Dentoskeletal and aesthetic effects of mandibular protraction appliance (MPA) using Ricketts analysis by Marcelo CHACON (4868830)

“…Material and method This cross-sectional retrospective study sample consisted of a group (n = 27), with Class II malocclusion, convex facial profile, increased horizontal trespass and mandibular deficiency, with initial mean age of 12.27 and final of 15.18 years, treated with fixed appliance combined with the MPA, in an average time of 2.9 years. …”

Role of BAT3 for iDCs and the effect of purified BAT3 on NK cell function. by Venkateswara Rao Simhadri (376438)

“…The decrease of the lysis was significant (paired t-test, p value = 0.019). …”

Netrin-1 activates Cdc42 in neuronal growth cones. by Benjamin Rappaz (114096)

“…A significant decrease in lifetime (corresponding to an increase of Cdc42 activation) was detected within 5 min after stimulation by 200 ng/mL netrin-1 (p = 0.0012), ctrl, n = 19; netrin-1, n = 26. …”

Evaluation of choroidal and retinal thickness measurements in adult hemodialysis patients using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography by Ali Kal (5766140)

“…Systolic arterial pressure, diastolic arterial pressure, mean arterial pressure, heart rate, and ocular perfusion pressure significantly decreased after hemodialysis (P<0.001). …”

DataSheet_1_Healthcare resource utilization patterns in psoriasis patients using biologic and conventional treatments in Finland.pdf by Aino Vesikansa (18792124)

“…</p>Results<p>The results indicated a remarkable decrease in contacts with a dermatologist after the treatment initiation among patients starting biologic (mean annual number of contacts 5.4 per person before and 2.3 after the initiation), but not conventional (3.3 and 3.2) treatment. …”

mEPSC amplitude and frequency change in Hu97/18 SPNs. by Karolina Kolodziejczyk (550934)

“…There was no difference between Hu18/18 and Hu97/18 SPNs. (E) The mean mEPSC frequency trended towards a decrease in Hu97/18 SPNs but did not reach statistical significance (p = 0.052). …”

A catalogue of dynamic, non-linear genetic effects in gene response following rapamycin treatment in yeast. by Avital Brodt (669454)

“…Genetic effect values are the average increase (red) or decrease (purple) in effect size relative to non-stimulated cells (log-scaled). …”

Maternal Functional Hemodynamics in the Second Half of Pregnancy: A Longitudinal Study by Åse Vårtun (177073)

“…PLR caused no significant change in cardiac output between 20⁺⁰ and 23⁺⁶ weeks and a significant decrease after 24⁺⁰ weeks. A decrease in heart rate, mean arterial pressure, and cardiac contractility was observed during PLR throughout the second half of pregnancy. …”

Mutation of LUSH^D118 does not affect the responses of OR67d neurons to cVA. by Carolina Gomez-Diaz (408669)

“…There is a small but significant decrease in cVA sensitivity in LUSH^D118A compared to LUSH^wt flies only in the 3.5–4-s time bin (<i>p</i><0.05; Sidak's post hoc multiple comparison tests).…”

Experiment 2b. by Jiehui Qian (294581)

“…<p>a) Two lines and two bars were presented during the 30-s adaptation phase; a gray background was shown during the afterimage phase. b) Left: the light green bar indicates the mean illusory decrease of the lower bar length in Experiment 2b, 10.84%. …”

Immunoblot analysis of the hearts demonstrated altered adiponectin levels during acute <i>T. cruzi</i> infection. by Fnu Nagajyothi (37087)

“…Fold change in the protein levels were normalized to GDI expression and represented as bar graph (n = 5, p≤0.005 for both monomer and multimer). Bars represent mean values of the data with SEM as vertical lines. …”

Results from mono-factorial experiments focused on changes in the variance of the infectious period distribution. by Elaine O. Nsoesie (123483)

Sexual fate change of mutant XX germ cells was not accompanied by somatic sex reprogramming. by Quan Wu (444646)

“…Genes located right of the rightmost dotted red line show more than a 1.5-fold increase in DKO, and genes located left of the leftmost dotted red line show less than a 1.5-fold decrease in DKO compared with control ovaries. …”

Toll-like receptor 3 regulates Zika virus infection and associated host inflammatory response in primary human astrocytes by Chet Raj Ojha (4258624)

“…Infection by PRVABC59 elicited the highest release of inflammatory molecules, with a 8-fold increase in the release of RANTES, 10-fold increase in secretion of IP-10 secretion and a 12-fold increase in IFN-β secretion when compared to un-infected human astrocytes. …”

Developmental differences in global cortical phase-locking and power. by Scott Marek (841529)

“…<p>(A) Across most frequency bands, adolescents displayed similar resting-state phase-locking to adults. However, in the 5–9 Hz frequency band, there was a significant linear decrease in phase-locking throughout development (gray shaded region; <i>p</i> < 0.05, FDR corrected). …”

Appendix S1 - Biopersistent Granular Dust and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Irene Brüske (487473)

“…Figure S4, Funnelplot for <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0080977#pone-0080977-g005" target="_blank">Figure 5</a> Decrease of FEV1 (ml) in relation to the cumulative exposure to bg dust at the workplace (1 mg·m^-3·years). …”

Image_1_Innovative agroecological practices can restore degraded farmlands and revive crop yields.JPEG by Jules Ntamwira (9683561)

“…T3 (compared to T1), had a decrease in acidity and Al³⁺; an increase in soil organic matter, K+, Ca+, and aboveground carbon stock (26.5 t/ha against 5.6 t/ha). …”

Experiment 3. by Jiehui Qian (294581)

“…<p>a) Two lines flickered at 4 Hz and two bars remained presented during the 30-s adaptation phase; a gray background was shown during the afterimage phase. b) Left: the orange bar indicates the mean illusory decrease of the lower bar length in Experiment 3, 7.10%; the green bar indicates an average illusory effect of Experiment 2a and 2b, 10.02%. …”

Rapamycin aggravates neurodegeneration in fly model of FXTAS. by Yunting Lin (405839)

“…The concentrations of rapamycin are: 0 μM, 2.5 μM, 5 μM. (<b>C</b>) (<b>i</b>) Rapamycin decreases locomotor activity of <i>NRV2-GAL4>CGG₉₀</i>. …”

Altered VZV gene expression following keratinocyte differentiation. by Meleri Jones (517263)

“…Jagged-1 treatment caused an increase and DAPT treatment showed a decrease in Notch 1 expression respectively as seen in the uninfected keratinocytes. …”