Dispersal ability determines the scaling properties of species abundance distributions: a case study using arthropods from the Azores.

abstract：:Though carbon (C): nitrogen (N) stoichiometry has been widely studied in terrestrial ecosystems, little is known about its variation following afforestation. By synthesizing the results of 53 studies, we examined temporal and spatial variation in C: N ratios and in N-C scaling relationships of both the organic and the...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Xu X,Li D,Cheng X,Ruan H,Luo Y

更新日期：2016-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Verteporfin (VP), a light-activated drug used in photodynamic therapy for the treatment of choroidal neovascular membranes, has also been shown to be an effective inhibitor of malignant cells. Recently, studies have demonstrated that, even without photo-activation, VP may still inhibit certain tumor cell lines, includ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Al-Moujahed A,Brodowska K,Stryjewski TP,Efstathiou NE,Vasilikos I,Cichy J,Miller JW,Gragoudas E,Vavvas DG

更新日期：2017-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The xeroderma pigmentosum group C (XPC) protein complex is a key factor that detects DNA damage and initiates nucleotide excision repair (NER) in mammalian cells. Although biochemical and structural studies have elucidated the interaction of XPC with damaged DNA, the mechanism of its regulation in vivo remains to be u...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Akita M,Tak YS,Shimura T,Matsumoto S,Okuda-Shimizu Y,Shimizu Y,Nishi R,Saitoh H,Iwai S,Mori T,Ikura T,Sakai W,Hanaoka F,Sugasawa K

更新日期：2015-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Qinghai Lake is a major migrating bird breeding site that has experienced several recent highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) epizootics. From 2006 to 2009 we studied Qinghai's wild birds and pikas for evidence of AIV infections. We sampled 941 healthy wild animals and isolated seventeen H7N2 viruses (eight...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Su S,Xing G,Wang J,Li Z,Gu J,Yan L,Lei J,Ji S,Hu B,Gray GC,Yan Y,Zhou J

更新日期：2016-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The global left ventricular (LV) contractility index, dσ*/dtmax measures the maximal rate of change in pressure-normalized LV wall stress. We aim to describe the trend of dσ*/dtmax in differing severity of aortic stenosis (AS) with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and the association of dσ*/dtmax wi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sim HW,Ngiam NJ,Zhong L,Tan BY,Low LY,Djohan AH,Boey E,Kong WKF,Tan RS,Poh KK

更新日期：2020-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of novel responsive materials with a displacement conversion capability was further developed through the design of new machine-augmented composites (MACs). Embedded converter machines and MACs with improved geometry were designed and fabricated by multi-material 3D printing. This technique proved to be ve...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Bafekrpour E,Molotnikov A,Weaver JC,Brechet Y,Estrin Y

更新日期：2014-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Common genetic risk variants for colorectal cancer (CRC) have been identified at approximately 40 loci by genome-wide association studies (GWAS). We investigated the association of these risk variants by age at onset of CRC using case-only and case-control analysis. A total of 1,962 CRC cases and 2,668 controls from t...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Song N,Shin A,Park JW,Kim J,Oh JH

更新日期：2017-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Alveolar β2-receptor blockade worsens lung diffusion in heart failure (HF). This effect could be mitigated by stimulating alveolar β2-receptors. We investigated the safety and the effects of indacaterol on lung diffusion, lung mechanics, sleep respiratory behavior, cardiac rhythm, welfare, and exercise performance in ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Contini M,Spadafora E,Barbieri S,Gugliandolo P,Salvioni E,Magini A,Apostolo A,Palermo P,Alimento M,Agostoni P

更新日期：2020-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The foregut endoderm gives rise to several organs including liver, pancreas, lung and thyroid with important roles in human physiology. Understanding which genes and signalling pathways regulate their development is crucial for understanding developmental disorders as well as diseases in adulthood. We exploited unique...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Trubiroha A,Gillotay P,Giusti N,Gacquer D,Libert F,Lefort A,Haerlingen B,De Deken X,Opitz R,Costagliola S

