Species characteristics of lead in sea foods collected from coastal water of Fujian, Southeastern of China.

abstract：:Asian Longhorned Beetle (ALB) Anoplophora glabripennis is a serious invasive forest pest in several countries including the United States, Canada, and Europe. RNA interference (RNAi) technology is being developed as a novel method for pest management. Here, we identified the ALB core RNAi genes including those coding ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Rodrigues TB,Dhandapani RK,Duan JJ,Palli SR

更新日期：2017-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A strain glass state was found to be located between B2-B19' (cubic to monoclinic) phase transition and B2-R (cubic to rhombohedral) phase transition in Ti49Ni51 alloys after aging process. After a short time aging, strong strain glass transition was observed, because the size of the precipitates is small, which means...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhou Z,Cui J,Ren X

更新日期：2015-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an unmet need for treatments to reduce abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) progression. Vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) apoptosis precipitates AAA formation, whereas VSMC proliferation repairs the vessel wall. We previously demonstrated that over-expression of EC4-Fc (truncated N-cadherin), or deletion of matr...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lyon CA,Williams H,Bianco R,Simmonds SJ,Brown BA,Wadey KS,Smith FCT,Johnson JL,George SJ

更新日期：2017-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We study a minimal model of the stress-driven p53 regulatory network that includes competition between active and mutant forms of the tumor-suppressor gene p53. Depending on the nature and level of the external stress signal, four distinct dynamical states of p53 are observed. These states can be distinguished by diff...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jangid A,Malik MZ,Ramaswamy R,Singh RKB

更新日期：2021-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Our aim was to evaluate intervention components of an alcohol reduction app: Drink Less. Excessive drinkers (AUDIT>=8) were recruited to test enhanced versus minimal (reduced functionality) versions of five app modules in a 25 factorial trial. Modules were: Self-monitoring and Feedback, Action Planning, Identity Chang...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Crane D,Garnett C,Michie S,West R,Brown J

更新日期：2018-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The recently described site of Kalinga in the Philippines adds to our understanding of Early-Middle Pleistocene hominin behaviour. Yet, disentangling the natural from the anthropogenic modifications that have taken place in such an old archaeological site is challenging. In this paper we use a set of taphonomic tools ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ingicco T,Reyes MC,de Vos J,Belarmino M,Albers PCH,Lipardo I,Gallet X,Amano N,van den Bergh GD,Cosalan AD,Bautista A

更新日期：2020-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:It is usually assumed that metabolic constraints restrict deep-sea corals to cold-water habitats, with 'deep-sea' and 'cold-water' corals often used as synonymous. Here we report on the first measurements of biological characters of deep-sea corals from the central Red Sea, where they occur at temperatures exceeding 2...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Roder C,Berumen ML,Bouwmeester J,Papathanassiou E,Al-Suwailem A,Voolstra CR

更新日期：2013-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterovirus A89 (EV-A89) is a novel member of the EV-A species. To date, only one full-length genome sequence (the prototype strain) has been published. Here, we report the molecular identification and genomic characterization of a Chinese EV-A89 strain, KSYPH-TRMH22F/XJ/CHN/2011, isolated in 2011 from a contact of an...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Fan Q,Zhang Y,Hu L,Sun Q,Cui H,Yan D,Sikandaner H,Tang H,Wang D,Zhu Z,Zhu S,Xu W

更新日期：2015-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Teleportation plays an important role in the communication of quantum information between the nodes of a quantum network and is viewed as an essential ingredient for long-distance Quantum Cryptography. We describe a method to teleport the quantum information carried by a photon in a superposition of a number d of ligh...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Goyal SK,Konrad T

更新日期：2013-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT) and nicotinate phosphoribosyltransferase domain containing 1 (NAPRT1) are the main human NAD salvage enzymes. NAD regulates energy metabolism and cell signaling, and the enzymes that control NAD availability are linked to pathologies such as cancer and neurodegeneration. ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Duarte-Pereira S,Silva SS,Azevedo L,Castro L,Amorim A,Silva RM

