Free energy computations employing Jarzynski identity and Wang – Landau algorithm

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Kalyan, M. Suman, E-mail: maroju.sk@gmail.com; Murthy, K. P. N.; School of Physics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, India – 500046

We introduce a simple method to compute free energy differences employing Jarzynski identity in conjunction with Wang – Landau algorithm. We demonstrate this method on Ising spin system by comparing the results with those obtained from canonical sampling.

Wang OIS glossary package for reformatting documents telecommunicated to the OIS system

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Markow, S.R.

1983-12-09

Documents that are composed on a computer and then transmitted by telecommunications into a Wang Office Information System (OIS) word processing system need to be reformatted and cleaned up before they can be used properly as word processing documents suitable for further revisions or additions. This report describes a group of glossary entries created for the Wang OIS which simplifies the job of cleaning up telecommunicated documents. This glossary is a semi-automated process designed to eliminate most of the tedious work needed to be performed in removing extra spaces and returns, adjusting formats, moving material, repagination, using tabs or indents,more » and similar problems. The report briefly discusses the problems, describes the glossary approach to solving them, and gives instructions for actually using the glossary entries.« less

Solution of the Wang Chang-Uhlenbeck equation for molecular hydrogen

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Anikin, Yu. A.

2017-06-01

Molecular hydrogen is modeled by numerically solving the Wang Chang-Uhlenbeck equation. The differential scattering cross sections of molecules are calculated using the quantum mechanical scattering theory of rigid rotors. The collision integral is computed by applying a fully conservative projection method. Numerical results for relaxation, heat conduction, and a one-dimensional shock wave are presented.

Ling's Adsorption Theory as a Mechanism of Membrane Potential Generation Observed in Both Living and Nonliving Systems.

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Tamagawa, Hirohisa; Funatani, Makoto; Ikeda, Kota

2016-01-26

The potential between two electrolytic solutions separated by a membrane impermeable to ions was measured and the generation mechanism of potential measured was investigated. From the physiological point of view, a nonzero membrane potential or action potential cannot be observed across the impermeable membrane. However, a nonzero membrane potential including action potential-like potential was clearly observed. Those observations gave rise to a doubt concerning the validity of currently accepted generation mechanism of membrane potential and action potential of cell. As an alternative theory, we found that the long-forgotten Ling's adsorption theory was the most plausible theory. Ling's adsorption theory suggests that the membrane potential and action potential of a living cell is due to the adsorption of mobile ions onto the adsorption site of cell, and this theory is applicable even to nonliving (or non-biological) system as well as living system. Through this paper, the authors emphasize that it is necessary to reconsider the validity of current membrane theory and also would like to urge the readers to pay keen attention to the Ling's adsorption theory which has for long years been forgotten in the history of physiology.

[Professor WANG Fuchun's experience in the acupoint selection of clinical treatment with acupuncture and moxibustion].

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Jiang, Hailin; Liu, Chengyu; Ha, Lijuan; Li, Tie

2017-11-12

Professor WANG Fuchun 's experience in the acupoint selection of clinical treatment with acupuncture and moxibustion was summarized. The main acupoints are selected by focusing on the chief symptoms of disease, the supplementary points are selected by differentiating the disorders. The acupoints are modified in terms of the changes of sickness. The effective acupoints are selected flexibly in accordance with the specific effects of points. The summary on the acupoint selection reflects professor WANG Fuchun 's academic thoughts and clinical experience and effectively instructs the clinical practice of acupuncture and moxibustion.

Replica-exchange Wang Landau sampling: pushing the limits of Monte Carlo simulations in materials sciences

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Perera, Meewanage Dilina N; Li, Ying Wai; Eisenbach, Markus

We describe the study of thermodynamics of materials using replica-exchange Wang Landau (REWL) sampling, a generic framework for massively parallel implementations of the Wang Landau Monte Carlo method. To evaluate the performance and scalability of the method, we investigate the magnetic phase transition in body-centered cubic (bcc) iron using the classical Heisenberg model parameterized with first principles calculations. We demonstrate that our framework leads to a significant speedup without compromising the accuracy and precision and facilitates the study of much larger systems than is possible with its serial counterpart.

[Experience summary of professor WANG Fuchun's "Zhenjing Anshen" acupuncture method for insomnia].

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Li, Tie; Ha, Lijuan; Cao, Fang; Zhi, Mujun; Wang, Fuchun

2015-11-01

The experience of "Zhenjing Anshen" acupuncture method originally created by professor WANG Fuchun for treatment of insomnia was introduced in this paper. From aspects of insomnia pathogenesis, theoretical foundation, characteristics of acupoint selection, needing methods, needing time, etc., the experience of Professor WANG Fuchun for treatment of insomnia was explained. The "Zhenjing Anshen" acupuncture method proposed, for the first time, "new three layers" method of acupoint selection, including Sishencong (EX-HN 1), Shenmen (HT 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). This method presents the principles of acupoint selection along meridian, acupoint selection based on essence-qi-spirit, harmony of yin and yang. The acupuncture manipulation is emphasized, and treating time (the period of the day from 3 pm to 5 pm) is focused on; acupoint selection is simple but essential, and acupoint combination is scientific, which receives notable therapeutic effect in clinic.

[Professor WANG Yin's academic thoughts and clinical application of acupuncture for spleen-sto-mach care].

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Niu, Hua; Cao, Haibo; Wang, Yin

Professor WANG Yin 's academic thoughts and clinical application for difficult and miscellaneous di-seases, especially acupuncture for spleen-stomach care, are introduced. Based on TCM basic theory and "ten needles for elderly" by WANG Yueting , Professor WANG Yin proposes the acupuncture for spleen-stomach care. In this method, three-element acupoint selection is applied; the conception vessel, spleen meridian of foot taiyin and stomach meridian of foot yangming were selected. The deep and penetration acupuncture with 0.4 mm×100 mm elongated needles is used at Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6) and Zigong (EX-CA 1), and the mild reinforcing-reducing method is used at remaining acupoints. According to the severity of diseases, fire acupuncture combined with blood-letting cupping is applied at Tianshu (ST 25), Xuehai (SP 10) and Yinlingquan (SP 9); gene-rally, two acupoints are selected and 1 to 3 mL blood-letting is appropriate. The modification based on this me-thod can be applied for various difficult and miscellaneous diseases, leading to superior efficacy.

