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A novel gaussian particle swarms optimized particle filter algorithm for the state of charge estimation of lithium-ion batteries. (2020)
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WANG, X., WANG, S., HUANG, J., FERNANDEZ, C., ZHOU, Y. and CHEN, L. 2020. A novel gaussian particle swarms optimized particle filter algorithm for the state of charge estimation of lithium-ion batteries. International journal of electrochemical science [online], 15(10), pages 10632-10648. Available from: https://doi.org/10.20964/2020.10.21

A gaussian particle swarm optimized particle filter estimation method, along with the second-order resistance-capacitance model, is proposed for the state of charge estimation of lithium-ion battery in electric vehicles. Based on the particle filter... Read More about A novel gaussian particle swarms optimized particle filter algorithm for the state of charge estimation of lithium-ion batteries..

Decreasing weight particle swarm optimization combined with unscented particle filter for the non-linear model for lithium battery state of charge estimation. (2020)
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CHEN, L, WANG, S., JIANG, H., FERNANDEZ, C. and ZOU, C. 2020. Decreasing weight particle swarm optimization combined with unscented particle filter for the non-linear model for lithium battery state of charge estimation. International journal of electrochemical science [online], 15(10), pages 10104-10116. Available from: https://doi.org/10.20964/2020.10.41

Accurate estimation of State of Charge (SOC) of wireless sensor network nodes is of great significance for wireless sensor network layout. A combination strategy method based on unscented particle filter using weight particle swarm optimization (PSO... Read More about Decreasing weight particle swarm optimization combined with unscented particle filter for the non-linear model for lithium battery state of charge estimation..

A strategic decision framework for a sustainable wastewater treatment and management in the oil producing region. (2020)
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HASHIM, I.A., HAMMA-ADAMA, M. and SURENDRAN, S. 2020. A strategic decision framework for a sustainable wastewater treatment and management in the oil producing region. Civil and environmental research [online], 12(8), pages 35-61. Available from: https://doi.org/10.7176/CER/12-8-04

The study aimed to investigate how managing the growing water demand and wastewater production by treating and reclaiming Water from the Wastewater in Delta State. Mainly to carry out a comparative feasibility study and develop a decision support sys... Read More about A strategic decision framework for a sustainable wastewater treatment and management in the oil producing region..

The effect of harness suspension on a simulated maintenance task efficacy in the renewable energy industry. (2020)
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STEWART, A.D., GARDINER, M., MACDONALD, J. and WILLIAMS, H. 2021. The effect of harness suspension on a simulated maintenance task efficacy in the renewable energy industry. Applied ergonomics [online], 90, article ID 103247. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2020.103247

Building, bridge or wind turbine maintenance requires manual dexterity tasks by a specialist rope-access trained workforce via two principal means: harness suspension of individual workers from above, or deployment of a suspended platform or cradle f... Read More about The effect of harness suspension on a simulated maintenance task efficacy in the renewable energy industry..

The silver lining of COVID‐19: estimation of short‐term health impacts due to lockdown in the Yangtze River Delta region, China. (2020)
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HUANG, L., LIU, Z., LI, H., WANG, Y., LI, Y., ZHU, Y., OOI, M.C.G., AN, J., SHANG, Y., ZHANG, D., CHAN, A. and LI, L. 2020. The silver lining of COVID-19: estimation of short-term health impacts due to lockdown in the Yangtze River Delta Region, China. GeoHealth [online], 4(9), e2020GH000272. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1029/2020gh000272

The outbreak of COVID-19 in China has led to massive lockdowns in order to reduce the spread of the epidemic and control human-to-human transmission. Subsequent reductions in various anthropogenic activities have led to improved air quality during th... Read More about The silver lining of COVID‐19: estimation of short‐term health impacts due to lockdown in the Yangtze River Delta region, China..

Silver nanomaterials for wound dressing applications. (2020)
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KRISHNAN, P.D., BANAS, D., DURAI, R.D., KABANOV, D., HOSNEDLOVA, B., KEPINSKA, M., FERNANDEZ, C., RUTTKAY-NEDECKY, B., NGUYEN, H.V., FARID, A., SOCHOR, J., NARAYANAN, V.H.B. and KIZEK, R. 2020. Silver nanomaterials for wound dressing applications. Pharmaceutics [online], 12(9), article ID 821. Available from; https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics12090821

Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have recently become very attractive for the scientific community due to their broad spectrum of applications in the biomedical field. The main advantages of AgNPs include a simple method of synthesis, a simple way to cha... Read More about Silver nanomaterials for wound dressing applications..

