aesthetic procedures

Methods:
This cross-sectional study was conducted using an online anonymous questionnaire between February and March 2022, to assess the effect of augmented reality social media filters on users’ pursuit of aesthetic procedures. Inclusion criteria were a variety of populations above 18 years of age, both men and women who were living in Saudi Arabia. While exclusion criteria were people who were not living in Saudi Arabia and were under 18 years of age regardless of their sex. The survey was delivered through Google sheets, and the questionnaire data were exported into an Excel file. We used R Studio (v.4.1.2.) for summarizing, visualizing, and analyzing the data.

Results:
The majority of the respondents (52%) used social media for an average of two to five hours per day, while 33% spent more than five hours a day. A total of 473 (29%) respondents had previously had at least one cosmetic intervention which mostly included taking a cosmetic injection (OBT-A, filler, etc.) Moreover, 61% of the participants followed one or more social media influencers, of which 165 (10%) followed more than 10 influencers. Similarly, gender, previous cosmetic intervention, number of influencers followed, and wanting an appearance similar to the filters in real life showed a very high statistical difference (p-value < 0.001). This study found that men were more likely than women to choose surgery as a cosmetic intervention, and that people who had undergone previous cosmetic interventions were more likely to choose the same intervention again.

Conclusions:
The use of social media filters can be a significant factor in pursuing cosmetic procedures, especially among young women. While it may be used as a tool to help estimate the results of procedures, cos¬metic surgeons should be aware of the potential dangers and be sure to prioritize patient safety.
Primary cutaneous diffuse large B-cell lymphoma NOS with short-term relapse
Authors: Balhamar Salem , Alqarni Mohammed , Alotaibi Abdulrahman , Alkathiry Abdulrahman , Nemer Areej , Refai Osamah , Amri Ali
Published: January 2024

Primary cutaneous B-cell lymphomas are a unique, heterogeneous group of lymphoproliferative dis¬orders without evidence of extra-cutaneous manifestations. Primary cutaneous diffuse large B-cell lymphomas (PCDLBCLs) are aggressive neoplasms with poor prognosis. The infiltrate in some cases could involve the underlying subcutaneous tissues, but rarely reported. Accurate diagnosis is man¬datory as these patients respond well to systemic anthracycline-based chemotherapy (R-CHOP). In this article, we report a case of PCDLBCL/NOS that presented with skin manifestations and was diagnosed based on clinical features, pathology, and immunohistochemical staining. The patients were treated with systemic chemotherapy, CHOP-R, and responded well and the PET scan showed no evidence of residual disease after the 5th cycle. After 3 months of follow-up, the patient succumbed to his disease involving almost all his skin.
Chondromyxoid Fibroma In Skull: An Unusual Site
Authors: Zia Saira , Malik Zainab , Bhinder Khurram , Ameena Ameena , Riaz Shaista
Published: January 2024

Chondromyxoid fibroma are the rarest of the benign cartilaginous neoplasms. Mostly it involves metaphysis of long bones, however, rarely can be found in calvarium / skull base. We report a case of a 30 year-old female who was referred to the Radiology Department at Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad with history of progression and gradual loss of vision in unilateral eye. The patient had contrast enhanced MRI of brain which showed a heterogeneously enhancing mass lesion abutting the clivus, CP angle and brain stem with internal areas of necrosis. Differentials of chordoma, meningioma and chondrosarcoma were given. The patient then underwent surgery which confirmed the mass to be chondromyxoid fibroma
Mesurer la similarité morphologique entre mot produit et mot attendu chez les adultes avec aphasie : étude pilote
Authors: Brin-Henry Frédérique , Namer Fiammetta
Published: January 2024

Nous proposons une étude pilote fondée sur un jeu de données de paraphasies morphologiques en français, visant à mettre au point une méthode de mesure du niveau de similarité morphologique entre le mot attendu (A) dans une tâche de dénomination et la réponse produite (P) par le patient aphasique, et de vérifier si, en pratique orthophonique, des profils de patients pourraient en être déduits. Notre étude se fonde sur 182 couples (A, P), que nous classons suivant leur proximité constructionnelle. Les résultats préliminaires obtenus nous amènent à formuler trois séries d’hypothèses cliniques et les stratégies thérapeutiques qui en découlent. Ces résultats montrent également l’intérêt pour les orthophonistes à proposer des listes contrôlées sur le plan morphologique. Le passage à l’échelle, grâce à une sélection appropriée de mots dans la base Démonette, permettra de corroborer ces conclusions.
Démonette-2, a derivational database for French with broad lexical coverage and fine-grained morphological descriptions
Authors: Namer Fiammetta , Hathout Nabil , Amiot Dany , Barque Lucie , Bonami Olivier , Boyé Gilles , Calderone Basilio , Cattini Julie , Dal Georgette , Delaporte Alexander , Duboisdindien Guillaume , Falaise Achille , Grabar Natalia , Haas Pauline , Henry Frédérique , Huguin Mathilde , Juniarta Nyoman , Liégeois Loïc , Lignon Stéphanie , Macchi Lucie , Manucharian Grigoriy , Masson Caroline , Montermini Fabio , Okinina Nadejda , Sajous Franck , Sanacore Daniele , Tran Mai Thi , Thuilier Juliette , Toussaint Yannick , Tribout Delphine
Published: January 2024

