Min Yang

Publication List Details

Period

0000 - 2009

Number

77

Co-Authors

Multilevel survival analysis of health inequalities in life expectancy (2009)

Yang, Min, Eldridge, Sandra, Merlo, Juan

Abstract Background The health status of individuals is determined by multiple factors operating at both micro and macro levels and the interactive effects of them. Measures of health inequalities...

Discovery Potential of New Boson $W_1^{\pm}$ in the Minimal Higgsless Model at LHC (2009)

Bian, Jian-Guo, Chen, Guo-Ming, Chen, Ming-Shui, Li, Zu-Hao, Liang, Song, Meng, Xiang-Wei, ...

In this paper, we demonstrate the LHC discovery potential of new charged vector boson $W_1^{\pm}$ predicted by the Minimal Higgsless model in the process $pp\to W_1^{\pm}qq^{\prime}\to...

Support points of locally optimal designs for nonlinear models with two parameters (2009)

Yang, Min, Stufken, John

We propose a new approach for identifying the support points of a locally optimal design when the model is a nonlinear model. In contrast to the commonly used geometric approach, we use an approach...

Relationship between Expression of β-tubulin-Ⅲ Plus Stathmin in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and its Sensitivity to Venorelbine Chemotherapy (2009)

Xiaolin PU, Jun WANG, Lin XU, Junqing MA, Zhilu WANG, Fuyin LIU, ...

Background and objective Vinorelbine plus cisplatin/carboplatin (NP) is one of the standard combination chemotherapy regimen for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The aim of this study is...

Membrane-type acoustic metamaterial with negative dynamic mass (2008)

Yang, Zhi-Yu, Mei, Jun, Yang, Min, Chan, N. H., Sheng, Ping

We present the experimental realization and theoretical understanding of a membrane-type acoustic metamaterial with very simple construct, capable of breaking the mass density law of sound...

On the degree of homogeneous bent functions (2008)

Qing-shu Meng, Huan-guo Zhang, Min Yang, Jing-song Cui

Abstract. It is well known that the degree of a 2m-variable bent function is at most m. However, the case in homogeneous bent functions is not clear. In this paper, it is proved that there is no...

a (2008)

Min Yang, Mingue Park

crossover designs for comparing test treatments with

Analysis of affinely equivalent boolean functions, The first workshop on boolean functions and application on cryptography, also available at http://eprint.iacr.org (2008)

Qing-shu Meng, Min Yang, Huan-guo Zhang, Yuzhen Liu

By Walsh transform, autocorrelation function, decomposition, derivation and modification of truth table, some new invariants are obtained. Based on invariant theory, we get two results: first a...

Analysis of affinely equivalent boolean functions, The first workshop on boolean functions and application on cryptography, also available at http://eprint.iacr.org (2008)

Qing-shu Meng, Min Yang, Huan-guo Zhang, Yuzhen Liu

Abstract By Walsh transform, autocorrelation function, decomposition, derivation and modification of truth table, some new invariants are obtained. Based on invariant theory, we get two results:...

Almost Enumeration of eight-variable Bent Functions (2008)

Qingshu Meng, Huanguo Zhang, Jingsong Cui, Min Yang

Abstract. Bent functions are important cryptographic Boolean functions. In order to enumerate eight-variable bent functions, we solve the following three key problems. Firstly, under the action of...

An experiment study of lung ischemia-reperfusion injury of pulmonary surgery in rabbit model (2008)

Jian CHEN, Lin XU, Feng JIANG, Zhonghai DING, Min YANG, Tong ZHANG

Background and objective The blocking of pulmonary vessels, including the blocking of pulmonaryartery and pulmonary circulation, is always applied in the surgical treatment of locally advanced...

Elastic moduli and ultrasonic scattering properties of myocardium / (2007)

Yang, Min.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Washington University, 2007. Dept. of Physics.

Violence and psychiatric morbidity in a national household population: a report from the British Household Survey (2006)

Coid, Jeremy, Yang, Min, Roberts, Amanda, Ullrich, Simone, Moran, Paul, Bebbington, Paul, ...

This study measured the prevalence of self-reported violence and associations with psychiatric morbidity in a national household population, based on a cross-sectional survey in 2000 of 8,397...

Class Politics and Political Context in Britain, 1964-1997: Have Voters Become More Individualized? (2006)

Andersen, Robert, Yang, Min, Heath, Anthony F.

We assess the impact of social class and local context on individual vote in Britain from 1964 to 1997. Multilevel multinomial logit models are fit to British Election Survey data for eight elections...

