Browsing University of Galway Support Services by Subject "future"

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    • Designing real-world laboratories for the reduction of residential energy use: articulating theories of change 

      Heiskanen, Eva; Laakso, Senja; Matschoss, Kaisa; Backhaus, Julia; Goggins, Gary; Vadovics, Edina (Oekom Publishers GmbH, 2018-01-01)
      Reducing residential energy use and carbon dioxide emissions is a policy concern across Europe. One of the approaches to address this problem, real-world laboratories (RwLs), has recently gained prominence as a means to ...

    • Gefitinib/gefitinib microspheres loaded polyurethane constructs as drug-eluting stent coating 

      Chen, Weiluan; Clauser, Johanna; Thiebes, Anja Lena; McGrath, Donnacha J.; Kelly, Nicola; van Steenbergen, Mies J.; Jockenhoevel, Stefan; Steinseifer, Ulrich; McHugh, Peter E.; Hennink, Wim E.; Kok, Robbert J. (Elsevier BV, 2017-05-01)

    • Geohab–the global ecology and oceanography of harmful algal blooms program: motivation, goals, and legacy 

      Kudela, Raphael; ,; Berdalet, Elisa; Enevoldsen, Henrik; Pitcher, Grant; Raine, Robin; Urban, Ed (The Oceanography Society, 2017-03-01)
      In 2001, the first international research program focusing exclusively on harmful marine algae, GEOHAB (Global Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms), was established by the HAB research community, under the ...

    • High-strength thermoplastic bonding for multi-channel, multi-layer lab-on-chip devices for ocean and environmental applications 

      Sun, D.; Tweedie, M.; Gajula, D. R.; Ward, B.; Maguire, P. D. (Springer Nature, 2015-08-05)
      A solvent vapour thermoplastic bonding process is reported which provides high-strength bonding of PMMA over a large area for multi-channel and multi-layer microfluidic devices with shallow high-resolution channel features. ...

    • Iodine content in bulk biomass of wild-harvested and cultivated edible seaweeds: inherent variations determine species-specific daily allowable consumption 

      Roleda, Michael Y.; Skjermo, Jorunn; Marfaing, Hélène; Jónsdóttir, Rósa; Rebours, Céline; Gietl, Anna; Stengel, Dagmar B.; Nitschke, Udo (Elsevier BV, 2018-02-01)
      This study represents a large-scale investigation into iodine contents in three commercially important and edible seaweed species from the North Atlantic: the brown algae Saccharina latissima and Alaria esculenta, and the ...

    • New insights into ocean sunfish (mola mola) abundance and seasonal distribution in the northeast atlantic 

      Breen, Patricia; Cañadas, Ana; Cadhla, Oliver Ó; Mackey, Mick; Scheidat, Meike; Geelhoed, Steve C. V.; Rogan, Emer; Jessopp, Mark (Springer Nature, 2017-05-17)
      The ocean sunfish, Mola mola, is the largest teleost fish in the world. Despite being found in all oceans of the world, little is known about its abundance and factors driving its distribution. In this study we provide the ...

    • Prescription contraception use: a cross-sectional population study of psychosocial determinants 

      Molloy, Gerard J; Sweeney, Leigh-Ann; Byrne, Molly; Hughes, Carmel M; Ingham, Roger; Morgan, Karen; Murphy, Andrew W (BMJ, 2015-08-01)
      Objective: Many forms of contraception are available on prescription only for example, the oral contraceptive pill (OCP) and long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs). In this analysis we aim to identify key determinants ...

