James Archibald (Brigham Young University, USA) Riccardo Bellazzi (Università di Pavia, Italy) YangQuan Chen (Utah State University, USA Ruey-Kei Chiu (Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan) Dewar Finlay (University of Ulster, Northern Ireland) Reed M. Gardner (University of Utah, USA) Tianzi Jiang (Institute of Automation Chinese Academy of Science, China) Eamonn Keogh (University of California R...

Contrary to the body of literature in political violence, and the rhetoric of many parties of the conflict, time-series models of “the troubles” in Northern Ireland by White(1993) and Thompson(1989) have found no evidence that economic conditions effect the intensity, sources or direction of violence. I show that several methodological flaws exist in previous models. They fail to address the di...

this is a commentary on gilbert and colleagues’ (1) paper on morality and markets in the national health service (nhs). morality and values are not ephemeral qualities and universal healthcare is not simply an aspiration; it has to be enshrined in law. the creation of the uk nhs in 1948 was underpinned by core legal duties which required a system of public funding and delivery to follow. the mo...

Focusing on policy impact without a functioning regional devolved government required Administrative Data Research Centre Northern Ireland (ADRC NI) researchers and staff to develop new ways of influencing practice in Ireland. The development co-production model with policymakers, service providers third sector representatives has embedded pathways within research programmes, great success. Thi...

In this article, I consider role of the television show Derry Girls in providing containment for unbearable aspects conflict-related and transgenerational trauma context Northern Ireland. is a situation comedy set during political conflict Ireland 1990s. The provides nostalgic, satirical affectionate observations on seemingly mundane at times farcical misdemeanours group young people living out...