Chen, Y., Dong, Z., Miao, Xigeng
Hydroxyapatite-zirconia composites have received much attention during the last decade due to their combination of the desirable mechanical properties of zirconia and the excellent bioactivity of...
Real-time, all-frequency shadows in dynamic scenes (2008)
Annen, T., Dong, Z., Mertens, T., Bekaert, P., Kautz, J.
Shadow computation in dynamic scenes under complex illumination is a challenging problem. Methods based on precomputation provide accurate, real-time solutions, but are hard to extend to dynamic...
Chen, Y., Dong, Z., Miao, Xigeng
Hydroxyapatite-zirconia composites have received much attention during the last decade due to their combination of the desirable mechanical properties of zirconia and the excellent bioactivity of...
SuperMAXIMUM: A Schwarzschild-based, spectromicroscope for ELETTRA (2006)
Welnak, J., Dong, Z., Solak, H., Wallace, J., Cerrina, F., Bertolo, M., ...
Study of the Heating Load of a Manufactured Space with a Gas-fired Radiant Heating System (2006)
A thermal balance mathematics model of a manufactured space with a gas-fired radiant heating system is established to calculate the heating load. Computer programs are used to solve the model....
Numerical Analysis of the Channel Wheel Fresh Air Ventilator Under Frosting Conditions (2006)
Gao, B., Dong, Z., Cheng, Z., Luo, E.
As new equipment, the channel wheel fresh air ventilator has become increasingly popular in recent years. However, when such equipment is operated under low ambient temperature in the freezing area...
Study of the Heating Load of a Manufactured Space with a Gas-fired Radiant Heating System (2006)
A thermal balance mathematics model of a manufactured space with a gas-fired radiant heating system is established to calculate the heating load. Computer programs are used to solve the model....
Numerical Analysis of the Channel Wheel Fresh Air Ventilator Under Frosting Conditions (2006)
Gao, B., Dong, Z., Cheng, Z., Luo, E.
As new equipment, the channel wheel fresh air ventilator has become increasingly popular in recent years. However, when such equipment is operated under low ambient temperature in the freezing area...
Effective feature preprocessing for time series forecasting (2006)
Time series forecasting is an important area in data mining research. Feature preprocessing techniques have significant influence on forecasting accuracy, therefore are essential in a forecasting...
Sabbuba, N. A., Stickler, D. J., Long, M. J., Dong, Z., Short, T. D., Feneley, R. J. C.
We tested whether valve regulated, intermittent flow of urine from catheterized bladders decreases catheter encrustation. Materials and Methods Laboratory models of the catheterized bladder were...
Hardware and software status of QCDOC (2003)
Boyle, P. A., Chen, D., Christ, N. H., Clark, M., Cohen, S. D., Cristian, C., ...
QCDOC is a massively parallel supercomputer whose processing nodes are based on an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC). This ASIC was custom-designed so that crucial lattice QCD kernels...
Status of and performance estimates for QCDOC (2002)
Boyle, P., Chen, D., Christ, N. H., Cristian, C., Dong, Z., Gara, A., ...
QCDOC is a supercomputer designed for high scalability at a low cost per node. We discuss the status of the project and provide performance estimates for large machines obtained from cycle accurate...
Parkinson, D.B., Dong, Z., Bunting, H., Whitfield, J., Meier, C., Marie, H., ...
In some situations, cell death in the nervous system is controlled by an interplay between survival factors and negative survival signals that actively induce apoptosis. The present work indicates...
Status of the QCDOC project (2001)
Boyle, P. A., Chen, D., Christ, N. H., Cristian, C., Dong, Z., Gara, A., ...
A status report is given of the QCDOC project, a massively parallel computer optimized for lattice QCD using system-on-a-chip technology. We describe several of the hardware and software features...
QCDOC: A 10-teraflops scale computer for lattice QCD (2000)
Chen, D., Christ, N. H., Cristian, C., Dong, Z., Gara, A., Garg, K., ...
The architecture of a new class of computers, optimized for lattice QCD calculations, is described. An individual node is based on a single integrated circuit containing a PowerPC 32-bit integer...
CuInSe2 phase formation during Cu2Se/In2Se3 interdiffusion reaction (2000)
Park, J.S., Dong, Z., Sungtae Kim, Perepezko, J.H.
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An essential role for Bruton's [corrected] tyrosine kinase in the regulation of B-cell apoptosis.
