A Tale of Two Stories: Astrocyte Regulation of Synaptic Depression and Facilitation by Maurizio De Pittà (194237)

“…Depending on the expressed presynaptic signaling pathways, astrocytes may globally inhibit or potentiate the synapse: the amount of released neurotransmitter in the presence of the astrocyte is transiently smaller or larger than in its absence. But this <em>global</em> effect usually coexists with the opposite <em>local</em> effect on paired pulses: with release-decreasing astrocytes most paired pulses become facilitated, namely the amount of neurotransmitter released upon spike <em>i</em>+1 is larger than that at spike <em>i</em>, while paired-pulse depression becomes prominent under release-increasing astrocytes. …”

The optimal monopolistic drug price, P^*, and the lower consumption threshold above which patients will purchase the drug, , as a function of the relative health improvem... by Moshe Levy (665791)

“…<p> is always increasing in h (see proof in footnote 7), i.e. the more dramatic the health improvement offered by the drug, the lower , and the larger the proportion of patients who will use the drug. …”

Creating an amplifier of weak selection for death-Birth updating. by Benjamin Allen (408337)

“…We decrease the edge weight from this vertex to one of its neighbors by an amount <i>ϵ</i>. …”

Data from "What are the similarities and differences in marine boundary layer cloud and drizzle microphysical properties during the ACE-ENA and MARCUS field campaigns?" by Alexa Renee Marcovecchio (16648527)

“…MARCUS clouds have higher cloud-top heights, thicker cloud layers, larger liquid water path, and colder cloud temperatures than ENA. …”

Deregulation of Microcephalin and ASPM Expression Are Correlated with Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Progression by Rawiah Alsiary (158122)

“…<div><p>Mutations in the <i>MCPH1</i> (Microcephalin) and <i>ASPM</i> (abnormal spindle-like microcephaly associated) genes cause primary microcephaly. …”

Impact of Environmental Parameters on Marathon Running Performance by Nour El Helou (162429)

“…</p> <h3>Methods</h3><p>We analysed the results of six European (Paris, London, Berlin) and American (Boston, Chicago, New York) marathon races from 2001 to 2010 through 1,791,972 participants' performances (all finishers per year and race). …”

Association among Dietary Flavonoids, Flavonoid Subclasses and Ovarian Cancer Risk: A Meta-Analysis by Xiaoli Hua (2558284)

“…While there was no compelling evidence that consumption of flavones (<i>RR</i> = 0.86, 95% CI = 0.71–1.03) could decrease ovarian cancer risk, which revealed part sources of heterogeneity. …”

Clinical and biochemical determinants of length of stay, readmission and recurrence in patients admitted with diabetic ketoacidosis by Fateen Ata (12217764)

“…Patients with a 6-month DKA recurrence, female gender and T1DM had higher odds of 12-month recurrence, whereas a consult with a diabetes educator at the index admission was associated with decreased odds of recurrence.…”

CONSORT 2010 flow diagram. by Mario Daidone (18692907)

“…Moreover, these findings provide an additional plausible interpretation of the results from observational and cohort studies linking high adherence to a Mediterranean-style diet with lower total mortality and a decrease in cardiovascular events and cardiovascular mortality.…”

(Color online) Measurements of different biodiversity indices. by Paula Villa Martín (3220506)

“…The phenotypic differentiation among individuals is greater both among close neighbors and at the global scale as the number os species <i>S</i> increases. In all plots, parameters are <i>L</i> = 64 and, unless it is specified, <i>β</i> = 10 and <i>μ</i> = 0.025; curves are averaged over at least 10³ runs; shaded light grey areas stand for times during which extinction tends to occur causing <i>S</i> to decrease (see S10 Appendix in <a href="http://www.ploscompbiol.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005139#pcbi.1005139.s001" target="_blank">S1 Text</a> for details), while in dark grey ones the system tend to stabilize at a given final number of species.…”

Propofol wash-in. by Anne S. Fleiner (20496284)

“…(ii) A significantly larger decrease in post-burst spikes was observed after wash-in of both 3 μM and 10 μM propofol compared to the control (0 μM). …”

