Long-term Continuous Energy Injection in the Afterglow of GRB 060729 (2009)
Xu, Ming, Huang, Yong-Feng, Lu, Tan
A long plateau phase and an amazing brightness have been observed in the Xray afterglow of GRB 060729. This peculiar light curve is likely due to long-term energy injection in external shock. Here we...
A model for the optical flares from the Galactic tran-sient SWIFT J195509+261406 (2009)
The Galactic hard X-ray transient SWIFT J195509+261406 was first observed as a gamma-ray burst GRB 070610. Within 3 days after the burst, more than forty optical flares had been observed. Here we...
Qiu, Zhibing, Chen, Xin, Xu, Ming, Jiang, Yingshuo, Xiao, Liqiong, Liu, LeLe, ...
Abstract Background The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the safety and the cost-effectiveness of using preoperative IABP as support compared with postoperative IABP treatment in coronary...
Linna Liu, Hongwei Gao, Jiping Li, Ying Dong, Ning Liu, Jiayu Wan, ...
The present study found that ricin toxicity did not only manifest itself as inhibition of protein synthesis, but also induced apoptosis of immune cells and played an extremely significant role in...
In this paper we give regularity estimates for solutions to initial-value problem of general parabolic equations with data in adapted Besov spaces characterized by heat kernels.
British Machine Vision Conference Real-time 3D Soccer Ball Tracking from Multiple Cameras (2008)
Jinchang Ren, James Orwell, Graeme Jones, Ming Xu
A novel model for 3D soccer ball tracking is proposed, using multiple fixed cameras as input. The main problems are: successfully filtering false alarms, tracking through missing observations and...
Cao, Hui, Xiao, Jian Bo, Xu, Ming
Four different molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) were prepared using resveratrol as the template, methacrylic acid (MAA) or acrylamide (AA) as functional monomers, 2,2-azobisisobutyronitrile...
Zhang, Yi Wei, Wen, Jun, Xiao, Jian Bo, Talbot, Simon G., Li, Gloria C., Xu, Ming
This study was undertaken to elucidate the effect of diallyl disulfide (DADS), an oil-soluble organosulfur compound found in garlic, in suppressing human nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells. A potent...
Adsorption of Nucleotides on ${\beta}$-Cyclodextrin Derivative Grafted Chitosan (2008)
Xiao, Jian-Bo, Yu, Hong-Zhu, Xu, Ming, Chen, Xiao-Qing
A novel ${\beta}$-cyclodextrin derivative (CCD-C) was synthesized with chitosan and carboxymethyl-${\beta}$-cyclodextrin. Its structure was characterized by elemental analysis, infrared spectra...
Contention-aware spectrum sensing and access algorithm of cognitive network (2008)
Hu, Gang, Zhang, Qian, Xu, Ming
The technology of sensing and access the potential available spectrum is always a hot topic for cognitive radio networks. Compare to the existing works, this paper proposes a new centralized sensing...
On the Performance of Multiple Relay Zero-Forcing Precoding Based on Limited Feedback (2008)
ZENG, Erlin, ZHU, Shihua, XU, Ming, FENG, Zhenjie
Recently, it has been shown in the literature that in a relaying network utilizing multiple relay precoding techniques, the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) at each destination node will scale linearly...
Epidemiological Survey of Kawasaki Disease in Sichuan Province of China (2008)
Li, Xiao-hui, Li, Xiao-jing, Li, Hui, Xu, Ming, Zhou, Ming
Objectives: To investigate the incidence and epidemiological characteristics of Kawasaki Disease (KD) in Sichuan province of China. Methods: The questionnaire and diagnostic guideline for KD provided...
Liquid-Crystal Optical Switches and Signal Processors (2007)
Chongchang Mao, Ming Xu, Wei Feng, Jianyu Liu, Jung-chih Chiao
In this work, we presented several different types of liquid-crystal WDM (wavelength-divisionmultiplexing) signal processors including broadband optical switches, voltage-controlled variable...
