Qiang Wang

Energy-dependent scaling of incoherent spectral weight and the origin of the waterfalls in high-Tc cuprates (2009)

Wang, Qiang, Sun, Zhe, Rotenberg, Eli, Berger, Helmuth, Eisaki, Hiroshi, Aiura, Yoshihiro, ...

The exotic physics in condensed matter systems, such as high-Tc superconductivity in cuprates, is due to the properties of the elementary excitations and their interactions. The dispersion of the...

Plans for PANDA Online Computing (2009)

Lange, Jens Soeren, Jin, Dapeng, Kirschner, Daniel, Kopp, Andreas, Kuehn, Wolfgang, Lang, Johannes, ...

The PANDA experiment will not use any hardware trigger, i.e. all raw data are streaming in the data acquisition with a bandwidth of ~280 GB/s. The PANDA Online System is designed to perform data...

Speed up Semantic Search in P2P Networks (2009)

Qiang Wang, Rui Li, Lei Chen, Jie Lian, M. Tamer Özsu

Peer-to-peer architectures become popular in modern massively distributed systems, which are often in very large scale and contain a huge volume of heterogeneous data. To facilitate the information...

Comprehensive molecular etiology analysis of nonsyndromic hearing impairment from typical areas in China (2009)

Yuan, Yongyi, You, Yiwen, Huang, Deliang, Cui, Jinghong, Wang, Yong, Wang, Qiang, ...

Abstract Background Every year, 30,000 babies are born with congenital hearing impairment in China. The molecular etiology of hearing impairment in the Chinese population has not been investigated...

δ-Opioid receptor activation attenuates oxidative injury in the ischemic rat brain (2009)

Yang, Yilin, Xia, Xiwei, Zhang, Yi, Wang, Qiang, Li, Lu, Luo, Guanghua, ...

Abstract Background We have recently shown that δ-opioid receptors (DORs) play an important role in neuroprotection from hypoxic injury via the regulation of extracellular signaling-regulated kinase...

Promotion operator on rigged configurations of type A (2009)

Schilling, Anne, Wang, Qiang

Recently, the analogue of the promotion operator on crystals of type A under a generalization of the bijection of Kerov, Kirillov and Reshetikhin between crystals (or Littlewood--Richardson tableaux)...

ATCA-BASED COMPUTATION PLATFORM FOR DATA ACQUISITION AND TRIGGERING IN PARTICLE PHYSICS EXPERIMENTS (2009)

Ming Liu, Johannes Lang, Shuo Yang, Wolfgang Kuehn, Hao Xu, Dapeng Jin, ...

An ATCA-based computation platform for data acquisition and trigger applications in nuclear and particle physics experiments has been developed. Each Compute Node (CN) which appears as a Field...

CLASSIFICATION OF BRAIN TUMORS IN MR IMAGES (2009)

Qiang Wang, Eirini Karamani Liacouras, Erickson Mir

We study the problem of classifying brain tumors as benign or malignant using information from magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) to assist in clinical...

Studying Soft Matter with "Soft" Potentials: Fast Lattice Monte Carlo Simulations and Corresponding Lattice Self-Consistent Field Calculations (2009)

Wang, Qiang

The basic idea of fast Monte Carlo (MC) simulations is to perform particle-based MC simulations with the excluded-volume interactions modeled by "soft" repulsive potentials that allow particle...

Lipase-Catalyzed Acyl-L-Carnitines Synthesis in [Bmim]PF6 Ionic Liquid (2009)

Tian, Jin-qiang, Wang, Qiang, Zhang, Zhong-yuan

In order to significantly improve the biosynthesis of acyl-L-carnitines catalyzed by lipase, there must be an efficient and suitable reaction medium that is not only polar but also hydrophobic....

Lipase-Catalyzed Acyl-L-Carnitines Synthesis in [Bmim]PF6 Ionic Liquid (2009)

Tian, Jin-qiang, Wang, Qiang, Zhang, Zhong-yuan

In order to significantly improve the biosynthesis of acyl-L-carnitines catalyzed by lipase, there must be an efficient and suitable reaction medium that is not only polar but also hydrophobic....

Lipase-Catalyzed Acyl-L-Carnitines Synthesis in [Bmim]PF6 Ionic Liquid (2009)

Tian, Jin-qiang, Wang, Qiang, Zhang, Zhong-yuan

In order to significantly improve the biosynthesis of acyl-L-carnitines catalyzed by lipase, there must be an efficient and suitable reaction medium that is not only polar but also hydrophobic....

Lipase-Catalyzed Acyl-L-Carnitines Synthesis in [Bmim]PF6 Ionic Liquid (2009)

Tian, Jin-qiang, Wang, Qiang, Zhang, Zhong-yuan

In order to significantly improve the biosynthesis of acyl-L-carnitines catalyzed by lipase, there must be an efficient and suitable reaction medium that is not only polar but also hydrophobic....

A novel and stable "two-hit" acute lung injury model induced by oleic acid in piglets (2009)

Li, Xiaofeng, Liu, Yinglong, Wang, Qiang, Zhu, Yaobin, Lv, Xiaodong, Liu, Jinping

Abstract Background Children are susceptible to pulmonary injury, and acute lung injury (ALI) often results in a high mortality and financial cost in pediatric patients. Evidence has showed that...

Dichlorido{N-[1-(2-pyridyl)ethylidene]ethane-1,2-diamine}copper(II) (2009)

Qiang Wang, Cai-Feng Bi, Da-Qi Wang, Yu-Hua Fan

The title complex, [CuCl2(C9H13N3)], is mononuclear and contains a five-coordinate CuII atom. The geometry of the CuII atom can be described as tetragonal-pyramidal derived from the calculation of...

Tetra-μ-acetato-κ8O:O′-bis{[2-(2-furyl)-1-(2-furylmethyl)-1H-benzimidazole-κN3]copper(II)} (2009)

Qiang Wang, Cai-Feng Bi, Da-Qi Wang, Yu-Hua Fan, Ji-Tian Liu

The title complex, [Cu2(CH3COO)4(C16H12N2O2)2], forms a dimer of the paddle-wheel type located on a crystallographic inversion centre. The two CuII atoms [Cu...Cu = 2.7254 (11) Å]...

