Examination of human interference and abundance upon plants and animals species richness by Geethanjanen Raveendhran (3113937)

“…<p><b>Meta Data:</b></p> <p>1) Abundance Native Plants: This is a discrete variable. A 50 m transect was placed along the length of the pond area and the impermeable surface. …”

LIS1 controls macrophage proliferation, differentiation and survival via modulating M-CSF and RANKL signaling pathways and NFATc1. by Shiqiao Ye (198070)

“…Apoptosis was assessed by a fluorometric caspase-3 activity assay. (E) LIS1-depletiojn leads to decreased NFATc1 expression in osteoclasts. …”

S9 Fig - by Anil Pant (10074299)

“…HFFs were infected with VACV at an MOI of 2 in the presence or absence of 50 μM PD0325901 for 24 h. A plaque assay was performed to measure virus titers. …”

Alpha band EEG coherence in healthy nonagenarians by Mario Silva Jorge (12685567)

CNF1 effect on proteins involved in mitochondrial dynamics in cortex tissues from pathological mice. by Sara Travaglione (326283)

COMPARISONS OF COUNTERFACTUAL AFFIRMATIVE ACTION POLICIES AT THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS by André Braz Golgher (6827249)

“…However, if academic performance is also taken into account, the best options would be either a quota policy of 50% divided between poor and non-poor students or a bonus policy based on a linear function of course competitiveness with an average bonus of 6%.…”

Sperm analysis for control males and males born to DXR-treated mothers over six generations. by Loro L. Kujjo (354585)

Effect of heparanase on activation of T lymphocytes. by Menachem Bitan (365486)

“…<p><b>A. ConA activation.</b> Mouse spleen cells were isolated and subjected to activation with ConA in the absence (control) (▪) and presence of 10 or 30 µg/ml recombinant latent (65 kDa) () or active (8+50 kDa) (□) heparanase, followed by measurements of ³H-thymidine incorporation, as described under ‘<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0010135#s2" target="_blank">Materials & Methods</a>’. …”

Relative diver effects – fixed distance and 5 minute waiting period. by Luke C. Dickens (223801)

“…<p>Relative diver effects on estimated reef fish densities comparing counts over a fixed distance 50 m transect and counts after a 5 minute waiting period. …”

Schematic description of integrating a small example metabolic network with gene expression data. by Xin Fang (134979)

“…In Step II, the gene expression ratios were mapped to their corresponding reactions. …”

Mechanistic modelling of interventions against spread of livestock-associated methicillin-resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> (LA-MRSA) within a Danish farrow-to-finish pig herd by Anna Irene Vedel Sørensen (4623943)

“…To model a decrease in the selective pressure, the transmission rates were reduced after LA-MRSA had become fully established within a herd, which resulted in a marked decrease in the prevalence within all stable units. …”

Population sorting II. by Xavier Manière (230820)

“…<p>(A) We numerically computed the histograms of the distance traveled by a fictitious population of 1000 worms assuming a Gaussian velocity distribution for each worm with an average parallel velocity given by v₀(1+gnoise(µ)) and a standard deviation of 50 µm/s. …”

Human amygdala responses to music in probabilistically defined anatomical regions. by Tonio Ball (68765)

“…Voxels with a significant signal decrease are displayed as black or yellow triangles. …”

Hematoxylin and eosin (HE) stained paraffin sections and toluidine blue–stained resin sections of the macrodactylous enlarged nerve and the normal digital nerve tissue. by Xi Yang (112884)

“…(E) Intensive distribution of myelinated nerve was found in the normal digital nerve tissue (E, red arrows) (scale bars, 50 μm). (F) A clear decrease in the myelination of the macrodactylous nerve was apparent (F, red arrows). …”

Effect of Testosterone on Proliferation Markers and Apoptosis in Breasts of Ovariectomized Rats by Jussara Celi Conceição Oliveira (8401119)

“…<div><p>Abstract Objective To investigate the action of testosterone (T), isolated or associated with estradiol benzoate (EB), on the proliferation markers and apoptosis of breasts of ovariectomized rats. Methods A total of 48 castrated female Wistar rats were divided into 6 groups, and each of them were submitted to one of the following treatments for 5 weeks: 1) control; 2) EB 50 mcg/day + T 50 mcg/day; 3) T 50mcg/day; 4) EB 50 mcg +T 300 mcg/day; 5) T 300 mcg/day; and 6) EB 50 mcg/day. …”

Agonist-driven FRET changes parallel binding and cellular efficacies of agonists. by Seungwoo Chang (306656)

“…<p>A. Cch binding (filled circle) and Cch-driven FRET changes (open circle) were measured using membranes prepared from FlAsH-labeled HeLa cells that expressed M1S2. …”

The effect of motilin administration in the postprandial state. by Yuki Miyano (415742)

“…<p>Motilin (50 ng·kg⁻¹·min⁻¹ for 10 min) was intravenously administered in the postprandial state (20 min after the initiation of feeding) in sham (A) and vagotomized (B) suncus. …”

Ultrasound microbubble potentiated enhancement of hyperthermia-effect in tumours - Fig 6 by Deepa Sharma (278210)

“…Scale bar: 50 μm (B) Quantification of Ki-67 images indicates that exposure of xenografted tumors to combined treatment of USMB and hyperthermia resulted in a larger decrease in Ki-67 labeling indices compared to USMB alone or hyperthermia only (n = 3–5). …”

Dilatometric Cycles in the Study of Precipitation of Intermetallic Phases in Duplex Stainless Steels by Elki C. Souza (5669489)

“…Tests conducted at 850 ºC for 7 hours indicated a high fraction of σ phase precipitated (approximately 50%), starting in the grain boundary, austenite/ferrite, and advancing in ferrite grain.…”

Table_2_Dose of Alcohol From Beer Required for Acute Reduction in Arterial Stiffness.DOCX by Masato Nishiwaki (666290)

“…Arterial stiffness did not significantly change among all AFB and B25. However, B50, B100, and B200 caused a significant decrease in arterial stiffness for approximately 30–60 min: heart-brachial pulse wave velocity (B50: −4.5 ± 2.4%; B100: −3.4 ± 1.3%; B200: −8.1 ± 2.6%); brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (B50: −0.6 ± 2.0%; B100: −3.3 ± 1.1%; B200: −9.3 ± 3.0%); heart-ankle pulse wave velocity (B50: −3.7 ± 0.3%; B100: −3.3 ± 0.9%; B200: −8.1 ± 2.7%); and cardio-ankle vascular index (B50: −4.6 ± 1.3%; B100: −5.6 ± 0.8%; B200: −10.3 ± 3.1%). …”