Acute ischemic stroke (AIS), which accounts for approximately 85% of all strokes globally, is among the leading causes of death and long-term disability. It occurs when a blood clot causes an occlusion in a blood vessel, ...

In Aerogen aerosol drug delivery technology, an aperture plate vibrates at high frequency under a piezoelectric drive. Liquid drug stored on one side of the plate passes through the apertures to form an aerosol of microscopic ...

Pituitary-dependent Cushing syndrome (CS), referred to herein as Cushing Disease (CD), is the most common cause of endogenous CS. The challenge for diagnosing CD includes difficulty identifying the often small pituitary ...

The thesis examines the economic and political contributions of the European Union (EU) to the Northern Ireland peace process, tracing the genesis of EU involvement and analysing how it acted as an arena in which to ...

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative pathology of the articular cartilage causing chronic pain and disability in millions of individuals. In OA synovia, resident macrophages and infiltrated lymphocytes contribute to the ...

Fretting is a key concern in the fatigue design of the pressure armour layer of flexible marine risers, due to the combination of extreme global dynamic loading conditions and the local geometrical-tribological conditions ...

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 ...

Aquaculture is the fastest growing food production activity in the world and has been for the last several decades. With over 60% of wild fish stocks at or below their maximum sustainable yield, it is expected that to ...

Decellularised xenografts are an inherent component of regenerative medicine. Their preserved structure, mechanical integrity and biofunctional composition have well established them in reparative medicine for a diverse ...

Bovine pericardium is an extensively used biomaterial utilised in a wide range of biomedical devices such as bioprosthetic heart valves. The characterisation techniques employed for the analysis of bovine pericardium and ...