Morphological databases play an important role in linguistic research today. While several exist for the study of inflectional morphology in French, there is still a lack of resources for derivational morphology. This article presents Démonette-2, a new release of the French derivational morphology database Démonette. Developed in the context of the Démonext project, this database provides a framework in which it is possible to integrate various existing derivational resources. Démonette is characterized by its relational nature, which makes it possible to describe an extensive set of word formation patterns, including suffixation, prefixation, and a variety of non-canonical derivational processes such as conversion and parasynthetic formations. It reconciles broad coverage and fine-grained descriptions and is suitable for different audiences: morphologists working in different theoretical frameworks, teachers, speech therapists, NLP specialists, etc. The article presents in detail the structure and content of Démonette, its evolution since the first version, and its query interface.
The effect of antioxidant supplementation on dysmenorrhea and endometriosis-associated painful symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials
Authors: Baradwan Saeed , Gari Abdulrahim , Sabban Hussein , Alshahrani Majed Saeed , Khadawardi Khalid , Bukhari Ibtihal Abdulaziz , Alyousef Abdullah , Abu-Zaid Ahmed
Published: January 2024

This study aimed to review randomized controlled trials (RCTs) investigating the effects of dietary antioxidant supplements on the severity of endometriosis-related pain symptoms. The PubMed/Medline, Scopus, and Web of Science databases were searched until April 2022. Additionally, we manually searched the reference lists. Endpoints were summarized as standardized mean difference (SMD) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) in a random-effects model. The I2 statistic was used to assess heterogeneity. Ten RCTs were included in this meta-analysis. Overall, 10 studies were related to dysmenorrhea, four to dyspareunia, and four to pelvic pain. Antioxidants significantly reduced dysmenorrhea (SMD, -0.48; 95% CI, -0.82 to -0.13; I2=75.14%). In a subgroup analysis, a significant reduction of dysmenorrhea was observed only in a subset of trials that administered vitamin D (SMD, -0.59; 95% CI, -1.13 to -0.06; I2=69.59%) and melatonin (SMD, -1.40; 95% CI, -2.47 to -0.32; I2=79.15%). Meta-analysis results also suggested that antioxidant supplementation significantly improved pelvic pain (SMD, -1.51; 95% CI, -2.74 to -0.29; I2=93.96%), although they seem not to have a significant beneficial impact on the severity of dyspareunia. Dietary antioxidant supplementation seems to beneficially impact the severity of endometriosis-related dysmenorrhea (with an emphasis on vitamin D and melatonin) and pelvic pain. However, due to the relatively small sample size and high heterogeneity, the findings should be interpreted cautiously, and the importance of further well-designed clinical studies cannot be overstated.
curas del mar en el tardofranquismo y la transición política: su participación en los conflictos del sector pesquero en la costa de Huelva
Authors: Hurtado Sánchez José , Mancha Castro José Carlos
Published: January 2024

Este artículo se aproxima al papel desempeñado por un grupo de curas vinculados al Apostolado del Mar de Huelva en el proceso de cambio político durante el tardofranquismo y la transición, sus acciones de lucha por la democracia y su influencia en la concienciación política y sindical de los trabajadores del mar en la costa onubense. Hilvanando métodos y técnicas etnográficas e historiográficas como las entrevistas, la historia de vida y la labor de documentación archivística, analizamos cómo un grupo de sacerdotes fueron testigos y protagonistas de la lucha sindical y por la democracia en una de las zonas más empobrecidas del Estado español. Su lucha por las condiciones de vida digna y la defensa de los intereses de clase de marineros y pescadores fue su manera de vivir el mensaje evangélico en el seno de una Iglesia dividida y su forma de enfrentar las estructuras políticas y sindicales del régimen franquista.
What to do with Seoul's mega-region?
Authors:   Center for Civic Politics Research, Kim Chan Dong
Published: January 2024

