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Absence of mitochondrial uncoupling protein 3: Effect on thymus and spleen in the fed and fasted mice
(2011)Mitochondrial uncoupling protein 3 (UCP3) is consituitively expressed in mitochondria from thymus and spleen of mice, and confocal microscopy has been used to visualize UCP3 in situ in mouse thymocytes. UCP3 is present ... -
Age-related normative changes in cerebral perfusion: data from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)
(2021)Objective: To establish normative reference values for total grey matter cerebral blood flow (CBFGM) measured using pseudo-continuous arterial spin labelling (pCASL) MRI in a large cohort of community-dwelling adults aged ... -
AIR AND SURFACE CONTAMINATION PATTERNS OF METHICILLIN-RESISTANT Staphylococcus aureus ON EIGHT ACUTE HOSPITAL WARDS
(2014)BACKGROUND. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) can be recovered from hospital air and from environmental surfaces. This poses a potential risk of transmission to patients. OBJECTIVE. To investigate ... -
Altered lives in a time of crisis: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of older adults in Ireland. Findings from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing
(TILDA, 2021)The ongoing pandemic of SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 infection and disease, is threatening healthcare systems globally as well as in Ireland. (1) The COVID-19 pandemic, and public health-associated ... -
Barriers and facilitators to adoption, implementation and sustainment of obesity prevention interventions in schoolchildren - a DEDIPAC case study
(2019)Background: The aim of the study was to explore the implementation of school based diet and physical activity interventions with respect to the barriers and facilitators to adoption, implementation and sustainability; ...