Institute of Technology Sligo

Investigation of leptospirosis as a cause of abortion in cattle and sheep in the Republic of Ireland

Abstract Background Sheep and cattle are considered maintenance hosts for Leptospira interrogans serovar Hardjo-prajitno and Leptospira borgpetersenii serovar Hardjo-bovis in Ireland, where the disease is endemic in these species. The infection can lead to impaired fertility, abo...

Projecting global soil moisture droughts under climate change: characteristics, agricultural exposure, and adaptation insights

The intensification of global warming has increased the severity, frequency, and duration of extreme drought events, posing significant threats to agricultural stability. This study introduces a framework for assessing global agricultural drought impacts under climate change by i...

Ergodic control of multi-agent systems under communication constraints

We study decentralised ergodic control for multi-agent systems operating over stochastic, lossy communication graphs. Each agent follows controlled stochastic dynamics with uniformly elliptic noise on a compact domain and aims to align its occupation measure with a prescribed tar...

Anthropogenic drivers of algal regime shifts in a Himalayan watershed and pathways for nature-based solutions

Abstract Freshwater ecosystems worldwide are increasingly threatened by human activities, yet the ecological mechanisms linking anthropogenic pressures to algal community dynamics remain incompletely resolved in the Himalayan river systems. To bridge this gap, this study presents...