Rui Wang

Publication List Details

Period

1993 - 2009

Number

152

Co-Authors

Recognizing Textual Entailment Using Sentence Similarity based on Dependency Tree Skeletons (2009)

Rui Wang, Günter Neumann

We present a novel approach to RTE that exploits a structure-oriented sentence representation followed by a similarity function. The structural features are automatically acquired from tree skeletons...

Panalyst: Privacy-Aware Remote Error Analysis on Commodity Software (2009)

Rui Wang, Xiaofeng Wang, Zhuowei Li

Remote error analysis aims at timely detection and remedy of software vulnerabilities through analyzing runtime errors that occur on the client. This objective can only be achieved by offering users...

A New Scaling Law on Throughput and Delay Performance of Wireless Mobile Relay Networks over Parallel Fading Channels (2009)

Wang, Rui, Lau, Vincent K. N., Huang, Kaibin

In this paper, utilizing the relay buffers, we propose an opportunistic decode-wait-and-forward relay scheme for a point-to-point communication system with a half-duplexing relay network to better...

Towards Automatic Reverse Engineering of Software Security Configurations (2009)

Rui Wang, Xiaofeng Wang, Kehuan Zhang, Zhuowei Li

The specifications of an application’s security configuration are crucial for understanding its security policies, which can be very helpful in security-related contexts such as misconfiguration...

IUCS-TR670 Leapfrog: Enhancing Information Protection in Commodity Applications with Dataflow Control (2009)

Xiaofeng Wang, Zhuowei Li, Rui Wang

Commodity applications can pose a serious threat to users ’ confidential information when they do not have sufficient security features or are configured improperly. This problem is difficult due...

Information Synthesis for Answer Validation (2009)

Rui Wang, Günter Neumann

Abstract. This report is about our participation in the Answer Validation Exercise (AVE2008). Our system casts the AVE task into a Recognizing Textual Entailment (RTE) problem and uses an existing...

An Accuracy-Oriented Divide-and-Conquer Strategy (2009)

Rui Wang, Guenter Neumann

for Recognizing Textual Entailment For our participation in the RTE-3 challenge (Giampiccolo et al., 2007), we applied a puristic syntactic approach (puristic in the sense that we only performed...

Ontology-based Query Construction for GeoCLEF (2009)

Rui Wang, Günter Neumann

Abstract. This paper describes our participation in GeoCLEF. Being different from the traditional information retrieval, we focus more on the query expansion instead of document ranking. We parse...

Relation Validation via Textual Entailment (2009)

Rui Wang, Günter Neumann

Abstract. This paper addresses a subtask of relation extraction, namely Relation Validation. Relation validation can be described as follows: given an instance of a relation and a relevant text...

Causative agent distribution and antibiotic therapy assessment among adult patients with community acquired pneumonia in Chinese urban population (2009)

Liu, Youning, Chen, Minjun, Zhao, Tiemei, Wang, Hui, Wang, Rui, Cai, Baiqiang, ...

Abstract Background Knowledge of predominant microbial patterns in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) constitutes the basis for initial decisions about empirical antimicrobial treatment, so a...

The endogenous production of hydrogen sulphide in intrauterine tissues (2009)

Patel, Pushpa, Vatish, Manu, Heptinstall, John, Wang, Rui, Carson, Ray J

Abstract Background Hydrogen sulphide is a gas signalling molecule which is produced endogenously from L-cysteine via the enzymes cystathionine beta-synthase (CBS) and cystathionine gamma-lyase...

The endogenous production of hydrogen sulphide in intrauterine tissues (2009)

Patel, Pushpa, Vatish, Manu, Heptinstall, John, Wang, Rui, Carson, Ray J.

Background: Hydrogen sulphide is a gas signalling molecule which is produced endogenously from L-cysteine via the enzymes cystathionine beta-synthase (CBS) and cystathionine gamma-lyase (CSE). The...

A Market-based Adaptation for Resolving Competing Needs for Scarce Resources (2009)

Rui Wang, Tracy Mullen, Viswanath Avasarala, John Yen

The dynamic nature of many real-world domains (e.g., military, emergency first response and hurricane relief, etc) requires adaptive resource allocation to respond to changes in the environment that...

Agent-based Collaborative Plan Adaptation with Resource Constraints (2009)

Wang, Rui

One important lesson learned from the crisis of Hurricane Katrina is that preplanned allocation of scarce resources (e.g., helicopters, vehicles, medical equipment, etc.) must be dynamically modified...

Age effect of deafening on stereotyped song maintenance in adult male bengalese finches Lonchura striata domestica (2009)

Yingyu SUN, Rui WANG, Shuli SHAO, Shaoju ZENG, Mingxue ZUO

Birdsong is a complex learned vocal behavior that relies on auditory experience for development. However, it appears that among different species of close-ended songbirds, there are some variations...

A PRELIMINARY UNDERSTANDING OF THE GAS-LIQUID REACTION BETWEEN SO2, NOX CONTANING GAS AND HETEROPOLY COMPOUND SOLUTIO (2009)

Rui Wang, Gaofei Zhang, Luming Qiu, Haixia Zhao

A primary investigation on the characteristics of the gas-liquid reaction between SO2, NOx from gasstream and the aqueous solution of heteropoly compound was conducted, from which the mainfactors...

