Health Claims....Fact Checked: The Health Research Board - Trials Methodology Research Network, Evidence Synthesis Ireland and Cochrane Ireland based in the School of Nursing and Midwifery are assisting the public quickly and easily by checking the reliability of health claims being circulated by social media. For more visit
www.iHealthFacts.ie or
Irish Health News.
NUI Galway & AIT tackling PPE shortage: Researchers and clinicians from Athlone Institute of Technology and NUI Galway, led by Professor John Laffey (Anaesthesia) and Professor Neil J Rowan (AIT), have joined forces to tackle the global shortage of N95 masks, gloves, and other personal protective equipment (PPE) desperately needed by frontline workers and other healthcare professionals. More from
Engineers Ireland,
Irish Tech News, and
thinkbusiness.ie.
COVID-19 Contact-Tracing App: JC Desplat, Director ICHEC, wrote an opinion piece on Contact and Tracing Apps in
The Irish Times.
Frontline Services benefit from AntiBioAgent Decontamination Wipes: Aquila Bioscience, whose co-founder and director is Professor Lokesh Joshi (Vice-President for Research and Innovation), has begun delivery of AntiBioAgent Decontamination Wipes (ABDs) to frontline services in Ireland, including the Defence Forces, the HSE and An Post. ABDs will serve as a safe and effective decontamination wipe for first-responders, healthcare workers and postal workers to reduce the spread of COVID-19. More from
Engineers Ireland and the
Irish Examiner.
Staying Connected via ICU FamilyLink: NUI Galway Research Fellows, including Irial Conroy and Dr Aoife Murray, and UHG staff has introduced a new video call system known as ICU FamilyLink which will enable contact between families, patients and the clinical teams providing care. More from
RTÉ News.
Phase 2 - Corona Citizens’ Science Project Survey: The second phase of the population wide survey, the Corona Citizens’ Science Project, asking the public which social restrictions they would prefer to see lifted, was launched this week. The survey was conducted by research teams at NUI Galway, Dublin City University, and the Insight SFI Centre for Data Analytics (NUI Galway), and was led by Dr Akke Vellinga (School of Medicine) and Professor Anthony Staines (DCU). More from
The Journal.ie and
Irish Tech News
Isolation Literature: Dr Justin Tonra (School of English & Creative Arts) wrote an article in
The Irish Times about isolation literature.
Gardaí - Valuable Work: Professor Donncha O’Connell (School of Law) told
The Irish Times that the COVID-19 crisis presents an opportunity to highlight the valuable work being carried out by Gardaí every day in urban and rural communities.
COVID-19's Economic Impact: Professor Alan Ahearne spoke to
RTÉ’s Six One News (Monday, @29.41) and
RTÉ Radio 1’s Drivetime about the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
E. Coli in Waterways & Bathing areas: New research carried out by Professor Dearbháile Morris and Dr Louise O’Connor (School of Medicine) has revealed the presence of disease-causing E.coli in recreational waters, including from beaches rated excellent under EU criteria. More from
RTÉ Radio 1 Morning Ireland, The Irish Times
here and
here,
Irish Mirror and
afloat.ie.
'Immortal' Sea Creature Research: PhD student Helen Horkan spoke to Silicon Republic about her research on DNA damage response in hydractinia, a North Atlantic jellyfish. Read more
here.
Remembering Mary: The Irish Times paid tribute to Mary McPartlan who passed away recently.
RTÉ Brainstorm is an online platform for academics and researchers to publish a broad range of articles. Academics and researchers can register on the site by filling in a
simple online form
When plagues and pandemics were common in ancient Ireland by Dr Pádraic Moran, Classics
Why we need more than just scientists to document the pandemic by Professor Daniel Carey, Moore Institute
Are your online credit card transactions really safe? by Dr Michael McGettrick, School of Mathematics, Statistics and Applied Mathematics
Who's going to speak up for Irish healthcare staff? by Professor Kate Kenny, Whitaker Institute
How healthy Kerry sand dunes are worth €9 million a year by Dr Eugene Farrell, Dr Liam Carr, Eoin Ó Fátharta (Geography) and Mary Bourke, TCD
Articles uploaded this week to
ARAN
Ailt a uaslódáladh chuig
ARAN an tseachtain seo
Greene, Mary, & Fahy, Frances. (2020). Steering demand? Exploring the intersection of policy, practice and lives in energy systems change in Ireland. Energy Research & Social Science, 61, doi:10.116/j.erss.2019.101331
View details in ARAN at http://hdl.handle.net/10379/15883
