• Multitype branching process method for modeling complex contagion on clustered networks 

  Keating, Leah A.; Gleeson, James P.; O'Sullivan, David J.P. (American Physical Society, 2022)

  Complex contagion adoption dynamics are characterized by a node being more likely to adopt after multiple network neighbors have adopted. We show how to construct multitype branching processes to approximate complex contagion ...
• Editorial: Autism spectrum disorders and metal dyshomeostasis 

  Pandey, Mukesh K.; Grabrucker, Andreas M.; Mehta, Sunil Q.; Harvey, Robert J. (Frontiers Media, 2022)

  Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a multifaceted neurodevelopmental disorder with a complex etiology that appears to be a mixture of underlying environmental and genetic risk factors. Among the environmental risk factors ...
• Grammatical evolution of complex digital circuits in SystemVerilog 

  Tetteh, Michael; Dias, Douglas Mota; Ryan, Conor (Springer, 2022)

  The evolution of complex circuits remains a challenge for the Evolvable Hardware feld in spite much efort. There are two major issues: the amount of testing required and the low evolvability of representation structures ...
• A systems thinking approach investigating the estimated environmental and economic benefits and limitations of industrial hemp cultivation in Ireland from 2017–2021 

  Madden, Sinéad M.; Ryan, Alan; Walsh, Patrick (MDPI, 2022)

  There may be unrecognised environmental and economic benefits in cultivating industrial hemp for CO2 sequestration in Ireland. By using a Systems Thinking approach, this study aims to answer how industrial hemp, which can ...
• String stability experimentation using a low-cost mobile robotic testbed 

  Johnson, Michael; Hayes, Martin J. (IEEE Computer Society, 2019)

  This paper presents a practical implementation of string stability research in autonomous convoy formation that is suitable for use in a typical undergraduate project lab. The research presents a benchmark test problem ...
• Melodic similarity algorithms for scores – a comparative evaluation of contrasting approaches 

  Cahill, Margaret (University of Limerick, 2008)

  This thesis is concerned with melodic similarity algorithms for musical scores. The performance of two contrasting approaches is explored and the chosen algorithms fine tuned and evaluated using human observations of ...
• Antioxidant and Biocompatible CO2-Based Biocomposites from Vegetable Wastes for Active Food Packaging 

  Tran, Thi Nga; Lim, Kwon Taek; Fiorentini, Fabrizio; Athanassiou, Athanassia (Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2022)

  In this study, an innovative and scalable strategy is developed to valorize vegetable wastes as valuable and cost-effective natural antioxidant resources in the development of CO2-based biocomposites. The dried vegetable ...
• Phytochemicals as inhibitors of tumor necrosis factor alpha and neuroinflammatory responses in neurodegenerative diseases 

  Zahedipour, Fatemeh; Hosseini, Seyede Atefe; Henney, Neil C.; Barreto, George E.; Sahebkar, Amirhossein (Medknow Publications, 2022)

  Inflammatory processes and proinflammatory cytokines have a key role in the cellular processes of neurodegenerative diseases and are linked to the pathogenesis of functional and mental health disorders. Tumor necrosis ...
• Flow physics of planar bistable fluidic oscillator with backflow limbs 

  Madane, Ketan; Khalde, Chirag M.; Pandit, Ajinkya; Ranade, Vivek V. (Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2022)

  Fluidic oscillators (FOs) are used in a variety of applications, including process control and process intensification. Despite the simple design and operation of FOs, the fluid dynamics of FOs exhibit rich complexities. ...
• SmartCrypt: secure storing and sharing of time series data streams in IIoT 

  Halder, Subir; Newe, Thomas (IEEE Computer Society, 2022)

  To provide ubiquitous access, scalability and sharing possibilities, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications utilize the cloud to store collected data streams. However, secure storing and sharing of the massive ...
• Public opinion of the Irish “COVID Tracker” digital contact tracing App: A national survey 

  O'Callaghan, Michael E; Abbas, Manzar; Buckley, Jim; Fitzgerald, Brian; Johnson, Kevin; Laffey, John; McNicholas, Bairbre; Nuseibeh, Bashar; O'Keeffe, Derek; Beecham, Sarah; Razzaq, Abdul; Rekanar, Kaavya; Richardson, Ita; Simpkin, Andrew; O'Connell, James; Storni, Cristiano; Tsvyatkova, Damyanka; Walsh, Jane; Welsh, Thomas; Glynn, Liam G. (SAGE, 2022)