Real-Time Ozone Detection Based on a Microfabricated Quartz Crystal Tuning Fork Sensor (2009)

Rui Wang, Francis Tsow, Xuezhi Zhang, Jhih-Hong Peng, Erica S. Forzani, Yongsheng Chen, ...

A chemical sensor for ozone based on an array of microfabricated tuning forks is described. The tuning forks are highly sensitive and stable, with low power consumption and cost. The selective...

Synergistic effects of aminoglycosides and fosfomycin on Pseudomonas aeruginosa in vitro and biofilm infections in a rat model (2009)

Cai, Yun, Fan, Yan, Wang, Rui, An, Mao-Mao, Liang, Bei-Bei

Objectives To study the in vitro and in vivo efficacy of aminoglycosides against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, either alone or in combination with fosfomycin. Methods Using an in vitro study to assess...

Salvianolic acid B protects human endothelial cells from oxidative stress damage: a possible protective role of glucose-regulated protein 78 induction (2009)

Wu, Hong-Li, Li, Yu-Hua, Lin, Yan-Hua, Wang, Rui, Li, Ying-Bo, Tie, Lu, ...

Aims The purposes of the present study were to both evaluate the protective effects of Salvianolic acid B (Sal B) and to determine the possible molecular mechanisms by which Sal B protects...

RESEARCH ADVANCES IN OXIDATIVE DESULFURIZATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF LOW SULFUR FUEL OILS (2009)

Gaofei Zhang, Fengli Yu, Rui Wang

The oxidative desulfurization (ODS) technology has been widely recognized as one of the mosteffective methods for the removal of fuel oils, due to the very mild operation conditions it...

Validation of a survey methodology for gastroesophageal reflux disease in China (2008)

Cao, Yang, Yan, Xiaoyan, Ma, Xiu-Qiang, Wang, Rui, Johansson, Saga, Wallander, Mari-Ann, ...

Abstract Background Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) causes a wide range of clinical symptoms and potentially serious complications, but epidemiological data about GERD in China are limited....

Health related quality of life measured by SF-36: a population-based study in Shanghai, China (2008)

Wang, Rui, Wu, Cheng, Zhao, Yanfang, Yan, Xiaoyan, Ma, Xiuqiang, Wu, Meijing, ...

Abstract Background Health related quality of life (HRQL) is a research topic that has attracted increasing interests around the world over the past two decades. The 36-item Short Form (SF-36) is a...

ABSTRACT (2008)

David Lomet, Roger Barga, Redmond Wa, Rui Wang

Immortal DB builds transaction time database support into the SQL Server engine, not in middleware. Transaction time databases retain and provide access to prior states of a database. An update...

Eurographics Symposium on Rendering (2007) Jan Kautz and Sumanta Pattanaik (Editors) Precomputed Radiance Transfer for Real-Time Indirect Lighting using A Spectral Mesh Basis Abstract (2008)

Rui Wang, Jiajun Zhu, Greg Humphreys

Simulating indirect lighting effects has been a challenging topic in many real-time rendering and design applications. This paper presents a novel method, based on precomputed radiance transfer, for...

Online B-Tree Merging (2008)

Xiaowei Sun, Rui Wang, Betty Salzberg

Many scenarios involve merging of two B-tree indexes, both covering the same key range. Increasing demand for continuous availability and high performance requires that such merging be done online,...

Publications (2008)

Oskar Åkerlund, Computer Science, Oskar Åkerlund, Mattias Unger, Rui Wang, Oskar Åkerlund

This education gave me a strong theoretical foundation in mathematics, physics and programming methods as well as experience in key subjects such as

All-Shotest-Path 2-Interval Routing is NP-Complete (2008)

Kai Wang, Rui Wang, Yanyan Liu

k-Interval Routing Scheme (k-IRS) is a compact routing method that allows up to k interval labels to be assigned to an arc. A fundamental problem is to characterize the networks that admit k-IRS. All...

An algorithm for extracting the skin surface in MR breast images (2008)

Michael A. Wirth, Rui Wang, Alexei Stapinski

Segmentation of 2D MR breast images is usually composed of detecting (i) the breast/air boundary (skin edge) and (ii) the chest wall boundary. The individual 2D contours representing the skin edge...

Precomputed Radiance Transfer Field for Rendering Interreflections in Dynamic Scenes (2008)

Minghao Pan, Rui Wang, Xinguo Liu, Qunsheng Peng, Hujun Bao

In this paper, we introduce a new representation – radiance transfer fields (RTF) – for rendering interreflections in dynamic scenes under low frequency illumination. The RTF describes the...

A conceptual model for a collaborative GIS (2008)

Instructor Dr, Eileen M. Trauth, Hongmei Wang, Rui Wang, Hongmei Wang, Rui Wang

Most current natural language based Geographical Information Systems (GIS) still interact with the user with the “question-answer ” model. They do not support users effectively because the...

