Qian Liu

Suppression of growth, migration and invasion of highly-metastatic human breast cancer cells by berbamine and its molecular mechanisms of action (2009)

Wang, Shan, Liu, Qian, Zhang, Ying, Liu, Ke, Yu, Pengfei, Liu, Kun, ...

Abstract Background Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer related deaths among females worldwide. Berbamine (BER), a kind of bis-benzylisoquinoline alkaloid, has been used to treat...

The Second-Order Talbot Effect with Entangled Photon Pairs (2009)

Luo, Kai-Hong, Wen, Jianming, Chen, Xi-Hao, Liu, Qian, Xiao, Min, Wu, Ling-An

The second-order Talbot effect is analyzed for a periodic object illuminated by entangled photon pairs in both the quantum imaging and quantum lithography configurations. The Klyshko picture is...

Lensless ghost imaging with true thermal light (2009)

Chen, Xi-Hao, Liu, Qian, Luo, Kai-Hong, Wu, Ling-An

We report the first (to our knowledge) experimental demonstration of lensless ghost imaging with true thermal light. Although there is no magnification, the method is suitable for all wavelengths and...

Arbitrary-order lensless ghost imaging with thermal light (2009)

Chen, Xi-Hao, Agafonov, Ivan N., Luo, Kai-Hong, Liu, Qian, Xian, Rui, Chekhova, Maria V., ...

Arbitrary Nth-order ($N\geq2$) lensless ghost imaging with thermal light has been performed for the first time by only recording the intensities in two optical paths. It is shown that the image...

Predicting eukaryotic genes by integrating evidence (2009)

Liu, Qian

Nowadays large and complex genomes can be quickly sequenced at a low cost thanks to ever faster and cheaper genome sequencing technology. However it still remains a significant challenge to annotate...

Anopheles pseudowillmori is the predominant malaria vector in Motuo County, Tibet Autonomous Region (2009)

Song Wu, Jia-Yun Pan, Xue-Zhong Wang, Shui-Sen Zhou, Guo-Qing Zhang, Qian Liu, ...

Abstract Background Malaria is endemic in Linzhi Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), but the vector for malaria transmission had never been identified. Methods Adult Anopheles spp. were...

'Double water exclusion': a hypothesis refining the O-ring theory for the hot spots at protein interfaces (2009)

Li, Jinyan, Liu, Qian

Motivation: The O-ring theory reveals that the binding hot spot at a protein interface is surrounded by a ring of residues that are energetically less important than the residues in the hot spot. As...

Human ZCCHC12 activates AP-1 and CREB signaling as a transcriptional co-activator (2009)

Li, Hong, Liu, Qian, Hu, Xiang, Feng, Du, Xiang, Shuanglin, He, Zhicheng, ...

Mouse zinc finger CCHC domain containing 12 gene (ZCCHC12) has been identified as a transcriptional co-activator of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling, and human ZCCHC12 was reported to be...

SYNTHESIS OF A 12-BIT COMPLEX MIXER FOR FPGA IMPLEMENTATION (2008)

Qian Liu, D. Al-khalili, V. Szwarc, R. Ink

This paper presents a FPGA implementation of a multiplier-based complex mixer for communication systems that require high-throughput rates and architecture scalability. The paper focuses on the...

Reranking candidate gene models with cross-species comparison for improved gene prediction (2008)

Liu, Qian, Crammer, Koby, Pereira, Fernando CN, Roos, David S

Abstract Background Most gene finders score candidate gene models with state-based methods, typically HMMs, by combining local properties (coding potential, splice donor and acceptor patterns, etc)....

Reranking candidate gene models with cross-species comparison for improved gene prediction (2008)

Liu, Qian, Crammer, Koby, Pereira, Fernando CN, Roos, David S

Background: Most gene finders score candidate gene models with state-based methods, typically HMMs, by combining local properties (coding potential, splice donor and acceptor patterns, etc)....

Integrating Imagery Data into Spatial Databases (2008)

Qian Liu, Jason Willison

Abstract: The advances in sensors development and data acquisition techniques increasingly contribute to the quality and quantity of imagery data. The challenges that remote sensing communities are...

