Engineering preferentially-aligned nitrogen-vacancy centre ensembles in CVD grown diamond.

abstract：:The effect of n-type interlayer in hybrid white organic light-emitting diodes (WOLEDs) has been systematically investigated by using various n-type materials. A new finding, that the triplet energy rather than electron mobility or hole-blocking ability of interlayer plays a more positive role in the performance of hyb...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Liu B,Wang L,Xu M,Tao H,Zou J,Gao D,Lan L,Ning H,Peng J,Cao Y

更新日期：2014-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Although plants are essentially sessile in nature, these organisms are very much in tune with their environment and are capable of a variety of movements. This may come as a surprise to many non-botanists, but not to Charles Darwin, who reported that plants do produce movements. Following Darwin's specific interest on...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Guerra S,Peressotti A,Peressotti F,Bulgheroni M,Baccinelli W,D'Amico E,Gómez A,Massaccesi S,Ceccarini F,Castiello U

更新日期：2019-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata (Fuzi) and Fritillariae Thunbergii bulbus (Beimu) have been widely used clinically to treat cardiopulmonary related diseases in China. However, according to the classic rules of traditional Chinese medicine, Fuzi and Beimu should be prohibited to use as a combination for their incomp...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhuang P,Huang Y,Lu Z,Yang Z,Xu L,Sun F,Zhang Y,Duan J

更新日期：2016-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Improvement of the critical current density (Jc) of superconducting wires/tapes is one of the key issues in the field of superconductivity applications. Here we report the fabrication of a silver-sheathed Ba1-xNaxFe2As2 (BaNa-122) superconducting tape by using a powder-in-tube technique and its superconducting propert...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Imai S,Itou S,Ishida S,Tsuchiya Y,Iyo A,Eisaki H,Matsuzaki K,Nishio T,Yoshida Y

更新日期：2019-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we describe a new methodology to physically probe individual complexes formed between proteins and DNA. By combining nanoscale, high speed physical force measurement with sensitive fluorescence imaging we investigate the complex formed between the prokaryotic DNA repair protein UvrA2 and DNA. This approa...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Simons M,Pollard MR,Hughes CD,Ward AD,Van Houten B,Towrie M,Botchway SW,Parker AW,Kad NM

更新日期：2015-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:A correction to this article has been published and is linked from the HTML and PDF versions of this paper. The error has been fixed in the paper. ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Shkarina S,Shkarin R,Weinhardt V,Melnik E,Vacun G,Kluger PJ,Loza K,Epple M,Ivlev SI,Baumbach T,Surmeneva MA,Surmenev RA

更新日期：2018-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Herein, we investigated the neurite pathfinding on electrospun microfibers with various fiber densities, diameters, and microbead islands, and demonstrated the development of 3D connected artificial neuronal network within a nanofiber-microbead-based porous scaffold. The primary culture of rat hippocampal embryonic ne...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kim D,Kim SM,Lee S,Yoon MH

更新日期：2017-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of wild animals to respond flexibly to anthropogenic environmental changes, including agriculture, is critical to survival in human-impacted habitats. Understanding use of human foods by wildlife can shed light on the acquisition of novel feeding habits and how animals respond to human-driven land-use chan...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： McLennan MR,Hockings KJ

更新日期：2014-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In social interactions, including cooperation and conflict, individuals can adjust their behaviour over the shorter term through learning within a generation, and natural selection can change behaviour over the longer term of many generations. Here we investigate the evolution of cognitive bias by individuals investin...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Leimar O,McNamara JM

更新日期：2019-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:SerpinB3 has been recently described as an early marker of liver carcinogenesis, but the potential mechanistic role of this serpin in tumor development is still poorly understood. Overexpression of Myc often correlates with more aggressive tumour forms, supporting its involvement in carcinogenesis. Yes-associated prot...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Turato C,Cannito S,Simonato D,Villano G,Morello E,Terrin L,Quarta S,Biasiolo A,Ruvoletto M,Martini A,Fasolato S,Zanus G,Cillo U,Gatta A,Parola M,Pontisso P

