Cultural and group influences on altruistic punishment behavior in pre-test and reinforcement learning stages. by Ziyan Guo (7021535)

Numerically simulated GRAPPA-accelerated acquisitions of a phantom. by Andrew J. Coristine (3219420)

“…<p>Random coil noise was added to the 50 scan average described in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0163618#pone.0163618.g001" target="_blank">Fig 1C</a>) for the conventional T₂-Prep as well as for 2D-T₂-Prep modules of radius 6.0 and 12.0 cm. …”

R″→T transition for a single subunit of GroEL. by Zheng Yang (264955)

“…The end states refer to subunit A in the PDB structures 1GRU and 1GR5. Results are shown for <i>F_min</i> = 0.4, 0.5, 0.6 and 0.7, corresponding to the allowable angular deviations of up to 50.8°, 45.0°, 39.2° and 33.2°, respectively, between and <i>v</i><i>_A</i>^(<i>k</i>) (or <i>v</i><i>_B</i>^(<i>k</i>)). …”

Splicing assays of wt and mutant pre-mRNA in the absence and presence of wild-type StpA and mutant G126V-StpA by Rupert Grossberger (9105)

“…The reactions were performed in the presence of 5 mM MgCl, 0.5 mM GTP, 50 mM Tris–HCl (pH 7.3) and 0.4 mM spermidine (see Materials and Methods). () Splicing of the wt intron pre-RNA without added protein (full circles), with the addition of 1.4 μM wild-type StpA (full squares) or 1.4 μM G126V-StpA mutant (empty squares). () Splicing of the C865U pre-RNA intron mutant without protein (full circles), with addition of 1.4 μM wild-type StpA (full squares) or 1.4 μM G126V-StpA mutant (empty squares). …”

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)

Image_5_Is Proton Therapy a “Pro” for Breast Cancer? A Comparison of Proton vs. Non-proton Radiotherapy Using the National Cancer Database.pdf by Mudit Chowdhary (6016496)

“…On multivariate logistic analysis, the following factors were found to be significant for receipt of PRT (all p < 0.05): academic facility (odds ratio [OR] = 2.50), South (OR = 2.01) and West location (OR = 12.43), left-sided (OR = 1.21), ER-positive (OR = 1.59), and mastectomy (OR = 1.47); pT2-T4 disease predicted for decrease use (OR = 0.79). …”

Table_1_Is Proton Therapy a “Pro” for Breast Cancer? A Comparison of Proton vs. Non-proton Radiotherapy Using the National Cancer Database.DOCX by Mudit Chowdhary (6016496)

“…On multivariate logistic analysis, the following factors were found to be significant for receipt of PRT (all p < 0.05): academic facility (odds ratio [OR] = 2.50), South (OR = 2.01) and West location (OR = 12.43), left-sided (OR = 1.21), ER-positive (OR = 1.59), and mastectomy (OR = 1.47); pT2-T4 disease predicted for decrease use (OR = 0.79). …”

Image_4_Is Proton Therapy a “Pro” for Breast Cancer? A Comparison of Proton vs. Non-proton Radiotherapy Using the National Cancer Database.pdf by Mudit Chowdhary (6016496)

“…On multivariate logistic analysis, the following factors were found to be significant for receipt of PRT (all p < 0.05): academic facility (odds ratio [OR] = 2.50), South (OR = 2.01) and West location (OR = 12.43), left-sided (OR = 1.21), ER-positive (OR = 1.59), and mastectomy (OR = 1.47); pT2-T4 disease predicted for decrease use (OR = 0.79). …”

Image_3_Is Proton Therapy a “Pro” for Breast Cancer? A Comparison of Proton vs. Non-proton Radiotherapy Using the National Cancer Database.pdf by Mudit Chowdhary (6016496)

“…On multivariate logistic analysis, the following factors were found to be significant for receipt of PRT (all p < 0.05): academic facility (odds ratio [OR] = 2.50), South (OR = 2.01) and West location (OR = 12.43), left-sided (OR = 1.21), ER-positive (OR = 1.59), and mastectomy (OR = 1.47); pT2-T4 disease predicted for decrease use (OR = 0.79). …”

Image_2_Is Proton Therapy a “Pro” for Breast Cancer? A Comparison of Proton vs. Non-proton Radiotherapy Using the National Cancer Database.pdf by Mudit Chowdhary (6016496)

“…On multivariate logistic analysis, the following factors were found to be significant for receipt of PRT (all p < 0.05): academic facility (odds ratio [OR] = 2.50), South (OR = 2.01) and West location (OR = 12.43), left-sided (OR = 1.21), ER-positive (OR = 1.59), and mastectomy (OR = 1.47); pT2-T4 disease predicted for decrease use (OR = 0.79). …”

Image_1_Is Proton Therapy a “Pro” for Breast Cancer? A Comparison of Proton vs. Non-proton Radiotherapy Using the National Cancer Database.pdf by Mudit Chowdhary (6016496)

“…On multivariate logistic analysis, the following factors were found to be significant for receipt of PRT (all p < 0.05): academic facility (odds ratio [OR] = 2.50), South (OR = 2.01) and West location (OR = 12.43), left-sided (OR = 1.21), ER-positive (OR = 1.59), and mastectomy (OR = 1.47); pT2-T4 disease predicted for decrease use (OR = 0.79). …”

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 temperature affects aggressive interactions in a Neotropical cichlid fish by Manuela L. Brandão (5021027)

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)