Zhi Wang

Publication List Details

Period

1992 - 2009

Number

119

Co-Authors

Anisotropic microwave conductivity of cuprate superconductors in the presence of CuO chain induced impurities (2009)

Wang, Zhi, Feng, Shiping

The anisotropy in the microwave conductivity of the ortho-II YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{6.50}$ is studied within the kinetic energy driven superconducting mechanism. The ortho-II YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{6.50}$ is...

Involvement of potential pathways in malignant transformation from Oral Leukoplakia to Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma revealed by proteomic analysis (2009)

Wang, Zhi, Feng, Xiaodong, Liu, Xinyu, Jiang, Lu, Zeng, Xin, Ji, Ning, ...

Abstract Background Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is one of the most common forms of cancer associated with the presence of precancerous oral leukoplakia. Given the poor prognosis associated...

Momentum dependence of quasiparticle spectrum and Bogoliubov angle in cuprate superconductors (2009)

Wang, Weifang, Wang, Zhi, Zhang, Jingge, Feng, Shiping

The momentum dependence of the low energy quasiparticle spectrum and the related Bogoliubov angle in cuprate superconductors are studied within the kinetic energy driven superconducting mechanism. By...

A clinical evaluation of amlexanox oral adhesive pellicles in the treatment of recurrent aphthous stomatitis and comparison with amlexanox oral tablets: a randomized, placebo controlled, blinded, multicenter clinical trial (2009)

Meng, Wenxia, Dong, Yi, Liu, Jie, Wang, Zhi, Zhong, Xiaobo, Chen, Ruiyang, ...

Abstract Background Amlexanox has been developed as a 5 percent topical oral paste for the treatment of patients with recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) in most European countries. However, it is...

Out-of-plane impurities induced the deviation from the monotonic d-wave superconducting gap in cuprate superconductors (2009)

Wang, Zhi, Feng, Shiping

The electronic structure of cuprate superconductors is studied within the kinetic energy driven superconducting mechanism in the presence of the out-of-plane impurities. With increasing the impurity...

Enhancing Real-Time Delivery in Wireless Sensor Networks With Two-Hop Information (2009)

Li, Yanjun, Chen, Chung Shue, Song, Ye-Qiong, Wang, Zhi, Sun, Youxian

A two-hop neighborhood information-based routing protocol is proposed for real-time wireless sensor networks. The approach of mapping packet deadline to a velocity is adopted as that in SPEED;...

Enhancing Real-Time Delivery in Wireless Sensor Networks With Two-Hop Information (2009)

Li, Yanjun, Chen, Chung Shue, Song, Ye-Qiong, Wang, Zhi, Sun, Youxian

A two-hop neighborhood information-based routing protocol is proposed for real-time wireless sensor networks. The approach of mapping packet deadline to a velocity is adopted as that in SPEED;...

Enhancing Real-Time Delivery in Wireless Sensor Networks With Two-Hop Information (2009)

Li, Yanjun, Chen, Chung Shue, Song, Ye-Qiong, Wang, Zhi, Sun, Youxian

A two-hop neighborhood information-based routing protocol is proposed for real-time wireless sensor networks. The approach of mapping packet deadline to a velocity is adopted as that in SPEED;...

Enhancing Real-Time Delivery in Wireless Sensor Networks With Two-Hop Information (2009)

Li, Yanjun, Chen, Chung Shue, Song, Ye-Qiong, Wang, Zhi, Sun, Youxian

A two-hop neighborhood information-based routing protocol is proposed for real-time wireless sensor networks. The approach of mapping packet deadline to a velocity is adopted as that in SPEED;...

Quotient Space Model of Hierarchical Query-by-Humming System (2008)

Zhi Wang

Abstract — In this paper, we put ideas of granular computing into the application of query-by-humming. Leading by Quotient Space theory of problem solving, we present a quotient space model of...

Deployment Issues in Wireless Sensor Networks (2008)

Liping Liu, Feng Xia, Zhi Wang, Jiming Chen, Youxian Sun

Abstract. The performance of wireless sensor networks depends largely on the deployment of sensor nodes as well as their lifetime mainly determined by the energy consumption. Most current attention,...