BIwTL: A Business Information Warehouse Toolkit and Language for Warehousing Simplification and Automation (2008)

Bin He, Rui Wang, Ying Chen, Ana Lelescu, James Rhodes

Rapidly leveraging information analytics technologies to mine the mounting information in structured and unstructured forms, derive business insights and improve decision making is becoming...

The Visual Computer manuscript No. (will be inserted by the editor) (2008)

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

Abstract We approximate a solid object represented as a triangle mesh by a bounding set of spheres having minimal summed volume outside the object. We show how outside volume for a single sphere can...

Synthesizing trees from samples (2008)

Rui Wang, Wei Hua, Zilong Dong, Hujun Bao, Qunsheng Peng

In this paper, we propose a novel tree modeling approach, synthesizing new trees from samples. First, we capture real world trees as samples by image-based modeling or laser scanning techniques....

Selection of a Vegetable Water-Retaining Material and Its Effects on the Growth and Quality of Cucumber under Drought Stress Part 1 : Selection of a Vegetable Water-Retaining Material (2008)

Yang, Shang-Dong, Wang, Rui, Li, Gang, Egashira, Kazuhiko, 江頭, 和彦

Water-retention capacities of moss, common water hyacinth and Late Juncellus were compared with that of SAP (super absorbent polymers), a presently used chemical water-retaining material. Moss was...

Selection of a Vegetable Water-Retaining Material and Its Effects on the Growth and Quality of Cucumber under Drought Stress Part 2 : Effects of Common Water Hyacinth on the Growth and Quality of Cucumber (2008)

Yang, Shang-Dong, Wang, Rui, Li, Gang, Egashira, Kazuhiko, 江頭, 和彦

Common water hyacinth was selected as a vegetable water-retaining material suitable to crop cultivation in the area prone to seasonal drought in Part 1 of this study. A pot experiment was carried out...

Nolan Goodnight, (2008)

Rui Wang

diagram of the modern GPU pipeline. Previously fixedfunction vertex and fragment processing units have been replaced by programmable units. Up to 32bitfloatingpoint pixel processing precision is...

Optimal Gossiping in Square 2D Meshes ⋆ Abstract (2008)

Rui Wang

Gossiping is the communication problem in which each node has a unique message to be transmitted to every other node. The nodes exchange their message by packets. A solution to the problem is judged...

Abstract All-Frequency Relighting of Non-Diffuse Objects using Separable BRDF Approximation (2008)

H. W. Jensen, A. Keller (editors, Rui Wang, John Tran, David Luebke

This paper presents a technique, based on pre-computed light transport and separable BRDF approximation, for interactive rendering of non-diffuse objects under all-frequency environment illumination....

Per Christensen and Daniel Cohen-Or (Editors) Abstract Interactive Time-Dependent Tone Mapping Using Programmable Graphics Hardware (2008)

Nolan Goodnight, Rui Wang, Cliff Woolley, Greg Humphreys

Modern graphics architectures have replaced stages of the graphics pipeline with fully programmable modules. Therefore, it is now possible to perform fairly general computation on each vertex or...

General Terms (2008)

Günter Neumann, Rui Wang

The paper describes QAst-v1 a robust question answering system for answering factoid questions in manual and automatic transcriptions of speech. Our system is an adaptation of our text–based...

Abstract All-Frequency Interactive Relighting of Translucent Objects with Single and Multiple Scattering (2008)

Rui Wang, John Tran

We present a technique, based on precomputed light transport, for interactive rendering of translucent objects under all-frequency environment maps. We consider the complete BSSRDF model proposed by...

Recognizing Textual Entailment Using Sentence Similarity based on Dependency Tree Skeletons (2008)

Rui Wang, Günter Neumann

We present a novel approach to RTE that exploits a structure-oriented sentence representation followed by a similarity function. The structural features are automatically acquired from tree skeletons...

Implementing Shared Mental Models for Collaborative Teamwork (2008)

John Yen Xiaocong, John Yen, Xiaocong Fan, Shuang Sun, Rui Wang, Cong Chen, ...

Psychology studies have shown that one of the keys to human teamwork is the ability of teammates to anticipate the needs of others and proactively take appropriate action using an overlapping shared...

Regulation of WRN protein cellular localization and enzymatic activities by SIRT1-mediated deacetylation (2008)

Li, Kai, Casta, Alexandre, Wang, Rui, Lozada, Enerlyn M., Fan, Wei, Kane, Susan E., ...

Werner syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder associated with premature aging and cancer predisposition caused by mutations of the WRN gene. WRN is a member of the RecQ DNA helicase family with...

Design, Synthesis, and Antitumor Activities of Some Novel Substituted 1,2,3-Benzotriazines (2008)

Jin-Ling Lv, Rui Wang, Dan Liu, Gang Guo, Yong-Kui Jing, Lin-Xiang Zhao

A series of novel substituted 1,2,3-benzotriazines based on the structures of vatalanib succinate (PTK787) and vandetanib (ZD6474) were designed and synthesized. The antiproliferative effects of...

Resource allocation in high data-rate wireless networks (2008)

Wang, Rui

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2008

A Randomized Pilot Study of Atractylenolide I on Gastric Cancer Cachexia Patients (2008)

Liu, Yi, Jia, Zhongwu, Dong, Lei, Wang, Rui, Qiu, Genquan

We determined the therapeutic efficacy of atractylenolide I (ATR), extracted from largehead atractylodes rhizome, in managing gastric cancer cachexia (GCC), and interpreted its probable...

