Dong, S. J., Alexandru, A., Draper, T., Liu, K. F., Li, A., Streuer, T., ...
The charmed-strange meson spectrum is calculated with the overlap valence fermions on 2+1 flavor domain wall dynamical configurations for $32^3\times 64$ lattices with a spatial size of 2.7 fm. Both...
Mid-Infrared Extinction and its Variation with Galactic Longitude (2009)
Gao, Jian, Jiang, B. W., Li, A.
Based on the data obtained from the Spitzer/GLIPMSE Legacy Program and the 2MASS project, we derive the extinction in the four IRAC bands, [3.6], [4.5], [5.8] and [8.0] micron, relative to the 2MASS...
On the Carriers of the 21 Micron Emission Feature in Post-Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars (2009)
Zhang, K., Jiang, B. W., Li, A.
The mysterious 21micron emission feature seen in sixteen C-rich proto-planetary nebulae (PPNe) remains unidentified since its discovery in 1989. Over a dozen of materials are suggested as the carrier...
Solid State Astrophysics: Probing Interstellar Dust and Gas Properties with X-rays (2009)
Lee, Julia C., Smith, Randall K., Canizares, C. R., Costantini, E., De Vries, C., Drake, J., ...
The abundances of gas and dust (solids and complex molecules) in the interstellar medium (ISM) as well as their composition and structures impact practically all of astrophysics. Fundamental...
The Dust-to-Gas Ratio in the Small Magellanic Cloud Tail (2009)
Gordon, K. D., Bot, C., Muller, E., Misselt, K. A., Bolatto, A., ...
The Tail region of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) was imaged using the MIPS instrument on the Spitzer Space Telescope as part of the SAGE-SMC Spitzer Legacy. Diffuse infrared emission from dust was...
The dust-to-dust gas ration in the Small Magellanic Cloud Tail (2009)
Gordon, K. D., Bot, C., Muller, E., Misselt, K. A., Bolatto, A., ...
The Tail region of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) was imaged using the MIPS instrument on the Spitzer Space Telescope as part of the SAGE-SMC Spitzer Legacy. Diffuse infrared emission from dust was...
Silica in Protoplanetary Disks (2008)
Sargent, B. A., Forrest, W. J., Tayrien, C., McClure, M. K., Li, A., Basu, A. R., ...
Mid-infrared spectra of a few T Tauri stars (TTS) taken with the Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) on board the Spitzer Space Telescope show prominent narrow emission features indicating silica...
Sargent, B. A., Forrest, W. J., Tayrien, C., McClure, M. K., Watson, Dan M., Sloan, G. C., ...
Mid-infrared spectra of 65 T Tauri stars (TTS) taken with the Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) on board the Spitzer Space Telescope are modeled using dust at two temperatures to probe the radial variation...
The Dust-to-Gas Ratio in the Small Magellanic Cloud Tail (2008)
Gordon, K. D., Bot, C., Muller, E., Misselt, K. A., Bolatto, A., ...
The Tail region of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) was imaged using the MIPS instrument on the Spitzer Space Telescope as part of the SAGE-SMC Spitzer Legacy. Diffuse infrared emission from dust was...
PAH emission from Herbig AeBe stars (2008)
Keller, Luke D., Sloan, G. C., Forrest, W. J., Ayala, S., D'Alessio, P., Shah, S., ...
We present spectra of a sample of Herbig Ae and Be (HAeBe) stars obtained with the Infrared Spectrograph on the Spitzer Space Telescope. All but one of the Herbig stars show emission from polycyclic...
The relations among 8, 24 and 160 mu m dust emission within nearby spiral galaxies (2008)
Bendo, G. J., Draine, B. T., Engelbracht, C. W., Helou, G., Thornley, M. D., Bot, C., ...
We investigate the relations among the stellar continuum-subtracted 8 µm polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH 8 µm) emission, 24 µm hot dust emission and 160 µm cold dust emission in 15 nearby...
Peng, G. X., Li, A., Lombardo, U.
We study the properties of strange quark matter in equilibrium with normal nuclear matter. Instead of using the conventional bag model in quark sector, we achieve the confinement by a...
The relations among 8, 24, and 160 micron dust emission within nearby spiral galaxies (2008)
Bendo, G. J., Draine, B. T., Engelbracht, C. W., Helou, G., Thornley, M. D., Bot, C., ...
We investigate the relations among the stellar continuum-subtracted 8 micron polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH 8 micron) emission, 24 micron hot dust emission, and 160 micron cold dust emission in...