更新日期：2014-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Boolean multiplex (multilevel) networks (BMNs) are currently receiving considerable attention as theoretical arguments for modeling of biological systems and system level analysis. Studying control-related problems in BMNs may not only provide new views into the intrinsic control in complex biological systems, but als...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wu Y,Xu J,Sun XM,Wang W

更新日期：2017-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Adhesion molecules expressed on cerebral endothelial cells (ECs) mediate leukocyte recruitment and play a significant role in cerebral inflammation. Increased levels of adhesion molecules on the EC surface induce leukocyte infiltration into inflammatory areas and are thus hallmarkers of inflammation. Honokiol, isolate...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chen PJ,Wang YL,Kuo LM,Lin CF,Chen CY,Tsai YF,Shen JJ,Hwang TL

更新日期：2016-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Gaze-following behaviour is considered crucial for social interactions which are influenced by social similarity. We investigated whether the degree of similarity, as indicated by the perceived age of another person, can modulate gaze following. Participants of three different age-groups (18-25; 35-45; over 65) perfor...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ciardo F,Marino BF,Actis-Grosso R,Rossetti A,Ricciardelli P

更新日期：2014-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperuricemia is an abnormal metabolic condition characterized by an increase in uric acid levels in the blood. It is the cause of gout, manifested by inflammatory arthritis, pain and disability. This study examined the possible ameliorative impacts of parsley (PAR) and celery (CEL) as hypouricemic agents at biochemic...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Soliman MM,Nassan MA,Aldhahrani A,Althobaiti F,Mohamed WA

更新日期：2020-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Duck Tembusu virus (DTMUV), a mosquito-borne Flavivirus, has caused serious economic losses for the Chinese poultry industry. The genome is translated into a polyprotein that is cleaved to mature protein by host and viral proteases in the host cell, and this proteolytic process is important for the viral life cycle. H...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jiang B,Zhang W,Wu Y,Wang T,Wang M,Jia R,Zhu D,Liu M,Zhao X,Yang Q,Wu Y,Zhang S,Liu Y,Zhang L,Yu Y,Pan L,Chen S,Cheng A

更新日期：2020-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:SerpinB3 has been recently described as an early marker of liver carcinogenesis, but the potential mechanistic role of this serpin in tumor development is still poorly understood. Overexpression of Myc often correlates with more aggressive tumour forms, supporting its involvement in carcinogenesis. Yes-associated prot...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Turato C,Cannito S,Simonato D,Villano G,Morello E,Terrin L,Quarta S,Biasiolo A,Ruvoletto M,Martini A,Fasolato S,Zanus G,Cillo U,Gatta A,Parola M,Pontisso P

更新日期：2015-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Personal values developed in adolescence may influence mental health and well-being over the life course. Using data from 684 respondents in the Youth Development Study (61.9% of respondents in the baseline survey), we explored the effects of work values at ages 14-15 on positive and negative emotions, as well as psyc...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Fukasawa M,Watanabe K,Nishi D,Kawakami N

更新日期：2020-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:CoO nanocrystal/graphene nanosheets (GNS) composites, consisting of a triangular CoO nanocrystal of 2~20 nm on the surface of GNS, are synthesized by a mild synthetic method. First, cobalt acetate tetrahydrate is recrystallized in the alcohol solution at a low temperature. Then, graphene oxide mixed with cobalt-precur...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Guan Q,Cheng J,Li X,Wang B,Huang L,Nie F,Ni W

更新日期：2015-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Porous three-dimensional hydrogel scaffolds have an exquisite ability to promote tissue repair. However, because of their high water content and invasive nature during surgical implantation, hydrogels are at an increased risk of bacterial infection. Recently, we have developed elastic biomimetic cryogels, an advanced ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Joshi Navare K,Colombani T,Rezaeeyazdi M,Bassous N,Rana D,Webster T,Memic A,Bencherif SA

更新日期：2020-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Micronutrients are essential for survival and growth for all the organisms including pathogens. In this manuscript, we report that zinc (Zn) chelator N,N,N',N'-tetrakis(2-pyridinylmethyl)-1,2-ethylenediamine (TPEN) affects growth and viability of intracellular pathogen Leishmania donovani (LD) by a concentration and t...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Saini S,Bharati K,Shaha C,Mukhopadhyay CK