Does corporate reputation deliver shareholder value? The UK evidence (2007)

Wang, Rui

This thesis is submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science. The thesis sets out the results of a structured programme of research or design, development or...

Abstract Razor: An Architecture for Dynamic Multiresolution Ray Tracing (2007)

Peter Djeu, Warren Hunt, Rui Wang, Ikrima Elhassan, Gordon Stoll, William R. Mark

Rendering systems organized around the ray tracing visibility algorithm provide a powerful and general tool for generating realistic images. These systems are being rapidly adopted for offline...

Running title: A Bax-activation Switch * Share the first authorship (2007)

Chun Chen, Jun Cui, Haizhu Lu, Rui Wang, Shuai Zhang, Pingping Shen, ...

This un-edited manuscript has been accepted for publication in Biophysical Journal and is freely available on BioFast at

DFKI–LT at AVE 2007: Using Recognizing Textual Entailment for Answer Validation (2007)

Rui Wang, Günter Neumann

Abstract. This report is about our participation in the Answer Validation Exercise (AVE) 2007. Our system utilizes a Recognizing Textual Entailment (RTE) system as a component to validate answers. We...

Abstract Razor: An Architecture for Dynamic Multiresolution Ray Tracing (2007)

Peter Djeu, Warren Hunt, Rui Wang, Ikrima Elhassan, Gordon Stoll, William R. Mark

Rendering systems organized around the ray tracing visibility algorithm provide a powerful and general tool for generating realistic images. These systems are being rapidly adopted for offline...

Spin-polarized quantum transport through a T-shape quantum dot-array: a model of spin splitter (2006)

Wang, Rui

We in this paper study theoretically the spin-polarized quantum transport through a T-shape quantum dot-array by means of transfer-matrix method along with the Green^{,}s function technique....

The Lasting Impact of a Library Credit Course (2006)

Wang, Rui.

portal: Libraries and the Academy - Volume 6, Number 1, January 2006

Agent-based collaborative plan adaptation with resource constraints [electronic resource] / (2006)

Wang, Rui.

The full text of the dissertation is available as a Adobe Acrobat .pdf file (163 p.) ; Adobe Acrobat Reader required to view the file.

Transaction Time Support Inside a Database Engine (2006)

David Lomet, Roger Barga, Rui Wang

Transaction time databases retain and provide access to prior states of a database. An update “inserts ” a new record while preserving the old version. Immortal DB builds transaction time...

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...

Context-Centric Needs Anticipation Using Information Needs Graphs (2006)

Xiaocong Fan, Rui Wang, Shuang Sun, John Yen, Richard A. Volz

Effective agent teamwork requires information exchange to be conducted in a proactive, selective, and intelligent way. In the field of distributed artificial intelligence, there has been increasing...

All-frequency relighting of glossy objects (2006)

Rui Wang, John Tran, David Luebke

We present a technique for interactive rendering of glossy objects in complex and dynamic lighting environments that captures interreflections and all-frequency shadows. Our system is based on...

Allfrequency relighting of glossy objects (2006)

Rui Wang, John Tran, David Luebke

We present a technique for interactive rendering of glossy objects in complex and dynamic lighting environments that captures interreflections and all-frequency shadows. Our system is based on...

Razor: An Architecture for Dynamic Multiresolution Ray Tracing (2006)

Gordon Stoll, William R. Mark, Peter Djeu, Rui Wang, Ikrima Elhassan

Rendering systems organized around the ray tracing visibility algorithm provide a powerful and general tool for generating realistic images. These systems are being rapidly adopted for offline...

Efficient wavelet rotation for environment map rendering (2006)

Rui Wang, Ren Ng, David Luebke, Greg Humphreys

Real-time shading with environment maps requires the ability to rotate the global lighting to each surface point’s local coordinate frame. Although extensive previous work has studied rotation of...

Allfrequency relighting of glossy objects (2006)

Rui Wang, John Tran, David Luebke

We present a technique for interactive rendering of glossy objects in all-frequency lighting environments that captures shadows and interreflections. Our technique is based on precomputed radiance...

Realtime soft shadows in dynamic scenes using spherical harmonic exponentiation (2006)

Zhong Ren, Rui Wang, John Snyder, Kun Zhou, Xinguo Liu, Bo Sun, ...

Previous methods for soft shadows numerically integrate over many light directions at each receiver point, testing blocker visibility in each direction. We introduce a method for real-time soft...

Transaction Time Support Inside a Database Engine (2006)

Lomet, David B., Barga, Roger S., Mokbel, Mohamed F., Shegalov, German, Wang, Rui, Zhu, Yunyue, ...

Transaction time databases retain and provide access to prior states of a database. An update ''inserts'' a new record while preserving the old version. Immortal DB builds transaction time database...

Prophylaxis against carcinogenesis in three kind unestablished tumor models via IL12-gene-engineered MSCs (2006)

Wang, Rui, Chen, Xian-cheng, Zhao, Xia, Wei, Yu-quan, Hu, Min, Wang, Guo-qing, ...