2001.9- 2002.7: Teaching Assistant for Physics (2008)
1. Ying Huang and Yanda Li. Prediction of protein subcellular locations using fuzzy k-NN method.
Performance and Radiation Tolerance of the ATLAS CSC On-Chamber Electronics (2008)
Dailing Drego Gordeev, J. Drego, N. Gordeev, A. Gratchev, V. Hawkins, A. Li, ...
The on-detector electronics for the ATLAS Cathode Strip Chamber (CSC) performs amplification, analog buffering, and digitization of the charge signals from individual cathode strips. Working in a...
Bioassay directed identification of natural aryl hydrocarbon-receptor agonists in marmalade (2008)
Li, A., Antunes-Fernandes, E., Mulder, P.P.J., Hoogenboom, L.A.P.
Citrus fruit and citrus fruit products, like grapefruit, lemon and marmalade were shown to contain aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) agonists, as detected with the DR CALUX® bioassay. This is of...
Erratum: ``An Ultraviolet-to-Radio Broadband Spectral Atlas of Nearby Galaxies'' (2008)
Dale, D. A., Gordon, K. D., Hanson, H. M., Armus, L., Bendo, G. J., ...
Phase Velocities of Rayleigh Waves in the MELT Experiment on the East Pacific Rise (2007)
K. G. Dueker, A. F. Sheehan, J. Geophys Res, A. Li, K. M. Fisher, M. E. Wysession, ...
Because it is unlikely that the mantle transition zone is thicker (colder) than normal beneath all the geological
Status Of This, A. Li, A. Malis, J. Stephens
The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) [1] provides a standard method for transporting multi-protocol datagrams over point-to-point links.
The Calibration of Mid-Infrared Star Formation Rate Indicators (2007)
Calzetti, D., Kennicutt, R. C., Engelbracht, C. W., Leitherer, C., Draine, B. T., Kewley, L., ...
With the goal of investigating the degree to which the MIR emission traces the SFR, we analyze Spitzer 8 and 24 μm data of star-forming regions in a sample of 33 nearby galaxies with available HST...
Bioconversion of municipal solid waste to glucose for bio-ethanol production (2007)
Li, A., Antizar-Ladislao, B., Khraisheh, M.
Selected biodegradable municipal solid waste fractions were subjected to fifteen different pre-hydrolysis treatments to obtain the highest glucose yield for bio-ethanol production. Pre-hydrolysis...
Dust Masses, PAH Abundances, and Starlight Intensities in the SINGS Galaxy Sample (2007)
Draine, B. T., Dale, D. A., Bendo, G., Gordon, K. D., Smith, J. D. T., Armus, L., ...
Physical dust models are presented for 65 galaxies in the SINGS survey that are strongly detected in the four IRAC bands and three MIPS bands. For each galaxy we estimate (1) the total dust mass, (2)...
Smith, J. D. T., Draine, B. T., Dale, D. A., Moustakas, J., Kennicutt, R. C., Helou, G., ...
We present a sample of low-resolution 5-38 mum Spitzer IRS spectra of the inner few square kiloparsecs of 59 nearby galaxies spanning a large range of star formation properties. A robust method for...
Dust masses, PAH abundances, and starlight intensities in the SINGS galaxy sample (2007)
Draine, B. T., Dale, D. A., Bendo, G., Gordon, K. D., Smith, J. D. T., Armus, L., ...
Physical dust models are presented for 65 galaxies in the SINGS survey that are strongly detected in the four IRAC bands and three MIPS bands. For each galaxy we estimate (1) the total dust mass, (2)...
An ultraviolet-to-radio broadband spectral atlas of nearby galaxies (2007)
Dale, D. A., Gordon, K. D., Hanson, H. M., Armus, L., Bendo, G. J., ...
The ultraviolet-to-radio continuum spectral energy distributions are presented for all 75 galaxies in the Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey (SINGS). A principal component analysis of the sample...
The calibration of mid-infrared star formation rate indicators (2007)
Calzetti, D., Kennicutt, R. C., Engelbracht, C. W., Leitherer, C., Draine, B. T., Kewley, L., ...
With the goal of investigating the degree to which the mid-infrared emission traces the star formation rate (SFR), we analyze Spitzer 8 um and 24 um data of star-forming regions in a sample of 33...
Bendo, G. J., Calzetti, D., Engelbracht, C. W., Kennicutt, R. C., Meyer, M. J., Thornley, M. D., ...
To study the distribution of star formation and dust emission within nearby galaxies, we measured five morphological parameters in the 3.6 and 24 micron wave bands for 65 galaxies in the Spitzer...
