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How to use this database.

• Method 1- uses a free natural language approach.

  After choosing the object of the search – by ticking title, abstract, aims and objective, or author - enter a term, word or name in the ‘Search’ box to return references answering your research question.

• Method 2 - utilises key words.

  Those key words assigned from thesauruses of controlled vocabulary by the trained coders of international bibliographic databases.
  The controlled vocabularies key word are listed alphanumerically under 'Bibliographic database keywords' .
  Use the drop down menu to identity which 'key words' you are interested in to return references to answer your research question.

• Method 3 - is based on the indexing system

  developed by the researchers who compiled this database.
  It adopts a thematic approach to mapping Irish child health research. The themed areas represent outcomes mapped to the International Classification of Disease version 10 (ICD-10) or one of 23 other health-related themed outcomes. Themes are defined in Tables 5 to 7 (of the study report).
  Use the alphabetic drop down menu under ‘ICD-10 or themed health-related outcomes’ to identity which themed areas you are interested in to select references to answer your research question.

• Method 4 – allows papers to be searched by Study type.

  Indexing by study type offers a valuable insight into understanding the population impact of the topic of interest. More than 20 study types were identified across the 2,152 study papers. These are defined in Table 3 (of the study report). Within 'Study type' papers are further stratification by geographical region (Table 49), topic area of interest and study aims and objectives.
  Click on 'Study type' to select the type of study of interest, progressively select sub-categories by topic area or other sub-classification of interest to answer your research question.

The complete background, methods and findings from this mapping exercise are detailed in the study report.

Reproducibility of Results

Your search returns 44 documents

• 1.   A comparison of quantitative EEG features for neonatal seizure detection

  The aim of the study was to identify the best performing quantitative EEG features for neonatal seizures detection from a test set of 21

  

  Abstract:

  OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to identify the best performing quantitative EEG features for neonatal seizures detection from a test set of 21. METHODS: Each feature was evaluated on 1-min, artefact-free segments of seizure and non-seizure neonatal EEG recordings. The potential utility of each feature for neonatal seizure detection was determined using receiver operating more...

  International Classification:

  Neonatal seizures

  Categories:

  neonatal seizures

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Clin Neurophysiol, Vol: 119 Page: 1248-61 June 2008
  B. R. Greene; S. Faul; W. P. Marnane; G. Lightbody; I. Korotchikova; G. B. Boylan

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• 2.   A fuzzy logic based apnoea monitor for SIDS risk infants

  This article discusses a fuzzy logic based apnoea monitor for sudden infant death syndrome risk infants which greatly improves the reliability and usefulness of monitoring

  

  Abstract:

  A unit has been designed which monitors newborn infants at risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) in a home environment. The unit monitors respiration, electrocardiogram (ECG) and haemoglobin oxygen saturation (SpO2) in combination, in order to detect any potentially life threatening event at an early stage. Provision is made for the generation of both audible and silent alarms and more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  J Med Eng Technol, Vol: 30 Page: 397-411 2006 Nov-Dec
  M. J. Burke; R. Downes

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• 3.   A standardized photographic method for evaluating enamel opacities including fluorosis

  This study aimed to demonstrate the reproducibility of a standardized photographic technique for recording fluorosis when used by a group of epidemiologists as part of a large multicentred European study

  

  Abstract:

  OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to demonstrate the reproducibility of a standardized photographic technique for recording fluorosis when used by a group of epidemiologists as part of a large multicentred European study. METHODS: Studies were first carried out to develop the equipment specification and photographic method. The author (JAC) was then trained and calibrated in more...

  International Classification:

  Effectiveness of measurement tool - reproducibility of a standardized photographic technique for recording fluorosis

  Categories:

  reproducibility of a standardized photographic technique; fluorosis

  Geography:

  International

  Community Dent Oral Epidemiol, Vol: 32 Suppl 1 Page: 19-27 April 2004
  J. A. Cochran; C. E. Ketley; L. Sanches; E. Mamai-Homata; A. M. Oila; I. B. Arnadottir; C. van Loveren; H. P. Whelton; D. M. O'Mullane

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• 4.   Accuracy of the clinical diagnosis of Down syndrome

  The aim of this study was to examine the accuracy of clinical diagnosis of Down syndrome, identify problems in reaching a diagnosis, to provide recommendations for improvement and estimate a minimum prevalence for all types of Down syndrome

  

  Abstract:

  OBJECTIVES: To determine the accuracy of clinical diagnosis of Down syndrome, identify problems in reaching a diagnosis, to provide recommendations for improvement and estimate a minimum prevalence for all types of Down syndrome. DESIGN: A retrospective observational study was carried out over a five-year period. Genesis, a database located in the Department of Medical genetics, was more...

