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10 June 2014      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports             Jump to the content that matters to you ▼ Biological Sciences   ▼ Chemical Sciences   ▼ Physical Sciences   ▼ Earth & Environmental Sciences   ▼ Health Sciences               Biological Sciences ▲ top               Swarm intelligence inspired shills and the evolution of cooperation ▶     Haibin Duan, Changhao Sun     Many hostile scenarios exist in real-life situations, where cooperation is disfavored and the collective behavior needs intervention for system efficiency improvement. Towards …             Transient α-helices in the disordered RPEL motifs of the serum response factor coactivator MKL1 ▶     Mineyuki Mizuguchi, Takahiro Fuju, Takayuki Obita et al.     The megakaryoblastic leukemia 1 (MKL1) protein functions as a transcriptional coactivator of the serum response factor. MKL1 has three RPEL motifs (RPEL1, RPEL2, and RPEL3) in its …             Damage of photoreceptor-derived cells in culture induced by light emitting diode-derived blue light ▶     Yoshiki Kuse, Kenjiro Ogawa, Kazuhiro Tsuruma et al.     Our eyes are increasingly exposed to light from the emitting diode (LED) light of video display terminals (VDT) which contain much blue light. VDTs are equipped with televisions, …             Use of the SLW index to calculate growth function in the sea cucumber Isostichopus badionotus ▶     Alicia Poot-Salazar, Álvaro Hernández-Flores, Pedro-Luis Ardisson     Age and growth analysis is essential to fisheries management. Indirect methods to calculate growth are widely used; however, length frequency data analysis in sea cucumbers is …             Guanine- 5-carboxylcytosine base pairs mimic mismatches during DNA replication ▶     Toshihiro Shibutani, Shinsuke Ito, Mariko Toda et al.     The genetic information encoded in genomes must be faithfully replicated and transmitted to daughter cells. The recent discovery of consecutive DNA conversions by TET family …             Three-dimensional Saturation Transfer 31P-MRI in Muscles of the Lower Leg at 3.0 T ▶     Prodromos Parasoglou, Ding Xia, Gregory Chang et al.     The creatine kinase (CK) reaction plays a critical role in skeletal muscle function, and can be studied non-invasively using phosphorus (31P) saturation transfer (ST) techniques. …             RNAi-Mediated Gene silencing in Zebrafish Triggered by Convergent Transcription ▶     Omozusi E. Andrews, Diana J. Cha, Chunyao Wei et al.     RNAi based strategies to induce gene silencing are commonly employed in numerous model organisms but have not been extensively used in zebrafish. We found that introduction of …             Seeking carotenoid pigments in amber-preserved fossil feathers ▶     Daniel B. Thomas, Paul C. Nascimbene, Carla J. Dove et al.     Plumage colours bestowed by carotenoid pigments can be important for visual communication and likely have a long evolutionary history within Aves. Discovering plumage carotenoids …             Electrochemical detection of intracellular and cell membrane redox systems in Saccharomyces cerevisiae ▶     Frankie J. Rawson, Alison J. Downard, Keith H. Baronian     Redox mediators can interact with eukaryote cells at a number of different cell locations. While cell membrane redox centres are easily accessible, the redox centres of catabolism …             Primary sequence contribution to the optical function of the eye lens ▶     K. Mahendiran, C. Elie, J.-C. Nebel et al.     The crystallins have relatively high refractive increments compared to other proteins. The Greek key motif in βγ-crystallins was compared with that in other proteins, using …             Autophagy Correlates with Maintenance of Salivary Gland Function Following Radiation ▶     Maria Morgan-Bathke, Grace A. Hill, Zoey I. Harris et al.     The current standard of care for head and neck cancer includes surgical resection of the tumor followed by targeted head and neck radiation. This radiotherapy results in a …             Evaluating the binding efficiency of pheromone binding protein with its natural ligand using molecular docking and fluorescence analysis ▶     Renganathan Ilayaraja, Ramalingam Rajkumar, Durairaj Rajesh et al.     Chemosignals play a crucial role in social and sexual communication among inter- and intra-species. Chemical cues are bound with protein that is present in the pheromones …             Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) prevents lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced, sepsis-related severe acute lung injury in mice ▶     Yuki Takaoka, Shigeru Goto, Toshiaki Nakano et al.     Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) is an energy metabolism-related enzyme in the glycolytic pathway. Recently, it has been reported that GAPDH has other …             Dynamic equilibrium of heterogeneous and interconvertible multipotent hematopoietic cell subsets ▶     Wendy Weston, Jennifer Zayas, Ruben Perez et al.     