Submissions from 2020
Raman Spectroscopy of Lymphocytes for the Identification of Prostate Cancer Patients with Late Radiation Toxicity Following Radiotherapy, Daniel Cullen, Jane Bryant, Adrian Maguire, Denish Medipally, Brendan McClean, Laura Shields, Emma Noone, Shirley Bradshaw, Marie Finn, Mary Dunne, Aoife M .Shannon, John Armstrong, Orla Howe, Aidan Meade, and Fiona Lyng
Silicon Microcantilever Sensors to Detect the Reversible Conformational Change of a Molecular Switch, Spiropyan, Catherine M. Grogan, George Amarandei, Shauna Lawless, Francis Pedreschi, Fiona Lyng, Fernando Benito-Lopez, Roberto Raiteri, and Laisa Florea
Flash VEP in Clinically Stable Pre-Term and Full-Term Infants, Anish Kharal, Safal Khanal, Jyoti Baba Shrestha, Gauri Shankar Shrestha, and Nabin Paudel
Polyvinyl Alcohol Cryogel Based Vessel Mimicking Material for Modelling the Progression of Atherosclerosis, Andrew Malone, Sean Cournane, Izabela Naydenova, Andrew J. Fagan, and Jacinta Browne
Smartphone Use as a Possible Risk Factor for Myopia, Saoirse McCrann, James Loughman, John S. Butler, Nabin Paudel, and Ian Flitcroft
Study of the Effect of Methyldiethanolamine Initiator on the Recording Properties of Acrylamide Based Photopolymer, Brian Rogers, Izabela Naydenova, and Suzanne Martin
Submissions from 2019
We can’t afford to turn a blind eye to myopia, Christine Marie Bourke, James Loughman, Ian Flitcroft, Ekaterina Loskutova, and Colm O’Brien
Low-Resolution Models for the Interaction Dynamics of Coated Gold Nanoparticles with β2-microglobulin, Giorgia Brancolini, Hender Lopez, Stefano Corni, and Valentina Tozzini
Use of Novel Anthropomorphic Breast Ultrasound Phantoms for Radiology Resident Education, Jacinta Browne, Chris Gu, Robert Fazzio, Andrew Fagan, Donald Tradup, and Nicholas Hangiandreou
An Investigation of the Detection Capability of Pulsed Wave Duplex Doppler of Low Grade Stenosis using Ultrasound Contrast Agent Microbubbles – an in-Vitro Study, Jacinta Browne, Deirdre King, Andrew Fagan, Deepa Chari, and Carmel Moran
Comparison of Amblyopia in Schoolchildren in Ireland and Northern Ireland: a Population-based Observational Cross-sectional Analysis of a Treatable Childhood Visual Deficit, Sofia Harrington, Karen Breslin, Veronica O'Dwyer, and Kathryn Saunders
Predicted temperature-increase-induced Global Health Burden and Its Regional Variability, Jae Young Lee, Ho Kim, Antonio Gasparrini, Ben Armstrong, Michelle L. Bell, Franceso Sera, Eric Lavingne, Rosana Abrutzky, Shilu Tong, Micheline de Sousa Zanotti Stagliorio Coelho, Paulo HIlario Nascimento Saldiva, Patricia Matus Correa, Nicolas Valdes Ortega, Haidong Kan, Samule Osorio Garcia, Jan Kysely, Ales Urban, Hans Orru, Ene Indermitte, Jouni J.K. Jaakkola, Niilo R.I. Ryti, Mathilde Pascal, Pat Goodman, Ariana Zeka, Paolo Michelozzi, Matteo Scortichini, Masahiro Hashizume, Yasushi Honda, Magali Hurtado, Julio Cruz, Xerxes Seposo, Balthazar Nunes, Joao Paulo Teixeira, Aurelio Tobias, Carmen Iniguez, Bertil Forsberg, Christofer Astrom, Ana Maria Vicedo-Cabrera, Martina S. Ragettli, Yeu-Liang Leon Guo, Bing-Yu Chen, Antonella Zanobetti, Joel Schwartz, Tran Ngoc Dang, Dung Do Van, Fetemeh Mayvaneh, Ala Overcenco, Shanshan Li, and Yuming Guo