The behaviour of a stiff clay behind embedded integral abutments (2007)
Xu, Ming, Bloodworth, Alan G., Clayton, Chris R.I.
Integral bridges can significantly reduce maintenance and repair costs compared with conventional bridges. However, uncertainties have arisen in the design as the soil experiences temperature-induced...
Xu, Ming, Shashilov, Victor A., Ermolenkov, Vladimir V., Fredriksen, Laura, Zagorevski, Dmitri, Lednev, Igor K.
Amyloid fibril depositions are associated with many neurodegenerative diseases as well as amyloidosis. The detailed molecular mechanism of fibrillation is still far from complete understanding. In...
Xiao, Jian Bo, Chen, Jing Wen, Xu, Ming
The essential oil of Marchantia convoluta was obtained by supercritical (carbon dioxide) extraction using methanol as a modifier. Global yields were determined according to the orthogonal design....
A Fault-recovery Routing Approach for Loop-based Clustering WSN (2007)
Xu, Ming, Zhang, Shengdong, Cao, Jiannong, Guo, Xiaoxing
Clustering has been used as an effective approach to saving energy and providing better scalability for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN). Most of the existing methods for clustering use a star-based...
The earth pressure behind full-height frame integral abutments supporting granular fill (2007)
Xu, Ming, Clayton, Chris R.I., Bloodworth, Alan G.
Compared with conventional bridges, integral bridges have no bearings or joints between the deck and abutments, and thus can significantly reduce maintenance requirements and costs over the bridge...
Intermolecular Failure of L-type Ca2+ Channel and Ryanodine Receptor Signaling in Hypertrophy (2007)
Ming Xu, Peng Zhou, Shi-Ming Xu, Yin Liu, Xinheng Feng, Shu-Hua Bai, ...
Pressure overload–induced hypertrophy is a key step leading to heart failure. The Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release (CICR) process that governs cardiac contractility is defective in hypertrophy/heart...
Xin Yu Jiang, Xiao Qing Chen, Zheng Dong, Ming Xu
A resonance light scattering technique to determine tinidazole in drugs was developed by tetraphenylboron sodium (TPB). Tinidazole was found to bind B(C6H5)4− anion and transformed to...
An Energy-Efficient Framework for Multirate Query in Wireless Sensor Networks (2007)
Yingwen Chen, Ming Xu, Huai-min Wang, Hong Va Leong, Jiannong Cao, ...
Minimizing the communication overhead is always a hot topic in wireless sensor networks. In a multirate query system, data sources disseminate the data streams to users at the frequency they request....
A Fault-recovery Routing Approach for Loop-based Clustering WSN (2007)
Xu, Ming, Zhang, Shengdong, Cao, Jiannong, Guo, Xiaoxing
Clustering has been used as an effective approach to saving energy and providing better scalability for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN). Most of the existing methods for clustering use a star-based...
A Fault-recovery Routing Approach for Loop-based Clustering WSN (2007)
Xu, Ming, Zhang, Shengdong, Cao, Jiannong, Guo, Xiaoxing
Clustering has been used as an effective approach to saving energy and providing better scalability for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN). Most of the existing methods for clustering use a star-based...
An Energy-Efficient Framework for Multirate Query in Wireless Sensor Networks (2007)
Yingwen Chen, Ming Xu, Huai-min Wang, Hong Va Leong, Jiannong Cao, ...
Minimizing the communication overhead is always a hot topic in wireless sensor networks. In a multirate query system, data sources disseminate the data streams to users at the frequency they request....
Xin Yu Jiang, Xiao Qing Chen, Zheng Dong, Ming Xu
A resonance light scattering technique to determine tinidazole in drugs was developed by tetraphenylboron sodium (TPB). Tinidazole was found to bind B(C6H5)4− anion and transformed to...
MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF ADAR2 LOCALIZATION AND SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY (2006)
ADAR2-mediated adenosine-to-inosine (A-to-I) RNA editing can affect the coding potential, splicing pattern, stability, and localization of the targeted RNA transcripts. ADAR2 contains two...
MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF ADAR2 LOCALIZATION AND SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY (2006)
ADAR2-mediated adenosine-to-inosine (A-to-I) RNA editing can affect the coding potential, splicing pattern, stability, and localization of the targeted RNA transcripts. ADAR2 contains two...
Evapotranspiration models compared on a Sierra Nevada forest ecosystem (2005)
Fisher, Joshua B, DeBiase, Terry A, Qi, Ye, Xu, Ming, Goldstein, Allen H
Evapotranspiration, a major component in terrestrial water balance and net primary productivity models, is difficult to measure and predict. This study compared five models of potential...
Rui, Tao, Feng, Qingping, Lei, Ming, Peng, Tianqing, Zhang, Jianhua, Xu, Ming, ...
Objective: Erythropoietin (EPO) prevents the myocardial dysfunction induced by ischemia/reperfusion (I/R). Since I/R-induced myocardial dysfunction is associated with an acute inflammatory response,...
Open Mass Spectrometry Search Algorithm (2004)
Geer, Lewis Y., Markey, Sanford P., Kowalak, Jeffrey A., Wagner, Lukas, Xu, Ming, Maynard, Dawn M., ...
Large numbers of MS/MS peptide spectra generated in proteomics experiments require efficient, sensitive and specific algorithms for peptide identification. In the Open Mass Spectrometry Search...
The Bauer-Furuta invariant and a cohomotopy refined Ruberman invariant / (2004)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Stony Brook, 2004.
A general framework for 3D soccer ball estimation and tracking (2004)
Jinchang Ren, James Orwell, Graeme A. Jones, Ming Xu
A general framework for automatic 3D soccer ball estimation and tracking from multiple image sequences is proposed. Firstly, the ball trajectory is modelled as planarcurves in consecutive virtual...
A General Framework For 3d Soccer Ball Estimation And Tracking (2004)
Jinchang Ren James, James Orwell, Graeme A. Jones, Ming Xu
A general framework for automatic 3D soccer ball estimation and tracking from multiple image sequences is proposed. Firstly, the ball trajectory is modelled as planarcurves in consecutive virtual...
Real-time 3D Soccer Ball Tracking (2004)
From Multiple Cameras, Jinchang Ren, James Orwell, Graeme Jones, Ming Xu
A novel model for 3D soccer ball tracking is proposed, using multiple fixed cameras as input. The main problems are: successfully filtering false alarms, tracking through missing observations and...
Tracking football players with multiple cameras (2004)
Ming Xu, James Orwell, Graeme Jones
A system is described for tracking the positions of football players during a match. The input is eight video streams from static cameras, each processed to generate measurements of the players for a...
Is the bankruptcy risk rewarded by higher expected returns? : evidence from Japan 1980-2000 / (2002)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2002.
Is the bankruptcy risk rewarded by higher expected returns? : evidence from Japan 1980-2000 / (2002)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2002.
Colour-Invariant motion detection under fast illumination changes, to be appeared (2002)
Abstract: This paper tackles the problem of robust change detection in image sequences from static cameras. Motion cues are detected using frame differencing with an adaptive background estimation...
Partial Observation vs. Blind Tracking through Occlusion (2002)
This paper presents a framework for multi-object tracking from a single fixed camera. The region-based representations of each object are tracked and predicted using a Kalman filter. A scene model is...
Robust and flexible multi-scale medial axis computation (2001)
The principle of the multi-scale medial axis (MMA) is important in that any object is detected at a blurring scale proportional to the size of the object. Thus it provides a sound balance between...
Robust and flexible multi-scale medial axis computation (2001)
The principle of the multi-scale medial axis (MMA) is important in that any object is detected at a blurring scale proportional to the size of the object. Thus it provides a sound balance between...
