Li, Gui-Sen, Nie, Guang-Jun, Zhang, Hong, LV, Ji-Cheng, Shen, Yan, Wang, Hai-Yan
Abstract Background The deficiency of β 1,3 galactose in hinge region of IgA1 molecule played a pivotal role in pathogenesis of IgA nephropathy (IgAN). Cosmc, encoded by C1GALT1C1 gene, was...
Multiple-infection and recombination in HIV-1 within a longitudinal cohort of women (2009)
Templeton, Alan R, Kramer, Melissa G, Jarvis, Joseph, Kowalski, Jeanne, Gange, Stephen, Schneider, Michael F, ...
Abstract Background Recombination between strains of HIV-1 only occurs in individuals with multiple infections, and the incidence of recombinant forms implies that multiple infection is common. Most...
Sorci, Leonardo, Martynowski, Dariusz, Rodionov, Dmitry A., Eyobo, Yvonne, Zogaj, Xhavit, Klose, Karl E., ...
Enzymes involved in the last 2 steps of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) cofactor biosynthesis, which catalyze the adenylylation of the nicotinic acid mononucleotide (NaMN) precursor to...
Polysialic Acid Is Required for Optimal Growth of Axons on a Neuronal Substrate (2009)
Hong Zhang, Robert H. Miller, Urs Rutishauserv
Formation of axonal pathways involves a variety of mole-cules that influence cell-cell interactions. The polysialic acid (PSA) moiety of the neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) is present on...
Regulation of Skeletal Muscle Development And Differentiation by Ski (2009)
Ski is the most studied member of a family of proteins all sharing a conserved Dachshund homology domain. It has been implicated in oncogenic transformation, myogenic conversion of avian embryo...
Regulation of Skeletal Muscle Development And Differentiation by Ski (2009)
Ski is the most studied member of a family of proteins all sharing a conserved Dachshund homology domain. It has been implicated in oncogenic transformation, myogenic conversion of avian embryo...
Di-μ-bromido-tris(triphenylphosphine)-1κP,2κ2P-disilver(I) tetrahydrofuran 0.85-solvate (2009)
Weiping Gao, Yanhong Zhou, Hong Zhang
In the title binuclear silver(I) complex, [Ag2Br2(C18H15P)3]·0.85C4H8O, the two independent silver(I) ions are briged by two bromide ions. One AgI ion is coordinated by two triphenylphosphine...
Inhibitory Effects of Morinda officinalis Extract on Bone Loss in Ovariectomized Rats (2009)
Nan Li, Lu-Ping Qin, Ting Han, Yan-Bin Wu, Qiao-Yan Zhang, Hong Zhang
The present study was undertaken to investigate the protective effects of ethanol extract from the root of Morinda Officinalis (RMO) on ovariectomy-induced bone loss. Administration of RMO extract...
Xiao-Fei Zhu, Yan-Hong Zhou, Li Guan, Hong Zhang
In the title compound, {(C7H11N2)[Ag2(C10H3O8)]}n, the polymeric anion consists of two AgI atoms and a Hbtc3− ligand (H4btc = benzene-1,2,4,5-tetracarboxylic acid). Each AgI atom is coordinated...
Lin, Fan, Ding, Haidong, Wang, Jinxiang, Zhang, Hong, Zhang, Aying, Zhang, Yun, ...
In maize (Zea mays), abscisic acid (ABA)-induced H2O2 production activates a 46 kDa mitogen-activated protein kinase (p46MAPK), and the activation of p46MAPK also regulates the production of H2O2....
Ali, Ayub, Zhang, Hong, Lemckert, Charles James
Coastal wetlands and estuaries are important environments providing significant habitats for flora and fauna species - often supporting commercial and recreational fisheries. These systems also act...
Ali, Ayub, Zhang, Hong, Lemckert, Charles James
Coastal wetlands and estuaries are important environments providing significant habitats for flora and fauna species - often supporting commercial and recreational fisheries. These systems also act...
Lin, Xiaojie, Ding, Jiaxiang, Zhu, Li, Shi, Sufang, Jiang, Lei, Zhao, Minghui, ...
Background. Immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) is associated with genetic and environmental factors, and undergalactosylation of IgA1 in the serum is considered to be a contributor to pathogenesis...
Wind wave effects on hydrodynamic modeling of ocean circulation in the South China Sea (2009)
Zhang, Hong, Sannasiraj, S.A., Chan, Eng Soon
Wind, wave and current interactions control the boundary fluxes, momentum and energy exchange between the atmosphere and the ocean, and within the water column. The wind wave effect on the...
Wind wave effects on hydrodynamic modeling of ocean circulation in the South China Sea (2009)
Zhang, Hong, Sannasiraj, S.A., Chan, Eng Soon
Wind, wave and current interactions control the boundary fluxes, momentum and energy exchange between the atmosphere and the ocean, and within the water column. The wind wave effect on the...
Abstract Forming an IPv6-only Core for Today’s Internet (2008)
Routing complexity of the core network is crucial to Internet scalability. IPv6 is believed to have better performance in multihoming than conventional IPv4. With the depolyment of native IPv6...
A Panoramic Model for Remote Robot Environment Mapping and Predictive Display (2008)
Dana Cobzas, Martin Jägers, Hong Zhang
Abstract: Robot tele-operation is significantly degraded by delays in the operator visual feedback. We present a cylindrical image-depth model that can be automatically acquired at the remote work...
Multi-Robot Collective Sorting with Local Sensing (2008)
Abstract – In this paper, we present an ant inspired approach to object sorting problem with multiple robots. Our approach to this problem is general in the sense of that it does not require any...
1 Introduction Collective Robotic Site Preparation (2008)
Robotic site preparation has been identified as an integral precursor to human landings on Mars.
Ming Hong Pi, C. S. Tong, Siu Kai Choy, Hong Zhang
Abstract—This paper presents a novel, effective, and efficient characterization of wavelet subbands by bit-plane extractions. Each bit plane is associated with a probability that represents the...
Lois Curfman Mcinnes, Salishan Lodge, Gleneden Beach, Satish Balay, Kris Buschelman, Dinesh Kaushik, ...
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abf-1 and abf-2, ASABF-type antimicrobial peptide genes in (2008)
Caenorhabditis Elegans, Yusuke Kato, Tomoyasu Aizawa, Hirokazu Hoshino, Keiichi Kawano, Katsutoshi Nitta, ...
factor)-type antimicrobial peptide, abf-1 and abf-2, were identified in Caenorhabditis elegans. Recombinant ABF-2 exhibited potent microbicidal activity against Gram-positive and Gramnegative...
Kong, Xiaohong, West, John, Zhang, Hong, Shea, Danielle, M'Soka, Tendai J., Wood, Charles
Selection of a minor viral genotype during perinatal transmission of human Immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) has been observed, but there is a lack of information on the correlation of the...
Siddappa, Nagadenahalli B., Song, Ruijiang, Kramer, Victor G., Chenine, Agnes-Laurence, Velu, Vijayakumar, Ong, Helena, ...
HIV-C (HIV-C) accounts for >56% of all HIV infections worldwide. To investigate vaccine safety and efficacy in non-human primates, a pathogenic, R5-tropic, neutralization sensitive simian-human...
Abstract — We introduce the direct linear triangulation (DLT) as a general technique for delayed feature initialization for bearing-only visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM). Visual...
Evaluation of the new rural cooperative medical system in China: is it working or not? (2008)
Dib, Hassan H, Pan, Xilong, Zhang, Hong
Abstract Background To prove the possibility of implementing the New Rural Cooperative Medical System (NRCMS) at different levels with a premium funding according to their economic level in developed...
Novel interface-selected waves and their influences on wave competitions (2008)
Cui, Xiaohua, Huang, Xiaoqing, Cao, Zhoujian, Zhang, Hong, Hu, Gang
The topic of interface effects in wave propagation has attracted great attention due to their theoretical significance and practical importance. In this paper we study nonlinear oscillatory systems...
Zeng, Qinghui, Kong, Xianggui, Sun, Yajuan, Zhang, Youlin, Tu, Langping, Zhao, Jialong, ...
3-Mercaptopropionic acid stabilized CdTe/CdS core/shell quantum dots (QDs) were prepared in an aqueous solution following the synthetic route of successive ion layer adsorption and reaction. The...
Zhang, Hong, Morrison, Margaux A, DeWan, Andy, Adams, Scott, Andreoli, Michael, Huynh, Nancy, ...
Abstract Background To examine if the significantly associated SNPs derived from the genome wide allelic association study on the AREDS cohort at the NEI (dbGAP) specifically confer risk for...
Wang, Aihua, Yang, Yonghong, Lu, Quan, Wang, Yi, Chen, Yuan, Deng, Li, ...
Abstract Background Quinolone resistance in Enterobacteriaceae results mainly from mutations in type II DNA topoisomerase genes and/or changes in the expression of outer membrane and efflux pumps....
Research Track Paper On the Discovery of Significant Statistical Quantitative (2008)
In this paper we study market share rules, rules that have a certain market share statistic associated with them. Such rules are particularly relevant for decision making from a business perspective....
Numerical condition of polynomials in different forms (2008)
Abstract. The zeros of high-degree polynomials are notoriously sensitive to changes in the coefficients, causing problems for available zero-finding software. In this paper, we study how this...
A Bookkeeping Strategy for Multiple Objective Linear Programs (2008)
Alok Aurovillian, Hong Zhang, Malgorzata M. Wiecek
This paper discusses the bookkeeping strategies for solving large multiple objective linear programs �MOLPs � on ADBASE, a well developed sequential software package, and on a parallel ADBASE...
Article electronically published on May 15, 2002 PSEUDOZEROS OF MULTIVARIATE POLYNOMIALS (2008)
J. William Hoffman, James J. Madden, Hong Zhang
Abstract. The pseudozero set of a system f of polynomials in n complex variables is the subset of C n which is the union of the zero-sets of all polynomial systems g that are near to f in a suitable...
A PANORAMIC MODEL FOR REMOTE ROBOT ENVIRONMENT MAPPING AND PREDICTIVE DISPLAY Abstract (2008)
Robot tele-operation is significantly degraded by delays in the operator visual feedback. We present a cylindrical image-depth model that can be easily acquired at the remote work site and then used...
Abstract Predictive Windows for Delay Compensation in Applications * (2008)
Jonathan Baldwin, Anup Basu, Hong Zhang
Predictive Kalman filters can be used to predict positions of a mouse when it is operated under some basic assumptions. This prediction can be used to estimate what portions of a larger image an...
Zeng, Leyong, Peng, Hongyan, Wang, Weibiao, Chen, Yuqiang, Lei, Da, Qi, Wentao, ...
Nanocrystalline diamond films with different grain sizes were synthesized on Si substrate by the hot cathode direct current plasma chemical vapor deposition method with different compositions of...
Collaborate on an Interdisciplinary Project (2008)
Session Tb, Adrian Rusu, Amalia Rusu, Jennifer Kay, Hong Zhang
technology education in elementary and secondary schools, K-12 students and their teachers have participated in a variety of outreach programs. However, the majority of these programs have focused on...
Deaho Cha, Michael Blumenstein, Hong Zhang, Dong-sheng Jeng
Abstract—In the past decade, artificial neural networks (ANNs) have been widely applied to the engineering problems with a complicated system. ANNs are becoming an important alternative option for...
Abstract. Does coherent collective behaviour require an explicit mechanism of cooperation? In this paper, we demonstrate that a certain class of cooperative tasks, namely coordinated box...
Abstract Panoramic Video wit h Predictive Windows for Telepresence Applications (2008)
Jonathan Baldwin, Anup Basu, Hong Zhang
In this paper we describe the application of a predictive Kalman filter to the display of panoramic images. We discuss integrating a panoramic imaging system with prediction of viewing direction to...
Daeho Cha, Michael Blumenstein, Hong Zhang, Dong-sheng Jeng, Daeho Cha, Michael Blumenstein, ...
In the past decade, computational intelligence (CI) techniques have been widely adopted in various fields such as business, science and engineering, as well as information technology. Specifically,...
Leung, Mei-Yung, Zhang, Hong, Skitmore, Martin
Forecasting the likely cost of construction work prior to tendering is well known as a hazardous task. Underestimates cause financial difficulties for clients and contractors with limited budgets and...
Leung, Mei-Yung, Zhang, Hong, Skitmore, Martin
Forecasting the likely cost of construction work prior to tendering is well known as a hazardous task. Underestimates cause financial difficulties for clients and contractors with limited budgets and...
Radio frequency analog electronics based on carbon nanotube transistors (2008)
Kocabas, Coskun, Kim, Hoon-sik, Banks, Tony, Rogers, John A., Pesetski, Aaron A., Baumgardner, James E., ...
The potential to exploit single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) in advanced electronics represents a continuing, major source of interest in these materials. However, scalable integration of SWNTs...
A Constraint-Satisfaction Approach for 3-D Object Recognition by Integrating 2-D and 3-D Data (2008)
We present a framework for recognition of 3-D objects by integrating 2-D and 3-D sensory data. The major thrust of this work is to efficiently utilize all relevant data, both 2-D and 3-D, in the...
Zhang, Hong, Zhou, Qing-Ming, Li, Xiao-Da, Xie, Yi, Duan, Xin, Min, Feng-Ling, ...
We investigated the effects of Ginsenoside $R_e$ on human sperm motility in fertile and asthenozoospermic infertile individuals in vitro and the mechanism by which the Ginsenosides play their roles....
Customer retention in the financial industry: An application of survival analysis (2008)
Recently, in both marketing theory (academia) and practice (industry), the emphasis in relationship marketing has shifted to long term customer relationship management emphasizing customer retention...
Leung, Mei-Yung, Zhang, Hong, Skitmore, Martin
Forecasting the likely cost of construction work prior to tendering is well known as a hazardous task. Underestimates cause financial difficulties for clients and contractors with limited budgets and...
Heterogeneous Stacking for Classification-Driven Watershed Segmentation (2008)
Ilya Levner, Hong Zhang, Russell Greiner
Marker-driven watershed segmentation attempts to extract seeds that indicate the presence of objects within an image. These markers are subsequently used to enforce regional minima within a...
Leung, Mei-Yung, Zhang, Hong, Skitmore, Martin
Forecasting the likely cost of construction work prior to tendering is well known as a hazardous task. Underestimates cause financial difficulties for clients and contractors with limited budgets and...
Yang, Huan, Han, Ke-Li, Nanbu, Shinko, Nakamura, Hiroki, Balint-Kurti, Gabriel G., Zhang, Hong, ...
Quantum dynamical calculations are reported for the title reaction, for both product arrangement channels and using potential energy surfaces corresponding to the three electronic states, 1...
Yang, Huan, Han, Ke-Li, Nanbu, Shinkoh, Nakamura, Hiroki, Balint-Kurti, Gabriel G., Zhang, Hong, ...
OCl/OH product branching ratios are calculated as a function of total energy for the O(1D) + HCl reaction using quantum wavepacket methods. The calculations take account of reaction on all the three...
Quantum Calculation of Ro-vibrational States: Methodology and DOCl Application Results (2008)
Zhang, Hong, Hankel, Marlies, Smith, Sean C., Nanbu, Shinkoh, Nakamura, Hiroki
An improved Lanczos eigenvalue analysis method has been developed to compute the bound ro-vibrational states for the DOCl system at a total angular momentum of J = 0 and J = 30. In this method, the...
Wang, Yan-Lin, Zhang, Hong, Li, Ning, Wang, Xiaohu, Hao, Ji-Fang, Zhao, Wei-Ping
We investigated the mechanisms of apoptosis resistance and the roles of the phosphorylation of BRCA1, p21, the Bax/Bcl-2 protein ratio and cell cycle arrest induced by irradiation in MCF-7 cells....
Wang, Yan-Lin, Zhang, Hong, Li, Ning, Wang, Xiaohu, Hao, Ji-Fang, Zhao, Wei-Ping
We investigated the mechanisms of apoptosis resistance and the roles of the phosphorylation of BRCA1, p21, the Bax/Bcl-2 protein ratio and cell cycle arrest induced by irradiation in MCF-7 cells....
Objective: To explore the effects of Liangxue Huayu therapy (LXHYT), a traditional Chinese herbal therapy for cooling blood and dissipating blood stasis, on rat model of experimental autoimmune...
Leung, Mei-Yung, Zhang, Hong, Skitmore, Martin
Forecasting the likely cost of construction work prior to tendering is well known as a hazardous task. Underestimates cause financial difficulties for clients and contractors with limited budgets and...
Leung, Mei-Yung, Zhang, Hong, Skitmore, Martin
Forecasting the likely cost of construction work prior to tendering is well known as a hazardous task. Underestimates cause financial difficulties for clients and contractors with limited budgets and...
