Syphers, David, Anderson, Scott F., Zheng, Wei, Haggard, Daryl, Meiksin, Avery, Schneider, Donald P., ...
Absorption along quasar sightlines remains among the most sensitive direct measures of HeII reionization in much of the intergalactic medium (IGM). Until recently, fewer than a half-dozen unobscured...
Behl, Mamta, Zhang, Yanshu, Zheng, Wei
Abstract Background Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by the deposition of beta-amyloid (Aβ) peptides in the brain extracellular matrix, resulting in pathological changes and neurobehavioral...
Optimizations of an Application-Level Protocol for Enhanced Dependability in FlexRay (2009)
Wenchao Li, Marco Di Natale, Wei Zheng, Paolo Giusto, Alberto Sangiovanni-vincentelli, Sanjit A. Seshia
FlexRay [9] is an automotive standard for high-speed and reliable communication that is being widely deployed for next generation cars. The protocol has powerful errordetection mechanisms, but its...
COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF THE ROBUSTNESS OF DAG SCHEDULING HEURISTICS (2009)
Louis-claude Canon, Emmanuel Jeannot, Rizos Sakellariou, Wei Zheng
Keywords: In this paper we analyze the robustness of 20 static, makespan-centric, DAG scheduling heuristics of the literature. We also study if dynamically changing the order of the tasks on their...
Engineered Solder-Directed Self-Assembly Across Length Scales (2009)
Robert Knuesel, Shameek Bose, Wei Zheng, Heiko O. Jacobs
We report on recent progress in the directed self-assembly of discrete inorganic semiconductor device components. Different from prior research, the goal is to enable the integration of increasingly...
Angular Orientation-Specific Directed Self-assembly and Integration of Ultra Small Dies (2009)
Robert Knuesel, Shameek Bose, Wei Zheng, Heiko O. Jacobs
We report on recent progress in the directed selfassembly of discrete inorganic semiconductor device components. Different from prior research, the goal is to enable the integration of increasingly...
Zitrin, Adi, Broadhurst, Tom, Umetsu, Keiichi, Coe, Dan, Benítez, Narciso, Ascaso, Begoña, ...
We present an improved strong-lensing analysis of Cl0024+1654 ($z$=0.39) using deep HST/ACS/NIC3 images, based on 33 multiply-lensed images of 11 background galaxies. These are found with a model...
Wei Zheng, Jae-hoon Chung, Heiko O. Jacobs
The non-robotic fabrication of packaged microsystems that contain non-identical parts has been accomplished by a directed self-assembly process. The self-assembly process uses geometrical shape...
Pablo Pelayo, Borja, Zheng, Wei
Creativity is one of the “hottest” words in today’s business world. Especially in the trend ofglobalization and fast development of the modern technology, creativity has become the...
Jinfu Yang, Tao Tang, Feng Li, Wenwu Zhou, Jian Liu, Zhiping Tan, ...
Objective. To construct the eukaryotic expression vector hypoxia-inducible factor 1α-pcDNA3.1 and to investigate its transfective efficiency into mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in vitro and the...
Jinfu Yang, Tao Tang, Feng Li, Wenwu Zhou, Jian Liu, Zhiping Tan, ...
Objective. To construct the eukaryotic expression vector hypoxia-inducible factor 1α-pcDNA3.1 and to investigate its transfective efficiency into mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in vitro and the...
Lynch, Shannon M., Vrieling, Alina, Lubin, Jay H., Kraft, Peter, Mendelsohn, Julie B., Hartge, Patricia, ...
Smoking is an established risk factor for pancreatic cancer; however, detailed examination of the association of smoking intensity, smoking duration, and cumulative smoking dose with pancreatic...
Pablo Pelayo, Borja, Zheng, Wei
Creativity is one of the “hottest” words in today’s business world. Especially in the trend ofglobalization and fast development of the modern technology, creativity has become the...
Wei Zheng, Xiaoduan Ye, Alan M. Friedman, Chris Bailey-kellogg
Abstract: Protein engineering by site-directed recombination seeks to develop proteins with new or improved function, by accumulating multiple mutations from a set of homologous parent proteins. A...
Wei Zheng, Alan M. Friedman, Chris Bailey-kellogg
Abstract. In engineering protein variants by constructing and screening combinatorial libraries of chimeric proteins, two complementary and competing goals are desired: the new proteins must be...
Jaehoon Chung, Wei Zheng, Thomas J. Hatch, Heiko O. Jacobs
Abstract—This paper reports on a programmable reconfigurable self-assembly (PRS) process to enable heterogeneous integration of components on nonplanar substrates. The proposed process makes use of...
Fluidic Heterogeneous Microsystems Assembly and Packaging (2008)
Wei Zheng, Jaehoon Chung, Heiko O. Jacobs
Abstract—The nonrobotic fabrication of packaged microsystems that contain nonidentical parts has been accomplished by a directed self-assembly process. The self-assembly process uses geometrical...
Linos, Eleni, Spanos, Demetri, Rosner, Bernard A., Linos, Katerina, Hesketh, Therese, Qu, Jian Ding, ...
Background: Breast cancer incidence is currently low in China. However, the distribution of reproductive and lifestyle risk factors for breast cancer among Chinese women is changing rapidly. We...
Syphers, David, Anderson, Scott F., Zheng, Wei, Haggard, Daryl, Meiksin, Avery, Chiu, Kuenley, ...
Investigations of He II Ly-alpha (304 A rest) absorption toward a half-dozen quasars at z~3-4 have demonstrated the great potential of helium studies of the IGM, but the current critically small...
Modeling Time-Intensity Profiles for Pulmonary Nodules in MR Images (2008)
Li Shen, Wei Zheng, Ling Gao, Heng Huang, Fillia Makedon, Justin Pearlman
Abstract — Perfusion magnetic resonance imaging (pMRI) is an important tool to assess tumor angiogenesis for the early detection of lung cancer. This paper presents a novel integrated framework for...
z~7-10 Galaxies behind Lensing Clusters: Contrast with Field Search Results (2008)
Bouwens, Rychard J., Illingworth, Garth D., Bradley, Larry D., Ford, Holland, Franx, Marijn, Zheng, Wei, ...
We conduct a search for z>~7 dropout galaxies behind 11 massive lensing clusters using 21 arcmin**2 of deep HST NICMOS, ACS, and WFPC2 image data. In total, over this entire area, we find only one...
Li, Zhenyu, Zhang, Hongnan, Zheng, Wei, Wang, Wei, Huang, Huimin, Wang, Ce, ...
A new type of humidity nanosensor based on LiCl-doped TiO2 nanofibers with poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP) nanofibers as sacrificial template has been fabricated through electrospinning and...
ABSTRACT Automatic Configuration of Internet Services (2008)
Recent research has found that operators frequently misconfigure Internet services, causing various availability and performance problems. In this paper, we propose a software infrastructure that...
Ontology-based Image Retrieval (2008)
Wei Zheng, Yi Ouyang, James Ford, Fillia S. Makedon
Abstract:- The current most desirable image retrieval feature is retrieving images based on their semantic content. Currently there are two major image retrieval paradigms that attempt to provide...
Abstract Sri Kanajan General Motors (2008)
The objective of this paper is to present how to design a system that can accommodate additional functionality with either no changes to the design or adding architectural modules without changing...
MODELING MS LESION OBJECTS FOR MEDICAL INFORMATION EXCHANGE (2008)
Tilmann Steinberg, Zhengyi Le, Yi Ouyang, Zhifeng Wang, Wei Zheng, Fillia Makedon, ...
