The Effects of Lower Extremity Elastic Strap Binding Technique on Gait in Stroke Patients by Yuduo Liu (18630865)

“…The technique enabled stroke patients to adopt a more stable gait pattern.</p>…”

Sodium bicarbonate treatment for QRS widening in bupropion overdoses by Michael Simpson (2990385)

“…No patient had a QRS duration < 100 milliseconds after the initial bicarbonate dose. …”

Transcriptome-Wide Assessment of Human Brain and Lymphocyte Senescence by Mun-Gwan Hong (271202)

“…Few methodological approaches offer the means to explore this question on as broad a scale as gene expression profiling. Here, we have evaluated mRNA expression profiles as a function of age in two populations; one consisting of 191 individuals with ages-at-death ranging from 65–100 years and with post-mortem brain mRNA measurements of 13,216 genes and a second with 1240 individuals ages 15–94 and lymphocyte mRNA estimates for 18,519 genes.…”

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. …”

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. …”

KIR specificity is protective against viruses evolving MHC-like decoys. by Paola Carrillo-Bustamante (469426)

“…(A) The MHC down-regulating virus (red line) is fitter than the wild type virus (blue line), infecting more individuals and resulting in a larger decrease of the total population size (grey line). …”

The activity of TRPV1 is dependent on phosphoinositides. by Hae-Jin Kweon (525019)

“…(D) Percentage of current decrease in (C) during 45 s of acidification before (grey) and after (red) rapamycin addition (n = 12 for PJ-Dead; n = 14 for PJ-Sac; n = 12 for INPP5E; n = 10 for PJ). ** <i>P</i> < 0.01 and *** <i>P</i> < 0.001, with two-way ANOVA followed by Bonferroni post-hoc test and one-way ANOVA followed by Bonferroni post-hoc test. …”

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. …”

High levels of glucose alter VEGF and miR-200b expression in HRMECs. by Michael Anthony Ruiz (726055)

“…<b>B:</b> Measured by WST-1 assay, HRMECs exposed to increasing concentrations of D-glucose for 24 hours exhibited decreased cell viability at 25mM, 50mM and 100mM compared to 5mM. …”

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).…”

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). …”

Apaf-1 inhibitors provide protection in an <i>in</i><i>vivo</i> animal ischemic induced acute kidney injury model. by Mar Orzáez (108381)

“…A representative image of the immunofluorescence of active caspase-3 (left panel) and mean grey value quantification (right panel) (mean ± SD, n = 5). …”

OCM impairment is involved in ethanol impact on DNA repair in the PFC. by Anna-Kate Fowler (625791)

“…(B) DNA repair activity in the PFC of WT and <i>Mthfr+/−</i> mice exposed to acute and chronic ethanol. Values are means ± SEM; *p<0.01; **p<0.005; ***p<0.002. Note a decrease in DNA repair activity in the PFC following 3-week (3 w) and even more so following 5 week (5 w) exposure, compared with acute alcohol exposure and a significant exaggeration of this decrease by MTHFR deficiency.…”

Presence of energy-dependent and Sodium-driven transporters in parent strain of <i>V. fluvialis</i>. by Priyabrata Mohanty (325471)

“…<b>B.</b> Decrease in the levels of intracellular concentration of ethidium bromide in the parent strain in the presence of 100 mM NaCl. …”

Pain stretching behavior during labor. by Ting Yang (189879)

“…Dams from sevoflurane or xenon groups had a significant decrease of stretches compared to control group. …”

Model-predicted pH1N1 infection dynamics in the absence of vaccination. by Ashleigh R. Tuite (196460)

“…<p>(<b>A</b>) Simulated age-stratified daily pH1N1 infection incidence per 100,000 population and (<b>B</b>) age-specific attack rates between April 2009 and June 2010, in the absence of vaccination or other interventions. …”