A qualitative investigation of lived experiences of long-term health condition management with people who are food insecure. (2020)
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DOUGLAS, F., MACIVER, E. and YUILL, C. 2020. A qualitative investigation of lived experiences of long-term health condition management with people who are food insecure. BMC public health [online], 20, article ID 1309. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09299-9

Background: As more people are living with one or more chronic health conditions, supporting patients to become activated, self-managers of their conditions has become a key health policy focus both in the UK and internationally. There is also growin... Read More about A qualitative investigation of lived experiences of long-term health condition management with people who are food insecure..

The folklore-centric gaze: a relational approach to landscape, folklore and tourism. (2020)
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IRONSIDE, R. and MASSIE, S. 2020. The folklore-centric gaze: a relational approach to landscape, folklore and tourism. Time and mind [online], 13(3), pages 227-244. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/1751696X.2020.1809862

Supernatural folktales have a long oral tradition in Scotland, embedded in local communities and the landscapes of the region. Recently, these folktales have been utilised by destinations as a form of place-making, and a driver for increasing tourist... Read More about The folklore-centric gaze: a relational approach to landscape, folklore and tourism..

Exposure of plasminogen and a novel plasminogen receptor, Plg-RKT, on activated human and murine platelets. (2020)
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WHYTE, C.S., MORROW, G.B., BAIK, N., BOOTH, N.A., JALAL, M.M., PARR, R.J. and MUTCH, N.J. 2021. Exposure of plasminogen and a novel plasminogen receptor, Plg-RKT, on activated human and murine platelets. Blood [online], 137(2), pages 248-257. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.2020007263

Plasminogen activation rates are enhanced by cell surface binding. We previously demonstrated that exogenous plasminogen binds to phosphatidylserine-exposing and spread platelets. Platelets contain plasminogen in their α-granules, but secretion of pl... Read More about Exposure of plasminogen and a novel plasminogen receptor, Plg-RKT, on activated human and murine platelets..

Determination of a critical separation concentration for associative polymers in porous media based on quantification of dilute and semi-dilute concentration regimes. (2020)
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AFOLABI, R.O., OLUYEMI, G.F., OFFICER, S. and UGWU, J.O. 2020. Determination of a critical separation concentration for associative polymers in porous media based on quantification of dilute and semi-dilute concentration regimes. Journal of molecular liquids [online], 317, article ID 114142. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2020.114142

Hydrophobic interactions are an inherent property of associative polymers which results in the formation of molecular aggregates. The loss of hydrophobic interactions under reservoir conditions have been reported, and this results in increased fluid... Read More about Determination of a critical separation concentration for associative polymers in porous media based on quantification of dilute and semi-dilute concentration regimes..

Exploring the victimization of British veterans: comparing British beliefs about veterans with beliefs about soldiers. (2020)
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PHILLIPS, R.H., CONNELLY, V. and BURGESS, M. 2022. Exploring the victimization of British veterans: comparing British beliefs about veterans with beliefs about soldiers. Armed forces and society [online], 48(2), pages 385-409. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0095327X20942244

Evidence suggests that most of the UK public appreciate currently serving UK Armed Forces personnel but are less positive in their beliefs about veterans. This research examined the social representations held by civilian participants of UK veterans... Read More about Exploring the victimization of British veterans: comparing British beliefs about veterans with beliefs about soldiers..

Micropollutant fluxes in urban environment: a catchment perspective. (2020)
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PROCTOR, K., PETRIE, B., LOPARDO, L., MUÑOZ, D.C., RICE, J., BARDEN, R., ARNOT, T. and KASPRZYK-HORDERN, B. 2021. Micropollutant fluxes in urban environment: a catchment perspective. Journal of hazardous materials [online], 401, article ID 123745. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123745

This study provided a holistic understanding of the sources, fate and behaviour of 142 compounds of emerging concern (CECs) throughout a river catchment impacted by 5 major urban areas. Of the incoming 169.3 kg d−1 of CECs entering the WwTWs, 167.9 k... Read More about Micropollutant fluxes in urban environment: a catchment perspective..

Topological optimization of the DenseNet with pretrained-weights inheritance and genetic channel selection. (2020)
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FANG, Z, REN, J., MARSHALL, S., ZHAO, H., WANG, S. and LI, X. 2021. Topological optimization of the DenseNet with pretrained-weights inheritance and genetic channel selection. Pattern recognition [online], 109, article ID 107608. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2020.107608

Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have been successfully applied in many computer vision applications, especially in image classification tasks, where most of the structures have been designed manually. With the aid of skip connection and dense co... Read More about Topological optimization of the DenseNet with pretrained-weights inheritance and genetic channel selection..