Yang, Huan, Han, Ke-Li, Nanbu, Shinko, Nakamura, Hiroki, Balint-Kurti, Gabriel G., Zhang, Hong, ...
Quantum dynamical calculations are reported for the title reaction, for both product arrangement channels and using potential energy surfaces corresponding to the three electronic states, 1...
Yang, Huan, Han, Ke-Li, Nanbu, Shinkoh, Nakamura, Hiroki, Balint-Kurti, Gabriel G., Zhang, Hong, ...
OCl/OH product branching ratios are calculated as a function of total energy for the O(1D) + HCl reaction using quantum wavepacket methods. The calculations take account of reaction on all the three...
Quantum Calculation of Ro-vibrational States: Methodology and DOCl Application Results (2008)
Zhang, Hong, Hankel, Marlies, Smith, Sean C., Nanbu, Shinkoh, Nakamura, Hiroki
An improved Lanczos eigenvalue analysis method has been developed to compute the bound ro-vibrational states for the DOCl system at a total angular momentum of J = 0 and J = 30. In this method, the...
Computing oil sand particle size distribution by snake-PCA algorithm,” accepted at (2008)
Baidya Nath Saha, Nilanjan Ray, Hong Zhang
An important measure in various stages of oil sand mining is particle size distribution (PSD). Currently PSD is found by time consuming manual inspection. An effective automation of PSD computation...
Tran, Pierre, Sean Smith, Zhang, Hong, Xu, Zhi P., Yunyi Wong, Lu, Gaoqing
Using the formula of hydrotalcite-like compounds Mg1−xAlx(OH)2(NO3)x·nH2O, we followed the conformational changes for different models varying the ratio of Al3+. This is the first attempt to study...
Jing, Zhi-you, Qi, Yi-quan, Hua, Zu-lin, Zhang, Hong
A three-dimensional baroclinic nonlinear numerical model is employed to investigate the summer upwelling in the northern continental shelf of the South China Sea (NCSCS) and the mechanisms of the...
Wind Wave Effects On Surface Stress In Hydrodynamic Modeling (2008)
Wind, wave and current interactions control the boundary fluxes, momentum and energy exchange between the atmosphere and the ocean, and within the water column. The wind wave effect on surface stress...
Sustainability of reclaimed foreshore – case study: Southport Broadwater Parklands (2008)
Fernagu, Eric Marie Denis, Zhang, Hong, Tomlinson, Rodger Benson
The sustainability of an upcoming reclamation project at Southport Parklands on the Gold Coast, Australia, was assessed. Southport Parklands has been under development for a long time, which led to...
A note on withdrawal from a two-layer fluid through a line sink in a porous medium (2008)
The steady response of the free surface of a fluid in a porous medium is considered during extraction of the fluid through a line sink. A conformal-mapping approach is used to derive exact solutions...
Jing, Zhi-you, Qi, Yi-quan, Hua, Zu-lin, Zhang, Hong
A three-dimensional baroclinic nonlinear numerical model is employed to investigate the summer upwelling in the northern continental shelf of the South China Sea (NCSCS) and the mechanisms of the...
A note on withdrawal from a two-layer fluid through a line sink in a porous medium (2008)
The steady response of the free surface of a fluid in a porous medium is considered during extraction of the fluid through a line sink. A conformal-mapping approach is used to derive exact solutions...
Wind Wave Effects On Surface Stress In Hydrodynamic Modeling (2008)
Wind, wave and current interactions control the boundary fluxes, momentum and energy exchange between the atmosphere and the ocean, and within the water column. The wind wave effect on surface stress...
Sustainability of reclaimed foreshore – case study: Southport Broadwater Parklands (2008)
Fernagu, Eric Marie Denis, Zhang, Hong, Tomlinson, Rodger Benson
The sustainability of an upcoming reclamation project at Southport Parklands on the Gold Coast, Australia, was assessed. Southport Parklands has been under development for a long time, which led to...
Jing, Zhi-you, Qi, Yi-quan, Hua, Zu-lin, Zhang, Hong
A three-dimensional baroclinic nonlinear numerical model is employed to investigate the summer upwelling in the northern continental shelf of the South China Sea (NCSCS) and the mechanisms of the...
A note on withdrawal from a two-layer fluid through a line sink in a porous medium (2008)
The steady response of the free surface of a fluid in a porous medium is considered during extraction of the fluid through a line sink. A conformal-mapping approach is used to derive exact solutions...
Wind Wave Effects On Surface Stress In Hydrodynamic Modeling (2008)
Wind, wave and current interactions control the boundary fluxes, momentum and energy exchange between the atmosphere and the ocean, and within the water column. The wind wave effect on surface stress...
Sustainability of reclaimed foreshore – case study: Southport Broadwater Parklands (2008)
Fernagu, Eric Marie Denis, Zhang, Hong, Tomlinson, Rodger Benson
The sustainability of an upcoming reclamation project at Southport Parklands on the Gold Coast, Australia, was assessed. Southport Parklands has been under development for a long time, which led to...
Leung, Mei-Yung, Zhang, Hong, Skitmore, Martin
Forecasting the likely cost of construction work prior to tendering is well known as a hazardous task. Underestimates cause financial difficulties for clients and contractors with limited budgets and...
A better block partition and ligation strategy for individual haplotyping (2008)
Zhao, Yuzhong, Xu, Yun, Wang, Zhihao, Zhang, Hong, Chen, Guoliang
Motivation: Haplotype played an important role in the association studies of disease gene and drug responsivity over the past years, but the low throughput of expensive biological experiments largely...
Sialidase fusion protein is reported to have great potential to combat seasonal and pandemic influenza, because it may prevent influenza virus infection by removing all sialic acid receptors from...
Rodionov, Dmitry A., Li, Xiaoqing, Rodionova, Irina A., Yang, Chen, Sorci, Leonardo, Dervyn, Etienne, ...
A comparative genomic approach was used to reconstruct transcriptional regulation of NAD biosynthesis in bacteria containing orthologs of Bacillus subtilis gene yrxA, a previously identified...
Rodionov, Dmitry A., De Ingeniis, Jessica, Mancini, Chiara, Cimadamore, Flavio, Zhang, Hong, Osterman, Andrei L., ...
A novel family of transcription factors responsible for regulation of various aspects of NAD synthesis in a broad range of bacteria was identified by comparative genomics approach. Regulators of this...
Heterogeneous Stacking for Classification-Driven Watershed Segmentation (2008)
Ilya Levner, Hong Zhang, Russell Greiner
Marker-driven watershed segmentation attempts to extract seeds that indicate the presence of objects within an image. These markers are subsequently used to enforce regional minima within a...
Delayed severe pneumonia in mycophenolate mofetil-treated patients with IgA nephropathy (2008)
Lv, Jicheng, Zhang, Hong, Cui, Zhao, Su, Tao, Zhang, Yimiao, Wang, Haiyan
Background. Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), a relatively new immunosuppressant, is widely used in the field of transplantation and also for autoimmune diseases with good tolerance. It has been reported...
Estimating the Dynamics of Mutual Fund Alphas and Betas (2008)
Mamaysky, Harry, Spiegel, Matthew, Zhang, Hong
This article develops a Kalman filter model to track dynamic mutual fund factor loadings. It then uses the estimates to analyze whether managers with market-timing ability can be identified ex ante....
Jiang, Lei, Zhang, Jun-jun, Lv, Ji-cheng, Liu, Gang, Zou, Wan-zhong, Zhao, Ming-hui, ...
Background. It was reported that IgA nephropathy (IgAN) was the major cause of secondary malignant hypertension (MHT). However, the pathogenesis of MHT secondary to IgAN (IgAN-MHT) is unknown and its...
Leung, Mei-Yung, Zhang, Hong, Skitmore, Martin
Forecasting the likely cost of construction work prior to tendering is well known as a hazardous task. Underestimates cause financial difficulties for clients and contractors with limited budgets and...
Structure Determination of a Criterion Function by Dynamic Inverse Optimization (2007)
In this paper, we propose a novel approach to dynamic inverse optimization by the learning of neural networks. A dynamic inverse optimization problem here means to estimate a criterion function under...
A NOTE ON WINDOWING FOR THE WAVEFORM RELAXATION (2007)
The technique of windowing has been often used in the implementation of the waveform relaxations for solving ODEs or time dependent PDEs. Its efficiency depends upon problem stiffness and operator...
Sensing Contact with Analog Resistive Technology (2007)
Eric So Hong, Hong Zhang, Yi-sheng Guan
In this paper, we introduce a new touch sensor design, which we refer to as hybrid tactile sensor. It combines the simplicity of analog touch sensing, which is widely used in electronic touch screens...
Sensing Contact Forces in a Dexterous Hand (2007)
Yisheng Guan And, Yisheng Guan, Hong Zhang
In this paper, we describe a novel approach to sensing contact forces in a dexterous hand indirectly by combining information from distributed contact location sensors, joint torque sensors, and...
Accommodating Uncertainty in Pixel-Based Verification of 3-D Object Hypotheses (2007)
: We present a novel technique for verifying 3-D object hypotheses using an intensity image. Verification is performed through pixel-wise comparison of edge images corresponding to scene data and...
A Bookkeeping Strategy for Multiple Objective Linear Programs (2007)
Alok Aurovillian Hong, Hong Zhang, Malgorzata M. Wiecek
This paper discusses the bookkeeping strategies for solving large multiple objective linear programs (MOLPs) on ADBASE, a well developed sequential software package, and on a parallel ADBASE...
Localizing a Polyhedral Object in a Robot Hand by Integrating Visual and Tactile Data (2007)
: We present a novel technique for localizing a polyhedral object in a robot hand by integrating visual and tactile data. Localization is performed by matching a hybrid set of visual and tactile...
Efficient Edge Detection from Tactile Data (2007)
Ning Chen, Ray Rink, Hong Zhang
A real-time tactile image processing algorithm for edge contact is presented in this paper. Based on basic elasticity results, closed-form solutions for calculating contact force and local contact...
Hong Zhang, Xiang-gen Xia, Qian Zhang, Wenwu Zhu
The precoded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system with adaptive vector channel allocation can provide more protection against errors to more important layers in the layered bit...
Jorge Cortés, Sonia Martínez, Jim P. Ostrowski, Hong Zhang
mechanical systems
Fourier-Laplace Analysis of Multigrid Waveform Relaxation Method for Hyperbolic Equations (2007)
The multigrid waveform relaxation (WR) algorithm has been fairly studied and implemented for parabolic equations. It has been found that the performance of the multigrid WR method for a parabolic...
Hybrid Tactile Sensing: Turning Garbage Bags into Tactile Sensors (2007)
In this paper, we introduce a new touch sensor design, which we refer to as hybrid tactile sensing. Hybrid tactile sensing combines the simplicity of analog touch sensing, which is widely used in...
The small-sized Au nanoparticles (3 nm) were prepared by reduction of HAuCl4 in the presence of poly(propyleneimine) (PPI) dendrimers, forming the stable PPI-Au nanoclusters in aqueous medium. The...
Improved Forecasting of Mutual Fund Alphas and Betas (2007)
Mamaysky, Harry, Spiegel, Matthew, Zhang, Hong
This paper proposes a simple back testing procedure that is shown to dramatically improve a panel data model's ability to produce out of sample forecasts. Here the procedure is used to forecast...
Cao, Zhoujian, Li, Pengfei, Zhang, Hong, Hu, Gang
Waves propagating inwardly to the wave source are called antiwaves which have negative phase velocity. In this paper the phenomenon of negative phase velocity in oscillatory systems is studied on the...
FSH stimulates the expression of the ADAMTS-16 protease in mature human ovarian follicles (2007)
Gao, Shuping, De Geyter, Christian, Kossowska, K., Zhang, Hong
We report the characterization of full-length human ADAMTS (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs)-16, a novel member of the disintegrin and metalloproteinase with...
In the tide of regional economic integration of the world, China, which exceptionally lagged in FTA negotiation, strengthens its effort on FTA negotiation. At present, arrangement on the close trade...
Molecular epidemiology of measles viruses in China, 1995–2003 (2007)
Zhang, Yan, Zhu, Zhen, Rota, Paul A, Jiang, Xiaohong, Hu, Jiayu, Wang, Jianguo, ...
Abstract This report describes the genetic characterization of 297 wild-type measles viruses that were isolated in 24 provinces of China between 1995 and 2003. Phylogenetic analysis of the N gene...
Negative refraction in nonlinear wave systems (2007)
Cao, Zhoujian, Zhang, Hong, Hu, Gang
People have been familiar with the phenomenon of wave refraction for several centuries. Recently, a novel type of refraction, i.e., negative refraction, where both incident and refractory lines...
A meta-analysis: Obesity and colorectal cancer screening (2007)
Of cancer death, colorectal cancer death ranks second in the United States. Obesity is an important risk factor for colorectal cancer (1). Early detection of colorectal cancer when it is localized...
In this note we studied delay neural networks without periodic coefficients. Sufficient conditions are established to ensure that all solutions of the networks converge to a periodic function. An...
Bu, Huajie, Rosdahl, Inger, Sun, XiaoFeng, Holmdahl-Källenand, Katarina, Zhang, Hong
In this study, functional polymorphisms of NF-κB1 and NF-κBIα genes were examined in 185 melanoma patients and 438 tumor-free individuals. Associations of the polymorphisms with melanoma risk, age...
Joorabchi, Amirhassan, Zhang, Hong, Blumenstein, Michael Myer
Prediction of flow discharge, and in particular floods, in rivers is one of the basic and key information in regards to operation and management of the river systems. The Fitzroy River, one of the...
Tarakemeh, N., Zhang, Hong, Yu, Bofu, McCombe, C.
Uncontrolled discharge of Acid Rock Drainage (ARD) from Mount Morgan mine site accumulated over time poses significant environmental risk on the Dee River downstream. This paper investigates and flow...
Summer Upwelling in the Northern Continental Shelf of the South China Sea (2007)
Jing, Zhiyou, Hua, Z. L., Qi, Y. Q., Zhang, Hong
Summer upwelling system in the northern continental shelf of the South China Sea (NCSCS) is investigated with the Pathfinder, Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Sea Surface Temperature...
Zhang, Hong, Jeng, Dong-Sheng, Cha, Deaho Fred, Blumenstein, Michael Myer
The prediction of the wave-induced liquefaction potential is particularly important for coastal engineers involved in the design of marine structures. An artificial neural network (ANN) model is used...
Joorabchi, Amirhassan, Zhang, Hong, Blumenstein, Michael Myer
Prediction of flow discharge, and in particular floods, in rivers is one of the basic and key information in regards to operation and management of the river systems. The Fitzroy River, one of the...
Tarakemeh, N., Zhang, Hong, Yu, Bofu, McCombe, C.
Uncontrolled discharge of Acid Rock Drainage (ARD) from Mount Morgan mine site accumulated over time poses significant environmental risk on the Dee River downstream. This paper investigates and flow...
Summer Upwelling in the Northern Continental Shelf of the South China Sea (2007)
Jing, Zhiyou, Hua, Z. L., Qi, Y. Q., Zhang, Hong
Summer upwelling system in the northern continental shelf of the South China Sea (NCSCS) is investigated with the Pathfinder, Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Sea Surface Temperature...
Zhang, Hong, Jeng, Dong-Sheng, Cha, Deaho Fred, Blumenstein, Michael Myer
The prediction of the wave-induced liquefaction potential is particularly important for coastal engineers involved in the design of marine structures. An artificial neural network (ANN) model is used...
No
Horizontal Characteristics of Buoyant Plume off the Pearl River Estuary during Summer (2007)
Ou, Suying, Zhang, Hong, Wang, Dong-xiao, He, Jie
Field measurements of salinity from 1978 to 1984 are used to investigate the horizontal structure of the Pearl River buoyant plume during high river discharge. According to the characteristics of...
Horizontal Characteristics of Buoyant Plume off the Pearl River Estuary during Summer (2007)
Ou, Suying, Zhang, Hong, Wang, Dong-xiao, He, Jie
Field measurements of salinity from 1978 to 1984 are used to investigate the horizontal structure of the Pearl River buoyant plume during high river discharge. According to the characteristics of...
Satish Balay, Kris Buschelman, Victor Eijkhout, Dinesh Kaushik, Matt Knepley, Lois Curfman Mcinnes, ...
This manual describes the use of PETSc for the numerical solution of partial differential equations and related problems on high-performance computers. The Portable, Extensible Toolkit for Scientific...
Wong, Yunyi, Tran, Pierre, Smith, Sean, Zhang, Hong, Xu, Zhi Ping, Lu, Gao Qing
Using the formula of hydrotalcite-like compounds Mg1−xAlx(OH)2(NO3)x·nH2O, we followed the conformational changes for different models varying the ratio of Al3+. This is the first attempt to study...
