Input-Independent Energy Harvesting in Bistable Lattices from Transition Waves.

abstract：:To study the influence of the position of the double bond and ring size on the stability of hydrogen bonded complexes, the 1:1 complexes formed between 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol (TFE) and three heterocyclic compounds including 2,3-dihydrofuran (2,3-DHF), 2,5-dihydrofuran (2,5-DHF) and 3,4-dihydropyran (3,4-DHP) were inve...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Cheng S,Tang S,Tsona NT,Du L

更新日期：2017-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Asymmetric transmission (AT) devices are fundamental elements for optical computing and information processing. We here propose an AT device consisting of a pair of coupled complementary subwavelength gratings. Different from previous works, asymmetric dielectric environment is employed for unidirectional excitation o...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li S,Huang LR,Ling YH,Liu WB,Ba CF,Li HH

更新日期：2019-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Wholesale, unbiased assessment of Scandinavian electronic health-care databases offer a unique opportunity to reveal potentially important undiscovered drug side effects. We examined the short-term risk of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) associated with drugs prescribed in Norway or Sweden. We identified 24,584 and ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sen A,Vardaxis I,Lindqvist BH,Brumpton BM,Strand LB,Bakken IJ,Vatten LJ,Romundstad PR,Ljung R,Mukamal KJ,Janszky I

更新日期：2019-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Total Grain-Size Distribution (TGSD) of tephra deposits is key to the characterization of explosive volcanism, plume-dispersal modeling, and magmatic fragmentation studies. Nonetheless, various aspects that includes deposit exposure and data fitting make its determination extremely complex and affect its representativ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Pioli L,Bonadonna C,Pistolesi M

更新日期：2019-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the optimal dosage which can improve clinical efficacy and minimize resistance, pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics model of enrofloxacin was established. Effect of enrofloxacin treatments on clearance of Salmonella in experimentally infected chickens and simultaneously resistance selection in Salmonella ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li J,Hao H,Cheng G,Wang X,Ahmed S,Shabbir MAB,Liu Z,Dai M,Yuan Z

更新日期：2017-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial history of hypertension is associated with autonomic dysfunction and increase in blood pressure (BP). However, an active lifestyle has been found to improve a number of health outcomes and reduce all-cause mortality. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of an active lifestyle on hemodyn...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Santa-Rosa FA,Shimojo GL,Dias DS,Viana A,Lanza FC,Irigoyen MC,De Angelis K

更新日期：2020-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to evaluate the prognostic value of platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). A comprehensive literature search for relevant studies was performed in Web of science, Embase and Pubmed. A total of nine studies with 2017 patients were included in this meta-analysis, an...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ma W,Zhang P,Qi J,Gu L,Zang M,Yao H,Shi X,Wang C,Jiang Y

更新日期：2016-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Seeds of tomato were magnetoprimed at 100 mT for 30 min followed by imbibition for 12 and 24 h, respectively, at 20 °C, to examine the biochemical and molecular changes involved in homeostasis of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and its signaling associated with hormone interactions for promoting vigor. The relative transcrip...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Anand A,Kumari A,Thakur M,Koul A

更新日期：2019-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Standard aquatic toxicity tests of chemicals are often limited by the chemicals' water solubility. Liposomes have been widely used in the pharmaceutical industry to overcome poor pharmacokinetics and biodistribution. In this work, liposomes were synthesized and used in an ecotoxicological context, as a tool to assure ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Castro M,Lindqvist D

更新日期：2020-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:RVX-208 is a recently reported inhibitor of bromo and extraterminal (BET) family proteins (including BRD2-4 and BRDT) with selectivity for the second bromodomain (BD2), currently in phase III clinical trials. Despite of its promising antitumor activity, due to the conserved folds of the first and second bromodomains (...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang Q,Li Y,Xu J,Wang Y,Leung EL,Liu L,Yao X

