S. Yin

Publication List Details

Period

1992 - 2008

Number

50

Co-Authors

IS AMBIGUITY USEFUL OR PROBLEMATIC FOR GRAMMAR GUIDED GENETIC PROGRAMMING? A CASE STUDY (2008)

N. X. Hoai, S. Yin, Ri Mckay

In [2] Antonisse made a conjecture that unambiguous grammars are better candidates for grammar-guided genetic learning. In this paper, we empirically show that it is not always the case, especially...

On sequential commitment in the price-dependent newsvendor model (2007)

Granot, D, Yin, S

We investigate the effect of sequential commitment in the decentralized newsvendor model with price-dependent demand. Sequential commitment allows the self-profit maximizing parties to commit to...

Self-sustained current oscillations in superlattices and the van der Pol equation (2005)

Sun, Zhouzhou, Cao, Junpeng, Yin, S., Wang, Yupeng, Wang, Y. Q., Wang, Xiang-Rong

The connection between self-sustained current oscillations (SSCOs) in superlattices and the famous van der Pol (vdP) equation is established by mapping a widely used model of SSCOs to the vdP...

Spin relaxation and decoherence of two-level systems (2005)

Wang, Xiang-Rong, Zheng, Y. S., Yin, S.

We revisit the concepts of spin relaxation and spin decoherence of two level (spin-1/2) systems. From two toy-models, we clarify two issues related to the spin relaxation and decoherence: 1) For an...

On the spin relaxation and decoherence of two-level systems (2005)

Wang, Xiang-Rong, Zheng, Y. S., Yin, S.

We revisit the concepts of spin relaxation and spin decoherence of two level (spin-1/2) systems. From two toy-models, we clarify two issues related to the spin relaxation and decoherence: 1) For an...

Generation of electron entanglement in quantum dot systems (2005)

Yin, S., Sun, Q. F., Sun, Zhouzhou, Wang, Xiang-Rong

We propose a solid-state quantum structure capable of generating Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen (EPR) electron pairs using a parametric electron pumping idea and the Coulomb blockade phenomenon. The...

Magnetic impurity effect on the entanglement in the Ising model (2005)

Cao, Junpeng, Sun, Zhouzhou, Yin, S., Wang, Yupeng, Wang, Xiang-Rong

We study the effect of magnetic impurity on the entanglement in the three-site Ising model with both periodic and open boundary conditions. We obtain the analytic expressions for entanglement and...

Factorization of a class of perfect reconstruction modified DFT filter banks with IIR filters (2005)

Yin, S, Chan, SC

This paper proposed a new factorization of a class of perfect reconstruction (PR) causal-stable modified discrete Fourier transform (MDFT) filter bank (FB) with IIR filters, whose prototype filter...

On the theory and design of a class of PR causal-stable IIR non-uniform recombination cosine modulated filter banks (2005)

Yin, S, Chan, SC

This paper studies the theory and design of a class of perfect reconstruction (PR) causal-stable nonuniform recombination cosine modulated filter banks (RN CMFB) with IIR filters. It is based on the...

Transcritical Hopf bifurcation and breathing of limit cycles in sequential tunnelling of superlattices (2004)

Sun, Zhouzhou, Chen, K. L., Yin, S., He, H. T., Wang, Jiannong, Wang, Y. Q., ...

Within a discrete drift model, we study the evolution of the self-sustained current oscillation (SSCO) solutions (limit cycles) in sequential tunnelling of superlattices under dc bias.We propose two...

Extended states in systems with odd-rank transfer matrices (2004)

Wang, Shidong, Sun, Zhouzhou, Xiong, Gang, Yin, S., Wang, Xiang-Rong

The localization properties are investigated within a transfer matrix formulation. We find that there may exist one extended eigenstate when the rank of the transfer matrix is odd. An edge state in a...

Human myometrial genes are differentially expressed in labor: a suppression subtractive hybridization study (2002)

Chan, E. C, Fraser, Sarah, Yin, S, Yeo, G, Kwiek, K, Fairclough, Robert J, ...

Human parturition is effected by a cascade of factors, of which many are unknown. We aim to identify the genes that are changed by labor in the human myometrium by suppression subtractive...

Human myometrial genes are differentially expressed in labor: a suppression subtractive hybridization study (2002)

Chan, E. C., Fraser, S., Yin, S., Yeo, G., Kwek, K., Fairclough, R. J., ...

Human parturition is effected by a cascade of factors, of which many are unknown. We aim to identify the genes that are changed by labor in the human myometrium by suppression subtractive...

Human myometrial genes are differentially expressed in labor: a suppression subtractive hybridization study (2002)

Chan, E. C., Fraser, S., Yin, S., Yeo, G., Kwek, K., Fairclough, R. J., ...

Human parturition is effected by a cascade of factors, of which many are unknown. We aim to identify the genes that are changed by labor in the human myometrium by suppression subtractive...

