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Adsorption of a diverse range of pharmaceuticals to polyethylene microplastics in wastewater and their desorption in environmental matrices. (2021)
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MCDOUGALL, L., THOMSON, L., BRAND, S., WAGSTAFF, A., LAWTON, L.A. and PETRIE, B. 2021. Adsorption of a diverse range of pharmaceuticals to polyethylene microplastics in wastewater and their desorption in environmental matrices. Science of the total environment [online], 808, article 152071. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152071

It is proposed that microplastics discharged from wastewater treatment plants act as a vector of pharmaceuticals. In this study, adsorption of pharmaceuticals to polyethylene microplastics was investigated in municipal wastewater. Pharmaceuticals for... Read More about Adsorption of a diverse range of pharmaceuticals to polyethylene microplastics in wastewater and their desorption in environmental matrices..

The role of community pharmacists in immunisation: a national cross-sectional study. (2021)
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LINDNER, N., RIESENHUBER, M., MÜLLER-URI, T. and WEIDMANN, A.E. 2022. The role of community pharmacists in immunisation: a national cross-sectional study. International journal of clinical pharmacy [online], 44(2), pages 409-417. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11096-021-01357-5

Background: Austrian pharmacists are not authorised to administer immunisations, and evidence about their willingness to immunise is lacking. Aim: The aim of this study is to investigate Austrian community pharmacists' willingness to administer immun... Read More about The role of community pharmacists in immunisation: a national cross-sectional study..

Helical phases assembled from achiral molecules: twist-bend nematic and helical filamentary B4 phases formed by mesogenic dimers. (2021)
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CRUICKSHANK, E., ANDERSON, K., STOREY, J.M.D., IMRIE, C.T., GORECKA, E., POCIECHA, D., MAKAL, A. and MAJEWSKA, M.M. 2022. Helical phases assembled from achiral molecules: twist-bend nematic and helical filamentary B4 phases formed by mesogenic dimers. Journal of molecular liquids [online], 346, article 118180. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2021.118180

The synthesis and characterisation of an homologous series of bent odd-membered mesogenic dimers, the 4'-(6-{4-[(E)-{[4-(alkylthio)phenyl]imino}-methyl]phenoxy}hexyl)[1,1'-biphenyl]-4-carbonitriles (CB6O.Sm) is reported. This general class of materia... Read More about Helical phases assembled from achiral molecules: twist-bend nematic and helical filamentary B4 phases formed by mesogenic dimers..

Thrombotic adverse events reported for Moderna, Pfizer and Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines: comparison of occurrence and clinical outcomes in the EudraVigilance database. (2021)
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TOBAIQY, M., MACLURE, A., ELKOUT, H. and MACLURE, K. 2021. Thrombotic adverse events reported for Moderna, Pfizer and Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines: comparison of occurrence and clinical outcomes in the EudraVigilance database. Vaccines [online], 9(11), article 1326. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9111326

Vaccination against COVID-19 is the cornerstone of controlling and mitigating the ongoing pandemic. Thrombotic adverse events linked to Moderna, Pfizer and the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine have been documented and described as extremely rare. While the... Read More about Thrombotic adverse events reported for Moderna, Pfizer and Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines: comparison of occurrence and clinical outcomes in the EudraVigilance database..

Potentially poisonous plastic particles: microplastics as a vector for cyanobacterial toxins microcystin-LR and microcystin-LF. (2021)
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PESTANA, C.J., MOURA, D.S., CAPELO-NETO, J., EDWARDS, C., DREISBACH, D., SPENGLER, B. and LAWTON, L.A. 2021. Potentially poisonous plastic particles: microplastics as a vector for cyanobacterial toxins microcystin-LR and microcystin-LF. Environmental science and technology [online], 55(23), pages 15940-15949. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c05796

The potential of microplastics to act as a vector for micropollutants of natural or anthropogenic origin is of rising concern. Cyanobacterial toxins, including microcystins, are harmful to humans and wildlife. In this study, we demonstrate for the fi... Read More about Potentially poisonous plastic particles: microplastics as a vector for cyanobacterial toxins microcystin-LR and microcystin-LF..

A novel state of charge estimation for energy storage systems based on the joint NARX network and filter algorithm. (2021)
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LI, H., ZOU, C., FERNANDEZ, C., WANG, S., FAN, Y. and LIU, D. 2021. A novel state of charge estimation for energy storage systems based on the joint NARX network and filter algorithm. International journal of electrochemical science [online], 16(12), article 211213. Available from: https://doi.org/10.20964/2021.12.50

Lithium-ion batteries have the advantage of high energy density, low self-discharge rate, and long cycle life, and are currently the most widely used energy storage carriers. Accurate state of charge (SOC) estimation is essential to ensure the lithiu... Read More about A novel state of charge estimation for energy storage systems based on the joint NARX network and filter algorithm..

