• Bayesian approach to disease model calibration 

  Semochkina, Daria A. (University of Limerick, 2018)

  This thesis is concerned with the calibration of disease models in order to inform decisions about public health problems. These models are used to make predictions about the likely outcomes of disease spread (e.g. ...
• Making the transition: a student‘s mathematical journey from primary to post-primary school in Ireland 

  Ryan, Veronica (University of Limerick, 2018)

  This research study investigated student performance in mathematics during the transition from primary to post-primary school. Academic achievement in mathematics was measured using a standardised test at the end of sixth ...
• Mathematical modelling of nanofluid-based direct absorption solar collectors 

  O'Keeffe, Gary J. (University of Limerick, 2018)

  Solar-thermal collectors capture solar energy and convert it into heat energy. Several types of solar-thermal collectors have been used to harness solar radiation in both residential, electricity generation, and industrial ...
• The use of single armed observational data to closing the gap in otherwise disconnected evidence networks: a network meta-analysis in multiple myeloma 

  Schmitz, Susanne; Maguire, Áine; Morris, James; Ruggeri, Kai; Haller, Elisa; Kuhn, Isla; Leahy, Joy; Homer, Natalia; Khan, Ayesha; Bowden, Jack; Buchanan, Vanessa; O’Dwyer, Michael; Cook, Gordon; Walsh, Cathal (BioMed Central, 2018)

  Background: Network meta-analysis (NMA) allows for the estimation of comparative effectiveness of treatments that have not been studied in head-to-head trials; however, relative treatment effects for all interventions can ...
• The use of single armed observational data to closing the gap in otherwise disconnected evidence networks: a network meta-analysis in multiple myeloma 

  Schmitz, Susanne; Maguire, Áine; Morris, James; Ruggeri, Kai; Haller, Elisa; Kuhn, Isla; Leahy, Joy; Homer, Natalia; Khan, Ayesha; Bowden, Jack; Buchanan, Vanessa; O'Dwyer, Michael; Cook, Gordon; Walsh, Cathal Dominic (BioMed Central, 2018)

  Background: Network meta-analysis (NMA) allows for the estimation of comparative effectiveness of treatments that have not been studied in head-to-head trials; however, relative treatment effects for all interventions can ...
• Non-PH parametric survival modelling 

  MacKenzie, Gilbert; Al-tawarah, Yasin; Blagojevic, Milisa; Burke, Kevin (IWSM, 2018)

  Non-PH parametric survival modelling is developed within the frame- work of the multiple logistic function. The family considered comprises three basic models: (a) a PH model, (b) an accelerated life model and (c) a model ...
• The Weibull MPR model for interval censored survival data 

  Peng, Defen; Burke, Kevin; MacKenzie, Gilbert (IWSM, 2018)

  The Weibull multi-parameter regression (MPR) model with frailty is developed for interval censored survival data. The basic MPR model which is wholly parametric with non-proportional hazards was developed by Burke ...
• Modelling drug release from polymer-free coronary stents with microporous surfaces 

  Vo, Tuoi T.N.; Morgan, Sarah; McCormick, Christopher; McGinty, Sean; McKee, Sean; Meere, Martin (Elsevier, 2018)

  Traditional coronary drug-eluting stents (DES) are made from metal and are coated with a permanent polymer film containing an anti-proliferative drug. Subsequent to stent deployment in a diseased coronary artery, the drug ...
• A double-blind, randomised trial of a polyphenolic-rich nail bed balm for chemotherapy-induced onycholysis: the UK polybalm study 

  Thomas, Robert; Williams, Madeleine; Cauchi, Michael; Berkovitz, Saul; Smith, Sarah A. (Springer, 2018)

  Purpose Nail damage is common amongst patients receiving chemotherapy causing disfigurement and pain. This investigation evaluated whether a topical balm containing steam-extracted, bioactive polyphenolic-rich herbal oils ...
• A practical formula of solutions for a family of linear non-autonomous fractional nabla difference equations 

