Estrutura de propriedade e criação de valor em companhias brasileiras by Elenice de Lourdes Corrêa, Wendel Alex Castro Silva, Juliano Lima Pinheiro, Alfredo Alves de Oliveira Melo

“…Já o desempenho influenciou positivamente na criação de valor, visualizado pelo Q de Tobin. As variações, tendências e características das medidas de desempenho, risco e criação de valor, observadas nos períodos próximos ao da ocorrência da crise financeira global de 2008, são indícios de que essas variáveis tenham sido afetadas pela crise.…”
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High-efficiency biodegradation of crude oil and p-hydroxybenzoic acid by Acinetobacter haemolyticus JS-1: Integrated characterization and genomic analysis by Weiyi Tao, Jijie Lu, Junzhang Lin, Mingshan Ding, Weidong Wang, Shuang Li

“…Strain JS-1 does not produce surfactants but absorbs crude oil through cell surface hydrophobicity. RT-qPCR analysis has identified five types of alkane hydroxylase genes in strain JS-1, including two AlkB-types, one AlmA-type, one LadA-type, and a cytochrome P450 monooxygenase. …”
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Photoluminescence Response in Carbon Films Deposited by Pulsed Laser Deposition onto GaAs Substrates at Low Vacuum by F. Caballero-Briones, G. Santana, T. Flores, L. Ponce

“…Films were prepared at different number of pulses (1500 to 6000) with fixed fluence (32 J/cm2), target-to-substrate distance, and pulse frequency using a Q:Switched Nd:YAG laser at 1064 nm operating at a frequency of 10 Hz and producing burst-mode pulses with total duration per shot of 49 ns. …”
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Clinical performance of class II MOD fiber reinforced resin composite restorations: an 18-month randomized controlled clinical trial by Mohamed Hamdy Mohamed, Eman Ali Abouauf, Rania Sayed Mosallam

“…Comparisons within each group were analyzed using Cochran’s Q test after Bonferroni correction (P ≤ 0.005). …”
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Electroacupuncture-Regulated miR-34a-3p/PDCD6 Axis Promotes Post-Spinal Cord Injury Recovery in Both In Vitro and In Vivo Settings by Lili Ma, Lizhong Ma, Yu Yang, Ting Chen, Limin Wang, Qilong Deng

“…In our study, based on bioinformatics prediction, we found that miR-34a-3p might be an upstream regulator miRNA for PDCD6, which was subsequently validated through combined utilization of the qRT-PCR, western blot, and dual-luciferase reporter system. …”
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High Association between Human Circulating MicroRNA-497 and Acute Myocardial Infarction by Zhenci Li, Jing Lu, Yi Luo, Shaonan Li, Minsheng Chen

“…The plasma miR-497 levels were detected from 27 AMI patients and 31 healthy volunteers by qRT-PCR. The cTnI concentrations of these samples were also analyzed by ELISA. …”
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FKBP4 Accelerates Malignant Progression of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer by Activating the Akt/mTOR Signaling Pathway by Wen Meng, Jingfei Meng, Hong Jiang, Xing Feng, Dongshan Wei, Qingsong Ding

“…First of all, the expression of FKBP4 in NSCLC tissues and cell lines was detected by qRT-PCR; then, the effects of FKBP4 on proliferation, apoptosis, migration, and invasion of NSCLC were studied by CCK-8 assays, flow cytometry assays, wound-healing assays, and Transwell assays. …”
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Acid sphingomyelinase modulates anxiety-like behavior likely through toll-like receptor signaling pathway by Huiqi Yuan, Yanan Xu, Hailun Jiang, Meizhu Jiang, Luofei Zhang, Shifeng Wei, Cao Li, Zhigang Zhao

“…In the present study, we employed Asm-knockout (Asm KO) mice to investigate the association between Asm and anxiety using behavioral tests, RNA sequencing, q-PCR, immunohistochemical staining, and other methods. …”
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Abdominal Massage Improves the Symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome by Regulating Mast Cells via the Trypase-PAR2-PKCε Pathway in Rats by Huanan Li, Wei Zhang, Fei Ma, Xiaofan Zhang, Yuyan Wang, Jingui Wang

“…The expression of TRPV1 and the release of trypase were determined by RT-qPCR and western blot. Results. We found that compared with the control group, the mast cells in the IBS group were significantly increased and the increased MC was partially decreased by an abdominal massage with or without ketotifen treatment. …”
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Detection and Structural Characterization of Nucleophiles Trapped Reactive Metabolites of Limonin Using Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry by Yujie Deng, Yudong Fu, Shumin Xu, Ping Wang, Nailong Yang, Chengqian Li, Qing Yu

“…Two different types of mass spectrometry, a hybrid quadrupole time-of-flight (Q-TOF) mass spectrometry and a LTQ velos Pro ion trap mass spectrometry, were employed to acquire structural information of nucleophile adducts of LIM. …”
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Exploring Seasonality Indices for Low-Flow Analysis on Tibagi Watershed (Brazil) by Alexandre Sokoloski de Azevedo Delduque de Macedo, Michael Männich