Joorabchi, Amirhassan, Zhang, Hong, Blumenstein, Michael Myer
Prediction of flow discharge, and in particular floods, in rivers is one of the basic and key information in regards to operation and management of the river systems. The Fitzroy River, one of the...
Tarakemeh, N., Zhang, Hong, Yu, Bofu, McCombe, C.
Uncontrolled discharge of Acid Rock Drainage (ARD) from Mount Morgan mine site accumulated over time poses significant environmental risk on the Dee River downstream. This paper investigates and flow...
Summer Upwelling in the Northern Continental Shelf of the South China Sea (2007)
Jing, Zhiyou, Hua, Z. L., Qi, Y. Q., Zhang, Hong
Summer upwelling system in the northern continental shelf of the South China Sea (NCSCS) is investigated with the Pathfinder, Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Sea Surface Temperature...
Zhang, Hong, Jeng, Dong-Sheng, Cha, Deaho Fred, Blumenstein, Michael Myer
The prediction of the wave-induced liquefaction potential is particularly important for coastal engineers involved in the design of marine structures. An artificial neural network (ANN) model is used...
Horizontal Characteristics of Buoyant Plume off the Pearl River Estuary during Summer (2007)
Ou, Suying, Zhang, Hong, Wang, Dong-xiao, He, Jie
Field measurements of salinity from 1978 to 1984 are used to investigate the horizontal structure of the Pearl River buoyant plume during high river discharge. According to the characteristics of...
Computer Graphics Using Java 2D and 3D / H. Zhang, Y.D. Liang. (2007)
Contenido: 1. Acercamiento a las gráficas por computadora; 2. Gráficas en 2D: fundamentos; 3. Gráficas en 2D: interpretación de detalles; 4. Gráficas en 2D: temas avanzados (opcional); 5....
Saikatendu, Kumar, Zhang, Xuejun, Kinch, Lisa, Leybourne, Matthew, Grishin, Nick V, Zhang, Hong
Abstract Background The protein encoded by the SA1388 gene from Staphylococcus aureus was chosen for structure determination to elucidate its domain organization and confirm our earlier remote...
Zhang, Hong, Hoffmann, Federico, He, Jun, He, Xiang, Kankasa, Chipepo, West, John T, ...
Abstract Background The causal mechanisms of differential disease progression in HIV-1 infected children remain poorly defined, and much of the accumulated knowledge comes from studies of subtype B...
Abstract Cancer research has mainly focused on alterations of genes and proteins in cancer cells themselves that result in either gain-of-function in oncogenes or loss-of-function in...
Song, R. J., Rasmussen, R. A., Ruprecht, C. R., Mirshahidi, S., Grisson, D. R., ...
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) clade C causes >50% of all HIV infections worldwide, and an estimated 90% of all transmissions occur mucosally with R5 strains. A pathogenic R5...
The complex and diverse functions of the mature vertebrate central nervous system (CNS) depend on the precise interactions formed by many types of neural cells, including neurons and glial cells. The...
The complex and diverse functions of the mature vertebrate central nervous system (CNS) depend on the precise interactions formed by many types of neural cells, including neurons and glial cells. The...
Pan, Xilong, Dib, Hassan H, Wang, Xiaohang, Zhang, Hong
Abstract Background Being an important part of China's Urban Health Care Reform System, Community Health Centers (CHCs) have been established throughout the entire country and are presently...
Lattice complexity and fine graining of symbolic sequence (2006)
Ke, Da-Guan, Zhang, Hong, Tong, Qin-Ye
A new complexity measure named as Lattice Complexity is presented for finite symbolic sequences. This measure is based on the symbolic dynamics of one-dimensional iterative maps and Lempel-Ziv...
Hong Zhang, Kumiko Saeki, Akiko Kimura, Koichi Saeki, Masako Nakahara, Masaru Doshi, ...
We have established an innovative culture system for the efficient differentiation of hematopoietic and endothelial cells from primate embryonic stem (ES) cells without feeder cells, embryoid bodies,...
The yeast prion protein Ure2: Structure, function and folding (2006)
Lian, Hui-Yong, Jiang, Yi, Zhang, Hong, Jones, Gary, Perrett, Sarah
The Saccharomyces cerevisiae protein Ure2 functions as a regulator of nitrogen metabolism and as a glutathione-dependent peroxidase. Ure2 also has the characteristics of a prion, in that it can...
Zhang, Hong, Hoffmann, Federico, He, Jun, He, Xiang, Kankasa, Chipepo, West, John T., ...
Background: The causal mechanisms of differential disease progression in HIV-1 infected children remain poorly defined, and much of the accumulated knowledge comes from studies of subtype B infected...
Periodic solutions for a kind of rayleigh equation with two deviating arguments (2006)
Yuanheng Wu, Bing Xiao, Hong Zhang
In this paper, we use the coincidence degree theory to establish new results on the existence of $T$-periodic solutions for the Rayleigh equation with two deviating arguments of the form $$...
A Scalable Parallel Algorithm for Multiple Objective Linear Programs (2006)
Wiecek, Malgorzata M., Zhang, Hong
This paper presents an ADBASE-based parallel algorithms for solving multiple objective linear programs (MOLPs). Job balance, speedup and scalability are of primary interest in evaluating efficiency...
A Note on Windowing for the Waveform Relaxation (2006)
The technique of windowing has been often used in the implementation of the waveform relaxations for solving ODEs or time dependent PDEs. Its efficiency depends upon problem stiffness and operator...
Investigation into the behaviour of reinforced concrete wall panels by genetic algorithms (2006)
Doh, Jeung-Hwan, Zhang, Hong, Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai
Yes
Hydrodynamic and Water Quality Modelling in Southern Moreton Bay, Australia (2006)
Joorabchi, Amirhassan, Zhang, Hong
Yes
Investigation into the behaviour of reinforced concrete wall panels by genetic algorithms (2006)
Yes
Hydrodynamic and Water Quality Modelling in Southern Moreton Bay, Australia (2006)
Joorabchi, Amirhassan, Zhang, Hong
Yes
Zhang, Hong, Lu, Guoxing, Huang, Xiao Qing
Abstract not available.
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Old Dominion University, 2006.
Zhang, Hong, Lu, Guoxing, Huang, Xiao Qing
Abstract not available.
Zhang, Hong, Lu, Guoxing, Huang, Xiao Qing
Abstract not available.
HO2 Ro-vibrational bound-state calculations for large angular momentum: J=30, 40, and 50 (2006)
The Lanczos homogeneous filter diagonalization method and the real Chebyshev filter diagonalization scheme incorporating doubling of the autocorrelation functions have been employed to compute the...
HOCl ro-vibrational bound-state calculations for nonzero total angular momentum (2006)
Zhang, Hong, Smith, Sean C., Nanbu, Shinkoh, Nakamura, Hiroki
The Lanczos homogeneous filter diagonalization method has been employed to compute the HOC] ro-vibrational states for a range of total angular momenta (J = 0, 1, 5, 10, 11, 20, 30) on a newly...
Zhang, Hong, Lu, Guoxing, Huang, Xiao Qing
Abstract not available.
The yeast prion protein Ure2: Structure, function and folding (2006)
Lian, Hui-Yong, Jiang, Yi, Zhang, Hong, Jones, Gary, Perrett, Sarah
The Saccharomyces cerevisiae protein Ure2 functions as a regulator of nitrogen metabolism and as a glutathione-dependent peroxidase. Ure2 also has the characteristics of a prion, in that it can...
HO2 Ro-vibrational bound-state calculations for large angular momentum: J=30, 40, and 50 (2006)
The Lanczos homogeneous filter diagonalization method and the real Chebyshev filter diagonalization scheme incorporating doubling of the autocorrelation functions have been employed to compute the...
HOCl ro-vibrational bound-state calculations for nonzero total angular momentum (2006)
Zhang, Hong, Smith, Sean C., Nanbu, Shinkoh, Nakamura, Hiroki
The Lanczos homogeneous filter diagonalization method has been employed to compute the HOC] ro-vibrational states for a range of total angular momenta (J = 0, 1, 5, 10, 11, 20, 30) on a newly...
Towards Integrated Verification of Timed Transition Models (2006)
Mark Lawford, Vera Pantelic, Hong Zhang
Abstract. This paper describes an attempt to combine theorem proving and model-checking to formally verify real-time systems in a discrete time setting. The Timed Automata Modeling Environment (TAME)...
Cha, Deaho Fred, Blumenstein, Michael Myer, Zhang, Hong, Jeng, D. S.
In the past decade, artificial neural networks (ANNs) have been widely applied to the engineering problems with a complicated system. ANNs are becoming an important alternative option for solving...
Cha, Deaho Fred, Jeng, Dong-Sheng, Blumenstein, Michael Myer, Zhang, Hong
The evaluation of wave-induced liquefaction is one of the key factors for analysing seabed characteristics and the design of marine structures. Numerous investigations of wave-induced liquefaction...
Zhang, Hong, Lu, Guoxing, Huang, Xiao Qing
Abstract not available.
Narendra, Savitha, Venkataramani, Sujatha, Shen, Guoxin, Wang, Jing, Pasapula, Vijaya, Lin, Yun, ...
Ascorbate peroxidase (APX) exists as several isoforms that are found in various compartments in plant cells. The cytosolic and chloroplast APXs appear to play important roles in antioxidation...
Hansen, Jason M., Zhang, Hong, Jones, Dean P.
Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) is a cytokine that is involved in numerous pathologies, in part through stimulation of the mitochondrial production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Previous...
Hansen, Jason M., Zhang, Hong, Jones, Dean P.
Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNFα) is a cytokine that is involved in numerous pathologies, in part through stimulation of mitochondrial production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Previous studies...
Narendra, Savitha, Venkataramani, Sujatha, Shen, Guoxin, Wang, Jing, Pasapula, Vijaya, Lin, Yun, ...
Ascorbate peroxidase (APX) exists as several isoforms that are found in various compartments in plant cells. The cytosolic and chloroplast APXs appear to play important roles in antioxidation...
Narendra, Savitha, Venkataramani, Sujatha, Shen, Guoxin, Wang, Jing, Pasapula, Vijaya, Lin, Yun, ...
Ascorbate peroxidase (APX) exists as several isoforms that are found in various compartments in plant cells. The cytosolic and chloroplast APXs appear to play important roles in antioxidation...
Evolution of subtype C HIV-1 Env in a slowly progressing Zambian infant (2005)
Zhang, Hong, Hoffmann, Federico, He, Jun, He, Xiang, Kankasa, Chipepo, Ruprecht, Ruth, ...
Abstract Background Given the high prevalence of mother to child infection, the development of a better understanding of African subtype C HIV-1 transmission and natural evolution is of significant...
Spam1-associated transmission ratio distortion in mice: Elucidating the mechanism (2005)
Martin-DeLeon, Patricia A, Zhang, Hong, Morales, Carlos R, Zhao, Yutong, Rulon, Michelle, Barnoski, Barry L, ...
Abstract Background While transmission ratio distortion, TRD, (a deviation from Mendelian ratio) is extensive in humans and well-documented in mice, the underlying mechanisms are unknown. Our earlier...
A comprehensive update of the sequence and structure classification of kinases (2005)
Cheek, Sara, Ginalski, Krzysztof, Zhang, Hong, Grishin, Nick V
Abstract Background A comprehensive update of the classification of all available kinases was carried out. This survey presents a complete global picture of this large functional class of proteins...
Evolution of subtype C HIV-1 Env in a slowly progressing Zambian infant (2005)
Zhang, Hong, Hoffmann, Federico, He, Jun, He, Xiang, Kankasa, Chipepo, Ruprecht, Ruth, ...
Background: Given the high prevalence of mother to child infection, the development of a better understanding of African subtype C HIV-1 transmission and natural evolution is of significant...
A Student On-line Self-Learning Model for Undergraduate Coastal Engineering Courses (2005)
Coastal engineering courses are multi-disciplinary and complex.It is important to develop a self-learning environment forundergraduate students to grasp basic principles and relate themto...
Zhang, Hong, Jeng, D. S., Liang Cheng And Kervin Yeow
ABSTRACT: The The evaluation of the wave-induced liquefaction potential is an important issue that must be considered in the design of foundation around coastal structures. Most previous studies have...
In this paper, an integrated model for the wave-induced seabed response in a porous seabed is proposed. Most previous studies have considered two-dimensional cases and a flat seabed. In this study, a...
The evaluation of the wave-induced liquefaction potential is particularly important for coastal engineers involved in the design of marine structures. Most previous investigations of the wave-induced...
A Student On-line Self-Learning Model for Undergraduate Coastal Engineering Courses (2005)
Coastal engineering courses are multi-disciplinary and complex. It is important to develop a self-learning environment for undergraduate students to grasp basic principles and relate them to...
ABSTRACT: The The evaluation of the wave-induced liquefaction potential is an important issue that must be considered in the design of foundation around coastal structures. Most previous studies have...
In this paper, an integrated model for the wave-induced seabed response in a porous seabed is proposed. Most previous studies have considered two-dimensional cases and a flat seabed. In this study, a...
The evaluation of the wave-induced liquefaction potential is particularly important for coastal engineers involved in the design of marine structures. Most previous investigations of the wave-induced...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Yale University, 2004.
A Student On-line Self-Learning Model for Undergraduate Coastal Engineering Courses (2005)
Coastal engineering courses are multi-disciplinary and complex. It is important to develop a self-learning environment for undergraduate students to grasp basic principles and relate them to...
ABSTRACT: The The evaluation of the wave-induced liquefaction potential is an important issue that must be considered in the design of foundation around coastal structures. Most previous studies have...
In this paper, an integrated model for the wave-induced seabed response in a porous seabed is proposed. Most previous studies have considered two-dimensional cases and a flat seabed. In this study, a...
The evaluation of the wave-induced liquefaction potential is particularly important for coastal engineers involved in the design of marine structures. Most previous investigations of the wave-induced...
Three essays on asset pricing anomalies, investor overreaction, and mutual fund performance / (2005)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Yale University, 2004.
Chester Wilmot, Hong Zhang, Haoqiang Fu, Brian Wolshon, Helmut Schneider, Xiaoduan Sun
sponsored by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. The objective of Phase I was to provide a comprehensive review of the state of the art in highway traffic safety, both within...
Microembolic Signal Characterization Using Adaptive Chirplet Expansion (2005)
Yu Zhang, Hong Zhang, Nanxiong Zhang
The adaptive chirplet expansion (ACE) is proposed to characterize high intensity transient signals from circulating microemboli. The non-negative adaptive spectrogram based on the ACE gives a compact...
Doppler Ultrasound Spectral Enhancement Using The Gabor Transform Based Spectral Subtraction (2005)
Most of the important clinical indices of blood flow are estimated from the spectrograms of Doppler ultrasound (US) signals. Any noise may degrade the readability of the spectrogram and the precision...
Spam1-associated transmission ratio distortion in mice: Elucidating the mechanism (2005)
Martin-DeLeon, Patricia, Zhang, Hong, Morales, Carlos, Zhao, Yutong, Rulon, Michelle, Barnoski, Barry, ...
BACKGROUND:While transmission ratio distortion, TRD, (a deviation from Mendelian ratio) is extensive in humans and well-documented in mice, the underlying mechanisms are unknown. Our earlier studies...
A Student On-line Self-Learning Model for Undergraduate Coastal Engineering Courses (2005)
Coastal engineering courses are multi-disciplinary and complex. It is important to develop a self-learning environment for undergraduate students to grasp basic principles and relate them to...
ABSTRACT: The The evaluation of the wave-induced liquefaction potential is an important issue that must be considered in the design of foundation around coastal structures. Most previous studies have...
In this paper, an integrated model for the wave-induced seabed response in a porous seabed is proposed. Most previous studies have considered two-dimensional cases and a flat seabed. In this study, a...
The evaluation of the wave-induced liquefaction potential is particularly important for coastal engineers involved in the design of marine structures. Most previous investigations of the wave-induced...
EPIMHC: a curated database of MHC-binding peptides for customized computational vaccinology (2005)
Reche, Pedro A, Zhang, Hong, Glutting, John-Paul, Reinherz, Ellis L
SUMMARY: EPIMHC is a relational database of MHC-binding peptides and T cell epitopes that are observed in real proteins. Currently, the database contains 4867 distinct peptide sequences from various...
Prediction of methylated CpGs in DNA sequences using a support vector machine (2005)
Bhasin, Manoj, Zhang, Hong, Reinherz, Ellis L, Reche, Pedro A
DNA methylation plays a key role in the regulation of gene expression. The most common type of DNA modification consists of the methylation of cytosine in the CpG dinucleotide. At the present time,...
