Synergistic effect of N-decorated and Mn(2+) doped ZnO nanofibers with enhanced photocatalytic activity.

abstract：:Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a highly contagious and devastating viral disease affecting mainly sheep and goats, but also a large number of wild species within the order Artiodactyla. A better understanding of PPR transmission dynamics in multi-host systems is necessary to efficiently control the disease, in pa...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Bataille A,Kwiatek O,Belfkhi S,Mounier L,Parida S,Mahapatra M,Caron A,Chubwa CC,Keyyu J,Kock R,Jones BA,Libeau G

更新日期：2019-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Enrofloxacin-loaded docosanoic acid solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs) with different physicochemical properties were developed to enhance activity against intracellular Salmonella. Their cellular uptake, intracellular elimination and antibacterial activity were studied in RAW 264.7 cells. During the experimental period...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Xie S,Yang F,Tao Y,Chen D,Qu W,Huang L,Liu Z,Pan Y,Yuan Z

更新日期：2017-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Signaling by members of the transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) superfamily, such as TGF-β3 and BMP7, and oxygen tension play a pivotal role in chondrocyte biology. The objective of this research was to investigate the endogenous BMP7 expression in human osteoarthritis (OA) cartilage and the effect of oxygen tension ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Huang X,Zhong L,Post JN,Karperien M

更新日期：2018-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac trabeculae are mesh-like muscular structures within ventricular walls. Subtle perturbations in trabeculation are associated with many congenital heart diseases (CHDs), and complete failure to form trabeculae leads to embryonic lethality. Despite the severe consequence of an absence of trabecular formation, the...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Fleming ND,Samsa LA,Hassel D,Qian L,Liu J

更新日期：2018-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine new bicyclic cembranoids, sarcophytrols M-U(1-9), were isolated from the South China Sea soft coral Sarcophyton trocheliophorum as minor components, along with one known related cembranoid 10. Their structures were elucidated by detailed spectroscopic analysis and chemical conversion. The chemical structures of t...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Liang LF,Chen WT,Li XW,Wang HY,Guo YW

更新日期：2017-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Most members of the poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase family, PARP family, have a catalytic activity that involves the transfer of ADP-ribose from a beta-NAD+-molecule to protein acceptors. It was recently discovered by Talhaoui et al. that DNA-dependent PARP1 and PARP2 can also modify DNA. Here, we demonstrate that DNA-depe...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Belousova EA,Ishchenko АA,Lavrik OI

更新日期：2018-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroprotective strategies in the treatment of stroke have been attracting a great deal of attentions. Our previous clinical and basic studies have demonstrated that protopanaxadiol ginsenoside-Rd (Rd), a monomer compound extracted from Panax ginseng or Panax notoginseng, has neuroprotective effects against ischemic s...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang C,Liu X,Xu H,Hu G,Zhang X,Xie Z,Feng D,Wu R,Zhao G,Shi M

更新日期：2020-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose an error correction procedure based on a cellular automaton, the sweep rule, which is applicable to a broad range of codes beyond topological quantum codes. For simplicity, however, we focus on the three-dimensional toric code on the rhombic dodecahedral lattice with boundaries and prove that the resulting ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Vasmer M,Browne DE,Kubica A

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:This corrects the article DOI: 10.1038/srep09989. ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Briefer EF,Maigrot AL,Mandel R,Briefer Freymond S,Bachmann I,Hillmann E

更新日期：2018-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Bee-pollinated plants face a dilemma in that bees both passively transport pollen grains among conspecific flowers and actively collect pollen to feed their larvae. Therefore, mechanisms that reduce pollen collection by bees have evolved in melittophilous plants. Malvaceae pollen is uncollectable for corbiculate bees ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Konzmann S,Koethe S,Lunau K

