Background: Older people account for 25% of all Emergency Department (ED) admissions. This is expected to rise
with an ageing demographic. Older people often present to the ED with complex medical needs in the setting ...
Background: Labelling menus with nutrition information has increasingly become an
important obesity policy option. While much research to-date has focused on determining
its effectiveness, few studies report the extent ...
Shiera, Adam J.; Keogh, Tracey M.; Costello, Aisling M.; O'Riordan, Adam; Gallagher, Stephen(Elsevier, 2021)
The psychological pathways linking depression to blunted cardiovascular reactivity (CVR) are still being elucidated. The purpose of the present study was to test whether the association between eveningness, a diurnal/sleep-wake ...
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune condition characterized by symptoms
of inflammation and pain in the joints. RA is estimated to have a worldwide prevalence of 0.5–1%, with a predominance in females. Diet ...
Bone defects arising from injury and/or disease are a common and debilitating clinical lesion. While the development of tissue microenvironments utilizing biomimetic constructs is an emerging approach for bone tissue ...
Lynch, Arthur; Davies, Robert W.; Jakeman, Philip M.; Locke, Tim; Allardyce, Joanna M.; Carson, Brian P.(MDPI, 2021)
This study aimed to investigate the test-retest reliability of peak force in the isometric squat across the strength spectrum using coefficient of variation (CV) and intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC). On two separate ...
Berditchevski, Fedor; Fennell, Eanna; Murray, Paul G.(Springer Nature, 2021)
Induced waves of calcium fluxes initiate multiple signalling pathways that play an important role in the differentiation and maturation of B-cells. Finely tuned transient Ca+2 fluxes from the endoplasmic reticulum in ...
Background: Human herpesvirus-8 (HHV8) is a lymphotropic virus associated with different lymphoproliferative disorders, including primary effusion lymphoma
(PEL), multicentric Castleman’s disease (MCD), diffuse
large ...
Osterwald, Katja M.; Kelly, David T.; Comyns, Thomas M.; Ciarán, Ó Catháin(MDPI, 2021)
In this study, we assessed the acute kinematic effects of different sled load conditions
(unloaded and at 10%, 20%, 30% decrement from maximum velocity (Vdec)) in different sporting populations. It is well-known that an ...
Lewis, M.; Kelly, S.; Woods, Catherine B.; O'Connor, R.(Springer, 2021)
We were interested to read the paper by ‘Moloney et al on Frailty, COVID-19 Disease Severity and Outcome Among Hospitalised Older Adults’, in which frail patients were more likely to be admitted despite having mild Covid. ...
Background: The implementation of condition-specific falls prevention interventions is proving challenging due to lack of critical mass and resources. Given the similarities in falls risk factors across stroke, Parkinson’s ...
Dear Editor,
We write in response to correspondence from Whitaker et al. in this Journal (1). The authors
demonstrate increases in seropositivity for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies against the spike protein
as the roll out of ...
Murtagh, Elaine M.; Shalash, A.; Martin, R.; Rmeileh, N. Abu(Elsevier, 2021)
Objectives: This study aims to examine the reported prevalence of sufficient physical activity among adults in Arab countries and to determine the use of validated instruments for assessing physical activity. Study design: ...
This study aimed to use a concept mapping methodology to develop a European
framework of the needs of parents/guardians (P/G) for supporting athletes combining sport and education (dual career, DC By means of a concept ...
The effectiveness of measures introduced to minimise the spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome CoronaVirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19) depends on compliance from all members of society. The Irish response to COVID-19 ...
Aims
Burkitt lymphoma (BL) is an aggressive B-cell lymphoma that, in some instances, may show a granulomatous reaction associated with a favourable prognosis and occasional spontaneous regression. In the present study, ...
Background: Feedback, if effectively provided by the teacher and utilised by the learner, enables improvement in academic performance. It is clear from current literature that the provision of feedback by teachers is not ...
Noncommunicable diseases (NCD) and age-associated diseases (AAD) are some of the
gravest health concerns worldwide, accounting for up to 70% of total deaths globally. NCD and AAD, such as diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular ...
Cahalan, Róisin Máire; Green, James A.; Meade, Ciara; Griffin, Anne(Taylor and Francis, 2021)
Background: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) affects up to 440,000 people in
Ireland. Multiple domains of biopsychosocial health are affected. Community-based interventions
supporting behavioral change and ...
Mundo, Lucia; Tosi, Gian Marco; Lazzi, Stefano; Pertile, Grazia; Parolini, Barbara; Neri, Giovanni; Posarelli, Matteo; De Benedetto, Elena; Bacci, Tommaso; Silvestri, Ennio; Siciliano, Maria Chiara; Barbera, Stefano; Orlandini, Maurizio; Greenwood, John; Moss, Stephen E.; Galvagni, Federico(MDPI, 2021)
Leucine-rich a-2-glycoprotein 1 (LRG1) is a candidate therapeutic target for treating the
neovascular form of age-related macular degeneration (nvAMD). In this study we examined the
expression of LRG1 in eyes of nvAMD ...