Online Gambling of Pure Chance: Wager Distribution, Risk Attitude, and Anomalous Diffusion.

abstract：:MCR-1 is a phosphoethanolamine (pEtN) transferase that modifies the pEtN moiety of lipid A, conferring resistance to colistin, which is an antibiotic belonging to the class of polypeptide antibiotics known as polymyxins and is the last-line antibiotic used to treat multidrug resistant bacterial infections. Here we det...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hu M,Guo J,Cheng Q,Yang Z,Chan EWC,Chen S,Hao Q

更新日期：2016-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis is characterised by synovial inflammation and proliferation of fibroblast-like synoviocytes. The induction of apoptosis has long been proposed as a target for proliferative autoimmune diseases, and has further been shown to act as a successful treatment of experimental models of arthritis, such as...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hellvard A,Zeitlmann L,Heiser U,Kehlen A,Niestroj A,Demuth HU,Koziel J,Delaleu N,Jan Potempa,Mydel P

更新日期：2016-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:High quality wafer-scale free-standing WS2 grown by van der Waals rheotaxy (vdWR) using Ni as a texture promoting layer is reported. The microstructure of vdWR grown WS2 was significantly modified from mixture of crystallites with their c-axes both parallel to (type I) and perpendicular to (type II) the substrate to l...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yu Y,Fong PW,Wang S,Surya C

更新日期：2016-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a new technique to observe macroautophagy in the brain in vivo, and examined whether fasting induced macroautophagy in neurons and how the induction was different between Alzheimer's disease (AD) model and control mice. Lentivirus for EGFP-LC3 injected into the brain successfully visualized autophagosome ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chen X,Kondo K,Motoki K,Homma H,Okazawa H

更新日期：2015-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the critical role of transportation in modern times, one of the most successful application areas of statistical physics of complex networks is the study of traffic dynamics. However, the vast majority of works treat transportation networks as an isolated system, which is inconsistent with the fact that man...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Du WB,Zhou XL,Jusup M,Wang Z

更新日期：2016-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Sustainable wastewater treatment has been attracting increasing attentions over the past decades. However, the production of nitrous oxide (N2O), a potent GHG, from the energy-efficient granule-based autotrophic nitrogen removal is largely unknown. This study applied a previously established N2O model, which incorpora...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Peng L,Sun J,Liu Y,Dai X,Ni BJ

更新日期：2017-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Unnatural chiral α-amino acids are widely used in fields of organic chemistry, biochemistry and medicinal chemistry, and their synthesis has attracted extensive attention. Although the asymmetric synthesis provides some efficient protocols, noble and elaborate catalysts, ligands and additives are usually required whic...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jiang M,Jin Y,Yang H,Fu H

更新日期：2016-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbeam radiation therapy is a novel preclinical technique, which uses synchrotron-generated X-rays for the treatment of brain tumours and drug-resistant epilepsies. In order to safely translate this approach to humans, a more in-depth knowledge of the long-term radiobiology of microbeams in healthy tissues is requi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Fardone E,Bravin A,Conti A,Bräuer-Krisch E,Requardt H,Bucci D,Le Duc G,Battaglia G,Romanelli P

更新日期：2017-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Macroautophagy, the degradation of cytoplasmic content by lysosomal fusion, is an evolutionary conserved process promoting homeostasis and intracellular defence. Macroautophagy is initiated primarily by a complex containing ULK1 or ULK2 (two paralogs of the yeast Atg1 protein). To understand the differences between UL...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Demeter A,Romero-Mulero MC,Csabai L,Ölbei M,Sudhakar P,Haerty W,Korcsmáros T

更新日期：2020-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Northern and tropical peatlands represent a globally significant carbon reserve accumulated over thousands of years of waterlogged conditions. It is unclear whether moderate drying predicted for northern peatlands will stimulate burning and carbon losses as has occurred in their smaller tropical counterparts where the...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kettridge N,Turetsky MR,Sherwood JH,Thompson DK,Miller CA,Benscoter BW,Flannigan MD,Wotton BM,Waddington JM