On-line adaptive asynchronous parameter identification of lumped electrical characteristic model for vehicle lithium-ion battery considering multi-time scale effects. (2021)
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SHI, H., WANG, S., WANG, L., XU, W., FERNANDEZ, C., DABLU, B.E. and ZHANG, Y. 2022. On-line adaptive asynchronous parameter identification of lumped electrical characteristic model for vehicle lithium-ion battery considering multi-time scale effects. Journal of power sources [online], 517, article 230725. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230725

The accurate modeling of lithium-ion batteries is extremely important to improve the reliability of battery management systems, and solving the problem of multi-time scales is extremely beneficial for high-accuracy battery modeling and adaptive async... Read More about On-line adaptive asynchronous parameter identification of lumped electrical characteristic model for vehicle lithium-ion battery considering multi-time scale effects..

Improved covariance matching-electrical equivalent modeling for accurate internal state characterization of packing lithium‐ion batteries. (2021)
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WANG, S., FAN, Y., YU, C., JIN, S., FERNANDEZ, C. and STROE, D.-I. 2022. Improved covariance matching-electrical equivalent modeling for accurate internal state characterization of packing lithium-ion batteries. International journal of energy research [online], 46(3), pages 3602-3620. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/er.7408

As for the cell-to-cell inconsistency of packing lithium-ion batteries, accurate equivalent modeling plays a significant role in the working characteristic monitoring and improving the safety protection quality under complex working conditions. In th... Read More about Improved covariance matching-electrical equivalent modeling for accurate internal state characterization of packing lithium‐ion batteries..

Multiple polar and non‐polar nematic phases. (2021)
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BROWN, S., CRUICKSHAK, E., STOREY, J.M.D., IMRIE, C.T., POCIECHA, D., MAJEWSKA, M., MAKAL, A. and GORECKA, E. 2021. Multiple polar and non-polar nematic phases. ChemPhysChem [online], 22(24), pages 2506-2510. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.202100644

Liquid-crystal materials exhibiting up to three nematic phases are reported. Dielectric response measurements show that while the lower temperature nematic phase has ferroelectric order and the highest temperature nematic phase is apolar, the interme... Read More about Multiple polar and non‐polar nematic phases..

Environmentally friendly analytical method to assess enantioselective behaviour of pharmaceuticals and pesticides in river waters. (2021)
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PETRIE, B. and CAMACHO-MUÑOZ, D. 2021. Environmentally friendly analytical method to assess enantioselective behaviour of pharmaceuticals and pesticides in river waters. Sustainable chemistry and pharmacy [online], 24, article 100558. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scp.2021.100558

Reported herein is the first enantioselective method for simultaneous separation of chiral pharmaceuticals and pesticides using ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Separation was achieved using a ChiralPak IG-U® col... Read More about Environmentally friendly analytical method to assess enantioselective behaviour of pharmaceuticals and pesticides in river waters..

Stratification strength and light climate explain variation in chlorophyll α at the continental scale in a European multilake survey in a heatwave summer. (2021)
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DONIS, D., MANTZOUKI, E., MCGINNIS, D.F. et al. 2021. Stratification strength and light climate explain variation in chlorophyll a at the continental scale in a European multilake survey in a heatwave summer. Limnology and oceanography [online], 66(12), pages 4314-4333. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11963

To determine the drivers of phytoplankton biomass, we collected standardized morphometric, physical, and biological data in 230 lakes across the Mediterranean, Continental, and Boreal climatic zones of the European continent. Multilinear regression m... Read More about Stratification strength and light climate explain variation in chlorophyll α at the continental scale in a European multilake survey in a heatwave summer..

Fuzzy adaptive singular value decomposition cubature Kalman filtering algorithm for lithium‐ion battery state‐of‐charge estimation. (2021)
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YANG, X., WANG, S., XU, W., QIAO, J., YU, C. and FERNANDEZ, C. 2022. Fuzzy adaptive singular value decomposition cubature Kalman filtering algorithm for lithium-ion battery state-of-charge estimation. International journal of circuit theory and applications [online], 50(2), pages 614-632. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/cta.3166

To solve the problem of the slow convergence speed for the battery state-of-charge estimation of cubature Kalman filter algorithm, the ternary lithium-ion battery is taken as the research object, and an algorithm combining the fuzzy self-adaptation a... Read More about Fuzzy adaptive singular value decomposition cubature Kalman filtering algorithm for lithium‐ion battery state‐of‐charge estimation..

Radiolytic degradation of 2-methylisoborneol and geosmin in water: reactive radical species and transformation pathways. (2021)
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CHRISTOPHORIDIS, C., PESTANA, C.J., KALOUDIS, T., LAWTON, L.A., TRIANTIS, T.M. and HISKIA, A. 2021. Radiolytic degradation of 2-methylisoborneol and geosmin in water: reactive radical species and transformation pathways. Chemical engineering journal advances [online], 15, article 100196. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceja.2021.100196

Water radiolysis can serve as a useful tool to study the degradation of organic pollutants in water. Manipulation of the radiolytic system enables the selective production of reactive species (RS) with known yields. Our aim was to explore the effects... Read More about Radiolytic degradation of 2-methylisoborneol and geosmin in water: reactive radical species and transformation pathways..

