R. Wang

Publication List Details

Period

1978 - 2009

Number

244

Co-Authors

*Corresponding author (2009)

Bruce Davidson, Yang W. Lee, Richard Wang, B. Davidson, Y. W. Lee, R. Wang

Abstract: Recent research in information quality management concluded that firms must manage information as a product, and that the entire information manufacturing system must be managed in order to...

A High-Order Global Spatially Adaptive Collocation Method for (2008)

D Parabolic Pdes, R. Wang, P. Keast, P. Muir

Abstract In this paper, we describe a high-order solver, adaptive in space and time, for the efficient numerical solution of one-dimensional parabolic PDEs. Collocation at Gaussian points is employed...

Dalhousie University (2008)

R. Wang, P. Keast, P. Muir

BACOL is a new, high quality, robust software package in Fortran 77 for solving one-dimensional parabolic PDEs, which has been shown to be significantly more efficient than any other widely available...

Anti-angiogenesis therapy based on the bone marrow-derived stromal cells genetically engineered to express sFlt-1 in mouse tumor model (2008)

Hu, M, Yang, J-L, Teng, H, Jia, Y-Q, Wang, R, Zhang, X-W, ...

Abstract Background Bone marrow-derived stromal cells (BMSCs) are important for development, tissue cell replenishment, and wound healing in physiological and pathological conditions. BMSCs were...

Thermal Emission from Warm Dust in the Most Distant Quasars (2008)

Wang, R., Carilli, C. L., Wagg, J., Bertoldi, F., Walter, F., Menten, K. M., ...

We report new continuum observations of fourteen z~6 quasars at 250 GHz and fourteen quasars at 1.4 GHz. We summarize all recent millimeter and radio observations of the sample of the thirty-three...

Modularized Interoperability in Supply-Chains: A Coadoption study of RosettaNet's XML-based Interorganizational Systems (2008)

Mathew Nelson, Mary Shoonmaker, Michael Shaw, Stella Shen, R. Wang

Abstract: The factors that influence an organization’s decision to begin using a certain type of technology have come under much study. Several theoretical models, commonly referred to as...

Studying the first galaxies with ALMA (2008)

Carilli, C. L., Walter, F., Wang, R., Wootten, A., Menten, K., Bertoldi, F., ...

We discuss observations of the first galaxies, within cosmic reionization, at centimeter and millimeter wavelengths. We present a summary of current observations of the host galaxies of the most...

Properties of wealth distribution in multi-agent systems of a complex network (2008)

Hu, Mao-Bin, Jiang, R., Wu, Yong-Hong, Wang, R., Wu, Q.

We present a simple model for examining the wealth distribution with agents playing evolutionary games (the Prisoners' Dilemma and the Snowdrift Game) on complex networks. Pareto's power law...

Measurement of the Inclusive Semi-electronic (2007)

Branching Fraction October, Y. Kubota, M. Lattery, M. Momayezi, J. K. Nelson, S. Patton, ...

Using the angular correlation between the + emitted in a D + ! D 0 + decay and the e + emitted in the subsequent D 0 ! Xe + decay, we have measured the branching fraction for the inclusive...

Detection of 1.6 × 10^(10) M_⊙ of Molecular Gas in the Host Galaxy of the z = 5.77 SDSS Quasar J0927+2001 (2007)

Carilli, C. L., Neri, R., Wang, R., Cox, P., Bertoldi, F., Walter, F., ...

We have detected emission by the CO(5-4) and (6-5) rotational transitions at z = 5.7722 ± 0.0006 from the host galaxy of the SDSS quasar J0927+2001 using the Plateau de Bure Interferometer. The peak...

Detection of $1.6\times 10^{10}$ M$_\odot$ of molecular gas in the host galaxy of the $z=5.77$ SDSS quasar J0927+2001 (2007)

Carilli, C., Neri, R., Wang, R., Cox, P., Bertoldi, F., Walter, F., ...

We have detected emission by the CO 5-4 and 6-5 rotational transitions at $z = 5.7722\pm 0.0006$ from the host galaxy of the SDSS quasar J0927+2001 using the Plateau de Bure interferometer. The peak...

Studying the first galaxies with ALMA (2007)

Carilli, C. L., Walter, F., Wang, R., Wootten, A., Menten, K., Bertoldi, F., ...

We discuss observations of the first galaxies, within cosmic reionization, at centimeter and millimeter wavelengths. We present a summary of current observations of the host galaxies of the most...

Weighing black holes in radio-loud AGNs (2007)

Wu, Xue-Bing, Liu, F. K., Wang, R., Kong, M. Z., Han, J. L.

Because of the contamination of jets, using the size -- continuum luminosity relation can overestimate the broad line region (BLR) size and black hole mass for radio-loud AGNs. We propose a new...

Detection of 1.6 × 1010 Msolar of molecular gas in the host galaxy of the z = 5.77 SDSS quasar J0927+2001 (2007)

Carilli, C. L., Neri, R., Wang, R., Cox, P., Bertoldi, F., Walter, F., ...

We have detected emission by the CO(5-4) and (6-5) rotational transitions at z=5.7722+/-0.0006 from the host galaxy of the SDSS quasar J0927+2001 using the Plateau de Bure Interferometer. The peak...

Radio and millimeter properties of z~5.7 Lya emitters in the COSMOS field: limits on radio AGNs, submillimeter galaxies, and dust obscuration (2007)

Carilli, C. L., Murayama, T., Wang, R., Schinnerer, E., Taniguchi, Y., Smolcic, V., ...

We present observations at 1.4 and 250 GHz of the z~5.7 Lyalpha emitters (LAEs) in the COSMOS field found by Murayama et al. At 1.4 GHz there are 99 LAEs in the lower noise regions of the radio...

Atomic configurations of dislocation core and twin boundaries in 3C-SiC studied by high-resolution electron microscopy (2007)

Tang, C.Y., Li, F.H., Wang, R., Zou, J., Zheng, X.H., Liang, J.W.

The defects in 3C-SiC film grown on (001) plane of Si substrate were studied using a 200 kV high-resolution electron microscope with point resolution of 0.2 nm. A posterior image processing...

