• Resilience for stochastic systems interacting via a quasi-degenerate network 

  Nicoletti, Sara; Fanelli, Duccio; Zagli, Niccolò; Asllani, Malbor; Battistelli, Giorgio; Carletti, Timoteo; Chisci, Luigi; Innocenti, Giacomo; Livi, Roberto (AIP Publishing, 2019)

  A stochastic reaction-diffusion model is studied on a networked support. In each patch of the network, two species are assumed to interact following a non-normal reaction scheme. When the interaction unit is replicated ...
• Nanomedicine against Aβ aggregation by β–sheet breaker peptide delivery:In vitro evidence 

  Pederzoli, Francesca; Ruozi, Barbara; Duskey, Jason; Hagmeyer, Simone; Sauer, Ann Katrin; Grabrucker, Stefanie; Coelho, Romina; Oddone, Natalia; Ottonelli, Ilaria; Daini, Eleonora; Zoli, Michele; Vandelli, Maria Angela; Tosi, Giovanni; Grabrucker, Andreas M. (MDPI, 2019)

  The accumulation of amyloid β (Aβ) triggers a cascade of toxic events in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The KLVFF peptide can interfere with Aβ aggregation. However, the peptide suffers from poor bioavailability and the inability ...
• An anatomy of security conversations in stack overflow 

  Lopez, Tamara; Tun, Thein Than; Bandara, Arosha K.; Levine, Mark; Nuseibeh, Bashar; Sharp, Helen (Association for Computing Machinery, 2019)

  As software-intensive digital systems become an integral part of modern life, ensuring that these systems are developed to satisfy security and privacy requirements is an increasingly important societal concern. This ...
• Analytical approach for solving population balances: a homotopy perturbation method 

  Kaur Gurmeet; Singh Randhir; Singh Mehakpreet; Kumar Jitendra; Matsoukas Themis (IOP Publsihing, 2019)

  .In the present work, a new approach is proposed for finding the analytical solution of population balances for aggregation and fragmentation process. This approach is relying on the idea of the homotopy perturbation method ...
• Multiple controlled antirandom testing (MCAT) for high fault coverage in a black box environment 

  Alamgir, Arbab; Bin A'ain, Abu Khari; Sheikh, Usman Ullah; Paraman, Norlina; Mokji, Musa Mohd; Grout, Ian (IEEE, 2019)

  Among the black-box approaches to digital circuit testing, Random testing is popular due to its simplicity and cost effectiveness. Unfortunately, available evidences suggest that Random testing is equipped with a number ...
• Exploratory analysis of covariation of microbiota-derived vitamin K and cognition in older adults 

  McCann, Angela; Jeffery, Ian B; Ouliass, Bouchra; Ferland, Guylaine; Fu, Xueyen; Booth, Sarah L; Tran, Tam T.T.; O’Toole, Paul W; O'Connor, Eibhlís M. (Oxford University Press, 2019)

  ackground: Vitamin K has multiple important physiological roles, including blood coagulation and beneficial effects on myelin integrity in the brain. Some intestinal microbes possess the genes to produce vitamin K in the ...
• Pyrolysis process as a sustainable management option of poultry manure: characterization of the derived biochars and assessment of their nutrient release capacities 

  Hadroug, Samar; Jellali, Salah; Leahy, James J.; Kwapinska, Marzena; Jeguirim, Mejdi; Hamdi, Helmi; Kwapinski, Witold (MDPI, 2019)

  Raw poultry manure (RPM) and its derived biochars at temperatures of 400 (B400) and 600 C (B600) were physico-chemically characterized, and their ability to release nutrients was assessed under static conditions. The ...
• A general theory of glacier surges 

  Benn, D. I.; Fowler, Andrew C.; Hewitt, I.; Sevestre, H. (Cambridge University Press, 2019)

  We present the first general theory of glacier surging that includes both temperate and polythermal glacier surges, based on coupled mass and enthalpy budgets. Enthalpy (in the form of thermal energy and water) is gained ...
• Progesterone induces the release of bull spermatozoa from oviductal epithelial cells 

  Romero-Aguirregomezcorta J.; Cronin S.; Donnellan E.; Fair Seán (CSIRO Publishing, 2019)

