Hydromorphological and ecological impacts of water injection dredging in the River Parrett, Somerset Levels, Somerset, UK [Poster] by Andrew Pledger (4334740)

“…There was a significant decrease in fish abundance following operations at the injection site, with mean values declining from 15 to 3, possibly due to fish avoidance of the injection site. …”

The relative contribution of the different positions in DR2 to the transcriptional strength of P₄ promoter. by Ilia Belotserkovsky (257415)

“…Substitutions of the indicated nucleotides with cytosine or guanine, and increase or decrease of the spacer size by a single nucleotide, were achieved by site-directed mutageneses that were performed on the p<i>P₄-gfp</i> plasmid (see “<a href="http://www.plospathogens.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000651#s4" target="_blank">Materials and Methods</a>”). …”

Metabolic risk factors in young adults infected with HIV since childhood compared with the general population by Elise Arrive (5946236)

“…HIV-infected patients had increased mean waist-to-hip ratio and triglycerides to HDL-cholesterol ratio and decreased mean HDL-cholesterol as compared to their counterparts from the general population in both genders. …”

Increased active Rap1 in Rasa3^−/− megakaryocytes. by Patricia Molina-Ortiz (167505)

“…</b> The number of Rasa3^+/+ and Rasa3^−/− adherent megakaryocytes was significantly decreased in GGTI-298 treated cells. Graph represents 2 independent experiments (mean ± SEM). …”

Chemical and cytological analysis of cerebral spinal fluid after intrathecal injection of hypodense fluorescein by Roberto Eustáquio Santos Guimarães (12813481)

“…In both groups, there was an increase of neutrophils between 0 and 48 h (p = 0.048) and a decrease between 24 and 48 h (p = 0.05). CONCLUSION: Intrathecal fluorescein provoked discreet meningeal reactions, such as an increase of cells between 24 and 48 h and an increase of neutrophils at 24 h, with a subsequent decrease at 48 h with no correlation with symptomatology.…”

Comparison of different classifiers with varying amounts of imprecise data. by Mallory Sheth (6477662)

“…<p>This table compares the performance of different classifiers for the original MIMIC II data and a version of the MIMIC II data where 50% of observations were randomly perturbed by a value <i>ϵ</i>, distributed normally with mean zero and the empirical variance of the variable in question. …”

DataSheet1_Africanized honeybee venom (Apis mellifera) promotes human complement activation split products storm.docx by Felipe Silva de França (10650785)

“…Strikingly, NHS exposed to increasing AmV concentrations varying from 5 to 1000 µg/mL presented a high generation of C3a, C4a and C5a anaphylatoxins, and sC5b-9 complexes assembly, thus reinforcing that AmV triggers complement activation.…”

Myeloid cell kinetics. by Alyssa C. Fears (11722844)

“…<p>A) Flow cytometry of BAL fluid showed a decrease in alveolar macrophages in SARS-CoV-2 infected animals over the course of the study. …”

Data_Sheet_1_Location of Parasympathetic Innervation Regions From Electrograms to Guide Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Therapy: An in silico Modeling Study.pdf by Chiara Celotto (11258451)

“…GP ablation has been associated with a decreased risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence, but the accurate location of GPs is required for ablation to be effective. …”

CDMS quantification of Impβ-capsid complexes indicates saturable, ionic strength-sensitive binding of Impβ. by Chao Chen (195669)

“…<p>(a) The mean number of Impβ bound to Cp183 capsids decreases as a function of NH₄HCO₂ concentration. …”

Local lung response to the instillation of adenoviral vectors and/or LPS. by Thomas I. Brown (629207)

“…<p>Boxplots depicting the (a) log10 Total cell counts (cells/ml); (b) Alveolar macrophage phagocytic activity (AMPh) (geometric mean fluorescence units); (c) neutrophil phagocytic activity activity (geometric mean fluorescence units); (d) proportion of AM in BALF; (e) proportion of PMN in BALF; (f) proportion of lymphocytes in BALF; (g) log10 Elafin (pg/ml); (h) log10 MPO activity (absorbance units (au)/PMN * 10⁶); and (i) log10 TNF-α (pg/ml) data arising from analysis of BALF sampled from differentially treated lung segments of sheep exposed to either Ad-o-elafin (Virus E) or Ad-GFP (Virus G). …”

Met4 binding by Cbf1 and Met31 is dependent upon ordering but not orientation. by Ryan K. Shultzaberger (24946)

“…<p>We scanned all intergenic regions in yeast with the models presented in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0001199#pone-0001199-g001" target="_blank">Fig. 1</a> with different orientations and orderings relative to the gene start point. …”

Proportion of free-roaming cats adopted off the street. by D. T. Tyler Flockhart (308053)

“…The proportion of cat owners that will seek to adopt a free-roaming cat exponentially decreases as where <b><i>a</i></b> = <b>1.20397</b>, <b><i>N</i>_<i>o</i></b> is the number of owned cats and <b><i>K</i>_<i>o</i></b> owned cat carrying capacity increases (blue line, left axis). …”

Chitosan improves the durability of resin-dentin interface with etch-and-rinse or self-etch adhesive systems by Vitória Leite PASCHOINI (12833794)

“…EDS and SEM did not show significant differences in the chemical and structural composition of the specimens. FTIR showed a decrease in the intensity of phosphate and carbonate bands after using chitosan. …”

Synthesis, Structure, and Photophysical Properties of <i>m</i>‑Phenylene-Embedded Cycloparaphenylene Nanorings by Hongyan Zhao (327840)

“…Five <i>m</i>-phenylene-embedded cycloparaphenylenes <i>m</i>₃[9]­CPP <b>1</b>–<b>5</b> were synthesized by the platinum-mediated cyclooligomerization strategy with high overall yields. …”

Image1_Suppression of Dendritic Cell Maturation by Kefir Peptides Alleviates Collagen-Induced Arthritis in Mice.TIF by Chien-Fu Chen (779145)

“…In this study, we found that KPs could inhibit surface molecule expression, reduce inflammatory cytokine release, and repress NF-κB and MAPK signaling in LPS-stimulated mouse BMDCs. In addition, a high dose of KPs (7.5 mg/kg) significantly alleviated arthritis symptoms, decreased inflammatory cytokine expression, suppressed splenic DC maturation and decrease the percentage of Th1 and Th17 in the spleens on mice with CIA. …”

Characteristics of the included studies. by Min Yu (120607)

“…The efficacy remained statistically different in the severity (AHI<30 or >30 events/h) and treatment duration (duration <5y or >5y) subgroups. Long-term use of MAD could also significantly decrease blood pressure and improve the score of functional outcomes of sleep questionnaire (FOSQ). …”

DataSheet1_Quercetin 7-rhamnoside protects against alpha-naphthylisothiocyanate (ANIT)-induced in cholestatic hepatitis rats by improving biliary excretion and inhibiting inflammat... by Hong-Liu Jin (13269426)

“…</p><p>Results: Q7R can decrease the level of CYP7A1, and increase FXR, CYP27A1 so then improving abnormal bile acid secretion. …”

The flowchart of the study selection process. by Min Yu (120607)

“…The efficacy remained statistically different in the severity (AHI<30 or >30 events/h) and treatment duration (duration <5y or >5y) subgroups. Long-term use of MAD could also significantly decrease blood pressure and improve the score of functional outcomes of sleep questionnaire (FOSQ). …”

Genes variable across time but not between FSHD and control form two clusters. by Shan Jiang (121292)

“…<p><b>(A)</b> Cluster 1 gene decrease during differentiation. …”