Populations of hematopoietic stem cells and progenitors are quite heterogeneous and consist of multiple cell subsets with distinct phenotypic and functional characteristics. Some …             The Roles of Ca2+/NFAT Signaling Genes in Kawasaki Disease: Single- and Multiple-Risk Genetic Variants ▶     Wei Wang, Jiao Lou, Rong Zhong et al.     Ca2/nuclear factor of activated T-cells (Ca2/NFAT) signaling pathway may play a crucial role in Kawasaki disease (KD). We investigated 16 genetic variants, selected by …             Sexual Satisfaction of infertile couples assessed using the Golombok-Rust Inventory of Sexual Satisfaction (GRISS) ▶     Mayumi Shoji, Toshio Hamatani, Shoko Ishikawa et al.     Recently, infertility treatment-related psychological effects are receiving increased attention. However, whether sexual satisfaction is reduced amongst infertile couples remains …             Coral calcifying fluid pH dictates response to ocean acidification ▶     M. Holcomb, A. A. Venn, E. Tambutté et al.     Ocean acidification driven by rising levels of CO2 impairs calcification, threatening coral reef growth. Predicting how corals respond to CO2 requires a better understanding of …             Efficient detection of contagious outbreaks in massive metropolitan encounter networks ▶     Lijun Sun, Kay W. Axhausen, Der-Horng Lee et al.     Physical contact remains difficult to trace in large metropolitan networks, though it is a key vehicle for the transmission of contagious outbreaks. Co-presence encounters during …             Chimpanzee choice rates in competitive games match equilibrium game theory predictions ▶     Christopher Flynn Martin, Rahul Bhui, Peter Bossaerts et al.     The capacity for strategic thinking about the payoff-relevant actions of conspecifics is not well understood across species. We use game theory to make predictions about choices …             Quantitative scoring of differential drug sensitivity for individually optimized anticancer therapies ▶     Bhagwan Yadav, Tea Pemovska, Agnieszka Szwajda et al.     We developed a systematic algorithmic solution for quantitative drug sensitivity scoring (DSS), based on continuous modeling and integration of multiple dose-response …             ATP Binding Turns Plant Cryptochrome Into an Efficient Natural Photoswitch ▶     Pavel Müller, Jean-Pierre Bouly, Kenichi Hitomi et al.     Cryptochromes are flavoproteins that drive diverse developmental light-responses in plants and participate in the circadian clock in animals. Plant cryptochromes have found …             Interleukin-37 Mediates the Antitumor Activity in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Role for CD57+ NK Cells ▶     Jing-Jing Zhao, Qiu-Zhong Pan, Ke Pan et al.     The biological role of interleukin-37 (IL-37) in cancer is large unknown. Through immunohistochemical detection using 163 primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) clinical …             Metabolic engineering of lactate dehydrogenase rescues mice from acidosis ▶     Abhinav P. Acharya, Mohammad Rafi, Elliot C. Woods et al.     Acidosis causes millions of deaths each year and strategies for normalizing the blood pH in acidosis patients are greatly needed. The lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) pathway has great …             Ftx is dispensable for imprinted X-chromosome inactivation in preimplantation mouse embryos ▶     Miki Soma, Yoshitaka Fujihara, Masaru Okabe et al.     X-chromosome inactivation (XCI) equalizes gene expression between the sexes by inactivating one of the two X chromosomes in female mammals. Xist has been considered as a major cis…             Gremlin-2 is a BMP antagonist that is regulated by the circadian clock ▶     Ching-Yan Chloé Yeung, Nicole Gossan, Yinhui Lu et al.     Tendons are prominent members of the family of fibrous connective tissues (FCTs), which collectively are the most abundant tissues in vertebrates and have crucial roles in …             Regulation of age-related structural integrity in neurons by protein with tau-like repeats (PTL-1) is cell autonomous ▶     Yee Lian Chew, Xiaochen Fan, Jürgen Götz et al.     PTL-1 is the sole homolog of the MAP2/MAP4/tau family in Caenorhabditis elegans. Accumulation of tau is a pathological hallmark of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's …             Colorimetric detection of Shewanella oneidensis based on immunomagnetic capture and bacterial intrinsic peroxidase activity ▶     Junlin Wen, Shungui Zhou, Junhua Chen     Rapid detection and enumeration of target microorganisms is considered as a powerful tool for monitoring bioremediation process that typically involves cleaning up polluted …             No evidence of aquatic priming effects in hyporheic zone microcosms ▶     Mia M. Bengtsson, Karoline Wagner, Nancy R. Burns et al.     