  International Classification:

  Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities - Chromosomal abnormalities, not elsewhere classified - Down syndrome

  Categories:

  Down syndrome

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Ulster Med J, Vol: 73 Page: 4-12 May 2004
  L. Devlin; P. J. Morrison

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• 5.   An evaluation of automated neonatal seizure detection methods

  This study examined 3 published automated algorithms for detecting seizures in neonatal EEG

  

  Abstract:

  OBJECTIVE: To evaluate 3 published automated algorithms for detecting seizures in neonatal EEG. METHODS: One-minute, artifact-free EEG segments consisting of either EEG seizure activity or non-seizure EEG activity were extracted from EEG recordings of 13 neonates. Three published neonatal seizure detection algorithms were tested on each EEG recording. In an attempt to obtain improved more...

  International Classification:

  Diagnostic tool (algorithms) - neonatal seizures

  Categories:

  automated algorithms; neonatal seizures;

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom

  Clin Neurophysiol, Vol: 116 Page: 1533-41 July 2005
  S. Faul; G. Boylan; S. Connolly; L. Marnane; G. Lightbody

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• 6.   An evaluation of the sensitivity and specificity of energy expenditure measured by heart rate and the Goldberg cut-off for energy intake: basal metabolic rate for identifying mis-reporting of energy intake by adults and children: a retrospective analysis

  This study sought to identify adults and children as under- (UR), acceptable (AR), or over-reporters (OR) of energy intake (EI) using energy expenditure measured by doubly labelled water

  

  Abstract:

  OBJECTIVE: To identify adults and children as under- (UR), acceptable (AR), or over-reporters (OR) of energy intake (EI) using energy expenditure measured by doubly labelled water (DLW) (EE(DLW)), and to use this as a reference to determine the sensitivity and specificity of (i) EE measured by heart rate (EE(HR)), and (ii) the Goldberg cut-off technique for classifying subjects into the more...

  International Classification:

  Diagnostic tool laboratory (doubly labelled water) - energy intake and expenditure

  Categories:

  energy intake; using energy expenditure; doubly labelled water

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Eur J Clin Nutr, Vol: 57 Page: 455-63 March 2003
  M. B. Livingstone; P. J. Robson; A. E. Black; W. A. Coward; J. M. Wallace; M. C. McKinley; J. J. Strain; P. G. McKenna

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• 7.   Assessing the use of the Family Affluence Scale (FAS) among Irish schoolchildren

  This study examined the answering rates, internal reliability and external validity of the Family Affluence Scale (FAS) employing data from the 2002 Irish Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study HBSC;

  

  Abstract:

  The objective of this analysis was to examine the answering rates, internal reliability and external validity of the Family Affluence Scale (FAS) employing data from the 2002 Irish Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study HBSC; a cross-sectional survey of 8,424 Irish schoolchildren aged 10-18. Father's occupation was reported by 80.6% of the schoolchildren and 60.6% reported on more...

  International Classification:

  Diagnostic tool (questionaire/scale) - Family Affluence Scale

  Categories:

  internal reliability; external validity; Family Affluence Scale

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Ir Med J, Vol: 100 Page: suppl 37-9 September 2007
  M. Molcho; S. N. Gabhainn; C. C. Kelleher

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• 8.   Best practice guidelines for the molecular genetic diagnosis of Type 1 (HFE-related) hereditary haemochromatosis

  This study aimed to explore current practice in the molecular diagnosis of haemochromatosis and draft guidelines were prepared using the template developed by the United Kingdom Clinical Molecular Genetics Society

  

  Abstract:

  BACKGROUND: Hereditary haemochromatosis (HH) is a recessively-inherited disorder of iron over-absorption prevalent in Caucasian populations. Affected individuals for Type 1 HH are usually either homozygous for a cysteine to tyrosine amino acid substitution at position 282 (C282Y) of the HFE gene, or compound heterozygotes for C282Y and for a histidine to aspartic acid change at position more...

  International Classification:

  Practice/knowledge - Symptoms, signs and abonormal clinical and laboratory findings not elses were classified-haemochromatosis

  Categories:

  molecular diagnosis of haemochromatosis

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  BMC Med Genet, Vol: 7 Page: 81 2006
  C. King; D. E. Barton

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• 9.   Clinical assessment of a generic DNA amplification assay for the identification of respiratory adenovirus infections

  This study examined a generic adenovirus nested polymerase chain amplification assay designed to be capable of detecting all respiratory adenoviruses.

  

  Abstract:

  BACKGROUND: respiratory adenoviruses are common, often resulting in serious sporadic and epidemic infections and impaired immunity can dramatically increase their severity. They are now thought capable of establishing latency. Diagnosis by culture is slow while direct antigen detection by immunofluorescence lacks sensitivity. Molecular diagnosis can be both rapid and sensitive but the more...

