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The blood compatibility challenge. Part 4: Surface modification for hemocompatible materials: Passive and active approaches to guide blood-material interactions by Maitz, Manfred F., Martins, M. Cristina L., Grabow, Niels, Matschegewski, Claudia, Huang, Nan, Chaikof, Elliot L., Barbosa, Mário A., Werner, Carsten, Sperling, Claudia

“…[Display omitted] Biomedical devices in the blood flow disturb the fine-tuned balance of pro- and anti-coagulant factors in blood and vessel wall. Numerous…”
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Helicobacter pylori biofilms are disrupted by nanostructured lipid carriers: A path to eradication? by Pinho, A. Sofia, Seabra, Catarina L., Nunes, Cláudia, Reis, Salette, L. Martins, M. Cristina, Parreira, Paula

“…Bacterial biofilms account for 80% of all chronic infections, with cells being up to 1000 times more resistant to antibiotics than their planktonic…”
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Interrelationship Between Periapical Lesion and Systemic Metabolic Disorders by Sasaki, Hajime, Hirai, Kimito, Martins, Christine M, Furusho, Hisako, Battaglino, Ricardo, Hashimoto, Koshi

“…Periapical periodontitis, also known as periapical lesion, is a common dental disease, along with periodontitis (gum disease). Periapical periodontitis is a…”
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Toward a Quantitative Survey of Dimension Reduction Techniques by Espadoto, Mateus, Martins, Rafael M., Kerren, Andreas, Hirata, Nina S. T., Telea, Alexandru C.

“…Dimensionality reduction methods, also known as projections, are frequently used in multidimensional data exploration in machine learning, data science, and…”
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Impact of nanosystems in Staphylococcus aureus biofilms treatment by Pinto, Rita M, Lopes-de-Campos, Daniela, Martins, M Cristina L, Van Dijck, Patrick, Nunes, Cláudia, Reis, Salette

“…ABSTRACT Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is considered by the World Health Organization as a high priority pathogen for which new therapies are needed. This…”
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Covalent immobilization of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) onto biomaterial surfaces by Costa, Fabíola, Carvalho, Isabel F., Montelaro, Ronald C., Gomes, P., Martins, M. Cristina L.

“…Bacterial adhesion to biomaterials remains a major problem in the medical devices field. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are well-known components of the innate…”
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Neutrophils: a cornerstone of liver ischemia and reperfusion injury by Oliveira, Thiago Henrique Caldeira de, Marques, Pedro Elias, Proost, Paul, Teixeira, Mauro Martins M

“…Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) is the main cause of morbidity and mortality due to graft rejection after liver transplantation. During IRI, an intense…”
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Antimicrobial coatings prepared from Dhvar-5-click-grafted chitosan powders by Barbosa, Mariana, Costa, Fabíola, Monteiro, Cláudia, Duarte, Filipa, Martins, M. Cristina L., Gomes, Paula

“…[Display omitted] Antimicrobial peptides (AMP) are powerful components of the innate immune system, as they display wide activity spectrum and low tendency to…”
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Orally administrated chitosan microspheres bind Helicobacter pylori and decrease gastric infection in mice by Henriques, Patrícia C., Costa, Lia M., Seabra, Catarina L., Antunes, Bernardo, Silva-Carvalho, Ricardo, Junqueira-Neto, Susana, Maia, André F., Oliveira, Pedro, Magalhães, Ana, Reis, Celso A., Gartner, Fátima, Touati, Eliette, Gomes, Joana, Costa, Paulo, Martins, M. Cristina L., Gonçalves, Inês C.

“…Persistent Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection is related to 90% of gastric cancers. With bacterial resistance rising and treatment inefficiency…”
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Nanocellulose/bioactive glass cryogels as scaffolds for bone regeneration by Ferreira, Filipe V, Souza, Lucas P, Martins, Thais M M, Lopes, João H, Mattos, Bruno D, Mariano, Marcos, Pinheiro, Ivanei F, Valverde, Thalita M, Livi, Sébastien, Camilli, José A, Goes, Alfredo M, Gouveia, Rubia F, Lona, Liliane M F, Rojas, Orlando J

“…A major challenge exists in the preparation of scaffolds for bone regeneration, namely, achieving simultaneously bioactivity, biocompatibility, mechanical…”
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Altitudinal variation of the gut microbiota in wild house mice by Suzuki, Taichi A., Martins, Felipe M., Nachman, Michael W.

