A novel three-dimensional smile analysis based on dynamic evaluation of facial curve contour.

abstract：:Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) bacteria significantly improve the efficiency and reduce cost of nitrogen removal in wastewater treatment plants. However, their slow growth and vulnerable activity limit the application of anammox technology. In this paper, the enhancement of biotin on the nitrogen removal activ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li Q,Chen J,Liu GH,Xu X,Zhang Q,Wang Y,Yuan J,Li Y,Qi L,Wang H

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel polyphenolic natural product, galewone, with undescribed carbon skeleton, was isolated as a racemate from the culture of Daldinia eschscholzii IFB-TL01, a fungus obtained from the mantis (Tenodera aridifolia) gut. The galewone structure was elucidated by a combination of MS and NMR spectra, and substantiated b...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang AH,Jiang N,Wang XQ,Tan RX

更新日期：2019-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report, we demonstrate mid-infrared dual-waveband (i.e., ~3 μm and ~2 μm) pulses from a cascaded gain-switched Ho3+-doped ZBLAN fiber laser by the use of hybrid pumping of 1150 nm CW and pulse LDs for the first time. Stable ~3 μm gain-switched pulses with the maximum output power 262.14 mW and shortest pulse d...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Luo H,Li J,Zhu C,Lai X,Hai Y,Liu Y

更新日期：2017-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Ammonia borane (AB) is among the most promising precursors for the large-scale synthesis of hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) by chemical vapour deposition (CVD). Its non-toxic and non-flammable properties make AB particularly attractive for industry. AB decomposition under CVD conditions, however, is complex and hence h...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Babenko V,Lane G,Koos AA,Murdock AT,So K,Britton J,Meysami SS,Moffat J,Grobert N

更新日期：2017-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:FTY720 is a sphingoid base analog that acts as an anticancer agent in animal models. Its effect on tumor cells stems largely from its ability to trigger endocytosis of several nutrient transporters. The observation that FTY720 similarly stimulates downregulation of amino acid permeases in yeast suggests that the cellu...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Barthelemy C,Barry AO,Twyffels L,André B

更新日期：2017-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrically pumped GaAsBi/GaAs quantum well lasers are a promising new class of near-infrared devices where, by use of the unusual band structure properties of GaAsBi alloys, it is possible to suppress the dominant energy-consuming Auger recombination and inter-valence band absorption loss mechanisms, which greatly i...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Marko IP,Broderick CA,Jin S,Ludewig P,Stolz W,Volz K,Rorison JM,O'Reilly EP,Sweeney SJ

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fish reproductive success is linked to the ability of couples to mate and produce clutches that successfully hatch. Environmental stressors like high temperature and low pH can jeopardize this energetically costly process. In this study, exposure to high temperature and low pH was tested on a marine temperate species,...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lopes AF,Faria AM,Dupont S

更新日期：2020-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency noise of an optical frequency comb is routinely measured through the hetherodyne beat of one comb tooth against a stable continuous-wave laser. After frequency-to-voltage conversion, the beatnote is sent to a spectrum analyzer to retrive the power spectral density of the frequency noise. Because narrow-l...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Coluccelli N,Cassinerio M,Gambetta A,Laporta P,Galzerano G

更新日期：2015-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Oceanic physics at fine scale; e.g. eddies, fronts, filaments; are notoriously difficult to sample. However, an increasing number of theoretical approaches hypothesize that these processes affect phytoplankton diversity which have cascading effects on regional ecosystems. In 2015, we targeted the Iroise Sea (France) a...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ramond P,Siano R,Schmitt S,de Vargas C,Marié L,Memery L,Sourisseau M

更新日期：2021-01-29 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： Hegde A,Suresh S,Mitra R

更新日期：2020-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The new π-extended redox-active ligand with both TTF and triazole units, 6-(4,5-bis(propylthio)-1,3-dithiol-2-ylidene)-1H-[1,3]dithiolo[4',5':4,5]benzo [1,2-d] [1-3]triazole, has been successfully prepared. Based on the versatile ligand and Cu(tta)2 precursors (tta(-) = 4,4,4-trifluoro-1-(thiophen-2-yl)butane-1,3-dion...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Cui L,Geng YF,Leong CF,Ma Q,D'Alessandro DM,Deng K,Zeng QD,Zuo JL

