Evaluating the 2014 sugar-sweetened beverage tax in Chile: An observational study in urban areas by Ryota Nakamura (462709)

“…The design of the tax was unique, increasing the tax on soft drinks above 6.25 grams of added sugar per 100 mL and decreasing the tax for those below this threshold.…”

Enhanced exocytosis in mossy fibers after CQ injection. by Atsushi Takeda (18203)

“…To observe presynaptic activity, tetanic stimulation at 10 Hz for 30 s, which was shown by a shaded bar, was delivered to mossy fibers and then single strong stimulation at 100 Hz for 18 s was delivered to the same position. …”

Peak calcium induced by somatic BAP decays with distance in both experiments and model simulation. by David C. Sterratt (158383)

“…Fluorescence amplitude is plotted relative to the first measured data point at circa 100 µm, to show the distance-dependent decrease of amplitude corrected for the large amplitude variation between cells. …”

Progression of ET-1-induced regenerative Ca²⁺ depletion wave in the absence of extracellular Ca²⁺. by Mitra Esfandiarei (280455)

“…At 600 s, ET-1 (100 nM) is added, which elicits a delayed decrease in luminal Ca²⁺ around 1160 s post-treatment. …”

Effect of Electron Beam and Gamma Rays on Carbon Nanotube Yarn Structure by Maria Cecilia Evora (5112299)

“…The irradiated samples with electron beam at doses of 400, 600 and 800 kGy had a decrease in the strength from 219.60 ± 18.90 MPa for pristine yarn to 108.86 ± 23.77, 153.15 ± 21.63, 170.50 ± 25.78 MPa, respectively. …”

IMPACT OF RAINFALLS ON THE ACARICIDE PROPARGITE WITH AND WITHOUT ADDITION OF ADJUVANTS FOR THE CONTROL OF THE MITE Brevipalpus yothersi by Jessica Josefa Sanches (4850701)

“…<div><p>ABSTRACT Rainfalls may affect the efficiency of pesticides due to a decreased deposit of active ingredient on plants. …”

Ultrasound contrast imaging of the ovarian blood volume. by Hadas Bar-Joseph (206124)

“…Saline-injected mice were standardized to 100% as a reference to chemotherapy-injected mice. …”

Osteoclast markers and number of osteoclasts increase in response to HFA mechanical stimulation. by Mani Alikhani (5180768)

“…<p><b>(A)</b> Mean concentration of RANKL protein in the maxillary right alveolar bone after 1, 3, 7 and 14 days as measured by ELISA. …”

Characteristics of Physician Outflow from Disaster Areas following the Great East Japan Earthquake by Saori Kashima (126020)

“…<div><p>Objective</p><p>The shortage of physicians after a major disaster is a crucial issue. We aimed to evaluate the characteristics of physicians who left affected areas following the accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011.…”

Anti-VE-cadherin inhibits <i>L. interrogans</i> attachment to the receptor. by Karen Evangelista (517116)

“…A significant decrease in the attachment of <i>L. interrogans</i> was observed when purified receptor was blocked with 20 µg/ml anti-VE-cadherin and when the HMEC-1 monolayer was pretreated with 100 µg/ml anti-VE-cadherin, but no significant differences were seen with the control IgG2a (Tukey's multiple comparison test, <i>P</i><0.001).…”

Data_Sheet_1_Ascorbic Acid-Induced Photosynthetic Adaptability of Processing Tomatoes to Salt Stress Probed by Fast OJIP Fluorescence Rise.xlsx by Xianjun Chen (5711882)

“…Lower K- and L-bands and higher I-band were detected on the OJIP transient curves compared, respectively, with salt-stressed plants with and without LYC. AsA application also significantly increased the values of normalized total complementary area (S_m), relative variable fluorescence intensity at the I-step (V_I), absorbed light energy (ABS/CS_m), excitation energy (TR_o/CS_m), and reduction energy entering the electron transfer chain beyond Q_A (ET_o/CS_m) per reaction centre (RC) and electron transport flux per active RC (ET_o/RC), while decreasing some others like the approximated initial slope of the fluorescence transient (M_o), relative variable fluorescence intensity at the K-step (V_K), average absorption (ABS/RC), trapping (TR_o/RC), heat dissipation (DI_o/RC) per active RC, and heat dissipation per active RC (DI_o/CS_m) in the presence or absence of LYC. …”

HIMF-stimulated HMSC migration is PI-3K-dependent. by Daniel J. Angelini (363843)

“…<p>A: HMSCs (10⁵ cells) were cultured in the upper chamber of a transwell plate; the lower chamber held medium containing BSA (control) or HIMF (100 nM). …”

SKI-1 and SPP inhibitors block transduction mediated by EBOV-GP. by Teresa Plegge (4164583)

“…Error bars indicate standard error of mean (SEM). Asterisks indicate a statistical significant decrease (* = p<0.05; ** = p<0.01; *** = p<0.001) of transduction efficiency relative to the DMSO control.…”

Table_1_Visual Identification and Serotyping of Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae Serogroups O1 and O139 With CARID.docx by Pan Lu (2902238)

“…The results can be determined by fluorescence signal and visualized by lateral flow dipstick. We identified 154 V. cholerae strains and 129 strains of other intestinal diarrheagenic bacteria with a 100% coincidence rate. …”

MTT cell proliferation assays by Vasilis Androutsopoulos (51786)

“…Cytotoxicity of eupatorin in MDA-MB-468 cells and MCF-10A cells. Decrease of eupatorin cytotoxicity in MDA-MB-468 cells after addition of acacetin. …”

Background K⁺ conductance reduced by low pH, anandamide and AVE1231 suggesting an involvement of the TASK-1 K⁺ channel. by Carolina Thörn Pérez (773130)

“…The current-voltage relation (I-V) of the traces shown in A and B revealing a decrease in conductance at pH 6.8. …”

Electrophoretic mobility shift assay showing the interaction of wild type TsTBP1 with Ts2-CysPrx TATA-box probe. by Oscar Rodríguez-Lima (821378)

“…B) The densitometric analysis shows a decrease on the intensity of shifted bands in homologous and heterologous competition. …”

Electrophoretic mobility shift assay showing the interaction of wild type TsTBP1 pAT5 TATA-box probe. by Oscar Rodríguez-Lima (821378)

“…B) Densitometric analysis shows a decrease on the intensity of shifted bands in homologous and heterologous competition. …”

Characterization of phenotypically unique accessions. by Maria Stefania Przybylska (22756354)

“…</i></i> common accessions classification. Mean Decrease Accuracy (top) and Mean Decrease Gini (bottom) of the random forest models are presented. …”

Rainfall interception in temperate evergreen broadleaved forest and Japanese cypress plantation with abundant lower-layer vegetation in south-west Japan by Masahiro Takagi (344553)

“…However, research on broadleaved forests is limited, although the broadleaved forests dominate approximately half of forest area in Japan. Here, we compared the throughfall and stemflow of each vegetation layer to clarify interception in a naturally regenerated temperate evergreen broadleaved forest (lucidophyllous forest) and a Japanese cypress plantation over a three-year period. …”