• A compliant-mechanism-based lockable prismatic joint for high-load morphing structures 

  Zhao, Yinjun; Hao, Guangbo; Chai, Luguang; Tian, Yingzhong; Xi, Fengfeng (Elsevier Ltd., 2022-09-12)

  Lockable joints are widely used in robotic systems and adaptive structures for energy management and/or topology reconfiguration. However, it is still challenging to design a joint with desired properties, including high ...
• Bacterial toxins: Offensive, defensive, or something else altogether? 

  Rudkin, Justine K.; McLoughlin, Rachel M.; Preston, Andrew; Massey, Ruth C. (Public Library of Science, 2017-09-21)

  The secretion of proteins that damage host tissue is well established as integral to the infectious processes of many bacterial pathogens. However, recent advances in our understanding of the activity of toxins suggest ...
• Soft breakdown in MgO dielectric layers 

  Miranda, Enrique; O'Connor, Éamon; Hughes, Gregory; Casey, P.; Cherkaoui, Karim; Monaghan, Scott; Long, Rathnait D.; O'Connell, Dan; Hurley, Paul K. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2009-07-24)

  In this work, we report on the occurrence of the soft breakdown (SBD) failure mode in 20 nm-thick films of magnesium oxide (MgO) grown on Si substrates. To our knowledge, this is the first observation of this failure ...
• Dietary fat intakes in Irish children: changes between 2005 and 2019 

  O'Connor, Aileen; Buffini, Maria; Nugent, Anne; Kehoe, Laura; Flynn, Albert; Walton, Janette; Kearney, John; McNulty, Breige (Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Nutrition Society, 2020-10-26)

  Objective: To examine current dietary fat intakes and compliance in Irish children and to examine changes in intakes from 2005 to 2019. Design: Analyses were based on data from the Irish National Children’s Food Survey ...
• Barriers and waste in the research grant application process in higher education through a lean six sigma lens 

  Dempsey, Mary; Brennan, Attracta; McAvoy, John (Polska Akademia Nauk, 2020-09)

  Higher education institutions (HEIs) typically generate income from two main sources; student fees and research income. In contrast, the predominant waste streams in HEIs tend to include; (1) assignment/examination mark ...

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