Yang Li

Are CD4+CD25-Foxp3+cells in untreated new-onset lupus patients regulatory T cells? (2009)

Yang, Hua-xia, Zhang, Wen, Zhao, Li-dan, Li, Yang, Zhang, Feng-chun, Tang, Fu-lin, ...

Abstract Introduction Our previous study has reported that, in patients with untreated new-onset lupus (UNOL), there was an abnormal increase in the number of CD4 + CD25 - Foxp3 + T cells that...

Multipathogen infections in hospitalized children with acute respiratory infections (2009)

Peng, Dan, Zhao, Dongchi, Liu, Jingtao, Wang, Xia, Yang, Kun, Xicheng, Hong, ...

Abstract Background To explore the epidemiologic and clinical features of, and interactions among, multipathogen infections in hospitalized children with acute respiratory tract infection (ARTI). A...

Quantum Zeno and anti-Zeno effect in atom-atom entanglement induced by non-Markovian environment (2009)

Li, Yang, Guo, Hong

The dynamic behavior of the entanglement for two two-level atoms coupled to a common lossy cavity is studied. We find that the speed of disentanglement is a decreasing (increasing) function of the...

c ○ 2008 Yang LiINCREMENTAL TRAINING AND GROWTH OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS BY (2009)

Yang Li

Training of automatic pattern recognition or function regression systems has been investigated for decades, and it is fairly well understood that the usage of limited amounts of empirical data in the...

Energy dissipation and angular momentum transfer within a magnetically torqued accretion disc (2009)

Gan, Zhao-Ming, Wang, Ding-Xiong, Lei, Wei-Hua, Li, Yang

We discuss transportation and redistribution of energy and angular momentum in the magnetic connection (MC) process and Blandford-Payne (BP) process. The MC results in readjusting the interior...

designGG: an R-package and web tool for the optimal design of genetical genomics experiments (2009)

Li, Yang, Swertz, Morris A, Vera, Gonzalo, Fu, Jingyuan, Breitling, Rainer, Jansen, Ritsert C

Abstract Background High-dimensional biomolecular profiling of genetically different individuals in one or more environmental conditions is an increasingly popular strategy for exploring the...

A Simplified Model of ADAF with the Jet Driven by the Large-Scale Magnetic Field (2009)

Li, Yang, Gan, Zhao-Ming, Wang, Ding-Xiong

We propose a simplified model of outflow/jet driven by the Blandford-Payne (BP) process from advection dominated accretion flows (ADAF) and derive the expressions of the BP power and disk luminosity...

KAF: Kalman Filter Based Adaptive Maintenance for Dependability of Composite Services (2009)

Huipeng Guo, Jinpeng Huai, Yang Li, Ting Deng

Abstract. Service composition is fundamental in development of Web service oriented applications. Dependability of composite services is of significant importance since it directly impacts users...

Synthesis and Characterization of Monodispersed Copper Colloids in Polar Solvents (2009)

Yu, Wei, Xie, Huaqing, Chen, Lifei, Li, Yang, Zhang, Chen

A chemical reduction method for preparing monodispersed pure-phase copper colloids in water and ethylene glycol has been reported. Owing to the reduction property of ethylene glycol, the reaction...

designGG: an R-package and web tool for the optimal design of genetical genomics experiments (2009)

Li, Yang, Swertz, Morris A., Vera, Gonzalo, Fu, Jingyuan, Breitling, Rainer, Jansen, Ritsert C.

Background: High-dimensional biomolecular profiling of genetically different individuals in one or more environmental conditions is an increasingly popular strategy for exploring the functioning of...

The X-Ray Crystal Structures of Primary Aryl Substituted Selenoamides (2009)

Yang Li, Guo-Xiong Hua, J. Derek Woollins

The X-ray structures of 12 primary selenoamides are reported. Metric parameters are provided, together with an illustration of the range of hydrogen bonding motifs.

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder comorbid oppositional defiant disorder and its predominately inattentive type: evidence for an association with COMT but not MAOA in a Chinese sample (2009)

Qian Qiu-Jin, Liu Jin, Wang Yu-Feng, Yang Li, Guan Li-Li, Faraone Stephen

Abstract Background There are three childhood disruptive behavior disorders (DBDs), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), and conduct disorder (CD)....

Suppression of lung cancer in murine model: treated by combination of recombinant human endostsatin adenovirus with low-dose cisplatin (2009)

Bai Rui, Wu Yang, Liu Quan, Xie Ke, Wei Yu, Wang Yong, ...

Abstract Background The sustained growth of tumors necessitates neovascularization. As one of the potent endogenous vascular inhibitors, endostatin has been widely used in antiangiogenesis therapy...

Heparanase Expression Correlates with Angiogenesis and Lymphangiogenesis in Human Lung Cancer (2009)

Qingfu ZHANG, Jian MING, Yang LI, Siyang ZHANG, Bo LI, Xueshan QIU, ...

Background and objective Heparanase has been thought to be a good molecular marker of tumor, and the heparanase expression level was correlated closely with tumor metastasis. In this study, we...

Oxidative Stress Induces Parallel Autophagy and Mitochondria Dysfunction in Human Glioma U251 Cells (2009)

Zhang, Hongyu, Kong, Xiaoxia, Kang, Jinsong, Su, Jing, Li, Yang, Zhong, Jiateng, ...

Accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) such as hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is an oxidative stress response, which induced various defense mechanisms or programmed cell death (PCD). As one of the...

Association of Lumican Gene with Susceptibility to Pathological Myopia in the Northern Han Ethnic Chinese (2009)

Fengju Zhang, Tingzhun Zhu, Zhongjun Zhou, Yudong Wu, Yang Li

Pathological myopia is a severe hereditary ocular disease leading to blindness. It is urgent and very important to find the pathogenesis and therapy for this disease. The purpose of the study is to...

1-(3-Phenylpropyl)urea (2009)

Yang Li, Guoxiong Hua, J. Derek Woollins

In the crystal of the title compound, C10H14N2O, double supramolecular layers of PhCH2CH2CH2NHC(O)NH2 are formed parallel to the bc plane by intermolecular N—H...O hydrogen bonding, with R22(8)...

Effect of Genistein on vasculogenic mimicry formation by human uveal melanoma cells (2009)

Cong Rihong, Sun Qingmin, Yang Li, Gu Haijuan, Zeng Ying, Wang Bin

Abstract Background Vasculogenic mimicry (VM) was increasingly recognized as a form of aggressive melanoma acquiring blood supply. Genistein had attracted much attention as a potential anticancer...

Bis(phenylphosphonic) anhydride (2009)

Yang Li, Guoxiong Hua, J. Derek Woollins

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C12H12O5P2, contains four independent molecules, generating two dimers via pairs of intermolecular O—H...O hydrogen bonds, forming R22(8) rings. The...

2,2′-o-Phenylenediacetonitrile (2009)

Yang Li, Guoxiong Hua, J. Derek Woollins

In the title compound, NCCH2C6H4CH2CN, the bond lengths and angles are within normal ranges. The benzene ring makes dihedral angles of 4.94 (8) and 77.04 (8)° with the...

Urinary estrogen metabolites and prostate cancer: a case-control study and meta-analysis (2009)

Barba Maddalena, Yang Li, Schünemann Holger, Sperati Francesca, Grioni Sara, Stranges Saverio, ...

Abstract Objective To investigate prostate cancer (Pca) risk in relation to estrogen metabolism, expressed as urinary 2-hydroxyestrone (2-OHE1), 16α-hydroxyestrone (16α-OHE1) and 2-OHE1 to...

Chemical Constituents from Clematis delavayi var. spinescens (2009)

Yang Li, Si-Feng Wang, Yan-Li Zhao, Ke-Chun Liu, Xi-Min Wang, Yong-Ping Yang, ...

A new coumarin, 7-hydroxy-4,6-dimethoxy-5-methylcoumarin (1), was isolated from the aerial parts of Clematis delavayi var. spinescens together with 17 known compounds. Their structures were...

Memory Based Learning in Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes with Variable Length Histories (2008)

Yang Li, Supervisor Doina Precup

In the field of artificial intelligence, many are interested in finding new algorithms that enable an agent to act intelligently in a world. Planning how to act in a stochastic world is a major...

ThumbPod SecureEmbedded System (Conceptual) (Session 5.1) (2008)

Josie Ammer, Michael Sheets, Tufan C. Karalar, Mika Kuulusa, Robert M. Senger, Eric D. Marsman, ...

The purpose of the Student Design Contest is to promote excellence in the design of electronic systems by providing competition between graduate and undergraduate students at universities and...

Hepatocyte growth factor enhances death receptor-induced apoptosis by up-regulating DR5 (2008)

Li, Yang, Fan, Xing, Goodwin, C Rory, Laterra, John, Xia, Shuli

Abstract Background Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and its receptor c-MET are commonly expressed in malignant gliomas and embryonic neuroectodermal tumors including medulloblastoma and appear to play...

The effect of dipole-dipole interaction for two atoms with different couplings in non-Markovian environment (2008)

Li, Yang, Zhou, Jiang, Guo, Hong

Using the nonperturbative method, we study the exact entanglement dynamics of two two-level dipole-dipole interacting atoms coupled to a common non-Markovian reservoir with different coupling...

Association of the 3:2 HFQPO Pairs with the Broad Fe K Line in XTE J1550-564 and GRO J1655-40 (2008)

Wang, Ding-Xiong, Gan, Zhao-Ming, Huang, Chang-Yin, Li, Yang

Association of the high-frequency quasi-periodic oscillation (HFQPO) pairs with the broad Fe K line in XTE J1550-564 and GRO J1655-40 is discussed based on the magnetic coupling (MC) of a rotating...

A Lightweight Online Network Anomaly Detection Scheme Based on Data Mining Methods (2008)

Yang Li

Network IDS look for known or potential malicious activities in network traffic and raise an alarm whenever a suspicious activity is detected. Anomaly detection applied to intrusion detection and...

Probing the low-x structure of nuclear matter with diffractive hadron production in pA collisions (2008)

Li, Yang, Tuchin, Kirill

We argue that hadron production in coherent diffraction of proton on a heavy nucleus provides a very sensitive probe of the low-x QCD dynamics. This process probes the BFKL dynamics in proton and the...

Analysis of Tiling Microarray Data by Learning Vector Quantization and Relevance Learning (2008)

Michael Biehl, Rainer Breitling, Yang Li

Abstract. We apply learning vector quantization to the analysis of tiling microarray data. As an example we consider the classification of C. elegans genomic probes as intronic or exonic. Training is...

