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Effect of a lifestyle intervention on weight change in south Asian individuals in the UK at high risk of type 2 diabetes: a family-cluster randomised controlled trial

Bhopal, Raj S.; Douglas, Anne; Wallia, Sunita; Forbes, John F.; Lean, Michael E. J.; Gill, Jason M. R.; McKnight, John A.; Sattar, Naveed; Sheikh, Aziz; Wild, Sarah H.; Tuomilehto, Jaakko; Sharma, Anu; Bhopal, Ruby; Smith, Joel B. E.; Butcher, Isabella; Murray, Gordon D. (Elsevier, 2014)

The susceptibility to type 2 diabetes of people of south Asian descent is established, but there is little trial-based evidence for interventions to tackle this problem. We assessed a weight control and physical ...
Effect of exercising at minimum recommendations of the multiple sclerosis exercise guideline combined with structured education or attention control education – secondary results of the step it up randomised controlled trial

Coote, Susan; Uszynsk, Marcin; Herring, Matthew P.; Hayes, Sara; Scarrott, Carl; Newell, John; Gallagher, Stephen; Larkin, Aidan; Motl, Robert W. (BioMed Central, 2017)

Background: Recent exercise guidelines for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) recommend a minimum of 30 min moderate intensity aerobic exercise and resistance exercise twice per week. This trial compared the secondary outcomes ...
Effect of lignin as natural polymer on the release rate of acetylsalicylic acid tablets

Pishnamazi, Mahboubeh; Iqbal, Javed; Shirazian, Saeed; Walker, Gavin M.; Collins, Maurice N. (Elsevier, 2018)

The main focus of this paper is on the improvement of formulations utilising non-conventional bio-based excipients to improve tablet release rates. Two different formulations were considered. The first formulation contains ...
The effect of resistance exercise training on anxiety symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Gordon, Brett R; Lyons, Mark; Herring, Matthew P. (American College of Sports and Medicine, 2017)

Purpose: To estimate the population effect size for resistance exercise training (RET) effects on anxiety and to determine whether variables of logical, theoretical, and/or prior empirical relation to anxiety moderate the ...
Enablers and barriers to the successful implementation of project control systems in the petroleum and chemical industry

Jawad, Sahar; Ledwith, Ann; Panahifar, Farhad (SAGE Publications, 2018)

Project budget and schedule overruns are becoming critical challenges within the petroleum and chemical industry due to a sharp decline in the oil prices and the subsequent impact this has had on the global financial market. ...
Enhanced cell viability in hyaluronic acid coated poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) porous scaffolds within microfluidic channels

Zamboni, Fernanda; Keays, Marie; Hayes, Sheri; Albadarin, Ahmad B.; Walker, Gavin M.; Kiely, Patrick A.; Collins, Maurice N. (Elsevier, 2017)

The concept of the present work is to produce porous optimised scaffolds of poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) coated with hyaluronic acid (HA), to provide a suitable microenvironment for cellular proliferation. Freeze ...
Environmental influences on elite sport athletes well being: from gold, silver and bronze to blue, green and gold

Donnelly, Aoife A.; MacIntyre, Tadhg E.; O'Sullivan, Nollaig; Warrington, Giles D.; Harrison, Andrew J.; Igou, Eric Raymond; Jones, Marc; Gidlow, Chris; Brick, Noel E.; Lahart, Ian; Cloak, Ross; Lane, Andrew M (Frontiers Media, 2016)

This paper considers the environmental impact on well-being and performance in elite athletes during Olympic competition. The benefits of exercising in natural environments are recognized, but less is known about the ...
Ethnic minority health in Ireland—cocreating knowledge (EMH-IC): a participatory health research protocol

Hannigan, Ailish; Basogomba, Alphonse; LeMaster, Joseph W.; Nurse, Diane; O'Reilly, Fiona; Roura, Maria; Villarroel, Nazmy; MacFarlane, Anne E. (BMJ Publishing Group, 2018)

Introduction International policy recommends continuous, cost-effective monitoring of health data to enable health services to identify and respond to health inequities as experienced by different ethnic groups. However, ...
Evaluating personality as a moderator of the association between life events stress and cardiovascular reactivity to acute stress

Gallagher, Stephen; O'Riordan, Adam; McMahon, Grace; Creaven, Ann-Marie (Elsevier, 2018)

The present study investigated the possible interaction between life events stress and personality in predicting cardiovascular stress responses. Participants (N = 184) completed psychometric measures of life event stress ...
Exercise, physical activity, and sedentary behavior in the treatment of depression: broadening the scientific perspectives and clinical opportunities

Hallgren, Mats; Herring, Matthew P.; Neville, Owen; Dunstan, David; Ekblom, Örjan; Helgadottir, Björg; Nakitanda, Olivia Aya; Forsell, Yvonne (Frontiers Media, 2016)

