W. Cao

Publication List Details

Period

1992 - 2008

Number

40

Co-Authors

Disentangling the effect of environmental factors on yield and nitrogen uptake of irrigated rice in Asia (2008)

Jing, Q., Bouman, B.A.M., Hengsdijk, H., Cao, W., Dai, T.

Rice yield is the result of the interaction between genotype (cultivar characteristics), environment (climate and soil conditions), and management. Few studies have attempted to isolate the...

Exploring options to combine high yields with high nitrogen use efficiencies in irrigated rice in China (2007)

Jing, Q., Bouman, B.A.M., Hengsdijk, H., Cao, W.

In Jiangsu province, Southeast China, high irrigated rice yields (6–8000 kg ha−1) are supported by high nitrogen (N) fertilizer inputs (260–300 kg N ha−1) and low fertilizer N use...

Transforming Inundated Rice Cultivation (2006)

Bindraban, P.S., Hengsdijk, H., Cao, W., Shi, Q., Thiyagarajan, T.M., ...

Almost 90% of global rice is produced under inundated conditions, i.e. in fields with a standing water layer of 5 to 15 cm during the major part of the growing season. Recently, inundated rice...

Long-term effects of manure and inorganic fertilizers on yield and soil fertility for a winter wheat-maize system in Jiangsu, China (2006)

Dong, J., Hengsdijk, H., Dai, T., Qi, J., Cao, W.

Winter wheat-maize rotations are dominant cropping systems on the North China Plain, where recently the use of organic manure with grain crops has almost disappeared. This could reduce soil fertility...

Numerical simulations of negative-index refraction in wedge-shaped metamaterials (2005)

Dong, Z. G., Zhu, S. N., Liu, H., Zhu, J., Cao, W.

A wedge-shaped structure made of split-ring resonators (SRR) and wires is numerically simulated to evaluate its refraction behavior. Four frequency bands, namely, the stop band, left-handed band,...

Investigation of Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 /GaN heterostructures by scanning probe microscopy (2004)

Gruverman, Alexei, Cao, W., Bhaskar, S., Dey, S. K.

Piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) technique has been utilized to study the evolution of domain structure with varying Pb(Zr,Ti)O3(PZT) thickness on GaN substrate. Sol-gel PZT films were deposited...

Str/03/018/jt (2004)

Z. Wang, X. C. Shan, W. Cao

In this report, the development of a 14 micro optical switch utilizing electrostatic actuation and vertical silicon mirrors was presented. This device was fabricated from siliconon -insulator (SOI)...

The Virtual Secretary (2001)

G. Hartvigsen, S. Johansen, R. A. Widding, G. Bellika, W. Cao

A software agent is a program that effectively uses the network and remote processing sites to conduct differnt tasks on behalf of its originator. If required, the agent can communicate with the...

Characterization of the SiC and TiN Whisker Microstructure. (1998)

Zhu, J., Ning, X. G., Xu, H. G., Hu, K. Y., Cao, W.

Five criteria for evaluating the whisker microstructure have been suggested, which include (1) proportion of "perfect" single crystals, (2) morphology and growth direction, (3) length, diameter and...

Characterization of the SiC and TiN Whisker Microstructure. (1998)

Zhu, J., Ning, X. G., Xu, H. G., Hu, K. Y., Cao, W.

Five criteria for evaluating the whisker microstructure have been suggested, which include (1) proportion of "perfect" single crystals, (2) morphology and growth direction, (3) length, diameter and...

Characterization of the Effects of Boron and Phosphorus Additions to the Nickel-Based Superalloy 718 (1996)

Miller, M., Horton, J., Cao, W., Kennedy, R.

The effects of controlled additions of boron and phosphorus to Alloy IN-718 have been investigated by atom probe field ion microscopy and transmission electron rnicroscopy. Boron and phosphorous...

Characterization of the Effects of Boron and Phosphorus Additions to the Nickel-Based Superalloy 718 (1996)

Miller, M., Horton, J., Cao, W., Kennedy, R.

