Influence of fly ash and granulated blast furnace slag on autogenous shrinkage and drying shrinkage of cement-based materials mixed with alkali accelerator and alkali-free accelera... by Zhenmin Wan (20102063)

“…<p>Shotcrete shrinkage and cracking are getting more threatening due to its high content of cementitious materials, small aggregate particle size and a large amount of accelerator, which poses a great threat to the construction safety of engineering structures. …”

Absence of capsule at the division septum results in increased exposure of bacteria cell wall and susceptibility to lysis. by Joana Figueiredo (176254)

“…B) Quantification of cell bound LytA-GFP fluorescence. Bacteria were grouped in three different classes (n> 50), depending on their cell cycle stage: (I) recently divided cells; (II) cells initiating division as seen from invagination of cell surface; (III) cells at the final steps of division, with deep invagination at division septum. …”

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

“…(B) 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), a 10 fold (Des 2.1/w 2000 Tc, green line) and a 50 fold (Des 2.2/w 2000 Tc, red line) increase in the dissociation constant of both TetR and induced Tet-ON from of the gene encoding Tet-ON. …”

Data_Sheet_1_Product Inhibition and pH Affect Stoichiometry and Kinetics of Chain Elongating Microbial Communities in Sequencing Batch Bioreactors.docx by Maximilienne Toetie Allaart (10999293)

“…Operating at pH 5.5 led to a decrease in the biomass yield, but a significant increase in the biomass-specific substrate uptake rate, suggesting that the organisms employ catabolic overcapacity to deal with energy losses associated to product inhibition. …”

Evaluation of Microflow Digital Imaging Particle Analysis for Sub-Visible Particles Formulated with an Opaque Vaccine Adjuvant by Grant E. Frahm (641684)

“…The instrument was capable of imaging all particle types assessed (polystyrene beads, borosilicate glass, cellulose, polyethylene protein aggregate mimics, and lysozyme protein aggregates) at sizes greater than 5 μm in concentrations of AddaVax^™ up to 50% (vol:vol). Reduced edge gradients and a decrease in measured particle sizes were noted as adjuvant concentrations increased. …”

Differential DNA methylation in umbilical cord blood of infants exposed to mercury and arsenic <i>in utero</i> by Andres Cardenas (731479)

“…White blood cell composition was inferred from DNA methylation measurements. A doubling in toenail mercury concentration was associated with a 2.5% decrease (95% CI: 5.0%, 1.0%) in the estimated monocyte proportion. …”

Loss of <i>Tbx4</i> and <i>Tbx5</i> causes reduced lung branching and lethality at birth. by Ripla Arora (145097)

“…H & E on histological sections shows a decrease in lung size at E12.5 in the conditional <i>Tbx4</i> null;<i>Tbx5</i> heterozygous lungs (G,H,). …”

Flexible Aerogels from Hyperbranched Polyurethanes: Probing the Role of Molecular Rigidity with Poly(Urethane Acrylates) Versus Poly(Urethane Norbornenes) by Abhishek Bang (1700212)

“…Aerogels based on urethane-acrylates built around a rigid/aromatic core exhibited a rapid decrease of their elastic modulus with density (slopes of the log–log plots >5.0), and at about 0.14 g cm^–3, they were foldable. …”

Allelopathic effects of the aquatic macrophyte Ceratophyllum demersum L. on phytoplankton species: contrasting effects between cyanobacteria and chlorophytes by Cihelio Alves Amorim (7234982)

“…Ankistrodesmus falcatus delayed its growth when in coexistence with the macrophyte, decreasing its biomass in 50.4% (p<0.01), while R. subcapitata was not altered (p>0.05). …”

Expression of oligodendroglial markers by OL-like cells. by Cristiana Leite (651863)

“…It could be observed that the OPC marker A2B5 greatly decreased in the last stage of differentiation (<i>A-D</i>), as compared to OPC-like cells (<i>Q</i>), indicating maturation of the OL-like cells. …”