The discussion on Gimpo's incorporation into Seoul is developing into a discussion on the reorganization of the administrative system of Mega City. Is it really desirable for Seoul to incorporate Gimpo City from the perspective of the spatial structure of the city? Historically, the city has gradually expanded its sphere of influence, and the living area has been expanded to megapolis, urban conurbation, mega-regions, and ultra-wide areas. However, since administrative districts and hierarchical structures are different from country to country, there are various ways to resolve the inconsistency between living and administrative areas. In the case of Korea, there is a strong tendency to use radical metropolitan administrative measures such as merger or separation, which is largely influenced by the centralized local administration system. The living area of the residents of the metropolitan area has already expanded beyond Seoul, Gyeonggi-do, and even Chungcheong-do and Gangwon-do. Gyeonggi-do is insisting on a division and proposing the Incheon Special Self-Governing Province Plan, making it a difficult problem on how to resolve the conflict of regional discussions. The Seoul Metropolitan Government proposes the Korean-style Legion Plan as an alternative to respond to the Mega-region phenomenon.
Concept of Workplace Ostrscism under the Labor Standards Act and Effective Meaning of Preventive Education
Authors:   The Institute for Democratization Movement Research, Shin Hoeseop , Hwang Jaeyoung
Published: January 2024

The revision of the Labor Standards Act in 2019 legalized behavioral requirements and measures to ban workplace bullying, however in particular, the law has not effectively alleviated the phenomenon of workplace ostracism. Furthermore, academia and the media tend not to observe disharmony among members separately instead of focusing on abuse or unfair instructions by managers, called Gapjil. This paper reviews the concept of ostracism included in workplace bullying under the revised Labor Standards Act in 2019 and contributes to the preparation of measures applicable to actual workplaces by analyzing characteristics distinct from general abuse. To this end, I first consider domestic and international studies on the causes and attributes of workplace ostracism, introduce the research content discussed before the revised Labor Standards Act in 2019, and explain the nature of bullying in the workplace in light of the relevant regulations. As an alternative, this research considers the physical and mental integrity of workers as protective legal interests and emphasizes preventive education that alleviates the discriminatory factors prevalent in the workplace rather than post-processing that incompletely restores the damaged state.
Performance Evaluation of R1224yd as Alternative to R123 and R245fa for Vapor Compression Heat Pump System
Authors: AİSYAH Nyayu , ARİYADİ Hifni Mukhtar
Published: January 2024

The search for environmentally friendly refrigerants for vapor compression systems has been a significant focus recently due to environmental concerns such as ozone depletion and global warming. In this study, the potential of R1224yd as an alternative refrigerant is investigated. A thermodynamic analysis of a 4-kW air conditioning system is conducted to assess the performance of R1224yd. The system is analyzed from a thermodynamic perspective, and key performance indicators such as the Coefficient of Performance and exergy efficiency. The results are then compared to R245fa and R123. Furthermore, a parametric study is performed to examine the impact of key parameters, such as evaporating and condensing temperatures, on the system's performance. This analysis provides insights into the sensitivity of the system's performance to variations in these parameters. The results indicate that R1224yd is a promising candidate as an environmentally friendly alternative refrigerant compared to R123 and R245fa. Because R1224yd has the lowest environmental impact. It has about 700 kg CO2 indirect emission, but about zero kgCO2 for direct emission. While, based on the thermodynamic results, R1224yd offers better performance compared to R245fa which has 1-3% higher in performance value and exergy efficiency, and has comparable performance to R123. This suggests that R1224yd can be a viable option for the systems, providing improved energy efficiency and lower environmental impact.
Patient safety as a public health problem
Authors: Estrada-Orozco Kelly , Gaitán-Duarte Hernando , Eslava-Schmalbach Javier
Published: January 2024

Patient safety is an essential component of quality healthcare, which is what the general population is constantly demanding worldwide. Consequently, ensuring quality healthcare should not be a matter of clinical interest only but a public health priority so that all actions planned or implemented may have an impact at all levels and ensure intersectoral support to help the population remain safe when seeking and receiving health services. The definition and implementation of patient safety are currently circumscribed to the institutional setting. This article aims to present data that can help put into perspective the existing gaps pertaining to patient safety definition and fields of action, and conclude that there is room to work in public health in order to close those gaps. This requires understanding the complexities of the interactions between determinants of harm outside the physical setting where care is provided. These include community-level work, incorporation of knowledge from other disciplines in order to account for coverage, access and health outcomes, design strategies to counteract the impact that the absence of effective patient and people safety measures have on the general population and, in particular, on people differentially affected by the social determinants of health.
Examination of the Mediating Role of Attachment Dimensions in the Link between Suicide Probability and Cognitive Distortions about Relationships in University Students
Authors: Yazici-Celebiİ Gulin , Yilmaz Muge , Karacoskun Muhammed Enes , Sahin Aybuke Irem
Published: January 2024