Long-lived Charge-Transfer States in 9-Aryl-Acridinium Ions; A Critical Reinvestigation (2005)
Jan W. Verhoeven, Hong Zhang, Michiel M. Groeneveld, Andrew C. Benniston, Anthony Harriman
In the recent literature a simple 9-aryl-acridinium ion was claimed to undergo an intramolecular, photoinduced charge shift to produce an extremely long-lived and very high energy charge-transfer...
Zhang, Hong, Morikawa, Kazuya, Ohta, Toshiko, Kato, Yusuke
Objectives: ASABF (Ascaris suum antibacterial factor) is a CSαβ-type antimicrobial peptide isolated from nematodes. ASABF-α, a member of ASABF, is particularly effective against the Gram-positive...
He, Cixin, Yan, Juqiang, Shen, Guoxin, Fu, Lianhai, Holaday, A. Scott, Auld, Dick, ...
Drought and salinity are two major limiting factors in crop productivity. One way to reduce crop loss caused by drought and salinity is to increase the solute concentration in the vacuoles of plant...
He, Cixin, Yan, Juqiang, Shen, Guoxin, Fu, Lianhai, Holaday, A. Scott, Auld, Dick, ...
Drought and salinity are two major limiting factors in crop productivity. One way to reduce crop loss caused by drought and salinity is to increase the solute concentration in the vacuoles of plant...
Zhang, Hong, Morikawa, Kazuya, Ohta, Toshiko, Kato, Yusuke
Objectives: ASABF (Ascaris suum antibacterial factor) is a CSαβ-type antimicrobial peptide isolated from nematodes. ASABF-, a member of ASABF, is particularly effective against the Gram-positive...
EPIMHC: a curated database of MHC-binding peptides for customized computational vaccinology (2005)
Reche, Pedro A., Zhang, Hong, Glutting, John-Paul, Reinherz, Ellis L.
Summary: EPIMHC is a relational database of MHC-binding peptides and T cell epitopes that are observed in real proteins. Currently, the database contains 4867 distinct peptide sequences from various...
EPIMHC: a curated database of MHC-binding peptides for customized computational vaccinology (2005)
Reche, Pedro A., Zhang, Hong, Glutting, John-Paul, Reinherz, Ellis L.
Summary: EPIMHC is a relational database of MHC-binding peptides and T cell epitopes that are observed in real proteins. Currently the database contains 4867 distinct peptide sequences from various...
He, Cixin, Yan, Juqiang, Shen, Guoxin, Fu, Lianhai, Holaday, A. Scott, Auld, Dick, ...
Drought and salinity are two major limiting factors in crop productivity. One way to reduce crop loss caused by drought and salinity is to increase the solute concentration in the vacuoles of plant...
Hong Zhang, Carlos R. Morales, Haitham Badran, Mohamed El-Alfy
A widely conserved sperm antigen, the sperm adhesion molecule 1 (SPAM1 or PH-20) is a glycosylphosphatidyl inositol-linked protein with multiple roles in mammalian fertilization. It has been shown to...
Recent developments in the quantum dynamical characterization of unimolecular resonances (2004)
This invited review article summarized original developments in theory and computational methodologies for quantum resonances, incorporating developments by myself, Zhang, and previous members of my...
Data Mining Technologies in the Sea Temperature Prediction (2004)
Babovic, Vladan, Zhang, Hong, Hydroinformatics Society Singapore
Yes
Hydrodynamic model with wave-current interaction in coastal regions (2004)
Zhang, Hong, Madsen, Ole S., Sannasiraj, S.A., Chan, Eng Soon
The effects of wave current interaction on the hydrodynamics in coastal regions are investigated. A modified Grant Madsen analytical model is incorporated into the Princeton Ocean Model (POM) to...
Enhancing tidal prediction accuracy in a deterministic model using chaos theory (2004)
Sannasiraj, S.A., Zhang, Hong, Babovic, Vladan, Chan, Eng Soon
The classical deterministic approach to tidal prediction is based on barotropic or baroclinic models with prescribed boundary conditions from a global model or measurements. The prediction by the...
Yes
Hydrodynamic model with wave-current interaction in coastal regions (2004)
Zhang, Hong, Madsen, Ole S., Sannasiraj, S.A., Chan, Eng Soon
The effects of wave current interaction on the hydrodynamics in coastal regions are investigated. A modified Grant Madsen analytical model is incorporated into the Princeton Ocean Model (POM) to...
Enhancing tidal prediction accuracy in a deterministic model using chaos theory (2004)
Sannasiraj, S.A., Zhang, Hong, Babovic, Vladan, Chan, Eng Soon
The classical deterministic approach to tidal prediction is based on barotropic or baroclinic models with prescribed boundary conditions from a global model or measurements. The prediction by the...
Theory and practice for single antenna vector OFDM systems [microform] / (2004)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Delaware, 2005.
Theory and practice for single antenna vector OFDM systems / (2004)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Delaware, 2005.
"Summer 2004."
Thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Buffalo, 2004.
Hydrodynamic model with wave-current interaction in coastal regions (2004)
Zhang, Hong, Madsen, Ole S., Sannasiraj, S.A., Chan, Eng Soon
The effects of wave current interaction on the hydrodynamics in coastal regions are investigated. A modified Grant Madsen analytical model is incorporated into the Princeton Ocean Model (POM) to...
Enhancing tidal prediction accuracy in a deterministic model using chaos theory (2004)
Sannasiraj, S.A., Zhang, Hong, Babovic, Vladan, Chan, Eng Soon
The classical deterministic approach to tidal prediction is based on barotropic or baroclinic models with prescribed boundary conditions from a global model or measurements. The prediction by the...
Recent developments in the quantum dynamical characterization of unimolecular resonances (2004)
We give a selective review of quantum mechanical methods for calculating and characterizing resonances in small molecular systems, with an emphasis on recent progress in Chebyshev and Lanczos...
Yang, Tiankui, Zhang, Hong, Mu, Huiling, Sinclair, Andrew, Xu, Xuebing
The aim of this paper was to develop a process for the production of DAG from butterfat through glycerolysis and short-path distillation and to evaluate the physical properties of the DAG in...
Recent developments in the quantum dynamical characterization of unimolecular resonances (2004)
We give a selective review of quantum mechanical methods for calculating and characterizing resonances in small molecular systems, with an emphasis on recent progress in Chebyshev and Lanczos...
Hong Zhang, Rajiv Kishore, Raj Sharman, Ram Ramesh
In this paper we develop and discuss a special-purpose computational ontology (similar to the notion of conceptual grammar) termed GRITIKA (acronym for
Rajiv Kishore Βφ, Raj Sharman, Hong Zhang, R. Ramesh
α The authors are grateful to Vijayan Sugumaran, participants at the SOM-Informatics Working Group
Hydrodynamic model with wave-current interaction in coastal regions (2004)
Zhang, Hong, Madsen, Ole S., Sannasiraj, S.A., Chan, Eng Soon
The effects of wave–current interaction on the hydrodynamics in coastal regions are investigated. A modified Grant–Madsen analytical model is incorporated into the Princeton Ocean Model (POM) to...
Enhancing tidal prediction accuracy in a deterministic model using chaos theory (2004)
Sannasiraj, S.A., Zhang, Hong, Babovic, Vladan, Chan, Eng Soon
The classical deterministic approach to tidal prediction is based on barotropic or baroclinic models with prescribed boundary conditions from a global model or measurements. The prediction by the...
Reche, Pedro A, Glutting, John-Paul, Zhang, Hong, Reinherz, Ellis L
We introduced previously an on-line resource, RANKPEP that uses position specific scoring matrices (PSSMs) or profiles for the prediction of peptide-MHC class I (MHCI) binding as a basis for CD8...
Toyofuku, Toshihiko, Zhang, Hong, Kumanogoh, Atsushi, Takegahara, Noriko, Suto, Fumikazu, Kamei, Junko, ...
Semaphorins, originally identified as axon guidance factors in the nervous system, play integral roles in organogenesis. Here, we demonstrate a critical involvement of Sema6D in cardiac...
Smurf2 up-regulation activates telomere-dependent senescence (2004)
Zhang, Hong, Cohen, Stanley N.
Progressive telomere shortening activates replicative senescence, which prevents somatic cells from being propagated indefinitely in culture. The limitation of proliferative capacity imposed by...
Toyofuku, Toshihiko, Zhang, Hong, Kumanogoh, Atsushi, Takegahara, Noriko, Suto, Fumikazu, Kamei, Junko, ...
Semaphorins, originally identified as axon guidance factors in the nervous system, play integral roles in organogenesis. Here, we demonstrate a critical involvement of Sema6D in cardiac...
Smurf2 up-regulation activates telomere-dependent senescence (2004)
Zhang, Hong, Cohen, Stanley N.
Progressive telomere shortening activates replicative senescence, which prevents somatic cells from being propagated indefinitely in culture. The limitation of proliferative capacity imposed by...
Yan, Juqiang, He, Cixin, Wang, Jing, Mao, Zhehui, Holaday, Scott A., Allen, Randy D., ...
The Arabidopsis gene GF14&lgr; that encodes a 14-3-3 protein was introduced into cotton plants to explore the physiological roles that GF14&lgr; might play in plants. The expression level of...
Yang, Tiankui, Zhang, Hong, Mu, Huiling, Sinclair, Andrew, Xu, Xuebing
The aim of this paper was to develop a process for the production of DAG from butterfat through glycerolysis and short-path distillation and to evaluate the physical properties of the DAG in...
Toyofuku, Toshihiko, Zhang, Hong, Kumanogoh, Atsushi, Takegahara, Noriko, Suto, Fumikazu, Kamei, Junko, ...
Semaphorins, originally identified as axon guidance factors in the nervous system, play integral roles in organogenesis. Here, we demonstrate a critical involvement of Sema6D in cardiac...
Smurf2 up-regulation activates telomere-dependent senescence (2004)
Zhang, Hong, Cohen, Stanley N.
Progressive telomere shortening activates replicative senescence, which prevents somatic cells from being propagated indefinitely in culture. The limitation of proliferative capacity imposed by...
Evans, Eric A, Zhang, Hong, Martin-DeLeon, Patricia A
Abstract Background The Sperm Adhesion Molecule 1 (SPAM1) is an important sperm surface hyaluronidase with at least three functions in mammalian fertilization. Previously our laboratory reported that...
Sperm adhesion molecule 1 (Spam1) is a widely conserved sperm surface protein with multiple roles in mammalian fertilization. Although the gene for this protein has been thought to be testis specific...
Zhang, Hong, Hu, Bambi, Hu, Gang, Ouyang, Qi, Kurths, J.
Turbulence control in the two-dimensional complex Ginzburg-Landau equation is investigated. A new approach is proposed for the control purpose. In the presence of a small spiral wave seed initiation,...
Active queue management of multimedia flows over ATM networks / (2003)
Thesis (M. Sc. (Comm. Software & Networks))--Nanyang Technological University, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2003.
Thesis (M.E.E.)--University of Delaware, 2004.
Calculation of bound and resonance states of HO2 for nonzero total angular momentum (2003)
Bound and resonance states of HO2 have been calculated quantum mechanically by the Lanczos homogeneous filter diagonalization method [Zhang and Smith, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 3, 2282 (2001); J. Chem....
We have recently developed a scaleable Artificial Boundary Inhomogeneity (ABI) method [Chem. Phys. Lett.366, 390–397 (2002)] based on the utilization of the Lanczos algorithm, and in this work...
Yan, Juqiang, Wang, Jing, Tissue, David T., Holaday, A.Scott, Allen, Randy, Zhang, Hong
An underlying mechanism for reductions in crop yield under stress conditions is excessive production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) that can damage lipids, nucleic acids, and proteins, leading to...
Calculation of bound and resonance states of HO2 for nonzero total angular momentum (2003)
Bound and resonance states of HO2 have been calculated quantum mechanically by the Lanczos homogeneous filter diagonalization method [Zhang and Smith, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 3, 2282 (2001); J. Chem....
We have recently developed a scaleable Artificial Boundary Inhomogeneity (ABI) method [Chem. Phys. Lett.366, 390–397 (2002)] based on the utilization of the Lanczos algorithm, and in this work...
discovery of working activities by email analysis (2003)
Email has become one of the most widely used computer applications. As the number of emails we exchange increases at high rate, the number of uses for email increases. Email data patterns may give us...
A diffusive transport mechanism for fine sediments (2003)
Madsen, Ole Secher, Pahuja, Sanjay, Zhang, Hong, Chan, Eng Soon
A simple conceptual model (SCM) for the net transport of suspended sediments associated with a simple harmonic tidal current superimposed on a spatially varying, wind-wave-induced near-bottom...
A diffusive transport mechanism for fine sediments (2003)
Madsen, Ole Secher, Pahuja, Sanjay, Zhang, Hong, Chan, Eng Soon
A simple conceptual model (SCM) for the net transport of suspended sediments associated with a simple harmonic tidal current superimposed on a spatially varying, wind-wave-induced near-bottom...
Yes
Coupled Ocean Modelling System for the South East Asian Waters (2003)
Sannasiraj, S.A., Zhang, Hong, Chan, Eng Soon
No
Ultrasonic vibration assisted Electro-discharge machining of microholes in Nitinol (2003)
Huang, H, Zhang, Hong, Zhou, L, Zheng, H Y
An ultrasonic vibration has been superposed on the normal electrode movement to increase the flushing effect during a micro electro-discharge machining (EDM) process. A systematic study on the...
Ultrasonic vibration assisted Electro-discharge machining of microholes in Nitinol (2003)
Huang, H, Zhang, Hong, Zhou, L, Zheng, H Y
An ultrasonic vibration has been superposed on the normal electrode movement to increase the flushing effect during a micro electro-discharge machining (EDM) process. A systematic study on the...
Modeling of the turbulence in the water column under breaking wind waves (2003)
Past studies have shown that there is a wave-enhanced, near-surface mixed-layer in which the dissipation rate is greater than that derived from the “law of the wall”. In this study, turbulence in...
A diffusive transport mechanism for fine sediments (2003)
Madsen, Ole Secher, Pahuja, Sanjay, Zhang, Hong, Chan, Eng Soon
A simple conceptual model (SCM) for the net transport of suspended sediments associated with a simple harmonic tidal current superimposed on a spatially varying, wind-wave-induced near-bottom...
Ultrasonic vibration assisted Electro-discharge machining of microholes in Nitinol (2003)
Huang, H, Zhang, Hong, Zhou, L, Zheng, H Y
An ultrasonic vibration has been superposed on the normal electrode movement to increase the flushing effect during a micro electro-discharge machining (EDM) process. A systematic study on the...
Yan, Juqiang, Wang, Jing, Tissue, David T., Holaday, A. Scott, Allen, Randy, Zhang, Hong
An underlying mechanism for reductions in crop yield under stress conditions is excessive production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) that can damage lipids, nucleic acids, and proteins, leading to...
Ultraviolet (UV) irradiation has been involved in both initiation and promotion of carcinogenesis in melanoma. Alterations of cellular proliferation-proteins, such as p73, Nup88, Id1 and p27 have...
Ultraviolet (UV) irradiation has been involved in both initiation and promotion of carcinogenesis in melanoma. Alterations of cellular proliferation proteins, such as p73, Nup88, Id1 and p27 have...
Ultraviolet (UV) irradiation has been involved in both initiation and promotion of carcinogenesis in melanoma. Alterations of cellular proliferation-proteins, such as p73, Nup88, Id1 and p27 have...
Development of the West region and China’s entry into WTO are two hot issues in the 21st century. Policies for developing the West region were formulated before China’s entry into WTO, so that...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Northern Illinois University, 2002.
Granulometry using image transformation techniques (2002)
In this paper, we present our preliminary study on using transformation-based techniques for performing granulometry analysis. We examine specifically the problem of the particle size analysis in oil...
The effect of community context on contraceptive use and method choice in China / (2002)
Thesis (M.A.)--Bowling Green State University, 2002.
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Northern Illinois University, 2002.
Research report (M. Mgt.)--Massey University, Albany, 2002.
Modeling of Vertical Thermal Structure Using Genetic Programming (2002)
The process of scientific discovery has long been viewed as the pinnacle of creative thought. Thus, to many people, including some scientists themselves is seems unlikely candidate for automation by...
Zhang, Hong, Sannasiraj, S.A., Islam, Md. Monirul, Kek, Choo Heng
Coupled ocean wave and circulation models have been implemented under the IOEPAS program (Integrated Ocean Environment Prediction and Assimilation System). The third generation wave model, WAM and...
