• A water-stable functionalized NiCo-LDH/MOF nanocomposite: green synthesis, characterization, and its environmental application for heavy metals adsorption 

  Soltani, Roozbeh; Pelalak, Rasool; Pishnamazi, Mahboubeh; Marjani, Azam; Shirazian, Saeed (Elsevier, 2021)

  Removal of toxic heavy metals from aquatic environments has become a major concern due to environmental problems and the potential hazards and risks posed by them. Nowadays, the adsorption method as one of the most effective ...
• Assessment of cubic equations of state: machine learning for rich carbon-dioxide systems 

  Truc, George; Rahmanian, Nejat; Pishnamazi, Mahboubeh (MDPI, 2021)

  Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has attracted renewed interest in the re-evaluation of the equations of state (EoS) for the prediction of thermodynamic properties. This study also evaluates EoS for Peng–Robinson (PR) and ...
• Closed form solutions for an anisotropic composite beam on a two-parameter elastic foundation 

  Doeva, Olga; Masjedi, Pedram Khaneh; Weaver, Paul M. (Elsevier, 2021)

  Beams resting on elastic foundations are widely used in engineering design such as railroad tracks, pipelines, bridge decks, and automobile frames. Laminated composite beams can be tailored for specific design requirements ...
• Efficient biofuel production by MTV-UiO-66 based catalysts 

  Jrad, Asmaa; Hmadeh, Mohamad; Awada, Ghadir; Chakleh, Ranim; Ahmad, Mohammad (Elsevier, 2021)

  In this study, highly defected and functionalized metal-organic framework (MOF) structures are developed and exploited as catalysts for an esterification reaction for biofuel production. Two systems of multivariate UiO-66 ...
• Characterizing the transfer of program comprehension in onboarding: an information-push perspective 

  Yates, Rebecca Yolande; Power, Norah; Buckley, Jim (Springer, 2019)

  Many software developers struggle to understand code written by others, leading to increased maintenance costs. Research on program comprehension to date has primarily focused on individual developers attempting to ...
• Learning from incidents in aircraft maintenance and continuing airworthiness management: A systematic review 

  Clare, James; Kourousis, Kyriakos I. (Wiley, 2021)

  The purpose of this systematic review is to highlight the salient elements of learning from incidents in the aircraft maintenance and continuing airworthiness management area. (is involved the review of more than 1,000 ...
• A study of emissions from domestic solid-fuel stove combustion in Ireland 

  Trubetskaya, Anna; Lin, Chunshui; Ovadnevaite, Jurgita; Ceburnis, Darius; O'Dowd, Colin; Leahy, J. J.; Monaghan, Rory F. D.; Johnson, Robert; Layden, Peter; Smith, William (ACS, 2021)

  Solid-fuel stoves are at the heart of many homes not only in developing nations, but also in developed regions where there is significant deployment of such heating appliances. They are often operated inefficiently and in ...
• Diffusion braze homogenisation and contraction during re-repair heat treatments of a single crystal nickel-based superalloy 

  Hinchy, Eoin; Barron, D; Pomeroy, Michael J.; Tanner, David A. (Elsevier, 2021)

  In this work, nickel-based braze reservoirs embedded in single crystal nickel-based superalloy substrates were cycled between one and four braze diffusion heat treatments to analyse the effect on microstructural transformation ...
• Flow structures in bubbly flows with a tailored bubble size with and without liquid co-flow 

  Muilwijk, Corné (University of Limerick, 2020)

  The aim of this thesis is to provide experimental data on bubbly flows for validation of Computational Fluid Dynamics simulations. Therefore, a new experimental facility was developed to study the interaction of two ...
• Difficulties arising in reimbursement recommendations on new medicines due to inadequate reporting of population adjustment indirect comparison methods 

  Holmes, Eileen M.; Leahy, Joe; White, Arthur; Donnan, Peter T.; Lamrock, Felicity (Taylor and Francis, 2019)

  Indirect treatment comparisons are useful to estimate relative treatment effects when head‐to‐head studies are not conducted. Statisticians at the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics Ireland (NCPE) and Scottish Medicines ...
• Life cycle thinking case study for catalytic wet air oxidation of lignin in bamboo biomass for vanillin production 

  McCallum, Christopher S; Wang, Wanling; Doran, W. John; Forsythe, W. Graham; Garrett, Mark D; Hardacre, Christopher; Leahy, James J.; Morgan, Kevin; Shine, Dong-Soo; Sheldrake, Gary N (The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2021)

