Jian Xu

Publication List Details

Period

1990 - 2008

Number

111

Co-Authors

Porosity Effect on Surface Plasmon Resonance from Metallic Sculptured Thin Films (2008)

Abdulhalim, Ibrahim, Lakhtakia, Akhlesh, Lahav, Amit, Zhang, Fan, Xu, Jian

When a sculptured thin film (STF), made of a metal and $\leq50$ nm thick, is used in lieu of a dense layer of metal in the Kretschmann configuration, experimental data for an STF comprising parallel...

X-BAND PHASE SHIFTERS FOR PHASED ARRAY (2008)

XU, JIAN

In this thesis, X-band phase shifters have been investigated and developed to meet the needs of future multi-antenna communication systems. Different types of digital phase shifters have been...

Evolution of Symbiotic Bacteria in the Distal Human Intestine (2007)

Jian Xu, Michael A. Mahowald, Ruth E. Ley, Catherine A. Lozupone, Micah Hamady, Eric C. Martens, ...

The adult human intestine contains trillions of bacteria, representing hundreds of species and thousands of subspecies. Little is known about the selective pressures that have shaped and are shaping...

Phase II trial of sequential gefitinib after minor response or partial response to chemotherapy in Chinese patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (2006)

Xu, Jian, Han, Yu, Li, Yue, Zhao, Chuan, Wang, Yan, Paradiso, Angelo

Abstract Background Basic research of gefitinib (Iressa, ZD1839) has demonstrated the combination effects of gefitinib and chemotherapy were sequence-dependent. To evaluate the efficacy of sequential...

AC Coupled Interconnect for Inter-chip Communications (2006)

XU, JIAN

XU, JIAN. AC Coupled Interconnect for Inter-chip Communications. (Under the direction of Prof. Paul D. Franzon.) The scaling of integrated circuit (IC) technology demands high-speed, high-density and...

Implementierung von Versagens-Kriterien für Faserverbundwerkstoffe in eine Finite Element Analyse (2006)

Xu, Jian, Hartung, Daniel

Due to the significant effect of combination of dimensional stresses on the strength behaviors of the FRC material, failure criteria for UDlayer of fiber reinforced composite under 3D stress case are...

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Modeling of Fine Particle Spouting (2006)

Du, Wei, Wei, Weisheng, Xu, Jian, Fan, Yu, Bao, Xiaojun

To further the understanding of fine particle spouting phenomenon that has not been fully experimentally investigated until now, this article discusses some fundamental aspects of the computational...

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Modeling of Fine Particle Spouting (2006)

Du, Wei, Wei, Weisheng, Xu, Jian, Fan, Yu, Bao, Xiaojun

To further the understanding of fine particle spouting phenomenon that has not been fully experimentally investigated until now, this article discusses some fundamental aspects of the computational...

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Modeling of Fine Particle Spouting (2006)

Du, Wei, Wei, Weisheng, Xu, Jian, Fan, Yu, Bao, Xiaojun

To further the understanding of fine particle spouting phenomenon that has not been fully experimentally investigated until now, this article discusses some fundamental aspects of the computational...

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Modeling of Fine Particle Spouting (2006)

Du, Wei, Wei, Weisheng, Xu, Jian, Fan, Yu, Bao, Xiaojun

To further the understanding of fine particle spouting phenomenon that has not been fully experimentally investigated until now, this article discusses some fundamental aspects of the computational...

Research into a risk indentification and evaluation system for a dynamic alliance of logistic enterprises (2006)

Xu, Jian, Zhang, Qingshan, Zou, Hua, Wang, Nan

This paper was transferred from the original CD ROM created for this conference. The material on the CD ROM was published using Adobe Acrobat technology. The original CD ROM was produced by Document...

Kinetics and thermodynamics of electron transfer in Debye solvents: An analytical and nonperturbative reduced density matrix theory (2006)

Han, Ping, Xu, Rui-Xue, Li, Baiqing, Xu, Jian, Cui, Ping, Mo, Yan, ...

A nonperturbative electron transfer rate theory is developed based on the reduced density matrix dynamics, which can be evaluated readily for the Debye solvent model without further approximation....

