Physicochemical properties and toxic elements in bus stop dusts from Qingyang, NW China.

abstract：:Multiple parasitic arthropods of medical importance depend on symbiotic bacteria. While the link between scabies and secondary bacterial infections causing post infective complications of Group A streptococcal and staphylococcal pyoderma is increasingly recognized, very little is known about the microbiota of Sarcopte...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Swe PM,Zakrzewski M,Waddell R,Sriprakash KS,Fischer K

更新日期：2019-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma dipeptidyl-peptidase-4 activity (DPP4a) is inversely associated with left ventricular function in patients with heart failure (HF) or diabetes. However, the association between DPP4a and left ventricular function in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients has not been reported. We studied th...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li JW,Chen YD,Liu YQ,Wang JD,Chen WR,Zhang YQ,Ma Q

更新日期：2017-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The irritant receptor TRPA1 was suggested to mediate analgesic, antipyretic but also pro-inflammatory effects of the non-opioid analgesic acetaminophen, presumably due to channel activation by the reactive metabolites parabenzoquinone (pBQ) and N-acetyl-parabenzoquinonimine (NAPQI). Here we explored the effects of the...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Eberhardt MJ,Schillers F,Eberhardt EM,Risser L,de la Roche J,Herzog C,Echtermeyer F,Leffler A

更新日期：2017-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effects of different intraoperative eyeball fixation techniques (superior rectus muscle suture [MS] and traction suture at the corneal limbus [CS]), on intraocular pressure (IOP) and the incidence of ptosis after phacotrabeculectomy. Forty-one eyes with different glaucoma types which qualified for ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Konopińska J,Lisowski Ł,Mariak Z,Wojnar M,Obuchowska I,Rękas M

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a novel, all-electric approach to record and to precisely control the activity of tens of individual presynaptic neurons. The method allows for parallel mapping of the efficacy of multiple synapses and of the resulting dynamics of postsynaptic neurons in a cortical culture. For the measurements, we combine ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jäckel D,Bakkum DJ,Russell TL,Müller J,Radivojevic M,Frey U,Franke F,Hierlemann A

更新日期：2017-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral latency remains the most significant obstacle to HIV eradication. Clinical strategies aim to purge the latent CD4+ T cell reservoir by activating viral expression to induce death, but are undercut by the inability to target latently infected cells. Here we explored the acute signaling response of latent HIV-infe...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Fong LE,Sulistijo ES,Miller-Jensen K

更新日期：2017-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:At 50 kg in estimated weight, the extinct Siamogale melilutra is larger than all living otters, and ranks among the largest fossil otters. The biomechanical capability of S. melilutra jaws as related to their large size is unknown but crucial to reconstructing the species' potentially unique ecological niche. Here we ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tseng ZJ,Su DF,Wang X,White SC,Ji X

更新日期：2017-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Most of Quantum Secret Sharing(QSS) are (n, n) threshold 2-level schemes, in which the 2-level secret cannot be reconstructed until all n shares are collected. In this paper, we propose a (t, n) threshold d-level QSS scheme, in which the d-level secret can be reconstructed only if at least t shares are collected. Comp...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Song XL,Liu YB,Deng HY,Xiao YG

更新日期：2017-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on a panel of 30 provinces and a timeframe from January 2009 to December 2013, we estimate the association between monthly human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) incidence and the relevant Internet search query volumes in Baidu, the most widely used search engine among the Ch...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： He G,Chen Y,Chen B,Wang H,Shen L,Liu L,Suolang D,Zhang B,Ju G,Zhang L,Du S,Jiang X,Pan Y,Min Z

更新日期：2018-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article we show that diffraction segregates the polarization singularities according to their handedness. Polarization singularities are superpositions of left and right handed circular polarization vortex states. In the superposition, the component states possess different orbital angular momenta depending on...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Deepa S,B S BR,Senthilkumaran P