10-Benzyl-10H-phenothiazine 9-oxide (2009)

Zhouqing Xu, Yanchun Sun, Lei Yang, Qiang Wang

In the title compound, C19H15NOS, the butterfly angle between the mean planes defined by the S, N and phenyl C atoms of the two wings of the phenothiazine unit is 23.4 (1)°. In the...

10-Acetyl-10H-phenothiazine 5-oxide (2009)

Qiang Wang, Lei Yang, Zhouqing Xu, Yanchun Sun

In the title compound, C14H11NO2S, the sulfoxide O atom is disordered over two sites with occupancies of 0.886 (4) and 0.114 (4), reflecting a partial inversion of the lone pair at the...

Embryo-uterine cross-talk during implantation: the role of Wnt signaling (2009)

Chen, Qi, Zhang, Ying, Lu, Jinhua, Wang, Qiang, Wang, Shuangjie, Cao, Yujing, ...

During mammalian pregnancy, it has been demonstrated that the quality of embryo implantation determines the quality of ongoing pregnancy and fetal development. Recent studies have provided increasing...

Bis(2-butyliminomethyl-5-methoxyphenolato-κ2N,O1)zinc(II) (2009)

Jun Yang, Jin Li, Xian Zhang, Qiang Wang

In the centrosymmetric title compound, [Zn(C12H16NO2)2], the ZnII centre is coordinated by two O,N-bidentate Schiff base ligands, resulting in a slightly distorted trans-ZnN2O2 square-planar geometry...

Bis{2-[3-(dimethylamino)propyliminomethyl]-4,6-disulfanylphenolato}cobalt(II) (2009)

Hai-Yan Li, Li-Jun Wang, Qiang Wang, Qing-Fu Zeng

In the title mononuclear complex, [Co(C12H17N2OS2)2], the CoII atom is four-coordinated by two N,O-bidentate Schiff base ligands, resulting in a slightly distorted trans-CoN2O2 square-planar...

Bis(2-cyclohexyliminomethyl-4,6-disulfanylphenolato)nickel(II) acetonitrile solvate (2009)

Qiang Wang, Jian Hou, Peng Huang, Qing-Fu Zeng

In the title compound, [Ni(C13H16NOS2)2]·CH3CN, the NiII atom is four-coordinated by two N,O-bidentate Schiff base ligands, resulting in a distorted tetrahedral coordination for the metal ion.

Bis{5-methoxy-2-[(1H-pyrrol-2-yl)methyliminomethyl]phenolato}zinc(II) (2009)

Ying-Jie Cai, Peng Huang, Jin Li, Qiang Wang

The title compound, [Zn(C13H13N2O2)2], contains a Zn(II) centre, located on a twofold rotation axis, that is coordinated by two O atoms and two N atoms from two salicylal Schiff base molecules. The...

Bis[2-(3,4-disulfanylphenyl)acetato]bis(2-methyl-1H-imidazole-κN3)zinc(II) (2009)

Qiang Wang, Li-Jun Wang, Jian Hou

In the title mononuclear zinc(II) complex, [Zn(C8H7O2S2)2(C4H6N2)2], the ZnII atom, lying on a twofold axis, is coordinated by two O atoms from two 2-(3,4-disulfanylphenyl)acetate anions and by two N...

Bis{2-[(1H-pyrrol-2-yl)methyliminomethyl]phenolato-κ2N,O}zinc(II) (2009)

Yong-Ming Cui, Xian Zhang, Lian Liu, Qiang Wang

In the title compound, [Zn(C12H11N2O)2], the ZnII atom, lying on an inversion center, is coordinated by two O atoms and two N atoms from two salicylal Schiff base ligands in a distorted square-planar...

4,4′,6,6′-Tetrahydroseleno-2,2′-[(E,E)-cyclohexane-1,2-diylbis(nitrilomethylidyne)]diphenol (2009)

Qiang Wang, Ru-Hua Zha, Ji-Wen Yuan, Qing-Fu Zeng

In the title molecule, C20H22N2O2Se4, the dihedral angle between the pendant aromatic rings is 67.1 (2)°. The conformation is stabilized by two intramolecular O—H...N hydrogen bonds.

2-Methoxy-6-[(Z)-[(5-methyl-2-pyridyl)iminomethyl]phenol (2009)

Xin-Yu Liu, Yu-Hua Fan, Cai-Feng Bi, Qiang Wang, Yuan Gao

The title compound, C14H14N2O2, was obtained by a condensation reaction between o-vanillin and 5-methylpyridin-2-amine. In the molecule, the dihedral angle between the pyridine and benzene rings is...

Diaquabis[3-(2-sulfanylphenyl)prop-2-enoato]zinc(II) dihydrate (2009)

Qiang Wang, Jian Hou, Li-Jun Wang, Qing-Fu Zeng

In the title compound, [Zn(C9H7O2S)2(H2O)2]·2H2O, the ZnII atom (site symmetry overline{1}) is four-coordinated by two O atoms from 3-(2-sulfanylphenyl)prop-2-enoate anions and two aqua O atoms...

4-Hydroxymethyl-2-methoxyphenol (2009)

Qiang Wang, Suo-Ping Li

The title compound, C8H10O3, is close to planar (r.m.s. deviation = 0.042 Å) apart from the hydroxyl O atom [deviation = 1.285 (1) Å] and an intramolecular O—H...O...

1118 Performance Analysis of a Multimedia CDMA Network with Coding and Power Control (2008)

Bo Wu, Qiang Wang

Abstract- In this paper, CDMA is used to mul-tiplex different services in a multimedia network where multi-access interference is approximated as Gaussian distributed. When Rayleigh fading is present...

High Efficient Context-Based Variable Length Coding with Parallel Orientation (2008)

Qiang Wang, Debin Zhao, Wen Gao, Siwei Ma

Abstract. Entropy coding is one of the most important techniques in video codec. Two main criteria to assess an entropy coder are coding efficiency and friendly realization characteristic. In the...

Nest Raising by Red-crowned Cranes in Response to Human-mediated Flooding at Zhalong Nature Reserve, China (2008)

Qiang Wang, Feng Li

Water was released from a reservoir in May 2005 to restore the wetland of international importance at Zhalong, China. As a result, the water level on the floodplain rose rapidly. A pair of...

