Supplementary files for: Characterization and effects of thermal cycling on the properties of paraffin/expanded graphite composites by Qingqing Wang (141110)

“…In this paper, five paraffin/EG composites with 2 wt%, 5 wt%, 10 wt%, 15 wt% and 20 wt% of EG were prepared to study their long-term characteristics. …”

Data_Sheet_1_Petroleum pollution changes microbial diversity and network complexity of soil profile in an oil refinery.CSV by Jugui Zhuang (15831902)

“…</p>Results<p>Our results suggested soil microbial a-diversity decreased under high C10–C40 levels, coupled with significant changes in the community structure of soil profiles. …”

Immune response, blood parameters and growth performance in broiler fed reduced protein diet supplemented with β-hydroxy-β-methyl butyrate and conjugated linoleic acid by Ali Asghar Saki (5670092)

“…Treatments includes: 1) A normal-protein diet (NPD) was formulated according to the Ross 308 recommendation (2014) by corn and soybean meal, 2) A reduced-protein diet (RPD) was prepared with dietary protein reduced by 12 g kg-1 (1.2%) relative to the NPD, 3) HMB+ RDP, 4) CLA+RDP and 5) CLA+ HMB+ RDP. …”

Inter-estuarine and temporal patterns of the fish assemblage of subtropical subestuaries along the Río de la Plata coast (Uruguay) by Alicia Acuña (10476745)

“…The analysed community parameters showed a decreasing trend from west to east along the Uruguayan coast. …”

Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) improves ion homeostasis in coriander plants under salt stress by Petterson C. C. Silva (16477302)

“…The coriander plants were grown in nutrient solutions without presence of NaCl for control treatment (T1), while the other five treatments received 50 mM NaCl: T2 (absence of H2O2 in seed pretreatment), T3, T4, T5, and T6 corresponding to seed pretreatment with H2O2 at concentrations of 0.1, 1, 10, and 100 mM, respectively, in a completely randomized design with four replicates. …”

Image 2_Study on the performance of pervious concrete under freeze–thaw cycle based on PFC3D.jpg by Qidan Xiao (20380623)

“…The linear ontological relationship of the parallel bond model was modified to a linear curvilinear relationship. The FTCs resulted in strength loss reductions of 0.62%, 2.17%, 4.06%, and 5.87% for corresponding mass losses of 0.66%, 0.89%, 1.21%, and 6.66% compared to the control. …”

Stereoselective Palladium-Catalyzed Base-Free Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Coupling of Tetrasubstituted <i>gem</i>-Difluoroalkenes: An Experimental and Computational Study by Yanhui Wang (108090)

“…Density functional theory (DFT) calculations elucidated an intriguing reaction pathway favoring a formal [4 + 1] cycloaddition of Pd(0), followed by 1,5-sigmatropic fluoride migration, assisted by the chelation of the ester-substituent group to Pd center. …”

Numerical Study of the Mechanical Properties and Failure Mechanisms of Shale Under Different Loading Conditions by Tianran Lin (21099298)

“…The results reveal the following key findings: (1) With an increase in the bedding angle, the uniaxial compressive strength of shale shows a U-shaped change trend, while the tensile strength gradually decreases. …”

DataSheet_1_Small RNA perspective of physical exercise-related improvement of male reproductive dysfunction due to obesity.docx by Tingting Lin (586462)

“…</p>Methods<p>In this study, four-week-old C57/Bl6 male mice were randomly allocated to receive a control diet, a high-fat diet or physical exercise intervention for 40 weeks. …”

Characterization of commercial RNase III secondary cleaving activity in comparison to the natural enzyme by Nerea Beguiristain (8361)

“…Lane 1 is the R1.1 substrate incubated in buffer alone—it runs as band A. Lanes 2–4, natural RNase III and R1.1 substrate incubated in the presence of 9, 3 and 1 µg of poly(I–C) dsRNA competitor; lane 5, control reaction with no dsRNA; lanes 6–9 all contain substrate and 1 µl of Ambion RNase III at a 1/100 dilution; lanes 6–8 contain decreasing dsRNA competitor as in lanes 2–4, while lane 9 contains no dsRNA; lanes 10–13 are identical to lanes 6–9, except that they contain 1 µl of 1/10 Ambion RNase III. …”

