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Applications of bacterial cellulose in food, cosmetics and drug delivery by Ullah, Hanif, Santos, Hélder A., Khan, Taous

“…Bacterial cellulose (BC) is a versatile biopolymer with better material properties, such as purity, high degree of porosity, relative high permeability to…”
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Fear of COVID‐19, psychological distress, work satisfaction and turnover intention among frontline nurses by Labrague, Leodoro J., Santos, Janet Alexis A.

“…Aim To examine the relative influence of fear of COVID‐19 on nurses' psychological distress, work satisfaction and intent to leave their organisation and the…”
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Properties and chemical modifications of lignin: Towards lignin-based nanomaterials for biomedical applications by Figueiredo, Patrícia, Lintinen, Kalle, Hirvonen, Jouni T., Kostiainen, Mauri A., Santos, Hélder A.

“…Biorenewable polymers have emerged as an attractive alternative to conventional metallic and organic materials for a variety of different applications. This is…”
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Toward a Novel Energy‐Dissipation Metamaterial with Tensegrity Architecture by A Santos, Filipe

“…The interest in novel energy‐dissipation devices that offer advanced functionalities for optimal performance in state‐of‐the‐art engineering applications is…”
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Electrospun Fibrous Architectures for Drug Delivery, Tissue Engineering and Cancer Therapy by Ding, Yaping, Li, Wei, Zhang, Feng, Liu, Zehua, Zanjanizadeh Ezazi, Nazanin, Liu, Dongfei, Santos, Hélder A.

“…The versatile electrospinning technique is recognized as an efficient strategy to deliver active pharmaceutical ingredients and has gained tremendous progress…”
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Tumor exosome-based nanoparticles are efficient drug carriers for chemotherapy by Yong, Tuying, Zhang, Xiaoqiong, Bie, Nana, Zhang, Hongbo, Zhang, Xuting, Li, Fuying, Hakeem, Abdul, Hu, Jun, Gan, Lu, Santos, Hélder A., Yang, Xiangliang

“…Developing biomimetic nanoparticles without loss of the integrity of proteins remains a major challenge in cancer chemotherapy. Here, we develop a…”
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Linking Gut Microbiota and Inflammation to Obesity and Insulin Resistance by Saad, M J A, Santos, A, Prada, P O

“…Obesity and insulin resistance are the major predisposing factors to comorbidities, such as Type 2 diabetes, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, cardiovascular…”
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Typical and atypical pathology in primary progressive aphasia variants by Spinelli, Edoardo G., Mandelli, Maria Luisa, Miller, Zachary A., Santos‐Santos, Miguel A, Wilson, Stephen M., Agosta, Federica, Grinberg, Lea T., Huang, Eric J., Trojanowski, John Q., Meyer, Marita, Henry, Maya L., Comi, Giancarlo, Rabinovici, Gil, Rosen, Howard J., Filippi, Massimo, Miller, Bruce L., Seeley, William W., Gorno‐Tempini, Maria Luisa

“…Objective To characterize in vivo signatures of pathological diagnosis in a large cohort of patients with primary progressive aphasia (PPA) variants defined by…”
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Counter-regulatory renin–angiotensin system in cardiovascular disease by Paz Ocaranza, Maria, Riquelme, Jaime A., García, Lorena, Jalil, Jorge E., Chiong, Mario, Santos, Robson A. S., Lavandero, Sergio

“…The renin–angiotensin system is an important component of the cardiovascular system. Mounting evidence suggests that the metabolic products of angiotensin I…”
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Engineered Extracellular Vesicles for Cancer Therapy by Zhang, Xu, Zhang, Hongbo, Gu, Jianmei, Zhang, Jiayin, Shi, Hui, Qian, Hui, Wang, Dongqing, Xu, Wenrong, Pan, Jianming, Santos, Hélder A.

“…Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have emerged as a novel cell‐free strategy for the treatment of many diseases including cancer. As a result of their natural…”
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Differences in handgrip strength protocols to identify sarcopenia and frailty - a systematic review by Sousa-Santos, A R, Amaral, T F

“…Hand grip strength (HGS) is used for the diagnosis of sarcopenia and frailty. Several factors have been shown to influence HGS values during measurement…”
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Tailoring Porous Silicon for Biomedical Applications: From Drug Delivery to Cancer Immunotherapy by Li, Wei, Liu, Zehua, Fontana, Flavia, Ding, Yaping, Liu, Dongfei, Hirvonen, Jouni T., Santos, Hélder A.

“…In the past two decades, porous silicon (PSi) has attracted increasing attention for its potential biomedical applications. With its controllable geometry,…”
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COVID‐19 anxiety among front‐line nurses: Predictive role of organisational support, personal resilience and social support by Labrague, Leodoro J., Santos, Janet Alexis A.

“…Aim This study examines the relative influence of personal resilience, social support and organisational support in reducing COVID‐19 anxiety in front‐line…”
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Selenium Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications: From Development and Characterization to Therapeutics by Ferro, Cláudio, Florindo, Helena F., Santos, Hélder A.

“…Selenium (Se) is an essential element to human health that can be obtained in nature through several sources. In the human body, it is incorporated into…”
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The versatile biomedical applications of bismuth-based nanoparticles and composites: therapeutic, diagnostic, biosensing, and regenerative properties by Shahbazi, Mohammad-Ali, Faghfouri, Leila, Ferreira, Mónica P A, Figueiredo, Patrícia, Maleki, Hajar, Sefat, Farshid, Hirvonen, Jouni, Santos, Hélder A

“…Studies of nanosized forms of bismuth (Bi)-containing materials have recently expanded from optical, chemical, electronic, and engineering fields towards…”
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Current developments and applications of microfluidic technology toward clinical translation of nanomedicines by Liu, Dongfei, Zhang, Hongbo, Fontana, Flavia, Hirvonen, Jouni T., Santos, Hélder A.

“…Nanoparticulate drug delivery systems hold great potential for the therapy of many diseases, especially cancer. However, the translation of nanoparticulate…”
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Multiple successional pathways in human‐modified tropical landscapes: new insights from forest succession, forest fragmentation and landscape ecology research by Arroyo‐Rodríguez, Víctor, Melo, Felipe P. L., Martínez‐Ramos, Miguel, Bongers, Frans, Chazdon, Robin L., Meave, Jorge A., Norden, Natalia, Santos, Bráulio A., Leal, Inara R., Tabarelli, Marcelo

“…ABSTRACT Old‐growth tropical forests are being extensively deforested and fragmented worldwide. Yet forest recovery through succession has led to an expansion…”
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Advances in biomedical and pharmaceutical applications of functional bacterial cellulose-based nanocomposites by Ullah, Hanif, Wahid, Fazli, Santos, Hélder A., Khan, Taous

“…•Summarizes various biomedical applications of BC-based nanocomposites.•Highlights recent advances of these nanocomposites in drug delivery.•Describes the…”
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Bank Loans, Bonds, and Information Monopolies across the Business Cycle by SANTOS, JOÃO A. C., WINTON, ANDREW

“…Theory suggests that banks' private information about borrowers lets them hold up borrowers for higher interest rates. Since hold-up power increases with…”
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Acetylated Nanocellulose for Single-Component Bioinks and Cell Proliferation on 3D-Printed Scaffolds by Ajdary, Rubina, Huan, Siqi, Zanjanizadeh Ezazi, Nazanin, Xiang, Wenchao, Grande, Rafael, Santos, Hélder A, Rojas, Orlando J

“…Nanocellulose has been demonstrated as a suitable material for cell culturing, given its similarity to extracellular matrices. Taking advantage of the shear…”
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