Bo Zhang

Publication List Details

Period

1991 - 2009

Number

193

Co-Authors

Vortex Content of SU(2) Calorons and Multi-Calorons (2009)

Zhang, Bo, Bruckmann, Falk, Ilgenfritz, Ernst-Michael

We use Laplacian Center Gauge to reveal the vortex content of single SU(2) calorons and multi-caloron systems at different holonomies. The vortex surfaces in a single SU(2) caloron consist of two...

Partially Observed Maximum Entropy Discrimination Markov Networks (2009)

Jun Zhu, Eric P. Xing, Bo Zhang

Learning graphical models with hidden variables can offer semantic insights to complex data and lead to salient structured predictors without relying on expensive, sometime unattainable fully...

Wavelets, Ridgelets, and Curvelets for Poisson Noise Removal (2009)

Bo Zhang, Jalal M. Fadili, Jean-luc Starck

Abstract—In order to denoise Poisson count data, we introduce a variance stabilizing transform (VST) applied on a filtered discrete Poisson process, yielding a near Gaussian process with asymptotic...

Altered gene expression and miRNA expression associated with cancerous IEC-6 cell transformed by MNNG (2009)

Zhang, Bo, Wang, Xukai, Wang, Yan

Abstract Background Tumorigenesis is thought to be the consequence of gene mutation and disordered gene expression. However, the detailed molecular mechanism underlying the development and progress...

Transcriptional inhibiton of Hoxd4 expression by miRNA-10a in human breast cancer cells (2009)

Tan, Yuliang, Zhang, Bo, Wu, Tao, Skogerbø, Geir, Zhu, Xiaopeng, Guo, Xiangqian, ...

Abstract Background Small noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs), including short interfering RNAs (siRNAs) and microRNAs (miRNAs), can silence genes at the transcriptional, post-transcriptional or translational...

The puzzle of excessive non-$D\bar D$ component of the inclusive $\psi(3770)$ decay and the long-distant contribution (2009)

Liu, Xiang, Zhang, Bo, Li, Xue-Qian

In this letter we suggest that the obvious discrepancy between theoretical prediction on the $\mathrm{non}-D\bar D$ decays of $\psi(3770)$ and data is to be alleviated by taking final state...

A CART Based Sub-pixel Method to Map Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Prairie Pothole Lakes with Climatic Variability (2009)

Bo Zhang

The Prairie Pothole Region in the United States contains millions of seasonal, semi-permanent, or permanent lakes and wetlands that typically range in size from 0.1 to 10 hectares. These lakes and...

Blind deconvolution for thin layered confocal imaging (2009)

Pankajakshan, Praveen, Zhang, Bo, Blanc-Féraud, Laure, Kam, Zvi, Olivo-Marin, Jean-Christophe, Zerubia, Josiane

In this paper, we have proposed an Alternate Minimization (AM) algorithm for estimating the Point-Spread Function (PSF) of a Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope (CLSM) and the specimen fluorescence...

Blind deconvolution for thin layered confocal imaging (2009)

Pankajakshan, Praveen, Zhang, Bo, Blanc-Féraud, Laure, Kam, Zvi, Olivo-Marin, Jean-Christophe, Zerubia, Josiane

In this paper, we have proposed an Alternate Minimization (AM) algorithm for estimating the Point-Spread Function (PSF) of a Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope (CLSM) and the specimen fluorescence...

Putative Quantitative Trait Loci Associated with Calcium Content in Soybean Seed (2009)

Zhang, Bo, Chen, Pengyin, Shi, Ainong, Hou, Anfu, Ishibashi, Tetsuaki, Wang, Dechun

Seed calcium content is an important quality attribute of specialty soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] for soyfoods. However, analyzing seed for calcium content is time consuming and labor intensive....

General Terms (2008)

Jianmin Li, Zhikun Wang, Xirong Li, Tongchun Xiao, Dong Wang, Wujie Zheng, ...

In the paper, our video retrieval system is presented. The system acts as a decision support system to help users to find what they want with many analysis and visualization tools provided by the...

Cluster-Based Rough Set Construction ⋆ (2008)

Qiang Li, Bo Zhang

Abstract. In many data mining applications, cluster analysis is widely used and its results are expected to be interpretable, comprehensible, and usable. Rough set theory is one of the techniques to...

* corresponding author A Mixed Integer Programming Approach for Allocating Operating Room Capacity (2008)

Bo Zhang, Pavankumar Murali, Maged Dessouky, David Belson

ABSTRACT We have developed a methodology for allocating operating room capacity to specialties. Our methodology consists of a finite-horizon mixed integer programming (MIP) model which determines a...

RTQG: Real-Time Quorum-based Gossip Protocol for Unreliable Networks (2008)

Bo Zhang, Kai Han, Binoy Ravindran

We consider scheduling real-time tasks in the presence of message loss and Byzantine node failures in unreliable networks. We present scheduling algorithms called RTQG and RTQG-B. The algorithms use...

Exdpf Is a Key Regulator of Exocrine Pancreas Development Controlled by Retinoic Acid and ptf1a in Zebrafish (2008)

Zhi Jiang, Jianbo Song, Fei Qi, An Xiao, Xizhou An, Ning-ai Liu, ...

Both endocrine and exocrine pancreatic cells arise from pancreatic-duodenal homeobox 1 (pdx1)-positive progenitors. The molecular mechanisms controlling cell fate determination and subsequent...

Nebrodeolysin, a novel hemolytic protein from mushroom Pleurotus nebrodensis with apoptosis-inducing and anti-HIV-1 effects (2008)

Kong, Yang, Yao, Qing, Zhang, Bo, Leng, Fang-Wei, Bian, He-Jiao, ...

A novel hemolysin was isolated from the edible mushroom Pleurotus nebrodensis by ion exchange and gel filtration chromatography on DEAE-Sepharose and Sephacryl S-100. The hemolysin from Pleurotus...

A Robust Clustering Algorithm for Video Shots Using Haar Wavelet Transformation ABSTRACT (2008)

Jia Liao, Bo Zhang

Automatic clustering of video shots is an important issue of video abstraction, browsing and retrieval. Most of the existing shot clustering algorithms need some prior domain knowledge or thresholds...

ABSTRACT The Importance of Query-Concept-Mapping for Automatic Video Retrieval (2008)

Dong Wang, Xirong Li, Jianmin Li, Bo Zhang

A new video retrieval paradigm of query-by-concept emerges recently. However, it remains unclear how to exploit the detected concepts in retrieval given a multimedia query. In this paper, we point...

Superconducting atom chips: advantages and challenges (2008)

Dikovsky, Valery, Sokolovsky, Vladimir, Zhang, Bo, Henkel, Carsten, Folman, Ron

Superconductors are considered in view of applications to atom chip devices. The main features of magnetic traps based on superconducting wires in the Meissner and mixed states are discussed. The...

Abstract (2008)

Jianmin Li, Fuzong Lin, Bo Zhang

Our shot boundary determination system consists of three components, including a FOI detector, a generalized CUT detector, and a long gradual transition detector. One support vector machine, taking...

A Fuzzy-Logic-Based Methodology for Batch Process Scheduling (2008)

Bo Zhang

Abstract — We introduce a formal scheduling methodology for batch processes based on fuzzy logic theory. In particular, we present this methodology in the manufacturing context. Our approach takes...

THU and ICRC at TRECVID 2007 (2008)

Jinhui Yuan, Zhishan Guo, Li Lv, Wei Wan, Teng Zhang, Dong Wang, ...

