Video_1_Poly I:C Activated Microglia Disrupt Perineuronal Nets and Modulate Synaptic Balance in Primary Hippocampal Neurons in vitro.MP4 by David Wegrzyn (10180829)

“…Interestingly, immunocytochemical staining of the PNN component Aggrecan revealed a clear disruption of PNNs accompanied by a significant increase of glutamatergic and a decrease of γ-aminobutyric acid-(GABA)ergic synapse numbers on PNN wearing neurons. …”

Table_1_Application of lymphoplasmapheresis in the treatment of severe myasthenia gravis.DOCX by Weiwei Duan (5940539)

“…After treatment, the mean QMGS of patients decreased significantly, from 23.40 ± 4.25 points before treatment to 17.93 ± 5.61 points after treatment, a decrease of 5.47 ± 4.16 points. 75.6% of patients experienced remission of clinical symptoms. …”

Regulation of macroscopic Cx46 currents by external Ca and Mg by Vytas K. Verselis (53583)

“…(A) Representative current–voltage (I-V) relationships (top) at different external Ca concentrations ranging from nominal (0 added) to 1.8 mM were obtained by applying slow (3 min) voltage ramps from +50 to −100 mV to a Cx46-expressing oocyte. …”

Superior Hard but Quickly Reversible Si–O–Si Network Enables Scalable Fabrication of Transparent, Self-Healing, Robust, and Programmable Multifunctional Nanocomposite Coatings by Yi Hou (148620)

“…The highly cross-linked continuous network endows the coating with a hardness (<i>H</i> = 0.83 GPa) higher than those of most polymers (<i>H</i> < 0.3 GPa), while the uniformly dispersed micelles decrease the Young’s modulus (<i>E</i> = 5.89 GPa) to a value as low as that of common plastics, resulting in excellent hardness and flexibility, with an <i>H</i>/<i>E</i> of 14.1% and an elastic recovery rate (<i>W</i>_e) of 86.3%. …”

Supporting data file. by Laura Mora-Bitria (20477525)

“…We studied Type 1 diabetes (T1D) as a paradigmatic example of autoimmunity. In T1D, variation in the Human Leucocyte Antigen (HLA) genes explains up to 50% of the genetic risk, indicating that T cells have a major role in T1D etiopathogenesis. …”

Superior Hard but Quickly Reversible Si–O–Si Network Enables Scalable Fabrication of Transparent, Self-Healing, Robust, and Programmable Multifunctional Nanocomposite Coatings by Yi Hou (148620)

“…The highly cross-linked continuous network endows the coating with a hardness (<i>H</i> = 0.83 GPa) higher than those of most polymers (<i>H</i> < 0.3 GPa), while the uniformly dispersed micelles decrease the Young’s modulus (<i>E</i> = 5.89 GPa) to a value as low as that of common plastics, resulting in excellent hardness and flexibility, with an <i>H</i>/<i>E</i> of 14.1% and an elastic recovery rate (<i>W</i>_e) of 86.3%. …”

Superior Hard but Quickly Reversible Si–O–Si Network Enables Scalable Fabrication of Transparent, Self-Healing, Robust, and Programmable Multifunctional Nanocomposite Coatings by Yi Hou (148620)

“…The highly cross-linked continuous network endows the coating with a hardness (<i>H</i> = 0.83 GPa) higher than those of most polymers (<i>H</i> < 0.3 GPa), while the uniformly dispersed micelles decrease the Young’s modulus (<i>E</i> = 5.89 GPa) to a value as low as that of common plastics, resulting in excellent hardness and flexibility, with an <i>H</i>/<i>E</i> of 14.1% and an elastic recovery rate (<i>W</i>_e) of 86.3%. …”

Superhydrophobic TiO₂ Surfaces:  Preparation, Photocatalytic Wettability Conversion, and Superhydrophobic−Superhydrophilic Patterning by Xintong Zhang (1536829)

“…This UV-stimulated wettability conversion was employed to prepare superhydrophilic stripes (50 and 500 μm wide) on a superhydrophobic TiO₂ surface. …”

Superior Hard but Quickly Reversible Si–O–Si Network Enables Scalable Fabrication of Transparent, Self-Healing, Robust, and Programmable Multifunctional Nanocomposite Coatings by Yi Hou (148620)

“…The highly cross-linked continuous network endows the coating with a hardness (<i>H</i> = 0.83 GPa) higher than those of most polymers (<i>H</i> < 0.3 GPa), while the uniformly dispersed micelles decrease the Young’s modulus (<i>E</i> = 5.89 GPa) to a value as low as that of common plastics, resulting in excellent hardness and flexibility, with an <i>H</i>/<i>E</i> of 14.1% and an elastic recovery rate (<i>W</i>_e) of 86.3%. …”

DataSheet_1_Processes and mechanisms of vegetation ecosystem responding to climate and ecological restoration in China.docx by Tiantian Chen (1655986)

“…Vegetation growth in China experienced an abrupt change in the 1990s and 2000s, accounting for 50% and 33.6% of the whole China respectively. Of the area before the breakpoint, 45.4% showed a trend of vegetation decrease, which was concentrated mainly in east China, while 43% of the area after the breakpoint also showed vegetation degradation, mainly in northwest China. …”

