Author Correction: Analysis of sequencing strategies and tools for taxonomic annotation: Defining standards for progressive metagenomics.

abstract：:Milk oligosaccharides (MOs) are complex carbohydrates with multifunctional health benefits for the neonate. Poor reproductive performance in primiparous gilts limits their productivity. Changes in the structure and abundance of porcine MO (PMOs) through lactation with parity remains unknown and may explain superior ne...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wei J,Wang ZA,Wang B,Jahan M,Wang Z,Wynn PC,Du Y

更新日期：2018-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing interest in healthy eating has lead to an increase in the consumption of vegetables, associated with a rising number of bacterial outbreaks related to fresh produce. This is the case of the outbreak in Germany, caused by a O104:H4 enteroaggregative E. coli strain lysogenic for a Stx phage. Temperate Stx phag...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Quirós P,Muniesa M

更新日期：2017-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Weight regain is one of the most common problems in the long-term after bariatric surgery. It is unknown if high-intensity exercise programs applied in late phases of post-surgical follow-up could counteract this trend. After a 3-year follow-up, 21 patients underwent sleeve gastrectomy were randomized into an exercise...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Marc-Hernández A,Ruiz-Tovar J,Aracil A,Guillén S,Moya-Ramón M

更新日期：2020-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 requires a fast development of antiviral drugs. SARS-CoV-2 viral main protease (Mpro, also called 3C-like protease, 3CLpro) is a potential target for drug design. Crystal and co-crystal structures of the SARS-CoV-2 Mpro have been solved, enabling the rational design of in...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Shitrit A,Zaidman D,Kalid O,Bloch I,Doron D,Yarnizky T,Buch I,Segev I,Ben-Zeev E,Segev E,Kobiler O

更新日期：2020-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) is a biopharmaceutical drug given to patients who have a low hemoglobin related to chronic kidney disease, cancer or anemia. However, some patients repeatedly receiving rHuEPO develop anti-rHuEPO neutralizing antibodies leading to the development of pure red cell aplasia (PRCA...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Susantad T,Fuangthong M,Tharakaraman K,Tit-Oon P,Ruchirawat M,Sasisekharan R

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone regeneration, following fracture, relies on autologous and allogenic bone grafts. However, majority of fracture population consists of older individuals with poor quality bone associated with loss and/or modification of matrix proteins critical for bone formation and mineralization. Allografts suffer from same li...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Carvalho MS,Poundarik AA,Cabral JMS,da Silva CL,Vashishth D

更新日期：2018-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:TMEM230 mutations have been recently reported to cause autosomal dominant Parkinson's disease (PD). However, there are limited studies from different ethnic populations to support the role of TMEM230 in sporadic PD. In this study, we performed a comprehensive TMEM230 mutation screening in 550 sporadic PD patients and ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Shi CH,Li F,Shi MM,Yang ZH,Mao CY,Zhang SY,Wang H,Cheng Y,Yang J,Wu J,Xu YM

更新日期：2017-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Ti3+ species are highly unstable in air owing to their facile oxidation into Ti4+ species, and thus they cannot concentrate in the surface layer of TiO2 but are mainly present in its bulk. We report generation of abundant and stable Ti3+ species in the surface layer of TiO2 by boron doping for efficient utilization of...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Feng N,Liu F,Huang M,Zheng A,Wang Q,Chen T,Cao G,Xu J,Fan J,Deng F

更新日期：2016-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasmodial CTP:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase (PfCCT) is a promising antimalarial target, which can be inhibited to exploit the need for increased lipid biosynthesis during the erythrocytic life stage of Plasmodium falciparum. Notable structural and regulatory differences of plasmodial and mammalian CCTs offe...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Marton L,Hajdú F,Nagy GN,Kucsma N,Szakács G,Vértessy BG

更新日期：2018-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Transport of mesoscale particles due to driving flow fields or external forces on a periodic surface appears in many areas. Geometrical and physical characteristics of particles affect the velocities of the particles in these periodic landscapes. In this paper, we present a numerical simulation based on solving the La...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Madadi E,Biagooi M,Mohammadjafari F,Nedaaee Oskoee S

更新日期：2020-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrates, which are widely used lipidaemic-modulating drugs, are emerging environmental pollutants. However, fibrate concentrations in the environment have not been thoroughly surveyed. Here, we determined concentrations of the most commonly used fibrates and their metabolites in source water and drinking water sample...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ido A,Hiromori Y,Meng L,Usuda H,Nagase H,Yang M,Hu J,Nakanishi T

更新日期：2017-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigates the biostimulant effects of 18 Crude Bio-Extracts (CBEs) obtained from Microalgae and Cyanobacteria on tomato plant growth, chlorophyll content, nutrient uptake and metabolite profile. Significant root and shoot length improvement (112.65%, 53.70%); was recorded at treatment with Aphanot...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Mutale-Joan C,Redouane B,Najib E,Yassine K,Lyamlouli K,Laila S,Zeroual Y,Hicham EA

更新日期：2020-02-18 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： Ostrofet E,Papini FS,Dulin D

更新日期：2018-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate characterization of the mechanical properties of brain tissue is essential for understanding the mechanisms of traumatic brain injuries and developing protective gears or facilities. However, how storage conditions might affect the mechanical properties of brain tissue remains unclear. The objective of this s...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang W,Liu LF,Xiong YJ,Liu YF,Yu SB,Wu CW,Guo W

更新日期：2018-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Present study focuses on rainfall over Western Ghats (WG), a complex topographic region (elevation > 500 m) of India to evaluate and to better understand the satellite behavior in contrast with a flat region (FR) (elevation < 500 m) of central India from 1998 to 2016 using the combinatory data sets of TMPA and IMERG (...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Thakur MK,Kumar TVL,Koteswara Rao K,Barbosa H,Rao VB

