Reconstruction of noisy images via stochastic resonance in nematic liquid crystals.

abstract：:Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is caused by mutation or deletion of the survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene. Decreased levels of, cell-ubiquitous, SMN protein is associated with a range of systemic pathologies reported in severe patients. Despite high levels of SMN protein in normal liver, there is no comprehensive stu...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Szunyogova E,Zhou H,Maxwell GK,Powis RA,Muntoni F,Gillingwater TH,Parson SH

更新日期：2016-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrophysiological recordings in cortex in vivo have revealed a rich variety of dynamical regimes ranging from irregular asynchronous states to a diversity of synchronized states, depending on species, anesthesia, and external stimulation. The average population firing rate in these states is typically low. We study...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tartaglia EM,Brunel N

更新日期：2017-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Adding fluoride into bioactive glasses leads to fluorapatite formation and a decrease in glass transition temperature. Recently, chloride has been introduced into glasses as an alternative to fluoride. The presence of the large chloride ion lowers glass crystallisation tendency and increases glass molar volume, which ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chen X,Chen X,Pedone A,Apperley D,Hill RG,Karpukhina N

更新日期：2018-01-22 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：:Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) is a key enzyme in B-cell development whose improper regulation causes severe immunodeficiency diseases. Design of selective BTK therapeutics would benefit from improved, in-silico structural modeling of the kinase's solution ensemble. However, this remains challenging due to the immense c...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sultan MM,Denny RA,Unwalla R,Lovering F,Pande VS

更新日期：2017-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present work, linoleic acid and oleic acid were isolated from Indonesian corn oil and palm oil and they were used to prepare monoacylglycerol derivatives as the antibacterial agent. Indonesian corn oil contains 57.74% linoleic acid, 19.88% palmitic acid, 11.84% oleic acid and 3.02% stearic acid. While Indonesia...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jumina J,Lavendi W,Singgih T,Triono S,Steven Kurniawan Y,Koketsu M

更新日期：2019-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Greater levels of solar energy storage provide an effective solution to the inherent nature of intermittency, and can substantially improve reliability, availability, and quality of the renewable energy source. Here we demonstrated an all-vanadium (all-V) continuous-flow photoelectrochemical storage cell (PESC) to ach...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wei Z,Shen Y,Liu D,Liu F

更新日期：2017-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates the association between an index of mesozooplankton biomass, derived from the Continuous Plankton Recorder survey and satellite-derived productivity fronts in the North Atlantic. While chlorophyll-a content (CHL) is commonly described as a proxy for phytoplankton biomass, the size of productivi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Druon JN,Hélaouët P,Beaugrand G,Fromentin JM,Palialexis A,Hoepffner N

更新日期：2019-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Polarity-sensitive fluorescent probes are powerful chemical tools for studying biomolecular structures and activities both in vitro and in vivo. However, the lack of "off-on" polarity-sensing probes has limited the accurate monitoring of biological processes that involve an increase in local hydrophilicity. Here, we d...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhu H,Fan J,Mu H,Zhu T,Zhang Z,Du J,Peng X

更新日期：2016-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNA is responsible for the fine-tuning of fundamental cellular activities and human disease development. The altered availability of microRNAs, target mRNAs, and other types of endogenous RNAs competing for microRNA interactions reflects the dynamic and conditional property of microRNA-mediated gene regulation th...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Shu J,Silva BVRE,Gao T,Xu Z,Cui J

更新日期：2017-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:From the viewpoint of thermodynamics, the formation of DNA loops and the interaction between them, which are all non-equilibrium processes, result in the change of free energy, affecting gene expression and further cell-to-cell variability as observed experimentally. However, how these processes dissipate free energy ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Huang L,Liu P,Yuan Z,Zhou T,Yu J

更新日期：2017-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate a method for the preparation of negative-index fibre Bragg gratings (FBGs) using 800 nm femtosecond laser overexposure and thermal regeneration. A positive-index type I-IR FBG was first inscribed in H2-free single-mode fibre using a femtosecond laser directed through a phase mask, and then a highly pola...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： He J,Wang Y,Liao C,Wang C,Liu S,Yang K,Wang Y,Yuan X,Wang GP,Zhang W

更新日期：2016-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The placenta has emerged as an attractive source of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) because of the absence of ethical issues, non-invasive access, and abundant yield. However, inflammatory cell invasion into grafts negatively impacts the survival and efficacy of transplanted cells. Previous studies have shown that synth...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tian KW,Zhang YY,Jiang H,Han S

更新日期：2018-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of metallurgy for social and economic development is indisputable. Although copper (Cu) was essential for the wealth of pre- and post-colonial societies in the Andes, the onset of extensive Cu metallurgy in South America is still debated. Comprehensive archaeological findings point to first sophisticate...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Eichler A,Gramlich G,Kellerhals T,Tobler L,Rehren T,Schwikowski M

更新日期：2017-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The PDZ domain-containing scaffold protein, syntenin-1, binds to the transmembrane proteoglycan, syndecan-4, but the molecular mechanism/function of this interaction are unknown. Crystal structure analysis of syntenin-1/syndecan-4 cytoplasmic domains revealed that syntenin-1 forms a symmetrical pair of dimers anchored...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Choi Y,Yun JH,Yoo J,Lee I,Kim H,Son HN,Kim IS,Yoon HS,Zimmermann P,Couchman JR,Cho HS,Oh ES,Lee W

更新日期：2016-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated how skeletal muscle mass (SMM) affects spinal sagittal balance (radiographic parameters) in symptomatic spinal patients. The first purpose of this study was to evaluate the body composition and the spinal sagittal alignment in symptomatic spinal patients. The second purpose of this study was to compare...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hiyama A,Katoh H,Sakai D,Sato M,Tanaka M,Nukaga T,Watanabe M