Total synthesis of (+) and (-)- wilforonide, (+)-triptocallol, and analogs of triptolide (2001)
(Uncorrected OCR) Abstract of thesis entitled TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF (+) AND (-)-WILFORONIDE, (+)TRIPTOCALLOL, AND ANALOGS OF TRIPTOLIDE submitted by Xu Ming for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at The...
Total synthesis of (+) and (-)- wilforonide, (+)-triptocallol, and analogs of triptolide (2001)
(Uncorrected OCR) Abstract of thesis entitled TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF (+) AND (-)-WILFORONIDE, (+)TRIPTOCALLOL, AND ANALOGS OF TRIPTOLIDE submitted by Xu Ming for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at The...
Illumination-invariant motion detection using colour mixture models (2001)
This paper tackles the problem of robust change detection in image sequences from static cameras. Motion cues are detected using frame differencing with an adaptive background estimation modelled by...
Illumination-Invariant Motion Detection Using Colour Mixture Models (2001)
This paper tackles the problem of robust change detection in image sequences from static cameras. Motion cues are detected using frame differencing with an adaptive background estimation modelled by...
Robust and flexible multi-scale medial axis computation. (2001)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Birmingham, 2001.
Presents an optical modulator based on the quantum wire structures.
Thesis (Ph. D., Neuroscience)--Northwestern University, 2000.
A Scale-Space Medialness Transform Based on Boundary Concordance Voting (1999)
The Concordance-based Medial Axis Transform (CMAT) presented in this paper is a multiscale medial axis (MMA) algorithm that computes the medial response from grey-level boundary measures. This...
A Scale-Space Medialness Transform Based on Boundary Concordance Voting (1999)
The Concordance-based Medial Axis Transform (CMAT) presented in this paper is a multiscale medial axis (MMA) algorithm that computes the medial response from grey-level boundary measures. This...
Mixed raster content (MRC) model for compound image compression (1999)
Ricardo De Queiroz, Robert Buckley, Ming Xu
This paper will describe the Mixed Raster Content (MRC) method for compressing compound images, containing both binary text and continuous-tone images. A single compression algorithm that...
The Multiscale Medial Response of Grey-level Images (1998)
Ming Xu And, Ming Xu, David Pycock
The Concordance-based Medial Axis Transform (CMAT) presented in this paper is a multiscale medial axis (MMA) algorithm that computes medial evidence from grey-level boundary measures. It differs from...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University, 1996.
A Compilation System that Integrates High Performance Fortran and Fortran M (1994)
Ian Foster, Bhaven Avalani, Alok Choudhary, Ming Xu
this paper.
Libraries For Parallel Paradigm Integration (1994)
A programming paradigm is a method for structuring programs in order to reduce the complexity of the programming task. In parallel programming, task and data parallelism are the most common...
A Compilation System That Integrates High Performance Fortran and Fortran M (1994)
Ian Foster, Bhaven Avalani, Ming Xu, Alok Choudhary
Task parallelism and data parallelism are often seen as mutually exclusive approaches to parallel programming. Yet there are important classes of application, for example in multidisciplinary...
A Compilation System That Integrates High Performance Fortran and Fortran M (1994)
Ian Foster, Bhaven Avalani, Ming Xu, Alok Choudhary
Task parallelism and data parallelism are often seen as mutually exclusive approaches to parallel programming. Yet there are important classes of application, for example in multidisciplinary...
Libraries For Parallel Paradigm Integration (1994)
A programming paradigm is a method for structuring programs in order to reduce the complexity of the programming task. In parallel programming, task and data parallelism are the most common...
Effect of vibration and package type on bruising in apples [microform] / (1992)
Thesis (M.S.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Packaging, 1992.
Effect of vibration and package type on bruising in apples / (1992)
Thesis (M.S.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Packaging, 1992.
Ph.D.
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of Chemistry.
