Generalized Haldane models on laser-coupling optical lattices.

abstract：:For isotropic fluids, classical nucleation theory predicts the nucleation rate, barrier height and critical droplet size by ac- counting for the competition between bulk energy and interfacial tension. The nucleation process in liquid crystals is less understood. We numerically investigate nucleation in monolayered ne...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Bhattacharjee AK

更新日期：2017-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Biomarkers suitable for early diagnosis and monitoring disease progression are the cornerstone of developing disease-modifying treatments for neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease (PD). Besides motor complications, PD is also characterized by deficits in visual processing. Here, we investigate how vir...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Østergaard FG,Himmelberg MM,Laursen B,Siebner HR,Wade AR,Christensen KV

更新日期：2020-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Determining accurate absolute surface energies for polar surfaces of semiconductors has been a great challenge in decades. Here, we propose pseudo-hydrogen passivation to calculate them, using density functional theory approaches. By calculating the energy contribution from pseudo-hydrogen using either a pseudo molecu...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang Y,Zhang J,Tse K,Wong L,Chan C,Deng B,Zhu J

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic circuit-based biosensors have emerged as an effective analytical tool in synthetic biology; these biosensors can be applied to high-throughput screening of new biocatalysts and metabolic pathways. Sigma 54 (σ54)-dependent transcription factor (TF) can be a valuable component of these biosensors owing to its in...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kwon KK,Yeom SJ,Choi SL,Rha E,Lee H,Kim H,Lee DH,Lee SG

更新日期：2020-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a common liver disease. Previous studies on the association between Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection and NAFLD are inconsistent. Our study was aimed to find out the relationship between HP infection and NAFLD. We performed a large cross-sectional study in northern Chinese...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jiang T,Chen X,Xia C,Liu H,Yan H,Wang G,Wu Z

更新日期：2019-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is a degenerative disorder that affects the central nervous system. PD-related alterations in structural and functional neuroimaging have not been fully explored. This study explored multi-modal PD neuroimaging and its application for predicting clinical scores on the Movement Disorder Society...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Son SJ,Kim M,Park H

更新日期：2016-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants are key determinants of soil microbial community (SMC). Legumes and grasses are distinct groups in various ecosystems; however, how they differentially shape SMC structure and functioning has yet to be explored. Here, we investigate SMC in soils grown with stylo (legume) or bahiagrass (grass). Soil metagenomic ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhou Y,Zhu H,Fu S,Yao Q

更新日期：2017-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Silver nanowires (AgNWs) networks are promising candidates for the replacement of indium tin oxide (ITO). However, the surface roughness of the AgNWs network is still too high for its application in optoelectronic devices. In this work, we have reduced the surface roughness of the AgNWs networks to 6.4 nm, compared to...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Xu Y,Wei X,Wang C,Cao J,Chen Y,Ma Z,You Y,Wan J,Fang X,Chen X

更新日期：2017-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown that L-proline is a natural osmoprotectant and an antioxidant to protect cells from injuries such as that caused by freezing and thawing in many species including plant, ram sperm and human endothelial cells. Nevertheless, this nontoxic cryoprotectant has not yet been applied to mammalian ooc...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang L,Xue X,Yan J,Yan LY,Jin XH,Zhu XH,He ZZ,Liu J,Li R,Qiao J

更新日期：2016-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Aging-associated decrease in internal anal sphincter (IAS) tone (AADI) is a major contributor in the rectoanal incontinence (RI). To determine the pathogenesis of AADI, we investigated the effect of aging on GPCR activation and related downstream signaling. We particularly investigated two GPCRs that characterize IAS ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Mohanty I,Singh J,Rattan S

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electroporation (EP), the increase of cell membrane permeability due to the application of electric pulses, is a universal phenomenon with a broad range of applications. In medicine, some of the foremost EP-based tumor treatments are electrochemotherapy (ECT), irreversible electroporation, and gene electrotransfer (GE...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Marino M,Luján E,Mocskos E,Marshall G

更新日期：2021-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Brood is a very valuable part of an ant colony and behaviours increasing its number with minimum investment is expected to be favoured by natural selection. Brood theft has been well documented in ants belonging to the subfamilies Myrmicinae and Formicinae. In this study we report opportunistic brood theft in the cont...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Paul B,Paul M,Annagiri S

更新日期：2016-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Relative gene expression analyses by RT-qPCR (reverse transcription-quantitative PCR) are highly dependent on the reference genes in normalizing the expression data of target genes. Therefore, inappropriate endogenous control genes will lead to inaccurate target gene expression profiles, and the selection and validati...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Liang L,He Z,Yu H,Wang E,Zhang X,Zhang B,Zhang C,Liang Z

更新日期：2020-01-28 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： Buti S,Karakiewicz PI,Bersanelli M,Capitanio U,Tian Z,Cortellini A,Taguchi S,Briganti A,Montorsi F,Leonardi F,Bandini M

更新日期：2020-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:As it is altered by ionizing radiation, the vascular network is considered as a prime target in limiting normal tissue damage and improving tumor control in radiation therapy. Irradiation activates endothelial cells which then participate in the recruitment of circulating cells, especially by overexpressing cell adhes...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jaillet C,Morelle W,Slomianny MC,Paget V,Tarlet G,Buard V,Selbonne S,Caffin F,Rannou E,Martinez P,François A,Foulquier F,Allain F,Milliat F,Guipaud O

更新日期：2017-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Recovery of nutrients and energy from municipal wastewater has attracted much attention in recent years; however, its efficiency is significantly limited by the low-strength properties of municipal wastewater. Herein, we report a pilot-scale forward osmosis (FO) system using a spiral-wound membrane module to concentra...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang Z,Zheng J,Tang J,Wang X,Wu Z