Evaluation of Silver Nanoparticle Encapsulation in DPPC-Based Liposome By Different Methods For Enhanced Cytotoxicity, Azeez O. Yusef and Alan Casey
Surface Modification of Silver Nanoparticle (AgNP) by Liposomal Encapsulation Mitigates AgNP-Induced Inflammation, Azeez O. Yusef and Alan Casey
Submissions from 2018
Glaucoma Referral Refinement in Ireland: Managing the Sensitivity-Specificity Paradox in Optometric Practice, Catriona Barrett, O'Brien Colm, and James Loughman
Expanding the Traditional Role of Optometry: Current Practice Patterns and Attitudes to Enhanced Glaucoma Services in Ireland, Catriona Barrett and James Loughman
A Physical Biology, the Electron Neutrino Mass, and the role of Quantum Mechanics in Nature, Maurice Goodman
Refractive error and visual impairment in Ireland schoolchildren, Siofra Harrington, Kathryn J Saunders, Veronica O'Dwyer, and Jim Stack
Parental Attitudes to Myopia: a Key Agent of Change for Myopia Control?, Saoirse McCrann, Ian Flitcroft, Kevin Lalor, John S. Butler, Aaron Bush, and James Loughman
Prediction of DNA Damage and G2 Chromosomal Radio-Sensitivity Ex-vivo in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells with Label-Free Raman Microspectroscopy, Aidan Meade, Adrian Maguire, Jane Bryant, Daniel Cullen, Dinesh Medipally, Lisa White, Brendan McClean, Laura Shields, John Armstrong, Mary Dunne, Emma Noone, Shirley Bradshaw, Marie Finn, Aoife M. Shannon, Orla Howe, and Fiona Lyng
Smokers and ex-smokers have shared differences in the neural substrates for potential monetary gains and losses, Liam Nestor, Ella McCabe, Jennifer Jones, Luke Clancy, and Hugh Garavan
Significance of a Non-Thermal Plasma Treatment on LDPE Biodegradation with Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, Laurence Scally, Miroslav Gulan, Lars Weigang, Patrick Cullen, and Vladimir Milosavljevic
Addressing Avoidable Vision Impairment in Mozambique and the Africa Region, Stephen Thompson, Kovin Naidoo, Joel Bambamba, Vanessa R. Moodley, Diane Van Staden, Amanda Forde, Kajal Shah, Luigi Bilotto, and James Loughman
Serialised holography for brand protection and authentication, Dinesh Vather, Izabela Naydenova, Dervil Cody, Monika Zawadzka, Suzanne Martin, Emilia Mihaylova, Stephen Curran, Paul Duffy, Josune Portillo, Daniel Connell, Stephen McDonnell, and Vincent Toal
Submissions from 2017
Barriers to Glaucoma Case Finding as Perceived by Optometrists in Ireland, Catriona Barrett, Colm O'Brien, John Butler, and James Loughman
Pilot Investigation into the Use of an Anthropomorphic Breast Sonography Phantom as a Training and Assessment Tool, Jacinta Browne, Louise Cannon, Ronan McDermott, Max Ryan, and Andrew J. Fagan
Comparative studies of cellular viability levels on 2D and 3D in vitro culture matrices, Alan Casey, Hugh Byrne, Mahmoud Gargotti, and Ulises Lopez Gonzalez
Posterior corneal shape: a comparison of height data from three corneal topographers, Tim de Jong, Matthew T. Sheehan, Steven A. Koopmans, and Nomdo M. Jansonius
A Review of the Recommendations Governing Quality Assurance of Ultrasound Systems Used for Guidance in Prostate Brachytherapy, Andrea Jane Doyle, Deirdre King, and Jacinta Browne