From Wang-Chen System with Only One Stable Equilibrium to a New Chaotic System Without Equilibrium

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Pham, Viet-Thanh; Wang, Xiong; Jafari, Sajad; Volos, Christos; Kapitaniak, Tomasz

2017-06-01

Wang-Chen system with only one stable equilibrium as well as the coexistence of hidden attractors has attracted increasing interest due to its striking features. In this work, the effect of state feedback on Wang-Chen system is investigated by introducing a further state variable. It is worth noting that a new chaotic system without equilibrium is obtained. We believe that the system is an interesting example to illustrate the conversion of hidden attractors with one stable equilibrium to hidden attractors without equilibrium.

Ke Wang, a Chinese television soap opera with a message.

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Wang, M; Singhal, A

1992-01-01

The Chinese soap opera, Ke Wang, was created by Li Xiaoming between August 1989 and June 1990 and produced at a cost of US$4650 per episode. The characters were drawn from everyday ordinary Chinese life: a traditional and open-minded and caring woman, a typical mother who works hard and loves her children, a highly educated upwardly mobile man who divorces his wife, a professor criticized during the Cultural Revolution, a doctor prejudiced against ordinary people, a kind honest man who marries the divorcee, a friend of the divorcee, a man who is optimistic in spite of bad experiences during the Cultural Revolution, and an excellent medical doctor who also resolves conflicts. The program was very popular, even among Communists, because of its value-based content, the real-life nature of the show, the change from highly restricted programming, the elaborate and supportive media coverage, and dialogue which closely matches audience preferences. The show has been aired by over 100 stations to date and has reached a total estimated audience of 550 million. The sale of television sets has increased since the show's appearance. The script reflects the conflicts between traditional and modern Chinese values. Pro-social values and behaviors are learned from the role models depicted; examples are given of immediate social impact. Ke Wang was a by-product of the Beijing Television Arts Center's interest in designing television programs that are relevant to the lives of ordinary people. The 60-minute scripts dealt with issues such as the status of women, social morality, family harmony, class conflict, responsible parenthood, maintenance of traditional culture, volunteerism, child development, and coping with physical disability. The Chinese government hailed Ke Wang as model television and awarded US$20,000 in prize money to the producers. The Chinese government is planning to produce other entertainment-education soap operas, which raises the problem of blatant, political

[Professor WANG Linpeng's experience of acupuncture for migraine based on different stages and types].

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Wang, Shaosong

2016-07-12

By using the methods of experience summary and case report, professor WANG Linpeng 's clinical experience of acupuncture for migraine was summarized.Professor WANG proposed the different acupuncture plans should be established according to the active stage and remission stage of migraine; in the active stage acupuncture should be applied at gallbladder meridian with penetration needling technique to reinforce the stimulation intensity; in the remission stage the aim was to regulate zang-fu and back- shu points should be emphasized.In addition, attention should be paid on acupuncture technique and preventive treatment.For menstruation-type and psychological disorder-type migraine, different acupuncture plans should be adopted and regulating meridian and spirit was essential in the treatment.

On the mixing time in the Wang-Landau algorithm

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Fadeeva, Marina; Shchur, Lev

2018-01-01

We present preliminary results of the investigation of the properties of the Markov random walk in the energy space generated by the Wang-Landau probability. We build transition matrix in the energy space (TMES) using the exact density of states for one-dimensional and two-dimensional Ising models. The spectral gap of TMES is inversely proportional to the mixing time of the Markov chain. We estimate numerically the dependence of the mixing time on the lattice size, and extract the mixing exponent.

School Days in China: An Interview with Ling Li, Professor and Associate Director of the Center for International and Comparative Education, Southwest University, Chongqing, China

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Finley, Susan; Li, Ling; Parker, Morgan A.

2012-01-01

Ling Li, who is an education professor in China, initiated the conversations that resulted in the dialog presented in this article. She sought out Susan's support for a grant from the Chinese government for arts-based educational research. Correspondences between Susan and Ling have continued over two years and set the stage for Morgan's research…

Dynamics analysis of fractional order Yu-Wang system

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Bhalekar, Sachin

2013-10-01

Fractional order version of a dynamical system introduced by Yu and Wang (Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research, 2, (2012) 209-215) is discussed in this article. The basic dynamical properties of the system are studied. Minimum effective dimension 0.942329 for the existence of chaos in the proposed system is obtained using the analytical result. For chaos detection, we have calculated maximum Lyapunov exponents for various values of fractional order. Feedback control method is then used to control chaos in the system. Further, the system is synchronized with itself and with fractional order financial system using active control technique. Modified Adams-Bashforth-Moulton algorithm is used for numerical simulations.

Becoming an International Scientist in South Korea: Ho Wang Lee's Research Activity about Epidemic Hemorrhagic Fever.

