Arrangement of hop experimental plot and comparisons of the growth of infected plants. by Yoko Kawaguchi-Ito (255385)

“…Mean vine length was only 54% that of healthy controls even in the 2^nd season, and further decreased to less than half by the 5^th season. …”

<i>F. novicida</i> deletion mutants of a putative transglutaminase are severely attenuated in virulence and growth. by Madeleine G. Moule (243057)

“…The difference between the mean number of CFUs of wild-type and FTN_0869 has decreased at every timepoint, with only a 2.9-fold increase in wild-type bacteria compared to FTN_0869 bacteria at 24 hours, 6-fold more bacteria in U112 infected flies at 48 hours, and only 4-fold more U112 bacteria than FTN_0869 bacteria at 72 hours. …”

A Randomized, Placebo Controlled, Double Masked Phase IB Study Evaluating the Safety and Antiviral Activity of Aprepitant, a Neurokinin-1 Receptor Antagonist in HIV-1 Infected Adul... by Pablo Tebas (27720)

“…<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Neurokinin-1 receptor (NK1R) antagonists have anti-HIV activity in monocyte-derived macrophages, decrease CCR5 expression and improve natural killer cell function <em>ex vivo</em>. …”

Flow cytometric analysis of putative cancer stem cell pools in control and Syndecan-1-silenced MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells. by Sherif A. Ibrahim (504852)

“…Syndecan-1 siRNA knockdown results in a significant decrease of the SP and ALDH activity. Data are expressed as mean percentage +/- SEM relative to the controls (set to 100%). …”

Are Standard Follow-Up Parameters Sufficient to Protect Neurocognitive Functions in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus who Underwent Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting? by Hakan Sacli (8618775)

Evaluation of anterior segment parameters using Scheimpflug technology during the Valsalva maneuver in patients with keratoconus by Yusuf Koçluk (5761517)

Late Pregnant Dahl Salt-Sensitive Rats from Charles River Laboratories Do Not Exhibit Superimposed Preeclampsia by Crystal West (18181984)

Changes in Cerebral perfusion. by Mallikarjunarao Kasam (330379)

“…There was a significant decrease (‡p<0.05) in the mean TTP in the peri-infarct region at 5 minutes after MNC infusion via IA or IV routes of delivery. …”

Application of bar-code to cell counting studies. by Irina Krylova (585893)

“…Growth measurements are shown as the mean +/− sd from 8 (Fig. 5B) or 16 (Fig. 5D) wells for each treatment condition. *, statistically significant (p<0.01) increases or decrease in cell number relative to vehicle-treated cells; #, statistically significant (p<0.01) increase in cell number of DHT/actinomycin D treated wells relative to actinomycin D-treated wells.…”

Endocytosis of PrP increases ferritin iron content. by Ajay Singh (227970)

“…(C) Estimation of LIP after exposing the cells to 1 µg/ml of 3F4 or anti-Thy-1 antibody for 5 days shows insignificant difference between untreated and 3F4 treated PrP^C cells, and a decrease in anti-Thy-1 treated cells. …”

Quantifying the Human Cost of Global Warming (Data) by Timothy M. Lenton (15312245)

“…Reducing global warming from 2.7 to 1.5 °C results in a ~5-fold decrease in the population exposed to unprecedented heat (MAT ≥29 °C). …”

Quantification of retinal morphology after EPO and EPO-like peptide treatment. by Stephanie Busch (417837)

“…<p>Four week old heterozygous, male PKD rats were treated with 0.5(n = 6) and homozygous rats with 0.5 ml EPO-like peptide five times a week (n = 4). …”

Effect of the lytic enzyme PeiR on M1 growth <i>in vitro</i>. by Sinead C. Leahy (244590)

“…Addition of higher concentrations of PeiR (7.5 and 22.5 mg per litre) resulted in a lasting effect, with (A) no subsequent recovery of growth and (B) a reduced methane yield. …”

Reelin is secreted by GABAergic neurons. by Cecilia Gonzalez Campo (264260)

“…Values were 100.0±0.0% and 91.1±4.5% (n = 3 and 3) in BFA-treated conditions, 97.2±1.3% and 93.6±5.2% (n = 4 and 5) in vehicle conditions.…”

Quantifying the Human Cost of Global Warming (Code) by Timothy M. Lenton (15312245)

“…Reducing global warming from 2.7 to 1.5 °C results in a ~5-fold decrease in the population exposed to unprecedented heat (MAT ≥29 °C). …”

Down-regulation of the <i>cwp</i> genes in cells expressing the <i>luciferase</i> gene with a nonsense mutation. by Yi-Hsiu Chen (375991)

“…(B) Nonsense mutation leads to a decrease of luciferase activity. After stable transfection with the pPT5 and pPT5m constructs, luciferase activity was measured in vegetative cells. …”

Positive feedback in SIC1 degradation and CLB2 activation. by Debashis Barik (3389255)

“…</b> The durations of SG2M phase (<i>T</i>_sg2m = <i>T</i>_div−<i>T</i>_g1) from single-cycle simulations of an extant population of daughter and mother cells are plotted for WT cells, WT cells with decreased rate constant for the phosphorylation of Fkh2 by Clb2 (i.e., decreasing strength of the positive feedback for <i>CLB2</i> activation), and WT cells with the weakest positive feedback loop and increased rate constants for phosphorylation of Fkh2 by Cln1,2,3 and Clb5. …”

Effect of convergence criterion on overall solution accuracy. by Christian Schlinkmann (9585315)

“…At 6% error a value of 1.0×10⁻⁵ already gives a good approximation of the final solution, with the overall error stabilizing at 3.7% for a value of 1.0×10⁻⁷. b) Mean relative error of the displacements as a function of simulation time, using no additional levels of detail and 1.0×10⁻⁷ as convergence criterion. c) Relative error of the maximum displacement in an analytical example consisting of a steel beam with a compressive load applied parallel to the longest axis. …”

Quantification of ICAM-1 adhesion. by Jaap D. van Buul (5650009)

“…Experiment is done three times in duplicate. Data are mean ± SEM. *p<0.01.</p>…”

Strong interdependence generates communities that are robust to variation in initial conditions. by Sylvie Estrela (156401)

“…An increment in initial segregation of 0.1 means a 5% increase (or decrease) in the number of cells of species A (or species B) inoculated in each microcolony. …”