Gearing Up the Human Ankle-Foot System to Reduce Energy Cost of Fast Walking.

abstract：:Epidermal electronic systems (EESs) are skin-like electronic systems, which can be used to measure several physiological parameters from the skin. This paper presents materials and a simple, straightforward fabrication process for skin-conformable inkjet-printed temperature sensors. Epidermal temperature sensors are a...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Vuorinen T,Niittynen J,Kankkunen T,Kraft TM,Mäntysalo M

更新日期：2016-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The wheat avenin-like proteins (ALP) are considered atypical gluten constituents and have shown positive effects on dough properties revealed using a transgenic approach. However, to date the genetic architecture of ALP genes is unclear, making it impossible to be utilized in wheat breeding. In the current study, thre...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chen XY,Cao XY,Zhang YJ,Islam S,Zhang JJ,Yang RC,Liu JJ,Li GY,Appels R,Keeble-Gagnere G,Ji WQ,He ZH,Ma WJ

更新日期：2016-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Pigeon pea is an important legume infested by a plethora of insect pests amongst which gram pod borer Helicoverpa armigera is very prominent. Imparting resistance to this insect herbivore is of global importance in attaining food security. Expression of insecticidal crystal proteins (ICP) in diverse crops has led to i...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Singh S,Kumar NR,Maniraj R,Lakshmikanth R,Rao KYS,Muralimohan N,Arulprakash T,Karthik K,Shashibhushan NB,Vinutha T,Pattanayak D,Dash PK,Kumar PA,Sreevathsa R

更新日期：2018-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Delivery and expression of recombinant genes, a key methodology for many applications in biological research, remains a challenge especially for mature neurons. Here, we report easy, highly efficient and well tolerated transduction of adult peripheral and central neuronal populations of diverse species in culture usin...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Levin E,Diekmann H,Fischer D

更新日期：2016-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Bt cotton was genetically modified to produce insecticidal proteins targeting Lepidopteran pests and is therefore only minimally affected by caterpillar damage. This could lead to reduced levels of inherent, systemically inducible defensive compounds in Bt cotton which might benefit other important cotton herbivores s...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Eisenring M,Naranjo SE,Bacher S,Abbott A,Meissle M,Romeis J

更新日期：2019-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary hurdle for diagnosis of some diseases is the long incubation required to culture and confirm the presence of bacteria. The concept of using microbial VOCs as "signature markers" could provide a faster and noninvasive diagnosis. Finding biomarkers is challenging due to the specificity required in complex ma...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Maurer DL,Ellis CK,Thacker TC,Rice S,Koziel JA,Nol P,VerCauteren KC

更新日期：2019-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The global increase in Diabetes Mellitus (DM) has led to an increase in DM-Chronic Kidney Disease (DM-CKD). In this cross-sectional observational study we aimed to define phenotypes for patients with DM-CKD that in future may be used to individualise treatment We report 4 DM-CKD phenotypes in 220 patients recruited fr...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Montero RM,Herath A,Qureshi A,Esfandiari E,Pusey CD,Frankel AH,Tam FWK

更新日期：2018-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The non-enzymatic browning, namely Maillard reaction is commonly invoked to account for abiotic chemical transformations of organic matter. Here we report a new reaction pathway via the Maillard reaction to systematically synthesize a series of nitrogen-doped carbon dots (C-dots) with superhigh quantum yield (QY) and ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wei W,Xu C,Wu L,Wang J,Ren J,Qu X

更新日期：2014-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNA-200 (miR-200) family is highly expressed in ovarian cancer. We evaluated the levels of family members relative to the internal control miR-103a in ovarian cancer and control blood specimens collected from American and Hong Kong Chinese institutions, as well as from a laying hen spontaneous ovarian cancer mode...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Choi PW,Bahrampour A,Ng SK,Liu SK,Qiu W,Xie F,Kuo WP,Kwong J,Hales KH,Hales DB,Wong KK,Norwitz ER,Chow CK,Berkowitz RS,Ng SW