Suicide, which is defined as an individual's intentionally attempting to end his or her life, is considered an important public health problem. In this study, it was aimed to examine the relationship between cognitive distortions and suicide probability in university students who are in age groups at risk for suicide, and to examine the mediating roles of the attachment dimensions of anxiety and avoidance, in this relationship. The study group consisted of 441 university students. In the study, Suicide Probability Scale, Experiences in Close Relationships Inventory, Cognitive Distortions in Relationships Scale and a personal information form were used as data collection tools. In accordance with the purpose of the study, a correlation analysis between variables and regression analyses were applied to examine the mediating roles of avoidance and anxiety in the relationship between cognitive distortions and suicide probability. The findings showed that there was a moderate positive correlational relationship between suicide probability scores and avoidance scores and there was a moderate positive correlational relationship between suicide probability scores and cognitive distortion scores. It was shown that there were low and moderate positive correlations between cognitive distortion scores, and avoidance and anxiety scores. The results of the mediation analyses showed that anxiety and avoidance had a partial mediating role in the relationship between cognitive distortion and suicide probability. The results were discussed in light of the literature.
The Use Penalized Quasi Likelihood (PQL) to Estimate Multilevel Binary Logistic Model to Identify the Factors of Anemia
Authors: Redha Zainab , Mohsen Nabaa , Naserallah Mehdi
Published: January 2024

Multilevel logistic regression analysis is used in many fields, including health, medical, geography, social and educational, where the researchers were interested in this analysis to identify and study the nature of the relationship between the behavior of the vocabulary or units of study, and the social, environmental and economic variables in different environments in which they live and belong, and in such hierarchical data. In this research, multilevel data was used, Data were taken on anemia in children, as the dependent variable represents anemia infections (infected - uninfected) from four hospitals affiliated to the Babylon Health Department, namely (Al-Hah General Teaching Hospital - Imam Al-Sadiq Hospital (PBUH) - Marjan General Teaching Hospital - Babel Women's and Children's Hospital ) which represents the third level in the analysis and according to the type of lobby (public - private), which represents the second level. (50) cases of anemia were taken from the general ward from the general ward and (20) cases from the private ward, and from Imam al-Sadiq Hospital ( P) Peace, (75) sick cases were taken from the general ward and (20) sick cases from the private ward. From Marjan General Teaching Hospital, (30) sick cases were taken from the private ward and (20) sick cases from the general ward, and (40) sick cases were taken from the general ward and (25) sick cases from the general ward, and these sick cases represent the level Third, in the multi-level analysis, so that the total number of disease cases is (290) cases, and the independent variables that can affect anemia were taken (sex, age, weight, occupation, marital status, smoking, academic achievement, place of residence, infection with other diseases, blood pressure). That is, the first level contains (10) independent variables. The logistic analysis of the multilevel binary was carried out using the NCSS 2022 program, using the method of possibility semi-penalty. has been reached Significance of the multi-level binary logistic regression model, as the p-value = 0.0015, which is less than the level of significance 1%, and achieved a high odds ratio of (0.7767). The variables (age - occupation - smoking - blood pressure) are not significant and the variables (weight - water source - place of residence - other diseases - wealth index) are significant.
Robust Modeling for Factors Affecting in Relative Humidity in Basra Governorate
Authors: Sadik Nazik , Mahdi Nabaa , Rasheed Husam
Published: January 2024

Basra Governorate is considered among the Iraqi governorates, with high levels of relative humidity sometimes, which makes the weather uncomfortable during the year. It was necessary to building in this research a robust regression model to study the effect of some factors such as the maximum and minimum temperatures, the amount of rainfall, atmospheric pressure, and the average amount of dust falling. When building linear regression models, many problems occur in which failure some of the hypotheses model. In this research, least squares estimates were compared with robust and found the preference for the method of S.
Using Neural Networks (Back Propagation Network) to Determine the Variables Affecting Water Pollution in the Euphrates River
Authors: Musa Ons , Ridha Sabah
Published: January 2024

With the economy's steady growth and rapid development of modern industrial technology, environmental problems have increased. Water pollution is one of the complex problems that most countries of the world suffer from, especially developing countries, because it contains various pollutants, some of which can decompose as organic pollutants, and some of which are difficult to decompose, such as toxic heavy metals. In Iraq, according to the Iraqi Ministry of Environment - Water Pollution Division statistics for the year 2018, specifically the waters of the Euphrates River, a group of variables affecting the water quality of this river has been identified. The scarcity of water and the accumulation of various wastes in the water networks and on the banks of the Euphrates River also contributed greatly to the increase in the problem of pollution. The continued poor quality of the water has led to severe environmental health concerns. The research aims to shed light on the most important variables affecting the pollution of the waters of the Euphrates River and the water quality and quality in this river. The principal components analysis and the neural network (backpropagation algorithm) were used to determine the variables that affect the pollution of the Euphrates River water. They were applied to real data from the Ministry of Environment for the Euphrates water pollution. One of the most important conclusions we reached when using statistical methods was that the variable (DO2) is not significant and does not affect the pollution of the Euphrates River either. Still, When Using the algorithm, we get that all these variables (TH, TDS, EC) do not affect the water pollution of the Euphrates River.
AI-based reccomendation system for industrial training
Authors:   Fraunhofer IOSB-INA, Deppe Sahar
Published: January 2024

