Spatially Controlled Surface Modification of Porous Silicon for Sustained Drug Delivery Applications.

abstract：:The effect of substrate surface roughening on the capacitance of Ni(OH)2/NiOOH nanowall array samples produced via chemical bath deposition for 2, 4, 6, 24 and 48 h on an as-received stainless steel substrate and the same substrate after sandblasting has been investigated. Symmetric cells were subjected to 120,000 cha...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Pimsawat A,Tangtrakarn A,Pimsawat N,Daengsakul S

更新日期：2019-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the anxiolytic-like effects of Xiaoyaosan, a Chinese herbal formula, have been described in many previous studies, its underlying mechanism remains undefined. The cytokine tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and its closely associated janus kinase 2 (JAK2)-signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT3)...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li XJ,Ma QY,Jiang YM,Bai XH,Yan ZY,Liu Q,Pan QX,Liu YY,Chen JX

更新日期：2017-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A biofilm has a unique structure composed of microorganisms, extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs), etc., and it is layered on a substrate in water. In material science, it is important to detect the biofilm formed on a surface to prevent biofouling. EPSs, the major component of the biofilm, mainly consist of poly...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tanaka N,Kogo T,Hirai N,Ogawa A,Kanematsu H,Takahara J,Awazu A,Fujita N,Haruzono Y,Ichida S,Tanaka Y

更新日期：2019-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolomic and transcriptomic approaches were used to dissect the enhanced disease resistance in the plants harbouring a RNA interfering construct of OsWRKY62 and OsWRKY76 (dsOW62/76) genes. The primary metabolic pathways were activated in dsOW62/76 compared with wild-type (ZH17) plants, revealed by increased accumul...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Liang X,Chen X,Li C,Fan J,Guo Z

更新日期：2017-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell fate decisions are controlled by the interplay of transcription factors and epigenetic modifiers, which together determine cellular identity. Here we elaborate on the role of miR302 in the regulation of cell plasticity. Overexpression of miR302 effected silencing of the TGFβ type II receptor and facilitated plast...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： De Chiara L,Andrews D,Watson A,Oliviero G,Cagney G,Crean J

更新日期：2017-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Dye-sensitised solar cells (DSCs) are a promising substitute for conventional silicon solar cells. A scattering layer of submicrometer pores or particles has been widely introduced to achieve a high light-harvesting efficiency. However, many such fabrication processes require high temperatures and multiple steps to pr...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ha SJ,Moon JH

更新日期：2014-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to their unique properties, Weyl semimetals (WSMs) are promising materials for the future electronics. Currently, the two types (I and II) of WSMs are discovered experimentally. These types of WSMs differ from each other in their topological properties. In this paper we showed that a coexistence of types I and II ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Alisultanov ZZ

更新日期：2018-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:In situ reduction of selenite to elemental selenium (Se(0)), by microorganisms in sediments and soils is an important process and greatly affects the environmental distribution and the biological effects of selenium. However, the mechanism behind such a biological process remains unrevealed yet. Here we use Shewanella...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li DB,Cheng YY,Wu C,Li WW,Li N,Yang ZC,Tong ZH,Yu HQ

更新日期：2014-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Finding strategies to preserve quantum resources in open systems is nowadays a main requirement for reliable quantum-enhanced technologies. We address this issue by considering structured cavities embedding qubits driven by a control technique known as frequency modulation. We first study a single qubit in a lossy cav...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Mortezapour A,Lo Franco R

更新日期：2018-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Endovascular sealing is a new technique for the repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms. Commercially available in Europe since 2013, it takes a revolutionary approach to aneurysm repair through minimally invasive techniques. Although aneurysm sealing may be thought as more stable than conventional endovascular stent gra...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Argani LP,Torella F,Fisher RK,McWilliams RG,Wall ML,Movchan AB

更新日期：2017-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:At ambient pressure, the hydrogen bond in materials such as ice, hydrates, and hydrous minerals that compose the Earth and icy planets generally takes an asymmetric O-H···O configuration. Pressure significantly affects this configuration, and it is predicted to become symmetric, such that the hydrogen is centered betw...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sano-Furukawa A,Hattori T,Komatsu K,Kagi H,Nagai T,Molaison JJ,Dos Santos AM,Tulk CA