Shot boundary detection The shot boundary detection system in 2007 is basically the same as that of last year. We make three major modifications in the system of this year. First, CUT detector and GT...

Analysis and Improvement of Cache performance for Multimedia Applications (2008)

Bo Zhang, Guohui Wang, Jesus Jason Sedano

Multimedia applications are among the quickly growing areas in computer systems and becoming more and more important in people’s daily life. They are essentially memory-intensive and timecritical...

Approximation of Walrasian Equilibrium in (2008)

Single-minded Auctions, Li-sha Huang, Minming Li, Bo Zhang

Abstract. We consider a social optimization model of pricing scheme in single-minded auctions, in cases where Walrasian equilibrium does not exist. We are interested in maximization of the ratio, R,...

An Online Learning Framework for Sports Video View Classification (2008)

Jun Wu, Xian-sheng Hua, Jian-min Li, Bo Zhang, Hong-jiang Zhang

Abstract. Sports videos have special characteristics such as well-defined video structure, specialized sports syntax, and some canonical view types. In this paper, we proposed an online learning...

Relevance Feedback for Keyword and Visual Featurebased Image Retrieval * (2008)

Feng Jing, Mingjing Li, Hong-jiang Zhang, Bo Zhang

Abstract. In this paper, a relevance feedback scheme for both keyword and visual feature-based image retrieval is proposed. For each keyword, a statistical model is trained offline based on visual...

Exploiting Spatial Context Constraints for Automatic Image Region Annotation ABSTRACT (2008)

Jinhui Yuan, Jianmin Li, Bo Zhang

In this paper we conduct a relatively complete study on how to exploit spatial context constraints for automated image region annotation. We present a straightforward method to regularize the...

ABSTRACT Webpage Understanding: an Integrated Approach (2008)

Jun Zhu, Bo Zhang, Zaiqing Nie

Recent work has shown the effectiveness of leveraging layout and tag-tree structure for segmenting webpages and labeling HTML elements. However, how to effectively segment and label the text contents...

Dynamic Hierarchical Markov Random Fields and their Application to Web Data Extraction (2008)

Jun Zhu, Zaiqing Nie, Bo Zhang, Ji-rong Wen

Hierarchical models have been extensively studied in various domains. However, existing models assume fixed model structures or incorporate structural uncertainty generatively. In this paper, we...

The two-body open charm decays of $Z^+(4430)$ (2008)

Liu, Xiang, Zhang, Bo, Zhu, Shi-Lin

The two-body open charm decays $Z^+(4430)\to D^{+}\bar{D}^{*0}, D^{*+}\bar{D}^{0}, D^{*+}\bar{D}^{*0}$ occur through the re-scattering mechanism and their branching ratios are strongly suppressed if...

Tracking Concept Drifting with Gaussian Mixture Model (2008)

Jun Wu, Xian-sheng Hua, Bo Zhang

This paper mainly addresses the issue of semantic concept drifting in temporal sequences, such as video streams, over an extended period of time. Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) is applied to model the...

Yatsuka Nakamura (2008)

Bo Zhang

Summary. In this article, we first define finite sequences of probability distribution and matrices of joint probability and conditional probability. We discuss also the concept of marginal...

Yatsuka Nakamura (2008)

Bo Zhang, Hiroshi Yamazaki

Summary. In this article, we first discuss the relation between measure defined using extended real numbers and probability defined using real numbers. Further, we define completeness of probability,...

Polycrystalline Silicon Films and Thin-Film Transistors Using Solution-Based (2008)

Metal-induced Crystallization, Zhiguo Meng, Shuyun Zhao, Chunya Wu, Bo Zhang, Man Wong, ...

Abstract—Polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) films consisting of dish-like and wadding-like domains were obtained with solution-based metal-induced crystallization (SMIC) of amorphous silicon. The...

Yatsuka Nakamura (2008)

Bo Zhang, Hiroshi Yamazaki

Summary. A concept of “limit of sequence of subsets ” is defined here. This article contains the following items: 1. definition of the superior sequence and the inferior sequence of sets, 2....

P-10 / Z. Meng P-10 Post-Crystallization of Metal-Induced Laterally Crystallized Poly-Si with YAG Laser (2008)

Zhiguo Meng, Dongli Zhang, Chunya Wu, Bo Zhang, Hoi-sing Kwok, Man Wong

Post-crystallization heat-treatment of metal-induced laterally crystallized polycrystalline silicon thin film using YAG solid-state laser is characterized. It is found that both the material quality...

Yatsuka Nakamura (2008)

Bo Zhang, Hiroshi Yamazaki

Summary. The concept of inferior limit and superior limit of sequences of real numbers is defined here. This article contains the following items: definition of the superior sequence and the inferior...

Yatsuka Nakamura (2008)

Bo Zhang, Hiroshi Yamazaki

Summary. In this paper we first defined the partial-union sequence, the partial-intersection sequence, and the partial-difference-union sequence of given sequence of subsets, and then proved the...

Yatsuka Nakamura (2008)

Bo Zhang

Summary. In this paper we first defined the partial-union sequence, the partial-intersection sequence, and the partial-difference-union sequence of given sequence of subsets, and then proved the...

Motion Planning of Multi-Joint Robotic Arm with Topological Dimension Reduction Method (2008)

Bo Zhang, Ling Zhangt, Tian Zhang

This paper explores the realization of robotic arm motion planning, especially Findpath Problem, which is a basic motion planning problem that arises in the development of robotics. Findpath means:...

Yatsuka Nakamura (2008)

Bo Zhang, Hiroshi Yamazaki

Summary. In this paper we first defined the partial-union sequence, the partial-intersection sequence, and the partial-difference-union sequence of given sequence of subsets, and then proved the...

Dynamic Hierarchical Markov Random Fields and their Application to Web Data Extraction (2008)

Zaiqing Nie, Bo Zhang

Hierarchical models have been extensively studied in various domains. However, existing models assume fixed model structures or incorporate structural uncertainty generatively. In this paper, we...

Yatsuka Nakamura (2008)

Bo Zhang, Hiroshi Yamazaki

Summary. Set operations for sequences of subsets are introduced here. Some relations for these operations with the limit of sequences of subsets, also with the inferior sequence and the superior...

Web Graphics Tutorial Emerging Web Graphics Standards and Technologies (2008)

Tosiyasu L. Kunii, Baining Guo, Bo Zhang

Migrating graphics applications and techniques to the Web introduces technological challenges not present in traditional graphics. The shortage of library tools to support Web graphics application...

Error Estimates for Mixed Finite Element Approximations of the Viscoelasticity Wave Equation (2008)

Liping Gao, Dong Liang, Bo Zhang

This paper studies mixed finite element approximations to the solution of the viscoelasticity wave equation. Two new transformations are introduced and a corresponding system of first order...

THE CAUCHY PROBLEM FOR SEMILINEAR PARABOLIC EQUATIONS IN BESOV SPACES (2008)

Changxing Miao, Bo Zhang, Communicated Haïm Brezis

Abstract. In this paper we first give a unified method by introducing the concept of admissible triplets to study local and global Cauchy problems for semi-linear parabolic equations with a general...

SELF-SIMILAR SOLUTIONS FOR NONLINEAR SCHRODINGER EQUATIONS ∗ (2008)

Changxing Miao, Bo Zhang, Xiaoyi Zhang

Dedicated to Professor Yulin Zhou on the occasion of his eightieth birthday Abstract. In this paper we study self-similar solutions for nonlinear Schrödinger equations using a scaling technique and...

