In vitro properties of designed antimicrobial peptides that exhibit potent antipneumococcal activity and produces synergism in combination with penicillin.

abstract：:In this report, spherical silver nanoparticle (AgNP-sp) and rod-shaped silver nanoparticle (AgNR) were prepared by chemical reduction method and their antibacterial activity against various Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria had been evaluated for their efficiency. Minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) tests we...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Acharya D,Singha KM,Pandey P,Mohanta B,Rajkumari J,Singha LP

更新日期：2018-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of male and female offspring is often determined by the presence of specific sex chromosomes which control sex-specific expression, and sex chromosomes evolve through reduced recombination and specialized gene content. Here we present the genomes of Chrysomya rufifacies, a monogenic blow fly (females pr...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Andere AA,Pimsler ML,Tarone AM,Picard CJ

更新日期：2020-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies investigating association of depression with overall survival (OS) after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) yielded conflicting results. A nationwide cohort study, which included all adult patients [n = 7,170; depression group, 13.3% (N = 956); non-depression group, 86.7% (N = 6,214...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang SM,Park SS,Park SH,Kim NY,Kang DW,Na HR,Lee JW,Han S,Lim HK

更新日期：2020-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychiatric disorders have been widely reported to be associated with systemic inflammation upregulation and adiposity. However, there are no data that link adipose tissue inflammation to these mental disorders. The analysis of adipokines and inflammation-related markers in adipose tissue could help to elucidate the p...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Coín-Aragüez L,Pavón FJ,Contreras A,Gentile AM,Lhamyani S,De Diego-Otero Y,Casado Y,Oliva Olivera W,Olveira G,Tinahones FJ,Pérez Costillas L,El Bekay R

更新日期：2018-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite efforts to characterize the different aspects of musical abilities in humans, many elements of this complex area remain unknown. Musical abilities are known to be associated with factors like intelligence, training, and sex, but a comprehensive evaluation of the simultaneous impact of multiple factors has not ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Smith LM,Bartholomew AJ,Burnham LE,Tillmann B,Cirulli ET

更新日期：2017-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium regulation plays a central role in cardiac function. Several variants in the calcium channel Cav1.2 have been implicated in arrhythmic syndromes. We screened patients with Brugada syndrome, short QT syndrome, early repolarisation syndrome, and idiopathic ventricular fibrillation to determine the frequency and ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Blancard M,Debbiche A,Kato K,Cardin C,Sabrina G,Gandjbakhch E,Probst V,Haissaguerre M,Extramiana F,Hocini M,Olivier G,Leenhardt A,Guicheney P,Rougier JS

更新日期：2018-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Visualization of the surgically operated tissues is vital to improve surgical model animals including mouse. Urological surgeries for urethra include series of fine manipulations to treat the increasing number of birth defects such as hypospadias. Hence visualization of the urethral status is vital. Inappropriate uret...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hyuga T,Hashimoto D,Matsumaru D,Kumegawa S,Asamura S,Suzuki K,Katayama KI,Nakamura S,Nakai H,Yamada G

更新日期：2020-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The North Atlantic is characterized by diatom-dominated spring blooms that results in significant transfer of carbon to higher trophic levels and the deep ocean. These blooms are terminated by limiting silicate concentrations in summer. Numerous regional studies have demonstrated phytoplankton community shifts to ligh...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hátún H,Azetsu-Scott K,Somavilla R,Rey F,Johnson C,Mathis M,Mikolajewicz U,Coupel P,Tremblay JÉ,Hartman S,Pacariz SV,Salter I,Ólafsson J

更新日期：2017-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:When estimating national PM2.5 concentrations, the results of traditional interpolation algorithms are unreliable due to a lack of monitoring sites and heterogeneous spatial distributions. PM2.5 spatial distribution is strongly correlated to elevation, and the information diffusion algorithm has been shown to be highl...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ma L,Gao Y,Fu T,Cheng L,Chen Z,Li M