Dust and atomic gas in dwarf irregular galaxies of the M81 group: the SINGS and THINGS view. (2007)
Walter, F., Cannon, J., Roussel, H., Bendo, G., Calzetti, D., Dale, D., ...
Original article can be found at: http://www.iop.org/EJ/journal/apj Copyright American Astronomical Society. DOI: 10.1086/514807 [Full text of this article is not available in the UHRA]
Hutchings, C.L., Li, A., Fernandez, K.M., Fletcher, T., Jackson, L.A., Molloy, J.B., ...
Sequestration of parasite-infected red blood cells (RBCs) in the microvasculature is an important pathological feature of both bovine babesiosis caused by Babesia bovis and human malaria caused by...
Jin Gu, Hu Fu, Xuegong Zhang, Yanda Li, Jin Gu, Hu Fu, ...
This Provisional PDF corresponds to the article as it appeared upon acceptance. Fully formatted PDF and full text (HTML) versions will be made available soon.
Hutchings, C.L., Li, A., Fernandez, K.M., Fletcher, T., Jackson, L.A., Molloy, J.B., ...
Sequestration of parasite-infected red blood cells (RBCs) in the microvasculature is an important pathological feature of both bovine babesiosis caused by Babesia bovis and human malaria caused by...
Hutchings, C.L., Li, A., Fernandez, K.M., Fletcher, T., Jackson, L.A., Molloy, J.B., ...
Sequestration of parasite-infected red blood cells (RBCs) in the microvasculature is an important pathological feature of both bovine babesiosis caused by Babesia bovis and human malaria caused by...
Use of Role Play Simulation in Crisis Management Training (2006)
This seminar will describe both the background, design and pedagogical underpinning of developing and delivering an online role play simulation based on a real crime. This highly successful online...
The Mid-Infrared Spectrum of Star-Forming Galaxies: Global Properties of PAH Emission (2006)
Smith, J. D. T., Draine, B. T., Dale, D. A., Moustakas, J., Kennicutt, R. C., ...
We present a sample of low-resolution 5-38um Spitzer IRS spectra of the inner few square kiloparsecs of 59 nearby galaxies spanning a large range of star formation properties. A robust method for...
An Ultraviolet-to-Radio Broadband Spectral Atlas of Nearby Galaxies (2006)
Dale, D. A., De Paz, A. Gil, Gordon, K. D., Hanson, H. M., Armus, L., Bendo, G. J., ...
The ultraviolet-to-radio continuum spectral energy distributions are presented for all 75 galaxies in the Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey (SINGS). A principal component analysis of the sample...
Microscopic three-body forces and kaon condensation in cold neutrino-trapped matter (2006)
Li, A., Burgio, G. F., Lombardo, U., Zuo, W.
We investigate the composition and the equation of state of the kaon condensed phase in neutrino-free and neutrino-trapped star matter within the framework of the Brueckner-Hartree-Fock approach with...
Murphy, E. J., Braun, R., Helou, G., Armus, L., Kenney, J. D. P., Gordon, K. D., ...
We present an initial look at the far-infrared-radio correlation within the star-forming disks of four nearby, nearly face-on galaxies (NGC 2403, NGC 3031, NGC 5194, and NGC 6946). Using Spitzer MIPS...
Mid-Infrared Spectral Diagnostics of Nuclear and Extranuclear Regions in Nearby Galaxies (2006)
Dale, D. A., Smith, J. D. T., Armus, L., Buckalew, B. A., Helou, G., Kennicutt, R. C., ...
Mid-infrared diagnostics are presented for a large portion of the Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey (SINGS) sample plus archival data from ISO and Spitzer. The SINGS data set includes low- and...
Theoretical Study of a Novel Control Method of VAV Air-conditioning System Based on MATLAB (2006)
Shi, Z., Hu, S., Wang, G., Li, A.
The main purpose of this study is to put forward a novel nonlinear feedback control strategy on controlling indoor air temperature by variable air volume. A dynamic model of a typical room for a VAV...
A special Energy-Efficiency Plan, for medium and long-term periods, was brought forward by the National Development and Reform Commission of China in 2005. Energy efficiency in buildings is highly...
Experimental Study of Heat Transfer and Flow Characteristics for a New Type of Air Heater (2006)
A new type air heater was developed, and an experimental set-up was built to analyze its characteristics. Within the Reynolds number from 2000 to 15000, the integrated characteristics in air heater...