Zhang, Jianhua, Liu, Xuesong, Scherer, David C., Van Kaer, Luc, Wang, Xiaodong, Xu, Ming
The DNA fragmentation factor 45 (DFF45) is a subunit of a heterodimeric nuclease complex critical for the induction of DNA fragmentation in vitro. To understand the in vivo role of DFF45 in...
Moratalla, Rosario, Xu, Ming, Tonegawa, Susumu, Graybiel, Ann M.
Stimulation of dopamine D1 receptors has profound effects on addictive behavior, movement control, and working memory. Many of these functions depend on dopaminergic systems in the striatum and...
Hobbs, Jacqueline A., Cho, Sungyoo, Roberts, Tonya J., Sriram, Venkataraman, Zhang, Jianhua, Xu, Ming, ...
Natural killer T (NKT) cells, a unique subpopulation of T cells, coexpress markers also present on NK cells and recognize the major histocompatibility complex class I-like CD1d1 molecule. We studied...
Dominant-negative activity of an α1B-adrenergic receptor signal-inactivating point mutation
Chen, Songhai, Lin, Fang, Xu, Ming, Hwa, John, Graham, Robert M.
α1-adrenergic receptors (α1-ARs) are members of the G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) superfamily and activate inositol phosphate (IP) turnover. We show that glycine and asparagine mutations of...
Endonuclease G is required for early embryogenesis and normal apoptosis in mice
Zhang, Jianhua, Dong, Mei, Li, Lily, Fan, Yunxia, Pathre, Purnima, Dong, Jin, ...
Endonuclease G (EndoG) is a nuclear-encoded mitochondrial protein reported to be important for both nuclear DNA fragmentation during apoptosis and mitochondrial DNA replication. To evaluate the in...
Shinagawa, Toshie, Dong, Hai-Dong, Xu, Ming, Maekawa, Toshio, Ishii, Shunsuke
The Ski and Sno oncoproteins are components of a macromolecular complex containing the co-repressor N-CoR/SMRT, mSin3 and histone deacetylase. This complex has been implicated in the transcriptional...
A Gene Encoding Sialic-Acid-Specific 9-O-Acetylesterase Found in Human Adult Testis
Zhu, Hu, Chang Chan, Hsiao, Zhou, Zuoming, Li, Jianming, Zhu, Hui, Yin, Lanlan, ...
Using differential display RT-PCR, we identified a gene of 2750 bp from human adult testis, named H-Lse, which encoded a putative protein of 523 amino acids and molecular weight of 58 kd with...
Xu, Ming, Zhou, Yan Ning, Goldstein, Beth P., Jin, Ding Jun
In this study we further defined the rifampin-binding sites in Escherichia coli RNA polymerase (RNAP) and determined the relationship between rifampin-binding sites and the binding sites of other...
Substrate-dependent Contribution of Double-stranded RNA-binding Motifs to ADAR2 Function
Xu, Ming, Wells, K. Sam, Emeson, Ronald B.
ADAR2 is a double-stranded RNA-specific adenosine deaminase involved in the editing of mammalian RNAs by the site-specific conversion of adenosine to inosine (A-to-I). ADAR2 contains two tandem...
Recent advances in basic neurosciences and brain disease: from synapses to behavior
Bi, Guo-Qiang, Bolshakov, Vadim, Bu, Guojun, Cahill, Catherine M, Chen, Zhou-Feng, Collingridge, Graham L, ...
Understanding basic neuronal mechanisms hold the hope for future treatment of brain disease. The 1st international conference on synapse, memory, drug addiction and pain was held in beautiful...
Intermolecular Failure of L-type Ca2+ Channel and Ryanodine Receptor Signaling in Hypertrophy
Xu, Ming, Zhou, Peng, Xu, Shi-Ming, Liu, Yin, Feng, Xinheng, Bai, Shu-Hua, ...
Pressure overload–induced hypertrophy is a key step leading to heart failure. The Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release (CICR) process that governs cardiac contractility is defective in hypertrophy/heart...
