Factors Associated with Post-Sternotomy Mediastinitis. Case-Control Study by Débora Cristine Gomes Pinto (5222405)

“…For the statistical analysis, Student’s t test, Mann-Whitney test and Fisher exact test were used, in addition to logistic regression, with a level of significance of 5%. Results: There was a predominance of males (63.1%), and the mean age was 58.8 ± 10.3 years. …”

Small molecule inhibitors of MAP3K19 attenuate cigarette smoke-mediated pulmonary inflammation in an acute model of COPD. by Stefen A. Boehme (2657068)

“…<p>Mice were dosed with vehicle or Compound A, B or C (10 mg/kg, p.o.) daily on days 1–3, and exposed to cigarette smoke on days 1 & 2 (n = 5 mice per treatment group). Inflammation was measured on day 4. …”

Transcript levels of the Crumbs family members. by Celso Henrique Alves (493802)

“…<p>Transcript levels of Crb2, Crb1 and Crb3 measured by quantitative real time PCR at P3 and P10 (<b>A</b>), in 5-6 control and Crb2 cKO retinas. At P3, we detected a decrease of approximately 70% in the Crb2 transcript using primers located between the recombined area (<i>P</i> = 0.004). …”

Binding and uptake of H99 and cap59 with human brain endothelial cell line, hCMEC/D3. by Wilber Sabiiti (170648)

“…However, there was no difference in internalization of H99 and acapsular cap59 cryptococci, P = 0.5 and 0.8 at 2 hr and 4 hr respectively. Error bars are standard error of the mean, n = 6 repeats.…”

Impact at the leaf assimilation level. by José C. Ramalho (493978)

“…For each parameter, the mean values ± SE (n = 5–8) followed by different letters express significant differences between temperature treatments for the same water availability level (a, b, c, d, e, f), or between water treatments for each temperature treatment (A, B, C), always separately for each genotype.…”

Glyphosate alters the composition, but not density, of the <i>A</i>. <i>gambiae</i> midgut microbiota. by Daniel F. Q. Smith (10788903)

“…Error bars represent the mean and ±SD. <b>(B)</b> Glyphosate alters the composition of the mosquito microbiota, leading to decrease of Entereobacteriacae and an increase of <i>Asaia</i> spp. …”

Table 1_Effect of dietary glycemic index on insulin resistance in adults without diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis.docx by Yu-Ting Yu (20717441)

“…This meta-analysis included six randomized controlled trials involving 192 participants with a mean age of 52.5 years. A homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) score was calculated for each trial, and differences in HOMA-IR before and after each dietary intervention were calculated independently. …”

The loss of UBR-1 affects glutamate receptor expression in premotor interneurons AVA and AVE. by Jyothsna Chitturi (5094419)

“…Data are represented as mean ± SEM. Scale bar, 5 μm.</p>…”

Transcriptional downregulation of Bcl-2 is critical to mediate PMC-A induced apoptosis. by Cagri Bodur (282762)

“…HCT116 wt cells were treated with indicated PMC-A concentrations, harvested after 24 h for total RNA extraction, cDNA synthesis and qRT-PCR analysis (B). A marginal (∼5-fold) decrease in Bcl-2 transcription was evident upon PMC-A treatment (p<0,01). …”

CXB7/ByJ mice treated with exon 13 antisense siRNA fail to develop OIH. by Folabomi A. Oladosu (783208)

“…In contrast, mice receiving sense siRNA or sham exhibited analgesia following morphine administration, which was then followed by allodynia/hyperalgesia on days 5–7. (E) CXB7/ByJ mice receiving antisense siRNA exhibit decreased <i>MOR-1K</i> gene expression levels in the spinal cord as compared to those receiving sense siRNA. …”

VEGF reduces miR-30b expression in HUVECs. by Grant A. Howe (2558611)

“…(B) Cells were serum starved overnight in MCDB 131 with 0.5% FBS and stimulated with VEGF (50 ng/ml) for 24 hours. …”

Physiological and transcriptomic data for <i>sdc</i>, <i>dc</i> and <i>sdc/dc</i> mutants. by Diego H. Sanchez (230286)

“…Right: Relative mean aerial biomass as percentage of controls obtained from the data shown on the left, denoting a decrease of at least 30% in relative biomass after treatment of genetic backgrounds harboring the <i>sdc</i> mutation. …”

Neuronal morphology is altered after chronic RPM and irradiation exposure, and after ground recovery. by Giuseppe Pani (459448)

“…<p><b>(A, B, C)</b> Morphometric analyses on βIII tubulin stained neurons immediately after 5-day chronic exposure conditions unveiled a significantly decreased neurite area <b>(A)</b> and neurite length <b>(B)</b> after RPM exposure and after combined RPM and radiation exposure. …”

Structural and functional analysis of cell-free produced PfAQP without a GFP fusion. by Annika Müller-Lucks (147176)

“…The left panel shows the mean residue molar ellipticity [θ] in the range of 200–250 nm. …”

SST and productivity are the highest-ranked drivers of sea turtle densities. by Sarah L. Becker (6631253)

“…Densities show a thermal envelope peaking at 27.5°C, increase with ecosystem productivity, decrease with an index of human impact, and surprisingly show little effect from habitat area. …”

Experimental bedforms by saline density currents by Débora Koller (6722210)

“…Results have showed classical velocity and concentration profiles, for 8 subcritical and 21 supercritical currents, with densimetric Froude numbers (Frd) between 0.5 and 2.2. Some correlations were identified, such as the decrease of the velocity peak height and increase in the mean velocity (with consequent reduction of the current thickness), due to an increase of the concentration and/or flume slope. …”

Table_1_Associations of rumination, behavioral activation, and perceived reward with mothers’ postpartum depression during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study.DOCX by Miki Matsunaga (17822822)

“…A questionnaire was administered to 475 postpartum women (Age: Mean = 30.74 years, SD = 5.02) within 1 year of childbirth using an Internet survey. …”

The effectiveness and safety of various treatments for hemophilia in China: a literature review and evidence mapping by Yu Yang (83671)

“…This review included 49 studies (two RCTs and 47 observational studies), involving 2274 patients, 41 articles focusing on hemophilia A, seven on hemophilia B, and one on both. The average (mean or median) age of subjects within the individual studies ranged from 5.77 to 34.6 years. …”

Gene expression comparison between <i>C. albicans</i> alone and drug-treated groups in <i>Galleria mellonella</i>. by Nadja Rodrigues de Melo (485602)

“…On the other hand this treatment also caused a significant decrease of gene expression of IMPI, C5 (*p<0.001), C6 and C7 (**p<0.05). …”

MULTILEVEL NONLINEAR MIXED-EFFECTS MODEL AND MACHINE LEARNING FOR PREDICTING THE VOLUME OF Eucalyptus SPP. TREES by Daniel Dantas (5670320)

“…The quality analysis criteria indicated the superior performance of the mixed model with a Huynh-Feldt structure of the variance and covariance matrix, which showed a decrease in mean relative error from 13.52% to 2.80%, whereas machine learning techniques had error values of 6.77% (SVM) and 5.81% (ANN). …”