Zooplankton Structure and Potential Food Web Interactions in the Plankton of a Subtropical Chain-of-Lakes by Karl E. Havens

“…This study evaluates the taxonomic and size structure of macro-zooplankton and its potential role in controlling phytoplankton in the Kissimmee Chain-of-Lakes, six shallow interconnected lakes in Florida, U.S. Macro-zooplankton species biomass and standard limnological attributes (temperature, pH, total phosphorus [TP], chlorophyll a [Chl a], and Secchi transparency) were quantified on a bimonthly basis from April 1997 to February 1999. …”
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Use of evidence-based health professions education: Attitudes and practices of academic leaders. by Shazia Nawabi, Rida Fatima Waseem, AbdulAziz Binrayes, Ayman Moaz Abulhamael, Zaina Ahmad, Kiran Imtiaz Khan, Syed Rashid Habib, Muhammad Qasim Javed

“…Kruskall-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U tests were used for comparison of the means between the demographic groups. …”
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Interaction between sleep duration and physical activity on mortality among cancer survivors: findings from National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys 2007–2018 by Ruyan Chen, Jianglong Han, Si Li, Haiyu Deng, Tingting Jian, Zheyu Huang, Yuxuan Wei, Zhenming Fu

“…Sleep duration exhibited a U-shaped association with all-cause and cancer-specific mortality, while demonstrating an inverted L-shaped association with cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality. …”
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EFFICIENCY UTILIZATION OF GREEN TIME AT COUNTDOWN SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION by Ijeoma IHUOMA-WALTER

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ULK1 methylation promotes TGF‐β1‐induced endometrial fibrosis via the FOXP1/DNMT1 axis by Yuhua Zeng, Qing Feng

“…Cell proliferation was detected by CCK‐8 and EdU staining. Transcriptional regulation relationships were detected by dual luciferase reporter gene and chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assay. …”
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Practice of self-medication to manage oral health issues in a community setting of Nepal by Ashish Shrestha, Tarakant Bhagat, Santosh Kumari Agrawal, Ujwal Gautam, Naresh Prasad Joshi

“…The chi-square and Mann-Whitney U tests were used to check its association with demographic variables. …”
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The Effect of Serine Protease Inhibitors on Airway Inflammation in a Chronic Allergen-Induced Asthma Mouse Model by Chih-Che Lin, Li-Jen Lin, Shulhn-Der Wang, Chung-Jen Chiang, Yun-Peng Chao, Joseph Lin, Shung-Te Kao

“…Therapeutic doses of FUT (0.0625 mg/kg), FOY (20 mg/kg), or UTI (10,000 U/kg) were, respectively, injected intraperitoneally into these mice. …”
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GLP-1 Relaxes Rat Coronary Arteries by Enhancing ATP-Sensitive Potassium Channel Currents by Qian-Feng Xiong, Shao-Hua Fan, Xue-Wen Li, Yu Niu, Jing Wang, Xin Zhang, Yi-Fan Chen, Ya-Wei Shi, Li-Hui Zhang

“…Here, we report that GLP-1 inhibits depolarization- or thromboxane receptor agonist (U46619)-induced RCA contraction in a dosage-dependent manner. …”
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Üniversal bir adezivin ER:YAG lazerle prepare edilmiş çürükten etkilenmiş dentine mikrogerilim bağlanma dayanımı by Zeynep Aslı Güçlü, Nazmiye Dönmez, Tamer Tüzüner, Barış Karabulut

“…Elde dilen veriler Mann-Whitney U testi (P=0.05) (SPSS Windows 15.0) ile analiz edildi. …”
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Análisis de las estrategias afectivas de aprendizaje de idiomas en estudiantes universitarios y su posible repercusión en sus niveles de ansiedad by María Cristina Santana-Quintana

“… Este trabajo examina la dimensión afectiva en el aprendizaje de idiomas, ya que resulta un factor importante que puede facilitar u obstaculizar el proceso de aprendizaje. Así pues, en esta investigación se llevó a cabo un trabajo cuantitativo/cualitativo, con 170 estudiantes, para analizar si las estrategias afectivas de aprendizaje para las lenguas como efecto motivacional influyen en la adquisición de idiomas. …”
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Exploring the Dynamics of Sleep Deprivation: Insights into Complete Blood Count and Coagulation Parameters in a Case-Control Study by Abd Elhadi Agena, Leena Mirghani, Abdirasak Ali Mude