更新日期：2016-05-06 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 not been fixed in the paper. ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yu YS,Wang MC,Huang X

更新日期：2018-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Acanthamoeba can cause visually destructive Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) in contact lens (CL) users. The purpose of this study was to determine whether Acanthamoeba was present in the CL cases of CL wearers and to develop techniques to prevent the contaminations. To accomplish this, 512 CL case samples were collected f...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Miyazaki D,Eguchi H,Kuwahara T,Nakayama-Imaohji H,Inaba M,Itoi M,Ueda K,Ohashi Y,Sado K,Mizutani S,Miyamoto H,Sasaki SI,Shimizu Y,Inoue Y

更新日期：2020-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The connection between structure and stability of ecological networks has been widely studied in the last fifty years. A challenge that scientists continue to face is that in-depth mathematical model analysis is often difficult, unless the considered systems are specifically constrained. This makes it challenging to g...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Fischer SM,Huth A

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multi-domain voltage-gated ion channels appear to have evolved through sequential rounds of intragenic duplication from a primordial one-domain precursor. Whereas modularity within one-domain symmetrical channels is established, little is known about the roles of individual regions within more complex asymmetrical cha...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Penny CJ,Rahman T,Sula A,Miles AJ,Wallace BA,Patel S

更新日期：2016-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Pericytes are believed to originate from either mesenchymal or neural crest cells. It has recently been reported that pericytes play important roles in the central nervous system (CNS) by regulating blood-brain barrier homeostasis and blood flow at the capillary level. However, the origin of CNS microvascular pericyte...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yamamoto S,Muramatsu M,Azuma E,Ikutani M,Nagai Y,Sagara H,Koo BN,Kita S,O'Donnell E,Osawa T,Takahashi H,Takano KI,Dohmoto M,Sugimori M,Usui I,Watanabe Y,Hatakeyama N,Iwamoto T,Komuro I,Takatsu K,Tobe K,Niida S,

更新日期：2017-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Salts containing radical cations of 1,2,4,5-tetrakis(isopropylthio)benzene (TPB) and 1,2,4,5-tetrakis(ethylthio) benzene (TEB) have been successfully synthesized with . These newly synthesized salts have been characterized by UV-Vis absorption, EPR spectroscopy, conductivity measurement, single crystal X-ray diffracti...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chen X,Gao F,Yang W

更新日期：2016-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The interplay between orbital, charge, spin, and lattice degrees of freedom is at the core of correlated oxides. This is extensively studied at the interface of heterostructures constituted of two-layer or multilayer oxide films. Here, we demonstrate the interactions between orbital reconstruction and charge transfer ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Cui B,Song C,Li F,Wang GY,Mao HJ,Peng JJ,Zeng F,Pan F

更新日期：2014-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The stochastic tunneling-basin hopping method (STUN-BH) was utilized to obtain the most stable peptide S7 configuration (Ac-Ser-Ser-Phe-Pro-Gln-Pro-Asn-CONH2) adsorbed on Au(111) facet. After the most stable S7 configuration was found, molecular dynamics (MD) simulation was conducted to investigate the thermal stabili...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lin CH,Ju SP,Su JW,Li DE

更新日期：2020-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence points at the role that human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) may play through the activation of genes integrated across the human genome. Although a variety of genetic/epigenetic mechanisms maintain most HERVs silenced, independent environmental stimuli including infections may transactivate endogenou...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Niegowska M,Wajda-Cuszlag M,Stępień-Ptak G,Trojanek J,Michałkiewicz J,Szalecki M,Sechi LA

更新日期：2019-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:A Quality Improvement bundle was implemented with the goal of standardizing the multidisciplinary approach to delivery room management. We used a Pre-Post Quality Improvement initiative with the following aims: (1) Placement of a functioning pulse oximeter by two minutes after birth, (2) Delayed intubation, (3) Normot...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sauer CW,Boutin MA,Fatayerji AN,Proudfoot JA,Fatayerji NI,Golembeski DJ

