Using Sensitivities To Predict Parameter Compensations for Firing Rate Homeostasis in the Reduced and Realistic Morphologies by Christina M Weaver (84560)

“…</p> <p>(B) As predicted from its firing rate sensitivity (inset barplot), a 10.5% decrease in compensated almost exactly for the effect of the <i>D</i> + <i>SA</i> perturbation on firing rate in (A) (see <a href="http://www.ploscompbiol.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.0040011#s3" target="_blank">Discussion</a> for details). …”

Improvement of insulin sensitivity in diabetic and non diabetic patients with chronic hepatitis C treated with direct antiviral agents by Alessandro Gualerzi (6107468)

“…At the end of treatment, HCV-RNA quantification was below the detection threshold (HCV-RNA <12 UI/ml), for all patients enrolled. A significant decrease in glucose and insulin plasma concentrations was observed, leading to a significant reduction in Homeostasis Model Assessment (HOMA)-IR (from 3.42 [2.66–5.38] to 2.80 [1.78–3.95];p<0.001) and a corresponding increase in insulin sensitivity (ISI Belfiore from 0.49 [0.26–0.75] to 0.64 [0.42–0.91];p<0.001), despite a significant reduction in insulin secretion (EFP Stumvoll from 1363 [959–1730] to 1264 [976–1588];p = 0.027). …”

Random Forests Variable Importance. by George Crowley (4445893)

“…<p><b>A.</b> Mean decrease accuracy was used to determine and rank the top 5% of important metabolites, cytokines, chemokines, and clinical biomarkers. …”

The fluorescence emission spectra of dihydropyrimidinase. by Cheng-Yang Huang (741252)

“…<p>The decrease in intrinsic fluorescence of protein was measured at 334.5 nm upon excitation at 279 nm and 25°C with a spectrofluorimeter. …”

Pharmacological and genetic blockage of Drp1 prevent oncocytic cell migration/invasion. by André Ferreira-da-Silva (714969)

“…Representative images taken at the end of a 12hour time point transwell assay showing a decrease in the migration/invasion ability of cells treated both with a genetic (XTC.UC1+dnDRP) and pharmacological (XTC.UC1+Mdivi1) inhibition of Drp1. …”

Mucoadhesive polymeric films comprising polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinylpyrrolidone, and poloxamer 407 for pharmaceutical applications by Camila Felix Vecchi (9638338)

“…The rheological properties of dispersions were investigated, and films were prepared by solvent casting method using different P407:PVA:PVP ratios according to a factorial design 2³ (plus center point). …”

File S1 - Post-Transcriptional Regulator Hfq Binds Catalase HPII: Crystal Structure of the Complex by Koji Yonekura (480516)

“…Decomposition of hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) over time shows the decrease in absorbance at λ = 240 nm. Time = 0 indicates a point just after H₂O₂ was added. …”

Analysis of relationship structures between features and Cell Speed. by Jacob M. Kowalewski (780662)

“…(J) The number of CMACs per cell at each time point and (K) the total area of the cell at each time point both show a monotonic decrease between moderate and fast cells.…”

Subcellular localization of NS2 mutants in TM region. by Costin-Ioan Popescu (230609)

“…Huh-7 cells electroporated with JFH-HA RNA were grown on coverslips and fixed at different time points post-electroporation and labeled with anti-HA and anti-NS5A antibodies. …”

Measure nicotine dependence by the fagerström test for nicotine dependence by Caroline Francieli WEBER (4772265)

“…Data was analysed using descriptive statistics and the Chi-Square test with a significance level of 5%. Results The mean age of the smokers was 47.90 and most had had up to eight years of schooling, and had a family income of less than 1,000 Brazilian Reais. …”

Retinal cytoarchitecture changes with disease progression. by Claire Hippert (171005)

“…In <i>Pde6b</i>^{<i>rd1/rd1</i>} mice, only a single layer of cones remained at the latest time point examined. …”

eIF3d1 phosphorylation but not cap-binding is required for CySC self-renewal. by Ruoxu Wang (9312306)

“…(<b>B</b>) Number of Zfh1⁺ Eya⁻ CySCs in testes in which wild-type (eIF3d1^WT), phospho-mimetic (eIF3d1^DD) or phospho-dead (eIF3d1^NN) eIF3d1 was over-expressed. Phospho-dead eIF3d1 expression results in a significant decrease in CySC numbers (<i>N</i> ≥ 18 testes, * <i>P</i> < 0.05, ns <i>P</i> = 0.1150 (eIF3d1^WT) or <i>P</i> > 0.9999 (eIF3d1^DD), Kruskal-Wallis test). …”

Pumpless, “Self-Driven” Microfluidic Channels with Controlled Blood Flow Using an Amphiphilic Silicone by Kokou S. Dogbevi (8636739)

“…Such a system would be especially useful toward developing a single use, optical imaged point-of-care (POC) device. …”

Pumpless, “Self-Driven” Microfluidic Channels with Controlled Blood Flow Using an Amphiphilic Silicone by Kokou S. Dogbevi (8636739)

“…Such a system would be especially useful toward developing a single use, optical imaged point-of-care (POC) device. …”

Cryptic initiation events occur without regard to gene length. by Colin R. Lickwar (265927)

“…(B–C) Reducing the number of probes flanking a transition event causes statistical significance to decrease. …”

Enhancing of Women Functional Status with Metabolic Syndrome by Cardioprotective and Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Combined Aerobic and Resistance Training by Ramires Alsamir Tibana (656317)

“…There was an improvement in muscle strength on chest press (<i>p</i> = 0.009), isometric hand-grip strength (<i>p</i> = 0.03) and 30 s chair stand (<i>p</i> = 0.007). There was a decrease in SBP (p = 0.049), MBP (<i>p</i> = 0.041), Z-Score of MetS (<i>p</i> = 0.046), OPG (0.42±0.26 to 0.38±0.19 ng/mL, <i>p</i><0.05) and NOx (13.3±2.3 µmol/L to 9.1±2.3 µmol/L; <i>p</i><0.0005). …”

Tn-Seq identifies genes required or detrimental for the growth of <i>S</i>. <i>aureus</i> under low pH. by Catrin M. Beetham (17797675)

“…The growth of two transposon mutant pools (library A and library B) in TSB pH 7.3, pH 5.5, or pH 4.5 medium was monitored by taking OD₆₀₀ readings at defined time points. …”

Table 1_Analysis of the threshold range of ROS concentration in winter rapeseed of the Brassica napus type.docx by Weiliang Qi (9389353)

“…<p>The threshold range of reactive oxygen species (ROS) concentration remains a critical challenge and focal point in future research concerning its influence on the growth and development of both beneficial and harmful plants. …”

Acid gradient created by glucose metabolism promotesphosphate bond synthesis. by Gautam Dhar (723875)

“…<p>(A) Schematic showing the steps followed to analyze the role of acid gradient in phosphate bond synthesis during glucose metabolism in cancer. …”

Hypermutability of <i>Mycolicibacterium smegmatis</i> due to ribonucleotide reductase-mediated oxidative homeostasis and imbalanced dNTP pools by Xiao Zhang (152326)

“…The Msm-Y252A displayed a 1.9-fold decrease in dATP and increases in dGTP (1.6-fold), dTTP (9.0-fold), and dCTP (1.3-fold). …”