A general-purpose Monte Carlo particle transport code based on inverse transform sampling for radiotherapy dose calculation.

abstract：:After the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant run by Tokyo Electric Power Company in 2011, breast milk samples obtained from volunteers living in Fukushima and neighboring prefectures were examined and small amounts of I-131 (2.2-36.3 Bq/kg) were detected in some samples. In this work, the I-131 conc...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tani K,Kurihara O,Kim E,Yoshida S,Sakai K,Akashi M

更新日期：2015-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Ecosystem functions are regulated by compositional and functional traits of bacterial communities, shaped by stochastic and deterministic processes. Biogeographical studies have revealed microbial community taxonomy in a given ecosystem to change alongside varying environmental characteristics. Considering that stable...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Booth JM,Fusi M,Marasco R,Mbobo T,Daffonchio D

更新日期：2019-03-06 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：:In resampling methods, such as bootstrapping or cross validation, a very similar computational problem (usually an optimization procedure) is solved over and over again for a set of very similar data sets. If it is computationally burdensome to solve this computational problem once, the whole resampling method can bec...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Mestdagh M,Verdonck S,Duisters K,Tuerlinckx F

更新日期：2015-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The organismic unit of heterocyst-forming cyanobacteria is a filament of communicating cells connected by septal junctions, proteinaceous structures bridging the cytoplasms of contiguous cells. This distinct bacterial organization is preserved during cell division. In Anabaena, deletion of the zipN gene could not be s...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Camargo S,Picossi S,Corrales-Guerrero L,Valladares A,Arévalo S,Herrero A

更新日期：2019-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:An abrupt onset of the new tongue-shaped deformation of magnetic surface in magnetized plasmas, which was conjectured in since the 1960s but has not been observed, is experimentally identified just before an abrupt onset of a large-scale collapse event. Two novel properties of the event are identified. First, the tran...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ida K,Kobayashi T,Itoh K,Yoshinuma M,Tokuzawa T,Akiyama T,Moon C,Tsuchiya H,Inagaki S,Itoh SI

更新日期：2016-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Third permanent molars (M3s) are the last tooth to form but have not been used to estimate age at dental maturation in early fossil hominins because direct histological evidence for the timing of their growth has been lacking. We investigated an isolated maxillary M3 (SK 835) from the 1.5 to 1.8-million-year-old (Mya)...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Dean C,Zanolli C,Le Cabec A,Tawane M,Garrevoet J,Mazurier A,Macchiarelli R

更新日期：2020-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:HLA-haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) may be an option for severe aplastic anemia (SAA) patients. However, to date, no large-sample studies have been performed to determine which types of SAA patients are suitable for HLA-haploidentical HSCT. We retrospectively studied 189 consecutive patie...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zeng Y,Wang S,Wang J,Liu L,Su Y,Lu Z,Zhang X,Zhang Y,Zhong JF,Peng L,Liu Q,Lu Y,Gao L,Zhang X

更新日期：2018-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Ocean warming (OW) and acidification (OA) are key features of global change and are predicted to have negative consequences for marine species and ecosystems. At a smaller scale increasing oil and gas activities at northern high latitudes could lead to greater risk of petroleum pollution, potentially exacerbating the ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Arnberg M,Calosi P,Spicer JI,Taban IC,Bamber SD,Westerlund S,Vingen S,Baussant T,Bechmann RK,Dupont S

更新日期：2018-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Leprosy remains persistently endemic in several low- or middle income countries. Transmission is still ongoing as indicated by the unabated rate of leprosy new case detection, illustrating the insufficiency of current prevention methods. Therefore, low-complexity tools suitable for large scale screening efforts to spe...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： van Hooij A,Tjon Kon Fat EM,Batista da Silva M,Carvalho Bouth R,Cunha Messias AC,Gobbo AR,Lema T,Bobosha K,Li J,Weng X,Salgado CG,Spencer JS,Corstjens PLAM,Geluk A

更新日期：2018-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disease with a variable therapeutic response. To design effective treatment strategies for epilepsy, it is important to understand treatment responses and predictive factors. However, limited data are available in Africa, including Ethiopia. The aim of this study was therefore to ass...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Gidey K,Chelkeba L,Gemechu TD,Daba FB