978-1-4244-1841-1/08/$25.00 ©2008 IEEE Access Control in e-Health Portal Systems (2008)

Shuo Lu, Yuan Hong, Qian Liu

Many e-Health portal systems are implemented using off-the-shelf software components. The security features provided by such components are usually insufficient. This paper addresses the issue from...

Genomic analysis of the chromosome 15q11-q13 Prader-Willi syndrome region and characterization of transcripts for GOLGA8E and WHCD1L1 from the proximal breakpoint region (2008)

Jiang, Yong-hui, Wauki, Kekio, Liu, Qian, Bressler, Jan, Pan, Yanzhen, Kashork, Catherine D, ...

Abstract Background Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a neurobehavioral disorder characterized by neonatal hypotonia, childhood obesity, dysmorphic features, hypogonadism, mental retardation, and...

siRNA directed against c-Myc inhibits proliferation and downregulates human telomerase reverse transcriptase in human colon cancer Colo 320 cells (2008)

Hao Huang, Nancai Yu, Lei Fu, Xiong Wei, Wen Su, Guofu Huang, ...

Abstract The c-Myc and human telomerase reverse transcriptase gene (hTERT) gene are frequently deregulated and overexpressed in malignancy. hTERT activity is induced by c-Myc and strategies designed...

Mind the gap? Estimating the effects of postponing higher education (2008)

Holmlund, Bertil, Liu, Qian, Nordström Skans, Oskar

This paper estimates the effects on earnings of ‘gap years’ between high school and university enrollment. The effect is estimated by means of standard earnings functions augmented to account for...

BMC Bioinformatics BioMed Central Methodology article (2008)

Qian Liu, Koby Crammer, O Cn Pereira, David S Roos

Reranking candidate gene models with cross-species comparison for improved gene prediction

Neuroinformatics Literature System Oriented to Knowledge Discovery: Design and Preliminary Implementation (2007)

Jun YOU, Qian LIU, Jie ZHANG

Neuroscience research has brought on enormous amounts of diverse data, this has led to the difficulty for the neuroscientists to grasp all userful information and conduct the comprehensive brain...

Customer behavior in revenue management (2006)

Liu, Qian

This thesis examines several topics incorporating customer choice behavior, customer strategic behavior and switching costs effects into revenue management. Motivated by Gallego et al. [32]'s...

Damping controller design for FACTS devices in power systems using novel control techniques / (2006)

Liu, Qian.

Power systems are under increasing stress as deregulation introduces several new economic objectives for operation. Since power systems are being operated close to their limits, weak connections,...

An ethnopharmacological study of medicinal plants of the Kamilaroi and Muruwari aboriginal communitites in northern New South Wales (2006)

Liu, Qian

Thesis (PhD)-- Macquarie University, Division of Environmental and Life Sciences, Dept. of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science. 2006.

Bactericidal and cyclooxygenase inhibitory diterpenes from Eremophila sturtii (2006)

Liu, Qian, Harrington, David, Kohen, James L, Vemulpad, Subramanyam, Jamie, Joanne F

Two serrulatane diterpenes, 3,8-dihydroxyserrulatic acid (1) and serrulatic acid (2), have been isolated from Eremophila sturtii through bioassay-guided fractionation. These compounds inhibit the...

An ethnopharmacological study of medicinal plants of the Kamilaroi and Muruwari aboriginal communitites in northern New South Wales (2006)

Liu, Qian

Thesis (PhD)-- Macquarie University, Division of Environmental and Life Sciences, Dept. of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science. 2006.

Bactericidal and cyclooxygenase inhibitory diterpenes from Eremophila sturtii (2006)

Liu, Qian, Harrington, David, Kohen, James L, Vemulpad, Subramanyam, Jamie, Joanne F

Two serrulatane diterpenes, 3,8-dihydroxyserrulatic acid (1) and serrulatic acid (2), have been isolated from Eremophila sturtii through bioassay-guided fractionation. These compounds inhibit the...

Modular Approach for Characterizing and Modeling Conducted EMI Emissions in Power Converters (2005)

Liu, Qian

With the development of power electronics, electromagnetic interference (EMI) and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) issues have become more and more important for both power converter designers and...

