Papageorgiou, Irene, Nicholls, Peter K, Wang, Fang, Lackmann, Martin, Makanji, Yogeshwar, Salamonsen, Lois A, ...
Abstract Background The human endometrium is unique in its capacity to remodel constantly throughout adult reproductive life. Although the processes of tissue damage and breakdown in the endometrium...
Dirichlet-to-Neumann Map for Poincar\'e-Einstein Metrics in Even Dimensions (2009)
We study the linearization of the Dirichlet-to-Neumann map for Poincar\'e-Einstein metrics in even dimensions on an arbitrary compact manifold with boundary. By fixing a suitable gauge, we make the...
On the distributed evaluation of recursive queries over graphs (2009)
Grumbach, Stephane, Wang, Fang, Wu, Zhilin
Logical formalisms such as first-order logic (FO) and fixpoint logic (FP) are well suited to express in a declarative manner fundamental graph functionalities required in distributed systems. We show...
Effects of Astragaloside IV on heart failure in rats (2009)
Zhao, Zhuanyou, Wang, Weiting, Wang, Fang, Zhao, Kerui, Han, Yingmei, Xu, Weiren, ...
Abstract Background Astragaloside IV (ASI) in Radix Astragali is believed to be the active component in treating heart failure. The present study aims to examine the effects of ASI on cardiovascular...
Wang, Fang, Zhou, Shi, Gilleard, Wendy, Coutts, Rosanne A, Chen, Yungsheng
The purpose of this study was to determine the test-retest reliability of temporal and spatial gait measurements of individual's preferred walking velocity over a one-week period as measured using an...
Chen, Yungsheng, Zhou, Shi, Cartwright, Colleen M, Crowley, Zachary, Baglin, Robert, Wang, Fang
The H-reflex has been extensively used to exam the spinal motoneuron excitability. However, no report has demonstrated the test-retest reliability of the H-reflex assessment during voluntary muscle...
Chen, Yungsheng, Zhou, Shi, Cartwright, Colleen M, Crowley, Zachary, Baglin, Robert, Wang, Fang
The H-reflex has been extensively used to exam the spinal motoneuron excitability. However, no report has demonstrated the test-retest reliability of the H-reflex assessment during voluntary muscle...
Wang, Fang, Zhou, Shi, Gilleard, Wendy, Coutts, Rosanne A, Chen, Yungsheng
The purpose of this study was to determine the test-retest reliability of temporal and spatial gait measurements of individual's preferred walking velocity over a one-week period as measured using an...
Chen, Min, Wang, Fang, Zhao, Ming-Hui
Objectives. Biomarkers for assessing disease activity of patients with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) are important in identifying relapse and guiding...
Xu, Rong, Zhang, LuXia, Zhang, PuHong, Wang, Fang, Zuo, Li, Wang, HaiYan
Background. It is unclear whether ethnic disparity of the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) exists among native Chinese and American ethnicities. Methods. A stratified multistage clustered...
Chinese cadre disciplining : the impact of rank (2009)
Thesis (M.Phil.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2009
Kewalramani, Girish, Puthanveetil, Prasanth, Wang, Fang, Kim, Min Suk, Deppe, Sylvia, Abrahani, Ashraf, ...
AimsAlthough a substantial role for 5' adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) has been established in regulating cardiac metabolism, a less studied action of AMPK is its ability to...
Wang, Fang, Zhou, Shi, Gilleard, Wendy, Coutts, Rosanne A, Chen, Yungsheng
The purpose of this study was to determine the test-retest reliability of temporal and spatial gait measurements of individual's preferred walking velocity over a one-week period as measured using an...
Chen, Yungsheng, Zhou, Shi, Cartwright, Colleen M, Crowley, Zachary, Baglin, Robert, Wang, Fang
The H-reflex has been extensively used to exam the spinal motoneuron excitability. However, no report has demonstrated the test-retest reliability of the H-reflex assessment during voluntary muscle...
