GAS EXCHANGE IN ‘POME’ BANANA PLANTS GROWN UNDER DIFFERENT IRRIGATION SYSTEMS by Alessandro de M. Arantes (4626409)

Cx47 fine-tunes the handling of serum lipids but is dispensable for lymphatic vascular function by Merlijn J. Meens (4264513)

“…Finally, advanced atherosclerotic plaques in thoracic-abdominal aortas of 15 months-old mice tended to be larger in <i>Cx47</i>^<i>-/-</i><i>Apoe</i>^<i>-/-</i> mice. …”

Supplementary Material for: Predictive Value of Four-Dimensional Strain Echocardiography for Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients Treated... by Cai W. (5051297)

“…<b><i>Methods:</i></b> Consecutive STEMI patients who underwent successful primary coronary interven tion (PCI) were enrolled and followed, with 2D and 4D strain echocardiography performed within 1 week after PCI. …”

Spatial Scaling of Non-Native Fish Richness across the United States by Qinfeng Guo (566750)

“…The fractions of both domestic (introduced among watersheds within the USA) and foreign (introduced from abroad) exotics increased with area across scales but decreased within each scale. The foreign exotics exhibited the highest dominance (lowest evenness) and spatial variation in distribution, followed by domestic exotics and natives, although on average natives still occupy larger areas than domestic and foreign exotics. …”

Logistics of Mathematical Modeling-Focused Projects by R. Corban Harwood (3879418)

“…Effective assessment tools, which allowed a smooth adjustment to student feedback, are demonstrated for a sample class. As I smoothed the transition into each project and guided students through the use of the technology, their negative feedback on projects decreased and more students noted how the projects had enhanced their understanding of the course topics. …”

Inflammation and Airway Microbiota during Cystic Fibrosis Pulmonary Exacerbations by Edith T. Zemanick (236305)

“…At early treatment, lower diversity was associated with high relative abundance (RA) of <i>Pseudomonas</i> (r = −0.67, p<0.001), decreased FEV_1% predicted (r = 0.49, p = 0.03) and increased CRP (r = −0.58, p = 0.01). …”

Residual foci of Triatoma infestans infestation: Surveillance and control in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 2001-2018 by Cleonara Bedin (10373649)

Table_2_Identification and Validation of a Urinary Biomarker Panel to Accurately Diagnose and Predict Response to Therapy in Lupus Nephritis.docx by Laura Whittall-Garcia (12696611)

“…The percentage decrease following 12 ± 3 months of treatment for Adiponectin, MCP-1, sVCAM-1, PF4, IL-15 and vWF was significantly higher in patients with CR in comparison to those with PR/NR. …”

An explanation of the pRF dynamics in terms of feedback signals from extrastriate cortex. by Koen V. Haak (321925)

“…<p>V1 neurons are presumed to have a receptive field (RF) center (dashed blue) that is measured by presenting high-contrast stimuli and commensurate with feed-forward connections from the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN), a near surround (dashed green) that is measured by presenting low-contrast stimuli and commensurate with intra-areal V1 horizontal connections, and a far surround (dashed gray) that is commensurate with extrastriate feed-back connections <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0037686#pone.0037686-Ichida1" target="_blank">[18]</a>, <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0037686#pone.0037686-Schwabe1" target="_blank">[20]</a>, <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0037686#pone.0037686-Schwabe2" target="_blank">[21]</a>. …”

TAp63 and p53 mutants display reduced proliferation in basal layers and reduced differentiation in upper layers of tubercle remnants. by Boris Fischer (507766)

“…(J–L) <i>tgm1 in situ</i> hybridization; transverse sections through breeding tubercle disc region of lower jaw at an age 1 year. …”

Supplementary Material for: Statin Use during Hospitalization and Short-Term Mortality in Acute Ischaemic Stroke with Chronic Kidney Disease by Zhang X. (3333504)

“…<b><i>Conclusions:</i></b> Statin use during hospitalization was associated with decreased 3-month mortality of ischaemic stroke patients with mild and moderate CKD. …”

Signature transcripts of CD4+ T-cells exhibit sex-specific shifts in gene expression with age in human skin. by William R. Swindell (175427)

“…The red background region denotes an average fold-change larger than one (i.e., signature transcripts are age-increased on average), while the green background region denotes an average fold-change less than one (i.e., signature transcripts are age-decreased on average).…”

Normative and empirically observed estimates of incentive effects on DDM parameters. by Xiamin Leng (11883811)

“…(D-E) Consistent with predictions based on reward rate optimization (D, cf. panel A), we found that larger expected rewards led to increased drift rate, whereas larger expected penalties led to increased threshold (E, cf. panel C). …”

Dynamics of soil nitrogen fractions and their relationship with soil microbial communities in two forest species of northern China by Dong Liu (115204)

“…To explore the relationship between soil N components and microbial communities, we conducted an <i>in-situ</i> experiment on two typically planted forest species, namely, <i>Sibirica Apricot</i> (SA) and <i>Prunus davidiana Franch</i> (PdF) by using closed-top polyvinyl chloride tubes. …”

Microwave heating and non-thermal effects of sodium chloride aqueous solution by Xin Yang (104842)

The dependency of the BOLD–CSF coupling on AD risk factors and disease conditions. by Feng Han (10919)

“…(<b>B</b>) Male participants showed a larger amplitude of the BOLD–CSF coupling as compared with females (<i>p</i> = 0.026). …”

Supplementary Material for: Identifying Responders and Exploring Mechanisms of Action of the Endobronchial Coil Treatment for Emphysema by Hartman J.E. (3415970)

“…Patients underwent an extensive number of physical tests at baseline and 3 months after treatment. <b><i>Results:</i></b> Twenty-four patients (29% male, mean age 62 years, forced expiratory volume in 1 s [FEV₁] 26% pred, residual volume (RV) 231% pred) were included. …”

Mathematical models may explain the properties of EFP. by Jinhong Luo (3483674)

“…(C) Equation 1 shows that the amplitude of the EFP (<i>L</i>(<i>t</i>)) increases linearly with the number of firing neurons (<i>n</i>). …”

Most important variables for transition probabilities. by Nikolaj Normann Holm (15333087)

“…<p>Top five significant (1%) variables with the largest discriminative power across different next diagnosis endpoints as measured by the absolute size of the coefficients in the logistic regression models. …”

Association of maternal methionine synthase reductase gene polymorphisms with the risk of congenital heart disease in offspring: a hospital-based case-control study by Jianhui Wei (10970457)

“…Methionine synthase reductase (<i>MTRR</i>) is one of the key regulatory enzymes in the folate metabolic pathway. …”