Development of a Novel Humidity Sensor Based on a Polymer Silver Nanoparticle...
Humidity sensing is of particular concern for many industrial applications. Humidity sensors have typically been based on a reversible interaction between a polymer and water vapour. There is work...
View ArticleTargeted Drug Delivery Systems for Cancer Therapy
The role of cyclodextrin’s (CD) in drug delivery has advanced in recent years and this may be attributed to its biocompatibility and well established synthesis. Chemical modification of CDs has shown...
View ArticleImplications of Mass Education on Chemistry Higher Education
The following paper discusses the implications of government policy on widening of participation at third level institutes. The increase in ‘non-traditional’ students has been widely recognised on an...
View ArticleContinuous Improvement in e-Learning: Investigating the Effect and Impact of...
A Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) was developed using WebCT software and was piloted in 2004 in the School of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences in DIT by the authors. This was one of a number of...
View ArticleSpectroscopic Analysis of Therapeutic Drugs.
The aim of this project was to investigate the photochemistry of three new Ruthenium (II) complexes as possible therapeutics and their associated ligands. The objectives were to use the following...
View ArticlePromoting Learning Through Peer Group Work
The session aimed to help the Summer School participants develop tasks and assessment strategies of peer group work in their own teaching.
View ArticleMetallopharmaceuticals as Photoactivatable Anticancer Drugs
Target-based research (treating infected site only), directed towards the design and mechanism of action of metal-based anticancer complexes is expanding rapidly due to the selectivity and activity of...
View ArticleSynthesis and Spectroscopic Analysis of Therapeutic Ru(II) Complexes
The aim of this study is to synthesise and characterise new ligands based on a 1,10-Phenanthroline-5,6-dione backbone and their respective Ru(II) complexes; Ru(bpy)2mfmp, Ru(bpy)2fmp and...
View ArticleEnhancing Forensic Science Context-based Laboratory Activities for...
This paper discusses the development of student centred context-based practical activities for use in third level Forensic Science/ Chemical Analysis courses.
View ArticlePhotochemical Studies of Nutraceuticals in the Presence of Cyclodextrins
The photostability studies of Folic acid and Menadione Sodium Bisulfite, also known as vitamin K3, were carried out in their aqueous solutions at room temperature. Solutions of Folic acid ( 4.8 x 10-5...
View ArticleFolate-cyclodextrin Conjugate for Targeted Chemotherapy
A general disadvantage of chemotherapy is that the drugs cannot discriminate between fast-growing cancer cells and normal healthy cells which causes many side-effects such as hair loss. An ideal...
View ArticleOverview of the recent FDA Process Validation Guidance for Medicinal Product...
This conference paper presents an overview of the recently published FDA Process Validation Guideline for the development and manufacture of medicinal drug products. It discusses the impacts of...
View ArticleUnlocking the Knowledge: The Key to Delivering the Compliance and Business...
This paper presents the challenges of delivering a holistic approach to the Pharmaceutical Quality System (Q10) expectations for medicinal product manufacture. It reviews the key findings from the...
View ArticleHuman Heuristics: Understanding the Impacts for Pharmaceutical Quality Risk...
This paper addresses the influence of human heuristics (Biases) on the assessment of risk. A core principle underpinning effective Risk Management is the principle that Risk Management explicitly...
View ArticleBenchmarking the Pharmaceutical Industry: A Briefing on an Irish Research Study
This paper presents an Irish research study currently being undertaken by the Pharmaceutical Regulatory Science Team at the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) into the impact of new pharmaceutical...
View ArticleWearable Electrochemical Sensors for Monitoring Performance Athletes
Nowadays, wearable sensors such as heart rate monitors and pedometers are in common use. The use of wearable systems such as these for personalized exercise regimes for health and rehabilitation is...
View ArticleMonitoring and Evaluation of Terni (Central Italy) Air Quality through...
A study of spatial variability of PM10 elemental components was conducted in Terni city (Central Italy), situated in an intramountain depression characterized by the presence of several particulate...
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