Effects of humic acid on enhanced removal of lead ions by polystyrene-supported nano-Fe (0) nanocomposite.

abstract：:Dravet syndrome is the prototype of SCN1A-mutation associated epilepsies. It is characterised by prolonged seizures, typically provoked by fever. We describe the evaluation of an SCN1A mutation in a child with early-onset temperature-sensitive seizures. The patient carries a heterozygous missense variant (c3818C > T; ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Peters C,Rosch RE,Hughes E,Ruben PC

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The newly discovered Candidatus 'Methanoperedens nitroreducens' (M. nitroreducens), mediating nitrate-dependent anaerobic oxidation of methane, is an important microorganism in linking carbon and nitrogen cycles. In order to explore the diversity of M. nitroreducens-like archaea in various environmental niches with ad...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Xu S,Cai C,Guo J,Lu W,Yuan Z,Hu S

更新日期：2018-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Tyrosinase efficiently catalyzes the ortho-hydroxylation of monophenols and the oxidation of diphenols without any additional cofactors. Although it is of significant interest for the biosynthesis of catechol derivatives, the rapid catechol oxidase activity and inactivation of tyrosinase have hampered its practical ut...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Do H,Kang E,Yang B,Cha HJ,Choi YS

更新日期：2017-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the increasing concern of using smallpox virus as biological weapons for terrorist attack, there is renewed interest in studying the pathogenesis of human smallpox and development of new therapies. Animal models are highly demanded for efficacy and safety examination of new vaccines and therapeutic drugs. Here,...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Liu Q,Fan C,Zhou S,Guo Y,Zuo Q,Ma J,Liu S,Wu X,Peng Z,Fan T,Guo C,Shen Y,Huang W,Li B,He Z,Wang Y

更新日期：2015-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanofabrication has seen an increasing demand for applications in many fields of science and technology, but its production still requires relatively difficult, time-consuming, and expensive processes. Here we report a simple but very effective one dimensional (1D) nano-patterning technology that suggests a new nanofa...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Nam KH,Suh YD,Yeo J,Woo D

更新日期：2016-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:We design an optical scheme to generate hyperentanglement correlated with degrees of freedom (DOFs) via quantum dots (QDs), weak cross-Kerr nonlinearities (XKNLs), and linearly optical apparatuses (including time-bin encoders). For generating hyperentanglement having its own correlations for two DOFs (polarization and...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hong CH,Heo J,Kang MS,Jang J,Yang HJ

更新日期：2018-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:On-surface reactions based on Ullmann coupling are known to proceed on coinage-metal substrates (e.g. Au, Ag, Cu), with the chemistry of the surface strongly influencing the reaction progression. In addition, the topography of the surface may be expected to affect the local adsorption geometry of the reactants as well...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Judd CJ,Haddow SL,Champness NR,Saywell A

更新日期：2017-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant fetal growth is associated with morbidities and mortality during childhood and adult life. Although genetic and environmental factors are known to influence in utero growth, their relative contributions over pregnancy is unknown. We estimated, across gestation, the genetic heritability, contribution of shared...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Workalemahu T,Grantz KL,Grewal J,Zhang C,Louis GMB,Tekola-Ayele F

更新日期：2018-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune-evasion and immune checkpoints are promising new therapeutic targets for several cancer entities. In ovarian cancer, the clinical role of programmed cell death receptor ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression as mechanism to escape immune recognition has not been clarified yet. We analyzed PD-L1 expression of primary ovari...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Aust S,Felix S,Auer K,Bachmayr-Heyda A,Kenner L,Dekan S,Meier SM,Gerner C,Grimm C,Pils D

更新日期：2017-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The lipid mediator lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) signals via six distinct G protein-coupled receptors to mediate both unique and overlapping biological effects, including cell migration, proliferation and survival. LPA is produced extracellularly by autotaxin (ATX), a secreted lysophospholipase D, from lysophosphatidylc...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Nishioka T,Arima N,Kano K,Hama K,Itai E,Yukiura H,Kise R,Inoue A,Kim SH,Solnica-Krezel L,Moolenaar WH,Chun J,Aoki J

