• Application of the discrete-time structured singular value for DC-DC converters 

  Halton, Mark; Scharrer, Martin; Scanlan, Tony (IET Institute of Engineering and Technology, 2008)

  This paper considers the application of the discrete-time structured singular value to assess the robustness of systems subject to real parametric uncertainties. Since the associated uncertainty set is strictly real, ...
• Solution synthesis of lead seeded germanium nanowires and branched nanowire networks and their application as Li-ion battery anodes 

  Flynn, Grace; Palaniappan, Kumaranand; Sheehan, Martin; Kennedy, Tadhg; Ryan, Kevin M (IOP Publishing, 2017)

  Herein, we report the high density growth of lead seeded germanium nanowires (NWs) and their development into branched nanowire networks suitable for application as lithium ion battery anodes. The synthesis of the NWs from ...
• Low cost portable 3-D printed optical fiber sensor for real-time monitoring of lower back bending 

  Kam, Wern; O'Sullivan, Kieran; O'Keeffe, Mary; O'Keeffe, Sinead; Waleed, Mohammed S; Lewis, Elfed (Elsevier, 2017)

  A mechanically robust and compact novel optical fiber sensor system is described to monitor the bending of the lower back bone in both sagittal and frontal planes. Both bending modes are monitored through the change of the ...
• CAALYX: a new generation of location-based services in healthcare 

  Kamel Boulos, Maged N; Rocha, Artur; Martins, Angelo; Escriche Vicent, Manuel; Bolz, Armin; Feld, Robert; Tchoudovski, Igor; Braecklein, Martin; Nelson, John; Ó Laighin, Gearóid; Sdogati, Claudio; Cesaroni, Francesca; Antomarini, Marco; Jobes, Angela; Kinirons, Mark (BioMed Central, 2007)

  Recent advances in mobile positioning systems and telecommunications are providing the technology needed for the development of location-aware tele-care applications. This paper introduces CAALYX – Complete Ambient Assisted ...
• Time-resolved generation of membrane potential by ba3 cytochrome c oxidase from Thermus thermophilus coupled to single electron injection into the O and OH states 

  Siletsky, Sergey A; Belevich, Ilya; Belevich, Nikolay p; Soulimane, Tewfik; Wikström, Mårten (Elsevier, 2017)

  Two electrogenic phases with characteristic times of ~ 14 μs and ~ 290 μs are resolved in the kinetics of membrane potential generation coupled to single-electron reduction of the oxidized “relaxed” O state of ba3 oxidase ...
• Modelling and understanding powder flow properties and compactability of selected active pharmaceutical ingredients, excipients and physical mixtures from critical material properties 

  Worku, Zelalem Ayenew; Kumar, Dinesh; Gomes, João Victor; He, Yunliang; Glennon, Brian; Ramisetty, Kiran A; Rasmuson, Åke C; O'Connell, Peter; Gallagher, Kieran H; Woods, Trevor; Shastri, Nalini R; Helay, Anne-Marie (Elsevier, 2017)

  The development of solid dosage forms and manufacturing processes are governed by complex physical properties of the powder and the type of pharmaceutical unit operation the manufacturing processes employs. Suitable ...
• On the advection of tracer by eddies on the beta-plane: A numerical study 

  Benilov, Eugene (European Geosciences Union (EGU) International, 1999)

  The evolution of tracer "injected" into an equivalent barotropic eddy on the beta-plane is examined numerically. The eddy is governed by the standard quasigeostrophic equation, and the concentration of tracer is governed ...
• Preparation and characterization of amorphous ciprofloxacin-amino acid salts 

  Mesallati, Hanah; Conroy, Daryl; Hudson, Sarah; Tajber, Lidia (Elsevier, 2017)

  The amorphization of the poorly soluble drug ciprofloxacin (CIP) may be facilitated by the use of a suitable stabilizer. In this study seven amino acids, with various side chain properties, were evaluated in this ...
• Redefining the effect of salt on thermophilic starter cell viability, culturability and metabolic activity in cheese 

  Hickey, Cian D; Fallico, V; Wilkinson, Martin G.; Sheehan, Jeremiah J. (Elsevier, 2017)

  This study investigated the differential effect of salt concentration in the outside and inside layers of brine salted cheeses on viability, culturability and enzyme activity of starter bacteria. The high-salt environment ...
• Electrochemical study of an electron shuttle diheme protein: the cytochrome c550 from T. thermophilus 

  Melin, Frederic; Schoepp-Cothenet, Barbara; Abdulkarim, Saleh; Noor, Mohamed R; Soulimane, Tewfik; Hellwig, Petra (Elsevier, 2017)

