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The development of advanced smart polymer formulations for potential biomedical applications.
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-10)
In the past twenty years, a theme in the pharmaceutical industry is to move towards more efficient use of active pharmaceutical ingredients and the need for improved delivery systems. Smart polymers throughout the literature ...
A novel manufacturing technique for the production of tailored solid dosage forms
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020)
The main objective of this study was to evaluate manufacturing processes for the fabrication of tailored solid dosage forms. Two hot-melt extrusion based manufacturing processes were investigated, a 3D printing process ...
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 quality of experience evaluation of augmented reality and haptic feedback in a low-cost gait analysis system
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-06)
Gait analysis is a technique that is used to understand movement patterns and, in some cases, to inform the development of rehabilitation protocols. Traditional rehabilitation approaches have relied on expert guided feedback ...
Head- and eye-based features for continuous core affect prediction
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-07)
Feelings, or affect, are a fundamental part of human experience. Arousal and valencemake up core affect and have received intense study in affective computing. Speechand facial features have been extensively studied as ...
The development of novel PVA hydrogel for biomedical and drug delivery applications
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2021-08)
Hydrogels have been used widely in biomaterial applications, mainly due to their low interfacial tension, useful swelling properties and high lubricity. In addition to their promising biocompatibility characteristics, ...
A quality of experience evaluation of an immersive multimedia speech & language application
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-08)
Recent advances in technology have supported multimedia experiences to become more
interactive and immersive. Traditional multimedia devices aimed to capture user attention
through content rich visuals presented on ...
Architectural design and evaluation for distribution and governance of vehicular information in smart cities
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-07)
The rate at which we generate data nowadays has instigated a migration of data processing
concepts and technologies from the Cloud-Computing paradigm. The potential destructive
impact of “Internet of Things” on the current ...
Multi-resolution pre-processing for pattern recognition in images and audio signals
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-10-05)
With the rapid growth of technology and the proliferation of data in this “digital
age”, most current data (imaging and audio) applications require higher data resolution, higher data transmission rates, and better ...
Investigating the role of spatial ability as a factor of human intelligence in technology education: towards a casual theory of the relationship between spatial ability and STEM education.
(KTH Royal Institute of Technology., 2018)
Education is a particularly complex discipline due to the numerous variables which impact on teaching and learning. Due to the large effect of human intelligence on the variance in student educational achievement, there ...