更新日期：2018-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Immobilized preys are routinely used in agro-ecological exposure studies to quantify predation of pests under field conditions, but this method has not been validated. Our purpose was to determine the validity of using immobilized adults of the major rice pest Nilaparvata lugens, brown plant hopper (BPH), as sentinels...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zou Y,de Kraker J,Bianchi FJ,van Telgen MD,Xiao H,van der Werf W

更新日期：2017-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Cladosporium cladosporioides causes asthma and superficial and deep infections, mostly in immunodeficient individuals and animals. This study aimed to investigate whether C. cladosporioides spores can enter the lungs through pulmonary circulation and influence pulmonary immune response. We intravenously injected mice ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ma X,Hu J,Yu Y,Wang C,Gu Y,Cao S,Huang X,Wen Y,Zhao Q,Wu R,Zuo Z,Deng J,Ren Z,Yu S,Shen L,Zhong Z,Peng G

更新日期：2021-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular chaperones assist proteins in achieving a functional structure and prevent them from misfolding into aggregates, including disease-associated deposits. The BRICHOS domain from familial dementia associated protein Bri2 (or ITM2B) probably chaperones its specific proprotein region with high β-sheet propensity ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Poska H,Leppert A,Tigro H,Zhong X,Kaldmäe M,Nilsson HE,Hebert H,Chen G,Johansson J

更新日期：2020-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysine-specific demethylase 1 (LSD1) is a histone demethylase that participates in transcriptional repression or activation. Recent studies reported that LSD1 is involved in learning and memory. Although LSD1 phosphorylation by PKCα was implicated in circadian rhythmicity, the importance of LSD1 phosphorylation in lea...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lim CS,Nam HJ,Lee J,Kim D,Choi JE,Kang SJ,Kim S,Kim H,Kwak C,Shim KW,Kim S,Ko HG,Lee RU,Jang EH,Yoo J,Shim J,Islam MA,Lee YS,Lee JH,Baek SH,Kaang BK

更新日期：2017-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Pantoea sp. IMH is the only bacterium found in genus Pantoea with a high As resistance capacity, but its molecular mechanism is unknown. Herein, the organization, function, and evolution of ars genes in IMH are studied starting with analysis of the whole genome. Two ars systems - ars1 (arsR1B1C1H1) and ars2 (arsR2B2C2...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang L,Zhuang X,Zhuang G,Jing C

更新日期：2016-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Solar thermoelectric generators (STEGs), which are used for various applications, (particularly small size electronic devices), have optical concentration systems for high energy conversion efficiency. In this study, a refraction-assisted STEG (R-STEG) is designed based on phase-change materials. As the phase-change m...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kim MS,Kim MK,Jo SE,Joo C,Kim YJ

更新日期：2016-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been recently shown that scores of physical and chemical phenomena (including spontaneous emission, scattering and Förster energy transfer) can be controlled by nonlocal dielectric environments provided by metamaterials with hyperbolic dispersion and simpler metal/dielectric structures. At this time, we have re...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Noginov MA,Barnakov YA,Liberman V,Prayakarao S,Bonner CE,Narimanov EE

更新日期：2016-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum neurofilament light chain (NfL) is emerging as an important biomarker in multiple sclerosis (MS). Our objective was to evaluate the prognostic value of serum NfL levels obtained close to the time of MS onset with long-term clinical outcomes. In this prospective cohort study, we identified patients with serum col...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Thebault S,Abdoli M,Fereshtehnejad SM,Tessier D,Tabard-Cossa V,Freedman MS

更新日期：2020-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive brain primary malignancy. Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) has a dual role in cell fate, promoting cell survival or death depending on the context. Here, we analyzed TLR4 expression in different grades of astrocytoma, and observed increased expression in tumors, mainly in GBM, comp...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Moretti IF,Lerario AM,Trombetta-Lima M,Sola PR,da Silva Soares R,Oba-Shinjo SM,Marie SKN

