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A novel joint support vector machine-cubature Kalman filtering method for adaptive state of charge prediction of lithium-ion batteries. (2021)
Journal Article
SONG, Q., WANG, S., XU, W., SHAO, Y. and FERNANDEZ, C. 2021. A novel joint support vector machine-cubature Kalman filtering method for adaptive state of charge prediction of lithium-ion batteries. International journal of electrochemical science [online], 16(8), article ID 210823. Available from: https://doi.org/10.20964/2021.08.26

Accurate estimation of SOC of lithium-ion batteries has always been an important work in the battery management system. However, it is often very difficult to accurately estimate the SOC of lithium-ion batteries. Therefore, a novel joint support vect... Read More about A novel joint support vector machine-cubature Kalman filtering method for adaptive state of charge prediction of lithium-ion batteries..

The Impact of COVID-19 on smoking behaviours and support for smoke-free zones in Saudi Arabia. (2021)
Journal Article
TOBAIQY, M., MACLURE, A., THOMAS, D. and MACLURE, K. 2021. The impact of COVID-19 on smoking behaviours and support for smoke-free zones in Saudi Arabia. International journal of environmental research and public health [online], 18(1), article 6927. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18136927

This article focuses on the impact of COVID-19 on smoking and smoking cessation behaviours and support for smoke-free zones in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. A pre-tested structured survey was distributed by email in October–November 2020 to students and staf... Read More about The Impact of COVID-19 on smoking behaviours and support for smoke-free zones in Saudi Arabia..

An innovative protocol to select the best growth phase for astaxanthin biosynthesis in H. pluvialis. (2021)
Journal Article
RADICE, R.P., FIORENTINO, R., DE LUCA, M., LIMONGI, A.R., VIVIANO, E., BERMANO, G. and MARTELLI, G. 2021. An innovative protocol to select the best growth phase for astaxanthin biosynthesis in H. pluvialis. Biotechnology reports [online], 31, article e00655. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.btre.2021.e00655

H. pluvialis is a green unicellular microalgae and it is the first producer of natural astaxanthin in the world if subjected to stress conditions such as high light, high salinity and nutrient starvation. Astaxanthin is a powerful antioxidant used in... Read More about An innovative protocol to select the best growth phase for astaxanthin biosynthesis in H. pluvialis..

High value phycotoxins from the dinoflagellate Prorocentrum. (2021)
Journal Article
CAMACHO-MUÑOZ, D., PRAPTIWI, R.A., LAWTON, L.A. and EDWARDS, C. 2021. High value phycotoxins from the dinoflagellate Prorocentrum. Frontiers in marine science [online], 8, article number 638739. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.638739

Marine dinoflagellates produce chemically diverse compounds, with a wide range of biological activity (antimicrobial, anticancer, treatment of neurodegenerative disease along with use as biomedical research tools). Chemical diversity is highlighted b... Read More about High value phycotoxins from the dinoflagellate Prorocentrum..

A mixed methods study of factors influencing health managers acceptance of eHealth services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. (2021)
Thesis
ALSHAHRANI, A.M. 2021. A mixed methods study of factors influencing health managers acceptance of eHealth services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-1446877

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is a country with one of the largest land masses and most difficult geographical terrain in the Middle East. The accessibility of advanced health services, especially for people in rural areas, has been considered on... Read More about A mixed methods study of factors influencing health managers acceptance of eHealth services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia..

An improved rainflow algorithm combined with linear criterion for the accurate li-ion battery residual life prediction. (2021)
Journal Article
HUANG, J., WANG, S., XU, W., FERNANDEZ, C., FAN, Y. and CHEN, X. 2021. An improved rainflow algorithm combined with linear criterion for the accurate li-ion battery residual life prediction. International journal of electrochemical science [online], 16(7), article ID 21075. Available from: https://doi.org/10.20964/2021.07.29

Li-ion battery health assessment has been widely used in electric vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicle and other fields. In this paper, a new linear prediction method is proposed. By weakening the sensitivity of the Rainflow algorithm to the peak data,... Read More about An improved rainflow algorithm combined with linear criterion for the accurate li-ion battery residual life prediction..