The priming effect refers to quantitative changes in microbial decomposition of recalcitrant organic matter upon addition of labile organic matter and is a phenomenon that mainly …             Bax Inhibitor-1-Mediated Inhibition of Mitochondrial Ca2+ Intake Regulates Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore Opening and Cell Death ▶     Geum-Hwa Lee, Hwa-Young Lee, Bo Li et al.     A recently studied endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress regulator, Bax inhibitor-1 (BI-1) plays a regulatory role in mitochondrial Ca2 levels. In this study, we identified …             Rewiring mesenchymal stem cell lineage specification by switching the biophysical microenvironment ▶     Junmin Lee, Amr A. Abdeen, Kristopher A. Kilian     The propensity of stem cells to specify and commit to a particular lineage program is guided by dynamic biophysical and biochemical signals that are temporally regulated. However, …             Critical role of γ-phosphate in structural transition of Na,K-ATPase upon ATP binding ▶     Irina Yu. Petrushanko, Vladimir A. Mitkevich, Anastasia A. Anashkina et al.     Active transport of sodium and potassium ions by Na,K-ATPase is accompanied by the enzyme conformational transition between E1 and E2 states. ATP and ADP bind to Na,K-ATPase in …             The expression pattern of 19 genes predicts the histology of endometrial carcinoma ▶     Chang Ohk Sung, Insuk Sohn     Cancer diagnosis and classification have traditionally been based on the assessment of morphology by microscopy. However, the histological classification system is challenging and …             Intranasal mRNA nanoparticle vaccination induces prophylactic and therapeutic anti-tumor immunity ▶     Kyle K. L. Phua, Herman F. Staats, Kam W. Leong et al.     Direct in vivo administration of messenger RNA (mRNA) delivered in both naked and nanoparticle formats are actively investigated because the use of dendritic cells transfected ex …             Synchronized necrotic death of attached hepatocytes mediated via gap junctions ▶     Chieko Saito, Koei Shinzawa, Yoshihide Tsujimoto     Extensive studies have unveiled the intracellular molecular signaling pathways of cell death. To better understand cell death in tissues, it is important to investigate the …             Minimally destructive sampling of type specimens of Pyropia (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) recovers complete plastid and mitochondrial genomes ▶     Jeffery R. Hughey, Paul W. Gabrielson, Laurence Rohmer et al.     Plant species, including algae and fungi, are based on type specimens to which the name of a taxon is permanently attached. Applying a scientific name to any specimen therefore …             Genome-wide survey of tissue-specific microRNA and transcription factor regulatory networks in 12 tissues ▶     Zhiyun Guo, Miranda Maki, Ruofan Ding et al.     Tissue-specific miRNAs (TS miRNA) specifically expressed in particular tissues play an important role in tissue identity, differentiation and function. However, transcription …             Retention of cotyledons is crucial for resprouting of clipped oak seedlings ▶     Xianfeng Yi, Changqu Liu     Although resprouting plays an important role in facilitating persistence of damaged seedlings, the functional attributes of cotyledons and taproots during resprouting of 1-year …             Adhesion force measurements on the two wax layers of the waxy zone in Nepenthes alata pitchers ▶     Elena V. Gorb, Julia Purtov, Stanislav N. Gorb     The wax coverage of the waxy zone in Nepenthes alata pitchers consists of two clearly distinguishable layers, designated the upper and lower wax layers. Since these layers were …             Synergism and Rules of the new Combination drug Yiqijiedu Formulae (YQJD) on Ischemic Stroke based on amino acids (AAs) metabolism ▶     Jian Gao, Chang Chen, Jian-Xin Chen et al.     The use of combination drugs is considered to be a promising strategy to control complex diseases such as ischemic stroke. The detection of metabolites has been used as a …             Biological ingredient analysis of traditional Chinese medicine preparation based on high-throughput sequencing: the story for Liuwei Dihuang Wan ▶     Xinwei Cheng, Xiaoquan Su, Xiaohua Chen et al.     Although Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) preparations have long history with successful applications, the scientific and systematic quality assessment of TCM preparations …             Cortico-subcortical metabolic correlates of olfactory processing in healthy resting subjects ▶     Marco Alessandrini, Alessandro Micarelli, Agostino Chiaravalloti et al.     A wide network of interconnected areas was previously found in neuroimaging studies involving normal as well as pathological subjects; however literature seems to suffer from a …             Activation of Rheb, but not of mTORC1, impairs spine synapse morphogenesis in tuberous sclerosis complex ▶     Shin Yasuda, Hiroko Sugiura, Shutaro Katsurabayashi et al.     