Optimal SSSC-based power damping inter-area oscillations using firefly and harmony search algorithms.

abstract：:We demonstrate a label-free imaging approach to study cardiac remodeling of fibrotic and hypertrophic hearts, bridging scales from the whole organ down to the molecular level. To this end, we have used mice subjected to transverse aortic constriction and imaged adjacent cardiac tissue sections by microfocus X-ray diff...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Nicolas JD,Khan A,Markus A,Mohamed BA,Toischer K,Alves F,Salditt T

更新日期：2020-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Culturomics is a high-throughput culture approach that has dramatically contributed to the recent renewal of culture. While metagenomics enabled substantial advances in exploring the microbiota, culturomics significantly expanded our knowledge regarding the bacterial gut repertoire through the discovery and the descri...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Diakite A,Dubourg G,Dione N,Afouda P,Bellali S,Ngom II,Valles C,Tall ML,Lagier JC,Raoult D

更新日期：2020-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibitors of cyclin-dependent kinases (ICKs) are key regulators of cyclin-dependent kinase activities and cell division. Herein, we identified eight ICKs in maize, which we named Zeama;ICKs (ZmICKs). Primary sequencing and phylogenetic analyses were used to divide the ZmICK family into two classes: group B and group ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Xiao Q,Zhang C,Li H,Wei B,Wang Y,Huang H,Li Y,Yu G,Liu H,Zhang J,Liu Y,Hu Y,Huang Y

更新日期：2017-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity causes low-grade inflammation that is involved in male infertility. Interleukin 1 beta (IL1β) plays an important role in this process. A high-fat diet (HFD) is the most common cause of obesity. However, the effect of a HFD on IL1β and its consequence in reproduction remain unclear. We established a HFD model i...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang J,Li K,Yuan M,Zhang J,Huang G,Ao J,Tan H,Li Y,Gong D,Li J,Kang L,An N,Li F,Lin P,Huang L

更新日期：2017-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Extremely low frequency magnetic fields (ELF-MF) could be an alternative neuroprotective approach for ischemic stroke because preclinical studies have demonstrated their effects on the mechanisms underlying ischemic damage. The purpose of this open-label, one arm, dose-escalation, exploratory study is to evaluate the ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Capone F,Liberti M,Apollonio F,Camera F,Setti S,Cadossi R,Quattrocchi CC,Di Lazzaro V

更新日期：2017-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammals typically keep their body temperature (Tb) within a narrow limit with changing environmental conditions. There are indications that some wild ungulates can exhibit certain forms of energy saving mechanisms when ambient temperatures are low and/or food is scarce. Therefore, the aim of the study was to determine...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Riek A,Brinkmann L,Gauly M,Perica J,Ruf T,Arnold W,Hambly C,Speakman JR,Gerken M

更新日期：2017-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeted antineoplastic agents show great promise in the treatment of cancer, having the ability to impart cytotoxicity only to specific tumor types. However, these therapies do not experience uniform uptake throughout tumors, leading to sub-lethal cell killing that can impart treatment resistance, and cause problemat...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Klein OJ,Yuan H,Nowell NH,Kaittanis C,Josephson L,Evans CL

更新日期：2017-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The modifier protein, ubiquitin (Ub) regulates various cellular pathways by controlling the fate of substrates to which it is conjugated. Ub moieties are also conjugated to each other, forming chains of various topologies. In cells, poly-Ub is attached to proteins and also exists in unanchored form. Accumulation of un...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Blount JR,Libohova K,Marsh GB,Sutton JR,Todi SV

更新日期：2018-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-noise millimetre-wave signals are valuable for digital sampling systems, arbitrary waveform generation for ultra-wideband communications, and coherent radar systems. However, the phase noise of widely used conventional signal generators (SGs) will increase as the millimetre-wave frequency increases. Our goal has b...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ishizawa A,Nishikawa T,Goto T,Hitachi K,Sogawa T,Gotoh H