Atomic configurations of dislocation core and twin boundaries in 3C-SiC studied by high-resolution electron microscopy (2007)

Tang, C.Y., Li, F.H., Wang, R., Zou, J., Zheng, X.H., Liang, J.W.

The defects in 3C-SiC film grown on (001) plane of Si substrate were studied using a 200 kV high-resolution electron microscope with point resolution of 0.2 nm. A posterior image processing...

Radio and millimeter properties of $z \sim 5.7$ Ly$\alpha$ emitters in the COSMOS field: limits on radio AGN, submm galaxies, and dust obscuration (2006)

Carilli, C. L., Murayam, T., Wang, R., Schinnerer, E., Taniguchi, Y., Smolcic, V., ...

We present observations at 1.4 and 250 GHz of the $z\sim 5.7$ Ly$\alpha$ emitters (LAE) in the COSMOS field found by Murayama et al.. At 1.4 GHz there are 99 LAEs in the lower noise regions of the...

The BABAR detector (2006)

Aubert, B., Bazan, A., Boucham, A., Boutigny, D., De Bonis, I., Favier, J., ...

BABAR, the detector for the SLAC PEP-II asymmetric e+e- B Factory operating at the upsilon 4S resonance, was designed to allow comprehensive studies of CP-violation in B-meson decays. Charged...

The non-constant slope of the CIV Baldwin effect in NGC 4151 (2006)

Kong, M. Z., Wu, Xue-Bing, Wang, R., Liu, F. K., Han, J. L.

The relationship between the emission-line equivalent width and the continuum luminosity, so called the Baldwin effect, plays an important role in studying the physics of the broad line region of...

Black hole mass and accretion rate of Active Galactic Nuclei (2006)

Wu, Xue-Bing, Liu, F. K., Wang, R., Kong, M. Z., Han, J. L.

The determination of the central black hole mass is crucial to the understanding of AGN physics. In this paper we briefly review some methods that are currently used to estimate the black hole mass...

Open reading frame 132 of Helicoverpa armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus encodes a functional per os infectivity factor (PIF-2) (2006)

Fang, M, Nie, Y., Wang, Q., Deng, F., Wang, R., Wang, H, ...

Open reading frame 132 (Ha132) of Helicoverpa armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus (HearNPV) is a homologue of per os infectivity factor 2 (pif-2) of Spodoptera exigua multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus....

Regression analysis between body and head measurements of Chinese alligators (Alligator sinensis) in captive population (2006)

X. Wu, H. Xue, L. Wu, J. Zhu, R. Wang

Four body–size and fourteen head–size measurements were taken from each Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis) according to the measurements adapted from Verdade. Regression equations between...

Numerical Analysis of Water Temperature Distribution in the Tank of ASHPWH it ha Cylindrical Condenser (2006)

Wang, D., Shan, S., Wang, R.

Air source heat pump water heaters (ASHPWH) are becoming increasingly popular for saving energy, protecting the environment and security purposes. The water temperature distribution in the tank is an...

Use of Renewable Energy in Buildings: Experiences With Solar Thermal Utilization (2006)

Wang, R., Zhai, X.

Solar energy is receiving much more attention in building energy systems in recent years. Solar thermal utilization should be based on the integration of solar collectors into buildings. The facades...

Experimental Research and Performance Analysis of a Solar-Powered Air-conditioning System in a Green Building (2006)

Zhai, X., Wang, R., Dai, Y., Wu, J.

Based on the green building of the Shanghai Institute of Architectural Science, a solar-powered adsorption air-conditioning system was designed. The operational performance under a typical operating...

Advances in the Research of Heat Pump Water Heaters (2006)

Shan, S., Wang, D., Wang, R.

This paper presents the progress of many recently correlative research works on the heat pump water heater (HPWH) and on solar-assisted heat pump water heaters. The advances in the research on...

Module Development and Simulation of the Variable Refrigerant Flow Air Conditioning System under Cooling Conditions in Energyplus (2006)

Zhou, Y., Wu, J., Wang, R., Shiochi, S.

As a high-efficiency air conditioning scheme, the variable refrigerant flow (VRF) air-conditioning system is finding its way into medium-sized office buildings. Based on a generic dynamic building...

The S receiver functions: synthetics and data example (2006)

Yuan, X., Kind, R., Li, X., Wang, R.

Recently, the S receiver function method has been successfully developed to identify upper mantle interfaces. S receiver functions have the advantage of being free of S-wave multiple reflections and...

EPITAXIAL PZT FILMS DEPOSITED BY PULSED LASER DEPOSITION FOR MEMS APPLICATION (2006)

Wang, R., Kokawa, H., Maeda, R.

Pb(Zr0.52Ti0.48)O3 (PZT) thin films were in situ deposited by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) on Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si substrates using a template layer derived by sol-gel method. A 0.1-µm-thick PZT layer...

EPITAXIAL PZT FILMS DEPOSITED BY PULSED LASER DEPOSITION FOR MEMS APPLICATION (2006)

Wang, R., Kokawa, H., Maeda, R.

Pb(Zr0.52Ti0.48)O3 (PZT) thin films were in situ deposited by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) on Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si substrates using a template layer derived by sol-gel method. A 0.1-µm-thick PZT layer...

Numerical Analysis of Water Temperature Distribution in the Tank of ASHPWH it ha Cylindrical Condenser (2006)

Wang, D., Shan, S., Wang, R.

Air source heat pump water heaters (ASHPWH) are becoming increasingly popular for saving energy, protecting the environment and security purposes. The water temperature distribution in the tank is an...

Use of Renewable Energy in Buildings: Experiences With Solar Thermal Utilization (2006)

Wang, R., Zhai, X.

Solar energy is receiving much more attention in building energy systems in recent years. Solar thermal utilization should be based on the integration of solar collectors into buildings. The facades...

Experimental Research and Performance Analysis of a Solar-Powered Air-conditioning System in a Green Building (2006)

Zhai, X., Wang, R., Dai, Y., Wu, J.

Based on the green building of the Shanghai Institute of Architectural Science, a solar-powered adsorption air-conditioning system was designed. The operational performance under a typical operating...