Mutations in the Tsc1 or Tsc2 genes cause tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC). Tsc1 and Tsc2 proteins form a complex that inhibits mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) …                     An open access online-only multidisciplinary journal publishing high-quality research in all areas of primary care management of respiratory and respiratory-related allergic diseases. This title is part of the Nature Partner Journals portfolio - a new series of online open access journals published in collaboration with world-renowned international partners.          Chemical Sciences ▲ top               Photoresponsive and Gas Sensing Field-Effect Transistors based on Multilayer WS2 Nanoflakes ▶     Nengjie Huo, Shengxue Yang, Zhongming Wei et al.     The photoelectrical properties of multilayer WS2 nanoflakes including field-effect, photosensitive and gas sensing are comprehensively and systematically studied. The transistors …             Electrochemical detection of intracellular and cell membrane redox systems in Saccharomyces cerevisiae ▶     Frankie J. Rawson, Alison J. Downard, Keith H. Baronian     Redox mediators can interact with eukaryote cells at a number of different cell locations. While cell membrane redox centres are easily accessible, the redox centres of catabolism …             Seeking carotenoid pigments in amber-preserved fossil feathers ▶     Daniel B. Thomas, Paul C. Nascimbene, Carla J. Dove et al.     Plumage colours bestowed by carotenoid pigments can be important for visual communication and likely have a long evolutionary history within Aves. Discovering plumage carotenoids …             Transient α-helices in the disordered RPEL motifs of the serum response factor coactivator MKL1 ▶     Mineyuki Mizuguchi, Takahiro Fuju, Takayuki Obita et al.     The megakaryoblastic leukemia 1 (MKL1) protein functions as a transcriptional coactivator of the serum response factor. MKL1 has three RPEL motifs (RPEL1, RPEL2, and RPEL3) in its …             Al13@Pt42 Core-Shell Cluster for Oxygen Reduction Reaction ▶     B. B. Xiao, Y. F. Zhu, X. Y. Lang et al.     To increase Pt utilization for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in fuel cells, reducing particle sizes of Pt is a valid way. However, poisoning or surface oxidation limits the …             Fingerprinting Breast Cancer vs. Normal Mammary Cells by Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Volatiles ▶     Jingjing He, Pablo Martinez-Lozano Sinues, Maija Hollmén et al.     There is increasing interest in the development of noninvasive diagnostic methods for early cancer detection, to improve the survival rate and quality of life of cancer patients. …             ATP Binding Turns Plant Cryptochrome Into an Efficient Natural Photoswitch ▶     Pavel Müller, Jean-Pierre Bouly, Kenichi Hitomi et al.     Cryptochromes are flavoproteins that drive diverse developmental light-responses in plants and participate in the circadian clock in animals. Plant cryptochromes have found …             Visualizing the Structural Evolution of LSM/xYSZ Composite Cathodes for SOFC by in-situ Neutron Diffraction ▶     Yan Chen, Ling Yang, Fei Ren et al.     Thermal stability of composite cathodes for solid oxide fuel cells, the mixtures of (La0.8Sr0.2)0.95MnO3−δ (LSM) and (Y2O3)x(ZrO2)1−x (xYSZ, x=3, 6, 8 and 10), is determined …             The First Tandem, All-exciplex-based WOLED ▶     Wen-Yi Hung, Guan-Cheng Fang, Shih-Wei Lin et al.     Exploiting our recently developed bilayer interface methodology, together with a new wide energy-gap, low LUMO acceptor (A) and the designated donor (D) layers, we succeeded in …                     Physical Sciences ▲ top               Photoresponsive and Gas Sensing Field-Effect Transistors based on Multilayer WS2 Nanoflakes ▶     Nengjie Huo, Shengxue Yang, Zhongming Wei et al.     The photoelectrical properties of multilayer WS2 nanoflakes including field-effect, photosensitive and gas sensing are comprehensively and systematically studied. The transistors …             Anisotropy Modeling of Terahertz Metamaterials: Polarization Dependent Resonance Manipulation by Meta-Atom Cluster ▶     Hyunseung Jung, Chihun In, Hyunyong Choi et al.     Recently metamaterials have inspired worldwide researches due to their exotic properties in transmitting, reflecting, absorbing or refracting specific electromagnetic waves. Most …             Evidence for a glassy state in strongly driven carbon ▶     C. R. D. Brown, D. O. Gericke, M. Cammarata et al.     Here, we report results of an experiment creating a transient, highly correlated carbon state using a combination of optical and x-ray lasers. Scattered x-rays reveal a highly …             Heteroatom-doped highly porous carbon from human urine ▶     Nitin Kaduba Chaudhari, Min Young Song, Jong-Sung Yu     Human urine, otherwise potentially polluting waste, is an universal unused resource in organic form disposed by the human body. We present for the first time “proof of concept” of …             Does Shining Light on Gold Colloids Influence Aggregation? ▶     Susmita Bhattacharya, Suda Narasimha, Anushree Roy et al.     