Predictive value of cervical cytokine, antimicrobial and microflora levels for pre-term birth in high-risk women.

abstract：:Water-soluble protein content (WSPC) is a critical factor in both soybean protein quality and functionality. However, the underlying genetic determinants are unclear. Here, we used 219 soybean accessions and 152 recombinant inbred lines genotyped with high-density markers and phenotyped in multi-environments to dissec...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang D,Lü H,Chu S,Zhang H,Zhang H,Yang Y,Li H,Yu D

更新日期：2017-07-11 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：:Novel glasses in a Ga2S3-Sb2S3-AgI system were prepared with a melt-quenching method, and their glass-forming region was identified. The maximum dissolvable AgI in glasses was 65 mol%. The thermal, optical, and structural properties of glasses were investigated as a function of AgI and Ga2S3 contents. The Ga2S3-Sb2S3-...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Huang X,Jiao Q,Lin C,Ma H,Zhang X,Zhu E,Liu X,Dai S,Xu T

更新日期：2018-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:All grain boundaries are not equal in their predisposition for fracture due to the complex coupling between lattice geometry, interfacial structure, and mechanical properties. The ability to understand these relationships is crucial to engineer materials resilient to grain boundary fracture. Here, a methodology is pre...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Dingreville R,Aksoy D,Spearot DE

更新日期：2017-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Fabrication of uniform vertically-aligned titanium dioxide nanorods (TiO2 NRs) was achieved by hydrothermal growth on a fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) glass substrate. The substrate was coated by a TiO2 seed layer composed of titanium (IV) butoxide (TBO) as a precursor in an HCl solution. To reduce the amount of toxic...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Prathan A,Sanglao J,Wang T,Bhoomanee C,Ruankham P,Gardchareon A,Wongratanaphisan D

更新日期：2020-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This corrects the article DOI: 10.1038/srep44797. ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Paci P,Colombo T,Fiscon G,Gurtner A,Pavesi G,Farina L

更新日期：2017-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Dairy cows are often fed a high-concentrate (HC) diet to meet lactation demands; however, long-term concentrate feeding is unhealthy and decreases milk fat. Therefore, we investigated the effects of liver lipid metabolism on milk fat synthesis. Ten lactating Holstein cows were assigned randomly into HC and LC (low-con...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li L,Cao Y,Xie Z,Zhang Y

更新日期：2017-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurofeedback is a strong direct training method for brain function, wherein brain activity patterns are measured and displayed as feedback, and trainees try to stabilize the feedback signal onto certain desirable states to regulate their own mental states. Here, we introduce a novel neurofeedback method, using the mi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chang M,Iizuka H,Naruse Y,Ando H,Maeda T

更新日期：2014-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the results of an experiment on radio-tracking of individual grey field slugs in an arable field and associated data modelling designed to investigate the effect of slug population density in their movement. Slugs were collected in a commercial winter wheat field in which a 5x6 trapping grid had been establi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ellis J,Petrovskaya N,Forbes E,Walters KFA,Petrovskii S

更新日期：2020-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease experience dyspnea during unsupported arm exercise (UAE). We examined the respiratory variables in during a hair-washing motion for healthy young people requiring the UAE to find the effects across gender, motion, and speed. In this study, 33 healthy...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Takahata M,Ishizawa M,Uchiumi T,Yamaki M,Sato T

更新日期：2020-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular ion channels are involved in multiple signaling processes, including such crucial ones as regulation of cellular motility and fate. With 95% of the cellular membrane belonging to intracellular organelles, it is hard to overestimate the importance of intracellular ion channels. Multiple studies have been ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Shapovalov G,Ritaine A,Bidaux G,Slomianny C,Borowiec AS,Gordienko D,Bultynck G,Skryma R,Prevarskaya N

更新日期：2017-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Starting from the dataset of the publication corpus of the APS during the period 1955-2009, we reconstruct the individual researchers trajectories, namely the list of the consecutive affiliations for each scholar. Crossing this information with different geographic datasets we embed these trajectories in a spatial fra...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Gargiulo F,Carletti T

更新日期：2014-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The lack of a marker of epileptogenesis is an unmet medical need, not only from the clinical perspective but also from the point of view of the pre-clinical research. Indeed, the lack of this kind of marker affects the investigations on the mechanisms of epileptogenesis as well as the development of novel therapeutic ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Rizzi M,Weissberg I,Milikovsky DZ,Friedman A

更新日期：2016-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Development of novel anti-influenza A virus (IAV) drugs with high efficiency and low toxicity is critical for preparedness against influenza outbreaks. Herein, we investigated the anti-IAV activities and mechanisms of fucoidan in vitro and in vivo. The results showed that a fucoidan KW derived from brown algae Kjellma...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang W,Wu J,Zhang X,Hao C,Zhao X,Jiao G,Shan X,Tai W,Yu G

更新日期：2017-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Ambient seismic noise is characterized by randomness incurred by the random position and strength of the noise sources as well as the heterogeneous properties of the medium through which it propagates. Here we use ambient noise data recorded prior to the 1996 Gjálp eruption in Iceland in order to show that a reduction...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Glynn CC,Konstantinou KI

更新日期：2016-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Growing evidence suggests persistent mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP) opening is a key pathophysiological event in cell death underlying a variety of diseases. While it has long been clear the mPTP is a druggable target, current agents are limited by off-target effects and low therapeutic efficacy. Th...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Briston T,Lewis S,Koglin M,Mistry K,Shen Y,Hartopp N,Katsumata R,Fukumoto H,Duchen MR,Szabadkai G,Staddon JM,Roberts M,Powney B