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) were adenovirally engineered to secrete interleukin-12 (AdIL-12-MSCs) and evaluated for their anticarcinogenesis efficacy against three kind unestablished tumor models...

Prophylaxis against carcinogenesis in three kinds of unestablished tumor models via IL12-gene-engineered MSCs (2006)

Chen, Xian-cheng, Wang, Rui, Zhao, Xia, Wei, Yu-quan, Hu, Min, Wang, Yang-sheng, ...

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) were adenovirally engineered to secrete interleukin-12 (AdIL-12-MSCs) and evaluated for their anticarcinogenesis efficacy against three kinds of unestablished tumor...

Prophylaxis against carcinogenesis in three kinds of unestablished tumor models via IL12-gene-engineered MSCs (2006)

Chen, Xian-cheng, Wang, Rui, Zhao, Xia, Wei, Yu-quan, Hu, Min, Wang, Yang-sheng, ...

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) were adenovirally engineered to secrete interleukin-12 (AdIL-12-MSCs) and evaluated for their anticarcinogenesis efficacy against three kinds of unestablished tumor...

Autoinhibition of X11/Mint scaffold proteins revealed by the closed conformation of the PDZ tandem (2005)

Long, Jiafu, Feng, Wei, Wang, Rui, Chan, Ling-Nga, Ip, Fanny C. F., Xia, Jun, ...

Members of the X11/Mint family of multidomain adaptor proteins are composed of a divergent N terminus, a conserved PTB domain and a pair of C-terminal PDZ domains. Many proteins can interact with the...

Activation of Stat3 sequence-specific DNA binding and transcription by p300/CREB-binding protein-mediated acetylation (2005)

Wang, Rui, Cherukuri, Pratima, Luo, Jianyuan

Signal transducers and activators of transcription (Stat) belong to a family of latent cytoplasmic factors that can be activated by tyrosine phosphorylation by members of the Jak tyrosine kinase...

Conducting learning object review by using iterative model (2005)

Wang, Rui

Project (M.A.Sc.) - School of Interactive Arts and Technology - Simon Fraser University

HPA-BASED NEW LIQUID REDOX ABSORBENT SYSTEM FOR FLUE GAS TREATMENT (2005)

Rui Wang, Dan Wu, Hongen Qiu, Nan Bao, Haixia Zhao

Using HPA (heteropoly acid), namely Na2HPMo12O40, as absorbent in form of aqueous solution, a promising resolution to SO2 containing gas purification was developed. In this study, experiments were...

Multi-Agent Information Dependence (2005)

Xiaocong Fan Rui, Rui Wang, Bingjun Sun, Shuang Sun, John Yen

about multi-agent information dependence, which is very important for supporting social reasoning in multiagent cooperations. In this paper we seek to characterize the nature of multi-agent...

Context-Centric Needs Anticipation Using (2005)

Information Needs Graphs, Xiaocong Fan, Rui Wang, Shuang Sun, John Yen, Richard A. Volz

Effective agent teamwork requires information exchange to be conducted in a proactive, selective, and intelligent way. In the field of distributed artificial intelligence, there has been increasing...

Immortal DB: Transaction Time Support for SQL Server (2005)

Lomet, David, Barga, Roger, Mokbel, Mohamed, Shegalov, German, Wang, Rui, Zhu, Yunyue, ...

Our {\em Immortal DB} prototype provides transaction time database support built into the Sql Server database engine, not layered on top. Transaction-time databases retain and provide access to all...

Polymorphisms in the MMP1 and MMP3 promoter and non-small cell lung carcinoma in North China (2005)

Fang, Shumei, Jin, Xia, Wang, Rui, Li, Yan, Guo, Wei, Wang, Na, ...

Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are proteolytic enzymes that regulate various cell behaviors in cancer biology, via their basic function of degradation of proteins. Genetic variations in several MMP...

Selection of rifampicin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus during tuberculosis therapy: concurrent bacterial eradication and acquisition of resistance (2005)

Liu, Youning, Cui, Junchang, Wang, Rui, Wang, Xinjing, Drlica, Karl, Zhao, Xilin

Background and objectives: Acquired antimicrobial resistance is commonly attributed to regimens that expose bacteria to subinhibitory concentrations; consequently, eradication of susceptible cells is...

The functional polymorphism in the matrix metalloproteinase-7 promoter increases susceptibility to esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, gastric cardiac adenocarcinoma and non-small cell lung carcinoma (2005)

Zhang, Jianhui, Jin, Xia, Fang, Shumei, Wang, Rui, Li, Yan, Wang, Na, ...

An A to G transition at the 181 base pair position upstream of the transcription initiation site of the matrix metalloproteinase-7 (MMP-7) gene (-181A/G) may modify the development and progression of...

Selection of rifampicin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus during tuberculosis therapy: concurrent bacterial eradication and acquisition of resistance (2005)

Liu, Youning, Cui, Junchang, Wang, Rui, Wang, Xinjing, Drlica, Karl, Zhao, Xilin

Background and objectives: Acquired antimicrobial resistance is commonly attributed to regimens that expose bacteria to subinhibitory concentrations; consequently, eradication of susceptible cells is...

