Modelling heat conduction in polycrystalline hexagonal boron-nitride films.

abstract：:Aim of this study was to establish a simple and highly reproducible physiological circulation model to investigate endovascular device performance. The developed circulation model included a pneumatically driven pulsatile pump to generate a flow rate of 2.7 L/min at 70 beats per minute. Sections from the superficial f...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Rusch R,Trentmann J,Hummitzsch L,Rusch M,Aludin S,Haneya A,Albrecht M,Schäfer JP,Puehler T,Cremer J,Berndt R

更新日期：2019-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Donor-specific CD4+CD127-CD25+FOXP3+ regulatory T cells (AgTregs) have the potential to induce clinical transplant tolerance; however, their expansion ex vivo remains challenging. We optimized a novel expansion protocol to stimulate donor-specific Tregs using soluble 4-trimer CD40 ligand (CD40L)-activated donor B cell...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Mathew JM,Voss JH,McEwen ST,Konieczna I,Chakraborty A,Huang X,He J,Gallon L,Kornbluth RS,Leventhal JR

更新日期：2018-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteogenesis is categorized into two groups based on developmental histology, intramembranous and endochondral ossification. The role of blood vessels during endochondral ossification is well known, while their role in intramembranous ossification, especially the intertissue pathway, is poorly understood. Here, we dem...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Uemura M,Nagasawa A,Terai K

更新日期：2016-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to predict others' behaviour represents a crucial mechanism which allows individuals to react faster and more appropriately. To date, several studies have investigated humans' ability to predict conspecifics' behaviour, but little is known on our ability to predict behaviour in other species. Here, we aime...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Donnier S,Kovács G,Oña LS,Bräuer J,Amici F

更新日期：2020-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the propagation of plant viruses depends on various host susceptibility factors, deficiency in them can prevent viral infection in cultivated and model plants. Recently, we identified the susceptibility factor Essential for poteXvirus Accumulation 1 (EXA1) in Arabidopsis thaliana, and revealed that EXA1-mediated...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yusa A,Neriya Y,Hashimoto M,Yoshida T,Fujimoto Y,Hosoe N,Keima T,Tokumaru K,Maejima K,Netsu O,Yamaji Y,Namba S

更新日期：2019-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:B-cell repertoire analysis using next-generation sequencing has become a valuable tool for interrogating the genetic record of humoral response to infection. However, key obstacles such as low throughput, short read length, high error rate, and undetermined bias of multiplex PCR method have hindered broader applicatio...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： He L,Sok D,Azadnia P,Hsueh J,Landais E,Simek M,Koff WC,Poignard P,Burton DR,Zhu J

更新日期：2014-10-27 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： Essaidi-Laziosi M,Geiser J,Huang S,Constant S,Kaiser L,Tapparel C

更新日期：2020-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Kidney transplantations using expanded criteria donors (ECD) are being increasingly adopted, but no consensus tools are available to evaluate donor kidney status. Beta-2 microglobulin (B2MG) is a marker of kidney function, and herein, we evaluate the usefulness of assessing B2MG to evaluate donor kidney status. Fifty-...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Cha SW,Shin IS,Kim DG,Kim SH,Lee JY,Kim JS,Yang JW,Han BG,Choi SO

更新日期：2020-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Both Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 wild type and its mutant ΔomcA/mtrC are capable of transforming Au(III) into Au nanoparticles (AuNPs). Cyclic voltammetry reveals a decrease in redox current after the wild type is exposed to Au(III) but an increase in oxidation current for the mutant. The peak current of the wild type ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wu R,Cui L,Chen L,Wang C,Cao C,Sheng G,Yu H,Zhao F

更新日期：2013-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) is one of the most endangered primate species found in China, exhibiting multilevel society consisting of several one-male-females together with their offspring units (OMU), and all-male units (AMU). Female dispersal patterns of the species within herd have been well ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Huang ZP,Bian K,Liu Y,Pan RL,Qi XG,Li BG

更新日期：2017-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Although thimerosal, an ethylmercury-based preservative, has been removed from most pediatric vaccines in the United States, some multidose vaccines, such as influenza vaccines, still contain thimerosal. Considering that a growing number of studies indicate involvement of the gut microbiome in infant immune developmen...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hasegawa Y,Curtis B,Yutuc V,Rulien M,Morrisroe K,Watkins K,Ferrier C,English C,Hewitson L,Slupsky CM

更新日期：2018-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Given that observational associations may be inaccurate, we used offspring blood pressure (BP) to provide alternative estimates of the associations between own BP and mortality. Observational associations between BP and mortality, estimated as hazard ratios (HRs) from Cox regression, were compared to HRs obtained usin...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wade KH,Carslake D,Nilsen TI,Timpson NJ,Davey Smith G,Romundstad P

更新日期：2015-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Tipping point dynamics are fundamental drivers for sustainable transition pathways of social-ecological systems (SES). Current research predominantly analyzes how crossing tipping points causes regime shifts, however, the analysis of potential transition pathways from these social and ecological tipping points is ofte...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Mathias JD,Anderies JM,Baggio J,Hodbod J,Huet S,Janssen MA,Milkoreit M,Schoon M

更新日期：2020-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A new electrically small antenna with size ka = 0.415 is presented, fabricated and measured in this work. This is intrinsically matched to 50 Ω, has omni-directional and linear-polarized radiation pattern in the horizontal plane with maximum directivity of 1.75 dBi and simulated radiation efficiency of 93%. The antenn...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Assimonis SD,Fusco V,Georgiadis A,Samaras T

