Analysis of the time series of pertussis in Brazil from 2010 to 2019 by Luís Roberto da Silva (14061337)

“…Conclusions: the cyclical behavior of pertussis was observed, with a decreasing trend in recent years and the concentration of cases in children. …”

DataSheet1_Long Time-Series Urban Heat Island Monitoring and Driving Factors Analysis Using Remote Sensing and Geodetector.docx by Liwei Xiong (4039046)

“…The results revealed that the UHI had a continuously decreasing trend in 2005–2010, and an increasing trend in 2000–2005 and 2010–2018. …”

Table_1_Cognitive dual-task cost depends on the complexity of the cognitive task, but not on age and disease.DOCX by Edoardo Bianchini (12882755)

“…The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of DT on cognitive DT cost (DTC) (i) in a dataset including participants of different age groups, with different neurological disorders and chronic low-back pain (cLBP) (ii) at different levels of cognitive task complexity, and (iii) in the context of a setting relevant to daily life, such as combined straight walking and turning.…”

Simulation results of ECM degradation. by Daisuke Hoshino (141178)

“…(D) Concomitantly with the increase in reduction factor, the degradation rate (black) quickly decreases and stays almost unchanged at reduction factor increases larger than tenfold. …”

Probability of imitating depending on the payoff difference. by Jelena Grujić (298149)

“…We see a large number of mutations, which decreases over time, but always stay substantial. …”

Increase of soluble Sema4D and reorganization of Plexin-B1 receptor during vaginal development. by Takuji Ito (566032)

“…<p>(A) The membrane-bound (larger) and soluble (smaller) forms of Sema4D are evident on western blots containing proteins from vaginal tissue extracts. …”

Table_1_Association of thyroid function, within the euthyroid range, with cardiovascular risk: The EPIPorto study.docx by João Sérgio Neves (5772401)

“…On the other hand, a decreased conversion of T4 to T3 (lower FT3, lower FT3/FT4 ratio and/or higher FT4) was associated with a higher prevalence of diabetes, a more adverse lipid profile, a lower eGFR and an increased 10-year risk of cardiovascular events.…”

Thermal requirements and estimated number of generations of Neopamera bilobata (Say) in strawberry-producing regions of Brazil by Taciana Melissa de Azevedo Kuhn (4717677)

“…The egg-to-adult duration decreased as temperatures increased, up to 28°C (93.4, 83.2, 43.9, and 31.4 days at 19, 22, 25, and 28°C, respectively). …”

Table_1_Influence of the Catalyst Particle Size on the Aqueous Phase Reforming of n-Butanol Over Rh/ZrO2.DOCX by Heikki Harju (8364819)

“…The influence of internal transfer limitation on product distribution and stability is discussed based on a reaction scheme with three main stages, i.e., (1) formation of liquid intermediates via dehydrogenation, (2) formation of gas via decarbonylation/decarboxylation reactions, and (3) hydrocarbon hydrogenolysis/reforming/dehydrogenation.…”

Ripmeester et al rDNA.pzfx by Marjolein Caron (12003290)

“…<p>BMP7 is a morphogen capable of counteracting the OA chondrocyte hypertrophic phenotype via NKX3-2. …”

Expansion models of the CTG repeat expansion in blood and saliva. by Eyleen Corrales (6659279)

“…Data from this study suggests that in saliva (lower model), the rate of expansion/contractions is different than in blood, triggering a faster movement of the lower boundary, a more compact allele distribution and faster progression to a normal distribution than in blood and with larger modal allele length in saliva with time. …”

Supplementary Material for: Direct Blood Pressure-Independent Anti-Fibrotic Effects by the Selective Nonsteroidal Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonist Finerenone in Progressive Mo... by Droebner K. (10951911)

“…Interstitial myofibroblast accumulation was quantified via alpha-smooth muscle actin and interstitial collagen deposition via Sirius Red/Fast Green staining in both models. …”

Effect of the jitter for model SJ, and the spread width for model R on learning and detection. by Matthieu Gilson (153038)

“…When the pattern is presented (grey area), the soma potential rise is stronger for small , synonymous with more robust selectivity, even though detection does not completely collapse for larger values. To quantify the detection quality we used mutual information between pattern presentations and postsynaptic spikes (see Equation (26) in <a href="http://www.ploscompbiol.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002231#s2" target="_blank">Materials and Methods</a>): the latter decreases with . …”

Early AMD-like degeneration in <i>Nrf2^−/−</i> mice. by Zhenyang Zhao (295966)

“…(D) Soft drusen-like deposits with larger size and ambiguous border. (E and F) Scotopic ERG recordings at +10 dB (25 cd·s/m²) flash intensity, showing significantly decreased a- and b-wave amplitudes in <i>Nrf2</i>^−/− mice when compared to age-matched wild-type mice (n = 6 per group; *<i>P</i><0.05, ** <i>P</i><0.01, Student's t-test).…”

The magnitude of the within-country mathematics and reading sex differences across performance. by Gijsbert Stoet (388802)

“…For students at the 50th percentile, girls reading advantage is about 37 points and increases for lower performing students and decreases for higher performing students. The relation between the two gaps within these countries is the same as found between countries (<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0057988#pone-0057988-g002" target="_blank">Figure 2</a>). …”

High-density lipoprotein protects vascular endothelial cells from indoxyl sulfate insults through its antioxidant ability by Ching Chen (278953)

“…HDL improved angiogenesis ability through upregulating Akt/eNOS/VEGF/SDF-1 in IS-stimulated HAECs. HDL decreased endothelial adhesiveness via downregulating VCAM-1 and ICAM-1 in IS-stimulated HAECs. …”

Varying cell-cell adhesion in the original model, calibrated by the monolayer cell motilities, fails to match some experimental trends. by Jinghao Chen (5145005)

“…Similarly, a larger normalized edge length indicates a more featured wound while a smaller normalized edge length indicates a flatter or less featured wound. …”

Varying the diffusion coefficient in response to changes in cell-cell adhesion fails to match all the experimental trends. by Jinghao Chen (5145005)

“…Similarly, a larger normalized edge length indicates a more featured wound while a smaller normalized edge length indicates a flatter or less featured wound. …”

Pistachio production and crop quality comparisons between the US and Iran. by Travis R. Bui-Klimke (543086)

“…Iran once dominated exports; however, the US has closed the gap and exported a larger quantity of pistachios than Iran in 2009 <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0092149#pone.0092149-World1" target="_blank">[23]</a>. …”

Did psychotherapy move to ZOOM and phone during COVID-19 in CZ, DE and SK? (INFOGRAPHICS) by Elke Humer (9261333)

“…In all countries, the number of patients treated on average per week in personal contact decreased (p < 0.001) and remote psychotherapies increased (p < 0.001), with more patients being treated via internet than via telephone during the COVID-19 situation (p < 0.001). …”