This thesis presents the analysis and design of dynamic element matching (DEM) decoders targeted at both discrete and continuous time oversampling delta sigma data converters. Discrete time delta sigma data converters ...

Cardiovascular diseases has become the major cause of death globally. Inflammation and platelet aggregation play crucial role in the development and progression of atherosclerosis and CVD. prevent inflammation, atherosclerosis, ...

The heat-treatment of whey proteins in conjunction with enzymatic hydrolysis has potential in the development of new, or modification of existing, processes for technoand bio-functional whey protein ingredient production. ...

The beneficial effects of food-derived antioxidant (AO) in health promotion and disease prevention are being increasingly recognised. Recently there has been a particular focus on milk-derived peptides as a source of AOs, ...

Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) is widespread among the human population. HSV infection can have subtle symptoms and often go undiagnosed. There are two types of HSV infections. HSV type 1 (HSV-1) is associated with orofacial ...

The work carried out throughout this project has helped to further advance the area of biomass pyrolysis for the production of bio-oil. During the early stage of the project, the focus was on investigating the effect of ...

With cardiovascular pathologies continuing to prevail, effective arterial replacements for the minimally invasive treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) through endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) are still an ...

Since the abolition of EU Milk quotas in April 2015, milk production in Ireland has grown by 60% more than anticipated. Dairy processing requires a significant hydraulic demand, with approximately 2.5 m3 of water required ...