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Blockchain in energy efficiency: Potential applications and benefits
(MDPI, 2019-08-28)Blockchain technology is ready to disrupt nearly every industry and business model, and the energy sector is no exception. Energy businesses across the world have already started exploring the use of blockchain technology ... -
A blockchain-based smart contract system for healthcare management
(MDPI, 2020-01-03)Blockchain is evolving to be a secure and reliable platform for secure data sharing in application areas such as the financial sector, supply chain management, food industry, energy sector, internet of things and healthcare. ... -
Blood biomarker monitoring in professional soccer: Longitudinal analysis of inflammation in English Premier League players
(NUI Galway, 2021-09-06)The high intensity demands of elite soccer predispose players to recurrent episodes of acute inflammation, and during periods of frequent match play recovery time may not be adequate for the resolution of the inflammatory ... -
Blood gases in pregnancy at sea level and at high altitude
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2001-09-01)Objective 1. To measure blood gases and minute ventilation in healthy women with normal pregnancies, compare with non-pregnant women both at sea level and at high altitude; 2. to relate the results at altitude with duration ... -
Blood pressure measurement in peritoneal dialysis: which method is best?
(MultiMed Inc., 2013-04-01)Background: The optimal approach to monitoring blood pressure (BP) in the peritoneal dialysis (PD) population is unclear. Ambulatory BP monitoring reliably predicts prognosis, but can be inconvenient. The accuracy of home ... -
Bloody Sunday: Error or Design?
(2010)When British Paratroopers shot dead 13 people at a civil rights march in Derry on January 30, 1972 it dealt a hammer blow to British government claims of neutrality and moral authority in dealing with the escalating violence ... -
Blue-light inhibition of listeria monocytogenes growth is mediated by reactive oxygen species and is influenced by σband the blue-light sensor lmo0799
(American Society for Microbiology, 2016-04-29)Listeria monocytogenes senses blue light via the flavin mononucleotide-containing sensory protein Lmo0799, leading to activation of the general stress response sigma factor SigB (sigma(B)). In this study, we investigated ... -
The BMR freeness conjecture for the 2-reflection groups
(American Mathematical Society, 2016-10-12)We prove the freeness conjecture of Broue, Malle and Rouquier for the Hecke algebras associated to the primitive complex 2-reflection groups with a single conjugacy class of reflections. -
The Boardscape: Creating a Super Social Network of Message Boards
(AAAI, 2007)A Web-based message board or forum is an online area where discussions are held by many Internet users on a variety of subjects. More recently, online social networks have been created for various purposes: job searching, ... -
Boarfish (capros aper) target strength modelled from magnetic resonance imaging (mri) scans of its swimbladder
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2013-08-06)Boarfish (Capros aper) abundance has increased dramatically in the Northeast Atlantic from the early 1970s after successive years of good recruitment attributed to an increase in sea surface temperature. Due to increased ... -
Bodipy-ruthenium(II) tris-bipyridyl dyads for homogeneous photochemical oxidations
(Elsevier, 2014-10-28)Two Bodipy-ruthenium(II) tris-bipyridyl dyads were synthesized for use as sensitizers in photochemical oxidation reactions of organic substrates. The synthetic strategy involved the use of a simple ‘click’ CuAAC reaction ... -
Body and Soul: Turning Turk in Early Modern Barbary captivity narratives
(2016-12-20)This thesis focuses on early modern Barbary captivity narratives which describe Christian encounters with the Islamic world, and gives particular attention to questions of sexuality and gender. From the short fledgling ... -
Body mass index and health service utilisation in the older population: results from the irish longitudinal study on ageing
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2014-11-06)Background: obesity is associated with higher healthcare costs in older people; however, estimates are predominantly based on the use of primary and secondary services. Our objective was to estimate the effect of overweight ... -
Body mass index and risk of surgical site infection following spine surgery: a meta-analysis
(Springer Nature, 2013-07-05)Inconsistent results have been reported in the literature on the association between obesity, expressed as increased body mass index (BMI), and risk for surgical site infection (SSI) following spine surgery. The objective ... -
Body mass index, overweight and obesity in adolescents in Europe and the United States
(American Medical Association, 2004-06)Overweight and obesity have increased globally among children, adolescents, and adults. The World Health Organization (WHO) designates obesity as one of the most important public health threats because of the significant ... -
Bog-deal in Co. Clare, with particular reference to bog-pine and its significance
(Shannon Archaeological and Historical Society, 2022)The results of radiocarbon dating of bog-deal (three pine and one oak) from the north-west Burren (Gragan West) and south-west Clare (Binvoran and Tullaher) are reported on. The Binvoran and Tullaher samples yielded ... -
Bolger abandons tradition to chronicle tower life in all its darkness and beauty: BOOK OF THE DAY
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Bone markers: overuse and much abuse
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Bone marrow aspirate concentrate and microfracture technique for talar osteochondral lesions of the ankle
(Elsevier BV, 2018-03-01)Osteochondral lesions of the talus refer to a chondral or subchondral defect of the articular cartilage and potentially the underlying bone. Ankle sprains are an extremely common injury; approximately 27,000 ankle sprains ... -
Bone marrow stromal cell transplantation ameliorates cytopenias caused by depletion of FAP-α expressing cells
(NUI Galway, 2018-05-03)Mesenchymal stromal cell (MSC) therapies are being successfully developed for immune-mediated inflammatory diseases as phase 3 clinical trials have demonstrated. However, the en-dogenous roles of stromal cells (SSCs) are ...