• A review of the perceived barriers within the health belief model on PAP smear screening as a cervical cancer prevention measure. 

  Julinawati, S.; Cawley, D.; Domegan, C.; Brenner, M.; Rowan, N.J. (AESS, 2013)

  Aim: This study reviews the impact of perceived barriers on Pap cervical smear screening within the Health Belief Model (HBM) as an important prevention programme. Background: This research proposes to study perceived ...

• The production of a novel poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogel cryogenic spheres for immediate release using a droplet system. 

  de Lima, Gabriel Goetten; Chee, Bor Shin; Moritz, Vicente Froés; Cortese, Yvonne J.; Maghalhães, Washington L. E.; Devine, Declan M.; Nugent, Michael J. D. (IOP Science, 2019-06-05)

  Although freeze-thaw mechanism for producing crosslinked hydrogels is relatively easy and simple, it lacks sufficient integrity and support leading to modifications on its three-dimensional polymeric network arrangement ...

• Faster release of lumen-loaded drugs than matrix-loaded equivalent in polylactic acid/halloysite nanotubes. 

  Venkatesh, Chaitra; Clear, Oran; Major, Ian; Lyons, John G.; Devine, Declan M. (MDPI, 2019-06-05)

  Nanocomposite-based drug delivery systems with intrinsic controlled release properties are of great interest in biomedical applications. We report a novel polylactic acid (PLA)/halloysite nanotube (HNT) nanocomposite-based ...

• Investigation of the effects of orientation on freeze/thawed Polyvinyl alcohol hydrogel properties. 

  Chee, Bor Shin; de Lima, Gabriel Goetten; Devine, Declan M.; Nugent, Michael J. D. (Elsevier, 2018-12)

  Although hydrogels produced via freeze-thawing (F/T) technique have been thoroughly studied in literature, stretching hydrogels in between freeze-thawing cycles could change its properties and might be modulated for drug ...

• Electrospun hydrogels composites for bone tissue engineering. 

  Chee, Bor Shin; de Lima, Gabriel G.; Devine, Declan; Nugent, Michael J. D. (Woodhead Publishing, 2019)

  Electrospinning is one of the foremost nanotechnology applications to fabricate bone tissue engineering scaffolds with sizes in the nanometer range. It is regarded as a versatile, inexpensive, and relatively simple methodology ...

• Validation study of the Spanish version of the Last-7-d Sedentary Time Questionnaire (SITQ- 7d-Sp) in young adults. 

  Felez-Nobrega, Mireia; Bort-Roig, Judit; Dowd, Kieran P.; Wijndaele, Katrien; Puig-Ribera, Anna (Public Library of Science, 2019-05-29)

  There are few valid instruments to assess domain-specific sedentary behaviours (SB) among Spanish-speaking populations. This study validated the original English version of the last 7 days SB questionnaire (SIT-Q-7d) ...

• Micro-injection moulding of poly(vinylpyrrolidone-vinyl acetate) binary and ternary amorphous solid dispersions. 

  Pezzoli, Romina; Hopkins, Michael Jnr.; Direur, Guillaume; Gatley, Noel; Lyons, John G.; Higginbotham, Clement L. (MDPI, 2019-05)

  Micro-injection moulding (µIM) was used for the production of enteric tablets of plasticised and unplasticised solid dispersions of poly(vinylpyrrolidone-vinyl acetate) (PVPVA), and the effect of the mechanical and thermal ...

• Oriented polymeric sheets exhibiting dichroism and articles containing the same. 

  Kumar, Anil; Foller, Peter C.; Park, David; Devine, Declan; Bastiaansen, C.W.M.; Tennissen, J.P.; Cloonan, Martin; Higginbotham, Clement L. (2007-12-20)

  Provided is an oriented polymeric sheet comprising a photochromic-dichroic material, wherein the sheet exhibits dichroism in an activated state. Also provided is a multilayer composite comprising at least a support layer ...