Continuous inhalation of carbon monoxide attenuates hypoxic pulmonary hypertension development presumably through activation of BKCa channels (2005)

Dubuis, Eric, Potier, Marie, Wang, Rui, Vandier, Christophe

Objective: We tested the hypothesis that inhalation of a low concentration of exogenous carbon monoxide (CO) attenuates the development of hypoxic pulmonary artery hypertension by activation of...

SITE-SPECIFIC PREDICTION AND MEASUREMENT OF COTTON FIBER QUALITY (2004)

Wang, Rui

Maintaining cotton fiber quality is crucial for the survival of the U.S. cotton industry. Previous studies have indicated that spatial variability of fiber quality parameters exists in cotton fields....

SITE-SPECIFIC PREDICTION AND MEASUREMENT OF COTTON FIBER QUALITY (2004)

Wang, Rui

Maintaining cotton fiber quality is crucial for the survival of the U.S. cotton industry. Previous studies have indicated that spatial variability of fiber quality parameters exists in cotton fields....

Cyberclassroom : a large-scale interactive distance-learning platform (2004)

Lin, Siwei, Cheng, Kan Leung, Wang, Rui, Zhou, Hao, Chan, Sheung-Han Gary

Traditionally, lectures are held in classrooms where students are co-located in order to interact with the instructors. This model is not convenient or cost-effective for some students, e.g., those...

Context-Centric Proactive Information Delivery (2004)

Xiaocong Fan John, John Yen, Rui Wang, Shuang Sun

Delivering only those information relevant to the needs of teammates is critical for avoiding information overload. Need-driven proactive information delivery has thus been widely investigated in...

Context-Centric Proactive Information Delivery (2004)

Xiaocong Fan John, John Yen, Rui Wang, Shuang Sun

Delivering only those information relevant to the needs of teammates is critical for avoiding information overload. Need-driven proactive information delivery has thus been widely investigated in...

Association of the thymidylate synthase polymorphisms with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and gastric cardiac adenocarcinoma (2004)

Zhang, Jianhui, Cui, Yajing, Kuang, Gang, Li, Yan, Wang, Na, Wang, Rui, ...

Polymorphisms in the untranslated regions (UTRs) of the thymidylate synthase (TS) gene, which may modulate TS transcription and expression, have been associated with susceptibility and prognosis of...

The functional SNP in the matrix metalloproteinase-3 promoter modifies susceptibility and lymphatic metastases in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma but not in gastric cardiac adenocarcinoma (2004)

Zhang, Jianhui, Jin, Xia, Fang, Shumei, Li, Yan, Wang, Rui, Guo, Wei, ...

The matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), a family of proteolytic enzymes that degrade different components of extracellular matrix, play important roles in tumor development and invasion. A single...

Polymorphisms in the MMP1 and MMP3 promoter and non-small cell lung carcinoma in North China (2004)

Fang, Shumei, Jin, Xia, Wang, Rui, Li, Yan, Guo, Wei, Wang, Na, ...

Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are proteolytic enzymes that regulate various cell behaviors in cancer biology, via their basic function of degradation of proteins. Genetic variations in several MMP...

Consecutive ones blocks for symmetric matrices (2003)

Rui Wang

We show that a cubic graph G with girth g(G) ≥ 5 has a Hamiltonian Circuit if and only if the matrix A+ I can be row permuted such that each column has at most 2 blocks of consecutive 1’s, where...

Formal Semantics and Communication Strategies for (2003)

Proactive Information Delivery, John Yen, Xiaocong Fan, Shuang Sun, Rui Wang, Cong Chen, ...

E#ective human teams often benefit from proactivity through members' capability of anticipating di#erent needs of teammates. In this paper, we focus on three issues related to the behavior of...

Association of NAD(P)H: quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) C609T polymorphism with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in a German Caucasian and a northern Chinese population (2003)

Zhang, Jianhui, Schulz, Wolfgang A., Li, Yan, Wang, Rui, Zotz, Rainer, Wen, Denggui, ...

NAD(P)H: quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) is an antioxidant enzyme, important in the detoxification of environmental carcinogens. A single base substitution (C→T) polymorphism at nucleotide 609...

Association of NAD(P)H: quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) C609T polymorphism with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in a German Caucasian and a northern Chinese population (2003)

Zhang, Jianhui, Schulz, Wolfgang A., Li, Yan, Wang, Rui, Zotz, Rainer, Wen, Denggui, ...

NAD(P)H: quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) is an antioxidant enzyme, important in the detoxification of environmental carcinogens. A single base substitution (C → T) polymorphism at nucleotide 609...

Association of NAD(P)H: quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) C609T polymorphism with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in a German Caucasian and a northern Chinese population (2003)

Zhang, Jianhui, Schulz, Wolfgang A., Li, Yan, Wang, Rui, Zotz, Rainer, Wen, Denggui, ...

NAD(P)H: quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) is an antioxidant enzyme, important in the detoxification of environmental carcinogens. A single base substitution (C→T) polymorphism at nucleotide 609...

John Dewey's influence on Chinese education / (1993)

Wang, Rui.