Modular Approach for Characterizing and Modeling Conducted EMI Emissions in Power Converters (2005)

Liu, Qian

With the development of power electronics, electromagnetic interference (EMI) and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) issues have become more and more important for both power converter designers and...

An ethnopharmacological study of medicinal plants in New South Wales (2005)

Brouwer, Nynke, Liu, Qian, Harrington, David, Kohen, James, Vemulpad, Subramanyam, Jamie, Joanne, ...

The Australian Aboriginal people have used plants as medicine and food for thousands of years, however, this traditional knowledge is documented only to a limited extent, and is in danger of being...

Optimisation of the fluorescein diacetate antibacterial assay (2005)

Wanandy, Stephanus, Brouwer, Nynke, Liu, Qian, Mahon, Andrew, Cork, Stephen, Karuso, Peter, ...

The fluorescein diacetate (FDA) antibacterial assay relies on the cleavage of fluorescein diacetate by metabolically active bacteria. The recent finding that microbiological media can lead to...

Optimisation of the fluorescein diacetate antibacterial assay (2005)

Wanandy, Stephanus, Brouwer, Nynke, Liu, Qian, Mahon, Andrew, Cork, Stephen, Karuso, Peter, ...

The fluorescein diacetate (FDA) antibacterial assay relies on the cleavage of fluorescein diacetate by metabolically active bacteria. The recent finding that microbiological media can lead to...

An ethnopharmacological study of medicinal plants in New South Wales (2005)

Brouwer, Nynke, Liu, Qian, Harrington, David, Kohen, James, Vemulpad, Subramanyam, Jamie, Joanne, ...

The Australian Aboriginal people have used plants as medicine and food for thousands of years, however, this traditional knowledge is documented only to a limited extent, and is in danger of being...

Optimisation of the fluorescein diacetate antibacterial assay (2005)

Wanandy, Stephanus, Brouwer, Nynke, Liu, Qian, Mahon, Andrew, Cork, Stephen, Karuso, Peter, ...

The fluorescein diacetate (FDA) antibacterial assay relies on the cleavage of fluorescein diacetate by metabolically active bacteria. The recent finding that microbiological media can lead to...

A high-throughput method to monitor the expression of microRNA precursors (2004)

Schmittgen, Thomas D., Jiang, Jinmai, Liu, Qian, Yang, Liuqing

microRNAs (miRNAs) are small, functional, non‐coding RNAs. miRNAs are transcribed as long primary transcripts (primary precursors) that are processed to the ∼75 nt precursors (pre‐miRNAs)...

Kinetics of aqueous phase reactions related to ozone depletion in the Arctic troposphere: Bromine chloride hydrolysis, bromide ion with ozone, and sulfur(IV) with bromine and hypobromous acid (2000)

Liu, Qian

Aqueous phase halogen reactions play an important role in tropospheric ozone depletion that is observed during Arctic sunrise where bromine chloride is a key intermediate. The temperature...

Spatial decision support system for abandoned coal mine reclamation /--Qian Liu. (2000)

Liu, Qian

"Presented to the School of Graduate Studies Department of Geography, Geology, and Anthropology."

Econometrics analysis of the urban energy transition in developing countries (1996)

Liu, Qian

This study is conducted to investigate the urban energy transition process from biomass fuels to commercial fuels in developing countries using cross-country data set. The study relates household...

Optical and morphological studies of the Si-SiO₂ interface /--by Qian Liu. (1995)

Liu, Qian.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1995.

Optical and morphological studies of the Si-SiO₂ interface [microform] / (1995)

Liu, Qian.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1995.

Three-dimensional structure model for benzenoid musks expressed by computer graphics (1992)

Yoshii, Fumiko, Hirono, Shuichi, Liu, Qian, Moriguichi, Ikuo

Structures of two strong benzenoid musks, 3,5-di-t-butylacetophenone and 5-acetyl-1,1,2,3,3,6-hexamethylindan, were optimized by PM3 (MOPAC Ver.5). Based on these structures, a three-dimensional...

