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A new tool for faster construction of marine biotechnology collaborative networks. (2021)
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ROTTER, A., GAUDÊNCIO, S.P., KLUN, K., MACHER, J.-N., THOMAS, O.P., DENIZ, I., EDWARDS, C., GRIGALIONYTE-BEMBIČ, E., LJUBEŠIĆ, Z., ROBBENS, J., VARESE, G.C. and VASQUEZ, M.I. 2021. A new tool for faster construction of marine biotechnology collaborative networks. Frontiers in marine science [online], 8, article 685164. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.685164

The increasing and rapid development in technologies, infrastructures, computational power, data availability and information flow has enabled rapid scientific advances. These entail transdisciplinary collaborations that maximize sharing of data and... Read More about A new tool for faster construction of marine biotechnology collaborative networks..

Improved splice‐electrochemical circuit polarization modeling and optimized dynamic functional multi‐innovation least square parameter identification for lithium‐ion batteries. (2021)
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SHI, H., WANG, S., FERNANDEZ, C., YU, C., FAN, Y. and CAO, W. 2021. Improved splice-electrochemical circuit polarization modeling and optimized dynamic functional multi-innovation least square parameter identification for lithium-ion batteries. International journal of energy research [online], 45(10), pages 15323-15337. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/er.6807

The internal nonlinearity of the lithium-ion battery makes its mathematical modeling a big challenge. In this paper, a novel lithium-ion battery splice-electrochemical circuit polarization (S-ECP) model is proposed, which integrates the strengths of... Read More about Improved splice‐electrochemical circuit polarization modeling and optimized dynamic functional multi‐innovation least square parameter identification for lithium‐ion batteries..

Effects of astaxanthin in animal models of obesity-associated diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (2021)
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RADICE, R.P., LIMONGI, A.R., VIVIANO, E., PADULA, M.C., MARTELLI, G. and BERMANO, G. 2021. Effects of astaxanthin in animal models of obesity-associated diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Free radical biology and medicine [online], 171, pages 156-168. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2021.05.008

Background and aim: Obesity is a major risk factor for several diseases, including metabolic syndrome (MetS), non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D). The use of natural products, such as astaxanthin (ASX), a potent antiox... Read More about Effects of astaxanthin in animal models of obesity-associated diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis..

Açaí (Euterpe oleracea martius) supplementation improves oxidative stress biomarkers in liver tissue of dams fed a high-fat diet and increases antioxidant enzymes’ gene expression in offspring. (2021)
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BARBOSA, P.O., SOUZA, M.O., SILVA, M.P.S., SANTOS, G.T., SILVA, M.E., BERMANO, G. and FREITAS, R.N. 2021. Açaí (Euterpe oleracea martius) supplementation improves oxidative stress biomarkers in liver tissue of dams fed a high-fat diet and increases antioxidant enzymes’ gene expression in offspring. Biomedicine and pharmacotherapy [online], 139, article ID 111627. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopha.2021.111627

Lipids excess from an uterine environment can increase free radicals production of and thus induce oxidative status imbalance, a key factor for progression of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in offspring. Food antioxidant components in mate... Read More about Açaí (Euterpe oleracea martius) supplementation improves oxidative stress biomarkers in liver tissue of dams fed a high-fat diet and increases antioxidant enzymes’ gene expression in offspring..

A novel combined estimation method of online full-parameter identification and adaptive unscented particle filter for Li-ion batteries SOC based on fractional-order modeling. (2021)
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CHEN, L., WANG, S., JIANG, H., FERNANDEZ, C. and XIONG, X. 2021. A novel combined estimation method of online full-parameter identification and adaptive unscented particle filter for Li-ion batteries SOC based on fractional-order modeling. International journal of energy research [online], 45(10), pages 15481-15494. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/er.6817

Accurate estimation of the state of charge (SOC) of Li-ion battery can ensure the reliability of the storage system. A combined estimator of online full-parameter identification and adaptive unscented particle filter for Li-ion battery SOC based on a... Read More about A novel combined estimation method of online full-parameter identification and adaptive unscented particle filter for Li-ion batteries SOC based on fractional-order modeling..

Ranking microbial metabolomic and genomic links in the NPLinker framework using complementary scoring functions. (2021)
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ELDJÁRN, G.H., RAMSAY, A., VAN DER HOOFT, J.J.J., DUNCAN, K.R., SOLDATOU, S., ROUSU, J., DALY, J., WANDY, J. and ROGERS, S. 2021. Ranking microbial metabolomic and genomic links in the NPLinker framework using complementary scoring functions. PLOS computational biology [online], 17(5), e1008920. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008920

Specialised metabolites from microbial sources are well-known for their wide range of biomedical applications, particularly as antibiotics. When mining paired genomic and metabolomic data sets for novel specialised metabolites, establishing links bet... Read More about Ranking microbial metabolomic and genomic links in the NPLinker framework using complementary scoring functions..

