Flame-Retardant and Self-Healing Waterborne Polyurethane Based on Organic Selenium by Xiang Shang (13257384)

“…The limiting oxygen index of SWPU-4 was improved to 28.5% with excellent UL-94 level (V-0) and self-healing efficiency (91.25%, after being healed in the photoreactor for 30 min at room temperature), together with high mechanical properties (tensile strength was 18.5 MPa and elongation at break was 869.63%), and the total heat release (THR) for SWPU-4 (49.28 MJ/m²) could decrease to 23.80% of the THR for the original waterborne polyurethane WPU (64.67 MJ/m²). …”

Impact of PFOS Exposure on Murine Fetal Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Associated with Intrauterine Metabolic Perturbation by Wang Ka LEE (20876477)

“…Flow cytometric analysis confirmed increased HSC populations and progenitor activation for megakaryocyte, erythrocyte, and lymphocyte lineages. The CFU assay showed a significant increase in BFU-E and CFU-G, but a decrease in CFU-GM in FL-HSCs from the H-PFOS group, indicating altered differentiation potential. …”

Flame-Retardant and Self-Healing Waterborne Polyurethane Based on Organic Selenium by Xiang Shang (13257384)

“…The limiting oxygen index of SWPU-4 was improved to 28.5% with excellent UL-94 level (V-0) and self-healing efficiency (91.25%, after being healed in the photoreactor for 30 min at room temperature), together with high mechanical properties (tensile strength was 18.5 MPa and elongation at break was 869.63%), and the total heat release (THR) for SWPU-4 (49.28 MJ/m²) could decrease to 23.80% of the THR for the original waterborne polyurethane WPU (64.67 MJ/m²). …”

Flame-Retardant and Self-Healing Waterborne Polyurethane Based on Organic Selenium by Xiang Shang (13257384)

“…The limiting oxygen index of SWPU-4 was improved to 28.5% with excellent UL-94 level (V-0) and self-healing efficiency (91.25%, after being healed in the photoreactor for 30 min at room temperature), together with high mechanical properties (tensile strength was 18.5 MPa and elongation at break was 869.63%), and the total heat release (THR) for SWPU-4 (49.28 MJ/m²) could decrease to 23.80% of the THR for the original waterborne polyurethane WPU (64.67 MJ/m²). …”

Compliance of Health Care Workers with Hand Hygiene Practices: Independent Advantages of Overt and Covert Observers by Sung-Ching Pan (103241)

“…Covert observation offers the opportunity to decrease observer bias. In this study we conducted a one year hospital-wide HH promotion program that included medical students (MS) as covert observers.…”

Fluorescent Nitric Oxide Detection by Copper Complexes Bearing Anthracenyl and Dansyl Fluorophore Ligands by Mi Hee Lim (1474606)

“…A decrease in fluorescence compared to that of the free ligands (<b>1</b>−<b>5</b>) was measured following the formation of the corresponding five Cu^II complexes <b>6</b>−<b>10</b>. …”

Temporal Trends in Incidence of Myocardial Infarction and Ischemic Stroke by Socioeconomic Position in Sweden 1987–2010 by Ninoa Malki (485761)

“…</p><p>Conclusion</p><p>There was a decrease in myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke incidence over time among men but no significant change for women. …”

Concentration dependent reduction of IL-6 and CXCL8 by BET inhibitors. by Younis M. Khan (554747)

“…These parameters were used to assess cell viability following treatment with JQ1 (0.5 µM) and PFI-1 (1 µM) for 16 hours. DMSO/Control (<1%) alone, PFI-1, JQ1(-) or JQ1 resulted in only 5% decrease of overall cell viability. …”

Fluorescent Nitric Oxide Detection by Copper Complexes Bearing Anthracenyl and Dansyl Fluorophore Ligands by Mi Hee Lim (1474606)

“…A decrease in fluorescence compared to that of the free ligands (<b>1</b>−<b>5</b>) was measured following the formation of the corresponding five Cu^II complexes <b>6</b>−<b>10</b>. …”

Paired Box Gene 6 Regulates Heme Oxygenase-1 Expression and Mitigates Hydrogen Peroxide-Induced Oxidative Stress in Lens Epithelial Cells by Yuxing Zheng (13849916)

“…The decrease of Pax6 weakened the antioxidant ability of LECs under H₂O₂-induced oxidative stress by downregulating HO-1, which may be a potential mechanism for the formation of age-related cataract.…”