  International Classification:

  Diagnostic tool laboratory - adenovirus

  Categories:

  Dimercaptosuccinic acid scan (DMSA); Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  J Clin Virol, Vol: 26 Page: 331-8 April 2003
  S. Mitchell; H. J. O'Neill; G. M. Ong; S. Christie; P. Duprex; D. E. Wyatt; C. McCaughey; V. J. Armstrong; S. Feeney; L. Metwally; P. V. Coyle

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• 10.   Clinical judgement of near pupil responses provides a useful indicator of focusing ability in children with cerebral palsy

  The aim of the study was to compare the quality of near pupil responses with objective measures of accommodative function dynamic retinoscopy and investigate the utility of NPR in indicating accommodative facility in children with cerebral palsy

  

  Abstract:

  Accommodation is often reduced in cerebral palsy (CP). Knowledge about accommodative facility is valuable when investigating a child's visual needs and developing strategies for education. With normal accommodation, changing focus from distance to near results in pupil constriction. We compared quality of near pupil responses (NPR) with objective measures of accommodative function more...

  International Classification:

  Diseases of the nervous system - Cerebral palsy and other paralytic syndromes - cerebral palsy

  Categories:

  accommodative (ocular) facility

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Dev Med Child Neurol, Vol: 50 Page: 33-7 January 2008
  K. J. Saunders; J. F. McClelland; P. M. Richardson; M. Stevenson

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• 11.   Confirmation of association between autism and the mitochondrial aspartate/glutamate carrier SLC25A12 gene on chromosome 2q31

  The aim of this study was to describe the association between autism and the mitochondrial aspartate/glutamate carrier SLC25A12 gene on chromosome 2q31

  

  Abstract:

  OBJECTIVE: Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder with childhood onset and a known major genetic component. A recent study identified a highly significant association between autism and a two-single-nucleotide-polymorphism haplotype in the SLC25A12 gene, with a homozygote genotype relative risk between 2.4 and 4.8. The authors' goal was to investigate this association with autism in more...

  International Classification:

  Mental and behavioural disorders - Disorders of psychological development - autism

  Categories:

  autism

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Am J Psychiatry, Vol: 162 Page: 2182-4 November 2005
  R. Segurado; J. Conroy; E. Meally; M. Fitzgerald; M. Gill; L. Gallagher

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• 12.   Corneal hysteresis and intraocular pressure measurement in children using the reichert ocular response analyzer

  The aim of this study was to examine corneal hysteresis in children with normal eyes and congenital glaucoma and assess intraocular pressure (IOP) measurement with the Reichert Ocular Response Analyzer (RORA)

  

  Abstract:

  PURPOSE: To examine corneal hysteresis in children with normal eyes and congenital glaucoma and assess intraocular pressure (IOP) measurement with the Reichert Ocular Response Analyzer (RORA). DESIGN: Observational, cross-sectional study. METHODS: setting: Clinical practice. patients: Corneal hysteresis and intraocular pressure (Goldmann correlated [IOPg] and corneal compensated more...

  International Classification:

  Procedure - corneal hysteresis

  Categories:

  corneal hysteresis

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Am J Ophthalmol, Vol: 142 Page: 990-2 December 2006
  C. Kirwan; M. O'Keefe; B. Lanigan

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• 13.   Critically ill newborns with multiple organ dysfunction: assessment by NEOMOD score in a tertiary NICU

  The aim of this study was to test the predictive and descriptive accuracy of neonatal multiple organ dysfunction score (NEOMOD) in very low birthweight infants (VKBW) infants

  

  Abstract:

  BACKGROUND: The neonatal multiple organ dysfunction score (NEOMOD) predicts mortality during the first 28 days of life, and provides information on organ functions influencing mortality. AIM: To test the predictive and descriptive accuracy of NEOMOD in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants. METHODS: The system was used in 112 infants. It evaluates the central nervous system (CNS), more...

  International Classification:

  Other - multiple organ dysfunction score

  Categories:

  multiple organ dysfunction score

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Ir J Med Sci, Vol: 177 Page: 11-7 March 2008
  J. Janota; J. Simak; Z. Stranak; T. Matthews; T. Clarke; D. Corcoran

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• 14.   Dental experience of cleft affected children in the west of Ireland

  The aim of this study was to examine caries experience and initial access to dental services in a group of children with cleft lip/palate in the west of Ireland

  

  Abstract:

  AIM: To investigate caries experience and initial access to dental services in a group of children with cleft lip/palate in the west of Ireland. DESIGN AND METHOD: Cross sectional study with prospective data capture and matched control. Details of children born with a cleft were obtained from all health professionals likely to be involved in delivering care to these children. Existing more...