GPR55 regulates the responsiveness to, but does not dimerise with, α1A-adrenoceptors. (2021)
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WALSH, S.K., LIPINA, C., ANG, S.Y., SATO, M., CHIA, L.Y., KOCAN, M., HUTCHINSON, D.S., SUMMERS, R.J. and WAINWRIGHT, C.L. 2021. GPR55 regulates the responsiveness to, but does not dimerise with, α1A-adrenoceptors. Biochemical pharmacology [online], 188, article ID 114560. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcp.2021.114560

Emerging evidence suggests that G protein coupled receptor 55 (GPR55) may influence adrenoceptor function/activity in the cardiovascular system. Whether this reflects direct interaction (dimerization) between receptors or signalling crosstalk has not... Read More about GPR55 regulates the responsiveness to, but does not dimerise with, α1A-adrenoceptors..

A novel high-fidelity unscented particle filtering method for the accurate state of charge estimation of lithium-ion batteries. (2021)
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XIE, Y., WANG, S., FERNANDEZ, C., YU, C., FAN, Y. and CAO, W. 2021. A novel high-fidelity unscented particle filtering method for the accurate state of charge estimation of lithium-ion batteries. International journal of electrochemical science [online], 16(6), article ID 210623. Available from: https://doi.org/10.20964/2021.06.38

Power Li-ion batteries are one of the core "three powers" systems of new energy vehicles, and its accurate batteries modeling and state prediction have become the core technology of the scientific and technological progress in the industry. This pape... Read More about A novel high-fidelity unscented particle filtering method for the accurate state of charge estimation of lithium-ion batteries..

Novel feedback-Bayesian BP neural network combined with extended Kalman filtering for the battery state-of-charge estimation. (2021)
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ZHANG, Y., WANG, S., XU, W., FERNANDEZ, C. and FAN, Y. 2021. Novel feedback-Bayesian BP neural network combined with extended Kalman filtering for the battery state-of-charge estimation. International journal of electrochemical science [online], 16(6), article ID 210624. Available from: https://doi.org/10.20964/2021.06.40

The state of charge estimation of lithium-ion batteries plays an important role in real-time monitoring and safety. To solve the problem that high non-linearity during real-time estimation of lithium-ion batteries who cause that it is dif... Read More about Novel feedback-Bayesian BP neural network combined with extended Kalman filtering for the battery state-of-charge estimation..

A novel autoregressive rainflow-integrated moving average modeling method for the accurate state of health prediction of lithium-ion batteries. (2021)
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HUANG, J., WANG, S., XU, W., SHI, W. and FERNANDEZ, C. 2021. A novel autoregressive rainflow-integrated moving average modeling method for the accurate state of health prediction of lithium-ion batteries. Processes [online], 9(5), article 795. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/pr9050795

The accurate estimation and prediction of lithium-ion battery state of health are one of the important core technologies of the battery management system, and are also the key to extending battery life. However, it is difficult to track state of heal... Read More about A novel autoregressive rainflow-integrated moving average modeling method for the accurate state of health prediction of lithium-ion batteries..

A review of combined sewer overflows as a source of wastewater-derived emerging contaminants in the environment and their management. (2021)
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PETRIE, B. 2021. A review of combined sewer overflows as a source of wastewater-derived emerging contaminants in the environment and their management. Environmental science and pollution research [online], 28(25), pages 32095-32110. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-14103-1

Emerging contaminants such as pharmaceuticals, illicit drugs and personal care products can be released to the environment in untreated wastewater/stormwater mixtures following storm events. The frequency and intensity of combined sewer overflows (CS... Read More about A review of combined sewer overflows as a source of wastewater-derived emerging contaminants in the environment and their management..

A novel adaptive function-dual Kalman filtering strategy for online battery model parameters and state of charge co-estimation. (2021)
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FAN, Y., SHI, H., WANG, S., FERNANDEZ, C., CAO, W. and HUANG, J. 2021. A novel adaptive function-dual Kalman filtering strategy for online battery model parameters and state of charge co-estimation. Energies [online], 14(8), article 2268. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/en14082268

This paper aims to improve the stability and robustness of the state-of-charge estimation algorithm for lithium-ion batteries. A new internal resistance-polarization circuit model is constructed on the basis of the Thevenin equivalent circuit to char... Read More about A novel adaptive function-dual Kalman filtering strategy for online battery model parameters and state of charge co-estimation..

Comparison of quality characteristics of tomato paste produced under atmospheric conditions and vacuum evaporations. (2021)
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DEVSEREN, E., OKUT, D., KOÇ, M., KARATAŞ, H. and KAYMAK-ERTEKIN, F. 2021. Comparison of quality characteristics of tomato paste produced under atmospheric conditions and vacuum evaporations. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências/Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences [online], 93(1), e20200215. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1590/0001-3765202120200215

Herein we report a comparison study of the quality characteristics of tomato paste produced under atmospheric conditions and vacuum evaporation. Tomato pulp (5 Brix) was evaporated under vacuum and at atmospheric pressure using a developed evaporatio... Read More about Comparison of quality characteristics of tomato paste produced under atmospheric conditions and vacuum evaporations..

