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14 August 2018       •Visit Scientific Reports •Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports               Nature Index 2018 Japan Some of Japan's smallest institutions are among the most efficient in the production of high quality scientific research, though the decline in Japan's high quality scientific research output continues. This supplement examines reform efforts in light of the country's aim to become a "super-smart" society. Read the full supplement                 Biological Sciences               Bundles of Brain Microtubules Generate Electrical Oscillations ▶     María del Rocío Cantero, Cecilia Villa Etchegoyen, Paula L. Perez et al.             Soil microarthropods alter the outcome of plant-soil feedback experiments ▶     Eliška Kuťáková, Simone Cesarz, Zuzana Münzbergová et al.             Inhibiting the CD8+ T cell infiltration in the tumor microenvironment after radiotherapy is an important mechanism of radioresistance ▶     Hai-yan Chen, Lei Xu, Lin-feng Li et al.             Fenbendazole acts as a moderate microtubule destabilizing agent and causes cancer cell death by modulating multiple cellular pathways ▶     Nilambra Dogra, Ashok Kumar, Tapas Mukhopadhyay             Clock gene expression and locomotor activity predict death in the last days of life in Drosophila melanogaster ▶     Jia Zhao, Guy Robert Warman, James Frederick Cheeseman             Isolation and characterisation of alveolar type II pneumocytes from adult bovine lung ▶     Diane Frances Lee, Francisco Javier Salguero, Duncan Grainger et al.             The functional relations among motor-based prediction, sensory goals and feedback in learning non-native speech sounds: Evidence from adult Mandarin Chinese speakers with an auditory feedback masking paradigm ▶     Xiaoluan Liu, Xing Tian             Short and Long-Term Potential Role of Carbon Nanoparticles in Total Thyroidectomy with Central Lymph Node Dissection ▶     Shuai Xue, Peiyou Ren, Peisong Wang et al.             Genome wide identification and experimental validation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Tat substrates ▶     Maxime Rémi Gimenez, Govind Chandra, Perrine Van Overvelt et al.             A simple and inexpensive quantitative technique for determining chemical sensitivity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae ▶     Chao-Wei Hung, Jorge Y. Martínez-Márquez, Fatima T. Javed et al.             Assessment of in vivo versus in vitro biofilm formation of clinical methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from endotracheal tubes ▶     Laia Fernández-Barat, Soumaya Ben-Aicha, Anna Motos et al.             Topical administration of EGF suppresses immune response and protects skin barrier in DNCB-induced atopic dermatitis in NC/Nga mice ▶     Young-Je Kim, Mi Ji Choi, Dong-Ho Bak et al.             A single N1-methyladenosine on the large ribosomal subunit rRNA impacts locally its structure and the translation of key metabolic enzymes ▶     Sunny Sharma, Johannes David Hartmann, Peter Watzinger et al.             Resistance to retinopathy development in obese, diabetic and hypertensive ZSF1 rats: an exciting model to identify protective genes ▶     Vincenza Caolo, Quentin Roblain, Julie Lecomte et al.             Retention and losses of ultraviolet-sensitive visual pigments in bats ▶     Longfei Li, Hai Chi, Haonan Liu et al.             A nuclear-encoded protein, mTERF6, mediates transcription termination of rpoA polycistron for plastid-encoded RNA polymerase-dependent chloroplast gene expression and chloroplast development ▶     Yi Zhang, Yong-Lan Cui, Xiao-Lei Zhang et al.             Stationary and portable sequencing-based approaches for tracing wastewater contamination in urban stormwater systems ▶     Yue O. O. Hu, Nelson Ndegwa, Johannes Alneberg et al.             Bifidobacterium adolescentis is intrinsically resistant to antitubercular drugs ▶     Dhanashree Lokesh, Raman Parkesh, Rajagopal kammara             Dysregulation in Actin Cytoskeletal Organization Drives Increased Stiffness and Migratory Persistence in Polyploidal Giant Cancer Cells ▶     Botai Xuan, Deepraj Ghosh, Emily M. Cheney et al.             