Yan Liang

Efficient Index Maintenance for Frequently Updated Semantic Data (2009)

Yan Liang, Haofen Wang, Qiaoling Liu, Thanh Tran, Thomas Penin, Yong Yu

Abstract. Nowadays, the demand on querying and searching the Semantic Web is increasing. Some systems have adopted IR (Information Retrieval) approaches to index and search the Semantic Web data due...

International corporate governance in cross-border M&A, a new integrated framework from empirical studies (2009)

LIANG, YAN, WANG, SHAOHUA

Successful multinational M&A are not easy, there are many factors needed to consider for participants in cross-border M&A transactions. In addition to traditional corporate governance factors, which...

Integrated Frequency-Selective Conduction Transmission-Line EMI Filter (2009)

Liang, Yan

The multi-conductor lossy transmission-line model and finite element simulation tool are used to analyze the high-frequency attenuator and the DM transmission-line EMI filter. The insertion gain,...

Integrated Frequency-Selective Conduction Transmission-Line EMI Filter (2009)

Liang, Yan

The multi-conductor lossy transmission-line model and finite element simulation tool are used to analyze the high-frequency attenuator and the DM transmission-line EMI filter. The insertion gain,...

An experimental study of the grain-scale processes of peridotite melting : implications for major and trace element distribution during equilibrium and disequilibrium melting (2007)

Lo Cascio, Mauro, Liang, Yan, Shimizu, Nobumichi, Hess, Paul C.

Author Posting. © Springer, 2008. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of Springer for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published...

Estructura Mítica en la Iniciación Moderna (2007)

Liang, Yan

El trabajo estudia la estructura mítica en las novelas modernas de iniciación por tres etapas estructurales, que se concretan como: separación-partida, pruebas-margen, regreso-reintegración. Se...

Role of abscisic acid on root and nodule development in Medicago truncatula / (2007)

Liang, Yan.

The plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) regulates numerous important aspects of plant development. We have identified a new plant response to the addition of ABA, increased lateral root formation in...

An Ex Ante Analysis of the Effects of Transgenic Rice on Farm Householdsâ Nutritional Vulnerability in Bangladesh (2006)

Liang, Yan

Despite concerted efforts at agricultural development over many years, millions of people in developing countries still suffer from poverty and under-nutrition. New crop varieties, such as those...

An Ex Ante Analysis of the Effects of Transgenic Rice on Farm Householdsâ Nutritional Vulnerability in Bangladesh (2006)

Liang, Yan

Despite concerted efforts at agricultural development over many years, millions of people in developing countries still suffer from poverty and under-nutrition. New crop varieties, such as those...

Novel splicing mutation in the progranulin gene causing familial corticobasal syndrome (2006)

Masellis, Mario, Momeni, Parastoo, Meschino, Wendy, Heffner, Reid, Elder, Joshua, Sato, Christine, ...

Corticobasal syndrome (CBS) is a rare cognitive and movement disorder characterized by asymmetric rigidity, apraxia, alien-limb phenomenon, cortical sensory loss, myoclonus, focal dystonia, and...

Novel splicing mutation in the progranulin gene causing familial corticobasal syndrome (2006)

Masellis, Mario, Momeni, Parastoo, Meschino, Wendy, Heffner, Reid, Elder, Joshua, Sato, Christine, ...

Corticobasal syndrome (CBS) is a rare cognitive and movement disorder characterized by asymmetric rigidity, apraxia, alien-limb phenomenon, cortical sensory loss, myoclonus, focal dystonia, and...

Three-dimensional expression of adhesion molecules on the superficial synovial intima of LPS-induced arthritis of the mouse knee analyzed by immuno-SEM (2004)

Liang, Yan, Nakamura, Shinji, Cui, Li, Johkura, Kohei, Ogiwara, Naoko, Sasaki, Katsunori

Three-dimensional microlocalization of adhesion molecules, i.e. ICAM-1 (intercellular adhesion molecule), VCAM-1 (vascular adhesion molecule), LFA-1 (lymphocyte function-associated antigen), Mac-1...

Sex-dependent regulation of hepatic peroxisome proliferation in mice by trichloroethylene via peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor {alpha} (PPAR{alpha}) (2000)

Nakajima, Tamie, Kamijo, Yuji, Usuda, Nobuteru, Liang, Yan, Fukushima, Yoshimitsu, Kametani, Kiyokazu, ...

