Tryptophan end-tagging confers antifungal activity to a tick-derived antimicrobial peptide by Court Chiramba (19114972)

“…Although reduced, Os-C(W₅) retains some antibiofilm activity in RPMI-1640 supplemented with 50% foetal bovine serum and in a synthetic wound medium.</p><p dir="ltr">In conclusion, this study demonstrates that tryptophan end-tagging is a simple modification that transforms a salt-sensitive AMP (Os-C) into a peptide (Os-C(W₅)) with antifungal activity in physiologically relevant environments.…”

A simplified model to test the hypothesis that strain rate triggers cellular directional response. by Assaf Zaritsky (137666)

“…(<b>B</b>) Strain rate triggers a directional response (model calculation). Calculated ratio of the directional velocity parallel (<i>V_∥</i>) to the directional velocity toward The wound (<i>V₊</i>) as the acceleration wave propagates, for increasing sharpness of the wave (decreasing σ in Supporting <a href="http://www.ploscompbiol.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003747#pcbi.1003747.s001" target="_blank">Text S1</a>), corresponding to a wave that is either sharper or with same σ but with larger overall peak acceleration leading to higher final velocity. …”

Primary Testing Methods: (a) MICP-based saline soil reinforcement apparatus; (b) Freeze-thaw conditioning chamber and single-cycle freeze-thaw protocol; (c) Consolidated undrained... by Liang Xiong (1426411)

Hysteretic Spin Crossover between a Bisdithiazolyl Radical and Its Hypervalent σ-Dimer by Kristina Lekin (1301844)

“…The value of σ_RT for β-<b>1a</b> (near 10⁻⁴ S cm⁻¹ at 0.5 GPa) initially decreases with pressure as the phase change takes place, but beyond 1.5 GPa this trend reverses, and σ_RT increases in a manner which parallels the behavior of α-<b>1a</b>. …”

Hysteretic Spin Crossover between a Bisdithiazolyl Radical and Its Hypervalent σ-Dimer by Kristina Lekin (1301844)

“…The value of σ_RT for β-<b>1a</b> (near 10⁻⁴ S cm⁻¹ at 0.5 GPa) initially decreases with pressure as the phase change takes place, but beyond 1.5 GPa this trend reverses, and σ_RT increases in a manner which parallels the behavior of α-<b>1a</b>. …”

Hysteretic Spin Crossover between a Bisdithiazolyl Radical and Its Hypervalent σ-Dimer by Kristina Lekin (1301844)

“…The value of σ_RT for β-<b>1a</b> (near 10⁻⁴ S cm⁻¹ at 0.5 GPa) initially decreases with pressure as the phase change takes place, but beyond 1.5 GPa this trend reverses, and σ_RT increases in a manner which parallels the behavior of α-<b>1a</b>. …”

Hysteretic Spin Crossover between a Bisdithiazolyl Radical and Its Hypervalent σ-Dimer by Kristina Lekin (1301844)

“…The value of σ_RT for β-<b>1a</b> (near 10⁻⁴ S cm⁻¹ at 0.5 GPa) initially decreases with pressure as the phase change takes place, but beyond 1.5 GPa this trend reverses, and σ_RT increases in a manner which parallels the behavior of α-<b>1a</b>. …”

Hysteretic Spin Crossover between a Bisdithiazolyl Radical and Its Hypervalent σ-Dimer by Kristina Lekin (1301844)

“…The value of σ_RT for β-<b>1a</b> (near 10⁻⁴ S cm⁻¹ at 0.5 GPa) initially decreases with pressure as the phase change takes place, but beyond 1.5 GPa this trend reverses, and σ_RT increases in a manner which parallels the behavior of α-<b>1a</b>. …”

RAGE and AGEs in Mild Cognitive Impairment of Diabetic Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study by Pin Wang (300672)

“…</p><p>Results</p><p>The MCI group exhibited a decreased sRAGE level (0.87±0.35 vs. 1.05±0.52 ng/ml, <i>p</i><0.01) and an increased serum AGE-P level (3.54±1.27 vs. 2.71±1.18 U/ml, <i>p<</i>0.01) compared with the control group. …”

Data_Sheet_1_Inflammatory biomarkers and delirium: a Mendelian randomization study.docx by Miao Yu (199182)