Fang Wang, Juan Xu, Heyi Luo, Jinggang Wang, Qian Wang
Practical adhesion of rubber to aluminum is measured for various aluminum silanization treatments. In this study, 6-(3-triethoxysilylpropylamino)-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-dithiol (TES) was used as the...
Fang Wang, Heyi Luo, Qian Wang, Jinggang Wang, Juan Xu
6-(N-Allyl-1,1,2,2-tetrahydroperfluorododecyl)amino-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-dithiol monosodium (ATP) was used to prepare polymeric thin films on pure aluminum plates to achieve a superhydrophobic surface....
Prognostic relevance of Centromere protein H expression in esophageal carcinoma (2008)
Guo, Xian-Zhi, Zhang, Ge, Wang, Jun-Ye, Liu, Wan-Li, Wang, Fang, Dong, Ju-Qin, ...
Abstract Background Many kinetochore proteins have been shown to be associated with human cancers. The aim of the present study was to clarify the expression of Centromere protein H (CENP-H), one of...
using Multiway Decision Graphs (2008)
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TLFS: High Performance Tape Library File System for Data Backup and Archive ⋆ (2008)
Dan Feng, Lingfang Zeng, Fang Wang, Peng Xia
Abstract. A tape library is seldom considered as a viable place for constructing a file system for a sequential write/read device. Storage virtualization technology has become a buzzword in...
BJTU TRECVID 2006 Video Retrieval System (2008)
Shikui Wei, Yao Zhao, Zhenfeng Zhu, Nan Liu, Yufeng Zhao, Liang Zhang, ...
In this paper, we describe our experiments of search task for TRECVID 2006. This year we participated in the automatic video search subtask and the interactive video search subtask, and submitted two...
BJTU TRECVID 2007 Video Search (2008)
Shikui Wei, Yao Zhao, Zhenfeng Zhu, Nan Liu, Yufeng Zhao, Fang Wang, ...
In this paper, we describe our experiments of search task for TRECVID 2007. This year we participated in the automatic video search subtask, and submitted six runs with different combination of...
A Scalability Analysis of Self-organizing Agent Communities (2008)
A theoretical scalability analysis of a self-organizing community formed by middle agents (described in detail in (Wang, 2002)) is carried out in this paper. We provide evidence that the formation...
Timed Event Graph-based Scheduling for Cyclic Permutation Flow Shop (2008)
Si Cheng Ren, De Xu, Fang Wang, Min Tan, Si Cheng Ren, De Xu, ...
The cyclic permutation flow shop is one flow shop that repetitively produces product mix under permutation schedules. We propose that the cyclic permutation flow shop given the general job sequence...
HOW CAN THE WEB HELP BUILD CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS? AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON E-TAILING (2008)
The Web is increasingly being viewed as a tool and place to enhance customer relationship. In this paper we define a model to analyze the Web characteristics that aid in building customer...
Xia, Peng, Feng, Dan, Jiang, Hong, Tian, Lei, Wang, Fang
File correlations have become an increasingly important consideration for performance enhancement in peta-scale storage systems. Previous studies on file correlationsmainly concern with two aspects...
Kinetic and Mechanistic Study of the Reduction of Chromium(VI) by Lactic Acid (2008)
Jinhuan Shan, Fang Wang, Changying Song, Heye Wang
The kinetics and mechanism of the reduction of chromium(VI) by lactic acid (Lac) in aqueous acidic medium was studied with spectrophotometry in a temperature range of 298.15 K~313.15 K. Under the...
Xiaoming Zhao, Sujith Chacko, Fang Wang, Habiba Vaghoo, George A Olah
The 1,4-addition of a monofluoromethyl nucleophile to a variety of α,β-unsaturated compounds has been achieved under mild conditions using either phosphines or potassium carbonate at room...