Advances in the Research of Heat Pump Water Heaters (2006)

Shan, S., Wang, D., Wang, R.

This paper presents the progress of many recently correlative research works on the heat pump water heater (HPWH) and on solar-assisted heat pump water heaters. The advances in the research on...

Module Development and Simulation of the Variable Refrigerant Flow Air Conditioning System under Cooling Conditions in Energyplus (2006)

Zhou, Y., Wu, J., Wang, R., Shiochi, S.

As a high-efficiency air conditioning scheme, the variable refrigerant flow (VRF) air-conditioning system is finding its way into medium-sized office buildings. Based on a generic dynamic building...

Visual Comput (2006) 22: 612–621 DOI 10.1007/s00371-006-0052-0 ORIGINAL ARTICLE (2006)

Rui Wang, Kun Zhou, John Snyder, Xinguo Liu, Hujun Bao, Qunsheng Peng, ...

Object approximation using sets of simple primitives plays an important role in many time-critical applications in computer graphics, such as collision, hit, and proximity detection, view-frustum and...

A framework for supporting intelligent and flexible workflow-based engineering design process (2006)

Wang, D., Yan, X.T., Ion, W.J., Wang, R.

To support an efficient management of a creative and dynamic Engineering Design Process (EDP), this paper proposes a new intelligent and flexible workflow-based EDP management framework entitled...

Using NMR to Validate First-Principles Granular Flow Equations (2005)

Candela, D., Huan, C., Facto, K., Wang, R., Mair, R. W., Walsworth, R. L.

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experiments are described for two granular-flow systems, the vibrofluidized bed and the gas-fluidized bed. Using pulsed field gradient, magnetic resonance imaging,...

Uptake and metabolism of ginsenoside Rh2 and its aglycon protopanaxadiol by Caco-2 cells (2005)

Xie, H. T., Wang, G.X., Chen, M, Jiang, X. L., Li, H, Lv, H, ...

The uptake and metabolism profiles of ginsenoside Rh2 and its aglycon protopanaxadiol (ppd) were studied in the human epithelial Caco-2 cell line. High-performance liquid chromatography-mass...

Uptake and metabolism of ginsenoside Rh2 and its aglycon protopanaxadiol by Caco-2 cells (2005)

Xie, H. T., Wang, G.X., Chen, M, Jiang, X. L., Li, H, Lv, H, ...

The uptake and metabolism profiles of ginsenoside Rh2 and its aglycon protopanaxadiol (ppd) were studied in the human epithelial Caco-2 cell line. High-performance liquid chromatography-mass...

Experimental Test and Application of a 2-D Finite Calculation for Whispering Gallery Sapphire Resonators (2004)

Santiago, D., Wang, R., Dick, G., Osegueda, R., Pierluissi, J., Gil, L., ...

This paper discusses the demonstrated accuracy and utility of a 2-D finite element methodology for whispering gallery mode sapphire resonators.

Temperature Compensated Sapphire Resonator for Ultra-Stable Oscillator Capability at Temperatures Above 77 Kelvin (2004)

Dick, G., Santiago, D., Wang, R.

We report on the design and test of a whispering gallery sapphire resonator for which the dominant (WGH xxxsubn11) microwave mode family shows frequency-stable, compensated operation for temperatures...

Cryo-Cooled Sapphire Oscillator for the Cassini Ka-Band Experiment (2004)

Dick, G., Wang, R.

We present features for an ultra-stable sapphire cryogenic oscillator which has been designed to support the Cassini Ka-band Radio Science experiment.

Study of Gas-Fluidization Dynamics with Laser-Polarized 129Xe (2004)

Wang, R., Rosen, M. S., Candela, D., Mair, R. W., Walsworth, R. L.

We report initial NMR studies of gas dynamics in a particle bed fluidized by laser-polarized xenon (129Xe) gas. We have made preliminary measurements of two important characteristics: gas exchange...

Xenon NMR Measurements of Permeability and Tortuosity in Reservoir Rocks (2004)

Wang, R., Pavlin, T., Rosen, M. S., Mair, R. W., Cory, D. G., Walsworth, R. L.

In this work we present measurements of permeability, effective porosity and tortuosity on a variety of rock samples using NMR/MRI of thermal and laser-polarized gas. Permeability and effective...

Black hole mass estimation with a relation between the BLR size and emission line luminosity of AGN (2004)

Wu, Xue-Bing, Wang, R., Kong, M. Z., Liu, F. K., Han, J. L.

An empirical relation between the broad line region (BLR) size and optical continuum luminosity is often adopted to estimate the BLR size and then the black hole mass of AGNs. However, optical...

Isothermal titration calorimetric studies of surfactant interactions with negatively charged 'hairy' latex nanoparticles (2004)

Wang, R., Schmiedel, H.

Isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) measurements of the mixture of the cationic surfactant cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) with negatively charged, 'hairy' copolymer latices...

Simultaneous Measurement of Rock Permeability and Effective Porosity using Laser-Polarized Noble Gas NMR (2003)

Wang, R., Mair, R. W., Rosen, M. S., Cory, D. G., Walsworth, R. L.

We report simultaneous measurements of the permeability and effective porosity of oil-reservoir rock cores using one-dimensional NMR imaging of the penetrating flow of laser-polarized xenon gas. The...

A mixture andself-exciting model for software reliability (2003)

R. Wang

This paper develops a model, based on both properties of mixture and self-exciting, that generalizes existing software reliability models. We also offer a model classification method. Details are...

Diffusion NMR Methods Applied to Xenon Gas for Materials Study (2002)

Mair, R. W., Rosen, M. S., Wang, R., Cory, D. G., Walsworth, R. L.

We report initial NMR studies of i) xenon gas diffusion in model heterogeneous porous media, and ii) continuous flow laser-polarized xenon gas. Both areas utilize the Pulsed Gradient Spin Echo...

Applications of controlled-flow laser-polarized xenon gas to porous and granular media study (2002)

Mair, R. W., Wang, R., Rosen, M. S., Candela, D., Cory, D. G., Walsworth, R. L.

