Long-term follow-up of therapeutic ERCP in 78 patients aged 90 years or older.

abstract：:We investigate the timescales of the horizontal mass flux decay of wind remobilised volcanic particles in Argentina, associated with the tephra-fallout deposit produced by the 2011-2012 Cordón Caulle (Chile) eruption. Particle removal processes are controlled by complex interactions of meteorological conditions, surfa...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Dominguez L,Rossi E,Mingari L,Bonadonna C,Forte P,Panebianco JE,Bran D

更新日期：2020-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of 2D nanomaterial coatings across metal surfaces is a challenge due to the mismatch between the metal microstructure and the nanoscale materials. The naturally occurring thin oxidative layer present across all metal surfaces, may lead to low adherence and connectivity. In this paper, graphene/titania/...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yi Z,Merenda A,Kong L,Radenovic A,Majumder M,Dumée LF

更新日期：2018-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Replacing precious and nondurable Pt catalysts with cheap materials is a key issue for commercialization of fuel cells. In the case of oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalysts for direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC), the methanol tolerance is also an important concern. Here, we develop AlN nanowires with diameters of ab...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lei M,Wang J,Li JR,Wang YG,Tang HL,Wang WJ

更新日期：2014-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron deposits are a phenotypic trait of tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs). Histological iron imaging and contrast-agent free magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can detect these deposits, but their presence  in human cancer, and correlation with immunotherapeutic response is largely untested. Here, primarily using thes...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Leftin A,Ben-Chetrit N,Joyce JA,Koutcher JA

更新日期：2019-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid hormone (TH) has long been believed to play a minor role in male reproduction. However, evidences from experimental model of thyrotoxicosis or hypothyroidism suggests its role in spermatogenesis. Cellular action of TH requires membrane transport via specific transporters such as monocarboxylate transporter 8 (...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Bae HS,Jin YK,Ham S,Kim HK,Shin H,Cho GB,Lee KJ,Lee H,Kim KM,Koo OJ,Jang G,Lee JM,Lee JY

更新日期：2020-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies reported that boreal winter precipitation in southeastern China (SEC) tends to increase during El Niño. In this study, however, we find that most weak El Niño events are accompanied by below-normal precipitation in SEC, although strong El Niño events are accompanied by above-normal precipitation in SE...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ke Z,Jiang X,Wang Z

更新日期：2019-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Embryo implantation requires a hospitable uterine environment. A key metabolic change that occurs during the peri-implantation period, and throughout early pregnancy, is the rise in endometrial glycogen content. Glycogen accumulation requires prior cellular uptake of glucose. Here we show that both human and murine en...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Salker MS,Singh Y,Zeng N,Chen H,Zhang S,Umbach AT,Fakhri H,Kohlhofer U,Quintanilla-Martinez L,Durairaj RRP,Barros FSV,Vrljicak P,Ott S,Brucker SY,Wallwiener D,Vrhovac Madunić I,Breljak D,Sabolić I,Koepsell H,Brosens

更新日期：2017-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor β-1 (TGFβ-1)-induced phosphorylation of transcription factors Smad2 and Smad3 plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). However, the molecular regulation of Smad2/Smad3 proteins stability remains a mystery. Here, we show that ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Nan L,Jacko AM,Tan J,Wang D,Zhao J,Kass DJ,Ma H,Zhao Y

更新日期：2016-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A physically active lifestyle is associated with better health in body and mind, and it is urgent that supporting agents for such lifestyles be developed. In rodents, voluntary locomotor activity as an active physical behavior may be mediated by dopaminergic neurons (DNs). Thiamine phosphate esters can stimulate DNs, ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Saiki M,Matsui T,Soya M,Kashibe T,Shima T,Shimizu T,Naruto T,Kitayoshi T,Akimoto K,Ninomiya S,Soya H