  Dassios, Ioannis K. (Elsevier, 2018)

  In this article, we focus on a generalized problem of linear non-autonomous fractional nabla difference equations. Firstly, we define the equations and describe how this family of problems covers other linear fractional ...
• Multifocal equine influenza outbreak with vaccination breakdown in thoroughbred racehorses 

  Gildea, Sarah; Garvey, Marie; Lyons, Pamela; Lyons, Rachel; Gahan, Jacinta; Walsh, Cathal Dominic; Cullinane, Ann (MDPI, 2018)

  Equine influenza (EI) outbreaks occurred on 19 premises in Ireland during 2014. Disease affected thoroughbred (TB) and non-TB horses/ponies on a variety of premises including four racing yards. Initial clinical signs ...
• Sparse power-law network model for reliable statistical predictions based on sampled data 

  Kartun-Giles, Alexander P.; Krioukov, Dmitri; Gleeson, James P.; Moreno, Yamir; Bianconi, Ginestra (MDPI, 2018)

  A projective network model is a model that enables predictions to be made based on a subsample of the network data, with the predictions remaining unchanged if a larger sample is taken into consideration. An exchangeable ...
• Can large oceanic vortices be stable? 

  Benilov, Eugene (American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2018)

  Observations show that radii of oceanic eddies often exceed the Rossby radius of deformation, whereas theoretical studies suggest that such vortices should be unstable. The present paper resolves this paradox by presenting ...
• Detecting heart rate while jogging: blind source separation of gait and heartbeat 

  Vo, Tuoi T.N.; McGuinness, Mark; Hegarty, Alan F.; O'Brien, Stephen B.G.; O'Sullivan, Kevin; Healy, Sandra (Springer, 2016)

  A blind source signal separation problem that was brought to a Study Group in Limerick in 2013 required a way to prevent the gait of a jogger from masking the heartbeat, when detected by a simple photodiode that measures ...
• Heat and mass transfer in dispersed two-phase flows 

  Moroney, Kevin M. (Univeristy of Limerick, 2016)

  Industrial and manufacturing processes are an abundant source of rich and complex problems amenable to investigation with mathematical logic and techniques. Once a problem is identi ed and the right questions are ...
• Production of nitrate spikes in a model of ammonium biodegradation 

  Moyles, Iain R.; Fowler, Andrew C. (Springer, 2018)

  Nitrification at the site of a contaminant ammonium plume from a former coal carbonisation plant can be modelled with three competing bacterial populations of Nitrosomonas, Nitrobacter, and Brocadia anammoxidans. Oscillations ...
• Mathematical modeling of complex contagion on clustered networks 

  O'Sullivan, David J.P.; O'Keeffe, Gary J.; Fennell, Peter G.; Gleeson, James P. (Frontiers Media, 2015)

  The spreading of behavior, such as the adoption of a new innovation, is influenced by the structure of social networks that interconnect the population. In the experiments of Centola [15], adoption of new behavior was shown ...
• Dynamics of behaviour and information diffusion on complex networks: analytical and empirical perspectives 

  O'Sullivan, David J.P. (University of Limerick, 2017)

  Networks are ubiquitous in the world around us. Any system of interacting objects can be conveniently represented as a network, allowing for mathematical interrogation of its properties. These systems range from news ...
• The complex system of problem solving - providing the conditions to develop proficiency 

  Guerin, Aoife (University of Limerick, 2017)

  Problem solving in mathematics has been a central topic of research in mathematics education, stemming mainly from Pólya’s (1945) work on problem solving heuristics (Lesh and Zawojewski, 2007). Despite the attention this ...
• Explicitly solvable nonlocal eigenvalue problems and the stability of localized stripes in reaction-diffusion systems 

  Moyles, Iain R.; Tse, W.H.; Ward, M.J. (Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2016)

  The transverse stability of localized stripe patterns for certain singularly perturbed two-component reaction-diffusion (RD) systems in the asymptotic limit of a large diffusivity ratio is analyzed. In this semi-strong ...

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