Wireless Sensor Network Design For Wildfire Monitoring ‡ (2008)

Yanjun Li, Zhi Wang, Yeqiong Song

Abstract – This paper describes a system design approach for wireless sensor network based wildfire monitoring, including the system architecture, hardware and software framework. Effectiveness of...

Fuzzy Logic Based Feedback Scheduler for Embedded Control Systems (2008)

Feng Xia, Xingfa Shen, Liping Liu, Zhi Wang, Youxian Sun

Abstract. The case where multiple control tasks share one embedded CPU is considered. For various reasons, both execution times of these tasks and CPU workload are uncertain and imprecise. To attack...

Doping and energy dependent microwave conductivity of kinetic energy driven superconductors with extended impurities (2008)

Wang, Zhi, Guo, Huaiming, Feng, Shiping

Within the framework of the kinetic energy driven superconducting mechanism, the effect of the extended impurity scatterers on the quasiparticle transport of cuprate superconductors in the...

A two-hop based real-time routing protocal for wireless sensor networks (2008)

Li, Yanjun, Chen, Chung Shue, Song, Ye-Qiong, Wang, Zhi, Sun, Youxian

A two-hop neighborhood information based routing protocol is proposed for real-time wireless sensor networks. The approach of mapping packet deadline to a velocity is adopted as SPEED; however, our...

A two-hop based real-time routing protocal for wireless sensor networks (2008)

Li, Yanjun, Chen, Chung Shue, Song, Ye-Qiong, Wang, Zhi, Sun, Youxian

A two-hop neighborhood information based routing protocol is proposed for real-time wireless sensor networks. The approach of mapping packet deadline to a velocity is adopted as SPEED; however, our...

Impact of Link Unreliability and Asymmetry on the Quality of Connectivity in Large-scale Sensor Networks (2008)

Yanjun Li, Ye-Qiong Song, René Schott, Zhi Wang, Youxian Sun

Connectivity is a fundamental issue in research on wireless sensor networks. However, unreliable and asymmetric links have a great impact on the global quality of connectivity (QoC). By assuming the...

Prediction of Human Intestinal Absorption by GA Feature Selection and Support Vector Machine Regression (2008)

Aixia Yan, Zhi Wang, Zongyuan Cai

QSAR (Quantitative Structure Activity Relationships) models for the prediction of human intestinal absorption (HIA) were built with molecular descriptors calculated by ADRIANA.Code, Cerius2 and a...

Quantitation of Aurora Kinase A Gene Copy Number in Urine Sediments and Bladder Cancer Detection (2008)

Park, Hong-Seok, Park, Weon Seo, Bondaruk, Jolanta, Tanaka, Noriyoshi, Katayama, Hiroshi, Lee, Sangkyou, ...

Background Chromosome missegregation and the resulting aneuploidy is a common change in neoplasia. The Aurora kinase A (AURKA) gene, which encodes a key regulator of mitosis, is frequently amplified...

INEMO: Distributed RF-Based Indoor Location Determination with Confidence Indicator (2008)

Hongbin Li, Xingfa Shen, Jun Zhao, Zhi Wang, Youxian Sun

Using radio signal strength (RSS) in sensor networks localization is an attractive method since it is a cost-efficient method to provide range indication. In this paper, we present a two-tier...

2460 MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW VOLUME 125 Application of a New Adjoint Newton Algorithm to the 3D ARPS Storm-Scale Model Using Simulated Data �1997 American Meteorological Society (2007)

Zhi Wang, Kelvin K. Droegemeier, L. White, I. M. Navon

The adjoint Newton algorithm (ANA) is based on the first- and second-order adjoint techniques allowing one to obtain the ‘‘Newton line search direction’ ’ by integrating a ‘‘tangent...

Matrix-DBP For (m, k)-firm Real-Time Guarantee (2007)

Enrico Poggi, Yeqiong Song, Anis Koubaa, Zhi Wang

Abstract 1 (m, k)-firm means at least m deadlines should be met among any k consecutive task invocations or message transmissions. Providing (m, k)-firm guarantee is becoming attractive as it...