更新日期：2017-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Worldwide, prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most common malignancy in males. We undertook a meta-analysis to compare the efficacy and safety of conventional laparoscopic radical prostatectomy with a transperitoneal (TLRP) approach, versus that of an extraperitoneal (ELRP) approach, for treatment of localized PCa. A...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： De Hong C,Liang Ren L,Qiang W,Jia W,Ying Chun H,Lu Y,Zheng Hua L,Heng Ping L,Shi Bing Y,Yun Xiang L

更新日期：2015-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Microscopic plastic (microplastic, 0.1 µm-5 mm) is a widespread pollutant impacting upon aquatic ecosystems across the globe. Environmental sampling has revealed synthetic fibers are prevalent in seawater, sediments and biota. However, microplastic fibers are rarely used in laboratory studies as they are unavailable f...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Cole M

更新日期：2016-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:A Late Cretaceous-aged multi-taxon nesting site from Romania preserved in three dimensions reveals the earliest example of nest site sharing yet known from the vertebrate fossil record. Eggshell and osteological evidence combined in this single accumulation demonstrate that at least four vertebrate taxa including enan...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Fernández MS,Wang X,Vremir M,Laurent C,Naish D,Kaiser G,Dyke G

更新日期：2019-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Transistor biosensors are mass-fabrication-compatible devices of interest for point of care diagnosis as well as molecular interaction studies. While the actual transistor gates in processors reach the sub-10 nm range for optimum integration and power consumption, studies on design rules for the signal-to-noise ratio ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kutovyi Y,Madrid I,Zadorozhnyi I,Boichuk N,Kim SH,Fujii T,Jalabert L,Offenhaeusser A,Vitusevich S,Clément N

更新日期：2020-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural and anthropogenic stressors can cause phase shifts from coral-dominated to algal-dominated states. In the Caribbean, over-fishing of large herbivorous fish and disease among the long-spined urchin, Diadema, have facilitated algal growth on degraded reefs. We found that diminutive species of urchin and parrotfi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kuempel CD,Altieri AH

更新日期：2017-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Smoldering and flaming fires, which emit different proportions of organic (OC) and black carbon (BC, in the form of char and soot), have long been recognized in modern wildfire observations but never in a paleo-record, and little is known about their interactions with climate. Here we show that in the late glacial-ear...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Han YM,Peteet DM,Arimoto R,Cao JJ,An ZS,Sritrairat S,Yan BZ

更新日期：2016-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Detection of sedimentary cycles is difficult in fine-grained or homogenous sediments but is a prerequisite for the interpretation of depositional environments. Here we use a new autocorrelation analysis to detect cycles in a homogenous sediment core, E602, from the northern shelf of the South China Sea. Autocorrelatio...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Xiao S,Li R,Chen M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insufficient glenoid fixation is one of the main reasons for failure in total shoulder arthroplasty. This is predominantly caused by the inert nature of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) used in the glenoid component of the implant, which makes it difficult to adhesively bind to bone cement or bone...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Van Vrekhem S,Vloebergh K,Asadian M,Vercruysse C,Declercq H,Van Tongel A,De Wilde L,De Geyter N,Morent R

更新日期：2018-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans, like all organisms, are subject to fundamental biophysical laws. Van Valen predicted that, because of zero-sum dynamics, all populations of all species in a given environment flux the same amount of energy on average. Damuth's 'energetic equivalence rule' supported Van Valen´s conjecture by showing a tradeoff ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Burger JR,Weinberger VP,Marquet PA

更新日期：2017-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribosome biogenesis and turnover are processes necessary for cell viability and proliferation, and many kinds of proteins are known to regulate these processes. However, many questions still remain, especially in the Archaea. Generally, several ribonucleases are required to process precursor rRNAs to their mature form...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ikeda Y,Okada Y,Sato A,Kanai T,Tomita M,Atomi H,Kanai A

更新日期：2017-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:House dust mites (HDMs) are one of the major causes of allergies in the world. The group 23 allergen, Der p 23, from Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, is a major allergen amongst HDM-sensitized individuals. This study aims to determine the specific immunoglobulin E (sIgE) binding frequency and IgE-binding residues of re...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Pang SL,Matta SA,Sio YY,Ng YT,Say YH,Ng CL,Chew FT

