Efficient Single-Photon Coupling from a Nitrogen-Vacancy Center Embedded in a Diamond Nanowire Utilizing an Optical Nanofiber.

abstract：:The sensitivity and accuracy of the Risk/Injury/Failure/Loss/End-stage (RIFLE) versus acute kidney injury Network (AKIN) criteria for acute kidney injury (AKI) in critically ill patients remains uncertain. Therefore, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate the incidence and prognostic value o...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Xiong J,Tang X,Hu Z,Nie L,Wang Y,Zhao J

更新日期：2015-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A previous randomized, controlled trial had demonstrated that complete intraureteral stent placement (CIU-SP) was superior to conventional stent placement (C-SP) in terms of improvement of stent-related urinary symptoms. However, it is unclear as to which subdomain symptom and cohort could benefit the most from CIU-SP...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Matsuzaki T,Yoshida T,Murota T,Nakao K,Taguchi M,Kinoshita H,Matsuda T

更新日期：2020-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We derive the stationary probability distribution for a non-equilibrium system composed by an arbitrary number of degrees of freedom that are subject to Gaussian colored noise and a conservative potential. This is based on a multidimensional version of the Unified Colored Noise Approximation. By comparing theory with ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Maggi C,Marconi UM,Gnan N,Di Leonardo R

更新日期：2015-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The studies investigating the effects of green tea on blood pressure (BP) have generated inconsistent results. The aim of this study is to quantitatively evaluate the effects of green tea on BP control. PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane Library (updated to March 2014) were searched for randomized controlled trials eval...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Peng X,Zhou R,Wang B,Yu X,Yang X,Liu K,Mi M

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies have examined the potential transcription factor (TF) simultaneously associated with cisplatin resistance and metastasis in ovarian cancer. To assess a related mechanism, a 345-channel protein/DNA array and transcriptional activity ELISA were performed to compare the TF activities in the cisplatin-sensitiv...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sun P,Song Y,Liu D,Liu G,Mao X,Dong B,Braicu EI,Sehouli J

更新日期：2018-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the mechanism with which humans estimate numerical averages. Participants were presented with 4, 8 or 16 (two-digit) numbers, serially and rapidly (2 numerals/second) and were instructed to convey the sequence average. As predicted by a dual, but not a single-component account, we found a non-monotonic...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Brezis N,Bronfman ZZ,Usher M

更新日期：2015-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Elastography plays a key role in characterizing soft media such as biological tissue. Although this technology has found widespread use in both clinical diagnostics and basic science research, nearly all methods require direct physical contact with the object of interest and can even be invasive. For a number of appli...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ambroziński Ł,Song S,Yoon SJ,Pelivanov I,Li D,Gao L,Shen TT,Wang RK,O'Donnell M

更新日期：2016-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcopenia is an aging condition involving low muscle mass and function. Fetuin-A (FetA) appears to be a factor for body composition remodeling. We hypothesized that age increases FetA levels and deteriorates the myocardial function by affecting diastolic function, especially in people with sarcopenia. We enrolled 541...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chang WT,Tsai WC,Wu CH,Lee YW,Tai YL,Li YH,Tsai LM,Chen JH,Liu PY

更新日期：2015-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a circadian clock-related disease. However, it is not very clear whether pre-symptomatic AD leads to circadian disruption or whether malfunction of circadian rhythms exerts influence on development of AD. Here, we report a functional clock that exists in the hippocampus. This oscillator bot...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ma Z,Jiang W,Zhang EE

更新日期：2016-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Low haemocompatibility of left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) surfaces necessitates anticoagulative therapy. Endothelial cell (EC) seeding can support haemocompatibility, however, the availability of autologous ECs is limited. In contrast, allogeneic ECs are readily available in sufficient quantity, but HLA dispari...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Figueiredo C,Eicke D,Yuzefovych Y,Avsar M,Hanke JS,Pflaum M,Schmitto JD,Blasczyk R,Haverich A,Wiegmann B

更新日期：2019-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Diamond attracts considerable attention as a versatile and technologically useful material. For many demanding applications, such as recently emerged quantum optics and sensing, it is important to develop new routes for fabrication of diamond containing defects with specific optical, electronic and magnetic properties...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Palyanov YN,Kupriyanov IN,Borzdov YM,Surovtsev NV

更新日期：2015-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical image segmentation is an important tool for current clinical applications. It is the backbone of numerous clinical diagnosis methods, oncological treatments and computer-integrated surgeries. A new class of machine learning algorithm, deep learning algorithms, outperforms the results of classical segmentation ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Renard F,Guedria S,Palma N,Vuillerme N

更新日期：2020-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiogenesis is a key restorative process following stroke but has also been linked to increased vascular permeability and blood brain barrier (BBB) disruption. Previous pre-clinical approaches primarily focused on the administration of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) to promote vascular repair after stroke....

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Rust R,Weber RZ,Grönnert L,Mulders G,Maurer MA,Hofer AS,Sartori AM,Schwab ME

更新日期：2019-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Aminopeptidases have emerged as new promising drug targets for the development of novel anti-parasitic drugs. An aspartyl aminopeptidase-like gene has been identified in the Toxoplasma gondii genome (TgAAP), although its function remains unknown. In this study, we characterized TgAAP and performed functional analysis ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zheng J,Cheng Z,Jia H,Zheng Y

更新日期：2016-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Limited data is available on phenotypic variations with the same genotype in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). The present study aims to explore the relationship between genotype and phenotype characterized by cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) in a large Chinese family. A proband diagnosed with HCM from a multi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang J,Wan K,Sun J,Li W,Liu H,Han Y,Chen Y

