Effect of Heterogeneous Investments on the Evolution of Cooperation in Spatial Public Goods Game by Keke Huang (703621)

“…For modeling the heterogeneous players without loss of generality, it is assumed in this work that the investment of a cooperator is a random variable with uniform distribution, the mean value of which is equal to 1. …”

Perioperative time course of markers of oxidative stress and antioxidant capacity. by Ana Stevanovic (454569)

“…<p><b>A</b>) Comparison of the intraoperative decrease of ADMA levels in serum between the on-pump group (open circles) and the OPCAB-group (closed circles) at baseline (preoperative) and at ICU admission (postoperative). …”

Table1_Sustained decline in birth weight and increased rate of preterm infants born small for gestational age in Japan.docx by Akinori Moriichi (19758834)

“…Binomial logistic regression was performed to ascertain the effects of gestational age, sex, primiparity, number of births, and maternal age on the likelihood of SGA.</p>Results<p>The mean birth weight of preterm infants continued to decrease, and the z-score for mean birth weight decreased linearly, falling to −0.7 at 25–27 weeks of gestation from 1997–2001 (first period) to 2017–2021 (final period). …”

Influence of MCD and simvastatin on NT formation between HPMCs. by Julia Ranzinger (190489)

“…Increasing concentrations of simvastation resulted in a linear decrease of fluorescence intensities. …”

Exhaustion in cumulative t-PA release. by Kristina Svennerholm (562795)

“…Minute 3 ratios reflect relatively small cumulative sums, possibly explaining the larger variation in the groups in Panel C. Data are presented as mean with 95% confidence intervals. * indicates p value less than 0.05 using repeated paired t tests.…”

Probability distribution of worker’s internal state (N = 20). by Simeon Adejumo (14838827)

“…The intensity of the colour shows the probability density function, with a larger proportion of workers being close to the mean. …”

Increased HIV Testing Will Modestly Reduce HIV Incidence among Gay Men in NSW and Would Be Acceptable if HIV Testing Becomes Convenient by Richard T. Gray (282417)

“…If testing levels decrease from current levels then we expect an increase in HIV infections with a sharply rising trend over time. …”

Effects of Low Dose Metformin on Metabolic Traits in Clozapine-Treated Schizophrenia Patients: An Exploratory Twelve-Week Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study by Chih-Chiang Chiu (750477)

“…The body weight (BW) of patients in the metformin 1000 mg/d group significantly decreased, by a mean of 0.97 kg over the 12 week trial period. …”

Calcium channel blockers, isradipine and nimodipine, prevent abnormalities in spontaneous IPSCs of DG granule cells caused by amyloid pathology in the EC. by Hamid Gholami Pourbadie (692631)

“…<p>A, amplitude of spontaneous IPSCs increased in the EC-Aβ (lower trace) in contrast with the control (upper trace) neurons and there is a significant decrease in monoexponential decay time constant (fast inactivated) compared to the control cells (right plot, p < 0.05). …”

Cell content predictions derived from microarray data match known relationships between subject variables and brain tissue cell content. by Megan Hastings Hagenauer (5523191)

“…Provided in the table are the T-stats for the effects (red = upregulation, blue = downregulation), derived from a larger linear model controlling for confounds <b>(Eqs <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0200003#pone.0200003.e001" target="_blank">1</a>, <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0200003#pone.0200003.e002" target="_blank">2</a> and <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0200003#pone.0200003.e003" target="_blank">3</a></b>), as well as the nominal p-values from the meta-analysis of the results across the four microarray studies, and p-values following multiple-comparisons correction (q-value). …”

Suppression of the topological fluctuations by increasing neuronal spiking activity. by Andrey Babichev (2890091)

“…D: The success rate <i>ξ</i>_<i>k</i> as a function of the decay rate <i>τ</i>, computed for <i>N</i> = 300 place cells and a set of ensemble mean firing rates. …”

Temporal variation in δ¹⁵N and δ¹³C values from the offshore California Current System in sperm whale skin samples. by Rocio I. Ruiz-Cooley (391106)

“…The annual decrease was calculated for shifts that exhibited a <i>p</i>-value≤0.05.…”

Removal of auditory feedback in Bengalese finches by deafening reduces peak repeat counts. by Jason D. Wittenbach (811058)

“…Red dots correspond to syllables and black line is from linear regression. Larger decreases in peak repeat numbers for syllables that were repeated many times before deafening (<i>R</i>² = 0.81, <i>p</i> < 10⁻⁷, <i>N</i> = 19).…”

Table_1_Secondary outcomes of enhanced cognitive behavioral therapy (eCBT) for children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder.docx by Bo Wang (86769)

“…</p>Results<p>Results indicated a significant decrease in OCD-related comorbid symptoms post-treatment, with SDQ mean reduce of 3.73 (SE = 1.10, child) and 4.14 (SE = 1.19, parent), SCARED mean reduce of 10.45 (SE = 2.52, child) and 8.40 (SE = 2.82, parent), MFQ mean reduce of 3.23 (SE = 1.11, child) and 2.69 (SE = 1.18, parent). …”

Random forests (RF) consisting of 5,000 classification trees were used to multivariately evaluate microbial taxa cross-sectionally across BPD severity groups at 7 days of age. by Brandie D. Wagner (122824)

“…Mean Decrease Gini Index identifies features that are ranked as more important for distinguishing BPD severity. …”

Change in concentration of cytokines and chemokines in lacrimal tears from preoperative value. by Yuli Park (772773)

“…***<i>P</i> < .001, **<i>P</i> < .01, *<i>P</i> < .05, using a linear mixed model with post hoc analysis, or generalized estimating equations model.…”

Table_1_Total weight loss induces the alteration in thyroid function after bariatric surgery.docx by Ziru Tian (17869238)

“…The mean %TWL was 28.29% after 1 year. TSH decreased from 2.33 (1.67, 3.04) uIU/mL to 1.82 (1.21, 2.50) uIU/mL (P < 0.001), FT3 decreased from 3.23 ± 0.42 pg/mL to 2.89 ± 0.41 pg/mL (P < 0.001), FT4 decreased from 1.11 ± 0.25 ng/dL to 1.02 ± 0.25 ng/dL (P < 0.001), TT3 decreased from 1.13 (1.00, 1.25) ng/mL to 0.89 (0.78, 1.00) ng/mL (P < 0.001), and TT4 decreased from 8.28 ± 1.69 ug/mL to 7.82 ± 1.68 ug/mL 1 year postoperatively (P < 0.001). …”

Hierarchical organization of conformational sub-states in ubiquitin motions. by Arvind Ramanathan (198127)

“…While in Level 1 the motions are global - involving the entire protein, Levels 2, 3 and 4 show subsequent localization of motions, as evidenced by their relative decrease in amplitude. The motions in each level involve well defined transitions from a relatively heterogenous population to a energetically homogenous sub-state. …”

ORC1 Meier-Gorlin syndrome and IFT43 Sensenbrenner syndrome fibroblasts exhibit impaired chondroinduction. by Tom Stiff (122265)

“…Consistent with this, <i>COL1A1</i> levels, as monitored by quantitative RT-PCR were found to decrease in control fibroblasts (C) during chondroinduction. …”

Layout Plan of Structural Column Base Plate. by Nan Cui (318987)

“…The outcomes revealed that under the experimental load consisting of simulated seismic waves generated by the shaker, the initial natural frequencies of the bidirectional bracing arrangement in white noise in the X and Y-directions were larger, 53.18 Hz and 72.49 Hz, respectively. The decrease of the vibration frequency of the bidirectional bracing arrangement structure was smaller under the increase of the excitation acceleration. …”