更新日期：2016-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Three dimensional (3D) co-cultures to mimic cellular dynamics have brought significant impacts in tissue engineering approaches for biomedical research. Herein, we present a novel sample holder combined with time-lapse fluorescence imaging technique, referred as 4D live cell imaging, allowing direct visualization of v...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Septiadi D,Bourquin J,Durantie E,Petri-Fink A,Rothen-Rutishauser B

更新日期：2018-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Wheat (Triticum aestivum), one of the world's most important crops, is facing unprecedented challenges due to global warming. To evaluate the gene resources for heat adaptation in hexaploid wheat, small heat shock proteins (sHSPs), the key plant heat protection genes, were comprehensively analysed in wheat and related...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang X,Wang R,Ma C,Shi X,Liu Z,Wang Z,Sun Q,Cao J,Xu S

更新日期：2017-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:A high prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been reported in Down syndrome (DS) owing to the coexistence of multiple predisposing factors related to its genetic abnormality, posing a challenge for the management of OSA. We hypothesized that DS mice recapitulate craniofacial abnormalities and upper airway ob...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Takahashi T,Sakai N,Iwasaki T,Doyle TC,Mobley WC,Nishino S

更新日期：2020-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We focus on the impacts of technological spillovers and environmental awareness in a two-echelon supply chain with one-single supplier and one-single manufacturer to reduce carbon emission. In this supply chain, carbon abatement investment becomes one of key factors of cutting costs and improving profits, which is red...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Xu L,Wang C,Li H

更新日期：2017-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The G protein-coupled receptor opsin is a phospholipid scramblase that facilitates rapid transbilayer phospholipid exchange in liposomes. The mechanism by which opsin scrambles lipids is unknown. It has been proposed that lipid translocation may occur at protein-protein interfaces of opsin dimers. To test this possibi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Pandey K,Ploier B,Goren MA,Levitz J,Khelashvili G,Menon AK

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A key pathophysiological process and therapeutic target in the critical early post-injury period of traumatic brain injury (TBI) is cell mitochondrial dysfunction; characterised by elevation of brain lactate/pyruvate (L/P) ratio in the absence of hypoxia. We previously showed that succinate can improve brain extracell...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Stovell MG,Mada MO,Helmy A,Carpenter TA,Thelin EP,Yan JL,Guilfoyle MR,Jalloh I,Howe DJ,Grice P,Mason A,Giorgi-Coll S,Gallagher CN,Murphy MP,Menon DK,Hutchinson PJ,Carpenter KLH

更新日期：2018-07-24 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：:Two supramolecular complexes of trans-1⊂CB[8] and trans-2⊂CB[8] were successfully achieved by the controlled selective complexation process of cucurbit[8]uril (CB[8]) with hetero-guest pair containing azobenzene and bispyridinium moieties in aqueous solution, exhibiting the reversibly light-driven movements of CB[8] u...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Cheng HB,Zhang YM,Xu C,Liu Y

更新日期：2014-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Powdered activated carbon (AC) is commonly used as an effective additive to enhance anaerobic digestion (AD), but little is known about how the metabolic pathways resulting from adding AC change the microbial association network and enhance food waste treatment. In this work, the use of AC in an anaerobic digestion sy...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang J,Mao L,Zhang L,Loh KC,Dai Y,Tong YW

更新日期：2017-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term supply of synthetic nitrogen (N) has the potential to affect the soil N processes. This study aimed to (i) establish N response curves to find the best balance between inputs and outputs of N over four ratoons; (ii) use 15N-labeled fertilizer to estimate the N recovery efficiency of fertilizer applied in the...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Joris HAW,Vitti AC,Ferraz-Almeida R,Otto R,Cantarella H

