Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology: Midwest: Recent submissions
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Cause for Concern: Copycat Gender Identity Based Book Protests in Public Libraries in Ireland
(Journal of Radical Librarianship, 2023-09-13)This commentary briefly explores the rise of book bans in the US before giving an overview of similar protests emerging in Irish libraries. From being a very traditional and largely Catholic confessional State Ireland has ... -
A novel and facile green synthesis method to prepare LDH/MOF nanocomposite for removal of Cd(II) and Pb(II)
(Springer Nature, 2021-01-15)To date, many nanoadsorbents have been developed and used to eliminate heavy metal contamination, however, one of the challenges ahead is the preparation of adsorbents from processes in which toxic organic solvents are ... -
Adsorption of thallium from wastewater using disparate nano-based materials: A systematic review
(Elsevier, 2021-08-16)Development of promising technologies to remove thallium as a highly poisonous contaminant is of great attention to guarantee the sustainable supplement of safe potable water and human well-being all around the world. ... -
Synthesis of multi-organo-functionalized fibrous silica KCC-1 for highly efficient adsorption of acid fuchsine and acid orange II from aqueous solution
(Springer Nature, 2021-02-01)Multi-functionalized fibrous silica KCC-1 (MF-KCC-1) bearing amine, tetrasulfide, and thiol groups was synthesized via a post-functionalization method and fully characterized by several methods such as FTIR, FESEM, ... -
Improvement of anti-inflammatory and anticancer activities of poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid)-sulfasalazine microparticle via density functional theory, molecular docking and ADMET analysis
(Elsevier, 2021-10-05)In the present study, we assessed improvement of anti-inflammatory activity and drug delivery of sulfasalazine (SSZ) by the poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid), (PLGA), in H2O and dichloromethane (DCM) environments via density ... -
Machine learning simulation of pharmaceutical solubility in supercritical carbon dioxide: Prediction and experimental validation for busulfan drug
(Elsevier, 2022-01)An artificial intelligence-based predictive model was developed using a support vector machine to investigate the solubility data of the drug Busulfan drug in supercritical carbon dioxide. The data for simulations were ... -
Molecular docking evaluation of celecoxib on the boron nitride nanostructures for alleviation of cardiovascular risk and inflammatory
(Elsevier, 2021-10-29)Celecoxib (CXB) is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that can be used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and ischemic heart disease. In this research, density functional theory (DFT) and molecular docking simulations ... -
Improved anti-inflammatory and anticancer properties of celecoxib loaded zinc oxide and magnesium oxide nanoclusters: A molecular docking and density functional theory simulation
(Elsevier, 2021-11-15)Present study offers great prospects for the adsorption of anti-inflammatory celecoxib molecule (CXB) over the surface of zinc oxide (Zn12O12) and magnesium oxide (Mg12O12) nanoclusters in several environments by performing ... -
Green process of fuel production under porous y-Al2O3 catalyst: Study of activation and deactivation kinetic for MTD process
(Elsevier, 2022-09-23)One of the methods of industrial dimethyl ether production is the catalytic dehydration of methanol. In this research work, methanol dehydration reactor has been modeled using continuous model and its results have been ... -
Magnetically recyclable Schiff-based palladium nanocatalyst [Fe3O4@SiNSB-Pd] and its catalytic applications in Heck reaction
(Elsevier, 2022-04-18)Abstract A magnetically separable palladium nanocatalyst has been synthesized through the immobilization of palladium onto 3-aminopropylphenanthroline Schiff based functionalized silica coated superparamagnetic Fe3O4 ... -
The response of human macrophages to 3D printed titanium antibacterial implants does not affect the osteogenic differentiation of hMSCs
(Elsevier, 2023-06-21)Macrophage responses following the implantation of orthopaedic implants are essential for successful implant integration in the body, partly through intimate crosstalk with human marrow stromal cells (hMSCs) in the process ... -
An examination of Ireland’s sugar sweetened beverage tax (sugar tax) in practice
(Oxford University Press, 2023-06-20)Background In the face of rising obesity levels, Ireland introduced a sugar sweetened beverage tax (SSBT) in 2018, the scope of which was extended in 2019. To date, there is a dearth of research on the actual impact of ... -
Valorisation of phytochemical from Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) needles: impact of ultrasound/microwave-assisted extraction
(Elsevier, 2023-03-15)Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) needles contain a variety of bioactive compounds including phenolic compounds and flavonoids, many of which have been used in the cosmetic, pharmaceutical, and food industries. This study ... -
Silica-coated magnetic palladium nanocatalyst for Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling
(Elsevier, 2022-05-23)A silica-coated magnetically separable Schiff-base palladium nanocatalyst was developed. Amorphous silica was used to encapsulate the magnetic Fe3O4 and an organic amine functionality was added to the silica surface. The ... -
Modelling and simulation of waste tire pyrolysis process for recovery of energy and production of valuable chemicals (BTEX)
(Springer Nature Limited, 2023-04-13)The pyrolysis oil fraction is highly attractive for pyrolysis products. A simulated flowsheet model of a waste tire pyrolysis process is presented in this paper. A kinetic rate-based reaction model and equilibrium separation ... -
Linguistic Imperialism, Toponymy, Semiotics & Taxonomies: The Anglicisation of Irish place names in hegemonic library cataloguing systems
(2019)Background. Cataloguing systems are generally assumed to be logical, objective and non-political. In this sense they are often assumed to be rather like maps. However, assumptions around the neutrality of both are erroneous. ... -
Technological Universities in Ireland: the new imperative!
(Technological University Dublin, 2020)Higher education in Ireland has been characterized for some time as having a distinct two-tier structure. The top tier is comprised of the university sector, which features a number of older and newer entrants. Firmly in ... -
A Breath of Fresh Air: The Irish Breathalyser Statistics Debacle
(Radical Statistics Group, 2017)It has long been understood that crime statistics are notoriously ‘difficult’ to use and interpret (Coleman, 1996). Deficiencies in reporting are a feature that has been noted internationally (Lynch & Addington, 2007), ... -
‘Say nothing for a wee while, and then say nothing at all’: Still hiding the evidence on health inequalities in Ireland
(Radical Statistics Group, 2015)Social and spatial inequalities in health status and health service access are pervasive throughout Ireland. However, they rarely form the subject of prolonged public scrutiny. It is clear that the Irish Government has ... -
Something is rotten in the state of Ireland: the Irish Police (An Garda Síochána) and their official statistics
(Radical Statistics Group, 2018)Revelations concerning the extensive falsification of breathalyser testing statistics by the Irish Police (O’Sullivan, 2017), An Garda Síochána, have recently escalated into a damning expose of a series of more incriminating ...