We report initial NMR studies of continuous flow laser-polarized xenon gas, both in unrestricted tubing, and in a model porous media. The study uses Pulsed Gradient Spin Echo-based techniques in the...

The BABAR detector (2002)

Aubert, B., Bazan, A., Boucham, A., Boutigny, D., De Bonis, I., Favier, J., ...

BABAR, the detector for the SLAC PEP-II asymmetric e+e- B Factory operating at the upsilon 4S resonance, was designed to allow comprehensive studies of CP-violation in B-meson decays. Charged...

The BABAR detector (2002)

Aubert, B., Bazan, A., Boucham, A., Boutigny, D., De Bonis, I., Favier, J., ...

BABAR, the detector for the SLAC PEP-II asymmetric e+e- B Factory operating at the upsilon 4S resonance, was designed to allow comprehensive studies of CP-violation in B-meson decays. Charged...

Preliminary Study of Effects of Military Obscurant Smokes on Flora and Fauna During Field and Laboratory Exposures. (2002)

Schaeffer,D. J., Lower,W. R., Kapila,S., Yanders,A. F., Wang,R.

Since continued routine use of obscurant smokes could be detrimental to the native flora and fauna of training sites, a preliminary biological and chemical study of smokes was conducted to determine...

Dense-core senile plaques in the Flemish variant of Alzheimer's disease are vasocentric (2002)

Kumar-Singh, S., Swieten, J. Van, Lubke, U., Ceuterick, C., Broeckhoven, C. Van, Serneels, S., ...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by deposition of beta-amyloid (Abeta) in diffuse and senile plaques, and variably in vessels. Mutations in the Abeta-encoding region of the amyloid precursor...

Reticle enhancement technology: implication and challenges for physical design (2001)

W. Grobman, M. Thompson, R. Wang, C. Yuan, R. Tian, E. Demircan

In this paper, we review phase shift lithography, rule vs. model based methods for OPC and model-based tiling, and discuss their implications for layout and verification. We will discuss novel...

Reticle enhancement technology: implication and challenges for physical design (2001)

W. Grobman, M. Thompson, R. Wang, C. Yuan, R. Tian, E. Demircan

In this paper, we review phase shift lithography, rule vs. model based methods for OPC and model-based tiling, and discuss their implications for layout and verification. We will discuss novel...

Analysis of lensless free-space optical interconnects based on multi-transverse mode vertical-cavity-surface-emitting lasers (1999)

Majewski, ML, Rakic, AD, Wang, R

The feasibility of lensless free-space optical interconnects (FSOI's) using Vertical-Cavity-Surface-Emitting Lasers (VCSEL's) is investigated. The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and interconnect...

Analysis of lensless free-space optical interconnects based on multi-transverse mode vertical-cavity-surface-emitting lasers (1999)

Wang, R., Rakic, A. D., Majewski, M. L.

The feasibility of lensless free-space optical interconnects (FSOI's) using Vertical-Cavity-Surface-Emitting Lasers (VCSEL's) is investigated. The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and interconnect...

Analysis of lensless free-space optical interconnects based on multi-transverse mode vertical-cavity-surface-emitting lasers (1999)

Wang, R., Rakic, A. D., Majewski, M. L.

The feasibility of lensless free-space optical interconnects (FSOI's) using Vertical-Cavity-Surface-Emitting Lasers (VCSEL's) is investigated. The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and interconnect...

Coupling of marine circulation and wind-wave models on parallel platforms (1999)

Number Dahc--c, R. Wang, R. Wang, K. W. Bedford, ...

Views, opinions and/or findings contained in this report are those of the author(s) and should not be construed as an official Department of Defense Position, policy, or decision unless so designated...

Polarizabilities of Trans and Cis Polyacetylene and Interactions Among Chains in Crystalline Polyacetylene. (1998)

Huang, Z., Jelski, D. A., Wang, R., Xie, D., Zaho, C.

In this paper, we use the semi-empirical Hartree-Fock method, introduced within the finite electric field perturbation approach, to calculate the molecular and pi-system polarizabilities of trans and...

Fabrication and Piezoelectric Properties of 1-3 Composite Sheets Consisting of Highly Oriented PZT Single Crystal Grains (1998)

Sekiya, T., Wang, R., Sato, H., Shimojo, Y.

Cube-shaped PZT single crystals with PZ/PT=55/45 composition were grown in a relatively uniform size distribution around 80 micrometers by a PbO-flux method. The PZT grains obtained were mixed with...

The Development of High Performance Actuator Material with Low Lead Content Using the Spark-Plasma-Sintering Method (1998)

Wang, R., Xie, R., Sekiya, T., Shimojo, Y., Akimune, Y.

In (Na0.5K0.5)NbO3, the competing ferroelectric and antiferroelectric interactions coexist. By modifying its disorder with PbTiO3, what will happen? Could the giant or colossal effect be possible?...

Direct TEM Observation of Microstructures of the Austenitic/Carbon Steels Welded Joint. (1998)

Pan, C., Wang, R., Gui, J., Shi, Y.

The successive alteration of the microstructure from the weld metal zone through weld bonds to the heat-affected zone of a Cr18Ni13 austenitic-0.45% C steels welded joint has been observed using...

Preliminary Studies of the Interface Strain Field in an Al-Al2O3 Composite by Means of Convergent-Beam Electron Diffraction. (1998)

Yan, Y., Wang, R., Zou, H., Dai, M. X., Froyen, L.

This paper concerned mmc in some important way and contained information about, utilized, or discussed these subjects: basic topics:, data, mmc, mmc data materials and material types:, (al2o3)p/al,...

Maximum Likelihood Multi-User CDMA Receiver for Base-Station Antenna Arrays using EM Algorithm (1998)

Wang And Blostein, R. Wang, S. D. Blostein

A maximum-likelihood multi-user receiver is proposed for CDMA systems employing antenna arrays. The bit-error-rate (BER) improvement obtained by using an antenna array is also analyzed. The proposed...

On mirror temperature of a semiconductor diode laser studied with a photothermal deflection method (1994)

Bertolotti, M., Liakhou, G., Li Voti, R., Wang, R., Sibilia, C., Syrbu, A., ...