DNA profiling of single sperm cells after whole genome amplification. (2021)
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THEUNISSEN, G.M.G., GIBB, A., KONG THOO LIN, P., ROLF, B., FORAT, S. and JÄGER, R. 2021. DNA profiling of single sperm cells after whole genome amplification. Forensic science international: reports [online], 4, article 100240. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsir.2021.100240

Intimate swabs taken for examination in sexual assault cases typically yield mixtures of sperm and epithelial cell types. While powerful, differential extraction protocols to overcome such cell type mixtures by separate lysis of epithelial cells and... Read More about DNA profiling of single sperm cells after whole genome amplification..

Polyamide microplastics in wastewater as vectors of cationic pharmaceutical drugs. (2021)
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WAGSTAFF, A., LAWTON, L.A. and PETRIE, B. 2022. Polyamide microplastics in wastewater as vectors of cationic pharmaceutical drugs. Chemosphere [online], 288(Part 2), article 132578. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132578

Reported here is the first study to investigate the adsorption of pharmaceutical drugs to microplastics in wastewater. Wastewater is an environmental source of microplastics and pharmaceuticals, which is discharged as treated effluent or combined sew... Read More about Polyamide microplastics in wastewater as vectors of cationic pharmaceutical drugs..

Using an online nominal group technique to determine key implementation factors for COVID-19 vaccination programmes in community pharmacies. (2021)
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MICHEL, D.E., IQBAL, A., FAEHRMANN, L., TADIĆ, I., PAULINO, E., CHEN, T.F. and MOULLIN, J.C. 2021. Using an online nominal group technique to determine key implementation factors for COVID-19 vaccination programmes in community pharmacies. International journal of clinical pharmacy [online], 43(6), pages 1705-1717. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11096-021-01335-x

Background: One vital strategy to fight the COVID-19 pandemic is the rapid roll-out of vaccination programmes. In a number of countries pharmacists are joining the vaccination programme workforce, including plans to involve community pharmacies. Obje... Read More about Using an online nominal group technique to determine key implementation factors for COVID-19 vaccination programmes in community pharmacies..

Electrochemical determination of chemical oxygen demand in mixed organic solution by Al/SnO2-TiO2 electrode. (2021)
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LI, X., SHANG, Y., FERNANDEZ, C., PEI, T. and WANG, L. 2021. Electrochemical determination of chemical oxygen demand in mixed organic solution by Al/SnO2-TiO2 electrode. International journal of electrochemical science [online], 16(11), article 211111. Available from: https://doi.org/10.20964/2021.11.45

Chemical oxygen demand (COD) is one of the most significant parameters in water-quality analysis, such as wastewater effluent monitoring. However, COD determination faces challenges of long measuring time and the use of toxic substances. In this work... Read More about Electrochemical determination of chemical oxygen demand in mixed organic solution by Al/SnO2-TiO2 electrode..

A novel joint estimation method of state of charge and state of health based on the strong tracking-dual adaptive extended Kalman filter algorithm for the electric vehicle lithium-ion batteries. (2021)
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XIONG, R., WANG, S., FERNANDEZ, C., YU, C., FAN, Y., CAO, W. and JIANG, C. 2021. A novel joint estimation method of state of charge and state of health based on the strong tracking-dual adaptive extended Kalman filter algorithm for the electric vehicle lithium-ion batteries. International journal of electrochemical science [online], 16(11), article 211114. Available from: https://doi.org/10.20964/2021.11.18

In order to enhance the efficiency of electric vehicle lithium-ion batteries, accurate estimation of the battery state is essential. To solve the problems of system noise statistical uncertainty and battery model inaccuracy when using the extended Ka... Read More about A novel joint estimation method of state of charge and state of health based on the strong tracking-dual adaptive extended Kalman filter algorithm for the electric vehicle lithium-ion batteries..

Nostocyclopeptides as new inhibitors of 20s proteasome. (2021)
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FIDOR, A., CEKAŁA, K., WIECZERZAK, E., CEGŁOWSKA, M., KASPRZYKOWSKI, F., EDWARDS, C. and MAZUR-MARZEC, H. 2021. Nostocyclopeptides as new inhibitors of 20S proteasome. Biomolecules [online], 11(10), article 1483. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/biom11101483

Nostocyclopeptides (Ncps) are a small class of bioactive nonribosomal peptides produced solely by cyanobacteria of the genus Nostoc. In the current work, six Ncps were isolated from Nostoc edaphicum strain CCNP1411. The bioactivity of these compounds... Read More about Nostocyclopeptides as new inhibitors of 20s proteasome..

A comparison of the bacterial contamination of the surface of cleanroom operators’ garments following donning with and without gloves. (2021)
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SMITH, L.M., O'DRISCOLL, N.H. and LAMB, A.J. 2021. A comparison of the bacterial contamination of the surface of cleanroom operators’ garments following donning with and without gloves. European journal of parenteral and pharmaceutical sciences [online], 26(3). Available from: https://doi.org/10.37521/ejpps.26302

Specialist cleanroom garments are a potential vector for transmission of microorganisms within these facilities. In order to maintain the low bioburden of such clothing it has been perceived best practice for operators to dress wearing sterile cleanr... Read More about A comparison of the bacterial contamination of the surface of cleanroom operators’ garments following donning with and without gloves..