Crystallization, thermal and mechanical behavior of oligosebacate plasticized poly(lactic acid) films by Erika Martins Inácio (6044024)

“…Casting films of PLA and PLA/OTS with concentrations of 1, 5 and 10 wt.% were prepared, and these films were characterized by thermal analyses, crystallinity, rheology and mechanical tests. …”

Synthetic tetracycline-inducible regulatory networks: computer-aided design of dynamic phenotypes-3 by Vassilios Sotiropoulos (96257)

“…(D) Average number of GFP molecules when 2000 molecules of Tc are added into the medium at time 2 × 10sec, using wild-type kinetics (WT/w 2000 Tc, blue line). All other plots have mutated TetR variants that do not bind Tc and show a decreased binding affinity for (20 fold decrease in the dissociation constant), but differ in the half-life of Tet-ON, 40 min (Des 2.5/w 2000 Tc, green line) and 24 hr (Des 2.6/w 2000 Tc, red line).…”

Schwann cell IR and remyelination in the injured sciatic nerve. by Alexander Berg (391857)

“…The distal/proximal ratio for both S100 and MBP IR was reduced. For S100, this decrease was more prominent in <i>GFAP^–/–Vim^–/–</i> mice (B, column one) than in WT mice (A), quantified in (C). …”

MCh-induced changes in FRET in HEK293 M₁-cam5 cells. by Danijela Markovic (153328)

“…<b>A</b>. Representative images showing plasma membrane distribution of ECFPc (480 nm, left panel) and EYFP^46L (535 nm, middle panel), which overlap (right panel) as expected for signals from the same population of receptors. …”

DataSheet1_Simultaneous Esterification and Transesterification of Neem Seed Oil Using Ferric Sulphate Doped With Poultry Droppings as a Bifunctional Catalyst.docx by Christopher Ehiaguina Akhabue (13146546)

“…A biodiesel yield of 97.21% and acid value (AV) of 0.5 mg KOH/g were obtained at the optimum conditions of 21:1 methanol/oil ratio, 5 wt. %, catalyst loading and reaction temperature of 65°C after 180 min. …”

Graves’ ophthalmopathy: low-dose dexamethasone reduces retinoic acid receptor-alpha gene expression in orbital fibroblasts by Sarah Santiloni Cury (4608016)

“…Materials and methods: Orbital fibroblasts collected during orbital decompression of a female patient with moderately severe/severe GO were cultivated and treated with 10 nM and 100 nM dexamethasone (Dex). rRARα gene expression in the treated and untreated cells was then compared. …”

Graves’ ophthalmopathy: low-dose dexamethasone reduces retinoic acid receptor-alpha gene expression in orbital fibroblasts by Sarah Santiloni Cury (4608016)

“…Materials and methods: Orbital fibroblasts collected during orbital decompression of a female patient with moderately severe/severe GO were cultivated and treated with 10 nM and 100 nM dexamethasone (Dex). rRARα gene expression in the treated and untreated cells was then compared. …”

File S1 - MiR-133b Is Down-Regulated in Human Osteosarcoma and Inhibits Osteosarcoma Cells Proliferation, Migration and Invasion, and Promotes Apoptosis by Huafu Zhao (504200)

“…<b>Figure S5. MiR-133a mimic decreased the expression of MCL-1 in U2-OS cells.…”

Knockdown of PORCN affects breast cancer cell proliferation. by Tracy M. Covey (171796)

“…<p>A. STF3A cells were transfected with 100 nM of the indicated siRNA and PORCN message was analyzed 48 hrs later by quantitative real time PCR. …”

TolB is crucial for <i>P. aeruginosa</i> resistance and persistence. by Alessandra Lo Sciuto (610616)

“…(B) Lytic effect of SDS (0–5%), measured as decrease in cell suspension turbidity (OD₆₀₀), on PAO1 wild-type cells (WT, filled circles), TolB-deficient mutant cells (<i>tolB</i>, open diamonds) and TolB-proficient mutant cells (<i>tolB</i> TolB⁺, filled diamonds). …”

Coarse-grained model leads to collective behavior. by Giovanna De Palo (476510)

“…The peak in susceptibility becomes higher the larger the number of cells, and NN distances decrease accordingly. Profiles in the inset were smoothed with a moving average filter spanning ten points. …”

Sis1 over-expression and Rnq1 amyloidogenic regions influence the formation of [<i>PSI</i>+]. by Kevin C. Stein (477091)

“…Mutants were categorized as having no effect (white), <5-fold increase (green) or decrease (orange) in [<i>PSI</i>+] induction, or >5-fold increase (blue) or decrease (red) in [<i>PSI</i>+] induction. …”

Subcellular localization of NS2 mutants in TM region. by Costin-Ioan Popescu (230609)

“…Huh-7 cells electroporated with JFH-HA RNA (WT) or mutant genomes were grown on coverslips and fixed at 72h post-electroporation. …”

Maternal β-catenin activity is hyperactivated in <i>nanog</i> mutant. by Mudan He (7017239)

“…<i>boz</i> was detected at 4 hpf, and <i>chd</i> was detected at 4.5 hpf. Scale bar, 100 μm. (D) Statistical analysis of the embryos in panel C. …”

Geographic Analysis of Urologist Density and Prostate Cancer Mortality in the United States by Nengliang Yao (760915)

“…</p><p>Findings</p><p>The ordinary least squares (OLS) regression found that, on average, increasing urologist density by 1 urologist per 100,000 people resulted in an expected decrease in prostate cancer mortality of -0.499 deaths per 100,000 men (95% CI -0.709 to -0.289, p-value < 0.001), or a 1.5% decrease. …”

<i>Slytherin</i> external phenotype, genotype, cloning and mRNA rescue of <i>srn</i> mutants. by Yuanquan Song (238595)

“…In embryos injected with WT <i>gmds-gfp</i> mRNA, the percentage of mutants scored by external phenotypes was significantly decreased, to ca. 5% (<i>gmds-wtL-gfp</i> 5.4±2.5%, 401 embryos, 3 carrier pairs; <i>gmds-wtS-gfp</i> 5.1±0.6%, 587 embryos, 4 carrier pairs; one-way ANOVA, followed by Dunn's pairwise comparison, p<0.05). …”

Deformation and Solidification Characteristics and Microstructure of Arc Sprayed Ni-Al Composition Coatings by Jixiao Wang (1563403)

“…The results of the experiment indicate the droplets cooling rate ranges from 3.0×107 to 7.5×107 K/s. The main components of Ni-5wt.% Al coating were Ni solid solution, and a small number of Ni3Al4, Al2O3 and NiO. …”

The thermo-mechanical response of PP nanocomposites at high graphene loading by Kai Yang (73590)

Non-competitive inhibition of odorant activation of an insect OR by an Orco antagonist. by Sisi Chen (166395)

“…Increasing the concentration of Orco agonist (OLC12) decreases the effectiveness of OX1a. Oocytes expressing Cqui\Orco+Cqui\Or21 were activated with 3 µM or 30 µM OLC12, in the absence or presence of 30 µM or 100 µM OX1a. …”

The role of ERα in by Hongzhu Li (144792)

“…<b><i>D</i></b>, Knockdown of ERα reversed estrogen-decreased cell viability in WT-SMCs. The cells were transfected with siRNA ERα or siRNA C at 50 nM for 12 h following another 36 h treatment with estrogen (100 nM). * p<0.05 <i>vs</i>. siRNA C group; ^# p<0.05 <i>vs</i>. siRNA C+estrogen group. …”