Use of viscoelastic substance for preventing Descemet’s membrane rupture in deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty by Yusuf Koçluk (5761517)

“…Conclusions: Administering a viscoelastic substance onto the posterior stromal side just before puncture is an effective method to decrease the risk of Descemet’s membrane perforation in deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty.…”

DNA methylation standards for SALL3 () and TWIST2 () by Romulo Martin Brena (14620)

“…As the methylation percent of the sample increases, there is a decrease in the fluorescence of the 208 bp peak and an increase in the fluorescence of the digested peaks (75% versus 87.5% plots). …”

Table_3_Metaomics unveils the contribution of Alteromonas bacteria to carbon cycling in marine oxygen minimum zones.xlsx by Carlos Henríquez-Castillo (5247005)

“…In this study, we show that Alteromonas significantly contribute to marine microbial communities from suboxic waters ([O₂] < 5 uM) in both the free-living (FL) and particle-attached (PA) fractions, but considerably decrease in abundance in the anoxic waters. …”

Body image among adolescents: the association between nutritional status and physical activity by Edmar Roberto Fantineli (10400253)

“…The association between nutritional status and level of physical activity with satisfaction with body image was performed through multinomial logistic regression to obtain the odds ratio with a 95% confidence interval and p < 0.05. Overweight/obesity was positively associated with moderate and severe body image dissatisfaction (BID) among girls (OR: 6.20; 95%CI: 2.62 - 14.66 and OR: 6.20; 95%CI: 4.10 - 9.36) and boys (OR: 1.95; 95%CI: 1.06 - 3.59 e OR: 3.91; 95%CI: 2.57 - 5.95) and with the desire to decrease the silhouette for boys and girls (OR: 4.86; 95%CI: 3.37 - 7.00 and OR: 6.46; 95%CI: 4.12 - 10.14). …”

Chemical structure and anti-cancer activities of Etoposide and C-10 on breast cancer cells. by Chatla Srinivas (823944)

“…(B) Trypan blue assay for cell viability on MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cells showing gradual decrease in viability after treatment with Etoposide or C-10 at 1–16 μM or Cisplatin at 5–40 μM and incubated for 24 h. …”

External effective doses from soil samples due to artificial radionuclides in the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Testing Site and Chagan (Kazakhstan). by Yasuyuki Taira (305653)

“…</i></p><p>where <i>C</i> is the activity concentration of detected artificial radionuclides (²⁴¹Am, ¹³⁷Cs and ⁶⁰Co; halh-life > 1y) (kBq/m²; calculated from radionuclide concentration in Bq/kg and collected areas of soils (0–5 cm)), <i>D_ext</i> is the dose conversion coefficient as kerma-rate in air at 1 m above ground per unit activity per unit area ((µGy/h)/(kBq/m²) for detected artificial radionuclides with the value of relaxation mass per unit area 10 g/cm² (ICRU 1994)), <i>f</i> is the unit conversion coefficient (0.7 Sv/Gy (UNSCEAR 2000)), <i>s</i> is the decrease in the coefficient by a shielding factor against exposure with gamma rays from a deposit at 1 m above ground (0.7 under the condition of usual land (IAEA-TECDOC-1162)).…”

The effect of phasic dynamics are robust to noise statistics and linearly related to expression. by Margot C. Bjoring (6269591)

“…<p>(A—D) The effect of varying signal-to-noise ratios (SNR) on the outcome of the total entropy (A), noise entropy (B), MI (C), and selectivity (D) analyses. …”

Table_1_Metaomics unveils the contribution of Alteromonas bacteria to carbon cycling in marine oxygen minimum zones.xlsx by Carlos Henríquez-Castillo (5247005)

“…In this study, we show that Alteromonas significantly contribute to marine microbial communities from suboxic waters ([O₂] < 5 uM) in both the free-living (FL) and particle-attached (PA) fractions, but considerably decrease in abundance in the anoxic waters. …”

Exogenous enzymes improve performance and carcass traits of feedlot cattle fed high-grain diet by Mikael Neumann (4869517)

“…There was an increase in apparent dry matter digestibility and a decrease of fecal whole grain residual percentage with enzyme supplementation. …”

Blink-induced error and microsaccade properties. by Francisco M. Costela (647619)

“…<p>(<b>A</b>) Normalized magnitude distributions of blink-induced fixation errors, post-blink microsaccades, and post-blink drifts across non-human primates. …”