Extraction of nano-silicon with activated carbons simultaneously from rice husk and their synergistic catalytic effect in counter electrodes of dye-sensitized solar cells.

abstract：:Nutritional supplements may be important on cognition but the evidence is heterogeneous. This meta-analysis aimed (1) to determine whether nutritional supplements provided to pregnant women or young children could improve cognitive development of children in developing countries, and (2) to explore how supplementation...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ip P,Ho FKW,Rao N,Sun J,Young ME,Chow CB,Tso W,Hon KL

更新日期：2017-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The sinusoidal endothelial cells present in the liver (LSECs) are tipically characterized by the presence of pores (fenestrae). During some pathological conditions LSECs undergo "capillarization", a process characterized by loss of fenestrations and acquisition of a vascular phenotype. In chronic liver disease capilla...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Baiocchini A,Del Nonno F,Taibi C,Visco-Comandini U,D'Offizi G,Piacentini M,Falasca L

更新日期：2019-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Although geological and modelling evidence indicate that the last glacial inception in North America was in NE Canada, little is known about the glacial response of the nearby western Greenland Ice Sheet (GIS) during the glacial advance of marine oxygen isotope stage 4 (MIS4). Our multi-proxy study of a marine sedimen...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Seidenkrantz MS,Kuijpers A,Olsen J,Pearce C,Lindblom S,Ploug J,Przybyło P,Snowball I

更新日期：2019-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Satellite aerosol optical depth (AOD) is widely used to estimate particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter ≤2.5 µm (PM2.5) mass concentrations. Polar orbiting satellite retrieval 1-2 times each day is frequently affected by cloud, snow cover or misclassification of heavy pollution. Novel methods are therefore requi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Fu D,Xia X,Wang J,Zhang X,Li X,Liu J

更新日期：2018-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, we present a novel ascorbic acid (AA) sensor applied to the detection of AA in human sera and pharmaceuticals. A series of Au nanoparticles (NPs) and graphene oxide sheets (Au NP/GO) composites were successfully synthesized by reduction of gold (III) using sodium citrate. Then the Au NP/GO composites wer...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Song J,Xu L,Xing R,Li Q,Zhou C,Liu D,Song H

更新日期：2014-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:We have analyzed the compositions of boron-carbon system, in which the [Formula: see text] compound is identified as structural stability at high pressure. The first-principles calculation is used to identify the phase diagram, electronic structure, and superconductivity of [Formula: see text]. Our results have demons...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tsuppayakorn-Aek P,Yang X,Pluengphon P,Luo W,Ahuja R,Bovornratanaraks T

更新日期：2020-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic biological circuits that can generate outputs with distinct expression dynamics are useful for a variety of biomedical and industrial applications. We present a method to control output dynamics by altering output mRNA decay rates. Using oscillatory expression of the transcription factor p53 as the circuit r...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Koh WS,Porter JR,Batchelor E

更新日期：2019-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoporosis (OP) is a multifactorial disease influenced by genetic factors in more than half of the cases. In spite of the efforts to clarify the relationship among genetic factors and susceptibility to develop OP, many genetic associations need to be further functionally validated. Besides, some limitations as the c...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： de Lima CAD,de Lima SC,Barbosa AD,Sandrin-Garcia P,de Barros Pita W,de Azevêdo Silva J,Crovella S

更新日期：2019-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A new ether-based electrolyte to match lithium metal electrode is prepared by introducing 1, 4-dioxane as co-solvent into lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide/1,2-dimethoxyethane solution. Under the synergetic effect of solvents and salt, this simple liquid electrolyte presents stable Li cycling with dendrite-free Li depo...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Miao R,Yang J,Xu Z,Wang J,Nuli Y,Sun L

更新日期：2016-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Geranylated 4-phenylcoumarins DMDP-1 and DMDP-2 isolated from Mesua elegans were elucidated for their role in inducing caspase-independent programmed cell death (CI-PCD) in prostate cancer cell lines, PC-3 and DU 145, respectively. Cell homeostasis disruption was demonstrated upon treatment, as shown by the increase i...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sapili H,Ho CS,Malagobadan S,Arshad NM,Nagoor NH

