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Competency-based assessment in experiential learning in undergraduate pharmacy programmes: qualitative exploration of facilitators' views and needs (ACTp study). (2022)
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JACOB, S.A., POWER, A., PORTLOCK, J., JEBARA, T., CUNNINGHAM, S. and BOYTER, A.C. 2022. Competency-based assessment in experiential learning in undergraduate pharmacy programmes: qualitative exploration of facilitators' views and needs (ACTp study). Pharmacy [online], 10(4), article 90. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy10040090

Newly registered pharmacists will need to possess higher-level competencies and, in Great Britain, there is an expectation that assessments are undertaken during experiential learning (EL). The aim of this study was to explore the perceptions and edu... Read More about Competency-based assessment in experiential learning in undergraduate pharmacy programmes: qualitative exploration of facilitators' views and needs (ACTp study)..

General practice-based undergraduate pharmacy longitudinal clerkship: a theoretically underpinned qualitative evaluation. (2022)
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INNES, C., CUNNINGHAM, S., ADDISON, B., WEDEKIND, Y., WATSON, E., RUDD, I., POWER, A., KARIM, L. and RUSHWORTH, G.F. 2022. General practice-based undergraduate pharmacy longitudinal clerkship: a theoretically underpinned qualitative evaluation. International journal of clinical pharmacy [online], 44(5), pages 1123-1131. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11096-022-01429-0

A Pharmacy Longitudinal Clerkship (PLC) was designed to develop student pharmacists'(SPs) competence in a general practice setting. The aim was to carry out a theoretically-underpinned qualitative evaluation of stakeholder perceptions regarding the... Read More about General practice-based undergraduate pharmacy longitudinal clerkship: a theoretically underpinned qualitative evaluation..

A systematic review and bibliometric analysis of flame-retardant rigid polyurethane foam from 1963 to 2021. (2022)
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PAN, Y., YIN, C., FERNANDEZ, C., FU, L. and LIN, C.-T. 2022. A systematic review and bibliometric analysis of flame-retardant rigid polyurethane foam from 1963 to 2021. Polymers [online], 14(15), article 3011. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14153011

Flame-retardant science and technology are sciences developed to prevent the occurrence of fire, meet the needs of social safety production, and protect people's lives and property. Rigid polyurethane (PU) is a polymer formed by the additional polyme... Read More about A systematic review and bibliometric analysis of flame-retardant rigid polyurethane foam from 1963 to 2021..

Battery hysteresis compensation modeling and state-of-charge estimation adaptive to time-varying ambient temperature conditions. (2022)
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SHI, H., WANG, S., FERNANDEZ, C., HUANG, J., XU, W. and WANG, L. 2022. Battery hysteresis compensation modeling and state-of-charge estimation adaptive to time-varying ambient temperature conditions. International journal of energy research [online], 46(12), pages 17096-17112. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/er.8373

Temperature and cell hysteretic effects are two major factors that influence the reliability and safety in long-term management of battery-integrated systems. In this paper, a hysteresis-compensated electrical characteristic model is established to t... Read More about Battery hysteresis compensation modeling and state-of-charge estimation adaptive to time-varying ambient temperature conditions..

The concentration and biomagnification of PCBs and PBDEs across four trophic levels in a marine food web. (2022)
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MADGETT, A.S., YATES, K., WEBSTER, L., MCKENZIE, C., BROWNLOW, A. and MOFFAT, C.F. 2022. The concentration and biomagnification of PCBs and PBDEs across four trophic levels in a marine food web. Environmental pollution [online], 309, article number 119752. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119752

Contracting Parties to the OSPAR Convention for the Protection of the Maine Environment of the North-East Atlantic are required to undertake monitoring and assessment of both inorganic and organic contaminants. There is a requirement to assess contam... Read More about The concentration and biomagnification of PCBs and PBDEs across four trophic levels in a marine food web..

