Background. One-fifth of people who develop colorectal cancer (CRC) have a first-degree relative (FDR) also affected. There is a large disparity in guidelines for screening of relatives of patients with CRC. Herein we ...

Spinal cord injury results in complete tissue destruction and irreversible loss of neurologic function below the level of the lesion in 40% of patients in Ireland. Tissue engineering using polymer scaffolds offers potential ...

Dhá dhráma – dráma Gaeilge agus dráma Béarla – i dtrí ghníomh is ea Cuma agus Claochmú / Mutagenesis le Deirdre Brennan. Is leaganacha athchóirithe cruthaitheacha iad na drámaí de sheanscéal miotaseolaíochta faoi bhandia ...

Recently, machine translation has demonstrated significant progress in terms of translation quality. However, most of the research has focused on translating with pure monolingual texts in the source and the target side ...

Recognition of self is essential for repertoire selection, immune regulation, and autoimmunity and may be a consequence of infection. Self-induced recognition may represent the escape mechanism adopted by pathogens but may ...

Catching fish in proportion to their productivity, termed balanced harvesting, has been suggested as a basis for the ecosystem approach to fishing. Balanced harvesting has been criticized as uneconomical and unachievable ...

Background Anxiety and stress are prevalent in general practice and primary care settings, particularly among women. The ‘Redesigning Daily Occupations’ (ReDO) programme is a manualised occupational therapy-led intervention ...

JP Donleavy is best known for his novel The Ginger Man, but the problems with the stage adaptation of the novel in 1959 showed the cultural censorship at work in Ireland at that time. This paper explores the political and ...