Image_1_Poly I:C Activated Microglia Disrupt Perineuronal Nets and Modulate Synaptic Balance in Primary Hippocampal Neurons in vitro.TIF by David Wegrzyn (10180829)

“…Interestingly, immunocytochemical staining of the PNN component Aggrecan revealed a clear disruption of PNNs accompanied by a significant increase of glutamatergic and a decrease of γ-aminobutyric acid-(GABA)ergic synapse numbers on PNN wearing neurons. …”

Superior Hard but Quickly Reversible Si–O–Si Network Enables Scalable Fabrication of Transparent, Self-Healing, Robust, and Programmable Multifunctional Nanocomposite Coatings by Yi Hou (148620)

“…The highly cross-linked continuous network endows the coating with a hardness (<i>H</i> = 0.83 GPa) higher than those of most polymers (<i>H</i> < 0.3 GPa), while the uniformly dispersed micelles decrease the Young’s modulus (<i>E</i> = 5.89 GPa) to a value as low as that of common plastics, resulting in excellent hardness and flexibility, with an <i>H</i>/<i>E</i> of 14.1% and an elastic recovery rate (<i>W</i>_e) of 86.3%. …”

Superior Hard but Quickly Reversible Si–O–Si Network Enables Scalable Fabrication of Transparent, Self-Healing, Robust, and Programmable Multifunctional Nanocomposite Coatings by Yi Hou (148620)

“…The highly cross-linked continuous network endows the coating with a hardness (<i>H</i> = 0.83 GPa) higher than those of most polymers (<i>H</i> < 0.3 GPa), while the uniformly dispersed micelles decrease the Young’s modulus (<i>E</i> = 5.89 GPa) to a value as low as that of common plastics, resulting in excellent hardness and flexibility, with an <i>H</i>/<i>E</i> of 14.1% and an elastic recovery rate (<i>W</i>_e) of 86.3%. …”

Video_1_Poly I:C Activated Microglia Disrupt Perineuronal Nets and Modulate Synaptic Balance in Primary Hippocampal Neurons in vitro.MP4 by David Wegrzyn (10180829)

“…Interestingly, immunocytochemical staining of the PNN component Aggrecan revealed a clear disruption of PNNs accompanied by a significant increase of glutamatergic and a decrease of γ-aminobutyric acid-(GABA)ergic synapse numbers on PNN wearing neurons. …”

Table_1_Application of lymphoplasmapheresis in the treatment of severe myasthenia gravis.DOCX by Weiwei Duan (5940539)

“…After treatment, the mean QMGS of patients decreased significantly, from 23.40 ± 4.25 points before treatment to 17.93 ± 5.61 points after treatment, a decrease of 5.47 ± 4.16 points. 75.6% of patients experienced remission of clinical symptoms. …”

Superior Hard but Quickly Reversible Si–O–Si Network Enables Scalable Fabrication of Transparent, Self-Healing, Robust, and Programmable Multifunctional Nanocomposite Coatings by Yi Hou (148620)

“…The highly cross-linked continuous network endows the coating with a hardness (<i>H</i> = 0.83 GPa) higher than those of most polymers (<i>H</i> < 0.3 GPa), while the uniformly dispersed micelles decrease the Young’s modulus (<i>E</i> = 5.89 GPa) to a value as low as that of common plastics, resulting in excellent hardness and flexibility, with an <i>H</i>/<i>E</i> of 14.1% and an elastic recovery rate (<i>W</i>_e) of 86.3%. …”

Supporting data file. by Laura Mora-Bitria (20477525)

“…We studied Type 1 diabetes (T1D) as a paradigmatic example of autoimmunity. In T1D, variation in the Human Leucocyte Antigen (HLA) genes explains up to 50% of the genetic risk, indicating that T cells have a major role in T1D etiopathogenesis. …”

Superior Hard but Quickly Reversible Si–O–Si Network Enables Scalable Fabrication of Transparent, Self-Healing, Robust, and Programmable Multifunctional Nanocomposite Coatings by Yi Hou (148620)

“…The highly cross-linked continuous network endows the coating with a hardness (<i>H</i> = 0.83 GPa) higher than those of most polymers (<i>H</i> < 0.3 GPa), while the uniformly dispersed micelles decrease the Young’s modulus (<i>E</i> = 5.89 GPa) to a value as low as that of common plastics, resulting in excellent hardness and flexibility, with an <i>H</i>/<i>E</i> of 14.1% and an elastic recovery rate (<i>W</i>_e) of 86.3%. …”

Superior Hard but Quickly Reversible Si–O–Si Network Enables Scalable Fabrication of Transparent, Self-Healing, Robust, and Programmable Multifunctional Nanocomposite Coatings by Yi Hou (148620)