Modeling of Vertical Thermal Structure Using Genetic Programming (2002)
The process of scientific discovery has long been viewed as the pinnacle of creative thought. Thus, to many people, including some scientists themselves is seems unlikely candidate for automation by...
Zhang, Hong, Sannasiraj, S.A., Islam, Md. Monirul, Kek, Choo Heng
Coupled ocean wave and circulation models have been implemented under the IOEPAS program (Integrated Ocean Environment Prediction and Assimilation System). The third generation wave model, WAM and...
Modeling of Vertical Thermal Structure Using Genetic Programming (2002)
The process of scientific discovery has long been viewed as the pinnacle of creative thought. Thus, to many people, including some scientists themselves is seems unlikely candidate for automation by...
Zhang, Hong, Sannasiraj, S.A., Islam, Md. Monirul, Kek, Choo Heng
Coupled ocean wave and circulation models have been implemented under the IOEPAS program (Integrated Ocean Environment Prediction and Assimilation System). The third generation wave model, WAM and...
UV-induced reversion of the arg4-17 ochre allele in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is largely dependent on translesion polymerase &eegr; (Rad30p), known to bypass cyclobutane-type TT dimers in an...
Evolution of the Chern-Simons Vortices (2001)
Fu, Li-Bin, Duan, Yi-Shi, Zhang, Hong
Based on the gauge potential decomposition theory and the $\phi $-mapping theory, the topological inner structure of the Chern-Simons-Higgs vortex has been showed in detail. The evolution of CSH...
Topological excitation in the Fractional Quantum Hall system (2001)
Duan, Yi-shi, Zhang, Peng-ming, Zhang, Hong
Two kinds of topological excitations, vortices and skyrmions, are studied in the frame of Ginzburg-Landau theory. We obtain the rigorous relation between the topological excitation and the order...
Kirsten Ras Mutations In Patients With Colorectal Cancer: The 'RASCAL II' Study (2001)
Andreyev, H. Jervoise N., Norman, Andrew R., Cunningham, David, Oates, Jacqueline, Dix, Brett R., Iacopetta, Barry J., ...
Researchers worldwide with information about the Kirsten ras (Ki-ras) tumour genotype and outcome of patients with colorectal cancer were invited to provide that data in a schematized format for...
Three new Hox gene regulators in C. elegans /--by Hong Zhang. (2001)
Advisor: Scott W. Emmons.
Thesis (M.S.)--Pennsylvania State University, 2001.
Paderborn, University, Diss., 2001.
Kirsten Ras Mutations In Patients With Colorectal Cancer: The 'RASCAL II' Study (2001)
Andreyev, H. Jervoise N., Norman, Andrew R., Cunningham, David, Oates, Jacqueline, Dix, Brett R., Iacopetta, Barry J., ...
Researchers worldwide with information about the Kirsten ras (Ki-ras) tumour genotype and outcome of patients with colorectal cancer were invited to provide that data in a schematized format for...
Kirsten Ras Mutations In Patients With Colorectal Cancer: The 'RASCAL II' Study (2001)
Andreyev, H. Jervoise N., Norman, Andrew R., Cunningham, David, Oates, Jacqueline, Dix, Brett R., Iacopetta, Barry J., ...
Researchers worldwide with information about the Kirsten ras (Ki-ras) tumour genotype and outcome of patients with colorectal cancer were invited to provide that data in a schematized format for...
Kirsten Ras Mutations In Patients With Colorectal Cancer: The 'RASCAL II' Study (2001)
Andreyev, H. Jervoise N., Norman, Andrew R., Cunningham, David, Oates, Jacqueline, Dix, Brett R., Iacopetta, Barry J., ...
Researchers worldwide with information about the Kirsten ras (Ki-ras) tumour genotype and outcome of patients with colorectal cancer were invited to provide that data in a schematized format for...
Kirsten Ras Mutations In Patients With Colorectal Cancer: The 'RASCAL II' Study (2001)
Andreyev, H. Jervoise N., Norman, Andrew R., Cunningham, David, Oates, Jacqueline, Dix, Brett R., Iacopetta, Barry J., ...
Researchers worldwide with information about the Kirsten ras (Ki-ras) tumour genotype and outcome of patients with colorectal cancer were invited to provide that data in a schematized format for...
Planar Patch Extraction with Noisy Depth Data (2001)
This paper presents an algorithm for extracting planar patches by integrating both intensity and range data provided by a stereo system. For dealing with noisy and sparse range data, the initial...
Kirsten Ras Mutations In Patients With Colorectal Cancer: The 'RASCAL II' Study (2001)
Andreyev, H. Jervoise N., Norman, Andrew R., Cunningham, David, Oates, Jacqueline, Dix, Brett R., Iacopetta, Barry J., ...
Researchers worldwide with information about the Kirsten ras (Ki-ras) tumour genotype and outcome of patients with colorectal cancer were invited to provide that data in a schematized format for...
Lo, Shen-Chuan, Kai, Ji-Jung, Chen, Fu-Rong, Chang, Li, Chen, Li-Chien, Chiang, Cheng-Cheng, ...
We have demonstrated a new quantitative method to characterize two‐dimensional distributions of energy‐dependent dielectric function of materials from low loss electron spectroscopic...
Schmeisser, Alexander, Garlichs, Christoph D., Zhang, Hong, Eskafi, Saeed, Graffy, Christiane, Ludwig, Josef, ...
Objectives: It has been shown that circulating human non-adherent CD34+ cells coexpressing vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-R2 and AC133 have the capacity to differentiate into adherent...
Zhang, Hong, Holzgreve, Wolfgang, De Geyter, Christian
By GenBank database searches and PCR, we have identified a novel human Bcl2-like gene, Bcl2-L-10, which contains conserved BH4, BH1 and BH2 domains but lacks BH3 domain. The Bcl2-L-10 gene has been...
Kirsten Ras Mutations In Patients With Colorectal Cancer: The 'RASCAL II' Study (2001)
Andreyev, H. Jervoise N., Norman, Andrew R., Cunningham, David, Oates, Jacqueline, Dix, Brett R., Iacopetta, Barry J., ...
Researchers worldwide with information about the Kirsten ras (Ki-ras) tumour genotype and outcome of patients with colorectal cancer were invited to provide that data in a schematized format for...
Vijay K. Kalia, Isaf Al-Nabulsi, C. Anne Wallen, Hong Zhang, Kenneth T. Wheeler
Kalia, V. K., Al-Nabulsi, I., Wallen, C. A., Zhang, H. and Wheeler, K. T. Radiation-Induced DNA Damage in Tumors and Normal Tissues. VI. Estimation of the Hypoxic Fraction of Experimental Tumors. For...
The Reoviridae virus family is a group of economically and pathologically important viruses that have either single-, double-, or triple-shelled protein layers enclosing a segmented double stranded...
Motion control for dynamic mobile robots (2000)
In this thesis, we present research results on sensor-based motion planning and nonlinear control for mobile robotic systems. In sensor-based motion planning, we use ideas from game theory to deal...
Thesis (M.S.)--Kansas State University, 2000.
Tetraspanins : role in MHC class II distribution and trafficking / (2000)
"[S]ubmitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science, in Medical Science-Oncology."
Tetraspanins : role in MHC class II distribution and trafficking / (2000)
"Submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science, in Medical Science-Oncology".
2d robot localization with image-based panoramic models using vertical line features (2000)
This paper presents a method for estimating the position of a mobile robot in an indoor environment. The proposed technique uses a model of the environment formed by two panoramic cylindrical images...
Automatic generation of 2d canonical grasps (2000)
The concepts of canonical grasp and grasp transformation graph proposed in [10] are useful in grasp planning and dextrous manipulation. However, one critical element, namely the automatic generation...
Localizing a Polyhedral Object in a Robot Hand by Integrating Visual and Tactile Data (2000)
We present a novel technique for localizing a polyhedral object in a robot hand by integrating visual and tactile data. Localization is performed by matching a hybrid set of visual and tactile...
Kinematic Graspability of a 2D Multifingered Hand (2000)
Yisheng Guan And, Yisheng Guan, Hong Zhang
In this paper, we describe a solution to the problem of determining the kinematic feasibility of a dextrous hand to grasp a given object at a desired configuration in the two dimensional space. We...
Pseudozeros Of Multivariate Polynomials (2000)
J. William Hoffman, James J. Madden, HONG ZHANG
. The pseudozero set of a system f of polynomials in n complex variables is the subset of C n which is the union of the zero - sets of all polynomial systems g that are near to f in a suitable sense....
2D Robot Localization with Image-Based Panoramic Models Using Vertical Line Features (2000)
This paper presents a method for estimating the position of a mobile robot in an indoor environment. The proposed technique uses a model of the environment formed by two panoramic cylindrical images...
Optimal Motion Planning in the Image Plane for Mobile Robots (2000)
This paper presents a novel approach to image-based visual servoing by making motion plans directly in the image plane. By skipping the step of transferring image features back to robot pose, we are...
Characterization of an immortalized human granulosa cell line (COV434) (2000)
Zhang, Hong, Vollmer, Marielle, De Geyter, Maria, Litzistorf, Yvonne, Ladewig, Ariane, Dürrenberger, Markus, ...
We have investigated the biological characteristics of an immortalized granulosa cell line (COV434), which may be used to study follicular and oocyte maturation in vitro. Granulosa cell function was...
Zhang, Hong, Marra, Giancarlo, Jiricny, Josef, Maher, Veronica M., McCormick, J.Justin
O6-methylguanine is responsible for homologous recombination induced by N-methyl-N′-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG) [H.Zhang et al. (1996) Carcinogenesis, 17, 2229]. To test the...
Granulometry using mathematical morphology and motion (2000)
This paper describes an efficient framework for image-based granulometry, which provides three main contributions. First, unlike most of the existing work on particle delineation, which is based on...
Topological current of point defects and its bifurcation (1999)
Duan, Yishi, Fu, Libin, Zhang, Hong
From the topological properties of a three dimensional vector order parameter, the topological current of point defects is obtained. One shows that the charge of point defects is determined by Hopf...
Topological quantum mechanics and the first Chern class (1999)
Duan, Yishi, Fu, Libin, Zhang, Hong
Topological properties of quantum system is directly associated with the wave function. Based on the decomposition theory of gauge potential, a new comprehension of topological quantum mechanics is...
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The phase shifting technique and its application in 3-D fringe projection profilometry. (1999)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Liverpool John Moores University, 1999.
Biaxial mechanical properties of human heart tissue / (1999)
Thesis (M.S.)--University of Memphis, 1999.
Visual Servo with Dynamics: Control of an Unmanned Blimp (1999)
Hong Zhang, James P. Ostrowski
Image-based control of free-flying mechanical systems is addressed, with application to an indoor, vision-guided blimp. A methodology is developed for performing visual servoing by incorporating the...
A Constraint-Satisfaction Approach for 3-D Object Recognition by Integrating 2-D and 3-D Data (1999)
We present a technique for integrating 2-D and 3-D sensory data in the context of 3-D object recognition. The 3-D object recognition problem can be stated as follows. Given a set of model objects,...
Wang, Jing, Zhang, Hong, Allen, Randy D.
The Arabidopsis gene APX3 that encodes a putative peroxisomal membrane-bound ascorbate peroxidase was expressed in transgenic tobacco plants. APX3-expressing lines had substantial levels of APX3 mRNA...
Zhang, Hong, Schmeißer, Alexander, Garlichs, Christoph D, Plötze, Katrin, Damme, Uwe, Mügge, Andreas, ...
Background: Angiotensin II (ANG II) mediated hypertension accelerates atherosclerosis (AS) and thereby increases the incidence of myocardial infarction (MI). On the other hand, superoxide anion...
On Waveform Multigrid Method. (1998)
Waveform multigrid method is an efficient method for solving certain classes of time-dependent PDEs. This paper studies the relationship between this method and the analogous multigrid method for...
Using Parallel Banded Linear System Solvers in Generalized Eigenvalue Problems. (1998)
Subspace iteration is a reliable and cost effective method for solving positive definite banded symmetric generalized eigenproblems, especially in the case of large scale problems. This paper...
Dermal Absorption of Modular Artillery Charge (XM231). (1998)
McDougal, James N., Zhang, Hong, Pollard, Daniel L., Jepson, Gary W., Yu, Kyung O.
Soldiers handling modular artillery propellant increments may have the potential to absorb chemical components through the skin of the hands. The purpose of this research was to determine if systemic...
Dermal Absorption of Modular Artillery Charge (XM232). (1998)
McDougal, James N., Zhang, Hong, Pollard, Daniel L., Jepson, Gary W., Yu, Kyung O.
Soldiers handling Howitzer cartridges may have the potential to absorb the components of solid propellants through the skin of the hands. The purpose of this research was to determine if systemic...
A Novel Apoptosis Regulator (1998)
BAR is a multi-domain protein. A screen for cDNAs encoding suppressors of Bax induced cell death was performed in the yeast S. cerevisiae, resulting in a cDNA containing an open reading frame (ORF)...
Digital Breast Imaging Warehouse for Research and Clinical Decision Support (1998)
Breast imaging is used intensively for breast cancer detection. As routine screening examination becomes more popular for women over 40, tremendous amount of breast imaging data has been accumulated....
Influence of Surface and Bottom Stress in the Coupled Ocean Circulation and Wind-Wave Models (1998)
Zhang, Hong, Sannasiraj, S. A., Tark, N. G. Keong
Viewgraphs on presentation of the influence of surface and bottom stress in the coupled ocean circulation and wind-wave models.
BARC: A Novel Apoptosis Regulator (1998)
Jin, Can, Zhang, Hong, Chae, Han J., Reed, John C.
Breast cancers arise due to an imbalance in cell production relative to cell turnover, resulting in a net accumulation of abnormal cells. Cell turnover is normally achieved through programmed cell...
BARC: A Novel Apoptosis Regulator (1998)
Jin, Can, Reed, John C., Zhang, Hong, Chae, Han J.
Breast cancers arise due to an imbalance in cell production relative to cell turnover, resulting in a net accumulation of abnormal cells. Cell turnover is normally achieved in the body by a process...
Identification and characterization of the 5'-flanking region of the rat galanin gene (1998)
Galanin, a neuropeptide widely distributed throughout the central and eripheral nervous systems, is a biologically active peptide which is strongly upregulated by nerve injury, estrogen and during...
Identification and characterization of the 5'-flanking region of the rat galanin gene (1998)
Galanin, a neuropeptide widely distributed throughout the central and eripheral nervous systems, is a biologically active peptide which is strongly upregulated by nerve injury, estrogen and during...
Identification and characterization of the 5'-flanking region of the rat galanin gene (1998)
Galanin, a neuropeptide widely distributed throughout the central and eripheral nervous systems, is a biologically active peptide which is strongly upregulated by nerve injury, estrogen and during...
Identification and characterization of the 5'-flanking region of the rat galanin gene (1998)
Galanin, a neuropeptide widely distributed throughout the central and eripheral nervous systems, is a biologically active peptide which is strongly upregulated by nerve injury, estrogen and during...
Identification and characterization of the 5'-flanking region of the rat galanin gene (1998)
Galanin, a neuropeptide widely distributed throughout the central and eripheral nervous systems, is a biologically active peptide which is strongly upregulated by nerve injury, estrogen and during...
Identification and characterization of the 5'-flanking region of the rat galanin gene (1998)
Galanin, a neuropeptide widely distributed throughout the central and eripheral nervous systems, is a biologically active peptide which is strongly upregulated by nerve injury, estrogen and during...
This dissertation examines the practice of uxorilocal marriage in Zhongshan, a rural community in Hubei Province of central China, over the course of the past century, documenting its rise and fall...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Vermont, 1998.
Thesis (M.S.)--University of Cincinnati, 1998.
Modeling and design of optical limiters /--by Hong Zhang. (1998)
Thesis (M.S. in Engineering)--University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee, 1998.
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Genetics Program, 1998.
Dresden, Techn. Univ., Diss., 1998.
Pseudospectra Of Companion Matrices And Their Potential Impact On Polynomial Algorithms (1998)
Simone Flory, Jamiiru Luttamaguzi, Michael Tisher, Hong Zhang
. Multivariate polynomial systems pervade engineering design, modeling and simulation. Algorithms for solving these systems form a a fundamental computational kernel in science and engineering. In...
Visual Servoing with Dynamics: Control of an Unmanned Blimp (1998)
Hong Zhang, James P. Ostrowski
Image-based control of free-flying mechanical systems is addressed, with application to an indoor, vision-guided blimp. A methodology is developed for performing visual servoing by incorporating the...
A Neural Networks Approach to Inverse Optimization (1998)
Hong Zhang And, Hong Zhang, Masumi Ishikawa
Proposed in this paper is a novel approach to inverse optimization problems by the learning of neural networks. Inverse optimization here means to estimate a positive semidefinite quadratic criterion...
