Prednisolone significantly attenuated the increase in proteinuria and total cholesterol and resulted in a significant decrease in body weight.
The developed electric scooter was satisfactory, and resulted in a significant improvement in its appearance and ergonomic performance.
The December election, although not free of vote rigging, was the most credible multiparty election since independence and resulted in a significant opposition victory.
The results show the higher current density in the crack tip area produced more heat and resulted in a significant rise in temperature.
It has been 20 years since the controversy surrounding the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, which falsely linked the jab to autism and resulted in a significant drop in its uptake.
These effects were more pronounced for bisquaternary salts bearing the naphmethonium moiety than for the W84-containing analogs, and resulted in a significant analgesic activity in vivo.
The extent of clay platelet exfoliation in the PE-g-MAn nanocomposites was confirmed by X-ray diffraction and resulted in a significant reduction of the degree of crystallinity and increased polymer crystallization rates.
High N fertilization rate (16 g N m−2 yr−1) increased soil inorganic nitrogen (ION) significantly and resulted in a significant drop of soil pH, which decreased from a neutral (∼pH 7) to pH 5.8.
Halothane induced a marked activation of NF-κB (+180%), and resulted in a significant decrease of the nonphosphorylated form of the inhibitor IκBα (−53%), while phosphorylated IκBα protein level was markedly increased (+146%).
In this article, I argue that 'flexibilities' within the EU's emissions legislative framework afforded automakers the opportunity to legally sidestep strict performance standards laid out in the law and resulted in a significant performance gap in real world driving emissions.
The poor seismic performance of URM buildings was recently demonstrated in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, where a large number of URM buildings suffered irreparable damage and resulted in a significant number of fatalities and casualties.