A critical review of improved deep convolutional neural network for multi-timescale state prediction of lithium-ion batteries. (2022)
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WANG, S., REN, P., TAKYI-ANINAKWA, P., JIN, S. and FERNANDEZ, C. 2022. A critical review of improved deep convolutional neural network for multi-timescale state prediction of lithium-ion batteries. Energies [online], 15(14), article 5053. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/en15145053

Lithium-ion batteries are widely used as effective energy storage and have become the main component of power supply systems. Accurate battery state prediction is key to ensuring reliability and has significant guidance for optimizing the performance... Read More about A critical review of improved deep convolutional neural network for multi-timescale state prediction of lithium-ion batteries..

Research on SOC estimation for lithium ion batteries based on improved PNGV equivalence model and AF-UKF algorithm. (2022)
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ZHOU, H., WANG, S., YU, C., XIA, L. and FERNANDEZ, C. 2022. Research on SOC estimation for lithium ion batteries based on improved PNGV equivalence model and AF-UKF algorithm. International journal of electrochemical science [online], 17(8), article ID 220836. Available from: https://doi.org/10.20964/2022.08.31

Accurately estimating the state of charge of lithium-ion batteries is of great significance for real-time monitoring and safety control of batteries. To solve the problems of difficult real-time estimation and low estimation accuracy of lithium batte... Read More about Research on SOC estimation for lithium ion batteries based on improved PNGV equivalence model and AF-UKF algorithm..

Cleaved CD95L perturbs in vitro macrophages responses to Toxoplasma gondii. (2022)
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TIFFNEY, E.A., COOMBES, J.L., LEGEMBRE, P. and FLYNN, R.J. 2022. Cleaved CD95L perturbs in vitro macrophages responses to Toxoplasma gondii. Microbes and infection [online], 24(5), article number 104952. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micinf.2022.104952

Toxoplasma gondii infects approximately 1–2 billion people, and manipulation of the macrophage response is critical to host and parasite survival. A cleaved (cl)-CD95L form can promote cellular migration and we have previously shown that cl-CD95L agg... Read More about Cleaved CD95L perturbs in vitro macrophages responses to Toxoplasma gondii..

A strong tracking adaptive fading-extended Kalman filter for the state of charge estimation of lithium-ion batteries. (2022)
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TAKYI-ANINAKWA, P., WANG, S., ZHANG, H., APPIAH, E., BOBOBEE, E.D. and FERNANDEZ, C. 2022. A strong tracking adaptive fading-extended Kalman filter for the state of charge estimation of lithium-ion batteries. International journal of energy research [online], 46(12), pages 16427-16444. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/er.8307

Lithium-ion batteries are widely used as rechargeable energy and power storage system in smart devices and electric vehicles because of their high specific energy, high power densities, etc. The state of charge (SOC) serves as a vital feature that is... Read More about A strong tracking adaptive fading-extended Kalman filter for the state of charge estimation of lithium-ion batteries..

Effect of biosynthesized silver nanoparticles on bacterial biofilm changes in S. aureus and E. coli. (2022)
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HOSNEDLOVA, B., KABANOV, D., KEPINSKA, M., NARAYANAN, V.H.B., PARIKESIT, A.A., FERNANDEZ, C., BJØRKLUND, G., NGUYEN, H.V., FARID, A., SOCHOR, J., PHOLOSI, A., BARON, M., JAKUBEK, M. and KIZEK, R. 2022. Effect of biosynthesized silver nanoparticles on bacterial biofilm changes in S. aureus and E. coli. Nanomaterials [online], 12(13), article 2183. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12132183

One approach for solving the problem of antibiotic resistance and bacterial persistence in biofilms is treatment with metals, including silver in the form of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs). Green synthesis is an environmentally friendly method to synth... Read More about Effect of biosynthesized silver nanoparticles on bacterial biofilm changes in S. aureus and E. coli..