更新日期：2015-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil degradation due to erosion is a significant worldwide problem at different spatial (from pedon to watershed) and temporal scales. All stages and factors in the erosion process must be detected and evaluated to reduce this environmental issue and protect existing fertile soils and natural ecosystems. Laboratory st...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Shojaei S,Kalantari Z,Rodrigo-Comino J

更新日期：2020-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Generating various laser sources is important in the communication systems. We propose an approach that uses a mechanical resonator coupled with the optical fibre system to produce periodic and chaotic optical signals. The resonator is structured in such a way that the nonlinear oscillation occurs conveniently. The me...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jin L,Guo Y,Ji X,Li L

更新日期：2017-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated changes in incidence, relative survival (RS), and conditional survival (CS) of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), focusing on oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma (OTSCC). Data of 74 680 HNSCC patients from 1976 to 2015 were obtained from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kim YJ,Kim JH

更新日期：2020-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Left ventricular mass index (LVMI) increase has been described in hypertension (HTN), but less is known about its association with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). As these conditions frequently co-exist, we investigated the association of T2DM, HTN and both with echocardiographic parameters, and hypothesized that patients wit...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Seferovic JP,Tesic M,Seferovic PM,Lalic K,Jotic A,Biering-Sørensen T,Giga V,Stankovic S,Milic N,Lukic L,Milicic T,Macesic M,Gajovic JS,Lalic NM

更新日期：2018-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A long-lived reservoir of latently infected T cells prevents antiretroviral therapy from eliminating HIV-1 infection. Furthering our understanding of the dynamics of latency generation and maintenance is therefore vital to improve treatment outcome. Using mathematical models and experiments, we suggest that the death ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wodarz D,Levy DN

更新日期：2017-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Modulation of initial burst and long term release from electrospun fibrous mats can be achieved by sandwiching the drug loaded mats between hydrophobic layers of fibrous polycaprolactone (PCL). Ibuprofen (IBU) loaded PCL fibrous mats (12% PCL-IBU) were sandwiched between fibrous polycaprolactone layers during the proc...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kamath SM,Sridhar K,Jaison D,Gopinath V,Ibrahim BKM,Gupta N,Sundaram A,Sivaperumal P,Padmapriya S,Patil SS

更新日期：2020-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:To what extent deep-time dispersal limitation shapes present-day biodiversity at broad spatial scales remains elusive. Here, we compiled a continental dataset on the distributions of African lizard species in the reptile subfamily Agaminae (a relatively young, Neogene radiation of agamid lizards which ancestors coloni...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kissling WD,Blach-Overgaard A,Zwaan RE,Wagner P

更新日期：2016-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Both Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 wild type and its mutant ΔomcA/mtrC are capable of transforming Au(III) into Au nanoparticles (AuNPs). Cyclic voltammetry reveals a decrease in redox current after the wild type is exposed to Au(III) but an increase in oxidation current for the mutant. The peak current of the wild type ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wu R,Cui L,Chen L,Wang C,Cao C,Sheng G,Yu H,Zhao F

更新日期：2013-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Secondary visual loss occurs in millions of patients due to a wound-healing response, known as posterior capsule opacification (PCO), following cataract surgery. An intraocular lens (IOL) is implanted into residual lens tissue, known as the capsular bag, following cataract removal. Standard IOLs allow the anterior and...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Eldred JA,McDonald M,Wilkes HS,Spalton DJ,Wormstone IM

更新日期：2016-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Statistical learning is a key mechanism for detecting regularities from a variety of sensory inputs. Precocial newborn domestic chicks provide an excellent model for (1) exploring unsupervised forms of statistical learning in a comparative perspective, and (2) elucidating the ecological function of statistical learnin...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Santolin C,Rosa-Salva O,Lemaire BS,Regolin L,Vallortigara G