BT Group CTO, British Telecommunications Plc, (2008)

Yang Li, Martlesham Heath, Ip Re, Hong-ji Yang, Xiao-chun Cheng, Xiao-yan Zhu

Program partitioning is a task of splitting a large, complex software system into functionally independent program modules. It is a key step in program understanding, software maintenance and...

An Efficient Double-Array Establishing Algorithm Based on Following-set (2008)

Cai-chun Gong, Yang Li, Shuo Bai

Abstract: Double-array is a fast and compact data structure for a trie, however it is a semi-static structure in the sense that its updating and establishing is time-consuming. An efficient algorithm...

ContextMap: Modeling Scenes of the Real World for Context-Aware Computing (2008)

Yang Li, Jason I. Hong, James A. L

We present a scenegraph-based schema, the ContextMap, to model context information. Locations with hierarchical relations are the skeleton of the ContextMap where nodes of people, objects and...

Donuts: A Chinese Input Technique Using Pressure- Sensitive Marking Menus (2008)

Yang Li, Richard Anderson

Handwriting recognition is often considered as an ideal solution for pen-based Chinese input. However, handwriting Chinese suffers from a performance bottleneck due to the complex structure of...

The Adaptive Hybrid Cursor: A Pressure-based Target Selection Technique for Pen-based User Interfaces (2008)

Xiangshi Ren, Jibin Yin, Shengdong Zhao, Yang Li

Abstract. We present the Adaptive Hybrid Cursor, a novel target acquisition technique for pen-based interfaces. To assist a user in a target selection task, this technique automatically adapts the...

Secure Electronic Transaction (SET protocol) (2008)

Yang Li, Yun Wang

Electronic commerce, as exemplified by the popularity of the Internet, is going to have an enormous impact on the financial services industry. No financial institution will be left unaffected by the...

Baryon enhancement in high-density QCD and relativistic heavy ion collisions (2008)

Li, Yang

We argue that the collinear factorization of the fragmentation functions in high energy nuclear collisions breaks down at transverse momenta $p_T \lesssim Q_s/g$ due to high parton densities in the...

Making strategy work: a literature review on the factors influencing strategy implementation (2008)

Li, Yang, Guohui, Sun, Eppler, Martin J.

Although numerous studies acknowledge that strategies frequently fail not because of inadequate strategy formulation, but because of insufficient implementation, strategy implementation has received...

Making strategy work: a literature review on the factors influencing strategy implementation (2008)

Li, Yang, Guohui, Sun, Eppler, Martin J.

Although numerous studies acknowledge that strategies frequently fail not because of inadequate strategy formulation, but because of insufficient implementation, strategy implementation has received...

Spectrum of diffractively produced gluons in onium-nucleus collisions (2008)

Li, Yang, Tuchin, Kirill

We calculate spectrum of diffractively produced gluons in onium-heavy nucleus collisions at high energies. We show that it exhibits a characteristic dependence on nucleus atomic number A and...

A simplified model of jet power from active galactic nuclei (2008)

Li, Yang, Wang, Ding-Xiong, Gan, Zhao-Ming

Aims. A simplified model of jet power from active galactic nuclei is proposed in which the relationship between jet power and disk luminosity is discussed by combining disk accretion with two...

Gluon multiplicity in coherent diffraction of onium on a heavy nucleus (2008)

Li, Yang, Tuchin, Kirill

We derive the cross section for the diffractive gluon production in high energy onium-nucleus collisions that includes the low-x evolution effects in the rapidity interval between the onium and the...

Electrostatics of the Binding and Bending of Lipid Bilayers: Charge-Correlation Forces and Preferred Curvatures (2008)

Yang Li, C Yang Li

I hereby declare that I am the sole author of this thesis. This is a true copy of the thesis, including any required final revisions, as accepted by my examiners. I understand that my thesis may be...

Model-Guided Segmentation of 3D Neuroradiological Image Using Statistical Surface Wavelet Model (2008)

Yang Li, Tiow-seng Tan

This paper proposes a novel model-guided segmentation framework utilizing a statistical surface wavelet model as a shape prior. In the model building process, a set of training shapes are decomposed...

Morphology and Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Colonizing Roots of Dandelion and Chive (2008)

Li, Yang

Arbuscular mycorrhizas (AM) are the plant root-fungus interactions that are most widespread mycorrhiza in nature. As classically defined, there are two major AM morphologies named after the plant...

Morphology and Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Colonizing Roots of Dandelion and Chive (2008)

Li, Yang

Arbuscular mycorrhizas (AM) are the plant root-fungus interactions that are most widespread mycorrhiza in nature. As classically defined, there are two major AM morphologies named after the plant...

Morphology and Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Colonizing Roots of Dandelion and Chive (2008)

Li, Yang

Arbuscular mycorrhizas (AM) are the plant root-fungus interactions that are most widespread mycorrhiza in nature. As classically defined, there are two major AM morphologies named after the plant...

Generalizing genetical genomics: getting added value from environmental perturbation (2008)

Li, Yang, Breitling, Rainer, Jansen, Ritsert C.

Genetical genomics is a useful approach for studying the effect of genetic perturbations on biological systems at the molecular level. However, molecular networks depend on the environmental...

A composite of polyelectrolyte-grafted multi-walled carbon nanotubes and in situ polymerized polyaniline for the detection of low concentration triethylamine vapor (2008)

Li, Yang, Wang, Huicai, Cao, Xiehong, Yuan, Minyong, Yang, Mujie

Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) grafted with sodium polystyrenesulfonate (NaPSS) were deposited on an interdigitated gold electrode decorated with a layer of positively charged...

