Scientific Reports

Effect of geotextile on ballast fouling under cyclic loading in seasonal freeze–thaw conditions

Comparative analysis of the detection capabilities of BacT/ALERT and BACTEC blood culture systems for simulated and clinical bacteremia specimens

Cortical firing dynamics during micro-arousals vary with sleep/wake history and micro-arousal duration

Abstract Non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep is not uniform but characterized by brief intrusions of wake-like brain activity and increased muscle tonus known as micro-arousals or br...

An evaluation of a Bayesian method to track outbreaks of known and novel influenza-like illnesses

Mediating role of alcohol dependence in the associations between adult ADHD symptoms and a wide range of physical comorbidities

ICT training with wearable devices to enhance emotional communication and musicality in vocal education

Fine reconstruction of badminton swing dynamic trajectory assisted by event camera

Dysregulated B cell homeostasis and the involvement of B cell-activating factor in the progression of diabetic retinopathy

Geriatric nutritional risk index in antifibrotic therapy can predict tolerability and mortality risk

Comparative evaluation of antimicrobial activities and molecular docking of selected medicinal plants used in arab countries using zamzam water and conventional solvents

A few-shot high-resolution remote sensing image semantic segmentation method

Ecological network collapse and functional potential shifts in the canine oral microbiota associated with periodontal disease: a pilot study

Abstract Periodontal disease is a highly prevalent disease in dogs; however, the underlying shifts in the oral microbiota remain unclear. Although dysbiosis is o...

Longer leukocyte telomere length increases the odds of premature rupture of membranes: a cross-sectional study based on UK Biobank

Cross-domain multimodal learning for stress-level prediction: a hybrid deep learning framework integrating independent EEG and facial expression datasets

First Isolation of Fusarium foetens from coriander in Palestine and preliminary evaluation of essential oils for its control

Hydrostatic pressure promotes odontoblast differentiation via PIEZO1-dependent activation of RUNX2 and WNT16 in SHED

Sensing vs. seeing: body experience rather than mere body observation is linked to efficiency of descending pain modulation

Abstract Looking at one’s own body has been shown to exert analgesic effects on experimental pain stimulation. This study investigated the potential involvement of descending pain mo...

Dynamics of the water-plasma interface in various discharge modes of atmospheric-pressure plasmas

Abstract This paper presents an experimental study of the dynamics of the water-plasma interface during the interaction high-voltage (HV) atmospheric pressure di...

Multidisciplinary expert evaluation of large language models on questions regarding bariatric surgery: a comparative analysis of ERNIE Bot 4.0, ChatGPT-4, Claude 3 Opus, and Gemini Pro

Objectively measured physical activity following lumbar decompression surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract Lumbar decompression surgery reliably improves pain and disability in lumbar disc herniation and spinal stenosis, but whether these symptomatic gains tr...

Model-based nitrogen optimization for bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) production in central Oromia, Ethiopia using CERES-wheat

Pathogenic mechanism of the PLS1 gene variant in hearing loss and functional validation in a zebrafish model

Sociodemographic and clinical determinants of the dementia treatment gap in Singapore and their evolution over a decade

Machine learning-based temperature prediction across diverse ecosystems for the Boro Season in Bangladesh

Prediction model for additional procedure requirement in flexible ureterorenoscopy using explainable artificial intelligence