Preoperative handgrip strength is not associated with complications and health-related quality of life after surgery for colorectal cancer.

abstract：:The fundamental plasticity mechanisms in thin freestanding Zr65Ni35 metallic glass films are investigated in order to unravel the origin of an outstanding strength/ductility balance. The deformation process is homogenous until fracture with no evidence of catastrophic shear banding. The creep/relaxation behaviour of t...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Idrissi H,Ghidelli M,Béché A,Turner S,Gravier S,Blandin JJ,Raskin JP,Schryvers D,Pardoen T

更新日期：2019-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A correction to this article has been published and is linked from the HTML version of this paper. The error has been fixed in the paper. ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yu K,Lu F,Li Q,Chen H,Lu B,Liu J,Li Z,Dai F,Wu D,Lan G

更新日期：2018-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:An understanding of load sharing among constituent phases aids in designing mechanical properties of multiphase materials. Here we investigate load partitioning between the body-centered-cubic iron matrix and NiAl-type precipitates in a ferritic alloy during uniaxial tensile tests at 364 and 506 °C on multiple length ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sun Z,Song G,Sisneros TA,Clausen B,Pu C,Li L,Gao Y,Liaw PK

更新日期：2016-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose a novel scheme to realize an optical waveguide induced by an active Raman gain (ARG) process in a four-level N-type atomic system. Because of the nature of the ARG, there are two distinct features related to the waveguide: i) It is not absorptive, on the contrary, weak gain is presented; ii) It can be impro...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Cui N,Gan Z,Zhang L

更新日期：2017-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Bending light in a controllable way is desired in various applications such as beam steering, navigating and cloaking. Different from the conventional way to bend light by refractive index gradient, transformation optics or special beams through wavefront design such as Airy beams and surface plasmons, we proposed a m...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Han B,Xu L,Dou Y,Xu J,Zhang G

更新日期：2015-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The current anaesthesia information management system (AIMS) has limited capability for the acquisition of high-quality vital signs data. We have developed a Vital Recorder program to overcome the disadvantages of AIMS and to support research. Physiological data of surgical patients were collected from 10 operating ro...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lee HC,Jung CW

更新日期：2018-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Azoles are antifungal drugs used to treat fungal infections such as candidiasis in humans. Their extensive use has led to the emergence of drug resistance, complicating antifungal therapy for yeast infections in critically ill patients. Combination therapy has become popular in clinical practice as a potential strateg...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Shrestha SK,Fosso MY,Garneau-Tsodikova S

更新日期：2015-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the counterintuitive mechanism of increasing boiling heat transfer by incorporating low-conductivity materials at the interface between the surface and fluid. By embedding an array of non-conductive lines into a high-conductivity substrate, in-plane variations in the local surface temperature are created. Du...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Rahman MM,Pollack J,McCarthy M

更新日期：2015-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Different types of protein-protein interactions make different protein-protein interface patterns. Different machine learning methods are suitable to deal with different types of data. Then, is it the same situation that different interface patterns are preferred for prediction by different machine learning methods? H...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang W,Yang Y,Yin J,Gong X

更新日期：2017-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Using second-generation sequencing (SGS) RNA-Seq strategies, extensive alterative splicing prediction is impractical and high variability of isoforms expression quantification is inevitable in organisms without true reference dataset. we report the development of a novel analysis method, termed hybrid sequencing and m...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ning G,Cheng X,Luo P,Liang F,Wang Z,Yu G,Li X,Wang D,Bao M

更新日期：2017-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of deep learning architectures to identify glaucomatous optic neuropathy (GON) in fundus photographs was evaluated. A large database of fundus photographs (n = 14,822) from a racially and ethnically diverse group of individuals (over 33% of African descent) was evaluated by expert reviewers and classified ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Christopher M,Belghith A,Bowd C,Proudfoot JA,Goldbaum MH,Weinreb RN,Girkin CA,Liebmann JM,Zangwill LM

更新日期：2018-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:High-throughput screening facilities do not generally support biosafety level 3 organisms such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis. To discover not only antibacterials, but also virulence inhibitors with either bacterial or host cell targets, an assay monitoring lung fibroblast survival upon infection was developed and opti...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tükenmez H,Edström I,Ummanni R,Fick SB,Sundin C,Elofsson M,Larsson C

更新日期：2019-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Multi-junction solar cells made by assembling semiconductor materials with different bandgap energies have hold the record conversion efficiencies for many years and are currently approaching 50%. Theoretical efficiency limits make use of optimum designs with the right lattice constant-bandgap energy combination, whic...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Gonzalo A,Utrilla AD,Reyes DF,Braza V,Llorens JM,Fuertes Marrón D,Alén B,Ben T,González D,Guzman A,Hierro A,Ulloa JM

更新日期：2017-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Faces presented upside-down are harder to recognize than presented right-side up, an effect known as the face inversion effect. With inversion the perceptual processing of the spatial relationship among facial parts is disrupted. Previous literature indicates a face inversion effect in chimpanzees toward familiar and ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Dahl CD,Rasch MJ,Tomonaga M,Adachi I

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Age and sleep both affect emotional functioning. Since sleep patterns change over the lifespan, we investigated the effects of short sleep and age on empathic responses. In a randomized cross-over experimental design, healthy young and older volunteers (n = 47 aged 20-30 years and n = 39 aged 65-75 years) underwent fu...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tamm S,Nilsonne G,Schwarz J,Lamm C,Kecklund G,Petrovic P,Fischer H,Åkerstedt T,Lekander M

更新日期：2017-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we report an ABA triblock copolymer that can express microscopic autonomous formation and break-up of aggregates under constant condition to generate macroscopic viscoelastic self-oscillation of the solution. The ABA triblock copolymer is designed to have hydrophilic B segment and self-oscillating A segment at th...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Onoda M,Ueki T,Shibayama M,Yoshida R

