Scientific Commons: A. Zhou

Cortisol-binding globulin cleavage at sites of inflammation in critically ill patients (2009)

Williams, M, Zhou, A, Summers, C, Halsall, D, Menon, D

No abstract available.

Investigation of 3D moisture diffusion coefficients and damage in a pultruded E-glass/polyester structural composite (2009)

Post, NL, Riebel, F, Zhou, A, Keller, T, Case, SW, Lesko, JJ

As civil engineers seek to improve buildings and bridges, they are turning to composite materials for some structural components. Thus the long-term life of these materials in damp highly acidic...

2006 Whole Earth Telescope Observations of GD358: A New Look at the Prototype DBV (2008)

Provencal, J. L., Montgomery, M. H., Kanaan, A., Shipman, H. L., Childers, D., Baran, A., ...

We report on the analysis of 436.1 hrs of nearly continuous high-speed photometry on the pulsating DB white dwarf GD358 acquired with the Whole Earth Telescope (WET) during the 2006 international...

A Combined Patch-Clamp and Electrorotation Study of the Voltage- and Frequency-Dependent Membrane Capacitance Caused by Structurally Dissimilar Lipophilic Anions (2008)

Zimmermann, D., Kiesel, M., Terpitz, U., Zhou, A., Reuss, R., Kraus, J., ...

Effects on capacitance by overexpression of membrane proteins (2008)

Zimmermann, D., Zhou, A., Kiesel, M., Feldbauer, K., Terpitz, U., Haase, W., ...

Multifunctional all-GFRP joint for concrete slab structures (2007)

Keller, T, Riebel, F, Zhou, A

An existing hybrid-GFRP/steel joint for load transfer and thermal insulation in concrete slab structures was developed into an all-GFRP joint. The new joint consists of a pultruded GFRP tensile/shear...

Hidden record (2007)

Post, N L, Riebel, F, Zhou, A, Keller, T, Case, S W, Lesko, J J

An adaptive and dynamic dimensionality reduction method for high-dimensional indexing (2007)

Shen, H. T., Zhou, X., Zhou, A.

The notorious "dimensionality curse" is a well-known phenomenon for any multi-dimensional indexes attempting to scale up to high dimensions. One well-known approach to overcome degradation in...

An adaptive and dynamic dimensionality reduction method for high-dimensional indexing (2007)

Shen, H. T., Zhou, X., Zhou, A.

The notorious "dimensionality curse" is a well-known phenomenon for any multi-dimensional indexes attempting to scale up to high dimensions. One well-known approach to overcome degradation in...

Multifunctional hybrid GFRP/steel joint for concrete slab structures (2006)

Keller, T, Riebel, F, Zhou, A

A multifunctional hybrid glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP)/steel joint has been developed for the transfer of compression and shear forces in thermal insulation sections of concrete slab...

Fatigue behavior of adhesively bonded joints composed of pultruded GFRP adherends for civil infrastructure applications (2006)

Keller, T, Zhou, A

This paper presents results from studies on the fatigue behavior of pultruded GFRP laminates, adhesively bonded double lap joints composed of laminates, and full-scale adhesively bonded FRP bridge...

Fire resistance of cellular GFRP slabs for building and bridge construction (2005)

Keller, T, Tracy, C, Zhou, A

Dynamic characteristics of bridge superstructures with FRP composite structural elements (2005)

Zhou, A, Bai, Y, Keller, T

Structural responses of FRP elements under combined thermal and mechanical loadings: experiments and analyses (2005)

Zhou, A, Keller, T

Tensile fatigue performance of pultruded glass fiber reinforced polymer profiles (2005)

Keller, T., Tirelli, T., Zhou, A.

Axial tension-tension fatigue experiments were performed on pultruded glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) plates in a laboratory environment. Different full-scale specimen shapes were examined:...

Experimental study on the concept of liquid cooling for improving fire resistance of FRP structures for construction (2005)

Keller, T., Zhou, A., Tracy, C., Hugi, E., Schnewlin, P.

This paper presents experimental studies on the fire behavior of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composite laminates and unloaded cellular FRP components with internal liquid cooling. The experiments...

Joining techniques for fiber reinforced polymer composite bridge deck systems (2005)

Zhou, A, Keller, T

Bridge decks made from fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites have been increasingly used in rehabilitation and new construction of pedestrian and highway bridges. For each application,...

Filtering duplicate items over distributed data streams (2005)

Xia, T., Jin, C., Zhou, X., Zhou, A.

In recent years many real time applications need to handle data streams. We consider the distributed environments in which remote data sources keep on collecting data from real world or from other...

Filtering duplicate items over distributed data streams (2005)

Xia, T., Jin, C., Zhou, X., Zhou, A.

In recent years many real time applications need to handle data streams. We consider the distributed environments in which remote data sources keep on collecting data from real world or from other...

Stimulus-dependent, promoter-specific binding of transcription factor WRKY1 to its native promoter and the defense-related gene PcPR1-1 in parsley (2004)

Turck,F., Zhou,A., Somssich,I. E.

Multi-site, multi-technique survey of gamma Doradus candidates - I. Spectroscopic results for 59 stars (2004)

Mathias, P, Le Contell, JM, Chapellier, E, Jankov, S, Sareyan, JP, Poretti, E, ...

We present the first results of a 2-year high-resolution spectroscopy campaign of 59 candidate gamma Doradus stars which were mainly discovered from the HIPPARCOS astrometric mission. More than 60%...

Multi-site, multi-technique survey of Gamma Doradus candidates (2004)

Mathias, P., Contel, J. -M. Le, Chapellier, E., Jankov, S., Poretti, E., ...

