Analytical model of surface second-harmonic generation.

abstract：:An understanding of all aspects of fluoride metabolism is critical to identify its biological effects and avoid fluoride toxicity in humans. Fluoride metabolism and subsequently its body retention may be affected by physiological responses to acute exercise. This pilot study investigated the effect of exercise on plas...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： V Zohoori F,Innerd A,Azevedo LB,Whitford GM,Maguire A

更新日期：2015-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder causing benign tumors in the brain and other vital organs. The genes implicated in disease development are TSC1 and TSC2. Here, we have performed mutational analysis followed by a genotype-phenotype correlation study based on the clinical character...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Avgeris S,Fostira F,Vagena A,Ninios Y,Delimitsou A,Vodicka R,Vrtel R,Youroukos S,Stravopodis DJ,Vlassi M,Astrinidis A,Yannoukakos D,Voutsinas GE

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the mechanism with which humans estimate numerical averages. Participants were presented with 4, 8 or 16 (two-digit) numbers, serially and rapidly (2 numerals/second) and were instructed to convey the sequence average. As predicted by a dual, but not a single-component account, we found a non-monotonic...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Brezis N,Bronfman ZZ,Usher M

更新日期：2015-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:CDK5 Regulatory Subunit-Associated Protein 1-like 1 (CDKAL1) was identified as a susceptibility gene for type 2 diabetes and body mass index in genome-wide association studies. Although it was reported that CDKAL1 is a methylthiotransferase essential for tRNALys(UUU) and faithful translation of proinsulin generated in...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Take K,Waki H,Sun W,Wada T,Yu J,Nakamura M,Aoyama T,Yamauchi T,Kadowaki T

更新日期：2017-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Energy storage devices that provide high specific power without compromising on specific energy are highly desirable for many electric-powered applications. Here, we demonstrate that polymer organic radical gel materials support fast bulk-redox charge storage, commensurate to surface double layer ion exchange at carbo...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Vlad A,Singh N,Melinte S,Gohy JF,Ajayan PM

更新日期：2016-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloids are cross-β-sheet fibrillar aggregates, associated with various human diseases and native functions such as protein/peptide hormone storage inside secretory granules of neuroendocrine cells. In the current study, using amyloid detecting agents, we show that growth hormone (GH) could be stored as amyloid in th...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jacob RS,Das S,Ghosh S,Anoop A,Jha NN,Khan T,Singru P,Kumar A,Maji SK

更新日期：2016-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanocrystals of Ln3+ (Ln = Yb, Tm and Ho) doped β-NaLuF4 with average diameter about 200 nm are dispersed in silica-based microtube (MT) by a simple flame heating method. The fabricated microtube has a diameter range from 2 μm to 30 μm and lengths up to hundreds microns. The fluorescence of upconversion nanocrystals (...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li H,Wang Y,Li H,Zhang Y,Yang J

更新日期：2016-10-25 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： Robertson KE,Truong CD,Craciunescu FM,Yang JH,Chiu PL,Fromme P,Hansen DT

更新日期：2020-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of radial glial progenitors (RGPs) to generate cortical neurons is determined by local extracellular factors and signaling pathways intrinsic to RGPs. Here we find that GPR157, an orphan G protein-coupled receptor, localizes to RGPs' primary cilia exposed to the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). GPR157 couples wi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Takeo Y,Kurabayashi N,Nguyen MD,Sanada K

更新日期：2016-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural infection with measles virus (MV) establishes lifelong immunity. Persistent infection with MV is likely involved in this phenomenon, as non-replicating protein antigens never induce such long-term immunity. Although MV establishes stable persistent infection in vitro and possibly in vivo, the mechanism by whic...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Doi T,Kwon HJ,Honda T,Sato H,Yoneda M,Kai C

更新日期：2016-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Mulching with organic materials is a management practice with long history for weed suppression, soil water conservation and erosion control. Its potential impact on crop pests is less well explored. Here we report its utility for reducing crop damage by the serious pest, sweetpotato weevil (Cylas formicarius). Labora...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Rehman M,Liu J,Johnson AC,Dada TE,Gurr GM

更新日期：2019-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:A major limitation for better understanding the role of the human gut virome in health and disease is the lack of validated methods that allow high throughput virome analysis. To overcome this, we evaluated the quantitative effect of homogenisation, centrifugation, filtration, chloroform treatment and random amplifica...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Conceição-Neto N,Zeller M,Lefrère H,De Bruyn P,Beller L,Deboutte W,Yinda CK,Lavigne R,Maes P,Van Ranst M,Heylen E,Matthijnssens J

更新日期：2015-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the continuous-time evolution of an online organism network from birth to death which crosses all organizational and temporal scales, from individual components through to the mesoscopic and entire system scale. These continuous-time data reveal a lifespan driven by punctuated, real-time co-evolution of the...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zheng M,Cao Z,Vorobyeva Y,Manrique P,Song C,Johnson NF

更新日期：2018-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Tellurite (TeO32-) is a hazardous and toxic oxyanion for living organisms. However, several microorganisms can bioconvert TeO32- into the less toxic form of elemental tellurium (Te0). Here, Rhodococcus aetherivorans BCP1 resting (non-growing) cells showed the proficiency to produce tellurium-based nanoparticles (NPs) ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Presentato A,Piacenza E,Darbandi A,Anikovskiy M,Cappelletti M,Zannoni D,Turner RJ

