Degradation by water vapor of hydrogenated amorphous silicon oxynitride films grown at low temperature.

abstract：:The initiation of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia in long QT syndrome type 2 (LQT2) has been associated with a characteristic ECG pattern of short-long RR intervals. We hypothesize that this characteristic pattern increases APD dispersion in LQT2, thereby promoting arrhythmia. We investigated APD dispersion and it...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kim TY,Jeng P,Hwang J,Pfeiffer Z,Patel D,Cooper LL,Kossidas K,Centracchio J,Peng X,Koren G,Qu Z,Choi BR

更新日期：2019-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have various functions, making a significant contribution to tissue repair. On the other hand, the viability and function of MSCs are not lasting after an in vivo transplant, and the therapeutic effects of MSCs are limited. Although various chemical modification methods have been applied ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Takayama Y,Kusamori K,Hayashi M,Tanabe N,Matsuura S,Tsujimura M,Katsumi H,Sakane T,Nishikawa M,Yamamoto A

更新日期：2017-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) applying flow cytometry to separate cells on a molecular basis is a widespread method. We demonstrate that both fluorescent and unlabeled live cells in a Petri dish observed with a microscope can be automatically recognized by computer vision and picked up by a computer-contr...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Környei Z,Beke S,Mihálffy T,Jelitai M,Kovács KJ,Szabó Z,Szabó B

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ferroelectric tunneling junctions (FTJs) with tunable tunneling electroresistance (TER) are promising for many emerging applications, including non-volatile memories and neurosynaptic computing. One of the key challenges in FTJs is the balance between the polarization value and the tunneling current. In order to achie...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ryu H,Wu H,Rao F,Zhu W

更新日期：2019-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Facial emotion perception plays a key role in interpersonal communication and is a precursor for a variety of socio-cognitive abilities. One brain region thought to support emotion perception is the inferior frontal cortex (IFC). The current study aimed to examine whether modulating neural activity in the IFC using hi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Penton T,Dixon L,Evans LJ,Banissy MJ

更新日期：2017-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient receptor potential melastatin 8 (TRPM8), a nonselective cation channel, is the predominant mammalian cold temperature thermosensor and it is activated by cold temperatures and cooling compounds, such as menthol and icilin. Because of its role in cold allodynia, cold hyperalgesia and painful syndromes TRPM8 a...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Beccari AR,Gemei M,Lo Monte M,Menegatti N,Fanton M,Pedretti A,Bovolenta S,Nucci C,Molteni A,Rossignoli A,Brandolini L,Taddei A,Za L,Liberati C,Vistoli G

更新日期：2017-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We analytically and numerically investigate magneto-plasmons in metal films surrounded by a ferromagnetic dielectric. In such waveguide using a metal film with a thickness exceeding the Skin depth, an external magnetic field in the transverse direction can induce a significant spatial asymmetry of mode distribution. S...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ho KS,Im SJ,Pae JS,Ri CS,Han YH,Herrmann J

更新日期：2018-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:How microgravitational space environments affect aging is not well understood. We observed that, in Caenorhabditis elegans, spaceflight suppressed the formation of transgenically expressed polyglutamine aggregates, which normally accumulate with increasing age. Moreover, the inactivation of each of seven genes that we...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Honda Y,Higashibata A,Matsunaga Y,Yonezawa Y,Kawano T,Higashitani A,Kuriyama K,Shimazu T,Tanaka M,Szewczyk NJ,Ishioka N,Honda S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer is the deadliest cancer worldwide. The mutational frequency of EGFR and KRAS genes in lung adenocarcinoma varies worldwide per ethnicity and smoking. The impact of EGFR and KRAS mutations in Brazilian lung cancer remains poorly explored. Thus, we investigated the frequency of EGFR and KRAS mutations in a l...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Leal LF,de Paula FE,De Marchi P,de Souza Viana L,Pinto GDJ,Carlos CD,Berardinelli GN,Miziara JE,da Silva CM,Silva ECA,Pereira R,de Oliveira MA,Scapulatempo-Neto C,Reis RM