Coentro, João Q., De Pieri, Andrea, Gaspar, Diana, Tsiapalis, Dimitrios, Zeugolis, Dimitrios I., & Bayon, Yves. (2019). Translational Research Symposium—collaborative efforts as driving forces of healthcare innovation. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 30(12), 133, doi:10.1007/s10856-019-6339-2
View details in ARAN at http://hdl.handle.net/10379/15884
Duddy, Conal, & Piggins, Ashley. (2020). A foundation for Pareto optimality. Journal of Mathematical Economics, doi:10.1016/j.jmateco.2020.02.005
View details in ARAN at http://hdl.handle.net/10379/15889
Krukiewicz, Katarzyna, Kowalik, Agnieszka, Turczyn, Roman, & Biggs, Manus J. P. (2020). In vitro attenuation of astrocyte activation and neuroinflammation through ibuprofen-doping of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxypyrrole) formulations. Bioelectrochemistry, 134, doi:10.1016/j.bioelechem.2020.107528K
View details in ARAN at http://hdl.handle.net/10379/15892
Krukiewicz, Katarzyna, Kobus, Dominika, Turczyn, Roman, Erfurt, Karol, Chrobok, Anna, & Biggs, Manus J. P. (2020). Low resistance, highly corrugated structures based on poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) doped with a d-glucopyranoside-derived ionic liquid. Electrochemistry Communications, 110, doi: 10.1016/j.elecom.2019.106616
View details in ARAN at http://hdl.handle.net/10379/15893
De Pieri, Andrea, Ribeiro, Sofia, Tsiapalis, Dimitrios, Eglin, David, Bohner, Marc, Dubruel, Peter, Procter, Philip, Zeugolis, Dimitrios I., Bayon, Yves. (2018). Joint academic and industrial efforts towards innovative and efficient solutions for clinical needs. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 29(8), 129. doi: 10.1007/s10856-018-6136-3
View details in ARAN at http://hdl.handle.net/10379/15895
Gaspar, Diana, Peixoto, Rita, De Pieri, Andrea, Striegl, Britta, Zeugolis, Dimitrios I., & Raghunath, Michael. (2019). Local pharmacological induction of angiogenesis: Drugs for cells and cells as drugs. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 146, 126-154,
doi:10.1016/j.addr.2019.06.002
View details in ARAN at http://hdl.handle.net/10379/15896
Tsiapalis, Dimitrios, & Zeugolis, Dimitrios I. (2019). Hypoxia Preconditioning of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells Before Implantation in Orthopaedics. JAAOS - Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 27(23), e1040-e1042, doi:10.5435/jaaos-d-19-00044
View details in ARAN at http://hdl.handle.net/10379/15897
Sorushanova, Anna, Delgado, Luis M., Wu, Zhuning, Shologu, Naledi, Kshirsagar, Aniket, Raghunath, Rufus, Mullen, Anne M., Bayon, Yves, Pandit, Abhay, Raghunath, Michael, Zeugolis, Dimitrios I. (2019). The Collagen Suprafamily: From Biosynthesis to Advanced Biomaterial Development. Advanced Materials, 31(1), doi:10.1002/adma.201801651
View details in ARAN at http://hdl.handle.net/10379/15898
Cawley, Mary. (2020). Rural out-migration and return: perspectives on the everyday reality and the idyll in Ireland. Documents d Anàlisi Geogràfica, 66(2), 1-17. doi:10.5565/rev/dag.588
View details in ARAN at http://hdl.handle.net/10379/15899
Zhang, Wan-lu, Zhao, Lun-yang, McCabe, Bryan A., Chen, Yong-hui, & Morrison, Liam. (2020). Dredged marine sediments stabilized/solidified with cement and GGBS: Factors affecting mechanical behaviour and leachability. Science of The Total Environment, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138551
View details in ARAN at http://hdl.handle.net/10379/15900
Djalali-Cuevas, Adrian, Garnica-Galvez, Sergio, Rampin, Andrea, Gaspar, Diana, Skoufos, Ioannis, Tzora, Athina, Prassinos, Nikitas, Diakakis, Nikolaos, Zeugolis, Dimitrios I. (2019). Preparation and Characterization of Tissue Surrogates Rich in Extracellular Matrix Using the Principles of Macromolecular Crowding. In: Vigetti D., Theocharis A.D. (eds) The Extracellular Matrix. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1952, doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-9133-4_20
View details in ARAN at http://hdl.handle.net/10379/15901
Tsiapalis, Dimitrios, De Pieri, Andrea, Spanoudes, Kyriakos, Sallent, Ignacio, Kearns, Stephen, Kelly, Jack L., Raghunath, Michael, Zeugolis, Dimitrios I. (2020). The synergistic effect of low oxygen tension and macromolecular crowding in the development of extracellular matrix-rich tendon equivalents. Biofabrication, 12(2), doi:10.1088/1758-5090/ab6412
View details in ARAN at http://hdl.handle.net/10379/15902
Sallent I., Capella-Monsonís H., Zeugolis D.I. (2019). Production and Characterization of Chemically Cross-Linked Collagen Scaffolds. In: Sagi I., Afratis N. (eds) Collagen. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1944. Humana Press, New York, NY
View details in ARAN at http://hdl.handle.net/10379/15885