Image_4_Improved Chloride Ion Sensing Performance of Flexible Ag-NPs/AgCl Electrode Sensor Using Cu-BTC as an Effective Adsorption Layer.jpeg by Byungkwan Kwak (7420433)

“…<p>We designed the flexible chloride ion selective sensor that directly monitors electrochemical reactions of chloride ions without using a reference electrode. A flexible polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) substrate was utilized to provide bendability to the fabricated sensor. …”

Coronary artery calcification and dietary intake in asymptomatic men by N.M. Bruscato (12678412)

“…A 1% increase of carbohydrate intake led to a 2% decrease in the likelihood of moderate/severe CAC [95%CI: 1-4%]. …”

Low concentrations of grape seed extract maintain osteoblast morphology, cell adhesion, and mineralization by Maria Carolina Coelho (15474754)

“…The data obtained were analyzed by statistical tests for a significance of 5%. Cell morphology was maintained with both GSE concentrations, whereas cell adhesion significantly increased within three days in all groups. …”

Analysis of translocation in phloem sieve elements of uninfected and phytoplasma infected apple, pear and peach trees. by Jannicke Gallinger (10451899)

“…Infected apple trees (AP) showed a significant decrease of phloem mass flow velocity and volumetric flow rates in contrast to infected pear trees (PD) where a significant rise was observed. …”

Image_7_Improved Chloride Ion Sensing Performance of Flexible Ag-NPs/AgCl Electrode Sensor Using Cu-BTC as an Effective Adsorption Layer.jpeg by Byungkwan Kwak (7420433)

“…<p>We designed the flexible chloride ion selective sensor that directly monitors electrochemical reactions of chloride ions without using a reference electrode. A flexible polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) substrate was utilized to provide bendability to the fabricated sensor. …”

Pattern Investigation and Quantitative Analysis of Lithium Plating under Subzero Operation of Lithium-Ion Batteries by Kai Sun (140584)

“…With a decrease in temperature and an increase in C rate, the battery charging process shifts from normal intercalation to Li plating and even ultimately fails at −20 °C and 0.5C. …”

Effect of γ-lactones and γ-lactams compounds on Streptococcus mutans biofilms by Mariane Beatriz Sordi (4695625)

“…Material and methods We synthesized compounds based on γ-lactones analogues from rubrolides by a mucochloric acid process and converted them into their corresponding γ-hydroxy-γ-lactams by a reaction with isobutylamine and propylamine. …”

Activation of the NF-κB, JAK-STAT and TRAF pathways. by Sven Brandau (70736)

“…Values ≥ 2.0 are set as a significant increase of gene expression and values≤0.5 are set as a significant decrease of gene expression after LPS stimulation. 2^−ddCT = 2^{−(dCT Target – dCT Reference) LPS stimulated – (dCT Target – dCT Reference)}^unstimulated. …”

Data_Sheet_2_Silicon Alleviates the Disease Severity of Sclerotinia Stem Rot in Rapeseed.DOCX by Yuxia Feng (11426308)

“…In the spray assay, the lesion length on rapeseed stems was reduced by 30.5–32.9% with the use of 100 mM of a foliar Si fertilizer as compared with controls. …”

Sensory and physicochemical characteristics of low sodium salami by Marcio Aurelio de Almeida (12792610)

“…Salamis were prepared following seven different treatments. Treatments included five different combinations of KCl and CaCl2 which varied from 5 g kg−1 to 10 g kg−1 and two controls containing high (25 g kg−1) and low (10 g kg−1) concentrations of NaCl. …”

Dissolving microneedle patches for transdermal delivery of paroxetine: <i>in-vitro, ex-vivo</i> studies and its PBPK modeling by Muhammad Sikandar (13449684)

“…</p> <p>MNPs from the optimized formulation successfully created microchannels in rat skin, demonstrated higher permeation than control MNPs with a flux of 146.18 ± 13.42 µg/cm²/h, presented a decrease in lag phase and an increase in drug plasma C_max and AUC compared to PAXIL CR 12.5 mg oral, and showed higher stability in the room and refrigerator conditions.…”

Potentially inappropriate prescribing among older patients and associated factors: comparison of two versions of STOPP/START criteria by Marija Jovanović (14343465)

“…A decrease in the prevalence of START v1 (55.8%) to v2 (41.2%) was statistically significant (p<0.001) in the total sample and within each setting (p<0.05). …”

<b>Anisotropic Hydrogel Microelectrodes for Intraspinal Neural Recordings in vivo</b> by Sizhe Huang (17899544)

“…We observe the reconstructed nanofillers’ axial alignment and a corresponding anisotropic impedance decrease along the direction of cyclic stretching. …”

Patterns of lake ice cover are changing throughout the Northern Hemisphere. by Alessandro Filazzola (6631649)

“…However, if greenhouse gas emissions rise substantially (RCP 8.5), on average the duration of lake ice will decrease by more than 40 days (Panel B). …”

Table 1_Effects of Tanreqing injection on the gut microbiota in healthy volunteers.docx by Shiyu Li (144475)

“…The abundance of major genus fluctuated on D7 compared with that prior to treatment, including an increase of unclassified_f_Enterobacteriaceae (13.0611%), a decrease of Bifidobacterium and Escherichia-Shigella (6.887%, 10.487%). …”

TgCRND8 mice show sleep-wake cycle disruption at early and advanced pathological stages. by Jessica Colby-Milley (755301)

“…<p>Hourly time courses (<b>A</b>) and cumulative percent duration (<b>B</b> and <b>C</b>) of wake, NREM and REM sleep across the light and dark phases at 3 (NTg n = 7, Tg n = 8), 7 (NTg n = 5, Tg n = 7) and 11(NTg n = 6, Tg n = 4) months of age. …”

Efficacy of treatment strategies (see Table 1) in preventing subsequent seizures and mortality in STZ rats. by Margaret Maheandiran (503654)

“…<p><b>A</b>: BG decrease is not significantly different in seizing animals regardless of treatment; <b>glu</b>: seizure+ survival (S+S Glu), <b>ac+1xglu</b>: S+S AC, <b>glu</b>: seizure + mortality (S+M Glu), <b>ac+1xglu</b>: S+M AC (<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0083168#pone-0083168-t004" target="_blank">Table 4</a>). …”

Comparison of Depletion Strategies for the Enrichment of Low-Abundance Proteins in Urine by Szymon Filip (775373)

“…All depletion approaches showed satisfactory reproducibility (n=5) in protein identification as well as protein abundance. …”

Table_1_Differential activity of wheat antioxidant defense system and alterations in the accumulation of osmolytes at different developmental stages as influenced by marigold (Tage... by Rayees Ahmad Mir (14200604)

“…The growth and yield attributes of wheat exhibited a slight increase at treatments with lower concentrations (1% w/v) of dry leachates, whereas a decrease was recorded at higher concentrations (10% w/v). …”

Table 1_Characterization of glycogen-related glycoside hydrolase glgX and glgB from Klebsiella pneumoniae and their roles in biofilm formation and virulence.docx by Xinyue Liu (170148)

“…The deletion of the glgB gene resulted in a decrease in the growth rate of the bacteria and defected glycogen synthesis. …”