Current medical technologies allow for capturing patient brain pathology in scans of several different types at the same visit, yielding multiple modality image sequences from which objects of...
(2S)-Ethyl 2-[(Ss)-benzylsulfinylamino]-3,3-dimethylbutanoate (2008)
Wei Zheng, Xun Sun, Jie Sun, Bang-Guo Wei
The title compound, C15H23NO3S, is an unexpected 1,3-migration product in the addition of benzylzinc bromide to N-tert-butanesulfinyl iminoacetate. In the crystal structure, molecules are linked by...
Shrubsole, Martha J., Wu, Huiyun, Ness, Reid M., Shyr, Yu, Smalley, Walter E., Zheng, Wei
The authors evaluated alcohol drinking and cigarette smoking in relation to risk of colorectal polyps in a Nashville, Tennessee, colonoscopy-based case-control study. In 2003–2005, cases with...
Weiss, Jocelyn M., Lacey, James V., Shu, Xiao-Ou, Ji, Bu-Tian, Hou, Lifang, Yang, Gong, ...
Cigarette smoking is irrefutably the strongest risk factor for lung cancer; however, approximately 25% of cases worldwide occur among nonsmokers. The age-adjusted annual incidence rate of lung cancer...
Linos, Eleni, Spanos, Demetri, Rosner, Bernard A., Linos, Katerina, Hesketh, Therese, Qu, Jian Ding, ...
Background Breast cancer incidence is currently low in China. However, the distribution of reproductive and lifestyle risk factors for breast cancer among Chinese women is changing rapidly. We...
Zhang, Qing-jun, Wang, Zhao, Chen, Hou-zao, Zhou, Shuang, Zheng, Wei, Liu, Guang, ...
Aims Hazardous environmental and genetic factors can damage endothelial cells to induce atherosclerotic vascular disease. Recent studies suggest that class III deacetylase SIRT1 may promote cell...
Wei Zheng, David J. Muscatello, Adam C Chan
Between 2001 and 2006, average weekly counts of emergency department visits increased by 9% during the holiday period. The holiday increase was largely accounted for by visits that were less urgent,...
Wei Zheng, David J. Muscatello, Adam C Chan
Between 2001 and 2006, average weekly counts of emergency department visits increased by 9% during the holiday period. The holiday increase was largely accounted for by visits that were less urgent,...
Turner, Robin M, Muscatello, David J, Zheng, Wei, Willmore, Alan, Arendts, Glenn
Abstract Background In April 2005, syndromic surveillance based on statistical control chart methods in Sydney, Australia, signalled increasing incidence of urgent emergency department visits for...
Gerard A. Kriss, Arthur F. Davidsen, Wei Zheng, Jeffrey W. Kruk, Brian R. Espey, Up To \theta
We observed NGC 4151 on six separate occasions at intervals of one to three days using the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope during the flight of Astro-2 aboard the space shuttle Endeavour in March 1995....
Association of matrix metalloproteinase-8 gene variation with breast cancer prognosis (2007)
Long, Ji-Rong, Laxton, Ross C, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Hodgkinson, Conrad, ...
Animal and cell studies indicate an inhibitory effect of matrix metalloproteinase-8 (MMP8) on tumorigenesis and metastasis. We investigated whether MMP8 gene variation was associated with breast...
Zheng, Wei, Aitken, Robert, Muscatello, David J, Churches, Tim
Abstract Background Although syndromic surveillance systems are gaining acceptance as useful tools in public health, doubts remain about whether the anticipated early warning benefits exist. Many...
Patterns and correlates of physical activity: a cross-sectional study in urban Chinese women (2007)
Jurj, Adriana L, Wen, Wanqing, Gao, Yu-Tang, Matthews, Charles E, Yang, Gong, Li, Hong-Lan, ...
Abstract Background Inactivity is a modifiable risk factor for many diseases. Rapid economic development in China has been associated with changes in lifestyle, including physical activity. The...
Matthews et al. Respond to "A Challenge for Physical Activity Epidemiology" (2007)
Matthews, Charles E., Jurj, Adriana L., Shu, Xiao-ou, Gao, Yu-Tang, Zheng, Wei
Matthews, Charles E., Jurj, Adriana L., Shu, Xiao-ou, Li, Hong-Lan, Yang, Gong, Li, Qi, ...
This investigation described the effects of exercise, walking, and cycling for transportation, as well as the effect of overall nonexercise physical activity, on mortality in the Shanghai Women's...
Physical activity and the incidence of type 2 diabetes in the Shanghai women's health study (2007)
Villegas, Raquel, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Li, Honglan, Yang, Gong, Matthews, Charles E, Leitzmann, Michael, ...
Background Leisure-time physical activity (LPA) has been associated with a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes. However, the potential effect of other types of physical activity on type 2 diabetes is...
IGFBP3mRNA expression in benign and malignant breast tumors (2007)
Ren, Zefang, Shin, Aesun, Cai, Qiuyin, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Gao, Yu-Tang, Zheng, Wei
Abstract Introduction Most previous studies have focused on evaluating the association between circulating insulin-like growth factor binding protein 3 (IGFBP-3) levels and breast cancer risk....
Extrapolation errors in linear model trees (2007)
Wei-yin Loh, Chien-wei Chen, Wei Zheng
Prediction errors from a linear model tend to be larger when extrapolation is involved, particularly when the model is wrong. This paper considers the problem of extrapolation and interpolation...
Xu, Wang Hong, Dai, Qi, Xiang, Yong Bing, Long, Ji Rong, Ruan, Zhi Xian, Cheng, Jia Rong, ...
Certain polyphenols inhibit the activity of aromatase, a critical enzyme in estrogen synthesis that is coded by the CYP19A1 gene. Consumption of polyphenol-rich foods and beverages, thus, may...
Paracchini, Valentina, Raimondi, Sara, Gram, Inger T., Kang, Daehee, Kocabas, Neslihan A., Kristensen, Vessela N., ...
The association between the cytochrome P-450 1B1 (CYP1B1) Val432Leu polymorphism and breast cancer was assessed through a meta-analysis of all published case-control studies and a pooled analysis of...
Jurj, Adriana L., Wen, Wanqing, Xiang, Yong-Bing, Matthews, Charles E., Liu, Dake, Zheng, Wei, ...
Reproducibility and validity of the physical activity questionnaire (PAQ) used in the Shanghai Men's Health Study (2003–2006, People's Republic of China) was evaluated in a random sample of 196...
Jurj, Adriana L., Wen, Wanqing, Xiang, Yong-Bing, Matthews, Charles E., Liu, Dake, Zheng, Wei, ...
Reproducibility and validity of the physical activity questionnaire (PAQ) used in the Shanghai Men's Health Study (2003–2006, People's Republic of China) was evaluated in a random sample of 196...
Impact of Nonsense-Mediated mRNA Decay on the Global Expression Profile of Budding Yeast (2006)
Qiaoning Guan, Wei Zheng, Shijie Tang, Xiaosong Liu, Robert A. Zinkel, Kam-Wah Tsui, ...
Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) is a eukaryotic mechanism of RNA surveillance that selectively eliminates aberrant transcripts coding for potentially deleterious proteins. NMD also functions in...
Impact of Nonsense-mediated mRNA Decay on the Global Expression Profile of Budding Yeast (2006)
Qiaoning Guan, Wei Zheng, Shijie Tang, Xiaosong Liu, Robert A. Zinkel, Kam-Wah Tsui, ...
Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) is a eukaryotic mechanism of RNA surveillance that selectively eliminates aberrant transcripts coding for potentially deleterious proteins. NMD also functions in...
Liu, Jiren, Jamkhedkar, Priya, Zheng, Wei, Feng, Long-Long, Fang, Li-Zhi
Using cosmological hydrodynamic simulations of the LCDM model, we present a comparison between the simulation sample and real data sample of HI and HeII Ly\alpha transmitted flux in the absorption...
Impact of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay on the global expression profile of budding yeast (2006)
Qiaoning Guan, Wei Zheng, Shijie Tang, Xiaosong Liu, Robert A. Zinkel, Kam-wah Tsui, ...
Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) is a eukaryotic mechanism of RNA surveillance that selectively eliminates aberrant transcripts coding for potentially deleterious proteins. NMD also functions in...
Microsoft, and Toyota. Automatic Model Generation for Black Box Real-Time Systems ∗ (2006)
Huining Thomas Feng, Wei Zheng, Sanjit A. Seshia, Thomas Huining Feng, Sri Kanajan
personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the...
Association of Ginseng Use with Survival and Quality of Life among Breast Cancer Patients (2006)
Cui, Yong, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Gao, Yu-Tang, Cai, Hui, Tao, Meng-Hua, Zheng, Wei
The authors evaluated the associations of ginseng use as a complementary therapy with survival and quality of life (QOL) in a cohort of 1,455 breast cancer patients who were recruited to the Shanghai...
Association of Overweight with Breast Cancer Survival (2006)
Tao, Meng-Hua, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Ruan, Zhi Xian, Gao, Yu-Tang, Zheng, Wei
The authors investigated the association between overweight at the time of or soon after cancer diagnosis and survival in a cohort of 1,455 breast cancer patients aged 25–64 years. The patients...
Physical activity and the incidence of type 2 diabetes in the Shanghai women's health study (2006)
Villegas, Raquel, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Li, Honglan, Yang, Gong, Matthews, Charles E., Leitzmann, Michael, ...
Background Leisure-time physical activity (LPA) has been associated with a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes. However, the potential effect of other types of physical activity on type 2 diabetes is...
Muscatello, David J, Churches, Tim, Kaldor, Jill, Zheng, Wei, Chiu, Clayton, Correll, Patricia, ...
Abstract Background In a climate of concern over bioterrorism threats and emergent diseases, public health authorities are trialling more timely surveillance systems. The 2003 Rugby World Cup (RWC)...
Scott, Jennifer E., Kriss, Gerard A., Lee, Julia C., Quijano, Jessica Kim, Brotherton, Michael, Canizares, Claude R., ...
We present simultaneous X-ray, far-ultraviolet, and near-ultraviolet spectra of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 7469 obtained with the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer,...
Power Spectrum and Intermittency of Ly${\alpha}$ Transmitted Flux of QSO He2347-4342 (2005)
Jamkhedkar, Priya, Feng, Long-Long, Zheng, Wei, Fang, Li-Zhi
We have studied the power spectrum and the intermittent behavior of the fluctuations in the transmitted flux of HE2347-4342 ${\rm Ly}{\alpha}$ absorption in order to investigate if there is any...
Shin, Aesun, Cai, Qiuyin, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Gao, Yu-Tang, Zheng, Wei
Abstract Introduction Matrix metalloproteinase 12 (MMP12) is a proteolytic enzyme responsible for cleavage of plasminogen to angiotensin, which has an angiostatic effect. Using data from a...
Novel aspects in the microphase separation of block copolymers (2005)
Several novel aspects of the microphase separation transition of block copolymers have been studied. These aspects are exemplified by the following three systems: (1) ABC triblock copolymers; (2)...
The Color Selection of Quasars from Redshifts 5 to 10: Cloning and Discovery (2005)
Chiu, Kuenley, Zheng, Wei, Schneider, Donald P., Glazebrook, Karl, Iye, Masanori, Kashikawa, Nobunari, ...
We present simulations of quasar colors, magnitudes, and numbers at redshifts 54.7 quasars increases by a factor of 3X by extending 0.7 i-magnitudes deeper than the SDSS spectroscopic survey limit of...
Inada, Naohisa, Oguri, Masamune, Keeton, Charles R., Eisenstein, Daniel J., Castander, Francisco J., Chiu, Kuenley, ...
We report the discovery of a fifth image in the large separation lensed quasar system SDSS J1004+4112. A faint point source located 0.2'' from the center of the brightest galaxy in the lensing...
Barlow, T., Bianchi, L., Donas, J., Forster, K., Friedman, P., ...
We use the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) Medium Imaging Survey (MIS) and All-sky Imaging Survey (AIS) data available in the first internal release, matched to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)...
Inada, Naohisa, Oguri, Masamune, Keeton, Charles R., Eisenstein, Daniel J., Castander, Francisco J., Chiu, Kuenley, ...
We report on the discovery of a fifth lensed image in the large separation lensed quasar system SDSS J1004 + 4112. A faint point source located 0.''2 from the center of the brightest galaxy in the...
Appendices: leaves 124-144.
Churches, Tim, Kaldor, Jill, Zheng, Wei, ...
Background: In a climate of concern over bioterrorism threats and emergent diseases, public health authorities are trialling more timely surveillance systems. The 2003 Rugby World Cup (RWC) provided...
Churches, Tim, Kaldor, Jill, Zheng, Wei, ...
Background: In a climate of concern over bioterrorism threats and emergent diseases, public health authorities are trialling more timely surveillance systems. The 2003 Rugby World Cup (RWC) provided...
Jae-hoon Chung, Wei Zheng, Heiko O. Jacobs
This paper reports on a programmable reconfigurable liquid solder directed self-assembly (PRS) method to enable parallel heterogeneous integration of components on non-planar substrates. Metal...
David J Muscatello, Tim Churches, Jill Kaldor, Wei Zheng, Clayton Chiu, Patricia Correll, ...
surveillance system using presentations to hospital Emergency
Node clustering based on link delay in p2p networks (2005)
Wei Zheng, Sheng Zhang, Yi Ouyang, Fillia Makedon, James Ford
Peer-to-peer (P2P) has become an important computing model because of its adaptation, self-organization and autonomy etc. But efficient organization of the nodes in P2P networks is still a challenge...
Ewart-Toland, Amanda, Dai, Qi, Gao, Yu-Tang, Nagase, Hiroki, Dunlop, Malcolm G., Farrington, Susan M., ...
STK15 (Aurora-A) is a serine/threonine kinase involved in mitotic chromosomal segregation. A genetic variant in STK15 T+91A (resulting in the amino acid substitution F31I) is associated with...
The Shanghai Women's Health Study: Rationale, Study Design, and Baseline Characteristics (2005)
Zheng, Wei, Chow, Wong-Ho, Yang, Gong, Jin, Fan, Rothman, Nathaniel, Blair, Aaron, ...
Although cancer is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in most nations, the spectrum of cancer occurrence varies substantially worldwide. Most previous epidemiologic studies investigating cancer...
Association of Overweight with Breast Cancer Survival (2005)
Tao, Meng-Hua, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Ruan, Zhi Xian, Gao, Yu-Tang, Zheng, Wei
The authors investigated the association between overweight at the time of or soon after cancer diagnosis and survival in a cohort of 1,455 breast cancer patients aged 25-64 years. The patients were...
Deng, Hongping, Zhang, Meibian, He, Jiliang, Wu, Wei, Jin, Lifen, Zheng, Wei, ...