Data_Sheet_1_Robust Silica–Polyimide Aerogel Blanket for Water-Proof and Flame-Retardant Self-Floating Artificial Island.doc by Riyong Liu (10706031)

“…As a result, a remarkable decrease of 138°C is achieved using the silica blanket as the thermal insulator on a hot plate of approximately 250°C. …”

Antigenic evolution of viruses in host populations by Igor M. Rouzine (525036)

“…The fitness slope (effective selection coefficient) is proportional to the reproductive number in the absence of immunity <i>R</i>₀ and inversely proportional to the cross-immunity distance <i>a</i>, defined as the genetic distance of a virus strain from a previously infecting strain conferring 50% decrease in infection probability. …”

Conduction block was detected in naïve <i>Pmp22</i>+/- nerves. by Bo Hu (126105)

“…This finding demonstrated a conduction block that was defined as a ≥50% decrease of proximal CMAP amplitude over the distal CMAP amplitude, a stringent criterion used in human NCS [<a href="http://www.plosgenetics.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pgen.1006290#pgen.1006290.ref041" target="_blank">41</a>]. …”

Data_Sheet_1_Isolation of High-Purity Extracellular Vesicles by the Combination of Iodixanol Density Gradient Ultracentrifugation and Bind-Elute Chromatography From Blood Plasma.pd... by Zsófia Onódi (839184)

“…</p><p>Results: The highest band intensities of EV markers Alix, Tsg101 and CD81 were detected by Western blot in F6 of small-scale DGUC (61.5 ± 10.4%; 48.1 ± 5.8%; 41.9 ± 3.8%, respectively) at a density of 1.128–1.174 g/mL, where the presence of vesicles with a mean diameter of 38 ± 2 nm was confirmed by EM and DLS. …”

Simulated effects of phenytoin on control and schizophrenic models. by Peter J. Siekmeier (391910)

“…Lampl et al <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0058607#pone.0058607-Lampl1" target="_blank">[63]</a> and others <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0058607#pone.0058607-Fink1" target="_blank">[64]</a>, <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0058607#pone.0058607-Chao1" target="_blank">[65]</a> have shown that phenytoin concentrations in this range produce a decrease in Na⁺ channel conductance of between 34% and 50%. …”

Table_1_The different effects of molybdate on Hg(II) bio-methylation in aerobic and anaerobic bacteria.DOCX by Lanjing Wang (16944130)

“…The growth and methylation ability of each strain were analyzed under conditions of 500 ng·L⁻¹ Hg(II), 0 and 21% of oxygen, and 0, 0.25, 0.50, and 1 mM of MoO₄²⁻. …”

iFGFR1-induced CX3CL1 secretion by epithelial cells mediates macrophage migration. by Johanna R. Reed (306158)

“…Exposure to conditioned medium from CX3CL1 siRNA HC-11/R1 cells significantly decreased RAW 264.7 cell migration. Furthermore, addition of 50ng/mL rmCX3CL1 to CX3CL1siRNA HC-11/R1 cells at the time of B/B treatment rescued the loss of RAW 264.7 cell migration in cells exposed to conditioned medium from CX3CL1siRNA HC-11/R1 cells. …”

Table_2_The different effects of molybdate on Hg(II) bio-methylation in aerobic and anaerobic bacteria.XLSX by Lanjing Wang (16944130)

“…The growth and methylation ability of each strain were analyzed under conditions of 500 ng·L⁻¹ Hg(II), 0 and 21% of oxygen, and 0, 0.25, 0.50, and 1 mM of MoO₄²⁻. …”

Proxy-based paleoclimate series for the last 5000 years. by David Kaniewski (218243)

“…Positive scores correspond to higher humidity whereas negative scores indicate dry periods <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0071004#pone.0071004-Kaniewski1" target="_blank">[11]</a>; (<b>c</b>) Time-series (5000 BP to present by step of 100 years) of annual precipitation (anomalies from the present in mm/yr) averaged on Southeastern Mediterranean region (longitude 20°E−50°E, latitude 30°N-45°N); the data are reconstructed from pollen data extracted from the European Pollen Database; (<b>d</b>) fluctuations in Nile floods, indicated by lake level variations of Lake Qarun (Fayum depression, Egypt) inferred from paleoshorelines and lake sediments <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0071004#pone.0071004-Hassan2" target="_blank">[73]</a>; (<b>e</b>) reconstruction of annual precipitation based on botanical-climatological transfer functions applied to pollen data from Ain Gedi sediments (Dead Sea shore) <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0071004#pone.0071004-Litt1" target="_blank">[15]</a>; (<b>f</b>) Abundance of Cyperaceae pollen, a marker of fresh water input, in a sediment core from Burullus Lagoon in the north-central Nile Delta <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0071004#pone.0071004-Bernhardt1" target="_blank">[14]</a>. …”

Maturation of GABAergic synaptic and intrinsic properties in primary visual cortex. by Sandra J. Kuhlman (89333)

“…The average current from all trials in which a 350±50 pA EPSC was elicited is shown here. Young: n = 9 (of 14 cells) fulfilled this criteria, mature: n = 8 (of 13 cell) fulfilled this criteria. …”