In this article we revisit the much-studied behavior of self-assembled aggregates of gold colloidal particles. In the literature, the electrostatic interactions, van der Waals …             Realization of deep subwavelength resolution with singular media ▶     Su Xu, Yuyu Jiang, Hongyi Xu et al.     The record of imaging resolution has kept being refreshed in the past decades and the best resolution of hyperlenses and superlenses so far is about one out of tens in terms of …             Molecular Packing and Electronic Processes in Amorphous-like Polymer Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells with Fullerene Intercalation ▶     Ting Xiao, Haihua Xu, Giulia Grancini et al.     The interpenetrating morphology formed by the electron donor and acceptor materials is critical for the performance of polymer:fullerene bulk heterojunction (BHJ) photovoltaic …             Electrochemical detection of intracellular and cell membrane redox systems in Saccharomyces cerevisiae ▶     Frankie J. Rawson, Alison J. Downard, Keith H. Baronian     Redox mediators can interact with eukaryote cells at a number of different cell locations. While cell membrane redox centres are easily accessible, the redox centres of catabolism …             Seeking carotenoid pigments in amber-preserved fossil feathers ▶     Daniel B. Thomas, Paul C. Nascimbene, Carla J. Dove et al.     Plumage colours bestowed by carotenoid pigments can be important for visual communication and likely have a long evolutionary history within Aves. Discovering plumage carotenoids …             Transient α-helices in the disordered RPEL motifs of the serum response factor coactivator MKL1 ▶     Mineyuki Mizuguchi, Takahiro Fuju, Takayuki Obita et al.     The megakaryoblastic leukemia 1 (MKL1) protein functions as a transcriptional coactivator of the serum response factor. MKL1 has three RPEL motifs (RPEL1, RPEL2, and RPEL3) in its …             Explosive synchronization as a process of explosive percolation in dynamical phase space ▶     Xiyun Zhang, Yong Zou, S. Boccaletti et al.     Explosive synchronization and explosive percolation are currently two independent phenomena occurring in complex networks, where the former takes place in dynamical phase space …             Phase transitions in the complex plane of physical parameters ▶     Bo-Bo Wei, Shao-Wen Chen, Hoi-Chun Po et al.     At low temperature, a thermodynamic system undergoes a phase transition when a physical parameter passes through a singularity point of the free energy. This corresponds to the …             Al13@Pt42 Core-Shell Cluster for Oxygen Reduction Reaction ▶     B. B. Xiao, Y. F. Zhu, X. Y. Lang et al.     To increase Pt utilization for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in fuel cells, reducing particle sizes of Pt is a valid way. However, poisoning or surface oxidation limits the …             X-ray phase-contrast imaging at 100 keV on a conventional source ▶     T. Thüring, M. Abis, Z. Wang et al.     X-ray grating interferometry is a promising imaging technique sensitive to attenuation, refraction and scattering of the radiation. Applications of this technique in the energy …             Microscopically-Tuned Band Structure of Epitaxial Graphene through Interface and Stacking Variations Using Si Substrate Microfabrication ▶     Hirokazu Fukidome, Takayuki Ide, Yusuke Kawai et al.     Graphene exhibits unusual electronic properties, caused by a linear band structure near the Dirac point. This band structure is determined by the stacking sequence in graphene …             Surface recombination and charged exciton in nanocrystal quantum dots on photonic crystals under two-photon excitation ▶     Xingsheng Xu     In this study, the two-photon excited fluorescence spectra from cadmium selenide quantum dots (QDs) on a silicon nitride photonic crystal (PhC) membrane under femtosecond laser …             Efficient detection of contagious outbreaks in massive metropolitan encounter networks ▶     Lijun Sun, Kay W. Axhausen, Der-Horng Lee et al.     Physical contact remains difficult to trace in large metropolitan networks, though it is a key vehicle for the transmission of contagious outbreaks. Co-presence encounters during …             Fingerprinting Breast Cancer vs. Normal Mammary Cells by Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Volatiles ▶     Jingjing He, Pablo Martinez-Lozano Sinues, Maija Hollmén et al.     There is increasing interest in the development of noninvasive diagnostic methods for early cancer detection, to improve the survival rate and quality of life of cancer patients. …             Generation of proton aurora by magnetosonic waves ▶     Fuliang Xiao, Qiugang Zong, Yongfu Wang et al.     