更新日期：2016-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Although carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have shown great potential for enhancing the performance of polymer matrices, their reinforcement role still needs to be further improved. Here we implement a structural modification of multi-walled CNTs (MWCNTs) to fully utilize their fascinating mechanical and electrical properties v...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yang M,Weng L,Zhu H,Zhang F,Fan T,Zhang D

更新日期：2017-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Although N-acyl-L-homoserine lactone (AHL) based quorum sensing (QS) phenomenon has been observed in mature anaerobic granules, the biological role of AHL-based QS system in anaerobic granulation process remains unexplored. For the first time, a long-term anaerobic bioreactor was operated for 168 days to investigate t...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ma H,Ma S,Hu H,Ding L,Ren H

更新日期：2018-10-25 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： Plint T,Longstaffe FJ,Zazula G

更新日期：2020-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently showed that spinal cord injury (SCI) leads to a decrease in mRNA editing of serotonin receptor 2C (5-HT2CR) contributing to post-SCI spasticity. Here we study post-SCI mRNA editing and global gene expression using massively parallel sequencing. Evidence is presented that the decrease in 5-HT2CR editing is ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Di Narzo AF,Kozlenkov A,Ge Y,Zhang B,Sanelli L,May Z,Li Y,Fouad K,Cardozo C,Koonin EV,Bennett DJ,Dracheva S

更新日期：2015-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Three carbapenem-resistant Escherichia coli were recovered from rectal swabs of different patients in a tertiary hospital and were found carrying bla NDM-4, an uncommon bla NDM variant. Genome sequences of the isolates were obtained using Illumina technology and the long-read MinION sequencer. The isolates belonged to...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang X,Feng Y,Zhou W,McNally A,Zong Z

更新日期：2018-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents the design, simulation and low-cost fabrication of microfluidic channel for biomedical application. Channel is fabricated using soft lithography technique. Printed Circuit Board (PCB) is used to make the master for the channel. Channel pattern is transferred on PCB plate using toner transfer techni...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tiwari SK,Bhat S,Mahato KK

更新日期：2020-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The benzodiazepine midazolam is widely used in critical care medicine. Midazolam has a clinically active metabolite, 1-hydroxymidazolam. The contribution of 1-hydroxymidazolam to the effects of midazolam is controversial. The aim of the current study was to compare the actions of midazolam and 1-hydroxymidazolam on ne...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Balk M,Hentschke H,Rudolph U,Antkowiak B,Drexler B

更新日期：2017-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Today's electronic devices are fabricated using highly toxic materials and processes which limits their applications in environmental sensing applications and mandates complex encapsulation methods in biological and medical applications. This paper proposes a fully resorbable high density bio-compatible and environmen...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yong J,Hassan B,Liang Y,Ganesan K,Rajasekharan R,Evans R,Egan G,Kavehei O,Li J,Chana G,Nasr B,Skafidas E

更新日期：2017-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemiresistive thin film gas sensors with fast response, high sensitivity, low power consumption and mass-produced potency, have been expected for practical application. It requires both sensitive materials, especially exquisite nanomaterials, and efficient substrate chip for heating and electrical addressing. How...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Dai Z,Xu L,Duan G,Li T,Zhang H,Li Y,Wang Y,Wang Y,Cai W

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neisseria meningitidis is a human-specific bacterium that varies in invasive potential. All meningococci are carried in the nasopharynx, and most genotypes are very infrequently associated with invasive meningococcal disease; however, those belonging to the 'hyperinvasive lineages' are more frequently associated with ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tan A,Hill DM,Harrison OB,Srikhanta YN,Jennings MP,Maiden MC,Seib KL

更新日期：2016-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis is associated with thrombocytopenia and microvascular thrombosis. Studies have described platelets implication in this pathology but their kinetics of activation and behavior remain poorly known. We show in a mouse model of peritonitis, the appearance of platelet-rich thrombi in organ microvessels and organ dam...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Vardon Bounes F,Mémier V,Marcaud M,Jacquemin A,Hamzeh-Cognasse H,Garcia C,Series J,Sié P,Minville V,Gratacap MP,Payrastre B

更新日期：2018-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Mosquito surveillance is a fundamental component of planning and evaluating vector control programmes. However, logistical and cost barriers can hinder the implementation of surveillance, particularly in vector-borne disease-endemic areas and in outbreak scenarios in remote areas where the need is often most urgent. T...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hoshi T,Brugman VA,Sato S,Ant T,Tojo B,Masuda G,Kaneko S,Moji K,Medlock JM,Logan JG

更新日期：2019-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of β-NaLuF4 crystals were synthesized via a hydrothermal method. Hexagonal phase microdisks, microprisms, and microtubes were achieved by simply changing the amount of citric acid in the initial reaction solution. Pure red upconversion (UC) luminescence can be observed in β-NaLuF4:Yb(3+), Tm(3+), Er(3+) and L...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lin H,Xu D,Li A,Teng D,Yang S,Zhang Y

更新日期：2016-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Amplification and sequencing of 16S amplicons are widely used for profiling the structure of oral microbiota. However, it remains not clear whether and to what degree DNA extraction and targeted 16S rRNA hypervariable regions influence the analysis. Based on a mock community consisting of five oral bacterial species i...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Teng F,Darveekaran Nair SS,Zhu P,Li S,Huang S,Li X,Xu J,Yang F

更新日期：2018-11-05 00:00:00