The mechanism of trichloroethylene-induced liver peroxisome proliferation and the sex difference in response was investigated using wild-type Sv/129 and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α...

Reclamation of wastewater for polyculture of freshwater fish / (1997)

Liang, Yan.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Hong Kong Baptist University, 1997.

Models and experiments for multicomponent chemical diffusion in molten silicates /--by Yan Liang. (1994)

Liang, Yan.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Dept. of Geophysical Sciences, December 1994.

Yellow Fever Virus/Dengue-2 Virus and Yellow Fever Virus/Dengue-4 Virus Chimeras: Biological Characterization, Immunogenicity, and Protection against Dengue Encephalitis in the Mouse Model

Chambers, Thomas J., Liang, Yan, Droll, Deborah A., Schlesinger, Jacob J., Davidson, Andrew D., Wright, Peter J., ...

Two yellow fever virus (YFV)/dengue virus chimeras which encode the prM and E proteins of either dengue virus serotype 2 (dengue-2 virus) or dengue-4 virus within the genome of the YFV 17D strain...

In vivo reduction of amyloid-β by a mutant copper transporter

Phinney, Amie L., Drisaldi, Bettina, Schmidt, Stephen D., Lugowski, Stan, Coronado, Veronica, Liang, Yan, ...

Cu ions have been suggested to enhance the assembly and pathogenic potential of the Alzheimer's disease amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide. To explore this relationship in vivo, toxic-milk (txJ) mice with a...

Rhodopsin Signaling and Organization in Heterozygote Rhodopsin Knockout Mice*S

Liang, Yan, Fotiadis, Dimitrios, Maeda, Tadao, Maeda, Akiko, Modzelewska, Anna, Filipek, Slawomir, ...

Rhodopsin (Rho) resides within internal membrane structures called disc membranes that are found in the rod outer segments (ROS) of photoreceptors in the retina. Rho expression is essential for...

Organization of the G Protein-coupled Receptors Rhodopsin and Opsin in Native Membranes*

Liang, Yan, Fotiadis, Dimitrios, Filipek, Sławomir, Saperstein, David A., Palczewski, Krzysztof, Engel, Andreas

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), which constitute the largest and structurally best conserved family of signaling molecules, are involved in virtually all physiological processes. Crystal...

Biochemical and Physiological Properties of Rhodopsin Regenerated with 11-cis-6-Ring- and 7-Ring-retinals*

Kuksa, Vladimir, Bartl, Franz, Maeda, Tadao, Jang, Geeng-Fu, Ritter, Eglof, Heck, Martin, ...

Phototransduction is initiated by the photoisomerization of rhodopsin (Rho) chromophore 11-cis-retinylidene to all-trans-retinylidene. Here, using Rho regenerated with retinal analogs with different...

The G protein-coupled receptor rhodopsin in the native membrane

Fotiadis, Dimitrios, Liang, Yan, Filipek, Slawomir, Saperstein, David A., Engel, Andreas, Palczewski, Krzysztof

The higher-order structure of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) in membranes may involve dimerization and formation of even larger oligomeric complexes. Here, we have investigated the organization...

Recovery of Visual Functions in a Mouse Model of Leber Congenital Amaurosis*

Van Hooser, J. Preston, Liang, Yan, Maeda, Tadao, Kuksa, Vladimir, Jang, Geeng-Fu, He, Yu-Guang, ...

The visual process is initiated by the photoisomerization of 11-cis-retinal to all-trans-retinal. For sustained vision the 11-cis-chromophore must be regenerated from all-trans-retinal. This requires...

Yellow Fever Virus/Dengue-2 Virus and Yellow Fever Virus/Dengue-4 Virus Chimeras: Biological Characterization, Immunogenicity, and Protection against Dengue Encephalitis in the Mouse Model

Chambers, Thomas J., Liang, Yan, Droll, Deborah A., Schlesinger, Jacob J., Davidson, Andrew D., Wright, Peter J., ...

Two yellow fever virus (YFV)/dengue virus chimeras which encode the prM and E proteins of either dengue virus serotype 2 (dengue-2 virus) or dengue-4 virus within the genome of the YFV 17D strain...