Analysis of thrombotic adverse reactions of COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine reported to EudraVigilance database. (2021)
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TOBAIQY, M., ELKOUT, H. and MACLURE, K. 2021. Analysis of thrombotic adverse reactions of COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine reported to EudraVigilance database. Vaccines [online], 9(4), article 393. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9040393

The development of safe, effective, affordable vaccines against COVID-19 remains the cornerstone to mitigating this pandemic. Early in December 2020, multiple research groups had designed potential vaccines. From 11 March 2021, several European count... Read More about Analysis of thrombotic adverse reactions of COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine reported to EudraVigilance database..

A serpin with a finger in many PAIs: PAI-1’s central function in thromboinflammation and cardiovascular disease. (2021)
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MORROW, G.B., WHYTE, C.S. and MUTCH, N.J. 2021. A serpin with a finger in many PAIs: PAI-1’s central function in thromboinflammation and cardiovascular disease. Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine [online], 8, article 653655. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2021.653655

Plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (PAI-1) is a member of the serine protease inhibitor (serpin) superfamily. PAI-1 is the principal inhibitor of the plasminogen activators, tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), and urokinase-type plasminogen activator... Read More about A serpin with a finger in many PAIs: PAI-1’s central function in thromboinflammation and cardiovascular disease..

A novel adaptive dual extended Kalman filtering algorithm for the Li‐ion battery state of charge and state of health co‐estimation. (2021)
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XU, W., WANG, S., JIANG, C., FERNANDEZ, C., YU, C., FAN, Y. and CAO, W. 2021. A novel adaptive dual extended Kalman filtering algorithm for the Li-ion battery state of charge and state of health co-estimation. International journal of energy research [online], 45(10), pages 14592-14602. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/er.6719

Accurate prediction of the state of health (SOH) of Li-ion battery has an important role in the estimation of battery state of charge (SOC), which can not only improve the efficiency of battery usage but also ensure its safety performance. The batter... Read More about A novel adaptive dual extended Kalman filtering algorithm for the Li‐ion battery state of charge and state of health co‐estimation..

Challenges and progresses of lithium-metal batteries. (2021)
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WANG, J., GE, B., YANG, M., WANG, J., LIU, D., FERNANDEZ, C., CHEN, X. and PENG, Q. 2021. Challenges and progresses of lithium-metal batteries. Chemical engineering journal [online], 420(1), article 129739. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2021.129739

Lithium-metal batteries (LMBs) have received considerable enthusiasm as the candidates for next-generation high energy density storage devices. However, the unexpected electrochemical deposition of metallic Li on the surface of anode has been conside... Read More about Challenges and progresses of lithium-metal batteries..

Degradation of multiple peptides by microcystin-degrader Paucibacter toxinivorans (2C20). (2021)
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SANTOS, A.A., SOLDATOU, S., FREITAS DE MAGALHÃES, V., AZEVEDO, S.M.F.O., CAMACHO-MUÑOZ, D., LAWTON, L. A. and EDWARDS, C. 2021. Degradation of multiple peptides by microcystin-degrader Paucibacter toxinivorans (2C20). Toxins [online], 13(4): cyanobacterial toxins: their occurrence, detection and removal, article 265. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins13040265

Since conventional drinking water treatments applied in different countries are inefficient at eliminating potentially toxic cyanobacterial peptides, a number of bacteria have been studied as an alternative to biological filters for the removal of mi... Read More about Degradation of multiple peptides by microcystin-degrader Paucibacter toxinivorans (2C20)..

Detection of morphological changes caused by chemical stress in the cyanobacterium Planktothrix agardhii using convolutional neural networks. (2021)
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CARLOTO, I., JOHNSTON, P., PESTANA, C.J. and LAWTON, L.A. 2021. Detection of morphological changes caused by chemical stress in the cyanobacterium Planktothrix agardhii using convolutional neural networks. Science of the total environment [online], 784, article 146956. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146956

The presence of harmful algal bloom in many reservoirs around the world, alongside the lack of sanitation law/ordinance regarding cyanotoxin monitoring (particularly in developing countries), create a scenario in which the local population could pote... Read More about Detection of morphological changes caused by chemical stress in the cyanobacterium Planktothrix agardhii using convolutional neural networks..

Icelandic community pharmacists' and pharmacy students' expectations of future role extensions and education requirements: a cross sectional survey. (2021)
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WEIDMANN, A.E., GUÐBJÖRNSDÓTTIR, U.K., GUNNARSDOTTIR, A.I., GUNNARSSON, P. and JÓNSDÓTTIR, F. 2021. Icelandic community pharmacists and pharmacy students expectations of future role extensions and education requirements: a cross sectional survey. Pharmacy education [online], 21, pages 83-91. Available from: https://doi.org/10.46542/pe.2021.211.8391

Aim: To explore the expectations of Icelandic community pharmacists and final year pharmacy students on future role extensions and associated education needs. Methods: All community pharmacists across Iceland registered with the Pharmaceutical Societ... Read More about Icelandic community pharmacists' and pharmacy students' expectations of future role extensions and education requirements: a cross sectional survey..