Stability of Afsup. by Gabriele Sass (335744)

Temperature: A major climatic determinant of cowpea production by Juliane Rafaele Alves Barros (10398785)

“…Thus, the objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of water availability and temperature on the performance of cowpea cultivars. A greenhouse experiment was conducted using a 4 × 2 × 5 factorial arrangement, with four replications. …”

Involvement of p38MAPK activation in IL-17A-mediated hypercontractility in primary cultured murine SI SMCs. by Hirotada Akiho (559455)

“…SB203580 (SB, 1 µM), BIRB796 (BIRB, 10 nM), SP600125 (JNK II, 100 nM) and JNK inhibitor III (JNK III, 100 nM) were added 15 min before addition of IL-17A (50 ng/ml). Contractility was measured as described in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0092960#pone-0092960-g006" target="_blank">Fig. 6A</a> (n = 8). …”

Characterization of opioid receptor expression in iPSC-derived neural stem cells using two different neural induction and patterning methods. by Rhea Sullivan (18824253)

A regulatory gene network of foam-cell formation. by Josefin Skogsberg (88384)

“…CE accumulation (given as average percentage next to each node) was decreased (blue) by siRNA inhibition of 5 genes and increased (red) by inhibition of 2 genes; inhibition of 1 gene had no effect (black) (see also <a href="http://www.plosgenetics.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pgen.1000036#pgen-1000036-t003" target="_blank">Table 3</a>). …”

Esculetin, a coumarin derivative, exerts in vitro and in vivo antiproliferative activity against hepatocellular carcinoma by initiating a mitochondrial-dependent apoptosis pathway by J. Wang (472325)

“…Esculetin significantly inhibited proliferation of HCC cells in a concentration- and time-dependent manner and with an IC50 value of 2.24 mM. …”

Student perceptions of open-note exams. by Emily P. Driessen (13267665)

Water immersion and one-year storage influence the germination of the pyrenes of Copernicia alba Morong, a palm tree from a neotropical wetland by Vanessa Couto Soares (14189614)

“…<div><p>ABSTRACT Palm seeds are known for displaying dormancy and a thick endocarp that delays germination and embryo growth, but water treatments may accelerate their germination process. …”

A Bioenergetic Basis for Membrane Divergence in Archaea and Bacteria by Víctor Sojo (613931)

“…Pumping protons across leaky membranes offers no advantage, even when permeability is decreased 1,000-fold. We hypothesize that a sodium-proton antiporter (SPAP) provided the first step towards modern membranes. …”

A trend in discussions about the endemic blues and daily responsibilities. by Seoyoung Kim (2603596)

Accelerated Lactate Dehydrogenase Activity Potentiates Osteoclastogenesis via NFATc1 Signaling by Heejin Ahn (3173670)

Patterns in Species Persistence and Biomass Production in Soil Microcosms Recovering from a Disturbance Reject a Neutral Hypothesis for Bacterial Community Assembly by Fen-Guo Zhang (736948)

“…In microcosms recovering from the disturbance, however, species diversity decreased dramatically (by > 50%); and in most cases there was not a positive relationship between species initial abundance and their chance of persistence. …”

Establishment and characterization of a choroid plexus barrier system. by Bethany A. O’Hara (8532741)

“…<p>A) Barrier development protocol. Cells are maintained at high density (>50% confluence) and used for experiments between passages 30–38. …”

RovA stimulated transcription of its own gene. by Yiquan Zhang (113213)

“…<p>Only the bacterial cells of “shift from 26 to 37°C” at the middle-exponential growth phase were analyzed herein. <b>a) LacZ fusion.</b> A promoter-proximal region 743 bp upstream to 146 bp downstream of <i>rovA</i> was cloned into pRW50 containing a promoterless <i>lacZ</i> reporter gene, and then transformed into WT or <i>ΔrovA</i> to determine the β-galactosidase activity in cellular extracts. …”

The impact of the single exit price policy on a basket of generic medicines in South Africa, using a time series analysis from 1999 to 2014 by Rajatheran Moodley (7109351)

“…</p><p>Results</p><p>Majority of the medicines analysed reflect a substantial decrease in medicine prices immediately after implementation of the pricing regulations as reflected in both the change in level and the change in slope using the interrupted time series analysis.…”

Change in smooth muscle NO from a dynamic increase in flow. by William Davis Haselden (9175156)

“…<p>Simulations were performed using a static proximal model with a NO production rate in the parenchyma of 0.02 M/s corresponding to 50% GC activity with no flow. …”

<i>A</i>. <i>fumigatus</i> siderophores protect <i>A</i>. <i>fumigatus</i> biofilm from <i>P</i>. <i>aeruginosa</i> anti-fungal activity. by Gabriele Sass (335744)

Peridomestic Infection as a Determining Factor of Dengue Transmission by Ruth Aralí Martínez-Vega (837538)

“…People cohabitating with IC or living within a 50-meter radius (exposed cohort) and subjects of areas with no ICs in a 200-meter radius (unexposed cohort) were included.…”

Environmental effects on the predictability of the phenotype and the portability of a PGS. by Pablo Yubero (16389864)

“…Dots and lines correspond to individual means and a running average (<i>n</i> = 50), respectively.…”

The physiological role of I_Cl(Ca) during membrane depolarization was examined using NPPB and T16A_inh-A01. by Ji Hyun Jeon (112239)

“…The half-maximal dose (EC₅₀) of T16A_inh-A01 that was necessary to increase the width was similar to EC₅₀ of T16A_inh-A01 that inhibited I_Cl(Ca) (2.6 vs. 3.0 µM). …”