Chewing gum consumption in the United States among children, adolescents and adults by Danika M. Martyn (6305981)

“…Stratification by gender and by age brackets in this cohort did not reveal any marked patterns although it was noted that there was a decrease in the percent consuming with age (from 87.0 to 34.5%). …”

TgPH1 retains membrane association in genetically-impaired PIKfyve cells. by Krishna Chintaluri (5340959)

“…Live-cell imaging of Cos-7 cells expressing NES-iRFP-TgPH1 treated with vehicle alone or with 100 nM apilimod or 1 μM YM201636 for 1 h; the drugs cause a characteristic appearance of swollen vacuoles, some of which labelled with the TgPH1 probes. (B) Quantification (means ± SD of 38 ≤ n ≤ 40 cells) of TgPH localization on vesicular structures in cells expressed as F_p/F_c, the ratio of intensity in bright punctate objects to mean fluorescence of the whole cell; there is no decrease in membrane association of TgPH1 in COS-7 cells after PIKfyve inhibition. …”

Effects of JAK inhibitors, AG-490 and WHI-P154, on IFN-γ-induced iNOS mRNA expression and degradation in J774 macrophages by Outi Sareila (66176)

“…The results are expressed as mean ± SEM, = 3.…”

Axonal regeneration was inhibited by morpholino antisense oligonucleotides for NF180. by Guixin Zhang (795314)

“…<b>B,</b> Decrease in the fraction of MO-labeled neurons whose axon had regenerated beyond the site of a second retrograde label applied 5 mm caudal to original TX at 9 weeks post-TX, and were therefore double-labeled. * indicates difference from control is significant at p<0.001 (student’s <i>t</i> test).…”

Side effects of intraoral devices for OSAS treatment by Andressa Otranto de Britto Teixeira (12814852)

“…After verifying the normal sample distribution (Shapiro-Wilks), a parametric test was used (t test), with a significance level set at 5%. Results: There was a decrease in the values of overjet, overbite and Little's irregularity index, whereas there was an increase in the lower intercanine distance and IMPA values. …”

Down-regulation of endogenous ETS and GATA factors in endothelial cells. by Alexandra Le Bras (243728)

“…<p><b>A</b>. H5V endothelial cells were transfected with siRNA targeting fli-1, erg, or ets-1 (<b>A</b>), gata-2, or gata-4 (<b>B</b>) and cultured 48h before total RNA extraction and qPCR analysis of endogenous <i>VE-statin/egfl7</i> expression. ** p<0.01, ns; not significant. …”

FIGURE 2 from Surgical Inflammation Alters Immune Response to Intraoperative Photodynamic Therapy by Richard W. Davis (16964049)

“…The resulting curve demonstrated a transient decrease in tumor oxygenation 30 minutes after administration of TI which returned to a mean of 100% or 89.4% of the pre-TI level external to the incision and along the incision, respectively. …”

The majority of spatial information in astrocytes and neurons is genuine spatial information that cannot be explained by tuning to visual cues. by Sebastiano Curreli (12192031)

“…The data presented in this figure can be found in <a href="http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001530#pbio.3001530.s037" target="_blank">S5 Data</a>. ROI, region of interest; SEM, standard error of the mean.…”

Data_Sheet_1_The Therapeutic Effect of Exogenous Melatonin on Depressive Symptoms: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.docx by Cancan Li (2171902)

“…</p>Results<p>Our literature search returned 754 publications, among which 19 studies with 1,178 patients (715 women, 463 men; mean age: 56.77 years) met inclusion criteria. Melatonin dosages ranged from 2 to 25 mg per day; treatment durations were between 10 days and 3.5 years. …”

Management of wound infection after lumbar arthrodesis maintaining the instrumentation by Asdrubal Falavigna (520740)

“…</p>RESULTS:<p> Mean age was 59.31 (±13.17) years old and most patients were female (94.7%; 18/19). …”

Efficacy and Safety of Adalimumab in Patients with Behçet Uveitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Hidayet Sener (14372733)

“…Pooled results are presented as mean difference or standardized mean difference (std diff) and 95% confidence intervals (CI). …”

The Effect of Perioperative Fluid Management and Operative Modifications on Mortality and Morbidity in Patients Undergoing Pulmonary Endarterectomy by Akın Arslan (14775620)

“…Mean duration of stay in the intensive care unit (ICU) for Group 1 was 6.2 days and for Group 2 was 5.4 days (P>0.05). …”

Study domain with model grid boxes overlaid. by Matthew St. Michael Williams (21492736)

“…Solar irradiance resources and PV energy generation generally decrease under SRM compared to RCP4.5. The highest modelled mean change in PV generation across the region is, however, generally small, e.g., a maximum change of for May-July for years corresponding to a world. …”

Lithogeochemical and sulfide trace-element systematics across the Permian–Triassic boundary, Perth Basin, Western Australia: constraints on the shallow marine environment during th... by E. Lounejeva (15450349)

“…LA-ICPMS analyses of pyrite demonstrate that trace-element abundance is highest in samples below the facies transition, and in places reaches a few percent, particularly of Ni (4 wt%), Co (1.5 wt%) and As (2.8 wt%). Moreover, these and other trace elements decrease by an order of magnitude in concert with the negative shift in δ¹³C values in the sapropel zone. …”

Supplementary Material for: Efficacy and Safety of Dose Escalation to Adalimumab 80 mg Every Other Week in Japanese Patients with Crohn Disease Who Lost Response to Maintenance The... by Motoya S. (4606363)

“…The primary endpoint was the proportion of patients achieving a CDAI decrease ≥50 (CR-50) from baseline at week 8. …”

Individual patient variability with the application of the kidney failure risk equation in advanced chronic kidney disease by Christopher McCudden (5374379)

“…Biological and analytical variation intrinsic to the eGFR and ACR may lead to a substantial degree of variability that decreases with repeat measures. …”

Climate Change and Maize Yield in Iowa by Hong Xu (71477)

“…Despite a wide range in the predicted amount of warming and change to summer precipitation, all simulations predict a decrease in maize yields from late 20^th century to middle and late 21^st century ranging from 15% to 50%. …”

Dysregulation of Cyclin B-associated proteins with loss of FlnB function. by Jianjun Hu (19574)

“…<p>(A) Flow cytometry following propridium iodide (PI) labeling demonstrates a decrease in the number of FlnBsh2 chondrocytes that reside in G2/M phase and an increase in the number of cells that reside in G1/G0 phase, compared to ATDC5 control cells. …”

Loss of <i>faah-1</i> enhances <i>nape-1(OE)</i> phenotypes but suppresses <i>nape-2(OE)</i>. by Neale Harrison (665741)

“…<p>(<b>A</b>) <i>faah-1(tm5011)</i> enhances the growth delay of <i>nape-1</i> over-expressers at both 15°C and 25°C (mean+sd, N2 and <i>nape-1(OE)</i> n = 9 and others n = 5 replicates, ANOVA p<0.0001 at each temperature, *** p<0.001 and * p<0.05 for indicated pairwise comparisons). …”

Identification of the MqsR functional site. by Breann L. Brown (255590)

“…<p>(A) Growth curves of cells over-expressing WT MqsR and seven MqsR mutants. MqsR mutants K56A, Q68A, Y81A and K96A show decreased toxicity compared to WT MqsR, as evidenced by their ability to grow following induction with 0.5 mM IPTG at t = 0 (arrow; expression carried out at 18°C, following the same protocol used to produce the proteins for structural studies). …”