Novel Myopia Genes and Pathways Identified From Syndromic Forms of Myopia, Daniel I. Flitcroft, James Loughman, Christine F. Wildsoet, Cathy Williams, and Jeremy A. Guggenheim
The Mainstream Scientific Community is Open to Incremental But Not Holistic Ideas, Maurice Goodman
Perceived barriers of optometrists to glaucoma case findings in Ireland, James Loughman, Catriona Barrett, Colm O’Brien, and John S. Butler
Time to Refocus Assessment of Vision in Older Adults? Contrast Sensitivity but Not Visual Acuity Is Associated With Gait in Older Adults, James Loughman, Eoin Duggan, Oma Donoghue, Rose Anne Kenny, Hilary Cronin, and Ciarán Finucane
Macular Pigment is Associated with Glare-Affected Visual Function and Central Visual Field Loss in Glaucoma, James Loughman, We Fong Siah, and Colm O’Brien
RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS OF ORAL CELLS IN THE HIGH WAVENUMBER REGION, Fiona Lyng, LUIS FELIPE C.S CARVALHO, Franck Bonnier, CLÁUDIO TELLEZ, LAURITA DOS SANTOS, KATE O´CALLAGHAN, Jeff O'Sullivan, LUIS EDUARDO S. SOARES, and Hugh J Byrne
Raman Spectral Signatures of Cervical Exfoliated Cells from Liquid-Based Cytology Samples, Fiona Lyng; Padraig Kearney,; Damien Traynor; Franck Bonnier; John J. O’Leary; and Cara M. Martin
The use of vibrational spectroscopy to study the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis and other neurological conditions, Fiona Lyng, Inês R. Ramos, Ihtesham Ur Rehman, Basil Sharrack, and Nicola Woodroofe
Raman Spectroscopy for Cytopathology of Exfoliated Cervical Cells, Fiona Lyng, IR Ramos, Aidan Meade, O. Ibrahim, M. McMenamin, M. McKenna, and A. Malkin
Broadband Acoustic Measurement of the Agar-based Tissue Mimicking Material: a Longitudinal Study, A. Rabell-Montiel, Jacinta Browne, S. D. Pye, T. A. Anderson, and C. Moran
Broadband Acoustic Measurement of the Agar-based Tissue Mimicking Material: a Longitudinal Study, A. Rabell-Montiel, Jacinta Browne, S. D. Pyke, T. A. Anderson, and C. M. Moran
Competency-based Assessment of Refractive Error Measurement in a Mozambique Optometry School, Kajal Shah, Kovin Naidoo, Luigi Bilotto, and James Loughman
Submissions from 2016
Integration of New Biological and Physical Retrospective Dosimetry Methods Into EU Emergency Response Plans – Joint RENEB and EURADOS Inter-Laboratory Comparisons, Elizabeth Ainsbury, Christophe Badie, Stephen Barnard, and Aidan Meade
A Novel Anthropomorphic Flow Phantom for the Quantitative Evaluation of Prostate DCE-MRI Acquisition Techniques, Silvin Knight, Jacinta Browne, James Meaney, David Smith, and Andrew Fagan
Controllable Growth of Vertically Aligned Graphene on C-face SiC, Yu Liu, Lianlian Chen, Hilliard Hilliard, Qing-song Huang, Fang Liu, Mao Wang, Roman Böttger, René Hübner, Alpha T. N’Diaye, Elke Arenholz Elke Arenholz, Viton Heera Viton Heera, Wolfgang Skorupa Wolfgang Skorupa, and Shengqiang Zhou
The Acceptability and Visual Impact of 0.01% Atropine in a Caucasian Population, James Loughman and Ian Flitcroft
Social Accountability: Introducing a New Dimension in Optometric Education, Vanessa Raquel Moodley, James Loughman, and Kovin Naidoo
Characterisation of Strip Silicon Detectors for the ATLAS Phase-II Upgrade With a Micro-Focused X-ray Beam, L. Poley, A. Blue, R. Bates, I. Bloch, S. Diez, J. Fernandez-Tejero, C. Fleta, B. Gallop, B. Greenall, I.M. Gregor, K. Hara, Y. Ikegami, C. Lacasta, K. Lohwasser, D. Maneuski, S. Nagorski, I. Pape, P.W. Phillips, D. Sperlich, and K. Sawhney
