"Deflecting elastic prism" and unidirectional localisation for waves in chiral elastic systems.

abstract：:Coriander foliage is a distinctive spice employed on a daily basis in curry and other Indian traditional food preparations mainly for the unique flavour attributes and health benefits. Radical scavenging activity has been demonstrated previously for coriander foliage. However, specific molecules responsible were not i...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Priyadarshi S,Harohally NV,Roopavathi C,Naidu MM

更新日期：2018-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Many animals use sounds produced by conspecifics for mate identification. Female insects and anuran amphibians, for instance, use acoustic cues to localize, orient toward and approach conspecific males prior to mating. Here we present a novel technique that utilizes multiple, distributed sound-indication devices and a...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Aihara I,Bishop PJ,Ohmer MEB,Awano H,Mizumoto T,Okuno HG,Narins PM,Hero JM

更新日期：2017-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The same prebiotics have produced inconsistent effects on microbiota when evaluated in different batch fermentation studies. To understand the reasons behind these discrepancies, we compared impact of one prebiotic formula on the same inoculated fecal microbiota in two frequently used batch systems: phosphate-buffered...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Long W,Xue Z,Zhang Q,Feng Z,Bridgewater L,Wang L,Zhao L,Pang X

更新日期：2015-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:It is recognized that T helper 2 (Th2) polarization plays a critical role in a large number of immune disorders. Yet, the remedies for reconciling the established Th2 polarization are still limited currently. Published data indicate that micro RNA-17-92 cluster is associated with the skewed immune response; 25 vitamin...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yu ZJ,Zeng L,Luo XQ,Geng XR,Xu R,Chen K,Yang G,Luo X,Liu ZQ,Liu ZG,Liu DB,Yang PC,Li HB

更新日期：2017-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:There are few studies examining the association between homocysteine (Hcy) level and the risk of hypertension with consideration for folate and vitamin B12 as related to Hcy level. We simultaneously examined the associations of plasma levels of Hcy, folate, and vitamin B12, and dietary folate intake with the prevalenc...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tamura T,Kuriyama N,Koyama T,Ozaki E,Matsui D,Kadomatsu Y,Tsukamoto M,Kubo Y,Okada R,Hishida A,Sasakabe T,Kawai S,Naito M,Takashima N,Kadota A,Tanaka K,Hara M,Suzuki S,Nakagawa-Senda H,Takezaki T,Shimoshikiryo I,

更新日期：2020-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Regional brain sizes of very-preterm infants at term-equivalent age differ from those of term-born peers, which have been linked with later cognitive impairments. However, dependence of regional brain volume loss on gestational age has not been studied in detail. To investigate the spatial pattern of brain growth in n...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Iwata S,Katayama R,Kinoshita M,Saikusa M,Araki Y,Takashima S,Abe T,Iwata O

更新日期：2016-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Apparently mundane, amorphous nanostructures of carbon have optical properties which are as exotic as their crystalline counterparts. In this work we demonstrate a simple and inexpensive mechano-chemical method to prepare bulk quantities of self-passivated, amorphous carbon dots. Like the graphene quantum dots, the wa...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Siddique AB,Pramanick AK,Chatterjee S,Ray M

更新日期：2018-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyze a wide gravity low in the Campania Active Volcanic Area and interpret it by a large and deep source distribution of partially molten, low-density material from about 8 to 30 km depth. Given the complex spatial-temporal distribution of explosive volcanism in the area, we model the gravity data consistently w...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Fedi M,Cella F,D'Antonio M,Florio G,Paoletti V,Morra V

更新日期：2018-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer chemotherapies have improved prognosis in cancer patients, resulting in a large and rapidly increasing number of cancer survivors. "Onco-cardiology" or "cardio-oncology" is a new discipline for addressing the unanticipated cardiac side effects of newly developed cancer drugs. Lapatinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ando K,Wada T,Cao X

更新日期：2020-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a need to develop economical, efficient and widely available therapeutic approaches to enhance the rate of skin wound healing. The optimal outcome of wound healing is restoration to the pre-wound quality of health. In this study we investigate the cellular response to biological stimuli using functionalized n...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Bradshaw M,Ho D,Fear MW,Gelain F,Wood FM,Iyer KS

更新日期：2014-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The marine bacterial strain Desulfovibrio ferrophilus IS5, known for its lithotrophic growth ability to use metallic iron as a sole electron donor and for causing corrosion of steel, was used in the current study. Four commonly used biocides in the oil and gas industry, namely tetrakis(hydroxymethyl) phosphonium sulfa...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sharma M,Liu H,Chen S,Cheng F,Voordouw G,Gieg L

更新日期：2018-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydraulic extended-reach limit (HERL) model of horizontal extended-reach well (ERW) can predict the maximum measured depth (MMD) of the horizontal ERW. The HERL refers to the well's MMD when drilling fluid cannot be normally circulated by drilling pump. Previous model analyzed the following two constraint conditions, ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li X,Gao D,Chen X

更新日期：2017-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic application of newly developed oximes is limited due to their adverse effects on different tissues. Within this article, it has been investigated which morphological changes could be observed in Wistar rats after the treatment with increasing doses of selected acetyl cholinesterase reactivators - asoxime, ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jaćević V,Nepovimova E,Kuča K

更新日期：2019-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Large-scale anthropogenic disturbances can have direct and indirect effects on marine communities, with direct effects often taking the form of widespread injury or mortality and indirect effects manifesting as changes in food web structure. Here, we report a time series that captures both direct and indirect effects ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lewis JP,Tarnecki JH,Garner SB,Chagaris DD,Patterson WF 3rd