Comparative effectiveness and safety of rivaroxaban and warfarin for stroke prevention in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation in an Omani Tertiary Care Hospital. (2022)
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AL-MAAWALI, M.S., AL-NAAMANI, H.H., NESHAT MOKADEM, L., AL-MAAWALI, G., SALMAN, B. and AL-ZAKWANI, I. 2022. Comparative effectiveness and safety of rivaroxaban and warfarin for stroke prevention in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation in an Omani Tertiary Care Hospital. Open cardiovascular medicine journal [online], 16, article e187419242202281. Available from: https://doi.org/10.2174/18741924-v16-e2202281

Objective: The aim of the study was to compare the effectiveness and safety of rivaroxaban and warfarin as well as to determine the appropriateness of dosing and prescribing of rivaroxaban in Omani patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF... Read More about Comparative effectiveness and safety of rivaroxaban and warfarin for stroke prevention in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation in an Omani Tertiary Care Hospital..

Evaluation of NACA and diNACA in human cystinosis fibroblast cell cultures as potential treatments for cystinosis. (2022)
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HECTOR, E., CAIRNS, D. and WALL, G.W. 2022. Evaluation of NACA and diNACA in human cystinosis fibroblast cell cultures as potential treatments for cystinosis. Orphanet journal of rare diseases [online], 17, article 231. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13023-022-02367-w

Background: Cystinosis is a rare autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disease, associated with high morbidity and mortality. Mutations in the CTNS gene disable a membrane protein responsible for the transport of cystine out of the lysosome. Loss of... Read More about Evaluation of NACA and diNACA in human cystinosis fibroblast cell cultures as potential treatments for cystinosis..

Intrinsically chiral ferronematic liquid crystals: an inversion of the helical twist sense at the chiral nematic – chiral ferronematic phase transition. (2022)
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POCIECHA, D., WALKER, R., CRUICKSHANK, E., SZYDLOWSKA, J., RYBAK, P., MAKAL, A., MATRASZEK, J., WOLSKA, J.M., STOREY, J.M.D., IMRIE, C.T. and GORECKA, E. 2022. Intrinsically chiral ferronematic liquid crystals: an inversion of the helical twist sense at the chiral nematic – chiral ferronematic phase transition. Journal of molecular liquids (online), 361, article 119532. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2022.119532

Strongly dipolar mesogenic compounds with a chiral center located in a lateral alkyl chain were synthesized, and shown to form the ferroelectric nematic phase. The presence of molecular chirality induced a helical structure in both the N* and NF* pha... Read More about Intrinsically chiral ferronematic liquid crystals: an inversion of the helical twist sense at the chiral nematic – chiral ferronematic phase transition..

A novel 2-RC equivalent model based on the self-discharge effect for accurate state-of-charge estimation of lithium-ion batteries. (2022)
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WANG, S., CAO, J., XIE, Y., GAO, H. and FERNANDEZ, C. 2022. A novel 2-RC equivalent model based on the self-discharge effect for accurate state-of-charge estimation of lithium-ion batteries. International journal of electrochemical science [online], 17(7), article 22072. Available from: https://doi.org/10.20964/2022.07.60

Accurate lithium-ion battery state-of-charge estimation and effective equivalent modeling are important for real-time status monitoring and safety control of lithium-ion batteries. To solve the problem of low accuracy of the second-order RC equivalen... Read More about A novel 2-RC equivalent model based on the self-discharge effect for accurate state-of-charge estimation of lithium-ion batteries..

A novel square-root adaptive unscented Kalman filtering method for accurate state-of-charge estimation of lithium-ion batteries. (2022)
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WANG, S., GAO, H., QIAO, J., CAO, J. and FERNANDEZ, C. 2022. A novel square-root adaptive unscented kalman filtering method for accurate state-of-charge estimation of lithium-ion batteries. International journal of electrochemical science [online], 17(7), article ID 220735. Available from: https://doi.org/10.20964/2022.07.46

The accurate state-of-charge estimation of the lithium-ion battery is one of the key technologies to benchmark the rapid development of new energy vehicles. Unscented Kalman filtering abandons the traditional way of forcing the system to linearize, s... Read More about A novel square-root adaptive unscented Kalman filtering method for accurate state-of-charge estimation of lithium-ion batteries..

