Roll-to-Roll sputtered ITO/Cu/ITO multilayer electrode for flexible, transparent thin film heaters and electrochromic applications.

abstract：:The serum macrophage inhibitory cytokine-1 (MIC-1) levels are elevated in some inflammatory conditions and cancers. We thus compared the levels of biliary and serum MIC-1 and conventional tumour markers between 23 biliary tract cancer (BTC) patients (malignant group) and 29 benign biliary disease patients (benign grou...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sugimoto M,Takagi T,Konno N,Suzuki R,Asama H,Watanabe K,Nakamura J,Waragai Y,Kikuchi H,Takasumi M,Sato Y,Hikichi T,Ohira H

更新日期：2017-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence and the distribution characteristics of corneal astigmatism (CA) and anterior segment biometry before surgery in Chinese congenital cataract (CC) patients are not completely understood. This study involved 400 CC patients from the Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center enrolled from February 2011 to August 2015. D...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lin D,Chen J,Liu Z,Wu X,Long E,Luo L,Lin Z,Li X,Zhang L,Chen H,Liu J,Chen W,Lin H,Liu Y

更新日期：2016-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiology of acute kidney injury (AKI) in developing countries is under-studied. We evaluated the risk and prognosis of AKI in patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) in Egypt. We recruited consecutive adults admitted to ICUs in Alexandria Teaching Hospitals over six months. We used the KDIGO criteria for ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Abd ElHafeez S,Tripepi G,Quinn R,Naga Y,Abdelmonem S,AbdelHady M,Liu P,James M,Zoccali C,Ravani P

更新日期：2017-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanocarrier systems for the encapsulation of agrochemicals can contribute to sustainable agriculture, but few nanosystems have been developed for plant growth regulators (PGRs). The present study evaluated the effects of seed priming using alginate/chitosan (nanoALG/CS) and chitosan/tripolyphosphate (nanoCS/TPP) conta...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Pereira ADES,Oliveira HC,Fraceto LF

更新日期：2019-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Cues previously paired with rewarding stimuli induce a time-dependent increase in the motivational craving state (incubation of craving). Whether there is an increase in craving for high-fat (HF) food over time, which may contribute to overeating and obesity, has not been determined. We hypothesized that cues paired w...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Darling RA,Dingess PM,Schlidt KC,Smith EM,Brown TE

更新日期：2016-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes is a globally prevalent disease that can cause visible microvascular complications such as diabetic retinopathy and macular edema in the human eye retina, the images of which are today used for manual disease screening and diagnosis. This labor-intensive task could greatly benefit from automatic detection usi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sahlsten J,Jaskari J,Kivinen J,Turunen L,Jaanio E,Hietala K,Kaski K

更新日期：2019-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A systematic chemomechanical network model for the molecular motor kinesin is presented in this report. The network model is based on the nucleotide-dependent binding affinity of the heads to an microtubule (MT) and the asymmetries and similarities between the chemical transitions caused by the intramolecular strain b...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sumi T

更新日期：2017-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Two embedded sulfur atoms in a novel [2 + 2] Schiff-base macrocyclic dinuclear Zn(II) complex were found to be easily autoxidized to the sulfone units on air exposure, and the resultant sulfone-functionalized macrocyclic complex was obtained by the post-modification strategy exhibiting enhanced antimicrobial activitie...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Feng G,Shi Y,Zhang L,Shi R,Huang W,Wang R

更新日期：2017-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Systems of closely-spaced resonators can be strongly coupled by interactions mediated by scattered electromagnetic fields. In large systems the resulting response has been shown to be more sensitive to these collective interactions than to the detailed structure of individual resonators. Attempts to describe such syst...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Watson DW,Jenkins SD,Fedotov VA,Ruostekoski J

更新日期：2019-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare the performance of eight score systems (MELD, uMELD, MELD-Na. iMELD, UKELD, MELD-AS, CTP, and mCTP) in predicting the post-transplant mortality, we analyzed the data of 6,014 adult cirrhotic patients who underwent liver transplantation between January 2003 and December 2010 from the China Liver Transplant R...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ling Q,Dai H,Zhuang R,Shen T,Wang W,Xu X,Zheng S

