Quantum Zeno and Zeno-like effects in nitrogen vacancy centers.

abstract：:Contact investigation is an important and effective active case-finding strategy, but there is a lack of research on congregate settings in countries with an intermediate incidence. This study determined the incidence of and risk factors for tuberculosis (TB) development after exposure in congregate settings. This ret...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Park SY,Han S,Kim YM,Kim J,Lee S,Yang J,Kim UN,Park MS

更新日期：2020-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial cells are spatially close to osteoblasts and regulate osteogenesis. Moreover, they are sensitive to mechanical stimuli, therefore we hypothesized that they are implicated in the regulation of bone metabolism during unloading. Conditioned media from endothelial cells (EC-CM) subjected to simulated micrograv...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Veeriah V,Zanniti A,Paone R,Chatterjee S,Rucci N,Teti A,Capulli M

更新日期：2016-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Camouflage has been a textbook example of natural selection and adaptation since the time of the earliest evolutionists. However, aside from correlational evidence and studies using artificial dummy prey, experiments directly showing that better camouflaged prey to predator vision are at reduced risk of attack are lac...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Duarte RC,Stevens M,Flores AAV

更新日期：2018-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to their convergent evolution, dogs have been suggested as a good model for the evolution of human social skills, such as tolerance and cooperativeness. However, recent studies have revealed that wolves (dogs' closest undomesticated relatives) are more tolerant and cooperative with conspecifics than dogs. It is st...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Range F,Marshall-Pescini S,Kratz C,Virányi Z

更新日期：2019-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Desensitisation with therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is essential for ABO-incompatible (ABO-I) liver transplants (LTs). However, excessive citrate load and coagulation disturbances after TPE have been poorly studied, in particular in cirrhotic patients with hypocapnic alkalosis, metabolic compensation and electrolyt...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kwon HM,Jun IG,Lee J,Moon YJ,Jung KW,Jeong HW,Park YS,Song JG,Hwang GS

更新日期：2018-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Activities involving observation of wild organisms (e.g. wildlife watching, tidepooling) can provide recreational and learning opportunities, with biologically diverse animal assemblages expected to be more stimulating to humans. In turn, more diverse communities may enhance human interest and facilitate provisioning ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Fairchild TP,Fowler MS,Pahl S,Griffin JN

更新日期：2018-10-15 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：:Bariatric surgery is the most effective treatment for weight loss. Vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG) involves the resection of ~ 80% of the stomach and was conceived to purely restrict oral intake. However, evidence suggests more complex mechanisms, particularly postoperative changes in gut microbiota, in facilitating...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Nalluri H,Kizy S,Ewing K,Luthra G,Leslie DB,Bernlohr DA,Sadowsky MJ,Ikramuddin S,Khoruts A,Staley C,Jahansouz C

更新日期：2020-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, a new type of porous ceramics was prepared using the raw sepiolite mineral. The porous ceramics was shaped by the dry pressing method and sintered in the range of 700 ~ 1200 °C. The temperature-microstructure evolution and the properties of porous sepiolite ceramics were investigated by thermo gravimetr...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tian L,Wang L,Wang K,Zhang Y,Liang J

更新日期：2019-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) levels have been found in patients with metabolic syndrome (MetS). MetS is also associated with cognitive decline. However, the correlation between FGF21 and cognitive decline in elderly and nonelderly MetS patients has not been investigated. 116 non-elderly patients (age ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Phrommintikul A,Sa-Nguanmoo P,Sripetchwandee J,Vathesatogkit P,Chattipakorn N,Chattipakorn SC

更新日期：2018-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Cognitive control refers to the processes that permit selection and prioritization of information processing in different cognitive domains to reach the capacity-limited conscious mind. Although previous studies have suggested that the capacity of cognitive control itself is limited, a direct quantification of this ca...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wu T,Dufford AJ,Mackie MA,Egan LJ,Fan J

更新日期：2016-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple applications of genome editing by CRISPR-Cas9 necessitate stringent regulation and Cas9 variants have accordingly been generated whose activity responds to small ligands, temperature or light. However, these approaches are often impracticable, for example in clinical therapeutic genome editing in situ or gene...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Suzuki T,Asami M,Patel SG,Luk LYP,Tsai YH,Perry ACF

更新日期：2018-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Photodynamic therapy (PDT), wherein light sensitive non-toxic agents are locally and selectively activated using light, has emerged as an appealing alternative to traditional cancer chemotherapy. Yet to date, PDT efficacy has been mostly characterized using 2D cultures. Compared to 2D cultures, 3D sphere culture gener...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chen YC,Lou X,Zhang Z,Ingram P,Yoon E

更新日期：2015-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to affective stimuli could enhance perception and facilitate attention via increasing alertness, vigilance, and by decreasing attentional thresholds. However, evidence on the impact of affective sounds on perception and attention is scant. Here, a novel aspect of affective facilitation of attention is studied...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Asutay E,Västfjäll D

更新日期：2017-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein S-sulfenylation, which results from oxidation of free thiols on cysteine residues, has recently emerged as an important post-translational modification that regulates the structure and function of proteins involved in a variety of physiological and pathological processes. By altering the size and physiochemica...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Al-Barakati HJ,McConnell EW,Hicks LM,Poole LB,Newman RH,Kc DB

更新日期：2018-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study is to probe the peristaltic propulsion of a non-Newtonian fluid model with suspended gold nanoparticles. The base fluid is considered to simulate blood using the Carreau fluid model. We model a small annulus as a tube with a peristaltic wave containing a clot propagating towards the tube wall...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Abdelsalam SI,Bhatti MM