更新日期：2017-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to determine whether formyl peptide receptors (FPRs) regulated the differentiation of neural stem cells (NSCs). FPRs promote the migration of NSCs both in vitro and in vivo. However, the role of FPRs during differentiation of NSCs is unknown. Analysis by Western blot showed significantly increased exp...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang L,Wang G,Chen X,Xue X,Guo Q,Liu M,Zhao J

更新日期：2017-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Conditional genome engineering in the human malaria pathogen Plasmodium falciparum remains highly challenging. Here we describe a strategy for facile and rapid functional analysis of genes using an approach based on the Cre/lox system and tailored for organisms with short and few introns. Our method allows the conditi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jones ML,Das S,Belda H,Collins CR,Blackman MJ,Treeck M

更新日期：2016-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Subsolid pulmonary nodules are commonly encountered in lung cancer screening and clinical routine. Compared to other nodule types, subsolid nodules are associated with a higher malignancy probability for which the size and mass of the nodule and solid core are important indicators. However, reliably measuring these ch...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Charbonnier JP,Chung K,Scholten ET,van Rikxoort EM,Jacobs C,Sverzellati N,Silva M,Pastorino U,van Ginneken B,Ciompi F

更新日期：2018-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:An impairment of cardiac function is a key feature of the cardiovascular failure associated with sepsis. Although there is some evidence that suppression of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATP-ase (SERCA2) contributes to septic cardiomyopathy, it is not known whether prevention of the down-regulation of SERCA2 improves ou...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Martin L,Horst K,Chiazza F,Oggero S,Collino M,Brandenburg K,Hildebrand F,Marx G,Thiemermann C,Schuerholz T

更新日期：2016-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Divalent metal-ion transporter 1 (DMT1) has been found to play an important role in the iron metabolism and hemogenesis. However, little is known about the potential role of DMT1 in the pathogenesis of anemia from patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Herein, we investigated expression of DMT1 in the intesti...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wu W,Song Y,He C,Liu C,Wu R,Fang L,Cong Y,Miao Y,Liu Z

更新日期：2015-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Rising global temperatures are proving to be detrimental for the agriculture. Hence, strategies are needed to induce thermotolerance in food crops to sustain the food production. GABA (γ-aminobutyric acid), a non-protein amino acid, can partially protect plants from high-temperature stress. This study hypothesises tha...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Priya M,Sharma L,Kaur R,Bindumadhava H,Nair RM,Siddique KHM,Nayyar H

更新日期：2019-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We provide a proof for the necessity of quantizing fundamental interactions demonstrating that a quantum version is needed for any non trivial conservative interaction whose strength depends on the relative distance between two objects. Our proof is based on a consistency argument that in the presence of a classical f...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Giampaolo SM,Macrì T

更新日期：2019-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:This study utilized a Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based molecular tension sensor and live cell imaging to evaluate the effect of osteocytes, a mechanosensitive bone cell, on the migratory behavior of tumor cells. Two cell lines derived from MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells were transfected with the vinculin...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li F,Chen A,Reeser A,Wang Y,Fan Y,Liu S,Zhao X,Prakash R,Kota D,Li BY,Yokota H,Liu J

更新日期：2019-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Tyrosine kinase activity of the asymmetric EGFR homodimer is negatively regulated via ERK-mediated phosphorylation of Thr-669 in the juxtamembrane domain. In the present study, we investigated in human breast cancer cells whether a similar mechanism plays a role in the feedback regulation of the ErbB2/ErbB3 heterodime...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kawasaki Y,Sakimura A,Park CM,Tomaru R,Tanaka T,Ozawa T,Zhou Y,Narita K,Kishi H,Muraguchi A,Sakurai H

更新日期：2016-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a chronic and relapsing disease with a substantial genetic influence. Given the recent discovery of the association of PPM1G methylation with alcohol use disorder (AUD) from a genome-wide methylation study, we sought to verify and extend the previous work of AUD-related impulsivity in a K...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Park CI,Kim HW,Hwang SS,Kang JI,Kim SJ