“…The highly cross-linked continuous network endows the coating with a hardness (<i>H</i> = 0.83 GPa) higher than those of most polymers (<i>H</i> < 0.3 GPa), while the uniformly dispersed micelles decrease the Young’s modulus (<i>E</i> = 5.89 GPa) to a value as low as that of common plastics, resulting in excellent hardness and flexibility, with an <i>H</i>/<i>E</i> of 14.1% and an elastic recovery rate (<i>W</i>_e) of 86.3%. …”

Superhydrophobic TiO₂ Surfaces:  Preparation, Photocatalytic Wettability Conversion, and Superhydrophobic−Superhydrophilic Patterning by Xintong Zhang (1536829)

“…This UV-stimulated wettability conversion was employed to prepare superhydrophilic stripes (50 and 500 μm wide) on a superhydrophobic TiO₂ surface. …”

Superior Hard but Quickly Reversible Si–O–Si Network Enables Scalable Fabrication of Transparent, Self-Healing, Robust, and Programmable Multifunctional Nanocomposite Coatings by Yi Hou (148620)

“…The highly cross-linked continuous network endows the coating with a hardness (<i>H</i> = 0.83 GPa) higher than those of most polymers (<i>H</i> < 0.3 GPa), while the uniformly dispersed micelles decrease the Young’s modulus (<i>E</i> = 5.89 GPa) to a value as low as that of common plastics, resulting in excellent hardness and flexibility, with an <i>H</i>/<i>E</i> of 14.1% and an elastic recovery rate (<i>W</i>_e) of 86.3%. …”

DataSheet_1_Processes and mechanisms of vegetation ecosystem responding to climate and ecological restoration in China.docx by Tiantian Chen (1655986)

“…Vegetation growth in China experienced an abrupt change in the 1990s and 2000s, accounting for 50% and 33.6% of the whole China respectively. Of the area before the breakpoint, 45.4% showed a trend of vegetation decrease, which was concentrated mainly in east China, while 43% of the area after the breakpoint also showed vegetation degradation, mainly in northwest China. …”

Data_Sheet_1_Robust Silica–Polyimide Aerogel Blanket for Water-Proof and Flame-Retardant Self-Floating Artificial Island.doc by Riyong Liu (10706031)

“…As a result, a remarkable decrease of 138°C is achieved using the silica blanket as the thermal insulator on a hot plate of approximately 250°C. …”

Antigenic evolution of viruses in host populations by Igor M. Rouzine (525036)

“…The fitness slope (effective selection coefficient) is proportional to the reproductive number in the absence of immunity <i>R</i>₀ and inversely proportional to the cross-immunity distance <i>a</i>, defined as the genetic distance of a virus strain from a previously infecting strain conferring 50% decrease in infection probability. …”

Conduction block was detected in naïve <i>Pmp22</i>+/- nerves. by Bo Hu (126105)

“…This finding demonstrated a conduction block that was defined as a ≥50% decrease of proximal CMAP amplitude over the distal CMAP amplitude, a stringent criterion used in human NCS [<a href="http://www.plosgenetics.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pgen.1006290#pgen.1006290.ref041" target="_blank">41</a>]. …”

Simulated effects of phenytoin on control and schizophrenic models. by Peter J. Siekmeier (391910)

“…Lampl et al <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0058607#pone.0058607-Lampl1" target="_blank">[63]</a> and others <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0058607#pone.0058607-Fink1" target="_blank">[64]</a>, <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0058607#pone.0058607-Chao1" target="_blank">[65]</a> have shown that phenytoin concentrations in this range produce a decrease in Na⁺ channel conductance of between 34% and 50%. …”

Simulation of the ring attractor network with flashing input during the wake phase with slow plasticity time constants (details in Methods(4.9)). by Andres Flores-Valle (11114221)

“…<p>The time constants <i>τ</i>_<i>EE</i> and <i>τ</i>_<i>IE</i> in this simulation are 210 times larger than in Table B in <a href="http://www.ploscompbiol.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009088#pcbi.1009088.s011" target="_blank">S1 Text</a>. We decreased the time resolution of the simulation (time step is 0.001 seconds) and decreased the value to 30. …”

A Facile Method to Manufacture the Sesamum Indicum Fibers by Glycolic Acid Assisted with Microwave by Boya Li (3147633)

“…The fiber fineness (2.5 dtex) and breaking tenacity (4.9 cN/dtex) of the fibers produced by the novel treatment method exhibited the same level compared with the traditional two-step alkaline fibers. …”

Maturation of GABAergic synaptic and intrinsic properties in primary visual cortex. by Sandra J. Kuhlman (89333)

“…The average current from all trials in which a 350±50 pA EPSC was elicited is shown here. Young: n = 9 (of 14 cells) fulfilled this criteria, mature: n = 8 (of 13 cell) fulfilled this criteria. …”

PF16 gene deletion reduces male gamete flagellar motility and ookinete (zygote) formation. by Ursula Straschil (134248)

“…There was a decrease in the frequency of ookinete formation in both mutant clones when compared to wild type (WT). …”