Crossover of Three-Dimensional Topological Insulator of Bi2Se3 to the Two-Dimensional Limit (2009)
Zhang, Yi, He, Ke, Chang, Cui-Zu, Song, Can-Li, Wang, Lili, Chen, Xi, ...
Bi2Se3 is theoretically predicted1 and experimentally observed2,3 to be a three dimensional topological insulator. For possible applications, it is important to understand the electronic structure of...
Efficiency in Unification-Based N-Best Parsing (2009)
Yi Zhang, Stephan Oepen, John Carroll, Phd Advisors, Valia Kordoni, Thank Ron Kaplan, ...
We extend a recently proposed algorithm for n-best unpacking of parse forests to deal efficiently with (a) Maximum Entropy (ME) parse selection models containing important classes of non-local...
Learning from Multi-topic Web Documents for Contextual Advertisement ABSTRACT (2009)
Yi Zhang, John C. Platt, Arun C. Surendran, Mukund Narasimhan
Contextual advertising on web pages has become very popular recently and it poses its own set of unique text mining challenges. Often advertisers wish to either target (or avoid) some specific...
HER/ErbB receptor interactions and signaling patterns in human mammary epithelial cells (2009)
Zhang, Yi, Opresko, Lee, Shankaran, Harish, Chrisler, William B, Wiley, H Steven, Resat, Haluk
Abstract Background Knowledge about signaling pathways is typically compiled based on data gathered using different cell lines. This approach implicitly assumes that the cell line dependence is not...
multiplierz: an extensible API based desktop environment for proteomics data analysis (2009)
Parikh, Jignesh R, Askenazi, Manor, Ficarro, Scott B, Cashorali, Tanya, Webber, James T, Blank, Nathaniel C, ...
Abstract Background Efficient analysis of results from mass spectrometry-based proteomics experiments requires access to disparate data types, including native mass spectrometry files, output from...
RIOT: I/O-Efficient Numerical Computing without SQL ∗ (2009)
Yi Zhang, Herodotos Herodotou, Jun Yang
R is a numerical computing environment that is widely popular for statistical data analysis. Like many such environments, R performs poorly for large datasets whose sizes exceed that of physical...
Band Topology of Insulators via the Entanglement Spectrum (2009)
Turner, Ari M., Zhang, Yi, Vishwanath, Ashvin
How do we uniquely identify a quantum phase, given its ground state wave-function? This is a key question for many body theory especially when we consider phases, like topological insulators, that...
On Mitigating Network Partitioning in Peer-to-Peer (2009)
Massively Multiplayer Games, Yuan He, Yi Zhang, Jiang Guo
Abstract. Recently, peer-to-peer infrastructure has been proposed to support massively multiplayer games in the literature. However, when underlying network partitions due to network outages, the...
RIOT: I/O-Efficient Numerical Computing without SQL (2009)
Zhang, Yi, Herodotou, Herodotos, Yang, Jun
R is a numerical computing environment that is widely popular for statistical data analysis. Like many such environments, R performs poorly for large datasets whose sizes exceed that of physical...
Large-scale sidereal anisotropy of multi-TeV galactic cosmic rays and the heliosphere (2009)
Amenomori, M., Bi, X. J., Chen, D., Cui, S. W., Ding, L. K., ...
We develop a model anisotropy best-fitting to the two-dimensional sky-map of multi-TeV galactic cosmic ray (GCR) intensity observed with the Tibet III air shower (AS) array. By incorporating a pair...
Fujioka, Shinsuke, Takabe, Hideaki, Yamamoto, Norimasa, Salzmann, David, Wang, Feilu, Nishimura, Hiroaki, ...
Laboratory spectroscopy of non-thermal equilibrium plasmas photoionized by intense radiation is a key to understanding compact objects, such as black holes, based on astronomical observations. This...
δ-Opioid receptor activation attenuates oxidative injury in the ischemic rat brain (2009)
Yang, Yilin, Xia, Xiwei, Zhang, Yi, Wang, Qiang, Li, Lu, Luo, Guanghua, ...
Abstract Background We have recently shown that δ-opioid receptors (DORs) play an important role in neuroprotection from hypoxic injury via the regulation of extracellular signaling-regulated kinase...