更新日期：2020-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose Global sagittal imbalance with lumbar hypo-lordosis leads to various problems in elderly populations and is often treated with long-segment fusion and osteotomy. These highly invasive procedures result in a wide range of rigid spines with a high rate of complications. Although some reports have mentioned the p...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Inanami H,Iwai H,Kaneko T,Oshina M,Manabe N,Takano Y,Yuzawa Y,Segawa T,Yanagisawa K,Hirai S,Saiki F,Fukushima M,Oka H,Matsudaira K,Oshima Y,Koga H

更新日期：2020-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Amniotic membrane (AM) has been widely used as a temporary or permanent graft in the treatment of various ocular surface diseases. In this study, we compared the epithelial wound healing and tissue remodeling after ocular surface reconstruction with intact amniotic membrane (iAM) or denuded amniotic membrane (dAM). Pa...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jie J,Yang J,He H,Zheng J,Wang W,Zhang L,Li Z,Chen J,Vimalin Jeyalatha M,Dong N,Wu H,Liu Z,Li W

更新日期：2018-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) causes a sudden loss of vision and lacks effective treatment. Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) provides neuroprotection against the experimental optic nerve injuries but also induce leukocytosis upon typical administration. We found synergetic neuro...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Liu PK,Wen YT,Lin W,Kapupara K,Tai M,Tsai RK

更新日期：2020-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:In a standard semiconductor laser, electrons and holes recombine via stimulated emission to emit coherent light, in a process that is far from thermal equilibrium. Exciton-polariton condensates-sharing the same basic device structure as a semiconductor laser, consisting of quantum wells coupled to a microcavity-have b...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Horikiri T,Yamaguchi M,Kamide K,Matsuo Y,Byrnes T,Ishida N,Löffler A,Höfling S,Shikano Y,Ogawa T,Forchel A,Yamamoto Y

更新日期：2016-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Mobility of people and goods during the Upper Paleolithic has proven difficult to reconstruct given the relative rareness of remains. Nevertheless, archaeological contexts like the Late Pleistocene horizon of Borsuka Cave (Southern Poland) represent a unique opportunity to explore patterns of objects' transportation a...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kowalik N,Anczkiewicz R,Wilczyński J,Wojtal P,Müller W,Bondioli L,Nava A,Gasparik M

更新日期：2020-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to evaluate the effects of ketorolac, a commonly used non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) as patient controlled intravenous infusion analgesia (PCIA) for the patients underwent radical cystectomy (RC) due to bladder cancer regarding post-operational indices of recovery. Total seventy patients...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yu YD,Hwang JH,Seo YE,Song BD,Jung YS,Lee DH,Hong SK,Byun SS,Lee SE,Oh JJ

更新日期：2018-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is to investigate the frequencies of T-helper (Th)22, Th17 and Th1 cells and the levels of related cytokines in subchondral bone marrow in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Bone marrow and peripheral blood samples were collected from RA, osteoarthritis (OA) patients and healthy controls. The frequenc...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li S,Yin H,Zhang K,Wang T,Yang Y,Liu X,Chang X,Zhang M,Yan X,Ren Y,Pan W,Zhang L

更新日期：2017-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:A collection of ancient Roman orichalcum coins, i.e., a copper-zinc alloy, minted under the reigns from Caesar to Domitianus, have been characterised using scanning electron microscopy (SEM-EDS) and electron microprobe analysis (EMPA). We studied, for the first time, coins emitted by Romans after the reforms of August...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Di Fazio M,Felici AC,Catalli F,De Vito C

更新日期：2019-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Polarity-sensitive fluorescent probes are powerful chemical tools for studying biomolecular structures and activities both in vitro and in vivo. However, the lack of "off-on" polarity-sensing probes has limited the accurate monitoring of biological processes that involve an increase in local hydrophilicity. Here, we d...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhu H,Fan J,Mu H,Zhu T,Zhang Z,Du J,Peng X