• Test purchase, synthesis and characterization of 3-fluorophenmetrazine (3-FPM) and differentiation from its ortho- and para- substituted isomers. [Poster] 

  McLaughlin, Gavin; Morris, Noreen; Kavanagh, Pierce V.; Dowling, Geraldine; Power, John D.; Twamley, Brendan; O'Brien, John; Talbot, Brian; Sitte, Harald H.; Brandt, Simon D. (2016)

• Synthesis, analytical characterization, and monoamine transporter activity of the new psychoactive substance 4-methylphenmetrazine (4-MPM), with differentiation from its ortho- and meta- positional isomers. [Poster] 

  McLaughlin, Gavin; Baumann, Michael H.; Kavanagh, Pierce V.; Morris, Noreen; Power, John D.; Dowling, Geraldine; Twamley, Brendan; O'Brien, John D.; Hessman, Gary; Westphal, Folker; Walther, Donna; Brandt, Simon D. (2018)

• Analytical characterisation and pharmacological evaluation of the new psychoactive substance 4-fluoromethylphenidate (4F-MPH) and differentiation between the (±)-threo and (±)-erythro diastereomers. [Poster] 

  McLaughlin, Gavin; Morris, Noreen; Kavanagh, Pierce V.; Power, John D.; Dowling, Geraldine; Twamley, Brendan; O'Brien, John; Hessman, Gary; Murphy, Brian; Walther, Donna; Partilla, John S.; Baumann, Michael H.; Brandt, Simon D. (2017)

• The synthesis and characterisation of the ‘research chemical’ N-(1-amino-3- methyl-1-oxobutan-2-yl)-1-(cyclohexylmethyl)-3-(4-fluorophenyl)-1Hpyrazole- 5-carboxamide (3,5-AB-CHMFUPPYCA) and differentiation from its 5,3-regioisomer. [Poster] 

  McLaughlin, Gavin; Morris, Noreen; Kavanagh, P.V.; Power, J. D.; Dowling, G.; Twamley, B.; O'Brien, J.; Talbot, B.; Brandt, S.D. (2016)

• Development of seed coating agent with l-carrageenan hydrogel for sustainable agriculture. [Poster] 

  Hotta, Maya; Higginbotham, Clement; Morris, Noreen (2017)

• Evaluation of the Monoamine Transporter Activities of the New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) 4,4’-dimethylaminorex (4,4’-DMAR) and 3’,4’-methylenedioxy-4-methylaminorex (MDMAR. [Poster] 

  McLaughlin, G.; Morris, N.; Kavanagh, P.V.; Twamley, B.; O'Brien, J.; Talbot, B.; Dowling, G.; Mahony, O.; Brandt, S. D.; Patrick, J.; Archer, R.A.; Partilla, J.S.; Baumann, M.H. (2014)

• Composite cryogels for dual drug delivery and enhanced mechanical properties. 

  de Lima, Gabriel G.; Traon, Fanny; Moal, Eloan; Canillas, Maria; Dunne, Nicholas; Devine, Declan M.; Nugent, Michael D. (Wiley, 2018-04)

  In this study, we present a simple and effective process that integrates hydrogels with drugs + ceramics via physical crosslinks resulting in improved mechanical properties. These cryogels have the potential for controlled ...

• Development of smart seed delivery systems using natural hydrogels. [Poster] 

  Hotta, Maya; Kennedy, James; Kennedy, James; Higginbotham, Clement (2013)

• Extraction method plays critical role in antibacterial activity of propolis loaded hydrogels. 

  de Lima, Gabriel G.; de Souza, Ronaldo O,; Bozzi, Aline; Poplawska, Malgorzata A.; Devine, Declan M.; Nugent, Michael J. D. (Elsevier, 2016-03)

  Extracted propolis has been used for a long time as a remedy. However, if the release rate of propolis is not controlled, the efficacy is reduced. To overcome this issue, extracted propolis was added to a cryogel system. ...

• Halloysite nanotube reinforced polylactic acid composite. 

  Chen, Yuanyuan; Geever, Luke M.; Killion, John; Lyons, John G.; Higginbotham, Clement L. (Wiley, 2017-10)

  Polylactic acid (PLA) has long history in medical applications, and reinforced PLA has the potential to be used in the medical applications that require high mechanical strength such as coronary stents and bone fixation ...

• A novel pH‐sensitive ceramic‐hydrogel for biomedical applications. 

  de Lima, Gabriel Goetten; Campos, Lucas; Junqueira, Amanda; Devine, Declan; Nugent, Michael J. D. (Wiley, 2015-12)

  Innovations on the field of smart hydrogels are now being held with loads of advantages. With recent progress, smart polymers can now be used on the market for specific target/objectives desired on medicine. However, the ...

• Synthesis and characterization of high density polyethylene / peat ash composites. 

  Cao, Zhi; Daly, Michael; Geever, Luke M.; Higginbotham, Clement L.; Devine, Declan M. (Elsevier, 2016-06)

  A new type of polymer composite was synthesized from one industrial waste, peat ash, at varying mixing ratios of high density polyethylene (HDPE) and the resulting products were characterized using different experiments ...

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