更新日期：2019-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidized low-density lipoprotein (oxLDL) inhibits mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) and induces autophagy and apoptosis in vascular endothelial cells (VECs) that play very critical roles for the cardiovascular homostasis. We recently defined 3-benzyl-5-((2-nitrophenoxy) methyl)-dihydrofuran-2(3H)-one (3BDO) as a ne...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Peng N,Meng N,Wang S,Zhao F,Zhao J,Su L,Zhang S,Zhang Y,Zhao B,Miao J

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to 1) identify microbial compositional changes on chicken carcasses during processing, 2) determine the antimicrobial efficacy of peracetic acid (PAA) and Amplon (blend of sulfuric acid and sodium sulfate) at a poultry processing pilot plant scale, and 3) compare microbial communities bet...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ae Kim S,Hong Park S,In Lee S,Owens CM,Ricke SC

更新日期：2017-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Poor CD4+ T-cell recovery after cART has been associated with skewed T-cell maturation, inflammation and immunosenescence; however, T-cell functionality in those individuals has not been fully characterized. In the present study, we assessed T-cell function by assessing cytokine production after polyclonal, CMV and HI...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Gómez-Mora E,García E,Urrea V,Massanella M,Puig J,Negredo E,Clotet B,Blanco J,Cabrera C

更新日期：2017-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In plants, pathogen triggered programmed cell death (PCD) is frequently mediated by polar lipid molecules referred as long chain bases (LCBs) or ceramides. PCD interceded by LCBs is a well-organized process where several cell organelles play important roles. In fact, light-dependent reactions in the chloroplast have b...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zavafer A,González-Solís A,Palacios-Bahena S,Saucedo-García M,Tapia de Aquino C,Vázquez-Santana S,King-Díaz B,Gavilanes-Ruiz M

更新日期：2020-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently showed that spinal cord injury (SCI) leads to a decrease in mRNA editing of serotonin receptor 2C (5-HT2CR) contributing to post-SCI spasticity. Here we study post-SCI mRNA editing and global gene expression using massively parallel sequencing. Evidence is presented that the decrease in 5-HT2CR editing is ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Di Narzo AF,Kozlenkov A,Ge Y,Zhang B,Sanelli L,May Z,Li Y,Fouad K,Cardozo C,Koonin EV,Bennett DJ,Dracheva S

更新日期：2015-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Ancestral stress can program stress sensitivity and health trajectories across multiple generations. While ancestral stress is uncontrollable to the filial generations, it is critical to identify therapies that overcome transgenerational programming. Here we report that prenatal stress in rats generates a transgenerat...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： McCreary JK,Erickson ZT,Hao Y,Ilnytskyy Y,Kovalchuk I,Metz GA

更新日期：2016-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (qMRI) is a versatile, non-destructive and non-invasive tool in life, material, and medical sciences. When multiple components contribute to the signal in a single pixel, however, it is difficult to quantify their individual contributions and characteristic parameters. Here we i...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Vergeldt FJ,Prusova A,Fereidouni F,Amerongen HV,Van As H,Scheenen TWJ,Bader AN

更新日期：2017-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:West Nile virus (WNV) is a neurotropic pathogen which causes zoonotic disease in humans. Recently, there have been an increasing number of infected cases and there are no clinically approved vaccines or effective drugs to treat WNV infections in humans. The purpose of this study was to facilitate vaccine and antiviral...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li W,Ma L,Guo LP,Wang XL,Zhang JW,Bu ZG,Hua RH

更新日期：2017-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Terminally misfolded proteins are selectively recognized and cleared by the endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation (ERAD) pathway. SEL1L, a component of the ERAD machinery, plays an important role in selecting and transporting ERAD substrates for degradation. We have determined the crystal structure of the mouse...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jeong H,Sim HJ,Song EK,Lee H,Ha SC,Jun Y,Park TJ,Lee C