更新日期：2016-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Quality assessment of protein models using no other information than the structure of the model itself has been shown to be useful for structure prediction. Here, we introduce two novel methods, ProQRosFA and ProQRosCen, inspired by the state-of-art method ProQ2, but using a completely different description of a prote...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Uziela K,Shu N,Wallner B,Elofsson A

更新日期：2016-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Systems with a discrete rotational symmetry [Formula: see text] where [Formula: see text] that also have electromagnetic duality symmetry exhibit zero backscattering. The impact of breaking one of the two symmetries on the emerging backscattering has not yet been systematically studied. Here, we investigate the effect...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Abdelrahman MI,Slivina E,Rockstuhl C,Fernandez-Corbaton I

更新日期：2021-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-to-cell heterogeneity is driven by stochasticity in intracellular reactions and the population dynamics. While these sources are usually studied separately, we develop an agent-based framework that accounts for both factors while tracking every single cell of a growing population. Apart from the common intrinsic ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Thomas P

更新日期：2019-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Parthenocarpy is the development of an ovary into a seedless fruit without pollination. The ubiquitous downregulation of SlIAA9 induces not only parthenocarpic fruit formation but also an abnormal vegetative phenotype. To make parthenocarpic transgenic tomato plants without unwanted phenotypes, we found two genes, nam...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kim JS,Ezura K,Lee J,Ariizumi T,Ezura H

更新日期：2019-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:CD4+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) are the main immune suppressors with subpopulation of inflamed-tissue related memory Tregs (mTregs) and non-related resting Treg (rTregs). Previously, Treg was proposed to be the cause of chronicity of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection but with controversies. We then investigated ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hu CC,Jeng WJ,Chen YC,Fang JH,Huang CH,Teng W,Hsieh YC,Lin YC,Chien RN,Sheen IS,Lin CY

更新日期：2017-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemiresistive thin film gas sensors with fast response, high sensitivity, low power consumption and mass-produced potency, have been expected for practical application. It requires both sensitive materials, especially exquisite nanomaterials, and efficient substrate chip for heating and electrical addressing. How...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Dai Z,Xu L,Duan G,Li T,Zhang H,Li Y,Wang Y,Wang Y,Cai W

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viruses exploit host factors and environment for their efficient replication. The virus-host interaction mechanisms for achieving an optimal hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication have been largely unknown. Here, a single cell cloning revealed that HepAD38 cells, a widely-used HBV-inducible cell line, contain cell clones...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Iwamoto M,Cai D,Sugiyama M,Suzuki R,Aizaki H,Ryo A,Ohtani N,Tanaka Y,Mizokami M,Wakita T,Guo H,Watashi K

更新日期：2017-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Insecticides and other agrochemicals have become indispensable components of the agricultural system to ensure a notable increase in crop yield and food production. As a natural consequence, chemical residues result in significantly increased contamination of both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. The present study ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Basal WT,Ahmed ART,Mahmoud AA,Omar AR

更新日期：2020-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The niacin receptor HCA2 is implicated in controlling inflammatory host responses with yet poorly understood mechanistic basis. We previously reported that HCA2 in A431 epithelial cells transduced Gβγ-protein kinase C- and Gβγ-metalloproteinase/EGFR-dependent MAPK/ERK signaling cascades. Here, we investigated the role...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Shi Y,Lai X,Ye L,Chen K,Cao Z,Gong W,Jin L,Wang C,Liu M,Liao Y,Wang JM,Zhou N

更新日期：2017-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:An antiferromagnetic topological insulator has been predicted to be preserved by breaking both time-reversal symmetry and primitive lattice translational symmetry. However, the topological surface state has often been observed to disappear in an antiferromagnetic phase because the doped magnetic impurity acts as an ex...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jun JH,Kim J,Kim SW,Jung MH

更新日期：2020-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The vast majority of proteins do not form functional interactions in physiological conditions. We have considered several sets of protein pairs from S. cerevisiae with no functional interaction reported, denoted as non-interacting pairs, and compared their 3D structures to available experimental complexes. We identifi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Launay G,Ceres N,Martin J

更新日期：2017-01-13 00:00:00