  Objective: This study aims to gather public opinion on the Irish “COVID Tracker” digital contact tracing (DCT) App, with particular focus on App usage, usability, usefulness, technological issues encountered, and potential ...
• Thermal management of solar photovoltaic panels using a fibre Bragg grating sensor-based temperature monitoring 

  Dhanalakshmi, Samiappan; Chakravartula, Venkatesh; Narayanamoorthi, Rajamanickam; Kumar, Ramamoorthy; Dooly, Gerard; Duraibabu, Dinesh Babu; Senthil, Ramalingam (Elsvier, 2022)

  Solar photovoltaic (PV) performance is affected by increased panel temperature. Maintaining an optimal PV panel temperature is essential for sustaining performance and maximizing the pro ductive life of solar PV panels. ...
• Modelling the compaction step of a platform direct compression process 

  Peddapatla, Raghu V.G.; Slevin, Conor; Sheridan, Gerard; Beirne, Caoimhe; Swaminathan, Shrikant; Browning, Ivan; Worku, Zelalem A.; Egan, David P.; Sheehan, Stephen; Crean, Abina M. (MDPI, 2022)

  The ability to predict formulation behaviour at production scale during formulation design can reduce the time to market and decrease product development costs. However, it is challenging to extrapolate compaction settings ...
• In vitro angiotensin‑converting enzyme and dipeptidyl peptidase‑IV inhibitory, and antioxidant activity of blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) byssus collagen hydrolysates 

  Cunha Neves, Adriana; Harnedy-Rothwell, Pádraigín A.; Fitzgerald, Richard J. (Springer, 2022)

  Large quantities of mussel byssus are generated annually as a co-product of the mussel-processing industry. This fibrous material is a rich source of collagen, which when extracted has potential uses as an alternative ...
• Intraoral swallow pressure profiles: general features and aids to categorization 

  Casey, Vincent; Perry, Alison; Conway, Richard (Springer, 2022)

  Purpose The primary goal of this study was to establish a normative data set representing intraoral time series swallow pressure profles for healthy adults using a novel wearable intraoral pressure sensing system, OroPress, ...
• Uphill quenching to reduce residual stress in aluminium alloy 7449 hollow structures 

  Robinson, J.S.; O'Donovan, A.; Wimpory, R.C. (Springer, 2022)

  Background Uphill quenching (UHQ) of heat treatable aluminium alloy components is a long established but rarely practiced or investigated method of reducing residual stresses. The efficacy of the technique has not been ...
• Datacentre energy efficiency optimization in high-speed packet I/O frameworks 

  Trifonov, Hristo; Heffernan, Donal (Inderscience, 2022)

  To meet the demands for faster network packet processing requirements in datacentres, packet I/O accelerator solutions have emerged which are dedicated to enabling faster packet forwarding capabilities. Often, such I/O ...
• On the local solute redistribution equation of macrosegregation, remelting and the formation of channel segregates 

  Vynnycky, Michael (Elsevier, 2022)

  In this paper, we reassess the local solute redistribution equation (LSRE) of macrosegregation which, since it first appeared in 1960s, has served as a cornerstone for understanding the composition variations that occur ...
• GOBLIN version 1.0: a land balance model to identify national agriculture and land use pathways to climate neutrality via backcasting 

  Duffy, Colm; Prudhomme, Remi; Duffy, Brian; Gibbons, James; O'Donoghue, Cathal; Ryan, Mary; Styles, David (Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union., 2022)

  The Paris Agreement commits 197 countries to achieve climate stabilisation at a global average surface temperature less than 2 ◦C above pre-industrial times using nationally determined contributions (NDCs) to demonstrate ...
• Formation of ciprofloxacin–isonicotinic acid cocrystal using mechanochemical synthesis routes—an investigation into critical process parameters 

  Karimi-Jafari, Maryam; Ziaee, Ahmad; O'Reilly, Emmet J.; Croker, Denise; Walker, Gavin M. (MDPI, 2022)

  The mechanochemical synthesis of cocrystals has been introduced as a promising approach of formulating poorly water-soluble active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). In this study, hot-melt extrusion (HME) as a continuous ...

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