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Improved Metal Cation Optosensing Membranes through the Incorporation of Sulphated Polysaccharides by Santos, P. R. M., Johny, A., Silva, C. Q., Azenha, M. A., Vázquez, J. A., Valcarcel, J., Pereira, C. M., Silva, A. F.

“…Optosensing chitosan-based membranes have been applied for the detection of heavy metals, especially in drinking water. The novelty of this study is based on…”
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Natural Polymers-Based Materials: A Contribution to a Greener Future by Silva, Ana C Q, Silvestre, Armando J D, Vilela, Carla, Freire, Carmen S R

“…Natural polymers have emerged as promising candidates for the sustainable development of materials in areas ranging from food packaging and biomedicine to…”
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Spherical Cellulose Micro and Nanoparticles: A Review of Recent Developments and Applications by Carvalho, João P. F., Silva, Ana C. Q., Silvestre, Armando J. D., Freire, Carmen S. R., Vilela, Carla

“…Cellulose, the most abundant natural polymer, is a versatile polysaccharide that is being exploited to manufacture innovative blends, composites, and hybrid…”
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Dynamic Bayesian beta models by da-Silva, C.Q., Migon, H.S., Correia, L.T.

“…We develop a dynamic Bayesian beta model for modeling and forecasting single time series of rates or proportions. This work is related to a class of dynamic…”
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Are all-atom any better than united-atom force fields for the description of liquid properties of alkanes? by da Silva, Guilherme C. Q., Silva, Gabriel M., Tavares, Frederico W., Fleming, Felipe P., Horta, Bruno A. C.

“…Alkanes are a fundamental part in empirical force fields (FF) not only due to their technological relevance, but also due to the prevalence of alkane moieties…”
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Cellulose and protein nanofibrils: Singular biobased nanostructures for the design of sustainable advanced materials by Silva, Ana C Q, Silvestre, Armando J D, Vilela, Carla, Freire, Carmen S R

“…Polysaccharides and proteins are extensively used for the design of advanced sustainable materials. Owing to the high aspect ratio and specific surface area,…”
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Bayesian inference for an item response model for modeling test anxiety by da-Silva, C.Q., Gomes, A.E.

“…We develop a Bayesian binary Item Response Model (IRM), which we denote as Test Anxiety Model (TAM), for estimating the proficiency scores when individuals…”
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Nanocellulose-Based Patches Loaded with Hyaluronic Acid and Diclofenac towards Aphthous Stomatitis Treatment by Carvalho, João P F, Silva, Ana C Q, Bastos, Verónica, Oliveira, Helena, Pinto, Ricardo J B, Silvestre, Armando J D, Vilela, Carla, Freire, Carmen S R

“…Nanostructured patches composed of bacterial nanocellulose (BNC), hyaluronic acid (HA) and diclofenac (DCF) were developed, envisioning the treatment of…”
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Metabolic Syndrome and Insulin Resistance in Normal Glucose Tolerant Brazilian Adolescents With Family History of Type 2 Diabetes by da Silva, Regina C.Q, Miranda, Walkiria L, Chacra, Antonio R, Dib, Sérgio A

“…Metabolic syndrome increases risk for cardiovascular disease. The Brazilian population has a high degree of miscegenation that includes a mix of indigenous…”
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Conductive polysaccharides-based proton-exchange membranes for fuel cell applications: The case of bacterial cellulose and fucoidan by Vilela, Carla, Silva, Ana C.Q., Domingues, Eddy M., Gonçalves, Gil, Martins, Manuel A., Figueiredo, Filipe M.L., Santos, Sónia A.O., Freire, Carmen S.R.

“…•Fully bio-based membranes composed of bacterial cellulose (BC) and fucoidan.•Nanostructured membranes with thermal-oxidative stability in the range…”
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Trilayered nanocellulose-based patches loaded with acyclovir and hyaluronic acid for the treatment of herpetic lesions by Silva, Ana C.Q., Mendes, Maria, Vitorino, Carla, Montejo, Unai, Alonso-Varona, Ana, Silvestre, Armando J.D., Vilela, Carla, Freire, Carmen S.R.