AR-42 shows <i>in vivo</i> efficacy in multiple models of B-cell malignancy. by David M. Lucas (364339)

“…<p>(<b>A</b>) SCID mice were engrafted with two million Raji cells via tail vein injection. …”

Quantitative structure activity relationship studies of novel hydrazone derivatives as α-amylase inhibitors with index of ideality of correlation by Meenakshi Duhan (4592857)

“…<p>The present manuscript describes the synthesis, <i>α</i>-amylase inhibition, <i>in silico</i> studies and in-depth quantitative structure–activity relationship (QSAR) of a library of aroyl hydrazones based on benzothiazole skeleton. …”

DataSheet_3_Case Report: Molecular and microenvironment change upon midostaurin treatment in mast cell leukemia at single-cell level.docx by Meng-Ke Liu (10306315)

“…With poor response to conventional poly-chemotherapy, mast cell leukemia responded to the midostaurin treatment with a 50% overall response rate (ORR), but complete remission rate is approximately 0%. …”

Long Distance Movements and Disjunct Spatial Use of Harbor Seals (<em>Phoca vitulina</em>) in the Inland Waters of the Pacific Northwest by Sarah H. Peterson (157426)

“…<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Worldwide, adult harbor seals (<em>Phoca vitulina</em>) typically limit their movements and activity to <50 km from their primary haul-out site. As a result, the ecological impact of harbor seals is viewed as limited to relatively small spatial scales. …”

Shoot and root responses to low phosphorus and their genotypic variability in selected cultivars of Japanese core collections of maize and soybean by Chathuri Lankani Samarasekara Muhandiram Karunarathne (17448397)

“…Ten cultivars of each species were further evaluated in a pot experiment with two P supply rates: low P (10 mg P kg⁻¹) and high P (50 mg P kg⁻¹). …”

Flexible Aerogels from Hyperbranched Polyurethanes: Probing the Role of Molecular Rigidity with Poly(Urethane Acrylates) Versus Poly(Urethane Norbornenes) by Abhishek Bang (1700212)

“…Aerogels based on urethane-acrylates built around a rigid/aromatic core exhibited a rapid decrease of their elastic modulus with density (slopes of the log–log plots >5.0), and at about 0.14 g cm^–3, they were foldable. …”

Dexmedetomidine pretreatment alleviates brain injury in middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) model rats by activating PI3K/AKT/NF-κB signaling pathway by Wei Gao (2085)

“…Dexmedetomidine (DEX), a highly selective α2-adrenoceptor agonist with sedative, and analgesic properties, is frequently utilized as a sedative anesthetic in clinical surgeries, and believed to play a crucial role in the prognosis of patients suffering from CIRI. …”

Significant influences of forest features on absolute treatment effects (inside the fence–outside the fence), i.e. the difference. by Deborah Schäfer (6940535)

“…<p>Positive values indicate increased response variables in fenced plots, negative values indicate decreased response values in fenced plots. We see (a) difference of species richness of herbs against relative conifer cover (b) difference of species richness of herbs against mean DBH of the 50 largest trees (c) difference of cover of herbs (all herbs estimated together) against relative conifer cover (d) difference of diversity of herbs (exp(H)) against initial cover of herbs (summed cover of individual species measured independent of treatment plots in spring and summer, resulting in values ranging from 0.1–266) (e) difference of evenness of shrubs against canopy cover.…”

Adhesion capacity of EPCs treated with Ang II and Zol. by Jin-Xiu Yang (128753)

“…Ang II group; # P<0.05 vs. 50 µM Zol+Ang II group.</p>…”

Expression of POSTN mRNA in cultured NSCs and the effect of POSTN deficiency on NSC proliferation and differentiation in SGZ. by Si-Min Ma (706071)

“…<p>A: Compared to POSTN expression in proliferating NSCs (0 h), POSTN levels were increased at 48 h and 5 days following differentiation. …”