Chuanfa Ni, Fang Wang, Jinbo Hu
BackgroundAlthough the nucleophilic difluoromethylation of aldehydes, ketones, and imines has been realized with PhSO2CF2H and related reagents, there are still no reports on the enantioselective...
Blockage of JAK/STAT signalling attenuates renal ischaemia-reperfusion injury in rat (2008)
Yang, Niansheng, Luo, Mingqian, Li, Rong, Huang, Yuefang, Zhang, Rui, Wu, Qingqing, ...
Background. JAK/STAT signalling is one of the major pathways for cytokine signal transduction. However, the role of JAK/STAT in renal ischaemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury is not clear. The present...
Kinetic and Mechanistic Study of the Reduction of Chromium(VI) by Lactic Acid (2008)
Jinhuan Shan, Fang Wang, Changying Song, Heye Wang
The kinetics and mechanism of the reduction of chromium(VI) by lactic acid (Lac) in aqueous acidic medium was studied with spectrophotometry in a temperature range of 298.15 K~313.15 K. Under the...
Using Live Video to Represent Remote Users in Collaborative Virtual Environment (2007)
Fang Wang, Electronic Visualization Laboratories
How can live video be used, and used effectively to represent remote users in a collaborative virtual environment? With today's high-end graphics workstations' video interfaces and...
Zhang, Hai-Bo, Wang, Fang, Takaoka, Akio
Electron transmission through tilted epoxy-resin film specimens with thicknesses of 1 and 5 μm has been measured under different accelerating voltages and diameters of the objective aperture in a 3...
Zhang, LuXia, Zuo, Li, Xu, GuoBin, Wang, Fang, Wang, Mei, Wang, ShuYu, ...
Background. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a public health problem, while data from developing countries are limited. We sought to investigate the epidemiological features of kidney damage in...
Zhang, LuXia, Zuo, Li, Xu, GuoBin, Wang, Fang, Wang, Mei, Wang, ShuYu, ...
Background. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a public health problem, while data from developing countries are limited. We sought to investigate the epidemiological features of kidney damage in...
Xia, Zhengyuan, Kuo, Kuo-Hsing, Nagareddy, Prabhakara R., Wang, Fang, Guo, Zhixin, Guo, Tianhai, ...
Objective: Oxidative stress-mediated activation of protein kinase C (PKC) β2 in the myocardium has been implicated in the development of cardiomyopathy. Overexpression of PKCβ2 is associated with...
To explore the potential mechanisms of tendon degeneration, we investigated the role of c-Jun N-terminal Kinase (JNK) activation and the regulation of matrix metalloproteinase 1 (MMP1) in tendon...
To explore the potential mechanisms of tendon degeneration, we investigated the role of c-Jun N-terminal Kinase (JNK) activation and the regulation of matrix metalloproteinase 1 (MMP1) in tendon...
To explore the potential mechanisms of tendon degeneration, we investigated the role of c-Jun N-terminal Kinase (JNK) activation and the regulation of matrix metalloproteinase 1 (MMP1) in tendon...
To explore the potential mechanisms of tendon degeneration, we investigated the role of c-Jun N-terminal Kinase (JNK) activation and the regulation of matrix metalloproteinase 1 (MMP1) in tendon...
Agent Communication in Distributed Simulations (2005)
Fang Wang, Stephen John Turner, Lihua Wang
Abstract. Multi-Agent Systems (MASs) provide a valuable tool for handling increasing software complexity and supporting rapid and accurate decision making. This paper focuses on how an MAS can be...
Electronic retailing: An analysis of Web impacts and relationship marketing opportunities (2004)
The Web brings enormous opportunities for retailers, where customer retention is important for e-tailing success. While relationship marketing (RM) and e-tailing are both active research areas, there...
Electronic retailing : an analysis of Web impacts and relationship marketing opportunities / (2004)
The Web brings enormous opportunities for retailers, where customer retention is important for e-tailing success. While relationship marketing (RM) and e-tailing are both active research areas, there...