Earth's proton aurora occurs over a broad MLT region and is produced by the precipitation of low-energy (2–10 keV) plasmasheet protons. Proton precipitation can alter chemical …             Fabrication of single-crystalline microspheres with high sphericity from anisotropic materials ▶     Shinya Okamoto, Kazuhiro Inaba, Takuya Iida et al.     Microspheres with high sphericity exhibit unique functionalities. In particular, their high symmetry makes them excellent omnidirectional optical resonators. As such perfect …             High density GaN/AlN quantum dots for deep UV LED with high quantum efficiency and temperature stability ▶     Weihuang Yang, Jinchai Li, Yong Zhang et al.     High internal efficiency and high temperature stability ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) at 308 nm were achieved using high density (2.5 × 109 cm−2) GaN/AlN quantum …             Partial-slip frictional response of rough surfaces ▶     Marco Paggi, Roman Pohrt, Valentin L. Popov     If two elastic bodies with rough surfaces are first pressed against each other and then loaded tangentially, sliding will occur at the boundary of the contact area while the inner …             ATP Binding Turns Plant Cryptochrome Into an Efficient Natural Photoswitch ▶     Pavel Müller, Jean-Pierre Bouly, Kenichi Hitomi et al.     Cryptochromes are flavoproteins that drive diverse developmental light-responses in plants and participate in the circadian clock in animals. Plant cryptochromes have found …             Unoxidized Graphene/Alumina Nanocomposite: Fracture- and Wear-Resistance Effects of Graphene on Alumina Matrix ▶     Hyo Jin Kim, Sung-Min Lee, Yoon-Suk Oh et al.     It is of critical importance to improve toughness, strength, and wear-resistance together for the development of advanced structural materials. Herein, we report on the synthesis …             B and N isolate-doped graphitic carbon nanosheets from nitrogen-containing ion-exchanged resins for enhanced oxygen reduction ▶     Lei Wang, Peng Yu, Lu Zhao et al.     B,N-codoped carbon nanostructures (BNCS) can serve as alternative low-cost metal-free electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reactions (ORR). However, the compensation effect …             Visualizing the Structural Evolution of LSM/xYSZ Composite Cathodes for SOFC by in-situ Neutron Diffraction ▶     Yan Chen, Ling Yang, Fei Ren et al.     Thermal stability of composite cathodes for solid oxide fuel cells, the mixtures of (La0.8Sr0.2)0.95MnO3−δ (LSM) and (Y2O3)x(ZrO2)1−x (xYSZ, x=3, 6, 8 and 10), is determined …             Quantum resources for purification and cooling: fundamental limits and opportunities ▶     Francesco Ticozzi, Lorenza Viola     Preparing a quantum system in a pure state is ultimately limited by the nature of the system's evolution in the presence of its environment and by the initial state of the …             Ultrabright continuously tunable terahertz-wave generation at room temperature ▶     Shin'ichiro Hayashi, Kouji Nawata, Takunori Taira et al.     The hottest frequency region in terms of research currently lies in the ‘frequency gap’ region between microwaves and infrared: terahertz waves. Although new methods for …             Reassignment of Scattered Emission Photons in Multifocal Multiphoton Microscopy ▶     Jae Won Cha, Vijay Raj Singh, Ki Hean Kim et al.     Multifocal multiphoton microscopy (MMM) achieves fast imaging by simultaneously scanning multiple foci across different regions of specimen. The use of imaging detectors in MMM, …             Covert thermal barcodes based on phase change nanoparticles ▶     Binh Duong, Helin Liu, Liyuan Ma et al.     An unmet need is to develop covert barcodes that can be used to track-trace objects, and authenticate documents. This paper describes a new nanoparticle-based covert barcode …             Rewiring mesenchymal stem cell lineage specification by switching the biophysical microenvironment ▶     Junmin Lee, Amr A. Abdeen, Kristopher A. Kilian     The propensity of stem cells to specify and commit to a particular lineage program is guided by dynamic biophysical and biochemical signals that are temporally regulated. However, …             Colorimetric detection of Shewanella oneidensis based on immunomagnetic capture and bacterial intrinsic peroxidase activity ▶     Junlin Wen, Shungui Zhou, Junhua Chen     Rapid detection and enumeration of target microorganisms is considered as a powerful tool for monitoring bioremediation process that typically involves cleaning up polluted …             Zn vacancy induced green luminescence on non-polar surfaces in ZnO nanostructures ▶     F. Fabbri, M. Villani, A. Catellani et al.     Although generally ascribed to the presence of defects, an ultimate assignment of the different contributions to the emission spectrum in terms of surface states and deep levels …             Divergent dynamics and the Kauzmann temperature in glass forming systems ▶     Julio Cesar Martinez-Garcia, Sylwester J. Rzoska, Aleksandra Drzozd-Rzoska et al.     