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    • Bioelectrochemical films on electrodes for application to biofuel cells 

      Rengaraj, Saravanan (2012-05-04)
      This thesis focuses on studies of both enzymatic (EFC) and microbial (MFC) fuel cells. In the enzymatic fuel cell studies, interactions between enzymes, osmium based complexes and redox polymers are characterized ...

    • Bioelectrochemical Haber-Bosch process: An ammonia-producing H-2/N-2 fuel cell 

      Milton, Ross D.; Cai, Rong; Abdellaoui, Sofiene; Leech, Dónal; De Lacey, Antonio L.; Pita, Marcos; Minteer, Shelley D. (Wiley, 2017-02-03)
      Nitrogenases are the only enzymes known to reduce molecular nitrogen (N-2) to ammonia (NH3). By using methyl viologen (N, N'-dimethyl-4,4'-bipyridinium) to shuttle electrons to nitrogenase, N-2 reduction to NH3 can be ...

    • Bioelectrochemical haber-bosch process: an ammonia-producing h2/n2fuel cell 

      Milton, Ross D.; Cai, Rong; Abdellaoui, Sofiene; Leech, Dónal; De Lacey, Antonio L.; Pita, Marcos; Minteer, Shelley D. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2017-02-03)
      Nitrogenases are the only enzymes known to reduce molecular nitrogen (N-2) to ammonia (NH3). By using methyl viologen (N, N'-dimethyl-4,4'-bipyridinium) to shuttle electrons to nitrogenase, N-2 reduction to NH3 can be ...

    • Bioethanol and biobutanol production from CO and CO2 using solventogenic acetogens 

      He, Yaxue (NUI Galway, 2022-01-27)
      This research aimed at enhancing ethanol and butanol production from H2/CO2 and CO by anaerobic sludge from wastewater treatment plants via investigating the environmental parameters in a semi-gas fed bioreactor and ...

    • Biofed: federated query processing over life sciences linked open data 

      Hasnain, Ali; Mehmood, Qaiser; Sana e Zainab, Syeda; Saleem, Muhammad; Warren, Claude; Zehra, Durre; Decker, Stefan; Rebholz-Schuhmann, Dietrich (Springer Nature, 2017-03-15)
      Background: Biomedical data, e. g. from knowledge bases and ontologies, is increasingly made available following open linked data principles, at best as RDF triple data. This is a necessary step towards unified access to ...

    • Biofilms on electrodes and crosslinking of bovine pericardium tissue : application to biopower device development and anti-calcification of bioprosthetic valves 

      Ekhtiari, Ali (2017-11-24)
      Advances in the electrical communications between enzymes and electrodes made it possible to the fabrication of new miniaturized implantable power devices. This thesis is devoted to study and improvement of enzyme electrodes ...

    • Biofortification for better nutrition: developing and delivering crops with more impact 

      Hummel, Marijke (NUI Galway, 2020-05-06)
      Background: Globally, around three billion people have inadequate diets and are often malnourished. Biofortification, a nutrition-sensitive approach that aims to increase the nutritional density of staple crops, has great ...

    • Biogas clean-up using a novel hollow fibre membrane bioreactor for end-use applications 

      Das, Jewel (NUI Galway, 2022-04-06)
      The aim of this research was to develop a novel hollow fibre membrane bioreactor (HFMB) that can be used for H2S laden waste gas treatment and biogas desulfurization. In addition, the aim was to utilize the HFMB for ...

    • Biogenic coastal aerosol production and its influence on aerosol radiative properties 

      Dowd, Colin D. O. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2001-01-01)
      Coastal zones have been shown to provide a massive source of new, tidal-related, aerosol particles in the atmospheric boundary layer with concentrations exceeding 1,000,000 cm(-3) during nucleation bursts sustained over ...

    • Biohackathon series in 2011 and 2012: penetration of ontology and linked data in life science domains 

      Katayama, Toshiaki; Wilkinson, Mark D; Aoki-Kinoshita, Kiyoko F; Kawashima, Shuichi; Yamamoto, Yasunori; Yamaguchi, Atsuko; Okamoto, Shinobu; Kawano, Shin; Kim, Jin-Dong; Wang, Yue; Wu, Hongyan; Kano, Yoshinobu; Ono, Hiromasa; Bono, Hidemasa; Kocbek, Simon; Aerts, Jan; Akune, Yukie; Antezana, Erick; Arakawa, Kazuharu; Aranda, Bruno; Baran, Joachim; Bolleman, Jerven; Bonnal, Raoul JP; Buttigieg, Pier; Campbell, Matthew P; Chen, Yi-an; Chiba, Hirokazu; Cock, Peter JA; Cohen, K; Constantin, Alexandru; Duck, Geraint; Dumontier, Michel; Fujisawa, Takatomo; Fujiwara, Toyofumi; Goto, Naohisa; Hoehndorf, Robert; Igarashi, Yoshinobu; Itaya, Hidetoshi; Ito, Maori; Iwasaki, Wataru; Kalaš, Matúš; Katoda, Takeo; Kim, Taehong; Kokubu, Anna; Komiyama, Yusuke; Kotera, Masaaki; Laibe, Camille; Lapp, Hilmar; Lütteke, Thomas; Marshall, M; Mori, Takaaki; Mori, Hiroshi; Morita, Mizuki; Murakami, Katsuhiko; Nakao, Mitsuteru; Narimatsu, Hisashi; Nishide, Hiroyo; Nishimura, Yosuke; Nystrom-Persson, Johan; Ogishima, Soichi; Okamura, Yasunobu; Okuda, Shujiro; Oshita, Kazuki; Packer, Nicki H; Prins, Pjotr; Ranzinger, Rene; Rocca-Serra, Philippe; Sansone, Susanna; Sawaki, Hiromichi; Shin, Sung-Ho; Splendiani, Andrea; Strozzi, Francesco; Tadaka, Shu; Toukach, Philip; Uchiyama, Ikuo; Umezaki, Masahito; Vos, Rutger; Whetzel, Patricia L; Yamada, Issaku; Yamasaki, Chisato; Yamashita, Riu; York, William S; Zmasek, Christian M; Kawamoto, Shoko; Takagi, Toshihisa (Springer Nature, 2014-01-01)
      The application of semantic technologies to the integration of biological data and the interoperability of bioinformatics analysis and visualization tools has been the common theme of a series of annual BioHackathons hosted ...