  International Classification:

  Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities - Cleft lip and/or palate

  Categories:

  caries; dental services; cleft lip/palate

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Int Dent J, Vol: 51 Page: 73-6 April 2001
  A. R. Hewson; C. M. McNamara; T. F. Foley; J. R. Sandy

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• 15.   Dissociation in response to methylphenidate on response variability in a group of medication naive children with ADHD

  The aim of this study was to examine effects of methylphenidate administration on variability in reaction time and error performance on a sustained attention task on medication naive children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

  

  Abstract:

  Increased variability in reaction time (RT) has been proposed as a cardinal feature of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Increased variability during sustained attention tasks may reflect inefficient fronto-striatal and fronto-parietal circuitry; activity within these circuits is modulated by the catecholamines. A disruption to dopamine signaling is suggested in ADHD that more...

  International Classification:

  Mental and behavioural disorders - Behavioural and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence - attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

  Categories:

  methylphenidate; reaction time; -attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Neuropsychologia, Vol: 46 Page: 1532-41 April 2008
  K. A. Johnson; E. Barry; M. A. Bellgrove; M. Cox; S. P. Kelly; A. Daibhis; M. Daly; M. Keavey; A. Watchorn; M. Fitzgerald; F. McNicholas; A. Kirley; I. H. Robertson; M. Gill

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• 16.   Electrocardiogram based neonatal seizure detection

  The aim of this study was to examine a method for the detection of seizures in the newborn using the electrocardiogram signal

  

  Abstract:

  A method for the detection of seizures in the newborn using the electrocardiogram (ECG) signal is presented. Using a database of eight recordings, a method was developed for automatically annotating each 1-min epoch as "nonseizure" or "seizure". The system uses a linear discriminant classifier to process 41 heartbeat timing interval features. Performance assessment more...

  International Classification:

  Neonatal seizures

  Categories:

  seizures in the newborn

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom

  IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, Vol: 54 Page: 673-82 April 2007
  B. R. Greene; P. de Chazal; G. B. Boylan; S. Connolly; R. B. Reilly

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• 17.   Food allergy QoL questionnaire for children aged 0-12 years: content, construct, and cross-cultural validity

  This study developed a sensitive, multi-dimensional measure to assess parental perception of health-related QoL in children aged 0-12 years with food allergy

  

  Abstract:

  BACKGROUND: To date, there is no food allergy-specific questionnaire that allows parents to report children's health-related QoL (HRQL) from the child's perspective. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to develop a sensitive, multi-dimensional measure to assess parental perception of HRQL in children aged 0-12 years with food allergy. METHODS: The Food Allergy QoL - Parent Form more...

  International Classification:

  Diagnostic tool (questionaire/scale) - quality of life

  Categories:

  health-related QoL

  Geography:

  International

  Clin Exp Allergy, Vol: 38 Page: 977-86 June 2008
  A. DunnGalvin; B. M. de BlokFlokstra; A. W. Burks; A. E. Dubois; J. O. Hourihane

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• 18.   Frequent use of sugar products by schoolchildren in 20 European countries, Israel and Canada in 1993/1994

  The aim of this study was to describe the daily use of certain between-meal sugar products (soft drinks and sweets) of schoolchildren in 20 European countries, Israel and Canada

  

  Abstract:

  The aim of this study was to describe the daily use of certain between-meal sugar products (soft drinks and sweets) of schoolchildren in 20 European countries, Israel and Canada as a part of the Cross-National Survey on Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children--a WHO Collaborative Study. The data were collected using standardised anonymous questionnaires in school classrooms during the more...

  International Classification:

  Diet and lifestyle

  Categories:

  between-meal sugar products;

  Geography:

  International

  Int Dent J, Vol: 49 Page: 105-14 April 1999
  S. Kuusela; L. Kannas; J. Tynjala; E. Honkala; C. Tudor-Smith

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• 19.   Gaussian process modeling of EEG for the detection of neonatal seizures

  This study aimed to describe the gaussian process modeling of EEG for the detection of neonatal seizures

  

  Abstract:

  Gaussian process (GP) probabilistic models have attractive advantages over parametric and neural network modeling approaches. They have a small number of tuneable parameters, can be trained on relatively small training sets, and provide a measure of prediction certainty. In this paper, these properties are exploited to develop two methods of highlighting the presence of neonatal more...

  International Classification:

  Effectiveness of measurement tool - gaussian process modeling of EEG for the detection of neonatal seizures

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom

  IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, Vol: 54 Page: 2151-62 December 2007
  S. Faul; G. Gregorcic; G. Boylan; W. Marnane; G. Lightbody; S. Connolly

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• 20.   Generalisability and classical test theory analyses of Koppitz's scoring system for human figure drawings

  This study examined raters and occasions as potential sources of error in children's Draw-a-Person scores using generalisability and classical test theory

  

  Abstract:

  BACKGROUND: Scoring systems to evaluate children's human drawings for intellectual maturity have been found to have good intra- and inter-scorer reliability. However, there is some evidence (McCarthy, 1944) that such scores may not be stable over time. AIM: The aim of the study was to investigate raters and occasions as potential sources of error in children's Draw-a-Person scores using more...

