Qiong Wang

High glucose sensitizes adult cardiomyocytes to ischaemia/reperfusion injury through nitrative thioredoxin inactivation (2009)

Luan, Ronghua, Liu, Shaowei, Yin, Tao, Lau, Wayne Bond, Wang, Qiong, Guo, Wenyi, ...

Aims Ischaemic cardiac injury is significantly increased in diabetic patients, but its underlying mechanisms remain incompletely understood. The current study attempted to identify new molecular...

Antiperiodic Boundary Value Problem for Second-Order Impulsive Differential Equations on Time Scales (2009)

Yepeng Xing, Qiong Wang, De Chen

We prove the existence results for second-order impulsive differential equations on time scales with antiperiodic boundary value conditions in the presence of classical fixed point theorems.

Kazrin F is involved in apoptosis and interacts with BAX and ARC (2009)

Wang, Qiong, Liu, Min, Li, Xin, Chen, Lu, Tang, Hua

Kazrin has recently been identified as a functional protein that is involved in cell–cell junctions and in signal transduction. Here, we identified a new isoform, Kazrin F, which is 518 aa in...

Antiperiodic Boundary Value Problem for Second-Order Impulsive Differential Equations on Time Scales (2009)

Yepeng Xing, Qiong Wang, De Chen

We prove the existence results for second-order impulsive differential equations on time scales with antiperiodic boundary value conditions in the presence of classical fixed point theorems.

Eye Detection in Facial Images with Unconstrained Background (2008)

Qiong Wang, Jingyu Yang

This paper presents an efficient eye detection approach for still, grey-level images with unconstrained background. The structure of the eye region is used as a robust cue to find eye pair candidates...

State-Dependent Pricing and Its Economic Implications 1 (2008)

Qiong Wang, Jon Peha

In a packet-switched integrated-services network, the service provider can charge users a state-dependent price, which depends on the extent to which the network is congested. Alternatively, one can...

An Analysis of Profit and Consumer Surplus Implications of Resale (2008)

Qiong Wang, Jon M. Peha, Marvin A. Sirbu

When a monopoly carrier provides multiple services(voice, data, video) through a single network, its ’ profit-maximizing pricing policy usually induces resale. In many cases, resale can benefit...

Analyzing Land Use Changes in the Metropolitan Jilin City of Northeastern China Using Remote Sensing and GIS (2008)

Dan Hu, Guodong Yang, Qiong Wu, Hongqing Li, Xusheng Liu, Xuefeng Niu, ...

Remote sensing and GIS have been widely employed to study temporal and spatial urban land use changes in southern and southeastern China. However, few studies have been conducted in northeastern...

Identification of novel modulators of mitochondrial function by a genome-wide RNAi screen in Drosophila melanogaster (2008)

Chen, Jian, Shi, Xiaoying, Padmanabhan, Ranjani, Wang, Qiong, Wu, Zhidan, Stevenson, Susan C., ...

Mitochondrial dysfunction is associated with many human diseases. There has not been a systematic genetic approach for identifying regulators of basal mitochondrial biogenesis and function in higher...

CORC Report 2002-08 Combined Network Design and Multi-Period Pricing: Modeling, Solution Techniques and Computation (2007)

Daniel Bienstock, Olga Raskina, Iraj Saniee, Qiong Wang

In this paper we describe an efficient algorithm for solving novel optimization models arising in the context of multi-period capacity expansion of optical networks. We assume the network operator...

Naïve Bayesian Classifier for Rapid Assignment of rRNA Sequences into the New Bacterial Taxonomy � † (2007)

Qiong Wang, George M. Garrity, James M. Tiedje, James R. Cole

classify bacterial 16S rRNA sequences into the new higher-order taxonomy proposed in Bergey’s Taxonomic Outline of the Prokaryotes (2nd ed., release 5.0, Springer-Verlag, New York, NY, 2004). It...

Eye Location and Eye State Detection in Facial Images with Unconstrained Background ∗ (2006)

Qiong Wang, Jingyu Yang

Abstract. This paper presents an efficient approach to achieve fast and accurate eye states detection in still gray level images with unconstrained background. The structure of eye region is used as...

Eye Location and Eye State Detection in Facial Images with Unconstrained Background ∗ (2006)

Qiong Wang, Jingyu Yang

Abstract. This paper presents an efficient approach to achieve fast and accurate eye states detection in still gray level images with unconstrained background. The structure of eye region is used as...

LmxMPK4, a mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase homologue essential for promastigotes and amastigotes of Leishmania mexicana (2005)

Wang, Qiong, Melzer, Inga M, Kruse, Martin, Sander-Juelch, Claudia, Wiese, Martin

Abstract Background Leishmania parasites undergo profound morphological and biochemical changes while passing through their life cycle. Protein kinases have been shown to be involved in the...

Robust Estimation via Measurement Error Modeling (2005)

Wang, Qiong

We introduce a new method to robustifying inference that can be applied in any situation where a parametric likelihood is available. The key feature is that data from the postulated parametric models...

The activity and content of calpains in maturing dystrophic muscle membranes (2005)

Wang, Qiong

Increased calcium-activated calpain proteolysis in the sarcolemma membrane is thought to be a primary mechanism in the pathophysiology of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). However, few studies have...

