Jian Liu

Electronic and Magnetic Properties of the Interface between a doped cuprate Y0.6Pr0.4Ba2Cu3O7 and a colossal-magnetoresistance manganite La2/3Ca1/3MnO3 (2009)

Liu, Jian, Kirby, B. J., Kareev, M., Freeland, J. W., Cristiani, G., ...

The interfacial properties of Y0.6Pr0.4Ba2Cu3O7/La2/3Ca1/3MnO3 superlattices have been studied by resonant soft x-rays and diffuse scattered neutrons. Linearly polarized X-ray absorption at Cu L3...

Charge state dependent fragmentation of gaseous [alpha]-synuclein cations via ion trap and beam-type collisional activation (2009)

Chanthamontri, Chamnongsak, Liu, Jian, McLuckey, Scott A.

Ions derived from nano-electrospray ionization (nano-ESI) of α-synuclein, a 14.5 kDa, 140 amino acid residue protein that is a major component of the Lewy bodies associated with Parkinson's disease,...

Individualized Selection of Learning Objects (2009)

Liu, Jian

Rapidly evolving Internet and web technologies and international efforts on standardization of learning object metadata enable learners in a web-based educational system ubiquitous access to multiple...

Individualized Selection of Learning Objects (2009)

Liu, Jian

Rapidly evolving Internet and web technologies and international efforts on standardization of learning object metadata enable learners in a web-based educational system ubiquitous access to multiple...

PhiC31 integrase induces a DNA damage response and chromosomal rearrangements in human adult fibroblasts (2009)

Liu, Jian, Skjørringe, Tina, Gjetting, Torben, Jensen, Thomas G

Abstract Background PhiC31 integrase facilitates efficient integration of transgenes into human and mouse genomes and is considered for clinical gene therapy. However recent studies have shown that...

Animal Model Morpho-Regulation of Ectodermal Organs Integument Pathology and Phenotypic Variations in K14-Noggin Engineered Mice through Modulation of Bone Morphogenic Protein Pathway (2009)

Maksim Plikus, Wen Pin Wang, Jian Liu, Xia Wang, Ting-xin Jiang

Ectodermal organs are composed of keratinocytes organized in different ways during induction, morphogenesis, differentiation, and regenerative stages. We hypothesize that an imbalance of fundamental...

Experimental Study of the Effects of Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells Transfected with Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1α Gene (2009)

Jinfu Yang, Tao Tang, Feng Li, Wenwu Zhou, Jian Liu, Zhiping Tan, ...

Objective. To construct the eukaryotic expression vector hypoxia-inducible factor 1α-pcDNA3.1 and to investigate its transfective efficiency into mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in vitro and the...

Triple Positive Solutions for Third-Order m-Point Boundary Value Problems on Time Scales (2009)

Jian Liu, Fuyi Xu

We study the following third-order m-point boundary value problems on time scales (φ(uΔ∇))∇+a(t)f(u(t))=0, t∈[0,T]T, u(0)=∑i=1m−2biu(ξi),...

Existence Results for Higher-Order Boundary Value Problems on Time Scales (2009)

Jian Liu, Yanbin Sang

By using the fixed-point index theorem, we consider the existence of positive solutions for the following nonlinear higher-order four-point singular boundary value problem on time scales...

Experimental Study of the Effects of Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells Transfected with Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1α Gene (2009)

Jinfu Yang, Tao Tang, Feng Li, Wenwu Zhou, Jian Liu, Zhiping Tan, ...

Objective. To construct the eukaryotic expression vector hypoxia-inducible factor 1α-pcDNA3.1 and to investigate its transfective efficiency into mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in vitro and the...

Triple Positive Solutions for Third-Order m-Point Boundary Value Problems on Time Scales (2009)

Jian Liu, Fuyi Xu

We study the following third-order m-point boundary value problems on time scales (φ(uΔ∇))∇+a(t)f(u(t))=0, t∈[0,T]T, u(0)=∑i=1m−2biu(ξi), uΔ(T)=0,...

