Realization of tunable Dirac cone and insulating bulk states in topological insulators (Bi(1-x)Sb(x))(2)Te(3).

abstract：:Nutrient resorption processes in the plants infected by pathogen remain poorly understood. Huanglongbing (HLB) is a destructive disease of citrus. HLB-pathogen 'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus' grows specifically in the phloem of hosts and may cause problems in the plant vascular system after infection. Therefore, i...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Cao J,Cheng C,Yang J,Wang Q

更新日期：2015-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:High-performance locally resonant metamaterials represent the next frontier in materials technology due to their extraordinary properties obtained through materials design, enabling a variety of potential applications. The most exceptional feature of locally resonant metamaterials is the subwavelength size of their un...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zega V,Silva PB,Geers MGD,Kouznetsova VG

更新日期：2020-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Irreversible electroporation (IRE) is an emerging focal therapy which is demonstrating utility in the treatment of unresectable tumors where thermal ablation techniques are contraindicated. IRE uses ultra-short duration, high-intensity monopolar pulsed electric fields to permanently disrupt cell membranes within a wel...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sano MB,Arena CB,Bittleman KR,DeWitt MR,Cho HJ,Szot CS,Saur D,Cissell JM,Robertson J,Lee YW,Davalos RV

更新日期：2015-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate alignment of an intraocular lens (IOL) is indispensable for achieving accurate postoperative refractive outcomes. Thus, we evaluated decentration and tilt of single- and three-piece IOLs, as well as anterior chamber depth (ACD), at 3 hours, 24 hours, 2 weeks, and 4 weeks after cataract surgery, using swept-so...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sato T,Shibata S,Yoshida M,Hayashi K

更新日期：2018-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Although flowering in rice has been extensively investigated, few studies focused on genetic interactions. Flowering evaluation of two recombinant inbred line (RIL) populations involving photo-insensitive rice cultivars, Bengal and Cypress, and a weedy rice accession, PSRR-1, under natural long-day (LD) conditions, re...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Subudhi PK,De Leon TB,Tapia R,Chai C,Karan R,Ontoy J,Singh PK

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Receding angles have been shown to have great significance when designing a superhydrophobic surface for applications involving self-cleaning. Although apparent receding angles under dynamic conditions have been well studied, the microscopic receding contact line dynamics are not well understood. Therefore, experiment...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yeong YH,Milionis A,Loth E,Bayer IS

更新日期：2015-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysregulation of iron metabolism, and resultant cytotoxicity, has been implicated in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS) and other neurodegenerative processes. Iron accumulation promotes cytotoxicity through various mechanisms including oxidative stress and glutamate toxicity, and occurs in both MS patients an...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Khan RS,Baumann B,Dine K,Song Y,Dunaief JL,Kim SF,Shindler KS

更新日期：2019-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcriptional responses of yeast cells to diverse stresses typically include gene activation and repression. Specific stress defense, citric acid cycle and oxidative phosphorylation genes are activated, whereas protein synthesis genes are coordinately repressed. This view was achieved from comparative transcript...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Talavera D,Kershaw CJ,Costello JL,Castelli LM,Rowe W,Sims PFG,Ashe MP,Grant CM,Pavitt GD,Hubbard SJ

更新日期：2018-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The mandibular proximal ramus segments should be moved and rotated during orthognathic surgery-based skeletofacial reconstruction for the correction of challenging patients with facial asymmetry and malocclusion, but quantitative data regarding this rotation were not sufficient to date. This 3D computer-assisted study...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wu TY,Denadai R,Lin HH,Ho CT,Lo LJ

更新日期：2019-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The first instar larva of a species of the Australian endemic genus Aenigmetopia Malloch is described for the first time, along with the first instar larvae of three other Australian species representing the genera Amobia Robineau-Desvoidy and Protomiltogramma Townsend. Larval morphology was analysed using a combinati...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Szpila K,Walczak K,Johnston NP,Pape T,Wallman JF

更新日期：2021-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular chaperone Hsc70 performs essential tasks by folding proteins. Hsc70 is driven by the hydrolysis of ATP and tuned by the association with various co-chaperones. One such cofactor is the nematode nucleotide exchange factor UNC-23, whose mutation disrupts muscle attachment and induces a severe head-bent phe...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Papsdorf K,Sima S,Schmauder L,Peter S,Renner L,Hoffelner P,Richter K