A GENERALIZED COLLECTIVELY COMPACT OPERATOR THEORY WITH AN APPLICATION TO INTEGRAL EQUATIONS ON UNBOUNDED DOMAINS (2008)

Bo Zhang

ABSTRACT. In this paper a generalization of collectively compact operator theory in Banach spaces is developed. A feature of the new theory is that the operators involved are no longer required to be...

An Online Learning Framework for Sports Video View Classification (2008)

Jun Wu, Xiansheng Hua, Jianmin Li, Bo Zhang, Hongjiang Zhang

Abstract. Sports videos have special characteristics such as well-defined video structure, specialized sports syntax, and some canonical view types. In this paper, we proposed an online learning...

E-Partner: A Photo-Realistic Conversation Agent (2008)

Bo Zhang Changbo, Bo Zhang, Changbo Hu, Qingsheng Cai, Baining Guo, Harry Shum

An E-Partner is a photo-realistic conversation agent, which has a talking head that not only look photo-realistic but also can have a conversation with the user about a given topic. The conversation...

Protein Expression Analysis of Halobacillus dabanensis $D-8^T$ Subjected to Salt Shock (2008)

Feng, De Qin, Zhang, Bo, Lu, Wei Dong, Yang, Su Sheng

To investigate the mechanism of salt tolerance of gram-positive moderately halophilic bacteria, two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-D PAGE) was employed to achieve high resolution maps of proteins...

Data Mining, Gis And Remote Sensing: Application In Wetland Hydrological Investigation (2008)

Zhang, Bo

The Prairie Pothole Region in the United States contains millions of seasonal, semipermanent, or permanent lakes and wetlands that typically range in size from 0.1 to 10 hectares. These lakes and...

Genetic structure and diversity of cultivated soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) landraces in China (2008)

Li, Yinghui, Guan, Rongxia, Liu, Zhangxiong, Ma, Yansong, Wang, Lixia, Li, Linhai, ...

The Chinese genebank contains 23,587 soybean landraces collected from 29 provinces. In this study, a representative collection of 1,863 landraces were assessed for genetic diversity and genetic...

Data Mining, Gis And Remote Sensing: Application In Wetland Hydrological Investigation (2008)

Zhang, Bo

The Prairie Pothole Region in the United States contains millions of seasonal, semipermanent, or permanent lakes and wetlands that typically range in size from 0.1 to 10 hectares. These lakes and...

Magnetic fields near microstructured surfaces : application to atom chips (2008)

Zhang, Bo

Microfabricated solid-state surfaces, also called atom chip', have become a well-established technique to trap and manipulate atoms. This has simplified applications in atom interferometry, quantum...

Magnetic fields near microstructured surfaces : application to atom chips (2008)

Zhang, Bo

Microfabricated solid-state surfaces, also called atom chip', have become a well-established technique to trap and manipulate atoms. This has simplified applications in atom interferometry, quantum...

Improvement of metal induced crystallization process and novel post-annealing technologies (2008)

Zhang, Bo

Thesis (M.Phil.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2008

Maximum Entropy Discrimination Markov Networks (2008)

Jun Zhu, Eric Xing, Bo Zhang

Standard max-margin structured prediction methods concentrate directly on the inputoutput mapping, and the lack of an elegant probabilistic interpretation causes limitations. In this paper, we...

Ethylene-induced modulation of genes associated with the ethylene signalling pathway in ripening kiwifruit (2008)

Yin, Xue-ren, Chen, Kun-song, Allan, Andrew C., Wu, Rong-mei, Zhang, Bo, Lallu, Nagin, ...

Gene families associated with the ethylene signal transduction pathway in ripening kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa [A. Chev.] C.F. Liang et A.R. Ferguson var. deliciosa cv. Hayward) were isolated from...

Genetic Confirmation of 2 Independent Genes for Resistance to Soybean Mosaic Virus in J05 Soybean Using SSR Markers (2008)

Shi, Ainong, Chen, Pengyin, Li, Dexiao X., Zheng, Cuiming, Hou, Anfu, Zhang, Bo

J05 soybean was previously identified to carry 2 independent genes, Rsv1 and Rsv3, for “soybean mosaic virus” (SMV) resistance by inheritance and allelism studies. The objective of this research...

Modeling and Formulation of a Novel Microoptoelectromechanical Gyroscope (2008)

Bohua Sun, Bo Zhang, Mohamed Toriq Khan

This paper proposed a novel design of microgyroscope based on MEMS structures and optic interferometric microdisplacement measurement technique. The gyroscope consists of microvibrator and...

What can we learn from the decay of $ N_X(1625)$ in molecule picture? (2007)

Liu, Xiang, Zhang, Bo

Considering two molecular state assumptions, i.e. S-wave $\bar{\Lambda}-K^-$ and S-wave $\bar{\Sigma}^0-K^-$ molecular states, we study the possible decays of $\bar N_X(1625)$ that include $\bar...

I. Previous Track Record of the Applicants (2007)

Bo Zhang, Simon N. Ch

on mathematical and numerical aspects of wave propagation problems for the past 9 years and published 23 papers in this area in journals and conference proceedings. This work has included...

On the Solvability of Second Kind Integral Equations on the Real Line (2007)

Bo Zhang, Chris R. Ross

This paper considers general second kind integral equations of the form OE(s) \Gamma Z R k(s; t)OE(t)dt = /(s) (in operator form OE \Gamma K k OE = /), where the functions k and / are assumed known,...

On the Solvability of a Class of Second Kind Integral Equations on Unbounded Domains (2007)

Simon N. Ch, Bo Zhang

We consider integral equations of the form /(x) = OE(x) + R\Omega k(x; y)z(y)/(y)dy (in operator form / = OE +K z /), where\Omega is some subset of R n (n 1). The functions k, z, and OE are assumed...

A Finite Element Method for a Unidimensional Single-Phase Nonlinear Free Boundary Problem in Groundwater Flow (2007)

Dong Liang, Bo Zhang

Consider a unidimensional, single-phase nonlinear Stefan problem with nonlinear source and permeance terms, and a Dirichlet boundary condition depending on the free-boundary function. This problem is...

Electromagnetic Scattering By an Inhomogeneous Conducting Or Dielectric Layer on a Perfectly Conducting Plate (2007)

N. Ch, Bo Zhang

this paper, we only examine the TM (transverse magnetic) polarization case. A radiation condition is introduced and equivalence with a second kind, Lippmann-Schwinger type integral equation is shown....

Scattering Of Electromagnetic Waves By Rough Interfaces And Inhomogeneous Layers (2007)

Bo Zhang

. We consider a two-dimensional problem of scattering of a time harmonic electromagnetic plane wave by an infinite inhomogeneous conducting or dielectric layer at the interface between semi-infinite...

Scattering by Infinite One-Dimensional Rough Surfaces (2007)

Chris R. Ross, Bo Zhang

this paper we study the general case, with no limit on surface amplitudes or slopes, and show that the same integral equation has exactly one solution in the space of bounded and continuous functions...

Commutator estimates, Besov spaces and scattering problems for the acoustic wave propagation in perturbed stratified fluids (2007)

Commutator Estimates, Besov Spaces, Bo Zhang

Mourre's commutator method is used together with Besov spaces, in this paper, to settle the question of uniqueness of solutions to the scattering problem for the acoustic wave propagation in...