更新日期：2019-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to evaluate sleep and mood disorders in patients with irritating ocular diseases. The study design was a cross-sectional/case-control study conducted in six eye clinics. Out of 715 outpatients diagnosed with irritating ocular surface diseases and initially enrolled, 301 patients with d...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ayaki M,Kawashima M,Negishi K,Kishimoto T,Mimura M,Tsubota K

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon regulatory factor 3 (IRF3) and IRF7 are closely related IRF members and the major factors for the induction of interferons, a key component in vertebrate innate immunity. However, there is limited knowledge regarding the evolution and adaptation of those IRFs to the environments. Two unique motifs in IRF3 a...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Angeletti M,Hsu WN,Majo N,Moriyama H,Moriyama EN,Zhang L

更新日期：2020-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:K-Ras is the most frequently mutated oncoprotein in human cancers, and G12D is its most prevalent mutation. To understand how G12D mutation impacts K-Ras function, we need to understand how it alters the regulation of its dynamics. Here, we present local changes in K-Ras structure, conformation and dynamics upon G12D ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Vatansever S,Erman B,Gümüş ZH

更新日期：2019-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite dedicated research has been carried out to adequately map the distribution of the sperm whale in the Mediterranean Sea, unlike other regions of the world, the species population status is still presently uncertain. The analysis of two years of continuous acoustic data provided by the ANTARES neutrino telescope...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： André M,Caballé A,van der Schaar M,Solsona A,Houégnigan L,Zaugg S,Sánchez AM,Castell JV,Solé M,Vila F,Djokic D,Adrián-Martínez S,Albert A,Anghinolfi M,Anton G,Ardid M,Aubert JJ,Avgitas T,Baret B,Barrios-Martí J,Ba

更新日期：2017-04-12 00:00:00

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

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Choi S,Rogers DJ,Sandana EV,Bove P,Teherani FH,Nenstiel C,Hoffmann A,McClintock R,Razeghi M,Look D,Gentle A,Phillips MR,Ton-That C

更新日期：2017-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Ncb2, the β subunit of NC2 complex, a heterodimeric regulator of transcription was earlier shown to be involved in the activated transcription of CDR1 gene in azole resistant isolate (AR) of Candida albicans. This study examines its genome-wide role by profiling Ncb2 occupancy between genetically matched pair of azole...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Shariq M,Dhamgaye S,Nair R,Goyal N,Jain V,Mukhopadhyay A,Mondal AK,Mukhopadhyay G,Prasad R

更新日期：2017-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Wet-chemistry methods have crucial advantages for the synthesis of nanostructures, including simple, low-cost, large-area, and low-temperature deposition on almost arbitrary substrates. Nevertheless, the rational design of improved wet-chemistry procedures is extremely difficult because, in practice, only post-synthes...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Orsini A,Falconi C

更新日期：2014-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Multisensory integration is a powerful mechanism for constructing body awareness and key for the sense of selfhood. Recent evidence has shown that the specialised C tactile modality that gives rise to feelings of pleasant, affective touch, can enhance the experience of body ownership during multisensory integration. N...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Panagiotopoulou E,Filippetti ML,Tsakiris M,Fotopoulou A

更新日期：2017-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Deleterious mutations in patchd1 domain containing 1 (PTCHD1) gene have been identified in patients with intellectual disability and/or autism spectrum disorder (ASD). To clarify the causal relationship between Ptchd1 deficiency and behavioral defects relevant to neurodevelopmental disorders, we generated global Ptchd...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Murakami Y,Imamura Y,Saito K,Sakai D,Motoyama J

更新日期：2019-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to identify novel plasma metabolic signatures with possible relevance during multiple myeloma (MM) development and progression. A biochemical quantitative phenotyping platform based on targeted electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry technology was used to aid in the identification o...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： da Silva IDCG,de Castro Levatti EV,Pedroso AP,Marchioni DML,Carioca AAF,Colleoni GWB

更新日期：2020-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We introduce QuEST, the Quantum Exact Simulation Toolkit, and compare it to ProjectQ, qHipster and a recent distributed implementation of Quantum++. QuEST is the first open source, hybrid multithreaded and distributed, GPU accelerated simulator of universal quantum circuits. Embodied as a C library, it is designed so ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jones T,Brown A,Bush I,Benjamin SC

更新日期：2019-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Tree leaves are commonly composed of thin mesophyll, carrying out photosynthesis under sunlight, and thick veins. Although the role of leaf veins in water transportation has been known for a long time, their role in providing structural support and guaranteeing large sunlighted area was rarely studied and remains elus...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sun Z,Cui T,Zhu Y,Zhang W,Shi S,Tang S,Du Z,Liu C,Cui R,Chen H,Guo X

更新日期：2018-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent discoveries have highlighted the novel metabolic functions of adipose tissue in enhancing hypermetabolism after trauma. As the exact function and expression profiles of serum lipids and free fatty acids (FFA) are essentially unknown, we determined the lipidomic expression profile after burn in correlation to cl...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Qi P,Abdullahi A,Stanojcic M,Patsouris D,Jeschke MG

更新日期：2016-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The N-methyl-D-aspartate subfamily of ionotropic glutamate receptors (NMDARs) is well known for its important roles in the central nervous system (CNS), e.g. learning and memory formation. Besides the CNS, NMDARs are also expressed in numerous peripheral tissues including the pancreas, kidney, stomach, and blood cells...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Koch A,Bonus M,Gohlke H,Klöcker N

更新日期：2019-07-11 00:00:00