In vivo reduction of amyloid-β by a mutant copper transporter

Phinney, Amie L., Drisaldi, Bettina, Schmidt, Stephen D., Lugowski, Stan, Coronado, Veronica, Liang, Yan, ...

Cu ions have been suggested to enhance the assembly and pathogenic potential of the Alzheimer's disease amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide. To explore this relationship in vivo, toxic-milk (txJ) mice with a...

Does Foreign Direct Investment Provide Desirable Development Finance? The Case of China

Yan Liang

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is often considered as a cost-effective and risk-reducing source for development finance. This paper, however, shows that FDI finance often entails underestimated...

FDI, Competitive Menace, and the Evolution of Labor Practices in China

Yan Liang

It is often argued that labor-intensive, export-oriented, foreign direct investment contributes tremendously to employment growth in China. However, this argument is not adequately verified due to...

Implications of Transgenic Rice for Farm Households' Nutritional Vulnerability: Projections for Bangladesh

Liang, Yan, Reaves, Dixie W., Norton, George W.

This paper employs multivariate regression to forecast the calorie intake of Bangladeshi farm households in the hunger season based on the household income, production, and demographic composition in...

Potential Effects of Transgenic Rice on Farm Households' Nutritional Status in Bangladesh

Liang, Yan, Reaves, Dixie W., Norton, George W.

The spread of agricultural biotechnology in developing countries has grown rapidly in recent years. Several transgenic products are under development with potential to address a variety of adverse...

Why Are China's Exports Special?: The Role of FDI, Regional Trade, and Government Policies

Yan Liang

This paper investigates why China is able to achieve a high level of technological sophistication in its exports beyond its current level of development. It concludes that a great portion of the...

Implications of Transgenic Rice for Farm Households' Nutritional Vulnerability: Projections for Bangladesh

Liang, Yan, Reaves, Dixie W., Norton, George W.

This paper employs multivariate regression to forecast the calorie intake of Bangladeshi farm households in the hunger season based on the household income, production, and demographic composition in...

A Cost Function Analysis of Crop Insurance Moral Hazard and Agricultural Chemical Use

Liang, Yan, Coble, Keith H.

This paper employs a cost function analysis method to investigate the existence of moral hazard in cotton buy-up insurance. The trans-log cost function estimates of the own-price elasticity of...

Neuroadapted Yellow Fever Virus Strain 17D: a Charged Locus in Domain III of the E Protein Governs Heparin Binding Activity and Neuroinvasiveness in the SCID Mouse Model▿

Nickells, Janice, Cannella, Maria, Droll, Deborah A., Liang, Yan, Wold, William S. M., Chambers, Thomas J.

A molecular clone of yellow fever virus (YFV) strain 17D was used to identify critical determinants of mouse neuroinvasiveness previously localized to domain III of the neuroadapted SPYF-MN virus...

α1-antitrypsin Pittsburgh in a family with bleeding tendency

Hua, Baolai, Fan, Liankai, Liang, Yan, Zhao, Yongqiang, Tuddenham, Edward G.D.

We describe a 16-year-old girl and her 41-year-old father who both had a bleeding tendency, dramatic prolongation of all standard clotting assays, undetectable levels of plasma protein C activity,...

LEAFY COTYLEDON1 Is a Key Regulator of Fatty Acid Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis1[C][W][OA]

Mu, Jinye, Tan, Helin, Zheng, Qi, Fu, Fuyou, Liang, Yan, Zhang, Jian, ...

In plants, fatty acids are de novo synthesized predominantly in plastids from acetyl-coenzyme A. Although fatty acid biosynthesis has been biochemically well studied, little is known about the...

Financial Reform, Property Income Growth and the Potential Impacts on Inequality in China

Yan Liang

The Seventeenth Communist Party National People's Congress in 2007 declared, for the first time, that the Chinese government would create conditions and opportunities to promote property income...

Abscisic Acid Coordinates Nod Factor and Cytokinin Signaling during the Regulation of Nodulation in Medicago truncatula

Ding, Yiliang, Kalo, Peter, Yendrek, Craig, Sun, Jongho, Liang, Yan, Marsh, John F., ...

Nodulation is tightly regulated in legumes to ensure appropriate levels of nitrogen fixation without excessive depletion of carbon reserves. This balance is maintained by intimately linking...