ENSO elicits opposing responses of semi-arid vegetation between Hemispheres.

abstract：:The dynamics of networks of neuronal cultures has been recently shown to be strongly dependent on the network geometry and in particular on their dimensionality. However, this phenomenon has been so far mostly unexplored from the theoretical point of view. Here we reveal the rich interplay between network geometry and...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Millán AP,Torres JJ,Bianconi G

更新日期：2018-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Hatching out from the zona pellucida (ZP) is a crucial step for blastocyst implantation and development. However, it is still unknown whether the location of the hatching site relative to the inner cell mass (ICM) affects embryo implantation and foetal development. Here, we classified hatching blastocysts into three c...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Liu SJ,Sun JB,Hao X,Han Z,Wen X,Wang XY,Zhou CJ,Liang CG

更新日期：2020-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on prevalence and significance of alternative polyadenylation (APA) in plants have been so far limited mostly to the model plants. Here, a genome-wide analysis of APA was carried out in different tissue types in the non-model forage legume red clover (Trifolium pratense L). A profile of poly(A) sites in differ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chakrabarti M,Dinkins RD,Hunt AG

更新日期：2018-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucus is responsible for controlling transport and barrier function in biological systems, and its properties can be significantly affected by compositional and environmental changes. In this study, the impacts of pH and CaCl2 were examined on the solution-to-gel transition of mucin, the primary structural component o...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Curnutt A,Smith K,Darrow E,Walters KB

更新日期：2020-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial induced calcite precipitation (MICP) based on ureolysis has a high potential for many applications, e.g. restoration of construction materials. The gram-positive bacterium Sporosarcina pasteurii is the most commonly used microorganism for MICP due to its high ureolytic activity. However, Sporosarcina pasteur...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lapierre FM,Schmid J,Ederer B,Ihling N,Büchs J,Huber R

更新日期：2020-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper portrays the dynamics of pine wilt disease. The specific formula for reproduction number is accomplished. Global behavior is completely demonstrated on the basis of the basic reproduction number [Formula: see text]. The disease-free equilibrium is globally asymptotically stable for [Formula: see text] and i...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ozair M,Hussain T,Awan AU,Aslam A,Khan RA,Ali F,Tasneem F

更新日期：2020-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the observation of replica symmetry breaking (RSB) in a weakly scattering optofluidic random laser (ORL). Coherent random lasing is indicated by the presence of narrow peaks rising out of the spectral background. This coherence helps to identify a random laser threshold, which is expected to be gradual with ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sarkar A,Bhaktha BNS,Andreasen J

更新日期：2020-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary tyrosinemia type 1 (HT1) is a severe inborn error of metabolism, impacting the tyrosine catabolic pathway with a high incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Using a HT1 murine model, we investigated the changes in profiles of circulating and hepatic miRNAs. The aim was to determine if plasma miRNAs co...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Angileri F,Morrow G,Scoazec JY,Gadot N,Roy V,Huang S,Wu T,Tanguay RM

更新日期：2016-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Human CD4+ T cells play an important role in the immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). However, little is known about the spectratyping characteristics of the CD4+ T-cell receptor (TCR) α- and β-chains CDR3 region in tuberculosis (TB) patients. We sorted MTB peptide E7-bound CD4+ T cells by using E7/HLA...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Gan Y,Wang C,Fang Y,Yao Y,Tu X,Wang J,Huang X,Tan Y,Chen T,Zhang K,Shen Y,Zhou L,Liu J,Lai X

更新日期：2018-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The empirical research on the public goods game (PGG) indicates that both institutional rewards and institutional punishment can curb free-riding and that the punishment effect is stronger than the reward effect. Self-regarding models that are based on Nash equilibrium (NE) strategies or evolutionary game dynamics cor...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Dong Y,Zhang B,Tao Y