Violence and Psychiatric Morbidity in a National Household Population--A Report from the British Household Survey (2006)

Coid, Jeremy, Yang, Min, Roberts, Amanda, Ullrich, Simone, Moran, Paul, Bebbington, Paul, ...

This study measured the prevalence of self-reported violence and associations with psychiatric morbidity in a national household population, based on a cross-sectional survey in 2000 of 8,397...

Class Politics and Political Context in Britain, 1964-1997: Have Voters Become More Individualized? (2006)

Andersen, Robert, Yang, Min, Heath, Anthony F.

We assess the impact of social class and local context on individual vote in Britain from 1964 to 1997. Multilevel multinomial logit models are fit to British Election Survey data for eight elections...

Optimal and efficient crossover designs for comparing test treatments with a control treatment (2005)

Hedayat, A. S., Yang, Min

This paper deals exclusively with crossover designs for the purpose of comparing t test treatments with a control treatment when the number of periods is no larger than t+1. Among other results it...

Optimal and efficient crossover designs for comparing test treatments with a control treatment (2005)

Hedayat, A. S., Yang, Min

This paper deals exclusively with crossover designs for the purpose of comparing t test treatments with a control treatment when the number of periods is no larger than t+1. Among other results it...

A brief conceptual tutorial of multilevel analysis in social epidemiology: linking the statistical concept of clustering to the idea of contextual phenomenon. (2005)

Merlo, Juan, Chaix, Basile, Yang, Min, Lynch, John, Råstam, Lennart

Study objective: This didactical essay is directed to readers disposed to approach multilevel regression analysis (MLRA) in a more conceptual than mathematical way. However, it specifically develops...

Semi-Enumeration of 8-Variable Bent Functions (2005)

Qingshu Meng, Huanguo Zhang, Jingsong Cui, Min Yang

By almost classification of R(4,7)/R(2,7) under the action of general a#ne group, and by a sieve algorithm, we gave almost all cosets of R(2,7) which can be used to construct 7-variable plateaued...

The Analysis of Affinely Equivalent Boolean Functions (2005)

Qing-shu Meng, Min Yang, Huan-guo Zhang, Yuzhen Liu

By walsh transform, autocorrelation function, decomposition, derivation and modification of truth table, some new invariants are obtained. Based on invariant theory...

Evolutionary Design of Trace Form Bent Functions (2005)

Min Yang, Qingshu Meng, Huanguo Zhang

In order to design bent functions, evolutionary algorithm based on truth table, algebraic normal form or Walsh spectra are already known. Evolutionary algorithm based on trace function form is not...

Optimal crossover designs for comparing test treatments with a control treatment (2005)

A. S. Hedayat, Min Yang

Within a large family of crossover designs this paper characterizes the mathematical structures of A-optimal and A-efficient crossover designs for the purpose of statistical comparison between t...

Analysis of the regulation of a bi-directional varicella-zoster virus (VZV) promoter [electronic resource] : The ORF 28/29 promoter / (2005)

Yang, Min.

Summary: Varicella-Zoster Virus (VZV) is a member of the alphaherpesviridae and the causative agent of two human diseases: chicken pox (varicella) and shingles (zoster). Primary systemic infection is...

On the Degree of Homogeneous Bent Functions (2004)

Qing-shu Meng, Huan-guo Zhang, Min Yang, Jing-song Cui

It is well known that the degree of a 2m-variable bent function is at most m. However, the case in homogeneous bent functions is not clear. In this paper, it is proved that there is no homogeneous...

A Novel Algorithm Enumerating Bent Functions (2004)

Meng Qing-shu, Min Yang, Huan-guo Yang, Yang Zhang, Cui Jing-song

By the relationship between the Walsh spectra at partial points and the Walsh spectra of its sub-functions, by the action of general linear group on the set of Boolean functions, and by the...

On the Degree of Homogeneous Bent Functions (2004)

Qing-shu Meng, Huan-guo Zhang, Min Yang, Jing-song Cui

It is well known that the degree of a 2m-variable bent function is at most m. However, the case in homogeneous bent functions is not clear. In this paper, it is proved that there is no homogeneous...

Universal optimality of balanced uniform crossover designs (2003)

Hedayat, A. S., Yang, Min

Kunert [Ann. Statist. 12 (1984) 1006-1017] proved that, in the class of repeated measurement designs based on t treatments, p=t periods and $n=\lambda t$ experimental units, a balanced uniform design...