“…This study focuses on the preparation of layered bacterial nanocellulose (BNC) patches for drug delivery and wound healing in the context of herpes labialis…”
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Dissolvable Carboxymethylcellulose Microneedles for Noninvasive and Rapid Administration of Diclofenac Sodium by Silva, Ana C. Q., Pereira, Bárbara, Lameirinhas, Nicole S., Costa, Paulo C., Almeida, Isabel F., Dias‐Pereira, Patrícia, Correia‐Sá, Inês, Oliveira, Helena, Silvestre, Armando J. D., Vilela, Carla, Freire, Carmen S. R.

“…The aim of this study is to prepare dissolvable biopolymeric microneedle (MN) patches composed solely of sodium carboxymethylcellulose (CMC), a water‐soluble…”
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Salt stress inhibits germination of Stylosanthes humilis seeds through abscisic acid accumulation and associated changes in ethylene production by Silva, Nilo C.Q., de Souza, Genaina A., Pimenta, Thaline M., Brito, Fred A.L., Picoli, Edgard A.T., Zsögön, Agustín, Ribeiro, Dimas M.

“…In Stylosanthes humilis, salt stress tolerance is associated with ethylene production by the seeds, however, how salt stress controls seed germination and…”
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Selection of progenies of snap beans using mixed models (REML/BLUP) by Cruz, DP, Gravina, GA, Oliveira, TRA, Gomes, ABS, Silva, CQ, Vivas, M, Araújo, KC, Daher, RF, Gravina, LM, Moraes, R, Silva, VB

“…The purpose of this research was to select the development of superior genotypes of snap beans adapted to edaphoclimatic conditions of the North and Northwest…”
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Effects of paraffin, fatty acid and long alkyl chain phenol on the solidification of n-hexadecane under harsh subcooling condition: A molecular dynamics simulation study by da Silva, Guilherme C.Q., Oliveira, Fernanda G., de Souza, Wladmir F., de Oliveira, Marcia C.K., Esteves, Pierre M., Horta, Bruno A.C.

“…Information about the solidification of n-alkanes at low temperature is of great value to understand relevant phenomena that impose severe technological…”
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Bayesian estimation of survival and capture probabilities using logit link and photoidentification data by da-Silva, C.Q., Gomes, P.V.S., Stradioto, M.A.

“…We develop a series of Bayesian statistical models for estimating survival of wild populations monitored using capture–recapture experiments and…”
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Latest developments on TiO2-based photocatalysis: a special focus on selectivity and hollowness for enhanced photonic efficiency by Ferreira, V.R.A., Santos, P.R.M., Silva, C.I.Q., Azenha, M.A.

“…[Display omitted] •A productive period for selective TiO2 photocatalysis and hollowness is reviewed.•Increased photonic efficiency - selectivity synergisms…”
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Are all-atom any better than united-atom force fields for the description of liquid properties of alkanes? 2. A systematic study considering different chain lengths by da Silva, Guilherme C.Q., Silva, Gabriel M., Tavares, Frederico W., Fleming, Felipe P., Horta, Bruno A.C.

“…•An accuracy assessment of many force fields used to describe n-alkanes in molecular dynamics simulations was performed.•The temperature and chain-size…”
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Effects of additives on oil displacement in nanocapillaries: A mesoscale simulation study by da Silva, Guilherme C.Q., Giro, Ronaldo, Horta, Bruno A.C., Neumann, Rodrigo F., Engel, Michael, Steiner, Mathias B.

“…We performed mesoscale simulations in order to investigate the effects that additives, such as surfactants and polymers, have in the oil displacement process…”
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Hidden Markov models applied to a subsequence of the Xylella fastidiosa genome by Silva, Cibele Q. da

“…Dependencies in DNA sequences are frequently modeled using Markov models. However, Markov chains cannot account for heterogeneity that may be present in…”
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