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Shin, Miyoung

2017-04-01

In the 1960-70s, South Korea was still in the position of a science latecomer. Although the scientific research environment in South Korea at that time was insufficient, there was a scientist who achieved outcomes that could be recognized internationally while acting in South Korea. He was Ho Wang Lee(1928~ ) who found Hantann Virus that causes epidemic hemorrhagic fever for the first time in the world. It became a clue to identify causative viruses of hemorrhagic diseases that were scattered here and there throughout the world. In addition, these outcomes put Ho Wang Lee on the global center of research into epidemic hemorrhagic fever. This paper examines how a Korean scientist who was in the periphery of virology could go into the central area of virology. Also this article shows the process through which the virus found by Ho Wang Lee was registered with the international academia and he proceeded with follow-up research based on this progress to reach the level at which he generalized epidemic hemorrhagic fever related studies throughout the world. While he was conducting the studies, experimental methods that he had never experienced encountered him as new difficulties. He tried to solve the new difficulties faced in his changed status through devices of cooperation and connection. Ho Wang Lee's growth as a researcher can be seen as well as a view of a researcher that grew from a regional level to an international level and could advance from the area of non-mainstream into the mainstream. This analytic tool is meaningful in that it can be another method of examining the growth process of scientists in South Korea or developing countries.

The Species Identity of the Widely Cultivated Ganoderma, ‘G. lucidum’ (Ling-zhi), in China

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Wang, Xin-Cun; Xi, Rui-Jiao; Li, Yi; Wang, Dong-Mei; Yao, Yi-Jian

2012-01-01

Ling-zhi, a widely cultivated fungus in China, has a long history in traditional Chinese medicine. Although the name ‘Ganoderma lucidum’, a species originally described from England, has been applied to the fungus, their identities are not the same. This study aims to clarify the identity of this medicinally and economically important fungus. Specimens of Ling-zhi from China (field collections and cultivated basidiomata of the Chinese ‘G. lucidum’), G. lucidum from UK and other related Ganoderma species, were examined both morphologically and molecularly. High variability of basidioma morphology was found in the cultivated specimens of the Chinese ‘G. lucidum’, while some microscopic characters were more or less consistent, i.e. short clavate cutis elements, Bovista-type ligative hyphae and strongly echinulate basidiospores. These characters were also found in the holotype of G. sichuanense, a species originally described from Sichuan, China, and in recent collections made in the type locality of the species, which matched the diagnostic characters in the prologue. For comparison, specimens of closely related species, G. lucidum, G. multipileum, G. resinaceum, G. tropicum and G. weberianum, were also examined. DNA sequences were obtained from field collections, cultivated basidiomata and living strains of the Chinese ‘G. lucidum’, specimens from the type locality of G. sichuanense, and specimens of the closely related species studied. Three-gene combined analyses (ITS+IGS+rpb2) were performed and the results indicated that the Chinese ‘G. lucidum’ shared almost identical sequences with G. sichuanense. Based on both morphological and molecular data, the identity of the Chinese ‘G. lucidum’ (Ling-zhi) is considered conspecific with G. sichuanense. Detailed morphological descriptions and illustrations are provided in addition to discussion of nomenclature implications. PMID:22911713

Effect of Oral Coadministration of Ascorbic Acid with Ling Zhi Preparation on Pharmacokinetics of Ganoderic Acid A in Healthy Male Subjects: A Randomized Crossover Study

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Tawasri, Patcharanee; Ampasavate, Chadarat; Tharatha, Somsak

2016-01-01

The objective of this randomized, open-label, single-dose, two-phase crossover study was to determine the effect of ascorbic acid on pharmacokinetics of ganoderic acid A, an important biologically active triterpenoid compound with anticancer activities, following oral administration of water extract of fruiting bodies of Ling Zhi in 12 healthy male subjects. Each subject was randomized to receive either one of the two regimens: (1) a single dose of 3,000 mg of the Ling Zhi preparation or (2) a single dose of 3,000 mg of the Ling Zhi preparation in combination with 2,500 mg of ascorbic acid. After a washout period of at least two weeks, subjects were switched to receive the alternate regimen. Blood samples were collected in each phase immediately before dosing and at specific time points for 8 hours after dosing. Plasma ganoderic acid A concentrations were quantified using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS). The pharmacokinetic parameters analyzed were maximal plasma concentration (C max), time to reach peak concentration (T max), area under the plasma concentration-time curve (AUC), and half-life (t 1/2). An oral coadministration of ascorbic acid with Ling Zhi preparation did not significantly alter the pharmacokinetic parameters of ganoderic acid A in healthy male subjects. PMID:27747224

The Wang-Landau Sampling Algorithm

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Landau, David P.

2003-03-01

Over the past several decades Monte Carlo simulations[1] have evolved into a powerful tool for the study of wide-ranging problems in statistical/condensed matter physics. Standard methods sample the probability distribution for the states of the system, usually in the canonical ensemble, and enormous improvements have been made in performance through the implementation of novel algorithms. Nonetheless, difficulties arise near phase transitions, either due to critical slowing down near 2nd order transitions or to metastability near 1st order transitions, thus limiting the applicability of the method. We shall describe a new and different Monte Carlo approach [2] that uses a random walk in energy space to determine the density of states directly. Once the density of states is estimated, all thermodynamic properties can be calculated at all temperatures. This approach can be extended to multi-dimensional parameter spaces and has already found use in classical models of interacting particles including systems with complex energy landscapes, e.g., spin glasses, protein folding models, etc., as well as for quantum models. 1. A Guide to Monte Carlo Simulations in Statistical Physics, D. P. Landau and K. Binder (Cambridge U. Press, Cambridge, 2000). 2. Fugao Wang and D. P. Landau, Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 2050 (2001); Phys. Rev. E64, 056101-1 (2001).

An L1-Script-Transfer-Effect Fallacy: A Rejoinder to Wang et al

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Yamada, Jun

2004-01-01

Do different L1 (first language) writing systems differentially affect word identification in English as a second language (ESL)? Wang, Koda, and Perfetti [Cognition 87 (2003) 129] answered yes by examining Chinese students with a logographic L1 background and Korean students with an alphabetic L1 background for their phonological and orthographic…

Systematic chemical profiling of a multicomponent Chinese herbal formula Huo Luo Xiao Ling Dan by ultra high performance liquid chromatography coupled with electrospray ionization quadrupoletime-of-flight mass spectrometry.

