Research, Innovation & Enterprise: Recent submissions
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Current decontamination challenges and potentially complementary solutions to safeguard the vulnerable seafood industry from recalcitrant human norovirus in live shellfish: Quo Vadis?
(Elsevier, 2023-02-24)Safeguarding the seafood industry is important given its contribution to supporting our growing global population. However, shellfish are filter feeders that bioaccumulate microbial contaminants in their tissue from ... -
Invisible encoded backdoor attack on DNNs using conditional GAN
(IEEE, 2023-02-17)Deep Learning (DL) models deliver superior performance and have achieved remarkable results for classification and vision tasks. However, recent research focuses on exploring these Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) weaknesses ... -
Packaging environmental impact on seafood supply chains: a review of life cycle assessment studies
(Wiley, 2022)Packaging is fundamental for food preservation and transportation but generates an environmental burden from its production and end-of-life management. This review evaluates packaging contribution to the environmental ... -
Implications for the seafood industry, consumers and the environment arising from contamination of shellfish with pharmaceuticals, plastics and potentially toxic elements: a case study from Irish waters with a global orientation
(Elsevier, 2022-10-20)Shellfish are a rich source of minerals, B-vitamins and omega-3 to the human diet. The global population is expected to reach 9.6 billion people by 2050 where there will be increased demand for shellfish and for sustained ... -
A circular economy framework for seafood waste valorisation to meet challenges and opportunities for intensive production and sustainability
(Elsevier, 2023)There is a growing concern among societies and consumers over food security and the sustainability of food production systems. For seafood, it has been highly advocated as a healthy food source and its sustainability ... -
Pathogenic drug resistant fungi: a review of mitigation strategies
(MDPI, 2023-01-13)Fungal pathogens cause significant human morbidity and mortality globally, where there is a propensity to infect vulnerable people such as the immunocompromised ones. There is increasing evidence of resistance to antifungal ... -
A systematic review of mucoadhesive vaginal tablet testing
(AboutScience, 2023-01-16)Drug administration through the vaginal tract is one of the oldest modalities of pharmacotherapy, and it is also one of the most explored. Since the vaginal cavity has a wide surface area, a plentiful blood supply, and a ... -
Potential disruptive effects of zoosporic parasites on peatland-based organic freshwater aquaculture: case study from the Republic of Ireland
(Elsevier, 2023-01-10)Irish freshwater aquaculture holds great potential for aiding food security. However, its necessary expansion has been hampered by the adoption of important environmental EU directives. A novel peatland-based recirculating ... -
Chitosan/hydroxyapatite scaffolds with P28 as a promising osteoinductive scaffold for bone healing applications
(MDPI, 2023-01-31)Despite bone’s inherent ability to heal, large bone defects remain a major clinical concern. This study proposes an off-the-shelf treatment combining chitosan/hydroxyapatite (CS/HAp) scaf folds, covalently linked with ... -
Hallmarks of aging and immunosenescence: connecting the dots
(Elsevier, 2022-06)Aging is a natural physiological process that features various and variable challenges, associated with loss of homeostasis within the organism, often leading to negative consequences for health. Cellular senescence occurs ... -
Synthesis and characterization of silver nanoparticles for the preparation of Chitosan pellets and their application in industrial wastewater disinfection
(MDPI, 2023-01-02)The use of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) has become popular in several applications due to their bactericidal properties. In this sense, it is ideal that the AgNPs are incorporated into a matrix in order to minimize their ... -
Diverted from landfill: reuse of single-use plastic packaging waste
(MDPI, 2022)Low-density polyethylene (LDPE) based packaging films mostly end up in landfill after single-use as they are not commonly recycled due to their flexible nature, low strength and low cost. Additionally, the necessity to ... -
Mass customization of polylactic acid (PLA) parts via a hybrid manufacturing process
(MDPI, 2022-12-10)Mass customization is the development of items tailored to specific customers, but produced at low unit cost in high-volume. In this context, hybrid manufacturing (HM) combines fused deposition modeling (FDM) and injection ... -
Challenges and future opportunities to unlock the critical supply chain of personal and protective equipment (PPE) encompassing decontamination and reuse under emergency use authorization (EUA) conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic: Through a reflective circularity and sustainability lens
(Elsevier, 2023-01-06)Severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), and the resulting coronavirus disease (COVID-19), was declared a public health emergency of global concern by the World Health Organization (WHO) in the ... -
A development of new material for 4D printing and the material properties comparison between the conventional and stereolithography polymerised NVCL hydrogels
(MDPI, 2022-11-22)The term 4D printing refers to the idea that the shape or properties of a printed object can be changed when an external stimulus is applied. In this contribution, a temperature-responsive polymer Poly (N-vinyl caprolactam) ... -
Systematic review of survival analysis in leprosy studies - including the following outcomes: relapse, impairment of nerve function, reactions and physical disability.
(MDPI, 2022-09-26): Leprosy is a public health problem in South American, African and Oceanian countries. National programs need to be evaluated, and the survival analysis model can aid in the construction of new indicators. The aim of ... -
Monitoring in vitro extracellular matrix protein conformations in the presence of biomimetic bone-regeneration scaffolds using functionalized gold-edge-triangular silver nanoparticles
(MDPI, 2022-12-23): In the cellular environment, high noise levels, such as fluctuations in biochemical reactions, protein variability, molecular diffusion, cell-to-cell contact, and pH, can both mediate and interfere with cellular ... -
The design, development, and testing of novel next generation in vitro agar-based urethral models for medical device innovation
(Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest, 2022-04)Catheters are one of the most utilised medical devices in modern medicine with catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) being ubiquitous in worldwide healthcare settings. These infections negatively affect ... -
Enhancing drug solubility through advanced polymer extruded shellac-based matrix drug delivery systems
(Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest, 2022-09)The main objective of this study is to enhance the solubility of the model drug fenofibrate, by forming amorphous solid dispersions using a hot melt extrusion process. Hot melt extrusion offers an efficient way of ... -
A risk assessment-based control strategy to formulate a potent, efficacious, and non-invasive topical onychomycotic dosage form
(Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest, 2021)This project involves the development of a strategy to formulate a novel dosage form with modified coconut oil (MCO) as the active pharmaceutical ingredient to treat onychomycosis caused by T. rubrum and C. albicans. ...