Optimal Subsequence Bijection (2008)

Longin Jan Latecki, Qiang Wang, Suzan Koknar-tezel, Vasileios Megalooikonomou

We consider the problem of elastic matching of sequences of real numbers. Since both a query and a target sequence may be noisy, i.e., contain some outlier elements, it is desirable to exclude the...

An Efficient Eigenvalue-based P2P XML Routing Framework (2008)

Qiang Wang

Many emerging applications that use XML are distributed, usually over large peer-to-peer (P2P) networks on the Internet. The deployment of an XML query shipping system over P2P networks requires a...

Fuzzy Clustering Algorithm Based on Tree for Association Rules (2008)

Dechang Pi, Xiaolin Qin, Qiang Wang

It is one of the problems in association rules mining that a great many of rules generated from the dataset makes it difficult to analyze and use. An algorithm named FCABTAR for association rules...

FEAT: Improving Accuracy in End-to-end Available Bandwidth Measurement (2008)

Qiang Wang, Liang Cheng

Abstract—This report describes our ongoing work on a new end-to-end available-bandwidth measurement tool: FEAT (Fish-Eye Availablebandwidth Tool). FEAT features a new dynamic pattern of probes...

Context-Based 2D-VLC for Video Coding (2008)

Qiang Wang, Debin Zhao, Siwei Ma, Yan Lu, Qingming Huang, Wen Gao

It is well observed that usually the run-length of successive zero coefficients becomes longer and the magnitude of non-zero coefficients gets smaller while the DCT subband frequency increases. So...

Adaptive Real-Time Publish-Subscribe Messaging for Distributed Monitoring Systems (2008)

Qiang Wang, Jun-gang Xu, Hong-an Wang, Guo-zhong Dai

Abstract: Many complex distributed real-time applications, monitoring and controlling the external environment, require sophisticated processing and sharing of an extensive amount of data under...

Automatic 3D Face Modeling from Video (2008)

Le Xin, Qiang Wang, Jianhua Tao, Xiaoou Tang, Tieniu Tan, Harry Shum

In this paper, we develop an efficient technique for fully automatic recovery of accurate 3D face shape from videos captured by a low cost camera. The method is designed to work with a short video...

Template synthesis of aligned carbon nanotube arrays using glucose as a carbon source: Pt decoration of inner and outer nanotube surfaces for fuel-cell catalysts (2008)

Wen, Zhenhai, Wang, Qiang, Li, Jinghong

A facile method is developed to synthesize aligned arrays of open-ended carbon nanotubes (CNTs) via in situ glucose polymerization in the inner pores of anodic aluminum oxide templates under...

Optimal Subsequence Bijection (2008)

Longin Jan Latecki, Qiang Wang, Suzan Koknar-tezel, Vasileios Megalooikonomou

We consider the problem of elastic matching of sequences of real numbers. Since both a query and a target sequence may be noisy, i.e., contain some outlier elements, it is desirable to exclude the...

A Medical Image Retrieval Framework (2008)

Qiang Wang, Vasileios Megalooikonomou, Despina Kontos

Many investigators are incorporating medical image feature analysis into computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) systems to increase the precision and accuracy of characterization by radiologists. Searching...

A Clustering Algorithm for Intrusion Detection (2008)

Qiang Wang Vasileios, Qiang Wang, Vasileios Megalooikonomou

In this paper, we introduce a new clustering algorithm, FCC, for intrusion detection based on the concept of fuzzy connectedness. This concept was introduced by Rosenfeld in 1979 and used with...

Protective Immune Response of Bacterially-Derived Recombinant FaeG in Piglets (2008)

Yahong, Huang, Liang, Wanqi, Pan, Aihu, Zhou, Zhiai, Wang, Qiang, Huang, Cheng, ...

FaeG is the key factor in the infection process of K88ad enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) fimbrial adhesin. In an attempt to determine the possibility of expressing recombinant FaeG with...

DNA photonics-probing photoinduced dynamics in DNA on the femtosecond time scale (2008)

Wang, Qiang

This dissertation introduces a new field of DNA photonics centering on the electronic properties of DNA, which emerges after the initial controversies regarding the long-range conductivity and...

Bis(acetato-κ2O,O′)bis(2-aminopyridine-κN)nickel(II) (2008)

Qiang Wang, Da-Qi Wang

The title complex, [Ni(C2H3O2)2(C5H6N2)2], has a distorted octahedral geometry around the Ni atom. Intermolecular and intramolecular N—H...O hydrogen bonds exist in the crystal structure.

N-[4-(Dimethylamino)benzylidene]-4-ethoxyaniline (2008)

Qiang Wang, Da-Qi Wang

In the title compound, C17H20N2O, the molecular core is planar, with a central C—N=C—C torsion angle of −179.3 (3)°. However, the overall geometry is not planar, with a...

Aquabis(o-vanillinato-κ2O,O′)nickel(II) (2008)

Qiang Wang, Da-Qi Wang

The NiII atom in the title complex, aquabis(2-formyl-6-methoxyphenolato-κ2O,O′)nickel(II), [Ni(C8H7O3)2(H2O)], is five-coordinated by four O atoms from two o-vanillinate ligands and one...

The Dynamics of Workplace Harassment and Revenge: Mediation and Moderation Effects (2008)

Wang, Qiang

This study examined the mediating role of rumination, state anger, and blame attribution, and the moderating role of trait forgiveness in the relationship between workplace harassment and revenge...

Poly[tris(μ3-5-aminoisophthalato)diaquadicerium(III)] (2008)

Hui-Jie Ma, Yu-Hua Fan, Qiang Wang, Cai-Feng Bi, Dong-Mei Zhang

In the title complex, [Ce2(C8H5NO4)3(H2O)2]n, each Ce ion is in nine-coordinated environment. Eight O atoms from six ligands participate in coordination, in addition to one O atom from a water...

5-Methyl-2-phenyl-2H-pyrazol-3-ol (2008)

Qiang Wang, Yi Zhang, Rong Wang, Yi-Lin Yang, Feng Zhi

The title compound, C10H10N2O, known as Edaravone (MCI-186), was crystallized from methanol. The two independent molecules in the asymmetric unit are linked through an O—H...O hydrogen bond....