Anderson, J S, Teutsch, M, Dong, Z, Wortis, H H
Mutations of the Bruton's tyrosine kinase (btk) gene cause X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) in humans and X-linked immune deficiency (Xid) in mice. To establish the BTK role in B-cell activation we...
Involvement of Ras/Raf/AP-1 in BMP-4 signaling during Xenopus embryonic development.
Xu, R H, Dong, Z, Maeno, M, Kim, J, Suzuki, A, Ueno, N, ...
Previously, we elucidated the role of bone morphogenetic protein 4 (BMP-4) in the dorsal-ventral patterning of the Xenopus embryo by using a dominant negative mutant of the BMP-4 receptor (DN-BR)....
Dong, Z, Birrer, M J, Watts, R G, Matrisian, L M, Colburn, N H
AP-1 transcriptional activity is stimulated by the transformation promoters phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate ("12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate," TPA) and epidermal growth factor (EGF) in...
A Nitrogen-Fixing Endophyte of Sugarcane Stems (A New Role for the Apoplast).
Dong, Z., Canny, M. J., McCully, M. E., Roboredo, M. R., Cabadilla, C. F., Ortega, E., ...
The intercellular spaces of sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) stem parenchyma are filled with solution (determined by cryoscanning microscopy), which can be removed aseptically by centrifugation....
Dong, Z, Edelstein, M D, Glickstein, L J
T-helper responses following Borrelia burgdorferi infection in mice determine susceptibility to Lyme arthritis. The ratio of interleukin 4-positive, CD4+ to gamma interferon (IFN-gamma)-positive,...
It is well documented that a repeated CATT element in the human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) gene promoter is required for promoter activity. However, the transcription...
Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase) plays a role in a variety of biological processes, including regulation of gene expression, cell growth, and differentiation. However, little is known...
The tumour-promotion-sensitive (P+) and -resistant (P-) variants of mouse JB6 epidermis-derived cells have often been used to study the requirements for the tumour-promoting effect of PMA. As part of...
Stress-induced generation of N-acylethanolamines in mouse epidermal JB6 P+ cells.
Berdyshev, E V, Schmid, P C, Dong, Z, Schmid, H H
It has long been known that N-acylethanolamine phospholipids [N-acylphosphatidylethanolamine (N-acyl PE)] and N-acylethanolamines (NAEs) accumulate in mammalian tissues undergoing degenerative...
Dong, Z, Saikumar, P, Patel, Y, Weinberg, J M, Venkatachalam, M A
We have shown that reoxygenation of hypoxic rat kidney proximaltubule cells leads to apoptosis. This is mediated by translocation ofBax from the cytosol to mitochondria, accompanied by release...
cDNA cloning and promoter analysis of rat caspase-9.
Nishiyama, J, Yi, X, Venkatachalam, M A, Dong, Z
Caspase-9 is the apex caspase of the mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis, which plays a critical role in apoptotic initiation and progression. However, gene regulation of caspase-9 is largely unknown....
Cannabinoid-receptor-independent cell signalling by N-acylethanolamines.
Berdyshev, E V, Schmid, P C, Krebsbach, R J, Hillard, C J, Huang, C, Chen, N, ...
Anandamide and other polyunsaturated N-acylethanolamines (NAEs) exert biological activity by binding to cannabinoid receptors. These receptors are linked to G(i/o) proteins and their activation leads...
Dong, Z., Heydrich, M., Bernard, K., McCully, M. E.
Nitrogen-fixing bacteria, isolated from the sugar solution in intercellular spaces of sugarcane stems, were compared with the type strain of Acetobacter diazotrophicus (PAL-5) and found to be...
Fasullo, M, Giallanza, P, Dong, Z, Cera, C, Bennett, T
Saccharomyces cerevisiae Rad51 is structurally similar to Escherichia coli RecA. We investigated the role of S. cerevisiae RAD51 in DNA damage-associated unequal sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs),...
An essential role for Bruton's [corrected] tyrosine kinase in the regulation of B-cell apoptosis.
Anderson, J S, Teutsch, M, Dong, Z, Wortis, H H
Mutations of the Bruton's tyrosine kinase (btk) gene cause X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) in humans and X-linked immune deficiency (Xid) in mice. To establish the BTK role in B-cell activation we...
Involvement of Ras/Raf/AP-1 in BMP-4 signaling during Xenopus embryonic development.