更新日期：2019-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Petunia × hybrida cv 'Mitchell Diploid' floral volatile benzenoid/phenylpropanoid (FVBP) biosynthesis ultimately produces floral volatiles derived sequentially from phenylalanine, cinnamic acid, and p-coumaric acid. In an attempt to better understand biochemical steps after p-coumaric acid production, we cloned and ch...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kim JY,Swanson RT,Alvarez MI,Johnson TS,Cho KH,Clark DG,Colquhoun TA

更新日期：2019-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the study was to estimate if altered levels of alpha-synuclein can be detected in tear fluid of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Therefore, tear fluid samples of 75 PD patients, 75 control subjects and 31 atypical Parkinsonian patients were collected and analyzed in triplicates using an ultra-s...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Maass F,Rikker S,Dambeck V,Warth C,Tatenhorst L,Csoti I,Schmitz M,Zerr I,Leha A,Bähr M,Lingor P

更新日期：2020-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Olive oil pomace (OOP) is a bio-waste rich in highly soluble polyphenols. OOP has been proposed as an additive in ruminant feeding to modulate rumen fermentations. Three groups of ewes were fed the following different diets: a control diet and two diets supplemented with OOP, obtained with a two-phase (OOP2) or three-...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Mannelli F,Cappucci A,Pini F,Pastorelli R,Decorosi F,Giovannetti L,Mele M,Minieri S,Conte G,Pauselli M,Rapaccini S,Viti C,Buccioni A

更新日期：2018-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite broad implications for understanding human life history, energetics, and health, the impact of physical activity on childhood growth remains unclear. Particularly understudied is the effect of secular changes in physical activity on child development. We address these shortcomings using data spanning the trans...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Urlacher SS,Kramer KL

更新日期：2018-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine tuberculosis (BTB) testing in cattle requires a significant investment of time, equipment, and labor. Novel, rapid, cheaper and accurate methods are needed. The Alere Determine TB lipoarabinomannan antigen (LAM-test) is a World Health Organization-endorsed point-of-care urine test designed to detect active TB d...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kelley HV,Waibel SM,Sidiki S,Tomatis-Souverbielle C,Scordo JM,Hunt WG,Barr N,Smith R,Silwani SN,Averill JJ,Baer S,Hengesbach J,Yildiz VO,Pan X,Gebreyes WA,Balada-Llasat JM,Wang SH,Torrelles JB

更新日期：2020-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The weak correlation between pain and structural changes in knee osteoarthritis is widely reported. In a previous within-person, knee-matched case-control study among Caucasians, the severity of radiographic osteoarthritis (ROA) was strongly associated with both the presence of frequent knee pain and pain severity. We...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang K,Kim HA,Felson DT,Xu L,Kim DH,Nevitt MC,Yoshimura N,Kawaguchi H,Lin J,Kang X,Zhang Y

更新日期：2018-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Stemborers (Busseola fusca, Sesamia calamistis and Chilo partellus), the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) and associated parasitoids constitute an interacting system in maize fields in Kenya. This work aims at developing and evaluating models that represent the evolution of those interactions by applying system t...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sokame BM,Tonnang HEZ,Subramanian S,Bruce AY,Dubois T,Ekesi S,Calatayud PA

更新日期：2021-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In spite of many compounds identified as antifibrotic in preclinical studies, pulmonary fibrosis remains a life-threatening condition for which highly effective treatment is still lacking. Towards improving the success-rate of bench-to-bedside translation, we investigated in vivo µCT-derived biomarkers to repeatedly q...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Dekoster K,Decaesteker T,Berghen N,Van den Broucke S,Jonckheere AC,Wouters J,Krouglov A,Lories R,De Langhe E,Hoet P,Verbeken E,Vanoirbeek J,Vande Velde G

更新日期：2020-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence and the distribution characteristics of corneal astigmatism (CA) and anterior segment biometry before surgery in Chinese congenital cataract (CC) patients are not completely understood. This study involved 400 CC patients from the Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center enrolled from February 2011 to August 2015. D...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lin D,Chen J,Liu Z,Wu X,Long E,Luo L,Lin Z,Li X,Zhang L,Chen H,Liu J,Chen W,Lin H,Liu Y

