Trophic isotopic carbon variation increases with pond's hydroperiod: Evidence from an Austral ephemeral ecosystem.

abstract：:To report the efficacy and safety of large diameter scleral lenses and determine their suitability in Asian subjects with intractable ocular surface diseases. This prospective study enrolled intractable ocular surface diseases subjects with uncorrected visual acuity > counting finger but ≥ 0.3 logMAR and best-correcte...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Moon J,Lee SM,Hyon JY,Kim MK,Oh JY,Choi HJ

更新日期：2021-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Multifactorial lifestyle intervention is known to be more effective for ameliorating cognitive decline than single factor intervention; however, the effects of combining exercise with long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFA) on the elderlies' cognitive function remain unclear. We conducted a randomised, single-...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tokuda H,Ito M,Sueyasu T,Sasaki H,Morita S,Kaneda Y,Rogi T,Kondo S,Kouzaki M,Tsukiura T,Shibata H

更新日期：2020-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The P2X receptor family of ATP-gated cation channels are attractive drug targets for pain and inflammatory disease, but no subtype-selective agonists, and few partially selective agonists have been described to date. As proof-of-concept for the discovery of novel P2X receptor agonists, here we demonstrate the use of D...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Grimes L,Griffiths J,Pasqualetto G,Brancale A,Kemp PJ,Young MT,van der Goes van Naters W

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil microbial communities directly affect soil functionality through their roles in the cycling of soil nutrients and carbon storage. Microbial communities vary substantially in space and time, between soil types and under different land management. The mechanisms that control the spatial distributions of soil microb...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Xue PP,Carrillo Y,Pino V,Minasny B,McBratney AB

更新日期：2018-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Thaumarchaeota and the gene encoding for a subunit of ammonia monooxygenase (amoA) are ubiquitous in Polar Seas, and some Thaumarchaeota also have a gene coding for ureC, diagnostic for urease. Using quantitative PCR we investigated the occurrence of genes and transcripts of ureC and amoA in Arctic samples from winter...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Pedneault E,Galand PE,Potvin M,Tremblay JÉ,Lovejoy C

更新日期：2014-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:On-surface synthesis provides a route for the production of 1D and 2D covalently bonded polymeric structures. Such reactions are confined to the surface of a substrate and the catalytic properties of the substrate are often utilised to initiate the reaction. Recent studies have focused on the properties of various cry...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Judd CJ,Kondratuk DV,Anderson HL,Saywell A

更新日期：2019-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasounds (US) has been used in the past decades as a non-invasive imaging modality. Although employed extensively in clinical applications for soft tissue imaging, the acoustic beams can also be used for sensing and actuation for biological implants. In this paper we present a unified three dimensional (3D) computa...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Rosa BMG,Yang GZ

更新日期：2020-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Decreasing egg quality following oocyte ageing is a major restricting factor for the breeding programs. The mechanisms behind this process has not yet been clarified. To examine the possible involvement of oxidative stress in the oocyte ageing process, the relative mRNA abundance of specific transcripts were determine...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Samarin AM,Samarin AM,Østbye TK,Ruyter B,Sampels S,Burkina V,Blecha M,Policar T

更新日期：2019-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenesis of severe dengue remains unclear, particularly the mechanisms underlying the plasma leakage that results in hypovolaemic shock in a small proportion of individuals. Maximal leakage occurs several days after peak viraemia implicating immunological pathways. Skin is a highly vascular organ and also an i...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Duyen HTL,Cerny D,Trung DT,Pang J,Velumani S,Toh YX,Qui PT,Hao NV,Simmons C,Haniffa M,Wills B,Fink K

更新日期：2017-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Digital phase shifters have been applied in traditional phased array antennas to realize beam steering. However, the phase shifter deals with the phase of the induced current; hence, it has to be in the path of each element of the antenna array, making the phased array antennas very expensive. Metamaterials and/or met...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wan X,Qi MQ,Chen TY,Cui TJ

更新日期：2016-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The probability of mitochondrial permeability transition (mPT) pore opening is inversely related to the magnitude of the proton electrochemical gradient. The module conferring sensitivity of the pore to this gradient has not been identified. We investigated mPT's voltage-sensing properties elicited by calcimycin or H2...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Doczi J,Torocsik B,Echaniz-Laguna A,Mousson de Camaret B,Starkov A,Starkova N,Gál A,Molnár MJ,Kawamata H,Manfredi G,Adam-Vizi V,Chinopoulos C

更新日期：2016-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Monocytes and macrophages are key players in maintaining immune homeostasis. Identifying strategies to manipulate their functions via gene delivery is thus of great interest for immunological research and biomedical applications. We set out to establish conditions for mRNA transfection in hard-to-transfect primary hum...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Moradian H,Roch T,Lendlein A,Gossen M

更新日期：2020-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Copper ions play a vital role in a variety of fundamental physiological processes not only in human beings and plants, but also for extensive insects and microorganisms. In this paper, a novel water-soluble ruthenium(II) complex as a turn-on copper(II) ions luminescent sensor based on o-(phenylazo)aniline was designed...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang Y,Liu Z,Yang K,Zhang Y,Xu Y,Li H,Wang C,Lu A,Sun S

更新日期：2015-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ) represents a complication of bisphosphonate treatment that responds poorly to standard treatment. In a retrospective cohort study we investigated a possible role of Actinomyces spp. in the pathogenesis of MRONJ. Deep biopsies of necrotic bone were collected during su...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Russmueller G,Seemann R,Weiss K,Stadler V,Speiss M,Perisanidis C,Fuereder T,Willinger B,Sulzbacher I,Steininger C