A Fuzzy Elman Neural Network (2007)

Ling Li, Zhidong Deng, Bo Zhang

Abstract — A fuzzy Elman neural network (FENN) is proposed to identify and simulate nonlinear dynamic systems. Each of all the fuzzy rules used in FENN has a linear state-space equation as its...

1 Wavelet Based Image Compression System 1 (2007)

Bo Zhang, Xiuwen Liu, Li Shen

In this project, we developed a wavelet based image compression system primarily for grayscale images. After wavelet transformation, subbands with similar statistical characteristics are grouped as a...

A second generation human haplotype map of over 3.1 million SNPs (2007)

Frazer, Kelly A., Ballinger, Dennis G., Cox, David R., Hinds, David A., Stuve, Laura L., Gibbs, Richard A., ...

We describe the Phase II HapMap, which characterizes over 3.1 million human single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) genotyped in 270 individuals from four geographically diverse populations and...

Poly(A) binding protein, C-terminally truncated by the hepatitis A virus proteinase 3C, inhibits viral translation (2007)

Zhang, Bo, Morace, Graziella, Gauss-Müller, Verena, Kusov, Yuri

Proteolytic cleavage of translation initiation factors is a means to interfere with mRNA circularization and to induce translation arrest during picornaviral replication or apoptosis. It was shown...

Magnetic noise around metallic microstructures (2007)

Zhang, Bo, Henkel, Carsten

We compute the local spectrum of the magnetic field near a metallic microstructure at finite temperature. Our main focus is on deviations from a plane-layered geometry for which we review the main...

The dispersive contribution of $\rho(1450,1700)$ decays and X(1576) (2007)

Zhang, Bo, Liu, Xiang, Zhu, Shi-Lin

We study whether the broad enhancement X(1576) arises from the final state interaction (FSI) of $\rho(1450,1700)\to \rho^+\rho^-\to K^{+}K^{-}$ decays. We consider both the absorptive and dispersive...

Fast Poisson Noise Removal by Biorthogonal Haar Domain Hypothesis Testing (2007)

Zhang, Bo, Fadili, Jalal, Starck, Jean Luc, Digel, Seth

Methods based on hypothesis tests (HTs) in the Haar domain are widely used to denoise Poisson count data. However, facing large datasets or real-time applications, Haar-based denoisers have to use...

Fast Poisson Noise Removal by Biorthogonal Haar Domain Hypothesis Testing (2007)

Zhang, Bo, Fadili, Jalal, Starck, Jean Luc, Digel, Seth

Methods based on hypothesis tests (HTs) in the Haar domain are widely used to denoise Poisson count data. However, facing large datasets or real-time applications, Haar-based denoisers have to use...

Detection and analyses by gel electrophoresis of cisplatin-mediated DNA damage. (2007)

Zhang, Bo, Seki, Shuji, Akiyama, Kosuke, Tsutsui, Ken, Li, Ting, Nagao, Kazutaka

DNA damage induced by cis-diamminedichloroplatinum (II) (cisplatin: cis-DDP), an anticancer drug, was studied in vitro by monitoring the drug-induced conformational change of pUC18 plasmid DNA, the...

Peplomycin-induced DNA repair synthesis in permeable mouse ascites sarcoma cells. (2007)

Zhang, Bo, Watanabe, Sekiko, Akiyama, Kosuke, Li, Ting, Fukushima, Keisuke, Tsutsui, Ken, ...

DNA repair synthesis induced in permeable mouse ascites sarcoma cells by peplomycin, an antitumor antibiotic, was studied. Mouse ascites sarcoma (SR-C3H/He) cells were permeabilized with a low...

Non-radioactive hybridization probes prepared using M13 phage vector and the universal sequencing primer. (2007)

Ikeda, Shogo, Yamamoto, Mihoko, Nagao, Kazutaka, Zhang, Bo, Watanabe, Sekiko, Oda, Takuzo

Non-radioactive hybridization probes were prepared using the M13 phage vector and the universal sequencing primer. The probe sequence to be used was first cloned into the M13 vector, and the minus...

X(1576) and the Final State Interaction Effect (2007)

Liu, Xiang, Zhang, Bo, Shen, Lei-Lei, Zhu, Shi-Lin

We study whether the broad peak X(1576) observed by BES Collaboration arises from the final state interaction effect of $\rho(1450,1700)$ decays. The interference effect could produce an enhancement...

A LARGE-SCALE P2P BASED ARCHITECTURE FOR VIDEO ON DEMAND SERVICE (2007)

ZHANG, BO

Network video on demand service (VOD) is gaining vast popularity nowadays. The VOD service allows users to select and watch video contents over a network and provides VCR-like functionalities which...

Fast Poisson Noise Removal by Biorthogonal Haar Domain Hypothesis Testing (2007)

Zhang, Bo, Fadili, Jalal, Starck, Jean Luc, Digel, Seth

Methods based on hypothesis tests (HTs) in the Haar domain are widely used to denoise Poisson count data. Facing large datasets or real-time applications, Haar-based denoisers have to use the...

Fast Poisson Noise Removal by Biorthogonal Haar Domain Hypothesis Testing (2007)

Zhang, Bo, Fadili, Jalal, Starck, Jean Luc, Digel, Seth

Methods based on hypothesis tests (HTs) in the Haar domain are widely used to denoise Poisson count data. Facing large datasets or real-time applications, Haar-based denoisers have to use the...

Measurement-based analysis, modeling, and synthesis of the Internet delay space (2007)

Zhang, Bo, Zhang, Bo

Understanding the characteristics of the Internet delay space is important for the design of global-scale distributed systems. For instance, algorithms used in overlay networks are often sensitive to...

Video search in concept subspace: A text-like paradigm (2007)

Xirong Li, Dong Wang, Jianmin Li, Bo Zhang

Though both quantity and quality of semantic concept detection in video are continuously improving, it still remains unclear how to exploit these detected concepts as semantic indices in video...

Wavelets, Ridgelets and Curvelets for Poisson Noise Removal (2007)

Bo Zhang, Jalal M. Fadili, Jean-luc Starck

In order to denoise Poisson count data, we introduce a variance stabilizing transform (VST) applied on a filtered discrete Poisson process, yielding a near Gaussian process with asymptotic constant...

A Formal Study of Shot Boundary Detection (2007)

Jinhui Yuan, Huiyi Wang, Lan Xiao, Wujie Zheng, Jianmin Li, Fuzong Lin, ...

Abstract—This paper conducts a formal study of the shot boundary detection problem. First, a general formal framework of shot boundary detection techniques is proposed. Three critical techniques,...

An Adaptive and Efficient Unsupervised Shot Clustering Algorithm for Sports Video (2007)

Liao, Jia, Wang, Guoren, Zhang, Bo, Zhou, Xiaofang, Yu, Ge

Due to its tremendous commercial potential, sports video has become a popular research topic nowadays. As the bridge of low-level features and high-level semantic contents, automatic shot clustering...

HOPF BIFURCATION AS AN INTERMEDIATE-SCALE INSTABILITY IN SINGLE-STAGE POWER-FACTOR-CORRECTION POWER SUPPLIES: ANALYSIS, SIMULATIONS AND EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION (2007)

Dong Dai, Chik. Tse, Bo Zhang, Xikui Ma

This paper reports intermediate-scale instability in a single-stage power-factor-correction (PFC) power supply that employs a cascade configuration of a boost stage operating in discontinuous...

Differential expression within the LOX gene family in ripening kiwifruit (2006)

Zhang, Bo, Chen, Kunsong, Bowen, Judith, Allan, Andrew, Espley, Richard, Karunairetnam, Sakuntala, ...