  International Classification:

  Person and time - scoring levels

  Categories:

  Draw-a-Person scores

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Br J Educ Psychol, Vol: 71 Page: 369-82 September 2001
  G. Rae; P. Hyland

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• 21.   Interceptive orthodontics in the real world of community dentistry

  This aim of this study was to test the applicability and effectiveness of interceptive orthodontics in a community field trial

  

  Abstract:

  OBJECTIVE: To test the applicability and effectiveness of interceptive orthodontics in a community field trial. DESIGN: Prospective screening for suitable malocclusions, implementation of treatment and analysis of outcomes 12 months later. SETTING: Community dentistry in urban and rural areas of Northern Ireland, 1996-98. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: The initial sample consisted of 2002 more...

  International Classification:

  Dental

  Categories:

  interceptive orthodontics

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Int J Paediatr Dent, Vol: 10 Page: 99-108 June 2000
  K. al Nimri; A. Richardson

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• 22.   Issues in dietary intake assessment of children and adolescents

  This article discusses issues related to the collection of dietary data and urge caution when evaluating all such data.

  

  Abstract:

  Studies of food habits and dietary intakes face a number of unique respondent and observer considerations at different stages from early childhood to late adolescence. Despite this, intakes have often been reported as if valid, and the interpretation of links between intake and health has been based, often erroneously, on the assumption of validity. However, validation studies of energy more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Br J Nutr, Vol: 92 Suppl 2 Page: S213-22 October 2004
  M. B. Livingstone; P. J. Robson; J. M. Wallace

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• 23.   Liquid chromatographic determination including simultaneous "on-cartridge" separation of ranitidine cisapride drug combinations from paediatric plasma samples using an automated solid-phase extraction procedure

  The aim of this study was to examine a High Pressure Liquid Chromatography methodology for the simultaneous determination of cisapride and ranitidine in small volume paediatric plasma samples

  

  Abstract:

  HPLC methodology was investigated for the simultaneous determination of cisapride and ranitidine in small volume paediatric plasma samples. Such a simultaneous determination proved difficult due to the small sample volumes, the low concentrations of the drugs and the different log P values of the two compounds. The two drugs and their respective internal standards were separated more...

  International Classification:

  Other - cisaprid; ranitidine

  Categories:

  cisaprid; ranitidine

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci, Vol: 806 Page: 263-9 July 2004
  L. G. Hare; D. S. Mitchel; J. S. Millership; P. S. Collier; J. C. McElnay; M. D. Shields; D. J. Carson; R. Fair

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• 24.   Measurement of dietary intake in children

  This article discusses the cognitive abilities required to self-report food intake include an adequately developed concept of time, a good memory and attention span, a knowledge the names of foods

  

  Abstract:

  When children and adolescents are the target population in dietary surveys many different respondent and observer considerations surface. The cognitive abilities required to self-report food intake include an adequately developed concept of time, a good memory and attention span, and a knowledge of the names of foods. From the age of 8 years there is a rapid increase in the ability of more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Proc Nutr Soc, Vol: 59 Page: 279-93 May 2000
  M. B. Livingstone; P. J. Robson

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• 25.   Modified IOTN: an orthodontic treatment need index for use in oral health surveys

  This study aimed to explore on the reliability of a modified version of the "Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need" for use in oral health surveys.

  

  Abstract:

  This paper reports the results of a study of the reliability of a modified version of the Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need (IOTN) for use in oral health surveys. Twelve non-specialist dental examiners were trained in the use of the Modified IOTN using a standardised teaching protocol lasting approximately 1.5 hours. Following a school-based calibration exercise it was found that more...

  International Classification:

  Practice/knowledge - Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need

  Categories:

  Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Community Dent Oral Epidemiol, Vol: 29 Page: 220-5 June 2001
  D. J. Burden; C. M. Pine; G. Burnside

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• 26.   Multi-channel EEG based neonatal seizure detection

  This study aimed to describe a multi-channel method for patient specific and patient independent, EEG based neonatal seizure detection

  

  Abstract:

  A multi-channel method for patient specific and patient independent, EEG based neonatal seizure detection is presented. Two classifier configurations are proposed and tested, along with a number of classifier models. Existing methods for neonatal seizure detection have been empirical threshold based or based on a single EEG channel. The optimum patient specific classifier for EEG based more...

  International Classification:

  Effectiveness of measurement tool - EEG based neonatal seizure detection

  Categories:

  EEG based neonatal seizure detection

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom

  Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, Vol: 1 Page: 4679-84 2006
  B. R. Greene; R. B. Reilly; G. Boylan; P. de Chazal; S. Connolly

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• 27.   Nasalance scores for normal-speaking Irish children

  The aim of this study was to describe normal nasalance values during the production of a standardized speech sample for Irish children and determine whether significantly different scores exist for different speech stimuli for female and male speakers

  

  Abstract:

  OBJECTIVE: To obtain normal nasalance values during the production of a standardized speech sample for Irish children and determine whether significantly different scores exist for different speech stimuli for female and male speakers. DESIGN: Mean nasalance scores were obtained for normal-speaking children during the repetition of 16 test sentences that were categorized according to more...