更新日期：2018-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Stored-product psocids (Psocoptera: Liposcelididae) are cosmopolitan storage pests that can damage stored products and cause serious economic loss. However, because of the body size (~1 mm) of eggs, nymphs, and adults, morphological identification of most stored-product psocids is difficult and hampers effective ident...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Liu LJ,Pang AH,Feng SQ,Cui BY,Zhao ZH,Kučerová Z,Stejskal V,Opit G,Aulicky R,Cao Y,Li FJ,Wu Y,Zhang T,Li ZH

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chitin is a valuable peat substrate amendment by increasing lettuce growth and reducing the survival of the zoonotic pathogen Salmonella enterica on lettuce leaves. The production of chitin-catabolic enzymes (chitinases) play a crucial role and are mediated through the microbial community. A higher abundance of plant-...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： De Tender C,Mesuere B,Van der Jeugt F,Haegeman A,Ruttink T,Vandecasteele B,Dawyndt P,Debode J,Kuramae EE

更新日期：2019-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The dominant seagrass in Port Phillip Bay (PPB), Australia, Zostera nigricaulis, declined between 2000 and 2011, coinciding with the 'Millennium drought' that ended in 2009. These seagrasses are nitrogen-limited, underpinning the need to develop nitrogen budgets for better ecosystem management. Environmentally realist...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Nayar S,Loo MGK,Tanner JE,Longmore AR,Jenkins GP

更新日期：2018-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The Irish Travellers are a population with a history of nomadism; consanguineous unions are common and they are socially isolated from the surrounding, 'settled' Irish people. Low-resolution genetic analysis suggests a common Irish origin between the settled and the Traveller populations. What is not known, however, i...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Gilbert E,Carmi S,Ennis S,Wilson JF,Cavalleri GL

更新日期：2017-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss-of-function mutations in the E3 ubiquitin ligase parkin have been implicated in the death of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra, which is the root cause of dopamine deficit in the striatum in Parkinson's disease. Parkin ubiquitinates proteins on mitochondria that lost membrane potential, promoting the e...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kook S,Zhan X,Thibeault K,Ahmed MR,Gurevich VV,Gurevich EV

更新日期：2020-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have demonstrated functions of miR-145 in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) phenotypes and vascular diseases. In this study, we aim to determine whether CD40 is involved in miR-145 mediated switch of VSMC phenotypes. In cultured VSMCs, the effects of miR-145 and CD40 on TNF-α, TGF-β, and Homocysteine...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Guo X,Li D,Chen M,Chen L,Zhang B,Wu T,Guo R

更新日期：2016-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The peptide nociceptin/orphanin FQ (N/OFQ) and the N/OFQ receptor (NOP) constitute a neuropeptidergic system that modulates various biological functions and is currently targeted for the generation of innovative drugs. In the present study dimeric NOP receptor ligands with spacers of different lengths were generated u...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Pacifico S,Carotenuto A,Brancaccio D,Novellino E,Marzola E,Ferrari F,Cerlesi MC,Trapella C,Preti D,Salvadori S,Calò G,Guerrini R

更新日期：2017-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidrug resistance (MDR) is a major impediment to cancer treatment. Here, for the first time, we investigated the chemo-sensitizing effect of Noscapine (Nos) at low concentrations in conjunction with docetaxel (DTX) to overcome drug resistance of triple negative breast cancer (TNBC). In vitro experiments showed that...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Doddapaneni R,Patel K,Chowdhury N,Singh M

更新日期：2017-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant cell cultures are an attractive platform for the production of recombinant proteins. A major drawback, hindering the establishment of plant cell suspensions as an industrial platform, is the low product yield obtained thus far. Histone acetylation is associated with increased transcription levels, therefore it i...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Santos RB,Pires AS,Abranches R

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To appraise the content and pollution level of cadmium (Cd), arsenic (As), mercury (Hg), nickel (Ni) and lead (Pb) in bus stop dusts, representative samples (n = 53) were collected from the city of Qingyang in Gansu province, NW China. The Cd, As, Hg, Ni, and Pb contents and physicochemical properties (particle size, ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wu Y,Lu X

更新日期：2018-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) are at high risk of developing progressive liver disease, including cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). How HCV infection causes liver destruction has been of significant interest for many years, and apoptosis has been proposed as one operative mechanism. In ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kofahi HM,Taylor NG,Hirasawa K,Grant MD,Russell RS

更新日期：2016-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthropogenic radionuclides contaminate a range of environments as a result of nuclear activities, for example, leakage from waste storage tanks/ponds (e.g. Hanford, USA or Sellafield sites, UK) or as a result of large scale nuclear accidents (e.g. Chernobyl, Ukraine or Fukushima, Japan). One of the most widely applie...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Handley-Sidhu S,Mullan TK,Grail Q,Albadarneh M,Ohnuki T,Macaskie LE

更新日期：2016-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Beneficial and deleterious mutations change an organism's fitness but the distribution of these mutational effects on fitness are unknown. Several experimental, theoretical, and computational studies have explored this question but are limited because of experimental restrictions, or disconnect with physiology. Here w...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Brajesh RG,Dutta D,Saini S

更新日期：2019-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The LiBH4/CaH2 composite are firstly studied as Concentrating Solar Power Thermal Storage Material. The LiBH4/CaH2 composite according to the stoichiometric ratio are synthesized by high-energy ball milling method. The kinetics, thermodynamics and cycling stability of LiBH4/CaH2 composite are investigated by XRD (X-ra...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li Y,Li P,Qu X

更新日期：2017-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Daily music experience involves synchronizing movements in time with a perceived periodic beat. It has been established for over a century that beat synchronization is less stable for the visual than for the auditory modality. This auditory advantage of beat synchronization gives rise to the hypotheses that the neural...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Gan L,Huang Y,Zhou L,Qian C,Wu X

更新日期：2015-07-07 00:00:00