• Bioelectrochemistry of Cytochrome c in a closed bipolar electrochemical cell 

  Gamero-Quijano, Alonso; Herzog, Grégoire; Scanlon, Micheál D. (Elsevier, 2019)

  The reversible oxidation and reduction of Cytochrome c (Cyt c) is demonstrated with a closed bipolar electrochemical cell (CBPEC). Herein, a 4-electrode configuration was studied with the opposite poles of the bipolar ...
• Three essays on stopping 

  Mayerhofer, Eberhard (MDPI, 2019)

  First, we give a closed-form formula for first passage time of a reflected Brownian motion with drift. This corrects a formula by Perry et al. (2004). Second, we show that the maximum before a fixed drawdown is exponentially ...
• Zymobacter palmae pyruvate decarboxylase is Less effective than that of zymomonas mobilis for ethanol production in metabolically engineered synechocystis sp. PCC6803 

  Quinn, Lorraine; Armshaw, Patricia; Soulimane, Tewfik; Sheehan, Con; Ryan, Michael P.; Pembroke, Tony J. (MDPI, 2019)

  produce bioethanol from model cyanobacteria such as Synechocystis, a two gene cassette consisting of genes encoding pyruvate decarboxylase (PDC) and alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) are required to transform pyruvate first to ...
• Prepubertal nutrition alters Leydig cell functional capacity and timing of puberty 

  Anand-Ivell, Ravinder; Byrne, Colin J.; Arnecke, Jonas; Fair, Sean; Lonergan, Pat; Kenny, David A.; Ivell, Richard (Public Library of Science, 2019)

  Leydig cell functional capacity reflects the numbers and differentiation status of the steroidogenic Leydig cells in the testes and becomes more or less fixed in early adulthood with the final establishment of the ...
• On the modelling of joint formation in dissolutive brazing processes 

  Vynnycky, Michael; Lacaze, J. (Springer, 2019)

  In this paper, earlier dissolutive wetting models describing the dynamics of an axisymmetric alloy drop spreading on pure metal substrate are extended to describe reactive wetting and subsequent joint formation in brazing ...
• Fine tuning and specific binding sites with a porous hydrogen-bonded metal-complex framework for gas selective separations 

  Bao, Zongbi; Xie, Danyan; Chang, Ganggang; Wu, Hui; Li, Liangying; Zhou, Wei; Wang, Hailong; Zhang, Zhiguo; Xing, Huabin; Yang, Qiwei; Zaworotko, Michael J.; Ren, Qilong; Chen, Banglin (American Chemical Society, 2018)

  Research on HOFs has been developed for quite a long time; however, those with both established permanent porosities and functional properties are extremely rare due to weak hydrogen-bonding interactions among molecular ...
• Retention of microbiota diversity by lactose-free milk in a mouse model of elderly gut microbiota. 

  Ntemiri, Alexandra; Ribiere, Celine; Stanton, Catherine; Ross, R Paul; O'Connor, Eibhís; O'Toole, Paul W. (American Chemical Society, 2019)

  Prebiotics may improve ageing-related dysbiosis. Milk is a source of nutrients including oligosaccharides whose prebiotic potential remains largely unexplored. We used a murine model to explore the effect of milk products ...
• Effect of microwave and thermal co-pyrolysis of low rank coal and pine wood on product distributions and char structure 

  Abdelsayed, Victor; Ellison, Candice; Trubetskaya, Anna; Smith, Mark; Shekhawat, Dushyant (American Chemical Society, 2019)

  Direct conversion of a low-rank coal into valuable chemicals or improving its char’s coking value became very demanding goals in coal utilization strategies. In this work, the co-pyrolysis of a low-rank lignite coal and ...
• Cognitive functional therapy compared with a group-based exercise and education intervention for chronic low back pain: a multicentre randomised controlled trial (RCT) 

  O'Keeffe, Mary; O'Sullivan, Peter B.; Purtill, Helen; Bargary, Norma; O'Sullivan, Kieran (BMJ Publishing Group, 2019)

  Background: One-size-fits-all interventions reduce chronic low back pain (CLBP) a small amount. An individualised intervention called cognitive functional therapy (CFT) was superior for CLBP compared with manual therapy ...
• Neuroprotective effects of minocycline on focal cerebral ischemia injury: a systematic review 

  Naderi, Yazdan; Panahi, Yunes; Barreto, George E.; Sahebkar, Amirhosein (Medknow Publications, 2019)

  To review the neuroprotective effects of minocycline in focal cerebral ischemia in animal models. By searching in the databases of PubMed, ScienceDirect, and Scopus, and considering the inclusion and exclusion criteria of ...
• Future e-waste scenarios 