Existence Results for Higher-Order Boundary Value Problems on Time Scales (2009)

Jian Liu, Yanbin Sang

By using the fixed-point index theorem, we consider the existence of positive solutions for the following nonlinear higher-order four-point singular boundary value problem on time scales...

Effects of Methotrexate on Plasma Cytokines and Cardiac Remodeling and Function in Postmyocarditis Rats (2009)

Zhengang Zhang, Pei Zhao, Aihua Li, Xiaolei Lv, Yang Gao, Hongguang Sun, ...

Excessive immune activation and inflammatory mediators may play a critical role in the pathogenesis of chronic heart failure. Methotrexate is a commonly used anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive...

Effects of Methotrexate on Plasma Cytokines and Cardiac Remodeling and Function in Postmyocarditis Rats (2009)

Zhengang Zhang, Pei Zhao, Aihua Li, Xiaolei Lv, Yang Gao, Hongguang Sun, ...

Excessive immune activation and inflammatory mediators may play a critical role in the pathogenesis of chronic heart failure. Methotrexate is a commonly used anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive...

Simulated and Reconstructed Temperature in China since 1550 AD (2008)

Jian Liu, Hans Von Storch, Eduardo Zorita, Xing Chen, Sumin Wang

In this paper, reconstructed decadal mean temperature anomaly series of 8 regions of China are compared to those generated in two multi-century simulations with a climate model, which was forced with...

Proteome Science Research Methods for peptide identification by spectral comparison (2008)

Jian Liu, Er W Bell, John Jm Bergeron, Corey M Yanofsky, Brian Carrillo, Christian Eh Beaudrie, ...

Background: Tandem mass spectrometry followed by database search is currently the predominant technology for peptide sequencing in shotgun proteomics experiments. Most methods compare experimentally...

Determining Seebeck coefficient of heavily doped La:SrTiO3 from density functional calculations (2008)

Zhang, Rui-zhi, Wang, Chun-lei, Li, Ji-chao, Zhang, Jia-liang, Zhao, Ming-lei, Liu, Jian, ...

A new approach is developed to calculate temperature dependent Seebeck coefficient of heavily doped systems by using Boltzmann transport theory and electron density of states (DOS) obtained from...

SINGING MELODY EXTRACTION IN POLYPHONIC MUSIC BY HARMONIC TRACKING (2008)

Chuan Cao, Ming Li, Jian Liu, Yonghong Yan

This paper proposes an effective method for automatic melody extraction in polyphonic music, especially vocal melody songs. The method is based on subharmonic summation spectrum and harmonic...

A Top-down Approach to Melody Match in Pitch Contour for Query by Humming ⋆ (2008)

Xiao Wu, Ming Li, Jian Liu, Jun Yang, Yonghong Yan

Abstract. In this paper, a novel frame-based algorithm called recursive alignment(RA) for query-by-humming(QBH) application is presented. Compared with other approaches, RA optimizes melody alignment...

Characterization and expression patterns of a membrane-bound trehalase from Spodoptera exigua (2008)

Tang, Bin, Chen, Xiaofei, Liu, Yang, Tian, Honggang, Liu, Jian, Hu, Jian, ...

Abstract Background The chitin biosynthesis pathway starts with trehalose in insects and the main functions of trehalases are hydrolysis of trehalose to glucose. Although insects possess two types,...

Test of the consistency of various linearized semiclassical initial value time correlation functions in application to inelastic neutron scattering from liquid para-hydrogen (2008)

Liu, Jian

The linearized approximation to the semiclassical initial value representation (LSC-IVR) is used to calculate time correlation functions relevant to the incoherent dynamic structure factor for...

September 16, 2004 9:47 Proceedings Trim Size: 9.75in x 6.5in ion-trapAPBC PRIMA: PEPTIDE ROBUST IDENTIFICATION FROM MS/MS SPECTRA (2008)

Jian Liu, Bin Ma, Ming Li

In proteomics, tandem mass spectrometry is the key technology for protein identification from the cells. However, partially due to the deficiency of peptide identification software, over half of the...

