Khalasa date palm leaf fiber as a potential reinforcement for polymeric composite materials by Mahdi E.

“…CE proposes a paradigm shift from a linear economy to a circular economy with the principles of 3Rs: reduce, reuse, and recycle. …”
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Lean mass as a determinant of bone mineral density of proximal femur in postmenopausal women by Rosangela Villa Marin-Mio (5834441)

“…Conclusion: LM in untreated women was better predictor of BMD than FM, especialy for distal femur, where it explained more than 30% of the BMD, suggesting that maintaining a healthy muscle mass may contribute to decrease osteoporosis risk. …”

On the development of gestural organization: A cross-sectional study of vowel-to-vowel anticipatory coarticulation by Elina Rubertus (5748872)

“…However, among children, a developmental decrease of vocalic coarticulation is only found for sequences including the alveolar stop /d/ which requires finer spatiotemporal coordination of the tongue’s subparts compared to labial and velar stops. …”

Structural Change and Welfare: A Micro Panel Data Evidence from Ghana by Richmond Atta-Ankomah (11134870)

“…Our results show that labour movements from agriculture to services improve welfare while a move from services to agriculture decreases welfare. …”

Degradation of aggregate-prone αA-crystallin mutant, R116C. by Ilangovan Raju (333566)

“…<p><i>A and C: Western blot analysis of cycloheximide treated cells:</i> HeLa cells were transfected with 2 µg of untagged pCDNA3.1 constructs of αA-wt and the mutant, R116C. …”

<i>STN1-u1</i> improves fitness of <i>cdc13-1</i> cells, decreases fitness of <i>yku70Δ</i> cells and causes short telomeres. by Victoria Torrance (5579201)

Transformation models for the compressibility properties of Finnish clays using a multivariate database by Monica Susanne Löfman (10344573)

“…The new transformation models are constructed by means of a 2-degree polynomial regression applied to the natural logarithms of the soil properties. …”

Increased serum phosphorylates retinoblastoma, Akt^Ser473, and AKT^Thr308 and decreases p27^KIP1 in confluent PASMC, but not in confluent PAEC. by Victor Solodushko (442553)

Increased cytotoxicity, decreased secretion of IL-6 and increased secretion of IFN-γ in co-cultures of NK cells with NFκB knock down UCLA-OSCCs and HOK-16B cells. by Han-Ching Tseng (245575)

Characterization of levels of calpain-3 activity in βA3cKO wild-type lenses. by Roy Joseph (152104)

“…About 10% decrease in calpain-3 activity in the presence of 3 mM Ca⁺² was observed by the βA3cKO lens homogenate relative wild-type lens homogenate.…”

WTA stimulates in vitro T-cell activation by a MHC-II dependent mechanism. by Christopher Weidenmaier (240364)

“…The inhibitors bafilomycin A (BafA), brefeldin A (BrefA), colchicine, and cytochalasin D (CytoCalD) decreased T-cell proliferation induced by wt WTA (wt WTA with BafA: <i>p</i> = 0.0399; wt WTA with BrefA: <i>p</i> = 0.0230; wt WTA with Colchicine: <i>p</i> = 0.0042; wt WTA with CytoCalD; <i>p</i> = 0.0036) and <i>dltA</i> WTA (<i>dlt</i> WTA with BafA: <i>p</i> = 0.0220; <i>dlt</i> WTA with BrefA: <i>p</i> = 0.0026; <i>dlt</i> WTA with Colchicine: <i>p</i> = 0.0032; <i>dlt</i> WTA with CytoCalD: <i>p</i> = 0.0527). …”

Blue lighting accelerates post-stress relaxation: Results of a preliminary study by Jesus Minguillon (4524511)

“…We conducted a study in which twelve healthy volunteers were stressed and then performed a relaxation session within a chromotherapy room with blue (test group) or white (control group) lighting. …”

Prospective evaluation of a patented DNA test for canine hip dysplasia (CHD) by Eberhard Manz (691126)

“…<div><p>Genetic testing has been propagated as a suitable means to specify individual risks for canine hip dysplasia (CHD). …”

Supplementary Material for: Efficacy of a non-pharmacological intervention in seasonal allergic rhinitis symptoms by Caimmi D. (4132261)

“…Results – Comparing results in patients challenged with and without the SNPA spray before the nasal challenge, we found a 57% mean decrease in symptoms, and a 62% average difference in inspiratory peak flow, after the use of the spray. …”

Suppression of nestin by RNA interference induces a G1/S cell cycle arrest. by Rudolph Reimer (190562)

“…(C) Cells expressing Nes-shRNA are arrested in G1/S transition, indicated by the altered cell cycle profile, the decrease in cyclin A expression, and maintenance of cyclin E expression (C, lane 3). …”

Participation coefficient as a function of coupling strength and η in simulations without time delays. by Michael Mackay (411250)

“…<b>b)</b> The low participation coefficient is correlated with a decrease in the mean distance of member nodes of a module to its centre of mass, showing the module becoming confined in space.…”

Box and whisker plots of measures of data dispersion: CV (left) and SD (right). by Andreas B. Gevaert (4884949)

“…Ath = ath-miR-159a spike-in normalization, CV = coefficient of variation, Cq = quantification cycle, ΔCq = relative expression of target miRNA (calculated by Cq of target miRNA—Cq of reference gene), GM = global mean normalization NF = NormFinder algorithm normalization, QB = Qbase normalization using geNorm algorithm, Raw = raw (not normalized) data, SD = standard deviation, U6 = U6 endogenous reference RNA normalization.…”

Scale-Adjusted Metrics for Predicting the Evolution of Urban Indicators and Quantifying the Performance of Cities by Luiz G. A. Alves (441209)

“…We further employ these models to forecast future values of urban indicators and, by visualizing the predicted changes, we verify the emergence of spatial clusters characterized by regions of the Brazilian territory where we expect an increase or a decrease in the values of urban indicators.</p></div>…”

Density of states for the Hamiltonian on the π-flux cubic lattice model for different values of the anisotropy parameter <em>a</em> (from top to bottom, <em>a</em> = 0, 0.5, 1) by G Mazzucchi (557358)

“…The reason for such a choice is that the π-flux cubic lattice displays Dirac points and that decreasing the hopping coefficient in a spatial direction (say, <em>t_z</em>), these Dirac points are unaltered: it is then possible to study the 3D–2D interpolation towards the π-flux square lattice. …”

Data_Sheet_1_Activation PDGFR-α/AKT Mediated Signaling Pathways in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells Promotes Anti-apoptosis and Decreased Sensitivity... by Jia Wang (51945)

“…JHU-012 and −019 cancer cells grown in co-culture were significantly less apoptotic (p < 0.001), expressed significantly higher levels of Bcl-2 (p < 0.04) with a concomitant significant decrease in bid expression (p < 0.001) compared to cancer cells grown alone. …”