15th Triennial World Congress, Barcelona, Spain WORST-CASE RESPONSE TIME OF APERIODIC MESSAGE IN WORLDFIP 1 (2007)

Zhi Wang, Hai-bin Yu, Youxian Sun

Abstract: This paper presents an integrated approach to analyse worst-case responding time (WCRT) of aperiodic message in WorldFIP for guaranteeing realtime requirement of distributed control system...

Realtime Characteristic of FF Like Centralized Control Fieldbus and Its State-of-Art (2007)

Zhi Wang, Zhou Yue, Jiming Chen, Youxian Sun

intelligent instrument concept, wherein new control Abstrac!-- The temporal property of MAC protocol of architecture is mainly replacing traditional point-to-point fieldbus is critical to meet...

Robust Stabilization of Nonlinear Uncertain Systems in the Presence of Input Unmodeled Dynamics (2007)

Zhi Wang, Farshad Khorrami

In this paper, motivated by the recent results on control of nonlinear systems with input uncertainties and converse Lyapunov results with respect to an invariant set, we address the robust...

Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms, *School of Meteorology (2007)

Zhi Wang, Kelvin K. Droegemeier, L. White, I. M. Navon

The adjoint Newton algorithm (ANA) is based on the first- and second-order adjoint techniques allowing one to obtain the "Newton line search direction " by integrating a...

In Search of the Biological Significance of Modular Structures in Protein Networks (2007)

Zhi Wang, Jianzhi Zhang

Many complex networks such as computer and social networks exhibit modular structures, where links between nodes are much denser within modules than between modules. It is widely believed that...

In search of the biological significance of modular structures in protein networks (2007)

Zhi Wang, Jianzhi Zhang

Many complex networks such as computer and social networks exhibit modular structures, where links between nodes are much denser within modules than between modules. It is widely believed that...

Quantum chemical molecular dynamics study of ``Shrinking'' of Hot Giant fullerenes (2007)

Zheng, Guishan, Wang, Zhi, Irle, Stephan, Morokuma, Keiji

We present a detailed analysis of size-down trajectories of the ``Shrinking Hot Giant'' road of fullerene formation, revealed before by our quantum chemical molecular dynamics simulations. It is...

Real-time QoS support in wireless sensor networks: a survey (2007)

Li, Yanjun, Chen, Chung Shue, Song, Ye-Qiong, Wang, Zhi

Real-time wireless sensor networks are becoming more and more important by the requirement of message delivery timeliness in emerging new applications. Supporting real-time QoS in sensor networks...

Real-time QoS support in wireless sensor networks: a survey (2007)

Li, Yanjun, Chen, Chung Shue, Song, Ye-Qiong, Wang, Zhi

Real-time wireless sensor networks are becoming more and more important by the requirement of message delivery timeliness in emerging new applications. Supporting real-time QoS in sensor networks...

INEMO: Distributed RF-Based Indoor Location Determination with Confidence Indicator (2007)

Hongbin Li, Xingfa Shen, Jun Zhao, Zhi Wang, Youxian Sun

Using radio signal strength (RSS) in sensor networks localization is an attractive method since it is a cost-efficient method to provide range indication. In this paper, we present a two-tier...

Asymptotic Bounds for Frequency Estimation in the Presence of Multiplicative Noise (2007)

Zhi Wang, Saman S. Abeysekera

We discuss the asymptotic Cramer-Rao bound (CRB) for frequency estimation in the presence of multiplicative noise. To improve numerical stability, covariance matrix tapering is employed when the...

Asymptotic Bounds for Frequency Estimation in the Presence of Multiplicative Noise (2007)

Zhi Wang, Saman S. Abeysekera

We discuss the asymptotic Cramer-Rao bound (CRB) for frequency estimation in the presence of multiplicative noise. To improve numerical stability, covariance matrix tapering is employed when the...

North China Province enjoys New NGN-based Multimedia Services from CNC (2006)

Razaque, Abdul, Wang, Zhi

CNC HLJ (China NetCom Corporation, Heilongjiang) today faces challenges to maintaining or increasing its current Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) stream in the face of strong competition from...