更新日期：2019-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Although hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is the leading cause of liver fibrosis (LF), the mechanisms underlying liver fibrotic progression remain unclear. Here, we investigated the gene expression profiles of HBV-related LF patients. Whole genome expression arrays were used to detect gene expression in liver biopsy ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang M,Gong Q,Zhang J,Chen L,Zhang Z,Lu L,Yu D,Han Y,Zhang D,Chen P,Zhang X,Yuan Z,Huang J,Zhang X

更新日期：2017-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen has therapeutic and preventive effects against various diseases. Although animal and clinical studies have reported promising results, hydrogen distribution in organs after administration remains unclear. Herein, the sequential changes in hydrogen concentration in tissues over time were monitored using a high...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yamamoto R,Homma K,Suzuki S,Sano M,Sasaki J

更新日期：2019-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic skyrmions are hailed as a potential technology for data storage and other data processing devices. However, their stability against thermal fluctuations is an open question that must be answered before skyrmion-based devices can be designed. In this work, we study paths in the energy landscape via which the t...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Cortés-Ortuño D,Wang W,Beg M,Pepper RA,Bisotti MA,Carey R,Vousden M,Kluyver T,Hovorka O,Fangohr H

更新日期：2017-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Site conditions and forest management affect dendrometric parameters of chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) coppices, but there is modest knowledge on the effect of stand dendrometric characters on physical and mechanical wood characteristics. The aim of this study was to verify these relationships in chestnut coppices t...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Marini F,Manetti MC,Corona P,Portoghesi L,Vinciguerra V,Tamantini S,Kuzminsky E,Zikeli F,Romagnoli M

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanomaterials are extensively studied in electrochemical energy storage and conversion systems because of their structural advantages. However, their volumetric energy density still needs improvement due to the high surface area, especially the carbon based nanocomposites. Constructing hierarchical micro-scaled materi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Liang S,Tan Q,Xiong W,Tang Y,Tan X,Huang L,Pan A,Cao G

更新日期：2016-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of remission for patients with inflammatory bowel diseases has recently evolved, and should also include histological healing of the mucosa, difficult to evaluate since there is no agreement on pathological scores and those available are quite complex to use in the daily routine. We evaluated the possible ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Villanacci V,Antonelli E,Lanzarotto F,Bozzola A,Cadei M,Bassotti G

更新日期：2017-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascades, which play crucial roles in plant development processes, are universal modules of signal transduction in eukaryotes and consist of a core module of three sequentially phosphorylated kinases: MAPK, MAPK kinase (MAPKK), and MAPKK kinase (MAPKKK). This is the first re...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jing T,Wang L,Liu H,Wuyun TN,Du H

更新日期：2017-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the incidence, perioperative risk factors, and outcomes of postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI) in neurosurgical critically ill patients. A prospective multicenter cohort study was conducted, enrolling adult patients who underwent neurosurgical procedure and admitted to the neurosurgical intensive c...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Deng Y,Yuan J,Chi R,Ye H,Zhou D,Wang S,Mai C,Nie Z,Wang L,Zhai Y,Gao L,Zhang D,Hu L,Deng Y,Chen C

更新日期：2017-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Transverse-tubules (T-tubules) play pivotal roles in Ca2+-induced, Ca2+ release and excitation-contraction coupling in cardiomyocytes. The purpose of this study was to uncover mechanisms where sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase (SERCA2a) improved cardiac function through T-tubule regulation during myocardial isch...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang S,Zhou Y,Luo Y,Kan R,Chen J,Xuan H,Wang C,Chen J,Xu T,Li D

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:For accurate micro-scale quantification of a specific protein in biological fluids, immunoaffinity chromatography (IAC) and isoelectric focusing (IEF) were combined in a single fused-silica capillary. The inner wall of the capillary was coated with an anti-E-tag antibody at the inlet side to form an IAC column, and po...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Shimura K,Nagai T

