Comparison of COPD primary care in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland by Philip W. Stone, Katherine Hickman, Steve Holmes, Johanna R. Feary, Jennifer K. Quint

“…We found that English, Scottish, and Northern Irish practices were significantly worse than Welsh practices at recording coded lung function parameters used in COPD diagnosis (ORs: 0.51 [0.43–0.59], 0.29 [0.23–0.36], 0.42 [0.31–0.58], respectively) and referring appropriate patients for pulmonary rehabilitation (ORs: 0.10 [0.09–0.11], 0.12 [0.11–0.14], 0.22 [0.19–0.25], respectively). …”
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Anystis baccarum: An Important Generalist Predatory Mite to be Considered in Apple Orchard Pest Management Strategies by Andrew G. S. Cuthbertson, Bao-Li Qiu, Archie K. Murchie

“…Recent mis-identification by apple growers of this beneficial mite species had resulted in unnecessary pesticide applications being applied within Northern Irish apple orchards. However, dissemination of information to the apple growers and promotion of the benefits this mite offers in apple orchards has helped to conserve its populations. …”
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“Brought up to Live Double Lives”: Intelligence and Espionage as Literary and Philosophical Figures in Ciaran Carson’s Exchange Place and For All We Know by Grzegorz Czemiel

“…The article examines the figure of the spy—alongside themes related to espionage—as employed in two books by the Northern Irish writer Ciaran Carson (1948–2019): the volume of poems For All We Know (2008) and the novel Exchange Place (2012). …”
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Antonio Gisbert’s Monument to Spanish Liberty: The Production of the <i>Execution of Torrijos and his Companions on the Beach at Málaga</i> (1888) by Ann Murray

“…In addition to Torrijos, among the dead were liberal politician Manuel Flores Calderón and the Byronic, Northern Irish-born Robert Boyd, active in the final years (1830–1831) of the Greek War of Independence and who was inspired by Torrijos’ cause. …”
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Eccentric Sonnets: Ciaran Carson’s poetics in The Twelfth of Never by Miriam McIlfatrick-Ksenofontov

“…The article focuses on the Northern Irish poet, writer, and translator Ciaran Carson, known for his fascination with language as a medium and his linguistic experimentalism. …”
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Fetching Poems from Elsewhere: Ciaran Carson’s Translations of French Poetry by Miriam McIlfatrick-Ksenofontov

“…Ciaran Carson is a renowned Northern Irish poet with a distinguished record of translating poetry from Irish, Italian and French. …”
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'Rory Gallagher's Leprechaun Boogie': Irish Stereotyping in the International Music Press by Lauren Alex O'Hagan

“…However, such disparagement humour fostered discrimination by moulding (negative) public opinion of what it meant to be Irish at a time when Anglo-Irish tensions were already high and ignored the deeply emotional impact of the Northern Irish conflict on Gallagher. It also took attention away from Gallagher’s music and, in doing so, downplayed the important contribution he made to the world of blues and rock. …”
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Modifiable behaviors help to explain the inequalities in perceived health associated with deprivation and social class: evidence from a national sample. by Nevill, A, Donnelly, P, Shibli, S, Foster, C, Murphy, M

“…METHODS: The study is based on a cross-sectional survey of Northern Irish adults. Responses to a self-rated health question were dichotomized and binary logistic regression was used to identify the health inequalities between areas of high, middle or low deprivation. …”

Rhetoric and History in Brian Friel’s Making History by Manfredi Bernardini

“…Starting from the theoretical contributions of seminal authors such as Hayden White, Paul Ricoeur, Walter Benjamin, Michel De Certeau, the northern Irish playwright challenges the supposedly scientific nature of History, that would decidedly mark it as different from other forms of narrative, such as literature. …”
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Northern Ireland’s Interregnum. Anna Burns’s Depiction of a (Post)-Troubles State of (In)security by Ryszard Bartnik

“…Burns, in that regard, has positioned herself amongst the aggregate of writers who feel anxious rather than placated, hence their persistence in returning to the roots of Northern Irish societal divisions. Burns’s writing, in the above context, though immersed in the world of the Troubles, paradoxically communicates “an idiosyncratic spatiotemporality” (Maureen Ruprecht Fadem’s phrase), namely an experience beyond the self-imposing, historical time limits. …”
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Staying Engaged in Terrorism: Narrative Accounts of Sustaining Participation in Violent Extremism by Neil Ferguson, James W. McAuley

“…To address this scarcity of research this study analyzed accounts of engagement in violent extremism produced by Northern Irish loyalist and republican paramilitaries in order to explore how their paramilitary lifestyle, perpetration of acts of political violence and the pressure from countering threats posed by rival groups, and the State security forces impacted on them. …”
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French Perspectives on the Northern Ireland Peace Process and the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement by Karine Isabelle Deslandes

“…L’Humanité, which always saw the Northern Irish conflict as a colonial war, would only support the withdrawal of the British government from Northern Ireland. …”
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Christ Would Break Your Tongue by Sheila Stewart

“…As a white settler Canadian, I strive to uncover the complicity of my religious and Northern Irish background in hierarchical and oppressive relations. …”
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Spirituality and Creativity in Coping, Their Association and Transformative Effect: A Qualitative Enquiry by Dagmar Anna S. Corry, Anne P. Tracey, Christopher Alan Lewis

“…Ten interviews were conducted among Northern Irish and Irish artists, contemplative prayer group members, and mental health service users. …”
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Hallucination or Lucidity?: Vision and Time in Ciaran Carson’s Ekphrastic Writing by Rui Carvalho Homem

“…Northern Irish writer Ciaran Carson has long been noted for the extent to which his texts, both in poetry and in prose, challenge traditional genre distinctions and refashion conventional form—be it in the patterns of his narrative prose, or in the prosody of his verse. …”
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Domestic and foreign Marxist tradition of the Northern Ireland conflict origins definition (1969–1998) by D. A. Afanas’eva

“…The article examines the perspectives of Soviet and foreign Marxist researchers in relation to the underlying causes of the beginning and escalation of Northern Irish conflict (The Troubles). The significance of this research lies in comprehending the lesser-explored Marxist heritage within the contemporary study of historical events in Great Britain and Ireland. …”
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LTDNA Evidence on Trial by Paul Roberts, Paul Roberts, Paul Roberts

“…Section 2 then examines English and Northern Irish courts’ attempts to get to grips with LTDNA evidence in recent cases. …”
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Risk of diabetic retinopathy at first screen in children at 12 and 13 years of age by Scanlon, P, Stratton, I, Bachmann, M, Jones, C, Leese, G, Four Nations Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Study Group

“…</p> <p><strong>Methods</strong></p> <p>Data were extracted from four English screening programmes and from the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish programmes on all children with diabetes invited for their first and subsequent screening episodes from the age of 12 years. …”

Musical culture and the spirit of Irish nationalism, c. 1848-1972 by Parfitt, R

“…<p>This thesis surveys musical culture’s relationship with Irish nationalism after the Irish confederacy’s rebellion in 1848 until the beginning of the Northern Irish Troubles in 1972. It is the first such study to engage with a wide range of source material, including not only songs but also sources generated by political actors and organisations. …”

Emphasise capability, not disability: exploring public perceptions, facilitators and barriers to living well with dementia in Northern Ireland by Gary Mitchell, Victoria McTurk, Gillian Carter, Christine Brown-Wilson

“…Methods Four focus group interviews were conducted with a total of 20 people living with dementia across three Northern Irish Counties in June 2019. These interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim and analysed using thematic analysis. …”
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