更新日期：2016-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:β-lactam antibiotics act as suicide substrates of transpeptidases responsible for the last cross-linking step of peptidoglycan synthesis in the bacterial cell wall. Nucleophilic attack of the β-lactam carbonyl by the catalytic residue (Ser or Cys) of transpeptidases results in the opening of the β-lactam ring and in t...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Edoo Z,Arthur M,Hugonnet JE

更新日期：2017-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Physiological regulation of blood flow in bone marrow is important to maintain oxygen and glucose supplies but also the physiological hypoxic state of the hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) niche. However, regulatory mechanisms underlying microcirculation in the bone marrow (BM) niche remain unclear. Here, we identify vess...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Morikawa T,Tamaki S,Fujita S,Suematsu M,Takubo K

更新日期：2020-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity, often represented by higher body mass index (BMI), is not yet fully understood as a potential risk factor for poor clinical outcomes of prostate cancer (PCa) after radical prostatectomy (RP). This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between BMI and biochemical recurrence (BCR)-free survival in RP patient...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yu YD,Byun SS,Lee SE,Hong SK

更新日期：2018-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Global warming is projected to continue, leading to intense fluctuations in precipitation and heat waves and thereby affecting the productivity and the relevant biological processes of grassland ecosystems. Here, we determined the functional responses to warming and altered precipitation in both typical and desert ste...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Xu Z,Hou Y,Zhang L,Liu T,Zhou G

更新日期：2016-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) are classified as cationic surfactants, and are known for their biocidal activity. However, their modes of action are thus far not completely understood. In this study, we synthesized a gemini QAC, PMT12-BF4 and found that it exerted unsurpassed broad-spectrum antifungal activity a...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hsu LH,Kwaśniewska D,Wang SC,Shen TL,Wieczorek D,Chen YL

更新日期：2020-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The monitoring and early detection of abnormalities or variations in the cardiac cycle functionality are very critical practices and have significant impact on the prevention of heart diseases and their associated complications. Currently, in the field of biomedical engineering, there is a growing need for devices cap...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ahmad MA

更新日期：2016-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Surface and soil core samples from northeast China were analyzed for Pu isotopes. The measured (240)Pu/(239)Pu atomic ratios and (239 + 240)Pu/(137)Cs activity ratios revealed that the global fallout is the dominant source of Pu and (137)Cs at these sites. Migration behavior of Pu varying with land type and human acti...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Xu Y,Qiao J,Hou X,Pan S

更新日期：2013-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Regarding the basics of ear structure-function relationships in fish, the actual motion of the solid otolith relative to the underlying sensory epithelium has rarely been investigated. Otolith motion has been characterized based on a few experimental studies and on approaches using mathematical modeling, which have yi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Schulz-Mirbach T,Olbinado M,Rack A,Mittone A,Bravin A,Melzer RR,Ladich F,Heß M

更新日期：2018-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Precisely controlling the protein-nanomaterial interactions at selective sites is crucial in engineering biomolecule composite architectures with tailored nanostructures and functions for a variety of biomedical applications. This strategy, however, is only beginning to be explored. Here, we demonstrate the facet-spec...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Dong L,Luo Q,Cheng K,Shi H,Wang Q,Weng W,Han WQ

更新日期：2014-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotics contamination in food products is of increasing concern due to their potential threat on human health. Herein solid-phase extraction based on magnetic molecularly imprinted polymers coupled with internal extractive electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (MMIPs-SPE-iEESI-MS) was designed for the quantita...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang H,Kou W,Bibi A,Jia Q,Su R,Chen H,Huang K

更新日期：2017-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein phosphorylation is an important type of post-translational modification that is involved in a variety of biological activities. Most phosphorylation events occur on serine, threonine and tyrosine residues in eukaryotes. In recent years, many phosphorylation sites have been identified as a result of advances in...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Xiao Q,Miao B,Bi J,Wang Z,Li Y

更新日期：2016-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Dravet syndrome is the prototype of SCN1A-mutation associated epilepsies. It is characterised by prolonged seizures, typically provoked by fever. We describe the evaluation of an SCN1A mutation in a child with early-onset temperature-sensitive seizures. The patient carries a heterozygous missense variant (c3818C > T; ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Peters C,Rosch RE,Hughes E,Ruben PC

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proportion of women who experience a depressive state after delivery differs between primiparas and multiparas, so it is important to clarify the different factors related to depression between the two groups. In this study, we confirmed the differences in depressive states, the perinatal period, and social suppor...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Nakamura Y,Okada T,Morikawa M,Yamauchi A,Sato M,Ando M,Ozaki N

更新日期：2020-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The abundance and sinking of particulate black carbon (PBC) were examined for the first time in the western Arctic and Subarctic Oceans. In the central Arctic Ocean, high PBC concentrations with a mean of 0.021 ± 0.016 μmol L(-1) were observed in the marginal ice zone (MIZ). A number of parameters, including temperatu...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Fang Z,Yang W,Chen M,Zheng M,Hu W

更新日期：2016-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycyrrhetinic acid monoglucuronide (GAMG) is a great value-added and has considerable commercial interest due to its strong pharmacological activities and functional low-calorie sweetener. However GAMG is quite rare in natural plants, and it must be prepared from glycyrrhizin (GL) by hydrolysing one terminal glucuron...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang X,Wang D,Huo Y,Dai D,Li C,Li C,Liu G

更新日期：2017-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Various methods for the direct reprogramming of human somatic cells have been developed. However, a therapeutic method to reprogram and eliminate human solid tumor cells has not been developed. Here we show a novel therapeutic method to reprogram and eliminate human solid tumor cells with chemicals. This therapeutic m...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Moriguchi H,Zhang Y,Mihara M,Sato C

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00