Visual Servoing with Dynamics: Control of an Unmanned Blimp (1998)
Hong Zhang, James P. Ostrowski
Image-based control of free-flying mechanical systems is addressed, with application to an indoor visionguided blimp. A methodology is developed for incorporating the physical parameters of a...
Social transformations, family life, and uxorilocal marriages in a Hubei village, 1870-1994/ (1998)
Department: Anthropology.
A Bookkeeping Strategy for Multiple Objective Linear Programs. (1997)
Aurovillian, Alok, Zhang, Hong, Wiecek, Malgorzata M.
This paper discusses the bookkeeping strategies for solving large multiple objective linear programs (MOLPs) on ADBASE, a well developed sequential software package, and on a parallel ADBASE...
Fourier-Laplace Analysis of Multigrid Waveform Relaxation Method for Hyperbolic Equations. (1997)
The multigrid waveform relaxation (WR) algorithm has been fairly studied and implemented for parabolic equations. It has been found that the performance of the multigrid WR method for a parabolic...
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3-D modeling by range sensing, surface reconstruction, registration, and integration / (1997)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Buffalo, 1997.
Distinct roles for max protein isoforms in cell proliferation and apoptosis /--by Hong Zhang. (1997)
School of Medicine.
Rajiv Kishore, Hong Zhang, R. Ramesh, Ontological Engineering, Cecilia Rosenbloom, Ontologies Frameworks
Recently, there has been increasing recognition that ontological principles can be effectively applied to the broader field of information systems [5, 9]. This has led to the notion of...
Thesis (doctoral)--Eberhard-Karls-Universität zu Tübingen, 1996.
The Use of Perceptual Cues in Multi-Robot Box-Pushing (1996)
In this paper we present an approach to controlling transitions in multi-robot tasks which have been modelled as a linear series of steps. A box-pushing task is described as a sequence of sub-tasks...
Dextrous Manipulation Planning by Grasp Transformation (1996)
Hong Zhang, Kazuo Tanie, Hitoshi Maekawa
A novel framework for dextrous manipulation planning based on transformations between canonical grasp con- gurations is proposed in this paper. The proposed approach is inspired by the observation...
Local Object Shape From Tactile Sensing (1996)
Ning Chen, Ray Rink, Hong Zhang
Studies on contact problems such as shape recovery from tactile sensing involve complex geometrics and kinematics. In the first part of the paper we introduce a convenient matrix expression of 3-D...
An Efficient Pixel-Based Technique for Visual Verification of 3-D Object Hypotheses (1996)
We present a pixel-based technique for visual verification of 3-D object hypotheses. The technique proceeds in three steps: Firstly, the visible-edge image of the hypothesized model object is...
O6-methylguanine induces intrachromosomal homologous recombination in human cells (1996)
Zhang, Hong, Tsujimura, Tohru, Bhattacharyya, Nitai P., Maher, Veronica M., McCormick, J.Justin
N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG), which alkylates many positions in DNA including the O6 position of guanine, efficiently induces intrachromosomal homologous recombination in mouse...
Wang, Jin-Shan, Zhang, Hong, Jérôme, Robert, Teyssié, Philippe
Although the anionic polymerization of tert-butyl methacrylate (tBMA) induces a narrow and unimodal molecular weight distribution (MWD) when performed in either pure THF or pure toluene at -78...
Proton compton scattering and (pion)-production with polarized photons. (1995)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio University, March, 1995.
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Chemistry, 1995.
Alloxan toxicity to macrophages and insulinoma cells / (1995)
Thesis (doctoral)--Linköping University, 1995.
Bremen, Universiẗat, Diss., 1994.
A Constraint-Satisfaction Approach for 3D Vision/Touch-Based Object Recognition (1995)
We present a technique for recognizing polyhedral objects by integrating visual and tactile data. The problem is formulated as a constraint-satisfaction problem (CSP) to provide a unified framework...
Analysis of code-division multiple access packet radio networks / (1994)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Utah, 1994.
Stagnation Recovery Behaviours for Collective Robotics (1994)
Accomplishing useful tasks with a collection of decentralized mobile robots will require control methods that deal effectively with a number of unique problems that impede the system's progress....
Use of Visual and Tactile Data for Generation of 3-D Pose Hypotheses (1994)
Most existing 3-D object recognition/localization systems rely on a single type of sensory data, although several sensors may be available in a robot task to provide information about the objects to...
A Scalable Parallel Algorithm for Multiple Objective Linear Programs (1994)
Malgorzata M. Wiecek, Hong Zhang
This paper presents an ADBASE-based parallel algorithm for solving multiple objective linear programs (MOLPs). Job balance, speedup and scalability are of primary interest in evaluating efficiency of...
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Case Western Reserve University, 1993.
Structural investigation of trp repressor-DNA complex by NMR /--by Hong Zhang. (1993)
Submitted to the Department of Biophysics.
The complex and diverse functions of the mature vertebrate central nervous system (CNS) depend on the precise interactions formed by many types of neural cells, including neurons and glial cells. The...
The complex and diverse functions of the mature vertebrate central nervous system (CNS) depend on the precise interactions formed by many types of neural cells, including neurons and glial cells. The...
Controlling Collective Tasks With An ALN (1993)
Ronald Kube, Hong Zhang, Xiaohuan Wang
In this paper, we explore the idea of using an Adaptive Logic Network (ALN) [2] for behaviour arbitration. Our approach is to define the collective task, to be performed by multiple robots, as a...
Collective Robotics: From Social Insects to Robots (1993)
Achieving tasks with a multiple robot system will require a control system that is both simple and scalable as the number of robots increases. Collective behavior as demonstrated by social insects is...
To distinguish macroglia (oligodendrocytes and astrocytes) from microglia in the brain, ‘markers’ that have been used in previous studies include carbonic anhydrase II (CAII) immunoreactivity for...
Kuhn, Richard J., Griffin, Diane E., Zhang, Hong, Niesters, Hubert G. M., Strauss, James H.
We examined a panel of Sindbis virus mutants containing defined mutations in the 5' nontranslated region of the genome RNA, in the 3' nontranslated region, or in both for their growth in cultured...
Effects of calmodulin antagonists and aluminum ion on smooth muscle calpains. (1992)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio University, August, 1992.
Mechanism of action of sphingosine in cell growth regulation /--by Hong Zhang. (1992)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Georgetown University, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 1992.
Collective Robotic Intelligence (1992)
In this paper, we examine the problem of controlling multiple behaviour-based autonomous robots. Based on observations made from the study of social insects, we propose five simple mechanisms used to...
Collective Task Achieving Group Behaviour by Multiple Robots (1992)
In this paper, we explore the idea of using environmental cues as a control for a chain of sequential behaviours which, when taken together, define a task achieving group behaviour. Our approach is...
In situ TEM study of intergranular fracture /--by Hong Zhang. (1991)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1991.
A study of inference about the turning point in two phase regression /--by Hong Zhang. (1991)
Thesis (M.S.)--University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Joint Health Sciences.
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Boston College, 1991.
Plasmaspritzen von Whisker- bzw. Faserverstärkten Keramikschichten / (1991)
Abstract in English.
Zhang, Hong, Rosenberg, Howard C.
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Intelligent robotic system design /--by Hong Zhang. (1989)
Thesis (M.S.)--California State University, Northridge, 1989.
Typescript (photocopy).
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Cytochrome B5 gene in chicken /--Hong Zhang. (1989)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Genetics Program, 1989.
Cytochrome B5 gene in chicken--[microform] /--Hong Zhang. (1989)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Genetics Program, 1989.
Muster-ERG-Amplitude in Abhängigkeit von der Optikusschädigung beim Glaukom. (1989)
Heidelberg, Univ., Diss., 1989 (Nicht f.d. Austausch).
A Distributed System for Robot Manipulator Control (1988)
Paul, Richard P, Zhang, Hong, Hashimoto, Minoru, Izaguirre, Alberto, Trinkle, Jeffrey, Ulrich, Nathan, ...
This is the final report representing three years of work under the current grant. This work was directed to the development of a distributed computer architecture to function as a force and motion...
RFMS Software Reference Manual (1988)
This manual explains the software of the Robot Force and Motion Server (RFMS), a high performance robot control system designed and implemented in the GRASP laboratory. In this system, the robot...
This is the source code of RFMS, a high performance robot control system designed and implemented in GRASP laboratory. It is intended to serve as a reference to "Software Reference Manual", prepared...
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Design and Implementation of a Robot Force and Motion Server (1986)
A robot manipulator is a force and motion server for a robot. The robot, interpreting sensor information in terms of a world model and a task plan, issues instructions to the manipulator to carry out...
Application of Data Mining Based on Artificial Immunity in Marketing (1970)
Facing fierce market competition, how to make the effective marketing strategy rapidly according to the market demand is of vital importance to the survival and development of enterprises. Data...
J2EE Development Based on the JSED Template (1970)
Hui Li, Hong Zhang, Tiefeng Jin
This article proposes the JSED template which is directed by the MVC design pattern and behaves as the Session Facade design pattern, and then gives its working principle, finally introduces how to...
Formalization of Mining Association Rules based on Relational Database in EIS (1970)
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...
BAR: An apoptosis regulator at the intersection of caspases and Bcl-2 family proteins
Zhang, Hong, Xu, Qunli, Krajewski, Stanislaw, Krajewska, Maryla, Xie, Zhihua, Fuess, Sally, ...
Two major pathways for induction of apoptosis have been identified—intrinsic and extrinsic. The extrinsic pathway is represented by tumor necrosis factor family receptors, which utilize protein...
Han, Zheng Tao, Tong, Yun Ke, He, Lin Min, Zhang, Yang, Sun, Jun Zhong, Wang, Tian Yi, ...
Fifty-two patients with solid tumors had depressed white blood cell and neutrophil counts because of prior treatment with cytotoxic cancer chemotherapeutic drugs. These patients were given one or...
James, Thomas L., Liu, He, Ulyanov, Nikolai B., Farr-Jones, Shauna, Zhang, Hong, Donne, David G., ...
The scrapie prion protein (PrPSc) is the major, and possibly the only, component of the infectious prion; it is generated from the cellular isoform (PrPC) by a conformational change. N-terminal...
Structure of a cytochrome P450–redox partner electron-transfer complex
Sevrioukova, Irina F., Li, Huiying, Zhang, Hong, Peterson, Julian A., Poulos, Thomas L.
The crystal structure of the complex between the heme- and FMN-binding domains of bacterial cytochrome P450BM-3, a prototype for the complex between eukaryotic microsomal P450s and P450 reductase,...
Triggs-Raine, Barbara, Salo, Timothy J., Zhang, Hong, Wicklow, Brandy A., Natowicz, Marvin R.
Hyaluronan (HA), a large glycosaminoglycan abundant in the extracellular matrix, is important in cell migration during embryonic development, cellular proliferation, and differentiation and has a...
Suzuki, Yoichi, Lanner, Carita, Kim, Jong-Hwa, Vilardo, Pier Giuseppe, Zhang, Hong, Yang, Jie, ...
The regulatory-targeting subunit (RGL, also called GM) of the muscle-specific glycogen-associated protein phosphatase PP1G targets the enzyme to glycogen where it modulates the activity of...
Zhang, Hong, Hanecak, Ronnie, Brown-Driver, Vickie, Azad, Raana, Conklin, Boyd, Fox, Maureen C., ...
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the major cause of non-A, non-B hepatitis worldwide. Current treatments are not curative for most infected individuals, and there is an urgent need for both novel...
Zhang, Hong, Yoshida, Shigenobu, Aizawa, Tomoyasu, Murakami, Ritsuko, Suzuki, Masato, Koganezawa, Nozomu, ...
ASABF is a CSαβ-type antimicrobial peptide that contains four intramolecular disulfide bridges (Y. Kato and S. Komatsu, J. Biol. Chem. 271:30493–30498, 1996). In the present study, a recombinant...
Mice with a Targeted Deletion of the Tetranectin Gene Exhibit a Spinal Deformity
Iba, Kousuke, Durkin, Marian E., Johnsen, Lise, Hunziker, Ernst, Damgaard-Pedersen, Karen, Zhang, Hong, ...
Tetranectin is a plasminogen-binding, homotrimeric protein belonging to the C-type lectin family of proteins. Tetranectin has been suggested to play a role in tissue remodeling, due to its ability to...
UV-induced reversion of the arg4-17 ochre allele in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is largely dependent on translesion polymerase η (Rad30p), known to bypass cyclobutane-type TT dimers in an error-free...
Zhang, Rong, Averboukh, Lidia, Zhu, Weimin, Zhang, Hong, Jo, Hakryul, Dempsey, Peter J., ...
By using a model system for cell transformation mediated by the cooperation of the activated H-ras oncogene and the inactivated p53 tumor suppressor gene, rCop-1 was identified by mRNA differential...
Enzymes of the SUMO Modification Pathway Localize to Filaments of the Nuclear Pore Complex
Zhang, Hong, Saitoh, Hisato, Matunis, Michael J.
SUMOs are small ubiquitin-related polypeptides that are reversibly conjugated to many nuclear proteins. Although the number of identified substrates has grown rapidly, relatively little is still...
Zhang, Hong, Pan, Kuang-Hung, Cohen, Stanley N.
Replicative senescence is the state of irreversible proliferative arrest that occurs as a concomitant of progressive telomere shortening. By using cDNA microarrays and the gabriel system of computer...
Yan, Juqiang, Wang, Jing, Li, Qingtian, Hwang, Jae Ryoung, Patterson, Cam, Zhang, Hong
The Arabidopsis gene AtCHIP encodes a protein with three tetratricopeptide repeats and a U-box domain, which is structurally similar to the animal CHIP proteins, a new class of E3 ubiquitin ligases....
Yakhnin, Helen, Zhang, Hong, Yakhnin, Alexander V., Babitzke, Paul
Expression of the Bacillus subtilis tryptophan biosynthetic genes (trpEDCFBA and pabA [trpG]) is regulated in response to tryptophan by TRAP, the trp RNA-binding attenuation protein. TRAP-mediated...
The Caenorhabditis elegans caudal homolog, pal-1, is required for neurogenesis in the male tail. We show that expression of pal-1 in the postembryonic neuroblast cell V6 can be initiated by two...
Tang, Xiuwei, Kim, Arianna L., Feith, David J., Pegg, Anthony E., Russo, Justin, Zhang, Hong, ...
Solar ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation induces cutaneous ornithine decarboxylase (ODC), the first enzyme in the polyamine-biosynthesis pathway, which drives continued proliferation and clonal expansion...
Zhang, Hong, Wang, Guangwen, Li, Jian, Nie, Yuchun, Shi, Xuanling, Lian, Gewei, ...
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a life-threatening disease caused by a newly identified coronavirus (CoV), SARS-CoV. The spike (S) glycoprotein of CoV is the major structural protein...
Neutrophil protein kinase Cδ as a mediator of stroke-reperfusion injury
Chou, Wen-Hai, Choi, Doo-Sup, Zhang, Hong, Mu, Dezhi, McMahon, Tom, Kharazia, Viktor N., ...
Thrombolysis is widely used to intervene in acute ischemic stroke, but reestablishment of circulation may paradoxically initiate a reperfusion injury. Here we describe studies with mice lacking...
Small Molecules Blocking the Entry of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus into Host Cells
Yi, Ling, Li, Zhengquan, Yuan, Kehu, Qu, Xiuxia, Chen, Jian, Wang, Guangwen, ...
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) is the pathogen of SARS, which caused a global panic in 2003. We describe here the screening of Chinese herbal medicine-based, novel small...
Smurf2 up-regulation activates telomere-dependent senescence
Zhang, Hong, Cohen, Stanley N.
Progressive telomere shortening activates replicative senescence, which prevents somatic cells from being propagated indefinitely in culture. The limitation of proliferative capacity imposed by...
A comprehensive update of the sequence and structure classification of kinases
Cheek, Sara, Ginalski, Krzysztof, Zhang, Hong, Grishin, Nick V
Giardina, Peter C., Longworth, Emma, Evans-Johnson, Renee E., Bessette, Michaelene L., Zhang, Hong, Borrow, Ray, ...
The capsular polysaccharide of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 is expressed in both O-acetyl-positive (OA+) and O-acetyl-negative (OA−) forms. This study investigates the impact of OA status...
Eguchi, Jun, Wada, Jun, Hida, Kazuyuki, Zhang, Hong, Matsuoka, Takashi, Baba, Masako, ...
Few cell adhesion molecules have been reported to be expressed in mature adipocytes, and the significance of cell adhesion process in adipocyte biology is also unknown. In the present study, we...