更新日期：2016-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Granule cells at the input layer of the cerebellum comprise over half the neurons in the human brain and are thought to be critical for learning. However, little is known about granule neuron signaling at the population scale during behavior. We used calcium imaging in awake zebrafish during optokinetic behavior to re...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sylvester SJG,Lee MM,Ramirez AD,Lim S,Goldman MS,Aksay ERF

更新日期：2017-11-24 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： Liu Z,Kemp TJ,Gao YT,Corbel A,McGee EE,Roa JC,Wang B,Araya JC,Shen MC,Rashid A,Hsing AW,Hildesheim A,Ferreccio C,Pfeiffer RM,Pinto LA,Koshiol J

更新日期：2020-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The vertical migration of zooplankton and micronekton (hereafter 'zooplankton') has ramifications throughout the food web. Here, we present the first evidence that climate fluctuations affect the vertical migration of zooplankton in the Southern Ocean, based on multi-year acoustic backscatter data from one of the deep...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： La HS,Park K,Wåhlin A,Arrigo KR,Kim DS,Yang EJ,Atkinson A,Fielding S,Im J,Kim TW,Shin HC,Lee S,Ha HK

更新日期：2019-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:To begin studies on reproduction in common bed bug, Cimex lectularius, we identified three genes coding for vitellogenin (Vg, a protein required for the reproductive success of insects) and studied their hormonal regulation. RNA interference studied showed that expression of Vg3 gene in the adult females is a prerequi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Gujar H,Palli SR

更新日期：2016-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcranial focused ultrasound (US) has been demonstrated to stimulate neurons in animals and humans, but the mechanism of this effect is unknown. It has been hypothesized that US, a mechanical stimulus, may mediate cellular discharge by activating mechanosensitive ion channels embedded within cellular membranes. To ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kubanek J,Shi J,Marsh J,Chen D,Deng C,Cui J

更新日期：2016-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Envelope (E) and temporal fine structure (TFS) are important features of acoustic signals and their corresponding perceptual function has been investigated with various listening tasks. To further understand the underlying neural processing of TFS, experiments in humans and animals were conducted to demonstrate the ef...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Xu Y,Chen M,LaFaire P,Tan X,Richter CP

更新日期：2017-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with advanced ovarian cancer develop recurrence despite initial treatment response to standard treatment of surgery and intravenous/intraperitoneal (IP) chemotherapy, partly due to a limited peritoneal exposure time of chemotherapeutics. Paclitaxel-loaded genipin-crosslinked gelatin microspheres (PTX-GP-MS) a...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： De Clercq K,Xie F,De Wever O,Descamps B,Hoorens A,Vermeulen A,Ceelen W,Vervaet C

更新日期：2019-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The current standard treatment for ovarian cancer is aggressive surgery followed by platinum-based combination chemotherapy. Recurrence and chemotherapeutic drug resistance are the two main factors that account for the high mortality of most ovarian cancers. Liposomal doxorubicin is primarily used for the treatment of...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li S,Cao J,Zhang W,Zhang F,Ni G,Luo Q,Wang M,Tao X,Xia H

更新日期：2016-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium regulation plays a central role in cardiac function. Several variants in the calcium channel Cav1.2 have been implicated in arrhythmic syndromes. We screened patients with Brugada syndrome, short QT syndrome, early repolarisation syndrome, and idiopathic ventricular fibrillation to determine the frequency and ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Blancard M,Debbiche A,Kato K,Cardin C,Sabrina G,Gandjbakhch E,Probst V,Haissaguerre M,Extramiana F,Hocini M,Olivier G,Leenhardt A,Guicheney P,Rougier JS

更新日期：2018-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an increasing appreciation for the role of the human Y chromosome in phenotypic differences between the sexes in health and disease. Previous studies have shown that genetic variation within the Y chromosome is associated with cholesterol levels, which is an established risk factor for atherosclerosis, the un...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Molina E,Chew GS,Myers SA,Clarence EM,Eales JM,Tomaszewski M,Charchar FJ

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell and animal studies have demonstrated that circadian rhythm is governed by autonomous rhythmicity of clock genes. Although disturbances in circadian rhythm have been implicated in metabolic disease development, it remains unknown whether muscle circadian rhythm is altered in human models of type 2 diabetes. Here w...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hansen J,Timmers S,Moonen-Kornips E,Duez H,Staels B,Hesselink MK,Schrauwen P

