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Image processing techniques to detect and filter objectionable images based on skin tone and shape recognition
(IEEE, 2001-06-09)In this paper we describe image-processing techniques to detect and categorize potentially objectionable images based solely on the image content. The techniques include a novel method of matching skin tones based on a ... -
Image sharpening of time-tagged counts from a photon counting detector: application of a modified wiener filter
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Image super-resolution for consumer thermal cameras
(NUI Galway, 2019-01-21)This thesis attempts to solve a problem currently faced by consumer-grade thermal cameras. Consumers have grown accustomed to the high pixel counts and high resolution offered by the modern smartphone, while the performance ... -
Image-based classification of bladder state using electrical impedance tomography
(IOP Publishing, 2018-12-03)Objective: In this study, we examine the potential of using machine learning classification to determine the bladder state ( not full , full ) with electrical impedance tomography (EIT) images of the pelvic region. Accurate ... -
Image-based sexual abuse in Ireland: a thematic and critical discourse analysis of Twitter data surrounding a highly-publicised case in 2013
(School of Political Science and Sociology, University of Galway, 2022)In order to understand attitudes that uphold social inequalities, discourse related to these inequalities must be analysed. Rape myths are socially upheld false beliefs about sexual violence (SV) which contribute to ... -
Image-based tracking of anticancer drug-loaded nanoengineered polyelectrolyte capsules in cellular environments using a fast benchtop mid-infrared (mir) microscope
(American Chemical Society (ACS), 2018-06-06)Drug delivery monitoring and tracking in the human body are two of the biggest challenges in targeted therapy to be addressed by nanomedicine. The ability of imaging drugs and micro-/nanoengineered drug carriers and of ... -
Imagery and imaginary of islander identity: Older people and migration in Irish small-island communities
(2013)This article examines the imagery and imaginaries of islander identity and makes an original contribution to the fields of gerontology and nissology. Drawing on data collected through in-depth interviews with 19 older ... -
Imagery and imaginary of islander identity: older people and migration in irish small-island communities
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Images and representations of the sea in early medieval Hiberno-Latin and vernacular literature: studies in intertextuality and innovation
(2017-02-23)This research takes the sea and its creatures as the common focus for an investigation of a series of thematically linked early medieval texts’ interactions with each other and with texts ranging from contemporaneous Insular ... -
Imaginal exposure or cognitive therapy in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder
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Imaginaries and practices: learning from ENERGISE about the integration of social sciences with the EU Energy Union
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2018-08-24)This chapter aims (1) to identify problematic framings relating to the integration of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) research with the developing EU Energy Union and (2) to account for the practice of SSH-related ... -
Imagining Belfast Twice a Year
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An immersive virtual reality behaviour change intervention to support retired and non-working adults to reduce prolonged bouts of sedentary activity
(NUI Galway, 2024-01-25)Background. It is currently understood that prolonged daily sedentary behaviour is independently associated with multiple morbidities and mortality across the adult lifespan. Epidemiological evidence suggests that older ... -
Immobilization of ?-glucuronidase on inorganic supports
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Immobilization of redox enzymes on nanoporous gold electrodes: applications in biofuel cells
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2016-11-25)Nanoporous gold (NPG) electrodes were prepared by dealloying sputtered gold: silver alloys. Electrodes of different thicknesses and pore sizes areas were prepared by varying the temperature and duration of the dealloying ... -
Immobilized horse liver alcohol dehydrogenase: effect of bicarbonate
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Immune and genetic correlates of vaccine protection against mucosal infection by siv in monkeys
(American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2011-05-04)The RV144 vaccine trial in Thailand demonstrated that an HIV vaccine could prevent infection in humans and highlights the importance of understanding protective immunity against HIV. We used a nonhuman primate model to ... -
Immune modulation to improve tissue engineering outcomes for cartilage repair in the osteoarthritic joint
(Mary Ann Liebert Inc, 2015-02-01)Osteoarthritis (OA), the most common form of arthritis, is a disabling degenerative joint disease affecting synovial joints and is associated with cartilage destruction, inflammation of the synovial membrane, and subchondral ... -
Immunocompromised patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: secondary analysis of the lung safe database
(Springer Nature, 2018-06-12)Background: The aim of this study was to describe data on epidemiology, ventilatory management, and outcome of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in immunocompromised patients. Methods: We performed a post hoc ...