Radiocarbon analysis of modern olive wood raises doubts concerning a crucial piece of evidence in dating the Santorini eruption ▶     Yael Ehrlich, Lior Regev, Elisabetta Boaretto             Silkworms suppress the release of green leaf volatiles by mulberry leaves with an enzyme from their spinnerets ▶     Hiroki Takai, Rika Ozawa, Junji Takabayashi et al.             The impacts of delivery mode on infant’s oral microflora ▶     Hongping Li, Jun Wang, Lijuan Wu et al.             Diabetes induces fibrotic changes in the lung through the activation of TGF-β signaling pathways ▶     Girish Talakatta, Mohsen Sarikhani, Jaseer Muhamed et al.             Validation of an algorithm to reveal the U wave in atrial fibrillation ▶     M. S. Al-Karadi, A. J. Wilkinson, J. Caldwell et al.             Significant enhancement of nitrous oxide energy yields from wastewater achieved by bioaugmentation with a recombinant strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ▶     Ziyu Lin, Dezhi Sun, Yan Dang et al.             Incubation and water temperatures influence the performances of loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings during the dispersal phase ▶     Shohei Kobayashi, Nanamo Aokura, Ryohei Fujimoto et al.             Isobenzofuranone derivative JVPH3, an inhibitor of L. donovani topoisomerase II, disrupts mitochondrial architecture in trypanosomatid parasites ▶     Somenath Roy Chowdhury, Joseane Lima Prado Godinho, Jayaraman Vinayagam et al.             Functional near-infrared spectroscopy for monitoring macaque cerebral motor activity during voluntary movements without head fixation ▶     Toru Yamada, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Junpei Kato et al.             MLL1 is essential for retinal neurogenesis and horizontal inner neuron integrity ▶     Diana S. Brightman, Rachel L. Grant, Philip A. Ruzycki et al.             Mechanisms of wheat (Triticum aestivum) grain storage proteins in response to nitrogen application and its impacts on processing quality ▶     Ting Zheng, Peng-Fei Qi, Yong-Li Cao et al.             Feasibility of autologous plasma gel for tonsil-derived stem cell therapeutics in hypoparathyroidism ▶     Soo Yeon Jung, Ha Yeong Kim, Hyun Ju Oh et al.             Monetary Incentives Modulate Feedback-related Brain Activity ▶     Shuting Mei, Qi Li, Xun Liu et al.             Lysyl hydroxylases are transcription targets for GATA3 driving lung cancer cell metastasis ▶     Wei Liu, Ting Zhang, Lixia Guo et al.             Profile distribution of CO2 in an arid saline-alkali soil with gypsum and wheat straw amendments: a two-year incubation experiment ▶     Junyi Wang, Xiujun Wang, Jiaping Wang             A cis-eQTL of HLA-DPB1 Affects Susceptibility to Type 1 Autoimmune Hepatitis ▶     Tomoo Yamazaki, Takeji Umemura, Satoru Joshita et al.             Metabolomic changes in the mouse retina after optic nerve injury ▶     Kota Sato, Daisuke Saigusa, Ritsumi Saito et al.             Decadal erosion of coral assemblages by multiple disturbances in the Palm Islands, central Great Barrier Reef ▶     Gergely Torda, Katie Sambrook, Peter Cross et al.             Acupuncture modulates stress response by the mTOR signaling pathway in a rat post-traumatic stress disorder model ▶     Ju-Young Oh, Yu-Kang Kim, Seung-Nam Kim et al.             The Readiness Potential Reflects the Reliability of Action Consequence ▶     Wen Wen, Rin Minohara, Shunsuke Hamasaki et al.             Analysis of expression profiles of long noncoding RNAs and mRNAs in brains of mice infected by rabies virus by RNA sequencing ▶     Pingsen Zhao, Sudong Liu, Zhixiong Zhong et al.             Amplification and next generation sequencing of near full-length human enteroviruses for identification and characterisation from clinical samples ▶     Sonia R. Isaacs, Ki Wook Kim, Junipearl X. Cheng et al.             A Major Mycobacterium tuberculosis outbreak caused by one specific genotype in a low-incidence country: Exploring gene profile virulence explanations ▶     Dorte Bek Folkvardsen, Anders Norman, Åse Bengård Andersen et al.             