  Parajuly, Keshaw; Kuehr, Ruediger; Awasthi, Abhishek Kumar; Fitzpatrick, Colin; Lepawsky, Josh; Smith, Elisabeth; Widmer, Rolf; Zeng, Xianlai (2019)

  This paper is published by the StEP Initiative, UNU ViE-SCYCLE, and UNEP IETC. THE STEP INITIATIVE The Solving the E-waste Problem (StEP) Initiative is a network of e-waste experts and a multi-stakeholder platform for ...
• Irish construction cross border trade and Brexit: Practitioner perceptions on the periphery of Europe 

  Brooks, Tara; Scott, Lloyd; Spillane, John P; Hayward, Katy (Taylor & Francis, 2019)

  The United Kingdom (UK) Brexit vote of June 2016 has created unprecedented uncertainty in the construction industry in Ireland but little research to date has been undertaken on existing construction trading patterns and ...
• Detecting nutrient deficiency in spruce forests using multispectral satellite imagery 

  Walshe, Dylan; McInerney, Daniel; Van De Kerchove, Ruben; Goyens, Clémence; Balaji, Preethi; Byrne, Kenneth A. (Elsevier, 2020)

  Nutrient deficiency in forest stands has a negative impact on timber production. Although there are numerous studies investigating nutrient deficiency in forests using remote sensing, research has usually focused on ...
• Re-submission 

  Zucco, Giovanni; Weaver, Paul M (2019-11-15)
• Equine rhinitis a virus infection in thoroughbred racehorses—A putative role in poor performance? 

  Back, Helena; Weld, John; Walsh, Cathal Dominic (MDPI, 2019)

  The aim of this study was to identify respiratory viruses circulating amongst elite racehorses in a training yard by serological testing of serial samples and to determine their impact on health status and ability to race. ...
• Benchmark selectivity p-xylene separation by a non-porous molecular solid through liquid or vapor extraction† 

  Sun, Na; Wang, Shi-Qiang; Zou, Ruqiang; Cui, Wen-Gang; Zhang, Anqi; Zhang, Tianzhen; Li, Qi; Zhuang, Zhan-Zhong; Zhang, Ying-Hui; Xu, Jialiang; Zaworotko, Michael J.; Bu, Xian-He (The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2019)

  Solid–liquid separation of similarly sized organic molecules utilizing sorbents offers the potential for new energy-efficient approaches to a number of important industrial separations such as xylenes (C8) separations. ...
• Resilience for stochastic systems interacting via a quasi-degenerate network 

  Nicoletti, Sara; Fanelli, Duccio; Zagli, Niccolò; Asllani, Malbor; Battistelli, Giorgio; Carletti, Timoteo; Chisci, Luigi; Innocenti, Giacomo; Livi, Roberto (AIP Publishing, 2019)

  A stochastic reaction-diffusion model is studied on a networked support. In each patch of the network, two species are assumed to interact following a non-normal reaction scheme. When the interaction unit is replicated ...
• Nanomedicine against Aβ aggregation by β–sheet breaker peptide delivery:In vitro evidence 

  Pederzoli, Francesca; Ruozi, Barbara; Duskey, Jason; Hagmeyer, Simone; Sauer, Ann Katrin; Grabrucker, Stefanie; Coelho, Romina; Oddone, Natalia; Ottonelli, Ilaria; Daini, Eleonora; Zoli, Michele; Vandelli, Maria Angela; Tosi, Giovanni; Grabrucker, Andreas M. (MDPI, 2019)

  The accumulation of amyloid β (Aβ) triggers a cascade of toxic events in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The KLVFF peptide can interfere with Aβ aggregation. However, the peptide suffers from poor bioavailability and the inability ...
• Multiple controlled antirandom testing (MCAT) for high fault coverage in a black box environment 

  Alamgir, Arbab; Bin A'ain, Abu Khari; Sheikh, Usman Ullah; Paraman, Norlina; Mokji, Musa Mohd; Grout, Ian (IEEE, 2019)

  Among the black-box approaches to digital circuit testing, Random testing is popular due to its simplicity and cost effectiveness. Unfortunately, available evidences suggest that Random testing is equipped with a number ...
• Exploratory analysis of covariation of microbiota-derived vitamin K and cognition in older adults 

  McCann, Angela; Jeffery, Ian B; Ouliass, Bouchra; Ferland, Guylaine; Fu, Xueyen; Booth, Sarah L; Tran, Tam T.T.; O’Toole, Paul W; O'Connor, Eibhlís M. (Oxford University Press, 2019)

  ackground: Vitamin K has multiple important physiological roles, including blood coagulation and beneficial effects on myelin integrity in the brain. Some intestinal microbes possess the genes to produce vitamin K in the ...

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