更新日期：2015-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug delivery by topical application has higher patient acceptance and lower morbidity than intraocular injection, but many ophthalmic treatments are unable to enter the eye or reach the posterior segment after topical application. The first stage towards posterior segment delivery after topical application is ocular ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Begum G,Leigh T,Courtie E,Moakes R,Butt G,Ahmed Z,Rauz S,Logan A,Blanch RJ

更新日期：2020-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Combining endurance training with resistance training (RT) may attenuate skeletal muscle hypertrophic adaptation versus RT alone; however, the underlying mechanisms are unclear. We investigated changes in markers of ribosome biogenesis, a process linked with skeletal muscle hypertrophy, following concurrent training v...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Fyfe JJ,Bishop DJ,Bartlett JD,Hanson ED,Anderson MJ,Garnham AP,Stepto NK

更新日期：2018-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessing and managing the impact of large-scale epidemics considering only the individual risk and severity of the disease is exceedingly difficult and could be extremely expensive. Economic consequences, infrastructure and service disruption, as well as the recovery speed, are just a few of the many dimensions along...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Massaro E,Ganin A,Perra N,Linkov I,Vespignani A

更新日期：2018-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Triple-doped (Yb(3+)/Er(3+)/Tm(3+)) KMnF3 nanocubes with uniform sizes of 250 nm were synthesized by a facile hydrothermal route using the oleic acid as the capping agent. It was found that these nanocubes can simultaneously exhibited four-color (blue, green, red and NIR) upconversion emissions under a single 980 nm n...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang H,Hong X,Han R,Shi J,Liu Z,Liu S,Wang Y,Gan Y

更新日期：2015-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:In populations of Drosophila larvae, both, an aggregation and a dispersal behavior can be observed. However, the mechanisms coordinating larval locomotion in respect to other animals, especially in close proximity and during/after physical contacts are currently only little understood. Here we test whether relevant in...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Otto N,Risse B,Berh D,Bittern J,Jiang X,Klämbt C

更新日期：2016-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reports preparation of a crosslinked polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) network via dynamic transesterification reaction between PDMS-diglycidyl ether and pripol 1017 with Zn(OAc)2 as the catalyst. The thermal dynamic nature of the network was investigated by the creep-recovery and stress-relaxation tests. The s...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang H,Cai C,Liu W,Li D,Zhang J,Zhao N,Xu J

更新日期：2017-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Miscanthus is a promising lignocellulosic bioenergy crop for bioethanol production. To identify candidate genes and regulation networks involved in secondary cell wall (SCW) development in Miscanthus, we performed de novo transcriptome analysis of a developing internode. According to the histological and in-situ histo...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hu R,Xu Y,Yu C,He K,Tang Q,Jia C,He G,Wang X,Kong Y,Zhou G

更新日期：2017-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Several single-center studies have investigated whether narrow-band imaging (NBI) cystoscopy is more effective in detecting primary and recurrent non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) compared with white-light imaging (WLI) cystoscopy. In this study, we further evaluated the diagnostic value of NBI cystoscopy com...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ye Z,Hu J,Song X,Li F,Zhao X,Chen S,Wang X,He D,Fan J,Ye D,Xing J,Pan T,Wang D

更新日期：2015-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:While safety of fasting therapy is debated in humans, extended fasting occurs routinely and safely in wild animals. To do so, food deprived animals like breeding penguins anticipate the critical limit of fasting by resuming feeding. To date, however, no molecular indices of the physiological state that links spontaneo...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Bertile F,Fouillen L,Wasselin T,Maes P,Le Maho Y,Van Dorsselaer A,Raclot T

更新日期：2016-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We quantitatively evaluated breast tumor movement and volume changes between magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans in prone and supine positions. Twenty-seven breast tumor patients who received neoadjuvant systemic therapy (NST) for breast-conserving surgery were studied. Before and after NST, MRI scans in prone and ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang CB,Lee S,Kim T,Hong D,Kim GB,Yoon GY,Kim HH,Kim N,Ko B

更新日期：2020-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:It is unknown whether YOD (young onset diabetes) and LOD (late onset diabetes) require similar insulin doses for intensive insulin therapy with a metformin add-on to achieve glycemic control. We analyzed data from our two previously performed randomized, controlled open-label trials. Patients were randomized to receiv...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li FF,Liu BL,Yin GP,Zhang DF,Zhai XF,Chen MY,Su XF,Wu JD,Ye L,Ma JH

更新日期：2017-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein kinase C-δ (PKC-δ), a member of the lipid-regulated serine/threonine PKC family, has been implicated in a wide range of important cellular processes, such as cell growth, differentiation, and apoptosis. Lampreys belong to the most primitive class of vertebrates, and there is little information on PKC-δ in thes...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Xu Y,Zhu S,Zhao H,Li Q

更新日期：2017-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer dissemination is initiated by the movement of cells into the vasculature which has been reported to be triggered by EMT (epithelial to mesenchymal transition). Cellular dissemination also requires proteases that remodel the extracellular matrix. The protease, plasmin is a prominent player in matrix remodeling a...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Bydoun M,Sterea A,Weaver ICG,Bharadwaj AG,Waisman DM

更新日期：2018-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-dimensional semiconductor structurers formed on a substrate surface at pre-defined locations and with nano-precision placement is of vital interest. The potential of tailoring their electrical and optical properties will revolutionize the next generation of optoelectronic devices. Traditionally, highly aligned sel...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Dushaq G,Rasras M

更新日期：2019-10-02 00:00:00