THE DYNAMICALLY-ADJUSTABLE HISTOGRAM PRUNING METHOD FOR EMBEDDED VOICE DIALING (2008)

Defeng Chen, Fang Zheng, Jian Liu, Jing Deng, Wenhu Wu, Zhanjiang Song, ...

Memory and speed are two key factors that must be faced when applying voice dialer to Pocket PCs. To provide a solution, a novel decoding method integrated with the score differences of token paths...

DETC2005-84591 NONLINEAR IDENTIFICATION OF A CAPACITIVE DUAL-BACKPLATE MEMS MICROPHONE (2008)

Jian Liu, David T. Martin, Karthik Kadirvel, Toshikazu Nishida, Mark Sheplak, Brian P. Mann

This paper presents the nonlinear system identification of model parameters for a capacitive dual-backplate MEMS microphone. System parameters of the microphone are developed by lumped element...

SOLVING MULTI-CRITERIA THROUGH-FLEET ASSIGNMENT MODELS (2008)

Ravindra K. Ahuja, Jian Liu, Jon Goodstein, Amit Mukherjee, James B. Orlin, Dushyant Sharma

Abstract The airline industry has been a pioneer in using operations research techniques to solve complex business problems related to the schedule planning of the airline. Given a flight schedule,...

A Dyanamic Cross-Reference Pruning Strategy For (2008)

Multiple Feature Fusion, Yonghong Yan, Chengyi Zheng, Jianping Zhang, Jielin Pan, Jiang Han, ...

Although multiple cues, such as different signal processing techniques and feature representations, have been used in speech recognition in adverse acoustic environment, how to maximally utilize the...

Effects of Xinfeng Capsule on behaviors and myocardial ultrastructure in adjuvant arthritis rats (2008)

Jian LIU

Objective: To observe the effects of Xinfeng Capsule (XFC), a compound Chinese herbal medicine, on behaviors and myocardial ultrastructure in adjuvant arthritis (AA) rats.Methods: Fifty-five rats...

Understanding bridge performance through integrated modeling and monitoring [electronic resource] / (2007)

Liu, Jian.

The massive transportation network that is made up of bridges, highways, railways, waterways, and airways is vital to national and global economies. The condition of the transportation infrastructure...

Second harmonic generation studies of colloidal particles. (2007)

Liu, Jian

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-09, Section: B, page: 5978.

Fractal Network Traffic Analysis with Applications (2006)

Liu, Jian

Today, the Internet is growing exponentially, with traffic statistics that mathematically exhibit fractal characteristics: self-similarity and long-range dependence. With these properties, data...

Fractal Network Traffic Analysis with Applications (2006)

Liu, Jian

Today, the Internet is growing exponentially, with traffic statistics that mathematically exhibit fractal characteristics: self-similarity and long-range dependence. With these properties, data...

Brain reward deficits accompany withdrawal (hangover) from acute ethanol in rats (2006)

Schulteis, Gery, Liu, Jian

Withdrawal from an acute bolus injection of ethanol produces affective or emotional signs that include anxiogenic-like behavior and conditioned place aversion. This study assessed whether brain...

Fractal network traffic analysis with applications (2006)

Liu, Jian.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007.

Preparation of 6-Substituted Quinoxaline JSP-1 Inhibitors by Microwave Accelerated Nucleophilic Substitution (2006)

Li Zhang, Beiying Qiu, Xin Li, Xin Wang, Jingya Li, Yongliang Zhang, ...

A small library of 6-aminoquinoxalines has been prepared by nucleophilic substitution of 6-fluoroquinoxaline with amines and nitrogen-containing heterocycles under computer-controlled microwave...

Effects of traditional Chinese medicine for invigorating spleen to resolve dampness and dredging collaterals on patients with rheumatoid arthritis and anemia (2006)

Jian LIU

Objective: To observe the clinical effects of Xinfeng Capsules (XFC), a traditional Chinese medicine for invigorating the spleen to resolve dampness and dredging collaterals, on patients with...

Discovering frequent closed partial orders from strings (2006)

Jian Pei, Haixun Wang, Ieee Computer Society, Jian Liu, Ke Wang, Jianyong Wang, ...