Mortality Due to Heart Failure and Socioeconomic Development in Brazil between 1980 and 2018 by Sonia Carvalho Santos (12653522)

“…The MHDIs of the FUs in 1991 and 2010 were obtained from Atlas Brasil and were correlated with mortality rates using Pearson’s correlation at a 5% significance level. Results Mortality due to HF decreased in Brazil after 2008, reaching a similar level at the end of 2018 in the GRs and FUs, and was higher in men during almost all periods and age groups, except for those over the age of 60 years after 1995 in the South region. …”

Analysis of creep under compression on impact noise insulation of cementitious plates with EVA waste by Fabianne Azevedo dos Santos (12835136)

“…Additionally, estimates were made for ten years, based on theoretical models and creep compression tests. While PEVA1,8 decreased its dynamic stiffness (20.0 MN/m³ to 17.7 MN/m³) over time, MantaPET increased (2.0 MN/m³ to 3.5 MN/m³), but both maintained intermediate performance (according to NBR 15575-3:2013) to impact noise, presenting L’ nT,w equal to 60 dB and 56 dB in a test floor, respectively. …”

<i>In vivo</i> overexpression of <i>AeTEP-1</i> impairs DENV infection. by Gong Cheng (11640)

“…<i>Ae</i>TEP-1 was detected with a V5-HRP mAb. The mock control was the empty vector transfected S2 cells. …”

Image 3_Study on the performance of pervious concrete under freeze–thaw cycle based on PFC3D.jpg by Qidan Xiao (20380623)

“…The linear ontological relationship of the parallel bond model was modified to a linear curvilinear relationship. The FTCs resulted in strength loss reductions of 0.62%, 2.17%, 4.06%, and 5.87% for corresponding mass losses of 0.66%, 0.89%, 1.21%, and 6.66% compared to the control. …”

Flight tone characterisation of the South American malaria vector Anopheles darlingi (Diptera: Culicidae) by Jose Pablo Montoya (10350819)

“…However, the male’s WBF is ~1.5 times higher than the females, a common ratio in species with larger females. …”

Putative binding sites for life/death signals alter BK expression. by Bernd Sokolowski (192763)

“…HA-BK increased with knockdown of Akt and decreased with knockdowns of GSK3β and PDK1. Densitometry measurements were normalized and statistical significance determined in D–F as in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0028532#pone-0028532-g005" target="_blank">Figure 5</a> to obtain *, <i>p</i><0.01, **, <i>p</i><0.001. …”

<b>Ontogeny of energy use in harvester ant colonies, and the cost of rearing brood </b> by Xiaohui Guo (9669860)

“…We discovered that the fraction of colony as brood has dual effects on colonial metabolic rate. A higher fraction of the colony that is brood decreases colonial metabolic rate because brood has approximately half the mass-specific metabolic rates of adult ants. …”

Therapeutic Effects of hMAPC and hMSC Transplantation after Stroke in Mice by Silvia Mora-Lee (138677)

“…However, in comparison with PBS-treated animals, hMSC and hMAPC grafted animals demonstrated significantly decreased loss of brain tissue. This was associated with increased angiogenesis, diminished inflammation and a glial-scar inhibitory effect. …”

Mutated <i>rdm1</i> sequences differentially complement methylation defect at endogenous RdDM targets in an <i>rdm1</i> mutant. by Taku Sasaki (519082)

“…<p>A. Bisulfite sequencing was used to assess DNA methylation at the endogenous <i>Tag2</i> element. …”

The index for comparing HMMs. by Tianshu Li (1527088)

“…<p><b>A:</b> for an sPHMM with <i>m</i> states (‘test’ model) trained on an MMPP dataset with 20 neurons and 10 states (50 trials, split into 40 and 10 in the training and validation sets, respectively). decreases with <i>m</i> until <i>m</i> reaches the true number of states <i>m</i>^* = 10. …”