Effects of polymorphic variation on the thermostability of heterogenous populations of CYP3A4 and CYP2C9 enzymes in solution ▶     Lauren B. Arendse, Jonathan M. Blackburn             Biochemical analyses reveal amino acid residues critical for cell cycle-dependent phosphorylation of human Cdc14A phosphatase by cyclin-dependent kinase 1 ▶     Sara Ovejero, Patricia Ayala, Marcos Malumbres et al.             Computational modelling reveals distinct patterns of cognitive and physical motivation in elite athletes ▶     Trevor T.-J. Chong, Matthew A. J. Apps, Kathrin Giehl et al.             Automated in vitro evolution of a translation-coupled RNA replication system in a droplet flow reactor ▶     Tomoaki Yoshiyama, Tetsuo Ichii, Tetsuya Yomo et al.             Two-fold elevation of endogenous GDNF levels in mice improves motor coordination without causing side-effects ▶     Kärt Mätlik, Vootele Võikar, Carolina Vilenius et al.             Pseudomonas aeruginosa ttcA encoding tRNA-thiolating protein requires an iron-sulfur cluster to participate in hydrogen peroxide-mediated stress protection and pathogenicity ▶     Adisak Romsang, Jintana Duang-nkern, Khwannarin Khemsom et al.             Textural features of cervical cancers on FDG-PET/CT associate with survival and local relapse in patients treated with definitive chemoradiotherapy ▶     Shang-Wen Chen, Wei-Chih Shen, Te-Chun Hsieh et al.             Resolvin E1 attenuates murine psoriatic dermatitis ▶     Yu Sawada, Tetsuya Honda, Satoshi Nakamizo et al.             Selective targeting of KRAS oncogenic alleles by CRISPR/Cas9 inhibits proliferation of cancer cells ▶     Wookjae Lee, Joon Ho Lee, Soyeong Jun et al.             Antenatal IL-1-dependent inflammation persists postnatally and causes retinal and sub-retinal vasculopathy in progeny ▶     Alexandra Beaudry-Richard, Mathieu Nadeau-Vallée, Élizabeth Prairie et al.             Assessment of the physicochemical properties and bacterial composition of Lactobacillus plantarum and Enterococcus faecium-fermented Astragalus membranaceus using single molecule, real-time sequencing technology ▶     Hongxing Qiao, Xiaojing Zhang, Hongtao Shi et al.             Improving sample classification by harnessing the potential of 1H-NMR signal chemical shifts ▶     Daniel Cañueto, Reza M. Salek, Xavier Correig et al.             Range of L5 LDL levels in healthy adults and L5’s predictive power in patients with hyperlipidemia or coronary artery disease ▶     Chih-Sheng Chu, Hua-Chen Chan, Ming-Hsien Tsai et al.             CEACAM1 promotes melanoma metastasis and is involved in the regulation of the EMT associated gene network in melanoma cells ▶     Daniel Wicklein, Benjamin Otto, Anna Suling et al.             Ursodeoxycholic acid improves liver function via phenylalanine/tyrosine pathway and microbiome remodelling in patients with liver dysfunction ▶     Da Jung Kim, Seonghae Yoon, Sang Chun Ji et al.             The size of the attentional window when measured by the pupillary response to light ▶     Shira Tkacz-Domb, Yaffa Yeshurun             Species composition and diversity of ground bryophytes across a forest edge-to-interior gradient ▶     Tiantian Jiang, Xuecheng Yang, Yonglin Zhong et al.             Forebrain medial septum sustains experimental neuropathic pain ▶     Mohammed Zacky Ariffin, Khairunisa Mohamad Ibrahim, Andy Thiam-Huat Lee et al.             Sex-associated differences in baseline urinary metabolites of healthy adults ▶     Sili Fan, Austin Yeon, Muhammad Shahid et al.             The Overlap of Lung Tissue Transcriptome of Smoke Exposed Mice with Human Smoking and COPD ▶     Ma’en Obeidat, Anna Dvorkin-Gheva, Xuan Li et al.               • Careers & Jobs           naturejobs.com Science jobs of the week       Research Specialist II     Princeton University            Fellow On Tenure Track     Cardiff University School of Medicine            Postdoctoral Research Scientist     The Babraham Institute            Senior Research Scientist     Scot_tish National Blood Transfusion Service_ (SNBTS)            Postdoctoral fellow     Dalhousie University            Postdoctoral Fellowship / Pediatrics-Pulmonology - 18000000W4     The 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