Norepinephrine Transporter Imaging in the Brain of a Rat Model of Depression Using Radioiodinated (2S, αS)-2-(α-(2-iodophenoxy)benzyl)morpholine by Naoki Kanegawa, Yasushi Kiyono, Taku Sugitaa, Yuji Kuge, Yasushisa Fujibayasi, Hideo Saji

“…The ex vivo autoradiographic experiments using the (S,S)-[ 125 I]IPBM showed significantly lower accumulation of radioactivity in the locus coeruleus (LC) and the anteroventricular thalamic nucleus (AVTN) of the depression group than in those of the control group. …”
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Early Determinants of Intergenerational Upward and Downward Educational Mobility by Markus P. Neuenschwander, Lukas Ramseier, Ariana Garrote

“…Intergenerational educational mobility means that adolescents graduate at a higher level (upward mobility) or lower level (downward mobility) than their parents did. …”
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Unravelling the TCRβ repertoire: a key to unlocking the immunopathogenesis and precision medicine in SLE by Qiao Zhou, Li Zeng, Zhixin Zhang, Jian Liu, Yichen Zhang, Yang An, Lijing Yang, Tianzuo Lan, Pengming He, Xueping Wen, Shaoping Deng

“…Furthermore, we observed a reduction in TCR diversity, characterised by a lower diversity 50 value and increased clonal expansion, which correlated with disease severity.Conclusions The TCRβ repertoire is significantly altered in SLE, with potential implications for diagnostics and therapeutics. …”
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Colitis in spondyloarthritis by Muhammed Hafis, Vikas Agarwal

“…Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is seen in up to 14% of patients with spondyloarthritis (SpA) with a lower prevalence seen in the Asian population. Conversely, SpA is the most common extraintestinal manifestation in IBD, with prevalence ranging from 10% to 39%. …”
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Intrahepatic Cholestasis in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Pathogenesis and Role of Ademetionine in Treatment by Ye. N. Shirokova

“…In IHC patients treatment with ademetionine led to decreased serum bilirubin concentrations, as well as lowering of the liver transaminases' and alkaline phosphatase activities. …”
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Cognitive Impairments in LRRK2-Related Parkinson’s Disease: A Study in Chinese Individuals by Yifan Zheng, Zhong Pei, Yanmei Liu, Hongyan Zhou, Wenbiao Xian, Yingying Fang, Ling Chen, Qi Wu

“…No differences in motor features were found between two groups, but the executive function evaluation showed that Stroop word colour test time (SWCT-TIME) scores were lower in LRRK2 S1647T carriers than in noncarriers (P=0.017). …”
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Identification of the Aerosol Types over Athens, Greece: The Influence of Air-Mass Transport by D. G. Kaskaoutis, P. G. Kosmopoulos, H. D. Kambezidis, P. T. Nastos

“…The accumulation of local pollution is favored in spring and corresponds to air masses at lower altitudes originating from Eastern Europe and the Balkan. …”
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Genetic Contribution of Ningmai 9 Wheat to Its Derivatives Evaluated by Using SNP Markers by Peng Jiang, Ping-Ping Zhang, Xu Zhang, Hong-Xiang Ma

“…Therefore it serves as an important commercial variety and founder parent in middle and lower Yangtze River of China. To date, 20 new cultivars have been developed from Ningmai 9 and released to wheat production in the last 10 years. …”
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Exploring the Effect of Music in Promoting the Health and Well-being of University Students in the COVID-19 Era by Fatih Şekercioğlu, Noori Kım

“…However, many students still answered negatively due to perceived lowered lecture quality and the challenge of adjusting to the new educational environment. …”
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The Potential of Sitka Spruce Bark as an Alternative to Peat Casing for Mushroom (<i>Agaricus bisporus</i>) Production by Gabrielle Young, Helen Grogan, Eoghan Corbett, Brian W. McGuinness, Michael T. Gaffney, Saoirse Tracy, Olaf Schmidt, Lael Walsh

“…The two bark casings in Experiment B failed to produce a 1st flush of mushrooms, and total yields were significantly lower compared to the peat casings, highlighting the fact that the consistency of the bark material across both experiments was variable. …”
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A Descriptive Study on Common Causes, Treatment and Outcome of Neck Injuries by Hamna Abdu Nazir, Wilson Desai, Reshma Chavan, Sarvesh Azgaonkar