Spectral Analysis of Sequence Variability in Basic-Helix-loop-helix (bHLH) Protein Domains (2006)

Zhi Wang, William R. Atchley

The basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) family of transcription factors is used as a paradigm to explore structural implications of periodicity patterns in amino acid sequence variability. A...

Mineral scale formation-aspects of surface energy and adhesion / (2006)

Wang, Zhi.

Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Leeds (School of Mechanical Engineering), 2006.

The role of pre-emptive re-transplant in graft and recipient outcome (2006)

Goldfarb-Rumyantzev, Alexander S., Hurdle, John F., Baird, Bradley C., Stoddard, Greg, Wang, Zhi, Scandling, John D., ...

Background. The effect of the pre-emptive re-transplant, and of inter-transplant waiting time generally, on graft and recipient survival is not well established. Methods. Analysis of the United...

The role of pre-emptive re-transplant in graft and recipient outcome (2006)

Goldfarb-Rumyantzev, Alexander S., Hurdle, John F., Baird, Bradley C., Stoddard, Greg, Wang, Zhi, Scandling, John D., ...

Background. The effect of the pre-emptive re-transplant, and of inter-transplant waiting time generally, on graft and recipient survival is not well established. Methods. Analysis of the United...

Spectral Analysis of Protein Sequences (2005)

Wang, Zhi

Wang, Zhi. Spectral Analysis of Protein Sequences. (Under the direction of Dr. William R. Atchley and Dr. Charles E. Smith.) The purpose of this research is to elucidate how to apply spectral...

Improvement of Amperometric Sensor Used for Determination of Nitrate with Polypyrrole Nanowires Modified Electrode (2005)

Xiu-ling Zhang, Ji-xiao Wang, Zhi Wang, Shi-chang Wang

Polypyrrole(PPy) nanowire modified electrodes were developed by template-freeelectrochemical method based on graphite electrode. The modified electrode wascharacterized by their amperometric response...

ABSTRACT Wang, Zhi. Spectral Analysis of Protein Sequences. (Under the direction of Dr. (2005)

William R. Atchley, E. Smith, Zhi Wang

The purpose of this research is to elucidate how to apply spectral analysis methods to understand the structure, function and evolution of protein sequences. In the first part of this research,...

Three essays on the strategies of mutual funds / (2004)

Wang, Zhi.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Michigan, 2004.

Tax Rates and Tax Evasion: Evidence from ‘Missing Imports (2004)

We Jerzy, T. Rozanski, Zhi Wang, Bill Gale, Jel No. H, Raymond Fisman, ...

Hines, Nick Lardy, Sung Yung-Wing, and seminar participants at an NBER meeting, the World Bank, and University of Southern California for helpful discussion. All remaining errors that have evaded our...

Y.: Integrated Computation, Communication and control: Towards Next Revolution (2004)

Feng Xia, Zhi Wang, Youxian Sun

Abstract. There is a strong trend in modern industrial systems to integrate computation, communication, and control theories into networked control systems (NCSs). This is anticipated to be the next...

Duration of end-stage renal disease and kidney transplant outcome (2004)

Goldfarb-Rumyantzev, Alex, Hurdle, John F., Scandling, John, Wang, Zhi, Baird, Bradley, Barenbaum, Lev, ...

Background. Patients nearing end-stage renal disease (ESRD) increasingly choose pre-emptive renal transplant (PRT) to avoid pre-transplant dialysis and to minimize ESRD. Compared with long-term...

Labor Market Distortions, Rural-Urban Inequality and the Opening of China's Economy (2003)

Zhai, Fan, Hertel, Thomas, Wang, Zhi

This paper evaluates the impact of some key labor market reforms on rural-urban inequality and income distribution, using a household-disaggregated, recursive dynamic computable general equilibrium...

Survey of weakly-hard real time schedule theory and its application (2002)

Zhi Wang, Enrico-maria Poggi, Youxian Sun

Normally, tasks are classified into real time and non real time according to temporal constraints for the processing and transmitting of these tasks, consequently the worst-case response time and...

Communication Concepts for Mobile Agents Systems (2002)

Zhi Wang

Abstract: There is a growing interest of using Ethernet to support time constrained communication raised from process control, factory automation and other real-time applications. This paper first...

