Assessing government-nonprofit collaborations and density of nonprofit organizations in Brazil by Marcelo Marchesini da Costa (10427220)

“…The rate of contracts between the federal government and nonprofits in each Brazilian municipality is associated with the decrease of income inequality, but it is also significantly associated with a lower level of human development. …”

Ballistic motor learning consolidates over time and with increased initial training; Passage of time hinders between-task interference. by Jesper Lundbye-Jensen (240085)

“…<p>(<b>a</b>) Learning curves for the FT task. Group 3 (red) practiced the competing accuracy task after a 3 h40 min break. …”

Top Associations between SNVs and BMI-Related Traits. by Molly Scannell Bryan (617200)

“…<p>AA: Alternative Allele; the allele associated with a decrease in the phenotype; BMI: Body Mass Index; Chr.: Chromosome; Overweight: BMI ≥23 kg/m²; compared to normal weight; Position: From build 36.1; RA: Risk allele; the allele associated with an increase in the phenotype; RAF: Risk Allele Frequency; SNV: Single Nucleotide Variant; se: Standard Error; Underweight: BMI <18.5 kg/m², compared to normal weight.…”

Annual trend of peri-procedural transfusion. by Peter K. Henke (697745)

“…<p>(a) shows unadjusted percentage of the transfusion, and there was 28% decrease in the transfusion rate from 2010 to 2014 (5% to 3.6%, p = 0.001). …”

Methylation and Loss of Secreted Frizzled-Related Protein 3 Enhances Melanoma Cell Migration and Invasion by Elin J. Ekström (225100)

“…We found that recombinant SFRP3 could inhibit Wnt5a signaling, and that it inhibited melanoma cell migration and invasion in a Wnt5a-dependent manner.…”

Mibefradil and Cav3.2 antisense are effective in alleviating diabetic cold allodynia. by Aleksandar Lj. Obradovic (547423)

“…The antiallodynic effect of mibefradil was blocked with AS-Ca_V3.2 (i.e., cold scores in AS-treated animals before and after mibefradil injection were not different), but not with MIS-Ca_V3.2 (i.e. there was a significant decrease in cold scores in MIS-treated animals after mibefradil treatment compared with cold scores before the treatment; †, p<0.01). …”

EDA-containing FN augments myeloid cells in vitro. by Stephanie Rossnagl (553093)

“…<p>(A) Constructs to produce EDA, EDB, and pFN isoforms were generated and stably transfected into a cancer cell line in which FN had been deleted using 5ʹ UTR-specific shRNA. …”

Improving Nutrition Utilization and Meat Quality of Broiler Chickens Through Solid-State Fermentation of Agricultural By-Products by Aureobasidium Pullulans by MT Lee (4702852)

“…Moreover, the fat content in meat decreased in the broilers that received 0.5% FSBH and 1.0% FSHP. …”

Image2_Human and porcine aortic valve endothelial and interstitial cell isolation and characterization.tif by D. Nehl (16400433)

“…In this study, we present a unique aortic valve cell isolation technique to acquire specific human and porcine cell populations and compared VICs and VECs of these species with each other for the first time.…”

Image1_Human and porcine aortic valve endothelial and interstitial cell isolation and characterization.tif by D. Nehl (16400433)

“…In this study, we present a unique aortic valve cell isolation technique to acquire specific human and porcine cell populations and compared VICs and VECs of these species with each other for the first time.…”

Long-term trends in the prevalence of patients hospitalized with ischemic stroke from 1995 to 2010 in Sweden by Kok Wai Giang (4114975)

“…Among ≥85 years, there was a minor decrease (APC: -0.3%, 95% CI -0.5 to -0.1) in overall prevalence after 2002 from 1481 to 1453 patients per 10,000 population in 2010.…”

The host innate immune response to <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> infection in <i>Nlrp12^−/−</i> mice. by Irving C. Allen (143330)

“…<i>K.pneumoniae</i> infection induced a significant decrease in body temperature in both <i>Nlrp12^−/−</i> and wild type mice. …”

CNV detection of multiple exon deletion in <i>PKD1</i> for patient 46 with breakpoint analysis. by Tobias Eisenberger (483403)

“…The 5’ decrease in coverage is located at a clear-cut position at the beginning of exon 15 (red arrow). …”

PTGFRN expression and effect of 33B7 on various cancer lines. by Jorge Marquez (10041991)

“…(C) Dose response with 33B7-Saporin ADC on A431 cells over 3 days shows decrease in proliferation compared to cells treated with Mouse IgG-Saporin conjugate (10nM). …”

Different types of conditioned media affected the migration of EPCs and MSCs. by Si-yong Gao (4097623)

“…(b,d) Data analysis showed that conditioned media from preosteoclasts treated by zoledronate at 0.5 μM (PZ-CM 0.5μM) showed a significant decrease in the number of migrated cells compared with lower concentration and showed no difference with conditioned medium from macrophage (M-CM) or from preosteoclasts neutralized by PDGF-BB antibody (PA-CM).…”

3D-Force microscopy (3DFM) shows reduced ability of MVcn-expressing cells to rescue cell stiffening response compared to Vcn-expressing cells. by Hyunna T. Lee (7344704)

“…Constant force was applied for 5 sec intervals followed by 10 sec relaxation; this pattern was repeated for a total of 5 pulses. …”

PQ- or H₂O₂-mediated oxidative stress causes global metabolic changes. by Afzal Husain (131305)

“…<p>(<b>A–B</b>) Survival of <i>E. histolytica</i> trophozoites after 12 h of treatment with varying concentrations of PQ (<b>A</b>) or H₂O₂ (<b>B</b>). …”

Astroglial differentiation in hNSCs treated with STAT3 inhibitors. by Rajalaxmi Natarajan (580441)

“…(<b>D</b>) Quantitative analyses show that 0.5 µM Stattic and 0.25 µM Niclosamide significantly decrease the percentage of GFAP⁺ cells. …”

Inhibition of leukocyte attachment to IL-1β-treated EA by Bettina Sehnert (23407)

“…Pretreatment of EA.hy 926 cells with 5 μM antileukoproteinase (ALP) (+IL-1β +ALP) but not with 5 μM hSA (+IL-1β +hSA) resulted in a marked decrease in granulocyte adhesion.…”

Representative feet of the toy example. by Aleix Alcacer (8378508)

“…<p>The color code of each representant coincides with the color code used in the assignments of <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0228016#pone.0228016.g001" target="_blank">Fig 1</a>. …”