Genetic damage in workers occupationally exposed to an antineoplastic drug was studied using the micronucleus (MN) test, the comet assay, the hprt gene mutation assay and the TCR gene mutation assay....
Zhang, Xianglan, Shu, Xiao Ou, Yang, Gong, Li, Hong Lan, Xiang, Yong Bing, Gao, Yu-Tang, ...
Growing evidence suggests that exposure to environmental tobacco smoke may have deleterious cardiovascular effects. Few studies have investigated environmental tobacco smoke exposure in relation to...
The Shanghai Women's Health Study: Rationale, Study Design, and Baseline Characteristics (2005)
Zheng, Wei, Chow, Wong-Ho, Yang, Gong, Jin, Fan, Rothman, Nathaniel, Blair, Aaron, ...
Although cancer is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in most nations, the spectrum of cancer occurrence varies substantially worldwide. Most previous epidemiologic studies investigating cancer...
Weight history and risk of endometrial cancer among Chinese women (2005)
Xu, Wang Hong, Xiang, Yong Bing, Zheng, Wei, Zhang, Xianglan, Ruan, Zhi Xian, Cheng, Jia Rong, ...
Background Adult obesity is a well-established risk factor for endometrial cancer. However, little is known about the association of endometrial cancer risk with body size early in life and weight...
Ewart-Toland, Amanda, Dai, Qi, Gao, Yu-Tang, Nagase, Hiroki, Dunlop, Malcolm G., Farrington, Susan M., ...
STK15 (Aurora-A) is a serine/threonine kinase involved in mitotic chromosomal segregation. A genetic variant in STK15 T+91A (resulting in the amino acid substitution F31I) is associated with...
Deng, Hongping, Zhang, Meibian, He, Jiliang, Wu, Wei, Jin, Lifen, Zheng, Wei, ...
Genetic damage in workers occupationally exposed to an antineoplastic drug was studied using the micronucleus (MN) test, the comet assay, the hprt gene mutation assay and the TCR gene mutation assay....
Effect of Adiposity and Fat Distribution on Endometrial Cancer Risk in Shanghai Women (2005)
Xu, Wang Hong, Matthews, Charles E., Xiang, Yong Bing, Zheng, Wei, Ruan, Zhi Xian, Cheng, Jia Rong, ...
The authors conducted a population-based case-control study of 832 endometrial cancer cases and 846 frequency-matched controls in Shanghai, China (1997–2001), to examine the association of overall...
The Shanghai Women's Health Study: Rationale, Study Design, and Baseline Characteristics (2005)
Zheng, Wei, Chow, Wong-Ho, Yang, Gong, Jin, Fan, Rothman, Nathaniel, Blair, Aaron, ...
Although cancer is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in most nations, the spectrum of cancer occurrence varies substantially worldwide. Most previous epidemiologic studies investigating cancer...
Association of Overweight with Breast Cancer Survival (2005)
Tao, Meng-Hua, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Ruan, Zhi Xian, Gao, Yu-Tang, Zheng, Wei
The authors investigated the association between overweight at the time of or soon after cancer diagnosis and survival in a cohort of 1,455 breast cancer patients aged 25-64 years. The patients were...
Efficient Multi-feature Content Based Retrieval (2004)
Relevance feedback is recently adopted in image databases to increase their user-friendliness. In this report a performance study is carried out on the relevance feedback process, which focuses on...
Quasars and the Big Blue Bump (2004)
Shang, Zhaohui, Brotherton, Michael S., Green, Richard F., Kriss, Gerard A., Scott, Jennifer, Quijano, Jessica Kim, ...
We investigate the ultraviolet-to-optical spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of 17 active galactic nuclei (AGNs) using quasi-simultaneous spectrophotometry spanning 900-9000 Angstrom (rest frame)....
Cai, Qiuyin, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Wen, Wanqing, Cheng, Jia-Rong, Dai, Qi, Gao, Yu-Tang, ...
Abstract Introduction It has been suggested that oxidative stress and mitochondrial DNA damage play important roles in breast cancer carcinogenesis. Manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) is a major...
A Composite Extreme Ultraviolet QSO Spectrum from the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (2004)
Scott, Jennifer E., Kriss, Gerard A., Brotherton, Michael, Green, Richard F., Hutchings, John, Shull, J. Michael, ...
The Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) has surveyed a large sample (> 100) of active galactic nuclei in the low-redshift universe (z < 1). Its response at short wavelengths makes it...
A Composite Extreme Ultraviolet QSO Spectrum from FUSE (2004)
Scott, Jennifer E., Kriss, Gerard A., Brotherton, Michael, Green, Richard F., Hutchings, John, Shull, J. Michael, ...
The Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) has surveyed a large sample (> 100) of active galactic nuclei in the low redshift universe (z < 1). Its response at short wavelengths makes it...
Norman, Colin, Ptak, Andrew, Hornschemeier, Ann, Hasinger, Guenther, Bergeron, Jacqueline, Comastri, Andrea, ...
The cosmological star formation rate in the combined Chandra Deep Fields North and South is derived from our X-Ray Luminosity Function for Galaxies in these Deep Fields. Mild evolution is seen up to...
Scott, Jennifer E., Kriss, Gerard A., Lee, Julia C., Arav, Nahum, Ogle, Patrick, Roraback, Kenneth, ...
We present a study of the intrinsic X-ray and far-ultraviolet absorption in the Seyfert 1.5 galaxy Markarian 279 using simultaneous observations from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Space...
Norman, Colin, Ptak, Andrew, Hornschemeier, Ann, Hasinger, Günther, Bergeron, Jacqueline, Comastri, Andrea, ...
Oguri, Masamune, Inada, Naohisa, Keeton, Charles R., Pindor, Bartosz, Hennawi, Joseph F., Gregg, Michael D., ...
We study the recently discovered gravitational lens SDSS J1004+4112, the first quasar lensed by a cluster of galaxies. It consists of four images with a maximum separation of 14.62". The system was...
In vivo functional study of GABAc receptor/channel p₁ subunit in the retina / (2004)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Wright State University, 2004.
Unsupervised Scoring for Scalable Internet-Based Collaborative Teleoperation (2004)
Ken Goldberg, Dezhen Song, In Yong Song, Jane Mcgonigal, Wei Zheng, Dana Plautz, ...
Our group is studying the potential for scalable Internet-based Collaborative (Multiple Operator Single Robot) Teleoperation, where many users simultaneously share control using browser-based...
Power spectrum and intermittency of the transmitted flux of QSOs Ly-alpha absorption spectra (2003)
Jamkhedkar, Priya, Feng, Long-Long, Zheng, Wei, Kirkman, David, Tytler, David, Fang, Li-Zhi
Using a set of 28 high resolution, high signal to noise ratio (S/N) QSO Ly-alpha absorption spectra, we investigate the non-Gaussian features of the transmitted flux fluctuations, and their effect...
The first data release of the sloan digital sky survey (2003)
Abazajian, Kevork, Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...
The first data release of the sloan digital sky survey (2003)
Abazajian, Kevork, Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...
A gravitationally lensed quasar with quadruple images separated by 14.62arcseconds (2003)
Inada, Naohisa, Oguri, Masamune, Pindor, Bartosz, Hennawi, Joseph F., Chiu, Kuenley, Zheng, Wei, ...
Gravitational lensing is a powerful tool for the study of the distribution of dark matter in the Universe. The cold-dark-matter model of the formation of large-scale structures (that is, clusters of...