Abstract—Mining knowledge about ordering from sequence data is an important problem with many applications, such as bioinformatics, Web mining, network management, and intrusion detection. For...

Fractal Network Traffic Analysis with Applications Approved by: (2006)

Jian Liu

To my parents iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This thesis is dedicated to my parents for their compassionate support and encouragement. Although we are thousands of miles apart, they are with me everyday. This...

Fractal network traffic analysis with applications [electronic resource] / (2006)

Liu, Jian.

Today, the Internet is growing exponentially, with traffic statistics that mathematically exhibit fractal characteristics: self-similarity and long-range dependence. With these properties, data...

Impact and Mitigation of Multiantenna Analog Front-End Mismatch in Transmit Maximum Ratio Combining (2006)

Jian Liu, Nadia Khaled, Frederik Petré, André Bourdoux, Alain Barel

Transmit maximum ratio combining (MRC) allows to extend the range of wireless local area networks (WLANs) by exploiting spatial diversity and array gains. These gains, however, depend on the...

Robustness Enhancement Through Chip-Package co-Design for High-Speed Electronics (2005)

Shen, Meigen, Liu, Jian, Zheng, Li-Rong, Tjukanoff, Esa, Tenhunen, Hannu

The low interaction between chip and package designs has an icreasingly limiting effect on the system performance. In this paper the chip-package co-design flow is presented. We address robustness...

Context- and cue-conditioned potentiation of acute morphine dependence and withdrawal. (2005)

Schulteis, Gery, Liu, Jian, Amitai, Nurith, Tzeng, Sally

Single morphine injections induce a state of acute opioid dependence measured by an increase in naloxone potency to precipitate withdrawal. Repeated morphine exposure (daily/weekly intervals) results...

Divergence and convergence of thalamocortical projections to premotor and supplementary motor cortex: a multiple tracing study in the macaque monkey (2005)

Morel, Anne, Liu, Jian, Wannier, Thierry, Jeanmonod, Daniel, Rouiller, Eric M.

The premotor cortex of macaque monkeys is currently subdivided into at least six different subareas on the basis of structural, hodological and physiological criteria. To determine the degree of...

Divergence and convergence of thalamocortical projections to premotor and supplementary motor cortex: a multiple tracing study in the macaque monkey (2005)

Morel, Anne, Liu, Jian, Wannier, Thierry, Jeanmonod, Daniel, Rouiller, Eric M.

The premotor cortex of macaque monkeys is currently subdivided into at least six different subareas on the basis of structural, hodological and physiological criteria. To determine the degree of...

Statistical mechanics of cell membranes / (2005)

Liu, Jian.

Thesis (Ph. D. in Chemistry)--University of California, Berkeley, Fall 2005.

Aging effect on successful reactive-recovery from unexpected slips: a 3D lower extremity joint moment analysis (2004)

Liu, Jian

The objective of the proposed study was to perform three-dimensional (3D) inverse dynamics analysis to determine lower extremity (ankle, knee and hip) joint moments on previously collected slip...

Aging effect on successful reactive-recovery from unexpected slips: a 3D lower extremity joint moment analysis (2004)

Liu, Jian

The objective of the proposed study was to perform three-dimensional (3D) inverse dynamics analysis to determine lower extremity (ankle, knee and hip) joint moments on previously collected slip...

Aging effect on successful reactive-recovery from unexpected slips [electronic resource] : a 3D lower extremity joint moment analysis / (2004)

Liu, Jian.

The objective of the proposed study was to perform three-dimensional (3D) inverse dynamics analysis to determine lower extremity (ankle, knee and hip) joint moments on previously collected slip...

Magnetkardiographie in der Diagnostik der koronaren Herzerkrankung / (2004)

Liu, Jian.

Duisburg, Essen, Univ., Diss., 2004 (Nicht für den Austausch).

Multiobjective filtering and fault detection : LMI approaches / (2004)

Liu, Jian.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Nanyang Technological University, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2004.