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles (NPs)-reduced graphene oxide (RGO), α-FeOOH nanorods (NRs)-RGO and porous α-Fe2O3 NRs-RGO could be selectively synthesized by hydrothermal method. The investigations indicated that the obtained α-Fe2O3 NPs, α-FeOOH NRs and porous α-Fe2O3 NRs were either attached on the surface of R...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hu Q,Qi X,Cai H,Xie R,Long L,Bai Z,Jiang Y,Qin S,Zhong W,Du Y

更新日期：2017-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer (LC) is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Downregulation of CDK1, 4 and 6, key regulators of cell cycle progression, correlates with decreased LC cell proliferation. Enforced expression of miRNAs (miRs) is a promising approach to regulate genes. Here, we study the combinatorial treatment of miR-1...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hossian AKMN,Sajib MS,Tullar PE,Mikelis CM,Mattheolabakis G

更新日期：2018-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:This study revealed the influence of the oasis effect on summer temperatures based on MODIS Land Surface Temperature (LST) and meteorological data. The results showed that the oasis effect occurs primarily in the summer. For a single oasis, the maximum oasis cold island intensity based on LST (OCILST) was 3.82 °C and ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hao X,Li W,Deng H

更新日期：2016-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The interplay between spin states and metallization in compressed CoCl2 is investigated by combining diffraction, resistivity and spectroscopy techniques under high-pressure conditions and ab-initio calculations. A pressure-induced metallization along with a Co2+ high-spin (S = 3/2) to low-spin (S = 1/2) crossover tra...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Barreda-Argüeso JA,Nataf L,Aguado F,Hernández I,González J,Otero-de-la-Roza A,Luaña V,Jia Y,Jin C,Kim B,Kim K,Min BI,Heribert W,Jephcoat AP,Rodríguez F

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Przewalski's gazelle (Procapra przewalskii) is one of the most endangered ungulates in the world, with fewer than 2,000 individuals surviving in nine habitat fragments on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and isolated by human settlements and infrastructure. In particular, the Qinghai-Tibet railway, which crosses the larg...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yu H,Song S,Liu J,Li S,Zhang L,Wang D,Luo SJ

更新日期：2017-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Crop wild relatives are valuable resources for future genetic improvement. Here, we report the de novo genome assembly of Musa itinerans, a disease-resistant wild banana relative in subtropical China. The assembled genome size was 462.1 Mb, covering 75.2% of the genome (615.2Mb) and containing 32, 456 predicted protei...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wu W,Yang YL,He WM,Rouard M,Li WM,Xu M,Roux N,Ge XJ

更新日期：2016-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:This prospective study investigates whether measurement of plasma intestinal-fatty acid binding protein (I-FABP), a sensitive marker for small intestinal epithelial damage, improves non-invasive diagnosing of celiac disease (CD), and whether I-FABP levels are useful to evaluate mucosal healing in patients on a gluten-...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Adriaanse MPM,Mubarak A,Riedl RG,Ten Kate FJW,Damoiseaux JGMC,Buurman WA,Houwen RHJ,Vreugdenhil ACE,Celiac Disease Study Group.

更新日期：2017-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) is a powerful technique for investigating magnetic nanoparticle assemblies in nonmagnetic matrices. For such microstructures, the standard theory of magnetic SANS assumes uniformly magnetized nanoparticles (macrospin model). However, there exist many experimental and theo...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Vivas LG,Yanes R,Michels A

更新日期：2017-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The human visual system has specialised mechanisms for encoding mirror-symmetry and for detecting symmetric motion-directions for objects that loom or recede from the observers. The contribution of motion to mirror-symmetry perception has never been investigated. Here we examine symmetry detection thresholds for stati...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sharman RJ,Gheorghiu E

更新日期：2017-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Fruit ripening is a complex and genetically programmed process. Brassinosteroids (BRs) play an essential role in plant growth and development, including fruit ripening. As a central component of BR signaling, the transcription factor BZR1 is involved in fruit development in tomato. However, the transcriptional network...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Liu L,Liu H,Li S,Zhang X,Zhang M,Zhu N,Dufresne CP,Chen S,Wang Q

更新日期：2016-09-29 00:00:00