Orchitis: A Complication of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)1 (2006)

Jian Xu, Lihua Qi, Xiaochun Chi, Jingjing Yang, Xiaohong Wei, Encong Gong, ...

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus has been known to damage multiple organs; however, little is known about its impact on the reproductive system. In the present study, we analyzed...

TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION OF CARDIAC HYPERTROPHY AND HEART FAILURE (2006)

XU, JIAN

Cardiac hypertrophy and dilatation are mediated by neuro-endocrine factors, internal stretch and stress sensitive signaling pathways, which in turn transduce alterations in cardiac gene expression...

Polar PIN localization directs auxin flow in plants (2006)

Wisniewska, Justyna, Xu, Jian, Seifertova, Daniela, Brewer, Philip B., Ruzicka, Kamil, Blilou, Ikram, ...

Polar flow of the phytohormone auxin requires plasma membrane-associated PIN proteins and underlies multiple developmental processes in plants. Here we address the importance of the polarity of...

Investigating hookworm genomes by comparative analysis of two Ancylostomaspecies (2005)

Mitreva, Makedonka, McCarter, James P, Arasu, Prema, Hawdon, John, Martin, John, Dante, Mike, ...

Abstract Background Hookworms, infecting over one billion people, are the mostly closely related major human parasites to the model nematode Caenorhabditis elegans . Applying genomics techniques to...

Iterative aggregation of Bayesian networks incorporating prior knowledge (2004)

Xu, Jian

Multi-source information integration has gained significant interest recently. We focus on integrating Bayesian networks (BNs) learned from data. The BN batch aggregation algorithm proposed by...

Iterative Aggregation of Bayesian Networks Incorporating Prior Knowledge (2004)

Xu, Jian

Multi-source information integration has gained significant interest recently. We focus on integrating Bayesian networks (BNs) learned from data. The BN batch aggregation algorithm proposed by...

Iterative Aggregation of Bayesian Networks Incorporating Prior Knowledge (2004)

Xu, Jian

Multi-source information integration has gained significant interest recently. We focus on integrating Bayesian networks (BNs) learned from data. The BN batch aggregation algorithm proposed by...

Iterative aggregation of Bayesian networks incorporating prior knowledge (2004)

Xu, Jian.

Thesis (M.A.)--Miami University, Dept. of Computer Science and Systems Analysis, 2004.

Selective Reconstitution by GM-CSF of the Immune Response in Human Immunosuppressed Cells (2002)

Xu , Jian

Hintergrund: Infektionen bleiben die Hauptkomplikation der immunsuppressiven Therapie bei Organtransplantationen. Aus klinischer Sicht ist es daher wünschenswert, das angeborene Immunsystem für die...

Methylation profiling of twenty promoter-CpG islands of genes which may contribute to hepatocellular carcinogenesis (2002)

Yu, Jian, Ni, Min, Xu, Jian, Zhang, Hongyu, Gao, Baomei, Gu, Jianren, ...

Abstract Background Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) presents one of the major health threats in China today. A better understanding of the molecular genetics underlying malignant transformation of...

Dorsal horn-enriched genes identified by DNA microarray, in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry (2002)

Sun, Hong, Xu, Jian, Della Penna, Kimberly B, Benz, Robert J, Kinose, Fumi, Holder, Daniel J, ...

Abstract Background Neurons in the dorsal spinal cord play important roles in nociception and pain. These neurons receive input from peripheral sensory neurons and then transmit the signals to the...

ZBroker : A Query Routing Broker for Z39.50 Databases (1999)

Yong Lin, Jian Xu, Ee-peng Lim, Wee-keong Ng

A query routing broker is a software agent that determines from a large set of accessing information sources the ones most relevant to a user's information need. As the number of information sources...

Tunnel Boring Machine Enhancement (1999)

Jian Xu, D. A. Summers, D. E. Wright

The increasing reliance of the United States on imported energy is most critical in the area of transportation. One solution which is beginning to receive more favorable consideration after having...

Cluster-Based Database Selection Techniques for Routing Bibliographic Queries (1999)

Jian Xu, Ee-peng Lim, Wee-keong Ng

this paper, we focus on the database selection problem in the context of a global digital library consisting of a large number of online bibliographic servers. Each server hosts a bibliographic...

