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Detection, fate and inactivation of pathogenic Norovirus employing settlement and UV treatment in wastewater treatment facilities.
(Elsevier, 2016-10)
It is accepted that discharged wastewaters can be a significant source of pathogenic viruses in receiving water bodies contributing to pollution and may in turn enter the human food chain and pose a risk to human health, ...
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 ...
The use of Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata as a test organism for the ecotoxicological evaluation of Irish freshwater aquaculture effluent and as a potential early indicator of climate change.
(Elsevier, 2019-11-20)
Aquaculture is one of the fastest growing food producing industries in the world. The dramatic increase in the growth of global aquaculture production has many environmental concerns. The evaluation of aquaculture effluent ...
Comparative studies on the novel sterilisation of Irish retailed infant milk formula using electron beam and pulsed light treatments.
(IJSET, 2016)
This constitutes the first study to compare use of electron beam (EB) irradiation
and pulsed light (PL) for novel sterilisation of infant mik formula retailed in Ireland. The
microbiological quality of 60 powdered infant ...
The pulsed light inactivation of veterinary relevant microbial biofilms and the use of a RTPCR assay to detect parasite species within biofilm structures
(Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tripoli, 2016-01-27)
The presence of pathogenic organisms namely parasite species and bacteria in biofilms in veterinary settings, is a public health concern in relation to human and animal exposure. Veterinary clinics represent a significant ...
Pulsed light as an emerging technology to cause disruption for food and adjacent industries - Quo vadis?
(Elsevier, 2019)
Background
– Despite verbose amount of publications and having gained approval by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) since 1996 for food-surface disinfection applications, pulsed light (PL) still has not been used on a ...
DairyWater: striving for sustainability within the dairy processing industry in the Republic of Ireland.
(CUP, 2018-08)
This Review describes the objectives and methodology of the DairyWater project as it aims to aid the Irish dairy processing industry in achieving sustainability as it expands. With the abolition of European milk quotas in ...
The use of cointegration and error correction modelling to investigate the influence of diabetes and associated medical services expenditure on economic growth in Malaysia.
(AESS, 2013-06)
This paper reports on a frontier study undertaken to examine the influence of mortality rates due to diabetes (DBT) and medical services expenditure (EXP) on economic growth (RGDPP) in Malaysia. The results of the Johansen ...
Alveolar macrophage chromatic is modified to orchestrate host response to Mycobacterium bovis infection.
(Frontiers, 2019-02-07)
Bovine tuberculosis is caused by infection with Mycobacteriumbovis, which can also cause
disease in a range of other mammals, including humans. Alveolar macrophages are the key
immune effector cells that first encounter ...
Terminal sterilization of medical devices using vaporized hydrogen peroxide: a review of current methods and emerging opportunities.
(Wiley, 2019-08)
Medical devices are an important and growing aspect of healthcare provision
and are increasing in complexity to meet established and emerging patient
needs. Terminal sterilization plays a vital role in the provision of ...