Xu, R H, Dong, Z, Maeno, M, Kim, J, Suzuki, A, Ueno, N, ...
Previously, we elucidated the role of bone morphogenetic protein 4 (BMP-4) in the dorsal-ventral patterning of the Xenopus embryo by using a dominant negative mutant of the BMP-4 receptor (DN-BR)....
Dong, Z, Birrer, M J, Watts, R G, Matrisian, L M, Colburn, N H
AP-1 transcriptional activity is stimulated by the transformation promoters phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate ("12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate," TPA) and epidermal growth factor (EGF) in...
A Nitrogen-Fixing Endophyte of Sugarcane Stems (A New Role for the Apoplast).
Dong, Z., Canny, M. J., McCully, M. E., Roboredo, M. R., Cabadilla, C. F., Ortega, E., ...
The intercellular spaces of sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) stem parenchyma are filled with solution (determined by cryoscanning microscopy), which can be removed aseptically by centrifugation....
Dong, Z, Edelstein, M D, Glickstein, L J
T-helper responses following Borrelia burgdorferi infection in mice determine susceptibility to Lyme arthritis. The ratio of interleukin 4-positive, CD4+ to gamma interferon (IFN-gamma)-positive,...
It is well documented that a repeated CATT element in the human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) gene promoter is required for promoter activity. However, the transcription...
Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase) plays a role in a variety of biological processes, including regulation of gene expression, cell growth, and differentiation. However, little is known...
The tumour-promotion-sensitive (P+) and -resistant (P-) variants of mouse JB6 epidermis-derived cells have often been used to study the requirements for the tumour-promoting effect of PMA. As part of...
Stress-induced generation of N-acylethanolamines in mouse epidermal JB6 P+ cells.
Berdyshev, E V, Schmid, P C, Dong, Z, Schmid, H H
It has long been known that N-acylethanolamine phospholipids [N-acylphosphatidylethanolamine (N-acyl PE)] and N-acylethanolamines (NAEs) accumulate in mammalian tissues undergoing degenerative...
Dong, Z, Saikumar, P, Patel, Y, Weinberg, J M, Venkatachalam, M A
We have shown that reoxygenation of hypoxic rat kidney proximaltubule cells leads to apoptosis. This is mediated by translocation ofBax from the cytosol to mitochondria, accompanied by release...
cDNA cloning and promoter analysis of rat caspase-9.
Nishiyama, J, Yi, X, Venkatachalam, M A, Dong, Z
Caspase-9 is the apex caspase of the mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis, which plays a critical role in apoptotic initiation and progression. However, gene regulation of caspase-9 is largely unknown....
Cannabinoid-receptor-independent cell signalling by N-acylethanolamines.
Berdyshev, E V, Schmid, P C, Krebsbach, R J, Hillard, C J, Huang, C, Chen, N, ...
Anandamide and other polyunsaturated N-acylethanolamines (NAEs) exert biological activity by binding to cannabinoid receptors. These receptors are linked to G(i/o) proteins and their activation leads...
Dong, Z., Heydrich, M., Bernard, K., McCully, M. E.
Nitrogen-fixing bacteria, isolated from the sugar solution in intercellular spaces of sugarcane stems, were compared with the type strain of Acetobacter diazotrophicus (PAL-5) and found to be...
Fasullo, M, Giallanza, P, Dong, Z, Cera, C, Bennett, T
Saccharomyces cerevisiae Rad51 is structurally similar to Escherichia coli RecA. We investigated the role of S. cerevisiae RAD51 in DNA damage-associated unequal sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs),...
Dong, Z., Saikumar, P., Weinberg, J. M., Venkatachalam, M. A.
Autolytic DNA breakdown, detected as smears in electrophoretic gels, is a late event in necrosis. On the other hand, internucleosomal DNA cleavage, visualized as ladders, is thought to be a hallmark...
Intracellular Ca2+ thresholds that determine survival or death of energy-deprived cells.
Dong, Z., Saikumar, P., Griess, G. A., Weinberg, J. M., Venkatachalam, M. A.
Increase of intracellular ionized or free Ca2+ is thought to play a central role in cell death due to ATP depletion. However, concurrently operative mechanisms of injury that do not require...
Genetic algorithms with applications in wireless communications
Genetic algorithms (GAs) are known to locate the global optimal solution provided sufficient population and/or generation is used. Practically, a near-optimal satisfactory result can be found by Gas...