Methyl 5-[N,N-bis(methoxycarbonylmethyl)amino]-4-cyano-2-methoxycarbonyl-3-thiopheneethanoate (2008)

Qiang Wang, Zhong-Shu Li, Bai-Wang Sun

In the title compound, C16H18N2O8S, derived from ranelic acid, there is a highly substituted thiophene ring. The crystal structure involves intermolecular C—H...O and C—H...S hydrogen...

Synthesis of methylenebisamides using CC- or DCMT-activated DMSO (2008)

Qiang Wang, Lili Sun, Yu Jiang, Chunbao Li

Bisamides are key fragments for the introduction of gem-diaminoalkyl residues into retroinverso pseudopeptide derivatives and in the synthesis of peptidomimetic compounds. The literature methods for...

The Dynamics of Workplace Harassment and Revenge: Mediation and Moderation Effects (2008)

Wang, Qiang

This study examined the mediating role of rumination, state anger, and blame attribution, and the moderating role of trait forgiveness in the relationship between workplace harassment and revenge...

A BBP-Mud2p heterodimer mediates branchpoint recognition and influences splicing substrate abundance in budding yeast (2008)

Wang, Qiang, Zhang, Li, Lynn, Bert, Rymond, Brian C.

The 3′ end of mammalian introns is marked by the branchpoint binding protein, SF1, and the U2AF65-U2AF35 heterodimer bound at an adjacent sequence. Baker's yeast has equivalent proteins,...

Simulation Of Power Control And Diversity Of Cellular Cdma (2007)

Roman Pichna, Qiang Wang, Vijay K. Bhargava, Jialin Zou, Ron Kerr

This paper presents a software package we have developed for the simulation of a cellular code division multiple access (CDMA) system. In the simulated system, a number of factors are taken into...

Combined Locking Approach for Scheduling Hard Real-Time Transactions in Real-Time Databases (2007)

Qiang Wang, Hong-an Wang, Guo-zhong Dai

Previous work has shown the superiority of the optimistic protocols over the lock-based protocols for scheduling soft or firm real-time transactions. However, optimistic protocols cannot provide...

The Finite Element Ocean Model and its aspect of vertical discretization (2007)

Wang, Qiang

The ocean bottom topography influences the general ocean circulation through a variety of processes. They can be of dynamical origin like topographic Rossby waves and topographic steering of the...

FOXP3 is a homo-oligomer and a component of a supramolecular regulatory complex disabled in the human XLAAD/IPEX autoimmune disease (2007)

Li, Bin, Samanta, Arabinda, Song, Xiaomin, Iacono, Kathryn T., Brennan, Patrick, Chatila, Talal A., ...

We have found that FOXP3 is an oligomeric component of a large supramolecular complex. Certain FOXP3 mutants with single amino acid deletions in the leucine zipper domain of FOXP3 are associated with...

Highly asymmetric rice genomes (2007)

Ding, Jing, Araki, Hitoshi, Wang, Qiang, Zhang, Pengfei, Yang, Sihai, Chen, Jian-Qun, ...

Abstract Background Individuals in the same species are assumed to share the same genomic set. However, it is not unusual to find an orthologous gene only in small subset of the species, and recent...

Seasonality in the response of sea ice and upwelling to wind forcing in the southern Beaufort Sea (2007)

Wang, Qiang

The seasonal pattern of ice motion in response to wind forcing and potential consequences to upwelling on the Mackenzie Shelf are considered using satellite-derived ice motion data from the National...

On Polynomials of the Form xrf(x(q−1)/l) (2007)

Amir Akbary, Qiang Wang

We give a general criterion for permutation polynomials of the form xrf(x(q−1)/l), where r≥1, l≥1 and l∣(q−1). We employ this criterion to...

An elastic partial shape matching technique (2007)

Longin Jan Latecki, Vasileios Megalooikonomou, Qiang Wang, Deguang Yu

We consider the problem of partial shape matching. We propose to transform shapes into sequences and utilize an algorithm that determines a subsequence of a target sequence that best matches a query....

Sequence matching capable of excluding outliers (2007)

Longin Jan Latecki, Suzan Koknar-tezel, Qiang Wang, Vasileios Megalooikonomou

We consider the problem of elastic matching of sequences of real numbers. Since both a query and a target sequence may be noisy, i.e., contain some outlier elements, it is desirable to exclude the...

CAD techniques for power optimization in Virtex-5 FPGAs (2007)

Subodh Gupta, Jason Anderson, Linda Farragher, Qiang Wang

We consider dynamic power dissipation in FPGAs and present CAD techniques for dynamic power reduction. The proposed techniques, comprising power-aware placement, routing, and a novel post-routing...

Seasonality in the response of sea ice and upwelling to wind forcing in the southern Beaufort Sea (2007)

Wang, Qiang

The seasonal pattern of ice motion in response to wind forcing and potential consequences to upwelling on the Mackenzie Shelf are considered using satellite-derived ice motion data from the National...

On Polynomials of the Form xrf(x(q−1)/l) (2007)

Amir Akbary, Qiang Wang

We give a general criterion for permutation polynomials of the form xrf(x(q−1)/l), where r≥1, l≥1 and l∣(q−1). We employ this criterion to characterize several classes of permutation...

Plasma diagnostics and modeling of direct current microplasma discharges at atmospheric pressure / (2006)

Wang, Qiang.

Degree granted by Dept. of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Cullen College of Engineering.

Effects of soybean isoflavones on expression levels of osteoprotegerin and osteoprotegerin ligand mRNAs in bone tissues of ovariectomized rats (2006)

Qiang WANG

Objective: To investigate the effects of soybean isoflavones (SI) on expression levels of osteoprotegerin (OPG) and osteoprotegerin ligand (OPGL) mRNAs in bone tissues of ovariectomized rats, and to...

An XML Routing Synopsis for Unstructured P2P Networks (2006)

Qiang Wang

Many emerging applications that use XML are distributed, usually over large peer-to-peer (P2P) networks on the Internet. The deployment of an XML query shipping system over P2P networks requires a...

Dynamic user modeling for sketch-based user interface. LNCS 3942 (2006)

Zhengxing Sun, Bin Li, Qiang Wang, Guihuan Feng

Abstract. This paper presents a strategy of dynamic user modeling for sketchbased user interface. A user model is defined as an incremental decision tree for a specific user. A drawing style modeling...

