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Digital twin: origin to future
(MDPI, 2021-05-24)Digital Twin (DT) refers to the virtual copy or model of any physical entity (physical twin) both of which are interconnected via exchange of data in real time. Conceptually, a DT mimics the state of its physical twin ... -
Influence of extrusion screw speed on the properties of halloysite nanotube impregnated polylactic acid nanocomposites
(De Gruyter, 2021)Poly (lactic acid)/halloysite nanotube (PLA/HNT) nanocomposites have been studiedextensively over the past fewyears owing to the interesting properties of the polymer, PLA, and the nanoclay, HNT, individually and as ... -
The influence of sitting, standing and stepping bouts on cardiometabolic health markers in older adults
(Human Kinetics, 2021-05-13)Aside from total time spent in physical activity behaviors, how time is accumulated is important for health. This study examined associations between sitting, standing, and stepping bouts, with cardiometabolic health markers ... -
Facilitating TBL - tools to succeed: pre class preparation
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-04)Traditionally, the pre-class preparation phase of TBL involved students covering readings prior to a session (Michaelsen, 2002). Pre-class readings may have included chapters/excerpts from textbooks and articles or ... -
Technology for TBL tools
(Athlone Institute of Technology., 2020)Screencast-O-Matic is an easy to use video creation program that allow users to record video from a web cam, capture their computer screen, and record their voice. Screencast-O-Matic record video can be uploaded directly ... -
Technology for team-based learning: peer evaluation
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020)In TBL the self-management of the team is a guiding principle and this is very much centred around peer review (Sibley, 2018). We must aim to give the students the tools to be able to do this. There are a number of resources ... -
Facilitating TBL - tools to succeed: application exercises
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-04)In the physical classroom, the guidelines for the completion of application exercises can be printed off and distributed to each team (e.g. Franklin et al., 2016), or projected on a screen for a class to view. Teams ... -
Facilitating TBL - tools to succeed: readiness assurance tests
(Athlone Institute of Technology (2020) Facilitating TBL - tools to succeed: readiness assurance tests, 2020-04)The traditional approach to the roll out of the Individual Readiness Assurance test is a "paper and pen" approach. This can result in reams of paper being used (question sheets and answer forms all need to be printed). ... -
Enhancing TBL with technology- 5 tips: online TBL
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-04)TBL usually involves students and educators meeting in the same place at the same time. However, as technology has evolved, TBL practitioners have experimented with different ways of facilitating these stages outside ... -
The components of personal passports for people living with dementia in an acute healthcare setting: an integrative review
(Wiley, 2021-02-08)Aim To explore the components of personal passports for people living with dementia in an acute healthcare setting. Background Globally, supporting people with dementia poses a prominent health and social care challenge. ... -
Putting the 'e' in portfolio design: an intervention research project investigating how design students and faculty might jointly reimagine the deisgn portfolio activity
(Springer, 2021-05-07)The use of portfolios is deeply embedded in practice within Design education. However, as trends change and technology improves, tensions often arise in the interpretation and presentation of the portfolio activity. ... -
Block-chain empowered multi-robot collaboration to fight COVID-19 and future pandemics
(IEEE, 2021-03-25)This conceptual paper overviews how blockchain technology is involving the operation of multi-robot collaboration for combating COVID-19 and future pandemics. Robots are a promising technology for providing many tasks ... -
Physiological and performance responses of sprint interval training and endurance training in Gaelic football players
(Springer, 2021-04-29)Purpose While ideal for developing aerobic capacity, traditional endurance training (ET) is extremely time-consuming and may lack the specificity to maintain indices of speed and power in team sport athletes. In contrast, ... -
Empower Eco multiactor HUB: A triple helix ‘academia-industry-authority’ approach to creating and sharing potentially disruptive tools for addressing novel and emerging new Green Deal opportunities under a United Nations Sustainable Development Goals framework
(Elsevier, 2021-06)There is a pressing drive to address climate change and environmental degradation that are global existential threats. Europe has strategically responded by unifying efforts to transform its connected communities into ... -
Analysis of iterative process for Nauru voting system
(Tech Science Press, 2021)Game theory is a popular area of artificial intelligence in which the voter acknowledges his own desires and favors the person he wants to be his representative. In multi-agent systems, social choice functions help ... -
Sport and recreation musculoskeletal injuries in Irish primary school children
(Research Group on Physical Activity and Sports Sciences (GICAFD). Department of Didactic General and Specific Training. University of Alicante, 2021-04-01)Musculoskeletal injury in children can lead to negative physical, psychological and socio-economic effects. This study aimed to examine sport and recreation injury incidence in Irish primary school children. A cross-sectional ... -
Disease-mitigating innovations for the pollination service industry: challenges and opportunities
(Elsevier, 2021-04)Commercially reared bumblebees are often deployed for fruit, vegetable, and seed crop pollination. Commercial bumblebee pollination contributes significantly to economic and nutritional security, thus maintaining healthy ... -
Intelligent monitoring of IoT devices using neural networks
(IEEE, 2021-03-29)The Internet of Things (IoT) has seen expeditious growth in recent times with 7 billion connected devices in 2020, thus leading to the vital importance of real-time monitoring of IoT devices. Through this paper, we demonstrate ... -
The influence of different physical activity behaviours on the gut microbiota of older Irish adults
(Springer, 2021-04-10)Objectives: A 24-hour day is made up of time spent in a range of physical activity (PA) behaviours, including sleep, sedentary time, standing, light-intensity PA (LIPA) and moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA), all of which may ...
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