• Monitoring type 2 diabetes from volatile faecal metabolome in cushing’s syndrome and single Afmid mouse models via a longitudinal study 

  Lourenço, Célia; Kelly, Darren; Cantillon, Jack; Cauchi, Michael; Yon, Marianne A.; Bentley, Liz; Cox, Roger D.; Turner, Claire (Nature Research, 2019)

  The analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) as a non-invasive method for disease monitoring, such as type 2 diabetes (T2D) has shown potential over the years although not yet set in clinical practice. Longitudinal ...
• Lipotoxicity, neuroinflammation, glial cells and oestrogenic compounds 

  Hidalgo-Lanussa Oscar; Baez-Jurado Eliana; Echeverria Valentina; Ashraf Ghulam; Sahebkar, Amirhossein; Garcia-Segura Luis Miguel; Melcangi, Roberto C.; Barreto, George E. (Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2019)

  The high concentrations of free fatty acids as a consequence of obesity and overweight have become risk factors for the development of different diseases including neurodegenerative ailments. Free fatty acids (FAs) are ...
• Biphasic composite of calcium phosphate-based mesoporous silica as a novel bone drug delivery system 

  Prokopowicz, Magdalena; Szewczyk, Adrian; Skwira, Adrianna; Sądej, Rafał; Walker, Gavin M. (Springer Verlag, 2019)

  We reported the new biphasic composites of calcium phosphate and mesoporous silica material (CaP@MSi) in the form of powders and pellets as a potential bone drug delivery system for doxycycline hydrochloride (DOX). The ...
• Phase-mismatch dependence of the four-wave mixing effect in semiconductor optical amplifiers 

  Kharraz, O.M.; Connelly, Michael J.; Supa'at, A.S.M.; Abas, A.F.; Alresheedi, M.T.; Mahdi, M.A. (Optical Society of America, 2020)

  The phase-mismatch effect due to polarization-dependent mode confinement factor has been shown to be not a crucial problem in semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) and is usually not accounted for. The phase-mismatch ...
• Embedding optimization with deterministic discrete event simulation for assignment of cross-trained operators: an assembly line case study 

  Dagkakis, Georgios; Rotondo, Anna; Heavey, Cathal (Elsevier, 2019)

  In manufacturing systems where productivity is constrained by operatorsâ availability, cross-training strategies can be used to enable dynamic assignment of operators to workstations. However, finding an assignment ...
• The presence of helical flow can suppress areas of disturbed shear in parameterised models of an arteriovenous fistula 

  Cunnane, Connor V.; Cunnane, Eoghan M.; Moran, Daniel T.; Walsh, Michael T. (Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2019)

  Areas of disturbed shear that develop following arteriovenous fistula (AVF) creation are believed to trigger the onset of intimal hyperplasia (IH), leading to AVF dysfunction. The presence of helical flow can suppress the ...
• Enhanced reactivity of water clusters towards oxidation in water/acetonitrile mixtures 

  Hidalgo-Acosta, Jonnathan C.; Scanlon, Micheál D.; Méndez, Manuel A.; Peljo, Pekka; Opallo, Marcin; Girault, Hubert H.; Girault, Hubert H. (Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2016)

  The water oxidation process in acidified water/acetonitrile mixtures was studied by cyclic voltammetry using fluorinated tin oxide (FTO) electrodes modified layer-by-layer with deposited bilayers of positively charged ...
• Photoproduction of hydrogen by decamethylruthenocene combined with electrochemical recycling 

  Rivier, Lucie; Peljo, Pekka; Vannay, Laurent A.C.; Gschwend, Grégoire C.; Méndez, Manuel A.; Corminboeuf, Clémence; Scanlon, Micheál D.; Girault, Hubert H. (Wiley, 2017)

  The photo-induced hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) by decamethylruthenocene, Cp2*Ru(II), is reported. The use of a metallocene to photo-produce hydrogen is presented as an alternative strategy to reduce protons without ...
• On the non-ideal behaviour of polarised liquid-liquid interfaces 

  Suárez-Herrera, Marco; Scanlon, Micheál D. (Elsevier, 2019)

  Interpretation of electrochemical data generated at the interface between two immiscible electrolyte solutions (ITIES), and realisation of the ITIES for technological applications, requires comprehensive knowledge of the ...
• Closed bipolar electrochemistry in a four-electrode configuration 

  Gamero-Quijano, Alonso; Molina-Osorio, Andrés; Peljo, Pekka; Scanlon, Micheál D. (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2019)

  Closed bipolar electrochemistry in a 4-electrode configuration is a highly versatile, but under-utilized, technique with major potential to emerge as a powerful methodology impacting areas as diverse as spectro-electroanalysis, ...
• Mechanistic study of the photo-generation of hydrogen by decamethylruthenocene 