Recommendation systems have become a main part of e-learning, reshaping the landscape of digital education. In an era marked by the proliferation of online courses, diverse learning materials, and users with varying needs, these systems offer a dynamic solution. This paper explores recommendation techniques and their role in e-learning and web-based training, delving into their mechanisms, challenges, and opportunities. Moreover, future directions of these systems in e-learning, including the integration of artificial intelligent and emerging technologies, and the quest for transparency and privacy are highlighted. Additionally, a case study is discussed which focuses on providing a recommendation system in order to offer optimal courses for the employees of Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG.
Geological and Geomorphological Applications of Low-Angle Illumination Satellite Imagery in Northern Ireland
Authors: Gibson Paul J.
Published: January 2024

Some geoscientists consider satellite imagery as having limited research potential due to their inability to elicit useful information. However, their lack of information extraction is often partly caused by a poor understanding of the importance of such parameters as illumination angle or waveband selection. For the analysis of geological or geomorphological features in vegetated terrain, high-angle illumination imagery acquired between March and October reveals little information. However, low-angle illumination imagery (<10° solar elevation) obtained in December clearly displays many geomorphological and geological structures not apparent at a higher sun angle. The North Antrim End Moraine can easily be mapped as a single feature on a December image. The Tempo-Sixmilecross Fault and Omagh Fault can also be readily mapped at low-angle illumination and the spatial relationships of these faults to associated structures readily determined. In vegetated terrain Thematic Mapper band 5 is superior to Thematic Mapper band 4 for information extraction. This is partly due to the lower reflectance variance for vegetation on Thematic Mapper band 5 compared with Thematic Mapper band 4, thus the continuity of features is not disrupted.
Reviews of Maps and Mapping
Authors: Andrews J. H.
Published: January 2024

LANDSCAPES OF SOUTH ULSTER; A PARISH ATLAS OF THE DIOCESE OF SOUTH CLOGHER, by PJ. Duffy. Belfast: The Institute of Irish Studies of the Queen's University of Belfast (in association with the Clogher Historical Society), 1993. 131pp. IR£45.00. ISBN 085389 500 7.
Floodplain Change in the Glenmalure Valley, South-east Leinster
Authors: Croke J. C.
Published: January 2024

The Glenmalure Valley is one of several U-shaped valleys which drain the eastern flanks of the Wicklow Mountains, 45km south west of Dublin. Five channel and floodplain reaches are recognised along a 25km stretch of the Glenmalure River on the basis of spatial changes in stream power and sediment load characteristics. The downvalley sequence of floodplain types within the river is atypical of that commonly associated with decreasing slope and sediment calibre downstream. Radiocarbon dating together with the use of anomalous concentrations of heavy metals, which are used as stratigraphic indicators of alluvial deposition post 1800, also reveal temporal changes in the rate of Holocene floodplain development within the valley. Downstream changes in floodplain processes within the valley are explained, therefore, in terms of spatial and temporal changes in the river's ability to adjust its slope, form and bed texture within the constraints of geological and Pleistocene geomorphic inheritance. The presence of a bedrock basin in the valley floor profile, infilled by Pleistocene lacustrine deposits, is believed to have caused a local change in base level leading to a significant reduction in valley slope and local stream power in the middle reaches of the valley. The subsurface bedrock form and the Pleistocene palaeolake also had a significant impact on coarse sediment transport, storage and transfer through the river system and hence on the ability of the Holocene river to regrade its slope and laterally rework Pleistocene valley fills for floodplain construction.
Power and Influence in Urban Planning: Community and Property Interests' Participation in Dublin's Planning System
Authors: McGuirk Pauline M.
Published: January 2024

Using local authority planning in Dublin as a case study. the extent and effectiveness of community and development interests' participation in policy formulation is examined. A primary locus is on the nature and timing of participation as a determinant of the relalive influence that each can exert over policy decisions. A critical distinction is drawn between formal and informal participation channels. The vast array of informal channels available to development interests can mean that they have little need to participate formally; thus a primary and secondary layer of influence on policy formulation can be distinguished. The primary layer is largely informal, on-going and pervasive. The secondary layer is formal, controlled and capable only of adapting rather than formulating policy. This supports the existence of an incontestable basis of planning policy that emerges from the primary layer of influence and reflects an inherent acceptance of the legitimacy of development interests' demands. As a consequence, questions are raised about the role of participation within a planning system which functions in support of capital.
Reviews of Books
Authors: Proudfoot L. J. , Bannon Michael J. , O'Connor Patrick J. , Nolan William , Andrews J. H. , Laughlin Jim Mac , Horner Arnold , Brunt Barry
Published: January 2024