Real-time quantitative PCR was used to study lipoxygenase (LOX) gene expression patterns in kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa [A. Chev.] C.F. Liang et A.R. Ferguson var. deliciosa cv. Hayward) during...

The Hidden Charm Decay of $X(3872), Y(3940)$ and Final State Interaction Effects (2006)

Liu, Xiang, Zhang, Bo, Zhu, Shi-Lin

We investigate whether the final state interaction (FSI) effect plays a significant role in the large hidden charm decay width of X(3872) and Y(3940) using a model. Our numerical result suggests (1)...

$D_{sJ}(2860)$ and $D_{sJ}(2715)$ (2006)

Zhang, Bo, Liu, Xiang, Deng, Wei-Zhen, Zhu, Shi-Lin

Recently Babar Collaboration reported a new $c\bar{s}$ state $D_{sJ}(2860)$ and Belle Collaboration observed $D_{sJ}(2715)$. We investigate the strong decays of the excited $c\bar{s}$ states using...

Polycrystalline silicon films and thin-film transistors using solution-based metal-induced crystallization (2006)

Meng, Zhiguo, Zhao, Shuyun, Wu, Chunya, Zhang, Bo, Wong, Man

Polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) films consisting of dish-like and wadding-like domains were obtained with solution-based metal-induced crystallization (SMIC) of amorphous silicon. The Hall mobility...

The yields of r-process elements and chemical evolution of the Galaxy (2006)

Chen, Zhe, Zhang, Jiang, Chen, YanPing, Cui, WenYuan, Zhang, Bo

The supernova yields of r-process elements are obtained as a function of the mass of their progenitor stars from the abundance patterns of extremely metal-poor stars on the left-side [Ba/Mg]-[Mg/H]...

Fast Poisson Noise Removal by Biorthogonal Haar Domain Hypothesis Testing (2006)

Zhang, Bo, Fadili, Jalal, Starck, Jean Luc, Digel, Seth W.

Methods based on hypothesis tests (HTs) in the Haar domain are widely used to denoise Poisson count data. Facing large datasets or real-time applications, Haar-based denoisers have to use the...

Well-posedness of the Cauchy problem for the fractional power dissipative equations (2006)

Miao, Changxing, Yuan, Baoquan, Zhang, Bo

This paper studies the Cauchy problem for the nonlinear fractional power dissipative equation $u_t+(-\triangle)^\alpha u= F(u)$ for initial data in the Lebesgue space $L^r(\mr^n)$ with $\ds r\ge...

Neutron-capture elements in the s- and r-process-rich stars: Constraints on neutron-capture nucleosynthesis processes (2006)

Zhang, Bo, Ma, Kun, Zhou, Guide

The chemical abundances of the very metal-poor double-enhanced stars are excellent information for setting new constraints on models of neutron-capture processes at low metallicity. These stars are...

The origin of the lead-rich stars in Galactic halo: investigation of the model parameters for the s-process (2006)

Cui, Wenyuan, Zhang, Bo

Several stars at the low-metallicity extreme of the Galactic halo show large spreads of [Pb/hs]. Theoretically, a s-process pattern should be obtained from an AGB star with fixed metallicity and...

On the Formal Verification of the FlexRay Communication Protocol (2006)

Zhang, Bo

We present ongoing work on the formal analysis of the FlexRay communication protocol. Isabelle/HOL, a theorem prover for Higher Order Logic, is chosen as our specification and verification system....

On the Formal Verification of the FlexRay Communication Protocol (2006)

Zhang, Bo

We present ongoing work on the formal analysis of the FlexRay communication protocol. Isabelle/HOL, a theorem prover for Higher Order Logic, is chosen as our specification and verification system....

Fixed points and controllability in delay systems (2006)

Hang Gao, Bo Zhang

Schaefer's fixed point theorem is used to study the controllability in an infinite delay system x′(t)=G(t,xt)+(Bu)(t). A compact map or homotopy is constructed enabling us to show that if...

Measurement-based analysis, modeling, and synthesis of the Internet delay space (2006)

Bo Zhang, Animesh N, Rudolf Riedi, Peter Druschel, Guohui Wang

Understanding the characteristics of the Internet delay space (i.e., the all-pairs set of static round-trip propagation delays among edge networks in the Internet) is important for the design of...

Head tracking based on the integration of two different particle filters (2006)

Bo Zhang, Weifeng Tian, Zhihua Jin

Existing methods of improving particle filters mainly focus on two aspects: designing a good proposal distribution before sampling and allocating particles to a high posterior area after sampling. An...

Using high-level semantic features in video retrieval (2006)

Wujie Zheng, Jianmin Li, Zhangzhang Si, Fuzong Lin, Bo Zhang

Abstract. Extraction and utilization of high-level semantic features are critical for more effective video retrieval. However, the performance of video retrieval hasn’t benefited much despite of...

LETTER Cross-Modal Learning- The Learning Methodology Inspired by Human’s Intelligence 1 (2006)

Bo Zhang, Dayong Ding, Ling Zhang

Abstract — Human has an amazing cross-modal learning capability. In order to endow the computers with the same ability, we use a model based on the quotient space theory. In the quotient space...

Fixed points and controllability in delay systems (2006)

Hang Gao, Bo Zhang

Schaefer's fixed point theorem is used to study the controllability in an infinite delay system x′(t)=G(t,xt)+(Bu)(t). A compact map or homotopy is constructed enabling us to show that if there is...

Differential expression within the LOX gene family in ripening kiwifruit (2006)

Zhang, Bo, Chen, Kunsong, Bowen, Judith, Allan, Andrew, Espley, Richard, Karunairetnam, Sakuntala, ...

Real-time quantitative PCR was used to study lipoxygenase (LOX) gene expression patterns in kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa [A. Chev.] C.F. Liang et A.R. Ferguson var. deliciosa cv. Hayward) during...

Differential expression within the LOX gene family in ripening kiwifruit (2006)

Zhang, Bo, Chen, Kunsong, Bowen, Judith, Allan, Andrew, Espley, Richard, Karunairetnam, Sakuntala, ...

Real-time quantitative PCR was used to study lipoxygenase (LOX) gene expression patterns in kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa [A. Chev.] C.F. Liang et A.R. Ferguson var. deliciosa cv. Hayward) during...

The Genomes of Oryza sativa: A History of Duplications (2005)

Jun Yu, Jun Wang, Wei Lin, Songgang Li, Heng Li, Jun Zhou, ...

We report improved whole-genome shotgun sequences for the genomes of indica and japonica rice, both with multimegabase contiguity, or almost 1,000-fold improvement over the drafts of 2002. Tested...

Design and implementation of a 6 DOF parallel manipulator with passive force control [electronic resource] / (2005)

Zhang, Bo.

ABSTRACT: Parallel mechanism has been studied for several decades. It has various advantages such as high stiffness, high accuracy and high payload capacity compared to the commonly used serial...

2D conditional random fields for web information extraction (2005)

Zaiqing Nie, Ji-rong Wen, Bo Zhang

The Web contains an abundance of useful semistructured information about real world objects, and our empirical study shows that strong sequence characteristics exist for Web information about objects...

2D conditional random fields for web information extraction (2005)

Zaiqing Nie, Ji-rong Wen, Bo Zhang, Wei-ying Ma

The Web contains an abundance of useful semistructured information about real world objects, and our empirical study shows that strong sequence characteristics exist for Web information about objects...