更新日期：2016-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrous-oxide emission and nitrate addition from agriculture to earth's environment are two main agriculture related anthropogenic causes of environmental degradation that needs greater attention. For addressing the aforesaid issue, new techniques/practices need to be developed and implemented. The present investigati...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sharma A,Kumar S,Khan SA,Kumar A,Mir JI,Sharma OC,Singh DB,Arora S

更新日期：2021-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The salmon louse is an ectoparasitic copepod of salmonids in the marine environment, and represents a global challenge to salmon aquaculture. A major issue is the reliance of the industry on a limited number of chemicals to delouse salmonids on farms, and the high levels of resistance that lice have developed to all o...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kaur K,Besnier F,Glover KA,Nilsen F,Aspehaug VT,Fjørtoft HB,Horsberg TE

更新日期：2017-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The prediction of drug-target interactions is a key step in the drug discovery process, which serves to identify new drugs or novel targets for existing drugs. However, experimental methods for predicting drug-target interactions are expensive and time-consuming. Therefore, the in silico prediction of drug-target inte...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kuang Q,Xu X,Li R,Dong Y,Li Y,Huang Z,Li Y,Li M

更新日期：2015-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Small for gestational age (SGA) is an established risk factor for cerebral palsy (CP) in term infants. However, there is conflicting data on the association between SGA and CP in moderate to late preterm infants. The aim of the article was to explore the relationship between SGA and CP in the moderate to late preterm ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhao M,Dai H,Deng Y,Zhao L

更新日期：2016-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A. baumannii infections are becoming more and more serious health issues with rapid emerging of multidrug and extremely drug resistant strains, and therefore, there is an urgent need for the development of nonantibiotic-based intervention strategies. This study aimed at identifying whether an outer membrane protein wi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Huang W,Yao Y,Wang S,Xia Y,Yang X,Long Q,Sun W,Liu C,Li Y,Chu X,Bai H,Yao Y,Ma Y

更新日期：2016-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Riemerella anatipestifer is a major pathogenic microorganism in poultry causing serositis with significant mortality. Serotype 1 and 2 were most pathogenic, prevalent, and liable over the world. In this study, the intracellular metabolites in R. anatipestifer strains RA-CH-1 (serotype 1) and RA-CH-2 (serotype 2) were ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Liu J,Cheng A,Wang M,Liu M,Zhu D,Yang Q,Wu Y,Jia R,Chen S,Zhao X,Zhang S,Huang J,Ou X,Mao S,Gao Q,Wen X,Zhang L,Liu Y,Yu Y,Tian B,Pan L,Ur Rehman M,Chen X

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel glasses in a Ga2S3-Sb2S3-AgI system were prepared with a melt-quenching method, and their glass-forming region was identified. The maximum dissolvable AgI in glasses was 65 mol%. The thermal, optical, and structural properties of glasses were investigated as a function of AgI and Ga2S3 contents. The Ga2S3-Sb2S3-...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Huang X,Jiao Q,Lin C,Ma H,Zhang X,Zhu E,Liu X,Dai S,Xu T

更新日期：2018-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy is a lysosomal degradation pathway that plays an essential role in neuronal homeostasis and is perturbed in many neurological diseases. Transcriptional downregulation of fat was previously observed in a Drosophila model of the polyglutamine disease Dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy (DRPLA) and this was sh...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Baron O,Grieshober D,Dias C,Fanto M

更新日期：2019-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite a large body of evidence showing the pandemic of chronic kidney disease, the impact of pre-operative kidney function on the risk of post-operative pulmonary complications (PPCs) is not well known. We used multivariable logistic regression analyses with 3-level hierarchical adjustments to identify the associati...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Shimomura A,Obi Y,Fazl Alizadeh R,Li S,Nguyen NT,Stamos MJ,Kalantar-Zadeh K,Ichii H

更新日期：2017-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the globalization and computerization of financial and economic activities, numerous repetitive leveraged investments have become possible in stock markets and currency exchanges. In reality, repeated leveraged investments up to 100 times/day are possible via online access. With computer-aided programs, this re...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Nii M,Okabe T,Ito H,Morita S,Yasuda Y,Yoshimura J

更新日期：2019-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In Australia, significant shifts in species distribution have occurred with the loss of megafauna, changes in indigenous Australian fire regime and land-use changes with European settlement. The emu, one of the last megafaunal species in Australia, has likely undergone substantial distribution changes, particularly ne...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ryeland J,Derham TT,Spencer RJ

更新日期：2021-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim is to design a patient-specific instrument (PSI) for multilevel cervical pedicle screw placement from C2 to C7, as well as verifying reliability and reproducibility. Computed tomography (CT) scans were obtained from 7 cadaveric cervical spines. Using Mimics software, semiautomatic segmentation was performed fo...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sallent A,Ramírez M,Catalá J,Rodríguez-Baeza A,Bagó J,de Albert M,Vélez R

更新日期：2019-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Multisensory interactions are essential to make sense of the environment by transforming the mosaic of sensory inputs received by the organism into a unified perception. Brain rhythms allow coherent processing within areas or between distant brain regions and could thus be instrumental in functionally connecting remot...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Gnaedinger A,Gurden H,Gourévitch B,Martin C

更新日期：2019-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiretroviral therapy-naive HIV-1 infected infants experience poor viral containment and rapid disease progression compared to adults. Viral factors (e.g. transmitted cytotoxic T- lymphocyte (CTL) escape mutations) or infant factors (e.g. reduced CTL functional capacity) may explain this observation. We assessed CTL ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Garcia-Knight MA,Slyker J,Payne BL,Pond SL,de Silva TI,Chohan B,Khasimwa B,Mbori-Ngacha D,John-Stewart G,Rowland-Jones SL,Esbjörnsson J

更新日期：2016-07-12 00:00:00