Analysis of the interaction between adeno-associated virus and heparan sulfate using atomic force microscopy (2004)

Negishi, Atsuko, Chen, Jinghua, McCarty, Douglas M., Samulski, R. Jude, Liu, Jian, Superfine, Richard

Adeno-associated virus (AAV) has been widely used as a viral vector to deliver genes to animal and human tissues in gene therapy studies. Both AAV-2 and AAV-3 use cell surface heparan sulfate (HS), a...

Analysis of the interaction of adeno-associated virus and heparan sulfate using atomic force microscopy (2004)

Negishi, Atsuko, Chen, Jinghua, McCarty, Douglas, Samulski, R. Jude, Liu, Jian, Superfine, Richard

Adeno-associated virus (AAV) has been widely used as a viral vector to deliver genes to animal and human tissues in gene therapy studies. Both AAV-2 and AAV-3 utilize cell surface heparan sulfate, a...

Analysis of the interaction of adeno-associated virus and heparan sulfate using atomic force microscopy (2004)

Negishi, Atsuko, Chen, Jinghua, McCarty, Douglas, Samulski, R. Jude, Liu, Jian, Superfine, Richard

Adeno-associated virus (AAV) has been widely used as a viral vector to deliver genes to animal and human tissues in gene therapy studies. Both AAV-2 and AAV-3 utilize cell surface heparan sulfate, a...

Solving real-life transportation scheduling problems [electronic resource] / (2003)

Liu, Jian.

ABSTRACT: Transportation by railroads and airlines contains a rich set of optimization problems with substantial potential savings in transportation costs. In the past few decades, unfortunately,...

Solving real-life transportation scheduling problems (2003)

Liu, Jian.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Florida, 2003.

Biosynthesis of 3-O-sulfated heparan sulfate: unique substrate specificity of heparan sulfate 3-O-sulfotransferase isoform 5 (2003)

Chen, Jinghua, Duncan, Michael B., Carrick, Kevin, Pope, R. Marshall, Liu, Jian

Heparan sulfate 3-O-sulfotransferase transfers sulfate to the 3-OH position of a glucosamine to generate 3-O-sulfated heparan sulfate (HS), which is a rare component in HS from natural sources. We...

Biosynthesis of 3-O-sulfated heparan sulfate: unique substrate specificity of heparan sulfate 3-O-sulfotransferase isoform 5 (2003)

Chen, Jinghua, Duncan, Michael B., Carrick, Kevin, Pope, R. Marshall, Liu, Jian

Heparan sulfate 3-O-sulfotransferase transfers sulfate to the 3-OH position of a glucosamine to generate 3-O-sulfated heparan sulfate (HS), which is a rare component in HS from natural sources. We...

Biosynthesis of 3-O-sulfated heparan sulfate: unique substrate specificity of heparan sulfate 3-O-sulfotransferase isoform 5 (2003)

Chen, Jinghua, Duncan, Michael B., Carrick, Kevin, Pope, R. Marshall, Liu, Jian

Heparan sulfate 3-O-sulfotransferase transfers sulfate to the 3-OH position of a glucosamine to generate 3-O-sulfated heparan sulfate (HS), which is a rare component in HS from natural sources. We...

Application of squarate ester cascade reactions to the synthesis of (+/-) hypnophilin. New photorearrangements of 2-cyclopentenones. Studies towards the total synthesis of pectenotoxin II (2002)

Liu, Jian

The naturally occurring antibiotic polyquinane, hypnophilin, has attracted synthetic chemists for a number of years due to its reputed antibacterial and antitumor properties. As a highly oxygenated...

Application of squarate ester cascade reactions to the synthesis of (+/-) hypnophilin. New photorearrangements of 2-cyclopentenones. Studies towards the total synthesis of pectenotoxin II (2002)

Liu, Jian

The naturally occurring antibiotic polyquinane, hypnophilin, has attracted synthetic chemists for a number of years due to its reputed antibacterial and antitumor properties. As a highly oxygenated...

Sol-gel derived glass films and their hybridization with InP based optoelectronics for novel optical communication devices / (2002)

Liu, Jian.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Nanyang Technological University, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2002.