Thesis (Ed. D.)--Northern Illinois University, 1993.

Mechanism of catalysed solvent-mediated coal liquefaction. (1993)

Wang, Rui.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Loughborough University of Technology, 1993.

When genetic distance matters: Measuring genetic differentiation at microsatellite loci in whole-genome scans of recent and incipient mosquito species

Wang, Rui, Zheng, Liangbiao, Touré, Yeya T., Dandekar, Thomas, Kafatos, Fotis C.

Genetic distance measurements are an important tool to differentiate field populations of disease vectors such as the mosquito vectors of malaria. Here, we have measured the genetic differentiation...

The vasorelaxant effect of H2S as a novel endogenous gaseous KATP channel opener

Zhao, Weimin, Zhang, Jing, Lu, Yanjie, Wang, Rui

Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) has been traditionally viewed as a toxic gas. It is also, however, endogenously generated from cysteine metabolism. We attempted to assess the physiological role of H2S in the...

Different mechanisms underlying the stimulation of KCa channels by nitric oxide and carbon monoxide

Wu, Lingyun, Cao, Kun, Lu, Yanjie, Wang, Rui

The molecular mechanisms underlying the effects of nitric oxide (NO) and carbon monoxide (CO), individually and collectively, on large-conductance calcium-activated K+ (KCa) channels were...

Dietary approach to attenuate oxidative stress, hypertension, and inflammation in the cardiovascular system

Wu, Lingyun, Ashraf, M. Hossein Noyan, Facci, Marina, Wang, Rui, Paterson, Phyllis G., Ferrie, Alison, ...

Imbalance between production and scavenging of superoxide anion results in hypertension by the inactivation of nitric oxide, and the increased oxidative stress from the resultant peroxynitrite that...

Yield and quality responses of citrus (Citrus reticulate) and tea (Podocarpus fleuryi Hickel.) to compound fertilizers*

Wang, Rui, Shi, Xue-gen, Wei, You-zhang, Yang, Xiao-e, Uoti, Juhani

Experiments were carried out with citrus (Citrus reticulate) and tea (Podocarpus fleuryi Hickel.) to study the effects of compound fertilizers on their yields and quality. In the citrus experiment,...

Activation of KATP channels by H2S in rat insulin-secreting cells and the underlying mechanisms

Yang, Wei, Yang, Guangdong, Jia, Xuming, Wu, Lingyun, Wang, Rui

H2S is an important gasotransmitter, generated in mammalian cells from l-cysteine metabolism. As it stimulates KATP channels in vascular smooth muscle cells, H2S may also function as an endogenous...

When genetic distance matters: Measuring genetic differentiation at microsatellite loci in whole-genome scans of recent and incipient mosquito species

Wang, Rui, Zheng, Liangbiao, Touré, Yeya T., Dandekar, Thomas, Kafatos, Fotis C.

Genetic distance measurements are an important tool to differentiate field populations of disease vectors such as the mosquito vectors of malaria. Here, we have measured the genetic differentiation...

The vasorelaxant effect of H2S as a novel endogenous gaseous KATP channel opener

Zhao, Weimin, Zhang, Jing, Lu, Yanjie, Wang, Rui

Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) has been traditionally viewed as a toxic gas. It is also, however, endogenously generated from cysteine metabolism. We attempted to assess the physiological role of H2S in the...

Different mechanisms underlying the stimulation of KCa channels by nitric oxide and carbon monoxide

Wu, Lingyun, Cao, Kun, Lu, Yanjie, Wang, Rui

The molecular mechanisms underlying the effects of nitric oxide (NO) and carbon monoxide (CO), individually and collectively, on large-conductance calcium-activated K+ (KCa) channels were...

Dietary approach to attenuate oxidative stress, hypertension, and inflammation in the cardiovascular system

Wu, Lingyun, Ashraf, M. Hossein Noyan, Facci, Marina, Wang, Rui, Paterson, Phyllis G., Ferrie, Alison, ...

Imbalance between production and scavenging of superoxide anion results in hypertension by the inactivation of nitric oxide, and the increased oxidative stress from the resultant peroxynitrite that...

Activation of KATP channels by H2S in rat insulin-secreting cells and the underlying mechanisms

Yang, Wei, Yang, Guangdong, Jia, Xuming, Wu, Lingyun, Wang, Rui

H2S is an important gasotransmitter, generated in mammalian cells from l-cysteine metabolism. As it stimulates KATP channels in vascular smooth muscle cells, H2S may also function as an endogenous...

Yield and quality responses of citrus (Citrus reticulate) and tea (Podocarpus fleuryi Hickel.) to compound fertilizers*

Wang, Rui, Shi, Xue-gen, Wei, You-zhang, Yang, Xiao-e, Uoti, Juhani

Experiments were carried out with citrus (Citrus reticulate) and tea (Podocarpus fleuryi Hickel.) to study the effects of compound fertilizers on their yields and quality. In the citrus experiment,...

Protective Effect of Hydrogen Sulfide on Balloon Injury-Induced Neointima Hyperplasia in Rat Carotid Arteries

Meng, Qing H., Yang, Guangdong, Yang, Wei, Jiang, Bo, Wu, Lingyun, Wang, Rui

Endogenous hydrogen sulfide (H2S), generated from homocysteine metabolism mainly catalyzed by cystathionine γ-lyase (CSE), possesses important functions in the cardiovascular system. In this study,...