Learning the Semantic Correlation: An Alternative Way to Gain from Unlabeled Text (2009)
Yi Zhang, Jeff Schneider, Artur Dubrawski
In this paper, we address the question of what kind of knowledge is generally transferable from unlabeled text. We suggest and analyze the semantic correlation of words as a generally transferable...
Quantization Errors of fGn and fBm Signals (2009)
Li, Zhiheng, Li, Li, Chen, Yudong, Zhang, Yi
In this Letter, we show that under the assumption of high resolution, the quantization errors of fGn and fBm signals with uniform quantizer can be treated as uncorrelated white noises.
The Slow-Roll and Rapid-Roll Conditions in the Space-like Vector Field Scenario (2009)
In this note we derive the slow-roll and rapid-roll conditions for the minimally and non-minimally coupled space-like vector fields. The function $f(B^{2})$ represents the non-minimal coupling effect...
MS-qFRET: A quantum dot-based method for analysis of DNA methylation (2009)
Bailey, Vasudev J., Easwaran, Hariharan, Zhang, Yi, Griffiths, Elizabeth, Belinsky, Steven A., Herman, James G., ...
DNA methylation contributes to carcinogenesis by silencing key tumor suppressor genes. Here we report an ultrasensitive and reliable nanotechnology assay, MS-qFRET, for detection and quantification...
Zhang, Yi, Chen, Di, Wang, Zhaohui
Long-chain acyl-CoA synthetases (ACSLs) convert long-chain fatty acids to acyl-CoAs, the activated substrates essential in various metabolic and signaling pathways. Mutations in ACSL4 are associated...
2-Cyanoanilinium tetrafluoroborate (2009)
In the title compound, C7H7N2+·BF4−, the non-H atoms of the cation are almost coplanar (r.m.s. deviation = 0.035 Å). The cations and anions are connected by intermolecular...
Zhang, Libin, Bao, Penghui, Leibowitz, Michael J., Zhang, Yi
Pseudoknots play critical roles in packing the active structure of various functional RNAs. The importance of the P3–P7 pseudoknot in refolding of group I intron ribozymes has been recently...
Venderova, Katerina, Kabbach, Ghassan, Abdel-Messih, Elizabeth, Zhang, Yi, Parks, Robin J., Imai, Yuzuru, ...
Mutations in the LRRK2 gene are the most common genetic cause of familial Parkinson's disease (PD). However, its physiological and pathological functions are unknown. Therefore, we generated several...
Unravelling the complex motivations behind China’s FDI (2009)
We empirically investigate the factors that drive China's outward FDI using dynamic panel methods for 27 countries from 1995 to 2002. Based on the literature review we test three hypotheses:...
The causal effect of institutional quality on outsourcing (2009)
This paper empirically investigates the relationship between institutional quality and outsourcing to developing economies. In contrast to cross-sectional studies on institutions, this paper uses...
Regional determinants of FDI in China: a new approach with recent data (2009)
Boermans, Martijn, Roelfsema, H.J., Zhang, Yi
We empirically investigate the factors that drive the uneven regional distribution of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to China’s 31 provinces from 1995 to 2006. The aim of this paper is to...
Zhang, Yu, Chen, Hui, Zhang, Ning, Dudley, Michael, Gong, Yinyan, Kuball, Martin, ...
The defect structure in B[subscript]12As[subscript]2 epitaxial layers grown at two different temperatures on (0001) 6H-SiC by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) was studied using synchrotron white beam...
Multipotent adult progenitor cells sustain function of ischemic limbs in mice (2008)
McCue, Jonathan D, Zhu, Xiao-Hong, Du, Fei, Chen, Eleanor, ...
Despite progress in cardiovascular research, a cure for peripheral vascular disease has not been found. We compared the vascularization and tissue regeneration potential of murine and human...
GISSD: Group I Intron Sequence and Structure Database (2008)
Zhou, Yu, Lu, Chen, Wu, Qi-Jia, Wang, Yu, Sun, Zhi-Tao, Deng, Jia-Cong, ...