“…</p>Results<p>At the genome-wide significant level (P < 5e-8, r² < 0.001), genetically predicted sIL-6Rα was significantly associated with a decreased risk of delirium with less than three single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in all three GWAS data sources (OR_Waldratio = 0.89, 95% CI: 0.79–0.96, P_Waldratio = 0.0016; OR_IVW = 0.88, 95% CI: 0.79–0.97, P_IVW = 0.008; OR_IVW = 0.88, 95% CI: 0.80–0.96, P_IVW = 0.004). …”

Isostructural Potassium and Thallium Salts of Sterically Crowded Triazenes: A Structural and Computational Study by Hyui Sul Lee (2324752)

“…In the solid-state structures of monomeric <b>2a</b> and <b>3a</b>, quasi-monomeric <b>2b</b>, <b>3b</b>, <b>2c</b>, and <b>3c</b>, and dimeric <b>2d</b> and <b>3d</b> additional metal-η^<i>n</i>-π-arene-interactions to the flanking arms of the biphenyl- and terphenyl groups in the triazenide ligands of decreasing hapticity <i>n</i> are observed. …”

Several VPS-II genes are upregulated in a Δ<i>zur</i> mutant. by Shannon G. Murphy (11001965)

“…<p><b>(A)</b> A predicted Zur-binding site (<u>TGTTAT</u>GTT<u>ATAACA</u>) located approximately 200 bp upstream of the <i>verA</i> open reading frame was aligned with the <i>Vibrionacae</i> Zur binding consensus sequence [<a href="http://www.plosgenetics.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009624#pgen.1009624.ref035" target="_blank">35</a>]. …”

Prenatal medication use in a prospective pregnancy cohort by pre-pregnancy obesity status by Yassaman Vafai (10294851)

“…A total of 17 classes of medications were identified. …”

Incidence dynamics and investigation of key interventions in a dengue outbreak in Ningbo City, China by Bo Yi (2530183)

“…</p><p>Methods</p><p>Data of a dengue outbreak were collected in Ningbo City in China by a field epidemiological survey according to a strict protocol and case definition. …”

Zipf’s diagram showing the visitation frequency (<i>f</i>_<i>r</i>) to the r-th most visited location of a user who is stationary and works as a taxi driver. by Marcelina Łoś (11266764)

“…<p>A person who is stationary (orange dots) has higher (<i>f</i>_<i>r</i>) at the first and second most visited places and for further places (<i>f</i>_<i>r</i>) decreases significantly. …”

a, b, c, d and e: Mitochondrial DNA copy number based on real-time PCR of cytochrome B/18S levels from kidney (3a) after <i>S. aureus</i> infection. by Raquel R. Bartz (591550)

DataSheet1_Associations Between Asthma Diagnosis/Asthma Exacerbation and Previous Proton-Pump Inhibitor use: A Nested Case-Control Study Using a National Health Screening Cohort.do... by Hyo Geun Choi (7405439)

“…In contrast, overall PPI use decreased the risk of AE in participants with asthma (aOR = 0.79, 95% CI = 0.75–0.84, p < 0.001), although this effect was observed only for second-generation PPIs (aOR = 0.76, 95% CI = 0.65–0.89, p = 0.001).…”

<i>Rab23</i> deletion perturbs ciliation in a context-dependent manner. by Wan Ying Leong (22075947)

“…<p><b>(A-B)</b> Representative immunohistochemistry images (low power on left, magnification of boxed region on right) and <b>(B)</b> graph depicting quantification of the proportion of Arl13b+ primary cilia against Tbr1+ (green) neocortical layer VI neurons in the neocortex at E18.5. …”

Chemophoresis engine mathematically validates plasmid surfing on the traveling wave of ParA-ATP. by Takeshi Sugawara (209108)

“…For <i>N</i> = 20, 30, 40, 50, there exists a solution with the directed movement, whose velocity monotonously decreased with <i>l</i>_<i>b</i>, and an inverse pitchfork bifurcation occurred at a critical value of <i>l</i>_<i>b</i>, resulting in the only solution with <i>v</i> = 0. …”

Difference between <i>recQ</i> and <i>recJ</i> deletions on <i>rarA</i>, <i>ruvB</i>, <i>and rarA ruvB</i> phenotype. by Kanika Jain (2884439)

“…(B) Deletion of <i>recJ</i> in <i>rarA ruvB</i> cells does not decreases the retention rate of pRC7-<i>rarA</i> plasmid, like <i>recQ</i>.…”