Z. Yang

Publication List Details

Period

1993 - 2008

Number

99

Co-Authors

Quarkonium Production Studies in CMS (2008)

Yang, Z., Kraan, A. C., Collaboration, For The CMS

When the LHC starts its operation, CMS will have a unique opportunity to study q uarkonium production in pp collisions and later in PbPb collisions. Here we report on the methods and plans for...

Effect of dietary conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) on the growth and lipid metabolism of geese and fatty acid composition of their tissues (2008)

Zhang, X, Wang, B, Long, F, Yang, Z, Yu, S, ...

The objective of this study was to determine the effects of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) oil supplementation on the growth performance and lipid metabolism in geese and the fatty acid...

Scaling net ecosystem production and net biome production over a heterogeneous region in the western United States (2008)

Turner, D. P., Ritts, W. D., Law, B. E., Cohen, W. B., Yang, Z., Hudiburg, T., ...

Bottom-up scaling of net ecosystem production (NEP) and net biome production (NBP) was used to generate a carbon budget for a large heterogeneous region (the state of Oregon, 2.5×105 km2) in the...

Scaling net ecosystem production and net biome production over a heterogeneous region in the western United States (2008)

Turner, D. P., Ritts, W. D., Law, B. E., Cohen, W. B., Yang, Z., Hudiburg, T., ...

Bottom-up scaling of net ecosystem production (NEP) and net biome production (NBP) was used to generate a carbon budget for a large heterogeneous region (the state of Oregon, 2.5×105 km2) in the...

Scaling net ecosystem production and net biome production over a heterogeneous region in the western United States (2008)

Turner, D. P., Ritts, W. D., Law, B. E., Cohen, W. B., Yang, Z., Hudiburg, T., ...

Bottom-up scaling of net ecosystem production (NEP) and net biome production (NBP) was used to generate a carbon budget for a large heterogeneous region (the state of Oregon, 2.5×105 km2) in the...

Scaling net ecosystem production and net biome production over a heterogeneous region in the western United States (2008)

Turner, D. P., Ritts, W. D., Law, B. E., Cohen, W. B., Yang, Z., Hudiburg, T., ...

Bottom-up scaling of net ecosystem production (NEP) and net biome production (NBP) was used to generate a carbon budget for a large heterogeneous region (the state of Oregon, 2.5×105 km2) in the...

Methane Emission Peak observed at Predawn in Tropical Paddy Field:A Case Study of Hainan Island, China (2008)

Yang, Z, Hayakawa, T, Inoue, N

Proceedings of Shinshu University International Symposium 2007 “Sustainable Agriculture and Environment:Asian Network”

Study on Generalized Analysis Model for Fringe Pattern Profilometry (2008)

Hu, Y., Xi, J., Yang, Z., Li, E., Chicharo, J.

This paper presents a generalized analysis model for fringe pattern profilometry. We mathematically derived a new analysis model that gives a more general expression of the relationship between...

Study on Generalized Analysis Model for Fringe Pattern Profilometry (2008)

Hu, Y., Xi, J., Yang, Z., Li, E., Chicharo, J.

This paper presents a generalized analysis model for fringe pattern profilometry. We mathematically derived a new analysis model that gives a more general expression of the relationship between...

Study on Generalized Analysis Model for Fringe Pattern Profilometry (2008)

Hu, Y., Xi, J., Yang, Z., Li, E., Chicharo, J.

This paper presents a generalized analysis model for fringe pattern profilometry. We mathematically derived a new analysis model that gives a more general expression of the relationship between...

Study on Generalized Analysis Model for Fringe Pattern Profilometry (2008)

Hu, Y., Xi, J., Yang, Z., Li, E., Chicharo, J.

This paper presents a generalized analysis model for fringe pattern profilometry. We mathematically derived a new analysis model that gives a more general expression of the relationship between...

Study on Generalized Analysis Model for Fringe Pattern Profilometry (2008)

Hu, Y., Xi, J., Yang, Z., Li, E., Chicharo, J.

This paper presents a generalized analysis model for fringe pattern profilometry. We mathematically derived a new analysis model that gives a more general expression of the relationship between...