Implicit Pension Debt, Transition Cost, Options and Impact of China’s Pension Reform: A computable General Equilibrium Analysis.” Policy Research Working Paper 2555. The World (2001)

Yan Wang, Dianqing Xu, Zhi Wang, Fan Zhai, Louise Fox, E. C. Hwa, ...

for comments and suggestions; as well as to participants at a NBER-CCER seminar held in July 1999, and a World Bank-MOF seminar on Managing Fiscal Risk held on June 12-15, 2000. Support from the...

Stable polymer blends from a two-step crosslinking process (2000)

Wang, Zhi, Chan, Chi-Ming, Shen, Jiarui

The present invention provides a method for creating durable blends of polystyrene and polyolefin. The blends of the present invention have improved mechanical properties evidenced by measurement of...

A Semiempirical Formula for Calculating the Coefficients for Field Emission Tip Forms, (1998)

Yang, Deqing, Song, Hongjiang, Wang, Zhi, Chen, Ergang

This article presents a formula for calculating the general field emission system tip shape or form coefficient. Using this formula and numerical value calculation methods we carried out,...

Understanding the Determinants of Structural Change in World Food Markets (1998)

Coyle, William, Gehlhar, Mark, Hertel, Thomas, Wang, Zhi, Yu, Wusheng

This study assesses the interaction between climate change and agricultural trade policies. We distinguish between two dimensions of agricultural trade policy: market insulation and subsidy levels....

A Regular Representation for Mapping to Fine-Grain, Locally-Connected FPGAs* (1997)

Zhi Wang, Yang Xu

A new data structure Pseudo-Symmetric Binary Decision Diagrams (PSBDDs) for completely specified Boolean functions has been proposed. The new diagrams are based on Ordered Binary Decision Diagrams...

Performance in adaptive control (1992)

Wang, Zhi.

Includes index. Department of Electrical Engineering. Bibliography: p. 214-219. In this thesis, the problem "Can adaptive control lead to improved performance over non-adaptive designs" is...

Beyond the Uruguay Round : the implications of an Asian free trade area

Lewis, Jeffrey D., Robinson, Sherman, Zhi Wang

The Pacific Rim members of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group have different views about the role each should play in fostering further trade liberalization. But at the November 1994...

A flexible modeling framework to estimate interregional trade patterns and input-output accounts

Canning, Patrick, Wang, Zhi

This study implements and tests a mathematical programming model to estimate interregional, interindustry transaction flows in a national system of economic regions based on an interregional...

Transcription Factor AP-2α Is Preferentially Cleaved by Caspase 6 and Degraded by Proteasome during Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha-Induced Apoptosis in Breast Cancer Cells

Nyormoi, Okot, Wang, Zhi, Doan, Dao, Ruiz, Maribelis, McConkey, David, Bar-Eli, Menashe

Several reports have linked activating protein 2α (AP-2α) to apoptosis, leading us to hypothesize that AP-2α is a substrate for caspases. We tested this hypothesis by examining the effects of...

Inhibition of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Virus Replication by Small Interfering RNAs in Mammalian Cells

Wang, Zhi, Ren, Lili, Zhao, Xingang, Hung, Tao, Meng, Anming, Wang, Jianwei, ...

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is an acute respiratory infectious disease that spread worldwide in early 2003. The cause was determined as a novel coronavirus (CoV), SARS-associated CoV...

Caspase processing activates atypical protein kinase C zeta by relieving autoinhibition and destabilizes the protein.

Smith, Lucinda, Wang, Zhi, Smith, Jeffrey B

Treatment of HeLa cells with tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) induced caspase processing of ectopic PKC (protein kinase C) zeta, which converted most of the holoenzyme into the freed kinase...

Transcription Factor AP-2α Is Preferentially Cleaved by Caspase 6 and Degraded by Proteasome during Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha-Induced Apoptosis in Breast Cancer Cells

Nyormoi, Okot, Wang, Zhi, Doan, Dao, Ruiz, Maribelis, McConkey, David, Bar-Eli, Menashe

Several reports have linked activating protein 2α (AP-2α) to apoptosis, leading us to hypothesize that AP-2α is a substrate for caspases. We tested this hypothesis by examining the effects of...

