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The effect of sophorolipids against microbial biofilms on medical-grade silicone (2020)
Journal Article
Ceresa, C., Fracchia, L., Williams, M., Banat, I., & Diaz de Rienzo, M. (2020). The effect of sophorolipids against microbial biofilms on medical-grade silicone. Journal of Biotechnology, 309, 34-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2019.12.019

Recent medical strategies rely on the search for effective antimicrobials as surface coatings to prevent and treat infections in humans and animals. Biosurfactants have recently been shown to have properties as antiadhesive and antibiofilm agents. So... Read More about The effect of sophorolipids against microbial biofilms on medical-grade silicone.

Fine-scale seascape genomics of an exploited marine species, the common cockle Cerastoderma edule, using a multi-modelling approach (2020)
Journal Article

Population dynamics of marine species that are sessile as adults are driven by oceanographic dispersal of larvae from spawning to nursery grounds. This is mediated by life-history traits such as the timing and frequency of spawning, larval behaviour... Read More about Fine-scale seascape genomics of an exploited marine species, the common cockle Cerastoderma edule, using a multi-modelling approach.

Effects of forest fragmentation on the vertical stratification of neotropical bats (2020)
Journal Article
Silva, I., Rocha, R., López-Baucells, A., Farneda, F., & Meyer, C. (2020). Effects of forest fragmentation on the vertical stratification of neotropical bats. Diversity, 12(2), e67. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12020067

Vertical stratification is a key component of the biological complexity of rainforests. Understanding community- and species-level responses to disturbance across forest strata is paramount for evidence-based conservation and management. However, eve... Read More about Effects of forest fragmentation on the vertical stratification of neotropical bats.

What makes or breaks a campaign to stop an invading plant pathogen? (2020)
Journal Article
Milne, A., Gottwald, T., Parnell, S., Alonso Chavez, V., & van den Bosch, F. (2020). What makes or breaks a campaign to stop an invading plant pathogen?. PLoS Computational Biology, 16(2), e1007570. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007570

Diseases in humans, animals and plants remain an important challenge in our society. Effective control of invasive pathogens often requires coordinated concerted action of a large group of stakeholders. Both epidemiological and human behavioural fact... Read More about What makes or breaks a campaign to stop an invading plant pathogen?.

Transcriptomic profiling of tumor-infiltrating CD4 + TIM-3 + T Cells reveals their suppressive, exhausted, and metastatic characteristics in colorectal cancer patients (2020)
Journal Article

T cell immunoglobulin mucin-3 (TIM-3) is an immune checkpoint identified as one of the key players in regulating T-cell responses. Studies have shown that TIM-3 is upregulated in the tumor microenvironment (TME). However, the precise role of TIM-3 in... Read More about Transcriptomic profiling of tumor-infiltrating CD4 + TIM-3 + T Cells reveals their suppressive, exhausted, and metastatic characteristics in colorectal cancer patients.

Intelligent agent for formal modelling of temporal multi-agent systems (2020)
Journal Article
Qasim, A., Aziz, Z., Kazmi, S. A. R., Khalid, A., Fakhir, I., & Hassan, J. (2020). Intelligent agent for formal modelling of temporal multi-agent systems. International journal on smart sensing and intelligent systems (Online), 13(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.21307/ijssis-2020-003

Software systems are becoming complex and dynamic with the passage of time, and to provide better fault tolerance and resource management they need to have the ability of self-adaptation. Multi-agent systems paradigm is an active area of research for... Read More about Intelligent agent for formal modelling of temporal multi-agent systems.

Options for managing human threats to high seas biodiversity (2020)
Journal Article
O'Leary, B., Hoppit, G., Townley, A., Allen, H., McIntyre, C., & Roberts, C. (2020). Options for managing human threats to high seas biodiversity. Ocean and Coastal Management, 187, 105110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2020.105110

Areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) constitute 61% of the world's oceans and are collectively managed by countries under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Growing concern regarding the deteriorating state of the ocea... Read More about Options for managing human threats to high seas biodiversity.

Predicting average annual electricity outage using electricity distribution network operator's performance indicators (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Silva, C., & Saraee, M. (2020, February). Predicting average annual electricity outage using electricity distribution network operator's performance indicators. Presented at 2020 Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences (ASET), Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Electricity Distribution network operators (DNO) may receive a monetary reward or have a penalty reliant on their performance against the target set by the regulators. Customer minutes lost (CML) is one of the primary performance indicators which lea... Read More about Predicting average annual electricity outage using electricity distribution network operator's performance indicators.

Electricity distribution network : seasonality and the dynamics of equipment failures related network faults (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Silva, C., & Saraee, M. (2020, February). Electricity distribution network : seasonality and the dynamics of equipment failures related network faults. Presented at 2020 Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences (ASET), Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Power systems are inclined to frequent failures due to equipment malfunctions in the network. Equipment malfunctions can occur in any of the equipment in the network such as transformers, switchgear, overground cables or underground cables. Any failu... Read More about Electricity distribution network : seasonality and the dynamics of equipment failures related network faults.