Does total testicular volume predict testicular volume difference in adolescent males with varicocele? by Ari P. Bernstein (5912306)

“…Results: 209 patients met our inclusion criteria. Mean age was 18.3 years (16–21, SD 1.7) with a mean total testicular volume of 36 cc (13.5-78.2, SD 11.1). …”

Impact of bone defect on the NPY neuronal pathways in the sensory nervous system. by Cecília J. Alves (3325218)

“…(b) At day 3, femur-defect mice displayed a decrease in the Y1R mRNA expression to half of the expression levels found in sham-operated animals. …”

Magneto-optical (MO) detection of parasitemia in synchronized <i>Plasmodium falciparum</i> cultures. by Ágnes Orbán (563468)

“…For ring and schizont stage samples with parasite densities lower than 10 parasites/<i>µ</i>L and 1 parasites/<i>µ</i>L, respectively, the MO signal does not further decrease. The green horizontal line shows the residual MO signal of uninfected blood, which is the mean detection limit of our method. …”

Table_1_Effect of Padina gymnospora biowaste inclusion on in vitro methane production, feed fermentation, and microbial diversity.XLSX by Archit Mohapatra (14145126)

“…A decrease (P < 0.0001) of 7.5%–8% in dry matter (DM) and organic matter (OM) digestibility was also recorded with the BW supplementation. …”

Heterogeneous Distributed Lag Models to Estimate Personalized Effects of Maternal Exposures to Air Pollution by Daniel Mork (16733889)

“…We find evidence of heterogeneity in the PM_2.5—birth weight relationship, with some mother—child dyads showing a three times larger decrease in birth weight for an IQR increase in exposure (5.9–8.5 <math><mrow><mi>μ</mi><mi>g</mi><mo>/</mo><mrow><mi>m</mi></mrow><mn>3</mn></mrow></math> PM_2.5) compared to the population average. …”

Temperature and atmospheric pressure may be considered as predictors for the occurrence of bacillary dysentery in Guangzhou, Southern China by Tiegang Li (339041)

The exocyst is required for cell cycle progression in trypanosomes. by Cordula M. Boehm (3689848)

“…Sec15::RNAi cells have a ∼50% decrease to Sec15::HA 48h post induction, whilst expression of Exo99 remains stable, and <i>vice versa</i>. …”

Quantitative Analysis of <i>Rorb</i> and <i>Grm2</i> Expression in Control and <i>brl</i> P7 Brains by James P Carson (274990)

“…</p><p>(D) Statistical comparisons between control and <i>brl</i> revealed no significant changes in the percentage of somatosensory cortex layer IV cells expressing either <i>Rorb</i> (<i>p</i> = 0.8) or <i>Grm2</i> (<i>p</i> = 0.5). However, a significant decrease in the percentage of strongly expressing cells was found for <i>Rorb</i> in <i>brl</i> (<i>p</i> = 0.02), but not for <i>Grm2</i> (<i>p</i> = 0.8).…”

Data_Sheet_1_Cerebral Blood Volume During Neonatal Transition in Term and Preterm Infants With and Without Respiratory Support.docx by Bernhard Schwaberger (675552)

“…</p><p>Conclusions: We observed a significant decrease of CBV in term and preterm infants with and without RS. …”

Forms of lime application and use of phosphogypsum in low acid soil in southern Brazil: soybean-wheat yield and soil chemical properties by Marcos Renan Besen (5554829)

“…Incorporated liming caused a decrease in soil Al3+ levels until 0.60 m depth, whereas SL decreased Al3+ levels until 0.30 m depth. …”

DataSheet1_Assessing the impact of deficit irrigation strategies on agronomic and productive parameters of Menara olive cultivar: implications for operational water management.pdf by Khaoula Ibba (16390152)

“…In addition, by reducing plant water requirement by 20% during sensitive periods and by 40% during normal periods, under RDI, it is possible to save between 25% and 30% of irrigation water and to increase water productivity by 5%–20% with a slight decrease in fruit yield ranging between 10% and 15%. …”

Cytotoxicity of candidate agents to cholangiocarcinoma cells. by Chiara Braconi (235041)

“…All three compounds decreased cell viability in a concentration-dependent manner, with an IC50 for felodipine of 26±5 µM, nitrendipine, 44±10 µM and nifedipine, 15±4 µM. …”

Cytochrome C-oxidase and ATP-production. by Constanze Nossol (326870)

“…IPEC-J2 cells showed a significantly increased RNA level of COX5B in the microarray (Fig 8A; p<0.05) but not in qPCR in comparison to IPEC-1. …”

Effect of moderate gestational hypoxia on maternal food intake and fetal weight. by Vladimir E. Vargas (4476853)

“…<p><b>(A)</b> Exposure of pregnant SD rats to 12% oxygen (hypoxic; n = 5 dams) from 15–19 dG resulted in an initial decrease (p<0.05) in maternal food intake vs the normoxic group (n = 5 dams) during the initial two days of the hypoxic exposure (*, p<0.05). …”

Expression of Pax9 in zebrafish ESQE and phenotypes of Pax9 knockdown zebrafish at 7dpf. by Hao Chen (5190)

“…(K) RT-PCR for Pax9 shows the un-spliced Pax9 transcript in MO injected zebrafish at 3, 5 and 7dpf. (L) Quantification shows a significant decrease of the number of ESQE cells in Pax9 knockdown zebrafish as compared with controls. …”

Induction of experimental dry eye. by Stephanie J. Wan (5305370)

“…EDE resulted in a significant decrease in tear volume after 5 and 10 days of treatment versus 10 day controls. …”

Impact of Pulsed Dielectrophoretic Supply on the Function of Microorganisms in Membrane Bioreactors by Larbi B.

“…This study aims to investigate the effect of dielectrophoretic (DEP) force on microorganisms' viability in a membrane bioreactor (MBR). The impact of different electrical potentials (5-150 V) and different exposure durations (20-120 min) on the viability of microorganisms were studied. …”
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Apparent Temperature and Cause-Specific Emergency Hospital Admissions in Greater Copenhagen, Denmark by Janine Wichmann (103272)

“…In conclusion, an increase in Tapp_max is associated with a slight increase in RD and decrease in CVD admissions during the warmer months.…”

Estimation of glycolytic and mitochondrial fluxes. by Alejandro San Martín (382436)

“…HEK293 cells were depleted of glucose for 1 hour, and then exposed to 0.3 mM pyruvate in the absence (control) or presence of 5 mM sodium azide. Addition of 1 µM AR-C155858 resulted in a decrease in intracellular pyruvate concentration only in the control cell. …”

Impact of bird model photoreceptor ratios and water column attenuation on chromatic contrast (Δ<i>S</i>). by Brandon J. Russell (793587)

“…Chromatic contrast at 1 and 5 m distance in a low (Bermuda/Bmd) and high (Florida/Fld) attenuation water columns were compared to null attenuation (T = 1, <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0136260#pone.0136260.e001" target="_blank">Eq 1</a>). …”