更新日期：2017-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetrastatin, a 230 amino acid sequence from collagen IV, was previously demonstrated to inhibit melanoma progression. In the present paper, we identified the minimal active sequence (QKISRCQVCVKYS: QS-13) that reproduced the anti-tumor effects of whole Tetrastatin in vivo and in vitro on melanoma cell proliferation, m...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lambert E,Fuselier E,Ramont L,Brassart B,Dukic S,Oudart JB,Dupont-Deshorgue A,Sellier C,Machado C,Dauchez M,Monboisse JC,Maquart FX,Baud S,Brassart-Pasco S

更新日期：2018-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:α-synuclein (aS) is a natively unfolded pre-synaptic protein found in all Parkinson's disease patients as the major component of fibrillar plaques. Metal ions, and especially Cu(II), have been demonstrated to accelerate aggregation of aS into fibrillar plaques, the precursors to Lewy bodies. In this work, copper bindi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Rose F,Hodak M,Bernholc J

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Graphene has been identified as an emerging horizon for a nanoscale photonic platform because the Fermi level of intrinsic graphene can be engineered to support surface plasmons (SPs). The current solid back electrical gating and chemical doping methods cannot facilitate the demonstration of graphene SPs at the near-i...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang Q,Li X,Hossain MM,Xue Y,Zhang J,Song J,Liu J,Turner MD,Fan S,Bao Q,Gu M

更新日期：2014-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A loss of function mutation in the TRESK K2P potassium channel (KCNK18), has recently been linked with typical familial migraine with aura. We now report the functional characterisation of additional TRESK channel missense variants identified in unrelated patients. Several variants either had no apparent functional ef...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Andres-Enguix I,Shang L,Stansfeld PJ,Morahan JM,Sansom MS,Lafrenière RG,Roy B,Griffiths LR,Rouleau GA,Ebers GC,Cader ZM,Tucker SJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated Staphylococcus aureus carriage in patients with microbial keratitis (MK). 215 patients with MK, 60 healthy controls and 35 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were included. Corneal scrapes were collected from patients with MK. Conjunctival, nasal and throat swabs were collected from the no...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Somerville TF,Shankar J,Aldwinckle S,Sueke H,Neal T,Horsburgh MJ,Kaye SB

更新日期：2020-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Temperature-modulated space-charge-limited-current spectroscopy (TMSCLC) is applied to quantitatively evaluate the density of trap states in the band-gap with high energy resolution of semiconducting hybrid lead halide perovskite single crystals. Interestingly multicomponent deep trap states were observed in the pure ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Pospisil J,Zmeskal O,Nespurek S,Krajcovic J,Weiter M,Kovalenko A

更新日期：2019-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The Middle East is one of the most water stressed regions in the world, receiving the majority of its hydrological input during the winter, in the form of highly variable and scattered precipitation. The persistence of wintertime anticyclonic conditions over the region can deflect storm tracks and result in extended s...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kumar KN,Molini A,Ouarda TBMJ,Rajeevan MN

更新日期：2017-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes an origami-inspired self-folding method to form three-dimensional (3D) microstructures of co-cultured cells. After a confluent monolayer of fibroblasts (NIH/3T3 cells) with loaded hepatocytes (HepG2 cells) was cultured onto two-dimensional (2D) microplates, degradation of the alginate sacrificial ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： He Q,Okajima T,Onoe H,Subagyo A,Sueoka K,Kuribayashi-Shigetomi K

更新日期：2018-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Current theoretical analyses of defect properties without solving the detailed balance equations often estimate Fermi-level pinning position by omitting free carriers and assume defect concentrations can be always tuned by atomic chemical potentials. This could be misleading in some circumstance. Here we clarify that:...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yang JH,Yin WJ,Park JS,Wei SH

更新日期：2015-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies focused on the residue of thiamethoxam and its metabolite clothianidin on strawberry where it is widely used, despite this is essential to assess the potential food risk of thiamethoxam and its main metabolite clothianidin. In this study, the dissipation of thiamethoxam and its metabolite clothianidin duri...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Liu N,Pan X,Yang Q,Ji M,Zhang Z

更新日期：2018-10-15 00:00:00