Use of a Novel Chagas Urine Nanoparticle Test (Chunap) for Diagnosis of Congenital Chagas Disease by Yagahira E. Castro-Sesquen (284439)

“…The nanoparticles concentrate <i>T. cruzi</i> antigens by 100 fold (western blot detection limit decreased from 50 ng/ml to 0.5 ng/ml). The sensitivity of Chunap in a single specimen at one month of age was 91.3% (21/23, 95% CI: 71.92%–98.68%), comparable to PCR in two specimens at 0 and 1 month (91.3%) and significantly higher than microscopy in two specimens (34.8%, 95% CI: 16.42%–57.26%). …”

Solution Properties and Practical Limits of Concentrated Electrolytes for Nonaqueous Redox Flow Batteries by Jingjing Zhang (163589)

“…In this study, we show that ion diffusivities and conductivities of ROM-containing electrolytes reach maxima around 0.5 M and decrease significantly at higher concentrations; realistic limits are established for variations of these parameters. …”

Vitamin K Supplementation in Postmenopausal Women with Osteopenia (ECKO Trial): A Randomized Controlled Trial by Angela M Cheung (31352)

“…<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Vitamin K has been widely promoted as a supplement for decreasing bone loss in postmenopausal women, but the long-term benefits and potential harms are unknown. …”

Chronic treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer cells with gefitinib leads to an epigenetic loss of epithelial properties associated with reductions in microRNA-155 and -200c by Michiko Narita (124347)

“…</p><p>Methods and results</p><p>To establish gefitinib-resistant NSCLC cells, gefitinib-sensitive HCC827 cells, which exhibit an in-frame deletion [E746-A750] in EGFR exon 19, were exposed to gefitinib for at least 1.5 months. …”

Set-point viral load and the basic reproductive number, , as a function of CTL-mediated killing. by Christian L. Althaus (112118)

“…<p>The left panels depict the behavior when killing is induced with a total rate per day. The viral load decreases sharply for d (A) since falls below one, and the infection is cleared (C). …”

Effect of Paricalcitol vs Calcitriol on Hemoglobin Levels in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients: A Randomized Trial by Eleonora Riccio (451487)

“…Subjects in Paricalcitol experienced a significant monthly increase of Hb levels equal to +0.16 g/dL [95% C.I. 0.10 to +0.22, p<0.001) while in Group Calcitriol, Hb decrease throughout the follow-up with an average monthly rate of -0.10 g/dL (95% C.I.: -0.17 to -0.04, p<0.001). …”

A 10-Year Analysis of the Effects of Media Coverage of Regulatory Warnings on Antidepressant Use in The Netherlands and UK by Juan Francisco Hernandez (135605)

“…A small decrease of −0.6 DDDs/month (−1.2; −0.05) was observed in Dutch SSRI use shortly after 2003–2004. …”

Removal of nitrate in raw water using a vertical roughing filter with an external carbon source by Lekhooa Mohobane (14082033)

“…The changes in flow rate were determined by taking the average flow rates over a significant portion of the fluid cycle. The data sheet also represents a plot of the daily decrease in flow rate in the filter with and without a carbon supply throughout the course of the test period.…”

Indoor Social Networks in a South African Township: Potential Contribution of Location to Tuberculosis Transmission by Robin Wood (4924)

“…Mean transport contacts increased from 4.9/day (95%CI:1.6–8.2) in 0–4 year-olds to 25.5/day (95%CI:12.1–38.9) in 25–29 year-olds.</p> <h3>Conclusions</h3><p>A limited number of location types contributed the majority of indoor social contacts in this community. …”

Effects of energetic restriction diet on butyrylcholinesterase in obese women from southern Brazil – A longitudinal study by Willian dos Santos (6119213)

“…The CHE2 C5+ phenotype presented a different effect when compared with the CHE2 C5- phenotype. …”

(A and B) Pyrene-actin assay using the vesicle-free fraction of rat kidney papillae extracts by Yumi Noda (52675)

“…(A) Actin depolymerization was monitored by the decrease in pyrene fluorescence and normalized to the initial fluorescence value in each experiment. …”

Supplementary Figures from A Metastatic Mouse Model Identifies Genes That Regulate Neuroblastoma Metastasis by Bo Kyung A. Seong (14926620)

“…Supplementary Figure 4 - CADM1 over-expression decreases migration of SHEP cell line. Supplementary Figure 5 - Verteporfin (VP), a pharmacological inhibitor of YAP, induces apoptosis and decreases migration of metastatic cells in in vitro and inhibits the metastatic phenotype in vivo. …”

Supplementary Material for: Decline in Asthma Prevalence and Severity in Israel over a 10-Year Period by Cohen S. (3684103)

Ap2δ and Ash2l regulate a variety of genes involved in development. by Cheryl C. Tan (368141)

“…Signal values were calculated using the MAS5 and PLIER statistical algorithms. Genes with a significance level of p<0.05 as compared to the scrambled control were selected for analysis.…”

Function, design, and expected use of <i>Gemini</i>, a bifunctional reporter of gene expression. by Lance Martin (257830)

“…<b>C</b>) For characterization of its enzymatic and fluorescence activities across a range of input PoPS, we placed <i>Gemini</i> under the control of a medium strength RBS (BBa_B0032) and four different promoters of variable strength (in order of decreasing strength BBa_J23119, 101, 106, 115) on a low-copy vector (BBa_PSB4A5).…”

Effects of Bio-Inspired Surface Roughness on a Swept Back Tapered NACA 4412 Wing by Khurshid Malik (6546170)

“…<div><p>ABSTRACT: This paper presents the overall pros and cons of the effect of surface roughness elements over a NACA 4412 tapered, swept back half wing with a sweep angle of 30º and a dihedral angle of 5º. …”

Dynamics, diversity and experimental precision in final irrigated rice testing: a time meta-analysis by Weverton Gomes da Costa (10484908)

Effects of FGF-2 and/or a soft substratum on TGF-β-induced expression of α-SMA. by Tomoyo Matsumura (9656681)

“…The induction of α-SMA by TGF-β2 was decreased on a soft substratum in the softness-dependent manner. …”

Tailored dose baclofen in patients with alcoholic liver disease: A case series with 2-year follow-up of hospitalisation by Mathis Heydtmann (820078)

“…<i>Conclusions</i>: After initiation of the baclofen treatment, there was a trend towards decrease in hospitalisations and in patients who answered the questionnaire, alcohol consumption decreased.…”

a. How various statistical models account for modulation classification performance across the entire dataset. by Chris Scholes (3309477)

“….); <i>CV:</i> Coefficient of variation of the interspike intervals in response to a pure tone at CF. <i>VS:</i> Vector Strength; <i>SAC peak 1:</i> The height of the peak in the shuffled autocorrelogram (SAC) at the modulation period (1/modulation frequency); <i>SAC peaks 2-5:</i> The heights of the next 4 largest peaks in the SAC, between the zero-lag peak and the modulation period; <i>Z</i>_<i>ISI</i>: A Z-scored measure of the degree to which interval statistics differ from that predicted from the phase statistics alone; <i>SAC peaks 1-5:</i> The five largest peaks in the SAC, where peak 1 is the modulation period; <i>Neural reliability</i>: A measure of the reliability of the PSTH in response to the amplitude-modulated tone. …”