更新日期：2020-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the development of crystal engineering, it remains a great challenge to predict the crystal structure even for the simplest molecules, and a clear link between molecular and crystal symmetry is missing in general. Here we demonstrate that the two-dimensional (2D) crystallization of heterocirculenes on a Au(111...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Xiao WD,Zhang YY,Tao L,Aït-Mansour K,Chernichenko KY,Nenajdenko VG,Ruffieux P,Du SX,Gao HJ,Fasel R

更新日期：2014-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A relation exists between network proximity of molecular entities in interaction networks, functional similarity and association with diseases. The identification of network regions associated with biological functions and pathologies is a major goal in systems biology. We describe a network diffusion-based pipeline f...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Bersanelli M,Mosca E,Remondini D,Castellani G,Milanesi L

更新日期：2016-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we present a set of measurements using Differential Scanning Fluorimetry (DSF) as an inexpensive, high throughput screening method to investigate the folding of silk protein molecules as they abandon their first native melt conformation, dehydrate and denature into their final solid filament conformation. Our fir...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Vollrath F,Hawkins N,Porter D,Holland C,Boulet-Audet M

更新日期：2014-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Pioneering epidemiological work has established strong association of sedentary lifestyle and obesity with the risk of colorectal cancer, while the detailed underlying mechanism remains unknown. Here we show that Hotair (HOX transcript antisense RNA) is a pro-adipogenic long non-coding RNA highly expressed in gluteal-...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lu X,Bai D,Liu X,Zhou C,Yang G

更新日期：2017-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:West Nile virus (WNV) is a neurotropic pathogen which causes zoonotic disease in humans. Recently, there have been an increasing number of infected cases and there are no clinically approved vaccines or effective drugs to treat WNV infections in humans. The purpose of this study was to facilitate vaccine and antiviral...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li W,Ma L,Guo LP,Wang XL,Zhang JW,Bu ZG,Hua RH

更新日期：2017-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells spontaneously emit photons in the UV to visible/near-infrared range (ultra-weak photon emission, UPE). Perturbations of the cells' state cause changes in UPE (evoked UPE). The aim of the present study was to analyze the evoked UPE dynamics of cells caused by two types of cell perturbations (stressors): (i) a cel...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Madl P,Verwanger T,Geppert M,Scholkmann F

更新日期：2017-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic pulmonary inflammation (CPI) gives rise to serious lung injuries in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. However, the molecular mechanism underlying the pathogenesis of RA-associated CPI remains little understood. Here we established a novel tree shrew-based collagen-induced arthritis (TsCIA) model to study RA-...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Gao B,Lin J,Jiang Z,Yang Z,Yu H,Ding L,Yu M,Cui Q,Dunavin N,Zhang M,Li M

更新日期：2018-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery of graphene kicked off the curtain of atom-type two-dimensional (2D) materials. Layered metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as parallel molecule-based 2D materials are more designable and more diverse, and magnetism may be induced by their metal ion nodes. However, the multifunctional 2D plane-like MOFs are ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Liu CM,Zhang DQ,Hao X,Zhu DB

更新日期：2017-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Male moths efficiently recognize conspecific sex pheromones thanks to their highly accurate and specific olfactory system. The Heliothis/Helicoverpa species are regarded as good models for studying the perception of sex pheromones. In this study, we performed a series of experiments to investigate the peripheral mecha...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chang H,Guo M,Wang B,Liu Y,Dong S,Wang G

更新日期：2016-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The pectin methylesterase action is usually studied in a homogeneous aqueous medium in the presence of a large excess of soluble substrate and water. However in the cell wall, the water content is much lower, the substrate is cross-linked with itself or with other polymers, and the enzyme has to diffuse through the so...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Bonnin E,Alvarado C,Crépeau MJ,Bouchet B,Garnier C,Jamme F,Devaux MF

更新日期：2019-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Backward wave with anti-parallel phase and group velocities is one of the basic properties associated with negative refraction and sub-diffraction image that have attracted considerable interest in the context of photonic metamaterials. It has been predicted theoretically that some plasmonic structures can also suppor...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Liu X,Feng Y,Zhu B,Zhao J,Jiang T

更新日期：2016-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Advanced maternal age is associated with an increased risk of pregnancy complications. It programmes sex-specific cardiovascular dysfunction in rat offspring, however the intrauterine mechanisms involved remain unknown. This study in the rat assessed the impact of advanced maternal age on placental phenotype in relati...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Napso T,Hung YP,Davidge ST,Care AS,Sferruzzi-Perri AN

更新日期：2019-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Olfactory receptors (ORs) mediate olfactory chemo-sensation in OR neurons. Herein, we have demonstrated that the OR chemo-sensing machinery functions in pancreatic β-cells and modulates insulin secretion. First, we found several OR isoforms, including OLFR15 and OLFR821, to be expressed in pancreatic islets and a β-ce...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Munakata Y,Yamada T,Imai J,Takahashi K,Tsukita S,Shirai Y,Kodama S,Asai Y,Sugisawa T,Chiba Y,Kaneko K,Uno K,Sawada S,Hatakeyama H,Kanzaki M,Miyazaki JI,Oka Y,Katagiri H

更新日期：2018-01-24 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：:To study the creep characteristics of mudstone under disturbed load, creep rock triaxial compression disturbance tests under different disturbance amplitudes and frequencies are conducted using a self-made triaxial disturbed creep test bench for rock. The influence of different factors on the creep deformation law of ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang JG,Sun QL,Liang B,Yang PJ,Yu QR

更新日期：2020-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotic administration, while facilitating clearance of targeted infections, also perturbs commensal microbial communities. Previous studies have all focused on the effects of short term use of antibiotics. Here, we focus on the effects of long term use of antibiotic on gut microbiota and immunity. BALB/c mice rece...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Guo Y,Yang X,Qi Y,Wen S,Liu Y,Tang S,Huang R,Tang L

更新日期：2017-02-21 00:00:00