Cluster-Based Database Selection Techniques for Routing Bibliographic Queries (1999)

Jian Xu, Ee-peng Lim, Wee-keong Ng

Given the large number of databases on the Internet, it is increasingly difficult for users to identify the databases relevant to their queries. Instead of broadcasting a given query to all...

ZBroker : A Query Routing Broker for Z39.50 Databases (1999)

Yong Lin, Jian Xu, Ee-peng Lim, Wee-keong Ng

A query routing broker is a software agent that determines from a large set of accessing information sources the ones most relevant to a user's information need. As the number of information sources...

ZBroker: A Query Routing Broker for Z39.50 Databases (1999)

Lin, Yong, Xu, Jian, Lim, Ee-Peng, Ng, Wee-Keong

A query routing broker is a software agent that determines from a large set of accessing information sources the ones most relevant to a user's information need. As the number of information sources...

World Wide Web resource discovery / (1999)

Xu, Jian.

Thesis (M.A.Sc.)--Nanyang Technological University, School of Applied Science, 1999.

Database Selection Techniques for Routing Bibliographic Queries (1998)

Jian Xu, Yinyan Cao, Ee-peng Lim, Wee-keong Ng

Query routing refers to the general problem of selecting from a large set of accessible information sources the ones relevant to a given query(i.e. database selection), evaluating the query on the...

Database Selection Techniques for Routing Bibliographic Queries (1998)

Jian Xu, Yinyan Cao, Ee-peng Lim, Wee-keong Ng

Query routing refers to the general problem of selecting from a large set of accessible information sources the ones relevant to a given query(i.e. database selection), evaluating the query on the...

Database Selection Techniques for Routing Bibliographic Queries (1998)

Jian Xu, Yinyan Cao, Ee-peng Lim, Wee-keong Ng

Query routing (also known as server ranking and collection fusion in some specific context) refers to the general problem of selecting from a large set of accessible information sources the ones...

Compressed Differences: An Algorithm for Fast Incremental Checkpointing (1998)

James S. Plank, Jian Xu

The overhead of saving checkpoints to stable storage is the dominant performance cost in checkpointing systems. In this paper, we present a complete study of compressed differences, a new algorithm...

Compressed Differences: An Algorithm for Fast Incremental Checkpointing (1995)

James S. Plank, Jian Xu

The overhead of saving checkpoints to stable storage is the dominant performance cost in checkpointing systems. In this paper, we present a complete study of compressed differences, a new algorithm...

A molecular sensor that allows a gut commensal to control its nutrient foundation in a competitive ecosystem

Hooper, Lora V., Xu, Jian, Falk, Per G., Midtvedt, Tore, Gordon, Jeffrey I.

Little is known about how members of the indigenous microflora interact with their mammalian hosts to establish mutually beneficial relationships. We have used a gnotobiotic mouse model to show that...

Mutually Exclusive Utilization of PR and PRM Promoters in Bacteriophage 434 OR

Xu, Jian, Koudelka, Gerald B.

Establishment and maintenance of a lysogen of the lambdoid bacteriophage 434 require that the 434 repressor both activate transcription from the PRM promoter and repress transcription from the...

Function-Based Selection and Characterization of Base-Pair Polymorphisms in a Promoter of Escherichia coli RNA Polymerase-ς70

Xu, Jian, McCabe, Barbara C., Koudelka, Gerald B.

We performed two sets of in vitro selections to dissect the role of the −10 base sequence in determining the rate and efficiency with which Escherichia coli RNA polymerase-ς70 forms stable...

Honor thy symbionts

Xu, Jian, Gordon, Jeffrey I.

Our intestine is the site of an extraordinarily complex and dynamic environmentally transmitted consortial symbiosis. The molecular foundations of beneficial symbiotic host-bacterial relationships in...

The SPOROCYTELESS gene of Arabidopsis is required for initiation of sporogenesis and encodes a novel nuclear protein

Yang, Wei-Cai, Ye, De, Xu, Jian, Sundaresan, Venkatesan

The formation of haploid spores marks the initiation of the gametophytic phase of the life cycle of all vascular plants ranging from ferns to angiosperms. In angiosperms, this process is initiated by...

