Food predictability and social status drive individual resource specializations in a territorial vulture.

abstract：:We propose a novel method to achieve tunable plasmon focusing in graphene/photonic-crystal hybrid structure exhibiting all-angle negative refraction at terahertz frequencies. A two-dimensional photonic crystal composed of a square lattice of dielectric rods is constructed on the substrate of a graphene sheet to provid...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhong S,Lu Y,Li C,Xu H,Shi F,Chen Y

更新日期：2017-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The cation diffusion facilitator (CDF) is a conserved family of divalent d-block metal cation transporters that extrude these cations selectively from the cytoplasm. CDF proteins are composed of two domains: the transmembrane domain, through which the cations are transported, and a regulatory cytoplasmic C-terminal do...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Barber-Zucker S,Shahar A,Kolusheva S,Zarivach R

更新日期：2020-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:cAMP responsive element binding protein 3-like 3 (CREB3L3), a transcription factor expressed in the liver and small intestine, governs fasting-response energy homeostasis. Tissue-specific CREB3L3 knockout mice have not been generated till date. To our knowledge, this is the first study using the one-step CRISPR/Cas9 s...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Nakagawa Y,Oikawa F,Mizuno S,Ohno H,Yagishita Y,Satoh A,Osaki Y,Takei K,Kikuchi T,Han SI,Matsuzaka T,Iwasaki H,Kobayashi K,Yatoh S,Yahagi N,Isaka M,Suzuki H,Sone H,Takahashi S,Yamada N,Shimano H

更新日期：2016-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Our understanding of a variety of phenomena in physics, biology and economics crucially depends on the analysis of multivariate time series. While a wide range tools and techniques for time series analysis already exist, the increasing availability of massive data structures calls for new approaches for multidimension...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lacasa L,Nicosia V,Latora V

更新日期：2015-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:RAS genotyping is mandatory to predict anti-EGFR monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) therapy resistance and BRAF genotyping is a relevant prognosis marker in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. Although the role of hotspot mutations is well defined, the impact of uncommon mutations is still unknown. In this study, we...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Franczak C,Kandathil SM,Gilson P,Husson M,Rouyer M,Demange J,Leroux A,Merlin JL,Harlé A

更新日期：2019-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The loss of retinal pericytes (RPCs) is a hallmark of early stage diabetic retinopathy (DR), but the mechanism underlying RPC death is unclear. Although it was postulated in previous studies using bovine RPCs that autoantibodies against RPCs might develop and induce RPC death, it is unknown whether autoantibodies agai...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang L,Li Y,Payne J,Srivastava S,Fan X,Fung J,Li X,Kern TS,Lin F

更新日期：2016-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The hip fracture is one major clinical challenge associated with osteoporosis, resulting in heavy socioeconomic burdens and high mortality. Systemic therapies of anti-osteoporosis drugs are expensive, time-consuming and also evoke substantial side effects, which fails to provide early protection from fractures. Accumu...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jing D,Hao X,Xu F,Liu J,Xu F,Luo E,Meng G

更新日期：2016-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:To realize the economical production of ethanol and other bio-based chemicals from lignocellulosic biomass by consolidated bioprocessing (CBP), various cellulases from different sources were tested to improve the level of cellulase secretion in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae by screening an optimal translational f...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lee CR,Sung BH,Lim KM,Kim MJ,Sohn MJ,Bae JH,Sohn JH

更新日期：2017-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The field of genome editing was founded on the establishment of methods, such as the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) and CRISPR-associated protein (CRISPR/Cas) system, used to target DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). However, the efficiency of genome editing also largely depends on the...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hirotsune S,Kiyonari H,Jin M,Kumamoto K,Yoshida K,Shinohara M,Watanabe H,Wynshaw-Boris A,Matsuzaki F

更新日期：2020-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Although hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is the leading cause of liver fibrosis (LF), the mechanisms underlying liver fibrotic progression remain unclear. Here, we investigated the gene expression profiles of HBV-related LF patients. Whole genome expression arrays were used to detect gene expression in liver biopsy ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang M,Gong Q,Zhang J,Chen L,Zhang Z,Lu L,Yu D,Han Y,Zhang D,Chen P,Zhang X,Yuan Z,Huang J,Zhang X