更新日期：2017-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogenic meningococci have acquired a 24 kb capsule synthesis island (cps) by horizontal gene transfer which consists of a synthetic locus and associated capsule transport genes flanked by repetitive Regions D and D'. Regions D and D' contain an intact gene encoding a UDP-galactose epimerase (galE1) and a truncated ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Bartley SN,Mowlaboccus S,Mullally CA,Stubbs KA,Vrielink A,Maiden MC,Harrison OB,Perkins TT,Kahler CM

更新日期：2017-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody phage display has been pivotal in the quest to generate human monoclonal antibodies for biomedical and research applications. Target antigen preparation is a main bottleneck associated with the panning process. This includes production complexity, downstream purification, quality and yield. In many instances,...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lim CC,Woo PCY,Lim TS

更新日期：2019-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Securin overexpression correlates with poor prognosis in various tumours. We have previously shown that securin depletion promotes radiation-induced senescence and enhances radiosensitivity in human cancer cells. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms and the paracrine effects remain unknown. In this study, we s...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yu YC,Yang PM,Chuah QY,Huang YH,Peng CW,Lee YJ,Chiu SJ

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fertilisation datasets collected from field experiments (n = 21) in tea-producing areas from 2016 to 2018 were used to build a quantitative evaluation of the fertility of tropical soils (QUEFTS) model to estimate nutrient uptake of tea plants, and to investigate relationships between tea yield and nutrient accumulatio...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tang S,Liu Y,Zheng N,Li Y,Ma Q,Xiao H,Zhou X,Xu X,Jiang T,He P,Wu L

更新日期：2020-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of Parkinson's disease (PD) revealed at least 26 risk loci, with associated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) located in non-coding DNA having unknown functions in risk. In order to explore in which cell types these SNPs (and their correlated surrogates at r(2) ≥ 0.8)...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Coetzee SG,Pierce S,Brundin P,Brundin L,Hazelett DJ,Coetzee GA

更新日期：2016-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:California has experienced a dry 21(st) century capped by severe drought from 2012 through 2015 prompting questions about hydroclimatic sensitivity to anthropogenic climate change and implications for the future. We address these questions using a Holocene lake sediment record of hydrologic change from the Sierra Neva...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： MacDonald GM,Moser KA,Bloom AM,Potito AP,Porinchu DF,Holmquist JR,Hughes J,Kremenetski KV

更新日期：2016-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Although technology has triumphed in facilitating routine genome sequencing, new challenges have been created for the data-analyst. Genome-scale surveys of human variation generate volumes of data that far exceed capabilities for laboratory characterization. By incorporating functional annotations as predictors, stati...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Gagliano SA,Ravji R,Barnes MR,Weale ME,Knight J

更新日期：2015-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Detailed characterization and mapping of oligonucleotide function in vivo is generally a very time consuming effort that only allows for hypothesis driven subsampling of the full sequence to be analysed. Recent advances in deep sequencing together with highly efficient parallel oligonucleotide synthesis and cloning te...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Davidsson M,Diaz-Fernandez P,Schwich OD,Torroba M,Wang G,Björklund T

更新日期：2016-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Although nearly one fifth of all human cancers have an infectious aetiology, the causes for the majority of cancers remain unexplained. Despite the enormous data output from high-throughput shotgun sequencing, viral DNA in a clinical sample typically constitutes a proportion of host DNA that is too small to be detecte...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Vinner L,Mourier T,Friis-Nielsen J,Gniadecki R,Dybkaer K,Rosenberg J,Langhoff JL,Cruz DF,Fonager J,Izarzugaza JM,Gupta R,Sicheritz-Ponten T,Brunak S,Willerslev E,Nielsen LP,Hansen AJ