The first data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2003)
Abazajian, Kevork N., Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has validated and made publicly available its First Data Release. This consists of 2099 deg2 of five-band (u, g, r, i, z) imaging data, 186,240 spectra of...
Matthews, Charles E., Shu, Xiao-Ou, Yang, Gong, Jin, Fan, Ainsworth, Barbara E., Liu, Dake, ...
In this investigation, the authors evaluated the reproducibility and validity of the Shanghai Women’s Health Study (SWHS) physical activity questionnaire (PAQ), which was administered in a cohort...
The first data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2003)
Abazajian, Kevork N., Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has validated and made publicly available its First Data Release. This consists of 2099 deg2 of five-band (u, g, r, i, z) imaging data, 186,240 spectra of...
Matthews, Charles E., Shu, Xiao-Ou, Yang, Gong, Jin, Fan, Ainsworth, Barbara E., Liu, Dake, ...
In this investigation, the authors evaluated the reproducibility and validity of the Shanghai Women’s Health Study (SWHS) physical activity questionnaire (PAQ), which was administered in a cohort...
Parametric quantum spin pump (2002)
Zheng, Wei, Wu, Junling, Wang, Baigeng, Wang, Jian, Sun, Qingfeng, Guo, Hong
We investigate a non-adiabatic parametric quantum pump consists of a nonmagnetic scattering region connected by two ferromagnetic leads. The presence of ferromagnetic leads allows electrons with...
The Ionized Gas and Nuclear Environment in NGC 3783 II. Averaged HST/STIS and FUSE Spectra (2002)
Gabel, Jack R., Crenshaw, D. Michael, Kraemer, Steven B., Brandt, W. N., George, Ian M., Hamann, Frederick W., ...
We present observations of the intrinsic absorption in the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 3783 obtained with the STIS/HST and FUSE. We have coadded multiple STIS and FUSE observations to obtain a high S/N...
Pando, Jesus, Feng, Long-Long, Jamkhedkar, Priya, Zheng, Wei, Kirkman, David, Tytler, David, ...
We calculate the structure function and intermittent exponent of the 1.) Keck data, which consists of 29 high resolution, high signal to noise ratio (S/N) QSO Ly$\alpha$ absorption spectra, and...
Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Early data release (2002)
Stoughton, Chirs, Lupton, Rpbert H., Bernardi, Mariangela, Blanton, Michael R., Burles, Scott, Castander, Francsico J., ...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) is an imaging and spectroscopic survey that will eventually cover approximately one-quarter of the celestial sphere and collect spectra of 10 6 galaxies, 100,000...
Search for the First Quasars and Supernovae (2002)
Zheng, Wei, Ford, Holland, Tsvetanov, Zlatan, Davidsen, Arthur, Szalay, Alexander, Kruk, Jeffrey, ...
Unusual Broad Absorption Line Quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2002)
Hall, Patrick B., Anderson, Scott F., Strauss, Michael A., York, Donald G., Richards, Gordon T., Fan, Xiaohui, ...
Sloan Digital Sky Survey: early data release (2002)
Stoughton, Chris, Lupton, Robert H., Bernardi, Mariangela, Blanton, Michael R., Burles, Scott M., Castander, Francisco J., ...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) is an imaging and spectroscopic survey that will eventually cover approximately one-quarter of the celestial sphere and collect spectra of ≈ 106 galaxies,...
A Comparative Study of QoS Routing Schemes That Tolerate Imprecise State Information (2002)
Xin Yuan, Wei Zheng, Shiling Ding
In large networks, maintaining precise global network state information is almost impossible. Many factors, including nonnegligible propagation delay, infrequent link state update due to overhead...
Sloan Digital Sky Survey: early data release (2002)
Stoughton, Chris, Lupton, Robert H., Bernardi, Mariangela, Blanton, Michael R., Burles, Scott M., Castander, Francisco J., ...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) is an imaging and spectroscopic survey that will eventually cover approximately one-quarter of the celestial sphere and collect spectra of ≈ 106 galaxies,...
Birthweight, childhood growth and hypertension in adulthood (2002)
Zhao, Mingfang, Shu, Xiao Ou, Jin, Fan, Yang, Gong, Li, Hong-Lan, Liu, Da-Ke, ...
Background Low birthweight (BW) and childhood growth have been hypothesized to be associated with an increased risk of hypertension in later life. Methods We analysed data among 13 467 women with a...
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Why is Indiana worker productivity below average? / (2001)
Thesis (M.A.)--Indiana University, 2001.
Continuous flow, submicro-liter scale PCR device for the analysis of plant genomes / (2001)
Since the introduction of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), PCR has become one of the most useful and versatile processes in biological science. In recent years, many micromachined PCR chips have...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 2001.
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 2001.
In large networks, maintaining precise global network state information is almost impossible. Many factors, including non-negligible propagation delay, infrequent link state update due to overhead...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 2001.
Zheng, Wei, Lu, Yong-Ming, Lu, Guo-Yao, Zhao, Qiuqu, Cheung, Onpan, Blaner, William S.
Transthyretin (TTR), synthesized by the choroid plexus, is proposed to have a role in transport of thyroid hormones in the brain. Our previous studies in animals suggest that sequestration of lead...
Thesis (M.S.)--University of Tulsa, 2000
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A Web based distributed medical record and imaging entry and visualization system (2000)
Thesis (M.S.)--University of Florida, 2000.
Convection of water near 4 C in an anisotropic porous medium / (2000)
"Mémoire présenté en vue de l'obtention du diplôme de maîtrise ès sciences appliquées (génie mécanique)"
A Web based distributed medical record and imaging entry and visualization system (2000)
Thesis (M.S.)--University of Florida, 2000.
Dedicated to My Parents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (2000)
I would like to express my gratitude to the chairman of my supervisory committee, Dr. Richard Newman, for his invaluable advice, guidance and patience. Also I would like to express my sincere thanks...
Zheng, Wei, Kim, Hyaehwan, Zhao, Qiuqu
The toxicokinetics of manganese (Mn) was investigated in male and female rats either following a single intravenous (iv) or oral dose of MnCl2 (6.0 mg Mn/kg), or following a single oral dose of...
Twinship and Risk of Postmenopausal Breast Cancer (2000)
Cerhan, James R., Kushi, Lawrence H., Olson, Janet E., Rich, Stephen S., Zheng, Wei, Folsom, Aaron R., ...
BACKGROUND: Intrauterine exposure to high levels of endogenous estrogens has been hypothesized to increase the risk of breast cancer. Because estrogens and other pregnancy hormones are substantially...
Sinha, Rashmi, Gustafson, Deborah R., Kulldorff, Martin, Wen, Wan-Qing, Cerhan, James R., Zheng, Wei
Population-Based, Case-Control Study of HER2 Genetic Polymorphism and Breast Cancer Risk (2000)
Xie, Dawen, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Deng, Zonglin, Wen, Wan-Qing, Creek, Kim E., Dai, Qi, ...
BACKGROUND: Alterations of the HER2 (also known as erbB-2 or neu) proto-oncogene have been implicated in the carcinogenesis and prognosis of breast cancer. A polymorphism at codon 655 (GTC/valine to...
Kriss, Gerard A., Peterson, Bradley M., Crenshaw, D. Michael, Zheng, Wei
From 1996 June 10 to 1996 July 29 the International AGN Watch monitored the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 7469 using IUE, RXTE, and a network of ground-based observatories. On 1996 June 18, in the midst of...
Thesis (M.S.)--Dairy Science Dept., South Dakota State University, 1999.