“…Data analysis included descriptive and inferential approaches like the Mann–Whitney U test for group comparisons. Results. The study found no significant differences in total white blood cell counts reported between case and control groups (p=0.898). …”
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Gene Expression Profiling in Dermatitis Herpetiformis Skin Lesions by M. Dolcino, E. Cozzani, S. Riva, A. Parodi, E. Tinazzi, C. Lunardi, A. Puccetti

“…In order to investigate the pathogenesis of skin lesions at molecular level, we analysed the gene expression profiles in skin biopsies from 6 CD patients with DH and 6 healthy controls using Affymetrix HG-U133A 2.0 arrays. 486 genes were differentially expressed in DH skin compared to normal skin: 225 were upregulated and 261 were downregulated. …”
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PROFESSIONAL-PEDAGOGICAL REFLECTION OF STUDENTS: RESULTS OF EMPIRICAL RESEARCH WORK by M. N. Dudina

“…The non-parametric Mann-Whitney U-criterion test was applied when processing the data obtained during the questionnaire to compare average values of independent samples of respondents.Results and scientific novelty. …”
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冷弯薄壁不锈钢拼合箱形截面短柱轴压试验研究 by 靳春驰, 李海汀, 段立平, 张佳慧

“…为研究冷弯薄壁不锈钢拼合箱形截面短柱的受力性能，对14根拼合箱形截面短柱、6根单肢U或C形截面短柱及5根腹板开孔拼合截面短柱进行了轴压试验研究，试件材料为S30408奥氏体不锈钢。…”
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Diversity and Distribution of Avifauna in the Northeast of Addis Ababa, Central Ethiopia by Tamenut Desalegn, Belayneh Abebe

“…The abundance of bird species was nonsignificant difference between wet and dry seasons (U = −0.874, p=0.381). The highest diversity (H′ = 2.74) was recorded at settlement, and the lowest diversity index (H′ = 1.09) was recorded at the abattoir in the dry season. …”
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Energy evolution and infrared radiation characteristics of different bedded coal under uniaxial compression by Guoning ZHANG, Yixin ZHAO, Yuandong SUN, Zhixin GONG

“…The strain energy was positively correlated with the mean IR radiation temperature, and the correlation degree was ranked as U<Ue<Ud. The research results can provide reference for early warning of coal dynamic disasters.…”
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妊娠期慢性乙型肝炎病毒携带者病毒载量与妊娠结局的 相关性

“…【方法】 按HBV-DNA是否≥1.0 × 103 U/mL分为:HBV-DNA阳性组,172例;及HBV-DNA阴性组,206例;并设立非HBV携带者作为对照组1144例?…”
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Optical Imaging of Integrin αβ Expression with Near-Infrared Fluorescent RGD Dimer with Tetra(ethylene glycol) Linkers by Zhaofei Liu, Shuanglong Liu, Gang Niu, Fan Wang, Shuang Liu, Xiaoyuan Chen

“…We report here the noninvasive visualization of tumor integrin α v β 3 expression by using near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF) imaging of an IRDye800-labeled new cyclic RGD (arginine-glycine-aspartic acid) dimer with tetra(ethylene glycol) (PEG 4 ) linkers (ie, E[PEG 4 -c(RGDfK)] 2 , PEG 4 = 15-amino-4,7,10,13-tetraoxapentadecanoic acid) in a U87MG tumor model. Fluorescent dye–labeled E[PEG 4 -c(RGDfK)] 2 were subjected to in vitro cell staining, in vivo NIRF imaging, ex vivo NIRF imaging, and histologic studies. …”
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Farklı Pulpa Kaplama Materyallerinin Toplam Oksidan ve Antioksidan Kapasitelerinin İnsan Dental Pulpa Kök Hücreleri Üzerinde Değerlendirilmesi by Seçkin Aksu, Taşkın Gürbüz

“…Ölçümler arasında bağımsız grup karşılaştırmaları için Kruskal Wallis Varyans Analizi ve Mann-Whitney U testi kullanılmıştır.Bulgular: 24 saatlik değerlendirme sonucunda, sadece Mineral Trioksit Agregat, kontrol grubuna benzer antioksidatif koruma gösterirken (p&gt; 0.05), diğer gruplar bu seviyenin altında kalmıştır. …”
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Relationships between structural changes, marker of apoptosis and metabolic parameters in the retina of rats with diabetes and myopia by I.M. Mikheytseva, А. Ahmed, S.G. Kolomiichuk, O. V. Artemov

“…Parametric (Student t-test) and non-parametric tests (Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis test and Spearman rank correlation analysis) were employed. …”
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