University College Cork

Fidelity, flexibility and leadership in national early intervention in psychosis implementation: lessons for mental health reform from England and Ireland

National implementation of early intervention in psychosis offers a lens on sustaining evidence-based mental health reform at scale. Experience from England and Ireland highlights tensions between fidelity and flexibility, the centrality of capacity and the need for system-level...

Using soundscapes to examine the impacts of urbanisation on spatial and temporal patterns of avian acoustic activity along a riparian corridor

Abstract Background Biodiversity may correlate with acoustic indices, potentially offering insights into urban soundscapes both spatially (identifying areas with higher or lower biodiversity) and temporally (depicting daily patterns of biological activity, such as the avian dawn...

Securing Europe’s food system: Innovation, resilience and the common agricultural policy

This article examines the competitiveness and resilience of the EU agri-food sector amid growing geopolitical, environmental and economic pressures. Using the Draghi framework, it evaluates the sector’s performance across innovation, decarbonisation and strategic autonomy. While...

The Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO) Fast Analysis and Spectroscopy of Transients (FAST) Surveys

Abstract The study of young and fast astronomical transients is often limited by the difficulty of acquiring data, particularly spectra, within hours to days of explosion. Historically, follow-up programmes have rarely obtained spectra until many days after discovery; coupled wit...

Fermented protein foods as modulators of the gut-muscle axis: mechanisms, evidence, and future directions

Skeletal muscle has a profound influence on metabolic health, functional capacity and resilience across the lifespan. Beyond dietary protein and physical activity, the gut microbiome may have the capacity to impact skeletal muscle mass and function through the bidirectional netwo...

The Blastocystis-colorectal cancer hypothesis: correlation is not causation

Introduction Emotional empathy is a key component of medical professionalism, enhancing doctor–patient communication, trust, treatment adherence, and clinical outcomes. However, research suggests that emotional empathy tends to decline during medical education, with potential neg...

Morphological metamorphoses: assessing the sustainability of new developments in the historical centres of major Russian cities

Abstract International heritage discourse increasingly embraces the historic urban landscape (HUL) approach, which treats heritage and the historic urban environment as dynamic resources for city development. In postsocialist cities, this approach is challenged by rapid market-dr...

Growing up as a Girl in Edgeworthstown House, c.1782–1807: the Experiences of Elizabeth and Charlotte Edgeworth

Maria and Richard Lovell Edgeworth are hailed as educational pioneers whose jointly-authored work, Practical Education (1798), outlines methods that are grounded in and illustrated by accounts of the experiences of R. L. Edgeworth’s large family of children. The extent to which t...

Algorithmic seeing and human-machine co-interpretation in digital art history

This study examines how convolutional neural networks produce a conditioned mode of algorithmic seeing in art-image analysis. Using an artist attribution task based on more than 7000 paintings, it analyses training dynamics, misclassification patterns, and interpretability output...

Using social dimensions to inform the development of engagement tools for energy communities

The development of digital tools for energy communities is crucial as these can play a significant role increasing efficiency and leading to less grid congestion. However, these tools frequently suffer from a disconnect between technical design and end-user social contexts, leadi...

Effects of a three-month exercise programme on cognition, mood and neurogenesis: the NeuroFit randomised controlled trial

Abstract Middle age represents a critical window for mental and cognitive change, yet it remains relatively understudied as a target period for preventative lifestyle interventions. We conducted a three-month randomised controlled trial in healthy middle-aged adults in the UK ( n...

Banks and the economy: Evidence from the Irish bank strike of 1966

Abstract This paper studies the macroeconomic impact of the Irish bank strike of 1966, which led to the closure of the major commercial banks for 3 months. We collect a variety of new evidence, such as high‐frequency macro data, economic forecasts, micro data and narrative source...

Daily administration of Limosilactobacillus mucosae DPC 6426 had negligible effects on blood lipids in mildly hypercholesterolaemic adults

Abstract Among the recommendations to prevent heart disease is the maintenance of normal blood cholesterol levels, through the consumption of a cardioprotective diet, and if necessary, the use of therapeutics such as statins. Alterations in the gut microbiota have previously been...

Longer hospital stay but similar one-year mortality and readmission after combined proximal humerus and proximal femur fragility fractures: a Propensity-Score–Matched Cohort Study

Abstract Background Fragility Proximal Humerus (PH) fractures are common and often associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Unlike Proximal Femur (PF) fractures, PH fractures are often omitted from established orthogeriatric multidisciplinary team (MDT) pathways. Comb...

The Effect of Protecting Groups and Peptide Chain Length on the Aqueous Solubility of l -Alanine Homopeptides

Abstract The solubility of peptides is a critical physicochemical parameter governing both upstream solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) route optimization and downstream crystallization design. In this study, the aqueous solubility of l-alanine and its homologous oligopeptides b...

Temporal Changes in Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction After Initiating Hemodialysis

ABSTRACT Introduction Longitudinal changes in left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) after commencing hemodialysis and their prognostic implications remain poorly characterized. Methods We studied 278 patients who started hemodialysis between 2010 and 2022, underwent echocardi...

A semisubmersible offshore wind-to-hydrogen system: Effects of hydrogen storage tank size on dynamic stability

This study explores the integration of high-pressure hydrogen storage tanks into a floating offshore wind-hydrogen production system and assesses the impact of varying storage mass on the platform’s dynamic performance and structural integrity. Fully coupled dynamic simulations r...

Why translation is not enough and how functional language use can improve cultural adaptation in bilingual implementation settings

Despite widespread bilingualism, most intervention adaptation efforts remain grounded in monolingual assumptions. This approach poorly reflects how bilingual communication functions. Research in sociolinguistics and psycholinguistics shows that bilingual speakers do not “turn off...

Multimodal protective and susceptibility clusters in paediatric atopic dermatitis: A machine learning-based, data-driven observational study

Background Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that typically develops in early childhood. Differences in AD prevalence and allergy sensitisation patterns have been observed in African populations, including the AmaXhosa population in South Africa, sugge...

Lessons Learned in the Early Adoption of FaME Across Ireland: A Convergent Mixed‐Methods Implementation Study (FaME Ireland)

BACKGROUND: Falls are the most common cause of hospitalisation amongst older adults in Ireland. Structured exercise programmes are recommended to manage falls, and the Falls Management Exercise (FaME) programme has been shown to reduce falls and improve physical function. However...