Downlink Coexistence Performance Assessment and Techniques for WiMAX Services from High Altitude Platform and Terrestrial Deployments (2008)

Z. Yang, A. Mohammed, T. Hult, D. Grace

We investigate the performance and coexistence techniques for worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) delivered from high altitude platforms (HAPs) and terrestrial systems in shared...

Complementarity of Gamma-ray and LHC Searches for Neutralino Dark Matter in the Focus Point Region (2007)

Moulin, E., Jacholkowska, A., Moultaka, G., Nuss, E., Lari, T., ...

We study the complementarity between the indirect detection of dark matter with gamma-rays in H.E.S.S. and the supersymmetry searches with ATLAS at the Large Hadron Collider in the Focus Point region...

A proposed structural basis for picrotoxinin and picrotin binding in the glycine receptor pore (2007)

Yang, Z, Cromer, BA, Harvey, RJ, Parker, MW, Lynch, JW

Picrotoxin, an antagonist of structurally-rated GABAA receptors (GABA(A)Rs) and glycine receptors (GlyRs), is an equimolar mixture of picrotoxinin (PTXININ) and picrotin (PTN). These compounds share...

Tropisetron modulation of the glycine receptor: femtomolar potentiation and a molecular determinant of inhibition (2007)

Yang, Z, Ney, A, Cromer, BA, Ng, HL, Parker, MW, Lynch, JW

The 5-hydroxytryptamine type-3 receptor antagonist tropisetron is in clinical use as an anti-emetic drug. This compound also exerts both potentiating and inhibitory effects on the glycine receptor...

S100A12 provokes mast cell activation: A potential amplification pathway in asthma and innate immunity (2007)

Yang, Z., Yan, W. X., Tedla, N., Armishaw, C., Di Girolamo, N., Wang, H. W., ...

Background: The calcium-binding protein S100A12 might provoke inflammation and monocyte recruitment through the receptor for advanced glycation end products. Objective: Because inflammation elicited...

Closed-state cross-linking of adjacent beta 1 Subunits in alpha 1 beta 1 GABA(a) receptors via introduced 6 ' cysteines (2007)

Yang, Z, Webb, TI, Lynch, JW

The pore structural changes associated with Cys-loop receptor gating are currently the subject of considerable interest. Several functional approaches have shown that surface exposure of pore-lining...

Optimal Filtering based Shift Estimation for Fringe Pattern Profilometry by Generalized Analysis Model (2006)

Hu, Y., Xi, J., Chicharo, J., Yang, Z.

This paper presents a new algorithm for fringe pattern parofilometry by utilizing generalized analysis model, called optimal filtering based shift estimation (OFSE) method, which provides much lower...

Computational molecular evolution (2006)

Yang, Z.

Book description:* Authored by a world-renowned specialist in the field * Adopts a statistical approach to phylogenetics * Web-based example data sets used to clarify the theory * Emphasises the...

Improved Three-step Phase Shifting Profilometry Using Digital Fringe Pattern Projection (2006)

Hu, Y., Xi, J., Chicharo, J. F., Yang, Z.

In this paper, an improved method for three-step phase shifting profilometry (PSP) is presented to eliminate the errors introduced by the second order harmonic when digital projection are used to...

Tc-99m-labeled cyclic RGDfK dimer: Initial evaluation for SPECT imaging of glioma integrin alpha(v)beta(3) expression (2006)

Jia, B., Shi, J. Y., Yang, Z., Xu, B., Liu, Z. F., Zhao, H. Y., ...

This report describes the evaluation of biodistribution properties of three radiotracers, [Tc-99m(SQ168)(EDDA)], [Tc-99m(SQ168)(tricine)(PDA)], and [Tc-99m(SQ168)(tricine)(TPPTS)] (SQ168 =...

Study on The Intelligence Control System of Artificial Cooling Source in Architecture (2006)

Yang, Z., Xu, X.

To overcome the shortcoming of constant temperature and humidity in artificial cooling source control system, a dynamic indoor temperature control strategy was put forward under health and thermal...

Optimal Filtering based Shift Estimation for Fringe Pattern Profilometry by Generalized Analysis Model (2006)

Hu, Y., Xi, J., Chicharo, J., Yang, Z.