更新日期：2015-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Inbreeding can depress individuals' fitness traits and reduce population viability. However, studies that directly translate inbreeding depression on fitness traits into consequences for population viability, and further, into consequences for management choices, are lacking. Here, we estimated impacts of inbreeding d...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Trask AE,Ferrie GM,Wang J,Newland S,Canessa S,Moehrenschlager A,Laut M,Duenas LB,Ewen JG

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Group A Streptococcus (GAS) secretes deoxyribonucleases and evades neutrophil extracellular killing by degrading neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs). However, limited information is currently available on the interaction between GAS and NETs in the pathogenicity of GAS pharyngitis. In this study, we modified a mouse...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tanaka M,Kinoshita-Daitoku R,Kiga K,Sanada T,Zhu B,Okano T,Aikawa C,Iida T,Ogura Y,Hayashi T,Okubo K,Kurosawa M,Hirahashi J,Suzuki T,Nakagawa I,Nangaku M,Mimuro H

更新日期：2020-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The critical role of the regulatory elements at the 5' end of the HIV-1 genome in controlling the life cycle of HIV-1 indicates that this region significantly influences virus fitness and its biological properties. In this study, we performed a detailed characterization of strain-specific variability of sequences from...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Mbondji-Wonje C,Dong M,Zhao J,Wang X,Nanfack A,Ragupathy V,Sanchez AM,Denny TN,Hewlett I

更新日期：2020-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The vertebrate gene repertoire is characterized by "cryptic" genes whose identification has been hampered by their absence from the genomes of well-studied species. One example is the Bmp16 gene, a paralog of the developmental key genes Bmp2 and -4. We focus on the Bmp2/4/16 group of genes to study the evolutionary dy...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Feiner N,Motone F,Meyer A,Kuraku S

更新日期：2019-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Time-series metabolomics studies can provide insight into the dynamics of disease development and facilitate the discovery of prospective biomarkers. To improve the performance of early risk identification, a new strategy for analyzing time-series data based on dynamic networks (ATSD-DN) in a systematic time dimension...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Huang X,Zeng J,Zhou L,Hu C,Yin P,Lin X

更新日期：2016-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Common reference values of arterial stiffness indices could be effective screening tool in detecting vascular phenotypes at risk. However, populations of the same ethnicity may differ in vascular phenotype due to different environmental pressure. We examined applicability of normative equations for central augmentatio...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jeroncic A,Gunjaca G,Mrsic DB,Mudnic I,Brizic I,Polasek O,Boban M

更新日期：2016-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The lateral movement of soil carbon has a profound effect on the carbon budget of terrestrial ecosystems; however, it has never been quantified in China, which is one of the strongest soil erosion areas in the world. In this study, we estimated that the overall soil erosion in China varies from 11.27 to 18.17 Pg yr(-1...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang H,Liu S,Yuan W,Dong W,Ye A,Xie X,Chen Y,Liu D,Cai W,Mao Y

更新日期：2014-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Natal habitat preference induction (NHPI) occurs when characteristics of the natal habitat influence the future habitat selection of an animal. However, the influence of NHPI after the dispersal phase has received remarkably little attention. We tested whether exposure to humans in the natal habitat helps understand w...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Milleret C,Ordiz A,Sanz-Pérez A,Uzal A,Carricondo-Sanchez D,Eriksen A,Sand H,Wabakken P,Wikenros C,Åkesson M,Zimmermann B

更新日期：2019-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological control mechanisms of plant diseases have been intensively studied. However, how plant pathogens respond to and resist or alleviate biocontrol agents remains largely unknown. In this study, a comparative transcriptome analysis was performed to elucidate how the pathogen of sclerotinia stem rot, Sclerotinia ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yang X,Zhang L,Xiang Y,Du L,Huang X,Liu Y

更新日期：2020-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Recurrent genetic mutations occur in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and have been incorporated into risk stratification to predict the prognoses of AML patients. The bone marrow microenvironment plays a critical role in the development and progression of AML. However, the characteristics of the genetic mutation-associat...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang J,Dao FT,Yang L,Qin YZ