Coulomb blockade in resistively isolated tunnel junctions /--by Wei Zheng. (1999)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1999.
Prospective Study of Diet and Ovarian Cancer (1999)
Kushi, Lawrence H., Mink, Pamela J., Folsom, Aaron R., Anderson, Kristin E., Zheng, Wei, Lazovich, DeAnn, ...
Evidence on dietary risk factors for ovarian cancer is inconsistent, but some studies have suggested positive associations with dietary fat, lactose, and cholesterol and negative associations with...
Insulin Resistance, IGFs and Energy Balance on the Risk of Breast Cancer (1998)
Malin, Alecia, Zheng, Wei, Yu, Herbert
The purpose of this proposal is to research the association of insulin resistance and its joint effect with insulin like growth factors (IGFs) on breast cancer risk. Many epidemiological studies have...
Folate and Breast Cancer: Role of Intake, Blood Levels and Metabolic Gene Polymorphisms (1998)
Shrubsole, Martha J., Zheng, Wei
The purpose of this application is training in nutritional and molecular epidemiology with the eventual goal of establishing an independent investigator. The hypothesis major hypothesis of the...
Insulin Resistance, IGFs and Energy Balance on the Risk of Breast Cancer (1998)
Malin, Alecia, Zheng, Wei, Yu, Herbert
The purpose of this proposal is to research the association of insulin resistance and its joint effect with insulin like growth factors (IGFs) on breast cancer risk. Many epidemiological studies have...
The Very Highly Ionized Broad Absorption Line System of the QSO SBS1542+541 (1998)
Telfer, Randal C., Kriss, Gerard A., Zheng, Wei, Davidsen, Arthur F., Green, Richard F.
We have analyzed the broad absorption line system of the bright (V=16.5) high-redshift (z=2.361) QSO SBS1542+541 using UV spectra from the HST FOS along with optical data from the MMT and the Steward...
Observation of Strong Coulomb Blockade in Resistively Isolated Tunnel Junctions (1998)
Zheng, Wei, Friedman, Jonathan R., Averin, D. V., Han, Siyuan, Lukens, J. E.
We report measurements of the Coulomb-blockade current in resistively isolated (R_{Isol} >> h/e^{2}) tunnel junctions for the temperature range 60mK $We report measurements of the Coulomb-blockade...
Ly-alpha/H-alpha Ratio of Singly Ionized Helium in Quasars (1998)
He II Ly-alpha 304/H-alpha 1640 emission lines are mainly produced by recombination, and their canonical ratio of about 10 may be a sensitive reddening indicator. We obtain the high S/N optical...
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Pathologic Features of Initial Adenomas as Predictors for Metachronous Adenomas of the Rectum (1998)
Yang, Gong, Zheng, Wei, Sun, Qi-Rong, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Li, Wei-Dong, Yu, Hai, ...
Background: Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in the world, arising mostly from pre-existing adenomatous polyps (adenomas) of the large bowel. Patients with colorectal adenomas are at...
The He II Opacity of the Lyman-alpha Forest and the Intergalactic Medium (1997)
Zheng, Wei, Davidsen, Arthur F., Kriss, Gerard A.
Based on the empirical formulas governing the distribution of Ly-a forest absorption, we use a Monte-Carlo technique to calculate the average HeII optical depth produced by these forest lines. A...
Investigation of 2nd harmonic backscattering during contrast insonification /--by Wei Zheng. (1997)
Thesis (M.S.)--Drexel University, 1997.
Novel aspects in the microphase separation of block copolymers (1996)
Several novel aspects of the microphase separation transition of block copolymers have been studied. These aspects are exemplified by the following three systems: (1) ABC triblock copolymers; (2)...
A Study of Time Variations of UV Continuum and Emission Lines in 3C390.3 (1996)
Based on the IUE SWP spectra obtained between 1978 and 1994, the variations of the UV continuum and the Ly-alpha and C IV emission lines of the broad-line radio galaxy 3C390.3 are studied. The UV...
Murine monclonal antibodies to cultured human melanoma cells, LOX /--by Wei Zheng. (1996)
Thesis (M.S.)--University of Southern Maine, 1996.
Kushi, Lawrence H., Fee, Rebecca M., Sellers, Thomas A., Zheng, Wei, Folsom, Aaron R.
The association between dietary antioxidant vitamin intake and the risk of breast cancer was examined in a prospective study of 34,387 postmenopausal women in Iowa. Intakes of vitamins A, C, and E...
Tea Consumption and Cancer Incidence in a Prospective Cohort Study of Postmenopausal Women (1996)
Zheng, Wei, Doyle, Timothy J., Kushi, Lawrence H., Sellers, Thomas A., Hong, Ching-Ping, Folsom, Aaron R.
Tea has consistently been shown to inhibit the occurrence of tumors in experimental animals. The evidence for such a beneficial effect in humans, however, is limited. The authors examined the...
Infant Breastfeeding and the Risk of Childhood Lymphoma and Leukaemia (1995)
SHU, XIAO-OU, CLEMENS, JOHN, ZHENG, WEI, YING, DA MING, JI, BU TIAN, JIN, AND FAN
Background. A protective effect of breastfeeding on childhood lymphoma has been indicated but supportive evidence is limited. Method. Data from a population-based case-control study of childhood...
Drinkard, Carol R., Sellers, Thomas A., Potter, John D., Zheng, Wei, Bostlck, Roberd M., Nelson, Christine L., ...
Obesity has been associated with an increased risk of cancer at a number of sites. A notable exception appears to be lung cancer, for which several studies suggest a modest inverse association....
Zheng, Wei, Kushi, Lawrence H., Potter, John D., Sellers, Thomas A., Doyle, Timothy J., Bostick, Roberd M., ...
To assess the relations of dietary intake of energy and animal foods to endometrial cancer risk, dietary analyses were performed using data from a prospective cohort study of over 23,000...
Zheng, Wei, Sellers, Thomas A., Doyle, Timothy J., Kushi, Lawrence H., Potter, John D., Folsom, Aaron R.
Very few prospective studies have reported previously on the association of micronutrient intake and the risk of cancers of the upper digestive tract (mouth, pharynx, esophagus, and stomach) in...
FeII and FeI emission in IRAS 07598+6508 and PHL 1092 (1994)
Kwan, John, Cheng, Fu-zhen, Fang, Li-Zhi, Zheng, Wei, Ge, Jian
One of the puzzles in understanding the spectra of active galactic nuclei (AGN) is the origin of the FeII emission. FeI emission, if present, will help reveal the physical conditions of the emitting...
Familial Clustering of Breast and Prostate Cancers and Risk of Postmenopausal Breast Cancer (1994)
Sellers, Thomas A., Potter, John D., Rich, Stephen S., Drinkard, Carol R., Bostick, Roberd M., Kushi, Lawrence H., ...
Background: Previous studies have suggested that cancers of the breast and prostate cluster in families and that the presence of both diseases in a family may be associated with increased risk of...
GUO, WANDE, BLOT, WILLIAM J, LI, JUN-YAO, TAYLOR, PHILIP R, LIU, BO QI, WANG, WEN, ...
Background. Rates of oesophageal/gastric cardia cancer in Linxian, a rural county in north central China, are among the world's highest, but the risk factors are not well understood. Methods. A...
Shu, Xiao Ou, Zheng, Wei, Potischman, Nancy, Brinton, Louise A., Hatch, Maureen C., Gao, Yu-Tang, ...
The relation between diet and endometrial cancer was examined in a population-based case-control study conducted in Shanghai, People's Republic of China, between 1988 and 1990, involving interviews...