更新日期：2019-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:GPR88 is an orphan G-protein-coupled receptor with predominant expression in reward-related areas in the brain. While the lack of GPR88 has been demonstrated to induce behavioral deficits, the potential function of the receptor in the control of food intake and energy balance remains unexplored. In this work, the role...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lau J,Farzi A,Enriquez RF,Shi YC,Herzog H

更新日期：2017-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous studies have reported cold atmospheric plasma cytotoxic activities in various cancer cell lines, either by direct exposure to non-thermal plasma or indirectly by activating a medium (plasma-activated medium, PAM) prior to cell treatment. We suggested the use of in vitro 3D tumor model spheroids to determine t...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chauvin J,Gibot L,Griseti E,Golzio M,Rols MP,Merbahi N,Vicendo P

更新日期：2019-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:BK virus (BKV) associated nephropathy (BKVAN) is still an important cause of allograft dysfunction after kidney transplantation (KT). Recent data have shown that the new interferon (IFN)-λ family has been ascribed antiviral properties similar to IFNα, and that the response to IFNλ in kidney is restricted to epithelial...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Dvir R,Paloschi V,Canducci F,Dell'Antonio G,Racca S,Caldara R,Pantaleo G,Clementi M,Secchi A

更新日期：2017-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:IncX4 plasmids are associated with the dissemination of the mcr-1 genes in Enterobacteriaceae. We screened IncX4 plasmids among 2,470 isolates of Enterobacteriaceae and determined the mcr-1 positive isolates. Forty-three isolates were observed to carry IncX4 type plasmid, among which 13 were identified to carry mcr-1 ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sun J,Fang LX,Wu Z,Deng H,Yang RS,Li XP,Li SM,Liao XP,Feng Y,Liu YH

更新日期：2017-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Circuit QED on a chip has become a powerful platform for simulating complex many-body physics. In this report, we realize a Dicke-Ising model with an antiferromagnetic nearest-neighbor spin-spin interaction in circuit QED with a superconducting qubit array. We show that this system exhibits a competition between the c...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang Y,Yu L,Liang JQ,Chen G,Jia S,Nori F

更新日期：2014-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The repeated measurements of heart rate variability (HRV) is more relevant than a single HRV measurement in predicting patient prognosis but is less addressed previously. This prospective study aimed to investigate the association between repeated measurements of HRV and long-term mortality in chronic hemodialysis pat...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chang YM,Huang YT,Chen IL,Yang CL,Leu SC,Su HL,Kao JL,Tsai SC,Jhen RN,Shiao CC

更新日期：2020-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:High-k dielectric oxides are supposedly ideal gate-materials for ultra-high doping in graphene and other 2D-crystals. Here, we report a temperature-dependent electronic transport study on chemical vapor deposited-graphene gated with SrTiO₃ (STO) thin film substrate. At carrier densities away from charge neutrality poi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Saha S,Kahya O,Jaiswal M,Srivastava A,Annadi A,Balakrishnan J,Pachoud A,Toh CT,Hong BH,Ahn JH,Venkatesan T,Özyilmaz B

更新日期：2014-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:P-type doping in high Al-content AlGaN alloys is a main challenge for realizing AlGaN-based deep ultraviolet optoelectronics devices. According to the first-principles calculations, Mg activation energy may be reduced so that a high hole concentration can be obtained by introducing nanoscale (AlN)5/(GaN)1 superlattice...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang X,Wang W,Wang J,Wu H,Liu C

更新日期：2017-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The studies on the increasing incidence of thyroid abnormalities are scarce. The aim of this current study was to ascertain the effects of geographical region on thyroid abnormalities under the context of universal salt iodization (USI). We randomly selected 1255 participants residing in inland and 1248 in coast, with...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang X,Mo Z,Mao G,Zhu W,Xing M,Li X,Wang Y,Wang Z,Lou X

更新日期：2021-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to investigate the role of endogenous sulfur dioxide (SO2)/ aspartate aminotransferase 1 (AAT1) pathway in stretch-induced excessive collagen expression and its mechanism. The mechanical stretch downregulated SO2/AAT1 pathway and increased collagen I and III protein expression. Importantly, AA...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Liu J,Yu W,Liu Y,Chen S,Huang Y,Li X,Liu C,Zhang Y,Li Z,Du J,Tang C,Du J,Jin H