This paper presents a new algorithm for fringe pattern parofilometry by utilizing generalized analysis model, called optimal filtering based shift estimation (OFSE) method, which provides much lower...

Improved Three-step Phase Shifting Profilometry Using Digital Fringe Pattern Projection (2006)

Hu, Y., Xi, J., Chicharo, J. F., Yang, Z.

In this paper, an improved method for three-step phase shifting profilometry (PSP) is presented to eliminate the errors introduced by the second order harmonic when digital projection are used to...

Proteomic approach to study the cytotoxicity of dioscin (saponin) (2006)

Wang, Y, Cheung, YH, Yang, Z, Chiu, J, Che, CM, He, Q

Dioscin, extracted from the root of Polygonatum zanlanscianense pamp, exhibits cytotoxicity towards human myeloblast leukemia HL-60 cells. Proteomic analysis revealed that the expression of...

Fringe Pattern Profilometry Based on Inverse Function Analysis (2005)

Hu, Y., Xi, J., Li, E., Chicharo, J. F., Yang, Z.

In this paper, we proposed a new algorithm, referred to as inverse function analysis (IFA) method based on the derived mathematical model to reconstruct 3-D surfaces using fringe pattern profilometry...

Shift estimation method based fringe pattern profilometry and performance comparison (2005)

Hu, Y., Xi, J., Li, E., Chicharo, J. F., Yang, Z.

In this paper, we present and study two approaches to fringe pattern profilometry (FPP) technique. Based on generalized analysis model for fringe pattern profilometry (FPP), Inverse Function based...

Branch-length prior influences bayesian posterior probability of phylogeny (2005)

Yang, Z., Rannala, B.

The Bayesian method for estimating species phylogenies from molecular sequence data provides an attractive alternative to maximum likelihood with nonparametric bootstrap due to the easy...

Generalized Analysis Model for Fringe Pattern Profilometry (2005)

Hu, Y., Xi, J., Yang, Z., Li, E., Chicharo, J. F.

In this paper, a generalized analysis model for fringe pattern profilometry is presented. The new analysis model is derived mathematically, which describes the essential relationships between...

Bayes empirical Bayes inference of amino acid sites under positive selection (2005)

Yang, Z., Wong, W.S.W., Nielsen, R.

Codon-based substitution models have been widely used to identify amino acid sites under positive selection in comparative analysis of protein-coding DNA sequences. The nonsynonymous-synonymous...

Bayesian estimation of species divergence times under a molecular clock using multiple fossil calibrations with soft bounds (2005)

Yang, Z., Rannala, B.

We implement a Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm for estimating species divergence times that uses heterogeneous data from multiple gene loci and accommodates multiple fossil calibration...

Fringe Pattern Profilometry Based on Inverse Function Analysis (2005)

Hu, Y., Xi, J., Li, E., Chicharo, J. F., Yang, Z.

In this paper, we proposed a new algorithm, referred to as inverse function analysis (IFA) method based on the derived mathematical model to reconstruct 3-D surfaces using fringe pattern profilometry...

Shift estimation method based fringe pattern profilometry and performance comparison (2005)

Hu, Y., Xi, J., Li, E., Chicharo, J. F., Yang, Z.

In this paper, we present and study two approaches to fringe pattern profilometry (FPP) technique. Based on generalized analysis model for fringe pattern profilometry (FPP), Inverse Function based...

Generalized Analysis Model for Fringe Pattern Profilometry (2005)

Hu, Y., Xi, J., Yang, Z., Li, E., Chicharo, J. F.

In this paper, a generalized analysis model for fringe pattern profilometry is presented. The new analysis model is derived mathematically, which describes the essential relationships between...

Pd-catalyzed Synthesis of β-Biarylacryl Ferrocenes via Suzuki Cross-coupling (2005)

Q. Song, R. Lin, Z. Yang, C. Qi

Some novel β-biarylacryl ferrocene derivatives were synthesized viaPd-catalytic Suzuki cross-coupling reactions of β-(2-bromophenyl)acrylferroceneand arylboronic acids. The structures...