Application of squarate ester cascade reactions to the synthesis of (+/- ) hypnophilin. New photorearrangements of 2-Cyclopentenones. Studies towards the total synthesis of pectenotoxin II. [electronic resource] / (2002)

Liu, Jian.

Abstract: its reputed antibacterial and antitumor properties. As a highly oxygenated linear triquinane containing six stereocenters, hypnophilin was a suitable target for application of our squarate...

Non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and coronary heart disease / (2002)

Liu, Jian.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Buffalo, 2002.

Mutational Analysis of Residues in Two Consensus Motifs in the Active Sites of Cathepsin E (2002)

Liu, Jian, Tsukuba, Takayuki, Okamoto, Kuniaki, Ohishi, Masamichi, Yamamoto, Kenji

Cathepsin E, an intracellular aspartic proteinase of the pepsin family, is composed of two homologous domains, each containing the catalytic Asp residue in a consensus DTG motif. Here we examine the...

Chemical interferences on the atomization yield of high reduction potential elements : Signal suppression in the plasma source spectrometry (2001)

Liu, Jian

In inductively coupled plasma spectrometry, signal suppression by acids has been recognized for a long time. It is always explained as the physical effects on the sampling processes, plasma...

Chemical interferences on the atomization yield of high reduction potential elements : Signal suppression in the plasma source spectrometry (2001)

Liu, Jian

In inductively coupled plasma spectrometry, signal suppression by acids has been recognized for a long time. It is always explained as the physical effects on the sampling processes, plasma...

Functional Verification in IP Selection by Black-box Logic Simulation (2001)

Jian Liu, Eugene Shragowitz, Jian Liu

Reuse of IPs is an important feature of contemporary SoC design. To select an IP for reuse, it is necessary to verify that the proposed design solution satisfies the specification formulated by the...

New Bound-Based Net Criticality Metrics for Timing-Driven Physical Design (2001)

Eugene Shragowitz, Hongliang Chang, Jian Liu, Habib Youssef, Supachai Sutanthavibul, Eugene Shragowitz, ...

This paper proposes new net criticality metrics and one pass design flow methodology for timing-driven physical design. The proposed net criticality metrics employ net parameters and bounds on net...

Atcp: Tcp for mobile ad hoc networks (2001)

Jian Liu, Suresh Singh

Transport connections set up in wireless ad hoc networks are plagued by problems such as high bit error rates (BER), frequent route changes and partitions. If we run TCP over such connections, the...

Transaction-based Waveform Analysis for Functional Verification in IP Selection ABSTRACT (2001)

Jian Liu, Eugene Shragowitz, Jian Liu, Eugene Shragowitz

Functional verification is an important aspect of IP selection. Formal verification and logic simulation are two traditional approaches to this problem. Both techniques have substantial limitations....

Analysis of heparan sulfate oligosaccharides by nano-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (2001)

Pope, R. Marshall, Raska, Christina S., Thorp, Suzanne C., Liu, Jian

A highly sensitive method to identify and quantify heparan sulfate (HS) oligosaccharides by using nano-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (nESI-MS) is described. The new approach allows us to...

The structure and conformational changes in the pore region of cyclic nucleotide-gated channels (2000)

Liu, Jian

I used cysteine scanning mutagenesis and hydrophilic sulfhydryl-reactive methanethiosulfonate (MTS) reagents to probe the structure of the pore region of the α subunit of the bovine rod cyclic...

Structural and functional characterization of transcription factor ID2 / (2000)

Liu, Jian.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Southern California, 2000.

Multi-wavelength planar optoelectronic interconnections / (1999)

Liu, Jian.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 1999.

Multi-wavelength planar optoelectronic interconnections / (1999)

Liu, Jian.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 1999.

Sol-Gel-Herstellung und Charakterisierung von ITO-Schichten / (1998)

Liu, Jian.

Zugl.: Clausthal, Techn. Universiẗat, Diss., 1998.

Syndrome X and Mortality: A Population-based Study (1998)

Trevisan, Maurizio, Liu, Jian, Bahsas, Fadlalla Bahsas, Menotti, Alessandro

The present report analyzes the prevalence of the cluster of metabolic abnormalities defined as syndrome X (high blood glucose, high blood pressure, low high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol,...