  International Classification:

  Language

  Categories:

  standardized speech

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Cleft Palate Craniofac J, Vol: 41 Page: 168-74 March 2004
  T. Sweeney; D. Sell; M. O'Regan

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• 28.   Operational feasibility of routine bacterial monitoring of platelets

  The aim of this study was to examine the operational feasibility of routine bacterial monitoring of platelets

  

  Abstract:

  Bacterial contamination of platelets poses the greatest risk of mortality and morbidity to platelet transfusion recipients. Some European countries have introduced routine bacterial monitoring of platelets to reduce the risk of transmission of bacteria. A pilot study was carried out at the Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service, using the BacT/ALERT automated culture system, to more...

  International Classification:

  Bacterium - bacterial monitoring

  Categories:

  bacterial monitoring

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Transfus Med, Vol: 13 Page: 189-95 August 2003
  A. Macauley; A. Chandrasekar; G. Geddis; K. G. Morris; W. M. McClelland

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• 29.   Oral health systems in Europe. Part I: Finance and entitlement to care

  The aim of the study was to compare the oral health systems in 18 European countries

  

  Abstract:

  OBJECTIVE: To describe and compare the oral health systems in 18 European countries. BASIC RESEARCH DESIGN: Semi-structured, in-depth validation interviews were carried out with key informants from the main national dental associations of EU and associated countries. The interviews were structured around the responses to a previously completed questionnaire, the topics and terminology more...

  International Classification:

  Dental

  Categories:

  oral health systems

  Geography:

  International

  Community Dent Health, Vol: 15 Page: 145-9 September 1998
  R. Anderson; E. T. Treasure; N. H. Whitehouse

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• 30.   Platelets in the paediatric population: the influence of age and the limitations of automation

  This study aimed to compare manual methodology and automated technologies; impedance, optical density and CD61 immunoplatelet method (available on the Cell Dyn 4000) with the reference method of flow cytometric analysis in a paediatric population

  

  Abstract:

  Accurate and precise platelet counting is important for the clinical management of children with platelet disorders. Current automated technologies are often unable to discriminate platelets from non-platelet particles particularly in circumstances where platelet anisocytosis is common. This study compares manual methodology and the automated technologies; impedance, optical density and more...

  International Classification:

  Effectiveness of measurement tool - optical density

  Categories:

  impedance; optical density; CD61 immunoplatelet; flow cytometric analysis

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Clin Lab Haematol, Vol: 27 Page: 250-7 August 2005
  P. Felle; C. McMahon; S. Rooney; P. Donnelly; F. Ni Chonchubhair

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• 31.   Quantitative assessment of the degree of ductal steal using celiac artery blood flow to left ventricular output ratio in preterm infants

  The aim of this study was to examine celiac artery flow to left ventricular output ratio (CAF:LVO) in the presence and the absence of a patent ductus arteriosus in preterm neonates, and to compare CAF:LVO to current echocardiographic markers

  

  Abstract:

  BACKGROUND: Determining the significance of a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) remains difficult in preterm neonates and current echocardiographic markers give little information about ductal steal. We hypothesized that the relationship between celiac artery flow (CAF) and left ventricular output (LVO) in the presence of a PDA may determine haemodynamic significance. OBJECTIVES: To more...

  International Classification:

  Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities - Congenital malformations of the circulatory system - patent ductus arteriosus

  Categories:

  left ventricular output ratio; - patent ductus arteriosus

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Neonatology, Vol: 93 Page: 206-12 2008
  A. El-Khuffash; M. Higgins; K. Walsh; E. J. Molloy

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• 32.   Rapid detection of the R408W and I65T mutations in phenylketonuria by glycosylase mediated polymorphism detection

  The aim of this study was to examine application of the novel technique of glycosylase mediated polymorphism detection to the detection of two of the most common mutations of the PAH gene in the Irish population that cause phenylketonuria, R408W and I65T,

  

  Abstract:

  Mutation detection methods based upon chemical or enzymatic cleavage of DNA offer excellent detection efficiencies coupled with high throughput and low unit cost. We describe the application of the novel technique of Glycosylase Mediated Polymorphism Detection (GMPD) to the detection of two of the most common mutations of the PAH gene in the Irish population that cause phenylketonuria more...