更新日期：2016-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:V-domain immunoglobulin (Ig) suppressor of T cell activation (VISTA) is an immune checkpoint that maintains peripheral T cell quiescence and inhibits anti-tumor immune responses. VISTA functions by dampening the interaction between myeloid cells and T cells, orthogonal to PD-1 and other checkpoints of the tumor-T cell...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Mehta N,Maddineni S,Kelly RL,Lee RB,Hunter SA,Silberstein JL,Parra Sperberg RA,Miller CL,Rabe A,Labanieh L,Cochran JR

更新日期：2020-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans bargaining over money tend to reject unfair offers, whilst chimpanzees bargaining over primary rewards of food do not show this same motivation to reject. Whether such reciprocal fairness represents a predominantly human motivation has generated considerable recent interest. We induced either moderate or severe...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wright ND,Hodgson K,Fleming SM,Symmonds M,Guitart-Masip M,Dolan RJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among its other biological roles, acetylcholinesterase (AChE, EC 3.1.1.7), encoded by two ace in most insects, catalyses the breakdown of acetylcholine, thereby terminating synaptic transmission. ace1 encodes the synaptic enzyme and ace2 has other essential actions in many insect species, such as Chilo suppressalis an...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ye X,Yang L,Stanley D,Li F,Fang Q

更新日期：2017-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate numerically and experimentally the enhancement of Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) sensing via dispersion engineering of the plasmonic response using plasmonic nanograting. Following their design and optimization, the plasmonic nanograting structures are fabricated using e-beam lithography and lift-off p...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Arora P,Talker E,Mazurski N,Levy U

更新日期：2018-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:In lung cancer a deregulation of Transforming Growth Factor-β (TGFβ) signaling has been observed. Yet, the impact of TGFβ in squamous cell carcinoma of the lung (LUSC) remained to be determined. We combined phenotypic and transcriptome-wide studies and showed that the stimulation of the LUSC cell line SK-MES1 with TGF...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Dvornikov D,Schneider MA,Ohse S,Szczygieł M,Titkova I,Rosenblatt M,Muley T,Warth A,Herth FJ,Dienemann H,Thomas M,Timmer J,Schilling M,Busch H,Boerries M,Meister M,Klingmüller U

更新日期：2018-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive Intermediate Deaminase (Rid) protein superfamily includes eight families among which the RidA is conserved in all domains of life. RidA proteins accelerate the deamination of the reactive 2-aminoacrylate (2AA), an enamine produced by some pyridoxal phosphate (PLP)-dependent enzymes. 2AA accumulation inhibits ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Digiovanni S,Visentin C,Degani G,Barbiroli A,Chiara M,Regazzoni L,Di Pisa F,Borchert AJ,Downs DM,Ricagno S,Vanoni MA,Popolo L

更新日期：2020-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Toughening of Fe-based amorphous coatings meanwhile maintaining a good corrosion resistance remains challenging. This work reports a novel approach to improve the toughness of a FeCrMoCBY amorphous coating through in-situ formation of amorphous carbon reinforcement without reducing the corrosion resistance. The Fe-bas...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang W,Zhang C,Zhang ZW,Li YC,Yasir M,Wang HT,Liu L

更新日期：2017-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Performance of a recently developed test for association between multivariate phenotypes and sets of genetic variants (MURAT) is demonstrated using measures of bone mineral density (BMD). By combining individual-level whole genome sequenced data from the UK10K study, and imputed genome-wide genetic data on individuals...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sun J,Oualkacha K,Forgetta V,Zheng HF,Richards JB,Evans DS,Orwoll E,Greenwood CMT

更新日期：2018-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The consumption of bovine milk and meat is considered a risk factor for colon- and breast cancer formation, and milk consumption has also been implicated in an increased risk for developing Multiple Sclerosis (MS). A number of highly related virus-like DNAs have been recently isolated from bovine milk and sera and fro...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Eilebrecht S,Hotz-Wagenblatt A,Sarachaga V,Burk A,Falida K,Chakraborty D,Nikitina E,Tessmer C,Whitley C,Sauerland C,Gunst K,Grewe I,Bund T

更新日期：2018-02-12 00:00:00