更新日期：2015-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:When complementary resources are required for an optimal life cycle, most animals need to move between different habitats. However, the level of connectivity between resources can vary and, hence, influence individuals' behaviour. We show that landscape composition and configuration affect the connectivity between bre...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Evens R,Beenaerts N,Neyens T,Witters N,Smeets K,Artois T

更新日期：2018-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:An in-depth focused study of specific cases of patients with recurrent thrombosis may help to identify novel circumstances, genetic and acquired factors contributing to the development of this disorder. The aim of this study was to carry out a detailed and sequential analysis of samples from a patient suffering from e...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Revilla N,de la Morena-Barrio ME,Miñano A,López-Gálvez R,Toderici M,Padilla J,García-Avello Á,Lozano ML,Lefeber DJ,Corral J,Vicente V

更新日期：2017-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The large and complex genome of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which consists of significant portions (up to 20%) of transferable genetic elements contributes to the rapid development of antibiotic resistance. The whole genome sequences of 22 strains isolated from eye and cystic fibrosis patients in Australia and India betwe...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Subedi D,Vijay AK,Kohli GS,Rice SA,Willcox M

更新日期：2018-10-23 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： Reslova N,Huvarova V,Hrdy J,Kasny M,Kralik P

更新日期：2019-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the search for quantitative trait loci for behaviour remains a considerable challenge, the complicated genetic architecture of quantitative traits is beginning to be understood. The current project utilised heterogeneous stock (HS) male mice (n = 580) to investigate the genetic basis for brain weights, activi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Janecka M,Marzi SJ,Parsons MJ,Liu L,Paya-Cano JL,Smith RG,Fernandes C,Schalkwyk LC

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Black phosphorus (BP) has recently been rediscovered as a new and interesting two-dimensional material due to its unique electronic and optical properties. Here, we study the linear and nonlinear optical properties of BP flakes. We observe that both the linear and nonlinear optical properties are anisotropic and can b...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li D,Jussila H,Karvonen L,Ye G,Lipsanen H,Chen X,Sun Z

更新日期：2015-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:While the feasibility of transpapillary drug delivery has previously been established, localized transport via the mammary ducts may be improved with tailored drug delivery formulations. The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of nanoemulsion encapsulation on transpapillary delivery in vitro. Nanoemu...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kurtz SL,Lawson LB

更新日期：2019-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown that cellular metabolism plays an important role in regulating immune cell functions. In immune cell differentiation, both interleukin-17-producing T (Th17) cells and dendritic cells (DCs) exhibit increased glycolysis through the upregulation of glycolytic enzymes, such as hexokinase-2 (HK2)....

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Okano T,Saegusa J,Nishimura K,Takahashi S,Sendo S,Ueda Y,Morinobu A

更新日期：2017-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Our understanding of the structure and regulation of Plasmodium vivax genes is limited by our inability to grow the parasites in long-term in vitro cultures. Most P. vivax studies must therefore rely on patient samples, which typically display a low proportion of parasites and asynchronous parasites. Here, we present ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kim A,Popovici J,Vantaux A,Samreth R,Bin S,Kim S,Roesch C,Liang L,Davies H,Felgner P,Herrera S,Arévalo-Herrera M,Ménard D,Serre D

更新日期：2017-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystatin C (CysC) is implicated in neuroprotection and repair in the nervous system in response to diverse neurotoxic conditions. In addition to being secreted from cells in a soluble form, CysC is released by cells in association with extracellular vesicles (EVs), including exosomes. We demonstrate that EVs containin...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Pérez-González R,Sahoo S,Gauthier SA,Kim Y,Li M,Kumar A,Pawlik M,Benussi L,Ghidoni R,Levy E

更新日期：2019-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of obesity on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in chronic kidney disease (CKD) population has not been elucidated, despite the impairment of HRQoL in the obese among general population. We hypothesized that the impact of obesity on HRQoL might be confounded by impaired renal function in CKD population...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Suh SH,Choi HS,Kim CS,Bae EH,Ma SK,Lee DH,Kim SW

更新日期：2020-02-11 00:00:00