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Sustainable energy efficiency retrofits as residential buildings move towards nearly zero energy building (NZEB) standards
(Elsevier, 2020-01-24)
1.9 million housing units in Ireland are required to be retrofitted for the existing Irish national housing stock to be considered nearly zero energy building (nZEB). This paper assesses optimum retrofit packages aimed at ...
Microwave calcaneus phantom for bone imaging applications
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2020-03-15)
Microwave imaging can be used as an alternate modality for monitoring bone health. Dielectrically accurate, anthropomorphic phantoms play vital role in testing of imaging prototype prior to clinical applications. However, ...
Dielectric characterization of diseased human trabecular bones at microwave frequency
(Elsevier, 2020-02-07)
The objective of this study is to determine whether in vitro dielectric properties of human trabecular bones, can distinguish between osteoporotic and osteoarthritis patients' bone samples. Specifically this study enlightens ...
Characterisation of Irish-grown Scots pine timber for structural applications
(National University of Ireland Galway, 2020-08-27)
There is very little knowledge on the timber quality of the native Scots pine grown in Ireland, and its potential to produce timber for structural applications. This paper studied the mechanical performance in tension and ...
High-accuracy facial depth models derived from 3D synthetic data
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2020-08-31)
In this paper, we explore how synthetically generated 3D face models can be used to construct a high-accuracy ground truth for depth. This allows us to train the Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) to solve facial depth ...
A novel ROM methodology to support the estimation of the energy savings under the Measurement and Verification protocol
(National University of Ireland Galway, 2020-09-21)
This paper presents a novel Reduced Order grey box
Model (ROM) methodology, based on a ResistorCapacitor (RC) network, which supports the creation of
the baseline energy consumption and the estimation of
energy savings ...
Mitigating ammonia and greenhouse gas emissions from stored cattle slurry using agricultural waste, commercially available products and a chemical acidifier.
(Elsevier, 2021-02-05)
Bovine slurry and its subsequent storage are significant sources of ammonia (NH3) and greenhouse gases (GHGs). Chemical acidification of manures has been shown to significantly reduce these emissions. Waste products, derived ...
The role of wet wipes and sanitary towels as a source of white microplastic fibres in the marine environment
(Elsevier, 2020-06-10)
Understanding source elements of the ocean plastic crisis is key to effective pollution reduction management and policy. The ubiquity of microplastic (MP) fibres in the oceans is considered to derive primarily from clothing ...
A statistically based fault detection and diagnosis approach for non-residential building water distribution systems
(Elsevier, 2020-11-01)
Large non-residential buildings can contain complex and often inefficient water distribution systems. As requirements for water increase due to water scarcity and industrialization, it has become increasingly important to ...
Microwave bone imaging: A preliminary investigation on numerical bone phantoms for bone health monitoring
(MDPI, 2020-11-05)
Microwave tomography (MWT) can be used as an alternative modality for monitoring human bone health. Studies have found a significant dielectric contrast between healthy and diseased human trabecular bones. A set of diverse ...