• Spatio-temporal models of bovine tuberculosis in the Irish cattle population, 2012-2019 

  Madden, Jamie M.; McGrath, Guy; Sweeney, James; Murray, Gerard; Tratalos, Jamie A.; More, Simon J. (Elsevier, 2021)

  Introduction: Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is an important zoonotic disease which has serious and sometimes fatal effects on both human and non-human animals. In many countries it is endemic in the cattle population and has ...
• Paradoxical predictions of swirling jets 

  Dubovskaya, A.V.; Benilov, Eugene (Cambridge University Press, 2021)

  This paper examines the shape of a steady jet with a swirling component, ejected from a circular orifice at an angle to the horizontal. Assuming the Froude number to be large, we derive a set of asymptotic equations for ...
• Estimating the conditional probability of developing human papilloma virus related oropharyngeal cancer by combining machine learning and inverse bayesian modelling 

  Tewari, Prerna; Kashdan, Eugene; Walsh, Cathal Dominic; Martin, Cara M.; Parnell, Andrew C.; O'Leary, John J. (Public Library of Science, 2021)

  The epidemic increase in the incidence of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) related Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinomas (OPSCCs) in several countries worldwide represents a significant public health concern. Although gender ...
• Epidemiology of shoulder injuries in schoolboy rugby union in Ireland 

  Leahy, Therese M.; Kenny, Ian C.; Campbell, Mark J.; Warrington, Giles D.; Cahalan, Róisin Máire; Harrison, Andrew J.; Lyons, Mark; Glynn, Liam G.; O'Sullivan, Kieran; Purtill, Helen; Comyns, Thomas M. (SAGE, 2021)

  Background: The shoulder has been reported as a frequent location of injury in adult professional and amateur rugby, with match injury incidence rates ranging from 1.8 to 3 per 1000 player-hours (h). An increased understanding ...
• The dynamics of liquid films, as described by the diffuse-interface model 

  Benilov, Eugene (American Institute of Physics, 2020)

  The dynamics of a thin layer of liquid between a flat solid substrate and an infinitely thick layer of saturated vapor is examined. The liquid and vapor are two phases of the same fluid governed by the diffuse-interface ...
• Impact of a national professional development programme for out-of-field teachers of mathematics in Ireland 

  Goos, Merrilyn; Ní Ríordáin, Máire; Faulkner, Fiona; Lane, Ciara (Routledge Taylor & Francis, 2021)

  Out-of-field teaching refers to the practice of assigning teachers to teach subjects that do not match their training or education. This paper reports on a study evaluating the impact of a national professional development ...
• Pointwise-in-time a posteriori error control for time-fractional parabolic equations 

  Kopteva, Natalia (Elsevier, 2021)

  For time-fractional parabolic equations with a Caputo time derivative of order α ∈ (0, 1), we give pointwise-in-time a posteriori error bounds in the spatial L2 and L∞ norms. Hence, an adaptive mesh construction algorithm ...
• Hierarchical route to the emergence of leader nodes in real-world networks 

  O'Brien, Joseph D.; Oliveira, Kleber A.; Gleeson, James P.; Asllani, Malbor (American Physical Society, 2021)

  A large number of complex systems, naturally emerging in various domains, are well described by directed networks, resulting in numerous interesting features that are absent from their undirected counterparts. Among these ...
• COVID-19 vaccine acceptability and its determinants in Mozambique: an online survey 

  Dula, Janeth; Mulhanga, Alexandre; Nhanombe, Armindo; Cumbi, Laurentino; Júnior, António; Gwatsvaira, Joe; Nelson Siewe Fodjo, Joseph; de Moura Villela, Edlaine Faria; Chicumbe, Sérgio; Colebunders, Robert (MDPI, 2021)

  A high worldwide SARS-CoV-2 vaccine coverage must be attained to stop the COVID-19 pandemic. In this study, we assessed the level of willingness of Mozambicans to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Data were collected between ...
• A study of academic achievement in mathematics after the transition from primary to secondary education 

  Ryan, Veronica; Fitzmaurice, Olivia; O'Donoghue, John (Springernature, 2021)

  A successful transition from primary to secondary school is central to student confidence and the sustainment of student interest and passion for learning. The literature indicates that difficult transitions can result in ...
• Feature extraction by grammatical evolution for one‑class time series classifcation 

  Mauceri, Stefano; Sweeney, James; Nicolau, Miguel; McDermott, James (Springer, 2021)

  When dealing with a new time series classifcation problem, modellers do not know in advance which features could enable the best classifcation performance. We propose an evolutionary algorithm based on grammatical ...
• Evaluation of the risk factors for venous thromboembolism post splenectomy – A ten year retrospective cohort study in St James’s hospital 