更新日期：2021-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:In arthropods, retinoid X receptor (RXR) is a highly conserved nuclear hormone receptor. By forming a heterodimeric complex with the ecdysone receptor (EcR), RXR is known to be vital importance for various physiological processes. However, in comparison to EcR, the RXR signaling pathway and its roles in crustacean rep...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Gong J,Huang C,Shu L,Bao C,Huang H,Ye H,Zeng C,Li S

更新日期：2016-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Dogs (Canis familiaris) are the first animals to be domesticated by humans and the only ones domesticated by mobile hunter-gatherers. Wolves and humans were both persistent, pack hunters of large prey. They were species competing over resources in partially overlapping ecological niches and capable of killing each oth...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lahtinen M,Clinnick D,Mannermaa K,Salonen JS,Viranta S

更新日期：2021-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of biochemical alterations that last for a long period of time in diabetic individuals even after adequate handling of glycemia is an intriguing phenomenon named metabolic memory. In this study, we show that a kidney pathway is gradually altered during the course of diabetes and remains persistently cha...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： de Oliveira AA,de Oliveira TF,Bobadilla LL,Garcia CC,Berra CM,de Souza-Pinto NC,Medeiros MH,Di Mascio P,Zatz R,de M Loureiro AP

更新日期：2017-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:It is usually assumed that metabolic constraints restrict deep-sea corals to cold-water habitats, with 'deep-sea' and 'cold-water' corals often used as synonymous. Here we report on the first measurements of biological characters of deep-sea corals from the central Red Sea, where they occur at temperatures exceeding 2...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Roder C,Berumen ML,Bouwmeester J,Papathanassiou E,Al-Suwailem A,Voolstra CR

更新日期：2013-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate a designed interaction between two isolated cell populations of Euglena gracilis and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, separately confined in two 25-square micro-aquariums of lab-on-chip size. The interaction was realized by interlinking two identical optical feedback systems, which measured the cell distribut...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ozasa K,Won J,Song S,Maeda M

更新日期：2016-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:To ensure the reliability of the planned multi-center clinical trial, we assessed the consistence and comparability of the quantitative parameters of the eight PET/CT units that will be used in this trial. PET/CT images were scanned using a PET NEMA image quality phantom (Biodex) on the eight units of Discovery PET/CT...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhu Y,Geng C,Huang J,Liu J,Wu N,Xin J,Xu H,Yu L,Geng J

更新日期：2018-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The extraction of renewable energy resources particularly from earth abundant materials has always been a matter of significance in industrial products. Herein, we report a novel simultaneous extraction of nano-silicon with activated carbons (nano-Si@ACs) from rice husk (RH) by chemical activation method. As-extracted...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ahmad W,Bahrani MR,Yang Z,Khan J,Jing W,Jiang F,Chu L,Liu N,Li L,Gao Y

更新日期：2016-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Most studies on ungulate reproduction have focused on the covariates of male reproductive success, while there is much less information on female tactics of mate choice. The aim of this work is to fill this gap and to assess condition-dependent variations in female tactics in a lekking fallow deer (Dama dama) populati...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Imperio S,Lombardi S,De Marinis A,Ronchi F,Santini G,Focardi S

更新日期：2020-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The regeneration of WPAC through pyrolysis and its adsorption capacity of phosphorus were studied. The optimum conditions for WPAC regeneration were 650 °C and 2 h which resulted in a recovery of BET surface and total pore volume with a value of 1161.4 m2/g and 1.2176 m3/g. WPAC had a maximum PO43--P adsorption capaci...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li Y,Jin H,Liu W,Su H,Lu Y,Li J

更新日期：2018-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A microfluidic probe (MFP) is a mobile channel-less microfluidic system under which a fluid is injected from an aperture into an open space, hydrodynamically confined by a surrounding fluid, and entirely re-aspirated into a second aperture. Various MFPs have been developed, and have been used for applications ranging ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Safavieh M,Qasaimeh MA,Vakil A,Juncker D,Gervais T

更新日期：2015-07-14 00:00:00