Automated size selection for short cell-free DNA fragments enriches for circulating tumor DNA and improves error correction during next generation sequencing by Sabine Hellwig (122242)

“…Size-selected short fractions compared to the original ccfDNA yielded significantly larger family sizes (i.e., PCR duplicates) during <i>in silico</i> consensus sequence interpretation via unique molecular identifiers. …”

Tree file S4 from Nocturnal giants: evolution of the sensory ecology in elephant birds and other palaeognaths inferred from digital brain reconstructions by Christopher R. Torres (5878289)

“…We digitally reconstruct endocasts of two elephant bird species, <i>Aepyornis maximus</i> and <i>A. hildebrandti</i>, and compare them with representatives of all major extant and recently extinct palaeognath lineages. …”

Tree file S2 from Nocturnal giants: evolution of the sensory ecology in elephant birds and other palaeognaths inferred from digital brain reconstructions by Christopher R. Torres (5878289)

“…We digitally reconstruct endocasts of two elephant bird species, <i>Aepyornis maximus</i> and <i>A. hildebrandti</i>, and compare them with representatives of all major extant and recently extinct palaeognath lineages. …”

Tree file S3 from Nocturnal giants: evolution of the sensory ecology in elephant birds and other palaeognaths inferred from digital brain reconstructions by Christopher R. Torres (5878289)

“…We digitally reconstruct endocasts of two elephant bird species, <i>Aepyornis maximus</i> and <i>A. hildebrandti</i>, and compare them with representatives of all major extant and recently extinct palaeognath lineages. …”

Table1_Optimization of embryonic thermal programming confirms increased liver fattening in mule ducks and changes in lipid metabolism.DOCX by C. Andrieux (15599915)

“…In mule ducks, it has recently been shown that TM can induce metabolic programming resulting in increased liver weight and fat storage after overfeeding. However, a decrease in hatchability and foie gras quality was also observed, suggesting that this technique needs to be optimized. …”

Identification of Structural Features of Condensed Tannins That Affect Protein Aggregation by Honorata M. Ropiak (2134738)

“…Circular dichroism revealed that higher proportions of prodelphinidins decreased the apparent α-helix content (<i>r</i> = -0.941; <i>p</i><0.01; df = 5) and increased the apparent β-sheet content (<i>r</i> = 0.916; <i>p</i><0.05; df = 5) of BSA.…”

Change in visit and visitor volume by reason for visit during the COVID-19 pandemic. by Ellen Stephenson (5080046)

“…<p>When the rate ratio for visits in larger than the rate ratio for visitors (i.e., interval is further to the right), this indicates that the intensity of visits per visitor increased during the pandemic. …”

Data_Sheet_2_Interannual Variability and Trends of Sea Surface Temperature Around Southern South America.PDF by Daniela B. Risaro (12194759)

“…Between 1982 and 2017 the warming rate has been 0.15 ± 0.01°C decade⁻¹ representing an increase of 0.52°C at NPS, and the cooling rate has been –0.12 ± 0.01°C decade⁻¹ representing a decrease of 0.42°C at SPS. …”

Growth model. by Daniel de Santos-Sierra (515681)

“…The first iteration of the algorithm, DIV 1, assigns to each cell a disk of radius (green shade). …”

Meta-analyses of Adverse Effects Data Derived from Randomised Controlled Trials as Compared to Observational Studies: Methodological Overview by Su Golder (179442)

“…The pooled ratio of odds ratios of RCTs compared to observational studies was estimated to be 1.03 (95% confidence interval 0.93–1.15). There was less discrepancy with larger studies. …”

a. How various statistical models account for modulation classification performance across the entire dataset. by Chris Scholes (3309477)

“…<i>VS:</i> Vector Strength; <i>SAC peak 1:</i> The height of the peak in the shuffled autocorrelogram (SAC) at the modulation period (1/modulation frequency); <i>SAC peaks 2-5:</i> The heights of the next 4 largest peaks in the SAC, between the zero-lag peak and the modulation period; <i>Z</i>_<i>ISI</i>: A Z-scored measure of the degree to which interval statistics differ from that predicted from the phase statistics alone; <i>SAC peaks 1-5:</i> The five largest peaks in the SAC, where peak 1 is the modulation period; <i>Neural reliability</i>: A measure of the reliability of the PSTH in response to the amplitude-modulated tone. …”

On the Interplay of Telomeres, Nevi and the Risk of Melanoma by Clara Bodelon (106771)

“…Replication of the top SNPs was conducted in two American populations consisting of 488 subjects from 53 melanoma-prone families and 1,086 cases and 1,024 controls from a case-control study. …”

Pioglitazone Treatment Reduces Adipose Tissue Inflammation through Reduction of Mast Cell and Macrophage Number and by Improving Vascularity by Michael Spencer (596181)

“…</p><p>Results</p><p>Pioglitazone treatment increased the cross-sectional area of adipocytes by 18% (p = 0.01), and also increased capillary density without affecting larger vessels. Pioglitazone treatment decreased total adipose macrophage number by 26%, with a 56% decrease in M1 macrophages and an increase in M2 macrophages. …”

Determination of the main factors contributing to increases in medicine expenditures for the National Health Insurance Fund in Sudan by Mousnad, M. A.

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Supplementary Material for: The Impact of TIGAR on Prognosis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma; Association with Tumor Microenvironment and Ferroptosis by Toshida K. (19356256)

“…In addition, TIGAR positivity was significantly associated with smaller number of cluster of differentiation (CD)8 positive T cells (p=0.0450), larger number of CD68 positive macrophages(p=0.0058), larger number of programmed death-ligand 1 positive cases (p=0.0002) and larger number of vessels that encapsulate tumor cluster positive cases (p=0.0004). …”

Image_1_Development of an Improved 3D in vitro Intestinal Model to Perform Permeability Studies of Paracellular Compounds.pdf by Maria Helena Macedo (9387047)

“…Regarding the epithelial layer, transepithelial electrical resistance (TEER) values decreased when cells were in the 3D configuration, comparing with the 2D analogs (Caco-2 and coculture of Caco-2+HT29-MTX models), becoming more similar with in vivo values. …”

HHV-8 gH/gL stimulates EphA2-induced cell contraction. by Taylor P. Light (3725941)

“…Statistical significance was determined by a one-way ANOVA and a Tukey’s multiple comparison using the GraphPad Prism software (<i>P</i> < 0.0001 = ****, <i>P</i> < 0.001 = ***, <i>P</i> < 0.01 = **, <i>P</i> < 0.1 = *, <i>P</i> ≥ 0.1 = n.s.). …”

Supplementary Material for: Global inequalities in the burden of traumatic spinal cord injury from 1990 to 2021: findings from the global burden of disease study 2021 by figshare admin karger (2628495)

“…TSCI had larger effects on the elderly and males than younger populations and females.…”

United States census block groups converted to singlepart polygons and with water removed, 2013-2017 by Dexter H. Locke (5011148)

“…One area is attributed to all of the smaller discrete, non-overlapping pieces. …”

Supplementary Material for: Induced Polyspecificity of Human Secretory Immunoglobulin A Antibodies: Is It Possible to Improve Their Ability to Bind Pathogens? by Gorshkova E.N. (11788898)

“…This fraction had the highest number of affected reactivities; most of them were increased and most of the new ones were toward common pathogens. <b><i>Conclusions:</i></b> Thus, it was shown that all investigated treatments can alter to some degree the antigen-binding of secretory IgA, but acidic pH has the most potentially beneficial effect by increasing binding to a largest number of common pathogens’ antigens.…”