更新日期：2018-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermoelectric effects in magnetic tunnel junctions are promising to serve as the basis for logic devices or memories in a "green" information technology. However, up to now the readout contrast achieved with Seebeck effects was magnitudes smaller compared to the well-established tunnel magnetoresistance effect. Here,...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Boehnke A,Milnikel M,von der Ehe M,Franz C,Zbarsky V,Czerner M,Rott K,Thomas A,Heiliger C,Reiss G,Münzenberg M

更新日期：2015-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Elastography plays a key role in characterizing soft media such as biological tissue. Although this technology has found widespread use in both clinical diagnostics and basic science research, nearly all methods require direct physical contact with the object of interest and can even be invasive. For a number of appli...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ambroziński Ł,Song S,Yoon SJ,Pelivanov I,Li D,Gao L,Shen TT,Wang RK,O'Donnell M

更新日期：2016-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:GPS-derived Total Electron Content (TEC) is an integrated quantity; hence it is difficult to relate the detection of ionospheric perturbations in TEC to a precise altitude. As TEC is weighted by the maximum ionospheric density, the corresponding altitude (hmF2) is, generally, assumed as the perturbation detection alti...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Thomas D,Bagiya MS,Sunil PS,Rolland L,Sunil AS,Mikesell TD,Nayak S,Mangalampalli S,Ramesh DS

更新日期：2018-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Part of the symptomatology of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are alterations in arousal and reactivity which could be related to a maladaptive increase in the automated sensory change detection system of the brain. In the current EEG study we investigated whether the brain's response to a simple auditory sensor...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Bangel KA,van Buschbach S,Smit DJA,Mazaheri A,Olff M

更新日期：2017-11-29 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：:Airway smooth muscle (ASM) cells exhibit plastic phenotypic behavior marked by reversible modulation and maturation between contractile and proliferative phenotypic states. Integrins are a class of transmembrane proteins that have been implicated as novel therapeutic targets for asthma treatment. We previously showed ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Teoh CM,Tan SSL,Langenbach SY,Wong AH,Cheong DHJ,Tam JKC,New CS,Tran T

更新日期：2019-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyriform sinus fistula (PSF) is a rare congenital entity. We hypothesized that clinical features, diagnosis and treatment may differ between newborns and children. 190 patients diagnosed with PSF were divided into two groups: neonatal (n = 15) and childhood (n = 175). The medical records including demographic and clin...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sheng Q,Lv Z,Xu W,Liu J

更新日期：2019-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Next generation sequencing panels have been developed for hereditary cancer, although there is some debate about their cost-effectiveness compared to exome sequencing. The performance of two panels is compared to exome sequencing. Twenty-four patients were selected: ten with identified mutations (control set) and four...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Feliubadaló L,Tonda R,Gausachs M,Trotta JR,Castellanos E,López-Doriga A,Teulé À,Tornero E,Del Valle J,Gel B,Gut M,Pineda M,González S,Menéndez M,Navarro M,Capellá G,Gut I,Serra E,Brunet J,Beltran S,Lázaro C

更新日期：2017-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Sufficient tissue oxygenation is required for regular brain function; thus oxygen supply must be tightly regulated to avoid hypoxia and irreversible cell damage. If hypoxia occurs the transcription factor complex hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) will accumulate and coordinate adaptation of cells to hypoxia. However, eve...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kleszka K,Leu T,Quinting T,Jastrow H,Pechlivanis S,Fandrey J,Schreiber T

更新日期：2020-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Human female germline stem cells (FGSCs) have opened new opportunities for understanding human oogenesis, delaying menopause, treating infertility, and providing a new strategy for preserving fertility. However, the shortage of adult human ovaries tissues available impedes their future investigations and clinical appl...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ding X,Liu G,Xu B,Wu C,Hui N,Ni X,Wang J,Du M,Teng X,Wu J

更新日期：2016-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) is an evolutionarily conserved peptidyl dipeptidase. Mammalian ACE converts angiotensin I to the active vasoconstrictor angiotensin II, thus playing a critical role for homeostasis of the renin-angiotensin system. In Drosophila, the ACE homolog Ance is expressed in specific regions ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kim AR,Choi EB,Kim MY,Choi KW

更新日期：2017-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Hybrid samples based on ZnO colloidal nanocrystals (NCs) deposited on AlGaN/GaN quantum well (QW) structures with different top barrier thickness d = 3, 6 and 9 nm are studied by time-resolved photoluminescence. Thermal behavior of the QW exciton lifetime in the hybrids and in the bare QW structures has been compared ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Forsberg M,Hemmingsson C,Amano H,Pozina G

更新日期：2015-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Plate subduction continuously transports crustal materials with high-δ(18)O values down to the mantle wedge, where mantle peridotites are expected to achieve the high-δ(18)O features. Elevated δ(18)O values relative to the upper mantle value have been reported for magmas from some subduction zones. However, peridotite...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Liu CZ,Wu FY,Chung SL,Li QL,Sun WD,Ji WQ

更新日期：2014-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Homogeneous target dose distribution in intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) for sinonasal cancer (SNC) is challenging to achieve. To solve this problem, we established and evaluated a basal-dose-compensation (BDC) optimization approach, in which the treatment plan is further optimized based on the initial plans. G...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lu JY,Zhang JY,Li M,Cheung ML,Li YK,Zheng J,Huang BT,Zhang WZ

更新日期：2015-10-26 00:00:00