更新日期：2016-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The weak correlation between pain and structural changes in knee osteoarthritis is widely reported. In a previous within-person, knee-matched case-control study among Caucasians, the severity of radiographic osteoarthritis (ROA) was strongly associated with both the presence of frequent knee pain and pain severity. We...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang K,Kim HA,Felson DT,Xu L,Kim DH,Nevitt MC,Yoshimura N,Kawaguchi H,Lin J,Kang X,Zhang Y

更新日期：2018-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Roselle-Hibiscus sabdariffa L. leaves at different stages of growth, calyces and seeds were analyzed for nutritional and anti-nutritional factors. All the treatments contained a good but varied proportion of carbohydrate in a range of 26.93-54.13%, crude protein from 5.7 to 27.06%, crude fat 1.16-13.09%, crude fibre 1...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Salami SO,Afolayan AJ

更新日期：2021-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:P-type doping in high Al-content AlGaN alloys is a main challenge for realizing AlGaN-based deep ultraviolet optoelectronics devices. According to the first-principles calculations, Mg activation energy may be reduced so that a high hole concentration can be obtained by introducing nanoscale (AlN)5/(GaN)1 superlattice...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang X,Wang W,Wang J,Wu H,Liu C

更新日期：2017-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Topological quantum computation has been extensively studied in the past decades due to its robustness against decoherence. One way to realize the topological quantum computation is by adiabatic evolutions-it requires relatively long time to complete a gate, so the speed of quantum computation slows down. In this work...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Shi ZC,Wang W,Yi XX

更新日期：2016-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Seed germination behavior is an important factor in the distribution of species. Many studies have shown that germination is controlled by phylogenetic constraints, however, it is not clear whether phylogenetic constraints or environmental cues explain seed germination of a genus from a common ancestor. In this study,...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Fang XW,Zhang JJ,Xu DH,Pang J,Gao TP,Zhang CH,Li FM,Turner NC

更新日期：2017-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer (BC) is the leading cause of cancer death in women. Adipokines, and other inflammation molecules linked to adiposity, are suspected to be involved in breast carcinogenesis, however prospective findings are inconclusive. In a prospective nested case-control study within the EPIC-Varese cohort, we used con...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Agnoli C,Grioni S,Pala V,Allione A,Matullo G,Gaetano CD,Tagliabue G,Sieri S,Krogh V

更新日期：2017-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, the annually average Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-Operational Linescan System (DMSP/OLS) night-time light data is first proposed as a surrogate indicator to mine and forecast the average housing prices in the inland capital cities of China. First, based on the time-series analysis of individ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li C,Zhu H,Ye X,Jiang C,Dong J,Wang D,Wu Y

更新日期：2020-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnosis of sleep apnea (SA) using simple tools has the potential to improve the efficacy of cardiac implants in the prevention of cardiac arrhythmias. The aim of the present study was to validate a transthoracic impedance sensor for SA diagnosis in patients with cardiac implants. We compared the apnea-hypopnea index...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Defaye P,Mendelson M,Tamisier R,Jacon P,Venier S,Arnol N,Pépin JL

更新日期：2019-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term potentiation (LTP) is the persistent increase in the strength of the synapses. However, the neural networks would become saturated if there is only synaptic strenghthening. Synaptic weakening could be facilitated by active processes like long-term depression (LTD). Molecular mechanisms that facilitate the we...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Navakkode S,Chew KCM,Tay SJN,Lin Q,Behnisch T,Soong TW

更新日期：2017-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (cALL) are at higher risk of developing cardiometabolic complications. We aimed at exploring the associations between biomarkers of inflammation, oxidative stress, endothelial function, endotoxemia and cardiometabolic risk factors. We conducted a cross-sectional anal...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Morel S,Léveillé P,Samoilenko M,Franco A,England J,Malaquin N,Tu V,Cardin GB,Drouin S,Rodier F,Lippé S,Krajinovic M,Laverdière C,Sinnett D,Lefebvre G,Levy E,Marcil V

更新日期：2020-12-09 00:00:00