Implementation of a National Reference Laboratory for Buruli Ulcer Disease in Togo by Marcus Beissner (139059)

“…Compared to a previous study, the rate of BUD patients with non-ulcerative lesions increased from 37% to 50%, the mean duration of disease before clinical diagnosis decreased significantly from 182.6 to 82.1 days among patients with ulcerative lesions, and the percentage of category III lesions decreased from 30.3% to 19.2%.…”

Image_1_Cardiac resynchronization therapy in heart failure patients by using left bundle branch pacing.TIF by Ying Gu (203149)

“…</p>Results<p>Left bundle branch pacing was successful in all 34 patients (mean age 65.6 ± 11.2 years, 67.6% men). A significant decrease in QRS duration (QRSd) was observed after the LBBP operation for 1 month (153.2 ± 1.7 vs. 111.9 ± 2.6 ms, p < 0.01). …”

Table1_Remagnetization of Carboniferous Limestone in the Zaduo Area, Eastern Qiangtang Terrane, and Its Tectonic Implications.XLSX by Liang Yu (207992)

“…The 11 site-mean directions yield a mean in-situ paleopole of 84.4°N, 200.3°E, and A₉₅ = 6.8°, which is coincident with the post ∼53 Myr (especially around 40 Ma) paleopoles of the region. …”

Table2_Remagnetization of Carboniferous Limestone in the Zaduo Area, Eastern Qiangtang Terrane, and Its Tectonic Implications.XLSX by Liang Yu (207992)

“…The 11 site-mean directions yield a mean in-situ paleopole of 84.4°N, 200.3°E, and A₉₅ = 6.8°, which is coincident with the post ∼53 Myr (especially around 40 Ma) paleopoles of the region. …”

Table3_Remagnetization of Carboniferous Limestone in the Zaduo Area, Eastern Qiangtang Terrane, and Its Tectonic Implications.XLSX by Liang Yu (207992)

“…The 11 site-mean directions yield a mean in-situ paleopole of 84.4°N, 200.3°E, and A₉₅ = 6.8°, which is coincident with the post ∼53 Myr (especially around 40 Ma) paleopoles of the region. …”

Effect of rapamycin/FK506 pharmacology on caste characters in honey bees (Vehicle = 2% ethanol in insect saline; FK+R = sequential treatment of FK506, rapamycin; R = rapamycin; W =... by Avani Patel (30611)

“…Corbicula is associated with low basitarsus length/width ratio <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0000509#pone.0000509-Dedej1" target="_blank">[9]</a>, and in accord R individuals showed a decrease in this Basitarsal Index (BI) mean±s. e. noted in d (ANOVA: <i>F</i>_3,21 = 21.48, <i>P</i><0.00001, Fisher LSD: <i>P</i><0.00001; vs. between Vehicle and FK+R controls and between worker-destined groups <i>P</i>>0.50). e–g, rapamycin/FK506 pharmacology did not affect worker-destined bees. …”

Data Sheet 1_The effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine on patients undergoing targeted therapy for primary liver cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.docx by Hongting Yan (13242201)

“…</p>Results<p>Targeted therapy for liver cancer patients who received TCM treatment showed improvements in objective response rate (ORR) (RR, 1.49 [1.33-1.66], P < 0.0001), disease control rate (DCR) (RR, 1.32 [1.25,1.40], P < 0.0001), the 1-year survival (RR, 1.50 [1.20,1.88]; P = 0.0004) and Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) (SMD, 1.34 [0.86,1.81]; P < 0.0001), and can reduce the incidence of adverse events, as well as to some extent decrease the production of tumor markers and related inflammatory factors.…”

Honokiol chemo-sensitizes pancreatic cancer cells to gemcitabine treatment. by Sumit Arora (297389)

“…Data are presented as relative percent viability with respect to untreated or honokiol only-treated cells to control for the growth suppressive effects of honokiol (mean± SD; n = 3. *, p<0.05). A significant decrease in IC₅₀ values of gemcitabine was observed in cells co-treated with honokiol. …”