Negotiating exchanges of P3P-labeled information for compensation (2004)
Scott Buffett, Keping Jia, Y Liu, Bruce Spencer, Fang Wang
Abstract. We consider private information a commodity, of value to both the information holder and the information seeker. Hence, a customer can be enticed to trade his/her private information with a...
Automaton Based Model Checking Using Multiway Decision Graphs (2004)
Fang Wang, Sofiène Tahar, Otmane Ait Mohamed
In this paper we present a formal hardware verification tool implementing an automata based model checking algorithm using Multiway Decision Graphs. The tool first transforms the property formula...
Language Emptiness Checking Using MDGs (2003)
Multiway Decision Graphs (MDGs) are e#cient diagrams suitable for the modeling and automatic verification of register transfer level designs. The MDG tools provide a firstorder branching time model...
Translating Ltl Specification To Mdg-Hdl (2003)
Fang Wang, Ali Habibi, Sofiène Tahar
MDG-HDL is the hardware description language accepted by the Multiway Decision Graphs (MDGs) package. Linear Temporal Logic (LTL) is a widely used formal language for specifying design properties. To...
Electronic procurement strategy and practice in the Singapore Construction industry / (2002)
Thesis (M.Eng.)--Nanyang Technological University, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2002.
Cefn Hoile, Fang Wang, Erwin Bonsma, Paul Marrow
Mobile Agent systems have attracted considerable attention as means of exploring and manipulating distributed information sources. However, many existing multi-agent platforms present limitations in...
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Struktur und Morphologie innenoxidierter Pd-Mg-Legierungen / (1999)
Zugl.: Göttingen, Univ., Diss., 1999.
: Inspired by multifunctional neural networks in biological brain, this paper is concerned with building multifunctional learning ability for artificial neural networks. A multiagent based...
This paper presents a multi-agent based evolutionary artificial neural network (ANN) for general navigation. While vision is a single input channel to the ANN, only the information about the...
Nonlinear finite element analysis of RC plates and shells using the unified strength theory / (1998)
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Nanyang Technological University, School of Civil and Structural Engineering, 1998.
Virtual Life in Virtual Environments (1998)
: Virtual Environment is at the heart of Virtual Reality. High fidelity environment can become inhabited by virtual lives so that human users will feel immersed in a "real" world. With the...
Dynamic processor management for multiprogrammed parallel and distrubuted systems / (1998)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Yale University, 1998.
This work has shown that the stereoselectivity of substituted dioxane acetal opening is influenced by variables including structural and experimental factors. These factors are the structure of the...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, 1997.
Performance Evaluation of Gang Scheduling for Parallel and Distributed Multiprogramming (1997)
Fang Wang, Marios Papaefthymiou, Mark Squillante
Abstract. In this paper we explore the performance of various aspects of gang scheduling designs. We developed an event-driven simulator of a vanilla gang scheduler that relies on the Distributed...
Supporting Distributed Query Processing in a Heterogeneous Environment (1996)
George Semeczko Stanley, Tsae-feng Yu, Fang Wang
To make effective use of distributed systems acting together to form a virtual enterprise, global coordinated operations must be possible. Such operations may be mere queries or complex update...
Supporting Distributed Query Processing in a Heterogeneous Environment (1996)
George Semeczko, Tsae-Feng Yu, Fang Wang
To make effective use of distributed systems acting together to form a virtual enterprise, global coordinated operations must be possible. Such operations may be mere queries or complex update...
An Analysis of Gang Scheduling for Multiprogrammed Parallel Computing Environments (1996)
Mark S. Squillante, Fang Wang, Marios Papaefthymiou
Gang scheduling is a resource management scheme for parallel and distributed systems that combines time-sharing with space-sharing to ensure short response times for interactive tasks and high...
