Microcrack healing in non-ferrous metal tubes through eddy current pulse treatment.

abstract：:Directional replacement and directional non-replacement models are two alternative paradigms for community development in primary successional environments. The first model emphasizes turnover in species between early and late successional niches. The second emphasizes accumulation of additional diversity over time. T...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Dong K,Tripathi B,Moroenyane I,Kim W,Li N,Chu H,Adams J

更新日期：2016-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Bats are an important reservoir for zoonotic viruses. To date, only three RVA strains have been reported in bats in Kenya and China. In the current study we investigated the genetic diversity of RVAs in fecal samples from 87 straw-colored fruit bats living in close contact with humans in Cameroon using viral metagenom...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yinda CK,Zeller M,Conceição-Neto N,Maes P,Deboutte W,Beller L,Heylen E,Ghogomu SM,Van Ranst M,Matthijnssens J

更新日期：2016-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) region contains several gene families characterized by highly polymorphic loci with extensive nucleotide diversity, copy number variation of paralogous genes, and long repetitive sequences. This structural complexity has made it difficult to construct a reliable ref...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Viļuma A,Mikko S,Hahn D,Skow L,Andersson G,Bergström TF

更新日期：2017-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:In many real-world networks, the ability to withstand targeted or global attacks; extinctions; or shocks is vital to the survival of the network itself, and of dependent structures such as economies (for financial networks) or even the planet (for ecosystems). Previous attempts to characterise robustness include neste...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Burleson-Lesser K,Morone F,Tomassone MS,Makse HA

更新日期：2020-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the level of amyloid beta (Aβ) in nasal secretions of patients with Alzheimer's disease dementia (ADD) using interdigitated microelectrode (IME) biosensors and determined the predictive value of Aβ in nasal secretions for ADD diagnosis. Nasal secretions were obtained from 35 patients with ADD, 18 with ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kim YH,Lee SM,Cho S,Kang JH,Minn YK,Park H,Choi SH

更新日期：2019-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a low-grade chronic inflammatory diseases, which have been implicated in the pathogenesis of cognitive decline. We aim to evaluate associations between inflammatory markers and the risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in T2DM. This study of 140 diabetic patients involved 71 with M...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Cai R,Huang R,Han J,Sun H,Sun J,Xia W,Tian S,Dong X,Shen Y,Wang S

更新日期：2017-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Early detection of dementia in Parkinson disease is a prerequisite for preventive therapeutic approaches. Modified serpinA1 in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was suggested as an early biomarker for differentiation between Parkinson patients with (PDD) or without dementia (PD). Within this study we aimed to further explore ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Halbgebauer S,Nagl M,Klafki H,Haußmann U,Steinacker P,Oeckl P,Kassubek J,Pinkhardt E,Ludolph AC,Soininen H,Herukka SK,Wiltfang J,Otto M

更新日期：2016-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Frailty is defined as a decline in an organism's physiological reserves resulting in increased vulnerability to stressors. In humans, a single continuous variable, the so-called Frailty Index (FI), can be obtained by multidimensionally assessing the biological complexity of an ageing organism. Here, we evaluate this v...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Banzato T,Franzo G,Di Maggio R,Nicoletto E,Burti S,Cesari M,Canevelli M

更新日期：2019-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Comprehensive and accurate characterization of brain metabolome is fundamental to brain science, but has been hindered by technical limitations. We profiled the brain metabolome in male Wistar rats at different ages (day 1 to week 111) using high-sensitivity and high-resolution mass spectrometry. Totally 380 metabolit...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zheng X,Chen T,Zhao A,Wang X,Xie G,Huang F,Liu J,Zhao Q,Wang S,Wang C,Zhou M,Panee J,He Z,Jia W

更新日期：2016-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:An ultrasensitive DNA biosensor has been developed through in-situ labeling of electroactive melamine-Cu(2+) complex (Mel-Cu(2+)) on the end of hairpin-like probe using gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) as the signal amplification platform. The 3'-thiolated hairpin-like probe was first immobilized to the gold electrode surfa...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang Q,Gao F,Ni J,Liao X,Zhang X,Lin Z