“…Results: Among the 17 patients included in the study, most of them were males and belonged to upper lower socioeconomic class according to modified Kuppuswamy scale. …”
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Toxicity of Organic Fluorophores Used in Molecular Imaging: Literature Review by Raphael Alford, Haley M. Simpson, Josh Duberman, G. Craig Hill, Mikako Ogawa, Celeste Regino, Hisataka Kobayashi, Peter L. Choyke

“…The information located was encouraging because the amounts of fluorophore used in molecular imaging probes are typically much lower than the toxic doses described in the literature. …”
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Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonist Liraglutide Ameliorates the Development of Periodontitis by Noritaka Sawada, Kei Adachi, Nobuhisa Nakamura, Megumi Miyabe, Mizuho Ito, Shuichiro Kobayashi, Shin-ichi Miyajima, Yuki Suzuki, Takeshi Kikuchi, Makoto Mizutani, Taku Toriumi, Masaki Honda, Akio Mitani, Tatsuaki Matsubara, Keiko Naruse

“…These results highlight the beyond glucose-lowering effects of liraglutide on the treatment of periodontitis.…”
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Deformation and Damping Characteristics of Lightweight Clay-EPS Soil under Cyclic Loading by Yundong Zhou, Mingdong Li, Qibao He, Kejun Wen

“…The damping ratio of LCES was lower than that of clay at the same strain level. …”
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Newborn Mice Vaccination with BCG.HIVA222 + MVA.HIVA Enhances HIV-1-Specific Immune Responses: Influence of Age and Immunization Routes by Narcís Saubi, Eung-Jun Im, Raquel Fernández-Lloris, Olga Gil, Pere-Joan Cardona, Josep Maria Gatell, Tomáš Hanke, Joan Joseph

“…The frequencies of HIV-specific CD8+ T cells producing IFN-γ were higher in adult mice vaccinated intradermally and lower in adult and newborn mice vaccinated subcutaneously. …”
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Evolution of free amino acids, biogenic amines and volatile compounds in fermented sausages inoculated with Lactiplantibacillus plantarum and Staphylococcus simulans by Xuefei Shao, Huhu Wang, Xiangyu Song, Mingyuan Huang, Jian Sun, Xinglian Xu

“…The pH and carbonyl content of the inoculated group was significantly lower than those in the control group (P &lt; 0.05). …”
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NONLINEAR ANALYSIS OF BEARING SIGNAL BASED ON IMPROVED VARIATIONAL MODAL DECOMPOSITION AND MUTI FRACTAL by JIN JiangTao, XU ZiFei, LI Chun, MIAO WeiPao, ZHANG WanFu, LI Gen

“…The results show that the signal extracted by the IVMD-NFE method can filter out noise to a greater extent and has lower fractal box dimension, and the extracted nonlinear characteristics are more representative; The fault signals of bearing exhibit multi-fractal features, the outer ring fault has the largest singularity index and strongest nonlinearity, and the cage fault is the smallest and weakest nonlinearity, indicating that the complexity of the data can better reflect the running state of the bearing. …”
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A Randomized Clinical Trial of Nutrition Education for Improvement of Diet Quality and Inflammation in Iranian Obese Women by Majid Mohammadshahi, Fatemeh Haidari, Majid Karandish, Sara Ebrahimi, Mohammad-Hosein Haghighizadeh

“…The educated group also showed significant lower concentration of TNF-α and hs-CRP and higher levels of adiponectin than the control group at the end of study (P<0.05). …”
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A parametric bootstrap control chart for Lindley Geometric percentiles. by Muthanna Ali Hussein Al-Lami, Hossein Jabbari Khamnei, Ali Akbar Heydari

“…The LG distribution is useful for modeling material strength and failures, especially in structural design, where lower percentiles indicate reduced tensile strength. …”
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Maternal–Foetal Effects of Exposure to Bisphenol A: Outcomes and Long-Term Consequences by Henrique Eloi Costa, Ines Medeiros, Melissa Mariana, Elisa Cairrao

“…Furthermore, in mothers, BPA exposure may be linked to pre-eclampsia and gestational diabetes mellitus and affects birth parameters, leading to a higher risk of preterm delivery, shorter birth lengths and lower birth weights, although the results were not always consistent. …”
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