更新日期：2021-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The actinopterygians comprise nearly one-half of all extant vertebrate species and are very important for human well-being. However, the phylogenetic relationships among certain groups within the actinopterygians are still uncertain, and debates about these relationships have continued for a long time. Along with the ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zou M,Guo B,Tao W,Arratia G,He S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are still lot of controversies whether aberrant left hepatic artery (ALHA) originating from left gastric artery should be ligated or preserved during gastric cancer (GC) surgery. We aimed to investigate this issue. We reviewed ALHA cases who had laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer at Seoul National Unive...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ang RRG,Lee HJ,Bae JS,Zhu CC,Berlth F,Kim TH,Park SH,Suh YS,Kong SH,Kim SH,Yang HK

更新日期：2020-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistant starch (RS) has been reported to reduce body fat in obese mice. However, this effect has not been demonstrated in humans. In this study, we tested the effects of RS in 19 volunteers with normal body weights. A randomized, double-blinded and crossover design clinical trial was conducted. The study subjects we...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang L,Ouyang Y,Li H,Shen L,Ni Y,Fang Q,Wu G,Qian L,Xiao Y,Zhang J,Yin P,Panagiotou G,Xu G,Ye J,Jia W

更新日期：2019-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:It is shown that in the ergodic regime, the temperature dependence of Young's modulus is solely determined by the magnetic properties of a material. For the large class of materials with paramagnetic or diamagnetic response, simple functional forms of the temperature derivative of Young's modulus are derived and compa...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Binek C

更新日期：2017-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Mayaro virus (MAYV) is endemic in South American countries where it is responsible for sporadic outbreaks of acute febrile illness. The hallmark of MAYV infection is a highly debilitating and chronic arthralgia. Although MAYV emergence is a potential threat, there are no specific therapies or licensed vaccine. In this...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Mota MTO,Costa VV,Sugimoto MA,Guimarães GF,Queiroz-Junior CM,Moreira TP,de Sousa CD,Santos FM,Queiroz VF,Passos I,Hubner J,Souza DG,Weaver SC,Teixeira MM,Nogueira ML

更新日期：2020-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly Tm(3+) doped optical fibers are urgently desirable for 2.0 μm compact single-frequency fiber laser and high-repetition-rate mode-locked fiber laser. Here, we systematically investigated the optical parameters, energy transfer processes and thermal properties of Tm(3+) doped barium gallo-germanate (BGG) glasses....

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wen X,Tang G,Yang Q,Chen X,Qian Q,Zhang Q,Yang Z

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is an aggressive lymphoma with diverse outcomes. Concurrent translocation of MYC and BCL-2 and/or BCL-6, and concurrent immunohistochemical (IHC) high expression of MYC and BCL-2, have been linked to unfavorable treatment responses. TP53-mutated DLBCL has also been linked to worse...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Peroja P,Pedersen M,Mantere T,Nørgaard P,Peltonen J,Haapasaari KM,Böhm J,Jantunen E,Turpeenniemi-Hujanen T,Rapakko K,Karihtala P,Soini Y,Vasala K,Kuittinen O

更新日期：2018-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Both attraction and repulsion from linearly polarized light have been observed in zooplankton. A dichotomous choice experiment, consisting of plankton light traps deployed in natural waters at a depth of 30 m that projected either polarized or unpolarized light of the same intensity, was used to test the hypothesis th...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lerner A,Browman HI

更新日期：2016-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Small ruminant lentiviruses (SRLVs) are found in sheep in Germany and Iran. SRLVs have been classified into four genotypes: A-C and E. Genotype A has been subdivided into 20 subtypes. Previous studies suggested that, first, the ancestors of genotype A are those SRLVs found in Turkey, second, the evolution of SRLVs is ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Molaee V,Bazzucchi M,De Mia GM,Otarod V,Abdollahi D,Rosati S,Lühken G

更新日期：2020-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Black phosphorus (BP) has recently been rediscovered as a new and interesting two-dimensional material due to its unique electronic and optical properties. Here, we study the linear and nonlinear optical properties of BP flakes. We observe that both the linear and nonlinear optical properties are anisotropic and can b...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li D,Jussila H,Karvonen L,Ye G,Lipsanen H,Chen X,Sun Z

更新日期：2015-10-30 00:00:00