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Power take-off concept for wave energy converters based on oil-hydraulic transformer units by Gaspar, José F., Calvário, Miguel, Kamarlouei, Mojtaba, Guedes Soares, C.

“…A generic oil-hydraulic based power take-off concept applicable to different Wave Energy Converters is presented. This power take-off is developed to have…”
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Novel alginate-chitosan aerogel fibres for potential wound healing applications by Batista, M.P., Gonçalves, V.S.S., Gaspar, F.B., Nogueira, I.D., Matias, A.A., Gurikov, P.

“…Aerogels produced from marine polymers, such as chitosan and alginate, are of interest for wound healing applications due to their attractive properties. These…”
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Design tradeoffs of an oil-hydraulic power take-off for wave energy converters by Gaspar, José F., Calvário, Miguel, Kamarlouei, Mojtaba, Soares, C. Guedes

“…This paper presents the main design tradeoffs that should be handled when developing oil-hydraulic Power Take-Off devices aiming at the maximization of energy…”
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Skin closure following abdominal wall reconstruction: three-layer skin suture versus staples by Gaspar, F J L, Hensler, M, Vester-Glowinski, P V, Jensen, K K

“…Skin closure following abdominal wall reconstruction (AWR) has received little attention, even though these patients have demonstrated insufficient wound…”
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Formaldehyde and acetaldehyde exposure and risk characterization in California early childhood education environments by Bradman, A., Gaspar, F., Castorina, R., Williams, J., Hoang, T., Jenkins, P. L., McKone, T. E., Maddalena, R.

“…Little information is available about air quality in early childhood education (ECE) facilities. We collected single‐day air samples in 2010–2011 from 40 ECE…”
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On a local Fourier analysis for overlapping block smoothers on triangular grids by Rodrigo, C., Gaspar, F.J., Lisbona, F.J.

“…A general local Fourier analysis for overlapping block smoothers on triangular grids is presented. This analysis is explained in a general form for its…”
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Experimental Challenges and Modelling Approaches of Floating Wind Turbines by Hmedi, Mohamad, Uzunoglu, Emre, Zeng, Chen, Gaspar, J. F., Guedes Soares, C.

“…This paper reviews experimental methods for testing floating wind turbines. The techniques covered include early-stage and up-to-date approaches such as a…”
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On an Uzawa smoother in multigrid for poroelasticity equations by Luo, P., Rodrigo, C., Gaspar, F. J., Oosterlee, C. W.

“…Summary A poroelastic saturated medium can be modeled by means of Biot's theory of consolidation. It describes the time‐dependent interaction between the…”
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Human centered design methodology: Case study of a ship-mooring winch by Gaspar, José F., Teixeira, Ângelo P., Santos, Adriano, Soares, C. Guedes, Golyshev, Pavel, Kähler, Nina

“…This paper proposes a human centered design process for the marine industry to support naval architects and marine engineers in the integration of human…”
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Pesticides in surface and groundwater in three micro-basins of the São Lourenço River, state of Mato Grosso, Brazil: grab and passive sampling by Alana Dos Santos Campos, Patricia, Cordeiro Barbosa Bruno, Danielle, Fernanda Brugnera, Michelle, F. Gaspar de Carvalho Dores, Eliana

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Numerical stabilization of Biot's consolidation model by a perturbation on the flow equation by Aguilar, G., Gaspar, F., Lisbona, F., Rodrigo, C.

“…In this paper a stabilized finite element scheme for the poroelasticity equations is proposed. This method, based on the perturbation of the flow equation,…”
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Analysis of electrical drive speed control limitations of a power take-off system for wave energy converters by Gaspar, José F., Kamarlouei, Mojtaba, Sinha, Ashank, Xu, Haitong, Calvário, Miguel, Faÿ, François-Xavier, Robles, Eider, Guedes Soares, C.

“…The active control of wave energy converters with oil-hydraulic power take-off systems presents important demands on the electrical drives attached to their…”
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Speed control of oil-hydraulic power take-off system for oscillating body type wave energy converters by Gaspar, José F., Kamarlouei, Mojtaba, Sinha, Ashank, Xu, Haitong, Calvário, Miguel, Faÿ, François-Xavier, Robles, Eider, Soares, C. Guedes

“…The variable displacement oil-hydraulic pumps for the Power Take-Off (PTO) of wave energy converters must work above 80% of maximum displacement in order to…”
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VOC exposures in California early childhood education environments by Hoang, T., Castorina, R., Gaspar, F., Maddalena, R., Jenkins, P. L., Zhang, Q., McKone, T. E., Benfenati, E., Shi, A. Y., Bradman, A.

“…Little information exists about exposures to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in early childhood education (ECE) environments. We measured 38 VOCs in…”
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New stabilized discretizations for poroelasticity and the Stokes’ equations by Rodrigo, C., Hu, X., Ohm, P., Adler, J.H., Gaspar, F.J., Zikatanov, L.T.

“…In this work, we consider the popular P1–RT0–P0 discretization of the three-field formulation of Biot’s consolidation problem. Since this finite-element…”
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Influence of particle size on the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein detection using IgG-capped gold nanoparticles and dynamic light scattering by Ligiero, C.B.P., Fernandes, T.S., D'Amato, D.L., Gaspar, F.V., Duarte, P.S., Strauch, M.A., Fonseca, J.G., Meirelles, L.G.R., Bento da Silva, P., Azevedo, R.B., Aparecida de Souza Martins, G., Archanjo, B.S., Buarque, C.D., Machado, G., Percebom, A.M., Ronconi, C.M.

“…Due to the unprecedented and ongoing nature of the coronavirus outbreak, the development of rapid immunoassays to detect severe acute respiratory syndrome…”
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(1–3)-Beta-D-glucan in association with lactate dehydrogenase as biomarkers of Pneumocystis pneumonia (PcP) in HIV-infected patients by Esteves, F., Lee, C.-H., de Sousa, B., Badura, R., Seringa, M., Fernandes, C., Gaspar, J. F., Antunes, F., Matos, O.

“…Pneumocystis pneumonia (PcP) is a major HIV-related illness caused by Pneumocystis jirovecii . Definitive diagnosis of PcP requires microscopic detection of P…”
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A finite element framework for some mimetic finite difference discretizations by Rodrigo, C., Gaspar, F.J., Hu, X., Zikatanov, L.

“…In this work we derive equivalence relations between mimetic finite difference schemes on simplicial grids and modified Nédélec–Raviart–Thomas finite element…”
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Ultrafine, fine, and black carbon particle concentrations in California child‐care facilities by Gaspar, F. W., Maddalena, R., Williams, J., Castorina, R., Wang, Z.‐M., Kumagai, K., McKone, T. E., Bradman, A.

“…Although many U.S. children spend time in child care, little information exists on exposures to airborne particulate matter (PM) in this environment, even…”
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Optimization of the multigrid-convergence rate on semi-structured meshes by local Fourier analysis by Gmeiner, B., Gradl, T., Gaspar, F., Rüde, U.

“…In this paper a local Fourier analysis for multigrid methods on tetrahedral grids is presented. Different smoothers for the discretization of the Laplace…”
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