Depletion of muscularis macrophages ameliorates inflammation-driven dysmotility in murine colitis model by Szilamér Ferenczi, Fruzsina Mogor, Peter Takacs, Tamas Kovacs, Viktoria E. Toth, Zoltán V. Varga, Krisztina Kovács, Zoltan Lohinai, Koppány Csaba Vass, Nandor Nagy, David Dora

“…DSS-clodronate-treated mice exhibited significantly slower whole gut transit time than DSS-vehicle-treated animals and comparable to that of controls. Experiments with oral gavage-fed Evans-blue dye showed similar whole gut transit times in DSS-clodronate-treated mice as in control animals. …”
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Photoelectrocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue on Electrodeposited Bismuth Ferrite Perovskite Films by Oluchi V. Nkwachukwu, Charles Muzenda, Kehinde D. Jayeola, Tsholofelo I. Sebokolodi, Dimpo S. Sipuka, Marc Cretin, Minghua Zhou, Duduzile Nkosi, Omotayo A. Arotiba

“…The extent of mineralisation was measured by total organic carbon and reusability studies were carried out. Control experiments such as adsorption, photolysis, photocatalysis and electrocatalysis processes were also investigated in comparison with PEC. …”
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Evaluation of the Impact of Different Management Methods on <i>Tetranychus urticae</i> (Acari: Tetranychidae) and Their Predators in Citrus Orchards by Amine Assouguem, Mohammed Kara, Hamza Mechchate, Fahd A. Al-Mekhlafi, Fahd Nasr, Abdellah Farah, Abderahim Lazraq

“…To evaluate the effectiveness of eco-friendly treatments based on detergents classified as non-hazardous and black soap on the pest <i>Tetranychus urticae</i> Koch 1836, and their predators (<i>Euseius stipulatus</i> Athias-Henriot, 1960, <i>Typhlodromus</i> sp., <i>Phytoseiulus persimilis</i> Athias-Henriot, 1957), different treatments were applied to citrus orchards planted with Valencia late (Orange) in the Mechraa Belksiri region of Morocco (T0 = control experiment; T1 = spirodiclofen 0.5 L/Ha; T2 = 125 L/Ha (5%) of black soap; T3 = detergent; 4 L/Ha of Oni product + 2 L/Ha of Tide product). …”
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Improving Forecast of Severe Oceanic Mesoscale Convective Systems Using FY-4A Lightning Data Assimilation with WRF-FDDA by Hao Sun, Haoliang Wang, Jing Yang, Yingting Zeng, Qilin Zhang, Yubao Liu, Jiaying Gu, Shiye Huang

“…The subjective evaluation results demonstrate that most of the oceanic convective cells missed by the control experiments are recovered in the analysis period by assimilating FY-4A lightning data, due to the promoted updrafts by latent-heat nudging, the more accurate and faster simulations of the cold pools, and the associated gust-fronts at the observed lightning locations. …”
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Pathometagenomics reveals susceptibility to intestinal infection by Morganella to be mediated by the blood group-related B4galnt2 gene in wild mice by Marie Vallier, Abdulhadi Suwandi, Katrin Ehrhardt, Meriem Belheouane, David Berry, Aleksa Čepić, Alibek Galeev, Jill M. Johnsen, Guntram A. Grassl, John F. Baines

“…Through subsequent isolation, genome sequencing and controlled experiments in lab mice, we show that the presence of the blood vessel allele is associated with resistance to a newly identified subspecies of Morganella morganii, a clinically important opportunistic pathogen. …”
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Hydrogen Production and Degradation of Ciprofloxacin by Ag@TiO₂-MoS₂ Photocatalysts by Abniel Machín, Kenneth Fontánez, Diego García, Paola Sampayo, Carla Colón-Cruz, Gerardo J. Claudio-Serrano, Loraine Soto-Vázquez, Edgard Resto, Florian I. Petrescu, Carmen Morant, Francisco Márquez