In the last decade the challenging analysis of previtreous behavior of relaxation time (τ(T)) in ultraviscous low molecular weight liquids led to the conceptual shift of the glass …             Interfacial Free Energy Controlling Glass-Forming Ability of Cu-Zr Alloys ▶     Dong-Hee Kang, Hao Zhang, Hanbyeol Yoo et al.     Glass is a freezing phase of a deeply supercooled liquid. Despite its simple definition, the origin of glass forming ability (GFA) is still ambiguous, even for binary Cu-Zr …             The First Tandem, All-exciplex-based WOLED ▶     Wen-Yi Hung, Guan-Cheng Fang, Shih-Wei Lin et al.     Exploiting our recently developed bilayer interface methodology, together with a new wide energy-gap, low LUMO acceptor (A) and the designated donor (D) layers, we succeeded in …             Quasi One Dimensional Dirac Electrons on the Surface of Ru2Sn3 ▶     Q. D. Gibson, D. Evtushinsky, A. N. Yaresko et al.     We present an ARPES study of the surface states of Ru2Sn3, a new type of a strong 3D topological insulator (TI). In contrast to currently known 3D TIs, which display …             Electrically and Optically Readable Light Emitting Memories ▶     Che-Wei Chang, Wei-Chun Tan, Meng-Lin Lu et al.     Electrochemical metallization memories based on redox-induced resistance switching have been considered as the next-generation electronic storage devices. However, the electronic …             High-pressure polymorphs of ZnCO3: Evolutionary crystal structure prediction ▶     A. Bouibes, A. Zaoui     The high-pressure behavior of zinc carbonate ZnCO3 has been investigated using universal structure prediction method together with the density functional theory. In order to …             New insight into the spin-conserving excitation of the negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond ▶     Bei Deng, R. Q. Zhang, X. Q. Shi     The negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy (N-V−) color center in diamond is an important solid-state single photon source for applications to quantum communication and distributed …             In situ Growth of NixCu1-x Alloy Nanocatalysts on Redox-reversible Rutile (Nb,Ti)O4 Towards High-Temperature Carbon Dioxide Electrolysis ▶     Haoshan Wei, Kui Xie, Jun Zhang et al.     In this paper, we report the in situ growth of NixCu1-x (x=0, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75 and 1.0) alloy catalysts to anchor and decorate a redox-reversible Nb1.33Ti0.67O4 ceramic …               Earth & Environmental Sciences ▲ top               Coral calcifying fluid pH dictates response to ocean acidification ▶     M. Holcomb, A. A. Venn, E. Tambutté et al.     Ocean acidification driven by rising levels of CO2 impairs calcification, threatening coral reef growth. Predicting how corals respond to CO2 requires a better understanding of …             The Carbon Cycle and Hurricanes in the United States between 1900 and 2011 ▶     Devendra Dahal, Shuguang Liu, Jennifer Oeding     Hurricanes cause severe impacts on forest ecosystems in the United States. These events can substantially alter the carbon biogeochemical cycle at local to regional scales. We …             Colorimetric detection of Shewanella oneidensis based on immunomagnetic capture and bacterial intrinsic peroxidase activity ▶     Junlin Wen, Shungui Zhou, Junhua Chen     Rapid detection and enumeration of target microorganisms is considered as a powerful tool for monitoring bioremediation process that typically involves cleaning up polluted …             No evidence of aquatic priming effects in hyporheic zone microcosms ▶     Mia M. Bengtsson, Karoline Wagner, Nancy R. Burns et al.     The priming effect refers to quantitative changes in microbial decomposition of recalcitrant organic matter upon addition of labile organic matter and is a phenomenon that mainly …             Evidence for solar cycles in a late Holocene speleothem record from Dongge Cave, China ▶     Fucai Duan, Yongjin Wang, Chuan-Chou Shen et al.     The association between solar activity and Asian monsoon (AM) remains unclear. Here we evaluate the possible connection between them based on a precisely-dated, high-resolution …             Evaporative cooling of speleothem drip water ▶     M. O. Cuthbert, G. C. Rau, M. S. Andersen et al.     This study describes the first use of concurrent high-precision temperature and drip rate monitoring to explore what controls the temperature of speleothem forming drip water. Two …             High-pressure polymorphs of ZnCO3: Evolutionary crystal structure prediction ▶     A. Bouibes, A. Zaoui     The high-pressure behavior of zinc carbonate ZnCO3 has been investigated using universal structure prediction method together with the density functional theory. In order to …             Acceleration of modern acidification in the South China Sea driven by anthropogenic CO2 ▶     Yi Liu, Zicheng Peng, Renjun Zhou et al.     