Shifts in winner and loser gene expression over time. by Floria M. K. Uy (11383941)

“…Note that the y-axis scale is different for each gene and depends on the dynamic range of the specific gene. For example, <i>arrestin</i> shows a much smaller change in expression across groups than <i>takeout-like 1</i>, which is expressed at very low levels in nonsocial controls but expressed much more highly in wasps that engaged in social interactions.…”

Capsular enlargement in response to different extracts. by Cara J. Chrisman (219885)

“…<p>A) Activity of upper phase amoebae extracts (AE) on <i>C. neoformans</i> strain H99 after extract treatment with heat, Proteinase K (Ptn K), and glucanases. …”

Image_2_Changes in Local Atrial Electrograms and Surface ECG Induced by Acute Atrial Myocardial Infarction.TIF by Gerard Amorós-Figueras (5049752)

“…After 2 h of occlusion, the ECG showed a decrease in P wave amplitude (from 0.09 ± 0.04 mV to 0.05 ± 0.04 mV after 165 min occlusion, p < 0.05) and duration (64.4 ± 8.0 ms vs. 80.9 ± 12.6 ms, p < 0.01).…”

Data_Sheet_1_Preclinical Studies Comparing Efficacy and Toxicity of DNA Repair Inhibitors, Olaparib, and AsiDNA, in the Treatment of Carboplatin-Resistant Tumors.pdf by Nirmitha I. Herath (7848288)

“…Carboplatin toxicity resulted in a decrease of most blood cells, platelets, thymus, and spleen lymphocytes. …”

Image_4_Changes in Local Atrial Electrograms and Surface ECG Induced by Acute Atrial Myocardial Infarction.TIFF by Gerard Amorós-Figueras (5049752)

“…After 2 h of occlusion, the ECG showed a decrease in P wave amplitude (from 0.09 ± 0.04 mV to 0.05 ± 0.04 mV after 165 min occlusion, p < 0.05) and duration (64.4 ± 8.0 ms vs. 80.9 ± 12.6 ms, p < 0.01).…”

Image_1_Changes in Local Atrial Electrograms and Surface ECG Induced by Acute Atrial Myocardial Infarction.TIF by Gerard Amorós-Figueras (5049752)

“…After 2 h of occlusion, the ECG showed a decrease in P wave amplitude (from 0.09 ± 0.04 mV to 0.05 ± 0.04 mV after 165 min occlusion, p < 0.05) and duration (64.4 ± 8.0 ms vs. 80.9 ± 12.6 ms, p < 0.01).…”

Image_3_Changes in Local Atrial Electrograms and Surface ECG Induced by Acute Atrial Myocardial Infarction.TIF by Gerard Amorós-Figueras (5049752)

“…After 2 h of occlusion, the ECG showed a decrease in P wave amplitude (from 0.09 ± 0.04 mV to 0.05 ± 0.04 mV after 165 min occlusion, p < 0.05) and duration (64.4 ± 8.0 ms vs. 80.9 ± 12.6 ms, p < 0.01).…”

Image_4_Changes in Local Atrial Electrograms and Surface ECG Induced by Acute Atrial Myocardial Infarction.TIFF by Gerard Amorós-Figueras (5049752)

“…After 2 h of occlusion, the ECG showed a decrease in P wave amplitude (from 0.09 ± 0.04 mV to 0.05 ± 0.04 mV after 165 min occlusion, p < 0.05) and duration (64.4 ± 8.0 ms vs. 80.9 ± 12.6 ms, p < 0.01).…”

Image_1_Dietary soy protein reverses obesity-induced liver steatosis and alters fecal microbial composition independent of isoflavone level.JPEG by Reza Hakkak (11086)

“…The current study was designed to test whether SPC-LIF and SPC-HIF diets would reverse liver steatosis and alter fecal microbial composition in adult obese Zucker rats with existing steatosis.</p>Methods<p>Six-week-old male obese Zucker rats (n = 26) were fed a casein control diet (CAS) for 8 weeks and 7 rats were randomly selected and sacrificed to confirm liver steatosis. …”