更新日期：2016-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Clarifying the fundamental adsorption and diffusion process of CO2 on single crystal ZnO surfaces is critical in understanding CO2 activation and transformation over ZnO-based catalysts. By using ultrahigh vacuum-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (UHV-FTIRS), we observed the fine structures of CO2 vibrational ba...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Cao Y,Yu M,Qi S,Wang T,Huang S,Hu S,Xu M,Yan S

更新日期：2017-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct bone marrow (BM) injection has been proposed as a strategy to bypass homing inefficiencies associated with intravenous (IV) hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplantation. Despite physical delivery into the BM cavity, many donor cells are rapidly redistributed by vascular perfusion, perhaps compromising efficacy...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Futrega K,Lott WB,Doran MR

更新日期：2016-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Low socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with earlier onset of age-related chronic conditions and reduced life-expectancy, but the underlying biomolecular mechanisms remain unclear. Evidence of DNA-methylation differences by SES suggests a possible association of SES with epigenetic age acceleration (AA). We inves...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Fiorito G,Polidoro S,Dugué PA,Kivimaki M,Ponzi E,Matullo G,Guarrera S,Assumma MB,Georgiadis P,Kyrtopoulos SA,Krogh V,Palli D,Panico S,Sacerdote C,Tumino R,Chadeau-Hyam M,Stringhini S,Severi G,Hodge AM,Giles GG,Mar

更新日期：2017-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Drought during the early vegetation growing season (spring through early summer) is a severe natural hazard in the large cropland over North America. Given the recent increasing severity of climate change manifested as surface warming, there has been a growing interest in how warming affects drought and the prospect o...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Choi W,Kim KY

更新日期：2018-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromobox 6 (CBX6) is a subunit of Polycomb Repressive Complex 1 (PRC1) that mediates epigenetic gene repression and acts as an oncogene or tumor suppressor in a cancer type-dependent manner. The specific function of CBX6 in breast cancer is currently undefined. In this study, a comprehensive analysis of The Cancer Ge...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Deng H,Guan X,Gong L,Zeng J,Zhang H,Chen MY,Li G

更新日期：2019-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we evaluated the sink and source of the surface water along the PRE using a mixing model method with salinity as tracer. The observational data showed that the decreasing of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) did not closely follow the physical mixing lines of freshwater and modified seawater. In the we...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wu ML,Hong YG,Yin JP,Dong JD,Wang YS

更新日期：2016-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Methods that provide controlled influx of molecules into cells are of critical importance for uncovering cellular mechanisms, drug development and synthetic biology. However, reliable intracellular delivery without adversely affecting the cells is a major challenge. We developed a platform for on-demand intracellular ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kavaldzhiev MN,Perez JE,Sougrat R,Bergam P,Ravasi T,Kosel J

更新日期：2018-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Allergic asthma and obesity are major public health problems in the world. Recent Meta-analysis studies implicated a positive relationship between serum leptin, which is elevated in obese individuals, and the risk of asthma. However, it is not well understood how obesity-associated elevation of leptin increases the ri...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zheng H,Wu D,Wu X,Zhang X,Zhou Q,Luo Y,Yang X,Chock CJ,Liu M,Yang XO

更新日期：2018-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Energy transfer upconversion (ETU) is known to be the most efficient frequency upconversion mechanism. Surface plasmon can further enhance the upconversion process, opening doors to many applications. However, ETU is a complex process involving competing transitions between multiple energy levels and it has been diffi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lu D,Mao C,Cho SK,Ahn S,Park W

更新日期：2016-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Light regulates cGMP concentration in the photoreceptor cytoplasm by activating phosphodiesterase (PDE) molecules through a G-protein signalling cascade. Spontaneous PDE activity is present in rod outer segments even in darkness. This basal PDE activity (βdark) has not been determined in wild type mammalian photorecep...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Turunen TT,Koskelainen A

更新日期：2019-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensitivity to sounds is one frequent symptom of a sport-related concussion, but its assessment rarely goes beyond a single question. Here we examined sensitivity to sounds using psychoacoustic and psychometric outcomes in athletes beyond the acute phase of injury. Fifty-eight college athletes with normal hearing who ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Assi H,Moore RD,Ellemberg D,Hébert S