Physical Activity and Occupational Risk of Colon Cancer in Shanghai, China (1993)
CHOW, WONG-HO, DOSEMECI, MUSTAFA, ZHENG, WEI, VETTER, RENATE, MCLAUGHLIN, JOSEPH K, GAO, YU-TANG, ...
Using occupational data for over 2000 colon cancer cases diagnosed between 1980 and 1984 in Shanghai, and employment information from the 1382 census for the Shanghai population, standardized...
Zheng, Wei, McLaughlin, Joseph K., Chow, Wong-Ho, Chien, Harvey T. Co, Blot, William J.
A case-control analysis of cancer of the nasal cavity and sinuses was performed using data from the 1986 National Mortality Followback Survey. Data on cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, usual...
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Diet and Other Risk Factors for Laryngeal Cancer in Shanghai, China (1992)
Zheng, Wei, Blot, William J., Shu, Xiao-Ou, Gao, Yu-Tang, Ji, Bu-Tian, Ziegler, Regina G., ...
A population-based, case-control study of laryngeal cancer was conducted in Shang-hai, China, during 1988-1990, in which 201 incident cases (177 males, 24 females) and 414 controls (269 males, 145...
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ZHENG, WEI, MAIORINO, RICHARD M., BRENDEL, KLAUS, APOSHIAN, H. VASKEN
Determination and Metabolism of Dithiol Chelating Agents. VII. Biliary Excretion of Dithiols and Their Interactions with Cadmium and Metallothionein. ZHENG, W., MAIORINO, R. M., BRENDEL, K., AND...
Lung Cancer and Smoking in Shanghai (1988)
GAO, YU-TANG, BLOT, WILLIAM J, ZHENG, WEI, FRAUMENI, JOSEPH F, HSU, CHENG-WEN
A case-control study involving interviews with 733 male and 672 female incident lung cancer patients and 1495 population-based controls revealed that cigarette smoking is the dominant cause of lung...
Fidelity versus Vanguard: Comparing the Performance of the Two Largest Mutual Fund Families
This paper compares the risk and return of investing in equity mutual funds provided by the world's two largest mutual fund families: Fidelity and Vanguard over a long horizon. We believe this will...
Labrada, Lucia, Liang, Xiao Huan, Zheng, Wei, Johnston, Christine, Levine, Beth
Several different mammalian neurotropic viruses produce an age-dependent encephalitis characterized by more severe disease in younger hosts. To elucidate potential factors that contribute to...
Role of Growth Factors in Coronary Morphogenesis
Tomanek, Robert J., Zheng, Wei
This communication briefly reviews the role of angiogenic growth factors in myocardial vessel formation during development. The earliest signs of vascularization are the migration and differentiation...
Xu, Wang Hong, Zheng, Wei, Xiang, Yong Bing, Ruan, Zhi Xian, Cheng, Jia Rong, Dai, Qi, ...
Objective To evaluate the association of intake of soya food, a rich source of phytoestrogens, with the risk of endometrial cancer.
Sequential shape-and-solder-directed self-assembly of functional microsystems
Zheng, Wei, Buhlmann, Philippe, Jacobs, Heiko O.
We demonstrate the fabrication of packaged microsystems that contain active semiconductor devices and passive components by using a directed self-assembly technique. The directed self-assembly is...
The analysis of large-scale gene expression correlated to the phase changes of the migratory locust
Kang, Le, Chen, XiangYong, Zhou, Yan, Liu, BoWan, Zheng, Wei, Li, RuiQiang, ...
The migratory locust is one of the most notorious agricultural pests that undergo a well known reversible, density-dependent phase transition from the solitary to the gregarious. To demonstrate the...
Kalanithi, Paul S. A., Zheng, Wei, Kataoka, Yuko, DiFiglia, Marian, Grantz, Heidi, Saper, Clifford B., ...
Tourette syndrome (TS) is a childhood neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by motor and vocal tics. Imaging studies found alterations in caudate (Cd) and putamen volumes. To investigate possible...
Prenatal lead exposure, delta-aminolevulinic acid, and schizophrenia.
Opler, Mark G A, Brown, Alan S, Graziano, Joseph, Desai, Manisha, Zheng, Wei, Schaefer, Catherine, ...
Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder of unknown etiology. Recent reports suggest that a number of environmental factors during prenatal development may be associated with schizophrenia. We...
Wen, Wanqing, Shu, Xiao Ou, Gao, Yu-Tang, Yang, Gong, Li, Qi, Li, Honglan, ...
Objective To evaluate the association of environmental exposure to tobacco smoke from husbands and from work, as well as from family members in early life, with all cause mortality and mortality due...
The association of meat intake and the risk of type 2 diabetes may be modified by body weight
Villegas, Raquel, Shu, Xiao Ou, Gao, Yu-Tang, Yang, Gong, Cai, Hui, Li, Honglan, ...
Aim: To investigate the association between meat intake and incidence of type 2 diabetes (type 2 DM) in a large cohort of middle-aged women.
Impact of Nonsense-Mediated mRNA Decay on the Global Expression Profile of Budding Yeast
Guan, Qiaoning, Zheng, Wei, Tang, Shijie, Liu, Xiaosong, Zinkel, Robert A, Tsui, Kam-Wah, ...
Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) is a eukaryotic mechanism of RNA surveillance that selectively eliminates aberrant transcripts coding for potentially deleterious proteins. NMD also functions in...
Labrada, Lucia, Liang, Xiao Huan, Zheng, Wei, Johnston, Christine, Levine, Beth
Several different mammalian neurotropic viruses produce an age-dependent encephalitis characterized by more severe disease in younger hosts. To elucidate potential factors that contribute to...
Role of Growth Factors in Coronary Morphogenesis
Tomanek, Robert J., Zheng, Wei
This communication briefly reviews the role of angiogenic growth factors in myocardial vessel formation during development. The earliest signs of vascularization are the migration and differentiation...
Xu, Wang Hong, Zheng, Wei, Xiang, Yong Bing, Ruan, Zhi Xian, Cheng, Jia Rong, Dai, Qi, ...
Objective To evaluate the association of intake of soya food, a rich source of phytoestrogens, with the risk of endometrial cancer.
Sequential shape-and-solder-directed self-assembly of functional microsystems
Zheng, Wei, Buhlmann, Philippe, Jacobs, Heiko O.
We demonstrate the fabrication of packaged microsystems that contain active semiconductor devices and passive components by using a directed self-assembly technique. The directed self-assembly is...
The analysis of large-scale gene expression correlated to the phase changes of the migratory locust
Kang, Le, Chen, XiangYong, Zhou, Yan, Liu, BoWan, Zheng, Wei, Li, RuiQiang, ...
The migratory locust is one of the most notorious agricultural pests that undergo a well known reversible, density-dependent phase transition from the solitary to the gregarious. To demonstrate the...
Kalanithi, Paul S. A., Zheng, Wei, Kataoka, Yuko, DiFiglia, Marian, Grantz, Heidi, Saper, Clifford B., ...
Tourette syndrome (TS) is a childhood neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by motor and vocal tics. Imaging studies found alterations in caudate (Cd) and putamen volumes. To investigate possible...
Prenatal lead exposure, delta-aminolevulinic acid, and schizophrenia.
Opler, Mark G A, Brown, Alan S, Graziano, Joseph, Desai, Manisha, Zheng, Wei, Schaefer, Catherine, ...
Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder of unknown etiology. Recent reports suggest that a number of environmental factors during prenatal development may be associated with schizophrenia. We...