A novel practical state of charge estimation method: an adaptive improved ampere‐hour method based on composite correction factor. (2020)
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XIONG, X., WANG, S.-L., FERNANDEZ, C., YU, C.-M., ZOU, C.-Y. and JIANG, C. 2020. A novel practical state of charge estimation method: an adaptive improved ampere-hour method based on composite correction factor. International journal of energy research [online], 44(4), pages 11385-11404. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/er.5758

The research of the real-time state of charge (SOC) estimation method for lithium-ion battery is developing towards the trend of model diversification and algorithm complexity. However, due to the limitation of computing ability in the actual battery... Read More about A novel practical state of charge estimation method: an adaptive improved ampere‐hour method based on composite correction factor..

Synthesis and in vitro evaluation of vanillin derivatives as multi-target therapeutics for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. (2020)
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BLAIKIE, L., KAY, G. and KONG THOO LIN, P. 2020. Synthesis and in vitro evaluation of vanillin derivatives as multi-target therapeutics for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Bioorganic and medical chemistry letters [online], 30(21), article ID 127505. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2020.127505

A number of novel naphthalimido and phthalimido vanillin derivatives were synthesised, and evaluated as antioxidants and cholinesterase inhibitors in vitro. Antioxidant activity was assessed using DPPH, FRAP, and ORAC assays. All compounds demonstrat... Read More about Synthesis and in vitro evaluation of vanillin derivatives as multi-target therapeutics for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease..

Autoregulation in resistance training: addressing the inconsistencies. (2020)
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GREIG, L., STEPHENS HEMINGWAY, B.H., ASPE, R.R., COOPER, K., COMFORT, P. and SWINTON, P.A. 2020. Autoregulation in resistance training: addressing the inconsistencies. Sports medicine [online], 50(11), pages 1873-1887. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-020-01330-8

Autoregulation is a process that is used to manipulate training based primarily on the measurement of an individual's performance or their perceived capability to perform. Despite being established as a training framework since the 1940s, there has b... Read More about Autoregulation in resistance training: addressing the inconsistencies..

Product safety culture: a preliminary study in the UK manufacturing industry. (2020)
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SUHANYIOVA, L., IRWIN, A. and FLIN, R. 2021. Product safety culture: a preliminary study in the UK manufacturing industry. Journal of risk research [online], 24(8), pages 1030-1048. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2020.1805637

Do accidents where users are injured or killed by unsafe products reveal underlying weaknesses in the safety culture of the responsible organisations? While manufacturing firms have long been concerned with organizational culture factors that relate... Read More about Product safety culture: a preliminary study in the UK manufacturing industry..

Pedestrian routes and accessibility to urban services: an urban rhythmic analysis on people's behaviour before and during the COVID-19. (2020)
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ZECCA, C., GAGLIONE, F., LAING, R. and GARGIULO, C. 2020. Pedestrian routes and accessibility to urban services: an urban rhythmic analysis on people's behaviour before and during the COVID-19. TeMA: journal of land use, mobility and environment [online], 13(2), pages 241-256. Available from: https://doi.org/10.6092/1970-9870/7051

The emergency of COVID-19 changed the face of our cities, preventing most of the urban activities, limiting travels on large, medium and short distances and drastically reducing the number and the intensity of social relationships. The restrictive me... Read More about Pedestrian routes and accessibility to urban services: an urban rhythmic analysis on people's behaviour before and during the COVID-19..

The legal rights of workers and volunteers at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. (2020)
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MIDDLEMISS, S. 2021. The legal rights of workers and volunteers at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. International journal of law and management [online], 63(1), pages 51-64. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLMA-03-2020-0082

Purpose: Against the background of the biggest arts festival in the world, there have been some shocking findings recently about the treatment of performers and other workers at the Fringe. The purpose of this paper is to consider the type of treatme... Read More about The legal rights of workers and volunteers at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe..

Views and experiences of community pharmacy team members on antimicrobial stewardship activities in Scotland: a qualitative study. (2020)
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TONNA, A.P., WEIDMANN, A.E., SNEDDON, J. and STEWART, D. 2020. Views and experiences of community pharmacy team members on antimicrobial stewardship activities in Scotland: a qualitative study. International journal of clinical pharmacy [online], 42(5), pages 1261-1269. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11096-020-01042-z

Background: It has been acknowledged and recognised internationally that the community pharmacy team has a major role to play in antimicrobial stewardship programmes, particularly regarding patient engagement. However, there is a paucity of published... Read More about Views and experiences of community pharmacy team members on antimicrobial stewardship activities in Scotland: a qualitative study..