  Life cycle thinking analysis (LCT) was conducted on the production of vanillin via bamboo wet air oxidation compared to vanillin production from crude oil or Kraft lignin. Synthetic vanillin has been produced from crude ...
• High purity/recovery separation of propylene from propyne using anion pillared metal-organic framework: application of vacuum swing adsorption (VSA) 

  Khraisheh, Majeda; AlMomani, Fares; Walker, Gavin M. (MDPI, 2021)

  Propylene is one of the world’s most important basic olefin raw material used in the production of a vast array of polymers and other chemicals. The need for high purity grade of propylene is essential and traditionally ...
• The effect of liquid co-flow on gas fractions, bubble velocities and chord lengths in bubbly flows. Part I: Uniform gas sparging and liquid co-flow 

  Muilwijk, Corné; Van den Akker, Harry E.A. (Elsevier, 2021)

  Unique experiments were performed in a homogeneously sparged rectangular 400 × 200 × 2630 mm (W × D × H) bubble column with and without liquid co-flow. Bubbles in the range 4–7 mm were produced by needle spargers, which ...
• The effects of cooking salmon sous-vide on its antithrombotic properties, lipid profile and sensory characteristics 

  Redfern, Shane; Dermiki, Maria; Fox, Shelley; Lordan, Ronan; Shiels, Katie; Saha, Sushanta Kumar; Tsoupras, Alexandros; Zabetakis, Ioannis (Elsevier, 2021)

  Fish contains bioactive polar lipids (PL) and is mainly consumed cooked. The aim of this study was to evaluate the sensory characteristics of sous-vide cooked salmon and the in vitro cardio-protective properties of its ...
• Sentiment analysis of user feedback on the HSE’s Covid‑19 contact tracing app 

  Rekanar, Kaavya; O'Keeffe, Ian R.; Buckley, Sarah; Abbas, Raja Manzar; Beecham, Sarah; Chochlov, Muslim; Fitzgerald, Brian; Glynn, Liam G.; Johnson, Kevin; Laffey, John; McNicholas, Bairbre; Nuseibeh, Bashar; O'Connell, James; O'Keeffe, Derek; O'Callaghan, Mike; Razzaq, Abdul; Richardson, Ita; Simpkin, Andrew; Storni, Cristiano; Tsvyatkova, Damyanka; Walsh, Jane; Welsh, Thomas; Buckley, Jim (Springer, 2021)

  Background Digital Contact Tracing is seen as a key tool in reducing the propagation of Covid-19. But it requires high uptake and continued participation across the population to be efective. To achieve sufcient ...
• An evaluation of the influence of manufacturing methods on interlocked aluminium-thermoplastic composite joint performance 

  Ramaswamy, Karthik; O'Higgins, Ronan M; Lyons, John; McCarthy, Michael A.; McCarthy, Conor T. (Elsevier, 2021)

  Joining techniques for multi-material structures are critical for increased use of lightweight materials such as aluminium alloys and thermoplastic composites in the automotive industry. Interlocking adhesive joints (IAJs) ...
• Semi-continuous production of xanthan in biofilm reactor using Xanthomonas campestris 

  Nejadmansouri, Maryam; Razmjooei, Maryam; Safdarianghomsheh, Reza; Shad, Ehsan; Delvigne, Frank; Khalesi, Mohammadreza (University of Limerick, 2021)

  Semi-continuous production of xanthan gum using self-immobilized Xanthomonas campestris cells in biofilm reactors was studied. Fermentation was carried out using two different designs of biofilm reactor equipped with ...
• The strain-generated electrical potential in cartilaginous tissues: a role for piezoelectricity 

  Poillot, Philip; Le Maitre, Christine L.; Huyghe, Jacques M. (Springer, 2021)

  The strain-generated potential (SGP) is a well-established mechanism in cartilaginous tissues whereby mechanical forces generate electrical potentials. In articular cartilage (AC) and the intervertebral disc (IVD), studies ...
• A review of on-farm roadway runoff characterisation and potential management options for Ireland 

  Fenton, O.; Tuohy, P.; Daly, K.; Moloney, T.; Rice, P.; Murnane, John G. (Springer, 2021)

  Runoff from farm roadways within farm boundaries are acknowledged as a year-round source of pollutants discharging to surface water, particularly during the main grazing season (Feb-Nov) when their usage is high. These ...
• A methodology for industrial water footprint assessment using energy–water–carbon nexus 

  Trubetskaya, Anna; Horan, William; Conheady, Paul; Stockil, Ken; Moore, Sean (MDPI, 2021)

  Recent national government policy in Ireland proposes a radical transformation of the energy sector and a large reduction in CO2 emissions by 2050. Water and energy form the water– energy nexus, with water being an essential ...

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