更新日期：2016-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:With the development of next generation sequencing, more and more common inherited diseases have been reported. However, accurate and convenient molecular diagnosis cannot be achieved easily because of the enormous size of disease causing mutations. In this study, we introduced a new single-step method for the genetic...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sun Y,Man J,Wan Y,Pan G,Du L,Li L,Yang Y,Qiu L,Gao Q,Dan H,Mao L,Cheng Z,Fan C,Yu J,Lin M,Kristiansen K,Shen Y,Wei X

更新日期：2018-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Erwinia tracheiphila is a bacterial plant pathogen that causes a fatal wilt infection in some cucurbit crop plants. Wilt symptoms are thought to be caused by systemic bacterial colonization through xylem that impedes sap flow. However, the genetic determinants of within-plant movement are unknown for this pathogen spe...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Rocha J,Shapiro LR,Kolter R

更新日期：2020-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed cortical tracking of temporal information in incoming natural speech in seven-month-old infants. Cortical tracking refers to the process by which neural activity follows the dynamic patterns of the speech input. In adults, it has been shown to involve attentional mechanisms and to facilitate effect...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kalashnikova M,Peter V,Di Liberto GM,Lalor EC,Burnham D

更新日期：2018-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Soft ferromagnetic Fe-based bulk metallic glass key-shaped specimens with a maximum and minimum width of 25.4 and 5 mm, respectively, were successfully produced using a high pressure die casting (HPDC) method, The influence of die material, alloy temperature and flow rate on the microstructure, thermal stability and s...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ramasamy P,Szabo A,Borzel S,Eckert J,Stoica M,Bárdos A

更新日期：2016-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen sulfide is the third and most recently discovered gaseous signaling molecule following nitric oxide and carbon monoxide, playing important roles both in normal physiological conditions and disease progression. The trimethylsulfonium ion (TMS) can result from successive methylation reactions of hydrogen sulfid...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lajin B,Francesconi KA

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heteroplasmy is the existence of more than one mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variant within a cell. The evolutionary mechanisms of heteroplasmy are not fully understood, despite being a very common phenomenon. Here we combined heteroplasmy measurements using high throughput sequencing on green turtles (Chelonia mydas) wit...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tikochinski Y,Carreras C,Tikochinski G,Vilaça ST

更新日期：2020-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical application of dihydroartemisinin (DHA) has been hampered due to its poor water-solubility. To overcome this hurdle, we devised a novel polymer-drug conjugate, multiarm polyethylene glycol-dihydroartemisinin (PEG-DHA), made by linking DHA with multiarm polyethylene glycol. Herein, we investigated PEG-DHA ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Dai L,Wang L,Deng L,Liu J,Lei J,Li D,He J

更新日期：2014-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Efficient presentation of alien antigens triggers activation of T lymphocytes and robust host defense against invading pathogens. This pathophysiological process relies on the expression of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules in antigen presenting cells such as macrophages. Aberrant MHC II transactivation...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Fan Z,Li J,Li P,Ye Q,Xu H,Wu X,Xu Y

更新日期：2017-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to distinguish and grade malignant cells during surgical procedures in a fast, non-invasive and staining-free manner is of high importance in tumor management. To this extend, Third Harmonic Generation (THG), Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) and Fourier-Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy were applied t...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Gavgiotaki E,Filippidis G,Tsafas V,Bovasianos S,Kenanakis G,Georgoulias V,Tzardi M,Agelaki S,Athanassakis I

更新日期：2020-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Hurricane Patricia in 2015 was the strongest Pacific hurricane to make landfall in Mexico. Although Patricia fortuitously spared major cities, it reminded us of the threat tropical cyclones (TCs) pose in the eastern North Pacific (ENP) and the importance of improving our understanding and prediction of ENP TCs. Patric...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Fu D,Chang P,Patricola CM

更新日期：2017-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The human brain has evolved specialised mechanisms to enable the rapid detection of threat cues, including emotional face expressions (e.g., fear and anger). However, contextual cues - such as gaze direction - influence the ability to recognise emotional expressions. For instance, anger paired with direct gaze, and fe...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Caruana N,Inkley C,Zein ME,Seymour K

更新日期：2019-11-07 00:00:00