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungal endophytes isolated from mountain-cultivated ginseng (MCG, Panax ginseng Meyer) were explored for their diversity and biocontrol activity against ginseng pathogens (Alternaria panax, Botrytis cinerea, Cylindrocarpon destructans, Pythium sp. and Rhizoctonia solani). A total of 1,300 isolates were isolated from t...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Park YH,Kim Y,Mishra RC,Bae H

更新日期：2017-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a heterogeneous syndrome with two main clinical subtypes, amnestic (aMCI) and non-amnestic (naMCI). The analysis of heart rate variability (HRV) is a tool to assess autonomic function. Cognitive and autonomic processes are linked via the central autonomic network. Autonomic dysfuncti...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Nicolini P,Mari D,Abbate C,Inglese S,Bertagnoli L,Tomasini E,Rossi PD,Lombardi F

更新日期：2020-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium ion is an intracellular messenger that plays a central role in signal transduction pathways. Calcineurin B-like proteins (CBLs) and CBL-interacting protein kinases (CIPKs) signal network have shown different functions in the Ca(2+) signaling process. In this work, we identified the entire soybean (Glycine max)...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhu K,Chen F,Liu J,Chen X,Hewezi T,Cheng ZM

更新日期：2016-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Insects are extremely successful animals whose odor perception is very prominent due to their sophisticated olfactory system. The main chemosensory organ, antennae play a critical role in detecting odor in ambient environment before initiating appropriate behavioral responses. The antennal chemosensory receptor genes ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ahmed T,Zhang T,Wang Z,He K,Bai S

更新日期：2016-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The specification and growth of organs is controlled simultaneously by networks of transcription factors. While the connection between these transcription factors with fate determinants is increasingly clear, how they establish the link with the cell cycle is far less understood. Here we investigate this link in the d...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Neto M,Naval-Sánchez M,Potier D,Pereira PS,Geerts D,Aerts S,Casares F

更新日期：2017-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) features a decreased pool of CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ T regulatory (Treg) cells. We had previously observed NKG2D+CD4+ T cell expansion in contrast to a decreased pool of Treg cells in SLE patients, but whether NKG2D+CD4+ T cells contribute to the decreased Treg cells remains unclear. In the ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yang D,Tian Z,Zhang M,Yang W,Tang J,Wu Y,Ni B

更新日期：2017-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Many aspects of song learning in songbirds resemble characteristics of speech acquisition in humans. Genetic, anatomical and behavioural parallels have most recently been extended with demonstrated similarities in hemispheric dominance between humans and songbirds: the avian higher order auditory cortex is left-latera...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chirathivat N,Raja SC,Gobes SM

更新日期：2015-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonalcoholic fibrosing steatohepatitis is a uniform process throughout nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been suggested to modulate cellular processes in liver diseases. However, the functional role of miRNAs in nonalcoholic fibrosing steatohepatitis is largely unclear. In this study, w...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Du J,Niu X,Wang Y,Kong L,Wang R,Zhang Y,Zhao S,Nan Y

更新日期：2015-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathophysiological implications of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) in HCV infection remain obscure. This prospective study evaluated 669 HCV patients, of whom 536 had completed a course of anti-HCV therapy and had pre-, peri- and post-therapy measurements of various profiles, including PAI-1 levels. Mult...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chang ML,Lin YS,Pao LH,Huang HC,Chiu CT

更新日期：2017-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Auricle defects are important and common occurrences in forensic medicine. The accurate measurement and assessment of auricle defects is key to identifying and evaluating injury, and the currently available methods are known to be labor intensive and inaccurate. In this paper, we introduce an identification and docume...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhan G,Han L,Li Z,Liu Z,Fu J,Zhong K

更新日期：2018-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza virus neuraminidase (NA) is the primary target for influenza therapeutics. Severe complications are often related to secondary pneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococci), which also express NAs. Recently, a NA-mediated lethal synergism between influenza A viruses and pneumococci was described...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Grienke U,Richter M,Walther E,Hoffmann A,Kirchmair J,Makarov V,Nietzsche S,Schmidtke M,Rollinger JM