更新日期：2018-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Materials with a layered structure have attracted tremendous attention because of their unique properties. The ultrathin nanosheet structure can result in extremely rapid intercalation/de-intercalation of Na ions in the charge-discharge progress. Herein, we report a manganese oxide with pre-intercalated K and Na ions ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Feng M,Du Q,Su L,Zhang G,Wang G,Ma Z,Gao W,Qin X,Shao G

更新日期：2017-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Desensitisation with therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is essential for ABO-incompatible (ABO-I) liver transplants (LTs). However, excessive citrate load and coagulation disturbances after TPE have been poorly studied, in particular in cirrhotic patients with hypocapnic alkalosis, metabolic compensation and electrolyt...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kwon HM,Jun IG,Lee J,Moon YJ,Jung KW,Jeong HW,Park YS,Song JG,Hwang GS

更新日期：2018-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension is a public health issue in Iran. The study aimed to estimate the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension, and to explore their determinants among 10,040 Kurdish adults from Ravansar Non-Communicable Disease (RaNCD) cohort study in Iran. Univariate, and multivariate analyses were use...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Rajati F,Hamzeh B,Pasdar Y,Safari R,Moradinazar M,Shakiba E,Bazargan-Hejazi S,Karim H,Najafi F

更新日期：2019-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite strong evidence for NMDA receptor (NMDAR) hypofunction as an underlying factor for cognitive disorders, the precise roles of various NMDAR subtypes remains unknown. The GluN2C-containing NMDARs exhibit unique biophysical properties and expression pattern, and lower expression of GluN2C subunit has been reporte...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Gupta SC,Ravikrishnan A,Liu J,Mao Z,Pavuluri R,Hillman BG,Gandhi PJ,Stairs DJ,Li M,Ugale RR,Monaghan DT,Dravid SM

更新日期：2016-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The subthalamic nucleus (STN) is the main target for neurosurgical treatment of motor signs of Parkinson's disease (PD). Despite the therapeutic effect on both upper and lower extremities, its role in motor control and coordination and its changes in Parkinson's disease are not fully clear. We intraoperatively recorde...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tankus A,Strauss I,Gurevich T,Mirelman A,Giladi N,Fried I,Hausdorff JM

更新日期：2017-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper. ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ezewudo M,Borens A,Chiner-Oms Á,Miotto P,Chindelevitch L,Starks AM,Hanna D,Liwski R,Zignol M,Gilpin C,Niemann S,Kohl TA,Warren RM,Crook D,Gagneux S,Hoffner S,Rodrigues C,Comas I,Engelthaler DM,Alland D,Rigouts L,

更新日期：2020-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates the immune responses induced by metal-filled single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) under in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo settings. Either empty amino-functionalized CNTs [SWCNT-NH2 (1)] or samarium chloride-filled amino-functionalized CNTs with [SmCl3@SWCNT-mAb (3)] or without [SmCl3@SWCNT-NH2 (...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Perez Ruiz de Garibay A,Spinato C,Klippstein R,Bourgognon M,Martincic M,Pach E,Ballesteros B,Ménard-Moyon C,Al-Jamal KT,Tobias G,Bianco A

更新日期：2017-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Grain boundaries (GBs) in graphene prepared by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) greatly degrade the electrical and mechanical properties of graphene and thus hinder the applications of graphene in electronic devices. The seamless stitching of graphene flakes can avoid GBs, wherein the identical orientation of graphene ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yuan Q,Song G,Sun D,Ding F

更新日期：2014-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:TP53 mutation (i.e., loss of normal-p53) may evoke epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), which was previously attributed to loss of certain miRNAs. However, not all epithelial cells undergo EMT upon TP53 mutation, and the p53-miRNA axis may not fully explain p53 function in epithelial integrity. We here show two mo...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Oikawa T,Otsuka Y,Onodera Y,Horikawa M,Handa H,Hashimoto S,Suzuki Y,Sabe H

更新日期：2018-01-25 00:00:00