Musical training, individual differences and the cocktail party problem.

abstract：:Memristors, memcapacitors, and meminductors represent an innovative generation of circuit elements whose properties depend on the state and history of the system. The hysteretic behavior of one of their constituent variables, is their distinctive fingerprint. This feature endows them with the ability to store and proc...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Guarcello C,Solinas P,Di Ventra M,Giazotto F

更新日期：2017-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:This retrospective cohort study examined the relationship between a cholecystectomy and the subsequent risk of peptic ulcers using a population-based database. Data for this study were retrieved from the Taiwan Longitudinal Health Insurance Database 2005. This study included 5209 patients who had undergone a cholecyst...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tsai MC,Huang CC,Kao LT,Lin HC,Lee CZ

更新日期：2016-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:CD8+ T cells directed against beta cell autoantigens are considered relevant for the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes. Using single cell T cell receptor sequencing of CD8+ T cells specific for the IGRP265-273 epitope, we examined whether there was expansion of clonotypes and sharing of T cell receptor chains in autorea...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Fuchs YF,Eugster A,Dietz S,Sebelefsky C,Kühn D,Wilhelm C,Lindner A,Gavrisan A,Knoop J,Dahl A,Ziegler AG,Bonifacio E

更新日期：2017-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiology of acute kidney injury (AKI) in developing countries is under-studied. We evaluated the risk and prognosis of AKI in patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) in Egypt. We recruited consecutive adults admitted to ICUs in Alexandria Teaching Hospitals over six months. We used the KDIGO criteria for ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Abd ElHafeez S,Tripepi G,Quinn R,Naga Y,Abdelmonem S,AbdelHady M,Liu P,James M,Zoccali C,Ravani P

更新日期：2017-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to evaluate the accuracy and repeatability of morphological contour interpolation (MCI)-based semiautomatic segmentation method for volumetric measurements of bone grafts around dental implants. Three in vitro (one with a cylinder and two with a geometrically complex form) and four ex vivo mode...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Shi JY,Li Y,Zhuang LF,Zhang X,Fan LF,Lai HC

更新日期：2020-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A better understanding of functional changes in the intervertebral disc (IVD) and interaction with endplate is essential to elucidate the pathogenesis of IVD degeneration disease (IDDD). To date, the simultaneous depiction of 3D micro-architectural changes of endplate with aging and interaction with IVD remains a tech...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Cao Y,Liao S,Zeng H,Ni S,Tintani F,Hao Y,Wang L,Wu T,Lu H,Duan C,Hu J

更新日期：2017-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In contemporary muscle-computer interfaces for upper limb prosthetics there is often a trade-off between control robustness and range of executable movements. As a very low movement error rate is necessary in practical applications, this often results in a quite severe limitation of controllability; a problem growing ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Olsson AE,Sager P,Andersson E,Björkman A,Malešević N,Antfolk C

更新日期：2019-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the greatest enigmas of modern biology is how the geometry of muscular and skeletal structures are created and how their development is controlled during growth and regeneration. Scaling and shaping of vertebrate muscles and skeletal elements has always been enigmatic and required an advanced technical level in...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tesařová M,Mancini L,Simon A,Adameyko I,Kaucká M,Elewa A,Lanzafame G,Zhang Y,Kalasová D,Szarowská B,Zikmund T,Novotná M,Kaiser J

更新日期：2018-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We construct two families of orthogonal product quantum states that cannot be exactly distinguished by local operation and classical communication (LOCC) in the quantum system of (2k+i) ⊗ (2l+j) (i, j ∈ {0, 1} and i ≥ j ) and (3k+i) ⊗ (3l+j) (i, j ∈ {0, 1, 2}). And we also give the tiling structure of these two famili...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang X,Tan X,Weng J,Li Y

更新日期：2016-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Up to 90% of people with neurological deficits following whiplash injury report chronic symptoms. A recent unique study of neck-specific exercise showed positive results (post-intervention at 12 weeks), regarding arm pain and neurological deficits in people with chronic whiplash associated disorders (WAD). This 1-year...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ludvigsson ML,Peterson G,Peolsson A