Quantitative structure-activity relationships of structurally similar odorless and odoriferous benzenoid musks (1991)

Yoshii, Fumiko, Liu, Qian, Hirono, Shuichi, Moriguchi, Ikuo

To reveal the difference of molecular property between structurally similar odorless and odoriferous musk compounds, 10 pairs of benzenoids (monocyclic-, dicyclic- and tricyclic-) were examined....

A high-throughput method to monitor the expression of microRNA precursors

Schmittgen, Thomas D., Jiang, Jinmai, Liu, Qian, Yang, Liuqing

microRNAs (miRNAs) are small, functional, non-coding RNAs. miRNAs are transcribed as long primary transcripts (primary precursors) that are processed to the ∼75 nt precursors (pre-miRNAs) by the...

Simultaneous Deficiency in CD28 and STAT6 Results in Chronic Ectoparasite-Induced Inflammatory Skin Disease

Liu, Qian, Arseculeratne, Cristin, Liu, Zhugong, Whitmire, Jeannette, Grusby, Michael J., Finkelman, Fred D., ...

A mouse lacking CD28, a T-cell costimulatory molecule, and STAT6, a transcription factor that mediates interleukin-4 (IL-4) signaling, was developed from parental CD28- and STAT6-deficient mice....

Solution Structure of the Carbon Storage Regulator Protein CsrA from Escherichia coli

Gutiérrez, Pablo, Li, Yan, Osborne, Michael J., Pomerantseva, Ekaterina, Liu, Qian, Gehring, Kalle

The carbon storage regulator A (CsrA) is a protein responsible for the repression of a variety of stationary-phase genes in bacteria. In this work, we describe the nuclear magnetic resonance...

Transposons Inactivate Biosynthesis of the Nonribosomal Peptide Microcystin in Naturally Occurring Planktothrix spp.†

Christiansen, Guntram, Kurmayer, Rainer, Liu, Qian, Börner, Thomas

The filamentous cyanobacteria Planktothrix spp. occur in the temperate region of the Northern hemisphere. The red-pigmented Planktothrix rubescens bacteria occur in deep, physically stratified, and...

Mind the Gap? Estimating the Effects of Postponing Higher Education

Holmlund, Bertil, Liu, Qian, Nordström Skans, Oskar

This paper estimates the effects on earnings of “gap years” between high school and university enrollment. The effect is estimated by means of standard earnings functions augmented to account for...

Mind the Gap? Estimating the Effects of Postponing Higher Education

Bertil Holmlund, Qian Liu, Oskar Nordström Skans

This paper estimates the effects on earnings of “gap years” between high school and university enrollment. The effect is estimated by means of standard earnings functions augmented to account for...

Mind the gap? Estimating the effects of postponing higher education

Holmlund, Bertil, Liu, Qian, Nordström Skans, Oskar

This paper estimates the effects on earnings of “gap years” between high school and university enrollment. The effect is estimated by means of standard earnings functions augmented to account for...

A high-throughput method to monitor the expression of microRNA precursors

Schmittgen, Thomas D., Jiang, Jinmai, Liu, Qian, Yang, Liuqing

microRNAs (miRNAs) are small, functional, non-coding RNAs. miRNAs are transcribed as long primary transcripts (primary precursors) that are processed to the ∼75 nt precursors (pre-miRNAs) by the...

Simultaneous Deficiency in CD28 and STAT6 Results in Chronic Ectoparasite-Induced Inflammatory Skin Disease

Liu, Qian, Arseculeratne, Cristin, Liu, Zhugong, Whitmire, Jeannette, Grusby, Michael J., Finkelman, Fred D., ...

A mouse lacking CD28, a T-cell costimulatory molecule, and STAT6, a transcription factor that mediates interleukin-4 (IL-4) signaling, was developed from parental CD28- and STAT6-deficient mice....

Solution Structure of the Carbon Storage Regulator Protein CsrA from Escherichia coli

Gutiérrez, Pablo, Li, Yan, Osborne, Michael J., Pomerantseva, Ekaterina, Liu, Qian, Gehring, Kalle

The carbon storage regulator A (CsrA) is a protein responsible for the repression of a variety of stationary-phase genes in bacteria. In this work, we describe the nuclear magnetic resonance...

