Meta-genomic analysis of toilet waste from long distance flights; a step towards global surveillance of infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance.

abstract：:Electronic structures of graphene oxide (GO) and hydro-thermally reduced graphene oxides (rGOs) processed at low temperatures (120-180°C) were studied using X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES), X-ray emission spectroscopy (XES) and resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS). C K-edge XANES spectra of rGOs rev...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chuang CH,Wang YF,Shao YC,Yeh YC,Wang DY,Chen CW,Chiou JW,Ray SC,Pong WF,Zhang L,Zhu JF,Guo JH

更新日期：2014-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a technique developed to treat the ever-increasing global incidence of cancer. This technique utilises singlet oxygen ((1)O2) generation via a laser excited photosensitiser (PS) to kill cancer cells. However, prolonged sensitivity to intensive light (6-8 weeks for lung cancer), relatively...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sokolovski SG,Zolotovskaya SA,Goltsov A,Pourreyron C,South AP,Rafailov EU

更新日期：2013-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Faces presented upside-down are harder to recognize than presented right-side up, an effect known as the face inversion effect. With inversion the perceptual processing of the spatial relationship among facial parts is disrupted. Previous literature indicates a face inversion effect in chimpanzees toward familiar and ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Dahl CD,Rasch MJ,Tomonaga M,Adachi I

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microwave absorbers have important applications in various areas including stealth, camouflage, and antenna. Here, we have designed an ultra-broadband light absorber by integrating two different-sized tapered hyperbolic metamaterial (HMM) waveguides, each of which has wide but different absorption bands due to broadba...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yin X,Long C,Li J,Zhu H,Chen L,Guan J,Li X

更新日期：2015-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The Morris Water Maze is commonly used in behavioural neuroscience for the study of spatial learning with rodents. Over the years, various methods of analysing rodent data collected during this task have been proposed. These methods span from classical performance measurements to more sophisticated categorisation tech...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Vouros A,Gehring TV,Szydlowska K,Janusz A,Tu Z,Croucher M,Lukasiuk K,Konopka W,Sandi C,Vasilaki E

更新日期：2018-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are nuclear hormone receptors that act as ligand-activated transcription factors. PPAR agonists have well-documented anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective roles in the central nervous system. Recent evidence suggests that PPAR agonists are attractive therapeutic agen...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Warden A,Truitt J,Merriman M,Ponomareva O,Jameson K,Ferguson LB,Mayfield RD,Harris RA

更新日期：2016-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A carbon fibre is a rod-like microstructure, the longitudinal axis of which is aligned with the orientation of the director in a nematic liquid crystal. A nematic liquid crystal with negative dielectric anisotropy is mixed with carbon fibres. By applying an electric field perpendicular to the director, the carbon fibr...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lee JY,Lev B,Kim JH

更新日期：2019-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Various treatment methods for tracheal defects have been attempted, such as artificial implants, allografts, autogenous grafts, and tissue engineering; however, no perfect method has been established. We attempted to create an effective artificial trachea via a tissue engineering method using 3D bio-printing. A multi-...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Park JH,Yoon JK,Lee JB,Shin YM,Lee KW,Bae SW,Lee J,Yu J,Jung CR,Youn YN,Kim HY,Kim DH

更新日期：2019-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Research on argillite as a possible host rock for nuclear waste disposal is still an open subject since many issues need to be clarified. In the Underground Research Laboratories constructed for this purpose, a damaged zone around the excavation has been systematically observed and characterized by the appearance of m...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zaoui A,Sekkal W

更新日期：2015-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Wooden shipwrecks are a significant part of the underwater cultural heritage. In 2007, the Nanhai No. 1 shipwreck was salvaged from the seabed and moved into the Marine Silk Road Museum, where it is still stored in a water tank. We analysed the microbial communities colonizing the hull surface of the Nanhai No. 1 ship...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Liu Z,Fu T,Hu C,Shen D,Macchioni N,Sozzi L,Chen Y,Liu J,Tian X,Ge Q,Feng Z,Liu H,Zhang Z,Pan J