Inhibition of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Virus Replication by Small Interfering RNAs in Mammalian Cells

Wang, Zhi, Ren, Lili, Zhao, Xingang, Hung, Tao, Meng, Anming, Wang, Jianwei, ...

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is an acute respiratory infectious disease that spread worldwide in early 2003. The cause was determined as a novel coronavirus (CoV), SARS-associated CoV...

Caspase processing activates atypical protein kinase C zeta by relieving autoinhibition and destabilizes the protein.

Smith, Lucinda, Wang, Zhi, Smith, Jeffrey B

Treatment of HeLa cells with tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) induced caspase processing of ectopic PKC (protein kinase C) zeta, which converted most of the holoenzyme into the freed kinase...

Elements of Cattle Feeding Profitability in Midwest Feedlots

Lawrence, John D., Wang, Zhi, Loy, Dan

Conventional wisdom and earlier research have concluded that cattle feeding profitability is more determined by feeder and fed cattle prices than by animal performance. This study examined...

In Search of the Biological Significance of Modular Structures in Protein Networks

Wang, Zhi, Zhang, Jianzhi

Many complex networks such as computer and social networks exhibit modular structures, where links between nodes are much denser within modules than between modules. It is widely believed that...

Reconciling Trade Statistics from China, Hong Kong and Their Major Trading Partners--A Mathematical Programming Approach

Wang, Zhi, Gehlhar, Mark, Yao, Shunli

This paper develops a mathematical programming model to simultaneously estimate re-export markups and reconcile bilateral trade statistics between China, Hong Kong, and their trading partners. The...

A Flexible Mathematical Programming Model to Estimate Interregional Input-Output Accounts

Patrick Canning, Zhi Wang

This study implements and tests a mathematical programming model to estimate interregional, interindustry transaction flows in a national system of economic regions based on an interregional...

The Impact of WTO Accession on Economic Relations Between China and Taiwan

Zhi Wang

This paper evaluates the impact of China’s WTO accession of trade and economic relation across the Taiwan Strait and its implications for the rest of the world by a recursive dynamic, 17-region,...

Implicit pension debt, transition cost, options, and impact of China's pension reform : a computable general equilibrium analysis

Yan Wang, Dianqing Xu, Zhi Wang

The main problems with China's pension system--the pension burdens of state enterprises and the agency of the population--have deepened in recent years. Using a new computable general equilibrium...

Understanding the Determinants of structural Change in World Food Markets

Coyle, William T., Mark Gehlhar, Thomas W. Hertel, Zhi Wang, Wusheng Yu

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 80(December):1052-1062. This study assesses the interaction between climate change and agricultural trade policies. We distinguish between two dimensions...

Labor Market Distortions, Rural-Urban Inequality and the Opening of China’s Economy

Zhai, Fan, Hertel, Thomas, Wang, Zhi

This paper evaluates the impact of some key labor market reforms on rural-urban inequality and income distribution, using a household-disaggregated, recursive dynamic computable general equilibrium...

Systematic Hog Price Management: Selective Hedging and Long-Term Risk Sharing Packer Contracts

Lawrence, John D., Wang, Zhi

(with Zhi Wang). "Systematic Hog Price Management: Selective Hedging and Long-Term Risk Sharing Packer Contracts." Proceedings, NCR-134 Conference, Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and...

Capturing the Implications of Services Trade Liberalization

Sherman Robinson, Zhi Wang, Will Martin

This paper evaluates the impact of service sector trade liberalization on the world economy by a ten-region, eleven-sector CGE model with import embodied technology transfer from developed countries...

Accounting for discrepancies in bilateral trade: The case of China, Hong Kong, and the United States

FERRANTINO, Michael J., WANG, Zhi

China's reported exports to the United States have long been smaller than U.S.-reported imports from China. Earlier explanations for this focused on re-exports through Hong Kong, and appeared to...