  The mechanism that causes the detachment of spermatozoa from the oviductal reservoir around the time of ovulation remains to be elucidated. Because the cumulus cells of the bovine oocyte are known to secrete progesterone ...
• Prediction of fast pyrolysis products yields using lignocellulosic compounds and ash contents 

  Trubetskaya, Anna; Timko, Michael T.; Umeki, Kentaro (Elsevier, 2019)

  The effects of lignocellulosic biomass composition on product yields and distributions were studied under high-temperature pyrolysis conditions (800–1250  ° C) in a drop tube reactor. Several types of biomass were studied ...
• Kinetic studies of the reactions of O2 and NO with reduced Thermus thermophilus ba3 and bovine aa3 using photolabile carriers 

  Einarsdóttira, Ólöf; Funatogawaa, Chie; Soulimane, Tewfik; Szundia, Istvan (Elsevier, 2012)

  The reactions of molecular oxygen (O2) and nitric oxide (NO) with reduced Thermus thermophilus (Tt) ba3 and bovine heart aa3 were investigated by time-resolved optical absorption spectroscopy to establish possible relationships ...
• Investigating the thermostability of succinate: quinone oxidoreductase enzymes by direct electrochemistry at SWNTs-modified electrodes and FTIR spectroscopy 

  Melin, Frederic; Noor, Mohamed R.; Pardieu, Elodie; Boulmedais, Fouzia; Banhart, Florian; Cecchini, Gary; Soulimane, Tewfik; Hellwig, Petra (Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2014)

  Succinate Quinone reductases (SQRs) are the enzymes which couple the oxidation of succinate and the reduction of quinones in the respiratory chain of prokaryotes and eukaryotes. We compare herein the temperature-dependent ...
• Designing an ultra-low-power RTU for use in NB-IoT water applications 

  Ganchev, Ivan; Ji, Zhanlin; Ó'Droma, Máirtín (EDP Sciences, 2019)

  Abstract. This paper presents the design and realization of a ultra-low-power and low-cost remote transfer unit (RTU), working as an outdoor gateway for collecting hydrographic data, such as rainfall, water flow rate, water ...
• Translation quality assessment in computer-assisted translation tools 

  Marín, Daniel (University of Limerick, 2017)

  The increasing interest in measuring translation quality according to objective methods and standard metrics has led some translation software companies to start integrating assessment-enabling features into their ...
• Extending the life of NOR flash memory using a genetic algorithm 

  Sullivan, Joe (2013)

  We present methods, observations and insights into the application of Evolu- tionary Algorithms(EA) to the problem of ash memory wear-out. In doing so we examine the union of two distinct cutting edge technologies: ...
• The formation and enhancement of heterostructures to optimize surface plasmon propagation in nano-optics devices 

  Pita, Isabel A. (University of Limerick, 2017)

  This thesis focuses on the formation of heterogeneous structures, and their optimization to form improved components for nanocircuits; including light source, antenna incorporation for enhanced wave guiding, and probe ...
• Trustworthy health-related tweets on social media in Saudi Arabia: tweet metadata analysis 

  Albalawi, Yahya; Nikolov, Nikola S; Buckley, Jim (Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2019)

  Background: Social media platforms play a vital role in the dissemination of health information. However, evidence suggests that a high proportion of Twitter posts (ie, tweets) are not necessarily accurate, and many studies ...
• The use of formal methods to describe a financial crime analytics model 

  Nagle, Daniel (University of Limerick, 2019)

  There are many examples of the utilization of formal methods for creating complete specifications of software applications. Often these are bounded in scope to the concept of a critical system. This work looks to expand ...
• Assessment of the antithrombotic properties of polar lipids of beer and brewing industry by-products. 

  O'Keeffe, Eoin (University of Limerick, 2019)

  This study investigated the in vitro antithrombotic properties of the lipids extracted from malted grain (MG), brewer’s spent grain (BSG), raw hops (RWHP), spent hops (SPHP), wort, and beer. Total lipids (TL) were extracted ...
• Effects of reducing fat and salt on the composition, biochemical, sensory, functional and rheological properties of mozzarella-style cheese 

  Henneberry, Sarah (University of Limerick, 2019)

  The aims of this thesis were to (a) study the properties of Low Moisture Part-Skim (LMPS) Mozzarella; (b) investigate the effects of 40% fat and 30% salt reduction on the properties of LMPS Mozzarella; (c) improve the ...

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