Measurement Accuracy and Precision Assessment of an Image-Based Clothing and Equipment Sizing System (2001)

Meunier, P., Yin, S.

In spite of highly standardized protocols designed to maximize the degree of repeatability and accuracy, traditional anthropometric data are not as reliable as they appear. Many factors come into...

Genotoxic markers among butadiene polymer workers in China (2000)

Hayes, R.B., Zhang, L., Yin, S., Swenberg, J.A., Xi, L., Wiencke, J., ...

While 1,3-butadiene is carcinogenic in rodents, cancer causation in humans is less certain. We examined a spectrum of genotoxic outcomes in 41 butadiene polymer production workers and 38 non-exposed...

Transcript cleavage by RNA polymerase II arrested by a cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer in the DNA template.

Donahue, B A, Yin, S, Taylor, J S, Reines, D, Hanawalt, P C

A current model for transcription-coupled DNA repair is that RNA polymerase, arrested at a DNA lesion, directs the repair machinery to the transcribed strand of an active gene. To help elucidate this...

Regulation of sesquiterpene cyclase gene expression. Characterization of an elicitor- and pathogen-inducible promoter.

Yin, S, Mei, L, Newman, J, Back, K, Chappell, J

The promoter for a tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) sesquiterpene cyclase gene, a key regulatory step in sesquiterpene phytoalexin biosynthesis, has been analyzed. The EAS4 promoter was fused to the...

False-positive serologic test resulting from a probable yeast infection in a chimpanzee.

Heller, T, Yin, S, Tsarev, S A, Purcell, R H, Emerson, S U

Sera used to identify putative hepatitis E viral proteins expressed in Pischia pastoris produced a false-positive reaction because of antibodies to a yeast protein. This report illustrates a...

Keratinocyte growth factor is a growth factor for type II pneumocytes in vivo.

Ulich, T R, Yi, E S, Longmuir, K, Yin, S, Biltz, R, Morris, C F, ...

Keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) administered as a single intratracheal injection causes a prominent dose-dependent proliferation of type II alveolar epithelial cells in the lungs of adult rats. The...

Interaction of the lambda site-specific recombination protein Xis with attachment site DNA.

Yin, S, Bushman, W, Landy, A

Nuclease protection experiments show that Xis protein of bacteriophage lambda specifically binds attachment (att) site DNA. The region of Xis binding, present in both the phage att site and the right...

Interphase cytogenetics of workers exposed to benzene.

Zhang, L, Rothman, N, Wang, Y, Hayes, R B, Bechtold, W, Venkatesh, P, ...

Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) is a powerful new technique that allows numerical chromosome aberrations (aneuploidy) to be detected in interphase cells. In previous studies, FISH has been...

Tissue distribution of DNA adducts and their persistence in blood of mice exposed to benzene.

Li, G, Wang, C, Xin, W, Yin, S

Chemicals combine with DNA, resulting in DNA damage, which could initiate carcinogenesis. To study whether benzene or benzene metabolites bind to DNA, DNA adducts in various tissues and their...

An epidemiologic study of early biologic effects of benzene in Chinese workers.

Rothman, N, Smith, M T, Hayes, R B, Li, G L, Irons, R D, Dosemeci, M, ...

Benzene is a recognized hematotoxin and leukemogen, but its mechanisms of action in humans are still uncertain. To provide insight into these processes, we carried out a cross-sectional study of 44...

Transcript cleavage by RNA polymerase II arrested by a cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer in the DNA template.

Donahue, B A, Yin, S, Taylor, J S, Reines, D, Hanawalt, P C

A current model for transcription-coupled DNA repair is that RNA polymerase, arrested at a DNA lesion, directs the repair machinery to the transcribed strand of an active gene. To help elucidate this...

Regulation of sesquiterpene cyclase gene expression. Characterization of an elicitor- and pathogen-inducible promoter.

Yin, S, Mei, L, Newman, J, Back, K, Chappell, J

The promoter for a tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) sesquiterpene cyclase gene, a key regulatory step in sesquiterpene phytoalexin biosynthesis, has been analyzed. The EAS4 promoter was fused to the...

False-positive serologic test resulting from a probable yeast infection in a chimpanzee.

Heller, T, Yin, S, Tsarev, S A, Purcell, R H, Emerson, S U

Sera used to identify putative hepatitis E viral proteins expressed in Pischia pastoris produced a false-positive reaction because of antibodies to a yeast protein. This report illustrates a...

Keratinocyte growth factor is a growth factor for type II pneumocytes in vivo.

Ulich, T R, Yi, E S, Longmuir, K, Yin, S, Biltz, R, Morris, C F, ...

Keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) administered as a single intratracheal injection causes a prominent dose-dependent proliferation of type II alveolar epithelial cells in the lungs of adult rats. The...

Interaction of the lambda site-specific recombination protein Xis with attachment site DNA.

