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As Southern Africa faces new urban drought challenges, who is heeding the wake-up call?
No full textAs experts forecast the likelihood of El Nino in southern Africa over the next few months, Kate Gannon, Patrick Curran and Declan Conway examine the impact of drought-related water and electricity supply disruption on businesses in southern Africa during the 2015/16 El Niño
“I Will Rise Again”: The Life and Legacy of the U.S.S. Monitor
No full textAbout the author:
Declan Riley Kunkel is an award winning writer, author, and consultant. Originally from Fort Worth, Texas, Declan writes about history, politics, and philosophy. He is pursing a degree in history at Yale
Life of St. Declan of Ardmore,
No full text"The life [of St. Declan] herewith presented was copied in 1629 by Brother Michael O'Clery ... from an older ms. of Eochy O'Heffernan's dated 1582 ... Apparently O'Clery did more than transcribe; he reedited, as was his wont, into the literary Irish of his day ... The "Life [of St. Mochuda or Carthach] ... is in its present form a comparatively late production; it was transcribed by [John] Murphy between 1740 and 1750".--Introd.Mode of access: Internet
Crosstalk Life Extension Properties of Superoxide Dismutase Mimics Arise from "Calorie Restriction"
No full textcluding nitric oxide generation, peroxynitrite generation, and activation of the angina treatment nitroglycerin [6][7][8]. A full investigation of the ability of Mn-salens to catalyze these reactions is warranted prior to ascribing its life extension activity solely to removal of superoxide. Declan Patrick Naughton* and Anna E. Fisher School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Science University of Brighton Lewes Road Brighton, BN2 4GJ United Kingdom In addition to their ability to remove excess "deleterious" superoxide by mimicking the activity of SOD, Mnsalens may in fact be capable of removing radical species that are produced as a part of normal metabolic Manganese-salen superoxide dismutase mimics interprocesses, and as such, they could act as antimetabofere with the mitochondrial electron transport chain lites. Consequently, at noncytotoxic concentrations Mnby acting as antimetabolites and thus effect "calorie salens would slow down metabolism and indirectly prerestriction," leading to extended lifespan
Declan Kiberd. The Irish Writer and the World
No full textThe Irish author and the world is a collection of nineteen articles originally published by Declan Kiberd between 1978 and 2003. A note on the text specifies that the articles have not been altered in order to be included in this volume. They are not arranged in chronological order, which is accounted for in the introduction. The introductory chapter gives useful information on the political and cultural context – either specifically Irish or more global – in which the articles were originall..
Declan Kiberd. The Irish Writer and the World
No full textThe Irish author and the world is a collection of nineteen articles originally published by Declan Kiberd between 1978 and 2003. A note on the text specifies that the articles have not been altered in order to be included in this volume. They are not arranged in chronological order, which is accounted for in the introduction. The introductory chapter gives useful information on the political and cultural context – either specifically Irish or more global – in which the articles were originall..
Tilsonburg by Malachy McKenna, Focus Theatre/Irish Touring Company, Town Hall Theatre and Shiver by Declan Hughes, Rough Magic, Project Arts Centre, Dublin
No full textCritics have been declaring Irish playwrighting to be in a state of crisis for most of the last 100 years but, even so, it’s hard not to feel glum about the present state of our writing for the stage. The latest plays from established figures have been met with disappointment and occasional hostility; and we’ve had a glut of formally conservative plays from emerging writers that cover the same narrow territory of dead babies, abusive mothers, and sexually dysfunctional men. It’s a pleasant surprise therefore to see two plays, from Declan Hughes and Malachy McKenna, that cover new thematic ground, while emphasising the importance of plot, dialogue and many other characteristics not much seen on the Irish stage recently
Life of St. Declan of Ardmore : (edited from ms. in Bibliothèque royale, Brussels), and Life of St. Mochuda of Lismore, (edited from ms. in Library of Royal Irish Academy) /
No full text"The life [of St. Declan] herewith presented was copied in 1629 by Brother Michael O'Clery ... from an older ms. of Eochy O'Heffernan's dated 1582 ... apparently O'Clery did more than transcribe, he re-edited, as was his wont, into the literary irish of his day ... The "Life" [of St. Mochuda of Carthach] ... is in its present form a comparatively late production, it was transcribed by [John Murphy] between 1740 and 1750".--Introduction.Irish caption titles: Betha Decclain; Beatha Mochuda.Spine title: Lives of S.S. Declan and Mochuda.Includes the Irish Texts Society's 16th annual report, list of members, etc. at back of volume (p. [1]-28).English and Irish on opposite pages.Mode of access: Internet
In the Company of Strangers
No full textRuby and Cat's friendship was forged on an English dockside sixty years ago when, as terrified children, they were shipped off to Australia. It was a friendship that was supposed to last a lifetime but when news of Cat's death reaches Ruby in London, it comes after years of estrangement. Declan too has drifted away from Cat but is forced back to her lavendar farm, Benson's Reach, by the terms of her will. He turns to his troubled friend Alice, who is desperate for a refuge. Can the magic of Benson's Reach triumph over the hurt of the past? Or is Cat's duty-laden legacy simply too much for Ruby and Declan to keep alive?" - Back cover
Prevention of Staphylococcus Epidermidis Biofilm Formation using a Low-Temperature Processed Silver-Doped Phenyltriethoxysilane Sol–Gel Coating
No full textSol–gel coatings which elute bioactive silver ions are presented as a potential solution to the problem of biofilm formation on indwelling surfaces. There is evidence that high-temperature processing of such materials can lead to diffusion of silver away from the coating surface, reducing the amount of available silver. In this study, we report the biofilm inhibition of a Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm using a low-temperature processed silver-doped phenyltriethoxysilane sol–gel coating. The incorporation of a silver salt into a sol–gel matrix resulted in an initial high release of silver in de-ionised water and physiological buffered saline (PBS), followed by a lower sustained release for at least 6 days—as determined by graphite furnace-atomic absorption spectroscopy (GF-AAS). The release of silver ions from the sol–gel coating reduced the adhesion and prevented formation of a S. epidermidis biofilm over a 10-day period. The presence of surface silver before and after 24 h immersion in PBS was confirmed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). These silver-doped coatings also exhibited significant antibacterial activity against planktonic S. epidermidis. A simple test to visualise the antibacterial effect of silver release coatings on neighbouring bacterial cultures is also reported
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