更新日期：2016-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2018, the World Health Organization identified the Zika virus (ZIKV) as a pathogen that should be prioritized for public health research due to its epidemic potential. In this study, whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of travel-acquired ZIKV infections was used to examine the limitations of phylogenetic analysis. WGS an...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kamelian K,Montoya V,Olmstead A,Dong W,Harrigan R,Morshed M,Joy JB

更新日期：2019-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The studies on the increasing incidence of thyroid abnormalities are scarce. The aim of this current study was to ascertain the effects of geographical region on thyroid abnormalities under the context of universal salt iodization (USI). We randomly selected 1255 participants residing in inland and 1248 in coast, with...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang X,Mo Z,Mao G,Zhu W,Xing M,Li X,Wang Y,Wang Z,Lou X

更新日期：2021-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Ce(3+)-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG:Ce) nanocrystals were successfully synthesized via a facile sol-gel method. Multiple characterization techniques were employed to study the structure, morphology, composition and photoluminescence properties of YAG:Ce nanophosphors. The YAG:Ce0.0055 sintered at 1030 °C exhibit...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： He X,Liu X,Li R,Yang B,Yu K,Zeng M,Yu R

更新日期：2016-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Stress-induced alteration in endothelial cells (ECs) integrity precedes the development of atherosclerosis. Previous studies showed that the soluble recombinant thrombomodulin (rTM) not only increases ECs proliferation but also exerts anti-apoptotic activity in ECs. However, the functional significance of soluble rTM ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chen PS,Wang KC,Chao TH,Chung HC,Tseng SY,Luo CY,Shi GY,Wu HL,Li YH

更新日期：2017-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple, environmentally friendly and cost-effective nonsurfactant template method was used to synthesize tannic-acid-templated mesoporous silica nanoparticles (TMSNs), and then dopamine functionalized TMSNs (Dop-TMSNs) which was synthesized by a facile and biomimetic coating strategy, was developed as a new sorbent ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Gao J,Lei H,Han Z,Shi Q,Chen Y,Jiang Y

更新日期：2017-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep has been hypothesised to maintain a close relationship with metabolism. Here we focus on the brain structure that triggers slow-wave sleep, the ventrolateral preoptic nucleus (VLPO), to explore the cellular and molecular signalling pathways recruited by an increase in glucose concentration. We used infrared vide...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Scharbarg E,Daenens M,Lemaître F,Geoffroy H,Guille-Collignon M,Gallopin T,Rancillac A

更新日期：2016-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, the annually average Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-Operational Linescan System (DMSP/OLS) night-time light data is first proposed as a surrogate indicator to mine and forecast the average housing prices in the inland capital cities of China. First, based on the time-series analysis of individ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li C,Zhu H,Ye X,Jiang C,Dong J,Wang D,Wu Y

更新日期：2020-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The d-band center model of Hammer and Nørskov is widely used in understanding and predicting catalytic activity on transition metal (TM) surfaces. Here, we demonstrate that this model is inadequate for capturing the complete catalytic activity of the magnetically polarized TM surfaces and propose its generalization. W...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Bhattacharjee S,Waghmare UV,Lee SC

更新日期：2016-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The oceanic connection between the coastal variability along the southwestern African coasts and the linear equatorial dynamics at subseasonal time-scales (<120 days) is examined using a variety of model outputs, ranging from linear to general circulation models. We focus on the equatorially-forced fast and weakly dis...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Illig S,Bachèlery ML

更新日期：2019-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary tyrosinemia type 1 (HT1) is a severe inborn error of metabolism, impacting the tyrosine catabolic pathway with a high incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Using a HT1 murine model, we investigated the changes in profiles of circulating and hepatic miRNAs. The aim was to determine if plasma miRNAs co...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Angileri F,Morrow G,Scoazec JY,Gadot N,Roy V,Huang S,Wu T,Tanguay RM