“…The catalyst that exhibited the best result was 5%Ag@TiO₂-P25-5%MoS₂, with ca. 91% of degradation. The control experiments and stability tests showed that photocatalysis was the degradation pathway and the selected silver-based catalysts were stable after seven cycles, with less than 2% loss of efficiency per cycle and less than 7% after seven cycles. …”
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Maximizing plyometric training for adolescents: a meta-analysis of ground contact frequency and overall intervention time on jumping ability: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Lunxin Chen, Zijing Huang, Lin Xie, Jiaxin He, Hongshen Ji, Weifeng Huang, Duanying Li, Yanfeng Zhou, Jian Sun

“…This systematic review encompassed five databases and included 38 studies with 50 randomized controlled experiments and 3347 participants. We used the Cochrane risk assessment tool for study quality and Review Manager 5.4 for data analysis. …”
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Tinospora cordifolia and polyvinylpyrrolidone encapsulated dual doped Ni-Cu TiO2 emerging nanocatalyst for the removal of organic dyes from wastewater and its free radical assay ac... by Nikesh Thakur, Ashwani Kumar, Naveen Thakur

“…Under UV radiation, the photocatalytic activity was performed with using control experiment and using encapsulated dual doped Ni-Cu TNPs against MO and MB dyes. …”
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Causal role of the frontal eye field in attention-induced ocular dominance plasticity by Fangxing Song, Xue Dong, Jiaxu Zhao, Jue Wang, Xiaohui Sang, Xin He, Min Bao

“…Interestingly, we found a robust effect of attention-induced ocular dominance shift when the cortical function of vertex or IPS was transiently inhibited by continuous theta burst stimulation (cTBS), yet the effect was significantly attenuated to a negligible extent when cTBS was delivered to FEF. A control experiment verified that the attenuation of ocular dominance shift after inhibitory stimulation of FEF was not due to any impact of the cTBS on the binocular rivalry measurement of ocular dominance. …”
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Quadripulse transcranial magnetic stimulation inducing long-term depression in healthy subjects may increase seizure risk in some patients with intractable epilepsy by Setsu Nakatani-Enomoto, Ritstuko Hanajima, Masashi Hamada, Hideyuki Matsumoto, Yasuo Terao, Stefan Jun Groiss, Takenobu Murakami, Mitsunari Abe, Hiroyuki Enomoto, Kensuke Kawai, Rumiko Kan, Shin-ichi Niwa, Hirooki Yabe, Yoshikazu Ugawa

“…We performed two control experiments: the effect in MEP (Motor evoked potential) size after a single QPS-50 session with a round coil in nine healthy volunteers, and a follow-up study of physiological parameters by repeated QPS-50 sessions in four other healthy participants. …”
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Oviductal Extracellular Vesicles Enhance Porcine In Vitro Embryo Development by Modulating the Embryonic Transcriptome by Agostinho Soares de Alcântara-Neto, Cristina Cuello, Rustem Uzbekov, Stefan Bauersachs, Pascal Mermillod, Carmen Almiñana

“…In vitro-produced embryos were cultured with oEVs or OF for 2 or 7 days using an in vitro sequential system or without supplementation (control). Experiment 2 analyzed transcriptomic alterations of EV-treated embryos versus control and the oEVs RNA cargo by RNA-sequencing. …”
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Optimal reactive nitrogen control pathways identified for cost-effective PM2.5 mitigation in Europe by Zehui Liu, Harald E. Rieder, Christian Schmidt, Monika Mayer, Yixin Guo, Wilfried Winiwarter, Lin Zhang

“…Here we identify optimal Nr control pathways for Europe by integrating emission estimations, air quality modeling, exposure-mortality modeling, Nr control experiments and cost data. We find that phasing out Nr emissions would reduce PM2.5 by 2.3 ± 1.2 μg·m−3 in Europe, helping many locations achieve the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines and reducing PM2.5-related premature deaths by almost 100 thousand in 2015. …”
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Potential Allelopathic Interference of <i>Abutilon theophrasti</i> Medik. Powder/Extract on Seed Germination, Seedling Growth and Root System Activity of Maize, Wheat and Soybean by Mengfei Tian, Qianqian Li, Wenyan Zhao, Bin Qiao, Sen Shi, Meiting Yu, Xin Li, Chunying Li, Chunjian Zhao

