From this place nineteen years ago the Republic of Ireland was proclaimed. This was the scene of an event which will ever be counted an epoch in our history – the beginning of one of Ireland’s most glorious and sustained efforts for independence. It has been a reproach to us that the spot has remained so long unmarked. To-day we remove the reproach. All who enter this hall henceforth will be re...

At the recent Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (AG Bell) convention, I spoke up during a session supporting real-time captioning in classrooms. After all, I had recently finished my Ph.D. on this topic and knew of many studies validating their use. As soon as the session was over, I was asked by parents and educators for a reference to a specific study I had me...

(MAUDSLEY MONOGRAPHS, Mo. 12) By E. H. Hare and G. K. Shaw. (Oxford University Press, 38s.) "New town blues" was first described before the war by Lord Taylor as "suburban neurosis". (This work is strangely absent from the references here, as are the publications of the Institute of Community Studies.) The basic ingredients were: change from a long-familiar environment, separation from relative...

Researchers from the York Health Economics Consortium were responsible for the quantitative aspects of the research whilst the School of Pharmacy led on the qualitative aspects, and research relating to care homes. However, the outputs reported in this document represent a collaborative effort on the part of the entire research team. Throughout this report references are made to the work of Pri...

No attempt has been made since before World War II to bring together available knowledge of the distribution of human blood groups. The reasons are clear. There has been a continual increase in the number of known blood group systems and the steady accumulation of information about their distribution. The complexities of serology and the mathematical difficulties in interpretation of the data h...

were mostly focused on supporting individuals, and lacked supports for group members. The few researches of context-aware group communication only allowed group members in the same locality to interact. We design and implement a context-aware group communication system, called CAG, which can track the mobile users' current locations, provide basic group communication services, and help mobile u...