Image_2_IL-17 Aggravates Pseudomonas aeruginosa Airway Infection in Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.jpeg by Fengming Ding (11940014)

“…<p>Pseudomonas aeruginosa airway infection increases risks of exacerbations and mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We aimed to elucidate the role of IL-17 in the pathogenesis. …”

Preparation and Ablation Performance of Lightweight Phenolic Composite Material under Oxyacetylene Torch Environment by Issam Elwan (6134024)

Thermo-economic assessment of forward osmosis as pretreatment to boost the performance and sustainability of multi-effect distillation for seawater desalination by Ortega-Delgado, B.

“…This work presents the thermodynamic and techno-economic assessment of a forward osmosis – multi-effect distillation (FO-MED) system able to improve the thermal performance of the MED seawater desalination process and reduce its environmental impact. …”
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Effect of anions on the structural, morphological and dielectric properties of hydrothermally synthesized hydroxyapatite nanoparticles by Sundarabharathi L.

“…For the particles obtained from nitrate, acetate, chloride and egg shell precursors respectively give dielectric constant (εʹ) values of 9.96, 13.22, 9.92 and 10.86 at 5 MHz. The εʹ and dielectric loss (εʹʹ) values for the HA nanoparticles decrease with increase in the applied frequency as well. …”
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Long term maintenance of glucose and lipid concentrations after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass by Fernanda Cristina Carvalho Mattos Magno (5256509)

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate whether glucose and lipid profiles were maintained during a 5-year follow-up period after RYGB. Subjects and methods: Anthropometric and laboratory data from 323 patients who had undergone this operation were analyzed. …”

TAE-684 inhibits signalling downstream of CLTC-ALK in LM1 cells. by Leandro Cerchietti (103837)

“…Data was normalized to RPL13A levels. Data is presented as fold decrease compared to control (DMSO treated cells). …”

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. …”

Table 1_Metabolomic changes associated with treatment response of neoadjuvant chemotherapy with TEC regimen in HER2-negative breast cancer.xlsx by Kun Fang (619812)

“…</p>Results<p>After three cycles of NAC, a greater decrease in glycochenodeoxycholate was associated with poorer treatment response, whereas a larger reduction in LysoPC(18:1) correlated with better response. …”

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. …”

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. …”

<i>C. rodentium</i> density, colitis score and mucus thickness and growth during infection. by Jenny K. Gustafsson (243544)

“…<p>A: Colony forming units (CFU) of <i>C. rodentium</i> were analyzed in fecal pellets collected from individual mice. …”

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). …”

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). …”