The effects of controlled additions of boron and phosphorus to Alloy IN-718 have been investigated by atom probe field ion microscopy and transmission electron rnicroscopy. Boron and phosphorous...

Characterization of the Effects of Boron and Phosphorus Additions to the Nickel-Based Superalloy 718 (1996)

Miller, M., Horton, J., Cao, W., Kennedy, R.

The effects of controlled additions of boron and phosphorus to Alloy IN-718 have been investigated by atom probe field ion microscopy and transmission electron rnicroscopy. Boron and phosphorous...

The Virtual Secretary Architecture for Secure Software Agents (1996)

Hartvigsen, G., Johansen, S., Helme, A., Widding, R.A., Bellika, G., Cao, W.

The Virtual Secretary project focuses on the construction of an environment for secure software agents. As a research vehicle, i.e., to enable full-scale experiments in realistic settings, some major...

High-speed parallel VLSI-architecture for the (24,12) Golay decoder with optimized permutation decoding (1996)

Cao, W.

An area-efficient parallel VLSI-architecture for the Golay decoder with an optimized permutation decoding technique based on Wolfmann's algorithm is presented. The decoder uses a look-ahead...

High-speed parallel hard and soft-decision Golay decoder. Algorithm and VLSI-architecture (1996)

Cao, W.

An efficient algorithm and the VLSI-architecture for fast soft-decision permutation decoding of the extended Golay code are presented. The new decoding technique consists of an optimized permutation...

Entwurfstechnik vom Algorithmus zur ASIC-Implementierung. Ein paralleler Golay-Decoder in FPGA-Technologie (1996)

Cao, W.

Am Beispiel eines parallelen Golay-Decoders zur Fehlerkorrektur wird der Entwurf exemplarisch dargestellt, ausgehend von einem Algorithmus zur digitalen Signalverarbeitung bis zur...

The Virtual Secretary Architecture for Secure Software Agents (1996)

Hartvigsen, G., Johansen, S., Helme, M.sc. A., Widding, R.A., Bellika, G., Cao, W.

The Virtual Secretary project focuses on the construction of an environment for secure software agents. As a research vehicle, i.e., to enable full-scale experiments in realistic settings, some major...

The Virtual Secretary Architecture for Secure Software Agents (1996)

Hartvigsen, G., Johansen, S., Helme, A., Widding, R.A., Bellika, G., Cao, W.

The Virtual Secretary project focuses on the construction of an environment for secure software agents. As a research vehicle, i.e., to enable full-scale experiments in realistic settings, some major...

DEVELOPMENT OF A SIPHON SYSTEM WITH POROUS TUBES FOR MAINTAINING A CONSTANT NEGATIVE WATER PRESSURE IN A ROOTING MATRIX (1995)

Tibbitts, T. W., Cao, W., Frank, T.

A reliable and effective water and nutrient delivery system with porous tubes has been developed for growing plants at a controllable, constant, negative water pressure. Multiple porous stainless...

A codec chip architecture for (24, 12, 8) golay code with the permutation decoding (1992)

Guo, N., Cao, W., Spinnler, W., Eberlein, E., Seitzer, D.

An efficient ASIC chip of the Golay codec has been designed for channel coding. This paper describes the new architecture used in this chip and the ASIC design. Due to the new architecture which...

Crystal structure of cyclophilin A complexed with substrate Ala-Pro suggests a solvent-assisted mechanism of cis-trans isomerization.

Ke, H, Mayrose, D, Cao, W

Cyclophilin is a binding protein for the immunosuppressive drug cyclosporin A and is also an enzyme with peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase activity. The crystal structure of cyclophilin A complexed...

Biochemical properties of a high fidelity DNA ligase from Thermus species AK16D.

Tong, J, Cao, W, Barany, F

NAD+-dependent DNA ligases from thermophilic bacteria Thermus species are highly homologous with amino acid sequence identities ranging from 85 to 98%. Thermus species AK16D ligase, the most...