更新日期：2019-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the years, electrophysiological recordings in macaque monkeys performing visuomotor tasks brought about accumulating evidence for the expression of neuronal properties (e.g., selectivity in the visuospatial and somatosensory domains, encoding of visual affordances and motor cues) in the posterior parietal area V6...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Santandrea E,Breveglieri R,Bosco A,Galletti C,Fattori P

更新日期：2018-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Some styrene/maleic acid (SMA) copolymers solubilise membrane lipids and proteins to form polymer-bounded nanodiscs termed SMA/lipid particles (SMALPs). Although SMALPs preserve a lipid-bilayer core, they appear to be more dynamic than other membrane mimics. We used time-resolved Förster resonance energy transfer and ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Cuevas Arenas R,Danielczak B,Martel A,Porcar L,Breyton C,Ebel C,Keller S

更新日期：2017-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene expression regulation is a complex and highly organized process involving a variety of genomic factors. It is widely accepted that differences in gene expression can contribute to the phenotypic variability between species, and that their interpretation can aid in the understanding of the physiologic variability....

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Dweep H,Kubikova N,Gretz N,Voskarides K,Felekkis K

更新日期：2015-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Determining the success of eradication of an invasive species requires a way to decide when its risk of reoccurrence has become acceptably low. In Japan, the area populated by the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile (Mayr), is expanding, and eradication via chemical treatment is ongoing at various locations. One such pr...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sakamoto Y,Kumagai NH,Goka K

更新日期：2017-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Pooled data analysis in the field of maternal and child nutrition rarely incorporates data from low- and middle-income countries and existing studies lack a description of the methods used to harmonize the data and to assess heterogeneity. We describe the creation of the Brazilian Maternal and Child Nutrition Consorti...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Carrilho TRB,Farias DR,Batalha MA,Costa NCF,Rasmussen KM,Reichenheim ME,Ohuma EO,Hutcheon JA,Kac G,Brazilian Maternal and Child Nutrition Consortium.

更新日期：2020-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Marine biofouling can cause a biocorrosion, resulting in degradation and failure of materials and structures. In order to prevent sea creatures from attaching to the surface, in this work, a new environmentally friendly antifouling coating by incorporating antibacterial polymers and natural antifouling agents has been...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hu J,Sun B,Zhang H,Lu A,Zhang H,Zhang H

更新日期：2020-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We study ultrafast ionization dynamics using orthogonally polarized two-color (OTC) laser pulses involving the resonant "first plus second" (ω + 2ω) scheme. The scheme is illustrated by numerical simulations of the time-dependent Schrödinger equation and recording the photoelectron momentum distribution. On the basis ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Agueny H

更新日期：2020-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:An orientation measurement method based on Hall-effect sensors is proposed for permanent magnet (PM) spherical actuators with three-dimensional (3D) magnet array. As there is no contact between the measurement system and the rotor, this method could effectively avoid friction torque and additional inertial moment exis...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yan L,Zhu B,Jiao Z,Chen CY,Chen IM

更新日期：2014-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Papain-like cysteine proteases (PLCPs) are a class of proteolytic enzymes involved in many plant processes. Compared with the extensive research in Arabidopsis thaliana, little is known in castor bean (Ricinus communis) and physic nut (Jatropha curcas), two Euphorbiaceous plants without any recent whole-genome duplica...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zou Z,Huang Q,Xie G,Yang L

更新日期：2018-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) monoclonal antibodies have been approved by regulatory agencies for the treatment of various types of cancer, and the mechanism involves the restoration of T cell functions. We report herein the X-ray crystal structure of a fully human monoclonal antibody mAb059c fragment antigen-binding...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Liu J,Wang G,Liu L,Wu R,Wu Y,Fang C,Zhou X,Jiao J,Gu Y,Zhou H,Xie Z,Sun Z,Chen D,Dai K,Wang D,Tang W,Yang TTC

更新日期：2019-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:This study analyzed hourly mass concentration observations of PM2.5 (particulate matters with diameter less than 2.5 μm) at 512 stations in China from December 2013 to May 2015. We found that the mean concentrations of PM2.5 during the winter and spring of 2015 Dec. 2014 to Feb. 2015 and Mar. 2015 to May 2015) decreas...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang X,Wang K,Su L

更新日期：2016-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:In actively deforming regions, crustal deformation is accommodated by earthquakes and through a variety of transient aseismic phenomena. Here, we study the 2010-2014 Pollino (Southern Italy) swarm sequence (main shock M W 5.1) located within the Pollino seismic gap, by analysing the surface deformation derived from Gl...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Cheloni D,D'Agostino N,Selvaggi G,Avallone A,Fornaro G,Giuliani R,Reale D,Sansosti E,Tizzani P

更新日期：2017-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed malignancy among women, and triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a highly aggressive subtype. Increasing evidence has shown that lncRNAs are involved in tumor growth, cell-cycle, and apoptosis through interactions with miRNAs or mRNAs. However, there is still limited d...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Le K,Guo H,Zhang Q,Huang X,Xu M,Huang Z,Yi P

更新日期：2019-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive species are characterized by their ability to colonize new habitats and establish populations away from their native range. In this sense, these plants are expected to have plastic responses to adapt to the environmental pressures during the invasion process. Hence, the role of natural selection is essential ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Dematteis B,Ferrucci MS,Coulleri JP

更新日期：2020-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Germanium is an outstanding anode material in terms of electrochemical performance, especially rate capability, but its developments are hindered by its high price because it is rare in the crust of earth, and its huge volume variation during the lithium insertion and extraction. Introducing other cheaper elements int...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li D,Feng C,Liu HK,Guo Z

更新日期：2015-06-10 00:00:00