How Much of Chinese Exports is Really Made In China? Assessing Domestic Value-Added When Processing Trade is Pervasive

Robert Koopman, Zhi Wang, Shang-Jin Wei

As China's export juggernaut employs many imported inputs, there are many policy questions for which it is crucial to know the extent of domestic and foreign value added in its exports. The best...

Elements of Cattle Feeding Profitability in Midwest Feedlots.

Lawrence, John D, Wang, Zhi, Loy, Dan

Conventional wisdom and earlier research have concluded that cattle feeding profitability is more determined by feeder and fed cattle prices than by animal performance. This study examined...

What Accounts for the Rising Sophistication of China's Exports?

Zhi Wang, Shang-Jin Wei

Chinese exports have become increasingly sophisticated. This has generated anxiety in developed countries as competitive pressure may increasingly be felt outside labor-intensive industries. Using...

OPEN REGIONALISM IN APEC: IMPACTS ON U.S. AGRICULTURE AND TRADE

Coyle, William T., Wang, Zhi

APEC's "open regionalism" calls for free-trade in APEC but with benefits also accruing to non-APEC members. This study shows that "open regionalism" provides strong incentives for non-APEC economies...

The Chinese Export Bundles: Patterns, Puzzles and Possible Explanations

Zhi Wang

Using product-level data on exports from different cities within China, this paper investigates the contributing factors to the rising export sophistication. [WP no. 226].

Why Is the Correlation between Gene Importance and Gene Evolutionary Rate So Weak?

Wang, Zhi, Zhang, Jianzhi

One of the few commonly believed principles of molecular evolution is that functionally more important genes (or DNA sequences) evolve more slowly than less important ones. This principle is widely...

How vertically specialized is Chinese trade?

Dean, Judith, Fung , K.C., Wang, Zhi

Two recent phenomena have transformed the nature of world trade: the explosive growth of Chinese trade, and the growth of vertically specialized trade due to international production fragmentation....

ELEMENTS OF CATTLE FEEDING PROFITABILITY IN MIDWEST FEEDLOTS

Lawrence, John D., Wang, Zhi, Loy, Dan

Conventional wisdom and earlier research have concluded that cattle feeding profitability is more determined by feeder and fed cattle prices than by animal performance. This study examined...

Prediction of Human Intestinal Absorption by GA Feature Selection and Support Vector Machine Regression

Yan, Aixia, Wang, Zhi, Cai, Zongyuan

QSAR (Quantitative Structure Activity Relationships) models for the prediction of human intestinal absorption (HIA) were built with molecular descriptors calculated by ADRIANA.Code, Cerius2 and a...

Spectral Analysis of Sequence Variability in Basic-Helix-loop-helix (bHLH) Protein Domains

Wang, Zhi, Atchley, William R.

The basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) family of transcription factors is used as a paradigm to explore structural implications of periodicity patterns in amino acid sequence variability. A...

The Chinese Export Bundles: Patterns, Puzzles and Possible Explanations

Zhi Wang, Shang-Jin Wei

China's exports have become increasingly sophisticated. This has generated anxiety in developed countries as the competitive pressure may be increasingly felt outside labor-intensive industries....

Early Postnatal Development of Reciprocal Ia Inhibition in the Murine Spinal Cord

Wang, Zhi, Li, LingYing, Goulding, Martyn, Frank, Eric

The pathway mediating reciprocal inhibition from muscle spindle afferents (Ia axons) to motoneurons (MNs) supplying antagonist muscles has been well studied in adult cats, but little is known about...

Comparative Proteomics Approach to Screening of Potential Diagnostic and Therapeutic Targets for Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma*S⃞

Wang, Zhi, Jiang, Lu, Huang, Canhua, Li, Zhengyu, Chen, Lijuan, Gou, Lantu, ...

This work demonstrates that a comprehensive strategy of proteomics identification combined with further validation and detailed functional analysis should be adopted in the field of cancer biomarker...

A World Factory in Global Production Chains: Estimating Imported Value Added in Chinese Exports

Koopman, Robert, Wang, Zhi, Wei, Shang-Jin

The rise of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in world trade has brought both benefits and anxiety to other economies. For many policy questions, it is crucial to know the extent of foreign...