    • Synergistic effect of pendant hydroxypropyl and pyrrolidine moieties randomly distributed along polymethacrylamide backbones on in vitro dna-transfection 

      Redondo, J.A.; Velasco, D.; Pérez-Perrino, M.; Reinecke, H.; Gallardo, A.; Pandit, A.; Elvira, C. (Elsevier BV, 2015-02-01)

    • The magnitude of global marine species diversity 

      Appeltans, Ward; Ahyong, Shane T.; Anderson, Gary; Angel, Martin V.; Artois, Tom; Bailly, Nicolas; Bamber, Roger; Barber, Anthony; Bartsch, Ilse; Berta, Annalisa; Błażewicz-Paszkowycz, Magdalena; Bock, Phil; Boxshall, Geoff; Boyko, Christopher B.; Brandão, Simone Nunes; Bray, Rod A.; Bruce, Niel L.; Cairns, Stephen D.; Chan, Tin-Yam; Cheng, Lanna; Collins, Allen G.; Cribb, Thomas; Curini-Galletti, Marco; Dahdouh-Guebas, Farid; Davie, Peter J.F.; Dawson, Michael N.; De Clerck, Olivier; Decock, Wim; De Grave, Sammy; de Voogd, Nicole J.; Domning, Daryl P.; Emig, Christian C.; Erséus, Christer; Eschmeyer, William; Fauchald, Kristian; Fautin, Daphne G.; Feist, Stephen W.; Fransen, Charles H.J.M.; Furuya, Hidetaka; Garcia-Alvarez, Oscar; Gerken, Sarah; Gibson, David; Gittenberger, Arjan; Gofas, Serge; Gómez-Daglio, Liza; Gordon, Dennis P.; Guiry, Michael D.; Hernandez, Francisco; Hoeksema, Bert W.; Hopcroft, Russell R.; Jaume, Damià; Kirk, Paul; Koedam, Nico; Koenemann, Stefan; Kolb, Jürgen B.; Kristensen, Reinhardt M.; Kroh, Andreas; Lambert, Gretchen; Lazarus, David B.; Lemaitre, Rafael; Longshaw, Matt; Lowry, Jim; Macpherson, Enrique; Madin, Laurence P.; Mah, Christopher; Mapstone, Gill; McLaughlin, Patsy A.; Mees, Jan; Meland, Kenneth; Messing, Charles G.; Mills, Claudia E.; Molodtsova, Tina N.; Mooi, Rich; Neuhaus, Birger; Ng, Peter K.L.; Nielsen, Claus; Norenburg, Jon; Opresko, Dennis M.; Osawa, Masayuki; Paulay, Gustav; Perrin, William; Pilger, John F.; Poore, Gary C.B.; Pugh, Phil; Read, Geoffrey B.; Reimer, James D.; Rius, Marc; Rocha, Rosana M.; Saiz-Salinas, José I.; Scarabino, Victor; Schierwater, Bernd; Schmidt-Rhaesa, Andreas; Schnabel, Kareen E.; Schotte, Marilyn; Schuchert, Peter; Schwabe, Enrico; Segers, Hendrik; Self-Sullivan, Caryn; Shenkar, Noa; Siegel, Volker; Sterrer, Wolfgang; Stöhr, Sabine; Swalla, Billie; Tasker, Mark L.; Thuesen, Erik V.; Timm, Tarmo; Todaro, M. Antonio; Turon, Xavier; Tyler, Seth; Uetz, Peter; van der Land, Jacob; Vanhoorne, Bart; van Ofwegen, Leen P.; van Soest, Rob W.M.; Vanaverbeke, Jan; Walker-Smith, Genefor; Walter, T. Chad; Warren, Alan; Williams, Gary C.; Wilson, Simon P.; Costello, Mark J. (Elsevier BV, 2012-12-01)
      Background: The question of how many marine species exist is important because it provides a metric for how much we do and do not know about life in the oceans. We have compiled the first register of the marine species of ...

    • Translation of science to surgery: linking emerging concepts in biological cartilage repair to surgical intervention 

      Moran, C. J.; Shannon, F. J.; Barry, F. P.; O'Byrne, J. M.; O'Brien, T.; Curtin, W. (British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery, 2010-08-26)
      Orthopaedic surgery is in an exciting transitional period as modern surgical interventions, implants and scientific developments are providing new therapeutic options. As advances in basic science and technology improve ...

    • Will life be worth living in a world without work? technological unemployment and the meaning of life 

      Danaher, John (Springer Nature, 2016-03-11)
      Suppose we are about to enter an era of increasing technological unemployment. What implications does this have for society? Two distinct ethical/social issues would seem to arise. The first is one of distributive justice: ...