We present the first results of a 2-year high-resolution spectroscopy campaign of 59 candidate Gamma Doradus stars which were mainly discovered from the HIPPARCOS astrometric mission. More than 60 %...

How Small Peptides Block and Reverse Serpin Polymerisation. (2004)

Zhou, A, Stein, P, Huntington, J, Sivasothy, P, Lomas, D, Carrell, R

Stimulus-dependent, promoter-specific binding of transcription factor WRKY1 to its native promoter and the defense-related gene PcPR1-1 in parsley (2004)

Turck, F., Zhou, A., Somssich, I. E.

Concept of system ductility and redundancy for FRP beam systems with adhesive joints (2004)

Keller, T., De Castro, J., Zhou, A.

Performance of adhesively bonded FRP deck and steel bridge girders (2004)

Keller, T., Gürtler, H., Zhou, A.

A study on the fire behavior of multifunctional and fire resistant FRP building components (2004)

Keller, T., Tracy, C., Zhou, A.

Connections of fiber reinforced polymer bridge decks (2004)

Zhou, A., Keller, T.

FRP element for thermal insulation and load transfer in concrete structures (2004)

Zhou, A., Riebel, F., Keller, T.

Fatigue behaviour of double-lap joints from pultruded GFRP laminates (2004)

Zhou, A., Tirelli, T., Keller, T.

Behavior of adhesively bonded joints from pultruded GFRP laminates under quasi-static loadings (2004)

Zhou, A, Vallée, T, Keller, T

Discovery of unusual pulsations in the cool, evolved Am stars HD 98851 and HD 102480 (2003)

Joshi, Santosh, Girish, V., Sagar, R., Kurtz, D. W., Martinez, P., Kumar, B., ...

The chemically peculiar (CP) stars HD 98851 and HD 102480 have been discovered to be unusual pulsators during the ``Naini Tal Cape Survey'' programme to search for pulsational variability in CP...

How vitronectin binds PAI-1 to modulate fibrinolysis and cell migration (2003)

Zhou, A, Huntington, JA, Pannu, NS, Carrell, RW, Read, RJ

Serpin polymerization is prevented by a hydrogen bond network that is centered on his-334 and stabilized by glycerol. (2003)

Zhou, A, Stein, PE, Huntington, JA, Carrell, RW

Error Analysis of the Combination Solution (1997)

C. Pflaum, A. Zhou

The combination technique is a method to reduce the computational time in the numerical approximation of partial differential equations. In this paper, we prove the convergence of the combination...

Experimental Study on Active Control of Boundary Layer Transition by a Multiple Sslot Blowing/Suction System (1994)

Zhou, A.

A Simple Fibre Optic Sensor for Measurements of Vibrating Membranes in Active Control Studies of Boundary Layer Transition (1994)

Zhou, A., Denecke, H.

Targeting RNA for degradation with a (2'-5')oligoadenylate-antisense chimera.

Torrence, P F, Maitra, R K, Lesiak, K, Khamnei, S, Zhou, A, Silverman, R H

Antisense oligonucleotides hold considerable promise both as research tools for inhibiting gene expression and as agents for the treatment of a myriad of human diseases. However, targeted destruction...

Direct interactions of human natural killer cells with Cryptococcus neoformans inhibit granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor and tumor necrosis factor alpha production.

Murphy, J W, Zhou, A, Wong, S C

Human natural killer (NK) cells and T lymphocytes can bind to and inhibit the growth of the yeast-like organism Cryptococcus neoformans. Binding of target cells to NK or T cells also has the...

A dominant negative mutant of 2-5A-dependent RNase suppresses antiproliferative and antiviral effects of interferon.

Hassel, B A, Zhou, A, Sotomayor, C, Maran, A, Silverman, R H

2-5A-dependent RNase is the terminal factor in the interferon-regulated 2-5A system thought to function in both the molecular mechanism of interferon action and in the general control of RNA...

Chromogranin A processing and secretion: specific role of endogenous and exogenous prohormone convertases in the regulated secretory pathway.

Eskeland, N L, Zhou, A, Dinh, T Q, Wu, H, Parmer, R J, Mains, R E, ...

Chromogranins A and B and secretogranin II are a family of acidic proteins found in neuroendocrine secretory vesicles; these proteins contain multiple potential cleavage sites for proteolytic...

Evidence for presence of peptide alpha-amidating activity in pancreatic islets from newborn rats.

Zhou, A, Thorn, N A

The peptide alpha-amidating activity of a homogenate of pancreatic islets from 5-7-day-old rats was investigated, using as substrate a glycine-extended tripeptide (D-Tyr-Val-Gly). The islet...

Transport of ascorbic acid and dehydroascorbic acid by pancreatic islet cells from neonatal rats.

Zhou, A, Nielsen, J H, Farver, O, Thorn, N A

Several amidated biologically active peptides such as pancreastatin, thyrotropin-releasing hormone, pancreatic polypeptide and amylin are produced in endocrine pancreatic tissue which contains the...

Interferon action and apoptosis are defective in mice devoid of 2',5'-oligoadenylate-dependent RNase L.

Zhou, A, Paranjape, J, Brown, T L, Nie, H, Naik, S, Dong, B, ...

2',5'-Oligoadenylate-dependent RNase L functions in the interferon-inducible, RNA decay pathway known as the 2-5A system. To determine the physiological roles of the 2-5A system, mice were generated...

PACE4: a subtilisin-like endoprotease with unique properties.

Mains, R E, Berard, C A, Denault, J B, Zhou, A, Johnson, R C, Leduc, R

PACE4 is one of the neuroendocrine-specific mammalian subtilisin-related endoproteases believed to function in the secretory pathway. The biosynthesis and secretion of PACE4 have been studied using...