• Development of a workable radiopaque rare earth doped nitinol 

  Butler, James (University of Limerick, 2011)

  This thesis details the results obtained from an extensive study on the development of a workable radiopaque rare earth doped NiTi alloy through a traditional ingot melting (IM) route and a powder metallurgy (PM) route. ...
• In-situ surface and interface study of atomic oxygen modified carbon containing porous low-κ dielectric films for barrier layer applications 

  Bogan, J.; Lundy, Ross; McCoy, A.P.; O'Connor, R.; Byrne, C.; Walsh, L.; Casey, P.; Hughes, G. (AIP Publishing, 2016)

  The surface treatment of ultralow-k dielectric layers by exposure to atomic oxygen is presented as a potential mechanism to modify the chemical composition of the dielectric surface to facilitate copper diffusion barrier ...
• Interactions between cheese matrix physico-chemistry, microstructure and microbial metabolic activity for cheese diversification and quality 

  Hickey, Cian D. (University of Limerick, 2017)

  This research focuses on exploring the relationships and interactions between cheese manufacture parameters and subsequent variations in cheese chemical composition, starter and non-starter bacteria viability, enzyme ...
• Modelling diffusion from drug eluting stents in compressed arterial tissue 

  Denny, William John (University of Limerick, 2013)

  Coronary artery disease is atherosclerosis of the coronary arteries that results in blockages or narrowing of the arterial wall, is caused by the accumulation of lipid-laden atherosclerotic plaque. Drug eluting stents ...
• Blind source separation of audio streams using wavelets 

  Quinn, Declan (University of Limerick, 2009)

  In this thesis, Blind Source Separation is studied in the context of both instantaneous and convolutive mixtures of musical sources. In order to appreciate how the application of BSS techniques to music may differ from ...
• Using financial event phrases and keywords to classify form 8-K disclosures by likely share price response 

  Slattery, Darina M. (University of Limerick, 2012)

  It is generally agreed that there are three different types of financial information: information in past stock prices, information that is available to all the public, and information that is both available to the public ...
• 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 ...
• Control and monitoring of Listeria monocytogenes with the use of natural antimicrobial techniques including the bacteriocin nisin 

  McManamon, Oisin (University of Limerick, 2016)

  According to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) the agri-food industry contributes €24 billion to the Irish economy. One of DAFM’s chief concerns is the maintenance of Ireland’s reputation for high ...
• Characterisation of the fundamental function(s) of bovine serum albumin in the culture of NS0 cells 

  McNamara, Liam (University of Limerick, 2016)

  The large-scale production of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) is commonly carried out using NS0 cells, which are a cholesterol deficient mouse myeloma cell line. The non-ionic surfactant Pluronic F-68 is routinely ...
• The role of progesterone-induced hyperactivation in the detachment of bull sperm from the oviduct reservoir 

  Cronin, Sinéad (University of Limerick, 2017)

  For optimum fertility, sperm should reside in the bovine female reproductive tract for a number of hours before the onset of ovulation in order to ensure sperm have successfully acquired the ability to fertilise the oocyte. ...
• Dairy processing heat and energy recovery: an analysis of energy usage within the dairy processing sector in Ireland 

  O'Reilly, Alan J. (University of Limerick, 2017)

  The Irish dairy processing sector is one of the largest in Europe with annual production figures in excess of five billion litres. In 2013, the revenue from the dairy sector surpassed €3 Billion for the first time with an ...
• Development of high temperature tensile test machine 

  O'Connor, Gerard (University of Limerick, 2017)

  The tensile test is one of the most commonly used tests in attempting to establish the mechanical properties of a material. This test is completed by holding a speci-men of known cross sectional area rigidly between a fixed ...
• A FPGA test platform for data converters 

  Venkatesh, Karra (University of Limerick, 2017)

  Data converters are used in mixed-signal designs and are important electronic devices with applications in many areas like consumer electronics, communications, computing, control and instrumentation. Design of these data ...
• An open source platform and EDA tool framework to enable scan test power analysis testing 

  Indino, Ivano (University of Limerick, 2017)

  Ivano Indino Scan testing has been the preferred method used for testing large digital integrated circuits for many decades and many electronic design automation (EDA) tools vendors provide support for inserting scan ...
• Development of heterogeneous catalysts for hydrogen production from biomass derived formic acid 

  Zacharska, Monika (University of Limerick, 2017)

  Hydrogen is increasingly used in a variety of applications and holds promise as a replacement for fossil fuels. Biomass derived formic acid represents an excellent renewable material for hydrogen storage. This thesis is ...
• Piezoelectricity in the globular protein lysozyme 

  Stapleton, Aimee (University of Limerick, 2017)

  Piezoelectricity is a particular type of electromechanical coupling in which a mechanical stress induces an electrical polarisation in materials that have a non-centrosymmetric crystal structure. A converse piezoelectric ...
• 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 ...
• Thermal-hydraulic characterisation of obstacles in microchannel flow: the influence of confinement 

  O'Connor, John Patrick (University of Limerick, 2017)

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• Design of high order mismatch and ISI shaping dynamic element matching decoders for delta sigma data converters 

  O'Brien, Vincent (University of Limerick, 2017)

  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 ...
• The development of a representative 2.5 MW class wind turbine class wind turbine fluid-structure interaction model 

  O'Brien, Jeremiah Michael (University of Limerick, 2017)

  The simulation of the complex flow in the wake of a Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine and how it infuences the structural response of the blades is a challenging problem. The difficulty of this problem is further increased ...

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