Group I Intron Sequence and Structure Database (GISSD) is a specialized and comprehensive database for group I introns, focusing on the integration of useful group I intron information from available...
Richard Bruskiewich, Martin Senger, Guy Davenport, Manuel Ruiz, Mathieu Rouard, Tom Hazekamp, ...
The Generation Challenge programme (GCP) is a global crop research consortium directed toward crop improvement through the application of comparative biology and genetic resources characterization to...
Bao, Penghui, Wu, Qi-Jia, Yin, Ping, Jiang, Yanfei, Wang, Xu, Xie, Mao-Hua, ...
Self-splicing of group I introns is accomplished by two sequential ester-transfer reactions mediated by sequential binding of two different guanosine ligands, but it is yet unclear how the binding is...
The selective and potent inhibition of mitochondrial translation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by pentamidine suggests a novel antimicrobial action for this drug. Electrophoresis mobility shift assay,...
PTB/nPTB switch: a post-transcriptional mechanism for programming neuronal differentiation (2007)
Coutinho-Mansfield, Gabriela C., Xue, Yuanchao, Zhang, Yi, Fu, Xiang-Dong
Blankenberg, Daniel, Taylor, James, Schenck, Ian, He, Jianbin, Zhang, Yi, Ghent, Matthew, ...
The standardization and sharing of data and tools are the biggest challenges of large collaborative projects such as the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE). Here we describe a compact Web...
Wang, Zhan-Min, Yu, Jin-Ming, Tian, Fu-Guo, Jin, Wei, Zhang, Yi, ...
The mechanisms involved in gallbladder cancer metastasis still remain unclear to date. The poor understanding is due, in part, to the lack of ideal cell line and animal model for study. In the...
Kotake, Yojiro, Cao, Ru, Viatour, Patrick, Sage, Julien, Zhang, Yi, Xiong, Yue
Genetic studies have demonstrated that Bmi1 promotes cell proliferation and stem cell self-renewal with a correlative decrease of p16INK4a expression. Here, we demonstrate that Polycomb genes EZH2...
Sentra: a database of signal transduction proteins for comparative genome analysis (2007)
D'Souza, Mark, Glass, Elizabeth M., Syed, Mustafa H., Zhang, Yi, Rodriguez, Alexis, Maltsev, Natalia, ...
Sentra (http://compbio.mcs.anl.gov/sentra), a database of signal transduction proteins encoded in completely sequenced prokaryotic genomes, has been updated to reflect recent advances in...
Synovial autoreactive T cells in rheumatoid arthritis resist IDO-mediated inhibition (2006)
Ji, Fang, Wang, Yuan, Zhang, Yi, Zhang, Jingwu Z, ...
A hallmark of T cell-mediated autoimmunity is the persistence of autoreactive T cells. However, it remains to elucidate the manner in which synovial T cells are sustained in patients with rheumatoid...
Sun, Bo Wen, Yang, A. Cong, Feng, Yun, Sun, Yi Juan, Zhu, Yu Fei, Zhang, Yi, ...
Although the study of imprinted genes in human development is very important, little is known about their expression and regulation in the early differentiation of human tissues due to lack of an...
Monovalent cations use multiple mechanisms to resolve ribozyme misfolding (2006)
JIANG, YAN-FEI, XIAO, MU, YIN, PING, ZHANG, YI
Recent efforts have been made to unravel the independent roles of monovalent cations in RNA folding, primarily using the Tetrahymena ribozyme as a model. Here we report how monovalent cations impact...
Monovalent cations use multiple mechanisms to resolve ribozyme misfolding (2006)
JIANG, YAN-FEI, XIAO, MU, YIN, PING, ZHANG, YI
Recent efforts have been made to unravel the independent roles of monovalent cations in RNA folding, primarily using the Tetrahymena ribozyme as a model. Here we report how monovalent cations impact...
PUMA2--grid-based high-throughput analysis of genomes and metabolic pathways (2006)
Maltsev, Natalia, Glass, Elizabeth, Sulakhe, Dinanath, Rodriguez, Alexis, Syed, Mustafa H., Bompada, Tanuja, ...
The PUMA2 system (available at http://compbio.mcs.anl.gov/puma2) is an interactive, integrated bioinformatics environment for high-throughput genetic sequence analysis and metabolic reconstructions...