更新日期：2020-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Electron ptychography has seen a recent surge of interest for phase sensitive imaging at atomic or near-atomic resolution. However, applications are so far mainly limited to radiation-hard samples, because the required doses are too high for imaging biological samples at high resolution. We propose the use of non-conv...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Pelz PM,Qiu WX,Bücker R,Kassier G,Miller RJD

更新日期：2017-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：ABSTARCT:Graphene has sparked extensive research interest for its excellent physical properties and its unique potential for application in absorption of electromagnetic waves. However, the processing of stable large-scale graphene and magnetic particles on a micrometer-thick conductive support is a formidable challeng...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li J,Lu W,Suhr J,Chen H,Xiao JQ,Chou TW

更新日期：2017-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Large-strain elastic superhydrophobicity is highly desirable for its enhanced use performance and functional reliability in mechanically dynamic environments, but remains challenging to develop. Here we have, for the first time, proven that an elastic fibrous membrane after surface hydrophobization can maintain superh...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhou H,Wang H,Niu H,Lin T

更新日期：2015-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbon fiber-synthetic foam core sandwich composites are widely used for many structural applications due to their superior mechanical performance and low weight. Unfortunately these structures typically have very poor acoustic performance. There is increasingly growing demand in mitigating this noise issue in sandwic...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sargianis J,Kim HI,Suhr J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary objective of this study was to evaluate how schizophrenia (SCH) spectrum disorders and applied antipsychotic (AP) treatment affect serum level of amino acids (AAs) and biogenic amines (BAs) in the early course of the disorder. We measured 21 different AAs and 10 BAs in a sample of antipsychotic (AP)-naïve ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Parksepp M,Leppik L,Koch K,Uppin K,Kangro R,Haring L,Vasar E,Zilmer M

更新日期：2020-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Angelica gigas Nakai (AGN) is an oriental traditional medicine to treat anemia, dysmenorrhea, and migraine. However, its anti-lymphoma effect is yet to be tested. Here, we demonstrated that AGN and its major component decursin target Myc to suppress lymphomagenesis in vitro and in vivo. AGN inhibited cell viability in...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kim E,Nam J,Chang W,Zulfugarov IS,Okhlopkova ZM,Olennikov D,Chirikova NK,Kim SW

更新日期：2018-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial outer membrane lipopolysaccharide (LPS) potently stimulates the mammalian innate immune system, and can lead to sepsis, the primary cause of death from infections. LPS is sensed by Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) in complex with its lipid-binding coreceptor MD-2, but subtle structural variations in LPS can profo...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Paramo T,Tomasio SM,Irvine KL,Bryant CE,Bond PJ

更新日期：2015-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:In situ tissue engineering within a stroke cavity is gradually emerging as a novel therapeutic paradigm. Considering the varied lesion topology within each subject, the placement and distribution of cells within the lesion cavity is challenging. The use of multiple cell types to reconstruct damaged tissue illustrates ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Nicholls FJ,Ling W,Ferrauto G,Aime S,Modo M

更新日期：2015-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term monitoring of host-parasite interactions is important for understanding the consequences of infection on host fitness and population dynamics. In an eight-year survey of the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) population nesting in Cabo Verde, we determined the spatiotemporal variation of Ozobranchus mar...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lockley EC,Fouda L,Correia SM,Taxonera A,Nash LN,Fairweather K,Reischig T,Durão J,Dinis H,Roque SM,Lomba JP,Dos Passos L,Cameron SJK,Stiebens VA,Eizaguirre C

更新日期：2020-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a chronic and relapsing disease with a substantial genetic influence. Given the recent discovery of the association of PPM1G methylation with alcohol use disorder (AUD) from a genome-wide methylation study, we sought to verify and extend the previous work of AUD-related impulsivity in a K...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Park CI,Kim HW,Hwang SS,Kang JI,Kim SJ

更新日期：2020-03-26 00:00:00