  Cytochrome c550 , a diheme protein from the thermophilic bacterium Thermus thermophilus, is involved in an alternative respiration pathway allowing the detoxification of sulfite ions. It transfers the two electrons released ...
• A reduced hardware ISI and mismatch shaping DEM decoder 

  O'Brien, Vincent; Scanlan, Anthony G; Mullane, Brendan (Springer, 2017)

  This paper presents a dynamic element matching (DEM) decoder incorporating both intersymbol interference (ISI) and mismatch error shaping. From the analysis of ISI error in multi-bit DACs, an algorithm is developed ...
• Characterization of zinc amino acid complexes for zinc delivery in vitro using Caco-2 cells and enterocytes from hiPSC 

  Sauer, Ann Katrin; Pfaender, Stefanie; Hagmeyer, Simone; Tarana, Laura; Mattes, Ann-Kathrin; Briel, Franziska; Küry, Sébastien; Boeckers, Tobias M; Grabrucker, Andreas M (Springer, 2017)

  Zn is essential for growth and development. The bioavailability of Zn is affected by several factors such as other food components. It is therefore of interest, to understand uptake mechanisms of Zn delivering compounds ...
• Controlling protein surface orientation by strategic placement of oligo-histidine tags 

  Wasserberg, Dorothee; Cabanas-Danés, Jordi; Prangsma, Jord; O'Mahony, Shane; Cazade, Pierre-Andre; Tromp, Eldrich; Blum, Christian; Thompson, Damien; Huskens, Jurriaan; Subramaniam, Vinod; Jonkheijm, Pascal (American Chemical Society, 2017)

  We report oriented immobilization of proteins using the standard hexahistidine (His6)-Ni2+:NTA (nitrilotriacetic acid) methodology, which we systematically tuned to give control of surface coverage. Fluorescence microscopy ...
• In focus: advances in epoxy chemistry 

  Armstrong, Gordon; Birkett, David (Wiley and Sons for Society of Chemical Industry, 2009)

  Advances in electronics, in energy efficient transport technology and in energy generation from renewable sources require parallel advances in polymer chemistry. A key chemistry in all these areas is that of the epoxy group ...
• Thermal stability of some self-assembling hydrogen-bonded polymers and related model complexes 

  Armstrong, Gordon; Buggy, Martin (John Wiley and Sons for Society of Chemical Industry, 2002)

  The thermal stability of polymers is of fundamental importance both in processing and in many applications, eg, injection moulding, hot melts. As part of an investigation to determine the suitability of supramolecular ...
• Functionalised multi-walled carbon nanotubes for epoxy nanocomposites with improved performance 

  Armstrong, Gordon; Ruether, Manuel; Blighe, Fiona; Blau, Werner (Wiley and Sons Ltd for Society of Chemical Industry, 2009)

  BACKGROUND: Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are fast becoming key components in the production of high-strength composite materials. Two methods to prepare nanocomposites by covalent bonding between an epoxy matrix and functionalised ...
• Computerized cuff pressure algometry as guidance for circumferential tissue compression for wearable soft robotic applications: a systematic review 

  Kermavnar, Tjaša; Power, Valerie; de Eyto, Adam; O'Sullivan, Leonard (Mary Ann Liebert, 2017)

  In this article, we review the literature on quantitative sensory testing of deep somatic pain by means of computerized cuff pressure algometry (CPA) in search of pressure-related safety guidelines for wearable soft exoskeleton ...
• Collective electronic excitations in the ultra violet regime in 2-D and 1-D carbon nanostructures achieved by the addition of foreign atoms 

  Bangert, Ursel; Pierce, W.; Boothroyd, C.; Pan, C.-T.; Gwilliam, R. (Nature Publishing Group, 2016)

  lasmons in the visible/UV energy regime have attracted great attention, especially in nano-materials, with regards to applications in opto-electronics and light harvesting; tailored enhancement of such plasmons is of ...
• Towards an understanding of the propensity for crystalline hydrate formation by molecular compounds 

  Bajpai, Alankriti; Scott, Hayley S.; Pham, Tony; Chen, Kai-Jie; Space, Brian; Lusi, Matteo; Perry, Miranda L.; Zaworotko, Michael J. (International Union of Crystallography, 2016)

  Hydrates are technologically important and ubiquitous yet they remain a poorly understood and understudied class of molecular crystals. In this work, we attempt to rationalize propensity towards hydrate formation through ...
• Current sharing and phase alignment for independent parallel power supplies 

  Effler, Simon; Halton, Mark; Rinne, Karl (PCIM Europe, 2009)

  The trend in next-generation switched-mode power supplies will lead to modular, scalable solutions which can deliver power efficiently over a wide range of operation. Multiple parallel power stages, often called phases ...

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