Browsing Other - Bioscience Research Institute (BRI) by Author "Rowan, Neil J."

Now showing items 1-7 of 7

    • Developing sustainable freshwater aquaculture using Irish peatlands during COVID-19 crisis 

      O'Neill, Emer; Fehrenbach, Gustavo; Murphy, Emma; Pogue, Robert; Lynch, Mark; Rowan, Neil J. (Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-06)
      Aquaculture is one of the fastest growing food producing industries in the world 1 Aquaculture will contribute to meeting global need for sustainable food production The Irish aquaculture sector was worth 208 4 M in 2017 ...

    • The effect of wastewater treatment processes, in particular ultraoviolet light treatment, on pathogenic virus removal. 

      Fitzhenry, Kelly; Barrett, Maria; O'Flaherty, Vincent; Dore, William; Cormican, Martin; Rowan, Neil J.; Clifford, Eoghan (Environmental Protection Agency, 2016)
      Municipal wastewater treatment plant discharges are a recognised source of human pathogenic viruses, of which norovirus is of great concern and the leading cause of viral gastroenteritis worldwide. Currently, no legislation ...

    • Introduction to food disruptions 

      Rowan, Neil J. (Elsevier, 2021-01-20)
      The agri-food sector is one of the largest manufacturing sectors globally and comprises a dynamic societal-technical innovation ecosystem (Rowan, 2019; Saguy, Roos, & Cohen, 2018). In the EU, this increasingly important ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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 ...