Effects of anaesthesia on a model for acoustic context effects on cortical neuron responses to natural sounds. by Luciana López-Jury (8601540)

“…(<b>A</b>) The decrease of the cortical input firing rate was implemented by systematically decreasing the average input rate parameter, ν, by a factor of 1.0 (awake model) to 0.5 in steps of 0.05. …”

Conflicting selection pressures prevent the outgrowth of TIP-resistant HIV mutants in a host population. by Luke I. Rast (2735782)

Image_3_CDT1 Is a Novel Prognostic and Predictive Biomarkers for Hepatocellular Carcinoma.tif by Chenhui Cai (11475433)

Image_2_CDT1 Is a Novel Prognostic and Predictive Biomarkers for Hepatocellular Carcinoma.tif by Chenhui Cai (11475433)

Table_1_CDT1 Is a Novel Prognostic and Predictive Biomarkers for Hepatocellular Carcinoma.docx by Chenhui Cai (11475433)

Image_1_CDT1 Is a Novel Prognostic and Predictive Biomarkers for Hepatocellular Carcinoma.tif by Chenhui Cai (11475433)

A Review of Exotic Animal Disease in Great Britain and in Scotland Specifically between 1938 and 2007 by Onneile O. Peiso (212132)

“…</p> <h3>Methodology</h3><p>Based on reports of British governmental veterinary services, we review occurrence of the former OIE List A diseases, and of Aujeszky's disease, anthrax and bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in farm-animals in Great Britain (GB) between 1938 and 2007. …”

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

“…The data shows the residual carbon measured in the filtrate when employing a filter with a carbon source at carbon to nitrogen (C/N) ratio of 1.05, 1.08 and 1.1 and inflow nitrate concentration of 15 mg/L-N, 25 mg/L-N and 50 mg/L-N respectively.…”

A randomized controlled trial and prospective cohort investigating antivenom for red-bellied black snake envenomation by Geoffrey K. Isbister (8281572)

“…</p> <p>We undertook a multicentre randomized placebo-controlled trial of antivenom for red-bellied black snake bites with patients recruited from the Australian Snakebite Project (July 2014 to June 2020). …”

Diastolic Left Ventricular Function in Relation to Urinary and Serum Collagen Biomarkers in a General Population by Zhen-Yu Zhang (458621)

“…Our objective was to gain insight in serum and urinary biomarkers reflecting collagen turnover and associated with asymptomatic diastolic LV dysfunction. We randomly recruited 782 Flemish (51.3% women; 50.5 years). …”

Table_1_Giant cell temporal arteritis: a clinicopathological study with emphasis on unnecessary biopsy.pdf by Hind M. Alkatan (11592654)

“…We highly recommend applying the age of ≥ 50 years as an initial criterion for diagnosis, followed by the consideration of the statistically significant clinical features: scalp tenderness, jaw claudication, and optic nerve pallor.…”

Image_1_Investigating miR-9 as a mediator in laryngeal cancer health disparities.jpeg by Christina Gobin (15181795)

“…</p>Methods<p>Bioinformatic analysis of 111 (92 Whites, 19 Black) laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) specimens from the TCGA revealed miRNAs were significantly differentially expressed in Black compared with White LSCC. We focused on miR-9-5 p which had a significant 4-fold lower expression in Black compared with White LSCC (p<0.05). …”

Video_1_Diurnal Changes in Hypoxia Shape Predator-Prey Interaction in a Bird-Fish System.MOV by Juliane Lukas (4343446)

“…The drop in DO levels was associated with a decrease in time spent diving in sulphur mollies, which corresponded with an increase in ASR. …”

Vitamin D supplementation and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: A critical and systematic review of clinical trials by Nasrin Sharifi (2839085)

Negative Epistasis between Sickle and Foetal Haemoglobin Suggests a Reduction in Protection against Malaria by Bruno P. Mmbando (737804)

“…An increase in HbF was associated with a decrease in risk of malaria OR=0.50 (95%CI: 0.28, 0.90; p=0.021) in HbAA, whereas for HbSS the risk of malaria increased OR=2.94 (1.44, 5.98; p=0.003). …”

Use of Thiopurines and Risk of Colorectal Neoplasia in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: A Meta-Analysis by Jianfeng Gong (177593)

“…Studies examining chemopreventive of these medications on colorectal neoplasm in IBD patients have yielded conflicting results. We performed a meta-analysis to assess the role of thiopurines for this indication.…”

Supplementary Material for: Prevalence of Driving and Traffic Accidents among People with Seizures: A Systematic Review by Xu Y. (3230514)

“…<b><i>Background and Objectives:</i></b> Epilepsy influences the ability to drive. We undertook a systematic review to determine the prevalence of driving or holding a driver’s license among people with seizures, the prevalence of traffic accidents among those who drive, and factors that may explain heterogeneity in these point estimates. …”

Endocrine Determinants of Changes in Insulin Sensitivity and Insulin Secretion during a Weight Cycle in Healthy Men by Judith Karschin (696523)

“…Weight regain-induced decrease in postprandial IS correlated with increases in adiponectin, fT3, TSH, GL of the diet and a decrease in ghrelin levels (r-values between -0.40 and 0.83, p<0.05) whereas increases in early and total insulin secretion were associated with a decrease in leptin/adiponectin-ratio (r = -0.52 and r = -0.46, p<0.05) and a decrease in fT4 (r = -0.38, p<0.05 for total insulin secretion only). …”

Longitudinal fasting blood glucose patterns and arterial stiffness risk in a population without diabetes by Yuntao Wu (37012)

“…Multivariate regression model was used to estimate the difference of brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity levels and logistic regression was used to calculate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95%CIs) of arterial stiffness risk, according to the fasting blood glucose trajectories.</p><p>Results</p><p>We identified five distinct fasting blood glucose trajectories and each of the trajectories was labeled according to its range and change over 2006–2010 survey: elevated-stable pattern (5.0% of participants), elevated-decreasing pattern (6.6%), moderate-increasing pattern (10.9%), moderate-stable pattern (59.3%), and low-stable pattern (18.2%). …”

The impact of chronic kidney disease on developed countries from a health economics perspective: A systematic scoping review by Sarah Elshahat (8587107)

“…Mean EuroQol-5D index scores ranged from 0.80 to 0.86 for CKD stages 1–3, and decreased to 0.73–0.79 for CKD stages 4–5. …”