5-Benzylidene-2,3-diphenyl-1,2-selenaphosphole-2-selenide (2008)

Yang Li, Guoxiong Hua, J. Derek Woollins

The title compound, C23H19PSe2, has a central five-membered twist C3PSe ring conformation. One phenyl ring substituent, attached to an sp2 carbon, is approximately coplanar with the C3PSe ring whilst...

1,5,6-Triphenyl-8-oxa-7-selena-6-phosphabicyclo[3.2.1]octane-6-selone (2008)

Guoxiong Hua, Yang Li, J. Derek Woollins

The structure of the title compound, C23H21OPSe2, consists of fused puckered five- and six-membered rings, PSeC2O and C5O, respectively, with a C2O bridgehead. The C5O ring adopts a chair...

Experimental Studies on the Differentiation of Fibroblasts into Myoblasts induced by MyoD Genes in vitro (2008)

Zhongmin Liu, Huimin Fan, Yang Li, Song Guo Zheng

To evaluate the biological functions of myogenic regulatory factors, we have examined the effects of ectopic expression of MyoD and Cx43 genes in the fibroblasts on the differentiation of myoblast in...

Efficient inhibition of murine breast cancer growth and metastasis by gene transferred mouse survivin Thr34→Ala mutant (2008)

Peng Xing-Chen, Yang Li, Yang Li-Ping, Mao Yong-Qiu, Yang Han-Shuo, Liu Ji-Yan, ...

Abstract Background Metastasis in breast cancer is a vital concern in treatment because most women with primary breast cancer have micrometastases to distant sites at diagnosis. As a member of the...

Two New Phenolic Glycosides from Viscum articulatum (2008)

Yang Li, Yan-Li Zhao, Ning Huang, Yong-Tang Zheng, Yong-Ping Yang, Xiao-Li Li

Two new phenolic glycosides, 1-O-benzyl-[5-O-benzoyl-β-D-apiofuranosyl (1→2)]-β-D-glucopyranoside (1), and 4`-hydroxy-7,3`-dimethoxyflavan-5-O- β-D-gluco-pyranoside...

Effects of hypoxia on the expression of CCR7 and proliferation, invasiveness of A549 cells (2008)

Yang LI, Qingfu ZHANG, Yang WANG, Xueshan QIU, Enhua WANG

Background and objective It has been proven that hypoxia could promote tumor cells invasion and metastasis by different mechanisms, but the relationship between hypoxia and CCR7 have not been...

Upregulation of the Chemokine Receptor CCR7 expression by HIF-1αand HIF-2α in non-small cell lung cancer (2008)

Yang LI, Qingfu ZHANG, Lili JIANG, Xueshan QIU, Enhua WANG

Background and objective CCR7 is closely related with the lymph node metastasis of non-small cell lung cancer. The objective of this work is to investigate the expressions of chemokine receptor CCR7,...

Surface Chemical Modification of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes by a Wet-Mechanochemical Reaction (2008)

Lifei Chen, Huaqing Xie, Yang Li, Wei Yu

A wet-mechanochemical reaction for surface modification of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) has been developed. In the treatment, CNTs reacted with potassium hydroxide in alcohol solvent at room...

Mutant prominin 1 found in patients with macular degeneration disrupts photoreceptor disk morphogenesis in mice (2008)

Yang, Zhenglin, Chen, Yali, Lillo, Concepcion, Chien, Jeremy, Yu, Zhengya, Michaelides, Michel, ...

Familial macular degeneration is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by progressive central vision loss. Here we show that an R373C missense mutation in the...

An Enhanced Multihoming Support Scheme with Proxy Mobile IPv6 for Convergent Networks (2008)

LI, Yang, KUM, Dong-Won, KANG, Ju-Eun, CHO, You-Ze

This paper analyzes the limitations of the multihoming support in the Proxy Mobile IPv6 protocol, then proposes an enhanced multihoming support scheme based on a per-interface address configuration...

Characterization and Protection on Acute Liver Injury of a Polysaccharide MP-I from Mytilus Coruscus (2008)

Xu, Hongli, Guo, Tingting, Guo, Yi-feng, Zhang, Jianp Eng, Li, Yang, Feng, Weihua, ...

In this study, we analyzed a water-soluble polysaccharide MP-I isolated from Mytilus coruscus. MP-I was obtained by hot-water extraction, anion-exchange and gel-permeation chromatography. Complete...

Surface Chemical Modification of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes by a Wet-Mechanochemical Reaction (2008)

Lifei Chen, Huaqing Xie, Yang Li, Wei Yu

A wet-mechanochemical reaction for surface modification of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) has been developed. In the treatment, CNTs reacted with potassium hydroxide in alcohol solvent at room...

Proteome analysis of human gastric cardia adenocarcinoma by laser capture microdissection (2007)

Cheng, Yan, Zhang, Jun, Li, Yang, Wang, Yan, Gong, Jun

Abstract Background The incidence of gastric cardiac adenocarcinoma (GCA) has been increasing in the past two decades in China, but the molecular changes relating to carcinogenesis have not been well...

Gluon recombination in high parton density QCD: inclusive pion production (2007)

Li, Yang, Tuchin, Kirill

We argue that the collinear factorization of the fragmentation functions in high energy hadron and nuclei collisions breaks down at transverse momenta kT < Qs/g due to high parton densities in the...