The mirror temperature response of a diode laser to injection current is studied through the photodeflection method. A theoretical model is presented together with some experimental measurements for...

On mirror temperature of a semiconductor diode laser studied with a photothermal deflection method (1994)

Bertolotti, M., Liakhou, G., Li Voti, R., Wang, R., Sibilia, C., Syrbu, A., ...

The mirror temperature response of a diode laser to injection current is studied through the photodeflection method. A theoretical model is presented together with some experimental measurements for...

On mirror temperature of a semiconductor diode laser studied with a photothermal deflection method (1994)

Bertolotti, M., Liakhou, G., Li Voti, R., Wang, R., Sibilia, C., Syrbu, A., ...

The mirror temperature response of a diode laser to injection current is studied through the photodeflection method. A theoretical model is presented together with some experimental measurements for...

New Models for Radon Progeny Near the Earth's Surface (1992)

Schery, S.D., Wang, R., Eack, K., Whittlestone, S.

Models for outdoor radon progeny near the Earth's surface provide improved predictions of progeny disequilibrium if two effective particle size groups are used and particle diffusion through a thin...

The melting of submonolayer ethane adsorbed on graphite : a LEED study (1985)

Gay, J.M., Suzanne, J., Wang, R.

The melting of ethane submonolayers has been studied by Low Energy Electron Diffraction (LEED). The solid phase S1 has a 4 x √3 rectangular commensurate structure with a herring-bone packing....

The melting of submonolayer ethane adsorbed on graphite : a LEED study (1985)

Gay, J.M., Suzanne, J., Wang, R.

The melting of ethane submonolayers has been studied by Low Energy Electron Diffraction (LEED). The solid phase S1 has a 4 x √3 rectangular commensurate structure with a herring-bone packing....

The melting of submonolayer ethane adsorbed on graphite : a LEED study (1985)

Gay, J.M., Suzanne, J., Wang, R.

The melting of ethane submonolayers has been studied by Low Energy Electron Diffraction (LEED). The solid phase S1 has a 4 x √3 rectangular commensurate structure with a herring-bone packing....

Comparison of diurnal feeding rhythms in Temora longicornis and Centropages hamatus with digestive enzyme activity (1984)

Head, E.J.H., Wang, R., Conover, R.J.

Zooplankton samples were collected in St. George's Bay In the Gulf of St. Lawrence, during July, 1981. The level of chlorophyll plus phaeopigment was measured for Centropages hamatus and Temora...

EXAFS STUDIES OF GLASSY METALLIC ALLOYS (1980)

Chen, H., Teo, B., Wang, R.

The near neighbor correlations have been obtained from EXAFS measurements at Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory for a series of metal-metal glassy alloys. In particular, the structures of...

EXAFS STUDIES OF GLASSY METALLIC ALLOYS (1980)

Chen, H., Teo, B., Wang, R.

The near neighbor correlations have been obtained from EXAFS measurements at Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory for a series of metal-metal glassy alloys. In particular, the structures of...

EXAFS STUDIES OF GLASSY METALLIC ALLOYS (1980)

Chen, H., Teo, B., Wang, R.

The near neighbor correlations have been obtained from EXAFS measurements at Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory for a series of metal-metal glassy alloys. In particular, the structures of...

CRITICAL FIELD EFFECTS OF THE Gd IN GdxEr1-xRh4B4 (1978)

Wang, R., Huang, C., Smith, J.

The effects of Gd ions on the superconducting transition temperature, the upper critical field, and the magnetic transition temperature of the GdXEr1-xRh4B4 system were investigated for x = 0 to 1....

CRITICAL FIELD EFFECTS OF THE Gd IN GdxEr1-xRh4B4 (1978)

Wang, R., Huang, C., Smith, J.

The effects of Gd ions on the superconducting transition temperature, the upper critical field, and the magnetic transition temperature of the GdXEr1-xRh4B4 system were investigated for x = 0 to 1....

CRITICAL FIELD EFFECTS OF THE Gd IN GdxEr1-xRh4B4 (1978)

Wang, R., Huang, C., Smith, J.

The effects of Gd ions on the superconducting transition temperature, the upper critical field, and the magnetic transition temperature of the GdXEr1-xRh4B4 system were investigated for x = 0 to 1....

Genetic identification of a gene involved in constitutive, high-affinity nitrate transport in higher plants.

Wang, R, Crawford, N M

Two mutations have been found in a gene (NRT2) of Arabidopsis thaliana that specifically impair constitutive, high-affinity nitrate uptake. These mutants were selected for resistance to 0.1 mM...

Cellular adherence elicits ligand-independent activation of the Met cell-surface receptor.

Wang, R, Kobayashi, R, Bishop, J M

Cell adhesion has a fundamental role in the proliferation and motility of normal cells and the metastasis of tumor cells. To identify signaling pathways activated by the adherence of tumor cells, we...

Mature T cells of autoimmune lpr/lpr mice have a defect in antigen-stimulated suicide.

Russell, J H, Rush, B, Weaver, C, Wang, R

Antigen receptor-stimulated cell death of developing, immature T cells plays an important role in shaping the repertoire of antigens to which mature T cells will respond, but a role for...

Specific inhibition of long-lasting, L-type calcium channels by synthetic parathyroid hormone.

Pang, P K, Wang, R, Shan, J, Karpinski, E, Benishin, C G

The effect of an active synthetic N-terminal fragment of bovine parathyroid hormone (bPTH), bPTH-(1-34), on Ca2+ channels was studied in mouse neuroblastoma cells (N1E-115). With the whole-cell...

Isolation of an ftsZ homolog from the archaebacterium Halobacterium salinarium: implications for the evolution of FtsZ and tubulin.

Margolin, W, Wang, R, Kumar, M

We have isolated a homolog of the cell division gene ftsZ from the extremely halophilic archaebacterium Halobacterium salinarium. The predicted protein of 39 kDa is divergent relative to eubacterial...

Interactions between heterologous FtsA and FtsZ proteins at the FtsZ ring.