更新日期：2018-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:In everyday life, people must often determine how much time and effort to allocate to cooperative activities. In the current study, we tested the hypothesis that the perception of others' effort investment in a cooperative activity may elicit a sense of commitment, leading people to allocate more time and effort to th...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chennells M,Michael J

更新日期：2018-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Computational determination of peptide conformations is challenging as it is a problem of finding minima in a high-dimensional space. The "divide and conquer" approach is promising for reliably reducing the search space size. A random forest learning model is proposed here to expand the scope of applicability of the "...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chen X,Yang B,Lin Z

更新日期：2018-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A correction to this article has been published and is linked from the HTML and PDF versions of this paper. The error has been fixed in the paper. ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Pham TQ,Kawaue T,Hoshi T,Tanaka Y,Miyata T,Sano A

更新日期：2018-09-07 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 objective of this study was to examine whether shorter leukocyte telomere length (LTL) is associated with more rapid pulmonary function decline in a longitudinal study of World Trade Center (WTC) responders. WTC responders (N = 284) participating in a monitoring study underwent blood sampling and were followed pro...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Clouston SAP,Edelman NH,Aviv A,Stewart C,Luft BJ

更新日期：2019-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:This longitudinal population-based study analyses the frequency of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) at type 1 diabetes diagnosis in Italian children under 15 years of age, during 2004-2013. DKA was defined as absent (pH ≥ 7.30), mild/moderate (7.1 ≤ pH < 7.30) and severe (pH < 7.1). Two multiple logistic regression models ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Cherubini V,Skrami E,Ferrito L,Zucchini S,Scaramuzza A,Bonfanti R,Buono P,Cardella F,Cauvin V,Chiari G,D Annunzio G,Frongia AP,Iafusco D,Patera IP,Toni S,Tumini S,Rabbone I,Lombardo F,Carle F,Gesuita R,Diabetes St

更新日期：2016-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnesium has been shown to effectively prevent vascular calcification associated with chronic kidney disease. Magnesium has been hypothesized to prevent the upregulation of osteoblastic genes that potentially drives calcification. However, extracellular effects of magnesium on hydroxyapatite formation are largely neg...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ter Braake AD,Tinnemans PT,Shanahan CM,Hoenderop JGJ,de Baaij JHF

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of locomotor activity in Svalbard reindeer reported the temporary absence of diel rhythms under Arctic photic conditions. However, using Lomb-Scargle periodogram analyses with high statistical power we found diel or circadian rhythmicity throughout the entire year in measures of behaviour, temperature in the r...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Arnold W,Ruf T,Loe LE,Irvine RJ,Ropstad E,Veiberg V,Albon SD

更新日期：2018-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to make full use of the impact of internal and external factors on the performance of title catalyst for ethyl benzene oxidation, the key internal influencing factors on the catalytic performance were modulated by coordinating and grafting manganese porphyrin to mesoporous and macroporous chitosan, and the im...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Mo LQ,Huang XF,Wang GC,Huang G,Liu P

更新日期：2020-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Assassin bugs (Reduvioidea) are one of the most diverse (>7,000 spp.) lineages of predatory animals and have evolved an astounding diversity of raptorial leg modifications for handling prey. The evolution of these modifications is not well understood due to the lack of a robust phylogeny, especially at deeper nodes. W...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang J,Gordon ER,Forthman M,Hwang WS,Walden K,Swanson DR,Johnson KP,Meier R,Weirauch C

更新日期：2016-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated the effect of aldehyde dehydrogenase2 (ALDH2) rs671 polymorphism and alcohol consumption on the severity of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). The questionnaire for alcohol consumption pattern and targeted genotyping for ALDH2 rs671 polymorphism was performed from 445 Korean POAG patien...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Han YS,Kim YW,Kim YJ,Park KH,Jeoung JW

更新日期：2020-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Different classical theories are commonly applied in various branches of physics to describe the relativistic dynamics of electrons by coupled equations for the orbital motion and spin precession. Exemplarily, we benchmark the Frenkel model and the classical Foldy-Wouthuysen model with spin-dependent forces (Stern-Ger...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wen M,Bauke H,Keitel CH

更新日期：2016-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was aimed at elucidating the changes of mandible symmetry in a rabbit model with low estrogen levels induced by ovariectomy (OVX) combined with temporomandibular joint (TMJ) anterior disc displacement without reduction (ADDWoR). 32 growing rabbits were randomly allocated into 4 groups; OVX group, ADDWoR gro...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jiao Z,Wang X,Zhang X,Yang C

更新日期：2018-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose a graph-theoretical formalism to study generic circuit quantum electrodynamics systems consisting of a two level qubit coupled with a single-mode resonator in arbitrary coupling strength regimes beyond rotating-wave approximation. We define colored-weighted graphs, and introduce different products between t...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jooya HZ,Reihani K,Chu SI

更新日期：2016-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of cancer immunology has provided diagnostic and therapeutic instruments through serum autoantibody biomarkers and exogenous monoclonal antibodies. While some endogenous antibodies are found within or surrounding transformed tissue, the extent to which this exists has not been entirely characterized. We find...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Rich BS,Honeyman JN,Darcy DG,Smith PT,Williams AR,Lim II,Johnson LK,Gönen M,Simon JS,LaQuaglia MP,Simon SM

更新日期：2014-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of mechanisms that govern feeding behaviour and its related disorders is a matter of global health interest. The roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans is becoming a model organism of choice to study these conserved pathways. C. elegans feeding depends on the contraction of the pharynx (pumping). Thanks to the wor...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Rodríguez-Palero MJ,López-Díaz A,Marsac R,Gomes JE,Olmedo M,Artal-Sanz M

更新日期：2018-02-26 00:00:00