Effects of Magnetic Coupling on Radiation from Accretion Disc around a Kerr Black Hole (2007)

Gan, Zhao-Ming, Wang, Ding-Xiong, Li, Yang

The effects of magnetic coupling (MC) process on the inner edge of the disc are discussed in detail. It is shown that the inner edge can deviate from the innermost stable circular orbit (ISCO) due to...

Sequence Polymorphisms Cause Many False cis eQTLs (2007)

Alberts, Rudi, Terpstra, Peter, Li, Yang, Breitling, Rainer, Nap, Jan-Peter, Jansen, Ritsert C.

Many investigations have reported the successful mapping of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for gene expression phenotypes (eQTLs). Local eQTLs, where expression phenotypes map to the genes...

Analysis of Tiling Microarray Data by Learning Vector Quantization and Relevance Learning (2007)

Biehl, Michael, Breitling, Rainer, Li, Yang

We apply learning vector quantization to the analysis of tiling microarray data. As an example we consider the classification of C. elegans genomic probes as intronic or exonic. Training is based on...

Mapping Determinants of Gene Expression Plasticity by Genetical Genomics in C. elegans (2006)

Yang Li, Olga Alda Álvarez, Evert W. Gutteling, Marcel Tijsterman, Jingyuan Fu, ...

Recent genetical genomics studies have provided intimate views on gene regulatory networks. Gene expression variations between genetically different individuals have been mapped to the causal...

Mapping Determinants of Gene Expression Plasticity by Genetical Genomics in C. elegans (2006)

Yang Li, Olga Alda Alvarez, Evert W Gutteling, Marcel Tijsterman, Jingyuan Fu, ...

Recent genetical genomics studies have provided intimate views on gene regulatory networks. Gene expression variations between genetically different individuals were mapped to the causal regulatory...

A Toy Model for Magnetic Connection in Black-Hole Accretion Disc (2006)

Wang, Ding-Xiong, Ye, Yong-Chun, Li, Yang, Liu, Dong-Mei

A toy model for magnetic connection in black hole (BH) accretion disc is discussed based on a poloidal magnetic field generated by a single electric current flowing around a Kerr black hole in the...

Mapping Determinants of Gene Expression Plasticity by Genetical Genomics in C. elegans (2006)

Li, Yang, Álvarez, Olga Alda, Gutteling, Evert W., Tijsterman, Marcel, Fu, Jingyuan, Riksen, Joost A.G., ...

Recent genetical genomics studies have provided intimate views on gene regulatory networks. Gene expression variations between genetically different individuals have been mapped to the causal...

Comparative Analysis of the Testis and Ovary Transcriptomes in Zebrafish by Combining Experimental and Computational Tools (2006)

Yang Li, Jer Ming Chia, Richard Bartfai, Alan Christoffels, Gen Hua Yue, Ke Ding, ...

Studies on the zebrafish model have contributed to our understanding of several important developmental processes, especially those that can be easily studied in the embryo. However, our knowledge on...

Design and experimental analysis of continuous location tracking techniques for Wizard of Oz testing (2006)

Yang Li, Evan Welbourne, James A. Landay

Wizard of Oz (WOz) testing has shown promise as an effective way to test location-enhanced applications. However, it is challenging to conduct a location-based WOz test because of the dynamic nature...

Frequency-Hopping Pilot Patterns for OFDM Cellular Systems (2006)

POPOVIC, Branislav M., LI, Yang

A general method for generating multiple two-dimensi-onal frequency-hopping pilot signals with limited mutual interference, for propagation channel estimation in time and frequency with equidistant...

Efficacy and Antivascular Effects of EphA2 Reduction With an Agonistic Antibody in Ovarian Cancer (2006)

Landen, Charles N., Lu, Chunhua, Han, Liz Y., Coffman, Karen T., Bruckheimer, Elizabeth, Halder, Jyotsnabaran, ...

Background: EphA2 is an oncoprotein and tyrosine kinase receptor that is overexpressed in ovarian and many other cancers. We investigated the effects of reduced EphA2 levels on tumor growth and the...

Programming style based program partition. (2005)

Li, Yang, Yang, Hong-Ji, Cheng, Xiaochun, Zhu, Xiao-Yan

Program partitioning is a key step towards automatic program understanding and source code reuse. Traditional methods are non-linear. The NP-hard complexity constitutes a computational barrier for...

Programming style based program partition. (2005)

Li, Yang, Yang, Hong-Ji, Cheng, Xiaochun, Zhu, Xiao-Yan

Program partitioning is a key step towards automatic program understanding and source code reuse. Traditional methods are non-linear. The NP-hard complexity constitutes a computational barrier for...

DEA efficiency measurement with undesirable outputs: an application to Taiwan's commercial banks (2005)

Yang Li

Non-performing loans (NPLs) after the 1997 Asian financial crisis have been accumulating swiftly in Taiwan as well in for many other Asian economies. A loan always contains an ex ante risk of...

Models and applications of wireless networks in rural environments. (2005)

Li, Yang

With the unprecedented growth of the communication industry that the world is experiencing, the demand from rural inhabitants for high quality communications at an economically affordable cost is...

Models and applications of wireless networks in rural environments. (2005)

Li, Yang

With the unprecedented growth of the communication industry that the world is experiencing, the demand from rural inhabitants for high quality communications at an economically affordable cost is...