Ma, X, Sun, Q, Wang, R, Singh, G, Jonietz, E L, Margolin, W

FtsZ and FtsA are essential for cell division in Escherichia coli and colocalize to the septal ring. One approach to determine what regions of FtsA and FtsZ are important for their interaction is to...

Identification of a protein that binds to the Ho endonuclease recognition sequence at the yeast mating type locus.

Wang, R, Jin, Y, Norris, D

Mating type switching in Saccharomyces cerevisiae initiates when Ho endonuclease makes a site-specific double-stranded break at MAT, the yeast mating type locus. To identify other proteins involved...

The polyomavirus early region gene in transgenic mice causes vascular and bone tumors.

Wang, R, Bautch, V L

Transgenic mice carrying the entire polyomavirus (Py) early region consistently develop both vascular and bone tumors. This tumor spectrum represents a subset of the tumors found in mice infected...

A novel a-factor-related peptide of Saccharomyces cerevisiae that exits the cell by a Ste6p-independent mechanism.

Chen, P, Choi, J D, Wang, R, Cotter, R J, Michaelis, S

Many secreted signaling molecules are synthesized as precursors that undergo multiple maturation steps to generate their mature forms. The Saccharomyces cerevisiae mating pheromone a-factor is a...

Direct fluorescence analysis of genetic polymorphisms by hybridization with oligonucleotide arrays on glass supports.

Guo, Z, Guilfoyle, R A, Thiel, A J, Wang, R, Smith, L M

A simple and rapid method for the analysis of genetic polymorphisms has been developed using allele-specific oligonucleotide arrays bound to glass supports. Allele-specific oligonucleotides are...

Human-Mouse Hybrid Cell Lines and Susceptibility to Polio Virus 1: II. Polio Sensitivity and the Chromosome Constitution of the Hybrids

Kusano, T., Wang, R., Pollack, R., Green, H.

A number of human-mouse hybrid cell lines with partial human chromosome complements were sensitive to poliovirus because the cells contained the viral receptor substance of human origin. Infection of...

Immunoglobulin JH, C mu, and C gamma gene rearrangements in human B lymphocytes clonally transformed by Epstein-Barr virus.

Brown, N A, Liu, C, Berenson, J R, Garcia, C R, Wang, R, Calame, K L

Somatic rearrangements and deletions of immunoglobulin gene segments have been demonstrated in several types of murine B cells. In addition, rearrangements of the JH, C mu, and light chain...

An amino acid polymorphism within the RGD binding domain of platelet membrane glycoprotein IIIa is responsible for the formation of the Pena/Penb alloantigen system.

Wang, R, Furihata, K, McFarland, J G, Friedman, K, Aster, R H, Newman, P J

The human Pena/Penb alloantigen system represents a naturally occurring polymorphism of human platelet membrane glycoprotein (GP) IIIa, and has previously been implicated in the onset of two...

Induction of neonatal tolerance by plasmid DNA vaccination of mice.

Mor, G, Yamshchikov, G, Sedegah, M, Takeno, M, Wang, R, Houghten, R A, ...

Plasmid DNA vaccines capable of preventing viral, bacterial, and parasitic infections are currently under development. Our labs have shown that a plasmid DNA vaccine encoding the circumsporozoite...

Truncation of the cytoplasmic domain of beta3 in a variant form of Glanzmann thrombasthenia abrogates signaling through the integrin alpha(IIb)beta3 complex.

Wang, R, Shattil, S J, Ambruso, D R, Newman, P J

Glanzmann thrombasthenia is an inherited bleeding disorder characterized by absence or dysfunction of the platelet integrin alpha(IIb)beta3. Patient RM is a thrombasthenic variant whose platelets...

An anti-neoplastic glycan isolated from Mycobacterium bovis (BCG vaccine).

Wang, R, Klegerman, M E, Marsden, I, Sinnott, M, Groves, M J

Tice substrain BCG is used clinically as an immunotherapeutic agent against superficial bladder cancer. A boiling-water extract of this BCG showed anti-tumour activity against a murine S180 sarcoma...

Purification and characterization of a calcium-independent acidic phospholipase A2 from rat lung.

Wang, R, Dodia, C R, Jain, M K, Fisher, A B

Several phospholipase A2 (PLA2) activities have been identified in rat lung homogenate and shown to be important in metabolism of lung phospholipids. One PLA2 activity is Ca(2+)-independent, active...

Characterization of the Bacillus subtilis Spore Morphogenetic Coat Protein CotO

McPherson, D. C., Kim, H., Hahn, M., Wang, R., Grabowski, P., Eichenberger, P., ...

Bacillus spores are protected by a structurally and biochemically complex protein shell composed of over 50 polypeptide species, called the coat. Coat assembly in Bacillus subtilis serves as a...

Parathyroid hormone selectively inhibits L-type calcium channels in single vascular smooth muscle cells of the rat.

Wang, R, Karpinski, E, Pang, P K

1. The active synthetic N-terminal fragment of bovine parathyroid hormone, bPTH-(1-34) at a concentration of 1 microM, decreased the peak amplitude of the long-lasting (L-type) calcium channel...

Functional dissection of the cis-acting sequences of the Arabidopsis transposable element Tag1 reveals dissimilar subterminal sequence and minimal spacing requirements for transposition.

Liu, D, Mack, A, Wang, R, Galli, M, Belk, J, Ketpura, N I, ...

The Arabidopsis transposon Tag1 has an unusual subterminal structure containing four sets of dissimilar repeats: one set near the 5' end and three near the 3' end. To determine sequence requirements...

Hepatitis B control in China: knowledge and practices among village doctors.

Clayton, S, Yang, H, Guan, J, Lin, Z, Wang, R

OBJECTIVES. To guide development of a hepatitis B control program in China, we investigated village doctors' sterilization practices, injection use, vaccination levels, and knowledge and counseling...

Genetic identification of a gene involved in constitutive, high-affinity nitrate transport in higher plants.

Wang, R, Crawford, N M

Two mutations have been found in a gene (NRT2) of Arabidopsis thaliana that specifically impair constitutive, high-affinity nitrate uptake. These mutants were selected for resistance to 0.1 mM...