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Wang, Fenrong; Ai, Yu; Wu, Yun; Ma, Wen; Bian, Qiaoxia; Lee, David Y-W; Dai, Ronghua

2015-03-01

Huo Luo Xiao Ling Dan, a Chinese herbal formula consisting of 11 different herbs, has been used in folk medicine for the treatment of arthritis and other chronic inflammatory diseases. However, the chemical compositions of Huo Luo Xiao Ling Dan are not completely characterized. In the present study, an ultra high performance liquid chromatography coupled with electrospray ionization quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry method in positive and negative ion modes was employed to identify biochemical constitutes in Huo Luo Xiao Ling Dan. As a result, a total of 76 compounds including alkaloids, monoterpene glycosides, iridoids, phenolic acids, and tanshinones, coumarins, lactones, flavones, and their glycosides, triterpenes, and triterpene saponins were characterized by comparing the retention time and mass spectrometry data with reference standards within 5 ppm error or by reference to the reference literature. These results would provide the basis for a further in vivo study of Huo Luo Xiao Ling Dan and information for potential new drug candidates for treating arthritis and other chronic inflammatory diseases. © 2015 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

Wang-Landau Reaction Ensemble Method: Simulation of Weak Polyelectrolytes and General Acid-Base Reactions.

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Landsgesell, Jonas; Holm, Christian; Smiatek, Jens

2017-02-14

We present a novel method for the study of weak polyelectrolytes and general acid-base reactions in molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations. The approach combines the advantages of the reaction ensemble and the Wang-Landau sampling method. Deprotonation and protonation reactions are simulated explicitly with the help of the reaction ensemble method, while the accurate sampling of the corresponding phase space is achieved by the Wang-Landau approach. The combination of both techniques provides a sufficient statistical accuracy such that meaningful estimates for the density of states and the partition sum can be obtained. With regard to these estimates, several thermodynamic observables like the heat capacity or reaction free energies can be calculated. We demonstrate that the computation times for the calculation of titration curves with a high statistical accuracy can be significantly decreased when compared to the original reaction ensemble method. The applicability of our approach is validated by the study of weak polyelectrolytes and their thermodynamic properties.

[Physiology of the pi in Su Wen and Ling Shu in comparison with the spleen in Dutch medicine].

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Endō, J; Nakamura, T

1992-12-01

The physiological function of the pi (translated in English as spleen) in traditional Chinese medicine is generally known as the promotion of digestion. But the concept of pi has changed with the times. According to the Su Wen and the Ling Shy, the pi does not directly take part in digestion. These writings often describe the pi as the "pi merdian", considered to contribute to the function of the circulatory system. Comparing the descriptions of the pi in Su Wen and Ling Shu with those of the spleen in Dutch medical books published in the Edo period, we found the following similarities between these two different kinds of medical concepts. Both the pi in the former and the spleen in the latter are considered to be important in transportation of lymph. Furthermore, the pi meridian and jinye (body fluid) in the former correspond to the lymphatic vessel and lymph in the latter, respectively. ...

Wang-Landau sampling: Saving CPU time

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Ferreira, L. S.; Jorge, L. N.; Leão, S. A.; Caparica, A. A.

2018-04-01

In this work we propose an improvement to the Wang-Landau (WL) method that allows an economy in CPU time of about 60% leading to the same results with the same accuracy. We used the 2D Ising model to show that one can initiate all WL simulations using the outputs of an advanced WL level from a previous simulation. We showed that up to the seventh WL level (f6) the simulations are not biased yet and can proceed to any value that the simulation from the very beginning would reach. As a result the initial WL levels can be simulated just once. It was also observed that the saving in CPU time is larger for larger lattice sizes, exactly where the computational cost is considerable. We carried out high-resolution simulations beginning initially from the first WL level (f0) and another beginning from the eighth WL level (f7) using all the data at the end of the previous level and showed that the results for the critical temperature Tc and the critical static exponents β and γ coincide within the error bars. Finally we applied the same procedure to the 1/2-spin Baxter-Wu model and the economy in CPU time was of about 64%.

Security analysis of boolean algebra based on Zhang-Wang digital signature scheme

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Zheng, Jinbin, E-mail: jbzheng518@163.com

2014-10-06

In 2005, Zhang and Wang proposed an improvement signature scheme without using one-way hash function and message redundancy. In this paper, we show that this scheme exits potential safety concerns through the analysis of boolean algebra, such as bitwise exclusive-or, and point out that mapping is not one to one between assembly instructions and machine code actually by means of the analysis of the result of the assembly program segment, and which possibly causes safety problems unknown to the software.

Enhanced Wang Landau sampling of adsorbed protein conformations.

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Radhakrishna, Mithun; Sharma, Sumit; Kumar, Sanat K

2012-03-21

Using computer simulations to model the folding of proteins into their native states is computationally expensive due to the extraordinarily low degeneracy of the ground state. In this paper, we develop an efficient way to sample these folded conformations using Wang Landau sampling coupled with the configurational bias method (which uses an unphysical "temperature" that lies between the collapse and folding transition temperatures of the protein). This method speeds up the folding process by roughly an order of magnitude over existing algorithms for the sequences studied. We apply this method to study the adsorption of intrinsically disordered hydrophobic polar protein fragments on a hydrophobic surface. We find that these fragments, which are unstructured in the bulk, acquire secondary structure upon adsorption onto a strong hydrophobic surface. Apparently, the presence of a hydrophobic surface allows these random coil fragments to fold by providing hydrophobic contacts that were lost in protein fragmentation. © 2012 American Institute of Physics

Analysis of Widespread Fatigue Damage in Aerospace Structures

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1999-02-01

Fatigue in 2024 - T351 Aluminum Alloy ," Wear, 221(1), pp 24-36 (1998). 20. T.N. Farris, M.P. Szolwinski and G...Fretting Fatigue in 2024 - T351 Aluminum Alloy ," Wear, 221(1), pp 24-36 (1998). Hsing-Ling Wang1, and Alten F. Grandt, Jr.2 FATIGUE ANALYSIS OF MULTIPLE...34 Effect of Prior Corrosion on the S/N Fatigue Performance of Aluminum Sheet Alloys 2024 -T3 and 2524-T3, Effects of the

[Analysis on professor WANG Juyi's crevice theory from Tao Teh King].