Fosmid-Based Physical Mapping of the Histoplasma capsulatum Genome

Magrini, Vincent, Warren, Wesley C., Wallis, John, Goldman, William E., Xu, Jian, Mardis, Elaine R., ...

A fosmid library representing 10-fold coverage of the Histoplasma capsulatum G217B genome was used to construct a restriction-based physical map. The data obtained from three restriction endonuclease...

Dissection of Arabidopsis ADP-RIBOSYLATION FACTOR 1 Function in Epidermal Cell PolarityW⃞

Xu, Jian, Scheres, Ben

Vesicle trafficking is essential for the generation of asymmetries, which are central to multicellular development. Core components of the vesicle transport machinery, such as ADP-ribosylation factor...

An integrated functional genomics and metabolomics approach for defining poor prognosis in human neuroendocrine cancers

Ippolito, Joseph E., Xu, Jian, Jain, Sanjay, Moulder, Krista, Mennerick, Steven, Crowley, Jan R., ...

Human neuroendocrine (NE) cancers range from relatively indolent to highly aggressive. In this study, we combine functional genomics with metabolomics to identify features of NE cancers associated...

The DnaJ-Related Factor Mrj Interacts with Nuclear Factor of Activated T Cells c3 and Mediates Transcriptional Repression through Class II Histone Deacetylase Recruitment†

Dai, Yan-Shan, Xu, Jian, Molkentin, Jeffery D.

The calcium-regulated protein phosphatase calcineurin (PP2B) functions as a regulator of gene expression in diverse tissues through the dephosphorylation and activation of a family of transcription...

TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION OF CARDIAC HYPERTROPHY AND HEART FAILURE

XU, JIAN

Cardiac hypertrophy and dilatation are mediated by neuro-endocrine factors, internal stretch and stress sensitive signaling pathways, which in turn transduce alterations in cardiac gene expression...

The 14–Amino Acid CLV3, CLE19, and CLE40 Peptides Trigger Consumption of the Root Meristem in Arabidopsis through a CLAVATA2-Dependent PathwayW⃞

Fiers, Martijn, Golemiec, Elzbieta, Xu, Jian, Van Der Geest, Lonneke, Heidstra, Renze, Stiekema, Willem, ...

CLAVATA3 (CLV3), CLV3/ESR19 (CLE19), and CLE40 belong to a family of 26 genes in Arabidopsis thaliana that encode putative peptide ligands with unknown identity. It has been shown previously that...

Brassinosteroids Stimulate Plant Tropisms through Modulation of Polar Auxin Transport in Brassica and Arabidopsis

Li, Li, Xu, Jian, Xu, Zhi-Hong, Xue, Hong-Wei

Brassinosteroids (BRs) are important plant growth regulators in multiple developmental processes. Previous studies have indicated that BR treatment enhanced auxin-related responses, but the...

Identification of genes subject to positive selection in uropathogenic strains of Escherichia coli: A comparative genomics approach

Chen, Swaine L., Hung, Chia-Seui, Xu, Jian, Reigstad, Christopher S., Magrini, Vincent, Sabo, Aniko, ...

Escherichia coli is a model laboratory bacterium, a species that is widely distributed in the environment, as well as a mutualist and pathogen in its human hosts. As such, E. coli represents an...

A molecular sensor that allows a gut commensal to control its nutrient foundation in a competitive ecosystem

Hooper, Lora V., Xu, Jian, Falk, Per G., Midtvedt, Tore, Gordon, Jeffrey I.

Little is known about how members of the indigenous microflora interact with their mammalian hosts to establish mutually beneficial relationships. We have used a gnotobiotic mouse model to show that...

Mutually Exclusive Utilization of PR and PRM Promoters in Bacteriophage 434 OR

Xu, Jian, Koudelka, Gerald B.

Establishment and maintenance of a lysogen of the lambdoid bacteriophage 434 require that the 434 repressor both activate transcription from the PRM promoter and repress transcription from the...

Function-Based Selection and Characterization of Base-Pair Polymorphisms in a Promoter of Escherichia coli RNA Polymerase-ς70

Xu, Jian, McCabe, Barbara C., Koudelka, Gerald B.

We performed two sets of in vitro selections to dissect the role of the −10 base sequence in determining the rate and efficiency with which Escherichia coli RNA polymerase-ς70 forms stable...