Search Results - "Afonso, M. M."

COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among medical students by Lucia, Victoria C, Kelekar, Arati, Afonso, Nelia M

“…Background Medical students are among the group of frontline healthcare providers likely to be exposed to COVID-19 patients. It is important to achieve high…”
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Regulation of hippocampal synaptic plasticity by BDNF by Leal, Graciano, Afonso, Pedro M, Salazar, Ivan L, Duarte, Carlos B

“…Abstract The neurotrophin brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) has emerged as a major regulator of activity-dependent plasticity at excitatory synapses in…”
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CRISPRi-seq for genome-wide fitness quantification in bacteria by de Bakker, Vincent, Liu, Xue, Bravo, Afonso M., Veening, Jan-Willem

“…CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) is a powerful tool to link essential and nonessential genes to specific phenotypes and to explore their functions. Here we…”
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Establishing trustworthiness and authenticity in qualitative pharmacy research by Amin, Mohamed Ezzat Khamis, Nørgaard, Lotte Stig, Cavaco, Afonso M., Witry, Matthew J., Hillman, Lisa, Cernasev, Alina, Desselle, Shane P.

“…Spurred by the value it can add, the use of qualitative research methods has been steadily growing by social pharmacy researchers around the globe, either…”
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A Convergent Image Fusion Algorithm Using Scene-Adapted Gaussian-Mixture-Based Denoising by Teodoro, Afonso M., Bioucas-Dias, Jose M., Figueiredo, Mario A. T.

“…We propose a new approach to image fusion, inspired by the recent plug-and-play (PnP) framework. In PnP, a denoiser is treated as a black box and plugged into…”
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PneumoBrowse 2: an integrated visual platform for curated genome annotation and multiomics data analysis of Streptococcus pneumoniae by Janssen, Axel B, Gibson, Paddy S, Bravo, Afonso M, de Bakker, Vincent, Slager, Jelle, Veening, Jan-Willem

“…Streptococcus pneumoniae is an opportunistic human pathogen responsible for high morbidity and mortality rates. Extensive genome sequencing revealed its large…”
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The Chemical Space of Marine Antibacterials: Diphenyl Ethers, Benzophenones, Xanthones, and Anthraquinones by Soares, José X, Afonso, Inês, Omerbasic, Adaleta, Loureiro, Daniela R P, Pinto, Madalena M M, Afonso, Carlos M M

“…The emergence of multiresistant bacteria and the shortage of antibacterials in the drug pipeline creates the need to search for novel agents. Evolution drives…”
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Bioactive Marine Xanthones: A Review by Soares, José X, Loureiro, Daniela R P, Dias, Ana Laura, Reis, Salete, Pinto, Madalena M M, Afonso, Carlos M M

“…The marine environment is an important source of specialized metabolites with valuable biological activities. Xanthones are a relevant chemical class of…”
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Surface-bonded ionic liquid stationary phases in high-performance liquid chromatography—A review by Pino, Verónica, Afonso, Ana M.

“…[Display omitted] ► SCILs are very interesting stationary phases for HPLC. ► They show a multimodal behavior: hydrophobic, electrostatic, and hydrogen bonding…”
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CONAN: a web application to detect specificity determinants and functional sites by amino acids co-variation network analysis by Fonseca, N J, Afonso, M Q L, Carrijo, L, Bleicher, L

“…Abstract Summary CONAN is a web application developed to detect specificity determinants and function-related sites by amino acids co-variation networks…”
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The EGALITY study: a confirmatory, randomized, double‐blind study comparing the efficacy, safety and immunogenicity of GP2015, a proposed etanercept biosimilar, vs. the originator product in patients with moderate‐to‐severe chronic plaque‐type psoriasis by Griffiths, C.E.M., Thaçi, D., Gerdes, S., Arenberger, P., Pulka, G., Kingo, K., Weglowska, J., Hattebuhr, N., Poetzl, J., Woehling, H., Wuerth, G., Afonso, M.

“…Summary Background GP2015 is a proposed etanercept biosimilar. Objectives To demonstrate equivalent efficacy, and comparable safety and immunogenicity of…”
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A Simple Entry to the 5,8-Disubstituted Indolizidine Skeleton via Hetero Diels-Alder Reaction by Rodríguez-Caro, Juan Francisco, Afonso, María M., Palenzuela, José Antonio

“…The 5,8-disubstituted indolizidines are the largest family of indolizidines isolated from the skin of amphibians. These compounds exhibit interesting…”
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Wildfire Detection With Deep Learning-A Case Study for the CICLOPE Project by Goncalves, Afonso M., Brandao, Tomas, Ferreira, Joao C.

“…In recent years, Portugal has seen wide variability in wildfire damage associated to high unpredictability of climatic events such as severe heatwaves and…”
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Structures, Activities and Drug-Likeness of Anti-Infective Xanthone Derivatives Isolated from the Marine Environment: A Review by Loureiro, Daniela R P, Soares, José X, Costa, Joana C, Magalhães, Álvaro F, Azevedo, Carlos M G, Pinto, Madalena M M, Afonso, Carlos M M

“…Marine organisms represent almost half of total biodiversity and are a very important source of new bioactive substances. Within the varied biological…”
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Glyphosate input modifies microbial community structure in clear and turbid freshwater systems by Pizarro, H, Vera, M. S, Vinocur, A, Pérez, G, Ferraro, M, Menéndez Helman, R. J, dos Santos Afonso, M

“…Since it was commercially introduced in 1974, glyphosate has been one of the most commonly used herbicides in agriculture worldwide, and there is growing…”
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Investigation of nutraceutical potential of the microalgae Chlorella vulgaris and Arthrospira platensis by Matos, Joana, Cardoso, Carlos L., Falé, Pedro, Afonso, Cláudia M., Bandarra, Narcisa M.

“…Summary The microalgae Chlorella vulgaris and Arthrospira platensis were evaluated as nutraceuticals. It was observed that Arthrospira platensis is richer in…”
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Universal newborn screening for congenital cytomegalovirus infection: feasibility and relevance in a French type‐III maternity cohort by Letamendia‐Richard, E, Périllaud‐Dubois, C, La Guillonnière, L, Thouard, I, Cordier, A‐G, Roque‐Afonso, A‐M, Luca, D, Benachi, A, Vauloup‐Fellous, C

“…Objective Evaluation of relevance and feasibility of universal newborn congenital cytomegalovirus infection (cCMVI) screening in saliva. Design Retrospective,…”
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Archetype and epigenetics – approximations: contributions of epigenetics to the clinical practice of analytical psychology by Caetano, Aurea Afonso M., Machado, Teresa Cristina

“…In this paper we address the question of epigenetics by evidencing some mechanisms related to gene expression, which, we understand, can in a way be used as…”
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Magneto-optical borogermanate glasses and fibers containing Tb3 by Franco, Douglas F., Ledemi, Yannick, Correr, Wagner, Morency, Steeve, Afonso, Conrado R. M., Messaddeq, Sandra H., Messaddeq, Younès, Nalin, Marcelo

“…New glass compositions containing high concentrations of Tb 3+ ions were developed aiming at the production of magneto-optical (MO) fibers. This work reports…”
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Block-Gaussian-Mixture Priors for Hyperspectral Denoising and Inpainting by Teodoro, Afonso M., Bioucas-Dias, Jose M., Figueiredo, Mario A. T.

“…This article proposes a denoiser for hyperspectral (HS) images that consider, not only spatial features, but also spectral features. The method starts by…”
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