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Luo, Lu; Wang, Juyi

2015-10-01

The crevice theory proposed by professor WANG Juyi is analyzed in this article. In the crevice theory, it is believed that the meridians are located among "skin, pulse, flesh, tendon and bone", and the crevice is the path for the transportation of qi-blood and body fluid in the body, which is the essential condition for vital movement. This is in agreement with the idea of "action through inaction" from Tao Teh King. Based on crevice theory, the abnormalities of meridians can reflex the deficiency and excess of diseases, and regulating meridians is a significant way to treat diseases, and maintaining smooth meridian is important for healthcare.

Comment on "Parametric Instability Induced by X-Mode Wave Heating at EISCAT" by Wang et al. (2016)

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Blagoveshchenskaya, N. F.; Borisova, T. D.; Yeoman, T. K.

2017-12-01

In their recent article Wang et al. (2016) analyzed observations from EISCAT (European Incoherent Scatter) Scientific Association Russian X-mode heating experiments and claimed to explain the potential mechanisms for the parametric decay instability (PDI) and oscillating two-stream instability (OTSI). Wang et al. (2016) claim that they cannot separate the HF-enhanced plasma and ion lines excited by O or X mode in the EISCAT UHF radar spectra. Because of this they distinguished the parametric instability excited by O-/X-mode heating waves according to their different excitation heights. Their reflection heights were determined from ionosonde records, which provide a rough measure of excitation altitudes and cannot be used for the separation of the O- and X-mode effects. The serious limitation in their analysis is the use of a 30 s integration time of the UHF radar data. There are also serious disagreements between their analysis and the real observational facts. The fact is that it is the radical difference in the behavior of the X- and O-mode plasma and ion line spectra derived with a 5 s resolution, which provides the correct separation of the X- and O-mode effects. It is not discussed and explained how the parallel component of the electric field under X-mode heating is generated. Apart from the leakage to the O mode, results by Wang et al. (2016) do not explain the potential mechanisms for PDI and OTSI and add nothing to understanding the physical factors accounting for the parametric instability generated by an X-mode HF pump wave.

Revision of the Taiwanese millipede genus Chamberlinius Wang, 1956, with descriptions of two new species and a reclassification of the tribe Chamberlinini (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae, Paradoxosomatinae).

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Chen, Chao-Chun; Golovatch, Sergei I; Chang, Hsueh-Wen; Chen, Shyh-Hwang

2011-05-13

The millipede genus Chamberlinius is basically confined to Taiwan, with only one of the four known species presumably introduced to southern Japan. Both previously known species are redescribed, based on new material: Chamberlinius hualienensis Wang, 1956 (the type species) and Chamberlinius piceofasciatus (Gressitt, 1941), the latter being a new subjective senior synonym of Chamberlinius shengmui Wang, 1957, syn. n. Two further congeners are described as new: Chamberlinius pessiorsp. n. and Chamberlinius sublaevussp. n. The genus is re-diagnosed, all of its four species are keyed, and their distributions mapped. The tribe Chamberlinini is reclassified and, based on gonopod traits, shown to comprise the following five genera: Chamberlinius Wang, 1956, Haplogonosoma Brölemann, 1916, Riukiupeltis Verhoeff, 1939, Aponedyopus Verhoeff, 1939 and Geniculodesmus Chen, Golovatch and Chang, 2008.

Calculation of the Curie temperature of Ni using first principles based Wang-Landau Monte-Carlo

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Eisenbach, Markus; Yin, Junqi; Li, Ying Wai; Nicholson, Don

2015-03-01

We combine constrained first principles density functional with a Wang-Landau Monte Carlo algorithm to calculate the Curie temperature of Ni. Mapping the magnetic interactions in Ni onto a Heisenberg like model to underestimates the Curie temperature. Using a model we show that the addition of the magnitude of the local magnetic moments can account for the difference in the calculated Curie temperature. For ab initio calculations, we have extended our Locally Selfconsistent Multiple Scattering (LSMS) code to constrain the magnitude of the local moments in addition to their direction and apply the Replica Exchange Wang-Landau method to sample the larger phase space efficiently to investigate Ni where the fluctuation in the magnitude of the local magnetic moments is of importance equal to their directional fluctuations. We will present our results for Ni where we compare calculations that consider only the moment directions and those including fluctuations of the magnetic moment magnitude on the Curie temperature. This research was sponsored by the Department of Energy, Offices of Basic Energy Science and Advanced Computing. We used Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility resources at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, supported by US DOE under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725.

Three-Dimensional MHD Modeling of The Solar Corona and Solar Wind: Comparison with The Wang-Sheeley Model

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Usmanov, A. V.; Goldstein, M. L.

2003-01-01

We present simulation results from a tilted-dipole steady-state MHD model of the solar corona and solar wind and compare the output from our model with the Wang-Sheeley model which relates the divergence rate of magnetic flux tubes near the Sun (inferred from solar magnetograms) to the solar wind speed observed near Earth and at Ulysses. The boundary conditions in our model specified at the coronal base and our simulation region extends out to 10 AU. We assumed that a flux of Alfven waves with amplitude of 35 km per second emanates from the Sun and provides additional heating and acceleration for the coronal outflow in the open field regions. The waves are treated in the WKB approximation. The incorporation of wave acceleration allows us to reproduce the fast wind measurements obtained by Ulysses, while preserving reasonable agreement with plasma densities typically found at the coronal base. We find that our simulation results agree well with Wang and Sheeley's empirical model.

