Research@THEA (new): Recent submissions

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    • Rights of nature in Ireland: towards a living island of rights-bearing communities. Submission to the Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss 

      Brennan, Ciara; Doran, Peter; Hough, Alison; Joyce-Kemper, Sabrina; Killean, Rachel; Kirby, Peadar; McNeill, Bróna; Nevin, Claire; Owens, Declan; Sullivan, Lynda; Tobin, Brendan (Environmental Justice Network Ireland: EJNI, 2022-09)
      There is growing interest in the concept of ‘Rights of Nature’ and the legal possibilities it offers as a means of protecting the natural world when regulatory efforts fail. David Boyd, the current UN Special Rapporteur ...

    • Research development to define 'shared usability' in product design for older adults 

      Shore, Linda; White, P.J.; Dempsey, Hilary (Europe Chapter Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2014-11)

    • Investigating cooking and heating product needs for irish older adults 

      White, P.J. (European Academy of Design, 2011-05-07)
      Objectives The world’s population is ageing; researchers have an increasingly important role to play in innovating new products, appliances and services to allow for better everyday living conditions of this ageing ...

    • Design requirements in domestic cooking and heating products for older people 

      White, P.J. (International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2015-04-26)

    • Using design to create interdisciplinary research in ageing 

      White, P.J.; Deevy, Colin; Patocs, Audrey; Harrington, Laura; Raina, Parminder (International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2019-05-23)
      Objectives: Research in ageing can very often require interdisciplinary approaches to navigate complexity. However, achieving interdisciplinary engagement across differing epistemological domains can be difficult. ...

    • An Investigation into ATM’s. A user centered study (of older adults) for the development of increased security & usability based on user behaviour. 

      Grincell, Alan; Dempsey, Hilary; White, P.J. (Europe Chapter Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2015-10-16)

    • Living well at home - integrated care for older people in ireland 

      Finegan, Trish; White, P.J.; Casey, Brian (International Journal of Integrated Care, 2022-05)
      Introduction: An ageing global population has led to increased costs for health and social care delivery. This has created a move away from acute hospital to integrated care across and between the acute, primary and community ...

    • Ethnography in designing for older people 

      White, P.J. (Sheffield Hallam University, 2013-07-03)
      As the global population rapidly gets older, designers are continually seeking means to gaining understanding and eliciting true user insights into older people’s design, health and wellbeing needs. Comprehensive field ...

    • "You can't shoot another bullet until you've reloaded the gun". Perceptions, practices and experiences of deloading in strength and physique sports. 

      Bell, Lee; Nolan, David; Velu, Immonen; Helms, Eric; Dallamore, Jake; Wolf, Milo; Korakais, Patroklos Androulakis (Frontiers, 2022-12-12)
      Deloading refers to a purposeful reduction in training demand with the intention of enhancing preparedness for successive training cycles. Whilst deloading is a common training practice in strength and physique sports, little ...

    • Experimental study on tensile characteristics of layered carbonaceous slate subject to water-rock interaction and weathering. 

      Li, Erqiang; Wei, Yanqing; Chen, Zhanyang; Archbold, Paul; Archbold, Paul; Mullarney, Brian (MDPI, 2023-01-03)
      The transverse isotropy of rock masses formed by sedimentation is a common stratum environment in engineering, and the physical–mechanical properties can degrade due to water–rock interaction (WRI) and natural weathering, ...

    • Suitability of surface-treated flax and hemp fibers for concrete reinforcement 

      da Costa Santos, Ana Caroline; Archbold, Paul (MDPI, 2022-11-17)
      The use of vegetable fibres as a sustainable alternative to non-natural sources of fibres applied for concrete reinforcement has been studied for over three decades. The main issues about plant-based fibres pointed out ...

    • Novel polyvinyl-alcohol microsphere for everolimus delivery for subependymal cell astrocytoma 

      Louis, Lynn; Chee, Bor Shin; Louis, Noreen; Goetten de Lima, Gabriel; McAfee, Marion (Elsevier, 2023-02-02)
      Everolimus (EVR) has demonstrated efficacy in treating subependymal giant cell astrocytoma (SEGA) and other tuberous sclerosis (TSC) manifestations. Oral use of EVR is associated with low bioavailability and systemic toxicities ...

    • Micro-injection mouding of PEO/PCL blend-based matrices for extended oral delivery of Fenbendazole 

      Bezerra, Gilberto S.N.; Goetten de Lima, Gabriel Goetten; Colbert, Declan M.; Halligan, Elaine; Geever, Joseph (MDPI, 2023-03-10)
      Fenbendazole (FBZ) is a broad-spectrum anthelmintic administered orally to ruminants; nevertheless, its poor water solubility has been the main limitation to reaching satisfactory and sustained levels at the site of the ...

    • Liquid-based 4D printing of shape memory nanocomposites: a review 

      Alsaadi, Mohamad; Hinchy, Eoin P.; McCarthy, Conor T.; Moritz, Vicente F.; Zhuo, Shuo; Fuenmayor, Evert; Devine, Declan M. (MDPI, 2023-01-31)
      Significant advances have been made in recent years in the materials development of liquidbased 4D printing. Nevertheless, employing additive materials such as nanoparticles for enhancing printability and shape memory ...