IRISH CITIES, edited by Howard B. Clarke. Cork: Mercier Press, 1995.220pp. I R£9.99. ISBN 1-85635-127-0. Reviewed by L.J. PROUDFOOT.SHAPING A CITY: BELFAST IN THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY, by Frederick W. Boal. Belfast: Institute of Irish Studies, Queen's University. 1995. 127pp. £10.00stg. ISBN 0 85389 605 4. Reviewed by MICHAEL J. BANNON.MORE IRISH COUNTRY TOWNS, edited by Anngret Simms and J.H. Andrews. Cork: Mercier Press, 1995. 206pp. IR£9.99. ISBN 1-85635-121-1. Reviewed by PATRICK J. O'CONNOR.MERCHANTS AND SHOPKEEPERS: A HISTORICAL ANTHROPOLOGY OF AN IRISH MARKET TOWN, 1200–1991, by P.H. Gulliver and Marilyn Silverman. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1995.440pp. $(Can)33.50 pb. ISBN 0-8020-7597-5. Reviewed by WILLIAM NOLAN.THE GREAT BOG OF ARDEE, by Frank Mitchell and Breeda Tuite. Reprinted from County Louth Archaeological and Historical Journal, xxiii, No.l (1993). Dundalk: County Louth Archaeological Society, 1995.95pp. IR£4.50. ISBN 0 9521456 1 8. Reviewed by J.H. ANDREWS.THE NEAREST PLACE THAT WASN'T IRELAND: EARLY NINETEENTH-CENTURY LABOR MIGRATION, by Ruth-Ann M.Harris. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1994. 281pp. US$34.95. ISBN 0-8138-1422-7. Reviewed by JIM MAC LAUGHLIN.ROCK FENCES OF THE BEUEGRASS: PERSPECTIVES ON KENTUCKY'S PAST ARCHITECTURE, ARCHAEOLOGY AND LANDSCAPE, by Carolyn Murray-Wooley and Karl Raitz. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, 1992. x+220pp. US$35.00. ISBN 0-8131-1762-3. Reviewed by ARNOLD HORNER.REGIONS IN IRELAND: A STATISTICAL PROFILE, by James A. Walsh. Dublin: Regional Studies Association (Irish Branch), 1995. 107pp. IR£10.00. ISBN 0-9511047 7 2. Reviewed by BARRY BRUNT.
Service Availability and Development among Ireland's Island Communities — the Implications for Population Stability
Authors: Cross Michael D.
Published: January 2024

The depopulation of Ireland's off-shore islands has, in the past, been linked to problems of serviee deprivation. Considerable inroads have been made in the past thirty years in addressing the latter issue. The implications for the former are perhaps not as obvious as some observers have suggested. The islands have faced relatively acute levels of deprivation and their own peculiar set of problems by virtue of problems of transport provision to the mainland and accessibility to the most basic of services, namely electricity, water and education facilities. In a survey conducted between 1990 and 1991 the author attempted to investigate the issue of service provision on nine Irish islands. A prime focus of the research was the perception of islanders concerning service levels. This paper examines how a range of services and facilities has changed since the early 1970s and analyses the islanders' perception of the adequacy of the level of services. The question of a link between change to services and perceptions towards them with population decline is discussed.
Public Utility Societies, Dublin Corporation and the Development of Dublin, 1920–1940
Authors: McManus Ruth
Published: January 2024

The role of Dublin Corporation as the provider of public housing in twentieth-century Dublin is well known. The Corporation was however also a developer of private housing in a variety of guises. One such was the relationship which it developed during the 1920s and 1930s with Public Utility Societies whereby these societies built houses for the private market with the Corporation providing assistance with site development and access to various grants. This paper examines the manner in which such societies were used by Dublin Corporation in the development of two housing schemes in the northside of Dublin: Drumcondra and Gaeltacht Park.
Restructuring of Irish Dairy Co-operatives since 1950 An example from County Tipperary
Authors: Jenkins William
Published: January 2024

The amalgamation and subsequent rationalisation of dairy co-operatives offer an important example of the restructuring the Irish agricultural sector has experienced over the past fifty years. The process also provides indicators of economic and social change at local level over the period. The study focuses on the process of change in the local co-operative creamery in Slieveardagh parish, county Tipperary. during the 1950s and 1960s, before its amalgamation with a dairy cooperative which covered much of the south-east. The expansion of the co-operative over the subsequent two decades, manifested in changes in milk assembly, milk supplier numbers, and social conditions, is also discussed.
Reviews of Books
Authors: Horner Arnold , Graham Brian , Cawley Mary , Sweeney John , Brady Joe , Grimes Seamus
Published: January 2024