更新日期：2020-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza's propensity for antigenic drift and shift, and to elicit predominantly strain specific antibodies (Abs) leaves humanity susceptible to waves of new strains with pandemic potential for which limited or no immunity may exist. Subsequently new clinical interventions are needed. To identify hemagglutinin (HA) e...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Nogales A,Piepenbrink MS,Wang J,Ortega S,Basu M,Fucile CF,Treanor JJ,Rosenberg AF,Zand MS,Keefer MC,Martinez-Sobrido L,Kobie JJ

更新日期：2018-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are an important part of the human innate immune system for protection against bacterial infections, however the AMPs display varying degrees of activity against Staphylococcus aureus. Previously, we showed that inactivation of the ATP synthase sensitizes S. aureus towards the AMP antibio...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Liu L,Beck C,Nøhr-Meldgaard K,Peschel A,Kretschmer D,Ingmer H,Vestergaard M

更新日期：2020-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown that the representation of an item in visual working memory (VWM) can bias the deployment of attention to stimuli in the visual scene possessing the same features. When multiple item representations are simultaneously held in VWM, whether these representations, especially those held in a non-...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang B,Liu S,Doro M,Galfano G

更新日期：2018-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Core-shell nanoparticles often exhibit improved catalytic properties due to the lattice strain created in these core-shell particles. Herein, we demonstrate the synthesis of core-shell Au@Pd nanoparticles from their core-shell Au@Ag/Pd parents. This strategy begins with the preparation of core-shell Au@Ag nanoparticle...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chen D,Li C,Liu H,Ye F,Yang J

更新日期：2015-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibition of return (IOR), typically explored in cueing paradigms, is a performance cost associated with previously attended locations and has been suggested as a crucial attentional mechanism that biases orientation towards novelty. In their seminal IOR paper, Posner and Cohen (1984) showed that IOR is coded in spat...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： He T,Ding Y,Wang Z

更新日期：2015-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins are highly dynamic entities attaining a myriad of different conformations. Protein side chains change their states during dynamics, causing clashes that are propagated at distal sites. A convenient formalism to analyze protein dynamics is based on network theory using Protein Structure Networks (PSNs). Despit...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Salamanca Viloria J,Allega MF,Lambrughi M,Papaleo E

更新日期：2017-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Polypyrrole complex nitrogen-doped porous carbon matrix (PPy/N-PCM) was synthesized by a simple two-step method. Firstly, graphene oxide was prepared by the modified Hummers method. Secondly, Polypyrrole was compounded on the graphene oxide substrate, and the carbon matrix with a high specific surface area was obtaine...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Feng M,Lu W,Zhou Y,Zhen R,He H,Wang Y,Li C

更新日期：2020-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:For one-dimensional (1d) nonlinear atomic lattices, the models with on-site nonlinearities such as the Frenkel-Kontorova (FK) and ϕ4 lattices have normal energy transport while the models with inter-site nonlinearities such as the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam-β (FPU-β) lattice exhibit anomalous energy transport. The 1d Discrete N...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li S,Li N

更新日期：2018-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Chloroquine (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine, are promising anti-inflammatory drugs for the treatment of Diabetes mellitus (DM) to prevent associated complications. Therefore, this study evaluated the anti-inflammatory effects of CQ-free and CQ-incorporated polylactic acid nanoparticles (NPs) in the peripheral blood mononu...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： de Almeida Júnior RF,de Souza KSC,Galdino OA,da Silva Junior AA,Arrais RF,Machado PRL,Farias KJS,de Rezende AA

更新日期：2020-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are among the most prescribed antidepressants. Fluoxetine is the lead molecule which exerts its therapeutic effects, at least in part, by promoting neuroplasticity through increased brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)/tropomyosin-related receptor kinase B (TrkB) signalling....

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Levy MJF,Boulle F,Emerit MB,Poilbout C,Steinbusch HWM,Van den Hove DLA,Kenis G,Lanfumey L

更新日期：2019-04-19 00:00:00