更新日期：2020-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, CuZr-based bulk metallic glass (BMG) composites reinforced by the TRIP (transformation-induced plasticity) effect have been explored in attempt to accomplish an optimal of trade-off between strength and ductility. However, the design of such BMG composites with advanced mechanical properties still remains a ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Qin YS,Han XL,Song KK,Tian YH,Peng CX,Wang L,Sun BA,Wang G,Kaban I,Eckert J

更新日期：2017-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Coral reefs face a crisis due to local and global anthropogenic stressors. A large proportion of the ~50% coral loss on the Great Barrier Reef has been attributed to outbreaks of the crown-of-thorns-seastar (COTS). A widely assumed cause of primary COTS outbreaks is increased larval survivorship due to higher food ava...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Uthicke S,Logan M,Liddy M,Francis D,Hardy N,Lamare M

更新日期：2015-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was to evaluate the prognostic value of pretreatment inflammatory indexes including neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio (LMR), and systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) in colorectal cancer (CRC) patients receiving neoadjuvant chemoradiot...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yang J,Xu H,Guo X,Zhang J,Ye X,Yang Y,Ma X

更新日期：2018-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent breakthrough of novel hierarchic materials, orchestrated through oriented attachment of crystal subunits, opened questions on what is the mechanism of their self-assembly. Using rutile-type TiO2, synthesized by hydrothermal reaction of Ti(IV)-butoxide in highly acidic aqueous medium, we uncovered the key proces...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jordan V,Javornik U,Plavec J,Podgornik A,Rečnik A

更新日期：2016-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate evaluation of individual risk of intravenous immunoglobin (IVIG)-resistance is critical for adopting regimens for the first treatment and prevention of coronary artery lesions (CALs) in patients with Kawasaki disease (KD). METHODS:The KD patients hospitalized in Chongqing Children's Hospital, in west China, ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tan XH,Zhang XW,Wang XY,He XQ,Fan C,Lyu TW,Tian J

更新日期：2019-02-11 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： da Silva BC,Couto ODD Jr,Obata HT,de Lima MM,Bonani FD,de Oliveira CE,Sipahi GM,Iikawa F,Cotta MA

更新日期：2020-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Perinatally HIV-infected patients face the consequences of both chronic infection effects per se and long-term combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) on immunosenescence. Aims of our study were to evaluate which factors independently contribute to immunosenescence in HIV-infected young adults with a very different ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Quiros-Roldan E,Properzi M,Paghera S,Raffetti E,Castelli F,Imberti L

更新日期：2020-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is to investigate the frequencies of T-helper (Th)22, Th17 and Th1 cells and the levels of related cytokines in subchondral bone marrow in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Bone marrow and peripheral blood samples were collected from RA, osteoarthritis (OA) patients and healthy controls. The frequenc...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li S,Yin H,Zhang K,Wang T,Yang Y,Liu X,Chang X,Zhang M,Yan X,Ren Y,Pan W,Zhang L

更新日期：2017-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxaliplatin, a chemotherapy medication, causes severe peripheral neuropathy. Although oxaliplatin-induced peripheral neuropathy is a dose-limiting toxicity, a therapeutic strategy against its effects has not been established. We previously reported the involvement of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors and their intracellu...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yamamoto S,Ushio S,Egashira N,Kawashiri T,Mitsuyasu S,Higuchi H,Ozawa N,Masuguchi K,Ono Y,Masuda S

更新日期：2017-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite increasing work detailing the presence of foraging specializations across a range of taxa, limited attention so far has been given to the role of spatiotemporal variation in food predictability in shaping individual resource selection. Here, we studied the exploitation of human-provided carrion resources diffe...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： van Overveld T,García-Alfonso M,Dingemanse NJ,Bouten W,Gangoso L,de la Riva M,Serrano D,Donázar JA

更新日期：2018-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the emission from InGaN/GaN quantum disks grown on the tip of GaN nanorods. The emission at 3.21 eV from the InGaN quantum disk doesn't show a Stark shift, and it is linearly polarized when excited perpendicular to the growth direction. The degree of linear polarization is about 39.3% due to the a...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Park Y,Chan CCS,Nuttall L,Puchtler TJ,Taylor RA,Kim N,Jo Y,Im H