Genetic and biochemical characterization of ISP6, a small mitochondrial outer membrane protein associated with the protein translocation complex.

Kassenbrock, C K, Cao, W, Douglas, M G

To search genetically for additional components of the protein translocation apparatus of mitochondria, we have used low fidelity PCR mutagenesis to generate temperature-sensitive mutants in the...

Cloning and thermostability of TaqI endonuclease isoschizomers from Thermus species SM32 and Thermus filiformis Tok6A1.

Cao, W, Lu, J, Welch, S G, Williams, R A, Barany, F

Two TaqI endonuclease (hereafter referred to as TaqI) isoschizomer genes, tsp32IR from Thermus species SM32 of Azores and tfiTok6A1I from T. filiformis Tok6A1 of New Zealand, were cloned in...

Both phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of ASF/SF2 are required for pre-mRNA splicing in vitro.

Cao, W, Jamison, S F, Garcia-Blanco, M A

The splicing reaction that removes introns from pre-messenger RNAs requires the assembly of the spliceosome on the nascent transcript, proper folding of the substrate-enzyme complex, and finally, two...

Crystal structure of cyclophilin A complexed with substrate Ala-Pro suggests a solvent-assisted mechanism of cis-trans isomerization.

Ke, H, Mayrose, D, Cao, W

Cyclophilin is a binding protein for the immunosuppressive drug cyclosporin A and is also an enzyme with peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase activity. The crystal structure of cyclophilin A complexed...

Biochemical properties of a high fidelity DNA ligase from Thermus species AK16D.

Tong, J, Cao, W, Barany, F

NAD+-dependent DNA ligases from thermophilic bacteria Thermus species are highly homologous with amino acid sequence identities ranging from 85 to 98%. Thermus species AK16D ligase, the most...

Genetic and biochemical characterization of ISP6, a small mitochondrial outer membrane protein associated with the protein translocation complex.

Kassenbrock, C K, Cao, W, Douglas, M G

To search genetically for additional components of the protein translocation apparatus of mitochondria, we have used low fidelity PCR mutagenesis to generate temperature-sensitive mutants in the...

Cloning and thermostability of TaqI endonuclease isoschizomers from Thermus species SM32 and Thermus filiformis Tok6A1.

Cao, W, Lu, J, Welch, S G, Williams, R A, Barany, F

Two TaqI endonuclease (hereafter referred to as TaqI) isoschizomer genes, tsp32IR from Thermus species SM32 of Azores and tfiTok6A1I from T. filiformis Tok6A1 of New Zealand, were cloned in...

Both phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of ASF/SF2 are required for pre-mRNA splicing in vitro.

Cao, W, Jamison, S F, Garcia-Blanco, M A

The splicing reaction that removes introns from pre-messenger RNAs requires the assembly of the spliceosome on the nascent transcript, proper folding of the substrate-enzyme complex, and finally, two...

Fluorescence of 2-aminopurine reveals rapid conformational changes in the RB69 DNA polymerase-primer/template complexes upon binding and incorporation of matched deoxynucleoside triphosphates

Zhang, H., Cao, W., Zakharova, E., Konigsberg, W., De La Cruz, E. M.

We have used 2-aminopurine (2AP) as a fluorescent probe in the template strand of a 13/20mer primer/template (D) to detect deoxynucleoside triphosphates (N)-dependent conformational changes exhibited...

Antimicrobial susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains isolated in Guangzhou, China, 1996–2001

Zheng, H, Cao, W, Wu, X, Yang, L

Objective: To investigate the in vitro antimicrobial susceptibility and resistant trends of Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains isolated in Guangzhou, from 1996 to 2001.

Signal transduction in esophageal and LES circular muscle contraction.

Harnett, K. M., Cao, W., Kim, N., Sohn, U. D., Rich, H., Behar, J., ...

Contraction of normal esophageal circular muscle (ESO) in response to acetylcholine (ACh) is linked to M2 muscarinic receptors activating at least three intracellular phospholipases, i.e.,...