A Queda da Importância das Tarifas Aduaneiras como Restrição ao Comércio do Brasil by Orlando Monteiro da Silva (6674267)

“…It also evaluated the Brazilian trade costs with Mercosur and the effect of a reduction of it on bilateral trade flows. The results showed a continuous decrease in trade costs and in the relative importance of tariffs compared to non-tariff measures. …”

A serial founder effect model of phonemic diversity based on phonemic loss in low-density populations by Joaquim Pérez-Losada (5328527)

“…<div><p>It has been observed that the number of phonemes in languages in use today tends to decrease with increasing distance from Africa. A previous formal model has recently reproduced the observed cline, but under two strong assumptions. …”

Serving of Chex Mix (Study 2). by Aner Tal (16883944)

“…<div><p>The current work demonstrates that people serve themselves greater amounts of food when carrying heavier serving dishes. …”

Data_Sheet_1_Could Dietary Goals and Climate Change Mitigation Be Achieved Through Optimized Diet? The Experience of Modeling the National Food Consumption Data in Italy.pdf by Marika Ferrari (679959)

“…<p>Objective: The aim of this study is to define a healthy and sustainable diet model with low GHGE, fulfilling dietary requirements, and considering current Italian food consumption patterns.…”

Data_Sheet_2_Could Dietary Goals and Climate Change Mitigation Be Achieved Through Optimized Diet? The Experience of Modeling the National Food Consumption Data in Italy.pdf by Marika Ferrari (679959)

“…<p>Objective: The aim of this study is to define a healthy and sustainable diet model with low GHGE, fulfilling dietary requirements, and considering current Italian food consumption patterns.…”

Proportional outcomes (expressed as percentages) from 10³ simulations for the prey-limitation model (Fig. 1A) and the extended model (Fig. 1B) under a scenario of increa... by Jessica Melbourne-Thomas (279789)

“…<p>Results are summarized as the percentage of simulations under which a subset of modeled groups (Adélie and chinstrap penguins, krill and trophic competitors) underwent negative or positive change. …”

Time series trends showing six-month retention and six-month mortality for cohorts enrolled in each month from January 2015 through December 2018 comparing pre-UTT (2015–2016) and... by Levicatus Mugenyi (6393749)

Decreased levels of CIITApIV H3K18ac, H3K27ac and CBP correlate with significantly elevated levels of H3K27me3 in metastatic breast cancer cells. by Agnieszka D. Truax (169208)

Effects of steel slag applications on CH₄, N₂O and the yields of Indonesian rice fields: a case study during two consecutive rice-growing seasons at two sites by Helena Lina Susilawati (737552)

“…The results showed that there was a decreasing tendency in the CH₄ emissions at both sites and during both seasons after steel slag applications, although there was no statistical significance. …”

Table_1_Flood-driven jet flow and sedimentary regime in a river-dominated estuary.docx by Jing Liu (38537)

“…The results show that the flow velocity of flood jet exhibits a Gaussian distribution in the transverse direction and shows a linear decreasing trend in the longitudinal direction. …”

The average fecundity in a group of female fathead minnows in response to increasing levels of androgen receptor activity. by Michael A. Rowland (8190327)

“…In (A), the orange vertical lines are the lower and upper bounds of the threshold in which individuals may display a significant decrease in fecundity. …”

Effect of setting on the gelling properties of a protein concentrate from giant squid (Dosidicus gigas) mantle by Miriam Fernanda ESCALANTE-RODRÍGUEZ (5110373)

“…Treatments at 60 °C (G4, G5, and G6) had a higher percentage of insoluble protein, while the electrophoretic profile showed the presence of high molecular weight (HMW) aggregates, as well as the decrease of myosin, paramyosin and actin bands as the incubation time was increased. …”

Video_5_A Deformable Motor Driven by Dielectric Elastomer Actuators and Flexible Mechanisms.mp4 by Ayato Minaminosono (6315314)

“…<p>Soft robots with dynamic motion could be used in a variety of applications involving the handling of fragile materials. …”

The Carbon Nanotubes Effect into Single-lap Joint Failure Modes and Load Capacity: a Macromechanical Analysis by Elvis Carneiro Monteiro (4791726)

“…The results showed that the addition of 1.0 wt% CNTs improved the interface strength, leading to an increase on delaminated areas in failure region up to 55.36% and also improving the peak force up to 13.85%. Decrease in adhesive thickness from 0.40 mm to 0.05 mm promoted a stress redistribution inside adhesive layer improving the peak force up to 13.91%. …”

Analysis of the perception of a group of seniors about their hearing handicap before and after hearing aid use by Ana Cristina Guarinello (6800240)

“…OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to analyze the perception of a group of seniors about their hearing handicap before and after using a hearing aid. …”

Normalized population distributions for stable and malignant nodules as a function of the scan interval, <i>ΔT</i>. by Gary T. Smith (797158)

“…Note the decrease in width of the distributions with a longer scan interval due to the effect of the scan interval time, <i>ΔT</i>, on the standard deviation for <i>k</i> as given by <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0138144#pone.0138144.e013" target="_blank">Eq 4</a> in the Appendix. …”

Video_2_A Deformable Motor Driven by Dielectric Elastomer Actuators and Flexible Mechanisms.mp4 by Ayato Minaminosono (6315314)

“…<p>Soft robots with dynamic motion could be used in a variety of applications involving the handling of fragile materials. …”

DataSheet_1_Brucellosis infection complicated with myelitis: a case report and literature review.pdf by Xiaoyu Ma (831683)

“…The presence of brucellosis was confirmed in cerebrospinal fluid using MetaCAP™ sequencing. Treatment with a combination of rifampicin, doxycycline, ceftriaxone sodium, amikacin, compound brain peptide ganglioside, and dexamethasone resulted in significant improvement of the patient’s clinical symptoms and a decrease in the brucellosis sequence count in cerebrospinal fluid. …”

RAM training induces differential PKMζ and GluA2 expression between sexes in the hippocampus. by Veronica Sebastian (476615)

“…In addition, females trained for 60 trials and tested 30d later showed a significant decrease in GluA2 expression compared to 60 trials / 1d test females. …”

Effect of setting on the gelling properties of a protein concentrate from giant squid ( Dosidicus gigas) mantle by Miriam Fernanda ESCALANTE-RODRÍGUEZ (5110373)

“…Treatments at 60 °C (G4, G5, and G6) had a higher percentage of insoluble protein, while the electrophoretic profile showed the presence of high molecular weight (HMW) aggregates, as well as the decrease of myosin, paramyosin and actin bands as the incubation time was increased. …”