更新日期：2017-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Whether the stress-loading of faults to failure in earthquakes appears to be random or to an extent explainable, given constraints on fault/shear-zone interaction and the build-up and release of stress over many earthquake cycles, is a key question for seismic hazard assessment. Here we investigate earthquake recurren...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sgambato C,Faure Walker JP,Mildon ZK,Roberts GP

更新日期：2020-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of remote ischemic conditioning (RIC) in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients remain conflicting. We performed this meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials (RCTs) to evaluate the benefits of the RIC in patients with AMI. Potentially relevant RCTs were identified by searching PubMed, Embase, Cochrane ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Man C,Gong D,Zhou Y,Fan Y

更新日期：2017-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum cardiac troponin I (cTnI) is often elevated in patients with ischemic stroke, and is associated with their prognosis. Since cTnI is also closely related to atrial fibrillation (AF), cTnI may be a sensitive prognostic indicator in patients with AF-related stroke. This study aimed to evaluate the association betwe...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Nam KW,Kim CK,Yu S,Chung JW,Bang OY,Kim GM,Jung JM,Song TJ,Kim YJ,Kim BJ,Heo SH,Park KY,Kim JM,Park JH,Choi JC,Park MS,Kim JT,Choi KH,Hwang YH,Seo WK,Oh K

更新日期：2020-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Milk is a major food of global economic importance, and its consumption is regarded as a classic example of gene-culture evolution. Humans have exploited animal milk as a food resource for at least 8500 years, but the origins, spread, and scale of dairying remain poorly understood. Indirect lines of evidence, such as ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Warinner C,Hendy J,Speller C,Cappellini E,Fischer R,Trachsel C,Arneborg J,Lynnerup N,Craig OE,Swallow DM,Fotakis A,Christensen RJ,Olsen JV,Liebert A,Montalva N,Fiddyment S,Charlton S,Mackie M,Canci A,Bouwman A,Rüh

更新日期：2014-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that it is possible to nutritionally program gilthead seabream offspring through fish oil (FO) replacement by vegetable oils (VO) in the broodstock diet, to improve their ability to grow fast when fed low fish meal (FM) and FO diets during grow-out phase. However, in those studies broodstoc...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ferosekhan S,Xu H,Turkmen S,Gómez A,Afonso JM,Fontanillas R,Rosenlund G,Kaushik S,Izquierdo M

更新日期：2020-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:From transportation networks to complex infrastructures, and to social and economic networks, a large variety of systems can be described in terms of multiplex networks formed by a set of nodes interacting through different network layers. Network robustness, as one of the most successful application areas of complex ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhao DW,Wang LH,Zhi YF,Zhang J,Wang Z

更新日期：2016-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrogen-doped carbon sponge-type nanostructures (N-CSTNs) containing coaxial multiwalled carbon nanotubes are synthesized at 1020 °C by using a modified chemical vapor deposition (CVD) arrangement. Here, the CVD reactor is supplied by two flows coming from two independent sprayers (called sprayer A and sprayer B). Th...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Muñoz-Sandoval E,Fajardo-Díaz JL,Sánchez-Salas R,Cortés-López AJ,López-Urías F

更新日期：2018-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:To achieve a better understanding of the "vinegar syndrome" phenomenon, which has caused serious damage to triacetyl cellulose-based motion picture films, the white powder obtained from damaged film surfaces was analysed in this study. The powder was found to be soluble in acetone, diethyl ether, dimethylformamide, an...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Takahashi K,Sasaki M,Hayakawa H,Yajima H,Oda Y

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The gut of Drosophila melanogaster includes a proximal acidic region (~pH 2), however the genome lacks the H(+)/K(+) ATPase characteristic of the mammalian gastric parietal cell, and the molecular mechanisms of acid generation are poorly understood. Here, we show that maintenance of the low pH of the acidic region is ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Overend G,Luo Y,Henderson L,Douglas AE,Davies SA,Dow JA