  Rivier, Lucie; Peljo, Pekka; Maye, Sunny; Méndez, Manuel A.; Vrubel, Heron; Vannay, Laurent A.C.; Corminboeuf, Clémence; Scanlon, Micheál D.; Girault, Hubert H. (Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2019)

  Detailed studies on hydrogen evolution by decamethylruthenocene ([Cp*2RuII]) highlighted that metallocenes are capable of photoreducing hydrogen without the need for an additional sensitizer. Electrochemical, gas ...
• Aqueous surface chemistry of gold mesh electrodes in a closed bipolar electrochemical cell 

  Gamero-Quijano, Alonso; Herzog, Grégoire; Scanlon, Micheál D. (Elsevier, 2020)

  The influence of the bipolar electrode on the voltammetry observed with a closed bipolar electrochemical cell (CBPEC) goes far beyond simply conducting electrons between the two electrolyte solutions. The surface of each ...
• Linear heterostructured Ni2Si/Si nanowires with abrupt interfaces synthesised in solution 

  Sheehan, Martin; Ramasse, Quentin M.; Geaney, Hugh; Ryan, Kevin M. (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2018)

  Herein, we report a novel approach to form axial heterostructure nanowires composed of linearly distinct Ni silicide (Ni2Si) and Si segments via a one-pot solution synthesis method. Initially, Si nanowires are grown using ...
• Highlighting the importance of full-cell testing for high performance anode materials comprising Li alloying nanowires 

  Geaney, Hugh; Bree, Gerard; Stokes, Killian; McCarthy, Kieran; Kennedy, Tadhg; Ryan, Kevin M. (Electrochemical Society, 2019)

  Herein, the electrochemical performance of directly grown Ge nanowire anodes in full-cell Li-ion configurations (using lithium cobalt oxide cathodes) are examined. The impacts of voltage window, anode/cathode balancing and ...
• The effect of wood composition and supercritical CO2 extraction on charcoal production in ferroalloy industries 

  Surup, Gerrit Ralf; Hunt, Andrew J.; Attard, Thomas; Budarin, Vitaliy L.; Forsberg, Fredrik; Arshadi, Mehrdad; Abdelsayed, Victor; Shekhawat, Dushyant; Trubetskaya, Anna (Elsevier, 2020)

  This work demonstrates that the integration of supercritical carbon dioxide extraction with slow pyrolysis is an effective method for the production of value-added chemicals and charcoal that is an attractive alternative ...
• Design teams management of conflict in reaching consensus 

  Kiernan, Louise; Ledwith, Ann; Lynch, Raymond (Emerald, 2020)

  Purpose - The purpose of this article is to explore the conversation activities of design teams to negotiate task conflict and reach consensus. Design/methodology/approach - Four case studies were conducted to analyse ...
• Assessment of the microstructural characteristics and the in vitro bioactive properties of sunflower oil-based emulsions stabilized by fava bean (vicia faba) protein 

  Felix, Manuel; Cermeño Aínsa, María M.; Fitzgerald, Richard J. (Elsevier, 2019)

  Much interest is currently focused on plants such as legumes as an alternative source of protein for human nutrition. In this work a Vicia faba (fava bean, FB) protein concentrate was characterised for its ability to ...
• Dual-wavelength mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser based on tin disulfide thin film as saturable absorber 

  Li, Shi; Yin, Yu; Ran, Guicang; Ouyang, Qiuyun; Chen, Yujin; Tokurakawa, Masaki; Lewis, Elfed; Wadi Harun, Sulaiman; Wang, Pengfei (AIP Publishing, 2019)

  The use of tin disulfide (SnS 2) as a candidate material for saturable absorption in nonlinear optical devices is investigated in this article. A dual-wavelength soliton mode-locked fiber laser is demonstrated using a ...
• Numerical and experimental procedure for material calibration using the serial/parallel mixing theory, to analyze different composite failure modes 

  Granados, Joel Jurado; Martinez, Xavier; Nash, Niamh; Bachour, Carlos; Manolakis, Ioannis; Comer, Anthony; Di Capua, Daniel (Taylor & Francis, 2019)

  This work proposes a calibration procedure to obtain the material parameters required by the Serial/Parallel Mixing Theory for the analysis of composites. A set of experimental tests are defined to obtain the main composite ...
• A cell-based evaluation of a non-essential amino acid formulation as a non-bioactive control for activation and stimulation of muscle protein synthesis using ex vivo human serum 

  Patel, Bijal; Pauk, Martina; Amigo-Benavent, Miryam; Nongonierma, Alice B.; Fitzgerald, Richard J.; Jakeman, Philip M.; Carson, Brian P. (Public Library of Science, 2019)

  The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of treating skeletal muscle cells with media conditioned by postprandial ex vivo human serum fed with either isonitrogenous Non-Essential Amino Acid (NEAA) or a whey ...

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