更新日期：2020-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Adipose tissue dysfunction is considered an important contributor to systemic insulin resistance and Type 2 diabetes (T2D). Recently, a novel family of endogenous lipids, palmitic acid hydroxy stearic acids (PAHSAs), was discovered. These have anti-diabetic and anti-inflammatory effects in mice and are reduced in seru...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hammarstedt A,Syed I,Vijayakumar A,Eliasson B,Gogg S,Kahn BB,Smith U

更新日期：2018-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Agglomeration-triggered deactivation of supported platinum electrocatalysts markedly hinders their application in methanol oxidation reaction (MOR). In this study, graphene-supported nickel-iron layered double hydroxide (NiFe-LDH/rGO), in which Fe3+ was introduced to replace Ni2+ partially in the Ni(OH)2 lattice to pr...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Han Y,Li P,Liu J,Wu S,Ye Y,Tian Z,Liang C

更新日期：2018-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) is one of the most advanced technologies for the in situ visualization of molecular machines by producing three-dimensional (3D) biological structures. However, cryo-ET imaging has two serious disadvantages-low dose and low image contrast-which result in high-resolution information b...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Huang X,Li S,Gao S

更新日期：2018-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Excess nitrite (NO2-) concentrations in water supplies is considered detrimental to the environment and human health, and is associated with incidence of stomach cancer. In this work, the authors describe a nitrite detection system based on the synthesis of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) on reduced graphene oxide (rGO) us...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Amanulla B,Palanisamy S,Chen SM,Chiu TW,Velusamy V,Hall JM,Chen TW,Ramaraj SK

更新日期：2017-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated how skeletal muscle mass (SMM) affects spinal sagittal balance (radiographic parameters) in symptomatic spinal patients. The first purpose of this study was to evaluate the body composition and the spinal sagittal alignment in symptomatic spinal patients. The second purpose of this study was to compare...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hiyama A,Katoh H,Sakai D,Sato M,Tanaka M,Nukaga T,Watanabe M

更新日期：2018-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibitors of cyclin-dependent kinases (ICKs) are key regulators of cyclin-dependent kinase activities and cell division. Herein, we identified eight ICKs in maize, which we named Zeama;ICKs (ZmICKs). Primary sequencing and phylogenetic analyses were used to divide the ZmICK family into two classes: group B and group ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Xiao Q,Zhang C,Li H,Wei B,Wang Y,Huang H,Li Y,Yu G,Liu H,Zhang J,Liu Y,Hu Y,Huang Y

更新日期：2017-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The state of preservation of wood in two samples from the Hanson Logboat, currently on display in Derby Museum and Art Gallery, was analysed using elemental analysis (EA), pyrolysis-gas chromatography/flame ionisation detection (Py-GC/FID), pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS) and scanning electro...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Pinder AP,Panter I,Abbott GD,Keely BJ

更新日期：2017-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common liver disease worldwide. We prospectively evaluated endothelial function by assessing flow-mediated dilatation (FMD) of the brachial artery in patients with biopsy-proven NAFLD. This prospective study included 139 patients (50 healthy controls, 47 patients wi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Al-Hamoudi W,Alsadoon A,Hassanian M,Alkhalidi H,Abdo A,Nour M,Halwani R,Sanai F,Alsharaabi A,Alswat K,Hersi A,Albenmousa A,Alsaif F

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seabirds are known to concentrate on prey patches or at predators aggregations standing for potential feeding opportunities. They may search for prey using olfaction or by detecting visually feeding con-specifics and sub-surface predators, or even boats. Thus, they might form a foraging network. We hypothesized that c...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Assali C,Bez N,Tremblay Y

更新日期：2017-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:All electronic, optoelectronic or photovoltaic applications of silicon depend on controlling majority charge carriers via doping with impurity atoms. Nanoscale silicon is omnipresent in fundamental research (quantum dots, nanowires) but also approached in future technology nodes of the microelectronics industry. In ge...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： König D,Hiller D,Gutsch S,Zacharias M,Smith S