Petrogenesis of Adakitic Porphyries in an Extensional Tectonic Setting, Dexing, South China: Implications for the Genesis of Porphyry Copper Mineralization (2006)

WANG, QIANG, XU, JI-FENG, JIAN, PING, BAO, ZHI-WEI, ZHAO, ZHEN-HUAN, LI, CHAO-FENG, ...

The Dexing adakitic porphyries (quartz diorite–granodiorite porphyries), associated with giant porphyry Cu deposits, are located in the interior of a continent (South China). They exhibit...

Polyelectrolyte Layer-by-Layer Assembly from Self-Consistent Field Calculations (2005)

Wang, Qiang

We have modeled the layer-by-layer assembly process of flexible polyelectrolytes on flat surfaces. The multilayer has a three-zone structure. An exponential growth is found for the first several...

All optical logic operations using semiconductor optical amplifier based devices (2005)

Wang, Qiang

High-speed optical processing technologies are essential for the construction of all-optical networks in the information era. In this Ph. D. thesis dissertation, essential mechanisms related to the...

The Effects of Chinese Traditional Processing Method on Components in Semen Sinapis Albae (2005)

Suqin Sun,, Qiang Wang

Techniques of infrared (IR) spectrophotometry, High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) and HPLC-mass spectrometry are employed in this study to reveal the changes of the components in Semen...

On some permutation polynomials over finite fields (2005)

Amir Akbary, Qiang Wang

Let p be prime, q=pm, and q−1=7s. We completely describe the permutation behavior of the binomial P(x)=xr(1+xes) (1≤e≤6) over a finite field Fq in terms of the...

A multiresolution symbolic representation of time series (2005)

Vasileios Megalooikonomou, Qiang Wang, Guo Li, Christos Faloutsos

Efficiently and accurately searching for similarities among time series and discovering interesting patterns is an important and non-trivial problem. In this paper, we introduce a new representation...

A multiresolution symbolic representation of time series (2005)

Qiang Wang, Vasileios Megalooikonomou, Guo Li

Various representations have been proposed for time series to facilitate similarity searches and discovery of interesting patterns. Although the Euclidean distance and its variants have been most...

On some permutation polynomials over finite fields (2005)

Amir Akbary, Qiang Wang

Let p be prime, q=pm, and q−1=7s. We completely describe the permutation behavior of the binomial P(x)=xr(1+xes) (1≤e≤6) over a finite field Fq in terms of the sequence {an} defined by the...

Petrogenesis of Adakitic Porphyries in an Extensional Tectonic Setting, Dexing, South China: Implications for the Genesis of Porphyry Copper Mineralization (2005)

WANG, QIANG, XU, JI-FENG, JIAN, PING, BAO, ZHI-WEI, ZHAO, ZHEN-HUAN, LI, CHAO-FENG, ...

The Dexing adakitic porphyries (quartz diorite-granodiorite porphyries), associated with giant porphyry Cu deposits, are located in the interior of a continent (South China). They exhibit relatively...

Chemical engineering of nanoshell chemical reactors (2004)

Wang, Qiang.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Notre Dame, 2004.

Maximum likelihood estimation of phylogenetic tree with evolutionary parameters (2004)

Wang, Qiang

This thesis deals with issues in the maximum likelihood estimation of phylogenetic tree construction. The maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) of evolutionary parameters is shown to be asymptotically...

Implementation of a multi-agent embedded controller / (2004)

Wang, Qiang.

"Supervisor, Associate Professor Ling Keck Voon."

Chemical engineering of nanoshell chemical reactors (2004)

Wang, Qiang.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Notre Dame, 2004.

An MCMC Feature Selection Technique for Characterizing And Classifying Spatial Region Data (2004)

Despina Kontos, Vasileios Megalooikonomou, Markus J. Sobel, Qiang Wang

We focus on characterizing spatial region data when distinct classes of structural patterns are present. We propose a novel statistical approach based on a supervised framework for reducing the...

An MCMC Feature Selection Technique for Characterizing and Classifying Spatial Region Data (2004)

Despina Kontos, Vasileios Megalooikonomou, Marc J. Sobel, Qiang Wang

We focus on characterizing spatial region data when distinct classes of structural patterns are present. We propose a novel statistical approach based on a supervised framework for reducing the...

Learning descriptive and distinctive parts of objects with a part-based shape similarity measure (2004)

Rolf Lakämper, Longin Jan Latecki, Vasileios Megalooikonomou, Qiang Wang, Xinzhen Wang

In this paper we present a novel approach to learn visual parts of objects. The learned set of visual parts is optimized to yield an optimal performance for recognition of new objects. We divide the...

Application of time series techniques to data mining and analysis of spatial patterns (2004)

Qiang Wang, Despina Kontos, Guo Li, Vasileios Megalooikonomou

Analysis of spatial patterns in images can provide valuable information in many application domains, such as in geography, meteorology and medicine. We propose to apply techniques from the time...

A Dimensionality Reduction Technique for Efficient Similarity Analysis of Time Series Databases (2004)

Vasileios Megalooikonomou, Guo Li, Qiang Wang

Efficiently searching for similarities among time series and discovering interesting patterns is an important and non-trivial problem with applications in many domains. The high dimensionality of the...

Charge transfer complex inimer: A facile route to dendritic materials (2003)

Wang, Wenxin, Yan, Deyue, Bratton, Daniel, Howdle, Steven M, Wang, Qiang, Lecomte, Philippe

A versatile approach to the preparation of hyperbranched polymers, in which an inimer is used to assemble a charge transfer complex (CTC) with conventional vinyl monomers, is reported. A novel...

Behavior of single nanoparticle/homopolymer chain in ordered structures of diblock copolymers (2003)

Wang, Qiang, Nealey, Paul F., De Pablo, Juan J.

This material is presented to ensure timely dissemination of scholarly and technical work. Copyright and all rights therein are retained by authors or by other copyright holders. All persons copying...

Learning Object Intrinsic Structure for Robust Visual Tracking (2003)

Qiang Wang, Guangyou Xu, Haizhou Ai

In this paper, a novel method to learn the intrinsic object structure for robust visual tracking is proposed. The basic assumption is that the parameterized object state lies on a low dimensional...

Tetramethylpyrazine attenuates spinal cord ischemic injury due to aortic cross-clamping in rabbits (2002)

Chen, Shaoyang, Xiong, Lize, Wang, Qiang, Sang, Hanfei, Zhu, Zhenhua, Dong, Hailong, ...