更新日期：2020-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a circadian clock-related disease. However, it is not very clear whether pre-symptomatic AD leads to circadian disruption or whether malfunction of circadian rhythms exerts influence on development of AD. Here, we report a functional clock that exists in the hippocampus. This oscillator bot...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ma Z,Jiang W,Zhang EE

更新日期：2016-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Blast-induced traumatic brain injury has been associated with neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders. To date, although damage due to oxidative stress appears to be important, the specific mechanistic causes of such disorders remain elusive. Here, to determine the mechanical variables governing the tissue da...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Garcia-Gonzalez D,Race NS,Voets NL,Jenkins DR,Sotiropoulos SN,Acosta G,Cruz-Haces M,Tang J,Shi R,Jérusalem A

更新日期：2018-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysing the link between terrestrial ecosystem productivity (i.e., Net Primary Productivity: NPP) and extreme climate conditions is vital in the context of increasing threats due to climate change. To reveal the impact of changing extreme conditions on NPP, a copula-based probabilistic model was developed, and the s...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jha S,Das J,Goyal MK

更新日期：2019-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Although most models suggest continental Antarctica was covered by ice during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) it has been speculated that endemic species of soil invertebrates could have survived the Pleistocene at high elevation habitats protruding above the ice sheets. We analyzed a series of soil samples from differ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lyons WB,Deuerling K,Welch KA,Welch SA,Michalski G,Walters WW,Nielsen U,Wall DH,Hogg I,Adams BJ

更新日期：2016-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse models have contributed to the bulk of knowledge on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). Nevertheless, substantial differences exist between human and mouse immune system. We aimed to establish and characterise a SLE model mediated by human immune system. Injection of pristane into immunodeficient mice reconstitu...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Gunawan M,Her Z,Liu M,Tan SY,Chan XY,Tan WWS,Dharmaraaja S,Fan Y,Ong CB,Loh E,Chang KTE,Tan TC,Chan JKY,Chen Q

更新日期：2017-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Many studies have revealed the cognitive decline induced by microwave radiation. However, the systematic study on dose-dependent, frequency-dependent and accumulative effects of microwave exposure at different frequencies was lacking. Here, we studied the relationship between the effects and the power and frequency of...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tan S,Wang H,Xu X,Zhao L,Zhang J,Dong J,Yao B,Wang H,Zhou H,Gao Y,Peng R

更新日期：2017-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Global lake systems have undergone rapid degradation over the past century. Scientists and managers are struggling to manage the highly degraded lake systems to cope with escalating anthropogenic pressures. Improved knowledge of how lakes and social systems co-evolved up to the present is vital for understanding, mode...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang K,Yang X,Kattel G,Lin Q,Shen J

更新日期：2018-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating evidence has indicated that immune regulatory cells are involved in the establishment of tumoral immune evasion. However, the role of regulatory B cells (Bregs) in this remains unclear. Here, we identified a role for Bregs in immune evasion in gastric cancer (GC) patients. The frequency of peripheral Breg...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Murakami Y,Saito H,Shimizu S,Kono Y,Shishido Y,Miyatani K,Matsunaga T,Fukumoto Y,Ashida K,Sakabe T,Nakayama Y,Fujiwara Y

更新日期：2019-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The existing acoustic emission (AE) source location methods assume that acoustic waves propagate along straight lines, and the source location is determined by average wave velocity. Because of the heterogeneity of materials, location results often fail to meet the accuracy requirement. For this reason, an AE source l...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhou ZL,Zhou J,Dong LJ,Cai X,Rui YC,Ke CT

更新日期：2017-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Preclinical studies show that the dopamine D3 receptor (D3R) is involved in the reinstatement of drug seeking and motivation for drugs of abuse. A D3R gene variant, Ser9Gly (rs6280) has been linked to nicotine dependence, yet the mechanisms underlying its involvement in nicotine dependence is unclear. This study inves...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chukwueke CC,Kowalczyk WJ,Di Ciano P,Gendy M,Taylor R,Heishman SJ,Le Foll B

更新日期：2020-03-05 00:00:00