Effect of neighborhood social participation on individual use of hormone replacement therapy and antihypertensive medication: a multilevel analysis. (2003)

Merlo, Juan, Lynch, John W, Yang, Min, Lindström, Martin, Ostergren, Per Olof, Rasmusen, Niels Kristian, ...

The authors investigated a possible contextual effect of neighborhood on individual use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and antihypertensive medication (AHM) and the impact of neighborhood...

Effect of Neighborhood Social Participation on Individual Use of Hormone Replacement Therapy and Antihypertensive Medication: A Multilevel Analysis (2003)

Merlo, Juan, Lynch, John W., Yang, Min, Lindström, Martin, Östergren, Per Olof, Rasmusen, Niels Kristian, ...

The authors investigated a possible contextual effect of neighborhood on individual use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and antihypertensive medication (AHM) and the impact of neighborhood...

A user’s guide to MLwiN (1998)

Jon Rasbash, William Browne, Harvey Goldstein, Min Yang, Ian Plewis, Michael Healy, ...

No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, for any purpose other than the owner's personal use,...

Laser irradiation of semicrystalline polymers /--by Min Yang. (1991)

Yang, Min.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Southern California, 1991.

Efficient crossover designs for comparing test treatments with a control treatment when p=3D3 (0000)

Yang, Min

Efficient crossover designs for comparing t test treatments to one control treatment with three periods is considered. Through this investigation and the characterization obtained for the...

The DNA Element Controlling Expression of the Varicella-Zoster Virus Open Reading Frame 28 and 29 Genes Consists of Two Divergent Unidirectional Promoters Which Have a Common USF Site

Yang, Min, Hay, John, Ruyechan, William T.

The mechanism of the divergent expression of the varicella-zoster virus (VZV) ORF 28 and ORF 29 genes from a common intergenic DNA element, the ORF 28/29 promoter, is of interest based on the...

RNA Encoding the MPT83 Antigen Induces Protective Immune Responses against Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection

Xue, Tian, Stavropoulos, Evangelos, Yang, Min, Ragno, Silvia, Vordermeier, Martin, Chambers, Mark, ...

We have previously demonstrated that vaccination of mice with plasmid DNA vectors expressing immunodominant mycobacterial genes induced cellular immune responses and significant protection against...

A Heterologous DNA Priming-Mycobacterium bovis BCG Boosting Immunization Strategy Using Mycobacterial Hsp70, Hsp65, and Apa Antigens Improves Protection against Tuberculosis in Mice

Ferraz, Jose C., Stavropoulos, Evangelos, Yang, Min, Coade, Steve, Espitia, Clara, Lowrie, Douglas B., ...

Tuberculosis is responsible for >2 million deaths a year, and the number of new cases is rising worldwide. DNA vaccination combined with Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette Guérin (BCG) represents...

Measurements of the anisotropy of ultrasonic velocity in freshly excised and formalin-fixed myocardial tissue

Baldwin, Steven L., Yang, Min, Marutyan, Karen R., Wallace, Kirk D., Holland, Mark R., Miller, James G.

The objective of this study was to quantify the anisotropy of ultrasonic velocity in freshly excised myocardial tissue and to examine the effects of formalin-fixation. Through-transmission...

Promoter Activation by the Varicella-Zoster Virus Major Transactivator IE62 and the Cellular Transcription Factor USF

Yang, Min, Peng, Hua, Hay, John, Ruyechan, William T.

The varicella-zoster virus major transactivator, IE62, can activate expression from homologous and heterologous promoters. High levels of IE62-mediated activation appear to involve synergy with...

The DNA Element Controlling Expression of the Varicella-Zoster Virus Open Reading Frame 28 and 29 Genes Consists of Two Divergent Unidirectional Promoters Which Have a Common USF Site

Yang, Min, Hay, John, Ruyechan, William T.

The mechanism of the divergent expression of the varicella-zoster virus (VZV) ORF 28 and ORF 29 genes from a common intergenic DNA element, the ORF 28/29 promoter, is of interest based on the...

RNA Encoding the MPT83 Antigen Induces Protective Immune Responses against Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection

Xue, Tian, Stavropoulos, Evangelos, Yang, Min, Ragno, Silvia, Vordermeier, Martin, Chambers, Mark, ...

We have previously demonstrated that vaccination of mice with plasmid DNA vectors expressing immunodominant mycobacterial genes induced cellular immune responses and significant protection against...