更新日期：2018-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:As a class, 'BET' inhibitors disrupt binding of bromodomain and extra-terminal motif (BET) proteins, BRD2, BRD3, BRD4 and BRDT, to acetylated histones preventing recruitment of RNA polymerase 2 to enhancers and promoters, especially super-enhancers, to inhibit gene transcription. As such, BET inhibitors may be useful ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Gibbons HR,Mi DJ,Farley VM,Esmond T,Kaood MB,Aune TM

更新日期：2019-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The Sinorhizobium meliloti (S. meliloti) strain CCNWSX0020 displayed tolerance to high levels exposures of multiple metals and growth promotion of legume plants grown in metal-contaminated soil. However, the mechanism of metal-resistant strain remains unknown. We used five P1B-ATPases deletions by designating as ∆copA...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lu M,Li Z,Liang J,Wei Y,Rensing C,Wei G

更新日期：2016-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Identifying communities in complex networks is an effective means for analyzing complex systems, with applications in diverse areas such as social science, engineering, biology and medicine. Finding communities of nodes and finding communities of links are two popular schemes for network analysis. These schemes, howev...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： He D,Jin D,Chen Z,Zhang W

更新日期：2015-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) is involved in both aging and circadian-clock regulation, yet the link between the two processes in relation to SIRT1 function is not clear. Using Sirt1-deficient mice, we found that Sirt1 and Period 2 (Per2) constitute a reciprocal negative regulation loop that plays important roles in modulating he...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang RH,Zhao T,Cui K,Hu G,Chen Q,Chen W,Wang XW,Soto-Gutierrez A,Zhao K,Deng CX

更新日期：2016-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The spread of multidrug resistance via mobile genetic elements is a major clinical and veterinary concern. Pathogenic Escherichia coli harbour antibiotic resistance and virulence genes mainly on plasmids, but also bacteriophages and hybrid phage-like plasmids. In this study, the genomes of three E. coli phage-like pla...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Venturini C,Zingali T,Wyrsch ER,Bowring B,Iredell J,Partridge SR,Djordjevic SP

更新日期：2019-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Competing phenomena in low dimensional systems can generate exotic electronic phases, either through symmetry breaking or a non-trivial topology. In two-dimensional (2D) systems, the interplay between superfluidity, disorder and repulsive interactions is especially fruitful in this respect although both the exact natu...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Couëdo F,Crauste O,Drillien AA,Humbert V,Bergé L,Marrache-Kikuchi CA,Dumoulin L

更新日期：2016-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous studies have shown that sulbactam can play a neuroprotection role in hippocampal neurons by upregulating the expression and function of glial glutamate transporter-1 (GLT-1) during ischemic insult. Here, using rat global cerebral ischemia model, we studied in vivo the role of p38 mitogen-activated protein...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Xian XH,Gao JX,Qi J,Fan SJ,Zhang M,Li WB

更新日期：2020-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:During anaerobic digestion (AD) process, process parameters e.g., VFA, pH, COD removal … and kinetic parameters e.g., hydrolysis rate, lag phase and methane production potential… are the important indicator for illustrating AD process performance, however, the AD process performance based on these parameters remains p...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Mao C,Zhang T,Wang X,Feng Y,Ren G,Yang G

更新日期：2017-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The American mink (Neovison vison) is a semiaquatic species of mustelid native to North America. It's an important animal for the fur industry. Many efforts have been made to locate genes influencing fur quality and color, but this search has been impeded by the lack of a reference genome. Here we present the first dr...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Cai Z,Petersen B,Sahana G,Madsen LB,Larsen K,Thomsen B,Bendixen C,Lund MS,Guldbrandtsen B,Panitz F

更新日期：2017-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Calciprotein particles (CPP) are solid-phase calcium-phosphate bound to serum protein fetuin-A and dispersed as colloids in the blood. Recent clinical studies indicated that serum CPP levels were increased with decline of renal function and associated with inflammation and vascular calcification. However, CPP assays u...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Miura Y,Iwazu Y,Shiizaki K,Akimoto T,Kotani K,Kurabayashi M,Kurosu H,Kuro-O M