更新日期：2016-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Impedance, or oscillometry, measurements of the respiratory system can generate information about the function of the respiratory system not possible with traditional spirometry. There are currently several instruments on the market using different perturbations. We have compared a new respiratory oscillometry instrum...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lundblad LKA,Miletic R,Piitulainen E,Wollmer P

更新日期：2019-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of edge-selectively halogenated (X = Cl, Br, I) graphene nanoplatelets (XGnPs = ClGnP, BrGnP, IGnP) were prepared simply by ball-milling graphite in the presence of Cl2, Br2 and I2, respectively. High BET surface areas of 471, 579 and 662 m(2)/g were observed for ClGnP, BrGnP and IGnP, respectively, indicatin...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jeon IY,Choi HJ,Choi M,Seo JM,Jung SM,Kim MJ,Zhang S,Zhang L,Xia Z,Dai L,Park N,Baek JB

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The repeated measurements of heart rate variability (HRV) is more relevant than a single HRV measurement in predicting patient prognosis but is less addressed previously. This prospective study aimed to investigate the association between repeated measurements of HRV and long-term mortality in chronic hemodialysis pat...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chang YM,Huang YT,Chen IL,Yang CL,Leu SC,Su HL,Kao JL,Tsai SC,Jhen RN,Shiao CC

更新日期：2020-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The anisotropic shape of DNA molecules allows them to form lyotropic liquid crystals (LCs) at high concentrations. This liquid crystalline arrangement is also found in vivo (e.g., in bacteriophage capsids, bacteria or human sperm nuclei). However, the role of DNA liquid crystalline organization in living organisms sti...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Brach K,Hatakeyama A,Nogues C,Olesiak-Banska J,Buckle M,Matczyszyn K

更新日期：2018-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Freeze-thaw cycles are predicted to increase in cold temperate regions. The potential influence of the interactions of freeze-thaw cycles and agrochemicals on the release of Cd into river water is unknown. In this study, the interactions of freeze-thaw cycles and chlorpyrifos (FC) on Cd mobility in soils were analysed...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang F,Ouyang W,Hao F,Jiao W,Shan Y,Lin C

更新日期：2016-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Gayal (Bos frontalis) is a semi-wild and endangered bovine species that differs from domestic cattle (Bos taurus and Bos indicus), and its genetic background remains unclear. Here, we performed whole-genome sequencing of one Gayal for the first time, with one Red Angus cattle and one Japanese Black cattle as controls....

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Mei C,Wang H,Zhu W,Wang H,Cheng G,Qu K,Guang X,Li A,Zhao C,Yang W,Wang C,Xin Y,Zan L

更新日期：2016-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterococci are nosocomial pathogens that can form biofilms, which contribute to their virulence and antibiotic resistance. Although many genes involved in biofilm formation have been defined, their distribution among enterococci has not been comprehensively studied on a genome scale, and their diagnostic ability to p...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hashem YA,Amin HM,Essam TM,Yassin AS,Aziz RK

更新日期：2017-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We have proposed a scheme and presented the first experimental demonstration of acoustic illusion, by using anisotropic metamaterials to manipulate the acoustic field near boundaries of arbitrary curved geometry. Numerical simulations and experimental results show that in the presence of an illusion cloak, any object ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kan W,Liang B,Zhu X,Li R,Zou X,Wu H,Yang J,Cheng J

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To comprehensively assess whether p75ECD in urine could be a candidate biomarker for ALS evaluation. Urine samples were collected from 101 ALS patients, 108 patients with other neurological disease (OND) and 97 healthy controls. 61 ALS patients were followed up with clinical data including ALSFRS-r every 6 to 12 month...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jia R,Shepheard S,Jin J,Hu F,Zhao X,Xue L,Xiang L,Qi H,Qu Q,Guo F,Rogers ML,Dang J

更新日期：2017-07-11 00:00:00