A Heterologous DNA Priming-Mycobacterium bovis BCG Boosting Immunization Strategy Using Mycobacterial Hsp70, Hsp65, and Apa Antigens Improves Protection against Tuberculosis in Mice

Ferraz, Jose C., Stavropoulos, Evangelos, Yang, Min, Coade, Steve, Espitia, Clara, Lowrie, Douglas B., ...

Tuberculosis is responsible for >2 million deaths a year, and the number of new cases is rising worldwide. DNA vaccination combined with Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette Guérin (BCG) represents...

Promoter Activation by the Varicella-Zoster Virus Major Transactivator IE62 and the Cellular Transcription Factor USF

Yang, Min, Peng, Hua, Hay, John, Ruyechan, William T.

The varicella-zoster virus major transactivator, IE62, can activate expression from homologous and heterologous promoters. High levels of IE62-mediated activation appear to involve synergy with...

Structure of a flavonoid glucosyltransferase reveals the basis for plant natural product modification

Offen, Wendy, Martinez-Fleites, Carlos, Yang, Min, Kiat-Lim, Eng, Davis, Benjamin G, Tarling, Chris A, ...

Glycosylation is a key mechanism for orchestrating the bioactivity, metabolism and location of small molecules in living cells. In plants, a large multigene family of glycosyltransferases is involved...

The crystal structure of two macrolide glycosyltransferases provides a blueprint for host cell antibiotic immunity

Bolam, David N., Roberts, Shirley, Proctor, Mark R., Turkenburg, Johan P., Dodson, Eleanor J., Martinez-Fleites, Carlos, ...

Glycosylation of macrolide antibiotics confers host cell immunity from endogenous and exogenous agents. The Streptomyces antibioticus glycosyltransferases, OleI and OleD, glycosylate and inactivate...

Characterization of a Gene Cluster Responsible for the Biosynthesis of Anticancer Agent FK228 in Chromobacterium violaceum No. 968▿

Cheng, Yi-Qiang, Yang, Min, Matter, Andrea M.

A gene cluster responsible for the biosynthesis of anticancer agent FK228 has been identified, cloned, and partially characterized in Chromobacterium violaceum no. 968. First, a genome-scanning...

Mast cells modulate the pathogenesis of elastase-induced abdominal aortic aneurysms in mice

Sun, Jiusong, Sukhova, Galina K., Yang, Min, Wolters, Paul J., MacFarlane, Lindsey A., Libby, Peter, ...

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), an inflammatory disease, involves leukocyte recruitment, immune responses, inflammatory cytokine production, vascular remodeling, neovascularization, and vascular...

Generalized linear mixed models for ordered responses in complex multilevel structures: effects beneath the school or college in education

Antony Fielding, Min Yang

The complexities of educational processes and structure and the need for disentangling effects beneath the level of the school or college are discussed. Ordinal response multilevel crossed...

Species-specific endogenous retroviruses shape the transcriptional network of the human tumor suppressor protein p53

Wang, Ting, Zeng, Jue, Lowe, Craig B., Sellers, Robert G., Salama, Sofie R., Yang, Min, ...

The evolutionary forces that establish and hone target gene networks of transcription factors are largely unknown. Transposition of retroelements may play a role, but its global importance, beyond a...

Developing tTA Transgenic Rats for Inducible and Reversible Gene Expression

Zhou, Hongxia, Huang, Cao, Yang, Min, Landel, Carlisle P, Xia, Pedro Yuxing, Liu, Yong-Jian, ...

To develop transgenic lines for conditional expression of desired genes in rats, we generated several lines of the transgenic rats carrying the tetracycline-controlled transactivator (tTA) gene....

Varicella-Zoster Virus IE62 Protein Utilizes the Human Mediator Complex in Promoter Activation▿

Yang, Min, Hay, John, Ruyechan, William T.

The varicella-zoster virus (VZV) major transactivator, IE62, is involved in the expression of all kinetic classes of VZV genes and can also activate cellular promoters, promoters from heterologous...

Locally produced C5a binds to T cell–expressed C5aR to enhance effector T-cell expansion by limiting antigen-induced apoptosis

Lalli, Peter N., Strainic, Michael G., Yang, Min, Lin, Feng, Medof, M. Edward, Heeger, Peter S.

Our recent studies have shown that immune cell–produced complement provides costimulatory and survival signals to naive CD4+ T cells. Whether these signals are similarly required during effector...

Efficient crossover designs for comparing test treatments with a control treatment when p=3D3

Yang, Min

Efficient crossover designs for comparing t test treatments to one control treatment with three periods is considered. Through this investigation and the characterization obtained for the...