Two alternate proofs of Wang's lune formula for sparse distributed memory and an integral approximation

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Jaeckel, Louis A.

1988-01-01

In Kanerva's Sparse Distributed Memory, writing to and reading from the memory are done in relation to spheres in an n-dimensional binary vector space. Thus it is important to know how many points are in the intersection of two spheres in this space. Two proofs are given of Wang's formula for spheres of unequal radii, and an integral approximation for the intersection in this case.

Radar Imaging and Target Identification

DTIC Science & Technology

2009-02-09

Ferrara , Ph.D. May 2006, now in RYAT. Thesis title: "Radar Signal Process- ing". • Postdoc supported by China Scholarship Council: Dr. Ling Wang...of the latter visits, I have brought with me Birsen Yazici, Liz Rachele, and/or Matt Ferrara . 2.3 Summer jobs for students • As part of his SMART...fellowship, Matt Ferrara spent the summer of 2006 in RYAT at Wright-Patterson, where he remained in the fall to finish his dissertation and where he

Observations from Space: Marine Ecosystem and Environment Response to Typhoon/ Hurricanes

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Tang, Danling; Yi, Sui

Isoguchi, 2005. Seasonal phytoplankton blooms associated with monsoonal influences and coastal environments in the sea areas either side of the Indochina Peninsula. JGR-Bio-geo. VOL. 111, G01010, doi:10.1029/2005JG000050, 2006. Tang, DanLing, H Kawamura, Hai Doan-Nhu, W Takahashi , 2004. Remote sensing oceanography of a harmful algal bloom (HAB) off the coast of southeastern Vietnam. J. of Geophysical Research (Ocean).Vol 109, doi:10.1029/2003JC002045; Tang, DanLing, H Kawamura, TV Dien. MA Lee, 2004. Offshore phytoplankton biomass increase and its oceanographic causes in the South China Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 268: 31-41; Tang, DanLing, H ZHAO, B. Satyanarayana, GM ZHENG, RP. SINGH, JH LV, 2009, Enhancement of Chlorophyll-a in the Northeastern Indian Ocean after the 2004 South Asian Tsunami, Int. J. Remote Sensing doi10.1080/01431160802603778 , Vol.30 (17):4553-4565; Zhao, H., DanLing Tang, and Y. Wang, 2008, Comparison of phyto-plankton blooms triggered by two typhoons with different intensities and translation speeds in the South China SeaMar Ecol Prog Ser, 365, 57-65; Zheng, GM. and DanLing Tang ,2007Off-shore and nearshore chlorophyll increases induced by typhoon winds and subsequent terrestrial rainwater runoff, Mar Ecol Prog Ser, 333, 61-72; H Zhao, DanLing TANG, DX Wang, 2009, Phytoplankton blooms near the Pearl River Estuary induced by Typhoon Nuri, Journal of Geophysical Research -Oceans. 114, C12027; YQ Chen, DanLing Tang, 2010, Cold eddies and eddy-shape phytoplankton blooms induced by tropical cyclone Linfa in the South China Sea. In preparation; XX Yang, DanLing Tang, 2010, Sea Surface Temperature Decreasing in the Northern South China Sea Induced by Typhoon. In preparation.

An Example of Wang and Yau's Quasilocal Energy for Constant Radial Spacelike 2-Surfaces in a Maximally Rotating Black Hole Spacetime

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Ray, Shannon; Miller, Warner

2017-01-01

We present the first non-trivial illustration of Wang and Yau's quasilocal energy (WYQLE) for a maximally rotating Kerr spacetime. The surfaces for which we compute quasilocal energy (QLE) are axisymmetric closed space like 2-surfaces S with constant radii in Boyer-Lindquist coordinates. There exists a critical radius r* for which these 2-surfaces are isometrically embeddable in R3 . For surfaces with r >=r* , the WYQLE trivially becomes the Brown and York QLE (BYQLE). To fully illustrate Wang and Yau's formulation, we compute the WYQLE for surfaces with r

The Wang Landau parallel algorithm for the simple grids. Optimizing OpenMPI parallel implementation

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Kussainov, A. S.

2017-12-01

The Wang Landau Monte Carlo algorithm to calculate density of states for the different simple spin lattices was implemented. The energy space was split between the individual threads and balanced according to the expected runtime for the individual processes. Custom spin clustering mechanism, necessary for overcoming of the critical slowdown in the certain energy subspaces, was devised. Stable reconstruction of the density of states was of primary importance. Some data post-processing techniques were involved to produce the expected smooth density of states.

Why Three Heads Are a Better Bet than Four: A Reply to Sun, Tweney, and Wang (2010)

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Hahn, Ulrike; Warren, Paul A.

2010-01-01

We (Hahn & Warren, 2009) recently proposed a new account of the systematic errors and biases that appear to be present in people's perception of randomly generated events. In a comment on that article, Sun, Tweney, and Wang (2010) critiqued our treatment of the gambler's fallacy. We had argued that this fallacy was less gross an error than it…

Chen-Nester-Tung quasi-local energy and Wang-Yau quasi-local mass

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Liu, Jian-Liang; Yu, Chengjie

2017-10-01

In this paper, we show that the Chen-Nester-Tung (CNT) quasi-local energy with 4D isometric matching references is closely related to the Wang-Yau (WY) quasi-local energy. As a particular example, we compute the second variation of the CNT quasi-local energy for axially symmetric Kerr-like spacetimes with axially symmetric embeddings at the obvious critical point (0 , 0) and find that it is a saddle critical point in most of the cases. Also, as a byproduct, we generalize a previous result about the coincidence of the CNT quasi-local energy and Brown-York mass for axially symmetric Kerr-like spacetimes by Tam and the first author Liu and Tam (2016) to general spacetimes.

Influence of yield on in vitro accumulation of aflatoxins in pecan (Carya illinoensis (Wang.) K. Koch) nutmeats.