Models and applications of wireless networks in rural environments / (2005)

Li, Yang.

Thesis (M. Sc. (Dept. of Computer Science, Faculty of Natural Sciences))--University of the Western Cape, 2005.

Experimental Analysis of Mode Switching Techniques in Pen-based User Interfaces (2005)

Yang Li, Ken Hinckley, Zhiwei Guan, James A. Landay

Inking and gesturing are two central tasks in pen-based user interfaces. Switching between modes for entry of uninterpreted ink and entry of gestures is required by many pen-based user interfaces....

Experimental Analysis of Mode Switching Techniques in Pen-based User Interfaces (2005)

Yang Li, Ken Hinckley, Zhiwei Guan, James A. Landay

Inking and gesturing are two central tasks in pen-based user interfaces. Switching between modes for entry of uninterpreted ink and entry of gestures is required by many pen-based user interfaces....

Using Electronic Tools in the Iterative Design of a Context-Aware Tour Guide: A Case Study (2005)

James A, Jason I, Yang Li, James A. Landay, Jason I. Hong

We report on the iterative design of a context-aware tour guide. We employed an informal prototyping tool, Topiary, to help us in the early stage design of the system. By using this electronic...

An oligonucleotide microarray for microRNA expression analysis based on labeling RNA with quantum dot and nanogold probe (2005)

Liang, Ru-Qiang, Li, Wei, Li, Yang, Tan, Cui-yan, Li, Jian-Xun, Jin, You-Xin, ...

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play important regulatory roles in animals and plants by targeting mRNAs for cleavage or translational repression. They have diverse expression patterns and might regulate various...

Electrostatics of the Binding and Bending of Lipid Bilayers: Charge-Correlation Forces and Preferred Curvatures (2004)

Li, Yang

Lipid bilayers are key components of biomembranes; they are self-assembled two-dimensional structures, primarily serving as barriers to the leakage of cell's contents. Lipid bilayers are typically...

Electrostatics of the Binding and Bending of Lipid Bilayers: Charge-Correlation Forces and Preferred Curvatures (2004)

Li, Yang

Lipid bilayers are key components of biomembranes; they are self-assembled two-dimensional structures, primarily serving as barriers to the leakage of cell's contents. Lipid bilayers are typically...

Electrostatics of the Binding and Bending of Lipid Bilayers: Charge-Correlation Forces and Preferred Curvatures (2004)

Li, Yang

Lipid bilayers are key components of biomembranes; they are self-assembled two-dimensional structures, primarily serving as barriers to the leakage of cell's contents. Lipid bilayers are typically...

with quantum dot and (2004)

Ru-qiang Liang, Wei Li, Yang Li, Cui-yan Tan, Jian-xun Li, You-xin Jin

An oligonucleotide microarray for microRNA expression analysis based on labeling RNA

Comparative Analysis of the Testis and Ovary Transcriptomes in Zebrafish by Combining Experimental and Computational Tools (2004)

Yang Li, Jer Ming Chia, Richard Bartfai, Alan Christoffels, Gen Hua Yue, Ke Ding, ...

Studies on the zebrafish model have contributed to our understanding of several important developmental processes, especially those that can be easily studied in the embryo. However, our knowledge on...

Involvement of the PI 3-kinase signaling pathway in progression of colon adenocarcinoma (2004)

Khaleghpour, Kianoush, Li, Yang, Banville, Denis, Yu, Zhenbao, Shen, Shi-Hsiang

The phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase) signaling pathway has been shown to play a pivotal role in intracellular signal transduction pathways involved in cell growth, cellular transformation and...

Electrostatics of the Binding and Bending of Lipid Bilayers: Charge-Correlation Forces and Preferred Curvatures (2004)

Li, Yang

Lipid bilayers are key components of biomembranes; they are self-assembled two-dimensional structures, primarily serving as barriers to the leakage of cell's contents. Lipid bilayers are typically...

China's tourism industry and the WTO (2003)

Li, Yang.

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Interaction-based Rendering Optimization in Sketch-based User Interfaces 1 (2003)

James A, Yang Li, James A. L

We describe two mechanisms, rendering task scheduling and the render cache, used to optimize graphics rendering in a scenegraph to provide continuous visual feedback and high interactivity in...

Incremental Sketch Understanding for Intention Extraction in Sketch-based User Interfaces 1 (2003)

Li Yang, Yang Li

The inherent ambiguity of sketch-based user interfaces makes the intention extraction process quite different from traditional user interfaces. It is a critical problem of how precise computers can...

Involvement of the PI 3-kinase signaling pathway in progression of colon adenocarcinoma (2003)

Khaleghpour, Kianoush, Li, Yang, Banville, Denis, Yu, Zhenbao, Shen, Shi-Hsiang

The phosphoinositide 3-kinase signaling pathway has been shown to play a pivotal role in intracellular signal transduction pathways involved in cell growth, cellular transformation and tumorigenesis....

A new member of the tripartite multidrug efflux pumps, MexVW-OprM, in Pseudomonas aeruginosa (2003)

Li, Yang, Mima, Takehiko, Komori, Yukiko, Morita, Yuji, Kuroda, Teruo, Mizushima, Tohru, ...

Objectives: Multidrug efflux pumps are thought to be involved in mediating multidrug resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Here we aim to characterize hitherto uncharacterized multidrug efflux pumps...