Yin, S, Bushman, W, Landy, A

Nuclease protection experiments show that Xis protein of bacteriophage lambda specifically binds attachment (att) site DNA. The region of Xis binding, present in both the phage att site and the right...

Interphase cytogenetics of workers exposed to benzene.

Zhang, L, Rothman, N, Wang, Y, Hayes, R B, Bechtold, W, Venkatesh, P, ...

Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) is a powerful new technique that allows numerical chromosome aberrations (aneuploidy) to be detected in interphase cells. In previous studies, FISH has been...

Tissue distribution of DNA adducts and their persistence in blood of mice exposed to benzene.

Li, G, Wang, C, Xin, W, Yin, S

Chemicals combine with DNA, resulting in DNA damage, which could initiate carcinogenesis. To study whether benzene or benzene metabolites bind to DNA, DNA adducts in various tissues and their...

An epidemiologic study of early biologic effects of benzene in Chinese workers.

Rothman, N, Smith, M T, Hayes, R B, Li, G L, Irons, R D, Dosemeci, M, ...

Benzene is a recognized hematotoxin and leukemogen, but its mechanisms of action in humans are still uncertain. To provide insight into these processes, we carried out a cross-sectional study of 44...

Experimental extrinsic allergic alveolitis and pulmonary angiitis induced by intratracheal or intravenous challenge with Corynebacterium parvum in sensitized rats.

Yi, E. S., Lee, H., Suh, Y. K., Tang, W., Qi, M., Yin, S., ...

Extrinsic allergic alveolitis and pulmonary sarcoidosis are granulomatous diseases of the lung for which clinical presentation and anatomic site of granuloma formation differ. Extrinsic allergic...

Platelet-derived growth factor causes pulmonary cell proliferation and collagen deposition in vivo.

Yi, E. S., Lee, H., Yin, S., Piguet, P., Sarosi, I., Kaufmann, S., ...

Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) is postulated to play a role in the pathophysiology of pulmonary fibrosis. Recombinant human PDGF-BB administered as a single intratracheal injection in rats...

Keratinocyte growth factor ameliorates radiation- and bleomycin-induced lung injury and mortality.

Yi, E. S., Williams, S. T., Lee, H., Malicki, D. M., Chin, E. M., Yin, S., ...

Keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) is a growth factor for type II pneumocytes. Type II pneumocyte hyperplasia, a common reaction to lung injury, has been postulated to play an important role in lung...

Intratracheal injection of endotoxin and cytokines. II. Interleukin-6 and transforming growth factor beta inhibit acute inflammation.

Ulich, T. R., Yin, S., Guo, K., Yi, E. S., Remick, D., Del Castillo, J.

The nature of the endogenous mediators that down-regulate and curtail the exodus of neutrophils into local acute inflammatory sites is unknown. In the present report, interleukin-6 (IL-6) and...

Endotoxin-induced cytokine gene expression in vivo. IV. Expression of interleukin-1 alpha/beta and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist mRNA during endotoxemia and during endotoxin-initiated local acute inflammation.

Ulich, T. R., Guo, K., Yin, S., Del Castillo, J., Yi, E. S., Thompson, R. C., ...

After the intravenous (IV) injection of endotoxin, (lipopolysaccharide [LPS]), in the rat, interleukin-1 alpha/beta (IL-1 alpha/beta) mRNA expression peaks at 1 hour in whole organ RNA preparations...

Keratinocyte growth factor induces pancreatic ductal epithelial proliferation.

Yi, E. S., Yin, S., Harclerode, D. L., Bedoya, A., Bikhazi, N. B., Housley, R. M., ...

Keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) causes a proliferation of pancreatic ductal epithelial cells in adult rats after daily systemic administration for 1 to 2 weeks. Even before the proliferation of...

Keratinocyte growth factor is a growth factor for mammary epithelium in vivo. The mammary epithelium of lactating rats is resistant to the proliferative action of keratinocyte growth factor.

Ulich, T. R., Yi, E. S., Cardiff, R., Yin, S., Bikhazi, N., Biltz, R., ...

Keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) is a member of the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) family. KGF is secreted by stromal cells and affects epithelial but not mesenchymal cell proliferation. KGF injected...

Intratracheal administration of endotoxin and cytokines. IV. The soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor type I inhibits acute inflammation.

Ulich, T. R., Yin, S., Remick, D. G., Russell, D., Eisenberg, S. P., Kohno, T.

Endotoxin lipopolysaccharide (LPS) administered intratracheally to rats causes pulmonary tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF) and interleukin-1 (IL-1) production and results in acute broncho-alveolar...

Excretion of 1,2,4-benzenetriol in the urine of workers exposed to benzene.

Inoue, O, Seiji, K, Nakatsuka, H, Watanabe, T, Yin, S, Li, G L, ...

Urine samples were collected from 152 workers (64 men, 88 women) who had been exposed to benzene, 53 workers (men only) exposed to a mixture of benzene and toluene, and 213 non-exposed controls (113...