Performance analysis of delayed acknowledgment scheme in UWB-based high-rate WPAN (2006)
Hongyuan Chen, Zihua Guo, Richard Yuqi Yao, Xuemin (sherman Shen, Senior Member, A Li, ...
Abstract—The wireless personal area network (WPAN) is designed for short-range connectivity among fixed or portable moving devices. The ultra-wideband (UWB) technology is being defined as the...
Bmc Bioinformatics, Pufeng Du, A Li
Prediction of protein submitochondria locations by hybridizing pseudo-amino acid composition with various physicochemical features of segmented sequence
Murphy, E. J., Braun, R., Helou, G., Armus, L., Kenney, J. D. P., Gordon, K. D., ...
(Abridged) We present an initial look at the far infrared-radio correlation within the star-forming disks of four nearby, nearly face-on galaxies (NGC 2403, NGC 3031, NGC 5194, and NGC 6946). Using...
Infrared Spectral Energy Distributions of Nearby Galaxies (2005)
Dale, D. A., Bendo, G. J., Engelbracht, C. W., Gordon, K. D., Regan, M. W., Armus, L., ...
The Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey (SINGS) is carrying out a comprehensive multi-wavelength survey on a sample of 75 nearby galaxies. The 1-850um spectral energy distributions are presented...
Infrared spectral energy distributions of nearby Galaxies (2005)
Dale, D. A., Bendo, G. J., Engelbracht, C. W., Gordon, K. D., Regan, M. W., Armus, L., ...
The Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey (SINGS) is carrying out a comprehensive multiwavelength survey on a sample of 75 nearby galaxies. The 1-850 mum spectral energy distributions (SEDs) are...
Running head: Database of Alternative Translational Initiation Events (2005)
Jun Cai, Jing Zhang, Ying Huang, A Li
+ These two authors contributed equally to this work and should be regarded as joint first authors.
BMC Bioinformatics BioMed Central Methodology article (2005)
Chenghai Xue, Fei Li, Tao He, Guo-ping Liu, A Li, Xuegong Zhang
Classification of real and pseudo microRNA precursors using local structure-sequence features and support vector machine
Menstrual-like breakdown and apoptosis in human endometrial explants (2005)
Li, A., Felix, J.C., Hao, J., Minoo, P., Jain, J.K.
BACKGROUND: Apoptosis occurs in late secretory and menstrual human endometrium and is thought to play an important role in endometrial physiology. Menstrual-like breakdown has been observed in vitro...
Menstrual-like breakdown and apoptosis in human endometrial explants (2005)
Li, A., Felix, J.C., Hao, J., Minoo, P., Jain, J.K.
BACKGROUND: Apoptosis occurs in late secretory and menstrual human endometrium and is thought to play an important role in endometrial physiology. Menstrual-like breakdown has been observed in vitro...
Hot Nuclear Matter Equation of State with a Three-body Force (2004)
Zuo, W., Li, Z. H., Li, A., Lu, G. C.
The finite temperature Brueckner-Hartree-Fock approach is extended by introducing a microscopic three-body force. In the framework of the extended model, the equation of state of hot asymmetric...
Effect of Three-body Interaction on Phase Transition of Hot Asymmetric Nuclear Matter (2004)
Zuo, W., Li, Z. H., Li, A., Lombardo, U.
The properties and the isospin dependence of the liquid-gas phase transition in hot asymmetric nuclear matter have been investigated within the framework of the finite temperature...
Nuclear Three-body Force Effect on a Kaon Condensate in Neutron Star Matter (2004)
Zuo, W., Li, A., Li, Z. H., Lombardo, U.
We explore the effects of a microscopic nuclear three-body force on the threshold baryon density for kaon condensation in chemical equilibrium neutron star matter and on the composition of the kaon...
Role of China in the quest to define and control severe acute respiratory syndrome (2003)
Breiman, RF, Evans, MR, Preiser, W, Maguire, J, Schnur, A, Li, A, ...
China holds the key to solving many questions crucial to global control of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). The disease appears to have originated in Guangdong Province, and the causative...
Dicker, A., Serewko, M. S., Dahler, A. L., Khanna, K. K., Kaur, P., Li, A., ...
We have successfully isolated a cell line (IEC-1) from an intraepidermal carcinoma of the skin of a patient and compared its behavior, in vitro, to normal human epidermal keratinocytes (HEK) and...
Dicker, A., Serewko, M. S., Dahler, A. L., Khanna, K. K., Kaur, P., Li, A., ...
We have successfully isolated a cell line (IEC-1) from an intraepidermal carcinoma of the skin of a patient and compared its behavior, in vitro, to normal human epidermal keratinocytes (HEK) and...