更新日期：2016-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:New monosaccharide-based lipid A analogues were rationally designed through MD-2 docking studies. A panel of compounds with two carboxylate groups as phosphates bioisosteres, was synthesized with the same glucosamine-bis-succinyl core linked to different unsaturated and saturated fatty acid chains. The binding of the ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Cochet F,Facchini FA,Zaffaroni L,Billod JM,Coelho H,Holgado A,Braun H,Beyaert R,Jerala R,Jimenez-Barbero J,Martin-Santamaria S,Peri F

更新日期：2019-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent migrations and inter-ethnic mating of long isolated populations have resulted in genetically admixed populations. To understand the complex population admixture process, which is critical to both evolutionary and medical studies, here we used admixture induced linkage disequilibrium (LD) to infer continuous adm...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhou Y,Qiu H,Xu S

更新日期：2017-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Schizotypy is associated with poor emotion regulation that is thought to contribute to the development of psychotic symptoms and to indicate a predisposition to schizophrenia. Having focused primarily on the relationship between schizotypy and explicit emotion regulation, existing studies have, until now, neglected to...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hoid D,Pan DN,Wang Y,Li X

更新日期：2020-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Many host specific mutations have been detected in influenza A viruses (IAVs). However, their effects on hydrogen bond (H-bond) variations have rarely been investigated. In this study, 60 host specific sites were identified in the internal proteins of avian and human IAVs, 27 of which contained mutations with effects ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Luo J,Deng L,Ding X,Quan L,Wu A,Jiang T

更新日期：2017-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:When and where animals breed can shape the genetic structure and diversity of animal populations. The importance of drivers of genetic diversity is amplified in island populations that tend to have more delineated gene pools compared to continental populations. Studies of relatedness as a function of the spatial distr...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Garrett LJH,Myatt JP,Sadler JP,Dawson DA,Hipperson H,Colbourne JK,Dickey RC,Weber SB,Reynolds SJ

更新日期：2020-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Pre-operative discrimination of malignant masses is crucial for accurate diagnosis and prompt referral to a gynae oncology centre for optimal surgical intervention. HGSOC progression is correlated with local and systemic inflammation. We hypothesised that inclusion of inflammatory biomarkers in sera may improve diagno...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kampan NC,Madondo MT,Reynolds J,Hallo J,McNally OM,Jobling TW,Stephens AN,Quinn MA,Plebanski M

更新日期：2020-02-10 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： Ihara T,Nakamura Y,Mitsui T,Tsuchiya S,Kanda M,Kira S,Nakagomi H,Sawada N,Kamiyama M,Shigetomi E,Shinozaki Y,Yoshiyama M,Nakao A,Koizumi S,Takeda M

更新日期：2019-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper investigates the possibility of saving a network that is predicted to have a cascading failure that will eventually lead to a total collapse. We model cascading failures using the recently proposed KQ model. Then predict an impending total collapse by monitoring critical slowing down indicators and subseque...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhou D,Elmokashfi A

更新日期：2018-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We found a novel spontaneous mouse mutant with depigmentation in the ventral body, which we called White Spotting (WS) mouse. Genetic investigation revealed deletion of a > 1.2-Mb genomic region containing nine genes (Kit, Kdr, Srd5a3, Tmeme165, Clock, Pdcl2, Nmu, Exoc1, and Cep135). We designated this mutant allele K...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Mizuno S,Takami K,Daitoku Y,Tanimoto Y,Dinh TT,Mizuno-Iijima S,Hasegawa Y,Takahashi S,Sugiyama F,Yagami K

更新日期：2015-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Relying on an exact time evolution scheme, we identify a novel transient energy transfer phenomenon in an exactly-solvable quantum microscopic model consisting of a three-level system coupled to two non-Markovian zero-temperature bosonic baths through two separable quantum channels. The dynamics of this model can be s...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jing J,Segal D,Li B,Wu LA

更新日期：2015-10-19 00:00:00