The Application of Resonance Light Scattering Technique for the Determination of Tinidazole in Drugs
Jiang, Xin Yu, Chen, Xiao Qing, Dong, Zheng, Xu, Ming
A resonance light scattering technique to determine tinidazole in drugs was developed by tetraphenylboron sodium (TPB). Tinidazole was found to bind B(C6H5)−4 anion and transformed to...
Contrasting nuclear dynamics of the caspase-activated DNase (CAD) in dividing and apoptotic cells
Lechardeur, Delphine, Xu, Ming, Lukacs, Gergely L.
Although compelling evidence supports the central role of caspase-activated DNase (CAD) in oligonucleosomal DNA fragmentation in apoptotic nuclei, the regulation of CAD activity remains elusive in...
Xu, Ming, Shashilov, Victor A., Ermolenkov, Vladimir V., Fredriksen, Laura, Zagorevski, Dmitri, Lednev, Igor K.
Amyloid fibril depositions are associated with many neurodegenerative diseases as well as amyloidosis. The detailed molecular mechanism of fibrillation is still far from complete understanding. In...
Hypothalamic GnRH is released into the hypophysial portal vasculature to regulate the synthesis and secretions of pituitary gonadotropins. Basal GnRH release sustains gonadotropin production and...
The role of neuropeptide Y and its receptors in the regulation of reproductive hormone secretions
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northwestern University, 2000.
Dividends for tunneling in a regulated economy: The case of China
Chen, Donghua, Jian, Ming, Xu, Ming
Some Chinese listed companies pay out high dividends, despite the weak legal and institutional pressure on them to mitigate agency problems by paying dividends. We conjecture that such a phenomenon...
Jiang, Hai-Biao, Xu, Ming, Wang, Xing-Peng
AIM: To investigate the role of pancreatic stellate cells (PSCs) and galectin-3 (GAL-3) in the proliferation and infiltration of pancreatic cancer cell line SW1990.
Analysis of Intestinal Injuries Induced by Ricin in Vitro Using SPR Technology and MS Identification
Liu, Linna, Gao, Hongwei, Li, Jiping, Dong, Ying, Liu, Ning, Wan, Jiayu, ...
The present study found that ricin toxicity did not only manifest itself as inhibition of protein synthesis, but also induced apoptosis of immune cells and played an extremely significant role in...
Soluble epoxide hydrolase plays an essential role in angiotensin II-induced cardiac hypertrophy
Ai, Ding, Pang, Wei, Li, Nan, Xu, Ming, Jones, Paul D., Yang, Jun, ...
Pathophysiological cardiac hypertrophy is one of the most common causes of heart failure. Epoxyeicosatrienoic acids, hydrolyzed and degraded by soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH), can function as...
Anti-tumor activity of erlotinib in the BxPC-3 pancreatic cancer cell line
Lu, Ying-Ying, Jing, Da-Dao, Xu, Ming, Wu, Kai, Wang, Xing-Peng
AIM: To investigate the effect and mechanism of action of erlotinib, an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), in the human pancreatic cancer cell...
Gong, Kaizheng, Li, Zijian, Xu, Ming, Du, Jianhai, Lv, Zhizhen, Zhang, Youyi
A growing body of evidence has demonstrated that p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) has a crucial role in various physiological and pathological processes mediated by β2-adrenergic...
Abstracts from Japanese Journal of Hygiene(Nihon Eiseigaku Zasshi) vol. 53 no.2
Takizawa, Toshiyuki, Nakagawa, Yuko, Takabayashi, Hirono, Takahasi, Shingo, Tatara, Kozo, Furuya, Hiroyuki, ...
The relationship between the frequency of the common cold and the activities of natural killer cells
Xu, Ming, Muto, Takashi, Yabe, Tosio, Nagao, Fumiko, Fukuwatart, Yasushi, Okumura, Ko
We investigated the relationship between the frequency of the common cold and the conditions of the body’s immune system among members of a generally healthy population. Self-reporting...