• On the local solute redistribution equation of macrosegregation, remelting and the formation of channel segregates 

  Vynnycky, Michael (Elsevier, 2022)

  In this paper, we reassess the local solute redistribution equation (LSRE) of macrosegregation which, since it first appeared in 1960s, has served as a cornerstone for understanding the composition variations that occur ...
• FisheyePixPro: self-supervised pretraining using fisheye images for semantic segmentation 

  Cheke, Ramchandra; Sistu, Ganesh; Eising, Ciarán; van de Ven, Pepijn; Kumar, Varun Ravi; Yogamani, Senthil (2022)

  Self-supervised learning has been an active area of research in the past few years. Contrastive learning is a type of self-supervised learning method that has achieved a significant performance improvement on image ...
• A numerical algorithm to computationally solve the hemker problem using shishkin meshes 

  Hegarty, Alan F.; O'Riordan, E. (Elsevier, 2022)

  A numerical algorithm is presented to solve a benchmark problem proposed by Hemker (1996). The algorithm incorporates asymptotic information into the design of appropriate piecewise-uniform Shishkin meshes. Moreover, ...
• Numbers of close contacts of individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 and their association with government intervention strategies 

  McAloon, Conor G.; Wall, Patrick; Butler, Francis; Codd, Mary; Gormley, Eamonn; Walsh, Cathal Dominic; Duggan, Jim; Murphy, Brendan T.; Nolan, Philip; Smyth, Breda; O'Brien, Katie; Teljeur, Conor; Green, Martin J.; O'Grady, Luke; Culhane, Kieran; Buckley, Claire; Carroll, Ciara; Doyle, Sarah; Martin, Jennifer; More, Simon J. (BMC, 2021)

  Background: Contact tracing is conducted with the primary purpose of interrupting transmission from individuals who are likely to be infectious to others. Secondary analyses of data on the numbers of close contacts of ...
• Stability for the Calderon’s problem for a class of anisotropic conductivities via an ad hoc misfit functional 

  Foschiatti, Sonia; Gaburro, Romina; Sincich, Eva (IOP Publishing, 2021)

  We address the stability issue in Calderon’s problem for a special class of anisotropic conductivities of the form σ = γA in a Lipschitz domain Ω ⊂ Rn, n ≥ 3, where A is a known Lipschitz continuous matrix-valued function ...
• Detecting opinion-based groups and polarization in survey-based attitude networks and estimating question relevance 

  Dinkelberg, Alejandro; O'Sullivan, David J.P.; Quayle, Michael; MacCarron, Pádraig (World Scientific Publishing, 2021)

  Networks, representing attitudinal survey data, expose the structure of opinion-based groups. We make use of these network projections to identify the groups reliably through community detection algorithms and to examine ...
• An age-structured SEIR model for COVID-19 incidence in Dublin, Ireland with framework for evaluating health intervention cost 

  Jaouimaa, Fatima-Zahra; Dempsey, Daniel; Van Osch, Suzanne; Kinsella, Stephen; Burke, Kevin; Wyse, Jason; Sweeney, James (Public Library of Science, 2021)

  Strategies adopted globally to mitigate the threat of COVID–19 have primarily involved lock-down measures with substantial economic and social costs with varying degrees of success. Morbidity patterns of COVID–19 variants ...
• Efficacy and safety of electronic cigarettes as a smoking cessation intervention: A systematic review and network meta-analysis 

  Quigley, Joan M.; Walsh, Cathal Dominic; Lee, Caitriona; Long, Jean; Kennelly, Helen; McCarthy, Anne; Kavanagh, Paul (EU European Publishing, 2021)

  Introduction This systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluated the efficacy and safety of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes, ENDS) in helping people who smoke to achieve abstinence compared with ...
• Memory-cognizant generalization to Simon’s random-copying neutral model 

  O'Brien, Joseph D.; Gleeson, James P. (American Physical Society, 2021)

  Simon’s classical random-copying model, introduced in 1955, has garnered much attention for its ability, in spite of an apparent simplicity, to produce characteristics similar to those observed across the spectrum of complex ...
• On determining the critical velocity in the shot sleeve of a high-pressure die casting machine using open source CFD 

  Kohlstädt, Sebastian; Vynnycky, Michael; Goeke, Stephan; Gebauer-Teichmann, Andreas (MDPI, 2021)

  This paper investigates the critical plunger velocity in high-pressure die casting during the slow phase of the piston motion and how it can be determined with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in open source software. ...
• On modelling and data science approaches towards understanding the dynamics of social diffusion and success within complex systems 

  O'Brien, Joseph D. (University of Limerick, 2021)

  Complexity science has proven extremely successful in describing systems from a wide range of domains across the spectrum of society. Generally these understandings arise from considering the interaction of entities ...
• 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 ...

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