Cellular adherence elicits ligand-independent activation of the Met cell-surface receptor.

Wang, R, Kobayashi, R, Bishop, J M

Cell adhesion has a fundamental role in the proliferation and motility of normal cells and the metastasis of tumor cells. To identify signaling pathways activated by the adherence of tumor cells, we...

Mature T cells of autoimmune lpr/lpr mice have a defect in antigen-stimulated suicide.

Russell, J H, Rush, B, Weaver, C, Wang, R

Antigen receptor-stimulated cell death of developing, immature T cells plays an important role in shaping the repertoire of antigens to which mature T cells will respond, but a role for...

Specific inhibition of long-lasting, L-type calcium channels by synthetic parathyroid hormone.

Pang, P K, Wang, R, Shan, J, Karpinski, E, Benishin, C G

The effect of an active synthetic N-terminal fragment of bovine parathyroid hormone (bPTH), bPTH-(1-34), on Ca2+ channels was studied in mouse neuroblastoma cells (N1E-115). With the whole-cell...

Isolation of an ftsZ homolog from the archaebacterium Halobacterium salinarium: implications for the evolution of FtsZ and tubulin.

Margolin, W, Wang, R, Kumar, M

We have isolated a homolog of the cell division gene ftsZ from the extremely halophilic archaebacterium Halobacterium salinarium. The predicted protein of 39 kDa is divergent relative to eubacterial...

Interactions between heterologous FtsA and FtsZ proteins at the FtsZ ring.

Ma, X, Sun, Q, Wang, R, Singh, G, Jonietz, E L, Margolin, W

FtsZ and FtsA are essential for cell division in Escherichia coli and colocalize to the septal ring. One approach to determine what regions of FtsA and FtsZ are important for their interaction is to...

Identification of a protein that binds to the Ho endonuclease recognition sequence at the yeast mating type locus.

Wang, R, Jin, Y, Norris, D

Mating type switching in Saccharomyces cerevisiae initiates when Ho endonuclease makes a site-specific double-stranded break at MAT, the yeast mating type locus. To identify other proteins involved...

The polyomavirus early region gene in transgenic mice causes vascular and bone tumors.

Wang, R, Bautch, V L

Transgenic mice carrying the entire polyomavirus (Py) early region consistently develop both vascular and bone tumors. This tumor spectrum represents a subset of the tumors found in mice infected...

A novel a-factor-related peptide of Saccharomyces cerevisiae that exits the cell by a Ste6p-independent mechanism.

Chen, P, Choi, J D, Wang, R, Cotter, R J, Michaelis, S

Many secreted signaling molecules are synthesized as precursors that undergo multiple maturation steps to generate their mature forms. The Saccharomyces cerevisiae mating pheromone a-factor is a...

Direct fluorescence analysis of genetic polymorphisms by hybridization with oligonucleotide arrays on glass supports.

Guo, Z, Guilfoyle, R A, Thiel, A J, Wang, R, Smith, L M

A simple and rapid method for the analysis of genetic polymorphisms has been developed using allele-specific oligonucleotide arrays bound to glass supports. Allele-specific oligonucleotides are...

Human-Mouse Hybrid Cell Lines and Susceptibility to Polio Virus 1: II. Polio Sensitivity and the Chromosome Constitution of the Hybrids

Kusano, T., Wang, R., Pollack, R., Green, H.

A number of human-mouse hybrid cell lines with partial human chromosome complements were sensitive to poliovirus because the cells contained the viral receptor substance of human origin. Infection of...

Immunoglobulin JH, C mu, and C gamma gene rearrangements in human B lymphocytes clonally transformed by Epstein-Barr virus.

Brown, N A, Liu, C, Berenson, J R, Garcia, C R, Wang, R, Calame, K L

Somatic rearrangements and deletions of immunoglobulin gene segments have been demonstrated in several types of murine B cells. In addition, rearrangements of the JH, C mu, and light chain...

An amino acid polymorphism within the RGD binding domain of platelet membrane glycoprotein IIIa is responsible for the formation of the Pena/Penb alloantigen system.

Wang, R, Furihata, K, McFarland, J G, Friedman, K, Aster, R H, Newman, P J

The human Pena/Penb alloantigen system represents a naturally occurring polymorphism of human platelet membrane glycoprotein (GP) IIIa, and has previously been implicated in the onset of two...

Induction of neonatal tolerance by plasmid DNA vaccination of mice.

Mor, G, Yamshchikov, G, Sedegah, M, Takeno, M, Wang, R, Houghten, R A, ...

Plasmid DNA vaccines capable of preventing viral, bacterial, and parasitic infections are currently under development. Our labs have shown that a plasmid DNA vaccine encoding the circumsporozoite...

Truncation of the cytoplasmic domain of beta3 in a variant form of Glanzmann thrombasthenia abrogates signaling through the integrin alpha(IIb)beta3 complex.

Wang, R, Shattil, S J, Ambruso, D R, Newman, P J

Glanzmann thrombasthenia is an inherited bleeding disorder characterized by absence or dysfunction of the platelet integrin alpha(IIb)beta3. Patient RM is a thrombasthenic variant whose platelets...

An anti-neoplastic glycan isolated from Mycobacterium bovis (BCG vaccine).

Wang, R, Klegerman, M E, Marsden, I, Sinnott, M, Groves, M J

Tice substrain BCG is used clinically as an immunotherapeutic agent against superficial bladder cancer. A boiling-water extract of this BCG showed anti-tumour activity against a murine S180 sarcoma...

Purification and characterization of a calcium-independent acidic phospholipase A2 from rat lung.

Wang, R, Dodia, C R, Jain, M K, Fisher, A B

Several phospholipase A2 (PLA2) activities have been identified in rat lung homogenate and shown to be important in metabolism of lung phospholipids. One PLA2 activity is Ca(2+)-independent, active...

Parathyroid hormone selectively inhibits L-type calcium channels in single vascular smooth muscle cells of the rat.

Wang, R, Karpinski, E, Pang, P K

1. The active synthetic N-terminal fragment of bovine parathyroid hormone, bPTH-(1-34) at a concentration of 1 microM, decreased the peak amplitude of the long-lasting (L-type) calcium channel...