Abstract Background Lower limb paralysis occurs in 11% of patients after surgical procedure of thoracic or thoracoabdominal aneurysms and is an unpredictable and distressful complication. The aim of...

A Probabilistic Dynamic Contour Model for Accurate and Robust Lip Tracking (2002)

Qiang Wang, Haizhou Ai, Guangyou Xu

In this paper a new Condensation style contour tracking method called Probabilistic Dynamic Contour (PDC) is proposed for lip tracking: a novel mixture dynamic model is designed to represent shape...

Demonstration tools for Collaborative E-Learning (2002)

Qiang Wang Drew, Qiang Wang, G. Drew Kessler, Glenn D. Blank, William M. Pottenger

We describe a demonstration tool for teaching assistants, a synchronous/different place groupware application developed to encourage students to interact with instructors and TA's through...

Robust speech coding for error prone channels / (2001)

Wang, Qiang.

Thesis (M. Phil.)--Nanyang Technological University, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2001.

Monte Carlo simulations of diblock copolymer thin films confined between two homogeneous surfaces (2000)

Wang, Qiang, Yan, Qiliang, Nealey, Paul F., De Pablo, Juan J.

This material is presented to ensure timely dissemination of scholarly and technical work. Copyright and all rights therein are retained by authors or by other copyright holders. All persons copying...

Symmetric diblock copolymer thin films confined between homogeneous and patterned surfaces: Simulations and theory (2000)

Wang, Qiang, Nath, Shyamal K., Graham, Michael D., Nealey, Paul F., De Pablo, Juan J.

This material is presented to ensure timely dissemination of scholarly and technical work. Copyright and all rights therein are retained by authors or by other copyright holders. All persons copying...

Conceptually new deltanoids (vitamin D analogs) inhibit multistage skin tumorigenesis (2000)

Kensler, Thomas W., Dolan, Patrick M., Gange, Stephen J., Lee, Jae-Kyoo, Wang, Qiang, Posner, Gary H.

Development of vitamin D analogs (deltanoids) as chemopreventive agents requires separation of desirable antiproliferative and pro-differentiating activities from the undesirable calcemic activity...

Studies of the molecular function of BRCA1 in breast tumorigenesis (1998)

Wang, Qiang

Using the yeast two-hybrid screening method to search for BRCA1-interacting proteins, we isolated the c-Myc protooncogene and MSH2, a mutator gene involved in DNA mismatch repair. We have found that...

An Array Architecture for Reconfigurable Datapath (1998)

Qiang Wang, Qiang Wang

This thesis presents the design of a reconfigurable datapath suitable for use in constructing a reconfigurable microprocessor. The datapath design is based on a 2-D planar array of identical tiles...

Automated Field-Programmable Compute Accelerator Design Using Partial Evaluation (1997)

Qiang Wang And, Qiang Wang, David M. Lewis

This paper describes a compiler that generates both hardware and controlling software for field-programmable compute accelerators. By analyzing a source program together with part of its input, the...

Wavelet methods on multinomial tables / (1995)

Wang, Qiang.

Thesis (M.S.)--Michigan Technological University, 1995.

An economic analysis of North-South economy / (1995)

Wang, Qiang.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Kansas, Economics, 1995.

Reverse Link Analysis And Performance Evaluation For Ds-Cdma Cellular Systems (1994)

Jialin Zou Bhargava, V. K. Bhargava, Qiang Wang

In this paper, we analyze the multi-cell multi-user interference through a new approach. The statistical effect of hand-off is considered. Differing from the Gaussian approximation, an efficient...

Concatenated Orthogonal / Pn Codes For Ds-CDMA Systems In A Multi-User And Multipath Fading Environment (1994)

Mo-han Fong, Qiang Wang, Vijay K. Bhargava

The crosscorrelation and autocorrelation properties of the concatenated orthogonal/long PN sequence are analyzed. The results are used to evaluate the performance of this new spreading scheme for...

An Array Architecture for Reconfigurable Datapaths (1993)

Qiang Wang, P. Glenn Gulak

A reconfigurable architecture is proposed for prototyping datapath designs. The design consists of a regular array of identical lookup-table-based tiles. Tiles in one dimension can be mapped as pipe...

Maximum likelihood estimation of phylogenetic tree with evolutionary parameters

Wang, Qiang

This thesis deals with issues in the maximum likelihood estimation of phylogenetic tree construction. The maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) of evolutionary parameters is shown to be asymptotically...

Induction of the Tat-binding protein 1 gene accompanies the disabling of oncogenic erbB receptor tyrosine kinases

Park, Byeong-Woo, O’Rourke, Donald M., Wang, Qiang, Davis, James G., Post, Andrew, Qian, Xiaolan, ...

Conversion of a malignant phenotype into a more normal one can be accomplished either by down-regulation of erbB family surface receptors or by creating inactive erbB heterodimers on the cell...

Identification of a trafficking determinant localized to the Kv1 potassium channel pore

Manganas, Louis N., Wang, Qiang, Scannevin, Robert H., Antonucci, Dana E., Rhodes, Kenneth J., Trimmer, James S.

The repertoire of Kv1 potassium channels expressed in presynaptic terminals of mammalian central neurons is shaped by intrinsic trafficking signals that determine surface-expression efficiencies of...

Rds3p Is Required for Stable U2 snRNP Recruitment to the Splicing Apparatus

Wang, Qiang, Rymond, Brian C.

Rds3p is a well-conserved 12-kDa protein with five CxxC zinc fingers that has been implicated in the activation of certain drug transport genes and in the pre-mRNA splicing pathway. Here we show that...

UXT Is a Novel Centrosomal Protein Essential for Cell ViabilityD⃞

Zhao, Huiwu, Wang, Qiang, Zhang, Hongtao, Liu, Qingdu, Du, Xiulian, Richter, Mark, ...

Ubiquitously expressed transcript (UXT) is a prefoldinlike protein that has been suggested to be involved in human tumorigenesis. Here, we have found that UXT is overexpressed in a number of human...

Interactions of the Yeast SF3b Splicing Factor†

Wang, Qiang, He, Jin, Lynn, Bert, Rymond, Brian C.

