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Cause for Concern: Copycat Gender Identity Based Book Protests in Public Libraries in Ireland
(Journal of Radical Librarianship, 2023-09-13)This commentary briefly explores the rise of book bans in the US before giving an overview of similar protests emerging in Irish libraries. From being a very traditional and largely Catholic confessional State Ireland has ... -
Cellular morphology of rough forms of Listeria monocytogenes isolated from clinical and food samples.
(The Society for Applied Microbiology, 2000)Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) studies revealed that rough cell-forms of L. monocytogenes (designated FR variants), isolated from clinical and food samples (and under conditions of sublethal heat stress), consist ... -
Ceramic waste sludge as a partial cement replacement.
(CERAI, 2014-08)In this research study, waste ceramic sludge derived from orthopaedic implant mass finishing processes were employed as a supplementary cementitious material (SCM) in the partial replacement of ordinary Portland cement ... -
Cererbrospinal fluid protein and glucose examinations and tuberculosis: will laboratory safety regulations force a change of practice?
(BM, 2015)Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) protein and glucose examinations are usually performed in chemical pathology departments on autoanalysers. Tuberculosis (TB) is a group 3 biological agent under Directive 2000/54/EC of the European ... -
Challenges and future opportunities to unlock the critical supply chain of personal and protective equipment (PPE) encompassing decontamination and reuse under emergency use authorization (EUA) conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic: Through a reflective circularity and sustainability lens
(Elsevier, 2023-01-06)Severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), and the resulting coronavirus disease (COVID-19), was declared a public health emergency of global concern by the World Health Organization (WHO) in the ... -
Challenges and solutions for addressing critical shortage of supply chain for personal and protective equipment (PPE) arising from Coronavirus disease (COVID19) pandemic - case study from the Republic of Ireland.
(Elsevier, 2020-04-05)Coronavirus (COVID-19) is highly infectious agent that causes fatal respiratory illnesses, which is of great global public health concern. Currently, there is no effective vaccine for tackling this COVID19 pandemic where ... -
Changes to the environmental impact regime in Ireland.
(Inshore Ireland, 2016)The Amending EIA Directive 2014/521/EU will take effect on May 16 2017. It will substantially change how Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is conducted in Ireland. This article outlines some of the changes it will make ... -
Characterisation and in vivo evaluation of Araucaria angustifolia pinhão seed coat nanosuspension as a functional food source
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2020-10-08)Araucaria angustifolia seeds are culturally important from South America; however, the seed coat is generally discarded and have yet to find a beneficial commercial impact. We propose a new formulation to the usage of ... -
Characterisation and toxicological evaluation of hydrogel-type polymeric biomatrials pre-and poststerilisation with a novel pulsed plasma gas-discharge system.
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2010)This study investigated the in vitro biocompatibility and important physicochemical properties of unique N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone–acrylic acid based copolymer hydrogels intended for use in biomedical applications. Moreover, ... -
Characterisation of biopharmaceuticals
(The Institute of Chemistry of Ireland, 2016-07)Biopharmaceuticals are drugs which are primarily (glyco)protein in nature, that are produced in living cells using recombinant DNA technology – the combination of genetic material from multiple sources, creating sequences ... -
Characterisation of natural fibres for enhancement of concrete properties.
(OJS/PKP, 2019-06)The use of fibres as reinforcement of composites is widely applicable for mechanical, materials and construction sectors. For instance, most of those fibres are not produced from renewable sources or by ecological procedures ... -
Characterising public participation as an international law norm
(Lawtext Publishing, 2022)This article considers the nature of the right to public participation in environmental decision-making in international law. In doing so it briefly examines the rationales for public participation, its features and ... -
Characteristic vertical response of a footbridge due to crowd loading.
(EuroDyn, 2011-07)The characteristic vertical vibration of a flexible footbridge subject to crowd loading is examined in this paper. Typically, bridge vibrations produced from a crowd of pedestrians are estimated by using an enhancement ... -
Characteristics of the treated calcium carbonate particles with stearic acid using different treating methods.
(Elsevier, 2016-08)Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) is often treated with stearic acid (SA) to decrease its polarity. However, the method of application of the SA treatments has a strong influence on their interface structure and distribution. ... -
Characterization of gels and films produced from Pinhão seed coat nanocellulose as a potential use for wound healing dressings and screening of Its compounds towards antitumour effects
(MDPI, 2022-07-07)The reuse of agro-industrial waste assumes great importance today. Pinhão is the seed of Araucaria angustifolia, which is native to the mountains of southern Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina. The coat is a by-product of ... -
Chef shortage: an analysis of the skills drain in the Irish hospitality sector of 2017
(2017)So, you want to be a chef? Your hands will be continuously be cut, burned, skinned. An open book about your life in a kitchen. Your back will be painful all your life. You will always be under pressure, you will be ... -
Childcare managers and professional's view of the Health Service Executive inspection process.
(2014)This study set out to investigate the effectiveness of the Health Service Executive (HSE) inspections of childcare from the perspective of childcare professionals. The study had three main objectives. Firstly, to investigate ... -
Chitosan/hydroxyapatite scaffolds with P28 as a promising osteoinductive scaffold for bone healing applications
(MDPI, 2023-01-31)Despite bone’s inherent ability to heal, large bone defects remain a major clinical concern. This study proposes an off-the-shelf treatment combining chitosan/hydroxyapatite (CS/HAp) scaf folds, covalently linked with ... -
A circular economy framework for seafood waste valorisation to meet challenges and opportunities for intensive production and sustainability
(Elsevier, 2023)There is a growing concern among societies and consumers over food security and the sustainability of food production systems. For seafood, it has been highly advocated as a healthy food source and its sustainability ... -
Clickers in a Flipped Lab; feedback to enhance engagement in first year Science.
(Y1 Feedback, 2017-01-26)Anecdotal evidence from lecturers engaged in teaching practical’s is that there is very little if any interaction from the students with the pre-lab reading resources as posted on Moodle or in the laboratory manuals ...