An online method for power state estimation of lithium-ion batteries under the constraints of the fusion model considering temperature effect. (2022)
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WANG, J., WANG, S., YU, C., LI, B. and HE, M. 2022. An online method for power state estimation of lithium-ion batteries under the constraints of the fusion model considering temperature effect. International journal of electrochemical science [online], 17(7), article number 220764. Available from: https://doi.org/10.20964/2022.07.68

As the main source of energy storage and power supply for new energy vehicles, the state of power of the power lithium-ion battery reflects the maximum power that the vehicle can provide. However, the ambient temperature of the automotive battery pac... Read More about An online method for power state estimation of lithium-ion batteries under the constraints of the fusion model considering temperature effect..

A novel adaptive H-infinity filtering method for the accurate SOC estimation of lithium-ion batteries based on optimal forgetting factor selection. (2022)
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LIU, Y., WANG, S., XIE, Y., FERNANDEZ, C., QIU, J. and ZHANG, Y. 2022. A novel adaptive H-infinity filtering method for the accurate SOC estimation of lithium-ion batteries based on optimal forgetting factor selection. International journal of circuit theory and applications [online], 50(10), pages 3372-3386. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/cta.3339

Accurate estimation of the state of charge (SOC) of lithium-ion batteries is quite crucial to battery safety monitoring and efficient use of energy; to improve the accuracy of lithium-ion battery SOC estimation under complicated working conditions, t... Read More about A novel adaptive H-infinity filtering method for the accurate SOC estimation of lithium-ion batteries based on optimal forgetting factor selection..

Using the theoretical domains framework to explore behavioural determinants for medication taking in patients following percutaneous coronary intervention. (2022)
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CUNNINGHAM, S., JEBARA, T., STEWART, D., SMITH, J., LESLIE, S.J. and RUSHWORTH, G.F. 2023. Using the theoretical domains framework to explore behavioural determinants for medication taking in patients following percutaneous coronary intervention. International journal of pharmacy practice [online], 31(2), pages 190-197. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpp/riac039

The aim of this study was to investigate relationships between factors influencing medication taking and behavioural determinants in patients who have undergone percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). A cross-sectional survey was undertaken, using... Read More about Using the theoretical domains framework to explore behavioural determinants for medication taking in patients following percutaneous coronary intervention..

Effect of feeding insoluble fiber on the microbiota and metabolites of the caecum and feces of rabbits recovering from epizootic rabbit enteropathy relative to non-infected rabbits. (2022)
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PUÓN-PELÁEZ, X.-H.D., MCEWAN, N.R., ÁLVAREZ-MARTÍNEZ, R.C., MARISCAL-LANDÍN, G., NAVA-MORALES, G.M., MOSQUEDA, J. and OLVERA-RAMÍREZ, A.M. 2022. Effect of feeding insoluble fiber on the microbiota and metabolites of the caecum and feces of rabbits recovering from epizootic rabbit enteropathy relative to non-infected rabbits. Pathogens [online], 11(5), article 571. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11050571

This study aimed to investigate the effect of feeding insoluble fiber on the microbiota and metabolites of the caecum and feces of rabbits recovering from epizootic rabbit enteropathy relative to non-infected rabbits. Rabbits that had either recovere... Read More about Effect of feeding insoluble fiber on the microbiota and metabolites of the caecum and feces of rabbits recovering from epizootic rabbit enteropathy relative to non-infected rabbits..

An improved feedforward-long short-term memory modeling method for the whole-life-cycle state of charge prediction of lithium-ion batteries considering current-voltage-temperature variation. (2022)
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WANG, S., TAKYI-ANINAKWA, P., JIN, S., YU, C., FERNANDEZ, C. and STROE, D.-I. 2022. An improved feedforward-long short-term memory modeling method for the whole-life-cycle state of charge prediction of lithium-ion batteries considering current-voltage-temperature variation. Energy [online], 254(Part A), article 124224. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2022.124224

The whole-life-cycle state of charge (SOC) prediction plays a significant role in various applications of lithium-ion batteries, but with great difficulties due to their internal capacity, working temperature, and current-rate variations. In this pap... Read More about An improved feedforward-long short-term memory modeling method for the whole-life-cycle state of charge prediction of lithium-ion batteries considering current-voltage-temperature variation..