URBAN PATRONAGE AND SOCIAL AUTHORITY: THE MANAGEMENT OF THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S TOWNS IN IRELAND, 1764–1891, by Lindsay Proudfoot. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 1995. 398pp. $69.95. ISBN 0-8132-0819-X. Reviewed by ARNOLD HORNER.MAYNOOTH, by Arnold Horner. Fascicle No.7, Irish Historic Towns Atlas, edited by Anngret Simins. H.B. Clarke and R. Gillespie. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, 1995. 12pp. text + 8 maps + 2 plates. IR£18.00. ISBN 0-874045-33-X. Reviewed by BRIAN GRAHAM.AFTER THE FAMINE: IRISH AGRICULTURE 1850–1914, by Michael Turner. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. 313pp. £35.00stg. ISBN 0-521-55388-1. Reviewed by MARY CAWLEY.NORTH FROM THE HOOK: 150 YEARS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRELAND, by Gordon L. Herries Davies. Dublin: Geological Survey of Ireland, 1995.342pp. IRf 35.00. ISBN 1-899702-00-8. Reviewed by JOHN SWEENEY.DEVELOPMENT IRELAND – CONTEMPORARY ISSUES, edited by Peter Shirlow. London: Pluto Press, 1995. 138pp. f 12.95stg. pb. ISBN 0-7453-0998-4. Reviewed by JOE BRADY.TRAVELLERS AND IRELAND: WHOSE COUNTRY, WHOSE HISTORY?, by Jim Mac Laughlin. Cork: Cork University Press, 1995. 90pp. IR£4.95. ISBN 1 85918 094 9. Reviewed by SEAMUS GRIMES.
Tree planting by tenants in County Down during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
Authors: Tomlinson R. W.
Published: January 2024

Registers of tenant tree planting in Co. Down between 1769–1909 are examined. Excluding (hut trees, undershrubs and acorns, over 5.13 million trees were planted. This apparently high total should be compared with current rates of planting in Northern Ireland where, in 1994. the Forest Service alone planted almost 2.2 million trees at an average of 2600 per ha. Registrations were highest in the decade 1810–29. declining sharply in the mid-1830s. Numbers of trees planted peaked in the 1820–29 and 1830–39 decades as plantations became prominent. Spatially, registrations were more frequent in parishes adjacent to Co. Armagh and across the middle of west Down. Three quarters of trees planted were conifers and larch accounted for 51% of all trees planted. Ash was the most commonly planted broad-leaf. The spatial distribution of species planting shows the importance of ash and larch plantations in individual parishes and those southwest of Newcastle. Landscape impacts of planting arc discussed in comparison with present woodlands and trees.
Manorial organisation in early thirteenth-century Tipperary
Authors: Hennessy Mark
Published: January 2024

Research in Ireland on medieval manors has tended to focus on the fourteenth century. This paper examines the evidence for manorial organisation in Tipperary in the early thirteenth century with the aim of outlining the process whereby manors were established in the early years of colonisation. The great lordships, de Burgo, de Worcester, and Butler, are examined and it is shown how their fortunes waxed and waned during this period. Their exercise of lordship was fundamentally compromised by a combination of royal interference, minorities and absenteeism. The reconstruction of manorial organisation for this period suffers from the lack of documentary evidence. Documents newly translated by the author are used to present a discussion of manorial structures and the organisation of agriculture.
Changing Requirements of Office Establishments in Dublin
Authors: MacLaran Andrew , Floyd David
Published: January 2024

The paper investigates the significance to companies of locational and building-related factors in the selection of office premises. Among businesses likely to relocate in the near future, it assesses the relative attraction of the traditional office core and that of suburban locations. The impact upon the decision-making process of financial incentives available in designated locations is also evaluated.
Belfast Without Sight: Exploring Geographies of Blindness
Authors: Kitchin Robert M. , Jacobson R. Daniel , Blades Mark
Published: January 2024

In this paper the transformed spaces of visually impaired and blind people is explored through a detailed analysis of interview transcripts with twenty seven visually impaired people living in or around Belfast. Data were collected using a structured open-ended interview and were analysed within NUD-IST, a qualitative data analysis package. Analysis revealed that visually impaired people become spatially confused (e.g. lost or disorientated) for two primary reasons. ‘Self-produced’ confusion is spatial confusion caused by the misperception/miscognition of a route (e.g. miscounting intersections). ‘Situational’ confusion is spatial confusion caused by a permanent or temporary localised occurrences such as road works, vehicles parked on pavements, and street furniture. Both types of spatial confusion were found to induce feelings of fear and anxiety, leading to a loss of self-confidence, embarrassment and frustration, which in turn led to less independent travel and exploration, and constrained patterns of spatial behaviour. Respondents detailed a number of strategies for coping with spatial confusion. In addition, they assessed methods to make Belfast more navigable including environmental modifications and orientation and mobility aids.
Tourism and Place Identity: A case-study in rural Ireland
Authors: Kneafsey Moya
Published: January 2024