更新日期：2018-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the spring 2018, a large part of Europe has been in the midst of a record-setting drought. Using long-term observations, we demonstrate that the occurrence of the 2018-2019 (consecutive) summer drought is unprecedented in the last 250 years, and its combined impact on the growing season vegetation activities is ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hari V,Rakovec O,Markonis Y,Hanel M,Kumar R

更新日期：2020-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Hormones are an important component in the regulatory networks guiding plant development. Cytokinins are involved in different physiological and developmental processes in plants. In the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, cytokinin application during gynoecium development produces conspicuous phenotypes. On the other h...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zuñiga-Mayo VM,Baños-Bayardo CR,Díaz-Ramírez D,Marsch-Martínez N,de Folter S

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cisplatin, a highly effective and widely used chemotherapeutic agent, has a major limitation for its nephrotoxicity. We recently identified a novel strategy for attenuating its nephrotoxicity in chemotherapy by an effective adjuvant via epigenetic modification through targeting HDAC2. Molecular docking and SPR assay f...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ma T,Huang C,Meng X,Li X,Zhang Y,Ji S,Li J,Ye M,Liang H

更新日期：2016-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Compression of optical pulses to ultrashort pulse widths using methods of nonlinear optics is a well-established technology of modern laser science. Extending these methods to pulses with high peak powers, which become available due to the rapid progress of laser technologies, is, however, limited by the universal phy...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Voronin AA,Zheltikov AM

更新日期：2017-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper illustrates the potential for seasonal prediction of wind and solar energy resources through a case study in the Yangtze River estuary. Sea surface temperature and geopotential height-based climate predictors, each with high correlation to ensuing seasonal wind speed and solar radiation at the Baoshan weath...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zeng P,Sun X,Farnham DJ

更新日期：2020-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Separation of enantiomers by flows is a promising chiral resolution method using cost-effective microfluidics. Notwithstanding a number of experimental and numerical studies, a fundamental understanding still remains elusive, and an important question as to whether it is possible to specify common physical properties ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ro S,Yi J,Kim YW

更新日期：2016-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Overlapping idiopathic membranous nephropathy (IMN) and immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) is rare. This study aims to investigate the unique prognostic, clinical, and renal histopathological characteristics of IMN+IgAN. This retrospective observational study included 73 consecutive cases of IMN+IgAN and 425 cases of...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chen X,Chen Y,Shi K,Lv Y,Tong H,Zhao G,Chen C,Chen B,Li D,Lu Z

更新日期：2017-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel activated boron nitride (BN) as an effective adsorbent for pollutants in water and air has been reported in the present work. The activated BN was synthesized by a simple structure-directed method that enabled us to control the surface area, pore volume, crystal defects and surface groups. The obtained BN exhibi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li J,Xiao X,Xu X,Lin J,Huang Y,Xue Y,Jin P,Zou J,Tang C

更新日期：2013-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the unique climate characteristics, the runoff law in mid-temperate zone is very different from other regions in spring. Accurate runoff simulation and forecasting is of great importance to spring flood control and efficient use of water resources. Baishan reservoir is located in the upper Second Songhua Ri...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tian L,Li H,Li F,Li X,Du X,Ye X

更新日期：2018-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The dominant seagrass in Port Phillip Bay (PPB), Australia, Zostera nigricaulis, declined between 2000 and 2011, coinciding with the 'Millennium drought' that ended in 2009. These seagrasses are nitrogen-limited, underpinning the need to develop nitrogen budgets for better ecosystem management. Environmentally realist...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Nayar S,Loo MGK,Tanner JE,Longmore AR,Jenkins GP

更新日期：2018-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Receding angles have been shown to have great significance when designing a superhydrophobic surface for applications involving self-cleaning. Although apparent receding angles under dynamic conditions have been well studied, the microscopic receding contact line dynamics are not well understood. Therefore, experiment...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yeong YH,Milionis A,Loth E,Bayer IS

更新日期：2015-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Several proteins and peptides in saliva were shown to stimulate gingival wound repair, but the role of salivary metabolites in this process remains unexplored. In vitro gingival re-epithelialization kinetics were determined using unstimulated saliva samples from healthy individuals collected during an experimental gin...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Fernandez-Gutierrez MM,Imangaliyev S,Prodan A,Loos BG,Keijser BJF,Kleerebezem M

更新日期：2020-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Cooperation in one-shot anonymous interactions is a widely documented aspect of human behaviour. Here we shed light on the motivations behind this behaviour by experimentally exploring cooperation in a one-shot continuous-strategy Prisoner's Dilemma (i.e. one-shot two-player Public Goods Game). We examine the distribu...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Capraro V,Jordan JJ,Rand DG

更新日期：2014-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In some fibroblasts, casein kinase 1α (CK1α) is localized to nuclear speckles, which are sub-nuclear compartments supplying splicing factors, whereas it is recruited on keratin filaments in colorectal cancer cells such as DLD1 cells. In order to obtain a deeper understanding of why CK1α is localized to these different...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kuga T,Kume H,Adachi J,Kawasaki N,Shimizu M,Hoshino I,Matsubara H,Saito Y,Nakayama Y,Tomonaga T

更新日期：2016-09-29 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： Azmi K,Al-Jawabreh A,Abdeen Z

更新日期：2020-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Listeria monocytogenes is an intracellular pathogen that causes listeriosis. Due to its intracellular niche, L. monocytogenes has evolved to limit immune recognition and response to infection. Antibodies that are slightly induced by listerial infection are completely unable to protect re-infection of L. monocytogenes....

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Asano K,Sashinami H,Osanai A,Hirose S,Ono HK,Narita K,Hu DL,Nakane A

更新日期：2016-12-22 00:00:00