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    • No evidence of an association between lethal recessive osteopetrosis and performance in dairy cattle. 

      Flores, David F.G.; Radcliffe, Lyndsey; Quigley, Katie; Kearney, Francis; McClure, Jennifer; McClure, Matthew; Mullen, Michael P. (Athlone Institute of Technology, 2018-04-24)
      The purpose of this study was to determine if carriers of lethal recessive genetic disorder Osteopetrosis OS) was associated with positive or negative effects on fertility, carcass and milk production traits. Osteoepetrosis ...
    • No evidence of an association between lethal recessives citrullinemia, jersey haplotype 1, congenital muscular dystonia 1 and milk production and composition in Irish dairy cattle 

      Flores, David F.G.; Ratcliffe, Lyndsey; Quigley, Katie; Kearney, Francis; McClure, Jennifer; McClure, Matthew; Mullen, Michael P. (Athlone Institute of Technology, 2018-04-24)
      The purpose of this study was to ascertain if carriers of lethal recessive genetic disorders: citrullinemia, jersey haplotype1 (JH1) and congenital muscular dystonia 1 (CMD 1) were associated with positive or negative ...
    • Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) as an in vivo infection model for domestic effluent contamination in seawater 

      Fehrenbach, Gustavo; Pogue, Robert; Clifford, Eoghan; Carter, Frank; Rowan, Neil (Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022)
      Contamination of water and food are responsible by many outbreaks and deaths worldwide. Pathogens such as bacteria, yeasts and viruses can reach the shellfish by several routes, where the discharge of domestic effluent ...
    • Pulsed ultraviolet-light technology and ecoinnovations for safeguarding consumer health and fragile seafood industry from norovirus outbreaks 

      Fehrenbach, Gustavo; Lynch, Mark; Clifford, Eoghan; Carter, Frank; Rowan, Neil J. (Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-06)
      Contamination of water and food are responsible by many outbreaks and deaths worldwide, caused by failures in production, ineffective disinfection techniques, proximity to sources of contamination, and human intervention ...
    • Pulsed-UV disinfection of Polyvinyl alcohol-based films inoculated with Bacillus cereus endospores. 

      Dias, Mabilly C.H.B.; Marchi, Viviane S.S.; Nugent, Michael; Burke, Gavin; Rowan, Neil J. (AIT Institute of Technology, 2019-05)
      Pulsed UV light (PUV) is an emergent non-thermal technology widely used to disinfect food, liquids and surfaces through short but high intensity pulses of polychromatic light (range between 200nm - 1100nm). The PUV is ...
    • Real-time sterilization microbiology - role of flow cytometry 

      McEvoy, Brian; Rowan, Neil J. (Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-06)
      Sterile medical devices provide critical care and diagnostic applications where sterility is validated by demonstrating the inactivation of reference Biological Indicators (BIs). However, BI’s are qualified using conventional ...
    • The toxicological impact of unconjugated linoleic acid 

      Kielty, Catriona; Brady, Damien; Kealey, Carmel (Athlone Institute of Technology, 2018-04-24)
      Linoleic acid, an omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid, is one of the most abundant fatty acids in the Western diet (Whelan, 2008). Linoleic acid, being a precursor for arachidonic acid, is associated with the production of ...
    • Transmission of 3D video content 

      Dumic, Emil; Bjelopera, Anamaria; Boussetta, Khaled; da Silva Cruz, Luis A.; Qiao, Yuansong; Tekalp, A. Murat; Ye, Yuhang (SpringerLink, 2019-07-29)
      This chapter describes different video transport technologies that support the existing 3D video formats, such as frame-compatible side-by-side and multi-view video plus depth. Particular emphasis is given to the DVB systems ...
    • β-Glucan 

      Murphy, Emma J.; Rezoagli, Emanuele; Major, Ian; Rowan, Neil J.; Laffey, John (MDPI, 2021)
      β-glucans are a key active ingredient in mushrooms and are also found in oats, barley, yeast, bacteria and algae. In microbial sources, they are a structural component and in grain sources, they are found in the endospermic ...