Taylor, Sean D., Zhang, Hong, Eaton, Jana S., Rodeheffer, Matthew S., Lebedeva, Maria A., O'Rourke, Thomas W., ...
How mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) copy number is determined and modulated according to cellular demands is largely unknown. Our previous investigations of the related DNA helicases Pif1p and Rrm3p...
Hida, Kazuyuki, Wada, Jun, Eguchi, Jun, Zhang, Hong, Baba, Masako, Seida, Aya, ...
There is a rapid global rise in obesity, and the link between obesity and diabetes remains somewhat obscure. We identified an adipocytokine, designated as visceral adipose tissue-derived serpin...
Pillai, Ajitha, Ueno, Satoshi, Zhang, Hong, Lee, Jae Min, Kato, Yusuke
Cecropin P1 was first identified as a mammalian antimicrobial peptide isolated from the pig intestine. Much research aimed at characterizing this peptide has been reported. Recently, the workers who...
Spam1-associated transmission ratio distortion in mice: Elucidating the mechanism
Martin-DeLeon, Patricia A, Zhang, Hong, Morales, Carlos R, Zhao, Yutong, Rulon, Michelle, Barnoski, Barry L, ...
abf-1 and abf-2, ASABF-type antimicrobial peptide genes in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Kato, Yusuke, Aizawa, Tomoyasu, Hoshino, Hirokazu, Kawano, Keiichi, Nitta, Katsutoshi, Zhang, Hong
Two genes encoding the ASABF (Ascaris suum antibacterial factor)-type antimicrobial peptide, abf-1 and abf-2, were identified in Caenorhabditis elegans. Recombinant ABF-2 exhibited potent...
Saeki, Koichi, Kobayashi, Norihiko, Inazawa, Yuko, Zhang, Hong, Nishitoh, Hideki, Ichijo, Hidenori, ...
We investigated intracellular signalling pathways for apoptosis induced by epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) as compared with those induced by a toxic chemical substance (etoposide, VP16) or the...
Pillai, Ajitha, Ueno, Satoshi, Zhang, Hong, Kato, Yusuke
Recently, invertebrate models have been widely used for the study of innate immunity. Nematodes are novel potential candidates because of the experimental advantages of Caenorhabditis elegans....
Evolution of subtype C HIV-1 Env in a slowly progressing Zambian infant
Zhang, Hong, Hoffmann, Federico, He, Jun, He, Xiang, Kankasa, Chipepo, Ruprecht, Ruth, ...
Identification of a New Spore Wall Protein from Encephalitozoon cuniculi
Xu, Yanji, Takvorian, Peter, Cali, Ann, Wang, Fang, Zhang, Hong, Orr, George, ...
Microsporidia form environmentally resistant spores that are critical for their host-to-host transmission and persistence in the environment. The spore walls of these organisms are composed of two...
Toyofuku, Toshihiko, Zhang, Hong, Kumanogoh, Atsushi, Takegahara, Noriko, Suto, Fumikazu, Kamei, Junko, ...
Semaphorins, originally identified as axon guidance factors in the nervous system, play integral roles in organogenesis. Here, we demonstrate a critical involvement of Sema6D in cardiac...
Cost-Effectiveness of Earlier Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy for Uninsured HIV-Infected Adults
Schackman, Bruce R., Goldie, Sue J., Weinstein, Milton C., Losina, Elena, Zhang, Hong, Freedberg, Kenneth A.
Objectives. This study was designed to examine the societal cost-effectiveness and the impact on government payers of earlier initiation of antiretroviral therapy for uninsured HIV-infected adults.
Groucho functions as a general corepressor by modulating chromatin structure and has a widespread role in many developmental processes. Here we show that Groucho may also interact with the basal...
Service utilization in community health centers in China: a comparison analysis with local hospitals
Cancer research has mainly focused on alterations of genes and proteins in cancer cells themselves that result in either gain-of-function in oncogenes or loss-of-function in tumour-suppressor genes....
Heuristic scheduling of resource-constrained, multiple-mode and repetitive projects
Hong Zhang, Heng Li, C. M. Tam
An alternative heuristic method for scheduling repetitive projects in which resources are limited and activities may be executed with multiple modes of resource demands associated with different...
Gooljarsingh, Lata T., Fernandes, Christine, Yan, Kang, Zhang, Hong, Grooms, Michael, Johanson, Kyung, ...
Heat shock protein (Hsp)90 is emerging as an important therapeutic target for the treatment of cancer. Two analogues of the Hsp90 inhibitor geldanamycin are currently in clinical trials. Geldanamycin...
Yang, Kun, Eyobo, Yvonne, Brand, Leisl A., Martynowski, Dariusz, Tomchick, Diana, Strauss, Erick, ...
Pantothenate kinase (PanK) catalyzes the first step in the five-step universal pathway of coenzyme A (CoA) biosynthesis, a key transformation that generally also regulates the intracellular...
Altered Expression of TFF-1 and CES-2 in Barrett's Esophagus and Associated Adenocarcinomas1
Fox, Charles A, Sapinoso, Lisa M, Zhang, Hong, Zhang, Wanghai, McLeod, Howard L, Petroni, Gina R, ...
Identification of biomarkers to recognize individuals with Barrett's esophagus (BE) predisposed to develop malignancy is currently a pressing issue. We utilized gene expression profiling to compare...
Application of 23Na MRI to Monitor Chemotherapeutic Response in RIF-1 Tumors1
Babsky, Andriy M, Hekmatyar, Shahryar K, Zhang, Hong, Solomon, James L, Bansal, Navin
Effects of an alkylating anticancer drug, cyclophosphamide (Cp), on 23Na signal intensity (23Na SI) and water apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) were examined in subcutaneously-implanted...
BAR: An apoptosis regulator at the intersection of caspases and Bcl-2 family proteins
Zhang, Hong, Xu, Qunli, Krajewski, Stanislaw, Krajewska, Maryla, Xie, Zhihua, Fuess, Sally, ...
Two major pathways for induction of apoptosis have been identified—intrinsic and extrinsic. The extrinsic pathway is represented by tumor necrosis factor family receptors, which utilize protein...
Han, Zheng Tao, Tong, Yun Ke, He, Lin Min, Zhang, Yang, Sun, Jun Zhong, Wang, Tian Yi, ...
Fifty-two patients with solid tumors had depressed white blood cell and neutrophil counts because of prior treatment with cytotoxic cancer chemotherapeutic drugs. These patients were given one or...
James, Thomas L., Liu, He, Ulyanov, Nikolai B., Farr-Jones, Shauna, Zhang, Hong, Donne, David G., ...
The scrapie prion protein (PrPSc) is the major, and possibly the only, component of the infectious prion; it is generated from the cellular isoform (PrPC) by a conformational change. N-terminal...
Structure of a cytochrome P450–redox partner electron-transfer complex
Sevrioukova, Irina F., Li, Huiying, Zhang, Hong, Peterson, Julian A., Poulos, Thomas L.
The crystal structure of the complex between the heme- and FMN-binding domains of bacterial cytochrome P450BM-3, a prototype for the complex between eukaryotic microsomal P450s and P450 reductase,...
Triggs-Raine, Barbara, Salo, Timothy J., Zhang, Hong, Wicklow, Brandy A., Natowicz, Marvin R.
Hyaluronan (HA), a large glycosaminoglycan abundant in the extracellular matrix, is important in cell migration during embryonic development, cellular proliferation, and differentiation and has a...
Suzuki, Yoichi, Lanner, Carita, Kim, Jong-Hwa, Vilardo, Pier Giuseppe, Zhang, Hong, Yang, Jie, ...
The regulatory-targeting subunit (RGL, also called GM) of the muscle-specific glycogen-associated protein phosphatase PP1G targets the enzyme to glycogen where it modulates the activity of...
Zhang, Hong, Hanecak, Ronnie, Brown-Driver, Vickie, Azad, Raana, Conklin, Boyd, Fox, Maureen C., ...
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the major cause of non-A, non-B hepatitis worldwide. Current treatments are not curative for most infected individuals, and there is an urgent need for both novel...
Zhang, Hong, Yoshida, Shigenobu, Aizawa, Tomoyasu, Murakami, Ritsuko, Suzuki, Masato, Koganezawa, Nozomu, ...
ASABF is a CSαβ-type antimicrobial peptide that contains four intramolecular disulfide bridges (Y. Kato and S. Komatsu, J. Biol. Chem. 271:30493–30498, 1996). In the present study, a recombinant...
Mice with a Targeted Deletion of the Tetranectin Gene Exhibit a Spinal Deformity
Iba, Kousuke, Durkin, Marian E., Johnsen, Lise, Hunziker, Ernst, Damgaard-Pedersen, Karen, Zhang, Hong, ...
Tetranectin is a plasminogen-binding, homotrimeric protein belonging to the C-type lectin family of proteins. Tetranectin has been suggested to play a role in tissue remodeling, due to its ability to...
UV-induced reversion of the arg4-17 ochre allele in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is largely dependent on translesion polymerase η (Rad30p), known to bypass cyclobutane-type TT dimers in an error-free...
Zhang, Rong, Averboukh, Lidia, Zhu, Weimin, Zhang, Hong, Jo, Hakryul, Dempsey, Peter J., ...
By using a model system for cell transformation mediated by the cooperation of the activated H-ras oncogene and the inactivated p53 tumor suppressor gene, rCop-1 was identified by mRNA differential...
Enzymes of the SUMO Modification Pathway Localize to Filaments of the Nuclear Pore Complex
Zhang, Hong, Saitoh, Hisato, Matunis, Michael J.
SUMOs are small ubiquitin-related polypeptides that are reversibly conjugated to many nuclear proteins. Although the number of identified substrates has grown rapidly, relatively little is still...
Zhang, Hong, Pan, Kuang-Hung, Cohen, Stanley N.
Replicative senescence is the state of irreversible proliferative arrest that occurs as a concomitant of progressive telomere shortening. By using cDNA microarrays and the gabriel system of computer...
Yan, Juqiang, Wang, Jing, Li, Qingtian, Hwang, Jae Ryoung, Patterson, Cam, Zhang, Hong
The Arabidopsis gene AtCHIP encodes a protein with three tetratricopeptide repeats and a U-box domain, which is structurally similar to the animal CHIP proteins, a new class of E3 ubiquitin ligases....
Yakhnin, Helen, Zhang, Hong, Yakhnin, Alexander V., Babitzke, Paul
Expression of the Bacillus subtilis tryptophan biosynthetic genes (trpEDCFBA and pabA [trpG]) is regulated in response to tryptophan by TRAP, the trp RNA-binding attenuation protein. TRAP-mediated...
The Caenorhabditis elegans caudal homolog, pal-1, is required for neurogenesis in the male tail. We show that expression of pal-1 in the postembryonic neuroblast cell V6 can be initiated by two...
Toyofuku, Toshihiko, Zhang, Hong, Kumanogoh, Atsushi, Takegahara, Noriko, Suto, Fumikazu, Kamei, Junko, ...
Semaphorins, originally identified as axon guidance factors in the nervous system, play integral roles in organogenesis. Here, we demonstrate a critical involvement of Sema6D in cardiac...
Tang, Xiuwei, Kim, Arianna L., Feith, David J., Pegg, Anthony E., Russo, Justin, Zhang, Hong, ...
Solar ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation induces cutaneous ornithine decarboxylase (ODC), the first enzyme in the polyamine-biosynthesis pathway, which drives continued proliferation and clonal expansion...
Zhang, Hong, Wang, Guangwen, Li, Jian, Nie, Yuchun, Shi, Xuanling, Lian, Gewei, ...
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a life-threatening disease caused by a newly identified coronavirus (CoV), SARS-CoV. The spike (S) glycoprotein of CoV is the major structural protein...
Neutrophil protein kinase Cδ as a mediator of stroke-reperfusion injury
Chou, Wen-Hai, Choi, Doo-Sup, Zhang, Hong, Mu, Dezhi, McMahon, Tom, Kharazia, Viktor N., ...
Thrombolysis is widely used to intervene in acute ischemic stroke, but reestablishment of circulation may paradoxically initiate a reperfusion injury. Here we describe studies with mice lacking...
Small Molecules Blocking the Entry of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus into Host Cells
Yi, Ling, Li, Zhengquan, Yuan, Kehu, Qu, Xiuxia, Chen, Jian, Wang, Guangwen, ...
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) is the pathogen of SARS, which caused a global panic in 2003. We describe here the screening of Chinese herbal medicine-based, novel small...
Smurf2 up-regulation activates telomere-dependent senescence
Zhang, Hong, Cohen, Stanley N.
Progressive telomere shortening activates replicative senescence, which prevents somatic cells from being propagated indefinitely in culture. The limitation of proliferative capacity imposed by...
A comprehensive update of the sequence and structure classification of kinases
Cheek, Sara, Ginalski, Krzysztof, Zhang, Hong, Grishin, Nick V
Giardina, Peter C., Longworth, Emma, Evans-Johnson, Renee E., Bessette, Michaelene L., Zhang, Hong, Borrow, Ray, ...
The capsular polysaccharide of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 is expressed in both O-acetyl-positive (OA+) and O-acetyl-negative (OA−) forms. This study investigates the impact of OA status...
Eguchi, Jun, Wada, Jun, Hida, Kazuyuki, Zhang, Hong, Matsuoka, Takashi, Baba, Masako, ...
Few cell adhesion molecules have been reported to be expressed in mature adipocytes, and the significance of cell adhesion process in adipocyte biology is also unknown. In the present study, we...
Taylor, Sean D., Zhang, Hong, Eaton, Jana S., Rodeheffer, Matthew S., Lebedeva, Maria A., O'Rourke, Thomas W., ...
How mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) copy number is determined and modulated according to cellular demands is largely unknown. Our previous investigations of the related DNA helicases Pif1p and Rrm3p...
Hida, Kazuyuki, Wada, Jun, Eguchi, Jun, Zhang, Hong, Baba, Masako, Seida, Aya, ...
There is a rapid global rise in obesity, and the link between obesity and diabetes remains somewhat obscure. We identified an adipocytokine, designated as visceral adipose tissue-derived serpin...
Pillai, Ajitha, Ueno, Satoshi, Zhang, Hong, Lee, Jae Min, Kato, Yusuke
Cecropin P1 was first identified as a mammalian antimicrobial peptide isolated from the pig intestine. Much research aimed at characterizing this peptide has been reported. Recently, the workers who...
Spam1-associated transmission ratio distortion in mice: Elucidating the mechanism
Martin-DeLeon, Patricia A, Zhang, Hong, Morales, Carlos R, Zhao, Yutong, Rulon, Michelle, Barnoski, Barry L, ...
abf-1 and abf-2, ASABF-type antimicrobial peptide genes in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Kato, Yusuke, Aizawa, Tomoyasu, Hoshino, Hirokazu, Kawano, Keiichi, Nitta, Katsutoshi, Zhang, Hong
Two genes encoding the ASABF (Ascaris suum antibacterial factor)-type antimicrobial peptide, abf-1 and abf-2, were identified in Caenorhabditis elegans. Recombinant ABF-2 exhibited potent...
Saeki, Koichi, Kobayashi, Norihiko, Inazawa, Yuko, Zhang, Hong, Nishitoh, Hideki, Ichijo, Hidenori, ...
We investigated intracellular signalling pathways for apoptosis induced by epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) as compared with those induced by a toxic chemical substance (etoposide, VP16) or the...
Pillai, Ajitha, Ueno, Satoshi, Zhang, Hong, Kato, Yusuke
Recently, invertebrate models have been widely used for the study of innate immunity. Nematodes are novel potential candidates because of the experimental advantages of Caenorhabditis elegans....
Evolution of subtype C HIV-1 Env in a slowly progressing Zambian infant
Zhang, Hong, Hoffmann, Federico, He, Jun, He, Xiang, Kankasa, Chipepo, Ruprecht, Ruth, ...
Identification of a New Spore Wall Protein from Encephalitozoon cuniculi
Xu, Yanji, Takvorian, Peter, Cali, Ann, Wang, Fang, Zhang, Hong, Orr, George, ...
Microsporidia form environmentally resistant spores that are critical for their host-to-host transmission and persistence in the environment. The spore walls of these organisms are composed of two...
Cost-Effectiveness of Earlier Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy for Uninsured HIV-Infected Adults
Schackman, Bruce R., Goldie, Sue J., Weinstein, Milton C., Losina, Elena, Zhang, Hong, Freedberg, Kenneth A.
Objectives. This study was designed to examine the societal cost-effectiveness and the impact on government payers of earlier initiation of antiretroviral therapy for uninsured HIV-infected adults.