Evaluating the role of Ht31 on synaptic plasticity. by Myungsook Kim (2166613)

“…<p>(A) Ht31 disruption of PKA anchoring decreases PKA activity and phosphorylation of downstream targets in the model. …”

Patterns of lake ice cover are changing throughout the Northern Hemisphere. by Alessandro Filazzola (6631649)

“…Depending on the greenhouse gas emissions, we predict a loss of between 50,000 and 200,000 km² of ice cover. …”

Data_Sheet_1_An Item-Level Analysis for Detecting Faking on Personality Tests: Appropriateness of Ideal Point Item Response Theory Models.CSV by Jie Liu (15128)

“…The item-level analysis revealed both conscientiousness items (18.8%) and neuroticism items (50.0%) appeared significant shifts on item parameters, suggesting that response pattern changed from honest to faking conditions. …”

Validation of the model predictions for mES cell colony-forming efficiencies confirm enhanced self-renewal at reduced oxygen levels with GSK-3 inhibition. by Hélder S. C. Barbosa (158982)

“…Heat-maps show relative expression levels of key pluripotency genes (c), and colonies were stained for Nanog (d.1) or Oct4 (d.2) and nuclear marker DAPI (scale bar: 50 µm). The positive effects of GSK-3 inhibition could be correlated with a decrease in total and phosphorylated protein levels at 20% and 2% O₂ (e). …”

Enhancing the number of human otic sensory cells by Notch inhibition. by Hanae Lahlou (5394905)

“…The individual bars show the % of immuno(+) cells to the total number of Hoechst-labeled cells. Shown are mean values and standard deviations determined in three independent experiments for each data set. …”

TolB is crucial for <i>P. aeruginosa</i> resistance and persistence. by Alessandra Lo Sciuto (610616)

“…Results in panels B–D are the mean (± SD) of four independent experiments. (E) Persistence of WT, <i>tolB</i> and <i>tolB</i> TolB⁺ cells in <i>G. mellonella</i> larvae at 2 h post-infection. …”

Peak calcium induced by somatic BAP decays with distance in both experiments and model simulation. by David C. Sterratt (158383)

“…Squares indicate line-scan measurement sites (scale bar 50 µm). <b>B</b>, Corresponding single BAP-induced fluorescence changes in the apical shaft. …”

Selective blockade of peripheral β₂AR restored HPV in IH-rats. by Hisashi Nagai (650547)

“…The tungsten wire in the bottom right of each image is a reference of 50 µm diameter. (B) Relationship between vessel size and the magnitude of pulmonary vasoconstriction (% decrease in vessel diameter) in response to acute hypoxia (10% O₂ for 10 min) in N-rats and IH-rats with or without β-blocker administration. …”

Germination and biochemical changes in West Indian gherkin seeds under water stress at different temperatures by João Paulo Nobre de Almeida (4659739)

“…Germination percentage, germination speed index, mean time of germination, seedling length and contents of chlorophylls, carotenoids, proline, free amino acids and free sugars were determined along the experiment. …”

Effects of Gu-4 on survival and expression profiles of TNF-α and IL-10 in septic mice. by TingTing Yan (5652595)

“…Administration of Gu-4 at the ED50 dose of 0.929 mg/kg did not affect TNF-α or IL-10 expression profile in serum. …”

Mitochondrial Ca²⁺ uptake in permeabilized H295R cells transfected with <i>OPA1</i> or <i>Mfn1</i> siRNA. by László Fülöp (203208)

“…Results represent mean + SEM, the number of observations is shown within the columns.…”

MakA contributes to host cell toxicity. by Aftab Nadeem (3211719)

“…Loss of cell viability was measured by decrease in MTS absorbance. Mean ± s.d. of three independent experiments for HCT8 and PC3 or two independent experiment for HCT116 cells; one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with Dunnett’s multiple comparisons test. …”