Inhibiting Proliferation and Enhancing Chemosensitivity to Taxanes in Osteosarcoma Cells by RNA Interference-Mediated Downregulation of Stathmin Expression

Wang, Rui, Dong, Ke, Lin, Fang, Wang, Xi, Gao, Ping, Wei, San-Hua, ...

Stathmin (Oncoprotein18), a signal transduction regulatory factor, plays an important role in cell division and malignant tumor development. Stathmin is a ubiquitous intracellular phosphoprotein that...

Carbon monoxide-induced vasorelaxation and the underlying mechanisms

Wang, Rui, Wang, Zunzhe, Wu, Lingyun

Carbon monoxide (CO) induced a concentration-dependent relaxation of isolated rat tail artery tissues which were precontracted with phenylephrine or U-46619. This vasorelaxing effect of CO was...

Kinin B2 receptor-mediated contraction of tail arteries from normal or streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

Wang, Zunzhe, Wu, Lingyun, Wang, Rui

The vasoactive effects of bradykinin (BK) are mediated by different subtypes of kinin receptors, of which the expression varies among different tissues. In rat tail artery tissues, BK elicited a...

Novel cardiac protective effects of urea: from shark to rat

Wang, Xintao, Wu, Lingyun, Aouffen, M'hamed, Mateescu, Mircea-Alexandru, Nadeau, Réginald, Wang, Rui

This study was carried out to investigate novel cardioprotective effects of urea and the underlying mechanisms. The cardiac functions under oxidative stress were evaluated using Langendorff perfused...

Haeme oxygenase-1 and cardiac anaphylaxis

Ndisang, Joseph Fomusi, Wang, Rui, Vannacci, Alfredo, Marzocca, Cosimo, Fantappiè, Ornella, Mazzanti, Roberto, ...

Haeme oxygenase (HO) is an enzyme mainly localized in the smooth endoplasmic reticulum and involved in haeme degradation and in the generation of carbon monoxide (CO). Here we investigate (1) whether...

Modeling of the Role of a Bax-Activation Switch in the Mitochondrial Apoptosis Decision

Chen, Chun, Cui, Jun, Lu, Haizhu, Wang, Rui, Zhang, Shuai, Shen, Pingping

We performed in silico modeling of the regulatory network of mitochondrial apoptosis through which we examined the role of a Bax-activation switch in governing the mitochondrial apoptosis decision....

Identification of a Regulatory T Cell Specific Cell Surface Molecule that Mediates Suppressive Signals and Induces Foxp3 Expression

Wang, Rui, Wan, Qi, Kozhaya, Lina, Fujii, Hodaka, Unutmaz, Derya

Regulatory T (Treg) cells control immune activation and maintain tolerance. How Tregs mediate their suppressive function is unclear. Here we identified a cell surface molecule, called GARP, (or...

Suppression of HIV-Specific and Allogeneic T Cell Activation by Human Regulatory T Cells Is Dependent on the Strength of Signals

Antons, Amanda K., Wang, Rui, Kalams, Spyros A., Unutmaz, Derya

Regulatory T cells (Tregs) suppress immune responses against both self and non-self antigens. Tregs require activation through the T cell receptor (TCR) and IL-2 to exert their suppressive functions....

A Randomized Pilot Study of Atractylenolide I on Gastric Cancer Cachexia Patients

Liu, Yi, Jia, Zhongwu, Dong, Lei, Wang, Rui, Qiu, Genquan

We determined the therapeutic efficacy of atractylenolide I (ATR), extracted from largehead atractylodes rhizome, in managing gastric cancer cachexia (GCC), and interpreted its probable...

Neuroprotective Activities of Enzymatically Hydrolyzed Peptides from Porcine Hide Gelatin

Wang, Shaoyun, Wang, Deng-Shun, Wang, Rui

Central nervous system disorders, including cerebrovascular disease, neurodegenerative diseases and head trauma are the most common cause of severe disability in adults and share a number of...

Developmental waves of mechanosensitivity acquisition in sensory neuron subtypes during embryonic development

Lechner, Stefan G, Frenzel, Henning, Wang, Rui, Lewin, Gary R

Somatic sensation relies on the transduction of physical stimuli into electrical signals by sensory neurons of the dorsal root ganglia. Little is known about how and when during development different...

The Structure of Chinese Urban Land Prices: Estimates from Benchmark Land Price Data

Rui Wang

Urban land price curve, Benchmark land price, Gradient, China,

FoxP3+CD4+ regulatory T cells play an important role in acute HIV-1 infection in humanized Rag2−/−γC−/− mice in vivo

Jiang, Qi, Zhang, Liguo, Wang, Rui, Jeffrey, Jerry, Washburn, Michael L., Brouwer, Dedeke, ...

The role of FoxP3+CD4+ regulatory T (Treg) cells in HIV-1 disease in vivo is poorly understood due to the lack of a robust model. We report here that CD4+FoxP3+ T cells are developed in all lymphoid...