This paper aims to examine aspects of the relationship between tourism and place identity in rural Ireland. This relationship is conceptualised in terms of the seemingly contradictory themes of change and continuity and. through a case study, it is argued that the impact of tourism must be understood in terms of the new social relations which emerge as individuals and institutions interact to commodity place identity. These new relations in turn are mediated through resilient existing social relations. Whilst there is evidence of a gradual redefinition of local identities towards a more touristic orientation through, for example, the commodification of cultural practices, heritage and landscape resources, there is also evidence of resistance to this re-orientation. Thus places retain their distinct identities in the face of potentially homogenising global processes.
Directions of ice flow during the last glaciation in counties Meath, Westmeath and Cavan
Authors: Meehan Robert T.
Published: January 2024

Ice flow direction indicators in north-west County Meath and adjacent parts of Westmeath and Cavan are described. Drumlins. striae, roche moulonnees. and oilier streamlined features, as well as till fabrics, suggest a general How during glacial maximum of north-west to south-east when combined with erratic carriage data. Analysis of the configuration of ice marginal moraines and subglacially deposited esker ridges deposited during glacial retreat, as well as till fabric analysis of deglacial sediments, suggest a more complicated retreat of ice, with margins oriented south-wesI to north-east prevailing in the south and cast of the study area. Further to the west and south-west there seems to be an element of retreat towards the west, with a north-south trending ice margin. This is suggested as providing evidence for a decoupling of the ice into separate lobes in that area.
Radiocarbon dated episode of Bronze Age slope instability in the south-eastern Burren, county Clare
Authors: Moles Richard , Moles Norman , Leahy James J.
Published: January 2024

While previously reported evidence from lacustrine sediments has linked Burren soil erosion to anthropogenic forest clearance, there have been no previous accounts of dateable episodes of prehistoric slope instability based on evidence from terrestrial sites. Described here is the occurrence of charcoal buried lo a depth of C. 2m within diamicton at a site on Knockanes hill close to Mullach Mór hill in the south-eastern Burren. An AMS radiocarbon dale places the formation of this charcoal in the Bronze Age, contemporary with exceptionally high rates of soil erosion and forest clearance in a nearby lake catchment. EMS images indicate that the charcoal is of fine grained deciduous wood, most probably hazel (Corylus avellana) but perhaps birch (Betula spp.). Results of analyses of diamictons present in the vicinity of the charcoal support the view that the pattern of occurrence of diamictons in the present day Burren landscape is in part the product of prehistoric mass movement.
Mary O'Regan (1922–1998) - An Appreciation
Authors: Haughton Joseph P. , Herries Gordon L.
Published: January 2024

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Reviews of Maps and Mapping
Authors: Horner Arnold
Published: January 2024

RISH AGRICULTURE IN TRANSITION: A CENSUS ATLAS OF AGRICULTURE IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND, by Seamus LafTerty, Patrick Commins and James A. Walsh. Dublin: Teagasc in association with NUI Maynooth. 1999.viii + 154pp. IR£20.00Pb. ISBN 1 841 700649.
Reviews of Books
Authors: Nolan William , Griffin Kevin
Published: January 2024

RURAL CHANGE IN IRELAND, edited by John Davis. Belfast: The Institute of Irish Studies, Queen's University of Belfast. 1999. Xii+228pp. No price given. ISBN 0-85389-744-1 hbk. 0-85389-734-4pb. Reviewed by William Nolan.TIPP CO-OP: ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF TIPPERARY COOPERATIVE CREAMERY LTD., by William Jenkins. Dublin: Geography Publications. |1999|. 214pp. ISBN 0 906602 41 6. Reviewed by Kevin Griffin.
How many acres? A cartometric exercise of 1642
Authors: Andrews J. H.
Published: January 2024

In 1642 the English Parliament proposed to finance the pacification of Ireland by rewarding investors with allotments of confiscated Irish land. This project was the subject of a letter from Richard Delamain to Viscount Mandeville, recently acquired by the British Library and here printed in full. Delamain sought to allay doubts as to whether the requisite area (2.5 million acres) would be available, partly by citing current estimates and partly by measuring the area of each province on John Speed's map of Ireland with a grid of 10,000-acre squares. Although his methods were flawed, he was right in predicting that enough land would be available.
Concepts of 'castle' and the construction of identity in medieval and post-medieval Ireland
Authors: O'Keeffe Tadhg
Published: January 2024

This paper has two parts. The first is a critique of the principles upon which traditional narratives of Irish castles are based, and the second a lengthy exploration of the relationship between castle architecture and two particular forms of identity. The aim of these reflections is to reposition the castle at the centre of thinking about self-identity in medieval and post-medieval society. They are offered as a demonstration of the power of cross-disciplinary inquiry in castle-studies, particularly when that inquiry is informed by contemporary theory in the humanities.