“…The maintenance of oxygen homeostasis in the gut is critical for the maintenance of a healthy gut microbiota. However, few studies have explored how the…”
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Drug Delivery Systems Based on Polymeric Micelles and Ultrasound: A Review by Tanbour, Rafeeq, Martins, Ana M, Pitt, William G, Husseini, Ghaleb A

“…Anti-neoplastic drugs used for cancer treatment often produce damage to healthy cells, leading to severe side effects in patients undergoing chemotherapy. The…”
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Clinical Application of AMPs by Costa, Fabíola, Teixeira, Cátia, Gomes, Paula, Martins, M Cristina L

“…Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have been described as one of the most promising compounds able to address one of the main health threats of the twenty-first…”
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Classification of Suicide Attempt Risk Using Environmental and Lifestyle Factors in 3 Large Youth Cohorts by Visoki, Elina, Moore, Tyler M, Zhang, Xinhe, Tran, Kate T, Ly, Christina, Gatavinš, Martinš M, DiDomenico, Grace E, Brogan, Leah, Fein, Joel A, Warrier, Varun, Guloksuz, Sinan, Barzilay, Ran

“…Suicide is the third-leading cause of death among US adolescents. Environmental and lifestyle factors influence suicidal behavior and can inform risk…”
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Complex Correntropy: Probabilistic Interpretation and Application to Complex-Valued Data by Guimaraes, Joao P. F., Fontes, Aluisio I. R., Rego, Joilson B. A., de M Martins, Allan, Principe, Jose C.

“…Recent studies have demonstrated that correntropy is an efficient tool for analyzing higher order statistical moments in non-Gaussian noise environments…”
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Xeno-Free Strategies for Safe Human Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cell Expansion: Supplements and Coatings by Martins, M. Cristina L., Barrias, C. C., Gonçalves, R. M., Cimino, M.

“…Human mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (hMSCs) have generated great interest in regenerative medicine mainly due to their multidifferentiation potential and…”
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Effects of nanoplastics on Mytilus galloprovincialis after individual and combined exposure with carbamazepine by Brandts, I., Teles, M., Gonçalves, A.P., Barreto, A., Franco-Martinez, L., Tvarijonaviciute, A., Martins, M.A., Soares, A.M.V.M., Tort, L., Oliveira, M.

“…Plastic pollution is a worldwide problem, highlighted by the fact that plastic materials degrade into nano-size particles (<100 nm), potentially becoming more…”
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Biocompatibility and antibacterial properties of medical stainless steel and titanium modified by alumina and hafnia films prepared by atomic layer deposition by Spajić, Ivan, Morais, Miguel Gonçalves, Monteiro, Cláudia, Martins, M. Cristina L., Pêgo, Ana Paula, Milošev, Ingrid

“…New methods for producing surfaces with suitable biocompatible properties are desirable due to increasing demands for biomedical devices. Stainless steel 316 L…”
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Chronic wounds: Treatment consensus by Eriksson, Elof, Liu, Paul Y., Schultz, Gregory S., Martins‐Green, Manuela M., Tanaka, Rica, Weir, Dot, Gould, Lisa J., Armstrong, David G., Gibbons, Gary W., Wolcott, Randy, Olutoye, Oluyinka O., Kirsner, Robert S., Gurtner, Geoffrey C.

“…The Wound Healing Foundation (WHF) recognised a need for an unbiased consensus on the best treatment of chronic wounds. A panel of 13 experts were invited to a…”
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High Purcell factor generation of indistinguishable on-chip single photons by Liu, Feng, Brash, Alistair J., O’Hara, John, Martins, Luis M. P. P., Phillips, Catherine L., Coles, Rikki J., Royall, Benjamin, Clarke, Edmund, Bentham, Christopher, Prtljaga, Nikola, Itskevich, Igor E., Wilson, Luke R., Skolnick, Maurice S., Fox, A. Mark

“…On-chip single-photon sources are key components for integrated photonic quantum technologies. Semiconductor quantum dots can exhibit near-ideal single-photon…”
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