An experimental study of exenatide effects on renal injury in diabetic rats by Xiaodong Wang (66801)

“…Results: Compared to the model group, in exenatide-3 group the serum fasting plasma glucose and hemoglobin A1c levels were significantly decreased, the fasting insulin level was significantly increased, the renal index and blood urea nitrogen, serum creatinine and 24 h urine protein levels were significantly decreased, the renal tissue superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase levels were significantly increased, the malondialdehyde level was significantly decreased, and the renal tissue tumor necrosis factor alpha, interleukin 6, hypersensitive C-reactive protein and chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 5 levels were significantly decreased P<0.05). …”

Development of discriminant functions to estimate sex in upper limb bones for mixed ancestry South Africans by Mokoena, Palesa

“…Sex estimation potentially decreases the number of possible victims by half. The mixed ancestry population in South Africa is the second largest group of people; however, there remains a paucity of data and population-specific methods for sex estimation in this group. …”
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Generation, performance evaluation and control design of single-phase differential-mode buck-boost current-source inverters by Darwish, Ahmed

“…Yet, the investigation, operation and implementation of these types of inverters have not been extensively discussed. As a drawback, the total dc side input current of a single-phase inverter consists of a dc component and an undesirable ac component. …”
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Prospects of Biocrude Production Potential from Local Diatom by Al-Namimi, Sara Mohammed

“…A marine diatom Nitzchia reversa was grown in 5 sq. m open raceway pond (10 cm culture depth, 500 L culture volume) in the Qatari desert environment. …”
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Hap1 is coexpressed with c-kit and stabilizes its level in vitro. by Jianxing Xiang (724184)

“…Hap1 knockdown markedly decreased the half-life of c-kit in Neuro2A cells. …”

Histological analysis of the intestinal wall of newborn rats submitted to hypoxia and reoxygenation to evaluate the protective effect of N-Acetylcysteine by Soraia Guerra Silvares (10393883)

“…The animals in the H/R groups were placed in a gas chamber (100% CO2) for 10 minutes and then reoxygenated for 10 minutes (100% O2), twice a day for the first three days of life, with a six-hour span between events. …”

The effect on bursting of the total number of channels and the BK time constant. by David M. Richards (8495130)

“…<p>(A) For <i>g</i>_BK = 0.5 nS, corresponding to pure spiking in the deterministic model, BF gradually decreases as the total number of channels increases. …”

Metabolic profile in promastigotes and axenic amastigotes. by Marlene Jara (774474)

“…<p><b>A</b>, Principal component analysis (PCA) distinguishing the metabolome of three growth stages in <i>L (V</i>.…”

Analysis of cell surface receptor expression on hepatocytes or HSCs and NGFp binding specificity to p75NTR. by Julia Reetz (423395)

“…(B) Cell lysates of freshly isolated hepatocytes, quiescent and culture-activated HSCs were analyzed for expression of p75NTR, CAR, αV, β3 and β5 integrins (Int). (C, D) Binding of S11 and S11-NGF_p to p75NTR positive cells (HSCs) was evaluated by ELISA and immunofluorescence using anti-<i>myc</i>-tag antibody (scale bar, 20 μm). …”

Vaccination coverage in children under one year of age in Minas Gerais state, Brazil by Janaina Fonseca Almeida Souza (13253592)

“…Regarding the analysis of the coverage trend, 8 of the 28 GRS/SRS showed a decreasing trend for at least 5 of the 7 immunobiologicals evaluated. …”

Application of Multichannel Collagen Gels in Construction of Epithelial Lumen-like Engineered Tissues by Kazuya Furusawa (1569568)

Sumo inhibits KSHV gene expression and reactivation. by Yoshihiro Izumiya (449433)

“…Indicated plasmids were cotransfected into recombinant KSHV infected Vero cells. (a) RFP positive cells were counted 72 hours after transfection in five randomly selected fields. …”

Effects of 1 and 16 hr of AICAR incubation on p53 phosphorylation in keratinocytes, MEFs and other cells. by Yasuo Ido (172159)

“…AICAR increased AMPK activity, as evidenced by a 3–5 fold increase in the pACC/ACC ratio in both cells. …”

Influences of dietary crude protein and stocking density on growth performance and body measurements of ostrich chicks by KHALID M. MAHROSE (6572441)

“…<div><p>Abstract: Thirty-six African Black ostrich chicks were used to investigate the effects of dietary crude protein (CP) levels (180, 210 and 240 g/kg), stocking density (4.5 and 3 m2/bird) and their interactions. A factorial arrangement was used to examine the impact of treatments on growth performance and body measurements of ostrich chicks during 2 to 10 weeks of the age. …”

Stress-induced motor pattern failure is associated with surges of [K⁺]_o. by Corinne I. Rodgers (37539)

“…<p>Simultaneous recordings of the ventilatory motor pattern (Vent), the temperature of the superfusing saline at the MTG (Temp in A) and the extracellular potassium concentration ([K⁺]_o). …”

Seroprevalence and risk factors associated with leukosis in cattle from Villlavicencio, Colombia by Jhoan Conde-Muñoz (15430912)

“…The disease has a prolonged incubation period of between 1–5 years and the antibodies can be detected 2–3 weeks post infection. …”

Effects of Thinning on Seed Dispersal by Ｒodents in Secondary Forest by YF Zhang (5544044)

“…The results showed that: 1)</div><div>the relative density of rodent population drastically reduced from 6． 7% in un-thinning forest to 2． 7% in</div><div>thinning forest; 2) the density of tree and shrub in thinning forest decreases from 56． 3% to 72． 7% ; 3)</div><div>seed dispersal rate in un-thinning forest ( half survival time: 2 days) was significantly higher than in</div><div>thinning forest ( half survival time: 10 days) ; 4) the difference of burying depth between un-thinning for-</div><div>est ( 4． 3 ± 0． 1) cm and thinning forest ( 3． 9 ± 0． 2) cm was significant; 5) more scatter-hoarded seeds</div><div>were retrieved and buried again in un-thinning forest ( 20． 3% ) than in thinning forest ( 4． 4% ) ． …”

Hippocampus dependent two-frame avoidance. by Eduard Kelemen (247004)

“…Entering the shock zones rapidly decreased with training (<i>n</i> = 4 rats; F_4,12≥7.96, <i>p</i>s<0.01 for each spatial frame evaluated separately) and was asymptotic after 2 d (sessions 1>2 = 3 = 4 = 5, Newman-Keuls post hoc tests). …”

The modulation of hysteresis size with change of adaptive feedback process and frequency range (<i>Δω</i>). by Hyoungkyu Kim (3067797)

“…<p>(A) The power coefficient <i>Z</i> = 4 and <i>Δω</i> = 1. …”

Malting of preharvest sprouted wheat by Paulo de Tarso Carvalho (7824317)

“…Four wheat samples were characterized by falling number and germination power; and three of them that were considered sprouted. A randomized standard experimental design was applied and the malting conditions were: moisture content 43%, germination time 78 hours, and germination temperature 12.5 ºC. …”