更新日期：2017-04-20 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： Gómez-Brandón M,Probst M,Siles JA,Peintner U,Bardelli T,Egli M,Insam H,Ascher-Jenull J

更新日期：2020-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata (Fuzi) and Fritillariae Thunbergii bulbus (Beimu) have been widely used clinically to treat cardiopulmonary related diseases in China. However, according to the classic rules of traditional Chinese medicine, Fuzi and Beimu should be prohibited to use as a combination for their incomp...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhuang P,Huang Y,Lu Z,Yang Z,Xu L,Sun F,Zhang Y,Duan J

更新日期：2016-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct estimation of Lagrangian turbulence statistics is essential for the proper modeling of dispersion and transport in highly obstructed canopy flows. However, Lagrangian flow measurements demand very high rates of data acquisition, resulting in bottlenecks that prevented the estimation of Lagrangian statistics in ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Shnapp R,Shapira E,Peri D,Bohbot-Raviv Y,Fattal E,Liberzon A

更新日期：2019-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the Chinese version of the Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST-10) for identifying illicit drug use during pregnancy among Chinese population. Chinese pregnant women attending their first antenatal visit or their first unbooked visit to the maternity ward were recruited during a 4-month study period in 2011. T...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lam LP,Leung WC,Ip P,Chow CB,Chan MF,Ng JW,Sing C,Lam YH,Mak WL,Chow KM,Chin RK

更新日期：2015-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate theoretically that photon-photon attraction can be engineered in the continuum of scattering states for pairs of photons propagating in a hollow-core photonic crystal fiber filled with cold atoms. The atoms are regularly spaced in an optical lattice configuration and the photons are resonantly tuned to ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Litinskaya M,Tignone E,Pupillo G

更新日期：2016-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to examine hemodynamic responses and the necessity of breaks under long working hours. Thirty-eight healthy males conducted PC-based work from 9:10 to 22:00. Nine 10-minute short breaks and two long breaks (a 1-hour break and a 50-minute break) were provided, and hemodynamic responses were measured re...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Liu X,Ikeda H,Oyama F,Wakisaka K,Takahashi M

更新日期：2018-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:This study sought to evaluate the association of 28 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within NFKB and inflammasome pathway genes with the risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and response to TNF inhibitors (TNFi). We conducted a case-control study in a European population of 1194 RA patients and 1328 healthy control...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Manuel Sánchez-Maldonado J,Martínez-Bueno M,Canhão H,Ter Horst R,Muñoz-Peña S,Moñiz-Díez A,Rodríguez-Ramos A,Escudero A,Sorensen SB,Hetland ML,Ferrer MA,Glintborg B,Filipescu I,Pérez-Pampin E,Conesa-Zamora P,García A,den

更新日期：2020-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Abiotic synthesis of biomolecules is an essential step for the chemical origin of life. Many attempts have succeeded in synthesizing biomolecules, including amino acids and nucleobases (e.g., via spark discharge, impact shock, and hydrothermal heating), from reduced compounds that may have been limited in their availa...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Takeuchi Y,Furukawa Y,Kobayashi T,Sekine T,Terada N,Kakegawa T

更新日期：2020-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Repetitive traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been linked to late life development of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a neurodegenerative disorder histopathologically characterized by perivascular tangles of hyperphosphorylated tau at the depth of sulci to later widespread neurofibrillary pathology. Although tau...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang Y,Wu F,Iqbal K,Gong CX,Hu W,Liu F

更新日期：2019-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Allelic differential expression (ADE) is common in diploid organisms, and is often the key reason for specific phenotype variations. Thus, ADE detection is important for identification of major genes and causal mutations. To date, sensitive and simple methods to detect ADE are still lacking. In this study, we have dev...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhao C,Xie S,Wu H,Luan Y,Hu S,Ni J,Lin R,Zhao S,Zhang D,Li X

更新日期：2019-04-19 00:00:00