更新日期：2018-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Enhancing endogenous cannabinoid (eCB) signaling has been considered as a potential strategy for the treatment of stress-related conditions. Fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) represents the primary degradation enzyme of the eCB anandamide (AEA), oleoylethanolamide (OEA) and palmitoylethanolamide (PEA). This study desc...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Griebel G,Stemmelin J,Lopez-Grancha M,Fauchey V,Slowinski F,Pichat P,Dargazanli G,Abouabdellah A,Cohen C,Bergis OE

更新日期：2018-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Combining the advantages of structured random measurement matrix and chaotic structure, this paper introduces a color image encryption algorithm based on a structural chaotic measurement matrix and random phase mask. The Chebyshev chaotic sequence is used in the algorithm to generate the flip permutation matrix, the s...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang X,Su Y

更新日期：2020-10-29 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： Abzhandadze T,Reinholdsson M,Sunnerhagen KS

更新日期：2020-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA interference (RNAi) is being developed for the management of pests that destroy crops. The twospotted Spider Mite (TSSM), Tetranychus urticae is a worldwide pest due to its unique physiological and behavioral characteristics including extraordinary ability to detoxify a wide range of pesticides and feed on many ho...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yoon JS,Sahoo DK,Maiti IB,Palli SR

更新日期：2018-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Krüppel-like factor 6 (KLF6) is a transcription factor and tumor suppressor. We previously identified KLF6 as mediator of hepatocyte glucose and lipid homeostasis. The loss or reduction of KLF6 is linked to the progression of hepatocellular carcinoma, but its contribution to liver regeneration and repair in acute live...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sydor S,Manka P,Best J,Jafoui S,Sowa JP,Zoubek ME,Hernandez-Gea V,Cubero FJ,Kälsch J,Vetter D,Fiel MI,Hoshida Y,Bian CB,Nelson LJ,Moshage H,Faber KN,Paul A,Baba HA,Gerken G,Friedman SL,Canbay A,Bechmann LP

更新日期：2017-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Excessive activation of inflammation and the accompanying lung vascular endothelial barrier disruption are primary pathogenic features of acute lung injury (ALI). Microtubule-associated protein 4 (MAP4), a tubulin assembly-promoting protein, is important for maintaining the microtubule (MT) cytoskeleton and cell-cell ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li L,Hu J,He T,Zhang Q,Yang X,Lan X,Zhang D,Mei H,Chen B,Huang Y

更新日期：2015-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of brain correlates of postural control is limited by the technical difficulties in performing controlled experiments with currently available neuroimaging methods. Here we present a system that allows the measurement of anticipatory postural adjustment of human legs to be synchronized with the acquisition o...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： de Lima-Pardini AC,de Azevedo Neto RM,Coelho DB,Boffino CC,Shergill SS,de Oliveira Souza C,Brant R,Barbosa ER,Cardoso EF,Teixeira LA,Cohen RG,Horak FB,Amaro E Jr

更新日期：2017-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Melimine and Mel4 are chimeric cationic peptides with broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity. They have been shown to be highly biocompatible in animal models and human clinical trials. The current study examined the mechanism of action of these two antimicrobial peptides against P. aeruginosa. The effect of the peptid...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yasir M,Dutta D,Willcox MDP

更新日期：2019-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The host mechanisms involved in Escherichia coli O157 super-shedding in cattle is largely unknown. In this study, the comparison of transcriptomes of intestinal tissues between super-shedders (SS) and cattle negative for E. coli O157 (NS) was performed, aiming to identify genes that are potentially associated with sup...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang O,McAllister TA,Plastow G,Stanford K,Selinger B,Guan LL

更新日期：2017-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an experimental demonstration of positive-negative sub-wavelength interference without correlation. Typically, people can achieve sub-wavelength effects with correlation measurement no matter by using bi-photon or thermal light sources. In this paper, we adopt a thermal light source, and we count the realiza...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Dou LY,Cao DZ,Xu DQ,Zhang AN,Song XB

更新日期：2021-01-28 00:00:00