Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest: Recent submissions
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Students' digital literacy skills self-assessment and support requirements
(2019)Digital literacy is extremely important due to the constant evolution of technology. It has been identified as a graduate attribute and a life skill (National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher ... -
Synthesis and in vivo evaluation of a scaffold containing wollastonite/β‐TCP for bone repair in a rabbit tibial defect model.
(Wiley Online Library, 2019-08-08)Scaffolds are models designed to aid the interaction between cells and extracellular bone matrix, providing structural support for newly formed bone tissue. In this work, wollastonite with β‐TCP porous ceramic scaffolds ... -
Fluorinated phenmetrazine “legal highs” act as substrates for high-affinity monoamine transporters of the SLC6 family.
(Elsevier, 2018-05-15)A variety of new psychoactive substances (NPS) are appearing in recreational drug markets worldwide. NPS are compounds that target various receptors and transporters in the central nervous system to achieve their ... -
Family and healthcare professionals' perceptions of a pilot hospice at home programme for children: a qualitative study.
(BMC, 2016-10-28)Background Parents commonly report a significant improvement in quality of life following the provision of hospice and supportive care and have identified a need for such a service in the home. The purpose of this study ... -
Opinions of key stakeholders concerning involuntary admission of patients under the Mental Health Act 2001.
(Cambridge University Press, 2017)Objectives. To evaluate and compare the opinions of key stakeholders involved in the involuntary admission and treatment of patients under the Mental Health Act (MHA) 2001 regarding their views towards the operation of ... -
The role of care coordinator for children with complex care needs: a systematic review.
(Ubiquity Press, 2016-05)Introduction: This systematic review seeks to identify the intended components of the role of care coordinator for children with complex care needs and the factors that determine its composition in practice. Theory and ... -
The development of a melt-extruded shellac carrier for the targeted delivery of probiotics to the colon.
(MDPI, 2017-12)Hot melt extrusion (HME) is considered an efficient technique in developing solid molecular dispersions, and has been demonstrated to provide sustained, modified and targeted drug delivery resulting in improved ... -
Adaptive perceptual block compressive sensing for compression.
(Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, 2016-06)Because the perceptual compressive sensing framework can achieve a much better performance than the legacy compressive sensing framework, it is very promising for the compressive sensing based image compression system. In ... -
Biocontrol of carp: the Australian plan does not stand up to a rational analysis of safety and efficacy.
(Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019-04-30)THE AUSTRALIAN PLAN FOR BIOCONTROL OF INVASIVE CARP USING CYPRINID HERPESVIRUS 3 Common carp (Cyprinus carpio), hereafter referred as carp, is one of the most widely cultured fish produced for food globally. It was ... -
The pulsed light inactivation of veterinary relevant microbial biofilms and the use of a RTPCR assay to detect parasite species within biofilm structures
(Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tripoli, 2016-01-27)The presence of pathogenic organisms namely parasite species and bacteria in biofilms in veterinary settings, is a public health concern in relation to human and animal exposure. Veterinary clinics represent a significant ... -
Cererbrospinal fluid protein and glucose examinations and tuberculosis: will laboratory safety regulations force a change of practice?
(BM, 2015)Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) protein and glucose examinations are usually performed in chemical pathology departments on autoanalysers. Tuberculosis (TB) is a group 3 biological agent under Directive 2000/54/EC of the European ... -
Data driven approach for eye disease classification with machine learning.
(MDPI, 2019-07-11)Medical health systems have been concentrating on artificial intelligence techniques for speedy diagnosis. However, the recording of health data in a standard form still requires attention so that machine learning can ... -
Lightweight cipher for H.264 videos in the Internet of Multimedia Things with encryption space ratio diagnostics
(MDPI, 2019-03-11)Within an Internet of Multimedia Things, the risk of disclosing streamed video content, such as that arising from video surveillance, is of heightened concern. This leads to the encryption of that content. To reduce the ... -
A framework for distributed cleaning of data streams.
(Elsevier, 2015)Vast and ever increasing quantities of data are produced by sensors in the Internet of Things (IoT). The quality of this data can be very variable due to problems with sensors, incorrect calibration etc. Data quality can ... -
A descriptive survey study of violence management and priorities among psychiatric staff in mental health services, across seventeen European countries.
(BMC, 2017)Background: In mental health services what is commonplace across international frontiers is that to prevent aggressive patients from harming themselves, other patients or staff, coercive measures and foremost, ... -
Influence of annealing and biaxial expansion on the properties of Poly-l-lactic) medical tubing.
(MDPI, 2019-07-11)Poly-l-lactic acid (PLLA) is one of the most common bioabsorbable materials in the medical device field. However, its use in load-bearing applications is limited due to its inferior mechanical properties when compared ... -
A new image encryption algorithm based on heterogeneous chaotic neural network generator and dna encoding.
(Springer, 2018-02)This paper presents a new combined neural network and chaos based pseudorandom sequence generator and a DNA-rules based chaotic encryption algorithm for secure transmission and storage of images. The proposed scheme uses ... -
The influence of low shear microbore extrusion on the properties of high molecular weight poly(l-lactic acid) for medical tubing applications.
(MDPI, 2019-04)Biodegradable polymers play a crucial role in the medical device field, with a broad range of applications such as suturing, drug delivery, tissue engineering, sca olding, orthopaedics, and fixation devices. Poly-l-lactic ... -
Nano-enhanced food contanct materials and the in vitro toxicity to human intestinal cells of nano-ZnO at low dose.
(IOP Science, 2011)Nano Zinc Oxide (nZnO) has been shown to display antimicrobial effects which have lead to its application in a number of areas such as antimicrobial surface coatings, anti bacterial wound dressings and more recently in ... -
Synthesis and characterisation of novel temperature and pH sensitive physically crosslinked poly(N-vinylcaprolactam-co-itaconic acid) hydrogels for drug delivery.
(MDPI, 2019-08-29)Previous studies involving poly N-vinylcaprolactam (PNVCL) and itaconic acid (IA) have synthesised the hydrogels with the presence of a solvent and a crosslinker, producing chemically crosslinked hydrogel systems. In this ...
