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B-spline smoothing and statistical inference for systems of differential equations

O'Shea, Pádraig (University of Limerick, 2019)

Traditional algorithms for modelling functional data use derivative-based optimisation methods to fit parameters. The process of finnding the derivatives of the fitting criterion with respect to the parameters is complex. ...

Backcasting to identify food waste prevention and mitigation opportunities for infant feeding in the maternity services

Ryan-Fogarty, Yvonne; Becker, Genevieve; Moles, Richard; O'Regan, Bernadette (Elsevier, 2017)

Food waste in hospitals is of major concern for two reasons: first, healthcare needs to move toward preventative and demand led models for sustainability and second, food system sustainability needs to seek preventative ...

Backpackers as a subculture

Power, Louise (Department of Sociology, University of Limerick, 2010-12)

This paper investigates the legitimacy of calling the contemporary community of backpackers a subculture. I will support this position by firstly establishing the criteria necessary for a group to be considered a subculture. ...

Bacteria that travel: the quality of aircraft water

Handschuh, Harald; O'Dwyer, Jean; Adley, Catherine C. (MDPI, 2015)

The travelling population is increasing globally year on year. International tourist arrival figures reached 1087 million in 2013 and 1133 million in 2014; of which 53% and 54% respectively accounted for air transport. ...

Bacterial communities established in bauxite residues with different restoration histories

Schmalenberger, Achim; O'Sullivan, Orla; Gahan, Jacinta; Cotter, Paul D.; Courtney, Ronan (American Chemical Society, 2013)

Bauxite residue is the alkaline byproduct generated when alumina is extracted from bauxite ores and is commonly deposited in impoundments. These sites represent hostile environments with increased salinity and alkalinity ...

Bacterial communities in grassland turfs respond to sulphonate addition while fungal communities remain largely unchanged

Schmalenberger, Achim; Noll, Matthias (Elsevier, 2014)

Sulphonates are often the major form of sulphur in soils where sulphate usually represents less than 5% of the total sulphur. The use of sulphonates as a S source is limited to a functional bacterial guild. However, fungi ...

Bad laws or bad attitudes? Assessing the impact of societal attitudes upon the conviction rate for rape in Ireland

Leahy, Susan (Social Care Ireland, 2014)

The low conviction rate for rape is often highlighted as a cause for concern. The typical response is to call for reform of Irish rape law. Although reform is necessary, this article argues that the low conviction rate ...

The balance between safety and productivity and its relationship with human factors and safety awareness and communication in aircraft manufacturing

Karanikas, Nektarios; Melis, Damien Jose; Kourousis, Kyriakos I. (Elsevier, 2018)

Background: This paper presents the findings of a pilot research survey which assessed the degree of balance between safety and productivity, and its relationship with awareness and communication of human factors and ...

A balancing act: a phenomenological exploration of medical students’ experiences of using mobile devices in the clinical setting

Rashid-Doubell, F.; Mohamed, S; Elmusharaf, Khalifa; O'Neill, C.S (BMJ Publishing Group, 2016)

Objective: The aims of this study were to describe the experiences of senior students using mobile devices in a clinical setting while learning and interacting with clinical teachers, patients and each other, and to ...

Balancing agility and discipline in a medical device software organisation

Mc Hugh, Martin; Mc Caffery, Fergal; Fitzgerald, Brian; Stol, Klaas-Jan; Casey, Valentine; Coady, Garret (Springer, 2013)

Agile development techniques are becoming increasingly popular in the generic software development industry as they appear to offer solutions to the problems associated with following a plan-driven Software Development ...

Balancing energy and quality-awareness:a MAC-Llayer duty-cycle management solution for multimedia delivery over wireless mesh networks

Chen, Shengyang; Yuan, Zhenhui; Muntean, Gabriel-Miro (IEEE Compuer Society, 2016)

Energy consumption has been a critical factor for mobile video applications. The quality of content delivery over wireless mesh networks consist of such devices is also considered important. Existing energy-aware research ...

Band-gap shrinkage calculations and analytic model for strained bulk InGaAsP

Connelly, Michael J. (IOP Publishing, 2015)

Band-gap shrinkage is an important effect in semiconductor lasers and optical amplifiers. In the former it leads to an increase in the lasing wavelength and in the latter an increase in the gain peak wavelength as the bias ...

Bandwidth enhancement to continuous-time input pipeline ADCs

O'Hare, Daniel; Scanlan, Anthony G.; Thompson, Eric; Mullane, Brendan (IEEE Computer Society, 2017)

This paper presents design analysis and insights for a new continuous-time input pipeline (CTIP) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) architecture that has enhanced bandwidth. An all-pass filter-based analog delay in ...

Bandwidth performance analysis of mobile VoIP solutions

Dantas, Rafael; Exton, Chris; Le Gear, Andrew (Technische Universität Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek, 2018)

Despite the efforts to improve current 4G technologies by developing the new 5G mobile network, much of the world’s population still relies on older 2G and 3G infrastructures. Although old hardware can be replaced, the ...

Barriers and facilitators to participation in physical activity among a Multiple Sclerosis population

Brosnan, Linda (Department of Physiotherapy, University of Limerick, 2011)

Background: Current evidence states that people with MS participate in significantly less exercise than non-diseased populations (Motl et al 2005). Recent research has identified numerous factors that may influence physical ...

Barriers and solutions to online learning in medical education – an integrative review

O'Doherty, Diane; Dromey, Marie; Lougheed, Justan; Hannigan, Ailish; Last, Jason; McGrath, Deirdre (BioMed Central, 2018)

Background: The aim of this study is to review the literature on known barriers and solutions that face educators when developing and implementing online learning programs for medical students and postgraduate trainees. Methods: ...

Barriers to accepting and completing latent tuberculosis infection treatment.

Kane, M; Korn, B; Saukkonen, J; McDonald, C; Walsh, Cathal Dominic; Waters, R; McLaughlin, A.M; Keane, J (Irish Medical Organisation, 2013)

Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI) is an important component of any TB control strategy. Acceptance and completion of treatment is poor. We undertook this study to identify barriers to acceptance & completion ...

Barriers to adopting agile practices when developing medical device software

Mc Hugh, Martin; Mc Caffery, Fergal; Casey, Valentine (Springer Verlag, 2012)

Agile methodologies such as XP and Scrum are founded upon the four values and twelve principles of agile software development. A software development project is only considered to be truly agile if these values and principles ...

Barriers to progressing through a methadone maintenance treatment programme: perspectives of the clients in the Mid-West of Ireland’s drug and alcohol servicesl

Moran, Lisa; Keenan, Eamon; Elmusharaf, Khalifa (BMC, 2018)

Background: The ‘perfect’ journey through an Irish Methadone Maintenance Treatment Programme (MMTP) would have a client engage appropriately with all relevant services available to them, inclusive of psychiatry, counselling, ...

The barriers to traceability and their potential solutions: towards a reference framework

Regan, Gilbert; Mc Caffery, Fergal; Mc Daid, Kevin; Flood, Derek (2012)

Traceability of software artifacts, from requirements to design and through implementation and quality assurance, has long been promoted by the research and expert practitioner communities. However, evidence indicates ...

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