A novel shot boundary detection framework (2005)

Wujie Zheng, Jinhui Yuan, Huiyi Wang, Fuzong Lin, Bo Zhang

Shot boundary detection servers as a preliminary step to structure the content of videos. Up to now, a large number of methods have been proposed. We give a brief overview of previous works with a...

Unusual separations with macrocyclic glycopeptide chiral stationary phases and chromatographic analysis and characterization of microbes / (2004)

Zhang, Bo.

The macrocyclic glycopeptide stationary phases have been widely used in enantiomeric separations. Some unusual aspects of this class of stationary phases were investigated in this work. The reversal...

Static field simulation of 2-D negative-U Hubbard model / (2004)

Zhang, Bo.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Southern California, 2004.

Tsinghua university at trecvid 2004: Shot boundary detection and high-level feature extraction (2004)

Jinhui Yuan, Wujie Zheng, Le Chen, Dayong Ding, Dong Wang, Zijian Tong, ...

Our shot boundary detection system mainly consists of three components: fade out/in(FOI)detector, cut(CUT)detector and gradual transition(GT)detector. The key technique of FOI detector is the...

DNA damaging effects of sulfur dioxide derivatives in cells from various organs of mice (2004)

Meng, Ziqiang, Qin, Guohua, Zhang, Bo, Bai, Juli

The DNA-damaging effects of sulfur dioxide (SO2) derivatives (a mixture of sodium sulfite and sodium bisulfite, 3:1 M/M) in the cells of various organs (brain, lung, heart, liver, stomach,...

Unsupervised Image Segmentation Using Local Homogeneity Analysis (2003)

Feng Jing, Mingjing Li, Hong-jiang Zhang, Bo Zhang

In this paper, a novel method is presented for unsupervised image segmentation based on local homogeneity analysis. First, a criterion for homogeneity of a certain pattern is proposed. Applying the...

Learning in region-based image retrieval (2003)

Feng Jing, Mingjing Li, Lei Zhang, Hong-jiang Zhang, Bo Zhang

Abstract. In this paper, several effective learning algorithms using global image representations are adjusted and introduced to region-based image retrieval (RBIR). First, the query point movement...

A reference model approach to stability analysis of neural networks (2003)

Hong Qiao, Jigen Peng, Zong-ben Xu, Bo Zhang

Abstract—In this paper, a novel methodology called a reference model approach to stability analysis of neural networks is proposed. The core of the new approach is to study a neural network model...

Learning in region-based image retrieval (2003)

Feng Jing, Mingjing Li, Lei Zhang, Hong-jiang Zhang, Bo Zhang

Abstract. In this paper, several effective learning algorithms using global image representations are adjusted and introduced to region-based image retrieval (RBIR). First, the query point movement...

Integral Equation Methods for Scattering By Infinite Rough Surfaces (2003)

Bo Zhang, S. Chandler-Wilde, Simon N. Ch, Communicated R. Kre

this paper, we consider the Dirichlet and impedance boundary value problems for the Helmholtz equation in a non-locally perturbed half-plane. These boundary value problems arise in a study of...

Experimental Studies of Quantum Dynamics and Coherent Control in Homonuclear Alkali Diatomic Molecules (2002)

Zhang, Bo

The main theme covered in this thesis is experimentalstudies of quantum dynamics and coherent control in homonuclearalkali diatomic molecules by ultrafast laser spectroscopy iththe implementation of...

Sensor data acquisition via bluetooth connectivity / (2002)

Zhang, Bo.

Thesis (M. Sc. (Comp. Contr. & Autom.))--Nanyang Technological University, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2002.

Java security / (2002)

Zhang, Bo.

Thesis (M.S.)--Kansas State University, 2002.

Gaussian Mixture Model for Relevance Feedback in Image Retrieval (2002)

Fang Qian, Mingjing Li, Lei Zhang, Hong-Jiang Zhang, Bo Zhang

Relevance Feedback (RF) has become a powerful technique in content-based image retrieval. Most RF methods assume that positive images follow the single Gaussian distribution, which is not sufficient...

An explicit fourth-order staggered finite-difference time-domain method for Maxwell's equations (2002)

Zhongqiang Xie, Chi-Hou Chan, Bo Zhang, Bo Zhanga B

A newexplicit fourth-order accurate staggered #nite-di#erencetime-di#er (FDTD) schem is proposed and applied to electromByFywm waveproblemI It is fourth-order accurate in both space andtimD...

An Explicit Fourth-Order Orthogonal Curvilinear Staggered-Grid FDTD Method for Maxwell's Equations (2002)

Zhongqiang Xie, Chi-hou Chan, Bo Zhang

this paper we extend the fourth-order scheme in [53] to an orthogonal curvilinear grid which conforms to metallic boundaries and dielectric interfaces so it can be applied to complex electromagnetic...

Induction effects of sulfur dioxide inhalation on chromosomal aberrations in mouse bone marrow cells (2002)

Meng, Ziqiang, Zhang, Bo

To investigate the induction of chromosome aberrations (CA) in mouse bone marrow cells by sulfur dioxide (SO2) inhalation, mice were treated by SO2 exposure for 4 h/day for 7 days at various...

Experimental Implementation of the Deutsch-Jozsa Algorithm for Three-Qubit Functions using Pure Coherent Molecular Superpositions (2001)

Vala, Jiri, Amitay, Zohar, Zhang, Bo, Leone, Stephen R., Kosloff, Ronnie

The Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm is experimentally demonstrated for three-qubit functions using pure coherent superpositions of Li$_{2}$ rovibrational eigenstates. The function's character, either...

A new prosodic phrasing model for Chinese TTS systems (2001)

Weijun Chen, Fuzong Lin, Jianmin Li, Bo Zhang

This paper proposes a new prosodic phrasing model for Chinese text-tospeech systems. First, in contrast to the commonly used CART techniques, we propose a new inductive learning algorithm based on...

Support Vector Machine Learning for Image Retrieval (2001)

Lei Zhang, Fuzong Lin, Bo Zhang

In this paper, a novel method of relevance feedback is presented based on Support Vector Machine learning in the content-based image retrieval system. A SVM classifier can be learned from training...

Multilevel Expansion of the Sparse-Matrix Canonical Grid Method for Two-Dimensional Random Rough Surfaces (2001)

Shu-qing Li, Chi Hou Chan, Senior Member, Ming-yao Xia, Bo Zhang, Leung Tsang

Wave scattering from two-dimensional (2-D) random rough surfaces up to several thousand square wavelengths has been previously analyzed using the sparse-matrix canonical grid (SMCG) method. The...

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Bo Zhang, Chris R. Ross, F. Ames

This paper considers general second kind integral equations of the form �Ž s. �H kŽ s, t. �Ž t. dt��Ž s. R Ž in operator form � � K � � �. k, where the functions k and �...

Packed integer wavelet transform constructed by lifting scheme (1999)

Chengjiang Lin, Bo Zhang, Yuan F. Zheng

Abstract—A new method for speeding up the integer wavelet transforms constructed by the lifting scheme is proposed. The proposed method packs multiple pixels (wavelet coefficients) in a single...

Light-Cone Gauge Quantization of String Theories on $AdS_3$ Space (1998)

Yu, Ming, Zhang, Bo

Light-cone gauge quantization procedures are given, for superstring theory on $AdS_3$ space charged with NS-NS background, both in NSR and GS formalism. The spacetime (super)conformal algebras are...