  Abduljalil, Manal; Saunders, Jean; Doherty, Dearbhla; Dicks, Marthinus; Maher, Catherine; Mehigan, Brian; Flavin, Richard; Flynn, Catherine M. (Elsevier, 2021)

  ackground: Splenectomy is a surgical intervention for a variety of indications; benign and malignant. Compli cations of this procedure include Venous thromboembolism (VTE) and infection. The incidence of VTE post surgery ...
• Estimation of the serial interval and proportion of pre-symptomatic transmission events of COVID− 19 in Ireland using contact tracing data 

  McAloon, Conor G.; Wall, Patrick; Griffin, John; Casey, Miriam; Barber, Ann; Codd, Mary; Gormley, Eamonn; Butler, Francis; McV Messam, Locksley L; Walsh, Cathal Dominic; Teljeur, Conor; Smyth, Breda; Nolan, Philip; Green, Martin J.; O'Grady, Luke; Culhane, Kieran; Buckley, Claire; Carroll, Ciara; Doyle, Sarah; Martin, Jennifer; More, Simon J. (BMC, 2021)

  Background: The serial interval is the period of time between the onset of symptoms in an infector and an infectee and is an important parameter which can impact on the estimation of the reproduction number. Whilst several ...
• A cohort study to investigate sex‑specific differences in ANCA‑associated glomerulonephritis outcomes 

  Scott, Jennifer; Canepa, Carolina; Buettner, Antonia; Ryan, Louise; Moloney, Bróna; Cormican, Sarah; Walsh, Cathal Dominic; White, Arthur; Salama, Alan D.; Little, Mark A. (Nature, 2021)

  Data surrounding sex-specific differences in ANCA-associated vasculitis glomerulonephritis (ANCA-GN) outcomes is sparse. We hypothesised that the previously observed increased risk of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) in ...
• Serotonin levels in the serum of persons with onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy: A case-control study 

  Vieri, Melissa Krizia; Hotterbeekx, An; Mandro, Michel; Fodjo, Joseph Nelson Siewe; Dusabimana, Alfred; Nyisi, Francoise; Mukendi, Deby; Gwatsvaira, Joe; Kumar-Singh, Samir; Colebunders, Robert (MDPI, 2021)

  Onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy (OAE) is a devastating childhood disorder occurring in areas with high Onchocerca volvulus transmission. Despite epidemiological evidence showing the association between O. volvulus and ...
• Review of Principles of Glacier Mechanics 

  Fowler, Andrew C. (2020)

  The first edition of Roger Hooke's book on glacier mechanics, published over 20 years ago, and resident in one of my offices, was a relatively slim volume. In this, its third edition, it has doubled in length and will sit ...
• A validated asymptotic thermomechanical model for air-gap formation in tapered moulds in the continuous casting of steel 

  Devine, M.; Vynnycky, Michael; Mitchell, Sarah L.; O'Brien, Stephen B.G. (Institute of Mathematics and its Applications: Oxford University Press, 2021)

  A recent asymptotics-based thermomechanical model is adapted and applied to the mould region in the continuous casting of round steel billets, with a view to describing the complex interplay between airgap formation, mould ...
• Sulfate fertilization supports growth of ryegrass in soil columns but changes microbial community structures and reduces abundances of nematodes and arbuscular mycorrhiza 

  Ikoyi, Israel; Fowler, Andrew C.; Storey, Sean; Schmalenberger, Achim (Elsevier, 2020)

  The increased use of sulfate fertilizers to compensate for soil sulphur (S) limitation in agricultural soils may affect soil microbes and micro-fauna involved in S mobilization. Here, columns with podzolic soil material ...
• One-time phosphate fertilizer application to grassland columns modifies the soil microbiota and limits its role in ecosystem services 

  Ikoyi, Israel; Fowler, Andrew C.; Schmalenberger, Achim (Elsevier, 2018)

  This study evaluated the effect of one-time phosphate fertilization on the soil microbiota, its cycling of phosphorus (P) and grass growth. Soil columns were established in a greenhouse using a P-limited Irish soil (index ...
• Retrospective comparison of laboratory based versus point-of-care haemoglobin A1c testing 

  Zia, M.; Ijaz, A.; Blake, O.; Saunders, Jean; Neylon, Orla; O'Gorman, Clodagh S. (Springer, 2021)

  The aim of this study was to look at the precision and accuracy of Point of Care glycosylated haemoglobin (POC-HbA1c) compared with laboratory-measured HbA1c (Lab-HbA1c). Methods Retrospective analysis of the charts of ...

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