A Calibration Approach for Decoupling Colour Cross-Talk Using Nonlinear Blind Signal Separation Network (2004)

Hu, Y., Xi, J., Li, E., Chicharo, J. F., Yang, Z., Yu, Yuanguang

We present a calibration approach to invert the nonlinear mixing process of colour cross-talk in multi-channel profilometry systems. Parameters of the inverse network are determined by a nonlinear...

Solving discrete zero point problems (2004)

Laan, G. Van Der, Talman, A.J.J., Yang, Z.

In this paper an algorithm is proposed to .nd a discrete zero point of a function on the collection of integral points in the n-dimensional Euclidean space IRn. Starting with a given integral point,...

Competitive outcomes and endogenous coalition formation in an n-person game (2004)

Sun, N., Trockel, W., Yang, Z.

In this paper we study competitive outcomes and endogenous coalition formation in a cooperative n-person transferable utility (TU) game from the viewpoint of general equilibrium theory. For any given...

A Calibration Approach for Decoupling Colour Cross-Talk Using Nonlinear Blind Signal Separation Network (2004)

Hu, Y., Xi, J., Li, E., Chicharo, J. F., Yang, Z., Yu, Yuanguang

We present a calibration approach to invert the nonlinear mixing process of colour cross-talk in multi-channel profilometry systems. Parameters of the inverse network are determined by a nonlinear...

A new species in the genus Ropalophorus Curtis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from China, parasitizing adults of the bark beetle Ips subelongatus (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), with a key to world species of the genus (2003)

Yang, Z., Gu, Y., Song, Y.

A new species of the genus Ropalophorus Curtis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Euphorinae) from Palaearctic China is described and illustrated. A key to world species is added.

Analysis and representation of statistical performance of JPEG2000 encoded image over wireless channels (2002)

He, J., Yang, Z., Yang, D., Tang, Z., Hu, J., Chou, C. T.

JPEG2000 is a new coming image standard. In this paper we analyze the performance of error resilience tools in JPEG2000, and present an analytical model to estimate the quality of JPEG2000 encoded...

Perfection and stability of stationary points with applications to noncooperative games (2002)

Laan, G. Van Der, Talman, D., Yang, Z.

It is well known that an upper semi-continuous compact- and convex-valued mapping v from a nonempty compact and convex set X to the Euclidean space of which X is a subset has at least one stationary...

A general existence theorem of zero points (2002)

Herings, P.J.J., Koshevoy, G.A., Talman, D., Yang, Z.

Let X be a non-empty, compact, convex set in Rn and 0 an upper semi-continuous mapping from X to the collection of non-empty, compact, convex subsets of Rn. It is well known that such a mapping has a...

Analysis and representation of statistical performance of JPEG2000 encoded image over wireless channels (2002)

He, J., Yang, Z., Yang, D., Tang, Z., Hu, J., Chou, C. T.

JPEG2000 is a new coming image standard. In this paper we analyze the performance of error resilience tools in JPEG2000, and present an analytical model to estimate the quality of JPEG2000 encoded...

Variational inequality problems with a continuum of solutions : existence and computation (1999)

Herings, P.J.J., Talman, D., Yang, Z.

In this paper three sufficient conditions are provided under each of which an upper semi-continuous point-to-set mapping defined on an arbitrary polytope has a connected set of zero points that...

Existence and welfare properties of equilibrium in an exchange economy with multiple divisible, indivisible commodities and linear production technologies (1999)

Laan, G. Van Der, Talman, D., Yang, Z.

In this paper we consider a class of economies with a finite number of divisible commodities, linear production technologies, and indivisible goods, and a finite number of agents. This class contains...

Existence of an equilibrium in a competitive economy with indivisibilities and money (1996)

Laan, G. Van Der, Talman, D., Yang, Z.

In this paper we introduce a model of an exchange economy with indivisible goods and money. There are nitely many agents each of whom owns one unit of each of nitely many di erent types of...

Motor neuron disease in Hong Kong Chinese: epidemiology and clinical picture (1996)

Fong, KY, Yu, YL, Chan, YW, Kay, R, Chan, J, Yang, Z, ...

This study documents the clinical features, incidence and prevalence of motor neuron disease (MND) in Hong Kong Chinese. Patients with MND who were alive between 1989 and 1992 were recruited by...