Acoustic scattering by an inhomogeneous layer on a rigid plate (1998)

Bo Zhang, N. Chandler-wilde

Abstract. The problem of scattering of time-harmonic acoustic waves by an inhomogeneous fluid layer on a rigid plate in R 2 is considered. The density is assumed to be unity in the media: within the...

A Uniqueness Result for Scattering by Infinite Rough Surfaces (1998)

Bo Zhang

. Consider the Dirichlet boundary value problem for the Helmholtz equation in a nonlocally perturbed half-plane with an unbounded, piecewise Lyapunov boundary. This problem models time-harmonic...

School of Mathematical and Information Sciences, (1998)

Bo Zhang

Mourre’s commutator method is used together with Besov spaces, in this paper, to settle the question of uniqueness of solutions to the scattering problem for the acoustic wave propagation in...

Characteristics of the superconducting magnets for the S800 spectrometer / (1997)

Zhang, Bo.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, 1997.

Radiation Condition and Limiting Amplitude Principle for Acoustic Propagators with Two Unbounded Media (1996)

Bo Zhang

Consider the diffraction problem for perturbed acoustic propagators with perturbations decreasing slowly at infinity. The propagation speed is discontinuous at the interface of two unbounded media,...

Ž. JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS AND APPLICATIONS 214, 482�502 1997 ARTICLE NO. AY975585 On the Solvability of a Class of Second Kind Integral Equations on Unbounded Domains (1996)

Simon N. Ch, Bo Zhang, L. Wendland

We consider integral equations of the form �Ž. x � �Ž. x � H kŽ x, y. zŽ y. �Ž y. dyŽ in operator form � � � � K �. � z, where � is some subset n of R Ž n � 1.. The...

On the Limiting Absorption and Amplitude Principles for Transmission Problems With Unbounded Interfaces (1995)

Bo Zhang

We consider the transmission problem for second-order differential equations with unbounded interfaces. The spaces B and B are used to prove the limiting absorption principle for the steady-state...

On the hydrodynamic model for semiconductor devices (1993)

Zhang, Bo

The hydrodynamic model for semiconductor devices plays an important role in simulating the behavior of the charge carrier in submicron semiconductor devices. This model consists of a set of nonlinear...

Formalization of Mining Association Rules based on Relational Database in EIS (1970)

Hong Zhang, Bo Zhang

In this paper, we study the concrete signification of association rules in relational database, and propose a new formalization and a general process of mining association rules, which is...

The Drosophila Homolog of Mammalian Zinc Finger Factor MTF-1 Activates Transcription in Response to Heavy Metals

Zhang, Bo, Egli, Dieter, Georgiev, Oleg, Schaffner, Walter

Metallothioneins (MTs) are short, cysteine-rich proteins for heavy metal homeostasis and detoxification; they bind a variety of heavy metals and also act as radical scavengers. Transcription of...

Knockout of ‘metal-responsive transcription factor’ MTF-1 in Drosophila by homologous recombination reveals its central role in heavy metal homeostasis

Egli, Dieter, Selvaraj, Anand, Yepiskoposyan, Hasmik, Zhang, Bo, Hafen, Ernst, Georgiev, Oleg, ...

‘Metal-responsive transcription factor-1’ (MTF-1), a zinc finger protein, is conserved from mammals to insects. In the mouse, it activates metallothionein genes and other target genes in response...

Activity of Metal-Responsive Transcription Factor 1 by Toxic Heavy Metals and H2O2 In Vitro Is Modulated by Metallothionein

Zhang, Bo, Georgiev, Oleg, Hagmann, Michael, Günes, Çagatay, Cramer, Mirjam, Faller, Peter, ...

Metallothioneins are small, cysteine-rich proteins that avidly bind heavy metals such as zinc, copper, and cadmium to reduce their concentration to a physiological or nontoxic level. Metallothionein...

Temporal and spatial expression of tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases 1 and 2 (TIMP-1 and -2) in the bovine corpus luteum

Zhang, Bo, Moses, Marsha A, Tsang, Paul CW

The matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their endogenous inhibitors, tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs), may mediate the dramatic structural and functional changes in the corpus luteum...

The Genomes of Oryza sativa: A History of Duplications

Yu, Jun, Wang, Jun, Lin, Wei, Li, Songgang, Li, Heng, Zhou, Jun, ...

We report improved whole-genome shotgun sequences for the genomes of indica and japonica rice, both with multimegabase contiguity, or almost 1,000-fold improvement over the drafts of 2002. Tested...

Neuronal CXCL10 Directs CD8+ T-Cell Recruitment and Control of West Nile Virus Encephalitis

Klein, Robyn S., Lin, Eugene, Zhang, Bo, Luster, Andrew D., Tollett, Judy, Samuel, Melanie A., ...

The activation and entry of antigen-specific CD8+ T cells into the central nervous system is an essential step towards clearance of West Nile virus (WNV) from infected neurons. The molecular signals...

Engineering the Monomer Composition of Polyhydroxyalkanoates Synthesized in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Zhang, Bo, Carlson, Ross, Srienc, Friedrich

Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) have received considerable interest as renewable-resource-based, biodegradable, and biocompatible plastics with a wide range of potential applications. We have engineered...

Serum Bactericidal Activities of High-Dose Daptomycin with and without Coadministration of Gentamicin against Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus species

DeRyke, C. Andrew, Sutherland, Christina, Zhang, Bo, Nicolau, David P., Kuti, Joseph L.

The purpose of this experiment was to evaluate the pharmacokinetics and serum bactericidal titers (SBTs) of daptomycin alone and in combination with gentamicin against strains of Staphylococcus...

C-Reactive Protein in Atherosclerotic Lesions : Its Origin and Pathophysiological Significance

Sun, Huijun, Koike, Tomonari, Ichikawa, Tomonaga, Hatakeyama, Kinta, Shiomi, Masashi, Zhang, Bo, ...

C-reactive protein (CRP) is frequently deposited in the lesions of the arterial intima; however, the origin and pathological significance of CRP in these lesions are not completely understood. In...

Flavodoxin hydroquinone reduces Azotobacter vinelandii Fe protein to the all-ferrous redox state with a S = 0 spin state

Lowery, Thomas J., Wilson, Phillip E., Zhang, Bo, Bunker, Jared, Harrison, Roger G., Nyborg, Andrew C., ...

Azotobacter vinelandii flavodoxin hydroquinone (FldHQ) is a physiological reductant to nitrogenase supporting catalysis that is twice as energy efficient (ATP/2e– = 2) as dithionite (ATP/2e– =...

Molecular Pathology in the Lungs of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Patients

Ye, Juxiang, Zhang, Bo, Xu, Jian, Chang, Qing, McNutt, Michael A., Korteweg, Christine, ...

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a novel infectious disease with disastrous clinical consequences, in which the lungs are the major target organs. Previous studies have described the...

Genetic Mapping of Developmental Instability: Design, Model and Algorithm

Wu, Jiasheng, Zhang, Bo, Cui, Yuehua, Zhao, Wei, Xu, Li'an, Huang, Minren, ...

Developmental instability or noise, defined as the phenotypic imprecision of an organism in the face of internal or external stochastic disturbances, has been thought to play an important role in...

Distinct RNA Elements Confer Specificity to Flavivirus RNA Cap Methylation Events▿

Dong, Hongping, Ray, Debashish, Ren, Suping, Zhang, Bo, Puig-Basagoiti, Francesc, Takagi, Yuko, ...

The 5′ end of the flavivirus plus-sense RNA genome contains a type 1 cap (m7GpppAmG), followed by a conserved stem-loop structure. We report that nonstructural protein 5 (NS5) from four...