Model-based control of renewable energy systems in buildings (2006)
This paper summarises the output of the EPSRC project “Optimal supervisory control of renewable energy systems in buildings” (GR/S30467) which was rated by referees as Tending to Internationally...
HVAC system configurations: an energy aspect (2006)
Zhang, Yi, Wright, Jonathan Andrew
This paper studies the energy implications of HVAC system configuration by analysing energy balance and psychrometrics of typical and innovative systems. Three criteria have been established: (1) the...
Monovalent cations use multiple mechanisms to resolve ribozyme misfolding (2006)
JIANG, YAN-FEI, XIAO, MU, YIN, PING, ZHANG, YI
Recent efforts have been made to unravel the independent roles of monovalent cations in RNA folding, primarily using the Tetrahymena ribozyme as a model. Here we report how monovalent cations impact...
Van Ojik, Heidi H, Brichard, Vincent G, Escudier, Bernard, Dorval, Thierry, Dréno, Brigitte, ...
The purpose of this phase 1/2 study was to evaluate toxicity, tumor evolution and immunologic response following administration of a fixed dose of a recombinant MAGE-3 protein by subcutaneous and...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, 2005.
Elnitski, Laura, Giardine, Belinda, Shah, Prachi, Zhang, Yi, Riemer, Cathy, Weirauch, Matthew, ...
We describe improvements to two databases that give access to information on genomic sequence similarities, functional elements in DNA and experimental results that demonstrate those functions. GALA,...
The large number of currently available group I intron sequences in the public databases provides opportunity for studying this large family of structurally complex catalytic RNA by large-scale...
Xiao, Mu, Li, Tingting, Yuan, Xiaoyan, Shang, Yuan, Wang, Fu, Chen, Shoudeng, ...
The presence of non-conserved peripheral elements in all naturally occurring group I introns underline their importance in ensuring the natural intron function. Recently, we reported that some...
Galaxy: A platform for interactive large-scale genome analysis (2005)
Giardine, Belinda, Riemer, Cathy, Hardison, Ross C., Burhans, Richard, Elnitski, Laura, Shah, Prachi, ...
Accessing and analyzing the exponentially expanding genomic sequence and functional data pose a challenge for biomedical researchers. Here we describe an interactive system, Galaxy, that combines the...
Galaxy: A platform for interactive large-scale genome analysis (2005)
Giardine, Belinda, Riemer, Cathy, Hardison, Ross C., Burhans, Richard, Elnitski, Laura, Shah, Prachi, ...
Accessing and analyzing the exponentially expanding genomic sequence and functional data pose a challenge for biomedical researchers. Here we describe an interactive system, Galaxy, that combines the...
ZHANG, LIBIN, XIAO, MU, LU, CHEN, ZHANG, YI
Formation of the P3-P7 pseudoknot structure, the core of group I ribozymes, requires long-range base pairing. Study of the Tetrahymena ribozyme appreciates the hierarchical folding of the large,...
Sun, Bo Wen, Yang, A Cong, Feng, Yun, Sun, Yi Juan, Zhu, Yu Fei, Zhang, Yi, ...
Although the study of imprinted genes in human development is very important, little is known about their expression and regulation in the early differentiation of human tissues due to lack of an...
Keywords: Glycosyltransferase genes, Hemicellulose biosynthesis.
ZHANG, LIBIN, XIAO, MU, LU, CHEN, ZHANG, YI
Formation of the P3-P7 pseudoknot structure, the core of group I ribozymes, requires long-range base pairing. Study of the Tetrahymena ribozyme appreciates the hierarchical folding of the large,...
Min, Jinrong, Zhang, Yi, Xu, Rui-Ming
The chromodomain of Drosophila Polycomb protein is essential for maintaining the silencing state of homeotic genes during development. Recent studies suggest that Polycomb mediates the assembly of...
Xiao, Mu, Leibowitz, Michael J., Zhang, Yi
Folding of the major population of Tetrahymena intron RNA into the catalytically active structure is trapped in a slow pathway. In this report, folding of Candida albicans intron was investigated...
Design and economic assessment of biodiesel production from waste cooking oil. (2002)
Thesis (M.A. Sc.)--University of Ottawa, 2002.
Pentamidine inhibits catalytic activity of group I intron Ca.LSU by altering RNA folding (2002)
Zhang, Yi, Li, Zhijie, Pilch, Daniel S., Leibowitz, Michael J.
The antimicrobial agent pentamidine inhibits the self-splicing of the group I intron Ca.LSU from the transcripts of the 26S rRNA gene of Candida albicans, but the mechanism of pentamidine inhibition...
Absolute stability of nonlinear systems with time delays and applications to neural networks (2001)
Xinzhi Liu, Xuemin Shen, Yi Zhang
In this paper, absolute stability of nonlinear systems with time delays is investigated. Sufficient conditions on absolute stability are derived by using the comparison principle and differential...
Mi2, an auto-antigen for dermatomyositis, is an ATP-dependent nucleosome remodeling factor (2001)
Dynamic changes in chromatin structure play an important role in transcription regulation. Recent studies have revealed two mechanisms that alter chromatin structure. One involves ATP-dependent...
Folding of the group I intron ribozyme from the 26S rRNA gene of Candida albicans (2001)
Zhang, Yi, Leibowitz, Michael J.
Preincubation of the group I intron Ca.LSU from Candida albicans at 37°C in the absence of divalent cations results in partial folding of this intron. This is indicated by increased resistance to T1...
A High-Resolution Physical Map of Human Chromosome 21p Using Yeast Artificial Chromosomes (1999)
Wang, Sheng-Yue, Cruts, Marc, Del-Favero, Jurgen, Zhang, Yi, Tissir, Fadel, Potier, Marie-Claude, ...
Myocardial oxygenation at high workstates in hearts with left ventricular hypertrophy (1999)
Bache, Robert J., Zhang, Jianyi, Murakami, Yo, Zhang, Yi, Cho, Yong K., Merkle, Helmut, ...
Background: High cardiac workloads produced by catecholamine infusion result in loss of myocardial phosphocreatine (PCr) and accumulation of inorganic phosphate (Pi) which are more prominent in...
Endothelin B receptor-mediated vasoconstriction induced by endothelin A receptor antagonist (1998)
Zhang, Yi, Oliver, John R., Horowitz, John D.
Objective: The vasoconstrictor effect of endothelins (ET) is mediated by endothelin A (ETA) and endothelin B (ETB) receptors. Furthermore, ETB receptor stimulation results in release of vasodilators....
Luo, Dong, Mah, Nancy, Wishart, David, Zhang, Yi, Jacobs, Fred, Martin, Luis
We fused various polypeptide extensions to the C-termini of single chain Fv (scFv)and disulfide-stabilized Fv (dsFv) fragments to facilitate detection of bi-functional proteins or to add biological...
Luo, Dong, Mah, Nancy, Krantz, Mark, Wilde, Kristoffer, Wishart, David, Zhang, Yi, ...
Single chain Fv fragments (scFv) derived from an antibody, MAb 174H.64 (Tru-ScintRSQTM kit, Biomira), were constructed in both orientations, i.e. Vh-linker-VI and VI-linker-Vh, but only the latter...
Transcription of satellite 2 DNA from the newt is drivev by a snRNA type of promoter (1994)
Coats, Stephen R., Zhang, Yi, Epstein, Lloyd M.
The transcriptional promoter of satellite 2 from the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens, was analyzed by assaying the activity of deleted or mutated satellite 2 clones in Xenopus laevis oocytes....
Chen, Fa-Xian, Zhang, Yi, Church, Kevin M., Bodell, William J., Gold, Barry
Chloroethylnitrosoureas (CENU) are clinically important chemotherapeutic agents whose mechanism of action involves the formation of interstrand DNA crosslinks via an ethane bridge between N1-G and...
HTF4: a new human helix-loop-helix protein (1991)
Zhang, Yi, Babin, Jane, Feldhaus, Andrew L., Singh, Harinder, Sharp, Phillip A., Bina, Minou
Heat Loss Through Covering Layer (1970)
Yi Zhang, Chengwei Ma, Junfang Zhang, Midao Qin, Ruichun Liu
A model of heat transfer through greenhouse covering materials was developed in this study. The influences of the thermal properties of covering materials, the construct parameters of greenhouse and...