更新日期：2016-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:In a developing nervous system, endogenous electric field (EF) influence embryonic growth. We reported the EF-directed migration of both rat Schwann cells (SCs) and oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) and explored the molecular mechanism using RNA-sequencing assay. However, previous studies revealed the differentia...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yao L,Shippy T,Li Y

更新日期：2020-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) is a major rice pest that harbors an endosymbiont ascomycete fungus, Entomomyces delphacidicola str. NLU (also known as yeast-like symbiont, YLS). Driving by demand of novel population management tactics (e.g. RNAi), the importance of YLS has been studied and revealed...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wan PJ,Tang YH,Yuan SY,He JC,Wang WX,Lai FX,Fu Q

更新日期：2017-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we made a comparative efficacy and safety assessment of two different fixed combinations of drugs, viz., tafluprost/timolol (TAF/TIM) and latanoprost/carteolol (LAT/CAR), by determining their effects on intraocular pressure (IOP) in ocular normotensive monkeys and examining their toxic effects on ocular...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Fuwa M,Shimazaki A,Mieda M,Yamashita N,Akaishi T,Taniguchi T,Kato M

更新日期：2019-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Artificial sheet materials, known as MetaSurfaces, have been applied to fully control both space and surface waves due to their exceptional abilities to dynamically tailor wave fronts and polarization states, while maintaining small footprints. However, previous and current designs and manufactured MetaSurfaces are li...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： La Spada L,Spooner C,Haq S,Hao Y

更新日期：2019-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on an inverted bulk band order, antimony thin films presumably could become topological insulators if quantum confinement effect opens up a gap in the bulk bands. Coupling between topological surface states (TSS) from opposite surfaces, however, tends to degrade or even destroy their novel characters. Here the e...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yao G,Luo Z,Pan F,Xu W,Feng YP,Wang XS

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The risk of Helicobacter pylori infection is highest in childhood, but the colonization process of the stomach mucosa is poorly understood. We used anesthetized Mongolian gerbils to study the initial stages of H. pylori colonization. Prandial and postprandial gastric conditions characteristic of humans of different ag...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Bücker R,Azevedo-Vethacke M,Groll C,Garten D,Josenhans C,Suerbaum S,Schreiber S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental pollution by emerging contaminants, e.g. pharmaceuticals, has become a matter of widespread concern in recent years. We investigated the membrane transport of diclofenac and its toxic effects on gene expression and the development of zebrafish embryos. The association of diclofenac with the embryos confo...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chen JB,Gao HW,Zhang YL,Zhang Y,Zhou XF,Li CQ,Gao HP

更新日期：2014-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical dissimilarity of tellurium oxide with silica glass increases phase separation and crystallization tendency when mixed and melted for making a glass. We report a novel technique for incorporating an Er(3+)-doped tellurite glass composition into silica substrates through a femtosecond (fs) laser generated plasm...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chandrappan J,Murray M,Kakkar T,Petrik P,Agocs E,Zolnai Z,Steenson DP,Jha A,Jose G

更新日期：2015-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have designed, fabricated and characterized dual-wavelength metasurfaces that function at two assigned terahertz wavelengths with independent phase and amplitude control at each wavelength. Specifically, we have designed a dual-wavelength achromatic metasurface-based deflector deflecting the incident wave to the sa...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ding J,Xu N,Ren H,Lin Y,Zhang W,Zhang H

更新日期：2016-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We hereby report for the first time on the design, manufacturing and testing of a three-dimensional (3D) nearly-periodic, locally resonant phononic crystal (PnC). Most of the research effort on PnCs and metamaterials has been focused on the enhanced dynamic properties arising from their periodic design. Lately, additi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Meng H,Bailey N,Chen Y,Wang L,Ciampa F,Fabro A,Chronopoulos D,Elmadih W

更新日期：2020-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The neural representation of auditory duration remains unknown. Here, we used electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings to investigate neural oscillations during the maintenance of auditory duration in working memory (WM). EEG analyses indicated that the auditory duration length was not associated with changes in the thet...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yu X,Chen Y,Qiu J,Li X,Huang X

更新日期：2017-07-18 00:00:00