Research exploring links between exercise and depression now span several decades, yet several clinically relevant research questions remain unanswered. This opinion article briefly describes the status of selected ...
Experiences of mobile health in promoting physical activity: a qualitative systematic review and meta-ethnography

Carter, Daniel D.; Robinson, Katie; Forbes, John F.; Hayes, Sara (Public Library of Science, 2018)

Objective Despite evidence supporting physical activity in primary and secondary prevention, many individuals do not meet recommended levels. Mobile health is a field with a growing evidence base and is proposed as a ...
Expression of protein kinase C gamma promotes cell migration in colon cancer

Dowling, Catríona M.; Hayes, Sheri L.; Phelan, James L.; Cathcart, Mary Clare; Finn, Stephen P.; Mehigan, Brian; McCormick, Paul; Coffey, John C.; O'Sullivan, Jacintha; Kiely, Patrick A. (Impact Journals, 2017)

Despite extensive efforts, Protein Kinase Cs (PKCs) have proven to be an intractable target in cancer therapies. Traditionally it was accepted that PKCs act as tumour promoters, however new research suggests that PKCs ...
Extracellular matrix gene expression profiling using microfluidics for colorectal carcinoma stratification

Hayes, Christopher J.; Dowling, Catríona M.; Dwane, Susan; McCumiskey, Mary E.; Tormey, Shona M.; Merrigan, Anne; Coffey, John C.; Kiely, Patrick A.; Dalton, Tara (AIP Publishing, 2016)

In cancer, biomarkers have many potential applications including generation of a differential diagnosis, prediction of response to treatment, and monitoring disease progression. Many molecular biomarkers have been put ...
Falls related EvEnts in the first year after StrokE in Ireland: results of the multi-centre prospective FREESE cohort study

Walsh, Mary E.; Galvin, Rose; Williams, David JP.; Harbison, Joseph A.; Murphy, Sean; Collins, Ronan; McCabe, Dominick JH.; Crowe, Morgan; Horgan, Frances N. (SAGE Publications, 2018)

Introduction: Falls are common post-stroke adverse events. This study aimed to describe the first-year falls incidence, circumstances and consequences among persons discharged home after stroke in Ireland, and to examine ...
Fault adaptation by reconfiguring flight controls using control allocation

Ahmad, Hammad (University of Limerick, 2009)

This research work focuses on the design and implementation of control law and control allocation for overactuated, nonlinear model of commercial aircraft (B747-200). The redundancies in this aircraft are exploited to ...
First year post-stroke healthcare costs and fall-status among those discharged in the community

Walsh, Mary E.; Sorensen, Jan; Galvin, Rose; Williams, David JP.; Harbison, Joseph A.; Murphy, Sean; Collins, Ronan; McCabe, Dominick JH.; Crowe, Morgan; Horgan, Frances N. (SAGE Publications, 2018)

Introduction: Falls are common post-stroke events but their relationship with healthcare costs is unclear. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between healthcare costs in the first year after stroke and ...
The focus, affinity and effects trials studying the effect(s) of fluoxetine in patients with a recent stroke: statistical and health economic analysis plan for the trialsand for the individual patient data meta-analysis

Graham, Catriona; Lewis, Steff; Forbes, John F.; Mead, Gillian; Hackett, Maree L.; Hankey, Graeme J.; Gommans, John; Nguyen, Huy Thang; Lundström, Erik; Isaksson, Eva; Näsman, Per; Rudberg, Ann-Sofie; Dennis, Martin (BioMed Central, 2017)

Background: Small trials have suggested that fluoxetine may improve neurological recovery from stroke. FOCUS, AFFINITY and EFFECTS are a family of investigator-led, multicentre, parallel group, randomised, placebo-controlled ...
An FPGA based reconfigurable IPSec ESP core suitable for IoT applications

Rao, Muzaffar; Coleman, Joseph; Newe, Thomas (IEEE Computer Society, 2016)

This work implements an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) based reconfigurable IPSec ESP core. The IPSec protocol, developed by the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) in 1998, is a popular solution to facilitate ...
Fully automatic visual servoing control for work-class marine intervention ROVs

Sivčev, Satja; Rossi, Matija; Coleman, Joseph; Dooly, Gerard; Omerdić, Edin; Toal, Daniel (Elsevier, 2018)

ROVs with hydraulic manipulators are extensively used for subsea intervention. With camera feedback from the scene, manipulators are teleoperated and slaved to pilot held master arms. While standard for offshore oil and ...
The global nephrology workforce: emerging threats and potential solutions!

Sharif, Muhammad U.; Elsayed, Mohamed E.; Stack, Austin G. (Oxford University Press, 2016)

Amidst the rising tide of chronic kidney disease (CKD) burden, the global nephrology workforce has failed to expand in order to meet the growing healthcare needs of this vulnerable patient population. In truth, this ...

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