更新日期：2018-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The triatomine Rhodnius prolixus, a vector of the etiological agent of Chagas disease, has long been used as model to understand important aspects of insect physiology. Despite this history, the impact of the nutritional state on regulatory pathways associated with reproductive performance in triatomines has never bee...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Leyria J,Orchard I,Lange AB

更新日期：2020-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Lower cervical dislocation with facet interlocking is one of the most drastic injuries to the cervical spine. The early reduction is thought critical in preventing progressive secondary spinal cord injury. The authors report a new surgical procedure in the management of lower cervical dislocation with facet interlocki...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li Y,Zhou P,Cui W,Li C,Xiao W,Wen Y,Wang H,Wang H

更新日期：2019-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Key calcifying reef taxa are currently threatened by thermal stress associated with elevated sea surface temperatures (SST) and reduced calcification linked to ocean acidification (OA). Here we undertook an 8 week experimental exposure to near-future climate change conditions and explored the microbiome response of th...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Webster NS,Negri AP,Botté ES,Laffy PW,Flores F,Noonan S,Schmidt C,Uthicke S

更新日期：2016-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:This study for the first time examined the prophylactic role of Tungrymbai, a well-known fermented soybean food of North-East India, against hepatic steatosis. Treatment with hexane-isopropanolic (2:1, HIET) but not hydro-alcoholic (70% ethanol, HAET) extract dose-dependently (0.1, 0.2, or 0.3 µg/mL) reduced the intra...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Dihingia A,Bordoloi J,Dutta P,Kalita J,Manna P

更新日期：2018-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Classical Lotka-Volterra (LV) competition equation has shown that coexistence of competitive species is only possible when intraspecific competition is stronger than interspecific competition, i.e., the species inhibit their own growth more than the growth of the other species. Note that density effect is assumed to b...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Gavina MKA,Tahara T,Tainaka KI,Ito H,Morita S,Ichinose G,Okabe T,Togashi T,Nagatani T,Yoshimura J

更新日期：2018-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have investigated the use of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) to treat damaged kidneys. However, the effect of adipose-derived MSCs (ASCs) on vascular calcification in chronic kidney disease (CKD) is still poorly understood. In the present study, we explored the potential of ASCs for the treatment of CKD...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yokote S,Katsuoka Y,Yamada A,Ohkido I,Yokoo T

更新日期：2017-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to estimate substitution rate and imprints of natural selection on parvovirus B19 genotype 1. Studied datasets included 137 near complete coding B19 genomes (positions 665 to 4851) for phylogenetic and substitution rate analysis and 146 and 214 partial genomes for selection analyses in open r...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Stamenković GG,Ćirković VS,Šiljić MM,Blagojević JV,Knežević AM,Joksić ID,Stanojević MP

更新日期：2016-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between cumulative exposure to resting heart rate (cumRHR) and mortality remain unclear in the general population. In the Kailuan cohort study, resting heart rate (RHR) was repeatedly measured at baseline and at years 2 and 4 by electrocardiogram among 47,311 adults aged 48.70 ± 11.68. The cumRHR was ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhao Q,Li H,Wang A,Guo J,Yu J,Luo Y,Chen S,Tao L,Li Y,Li A,Guo X,Wu S

更新日期：2017-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) associates gene sets and phenotypes, its use is predicated on the choice of a pre-defined collection of sets. The defacto standard implementation of GSEA provides seven collections yet there are no guidelines for the choice of collections and the impact of such choice, if any, is un...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Bateman AR,El-Hachem N,Beck AH,Aerts HJ,Haibe-Kains B

更新日期：2014-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Fat character is an important index in duck culture that linked to local flavor, feed cost and fat intake for costumers. Since the regulation networks in duck lipid metabolism had not been reported very clearly, we aimed to explore the potential miRNA-mRNA pairs and their regulatory roles in duck lipid metabolism. Her...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： He J,Wang W,Lu L,Tian Y,Niu D,Ren J,Dong L,Sun S,Zhao Y,Chen L,Shen J,Li X