The U2 snRNP promotes prespliceosome assembly through interactions that minimally involve the branchpoint binding protein, Mud2p, and the pre-mRNA. We previously showed that seven proteins copurify...

Identification of Rhodiola species by using RP-HPLC*

Wang, Qiang, Ruan, Xiao, Jin, Zhi-hua, Yan, Qi-chuan, Tu, Shan-jun

An approach was established using RP-HPLC (reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography) to identify ten species of Rhodiola, R. coccinea A. Bor, R. junggarica C.Y. Yang et N.R. Cui spn., R....

Intra-specific genetic relationship analyses of Elaeagnus angustifolia based on RP-HPLC biochemical markers*

Wang, Qiang, Ruan, Xiao, Huang, Jun-Hua, Xu, Ning-Yi, Yan, Qi-Chuan

Elaeagnus angustifolia Linn. has various ecological, medicinal and economical uses. An approach was established using RP-HPLC (reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography) to classify and...

Modulation of the electronic structure and the Ni–Fe distance in heterobimetallic models for the active site in [NiFe]hydrogenase

Zhu, Wenfeng, Marr, Andrew C., Wang, Qiang, Neese, Frank, Spencer, Douglas J. E., Blake, Alexander J., ...

Reaction of the mononuclear Ni(II) thiolate complexes [Ni(L)] [L, L1, H2L1, bis(2-mercaptoethyl)-1,2-dimercaptoethane; L2, H2L2, N,N′-dimethyl-N,N′-bis(2-mercaptoethyl)-bis(aminoethyl)sulfide]...

Genetic interactions with CLF1 identify additional pre-mRNA splicing factors and a link between activators of yeast vesicular transport and splicing.

Vincent, Kevin, Wang, Qiang, Jay, Steven, Hobbs, Kathryn, Rymond, Brian C

Clf1 is a conserved spliceosome assembly factor composed predominately of TPR repeats. Here we show that the TPR elements are not functionally equivalent, with the amino terminus of Clf1 being...

Characterization of Su48, a centrosome protein essential for cell division

Wang, Qiang, Du, Xiulian, Meinkoth, Judy, Hirohashi, Yoshihiko, Zhang, Hongtao, Liu, Qingdu, ...

The centrosome functions as the major microtubule-organizing center and plays a vital role in guiding chromosome segregation during mitosis. Centrosome abnormalities are frequently seen in a variety...

Induction of the Tat-binding protein 1 gene accompanies the disabling of oncogenic erbB receptor tyrosine kinases

Park, Byeong-Woo, O’Rourke, Donald M., Wang, Qiang, Davis, James G., Post, Andrew, Qian, Xiaolan, ...

Conversion of a malignant phenotype into a more normal one can be accomplished either by down-regulation of erbB family surface receptors or by creating inactive erbB heterodimers on the cell...

Identification of a trafficking determinant localized to the Kv1 potassium channel pore

Manganas, Louis N., Wang, Qiang, Scannevin, Robert H., Antonucci, Dana E., Rhodes, Kenneth J., Trimmer, James S.

The repertoire of Kv1 potassium channels expressed in presynaptic terminals of mammalian central neurons is shaped by intrinsic trafficking signals that determine surface-expression efficiencies of...

Rds3p Is Required for Stable U2 snRNP Recruitment to the Splicing Apparatus

Wang, Qiang, Rymond, Brian C.

Rds3p is a well-conserved 12-kDa protein with five CxxC zinc fingers that has been implicated in the activation of certain drug transport genes and in the pre-mRNA splicing pathway. Here we show that...

UXT Is a Novel Centrosomal Protein Essential for Cell ViabilityD⃞

Zhao, Huiwu, Wang, Qiang, Zhang, Hongtao, Liu, Qingdu, Du, Xiulian, Richter, Mark, ...

Ubiquitously expressed transcript (UXT) is a prefoldinlike protein that has been suggested to be involved in human tumorigenesis. Here, we have found that UXT is overexpressed in a number of human...

Interactions of the Yeast SF3b Splicing Factor†

Wang, Qiang, He, Jin, Lynn, Bert, Rymond, Brian C.

The U2 snRNP promotes prespliceosome assembly through interactions that minimally involve the branchpoint binding protein, Mud2p, and the pre-mRNA. We previously showed that seven proteins copurify...

Modulation of the electronic structure and the Ni–Fe distance in heterobimetallic models for the active site in [NiFe]hydrogenase

Zhu, Wenfeng, Marr, Andrew C., Wang, Qiang, Neese, Frank, Spencer, Douglas J. E., Blake, Alexander J., ...

Reaction of the mononuclear Ni(II) thiolate complexes [Ni(L)] [L, L1, H2L1, bis(2-mercaptoethyl)-1,2-dimercaptoethane; L2, H2L2, N,N′-dimethyl-N,N′-bis(2-mercaptoethyl)-bis(aminoethyl)sulfide]...

Identification of Rhodiola species by using RP-HPLC*

Wang, Qiang, Ruan, Xiao, Jin, Zhi-hua, Yan, Qi-chuan, Tu, Shan-jun

An approach was established using RP-HPLC (reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography) to identify ten species of Rhodiola, R. coccinea A. Bor, R. junggarica C.Y. Yang et N.R. Cui spn., R....

Intra-specific genetic relationship analyses of Elaeagnus angustifolia based on RP-HPLC biochemical markers*

Wang, Qiang, Ruan, Xiao, Huang, Jun-Hua, Xu, Ning-Yi, Yan, Qi-Chuan

Elaeagnus angustifolia Linn. has various ecological, medicinal and economical uses. An approach was established using RP-HPLC (reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography) to classify and...

Characterization of Su48, a centrosome protein essential for cell division

Wang, Qiang, Du, Xiulian, Meinkoth, Judy, Hirohashi, Yoshihiko, Zhang, Hongtao, Liu, Qingdu, ...

The centrosome functions as the major microtubule-organizing center and plays a vital role in guiding chromosome segregation during mitosis. Centrosome abnormalities are frequently seen in a variety...

Genetic interactions with CLF1 identify additional pre-mRNA splicing factors and a link between activators of yeast vesicular transport and splicing.

Vincent, Kevin, Wang, Qiang, Jay, Steven, Hobbs, Kathryn, Rymond, Brian C

Clf1 is a conserved spliceosome assembly factor composed predominately of TPR repeats. Here we show that the TPR elements are not functionally equivalent, with the amino terminus of Clf1 being...