更新日期：2016-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The one-stage partial nitritation and anammox process (PN/A) has been a promising microbial process to remove ammonia from wastewater especially with low carbon/nitrogen ratio. The main breakdown was the deterioration caused by overgrowth of nitrite oxidizing bacteria (NOB) resulting effluent nitrate build-up in the P...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang X,Gao D

更新日期：2016-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Embryonic stem cell (ESC) derived tissue is a promising tool to be used in different clinical, preclinical and also scientific settings, for example as in vivo biological pacemaker, preclinical drug safety screening tool or ultimately as part of a cell replacement therapy. However, before ESC derived tissue can be use...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Niehoff J,Matzkies M,Nguemo F,Hescheler J,Reppel M

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to generate germ cells from pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) is valuable for human regenerative medicine and animal breeding. Germ cell-like cells (GCLCs) have been differentiated from mouse and human PSCs, but not from porcine PSCs, which are considered an ideal model for stem cell applications. Here, we dev...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang H,Xiang J,Zhang W,Li J,Wei Q,Zhong L,Ouyang H,Han J

更新日期：2016-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Addiction to cocaine and other psychostimulants represents a major public health crisis. The development and persistence of addictive behaviors comes from a complex interaction of genes and environment - the precise mechanisms of which remain elusive. In recent years a surge of evidence has suggested that the gut micr...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kiraly DD,Walker DM,Calipari ES,Labonte B,Issler O,Pena CJ,Ribeiro EA,Russo SJ,Nestler EJ

更新日期：2016-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding cancer-prone environments is important to efficiently detect and prevent cancers. The associations between miRNA and cancer-prone environments are still largely unknown in gastric cancer (GC). Six miRNAs that are differentially expressed during gastric carcinogenesis were selected, and quantitative real-...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kim B,Jang J,Heo YJ,Kang SY,Yoo H,Sohn I,Min BH,Kim KM

更新日期：2020-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Various MRI techniques, including myelin water imaging, T1w/T2w ratio mapping and diffusion-based imaging can be used to characterize tissue microstructure. However, surprisingly few studies have examined the degree to which these MRI measures are related within and between various brain regions. Therefore, whole-brai...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Uddin MN,Figley TD,Solar KG,Shatil AS,Figley CR

更新日期：2019-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucositis is the limiting toxicity of radio(chemo)therapy of head and neck cancer. Diagnostics, prophylaxis and correction of this condition demand new accurate and objective approaches. Here we report on an in vivo longitudinal monitoring of the oral mucosa dynamics in 25 patients during the course of radiotherapy of...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Maslennikova AV,Sirotkina MA,Moiseev AA,Finagina ES,Ksenofontov SY,Gelikonov GV,Matveev LA,Kiseleva EB,Zaitsev VY,Zagaynova EV,Feldchtein FI,Gladkova ND,Vitkin A

更新日期：2017-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The FDA-approved prophylactic antimalarial drug atovaquone (ATO) recently was repurposed as an antitumor drug. Studies show that ATO exerts a profound antiproliferative effect in several cancer cells, including breast, ovarian, and glioma. Analogous to the mechanism of action proposed in parasites, ATO inhibits mitoch...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Cheng G,Hardy M,Topchyan P,Zander R,Volberding P,Cui W,Kalyanaraman B

更新日期：2020-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Third-generation sequencing technologies allow to sequence long reads of tens of kbp, that are expected to solve various problems. However, they display high error rates, currently capped around 10%. Self-correction is thus regularly used in long reads analysis projects. We introduce CONSENT, a new self-correction met...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Morisse P,Marchet C,Limasset A,Lecroq T,Lefebvre A

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Under the usual approximation of treating a biological particle as a spheroidal droplet, we consider the analysis of its size and shape with the high frequency photoacoustics and develop a numerical method which can simulate its characteristic photoacoustic waves. This numerical method is based on the calculation of s...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li Y,Fang H,Min C,Yuan X

更新日期：2015-10-07 00:00:00