更新日期：2018-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) is an important mechanism of action for many therapeutic antibodies. A therapeutic immunoglobulin (Ig) G1 monoclonal antibody lost more than half of its ADCC activity after heat stress at 40 °C for 4 months. Size-exclusion and ion-exchange chromatography were used t...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lu X,Machiesky LA,De Mel N,Du Q,Xu W,Washabaugh M,Jiang XR,Wang J

更新日期：2020-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The liver is constantly exposed to dietary antigens, viruses, and bacterial products with inflammatory potential. For decades cellular uptake of virus has been studied in connection with infection, while the few studies designed to look into clearance mechanisms focused mainly on the role of macrophages. In recent yea...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Øie CI,Wolfson DL,Yasunori T,Dumitriu G,Sørensen KK,McCourt PA,Ahluwalia BS,Smedsrød B

更新日期：2020-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrochemical pre-doping of a silicon electrode was investigated to create a new class of rechargeable battery with higher energy density. The electrochemical reaction during pre-doping formed a high-quality solid electrolyte interface (SEI) on the surface of silicon particles, which improved the charge and discharg...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang Y,Satoh M,Arao M,Matsumoto M,Imai H,Nishihara H

更新日期：2020-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing evidence indicates that static magnetic fields (SMF) reduce cortical activity in both human and animal models. The aim of this work was to investigate the effect of SMF on epileptiform cortical activity, a condition related to an abnormal increase in neuronal excitability. The first experimental block inclu...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Rivadulla C,Aguilar J,Coletti M,Aguila J,Prieto S,Cudeiro J

更新日期：2018-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidisciplinary applications of four-coordinate boron(III) complexes make them very attractive and challenging research field in chemistry, biology and material sciences. The dual role played by boron atom in stabilising the chelate ligand and enhancing the π-conjugation makes them very useful as luminescent materia...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sadu VS,Bin HR,Lee DM,Lee KI

更新日期：2017-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A functional genetic switch from the lactococcal bacteriophage TP901-1, deciding which of two divergently transcribing promoters becomes most active and allows this bi-stable decision to be inherited in future generations requires a DNA region of less than 1 kb. The fragment encodes two repressors, CI and MOR, transcr...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Pedersen M,Neergaard JT,Cassias J,Rasmussen KK,Lo Leggio L,Sneppen K,Hammer K,Kilstrup M

更新日期：2020-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Roots have important roles for plants to withstand adverse environmental conditions, including salt stress. Biostimulant application was shown to enhance plant resilience towards abiotic stresses. Here, we studied the effect of a tannin-based biostimulant on tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) grown under salt stress con...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Campobenedetto C,Mannino G,Beekwilder J,Contartese V,Karlova R,Bertea CM

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of self-feedback autaptic transmission in modulating spike-time irregularity is still poorly understood. By using a biophysical model that incorporates autaptic coupling, we here show that self-innervation of neurons participates in the modulation of irregular neuronal firing, primarily by regulating th...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Guo D,Wu S,Chen M,Perc M,Zhang Y,Ma J,Cui Y,Xu P,Xia Y,Yao D

更新日期：2016-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:E-mail has become the main carrier of spreading malicious software and been widely used for phishing, even high-level persistent threats. The e-mail accounts with high social reputation are primary targets to be attacked and utilized by attackers, suffering a lot of probing attacks for a long time. In this paper, in o...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wen Y,Chen X,Zeng X,Wang W

更新日期：2020-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Nα-acetylation is a naturally occurring irreversible modification of N-termini of proteins catalyzed by Nα-acetyltransferases (NATs). Although present in all three domains of life, it is little understood in bacteria. The functional grouping of NATs into six types NatA - NatF, in eukaryotes is based on subunit require...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Pathak D,Bhat AH,Sapehia V,Rai J,Rao A

更新日期：2016-06-29 00:00:00