  International Classification:

  Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases - Metabolic disorders - phenylketonuria

  Categories:

  glycosylase mediated polymorphism detection; -phenylketonuria; R408W; I65T;

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Hum Mutat, Vol: 17 Page: 432 May 2001
  K. A. O'Donnell; O. Tighe; C. O'Neill; E. Naughten; P. D. Mayne; T. V. McCarthy; P. Vaughan; D. T. Croke

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• 33.   Recent dental attendance and levels of untreated caries in a sample of 11-12 year old children in Northern Ireland

  The aim of this study was to describe dental attendance and levels of untreated caries in a sample of 11-12 year old children in Northern Ireland

  

  Abstract:

  The object of the present study was to determine the relationship between dental attendance and the levels of untreated caries in a sample of 11-12 year old pupils attending first form of second level schools in the South Belfast area of Northern Ireland. A sample of 199 first form pupils attending second level schools in the area was obtained. The diagnosis of caries depended mainly on more...

  International Classification:

  Dental

  Categories:

  untreated caries

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  J Ir Dent Assoc, Vol: 46 Page: 55-9 2000
  A. Sweeney; M. Kinirons

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• 34.   Recruitment bias in a population-based study of children with cerebral palsy

  The aim of this study was to examine recruitment bias in a population-based study of locomotor ability in children with cerebral palsy

  

  Abstract:

  OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this analysis was to assess recruitment bias in a population-based study of locomotor ability in children with cerebral palsy. METHOD: A population-based case register was used as a sampling frame and was considered a highly ascertained record of children with the condition. A twin track approach to recruitment for the Locomotor Study was adopted through: (1) a more...

  International Classification:

  Gait

  Categories:

  locomotor ability

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Pediatrics, Vol: 118 Page: 1616-22 October 2006
  J. Parkes; C. Kerr; B. C. McDowell; A. P. Cosgrove

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• 35.   Reliability and validity of a faces version of the Modified Child Dental Anxiety Scale

  The aim of this study was to describe the psychometric properties of the faces version of the Modified Child Dental Anxiety Scale (MCDAS(f)), and to provide normative data for dental anxiety for children using the MCDAS

  

  Abstract:

  BACKGROUND: A new version of the Modified Child Dental Anxiety Scale (MCDAS) was formed by adding a faces rating scale to the original numeric form. AIMS: To describe the psychometric properties of the faces version of the Modified Child Dental Anxiety Scale (MCDAS(f)), and to provide normative data for dental anxiety for children using the MCDAS(f). DESIGN: To determine the test-retest more...

  International Classification:

  Dental

  Categories:

  Modified Child Dental Anxiety Scale

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Int J Paediatr Dent, Vol: 17 Page: 281-8 July 2007
  K. E. Howard; R. Freeman

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• 36.   Role of thermography in the assessment of infraorbital nerve injury after malar fractures

  This study examined patients with malar fractures who had some degree of infraorbital nerve deficit

  

  Abstract:

  We studied 45 patients with malar fractures who had some degree of infraorbital nerve deficit. Thermographic facial images failed to show any substantial changes in the temperature profiles of the affected and the normal control sides in relation to reco very of their facial sensation. Although some patients who had thermography on the day of injury showed significant temperature more...

  International Classification:

  Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes - fractures

  Categories:

  malar fractures

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg, Vol: 38 Page: 581-584 December 2000
  J. G. McGimpsey; A. Vaidya; P. A. Biagioni; P. J. Lamey

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• 37.   Spontaneous production of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 and interleukin-8 by the human lumbar intervertebral disc

  The aim of this study was to describe if the human intervertebral disc is capable of spontaneous production of the chemokines monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 and interleukin-8

  

  Abstract:

  STUDY DESIGN: Scoliotic and herniated human intervertebral disc tissue obtained intraoperatively was cultured, and the medium was analyzed for the production of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 and interleukin-8. OBJECTIVES: This study was conducted to determine whether the human intervertebral disc is capable of spontaneous production of the chemokines monocyte chemoattractant more...

  International Classification:

  Other - intervertebral disc

  Categories:

  intervertebral disc

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Spine, Vol: 27 Page: 1402-7 July 2002
  J. G. Burke; R. W. Watson; D. McCormack; F. E. Dowling; M. G. Walsh; J. M. Fitzpatrick

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• 38.   The Hospital Data Project: comparing hospital activity within Europe

  The aim of this study was to compared hospital activity across a range of European countries

  

  Abstract:

  BACKGROUND: The ability to measure and compare hospital activity between EU member states is important for policy, planning, financing and assessment of population health. Earlier initiatives in this area have been largely directed at standardising high-level indicator definitions without proper account of differences in health systems and health information systems. The Hospital Data more...

  International Classification:

  Health service provision

  Categories:

  hospital activity

  Geography:

  International

  Eur J Public Health, Vol: 13 Page: 73-9 September 2003
  H. F. Magee

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• 39.   The prevalence of features of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in a special school in Ireland

  The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of features of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in a special school, in order to ascertain the number of children who may need further assessment for ADHD.