    • A bioinformatic approach to the genetics, human cell models and animal models of autism spectrum disorder 

      Reilly, Jamie (NUI Galway, 2021-09-17)
      Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a group of complex neurodevelopmental disorders with diverse clinical manifestations and symptoms. In the last 10 years, there have been significant advances in understanding the genetic ...

    • Bioinformatic identification and analysis of extensins in the plant kingdom 

      Liu, Xiao; Wolfe, Richard; Welch, Lonnie R.; Domozych, David S.; Popper, Zoë A.; Showalter, Allan M. (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-02-26)
      Extensins (EXTs) are a family of plant cell wall hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins (HRGPs) that are implicated to play important roles in plant growth, development, and defense. Structurally, EXTs are characterized by the ...

    • Bioinformatic identification and analysis of extensins in the plant kingdom 

      Liu, Xiao; Wolfe, Richard; Welch, Lonnie R.; Domozych, David S.; Popper, Zoë A.; Showalter, Allan M. (Public Library of Science, 2016-02-26)
      Extensins (EXTs) are a family of plant cell wall hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins (HRGPs) that are implicated to play important roles in plant growth, development, and defense. Structurally, EXTs are characterized by the ...

    • Bioinspired micropatterned adhesive surfaces for medical applications: a numerical investigation of fibrillar adhesives and swellable microneedle arrays 

      Tarpey, Ruth (NUI Galway, 2024-03-21)
      Traditional sutures and tissue adhesives can cause adverse effects, inflicting additional damage to the tissue, resulting in toxic chemical residues, and increasing the risk of infection. Bioinspired adhesives have ...

    • Biological activities of lipopolysaccharides are determined by the shape of their lipid a portion 

      Schromm, Andra B.; Brandenburg, Klaus; Loppnow, Harald; Moran, Anthony P.; Koch, Michel H. J.; Rietschel, Ernst TH.; Seydel, Ulrich (Wiley-Blackwell, 2000-04-01)
      Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) represents a major virulence factor of Gram-negative bacteria ('endotoxin') that can cause septic shock in mammals including man. The lipid anchor of LPS to the outer membrane, lipid A, has a ...

    • Biological and chemical analysis of azaspiracids and amphidinols originating from dinoflagellate strains associated to Irish waters 

      Murphy, Elliot Charles (NUI Galway, 2024-04-15)
      Microalgae have the potential to produce biologically active metabolites which can be toxic, affect our fisheries and endanger food safety. Due to their active nature these toxins can also have therapeutic benefits when ...

    • A biological and pharmacological investigation of the unfolded protein response in models of breast cancer 

      Leuzzi, Brian (NUI Galway, 2020-11-20)
      Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women worldwide. At the molecular level, breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease. For example, the claudin low subtype of breast cancer is characterised by epithelial-mesenchymal ...

    • Biological applications of knowledge graph embedding models 

      Mohamed, Sameh K.; Nounu, Aayah; Nováček, Vít (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2020-02-17)
      Complex biological systems are traditionally modelled as graphs of interconnected biological entities. These graphs, i.e. biological knowledge graphs, are then processed using graph exploratory approaches to perform different ...

    • Biological characterization of a human mesenchymal stromal cell product 

      Creane, Michael (2016-07-21)
      The translation of stem cell research into a therapeutic setting presents with it many scientific, logistic, financial and regulatory challenges for academic scientists. This thesis identifies some key areas that one must ...

    • Biological characterization ofcampylobacter fetuslipopolysaccharides 

      Moran, Anthony P.; O'Malley, David T.; Vuopio-Varkila, Jaana; Varkila, Kari; Pyhälä, Liisa; Saxén, Harri; Helander, Ilkka M. (Oxford University Press (OUP), 1996-08-01)
      Lipopolysaccharides (LPS) of three strains of Campylobacter fetus (subspp. fetus and venerealis, and serotypes A and B), a bacterium of veterinary importance but also a cause of various infections in humans, were assessed ...