    • Examining students' preferences for academic writing support in a third level institute in Ireland 

      Connolly, Emer (All Ireland Society for Higher Education, 2023)
      Academic writing support has become an integral part of the learning process at third level. At Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands (TUS: Midlands), the Academic Writing Centre (AWC) offers individual and ...

    • QUBIC : exploring the primordial universe with the q&u bolometric interferometer 

      Mennella, Aniello; Ade, Peter; Amico, Giorgio; Auguste, Didier; Aumont, Jonathan; Banfi, Stephano; Barbarán, Gustavo; Battaglia, Paola; Battistelli, Elia; Bau, Alessandro; Bélier, Benoit; Bennett, David G.; Bergé, Laurent; Bernard, Jean Philippe; Bersanelli, Marco; Bigot Sazy, Marie Anne; Bleurvacq, Nathan; Bonaparte, Juan; Bonis, Julien; Bunn, Emory; Burke, David; Buzi, Daniele; Buzzelli, Alessandro; Cavaliere, Francesco; Chanial, Pierre; Chapron, Claude; Charlassier, Romain; Columbro, Fabio; Coppi, Gabriele; Coppolecchia, Alessandro; D'Agostino, Rocco; D'Alessandro, Giuseppe; De Bernardis, Paolo; De Gasperis, Giancarlo; De Leo, Michele; De Petris, Marco; Di Donato, Andres; Dumoulin, Louis; Etchegoyen, Alberto; Fasciszewski, Adrián; Franceschet, Cristian; Gamboa Lerena, Martin Miguel; Garcia, Beatriz; Garrido, Xavier; Gaspard, Michel; Gault, Amanda; Gayer, Donnacha; Gervasi, Massimo; Giard, Martin; Giraud Héraud, Yannick; Gómez Berisso, Mariano; González, Manuel; Gradziel, Marcin; Grandsire, Laurent; Guerard, Eric; Hamilton, Jean Christophe; Harari, Diego; Haynes, Vic; Henrot Versillé, Sophie; Hoang, Duc Thuong; Holtzer, Nicolas; Incardona, Federico; Jules, Eric; Kaplan, Jean; Korotkov, Andrei; Kristukat, Christian; Lamagna, Luca; Loucatos, Sotiris; Louis, Thibaut; Lowitz, Amy; Lukovic, Vladimir; Luterstein, Raúl Horacio; Maffei, Bruno; Marnieros, Stefanos; Masi, Silvia; Mattei, Angelo; May, Andrew; McCulloch, Mark; Medina, Maria Clementina; Mele, Lorenzo; Melhuish, Simon J.; Montier, Ludovic; Mousset, Louise; Mundo, Luis Mariano; Murphy, John Anthony; Murphy, James David; O'Sullivan, Creidhe; Olivieri, Emiliano; Paiella, Alessandro; Pajot, Francois; Passerini, Andrea; Pastoriza, Hernan; Pelosi, Alessandro; Perbost, Camille; Perciballi, Maurizio; Pezzotta, Federico; Piacentini, Francesco; Piat, Michel; Piccirillo, Lucio; Pisano, Giampaolo; Polenta, Gianluca; Prele, Damien; Puddu, Roberto; Rambaud, Damien; Ringegni, Pablo; Romero, Gustavo E.; Salatino, Maria; Schillaci, Alessandro; Scóccola, Claudia G.; Scully, Stephen P.; Spinelli, Sebastiano; Stankowiak, Guillaume; Stolpovskiy, Michail; Suarez, Federico; Tartari, Andrea; Thermeau, Jean Pierre; Timbie, Peter; Tomasi, Maurizio; Torchinsky, Steve A.; Tristram, Matthieu; Tucker, Carole E.; Tucker, Gregory S.; Vanneste, Sylvain; Viganó, Daniele; Vittorio, Nicola; Voisin, Fabrice; Watson, Robert; Wicek, Francois; Zannoni, Mario; Zullo, Antonio (MDPI, 2019-01-23)
      In this paper, we describe QUBIC, an experiment that will observe the polarized microwave sky with a novel approach, which combines the sensitivity of state-of-the-art bolometric detectors with the systematic effects control ...

    • Reliability and validity of a new eccentric hamstring strength measurement device 

      Lodge, Clare; Tobin, Diarmuid; O Rourke, Brian; Thorborg, Kristian (Elsevier Inc, 2019-11-22)
      Objective To investigate the reliability and establish validity of a new eccentric hamstring strength measurement device. Design A randomized double-crossover trial with intraclass correlation coefficients to analyze ...

    • Creating personas from design ethnography and grounded theory 

      White, P.J.; Devitt, Frank (User Experience Professionals Association (UXPA), 2021-05)
      Personas can be an effective means of communicating and synthesizing design ethnographic field data by helping designers maintain focus on users and make sense of complex needs. Personas have however been criticized on ...

    • Nutrient reduction capacity of a novel bioswale system for the reduction of nutrients from farmyard dirty water 

      Lanigan, Edward (Institute of Technology, Carlow, 2021)
      The protection of clean water is of paramount importance to both humans and the aquatic environment. The aquatic environment in Ireland is subjected to impacts from many different human activities and pressures. Pollution ...

    • Passive battery thermal management in electric vehicles using fin embedded composite phase change materials 

      Hwang, Foo Shen (Institute of Technology, Carlow, 2021)
      The efficiency of battery packs installed in electric vehicles (EVs) is greatly influenced by their operating temperature. Thus, it is paramount that an effective battery thermal management system be incorporated. While ...