“…The indices were computed and compared using previously calculated low-flow discharge data (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mi>Q</mi><mn>95</mn></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula>) and physiographic information on sub-watersheds. …”
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Treatment of Radiation Bone Injury with Transplanted hUCB-MSCs via Wnt/β-Catenin by Yufeng Zhang, Huaxin Deng, Zhiqiang Yang, Zhe Chen, Sheng Zhang, Yufan Zhu, Min Yang, Houcheng Zhong, Fuling Zhou, Yuanlong Xie, Lin Cai

“…Western blot analysis, qRT-PCR, immunohistochemistry, and immunofluorescence staining were used to analyze gene expression and angiogenesis. …”
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Value judgment of life quality of women diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in Maceio, Alagoas, Brazil by Cecilio Argolo Júnior, Sonia Maria Soares Ferreira, Vívian Wanderley Teixeira de Albuquerque, Jessyca Ítala Barros Wanderley da Silva

“…The objective of this study was to verify the quality of life (Q-L) of women having HIV/AIDS that attended a reference center (Maceió-AL). 154 women were interviewed from April to October 2013. …”
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Extensive In Silico Analysis of ATL1 Gene : Discovered Five Mutations That May Cause Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia Type 3A by Mujahed I. Mustafa, Naseem S. Murshed, Abdelrahman H. Abdelmoneim, Miyssa I. Abdelmageed, Nafisa M. Elfadol, Abdelrafie M. Makhawi

“…In this study, the impact of nsSNPs in the ATL1 gene was investigated by various in silico tools that revealed five nsSNPs (V67F, T120I, R217Q, R495W, and G504E) are deleterious SNPs, which have a functional impact on ATL1 protein and, therefore, can be used as genomic biomarkers specifically before 4 years of age; also, it may play a key role in pharmacogenomics by evaluating drug response for this disabling disease.…”
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Molecular Characterization and Expression of <i>unc-13d</i> in the Sex Reversal of <i>Monopterus albus</i> by Zitong Lian, Fang Meng, Xueping Xia, Junchao Fang, Haifeng Tian, Qiaomu Hu

“…Expression was detected in the developing gonad by applying qRT-PCR and in situ hybridization. We found that the expression of <i>unc-13d</i> in the ovotestis was higher than in the ovary and testes. …”
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Endogenous peptide CBDP1 inhibits clear cell renal cell carcinoma progression by targeting USP5/YTHDF2/TRPM5 axis by Yang Zhang, Wei Zhu, Ruijie Tao, Weijian Li, Chunming Jiang, Xiang Yan

“…Further investigation into the antitumor mechanisms of the peptide was conducted using lentivirus transduction, Western Blot Analysis, qRT-PCR, Immunoprecipitation, Immunofluorescence, and Immunohistochemistry. …”
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Cutibacterium acnes biofilm formation is influenced by bone microenvironment, implant surfaces and bacterial internalization by Jennifer Varin-Simon, Marius Colin, Frédéric Velard, Min Tang-Fichaux, Xavier Ohl, Céline Mongaret, Sophie C. Gangloff, Fany Reffuveille

“…Methods In this study, we compared the biofilm formation of C. acnes PJI-related strains and non-PJI-related strains on plastic support and textured titanium alloy by (i) counting adherent and viable bacteria, (ii) confocal scanning electronic microscopy observations after biofilm matrix labeling and (iii) RT-qPCR experiments. Results We highlighted material- and strain-dependent modifications of C. acnes biofilm. …”
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Multiobjective Neuro-Fuzzy Controller Design and Selection of Filter Parameters of UPQC Using Predator Prey Firefly and Enhanced Harmony Search Optimization by Koganti Srilakshmi, Gummadi Srinivasa Rao, Katragadda Swarnasri, Sai Ram Inkollu, Krishnaveni Kondreddi, Praveen Kumar Balachandran, C. Dhanamjayulu, Baseem Khan

“…., (ACA) (GA), as well as the standard methods of synchronous reference frame (SRF) and instantaneous active and reactive power theory (p-q). The results clearly demonstrate that the proposed method exhibits a reduced mean square error (MSE) of 0.02107 and a lower total harmonic distortion (THD) of 2.06% compared to alternative methods.…”
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Aging restricts the initial neural patterning potential of developing neural stem and progenitor cells in the adult brain by Saeideh Aran, Mohammad Ghasem Golmohammadi, Mohsen Sagha, Kamran Ghaedi

“…Thus, the embryonic and adult-derived NSPCs for cardinal characteristics were analyzed, and then, the expression of candidate genes related to neural patterning using real-time quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) was evaluated at various stages of embryonic (E14 and E18), neonatal, and adult brains. …”
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DUOX2 Expression Is Increased in Barrett Esophagus and Cancerous Tissues of Stomach and Colon by Ran Qi, Yunfeng Zhou, Xiaozhen Li, Hong Guo, Lei Gao, Lijuan Wu, Yufeng Wang, Qiang Gao

“…The DUOX2 protein and mRNA levels were detected with immunohistochemistry (IHC) and real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR). The correlation of DUOX2 expression with clinicopathological parameters of tumors was identified. …”
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