更新日期：2018-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The Tarim Basin is regarded as one of the most highly erodible areas in China. Desert comprises 64% of the land use in the Basin, but the desert-oasis ecotone plays a prominent role in maintaining oasis ecological security and stability. Yet, little is known concerning the magnitude of windblown sediment transport in ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Pi H,Sharratt B,Lei J

更新日期：2017-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The accumulation of fat, especially in visceral sites, is a significant risk factor for several chronic diseases with altered cardiometabolic homeostasis. We studied how intensive long-term weight loss and subsequent weight regain affect physiological changes, by longitudinally interrogating the lipid metabolism and w...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sarin HV,Lee JH,Jauhiainen M,Joensuu A,Borodulin K,Männistö S,Jin Z,Terwilliger JD,Isola V,Ahtiainen JP,Häkkinen K,Kristiansson K,Hulmi JJ,Perola M

更新日期：2019-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:InPBi was predicted to be the most robust infrared optoelectronic material but also the most difficult to synthesize within In-VBi (V = P, As and Sb) 25 years ago. We report the first successful growth of InPBi single crystals with Bi concentration far beyond the doping level by gas source molecular beam epitaxy. The ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang K,Gu Y,Zhou HF,Zhang LY,Kang CZ,Wu MJ,Pan WW,Lu PF,Gong Q,Wang SM

更新日期：2014-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The food supply is being increasingly challenged by climate change and water scarcity. However, incremental changes in traditional cropping systems have achieved only limited success in meeting these multiple challenges. In this study, we applied a systematic approach, using model simulation and data from two groups o...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Meng Q,Wang H,Yan P,Pan J,Lu D,Cui Z,Zhang F,Chen X

更新日期：2017-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurement of intracranial aneurysm wall motion may refine the current rupture risk estimation. A golden standard for measuring aneurysm pulsation is lacking. The aim is to evaluate magnitudes of aneurysm pulsation as published in current literature. Embase and PubMed were searched for publications containing quantit...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Stam LB,Aquarius R,de Jong GA,Slump CH,Meijer FJA,Boogaarts HD

更新日期：2021-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) is an important canid fur-bearing animal species worldwide. Chinese raccoon dogs that present a white mutation, especially those with a white coat. Exploring melanin biosynthesis in the hair and skin of raccoon dogs is important for understanding the survival and evolutionary...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Du Z,Huang K,Zhao J,Song X,Xing X,Wu Q,Zhang L,Xu C

更新日期：2017-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:In cloud water, microorganisms are exposed to very strong stresses especially related to the presence of reactive oxygen species including H2O2 and radicals, which are the driving force of cloud chemistry. In order to understand how the bacterium Pseudomonas graminis isolated from cloud water respond to this oxidative...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wirgot N,Lagrée M,Traïkia M,Besaury L,Amato P,Canet I,Sancelme M,Jousse C,Diémé B,Lyan B,Delort AM

更新日期：2019-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:We report comparative indoor and outdoor stability testing of organic solar cells based on a blend between a donor-acceptor polyfluorene copolymer and a fullerene derivative. The outdoor testing was conducted for a period over 12,000 hours in Sheffield, England, with a Ts80 lifetime determined in excess of 10,000 hour...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang Y,Yi H,Iraqi A,Kingsley J,Buckley A,Wang T,Lidzey DG

更新日期：2017-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the role of morphogen in activating its target genes, otherwise epigenetically repressed, during change in cell fate specification is a very fascinating yet relatively unexplored domain. Our in vivo loss-of-function genetic analyses reveal that specifically during ectopic eye formation, the morphogen Dec...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Aggarwal P,Gera J,Mandal L,Mandal S

更新日期：2016-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In the developing central nervous system (CNS), oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) migrate along blood vessels and are widely distributed in the CNS. Meanwhile, OPCs require survival factors from the extracellular microenvironment. In other tissues, laminins, heterotrimetric (αβγ) extracellular matrix proteins, pr...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Suzuki N,Hyodo M,Hayashi C,Mabuchi Y,Sekimoto K,Onchi C,Sekiguchi K,Akazawa C