  

  Abstract:

  BACKGROUND: The prevalence of features of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children with intellectual disabilities (ID) in Irish schools is unknown. The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of features of ADHD in a special school, in order to ascertain the number of children who may need further assessment for ADHD. The study also explores the reliability of more...

  International Classification:

  Mental and behavioural disorders - Behavioural and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence - attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

  Categories:

  attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  J Intellect Disabil Res, Vol: 52 Page: 156-62 February 2008
  S. Buckley; J. Hillery; S. Guerin; J. McEvoy; P. Dodd

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• 40.   The repeatability of nonbronchoscopic bronchoalveolar lavage differential cell counts

  The aim of this study was to examine the repeatability of cell counts obtained by nonbronchoscopic bronchoalveolar lavage in understanding airway inflammation in children

  

  Abstract:

  Airway inflammation in children can be assessed by nonbronchoscopic bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL). Little is known about the repeatability of cell counts in the BAL obtained. Children (n=43) attending for elective surgery were studied. Cell counts were obtained following a nonbronchoscopic lavage. Two samples were obtained with either: 1) the catheter wedged in the same position (n=21) more...

  International Classification:

  Procedure - nonbronchoscopic bronchoalveolar lavage

  Categories:

  nonbronchoscopic bronchoalveolar lavage

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Eur Respir J, Vol: 18 Page: 1009-12 December 2001
  T. J. Warke; S. Kamath; P. S. Fitch; V. Brown; M. D. Shields; M. Ennis

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• 41.   The Revised-Perceived Illness Experience Scale (R-PIE): data from the Barretstown studies

  The aim of this study was to describe previously uninvestigated factor structure of the Perceived Illness Experience with life-threatening illnesses

  

  Abstract:

  The Perceived Illness Experience Scale (PIE) was developed to measure children's perception of their illness experience. In this article, the authors examine the previously uninvestigated factor structure of the PIE using the responses of 184 European children (mean age = 11.61 years, SD = 2.31) with life-threatening illnesses. The findings showed a 6-factor solution: (1) School/Peer more...

  International Classification:

  Bullying

  Categories:

  Perceived Illness Experience with life-threatening illnesses

  Geography:

  International

  Behav Med, Vol: 30 Page: 23-31 2004 Spring
  G. Kiernan; M. Gormley; M. MacLachlan

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• 42.   Toward the effective surveillance of hypospadias

  The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of hypospadias from 1980 to 1999 in 20 regions of Europe with EUROCAT (European Surveillance of Congenital Anomalies)

  

  Abstract:

  Concern about apparent increases in the prevalence of hypospadias--a congenital male reproductive-tract abnormality--in the 1960s to 1980s and the possible connection to increasing exposures to endocrine-disrupting chemicals have underlined the importance of effective surveillance of hypospadias prevalence in the population. We report here the prevalence of hypospadias from 1980 to 1999 more...

  International Classification:

  Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities - hypospadias

  Categories:

  hypospadias

  Geography:

  International

  Environ Health Perspect, Vol: 112 Page: 398-402 March 2004
  H. Dolk; M. Vrijheid; J. E. Scott; M. C. Addor; B. Botting; C. de Vigan; H. de Walle; E. Garne; M. Loane; A. Pierini; S. Garcia-Minaur; N. Physick; R. Tenconi; A. Wiesel; E. Calzolari; D. Stone

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• 43.   Trends in periconceptional folic acid use by relatives in Irish families with neural tube defects

  This study discusses the self-reported trends in periconceptal folic acid use by relatives in families with Neural tube defects

  

  Abstract:

  Close relatives in families who have a child with a neural tube defect (NTD) are at greatly increased risk of having an affected child. Periconceptional folic acid reduces the risk of both occurrence and recurrence of NTDs substantially. Public health authorities currently recommend that the diets of all women between the ages of 15 and 44 who are capable of becoming pregnant be more...

  International Classification:

  Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities - neural tube defects - condiction

  Categories:

  periconceptal folic acid

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Ir Med J, Vol: 94 Page: 302-5 2001 Nov-Dec
  J. Byrne; C. Byrne; D. Collins

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• 44.   Variability in time reproduction: difference in ADHD combined and inattentive subtypes

  The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between time reproduction, performance variability, and sustained attention deficits in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, relative to matched controls

  

  Abstract:

  OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between time reproduction, performance variability, and sustained attention deficits in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) combined (ADHD-C) and inattentive (ADHD-I) subtypes, relative to matched controls. METHOD: Participants (age range 7.1-14.1 years) performed a time reproduction task. A subset of the ADHD group was more...

  International Classification:

  Mental and behavioural disorders - Behavioural and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence - attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

  Categories:

  time reproduction; performance variability; sustained attention deficits; - attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, Vol: 44 Page: 169-76 February 2005
  C. Mullins; M. A. Bellgrove; M. Gill; I. H. Robertson

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