Modern acidification by the uptake of anthropogenic CO2 can profoundly affect the physiology of marine organisms and the structure of ocean ecosystems. Centennial-scale global and …             Diversity in early crustal evolution: 4100 Ma zircons in the Cathaysia Block of southern China ▶     Guang-Fu Xing, Xiao-Lei Wang, Yusheng Wan et al.     Zircons are crucial to understanding the first 500 Myr of crustal evolution of Earth. Very few zircons of this age (>4050 Ma) have been found other than from a ~300 km diameter …             Effect of non-stationary climate on infectious gastroenteritis transmission in Japan ▶     Daisuke Onozuka     Local weather factors are widely considered to influence the transmission of infectious gastroenteritis. Few studies, however, have examined the non-stationary relationships …               Health Sciences ▲ top               Common dysfunctional variants of ABCG2 have stronger impact on hyperuricemia progression than typical environmental risk factors ▶     Akiyoshi Nakayama, Hirotaka Matsuo, Hirofumi Nakaoka et al.     Gout/hyperuricemia is a common multifactorial disease having typical environmental risks. Recently, common dysfunctional variants of ABCG2, a urate exporter gene also known as BCRP…             Sexual Satisfaction of infertile couples assessed using the Golombok-Rust Inventory of Sexual Satisfaction (GRISS) ▶     Mayumi Shoji, Toshio Hamatani, Shoko Ishikawa et al.     Recently, infertility treatment-related psychological effects are receiving increased attention. However, whether sexual satisfaction is reduced amongst infertile couples remains …             Autophagy Correlates with Maintenance of Salivary Gland Function Following Radiation ▶     Maria Morgan-Bathke, Grace A. Hill, Zoey I. Harris et al.     The current standard of care for head and neck cancer includes surgical resection of the tumor followed by targeted head and neck radiation. 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Færgeman et al.     Spectrins and plakins are important communicators linking cytoskeletal components to each other and to cellular junctions. Microtubule-actin cross-linking factor 1 (MACF1) belongs …             Risk of Stroke in Patients with Rheumatism: A Nationwide Longitudinal Population-based Study ▶     Tsan-Hon Liou, Shih-Wei Huang, Jia-Wei Lin et al.     The aim of this study was to investigate rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and systemic lupus erythematous (SLE) as risk factors for stroke. The study was analyzed by Using the Taiwan …             Bax Inhibitor-1-Mediated Inhibition of Mitochondrial Ca2+ Intake Regulates Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore Opening and Cell Death ▶     Geum-Hwa Lee, Hwa-Young Lee, Bo Li et al.     A recently studied endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress regulator, Bax inhibitor-1 (BI-1) plays a regulatory role in mitochondrial Ca2 levels. In this study, we identified …             Periodontitis-activated monocytes/macrophages cause aortic inflammation ▶     Shin-ichi Miyajima, Keiko Naruse, Yasuko Kobayashi et al.     A relationship between periodontal disease and atherosclerosis has been suggested by epidemiological studies. Ligature-induced experimental periodontitis is an adequate model for …             Refinement-Cut: User-Guided Segmentation Algorithm for Translational Science ▶     Jan Egger     In this contribution, a semi-automatic segmentation algorithm for (medical) image analysis is presented. More precise, the approach belongs to the category of interactive …             Ochratoxin A induced early hepatotoxicity: new mechanistic insights from microRNA, mRNA and proteomic profiling studies ▶     Xiaozhe Qi, Xuan Yang, Siyuan Chen et al.     The mycotoxin ochratoxin A (OTA) is found widely in agricultural commodities. OTA can induce various toxicities. In this study, rats were gavaged with OTA for different weeks. …             Effect of non-stationary climate on infectious gastroenteritis transmission in Japan ▶     Daisuke Onozuka     Local weather factors are widely considered to influence the transmission of infectious gastroenteritis. Few studies, however, have examined the non-stationary relationships …             Cortico-subcortical metabolic correlates of olfactory processing in healthy resting subjects ▶     Marco Alessandrini, Alessandro Micarelli, Agostino Chiaravalloti et al.     A wide network of interconnected areas was previously found in neuroimaging studies involving normal as well as pathological subjects; however literature seems to suffer from a …             Activation of Rheb, but not of mTORC1, impairs spine synapse morphogenesis in tuberous sclerosis complex ▶     Shin Yasuda, Hiroko Sugiura, Shutaro Katsurabayashi et al.     Mutations in the Tsc1 or Tsc2 genes cause tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC). 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