Base pair motions control the rates and distance dependencies of reductive and oxidative DNA charge transfer

Valis, Linda, Wang, Qiang, Raytchev, Milen, Buchvarov, Ivan, Wagenknecht, Hans-Achim, Fiebig, Torsten

In 1999, Wan et al. [Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96, 6014–6019] published a pioneering paper that established the entanglement between DNA base pair motions and the transfer time of the charge...

ErbB receptors: from oncogenes to targeted cancer therapies

Zhang, Hongtao, Berezov, Alan, Wang, Qiang, Zhang, Geng, Drebin, Jeffrey, Murali, Ramachandran, ...

Understanding the genetic origin of cancer at the molecular level has facilitated the development of novel targeted therapies. Aberrant activation of the ErbB family of receptors is implicated in...

Electronic energy delocalization and dissipation in single- and double-stranded DNA

Buchvarov, Ivan, Wang, Qiang, Raytchev, Milen, Trifonov, Anton, Fiebig, Torsten

The mechanism that nature applies to dissipate excess energy from solar UV light absorption in DNA is fundamental, because its efficiency determines the vulnerability of all genetic material to...

Regulation of the formation of osteoclastic actin rings by proline-rich tyrosine kinase 2 interacting with gelsolin

Wang, Qiang, Xie, Yi, Du, Quan-Sheng, Wu, Xiao-Jun, Feng, Xu, Mei, Lin, ...

Osteoclast activation is important for bone remodeling and is altered in multiple bone disorders. This process requires cell adhesion and extensive actin cytoskeletal reorganization. Proline-rich...

A BBP–Mud2p heterodimer mediates branchpoint recognition and influences splicing substrate abundance in budding yeast

Wang, Qiang, Zhang, Li, Lynn, Bert, Rymond, Brian C.

The 3′ end of mammalian introns is marked by the branchpoint binding protein, SF1, and the U2AF65-U2AF35 heterodimer bound at an adjacent sequence. Baker's yeast has equivalent proteins,...

Mechanisms of resistance to ErbB-targeted cancer therapeutics

Wang, Qiang, Greene, Mark I.

The ErbB receptors, such as EGFR, have been intensely pursued as targets for cancer therapeutics. However, a large percentage of patients who are initially responsive to ErbB-targeted therapies...

miR-17-92 cluster accelerates adipocyte differentiation by negatively regulating tumor-suppressor Rb2/p130

Wang, Qiang, Li, Yan Chun, Wang, Jinhua, Kong, Juan, Qi, Yuchen, Quigg, Richard J., ...

Adipogenesis involves cell proliferation and differentiation, both of which have been shown to be regulated by micro (mi)RNA. During mouse preadipocyte 3T3L1 cell differentiation, we found that...

Cournot competition and location choice with wage bargaining

Qiang Wang, Qi Chen

Equilibrium locations are analyzed in location-quantity games, in which firms acquire labor inputs through bilateral monopoly relations with independent labor union. We find that the pattern of...

Synthesis of methylenebisamides using CC- or DCMT-activated DMSO

Wang, Qiang, Sun, Lili, Jiang, Yu, Li, Chunbao

Bisamides are key fragments for the introduction of gem-diaminoalkyl residues into retroinverso pseudopeptide derivatives and in the synthesis of peptidomimetic compounds. The literature methods for...

TGF-β and IL-6 signals modulate chromatin binding and promoter occupancy by acetylated FOXP3

Samanta, Arabinda, Li, Bin, Song, Xiaomin, Bembas, Kathryn, Zhang, Geng, Katsumata, Makoto, ...

Expression of FOXP3, a potent gene-specific transcriptional repressor, in regulatory T cells is required to suppress autoreactive and alloreactive effector T cell function. Recent studies have shown...

Efficient Methods For High Rate Data Transmission In Mobile And Personal Communications

Jialin Zou, Roman Pichna, Qiang Wang, Vijay. K. Bhargava

In this paper, we summarize the efficient techniques and methods which are developped for high rate multi-media wireless communications. The overall structure of a wireless cellular system which...

The High Light-Inducible Polypeptides Stabilize Trimeric Photosystem I Complex under High Light Conditions in Synechocystis PCC 68031[C][W][OA]

Wang, Qiang, Jantaro, Saowarath, Lu, Bingshe, Majeed, Waqar, Bailey, Marian, He, Qingfang

The high light-inducible polypeptides (HLIPs) are critical for survival under high light (HL) conditions in Synechocystis PCC 6803. In this article, we determined the localization of all four HLIPs...

Isolation and Characterization of Adenoviruses Persistently Shed from the Gastrointestinal Tract of Non-Human Primates

Roy, Soumitra, Vandenberghe, Luk H., Kryazhimskiy, Sergey, Grant, Rebecca, Calcedo, Roberto, Yuan, Xin, ...

Adenoviruses are important human pathogens that have been developed as vectors for gene therapies and genetic vaccines. Previous studies indicated that human infections with adenoviruses are...

China needing a cautious approach to nuclear power strategy

Wang, Qiang

China is leading the recent revival of nuclear energy programs. The Chinese government plans to increase nuclear generating capacity to 40 GWe by 2020, while the installed capacity is 8.6 GWe...

Market-driven energy pricing necessary to ensure China's power supply

Wang, Qiang, Qiu, Huan-Ning, Kuang, Yaoqiu

China's rapid economic growth has strained its power supply, as manifested for instance by the widespread 2008 power shortage. The cause for this shortage is thought to be the current Chinese energy...

Evaluation on the Sustainable Development of Agricultural Industrialization Based on DPSIR Model - A Case of North Bay Economic Zone in Guangxi Province

Wang, Qiang, Huang, Hu

According to the connotation of agricultural industrialization, the DPSIR model based on agricultural industrialization is introduced from the five aspects of driving fore, pressure, state, impact...

PREPARATION OF BIOACTIVE FILM ON Ti6Al4V

QIANG WANG, YANG ZHANG, KE YANG, LILI TAN

Titanium oxide films were prepared using an anodic oxidation method in sulfuric acid solution on the surface of Ti6Al4V alloy at room temperature. The surface energy was obtained by the measurement...