The activity and content of calpains in maturing dystrophic muscle membranes (2005)

Wang, Qiong

Increased calcium-activated calpain proteolysis in the sarcolemma membrane is thought to be a primary mechanism in the pathophysiology of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). However, few studies have...

Competition (2005)

Jung Sim, Dr. Shijie Deng Advisor, M. Griffin, P. Kertz, ...

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS During the preparation of this thesis, there have been many people whose prayer, support, and encouragement have contributed to its accomplishment. First of all, I would like to...

Stochastic traffic engineering, with applications to network revenue management (2003)

Debasis Mitra, Qiong Wang

Abstract—We present a stochastic traffic engineering framework for optimizing bandwidth provisioning and path selection in networks. The objective is to maximize revenue from serving demands, which...

Optimal Investment Strategies for Flexible Resources, Considering Pricing and Correlated Demands (2002)

Wang, Qiong

We study the resource investment decision faced by a firm that offers two demand-classes (i.e., products, services), while incorporating the firm's pricing decision into the investment decision. For...

Optimal Investment Strategies for Flexible Resources, Considering Pricing and Correlated Demands (2002)

Wang, Qiong

We study the resource investment decision faced by a firm that offers two demand-classes (i.e., products, services), while incorporating the firm's pricing decision into the investment decision. For...

Provisioning of Bandwidth Sharing and Exchange (2002)

Robert C. Hampshire, William A. Massey, Debasis Mitra, Qiong Wang

Abstract Customers of bandwidth services can be divided into two distinct groups: those customers requesting bandwidth for the future and those desiring bandwidth immediately. We develop a dynamic...

Proactive Price Regulation for Upgrading Telecommunications Infrastructure (1997)

Qiong Wang, Jon M Peha

The extent to which society benefits from an upgrade to a telecommunications network infrastructure depends on when that upgrade occurs. This paper discusses a proactive pricing approach in which the...

Optimal Pricing for Integrated-Services networks with Guaranteed Quality of Service (1997)

Qiong Wang, Jon M. Peha, Marvin A. Sirbu

Integrating multiple services into a single network is becoming increasingly common in today’s telecommunications industry. Driven by the emergence of new applications, many of these services will...

Developmental expression of the mouse MHC Q genes [microform] / (1994)

Wang, Qiong

Thesis (Ph.D.) -- The University at Albany, School of Public Health, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, 1994.

Naïve Bayesian Classifier for Rapid Assignment of rRNA Sequences into the New Bacterial Taxonomy▿ †

Wang, Qiong, Garrity, George M., Tiedje, James M., Cole, James R.

The Ribosomal Database Project (RDP) Classifier, a naïve Bayesian classifier, can rapidly and accurately classify bacterial 16S rRNA sequences into the new higher-order taxonomy proposed in Bergey's...

Increased feeding in fatty Zucker rats by the thiazolidinedione BRL 49653 (rosiglitazone) and the possible involvement of leptin and hypothalamic neuropeptide Y

Wang, Qiong, Dryden, Simon, Frankish, Helen M, Bing, Chen, Pickavance, Lucy, Hopkins, David, ...

The thiazolidinedione BRL 49653 (rosiglitazone) induces hyperphagia and weight gain in obese, insulin-resistant fatty Zucker rats but not in lean insulin-sensitive rats. We investigated whether these...

Identification of novel modulators of mitochondrial function by a genome-wide RNAi screen in Drosophila melanogaster

Chen, Jian, Shi, Xiaoying, Padmanabhan, Ranjani, Wang, Qiong, Wu, Zhidan, Stevenson, Susan C., ...

Mitochondrial dysfunction is associated with many human diseases. There has not been a systematic genetic approach for identifying regulators of basal mitochondrial biogenesis and function in higher...

Optimal Planning for Optical Transport Networks

Steven G. Lanning, Debasis Mitra, Qiong Wang, Margaret H. Wright

This paper is organized as follows. Section 2 discusses current technologies in optical transport networks, Section 3 describes and justifies a constant-elasticity demand curve, Section 4 presents...

Human Rhinovirus 1B Exposure Induces Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase–dependent Airway Inflammation in Mice

Newcomb, Dawn C., Sajjan, Umadevi S., Nagarkar, Deepti R., Wang, Qiong, Nanua, Suparna, Zhou, Ying, ...

Rationale: Infection with rhinovirus (RV) triggers exacerbations of asthma and chronic obstructive lung disease.

Tyrosine-dependent and -independent actions of leptin receptor in control of energy balance and glucose homeostasis

Jiang, Lei, You, Jia, Yu, Xinxin, Gonzalez, Lety, Yu, Yue, Wang, Qiong, ...

Leptin regulates energy balance and glucose metabolism by activation of multiple signaling cascades mediated by the long-form leptin receptor Ob-Rb. However, the whole spectrum of signaling actions...

Activation-dependent Hindrance of Photoreceptor G Protein Diffusion by Lipid Microdomains*

Wang, Qiong, Zhang, Xue, Zhang, Li, He, Feng, Zhang, Guowei, Jamrich, Milan, ...

The dynamics of G protein-mediated signal transduction depend on the two-dimensional diffusion of membrane-bound G proteins and receptors, which has been suggested to be rate-limiting for vertebrate...