Dynamic power supply current testing of CMOS SRAMs. (1997)

Liu, Jian.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 1997.

Computer applications in education / (1995)

Liu, Jian.

Research project (M. Ed.)--California University of Pennsylvania, 1995.

Genetics: The use of epididymal and testicular spermatozoa for intracytoplasmic sperm injection: the genetic implications for male infertility (1995)

Silber, Sherman J., Nagy, Zsolt, Liu, Jian, Tournaye, Herman, Lissens, Willy, Ferec, C., ...

The results and rationale of using testicular and epididymal spermatozoa with intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) for severe cases of male infertility are reviewed. A total of 72 consecutive...

Strategy for the sequence analysis of heparin (1995)

Liu, Jian, Desai, Umesh R., Han, Xue-Jun, Toida, Toshihiko, Linhardt, Robert J.

The versatile biological activities of proteoglycans are mainly mediated by their glycosaminoglycan (GAG) components. Unlike proteins and nucleic acids, no satisfactory method for sequencing GAGs has...

Zona-opening of hamster oocytes: a comparative study using macro- and micro-manipulation methods (1994)

Zhang, John, Liu, Jian, Tchabo, Jean G., Yang, Xiangzhong, DiMattina, Michael

The present study compared a new macro-manipulation technique for zona-opening of hamster oocytes with existing micro-manipulation techniques. In experiment I the zona pellucida of hamster oocytes...

A general purpose hardware implementation of genetic algorithms / (1993)

Liu, Jian.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 1993.

Holography of combustion in a spark ignition engine (1992)

Liu, Jian.

Typescript (photocopy) Includes bibliographical references.

CMOS electrically-erasable PLD design / (1987)

Liu, Jian.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of California, Santa Barbara, 1987.

A mechanobiochemical mechanism for monooriented chromosome oscillation in mitosis

Liu, Jian, Desai, Arshad, Onuchic, José N., Hwa, Terence

During mitosis, the condensed chromosomes undergo a series of spectacular oscillations after they are captured in an end-on manner by kinetochore microtubules (KMT) emanating from the spindle poles....

Study on the professional liability insurance system of the supervision engineer in China

Jiayuan Wang, Jian Liu, Liyuan Huang

Although the supervision system has been adopted in the construction industry for more than 10 years in China, a professional liability insurance system for the supervision engineer has yet to be...

SOLVING REAL-LIFE LOCOMOTIVE SCHEDULING PROBLEMS

Ahuja, Ravindra, Liu, Jian, Orlin, James, Sharma, Dushyant, Shughart, Larry

The locomotive scheduling problem (or the locomotive assignment problem) is to assign a consist (a set of locomotives) to each train in a pre-planned train schedule so as to provide them sufficient...

Human pallidothalamic and cerebellothalamic tracts: anatomical basis for functional stereotactic neurosurgery

Gallay, Marc N., Jeanmonod, Daniel, Liu, Jian, Morel, Anne

Anatomical knowledge of the structures to be targeted and of the circuitry involved is crucial in stereotactic functional neurosurgery. The present study was undertaken in the context of surgical...

System-level Quality Planning and Diagnosis for Complex Multistage Manufacturing Processes.

Liu, Jian

The performance of a multistage manufacturing process (MMP) can be measured by quality, productivity and cost. All these measures are influenced by the variation of the key product characteristics...

INFLUENCE OF THE TECHNICAL PARAMETERS ON BIOACTIVE FILMS DEPOSITED BY PULSED LASER

YAFAN ZHAO, CHUANZHONG CHEN, MINGDA SONG, JIAN LIU

Pulsed laser deposition (PLD), which is a novel technique in producing thin films in the recent years, shows unique advantages for the deposition of bioactive films. Research states of the technical...

Lessons learned from the dragon (China) and the elephant (India): Essays from IFPRI's 2004-2005 Annual Report

Von Braun, Joachim, Gulati, Ashok, Fan, Shenggen, Ahluwalia, Montek S., Liu, Jian

"The world made significant progress on reducing poverty between 1981 and 2001 — the number of people in developing countries living on less than US$1 a day fell from 1.5 billion to 1.1 billion, or...