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McMeans, J L

1983-01-01

Pecans were harvested from trees (Carya illinoensis (Wang.) K. Koch) in November of 1977 through 1979. Kernel meals from high-, medium-, and low-yielding trees were inoculated with a spore suspension of Aspergillus parasiticus and incubated for 7 days at 25 degrees C. Significant differences in aflatoxin accumulation were found among the three substrates, with a direct correlation between high aflatoxin concentration and tree yield. PMID:6830223

Influence of yield on in vitro accumulation of aflatoxins in pecan (Carya illinoensis (Wang.) K. Koch) nutmeats.

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McMeans, J L

1983-02-01

Pecans were harvested from trees (Carya illinoensis (Wang.) K. Koch) in November of 1977 through 1979. Kernel meals from high-, medium-, and low-yielding trees were inoculated with a spore suspension of Aspergillus parasiticus and incubated for 7 days at 25 degrees C. Significant differences in aflatoxin accumulation were found among the three substrates, with a direct correlation between high aflatoxin concentration and tree yield.

Monte Carlo and Molecular Dynamics in the Multicanonical Ensemble: Connections between Wang-Landau Sampling and Metadynamics

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Vogel, Thomas; Perez, Danny; Junghans, Christoph

2014-03-01

We show direct formal relationships between the Wang-Landau iteration [PRL 86, 2050 (2001)], metadynamics [PNAS 99, 12562 (2002)] and statistical temperature molecular dynamics [PRL 97, 050601 (2006)], the major Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics work horses for sampling from a generalized, multicanonical ensemble. We aim at helping to consolidate the developments in the different areas by indicating how methodological advancements can be transferred in a straightforward way, avoiding the parallel, largely independent, developments tracks observed in the past.

Comments on "Adaptive resolution simulation in equilibrium and beyond" by H. Wang and A. Agarwal

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Klein, R.

2015-09-01

Wang and Agarwal (Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics, this issue, 2015, doi: 10.1140/epjst/e2015-02411-2) discuss variants of Adaptive Resolution Molecular Dynamics Simulations (AdResS), and their applications. Here we comment on their report, addressing scaling properties of the method, artificial forcings implemented to ensure constant density across the full simulation despite changing thermodynamic properties of the simulated media, the possible relation between an AdResS system on the one hand and a phase transition phenomenon on the other, and peculiarities of the SPC/E water model.

Public health impact of disease-behavior dynamics. Comment on "Coupled disease-behavior dynamics on complex networks: A review" by Z. Wang et al.

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Wells, Chad R.; Galvani, Alison P.

2015-12-01

In a loop of dynamic feedback, behavior such as the decision to vaccinate, hand washing, or avoidance influences the progression of the epidemic, yet behavior is driven by the individual's and population's perceived risk of infection during an outbreak. In what we believe will become a seminal paper that stimulates future research as well as an informative teaching aid, Wang et. al. comprehensively review methodological advances that have been used to incorporate human behavior into epidemiological models on the effects of coupling disease transmission and behavior on complex social networks [1]. As illustrated by the recent outbreaks of measles and Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), here we highlight the importance of coupling behavior and disease transmission that Wang et al. address.

Circulatory Shock. Volume 34. Number 1. May 1991. International Conference on Shock (2nd), Meeting of European Shock Society (5th), Annual Meeting of the Shock Society (USA) (14th), Vienna Shock Form (3rd) Held in Vienna, Austria on 2-6 June 1991

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1991-06-06

OCTADECENOATE, AS A BURN TOXIN Takayuki Ozawa, Mika Hayakawa, Kazuhiro Kosaka, Satoru Sugiyama, Kazuhisa Yokoo, Hisashi Aoyama, and Yohei Izawa Department...shock. 41 CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMIC AND PERIPHERAL CIRCULATORY RESPONSES IN SHOCK T. Muteki, N. Kaku. T. Fukushige, I. Kohno and T. Hiraki Department...Tadashi, 242 Machleidt, Werner, 213 Ozawa, Takayuki , 11 Kawarada, Yoshifumi, 442 Mackie, D.P., 348 Ozawa, Kazue, 268 Keser, Claudia, 380 Maitra, Subir R

A mathematical view for ordinary differential equation models. Comment on ;Epigenetic game theory: How to compute the epigenetic control of maternal-to-zygotic transition; by Qian Wang et al.

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Fu, Guifang

2017-03-01

Qian Wang et al. have written an interesting article to propose a modeling framework named epiGame in this issue of Physics of Life Reviews [1]. The epiGame framework models how the methylation state of paternal and maternal genomes regulates the embryogenesis as an ecological system in which two highly distinct and specialized gametes coordinate through either cooperation or competition, or both, to maximize the fitness of embryos. Qian Wang et al. also provide solid simulation studies and real data analysis to validate the correctness of their epiGame framework. The importance of embryo development and fertility mechanism cannot be overemphasized, hence, I think that the present review by Qian Wang et al. will stand as a useful modeling guide for practicing biologists or researchers in fertility health to quantify how sperms and oocytes interact through epigenetic process to determine embryo development. In addition, it will serve as a source of many important references to work in the reproductive biology field.

Macroscopically constrained Wang-Landau method for systems with multiple order parameters and its application to drawing complex phase diagrams

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Chan, C. H.; Brown, G.; Rikvold, P. A.

2017-05-01

A generalized approach to Wang-Landau simulations, macroscopically constrained Wang-Landau, is proposed to simulate the density of states of a system with multiple macroscopic order parameters. The method breaks a multidimensional random-walk process in phase space into many separate, one-dimensional random-walk processes in well-defined subspaces. Each of these random walks is constrained to a different set of values of the macroscopic order parameters. When the multivariable density of states is obtained for one set of values of fieldlike model parameters, the density of states for any other values of these parameters can be obtained by a simple transformation of the total system energy. All thermodynamic quantities of the system can then be rapidly calculated at any point in the phase diagram. We demonstrate how to use the multivariable density of states to draw the phase diagram, as well as order-parameter probability distributions at specific phase points, for a model spin-crossover material: an antiferromagnetic Ising model with ferromagnetic long-range interactions. The fieldlike parameters in this model are an effective magnetic field and the strength of the long-range interaction.