更新日期：2016-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Rice yield have been affected by the increased extreme precipitation events in recent decades. Yet, the spatio-temporal patterns of extreme precipitation by rice type and phenology remain elusive. Here, we investigate the characteristics of four extreme precipitation indices across China's rice paddy and their potenti...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jian Y,Fu J,Li B,Zhou F

更新日期：2020-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are important regulators involved in various cancers, including colorectal cancer (CRC). The functions and mechanisms of the miRNAs involved in CRC progress and metastasis are largely unknown. In this study, miRNA microarray analysis was performed to screen crucial miRNAs involved in CRC progress, a...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li Q,Liang X,Wang Y,Meng X,Xu Y,Cai S,Wang Z,Liu J,Cai G

更新日期：2016-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil fauna are critical for ecosystem function and sensitive to the changes of soil fertility. The effects of fertilization on soil fauna communities, however, remain poorly understood. We examined the effects of fertilization form and quantity on the abundance, diversity and composition of soil fauna across an age-se...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang S,Chen HY,Tan Y,Fan H,Ruan H

更新日期：2016-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcriptome expression reflects genetic response in diverse conditions. In this study, RNA sequencing was utilized to profile multiple tissues such as liver, breast, caecum, and gizzard of Korean commercial chicken raised in Korea and Kyrgyzstan. We analyzed ten samples per tissue from each location to identify cand...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kumar H,Choo H,Iskender AU,Srikanth K,Kim H,Zhunushov AT,Jang GW,Lim Y,Song KD,Park JE

更新日期：2020-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:For a high-performance cocatalyst-modified photocatalyst, an effective interfacial separation of photogenerated electron from its corresponding holes and its following reduction reaction at the active sites are highly required. However, it is difficult for a single-component cocatalyst to simultaneously realize the cr...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yu H,Tian J,Chen F,Wang P,Wang X

更新日期：2015-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer (BC) is the leading cause of cancer death in women. Adipokines, and other inflammation molecules linked to adiposity, are suspected to be involved in breast carcinogenesis, however prospective findings are inconclusive. In a prospective nested case-control study within the EPIC-Varese cohort, we used con...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Agnoli C,Grioni S,Pala V,Allione A,Matullo G,Gaetano CD,Tagliabue G,Sieri S,Krogh V

更新日期：2017-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Melamine detection has attracted much attention since the discovery of the damage of melamine to human health. Herein, we have developed a sensitive homogeneous electroanalytical platform for melamine detection, which is relied on the formation of triplex molecular beacon integrated with exonuclease III (Exo III)-medi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Liu X,Song M,Li F

更新日期：2017-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological networks play a key role in determining biological function and therefore, an understanding of their structure and dynamics is of central interest in systems biology. In Boolean models of such networks, the status of each molecule is either "on" or "off" and along with the molecules interact with each other...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chen H,Wang G,Simha R,Du C,Zeng C

更新日期：2016-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:In many human cancers, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), high density of infiltrating tumor-associated macrophages (TAM) is associated with poor prognosis. Most TAMs express a M2 phenotype subsequently supporting tumor growth. How tumor cells polarize these TAMs to a pro-tumor M2 phenotype is still poorly unde...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Shiau DJ,Kuo WT,Davuluri GVN,Shieh CC,Tsai PJ,Chen CC,Lin YS,Wu YZ,Hsiao YP,Chang CP

更新日期：2020-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the transformation of carbides in AISI M42 high-speed steels in the temperature window used for forging. The annealing was found to result in the partial transformation of the large, metastable M2C carbides into small, more stable grains of M6C, with an associated change in the crystal orientation. In ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Godec M,Večko Pirtovšek T,Šetina Batič B,McGuiness P,Burja J,Podgornik B

更新日期：2015-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) are promising materials for sensing applications, due to their exceptional high performance in nano-electronics. Inherentely, the chemical and thermal responses of TMDCs are highly stable, hence, they pave way for real time sensor applications. This article proposes inceptively...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Awais M,Khan MU,Hassan A,Bae J,Chattha TE

更新日期：2020-03-26 00:00:00