Phytoplankton scenario and microcystin in water during extreme drought in semiarid tropical water supplies, Northeastern Brazil by A. H. G. Rego (6721646)

“…The study was conducted in July and August 2015, and an integrated sample of the water column was collected at three points near the dam in each reservoir. Analysis of limnological parameters, identification and quantification of phytoplankton, with emphasis on cyanobacteria were performed, as well as detection of microcystin by means of immunoassay (ELISA). …”

<i>H</i>. <i>pylori</i> TlpD-dependent chemoattraction to sources of HOCl. by Arden Perkins (1346853)

“…<p>(A) Data from point-source chemotaxis experiments [<a href="http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000395#pbio.3000395.ref021" target="_blank">21</a>] are shown for <i>H</i>. …”

The APPLe Study: A Randomized, Community-Based, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Azithromycin for the Prevention of Preterm Birth, with Meta-Analysis by Nynke R. van den Broek (248401)

“…There were no significant differences in outcome between the azithromycin group (<em>n</em> = 1,096) and the placebo group (<em>n</em> = 1,087) in respect of preterm birth (16.8% versus 17.4%), odds ratio (OR) 0.96, 95% confidence interval (0.76–1.21); mean gestational age at delivery (38.5 versus 38.4 weeks), mean difference 0.16 (−0.08 to 0.40); mean birthweight (3.03 versus 2.99 kg), mean difference 0.04 (−0.005 to 0.08); perinatal deaths (4.3% versus 5.0%), OR 0.85 (0.53–1.38); or maternal malarial parasitaemia (11.5% versus 10.1%), OR 1.11 (0.84–1.49) and anaemia (44.1% versus 41.3%) at 28–32 weeks, OR 1.07 (0.88–1.30). …”

Distance from the optimal direction for different levels of reward probabilities. by Jyotika Bahuguna (729510)

“…<p>A) DDM (a, v) and behavioral (RT, accuracy) parameters for reward probabilities: 100% (red), 95% (pink), 90% (yellow) and 75% (khaki) measured for 150 networks. …”

Cell cycle analysis of dinaciclib in apoptotic-proficient and apoptotic-deficient cell lines. by Robert N. Booher (640925)

“…<p>(A) Apoptotic-deficient CA46 cells and apoptotic-proficient Kasumi-1 cells were treated for 24 hr with dinaciclib (100 nM) or mitotic inhibitor paclitaxel (3 µM). …”

Low fertility and postponement of first birth in Brazil by Adriana Miranda-Ribeiro (7453322)

Knife, carver, jackknife: an analysis of the femicide law in Brazil by Carlos Barreto Campello Roichman (10354756)

Influence of activated carbon porosity and surface oxygen functionalities’ presence on adsorption of acetonitrile as a simple polar volatile organic compound by Sylwester Furmaniak (692416)

TLR4 took part in HMGB1-induced activation of NF- by Fu-ping Wang (5659540)

“…Compared to the HMGB1 stimulation, TLR-4 neutralizing antibody pretreatment resulted in a decrease in NF-kB protein level as well as in phospho-IkBα level, while a concomitant increase in the cytosolic IkBα protein level. …”

Histamine activates both transient and persistent [Ca]_i responses. by Iustin V. Tabarean (302441)

“…The TRPC channel blocker SKF96365 (100 µM) decreases the histamine activated [Ca]_i plateau but does not affect the transient increase activated by the neurotransmitter. …”

HDAC inhibition blocks Glyc-Alb induced activation of HDACs. by Danielle Desjardins (735474)

“…<p>(A) ARPE19 cells showed a significant decrease in Ac-α-tubulin at 6 h post treatment of Glyc-alb (100 μg/mL) compared to administration of the same concentration of Alb. …”

THERAPEUTIC BLOWING TOYS: DOES THE OVERLAP OF VENTILATORY STIMULI ALTER THE RESPIRATORY MECHANICS OF HEALTHY SCHOOLCHILDREN? by Camila Isabel Santos Schivinski (4643554)

“…Results showed a progressive decrease of impedance (Z5), total airway resistance (R5) and resonance frequency (Fres) when the moment before the use of the first toy was compared with the moment after the third toy (Z5/p=0.048; R5/p=0.049; Fres/p=0.004). …”

Complexity for ephaptic-off and ephaptic-on networks. by Gabriel Moreno Cunha (20390408)

“…Both models were simulated for N = 100. (b) Complexity for different synaptic intensity. …”

Reduction in PD-1 Expression on Epitope-Specific CD8⁺ T Cells after Sequence Evolution in the Respective Epitopes by Hendrik Streeck (91376)

“…In the graph on the left, data from the early time point are shown by the black tracing, while data for the late time point are shown by grey shading. …”

Coordinated control of ISC proliferation by the UPR^ER and ROS signaling. by Lifen Wang (382642)

“…P values from Student's T test, N>200 (from 6–7 WT, Xbp1^RNAi guts), N>100 (from 3–4 WT, Hrd1^RNAi guts). (B) Over-expression of spliced Xbp1in ISCs/EBs (using esg::Gal4, tubG80^ts) resulted in decreased DHE fluorescence in ISCs under Paraquat treatment. …”

Minimum amoebicidal concentration of cryptdin-2. by Simran Preet (336999)

“…Values are expressed as mean ± SD of five independent experiments.*p<0.001 vs. number of trophozoites in control (after 24 hours).…”

Supplementary Figures S1-S11 from The Novel, Small-Molecule DNA Methylation Inhibitor SGI-110 as an Ovarian Cancer Chemosensitizer by Fang Fang (38179)

“…Data shown represent means {plus minus} S.E.M. from 5 tumors. Supplementary Figure S10. …”

Effects of ABP135_G1-G3 on actin filament severing. by Dong Qian (419482)

“…<p>A total of 2 μM preformed CapG capped pyrene actin filaments was diluted to 100 nM in S2 buffer with various concentrations of ABP135_G1-G3, and immediately, the decrease in pyrene fluorescence intensity that accompanied actin depolymerization was monitored for 300 s.…”

Sensory axons, but not soma, from Type III Nrg1^+/− mice show reduced capsaicin responsiveness compared to axons from WT mice. by Sarah E. Canetta (46254)

“…Type III Nrg1^+/− axons showed a significantly decreased response to capsaicin (p<0.05), but not to KCl, relative to WTs. …”

Outside-out macropatch recordings of currents mediated by the indicated receptors. by Mohammed Atif (4484632)

“…Note the substantial decrease in deactivation time in the mutant. <b>D)</b> Mean activation rates reveal no significant difference between the four receptor isoforms (n = 6–12 patches). …”