Gooljarsingh, Lata T., Fernandes, Christine, Yan, Kang, Zhang, Hong, Grooms, Michael, Johanson, Kyung, ...
Heat shock protein (Hsp)90 is emerging as an important therapeutic target for the treatment of cancer. Two analogues of the Hsp90 inhibitor geldanamycin are currently in clinical trials. Geldanamycin...
Groucho functions as a general corepressor by modulating chromatin structure and has a widespread role in many developmental processes. Here we show that Groucho may also interact with the basal...
Altered Expression of TFF-1 and CES-2 in Barrett's Esophagus and Associated Adenocarcinomas1
Fox, Charles A, Sapinoso, Lisa M, Zhang, Hong, Zhang, Wanghai, McLeod, Howard L, Petroni, Gina R, ...
Identification of biomarkers to recognize individuals with Barrett's esophagus (BE) predisposed to develop malignancy is currently a pressing issue. We utilized gene expression profiling to compare...
Application of 23Na MRI to Monitor Chemotherapeutic Response in RIF-1 Tumors1
Babsky, Andriy M, Hekmatyar, Shahryar K, Zhang, Hong, Solomon, James L, Bansal, Navin
Effects of an alkylating anticancer drug, cyclophosphamide (Cp), on 23Na signal intensity (23Na SI) and water apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) were examined in subcutaneously-implanted...
Yang, Kun, Eyobo, Yvonne, Brand, Leisl A., Martynowski, Dariusz, Tomchick, Diana, Strauss, Erick, ...
Pantothenate kinase (PanK) catalyzes the first step in the five-step universal pathway of coenzyme A (CoA) biosynthesis, a key transformation that generally also regulates the intracellular...
Service utilization in community health centers in China: a comparison analysis with local hospitals
Cancer research has mainly focused on alterations of genes and proteins in cancer cells themselves that result in either gain-of-function in oncogenes or loss-of-function in tumour-suppressor genes....
Saikatendu, Kumar Singh, Zhang, Xuejun, Kinch, Lisa, Leybourne, Matthew, Grishin, Nick V, Zhang, Hong
Molecular epidemiology of measles viruses in China, 1995–2003
Zhang, Yan, Zhu, Zhen, Rota, Paul A, Jiang, Xiaohong, Hu, Jiayu, Wang, Jianguo, ...
This report describes the genetic characterization of 297 wild-type measles viruses that were isolated in 24 provinces of China between 1995 and 2003. Phylogenetic analysis of the N gene sequences...
Zhang, Yanling, Wada, Jun, Yasuhara, Akihiro, Iseda, Izumi, Eguchi, Jun, Fukui, Kenji, ...
Collectrin, a homologue of angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), is a type I transmembrane protein, and we originally reported its localization to the cytoplasm and apical membrane of collecting...
Role of PTCH and p53 Genes in Early-Onset Basal Cell Carcinoma
Zhang, Hong, Ping, Xiao Li, Lee, Patricia K., Wu, Xiu Li, Yao, Ya Juan, Zhang, Ming Jian, ...
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common skin cancer in the Western world. Ultraviolet (UV) exposure, race, age, gender, and decreased DNA repair capacity are known risk factors for the...
Zhang, Hong, Issekutz, Andrew C.
Basic and acidic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF and aFGF, respectively) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) exert angiogenic actions and have a role in wound healing, inflammation, and...
Yang, Yong, Sun, Yinyan, Luo, Xin, Zhang, Yuxia, Chen, Yaoyao, Tian, E., ...
The molecular mechanisms underlying the formation of neurons with defined neurotransmitters are not well understood. In this study, we demonstrate that the PcG-like genes in Caenorhabditis elegans,...
Graff, Jeremy R., Konicek, Bruce W., Vincent, Thomas M., Lynch, Rebecca L., Monteith, David, Weir, Spring N., ...
Expression of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) is commonly elevated in human and experimental cancers, promoting angiogenesis and tumor growth. Elevated eIF4E levels selectively...
Lance-Adams syndrome: a report of two cases*
Zhang, Yan-xing, Liu, Jian-ren, Jiang, Biao, Liu, Hui-qin, Ding, Mei-ping, Song, Shui-jiang, ...
Chronic post-hypoxic myoclonus, also known as Lance-Adams syndrome (LAS), is a rare complication of successful cardiopulmanry resuscitation often accompanied by action myoclonus and cerebellar...
Deng, Hansong, Xia, Dan, Fang, Bin, Zhang, Hong
Flightless I (Fli I) is an evolutionarily conserved member of the gelsolin family, containing actin-binding and severing activity in vitro. The physiological function of Fli I during animal...
Neutrophil histamine contributes to inflammation in mycoplasma pneumonia
Xu, Xiang, Zhang, Dongji, Zhang, Hong, Wolters, Paul J., Killeen, Nigel P., Sullivan, Brandon M., ...
Mycoplasmas cause chronic inflammation and are implicated in asthma. Mast cells defend against mycoplasma infection and worsen allergic inflammation, which is mediated partly by histamine. To address...
Zhang, Hong, Garlichs, Christoph D, Mügge, Andreas, Daniel, Werner G
Activation of mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase is an early response to a wide variety of stimuli and plays an important role in the regulation of cellular functions. In the present study we...
Mi, Tiejuan, Abbasi, Shahrzad, Zhang, Hong, Uray, Karen, Chunn, Janci L., Xia, Ling Wei, ...
Priapism, abnormally prolonged penile erection in the absence of sexual excitation, is associated with ischemia-mediated erectile tissue damage and subsequent erectile dysfunction. It is common among...
The impact of China's accession to the WTO on its economy: an imperfect competitive CGE analysis
To examine the impact of trade barrier reductions on the Chinese economy following its WTO accession, a single-country, static CGE (Computable General Equilibrium) model is constructed, which...
Rodionov, Dmitry A., Li, Xiaoqing, Rodionova, Irina A., Yang, Chen, Sorci, Leonardo, Dervyn, Etienne, ...
A comparative genomic approach was used to reconstruct transcriptional regulation of NAD biosynthesis in bacteria containing orthologs of Bacillus subtilis gene yrxA, a previously identified...
Transcriptional regulation of NAD metabolism in bacteria: NrtR family of Nudix-related regulators
Rodionov, Dmitry A., De Ingeniis, Jessica, Mancini, Chiara, Cimadamore, Flavio, Zhang, Hong, Osterman, Andrei L., ...
A novel family of transcription factors responsible for regulation of various aspects of NAD synthesis in a broad range of bacteria was identified by comparative genomics approach. Regulators of this...
Estimating the Dynamics of Mutual Fund Alphas and Betas
Matthew I. Spiegel, Harry Mamaysky, Hong Zhang
Consider an economy in which the underlying security returns follow a linear factor model with constant coefficients. While portfolios that invest in these securities will, in general, have a linear...
Cai, Qingchun, Sun, Yinyan, Huang, Xinxin, Guo, Cong, Zhang, Yuxia, Zhu, Zuoyan, ...
How spatial, temporal, and sexual specific cues are integrated to specify distinct cell fates during multicellular organism development is largely unknown. Here we demonstrate that the Caenorhabditis...
Wang, Aihua, Yang, Yonghong, Lu, Quan, Wang, Yi, Chen, Yuan, Deng, Li, ...
Identification and Characterization of an Archaeon-Specific Riboflavin Kinase▿
Mashhadi, Zahra, Zhang, Hong, Xu, Huimin, White, Robert H.
The riboflavin kinase in Methanocaldococcus jannaschii has been identified as the product of the MJ0056 gene. Recombinant expression of the MJ0056 gene in Escherichia coli led to a large increase in...
Trinchese, Fabrizio, Fa’, Mauro, Liu, Shumin, Zhang, Hong, Hidalgo, Ariel, Schmidt, Stephen D., ...
Calpains are calcium-dependent enzymes that determine the fate of proteins through regulated proteolytic activity. Calpains have been linked to the modulation of memory and are key to the...
Radio frequency analog electronics based on carbon nanotube transistors
Kocabas, Coskun, Kim, Hoon-sik, Banks, Tony, Rogers, John A., Pesetski, Aaron A., Baumgardner, James E., ...
The potential to exploit single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) in advanced electronics represents a continuing, major source of interest in these materials. However, scalable integration of SWNTs...
OSCILLATION CRITERIA FOR A CLASS OF SECOND-ORDER IMPULSIVE DELAY DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS
This paper is devoted to the investigation of the oscillation of a class of second-order nonlinear impulsive delay difference equations. Some interesting results are obtained, and some examples which...
Analysis of least absolute deviation
We develop a unified L1-based analysis-of-variance-type method for testing linear hypotheses. Like the classical L2-based analysis of variance, the method is coordinate-free in the sense that it is...
Stern, Joel N. H., Keskin, Derin B., Zhang, Hong, Lv, HuiJuan, Kato, Zenichiro, Strominger, Jack L.
IL-10-secreting regulatory T cell lines specific to glatiramer acetate [poly(Y,E,A,K)n] or poly(Y,F,A,K)n have been established from the enlarged spleen and lymph nodes that result from copolymer...
Yang, Tao, Knowles, Juliet K., Lu, Qun, Zhang, Hong, Arancio, Ottavio, Moore, Laura A., ...
The p75 neurotrophin receptor (p75NTR) is expressed by neurons particularly vulnerable in Alzheimer's disease (AD). We tested the hypothesis that non-peptide, small molecule p75NTR ligands found to...
Muhammad, Alim, Flores, Ingrid, Zhang, Hong, Yu, Rui, Staniszewski, Agnieszka, Planel, Emmanuel, ...
Although deficiencies in the retromer sorting pathway have been linked to late-onset Alzheimer's disease, whether these deficiencies underlie the disease remains unknown. Here we characterized two...
Slit2 Inhibits Growth and Metastasis of Fibrosarcoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma1
Kim, Hee Kyung, Zhang, Hong, Li, Hui, Wu, Tsung-Teh, Swisher, Stephen, He, Donggou, ...
Slits are a group of secreted glycoproteins that play a role in the regulation of cell migration. Previous studies suggested that Slit2 might be a tumor-suppressor gene. However, it remained to be...
An explicit representation of the limit of the LRT for interval mapping of quantitative trait loci
Zhang, Hong, Chen, Hanfeng, Li, Zhaohai
Consider the interval mapping method for quantitative trait loci (QTL) detection of an experimental organism in a backcross population. In a recent paper, Chen and Chen [2005. On some statistical...
Voronov, Sergey V., Frere, Samuel G., Giovedi, Silvia, Pollina, Elizabeth A., Borel, Christelle, Zhang, Hong, ...
Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate [PtdIns(4,5)P2] is a signaling phospholipid implicated in a wide variety of cellular functions. At synapses, where normal PtdIns(4,5)P2 balance is required for...
Ma, Feng, Ebihara, Yasuhiro, Umeda, Katsutsugu, Sakai, Hiromi, Hanada, Sachiyo, Zhang, Hong, ...
A critical issue for clinical utilization of human ES cells (hESCs) is whether they can generate terminally mature progenies with normal function. We recently developed a method for efficient...
HTRA1 promoter polymorphism predisposes Japanese to age-related macular degeneration
Yoshida, Tsunehiko, DeWan, Andrew, Zhang, Hong, Sakamoto, Ryosuke, Okamoto, Haru, Minami, Masayoshi, ...
Genetic diagnosis strategy of hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer
Sheng, Jian-Qiu, Zhang, Hong, Ji, Min, Fu, Lei, Mu, Hong, Zhang, Ming-Zhi, ...
AIM: To study the characteristics of mismatch repair gene mutation of Chinese hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) and hMLH1 gene promoter methylation, and to improve the screening...
Rather than just providing an unstructured adhesive surface for leukocytes, cytokine-activated endothelial cells assemble preexisting tetraspanin-enriched microdomains to form endothelial adhesive...
Li, Zhaohai, Zhang, Hong, Zheng, Gang, Gastwirth, Joseph L., Gail, Mitchell H.
Case-control association studies using unrelated cases and controls may suffer from potential confounding due to population stratification. Bias and variance distortion caused by population...
Improved Forecasting of Mutual Fund Alphas and Betas
Harry Mamaysky, Matthew Spiegel, Hong Zhang
This paper proposes a simple back testing procedure that is shown to dramatically improve a panel data model's ability to produce out of sample forecasts. Here the procedure is used to forecast...
Kong, Xiaohong, West, John T., Zhang, Hong, Shea, Danielle M., M'soka, Tendai J., Wood, Charles
Selection of a minor viral genotype during perinatal transmission of human Immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) has been observed, but there is a lack of information on the correlation of the...
Dong, Qian, Jiang, Buxian, Zhang, Hong, Jiang, Zhong, Lu, Hongting, Yang, Chuanmin, ...
The purpose of this study was to investigate and discuss imaging methods and management strategies for congenital choledochal cyst with co-existing intrahepatic dilation and aberrant bile duct as...
Apoptosis of human pancreatic cancer cells induced by Triptolide
Zhou, Guo-Xiong, Ding, Xiao-Ling, Huang, Jie-Fei, Zhang, Hong, Wu, Sheng-Bao, Cheng, Jian-Ping, ...
AIM: To investigate apoptosis in human pancreatic cancer cells induced by Triptolide (TL), and the relationship between this apoptosis and expression of caspase-3’ bcl-2 and bax.
Genome-wide Copy-Number-Variation Study Identified a Susceptibility Gene, UGT2B17, for Osteoporosis
Yang, Tie-Lin, Chen, Xiang-Ding, Guo, Yan, Lei, Shu-Feng, Wang, Jin-Tang, Zhou, Qi, ...
Osteoporosis, a highly heritable disease, is characterized mainly by low bone-mineral density (BMD), poor bone geometry, and/or osteoporotic fractures (OF). Copy-number variation (CNV) has been shown...
Multiple-infection and recombination in HIV-1 within a longitudinal cohort of women
Templeton, Alan R, Kramer, Melissa G, Jarvis, Joseph, Kowalski, Jeanne, Gange, Stephen, Schneider, Michael F, ...
Granulomatous hypophysitis: two case reports and literature review
Shi, Jian, Zhang, Jian-min, Wu, Qun, Chen, Gao, Zhang, Hong, Bo, Wen-liang
Granulomatous hypophysitis (GRH) is extremely rare and commonly presents with chronic inflammatory of the enlarged pituitary gland. In our study, 66-year-old and 57-year-old women, both Chinese, were...
Siddappa, Nagadenahalli B., Song, Ruijiang, Kramer, Victor G., Chenine, Agnès-Laurence, Velu, Vijayakumar, Ong, Helena, ...
Human immunodeficiency virus clade C (HIV-C) accounts for >56% of all HIV infections worldwide. To investigate vaccine safety and efficacy in nonhuman primates, a pathogenic, R5-tropic,...
Lin, Fan, Ding, Haidong, Wang, Jinxiang, Zhang, Hong, Zhang, Aying, Zhang, Yun, ...
In maize (Zea mays), abscisic acid (ABA)-induced H2O2 production activates a 46 kDa mitogen-activated protein kinase (p46MAPK), and the activation of p46MAPK also regulates the production of H2O2....
Sorci, Leonardo, Martynowski, Dariusz, Rodionov, Dmitry A., Eyobo, Yvonne, Zogaj, Xhavit, Klose, Karl E., ...
Enzymes involved in the last 2 steps of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) cofactor biosynthesis, which catalyze the adenylylation of the nicotinic acid mononucleotide (NaMN) precursor to...
Zhang, Hong, Stern, Joel N. H., Strominger, Jack L.
The T cell receptors from the regulatory IL-10-secreting T cell line induced by the random amino acid copolymers poly(F,Y,A,K,)n in SJL mice (H-2s) have been characterized, cloned, sequenced and...
Liu, Yi, Jia, Lei, Liu, Zun Chang, Zhang, Hong, Zhang, Peng Ju, Wan, Qiang, ...
Early stage diabetic nephropathy is characterized by elevated glomerular filtration. Recent studies have identified high-glucose induced p38 MAPK (p38) over-activation in mesangial cells. Mesangial...
CCR7 regulates B16 murine melanoma cell tumorigenesis in skin
Fang, Lei, Lee, Vivian C., Cha, Emily, Zhang, Hong, Hwang, Sam T.
Tumor cell-associated chemokine receptors play distinct roles in cancer biology, including enhancement of lymph node (LN) metastasis. To determine if CCR7 influences tumor formation in skin, we...
Liu, Yang, Ye, Xinyu, Zhang, Hong, Xu, Xiaogang, Li, Wanhua, Zhu, Demei, ...
Fifty-three Mycoplasma pneumoniae strains were isolated from pediatric patients in Shanghai, China, from October 2005 to February 2008. Of 53 clinical isolates, 44 (83%) were resistant to...