Error concealment of digital images using data hiding (2000)
A novel strategy for error concealment of digital images is proposed in this paper, which is implemented by adopting the data hiding technique. Different from all the existing data hiding algorithms,...
Providing Rate Guarantees For Internet Application Traffic Across Atm Networks (1999)
A. Liakopoulos, Op Oulos, G. Pavlou, A. Li, Ak Op Oulos, G. Pav Lou, ...
The TCP/IP protocol suite is the standard requirement for all applications that need to communicate over the Internet. As TCP/IP applications are unable to specify the QoS parameters needed for most...
Ricote, M, Huang, J, Fajas, L, Li, A, Welch, J, Najib, J, ...
The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) is a ligand-dependent transcription factor that has been demonstrated to regulate fat cell development and glucose homeostasis....
M. K. Nag, Y. G. Deshpande, D. Beck, A. Li, D. L. Kaminski
It has been demonstrated that lysolecithin (lysophosphatidyl choline, LPC) produces experimental cholecystitis in cats mediated by arachidonic acid metabolites. LPC is a cytolytic agent that has been...
Vandenberghe, Y, Herin, M, Cavalier, R, Li, A, ...
1. The metabolism of SC-42867 and SC-51089, two PGE2 antagonists, was studied in cultured rat and human hepatocytes. Both compounds possess an 8-chlorodibenzoxazepine moiety, but differ from each...
Li, A, Lex, C, Zacharasiewicz, A, Wong, E, Erin, E, Hansel, T, ...
Methods: Thirty two children of median age 12.0 years (interquartile range (IQR) 9.5–13.4) with stable asthma were recruited. They underwent spirometric testing, exhaled nitric oxide (eNO)...
Atopy phenotype in subjects with variants of the beta subunit of the high affinity IgE receptor
BACKGROUND: Fc epsilon RI plays a central role in atopy, thus genetic variants of Fc epsilon RI-beta may alter receptor function to enhance atopic responses and may manifest as a more severe atopic...
Mercury intoxication presenting with tics
Li, A., Chan, M., Leung, T, Cheung, R., Lam, C., Fok, T
A 5 year old Chinese boy presented with recurrent oral ulceration followed by motor and vocal tics. The Chinese herbal spray he used for his mouth ulcers was found to have a high mercury content. His...
Use of tonsil size in the evaluation of obstructive sleep apnoea
Li, A, Wong, E, Kew, J, Hui, S, Fok, T
Methods: Lateral neck radiograph was performed on 35 children referred consecutively to a university paediatric chest clinic for suspected OSA secondary to tonsillar hypertrophy. The tonsil size was...
A controlled study of sleep related disordered breathing in obese children
Wing, Y, Hui, S, Pak, W, Ho, C, Cheung, A, Li, A, ...
Background: Unlike the adult sleep related disordered breathing (SDB) patients who are typically obese, the relation between obesity and childhood SDB is not clear.
The effects of obesity on pulmonary function
Li, A, Chan, D, Wong, E, Yin, J, Nelson, E, Fok, T
Methods: Sixty four obese patients underwent physical examination, standardised pulmonary function tests (spirometry, lung volumes, and single breath diffusion capacity for carbon monoxide), and DEXA...
Infection control for SARS in a tertiary neonatal centre
Ng, P, So, K, Leung, T, Cheng, F, Lyon, D, Wong, W, ...
The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is a newly discovered infectious disease caused by a novel coronavirus, which can readily spread in the healthcare setting. A recent community outbreak in...
Respiratory function in patients with thalassaemia major: relation with iron overload
Li, A, Chan, D, Li, C, Wong, E, Chan, Y, Fok, T
Aims: (1) To determine the pattern of respiratory impairment in children with thalassaemia major (TM); (2) to assess the relation between the degree of respiratory impairment and total body iron...
Nag, M. K., Deshpande, Y. G., Beck, D., Li, A., Kaminski, D. L.
It has been demonstrated that lysolecithin (lysophosphatidyl choline, LPC) produces experimental cholecystitis in cats mediated by arachidonic acid metabolites. LPC is a cytolytic agent that has been...
Eosinophilia and symptomatic pulmonary amyloidosis
Haydar, A, Li, A, Hilton, R, Lams, B, Hangartner, R, Weber, M, ...
The case of a man with progressive breathlessness and pulmonary infiltration caused by AL amyloidosis associated with multiple myeloma is presented. There was a marked peripheral eosinophilia, which...