“…In this study, velvetleaf powder/extracts were shown to inhibit seed germination, growth and yield in maize, wheat and soybean through petri dish, pot and field control experiments. We observed a concentration-dependent inhibition of the seed germination rate for all three crops. …”
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A Reliable BioFET Immunosensor for Detection of p53 Tumour Suppressor in Physiological-Like Environment by Chiara Baldacchini, Antonino Francesco Montanarella, Luca Francioso, Maria Assunta Signore, Salvatore Cannistraro, Anna Rita Bizzarri

“…The BioFET specificity was assessed by control experiments with proteins that may unspecifically bind at the EG surface, while 100pM p53_wt concentration was established as limit of detection. …”
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Structural Design and Puncture Control of Insertion Robot for FBG Embedded Cannula Flexible Needle by Yan-Jiang Zhao, Ji-Long Lu, Yong-De Zhang, He Zhang, Yan-Yi Pei

“…This paper proposed a novel insertion robot for an FBG (Fiber Bragg Grating) embedded cannula flexible needle and conducted puncture control experiments. The insertion robot consisted of a configuration adjustment mechanism and an insertion mechanism, which was compact and with a high insertion accuracy. …”
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Antagonistic Strain <i>Bacillus amyloliquefaciens</i> XZ34-1 for Controlling <i>Bipolaris sorokiniana</i> and Promoting Growth in Wheat by Yanjie Yi, Youtian Shan, Shifei Liu, Yanhui Yang, Yang Liu, Yanan Yin, Zhipeng Hou, Pengyu Luan, Ruifang Li

“…It also remarkably inhibited the mycelial growth and spore germination of <i>B. sorokiniana</i>. In pot control experiments, the incidence and disease index of common root rot in wheat seedlings were decreased after treatment with CF, and the biological control efficacy was significant, up to 78.24%. …”
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Inactivation of the enveloped virus phi6 with hydrodynamic cavitation by Mojca Zupanc, Jure Zevnik, Arijana Filipić, Ion Gutierrez-Aguirre, Meta Ješelnik, Tamara Košir, Jernej Ortar, Matevž Dular, Martin Petkovšek

“…Furthermore, the control experiments without cavitation showed that the increased temperature alone is not sufficient to cause inactivation, but that additional mechanical stress is still required. …”
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Tracing transport of protein aggregates in microgravity versus unit gravity crystallization by Arayik Martirosyan, Sven Falke, Deborah McCombs, Martin Cox, Christopher D. Radka, Jan Knop, Christian Betzel, Lawrence J. DeLucas

“…To obtain detailed insights in macromolecular transport phenomena under microgravity and the assumed reduction of unfavorable impurity incorporation in growing crystals, microgravity and unit gravity control experiments for three different proteins were designed. …”
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Design and Analysis of a Drive System for a Series Manipulator Based on Orthogonal-Fuzzy PID Control by Haibo Zhou, Rui Chen, Shun Zhou, Zhenzhong Liu

“…The simulation analysis of the original control, PID control, fuzzy PID control, and orthogonal-fuzzy PID control of the manipulator joints in the Simulink software simulation environment and the motion control experiment of the manipulator show that using the orthogonal test method to adjust the PID parameters can quickly determine the appropriate PID parameters and greatly reduce the number of trials. …”
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The ExtremeX global climate model experiment: investigating thermodynamic and dynamic processes contributing to weather and climate extremes by K. Wehrli, F. Luo, F. Luo, M. Hauser, H. Shiogama, D. Tokuda, H. Kim, H. Kim, H. Kim, D. Coumou, D. Coumou, W. May, P. Le Sager, F. Selten, O. Martius, O. Martius, O. Martius, R. Vautard, S. I. Seneviratne

“…The numerical experiments are performed with three Earth system models: CESM, MIROC, and EC-Earth. They include control experiments with interactive atmosphere and land surface conditions, as well as experiments wherein the atmospheric circulation, soil moisture, or both are constrained using observation-based data. …”
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