A linear recursive state of power estimation method based on fusion model of voltage and state of charge limitations. (2021)
Journal Article
LI, B., WANG, S., FERNANDEZ, C., YU, C., XIA, L. and FAN, Y. 2021. A linear recursive state of power estimation method based on fusion model of voltage and state of charge limitations. Journal of energy storage [online], 40, article ID 102583. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2021.102583

As the main candidate of energy storage system for electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles, lithium-ion battery has attracted extensive attention. The working characteristics of the battery under dynamic stress stimulation are complex and chan... Read More about A linear recursive state of power estimation method based on fusion model of voltage and state of charge limitations..

Pumpkin seeds as an eco-friendly corrosion inhibitor for 7075-T6 alloy in 3.5% NaCl solution: electrochemical, surface and computational studies. (2021)
Journal Article
RADI, M., MELIAN, R., GALAI, M., DKHIRCHE, N., MAKHA, M., VERMA, C., FERNANDEZ, C. and EBN TOUHAMI, M. 2021. Pumpkin seeds as an eco-friendly corrosion inhibitor for 7075-T6 alloy in 3.5% NaCl solution: electrochemical, surface and computational studies. Journal of molecular liquids [online], 337, article 116547. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2021.116547

For the aeronautics industry, constraints of mechanical strength are paramount. Aluminum and its alloys are widely used for various household and industrial applications. Among the various established and identified aluminum alloys, 7075 alloy, which... Read More about Pumpkin seeds as an eco-friendly corrosion inhibitor for 7075-T6 alloy in 3.5% NaCl solution: electrochemical, surface and computational studies..

De novo genome assembly and analysis unveil biosynthetic and metabolic potentials of Pseudomonas fragi A13BB. [Dataset] (2021)
Dataset
AWOLOPE, O.K., O'DRISCOLL, N.H., DI SALVO, A. and LAMB, A.J. 2021. De novo genome assembly and analysis unveil biosynthetic and metabolic potentials of Pseudomonas fragi A13BB. [Dataset]. BMC genomic data [online], 22, article number 15. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12863-021-00969-0

Objectives; The role of rhizosphere microbiome in supporting plant growth under biotic stress is well documented. Rhizobacteria ward off phytopathogens through various mechanisms including antibiosis. We sought to recover novel antibiotic-producing b... Read More about De novo genome assembly and analysis unveil biosynthetic and metabolic potentials of Pseudomonas fragi A13BB. [Dataset].

A new tool for faster construction of marine biotechnology collaborative networks. (2021)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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. [Dataset] (2021)
Dataset
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. [Dataset]. PLOS computational biology [online], 17(5), e1008920. Available from: https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008920#sec021

In this article, we introduce NPLinker, a software framework to link genomic and metabolomic data, to link microbial secondary metabolites to their producing genomic regions. Two of the major approaches for such linking are analysis of the correlatio... Read More about Ranking microbial metabolomic and genomic links in the NPLinker framework using complementary scoring functions. [Dataset].

Ranking microbial metabolomic and genomic links in the NPLinker framework using complementary scoring functions. (2021)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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 autoregressive rainflow-integrated moving average modeling method for the accurate state of health prediction of lithium-ion batteries. (2021)
Journal Article
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..

Novel nanoparticle drug delivery systems: application in the in vitro study of Bisnaphthalimidopropyl derivatives against human colorectal cancer cell lines. (2021)
Thesis
BRUNET, M. 2021. Novel nanoparticle drug delivery systems: application in the in vitro study of Bisnaphthalimidopropyl derivatives against human colorectal cancer cell lines. Robert Gordon University, MRes thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-1446968

Colorectal cancer is one of the most severe causes of mortality worldwide accounting for 10% of total cancer cases. Although recent advances in early diagnosis have reduced the mortality rate associated with CRC, patients suffering from the later met... Read More about Novel nanoparticle drug delivery systems: application in the in vitro study of Bisnaphthalimidopropyl derivatives against human colorectal cancer cell lines..

A novel high-fidelity unscented particle filtering method for the accurate state of charge estimation of lithium-ion batteries. (2021)
Journal Article
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..