Development of Socially Responsive Competency Frameworks for Ophthalmic Technicians and Optometrists in Mozambique, Kajal Shah, Kevin Naidoo, and James Loughman
Framing Professional Programs Within Development Projects: Driving Longer Term Recognition and Integration, Diane Wallace, James Loughman, and Kovin Naidoo
Submissions from 2015
Potential of Biofluid Components to Modify Silver Nanoparticle Toxicity, Gordon Chambers, Anna Murphy, Kate Sheehy, and Alan Casey
The Surfactant Dipalmitoylphophatidylcholine (DPPC) Modifies Acute Responses in Alveolar Carcinoma Cells in Response to Low Dose Silver Nanoparticle Exposure, Gordon Chambers, Anna Murphy, Kate Sheehy, and Alan Casey
Determination of the polymerisation rate of a low-toxicity diacetone acrylamide-based holographic photopolymer using Raman spectroscopy, Dervil Cody, Emilia Mihaylova, Luke O'Neill, and Izabela Naydenova
Lower Macular Pigment Optical Density in Foveal-Involved Glaucoma., James Loughman
Student Educational Background, Perceptions and Expectations towards Optometry: an Emerging Eye Health Profession Mozambique., James Loughman, Ving Fai Chan, Vanessa Raquel Moodley, Luigi Bilotto, and Kovin Naidoo
Rapid Assessment of Refractive Error, Presbyopia, and Visual Impairment and Associated Quality of Life in Nampula, Mozambique, James Loughman, Lindelwa Nxele, Cesar Faria, Stephen Thompson, Prasidh Ramson, Farai Chinanyi, and Kovin S. Naidoo
Visual Function and Its Relationship with Severity of Early, and Activity of Neovascular, Age-Related Macular Degeneration, James Loughman, Sarah Sabour-Pickett, John M. Nolan, Barbara Klein, Ron Klein, and Stephen Beatty
Macular Pigment Optical Density is Lower in Type 2 Diabetes, Compared with Type 1 Diabetes and Normal Controls., James Loughman, Grainne Scanlon, Paul Connell, Audrey Murphy, Karen O'Conner, Mathew Ratzlaff, and Brittany Foerg
Factors Affecting the Academic Performance of Optometry Students in Mozambique., James Loughman, Kajal Shah, Kovin Naidoo, and Luigi Bilotto
Evaluations of Refraction Competencies of Ophthalmic Technicians in Mozambique., James Loughman, kajal Shah, Kovin Naidoo, and Margarida Chagunda
Barriers to Utilisation of Refractive Services in Mozambique., James Loughman, Stephen Thompson, Carmen Gonzalez-Alvarez, Kovin Naidoo, Farai Chinanayi, and Geoff Harris
Diary of a Cataract Surgeon 2045, Claire E. McDonnell
Recruitment and Selection Strategies in Optometric Education Towards Addressing Human Resource Disparities in Sub-Saharan Africa, Vanessa Moodley, James Loughman, and Kovin S. Naidoo
TrailMaking Test performance contributes to subjective judgment of visual efficiency in older adults, Annalisa Setti, James Loughman, George Savva, and Rose Anne Kenny
Submissions from 2014
Using Acrylamide Based Photopolymers for Fabrication of Holographic Optical Elements in Solar Energy Applications, Hoda Akbari, Izabela Naydenova, and Suzanne Martin
Diffractive Optical Elements with a Large Angle of Operation Recorded in Acrylamide Based Photopolymer on Flexible Substrates, Hoda Akbari, Izabela Naydenova, Lina Persechini, Sean Garner, Pat Cimo, and Suzanne Martin
