• Reforming local government: Must it always be democracy versus efficiency? 

  Quinlivan, Aodh (De Gruyter Open, 2017-05-23)

  The financial crisis from 2008 has had a profound impact on Irish local government. Councils were faced with a disastrous combination of factors - declining funding from central government, difficulties in collecting ...
• Democratic revolution? Evaluating the political and administrative reform landscape after the economic crisis 

  Reidy, Theresa; Buckley, Fiona (De Gruyter Open, 2017-05-23)

  Upon winning the general election in February 2011, Taoiseach elect Enda Kenny spoke of a ‘democratic revolution’. Within weeks, a programme for government was agreed between Fine Gael and Labour, promising to ‘radically ...
• Leukocyte Bim deficiency does not impact atherogenesis in ldlr -/- mice, despite a pronounced induction of autoimmune inflammation 

  Temmerman, Lieve; Westra, Marijke M.; Bot, Ilze; van Vlijmen, Bart J. M.; Van Bree, Niek; Bot, Martine; Habets, Kim L. L.; Keulers, Tom G. H.; van der Vlag, Johan; Cotter, Thomas G.; van Berkel, Theo J. C.; Biessen, Erik A. L. (Nature Publishing Group, 2017-06-08)

  Proapoptotic Bcl-2 family member Bim is particularly relevant for deletion of autoreactive and activated T and B cells, implicating Bim in autoimmunity. As atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory process with features ...
• Controlled functional expression of the bacteriocins pediocin PA-1 and bactofencin A in Escherichia coli 

  Mesa-Pereira, Beatriz; O’Connor, Paula M.; Rea, Mary C.; Cotter, Paul D.; Hill, Colin; Ross, R. Paul (Nature Publishing Group, 2017-06-08)

  The bacteriocins bactofencin A (class IId) and pediocin PA-1 (class IIa) are encoded by operons with a similarly clustered gene organization including a structural peptide, an immunity protein, an ABC transporter and ...
• Strain-level metagenomic analysis of the fermented dairy beverage nunu highlights potential food safety risks 

  Walsh, Aaron M.; Crispie, Fiona; Daari, Kareem; O'Sullivan, Orla; Martin, Jennifer C.; Arthur, Cornelius T.; Claesson, Marcus J.; Scott, Karen P.; Cotter, Paul D. (American Society for Microbiology, 2017-06-16)

  The rapid detection of pathogenic strains in food products is essential for the prevention of disease outbreaks. It has already been demonstrated that whole metagenome shotgun sequencing can be used to detect pathogens in ...

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