Research, Innovation & Enterprise: Recent submissions
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Development of novel PVA-based nanoparticles for delivery system for bone cancer applications
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-06)Osteosarcoma is one of the most frequent bone cancers with almost 30% of patients developin metastasis [1,2]. Further study is needed to develop new drugs that avoid metastasis. There is experimental evidence that chalcones, ... -
Yerba mate extract in microfibrillated cellulose and corn starch films as a potential wound healing bandage
(MDPI, 2020-11-27)Microfibrillated cellulose films have been gathering considerable attention due to their high mechanical properties and cheap cost. Additionally, it is possible to include compounds within the fibrillated structure in ... -
Smart contract driven resource management for edge computing
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-06)Edge computing has witnessed a rapid growth in the past few years as more and more and resources are getting connected to the Internet. The Internet is not gaining any benefits from the current implementation of ad hoc ... -
Estimating the frequency of genomic polymorphisms associated with meat quality in Irish beef cattle
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-06)The calpain (CAPN) and calpastatin (CAST) genes play significant roles in meat tenderness (Casas et al., 2005). Identification and estimation of the frequency of DNA mutations involved in meat tenderness would not only ... -
Development of a versatile monitoring technique for real-time protein activity tracking within cellular environment and biomimetic tissue engineering scaffold systems
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-06)Crowded cellular environments with complex and intricate molecular interactions underpin biological processes. High biological noise is intrinsic within these biological systems, and this poses critical challenges to ... -
Production and testing of the flat faced tablets via overpriting of injection moulded tablet bases
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-06)The pharmaceutical industry is exploring the realization of tailored dosage forms for individual patients to provide precision medicine. My supervisors have previously used a hybrid manufacturing technique that overmoulded ... -
Pulsed ultraviolet-light technology and ecoinnovations for safeguarding consumer health and fragile seafood industry from norovirus outbreaks
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-06)Contamination of water and food are responsible by many outbreaks and deaths worldwide, caused by failures in production, ineffective disinfection techniques, proximity to sources of contamination, and human intervention ... -
Mucoadhesive bilayer vaginal tablet as a potential treatment for cervical cancer
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-06)Cervical cancer is a cancer of the cells of the cervice. It is the 2nd most common cancer affecting women. >270,000 die from it annually. >5000,000 women worldwide are diagnosed. -
Real-time sterilization microbiology - role of flow cytometry
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-06)Sterile medical devices provide critical care and diagnostic applications where sterility is validated by demonstrating the inactivation of reference Biological Indicators (BIs). However, BI’s are qualified using conventional ... -
Evaluation of ethereum end-to-end transaction
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-06)Ethereum is a conventional but evolving blockchain approach to support smart contract by enabling Turingcomplete computations at miners. With smart contract as a back-end support, anyone can publish their Decentralize ... -
"My heart, your heart"; hot melt enteric targeted therapeutic delivery platform: enhancing drug solubility through advanced polymer extruded drug delivery system
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-06)Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the number 1 cause of death globally. Fenofibrate has been shown an excellent treating effect on CVDs. However, Fenofibrate is a neutral, lipophilic compound that is practically insoluble ... -
Long-term release rate of a nutritional supplement from a biodegradable polymer matrix
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-06)For the purposes of ruminant nutrition, a 6-month timeframe is the ideal amount of time for the delivery of trace element and minerals. As a starting element, copper was chosen as it is the most commonly observed trace ... -
Antimicrobial films containing green synthesised zinc oxide nanoparticles for biomedical applications
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-06)Synthetic biomaterials have been vastly investigated for different biomedical applications such as wound healing adhesives, implant devices and drug delivery systems. The effort on this field of study promoted the ... -
Development of novel polyethylene glycol dimethacrylate (PEGDMA)-based hydrogels for never regeneration
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-06)Injury to the peripheral nervous system (PNS) affects more than 1,000,000 people worlwide a year. It is estimated that $150 billion is spent on nerve injury repair in the USA alone each year. The current surgical methods ... -
Cooperative industrial multi robot system using multi agent reinforcement learning
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-06)This poster describes the research definition process for thisearly stage PhD. Our goal is to investigate the feasibility of using multi-agent deep learning (MADRL) as an approach for solving cooperative multi robot system ... -
Food ingredients and active compounds against the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic: a comprehensive review
(MDPI, 2020)As media reports have noted, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated market mainstreaming of immune-boosting food bioactives, supplements, and nutraceuticals. However, most studies reporting on the potential of bioactives ... -
Pellet diameter of ganoderma lucidum in a repeated-batch fermentation for the trio total production of biomass-exopolysaccharide-exopolysaccharid and its anti-oral cancer beta-glucan response
(AIMS, 2020-10-22)The pellet morphology and diameter range (DR) of Ganoderma lucidum were observed in a repeated-batch fermentation (RBF) for the trio total production of biomass, exopolysaccharide (EPS) and endopolysaccharide (ENS). Two ... -
A review of unstructured data analysis and parsing methods
(IEEE, 2020-03)Computer applications generate an enormous amount of data every day through their logs, system-generated files or other reports. This generated data depicts the state of the running system and contains abundant information ... -
Convergence of machine learning and robotics communication in collaborative assembly: mobility, connectivity and future perpectives.
(Springer, 2019-10-16)Collaborative assemblies of robots are promising the next generation of robot applications by ensuring that safe and reliable robots work collectively toward a common goal. To maintain this collaboration and harmony, ... -
PRISENIT - a probabilistic search recommendation algorithm to improe search efficiency for network intelligence and troubleshooting
(UKSIM, 2015-03)When searching for data in a telecommunications network management application, large search result sets are common. In order to refine the results to retrieve useful information existing systems normally require additional ...