A new member of the tripartite multidrug efflux pumps, MexVW-OprM, in Pseudomonas aeruginosa (2003)

Li, Yang, Mima, Takehiko, Komori, Yukiko, Morita, Yuji, Kuroda, Teruo, Mizushima, Tohru, ...

Objectives: Multidrug efflux pumps are thought to be involved in mediating multidrug resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Here we aim to characterize hitherto uncharacterized multidrug efflux pumps...

Involvement of the PI 3-kinase signaling pathway in progression of colon adenocarcinoma (2003)

Khaleghpour, Kianoush, Li, Yang, Banville, Denis, Yu, Zhenbao, Shen, Shi-Hsiang

The phosphoinositide 3-kinase signaling pathway has been shown to play a pivotal role in intracellular signal transduction pathways involved in cell growth, cellular transformation and tumorigenesis....

A new member of the tripartite multidrug efflux pumps, MexVW-OprM, in Pseudomonas aeruginosa (2003)

Li, Yang, Mima, Takehiko, Komori, Yukiko, Morita, Yuji, Kuroda, Teruo, Mizushima, Tohru, ...

Objectives: Multidrug efflux pumps are thought to be involved in mediating multidrug resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Here we aim to characterize hitherto uncharacterized multidrug efflux pumps...

Sensitized Photooxygenation of Cholesterol and Pseudocholesterol Derivatives via Singlet Oxygen (2001)

Wu Shuping, Jiang Zhiqin, Li Heting, Yang Li, Zeng Daixun

3-Substituted cholesterols and 7-substituted pseudocholesterols undergo a facile photooxygenation sensitized by 9, 10-dicyanoanthracene (DCA) and lumiflavin (LF) to give similar,...

RNA: a method to specifically inhibit PCR amplification of known members of a multigene family by degenerate primers (2001)

Yuen, Peter S. T., Brooks, Kimberly M., Li, Yang

The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a versatile method to amplify specific DNA with oligonucleotide primers. By designing degenerate PCR primers based on amino acid sequences that are highly...

Clarity guided belief revision for domain knowledge recovery in legacy systems (2000)

Yang Li, Hongji Yang, William Chu

Program understanding is the process of acquiring knowledge from a computer program. Although research work utilising knowledge engineering techniques has been undertaken in this field, it is our...

Hydrogen solubility and diffusion in amorphous and crystalline metal hydride thin film electrodes (1994)

Li, Yang

Many transition metals and alloys are capable of reversibly absorbing large amount of hydrogen. This feature made them very attractive as hydrogen storage and sensing materials. This thesis focused...

Role of endocannabinoids in the pathogenesis of cirrhotic cardiomyopathy in bile duct-ligated rats

Gaskari, Seyed Ali, Liu, Hongqun, Moezi, Leila, Li, Yang, Baik, Soon Koo, Lee, Samuel S

Cardiac contractility in cirrhosis is normal at baseline but hyporesponsive to stimuli, a phenomenon known as ‘cirrhotic cardiomyopathy'. The pathogenesis remains unclear. Endocannabinoids are...

Gating and Inward Rectifying Properties of the MthK K+ Channel with and without the Gating Ring

Li, Yang, Berke, Ian, Chen, Liping, Jiang, Youxing

In MthK, a Ca2+-gated K+ channel from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum, eight cytoplasmic RCK domains form an octameric gating ring that controls the intracellular gate of the ion conduction...

VEGF-B inhibits apoptosis via VEGFR-1–mediated suppression of the expression of BH3-only protein genes in mice and rats

Li, Yang, Zhang, Fan, Nagai, Nobuo, Tang, Zhongshu, Zhang, Shuihua, Scotney, Pierre, ...

Despite its early discovery and high sequence homology to the other VEGF family members, the biological functions of VEGF-B remain poorly understood. We revealed here a novel function for VEGF-B as a...

Development of an Advanced Electrochemical DNA Biosensor for Bacterial Pathogen Detection

Liao, Joseph C., Mastali, Mitra, Li, Yang, Gau, Vincent, Suchard, Marc A., Babbitt, Jane, ...

Electrochemical sensors have the capacity for rapid and accurate detection of a wide variety of target molecules in biological fluids. We have developed an electrochemical sensor assay involving...

SH3 Binding Motif 1 in Influenza A Virus NS1 Protein Is Essential for PI3K/Akt Signaling Pathway Activation▿

Shin, Yeun-Kyung, Li, Yang, Liu, Qiang, Anderson, Deborah H., Babiuk, Lorne A., Zhou, Yan

Recent studies have demonstrated that influenza A virus infection activates the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt signaling pathway by binding of influenza NS1 protein to the p85 regulatory...

Mechanistic and regulatory aspects of RNA polymerase II transcription /

Li, Yang.

Submitted to the Dept. of Cell Biology and the Committee on Graduate Studies of Stanford University.

Technical Efficiency and Location Choice of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises.

Li, Yang, Hu, Jin-Li

We establish a theoretical model to explain the relationship between the regional technical efficiencies and production location choice. A higher regional technical efficiency level attracts foreign...

Impact of corrections for dynamic selection bias on forecasts of retention behavior

Yang Li, Walter J. Mayer

We investigate the impact of corrections for dynamic selection bias on forecasting accuracy in a multi-period stay|leave model. While corrections for selection bias are needed for consistent...