A review of Doppler Ultrasound Quality Assurance Protocols and Test Devices, Jacinta Browne
Getting Started with Research " Beginning: Defining a Research Question and Preparing a Research Plan, Jacinta Browne
Getting Started With Research "Carrying Out Your Research Project", Jacinta Browne
Getting Started with Research " Writing-up the Results of Your Research", Jacinta Browne
Economic Valuation of the Mortality Benefits of a Regulation on SO2 in 20 European Cities, Olivier Chanel, Susann Henschel, Patrick J. Goodman, Antonis Analitis, Richard W. Atkinson, Alain Le Tertre, Ariana Zeka, and Sylivia Medina
An Audit of a Hospital-Based Doppler Ultrasound Quality Control Protocol Using a Commercial String Doppler Phantom, S. Cournane, A. J. Fagan, and Jacinta Browne
The Utility of Deformable Image Registration for Small Artery Visualisation in Contrast-Enhanced Whole Body MR Angiography, Daniel Foley, Jacinta Browne, Xiahai Zhuang, Barry Sheane, Dearbhail O'Driscoll, Daniel Cannon, Niall Sheehy, James Meaney, and Andrew Fagan
Comparison of Colour Duplex Ultrasound with Computed Tomography to Measure the Maximum Abdominal Aortic Aneurysmal Diameter, Pat Goodman, C. Gray, S.A. Badger, M.K. O’Malley, M.K. O’Donohoe, and C.O. McDonnell
Socioeconomic Differentials in the Immediate Mortality Effects of the National Irish Smoking Ban, Pat Goodman, Sericea Stallings-Smith, Ariana Zeka, Z. Kabir, and L. Clancy
Reducing Visual Deficits Caused by Refractive Errors in School and Preschool Children: Results of a Pilot School Program in the Andean Region of Apurimac, Peru, Sergio Latorre-Arteaga, Diana Gil-Gonzalez, Olga Enciso, Aoife Phelan, Angel Garcia-Munoz, and Johannes Kohler
The Influence of Soft Contact Lens Wear and Two Weeks Cessation of Lens Wear on Corneal Curvature, Aoife Lloyd McKernan, Veronica O'Dwyer, and Luisa Simo Mannion
Access to Optometric Education: Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa, James Loughman, V.R. Moodley, Brien Holden, and K. Naidoo
Suitability and Repeatability of a Photostress Recovery Test Device, the Macular Degeneration Detector (MDD-2), for Diabetes and Diabetic Retinopathy Assessment., James Loughman, Matthew Ratzlaff, Brittany Foerg, and Paul Connell
Supplementation With Three Different Macular Carotenoid Formulations in Patients With Early Age-Related Macular Degeneration., James Loughman, Sarah Sabour-Pickett, Stephen Beatty, Eithne Connolly, Jim Stack, Alan Howard, Ronald Klein, Barbara Klein, Stacy Meuer, Chelsea Myers, Kwadwo Akuffo, and John Nolan
The Development of a Public Optometry System in Mozambique: a Cost Benefit Analysis, James Loughman, Stephen Thompson, Geoff Harris, Luigi Bilotto, Jorge Ferrao, and Kovin Naidoo
Investigation of the Sensitivity to Humidity of an Acrylamide-based Photopolymer Containing N-phenylglycine as a Photoinitiator, Tatsiana Mikulchyk, Suzanne Martin, and Izabela Naydenova
Breast Cancer Detection Using Interferometric MUSIC: Experimental and Numerical Assessment, Giuseppe Ruvio, Raffaele Solimene, Antonio Cuccaro, Domenico Gaetano, Jacinta Browne, and Max Ammann
Antimicrobial Properties of Nano-silver: a Cautionary Approach to Ionic Interference, Kate Sheehy, Alan Casey, Anna Murphy, and Gordon Chambers