The achievements and experiences of poverty alleviation in rural China:

Liu, Jian

"In its pursuit of poverty alleviation and development, China has charted its own path, suitable for its own conditions. This path involves government leadership, social participation, self-reliance,...

Lessons learned from the dragon (China) and the elephant (India): essays from IFPRI's 2004-2005 Annual Report [In Chinese]

Von Braun, Joachim, Gulati, Ashok, Fan, Shenggen, Ahluwalia, Montek S., Liu, Jian

"The world made significant progress on reducing poverty between 1981 and 2001 — the number of people in developing countries living on less than US$1 a day fell from 1.5 billion to 1.1 billion, or...

Lessons learned from the dragon (China) and the elephant (India): Essays from IFPRI's 2004-2005 Annual Report

Von Braun, Joachim, Gulati, Ashok, Fan, Shenggen, Ahluwalia, Montek S., Liu, Jian

"The world made significant progress on reducing poverty between 1981 and 2001 — the number of people in developing countries living on less than US$1 a day fell from 1.5 billion to 1.1 billion, or...

Lessons learned from the dragon (China) and the elephant (India): essays from IFPRI's 2004-2005 Annual Report [In Chinese]

Von Braun, Joachim, Gulati, Ashok, Fan, Shenggen, Ahluwalia, Montek S., Liu, Jian

"The world made significant progress on reducing poverty between 1981 and 2001 — the number of people in developing countries living on less than US$1 a day fell from 1.5 billion to 1.1 billion, or...

Real-life locomotive planning: New formulations and computational results

Vaidyanathan, Balachandran, Ahuja, Ravindra K., Liu, Jian, Shughart, Larry A.

In this paper, we develop new formulations for the locomotive planning problem (LPP) which is one of the most important railroad optimization problems. The objective of the LPP is to assign a consist...

An integrated mechanobiochemical feedback mechanism describes chromosome motility from prometaphase to anaphase in mitosis

Liu, Jian, Desai, Arshad, Onuchic, José N., Hwa, Terence

During mitosis, chromosomes undergo a series of movements while being end-on attached to the kinetochore microtubules (KMTs) from spindle poles. The mechanism underlying such movements and their...

Redirecting the substrate specificity of heparan sulfate 2-O-sulfotransferase by structurally guided mutagenesis

Bethea, Heather N., Xu, Ding, Liu, Jian, Pedersen, Lars C.

Heparan sulfate (HS) is a polysaccharide involved in essential physiological functions from regulating cell growth to blood coagulation. HS biosynthesis involves multiple specialized...

Temporary Components of Stock Prices: New Univariate Results

Eckbo, B. Espen, Liu, Jian

While there is growing evidence that stock prices do not follow pure random walks, the degree of existence of temporary components in stock prices is not well known. Modeling stock prices as the sum...

Experimental Study of the Effects of Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells Transfected with Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1α Gene

Yang, Jinfu, Tang, Tao, Li, Feng, Zhou, Wenwu, Liu, Jian, Tan, Zhiping, ...

Objective. To construct the eukaryotic expression vector hypoxia-inducible factor 1α-pcDNA3.1 and to investigate its transfective efficiency into mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in vitro and the...

The Mechanochemistry of Endocytosis

Liu, Jian, Sun, Yidi, Drubin, David G., Oster, George F.

An integrated theoretical model reveals how the chemical and the mechanical aspects of endocytosis are coordinated coherently in yeast cells, driving progression through the endocytic pathway and...

Effects of Methotrexate on Plasma Cytokines and Cardiac Remodeling and Function in Postmyocarditis Rats

Zhang, Zhengang, Zhao, Pei, Li, Aihua, Lv, Xiaolei, Gao, Yang, Sun, Hongguang, ...

Excessive immune activation and inflammatory mediators may play a critical role in the pathogenesis of chronic heart failure. Methotrexate is a commonly used anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive...