Z. Dong

Publication List Details

Period

1993 - 2008

Number

55

Co-Authors

The Effect of Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia on the Properties of the Fluorine–Substituted Hydroxyapatite Ceramics Prepared by Pressureless Sintering (2008)

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...

The Effect of Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia on the Properties of the Fluorine–Substituted Hydroxyapatite Ceramics Prepared by Pressureless Sintering (2008)

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...

Study of the Heating Load of a Manufactured Space with a Gas-fired Radiant Heating System (2006)

Zheng, X., Dong, Z.

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)

Zheng, X., Dong, Z.

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)

Zhao, JH, Dong, Z, Xu, Z

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...

Does the valve-regulated release of urine from the bladder decrease encrustation and blockage of indwelling catheters by crystalline Proteus mirabilis biofilms ? (2005)

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...

Transforming growth factor β (TGFβ) mediates Schwann cell death in vitro and in vivo: examination of c-Jun activation, interactions with survival signals, and the relationship of TGFβ-mediated death to Schwann cell differentiation (2001)

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.

This material is presented to ensure timely dissemination of scholarly and technical work. Copyright and all rights therein are retained by authors or by other copyright holders. All persons copying...

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)....

Blocking of tumor promoter-induced AP-1 activity inhibits induced transformation in JB6 mouse epidermal cells.

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....

CD8+ T cells are activated during the early Th1 and Th2 immune responses in a murine Lyme disease model.

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,...

Characterization of the human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor gene promoter: an AP1 complex and an Sp1-related complex transactivate the promoter activity that is suppressed by a YY1 complex.

Ye, J, Zhang, X, Dong, Z

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...

Requirement for phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase in epidermal growth factor-induced AP-1 transactivation and transformation in JB6 P+ cells.

Huang, C, Ma, W Y, Dong, Z

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...

Promotion-resistant JB6 mouse epidermal cells exhibit defects in phosphatidylethanolamine synthesis and phorbol ester-induced phosphatidylcholine hydrolysis.

Kiss, Z, Guyer, B, Dong, Z

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...

Serine protease inhibitors suppress cytochrome c-mediatedcaspase-9 activation and apoptosis during hypoxia-reoxygenation.

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...

Further Evidence that the N(inf2)-Fixing Endophytic Bacterium from the Intercellular Spaces of Sugarcane Stems Is Acetobacter diazotrophicus

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...

Saccharomyces cerevisiae rad51 mutants are defective in DNA damage-associated sister chromatid exchanges but exhibit increased rates of homology-directed translocations.

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)....

Blocking of tumor promoter-induced AP-1 activity inhibits induced transformation in JB6 mouse epidermal cells.

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....

CD8+ T cells are activated during the early Th1 and Th2 immune responses in a murine Lyme disease model.

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,...

Characterization of the human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor gene promoter: an AP1 complex and an Sp1-related complex transactivate the promoter activity that is suppressed by a YY1 complex.

Ye, J, Zhang, X, Dong, Z

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...

Requirement for phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase in epidermal growth factor-induced AP-1 transactivation and transformation in JB6 P+ cells.

Huang, C, Ma, W Y, Dong, Z

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...

Promotion-resistant JB6 mouse epidermal cells exhibit defects in phosphatidylethanolamine synthesis and phorbol ester-induced phosphatidylcholine hydrolysis.

Kiss, Z, Guyer, B, Dong, Z

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...

Serine protease inhibitors suppress cytochrome c-mediatedcaspase-9 activation and apoptosis during hypoxia-reoxygenation.

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...

Further Evidence that the N(inf2)-Fixing Endophytic Bacterium from the Intercellular Spaces of Sugarcane Stems Is Acetobacter diazotrophicus

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...

Saccharomyces cerevisiae rad51 mutants are defective in DNA damage-associated sister chromatid exchanges but exhibit increased rates of homology-directed translocations.

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),...

Internucleosomal DNA cleavage triggered by plasma membrane damage during necrotic cell death. Involvement of serine but not cysteine proteases.

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

Hong, Y, Dong, Z

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...

Expression of oestrogen and progesterone receptors by mast cells alone, but not lymphocytes, macrophages or other immune cells in human upper airways

Zhao, X, McKerr, G, Dong, Z, Higgins, C, Carson, J, Yang, Z, ...

BACKGROUND—Nasal polyposis often coexists with asthma in airway inflammatory conditions characterised by the infiltration of a range of immune cells. A potentially important role for ovarian...