An Analysis of Gang Scheduling for Multiprogrammed Parallel Computing Environments (1996)
Mark Squillante, Fang Wang, Marios Papaefthymiou
Gang scheduling is a resource management scheme for parallel and distributed systems that combines time-sharing with space-sharing to ensure short response times for interactive tasks and high...
Stochastic Analysis of Gang Scheduling in Parallel and Distributed Systems (1996)
Mark S. Squillante, Fang Wang, Marios Papaefthymiou
Gang scheduling is an approach for resource allocation in parallel and distributed systems that combines time-sharing with space-sharing to ensure a short response time for interactive tasks and high...
Research on the Transformation of Display Format for Web Information (1970)
Sufen Dong, Guifa Teng, Dan Wang, Yan Hu, Fang Wang, Shuhui Chang
As so far, most of the information on the internet are designed for computer display, which can achieve the desired effect at 800*600 or higher resolution, but the normal TVs resolution is much...
Prognostic relevance of Centromere protein H expression in esophageal carcinoma
Guo, Xian-Zhi, Zhang, Ge, Wang, Jun-Ye, Liu, Wan-Li, Wang, Fang, Dong, Ju-Qin, ...
Prakash, G K Surya, Zhao, Xiaoming, Chacko, Sujith, Wang, Fang, Vaghoo, Habiba, Olah, George A
The 1,4-addition of a monofluoromethyl nucleophile to a variety of α,β-unsaturated compounds has been achieved under mild conditions using either phosphines or potassium carbonate at room...
Cheng, Longjun, Wang, Fang, Shou, Huixia, Huang, Fangliang, Zheng, Luqing, He, Fei, ...
Higher plants acquire iron (Fe) from the rhizosphere through two strategies. Strategy II, employed by graminaceous plants, involves secretion of phytosiderophores (e.g. deoxymugineic acid in rice...
Effects of Astragaloside IV on heart failure in rats
Zhao, Zhuanyou, Wang, Weiting, Wang, Fang, Zhao, Kerui, Han, Yingmei, Xu, Weiren, ...
Chen, Wei-Xing, Wang, Fang, Liu, Yu-Ying, Zeng, Qing-Jiang, Sun, Kai, Xue, Xin, ...
AIM: To assess the effect of notoginsenoside R1 on hepatic microcirculatory disturbance induced by gut ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) in mice.
Prakash, G. K. Surya, Wang, Fang, Stewart, Timothy, Mathew, Thomas, Olah, George A.
Highly efficient stereoselective 1,4-addition of racemic α-fluoro-α-nitro(phenylsulfonyl)methane (FNSM) as a fluoromethyl pronucleophile to α,β-unsaturated ketones using a wide range of chiral...
An Improved Whole-Blood Gamma Interferon Assay Based on the CFP21-MPT64 Fusion Protein▿
Fu, Ruiling, Wang, Chun, Shi, Chunwei, Lu, Mengji, Fang, Zhengming, Lu, Jia, ...
Differentiation of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) from a healthy, unexposed population plays a vital role in the strategy of controlling and eliminating tuberculosis (TB). Both CFP21 and MPT64,...
Expression of nodal signalling components in cycling human endometrium and in endometrial cancer
Papageorgiou, Irene, Nicholls, Peter K, Wang, Fang, Lackmann, Martin, Makanji, Yogeshwar, Salamonsen, Lois A, ...
Positive functions of farmers’ specialized cooperative economic organizations were emphasized, i.e. increasing farmers’ incomes, promoting the industrialization of...
Stereotaxical Infusion of Rotenone: A Reliable Rodent Model for Parkinson's Disease
Xiong, Nian, Huang, Jinsha, Zhang, Zhentao, Zhang, Zhaowen, Xiong, Jing, Liu, Xingyuan, ...
A clinically-related animal model of Parkinson's disease (PD) may enable the elucidation of the etiology of the disease and assist the development of medications. However, none of the current...