更新日期：2019-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Solving river engineering problems typically requires river flow characterization, including the prediction of flow depth, flow velocity, and flood extent. Hydraulic models use governing equations of the flow in motion (conservation of mass and momentum principles) to predict the flow characteristics. However, solving...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hosseiny H,Nazari F,Smith V,Nataraj C

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We show a new resonance acceleration scheme for generating ultradense relativistic electron bunches in helical motions and hence emitting brilliant vortical γ-ray pulses in the quantum electrodynamic (QED) regime of circularly-polarized (CP) laser-plasma interactions. Here the combined effects of the radiation reactio...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chang HX,Qiao B,Huang TW,Xu Z,Zhou CT,Gu YQ,Yan XQ,Zepf M,He XT

更新日期：2017-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychopathy is a personality disorder characterised by atypical moral behaviour likely rooted in atypical affective/motivational processing, as opposed to an inability to judge the wrongness of an action. Guilt is a moral emotion believed to play a crucial role in adherence to moral and social norms, but the mechanism...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Seara-Cardoso A,Sebastian CL,McCrory E,Foulkes L,Buon M,Roiser JP,Viding E

更新日期：2016-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper. ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Motoki K,Sugiura M,Kawashima R

更新日期：2020-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed to compare the area of the foveal avascular zone (FAZ-area) obtained by three optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) instruments. This was a cross-sectional, non-interventional study of twenty-seven healthy right eyes. The superficial and deep FAZ-area was measured manually with three...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Shiihara H,Sakamoto T,Yamashita T,Kakiuchi N,Otsuka H,Terasaki H,Sonoda S

更新日期：2017-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The damping properties and specifically the bend losses of polymer optical fibres (POFs) have so far only been documented by experimental work, investigating bending parameters such as bending radius, length, and distance of the bends. Even though damping mechanisms and causes are well-known, no simple, generally vali...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lustermann B,Quandt BM,Ulrich S,Spano F,Rossi RM,Boesel LF

更新日期：2020-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of different contact configurations (semi-infinite extended-channel, normal metal and ferromagnetic metal) on quantum transport through thin Bi2Se3 three-dimensional (3D) topological insulator (TI) slab (channel) has been investigated through Non-Equilibrium Green Function. The issue of contact dependent cu...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Gupta G,Jalil MB,Liang G

更新日期：2015-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In situ HfB2-SiC-VSi2 composite was fabricated by reactive pressureless sintering at the temperature of 2150 °C for 4 h under a vacuum atmosphere. In situ SiC and VSi2 reinforcements were formed using VC and Si powders as starting materials according to the following reaction: VC + 3Si = SiC + VSi2. Microstructural st...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ghadami S,Taheri-Nassaj E,Baharvandi HR,Ghadami F

更新日期：2020-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Regional brain sizes of very-preterm infants at term-equivalent age differ from those of term-born peers, which have been linked with later cognitive impairments. However, dependence of regional brain volume loss on gestational age has not been studied in detail. To investigate the spatial pattern of brain growth in n...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Iwata S,Katayama R,Kinoshita M,Saikusa M,Araki Y,Takashima S,Abe T,Iwata O

更新日期：2016-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Caterpillars have long been used as models for studying animal defence. Their impressive armour, including flamboyant warning colours, poisonous spines, irritating sprays, and mimicry of plant parts, snakes and bird droppings, has been extensively documented. But research has mainly focused on visual and chemical disp...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Bura VL,Kawahara AY,Yack JE

更新日期：2016-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Hearing loss becomes increasingly common with age and affects quality of life. Recently, scientists have published articles about the relationship between metabolic disease and hearing loss. Metabolic disease was previously found to be highly related to an increase in alkaline phosphatase. Thus, there may be an indire...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lim ZW,Chen WL

更新日期：2020-03-04 00:00:00