Table 1_The impact of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy on nutritional status and survival in cervical esophageal cancer patients undergoing chemoradiotherapy.docx by Zijun Wen (21596450)

“…Multivariate analysis results showed: weight loss ≥5% (p = 0.041, HR = 5.664, 95% CI: 1.075–29.846) and a CONUT score ≥4 (p = 0.01, HR = 15.223, 95% CI: 1.935–119.783) were independent prognostic factors for OS.…”

Table_1_Application of lymphoplasmapheresis in the treatment of severe myasthenia gravis.DOCX by Weiwei Duan (5940539)

“…After treatment, the mean QMGS of patients decreased significantly, from 23.40 ± 4.25 points before treatment to 17.93 ± 5.61 points after treatment, a decrease of 5.47 ± 4.16 points. 75.6% of patients experienced remission of clinical symptoms. …”

Ionizing radiation–induced DSBs and repair. by Jim Westmoreland (260234)

“…<p>Haploid cells growing logarithmically in YPDA media were arrested at G2/M with nocodazole and γ-irradiated with 5 to 80 krads from a Cs source. Cells from the 80 krad dose were returned to YPDA containing nocadazole and incubated for up to 4 hours to allow repair of DSBs (A) DSBs and repair in WT and <i>exo1Δ</i> strains. …”

Fitness reaction norms and experimental evolution design. by Thiago S. Guzella (5920229)

“…To address the role of genetic drift and founder effects in the loss of the best genotypes during slower rates of environmental change we perform a second set of evolution experiments, where 7 of the gradual populations at generation 35 are kept in constant high salt for an extra 30 generations (<a href="http://www.plosgenetics.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007731#pgen.1007731.g007" target="_blank">Fig 7</a>).…”

I-O functions in CA1 neurons in slices from TG and WT mice 9 months post-irradiation. by Emil Rudobeck (4630822)

“…<p>(A) Radiation exposure did not significantly affect the presynaptic fiber volleys (pV) in either in TG or in WT mice. …”

Improved Salinity Tolerance of Rice Through Cell Type-Specific Expression of <em>AtHKT1;1</em> by Darren Plett (151838)

“…The root-to-shoot transport of ²²Na⁺ was also decreased and was correlated with an upregulation of <em>OsHKT1;5</em>, the native transporter responsible for Na⁺ retrieval from the transpiration stream. …”

Prophylactic Effect of Probiotics on the Development of Experimental Autoimmune Myasthenia Gravis by Chang-Suk Chae (109597)

“…Although protective role of probiotics have been reported in diverse diseases, no information is available whether probiotics can modulate neuromuscular immune disorders. We have recently demonstrated that IRT5 probiotics, a mixture of 5 probiotics, could suppress diverse experimental disorders in mice model. …”

Effect of convergence criterion on overall solution accuracy. by Christian Schlinkmann (9585315)

“…The error continues to decrease as the convergence criterion is lowered, with a value of 0.46% using 1.0×10⁻⁷ and 0.15% using 1.0×10⁻⁹. …”

Dpr10 controls ORN wiring in the antennal lobe. by Scott Barish (845697)

“…<p>Mutation of <i>dpr10</i> causes disruption of DM3 (A, B), V (C, D) and DL1 (E, F) glomeruli but not the VA1v (G, H) glomerulus as visualized with OR reporters diving <i>syt</i>::<i>GFP</i> (green). …”

Relative expression of genes encoding proteins in the KEGG Insulin Signaling pathway. by Danielle G. Lemay (105771)

“…Color denotes change in gene expression from colostrum to transitional (Panel A) or transitional to mature (Panel B): red = significant increase, green = significant decrease, and yellow = no significant change in expression between stages; gray = no member of this gene family is expressed >0.5 FPKM during either stage being compared. …”

Comparison of <i>in vitro</i> and <i>in vivo</i> egg aging. by Anna Kosubek (239172)

“…<p>(A–C) Eggs were fertilized immediately, with a 3-hour delay (<i>in vitro</i>) or from a batch obtained 1.5 hours later (<i>in vivo</i>) from the same female shown also in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0013532#pone-0013532-g003" target="_blank">Fig. 3</a> as exp. 8. …”

Impact of temperature on steady state population sizes. by Congbo Xie (761590)

“…The peaks of the population size of polyps and medusae occur at 12.5°C and 16.8°C, respectively. The high temperature is detrimental to the populations and leads to the decrease of population level.…”

U-PB zircon tuff geochronology from the Karoo Basin, South Africa: implications of zircon recycling on stratigraphic age controls by Matthew P. McKay (692203)

DataSheet1_Synthesis and characterization of 3D-zeolite–modified TiO2-based photocatalyst with synergistic effect for elimination of organic pollutant in wastewater treatment.docx... by Na Liu (102929)

“…In addition, repetitive experiments demonstrated that the improved Rh B degradation efficiency of Z-PAgT-5 was well maintained even after five recycling runs without any obvious decrease. …”

Structural Distortions upon Oxidation in Heteroleptic [Cp₂W(dmit)] Tungsten Dithiolene Complex: Combined Structural, Spectroscopic, and Magnetic Studies by Eric W. Reinheimer (547881)

“…Interactions are systematically weaker in the tungsten salts than in the isostructural molybdenum analogs, a consequence of the decreased spin density on the dithiolene ligand in the tungsten complexes.…”

Molecular Evolution of Phosphoprotein Phosphatases in <em>Drosophila</em> by Márton Miskei (213668)

“…We demonstrated that all of these new PPP genes exhibit a distinct male specific expression. …”

Tracking Membrane Protein Association in Model Membranes by Myriam Reffay (265498)

“…We extract a stoichiometry for the complex that exhibits a strong pH dependance: from 2 to 6 MexA per OprM trimer when the pH decreases from 7.5 to 5.5.…”

Alternagin-C binding to α2β1 integrin controls matrix metalloprotease-9 and matrix metalloprotease-2 in breast tumor cells and endothelial cells by Milene Nóbrega de Oliveira Moritz (5313161)

Hourly averages of O₂ flux and PAR on the RC and the RS. by Matthew H. Long (387725)

“…Hourly averages of daytime production over 7 and 5 d for the RC (<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0058581#pone-0058581-g006" target="_blank">Figure 6B</a>) and RS (<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0058581#pone-0058581-g006" target="_blank">Figure 6D</a>), respectively. …”

<i>loe</i> shows increased levels of p-cofilin. by Mandy Cook (308544)

“…<i>tsr^N96A</i>/+ flies show a decrease in total cofilin whereas LIMK overexpressing flies (note the higher load in this lane) and <i>loe</i> flies do not show a change in total cofilin levels. …”