更新日期：2016-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Predation has driven the evolution of diverse adaptations for defence among prey, and one striking example is the deimatic display. While such displays can resemble, or indeed co-occur with, aposematic 'warning' signals, theory suggests deimatic displays may function independently of predator learning. The survival va...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Umbers KDL,White TE,De Bona S,Haff T,Ryeland J,Drinkwater E,Mappes J

更新日期：2019-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In humans, the H+-coupled Fe2+ transporter DMT1 (SLC11A2) is essential for proper maintenance of iron homeostasis. While X-ray diffraction has recently unveiled the structure of the bacterial homologue ScaDMT as a LeuT-fold transporter, the exact mechanism of H+-cotransport has remained elusive. Here, we used a combin...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Pujol-Giménez J,Hediger MA,Gyimesi G

更新日期：2017-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In bioelectrochemical system (BES) the extracellular electron transfer (EET) from bacteria to anode electrode is recognized as a crucial step that governs the anodic reaction efficiency. Here, we report a novel approach to substantially enhance the microbial EET by immobilization of a small active phenothiazine deriva...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Liu XW,Sun XF,Chen JJ,Huang YX,Xie JF,Li WW,Sheng GP,Zhang YY,Zhao F,Lu R,Yu HQ

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a common health problem during pregnancy and its prevalence is increasing globally, especially in China. The aim of this study was to investigate socioeconomic, environmental and lifestyle factors associated with GDM in Chinese women. A matched pair case-control study was conduct...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Carroll X,Liang X,Zhang W,Zhang W,Liu G,Turner N,Leeper-Woodford S

更新日期：2018-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae is a worldwide problem. K. pneumoniae possesses numerous resistant genes in its genome. We isolated mutants resistant to various antimicrobials in vitro and investigated the importance of intrinsic genes in acquired resistance. The isolation frequency of the m...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ni RT,Onishi M,Mizusawa M,Kitagawa R,Kishino T,Matsubara F,Tsuchiya T,Kuroda T,Ogawa W

更新日期：2020-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Developing effective treatment strategies for neurodegenerative diseases require an understanding of the underlying cellular pathways that lead to neuronal vulnerability and progressive degeneration. To date, numerous mutations in 147 distinct genes are identified to be "associated" with, "modifier" or "causative" of ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Dervishi I,Gozutok O,Murnan K,Gautam M,Heller D,Bigio E,Ozdinler PH

更新日期：2018-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrospun polycaprolactone (PCL) vascular grafts showed good mechanical properties and patency. However, the slow degradation of PCL limited vascular regeneration in the graft. Polydioxanone (PDS) is a biodegradable polymer with high mechanical strength and moderate degradation rate in vivo. In this study, a small-d...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Pan Y,Zhou X,Wei Y,Zhang Q,Wang T,Zhu M,Li W,Huang R,Liu R,Chen J,Fan G,Wang K,Kong D,Zhao Q

更新日期：2017-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Vertically aligned radial-junction solar cell designs offer potential improvements over planar geometries, as carrier generation occurs close to the junction for all absorption depths, but most production methods still require a single crystal substrate. Here, we report on the fabrication of such solar cells from poly...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Martinsen FA,Smeltzer BK,Nord M,Hawkins T,Ballato J,Gibson UJ

更新日期：2014-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-dimensional (2D) transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), most notably, MoS2 and WS2, have attracted significant attention due to their sizable and direct bandgap characteristics. Although several interesting MoS2 and WS2-based optoelectronic devices have been reported, their processability and reproducibility are...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yu ZG,Cai Y,Zhang YW

更新日期：2015-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The marine bacterial strain Desulfovibrio ferrophilus IS5, known for its lithotrophic growth ability to use metallic iron as a sole electron donor and for causing corrosion of steel, was used in the current study. Four commonly used biocides in the oil and gas industry, namely tetrakis(hydroxymethyl) phosphonium sulfa...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sharma M,Liu H,Chen S,Cheng F,Voordouw G,Gieg L

更新日期：2018-11-09 00:00:00