更新日期：2016-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) are utilized extensively for biomedical imaging, sensing, and therapeutic applications, yet the molecular weight of UCNPs has not previously been reported. Herein, we present a theory based upon the crystal structure of UCNPs to estimate the molecular weight of UCNPs: enabling insigh...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Mackenzie LE,Goode JA,Vakurov A,Nampi PP,Saha S,Jose G,Millner PA

更新日期：2018-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to establish a highly sensitive method for measuring visual function using spatial-sweep steady-state pattern electroretinography (swpPERG). Overall, 35 eyes of 35 healthy adults (18 men; mean age, 32.3 years) were examined using swpPERG, and the data were recorded using spatial-patterned and contrast-reverse...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Minami S,Nagai N,Suzuki M,Kurihara T,Sonobe H,Watanabe K,Shinoda H,Takagi H,Tsubota K,Ozawa Y

更新日期：2019-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial blight and bacterial leaf streak are serious, economically damaging, diseases of rice caused by the bacteria Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae and X. oryzae pv. oryzicola. Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42 was shown to possess biocontrol activity against these Xanthomonas strains by producing the antibiotic compo...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wu L,Wu H,Chen L,Yu X,Borriss R,Gao X

更新日期：2015-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Auxetic foams continue to interest researchers owing to their unique and enhanced properties. Existing studies attest to the importance of fabrication mechanisms and parameters. However, disparity in thermo-mechanical parameters has left much debate as to which factors dominate fabrication output quality. This paper p...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Critchley R,Smy V,Corni I,Wharton JA,Walsh FC,Wood RJK,Stokes KR

更新日期：2020-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:OVGP1 is the major non-serum glycoprotein in the oviduct fluid at the time of fertilization and early embryo development. Its activity differs among species. Here, we show that the C-terminal region of recombinant OVGP1 regulates its binding to the extracellular zona pellucida and affects its activity during fertiliza...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Algarra B,Han L,Soriano-Úbeda C,Avilés M,Coy P,Jovine L,Jiménez-Movilla M

更新日期：2016-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to chromatic aberration, blue images are defocused when the eye is focused to the middle of the visible spectrum, yet we normally are not aware of chromatic blur. The eye suffers from monochromatic aberrations which degrade the optical quality of all images projected on the retina. The combination of monochromatic...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Benedi-Garcia C,Vinas M,Dorronsoro C,Burns SA,Peli E,Marcos S

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary plaque distribution, frequency and cut-off value of percent stenosis for developing vasospasm are uncertain in patients with vasospastic angina (VA). We enrolled 2960 patients who received coronary angiography (CAG) and ergonovine provocation test prospectively in 11 university hospitals in Korea. A total of ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jo SH,Sim JH,Baek SH

更新日期：2020-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Abscisic acid (ABA) is an ancient stress hormone and is detectable in a wide variety of organisms where it regulates innate immunity and inflammation. Previously, we showed that oral supplementation with ABA decreased parasitemia in a mouse model of malaria, decreased liver and spleen pathology and reduced parasite tr...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Glennon EKK,Megawati D,Torrevillas BK,Ssewanyana I,Huang L,Aweeka F,Greenhouse B,Adams LG,Luckhart S

更新日期：2018-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Coral reefs face a crisis due to local and global anthropogenic stressors. A large proportion of the ~50% coral loss on the Great Barrier Reef has been attributed to outbreaks of the crown-of-thorns-seastar (COTS). A widely assumed cause of primary COTS outbreaks is increased larval survivorship due to higher food ava...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Uthicke S,Logan M,Liddy M,Francis D,Hardy N,Lamare M

更新日期：2015-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Biomedical researchers often encounter the large-p-small-n situations-a great number of variables are measured/recorded for only a few subjects. The authors propose a fuzzy permutation method to address the multiple testing problem for small sample size studies. The method introduces fuzziness into standard permutatio...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yang YH,Lin WY,Lee WC

更新日期：2016-06-22 00:00:00