Transposons Inactivate Biosynthesis of the Nonribosomal Peptide Microcystin in Naturally Occurring Planktothrix spp.†

Christiansen, Guntram, Kurmayer, Rainer, Liu, Qian, Börner, Thomas

The filamentous cyanobacteria Planktothrix spp. occur in the temperate region of the Northern hemisphere. The red-pigmented Planktothrix rubescens bacteria occur in deep, physically stratified, and...

Receptor Signal Output Mediated by the ETR1 N Terminus Is Primarily Subfamily I Receptor Dependent1[W]

Xie, Fang, Liu, Qian, Wen, Chi-Kuang

etr1-1 is a dominant ethylene receptor gene in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) and confers ethylene insensitivity. The truncated etr1-1(1-349) protein is capable of repressing ethylene responses,...

Coupling of the nucleus and cytoplasm: role of the LINC complex

Crisp, Melissa, Liu, Qian, Roux, Kyle, Rattner, J.B., Shanahan, Catherine, Burke, Brian, ...

The nuclear envelope defines the barrier between the nucleus and cytoplasm and features inner and outer membranes separated by a perinuclear space (PNS). The inner nuclear membrane contains specific...

Functional association of Sun1 with nuclear pore complexes

Liu, Qian, Pante, Nelly, Misteli, Tom, Elsagga, Mohamed, Crisp, Melissa, Hodzic, Didier, ...

Sun1 and 2 are A-type lamin-binding proteins that, in association with nesprins, form a link between the inner nuclear membranes (INMs) and outer nuclear membranes of mammalian nuclear envelopes....

RTE1 Is a Golgi-Associated and ETR1-Dependent Negative Regulator of Ethylene Responses1[C][W]

Zhou, Xin, Liu, Qian, Xie, Fang, Wen, Chi-Kuang

Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) RTE1 encodes a membrane protein and negatively regulates ethylene responses. Genetic and transformation studies suggest that the function of the wild-type RTE1 is...

A high-resolution anatomical rat atlas

Bai, Xueling, Yu, Li, Liu, Qian, Zhang, Jie, Li, Anan, Han, Dao, ...

This paper reports the availability of a high-resolution atlas of the adult rat. The atlas is composed of 9475 cryosectional images captured in 4600 × 2580 × 24-bit TIFF format, constructed using...

‘Double water exclusion’: a hypothesis refining the O-ring theory for the hot spots at protein interfaces

Li, Jinyan, Liu, Qian

Motivation: The O-ring theory reveals that the binding hot spot at a protein interface is surrounded by a ring of residues that are energetically less important than the residues in the hot spot. As...

The duration of paid parental leave and children’s scholastic performance

Liu, Qian, Nordström Skans, Oskar

We study how the duration of paid parental leave affects the accumulation of cognitive skills among children. We use a reform which extended parental leave benefits from 12 to 15 months for Swedish...

The Duration of Paid Parental Leave and Children's Scholastic Performance

Liu, Qian, Nordström Skans, Oskar

We study how the duration of paid parental leave affects the accumulation of cognitive skills among children. We use a reform which extended parental leave benefits from 12 to 15 months for Swedish...

Nesprin 4 is an outer nuclear membrane protein that can induce kinesin-mediated cell polarization

Roux, Kyle J., Crisp, Melissa L., Liu, Qian, Kim, Daein, Kozlov, Serguei, Stewart, Colin L., ...

Nucleocytoplasmic coupling is mediated by outer nuclear membrane (ONM) nesprin proteins and inner nuclear membrane Sun proteins. Interactions spanning the perinuclear space create nesprin–Sun...

An ethnopharmacological study of medicinal plants of the Kamilaroi and Muruwari aboriginal communitites in northern New South Wales

Liu, Qian

Thesis (PhD)-- Macquarie University, Division of Environmental and Life Sciences, Dept. of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science. 2006.

Mind the gap? Estimating the effects of postponing higher education

Bertil Holmlund, Qian Liu, Oskar Nordström Skans

This paper estimates the effects on earnings of 'gap years' between high school and university enrollment. The effect is estimated by means of standard earnings functions augmented to account for gap...