A Dynamic Decision Model of SMEs' FDI.

Kuo, Hsien-Chang, Li, Yang

Many scholars generally believe that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in comparison to large firms are at a disadvantage in foreign direct investment (FDI). However, new evidence suggests...

Comparative Analysis of the Testis and Ovary Transcriptomes in Zebrafish by Combining Experimental and Computational Tools

Li, Yang, Chia, Jer Ming, Bartfai, Richard, Christoffels, Alan, Yue, Gen Hua, Ding, Ke, ...

Studies on the zebrafish model have contributed to our understanding of several important developmental processes, especially those that can be easily studied in the embryo. However, our knowledge on...

Rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Determination of Uropathogens in Clinical Urine Specimens by Use of ATP Bioluminescence▿

Ivančić, Vesna, Mastali, Mitra, Percy, Neil, Gornbein, Jeffrey, Babbitt, Jane T., Li, Yang, ...

We describe the first direct testing of the antimicrobial susceptibilities of bacterial pathogens in human clinical fluid samples by the use of ATP bioluminescence. We developed an ATP...

Mutant prominin 1 found in patients with macular degeneration disrupts photoreceptor disk morphogenesis in mice

Yang, Zhenglin, Chen, Yali, Lillo, Concepcion, Chien, Jeremy, Yu, Zhengya, Michaelides, Michel, ...

Familial macular degeneration is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by progressive central vision loss. Here we show that an R373C missense mutation in the...

Is the audit services market competitive following Arthur Andersen's collapse?

Jane Hamilton, Yang Li, Donald Stokes

This study investigates whether audit markets remain competitive in the wake of Arthur Andersen's demise and merger with Ernst & Young to create the Big Four. We conduct the study estimating audit...

TDP1 facilitates chromosomal single-strand break repair in neurons and is neuroprotective in vivo

Katyal, Sachin, El-Khamisy, Sherif F, Russell, Helen R, Li, Yang, Ju, Limei, Caldecott, Keith W, ...

Defective Tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase 1 (TDP1) can cause spinocerebellar ataxia with axonal neuropathy (SCAN1), a neurodegenerative syndrome associated with marked cerebellar atrophy and peripheral...

Optimal Probe Length and Target Location for Electrochemical Detection of Selected Uropathogens at Ambient Temperature▿

Mastali, Mitra, Babbitt, Jane T., Li, Yang, Landaw, Elliot M., Gau, Vincent, Churchill, Bernard M., ...

We have previously demonstrated the clinical validity of the rapid detection of uropathogens by use of a DNA biosensor. This assay involves the hybridization of capture and detector probe pairs with...

Structural Basis and Catalytic Mechanism for the Dual Functional Endo-β-N-Acetylglucosaminidase A

Yin, Jie, Li, Lei, Shaw, Neil, Li, Yang, Song, Jing Katherine, Zhang, Wenpeng, ...

Endo-β-N-acetylglucosaminidases (ENGases) are dual specificity enzymes with an ability to catalyze hydrolysis and transglycosylation reactions. Recently, these enzymes have become the focus of...

Conservation of a conformational switch in RadA recombinase from Methanococcus maripaludis

Li, Yang, He, Yujiong, Luo, Yu

Structural conservation in the ATPase centers of RadA, Rad51 and RecA recombinases suggests conformational switching between high and low-affinity states for DNA in concert with cycles ATP...

Selective activation of FGFR4 by an FGF19 variant does not improve glucose metabolism in ob/ob mice

Wu, Xinle, Ge, Hongfei, Lemon, Bryan, Weiszmann, Jennifer, Gupte, Jamila, Hawkins, Nessa, ...

FGF19 is a hormone that regulates bile acid and glucose homeostasis. Progress has been made in identifying cofactors for receptor activation. However, several functions of FGF19 have not yet been...

VEGF-B is dispensable for blood vessel growth but critical for their survival, and VEGF-B targeting inhibits pathological angiogenesis

Zhang, Fan, Tang, Zhongshu, Hou, Xu, Lennartsson, Johan, Li, Yang, Koch, Alexander W., ...

VEGF-B, a homolog of VEGF discovered a long time ago, has not been considered an important target in antiangiogenic therapy. Instead, it has received little attention from the field. In this study,...

Expression Quantitative Trait Loci Are Highly Sensitive to Cellular Differentiation State

Gerrits, Alice, Li, Yang, Tesson, Bruno M., Bystrykh, Leonid V., Weersing, Ellen, Ausema, Albertina, ...

Genetical genomics is a strategy for mapping gene expression variation to expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs). We performed a genetical genomics experiment in four functionally distinct but...

Substrate Modulus Directs Neural Stem Cell Behavior

Saha, Krishanu, Keung, Albert J., Irwin, Elizabeth F., Li, Yang, Little, Lauren, Schaffer, David V., ...

Although biochemical signals that modulate stem cell self-renewal and differentiation were extensively studied, only recently were the mechanical properties of a stem cell's microenvironment shown to...

Allograft rejection-related gene expression in the endothelial cells of renal transplantation recipients after cytomegalovirus infection*

Li, Yang, Yan, Hang, Xue, Wu-jun, Tian, Pu-xun, Ding, Xiao-ming, Pan, Xiao-ming, ...

Objective: To explore the effects of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection on rejection-related gene expression in the endothelial cells of renal transplantation recipients. Methods: Endothelial cells...