Mechanism of Multiple Grating Formation in High-Energy Recording of Holographic Sensors, Ali K. Yetisen, Yunuen Montelongo, Nicholas M. Farandos, Izabela Naydenova, Christopher R. Lowe, and Seok Hyun Yun
Holographic Sensors: Three-Dimensional Analyte-Sensitive Nanostructures and Their Applications, Ali K. Yetisen, Izabela Naydenova, Fernando da Cruz Vasconcellos, Jeffrey Blyth, and Christopher R. R. Lowe
Progress in Zeolite Synthesis Promotes Advanced Applications, Moussa Zaarour, Biao Dong, Izabela Naydenova, Richard Retoux, and Svetlana Mintova
Submissions from 2013
A Comparison of Three Commercially Available Contrast-Detail Phantoms and Evaluation of the Contrast-Detail Performance Under a Range of Instrument Settings, Jacinta Browne, Des Hickey, and Ashling McNabb
A Comparative Cytotoxic Evaluation of Acrylamide and Diacetone Acrylamide to Investigate Their Suitability for Holographic Photopolymer Formulations, Dervil Cody, Alan Casey, Izabela Naydenova, and Emilia Mihaylova
Relationship Between Fear of Falling and Mobility Varies with Visual Function Among Older Adults, Orna Donoghue, Harriet Ryan, Eoin Duggan, Ciaran Finucane, George Sava, Hilary Cronin, James Loughman, and Rose Anne Kenny
Evidence of Lower Macular Pigment Optical Density in Chronic Open Angle Glaucoma, Estera Igras, James Loughman, Matthew Ratzlaff, Ronal O'Caoimh, and Colm O'Brien
Cell Death Pathways in Directly Irradiated Cells and Cells Exposed to Medium from Irradiated Cells, K.K. Jella, Amaya Garcia, Brendan McClean, Hugh Byrne, and Fiona Lyng
Impact of Computer Experience on the Viability and Repeatablity of the Moorfields Motion Displacement Test in a Developing and Underserved African Setting, James Loughman, Carmen Gonzalez Alvarez, Gay Mary Verdon-Roe, Roger Anderson, Ramos Antonio Manuel, and Kovin Naidoo
Suitability and Repeatability of a Photostress Recovery Test Device, the Macular Degeneration Detector (MDD-2), for Diabetes and Diabetic Retinopathy Assessment, James Loughman, Matthew Ratzlaff, Brittany Foerg, and Paul Connell
Hydroxyl Density Affects the Interaction of Fibrinogen with Silica Nanoparticles at Physiological Concentration, Arianna Marucco, Francesco Turci, Luke O'Neill, Hugh Byrne, Bice Fubini, and Ivana Fenoglio
Humidity and Temperature Effect on Properties of Transmission Gratings Recorded in PVA/AA-Based Photopolymer Layers, Tatsiana Mikulchyk, Suzanne Martin, and Izabela Naydenova
Photopolymer Holographic Optical Elements for Application in Solar Energy Concentrators, Izabela Naydenova, Hoda Akbari, Colin Dalton, Mohamed Yahya, Clinton Pang Tee Wei, Vincent Toal, and Suzanne Martin
Characterization of Polylactic Acid Films for Food Packaging as Affected by Dielectric Barrier Discharge Atmospheric Plasma, Shashi Pankaj, Luke O'Neill, N. Misra, and Paula Bourke
Effect of Alveolar Bone Support on Zygomatic Implants – an FEA Study, Michael Ring, Michael Freedman, and Leo F.A Stassen
Visual Performance in Patients with Neovascular Age Related Macular Degeneration Undergoing Treatment With Intravitreal Ranibizumab, Sarah Sabour-Pickett, James Loughman, John M. Nolan, Jim Stack, Pesudovs Pesudovs, Katherine A. Meagher, and Stephen Beatty