Wen, Wanqing, Shu, Xiao Ou, Gao, Yu-Tang, Yang, Gong, Li, Qi, Li, Honglan, ...
Objective To evaluate the association of environmental exposure to tobacco smoke from husbands and from work, as well as from family members in early life, with all cause mortality and mortality due...
The association of meat intake and the risk of type 2 diabetes may be modified by body weight
Villegas, Raquel, Shu, Xiao Ou, Gao, Yu-Tang, Yang, Gong, Cai, Hui, Li, Honglan, ...
Aim: To investigate the association between meat intake and incidence of type 2 diabetes (type 2 DM) in a large cohort of middle-aged women.
Impact of Nonsense-Mediated mRNA Decay on the Global Expression Profile of Budding Yeast
Guan, Qiaoning, Zheng, Wei, Tang, Shijie, Liu, Xiaosong, Zinkel, Robert A, Tsui, Kam-Wah, ...
Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) is a eukaryotic mechanism of RNA surveillance that selectively eliminates aberrant transcripts coding for potentially deleterious proteins. NMD also functions in...
Inglese, James, Auld, Douglas S., Jadhav, Ajit, Johnson, Ronald L., Simeonov, Anton, Yasgar, Adam, ...
High-throughput screening (HTS) of chemical compounds to identify modulators of molecular targets is a mainstay of pharmaceutical development. Increasingly, HTS is being used to identify chemical...
Early Initiation of Colorectal Cancer Screening in Individuals with Affected First-degree Relatives
Murff, Harvey J., Peterson, Neeraja B., Greevy, Robert A., Shrubsole, Martha J., Zheng, Wei
IGFBP3 mRNA expression in benign and malignant breast tumors
Ren, Zefang, Shin, Aesun, Cai, Qiuyin, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Gao, Yu-Tang, Zheng, Wei
Patterns and correlates of physical activity: a cross-sectional study in urban Chinese women
Jurj, Adriana L, Wen, Wanqing, Gao, Yu-Tang, Matthews, Charles E, Yang, Gong, Li, Hong-Lan, ...
Zheng, Wei, Padia, Janak, Urban, Daniel J., Jadhav, Ajit, Goker-Alpan, Ozlem, Simeonov, Anton, ...
Gaucher disease is an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorder caused by mutations in the glucocerebrosidase gene. Missense mutations result in reduced enzyme activity that may be due to...
Increased Expression of the Cardiac L-type Calcium Channel in Estrogen Receptor–deficient Mice
Johnson, Barry D., Zheng, Wei, Korach, Kenneth S., Scheuer, Todd, Catterall, William A., Rubanyi, Gabor M.
Steroid hormones control the expression of many cellular regulators, and a role for estrogen in cardiovascular function and disease has been well documented. To address whether the activity of the...
Bargaining Through Agents: An Experimental Study of Delegation and Commitment
Schotter, Andrew, Snyder, Blaine, Zheng, Wei
Bargaining, delegation, commitment
Zhao, Minglian, Li, Zhenguo, Zheng, Wei, Lou, Zhiyong, Chen, Guo-Qiang
The phasin PhaPAh from A. hydrophila strain 4AK4 was crystallized using the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method.
A Conceptualisation of the Relationship Between Organisational Culture and Knowledge Management
Organisational culture has been regarded as an important factor affecting knowledge management practices. This paper is an initial effort in constructing a new conceptualisation of the relationship...
The Chinese Insurance Market: Estimating its Long-Term Growth and Size*
Wei Zheng, Yongdong Liu, Gerry Dickinson
The mid-term and long-term growth potential of China's insurance industry is a subject of significant interest to governments, business and academia. In this paper, the “world insurance growth...
Ranking mutual fund families: minimum expenses and maximum loads as markers for moral turpitude
Mutual fund families, Performance, Turnover, Expense ratio, Loads, G10, G11, G20,
A Comparative Study of International Insurance Markets*
Wei Zheng, Yongdong Liu, Yiting Deng
By proposing the Benchmark Ratio of Insurance Penetration (BRIP) as a new paradigm for international insurance comparison, this paper makes a new assessment and comparison of insurance growth levels...
Southern community cohort study: establishing a cohort to investigate health disparities.
Signorello, Lisa B., Hargreaves, Margaret K., Steinwandel, Mark D., Zheng, Wei, Cai, Qiuyin, Schlundt, David G., ...
OBJECTIVES: To demonstrate the methods of recruitment of a low-income, predominantly African-American study population for the Southern Community Cohort Study (SCCS), a prospective epidemiologic...
Nonsense-Mediated Decay of ash1 Nonsense Transcripts in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Zheng, Wei, Finkel, Jonathan S., Landers, Sharon M., Long, Roy M., Culbertson, Michael R.
Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) performs two functions in eukaryotes, one in controlling the expression level of a substantial subset of genes and the other in RNA surveillance. In the vast...
Wang, Li, Di, Li-Jun, Lv, Xiang, Zheng, Wei, Xue, Zheng, Guo, Zhi-Chen, ...
Matrix attachment regions (MARs) are important in chromatin organization and gene regulation. Although it is known that there are a number of MAR elements in the β-globin gene cluster, it is unclear...
Evaluating Online Health Information: Beyond Readability Formulas
Leroy, Gondy, Helmreich, Stephen, Cowie, James R., Miller, Trudi, Zheng, Wei
Although understanding health information is important, the texts provided are often difficult to understand. There are formulas to measure readability levels, but there is little understanding of...
Zhang, Ming-Zhi, Xu, Jie, Yao, Bing, Yin, Huiyong, Cai, Qiuyin, Shrubsole, Martha J., ...
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of cancer death, yet primary prevention remains the best approach to reducing overall morbidity and mortality. Studies have shown that COX-2–derived PGE2...
Benefit and cost analysis of mariculture based on ecosystem services
Zheng, Wei, Shi, Honghua, Chen, Shang, Zhu, Mingyuan
As a life-supporting system, marine ecosystem provides various services for human being. Based on ecosystem services, we developed a Benifit and Cost Analysis model to balance the conflicts between...
Mistry, Goutam C, Bergman, Arthur J, Zheng, Wei, Hreniuk, David, Zinny, Miguel A, Gottesdiener, Keith M, ...
Yang, Jinfu, Tang, Tao, Li, Feng, Zhou, Wenwu, Liu, Jian, Tan, Zhiping, ...
Objective. To construct the eukaryotic expression vector hypoxia-inducible factor 1α-pcDNA3.1 and to investigate its transfective efficiency into mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in vitro and the...
Neumann, Susanne, Huang, Wenwei, Titus, Steve, Krause, Gerd, Kleinau, Gunnar, Alberobello, Anna Teresa, ...
Seven-transmembrane-spanning receptors (7TMRs) are prominent drug targets. However, small-molecule ligands for 7-transmembrane-spanning receptors for which the natural ligands are large,...
Zheng, Wei, Christensen, Lance P., Tomanek, Robert J.
Mechanical stretch, an important growth stimulus, results not only from pulsatile blood flow and diastolic stretch of the ventricles [cyclic stretch (CS)] but also from tissue expansion during growth...
Linos, Eleni, Spanos, Demetri, Rosner, Bernard A., Linos, Katerina, Hesketh, Therese, Qu, Jian Ding, ...
Bi0.95La0.05FeO3(BLFOx=0.05) film was fabricated on indium tin oxide/glass substrate using a metal organic decomposition method. No secondary phase can be observed in the well crystallized and...