Characterization of the Bacillus subtilis Spore Morphogenetic Coat Protein CotO

McPherson, D. C., Kim, H., Hahn, M., Wang, R., Grabowski, P., Eichenberger, P., ...

Bacillus spores are protected by a structurally and biochemically complex protein shell composed of over 50 polypeptide species, called the coat. Coat assembly in Bacillus subtilis serves as a...

Functional dissection of the cis-acting sequences of the Arabidopsis transposable element Tag1 reveals dissimilar subterminal sequence and minimal spacing requirements for transposition.

Liu, D, Mack, A, Wang, R, Galli, M, Belk, J, Ketpura, N I, ...

The Arabidopsis transposon Tag1 has an unusual subterminal structure containing four sets of dissimilar repeats: one set near the 5' end and three near the 3' end. To determine sequence requirements...

Hepatitis B control in China: knowledge and practices among village doctors.

Clayton, S, Yang, H, Guan, J, Lin, Z, Wang, R

OBJECTIVES. To guide development of a hepatitis B control program in China, we investigated village doctors' sterilization practices, injection use, vaccination levels, and knowledge and counseling...

Analysis of lensless free-space optical interconnects based on multi-transverse mode vertical-cavity-surface-emitting lasers

Wang, R, Rakic, AD, Majewski, ML

The feasibility of lensless free-space optical interconnects (FSOI's) using Vertical-Cavity-Surface-Emitting Lasers (VCSEL's) is investigated. The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and interconnect...

Design of microchannel free-space optical interconnects based on vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser arrays

Wang, R, Rakic, AD, Majewski, ML

We investigate the design of free-space optical interconnects (FSOIs) based on arrays of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs), microlenses, and photodetectors. We explain the effect of...

Uptake and metabolism of ginsenoside Rh2 and its aglycon protopanaxadiol by Caco-2 cells

Xie, HT, Wang, GJ, Chen, M, Jiang, XL, Li, H, Lv, H, ...

The uptake and metabolism profiles of ginsenoside Rh2 and its aglycon protopanaxadiol (ppd) were studied in the human epithelial Caco-2 cell line. High-performance liquid chromatography-mass...

Quantification of Alzheimer amyloid beta peptides ending at residues 40 and 42 by novel ELISA systems.

Jensen, M., Hartmann, T., Engvall, B., Wang, R., Uljon, S. N., Sennvik, K., ...

BACKGROUND: The amyloid beta (Abeta) peptide is a key molecule in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. Reliable methods to detect and quantify soluble forms of this peptide in human biological...

Enhanced vasocontraction of rat tail arteries by toxoflavin.

Wang, Z., Ma, M., Wang, R.

1. It has been suggested that the toxic effect of toxoflavin (TXF) produced by Pseudomonas cocovenenas is mainly due to the impairment of electron transfer of the mitochondrial respiratory chain....

Effects of purinoceptor agonists on cytosolic Ca2+ concentration in swine tracheal smooth muscle cells in culture.

Sawai, H., Wang, R., Yamashita, T., Kokubun, S.

1. The effects of various purinoceptor agonists on intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) in swine tracheal smooth muscle cells in primary culture were examined to investigate the subtype of...

Non-invasive quantitative assessment of oxidative metabolism in quadriceps muscles by near infrared spectroscopy

Ding, H, Wang, G, Lei, W, Wang, R, Huang, L, Xia, Q, ...

Background—Near infrared spectroscopy can be used in non-invasive monitoring of changes in skeletal muscle oxygenation in exercising subjects.

Risks of lung cancer, chronic bronchitis, ischaemic heart disease, and stroke in relation to type of cigarette smoked.

Alderson, M R, Lee, P N, Wang, R

In a case control study of over 12 000 inpatients aged 35-74, risk of lung cancer, chronic bronchitis, and, particularly in those aged 35-54, ischaemic heart disease was positively associated with...

Trends in coronary mortality and community services, associated with occupational structure in New York State, 1980–96

Armstrong, D, Strogatz, D, Wang, R

Study objective: Examine the association between county occupational structure, services availability, prevalence of risk factors, and coronary mortality rates by sex, for 1980–96, in New York...

Joint effects of social class and community occupational structure on coronary mortality among black men and white men, upstate New York, 1988–92

Armstrong, D, Strogatz, D, Barnett, E, Wang, R

Study objective: Occupational structure represents the unequal geographical distribution of more desirable jobs among communities (for example, white collar jobs). This study examines joint effects...

A mixture and self-exciting model for software reliability

Wang, R.

This paper develops a model, based on both properties of mixture and self-exciting, that generalizes existing software reliability models. We also offer a model classification method. Details are...

Cigarettes and alcohol in relation to colorectal cancer: the Singapore Chinese Health Study

Tsong, W H, Koh, W-P, Yuan, J-M, Wang, R, Sun, C-L, Yu, M C

The relations were examined between colorectal cancer and cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption within the Singapore Chinese Health Study, a population-based, prospective cohort of 63 257...

Low frequency of somatic mutations in the FH/multiple cutaneous leiomyomatosis gene in sporadic leiomyosarcomas and uterine leiomyomas

Barker, K T, Bevan, S, Wang, R, Lu, Y-J, Flanagan, A M, Bridge, J A, ...

Germline mutations in the fumarate hydratase gene at 1q43 predispose to dominantly inherited skin and uterine leiomyomata and leiomyosarcomas. The enzyme, which is a component of the tricarboxylic...

Soy intake and breast cancer risk in Singapore Chinese Health Study

Wu, A H, Koh, W-P, Wang, R, Lee, H-P, Yu, M C

We investigated the effects of soy isoflavone intake on breast cancer in a prospective study of 35 303 Singapore Chinese women enrolled during April 1993 to December 1998 in the Singapore Chinese...

Prospective study of dietary patterns and colorectal cancer among Singapore Chinese

Butler, L M, Wang, R, Koh, W-P, Yu, M C

An influence of Western diet and lifestyle factors observed among Singapore Chinese may contribute to the population's marked rise in colorectal cancer incidence over the past two decades. Thus far,...