Improving the performance of optical feedback self-mixing interferometry for vibration measurement
Optical feedback self-mixing interferometer (OFSMI) is an optoelectronic system that makes use of the self-mixing interferometric effect of semiconductor lasers (SLs). When a small portion of the...
Improving the performance of optical feedback self-mixing interferometry for vibration measurement
Optical feedback self-mixing interferometer (OFSMI) is an optoelectronic system that makes use of the self-mixing interferometric effect of semiconductor lasers (SLs). When a small portion of the...
The H3K4 Demethylase Lid Associates with and Inhibits Histone Deacetylase Rpd3▿
Lee, Nara, Erdjument-Bromage, Hediye, Tempst, Paul, Jones, Richard S., Zhang, Yi
JmjC domain-containing proteins have been shown to possess histone demethylase activity. One of these proteins is the Drosophila histone H3 lysine 4 demethylase Little imaginal discs (Lid), which has...
CD4+ regulatory T cells require CTLA-4 for the maintenance of systemic tolerance
Friedline, Randall H., Brown, David S., Nguyen, Hai, Kornfeld, Hardy, Lee, JinHee, Zhang, Yi, ...
Human Angiostrongyliasis Outbreak in Dali, China
Lv, Shan, Zhang, Yi, Chen, Shao-Rong, Wang, Li-Bo, Fang, Wen, Chen, Feng, ...
Angiostrongyliasis, caused by the rat lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis, is a potentially fatal food-borne disease. It is endemic in parts of Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, Australia, and...
Does bank ownership increase firm value? Evidence from China
Lin, Xiaochi, Zhang, Yi, Zhu, Ning
Direct bank ownership of company shares is believed to benefit borrowing companies in developed markets. However, little is known about how such bank relationship works in emerging markets, where the...
Regional determinants of FDI in China: A new approach with recent data
Hein Roelfsema, Martijn Boermans, Yi Zhang
We empirically investigate the factors that drive the uneven regional distribution of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to China.s 31 provinces from 1995 to 2006. The aim of this paper is to...
δ-Opioid receptor activation attenuates oxidative injury in the ischemic rat brain
Yang, Yilin, Xia, Xiwei, Zhang, Yi, Wang, Qiang, Li, Lu, Luo, Guanghua, ...
Lu, Tao, Jackson, Mark W., Singhi, Aatur D., Kandel, Eugene S., Yang, Maojing, Zhang, Yi, ...
We describe a highly efficient use of lentiviral validation-based insertional mutagenesis (VBIM) to generate large populations of mammalian cells in which a strong promoter is inserted into many...
Zhang, Yi, Mu, Jun, Gu, Xiaojie, Zhao, Chenyan, Wang, Xiaoliang, Xie, Zeping
A marine sulfate-reducing bacterium SRB-22 was isolated by means of the agar shake dilution method and identified as Desulfovibrio desulfuricans by morphological, physiological and biochemical...
Flavin Nucleotide Metabolism in Plants: MONOFUNCTIONAL ENZYMES SYNTHESIZE FAD IN PLASTIDS*
Sandoval, Francisco J., Zhang, Yi, Roje, Sanja
FAD synthetases (EC 2.7.7.2) catalyze biosynthesis of FAD from FMN and ATP. Monofunctional FAD synthetases are known to exist in mammals and yeast; bifunctional enzymes also catalyzing...
multiplierz: an extensible API based desktop environment for proteomics data analysis
Parikh, Jignesh R, Askenazi, Manor, Ficarro, Scott B, Cashorali, Tanya, Webber, James T, Blank, Nathaniel C, ...
HER/ErbB receptor interactions and signaling patterns in human mammary epithelial cells
Zhang, Yi, Opresko, Lee, Shankaran, Harish, Chrisler, William B, Wiley, H Steven, Resat, Haluk
Ownership Structure and Corporate Diversification
This paper examines the motivation and impact of corporate diversification in Chinese listed firms. We find that in local government owned-firms there is a non-linear relationship between the level...