Poly(A) binding protein, C-terminally truncated by the hepatitis A virus proteinase 3C, inhibits viral translation

Zhang, Bo, Morace, Graziella, Gauss-Müller, Verena, Kusov, Yuri

Proteolytic cleavage of translation initiation factors is a means to interfere with mRNA circularization and to induce translation arrest during picornaviral replication or apoptosis. It was shown...

A LARGE-SCALE P2P BASED ARCHITECTURE FOR VIDEO ON DEMAND SERVICE

ZHANG, BO

Network video on demand service (VOD) is gaining vast popularity nowadays. The VOD service allows users to select and watch video contents over a network and provides VCR-like functionalities which...

Structural and functional analyses of disease-causing missense mutations in Bloom syndrome protein

Guo, Rong-Bing, Rigolet, Pascal, Ren, Hua, Zhang, Bo, Zhang, Xing-Dong, Dou, Shuo-Xing, ...

Bloom syndrome (BS) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by genomic instability and the early development of many types of cancer. Missense mutations have been identified in the BLM gene...

Efficient genome-wide mutagenesis of zebrafish genes by retroviral insertions

Wang, Dongmei, Jao, Li-En, Zheng, Naizhong, Dolan, Kyle, Ivey, Jessica, Zonies, Seth, ...

Using a combination of techniques we developed, we infected zebrafish embryos using pseudotyped retroviruses and mapped the genomic locations of the proviral integrations in the F1 offspring of the...

Multiple organ infection and the pathogenesis of SARS

Gu, Jiang, Gong, Encong, Zhang, Bo, Zheng, Jie, Gao, Zifen, Zhong, Yanfeng, ...

After >8,000 infections and >700 deaths worldwide, the pathogenesis of the new infectious disease, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), remains poorly understood. We investigated 18 autopsies of...

Ethylene-induced modulation of genes associated with the ethylene signalling pathway in ripening kiwifruit

Yin, Xue-ren, Chen, Kun-song, Allan, Andrew C., Wu, Rong-mei, Zhang, Bo, Lallu, Nagin, ...

Gene families associated with the ethylene signal transduction pathway in ripening kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa [A. Chev.] C.F. Liang et A.R. Ferguson var. deliciosa cv. Hayward) were isolated from...

West Nile Virus Methyltransferase Catalyzes Two Methylations of the Viral RNA Cap through a Substrate-Repositioning Mechanism▿

Dong, Hongping, Ren, Suping, Zhang, Bo, Zhou, Yangsheng, Puig-Basagoiti, Francesc, Li, Hongmin, ...

Flaviviruses encode a single methyltransferase domain that sequentially catalyzes two methylations of the viral RNA cap, GpppA-RNA→m7GpppA-RNA→m7GpppAm-RNA, by using S-adenosyl-l-methionine (SAM)...

Genetic Interactions among the West Nile Virus Methyltransferase, the RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase, and the 5′ Stem-Loop of Genomic RNA▿

Zhang, Bo, Dong, Hongping, Zhou, Yangsheng, Shi, Pei-Yong

Flavivirus methyltransferase catalyzes both guanine N7 and ribose 2′-OH methylations of the viral RNA cap (GpppA-RNA→m7GpppAm-RNA). The methyltransferase is physically linked to an RNA-dependent...

Exdpf Is a Key Regulator of Exocrine Pancreas Development Controlled by Retinoic Acid and ptf1a in Zebrafish

Jiang, Zhi, Song, Jianbo, Qi, Fei, Xiao, An, An, Xizhou, Liu, Ning-ai, ...

Both endocrine and exocrine pancreatic cells arise from pancreatic-duodenal homeobox 1 (pdx1)-positive progenitors. The molecular mechanisms controlling cell fate determination and subsequent...

CXCR4 antagonism increases T cell trafficking in the central nervous system and improves survival from West Nile virus encephalitis

McCandless, Erin E., Zhang, Bo, Diamond, Michael S., Klein, Robyn S.

The migration of lymphocytes into the CNS during viral encephalitis is hindered by the blood–brain barrier (BBB) such that most infiltrating cells remain localized to perivascular spaces. This...

Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Protects against Lethal West Nile Virus Infection by Promoting Trafficking of Mononuclear Leukocytes into the Central Nervous System ▿

Shrestha, Bimmi, Zhang, Bo, Purtha, Whitney E., Klein, Robyn S., Diamond, Michael S.

West Nile virus (WNV) is a neurotropic flavivirus that has emerged globally as a significant cause of viral encephalitis in humans, especially in immunocompromised individuals. Previous studies have...

Enhancement of CD4+ T cell activities and modulation of Th1/Th2 lineage development in radiated tumor-bearing rats treated with male zooid of Antheraea pernyi extracts

Zhao, Wen-Hua, Li, Ling, Zhang, Bo, Zhang, Wei-Dong, Zong, Min, Tang, Ji-Dong, ...

AIM: To investigate whether supplementation of male zooid of Antheraea pernyi extracts (MZAPE) could enhance immune function of radiated tumor-bearing rats.

NAADP-mediated Ca2+ signaling via type 1 ryanodine receptor in T cells revealed by a synthetic NAADP antagonist

Dammermann, Werner, Zhang, Bo, Nebel, Merle, Cordiglieri, Chiara, Odoardi, Francesca, Kirchberger, Tanja, ...

The nucleotide NAADP was recently discovered as a second messenger involved in the initiation and propagation of Ca2+ signaling in lymphoma T cells, but its impact on primary T cell function is still...

Effect of 5-LOX/COX-2 common inhibitor DHDMBF30 on pancreatic cancer cell Capan2

Zhang, Bo, Wang, Chang-Liang, Zhao, Wen-Hua, Lv, Ming, Wang, Chun-Ying, Zhong, Wei-Xia, ...

AIM: To study the effect of 5-lipoxygenase/cyclooxy-genase-2 (5-LOX/COX-2) dual inhibitor 7-tert-butyl-2, 3-dihydro-3, 3-dimethyl substituted dihydrofuran 30 (DHDMBF30) on proliferation and apoptosis...

Cost-effectiveness analysis of chemotherapy for advanced gastric cancer in China

Chen, Xin-Zu, Jiang, Kun, Hu, Jian-Kun, Zhang, Bo, Gou, Hong-Feng, Yang, Kun, ...

AIM: To assess the economics of various chemotherapeutic regimens for advanced gastric cancer (AGC), and to select the best cost-effective regimen for the common Chinese patients.

Risky asset pricing based on safety first fund management

Yuanyao Ding, Bo Zhang

We study a portfolio selection model based on Kataoka's safety-first criterion (KSF model in short). We assume that the market is complete but without risk-free asset, and that the returns are...

Characterization of rrdA, a TetR Family Protein Gene Involved in the Regulation of Secondary Metabolism in Streptomyces coelicolor▿

Ou, Xijun, Zhang, Bo, Zhang, Lin, Zhao, Guoping, Ding, Xiaoming

Streptomyces not only exhibits complex morphological differentiation but also produces a plethora of secondary metabolites, particularly antibiotics. To improve our general understanding of the...

Effectiveness and safety of splenectomy for gastric carcinoma: A meta-analysis

Yang, Kun, Chen, Xin-Zu, Hu, Jian-Kun, Zhang, Bo, Chen, Zhi-Xin, Chen, Jia-Ping

AIM: To evaluate the impact of splenectomy on long-term survival, postoperative morbidity and mortality of patients with gastric cancer by performing a meta-analysis.