Rebuttal to "On the distribution of the modulus of Gabor wavelet coefficients and the upper bound of the dimensionless smoothness index in the case of additive Gaussian noises: Revisited" by Dong Wang, Qiang Zhou, and Kwok-Leung Tsui

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Soltani Bozchalooi, Iman; Liang, Ming

2018-04-01

A discussion paper entitled "On the distribution of the modulus of Gabor wavelet coefficients and the upper bound of the dimensionless smoothness index in the case of additive Gaussian noises: revisited" by Dong Wang, Qiang Zhou, Kwok-Leung Tsui has been brought to our attention recently. This discussion paper (hereafter called Wang et al. paper) is based on arguments that are fundamentally incorrect and which we rebut within this commentary. However, as the flaws in the arguments proposed by Wang et al. are clear, we will keep this rebuttal as brief as possible.

Two Simple Approaches to Overcome a Problem with the Mantel-Haenszel Statistic: Comments on Wang, Bradlow, Wainer, and Muller (2008)

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Sinharay, Sandip; Dorans, Neil J.

2010-01-01

The Mantel-Haenszel (MH) procedure (Mantel and Haenszel) is a popular method for estimating and testing a common two-factor association parameter in a 2 x 2 x K table. Holland and Holland and Thayer described how to use the procedure to detect differential item functioning (DIF) for tests with dichotomously scored items. Wang, Bradlow, Wainer, and…

Predictive Control of the Blood Glucose Level in Type I Diabetic Patient Using Delay Differential Equation Wang Model.

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Esna-Ashari, Mojgan; Zekri, Maryam; Askari, Masood; Khalili, Noushin

2017-01-01

Because of increasing risk of diabetes, the measurement along with control of blood sugar has been of great importance in recent decades. In type I diabetes, because of the lack of insulin secretion, the cells cannot absorb glucose leading to low level of glucose. To control blood glucose (BG), the insulin must be injected to the body. This paper proposes a method for BG level regulation in type I diabetes. The control strategy is based on nonlinear model predictive control. The aim of the proposed controller optimized with genetics algorithms is to measure BG level each time and predict it for the next time interval. This merit causes a less amount of control effort, which is the rate of insulin delivered to the patient body. Consequently, this method can decrease the risk of hypoglycemia, a lethal phenomenon in regulating BG level in diabetes caused by a low BG level. Two delay differential equation models, namely Wang model and Enhanced Wang model, are applied as controller model and plant, respectively. The simulation results exhibit an acceptable performance of the proposed controller in meal disturbance rejection and robustness against parameter changes. As a result, if the nutrition of the person decreases instantly, the hypoglycemia will not happen. Furthermore, comparing this method with other works, it was shown that the new method outperforms previous studies.

Predictive Control of the Blood Glucose Level in Type I Diabetic Patient Using Delay Differential Equation Wang Model

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Esna-Ashari, Mojgan; Zekri, Maryam; Askari, Masood; Khalili, Noushin

2017-01-01

Because of increasing risk of diabetes, the measurement along with control of blood sugar has been of great importance in recent decades. In type I diabetes, because of the lack of insulin secretion, the cells cannot absorb glucose leading to low level of glucose. To control blood glucose (BG), the insulin must be injected to the body. This paper proposes a method for BG level regulation in type I diabetes. The control strategy is based on nonlinear model predictive control. The aim of the proposed controller optimized with genetics algorithms is to measure BG level each time and predict it for the next time interval. This merit causes a less amount of control effort, which is the rate of insulin delivered to the patient body. Consequently, this method can decrease the risk of hypoglycemia, a lethal phenomenon in regulating BG level in diabetes caused by a low BG level. Two delay differential equation models, namely Wang model and Enhanced Wang model, are applied as controller model and plant, respectively. The simulation results exhibit an acceptable performance of the proposed controller in meal disturbance rejection and robustness against parameter changes. As a result, if the nutrition of the person decreases instantly, the hypoglycemia will not happen. Furthermore, comparing this method with other works, it was shown that the new method outperforms previous studies. PMID:28487828

Wang-Landau method for calculating Rényi entropies in finite-temperature quantum Monte Carlo simulations.

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Inglis, Stephen; Melko, Roger G

2013-01-01

We implement a Wang-Landau sampling technique in quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) simulations for the purpose of calculating the Rényi entanglement entropies and associated mutual information. The algorithm converges an estimate for an analog to the density of states for stochastic series expansion QMC, allowing a direct calculation of Rényi entropies without explicit thermodynamic integration. We benchmark results for the mutual information on two-dimensional (2D) isotropic and anisotropic Heisenberg models, a 2D transverse field Ising model, and a three-dimensional Heisenberg model, confirming a critical scaling of the mutual information in cases with a finite-temperature transition. We discuss the benefits and limitations of broad sampling techniques compared to standard importance sampling methods.

A fast and simple LC-MS-based characterization of the flavonoid biosynthesis pathway for few seed(ling)s.

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Jaegle, Benjamin; Uroic, Miran Kalle; Holtkotte, Xu; Lucas, Christina; Termath, Andreas Ole; Schmalz, Hans-Günther; Bucher, Marcel; Hoecker, Ute; Hülskamp, Martin; Schrader, Andrea

2016-09-01

(Pro)anthocyanidins are synthesized by the flavonoid biosynthesis pathway with multi-layered regulatory control. Methods for the analysis of the flavonoid composition in plants are well established for different purposes. However, they typically compromise either on speed or on depth of analysis. In this work we combined and optimized different protocols to enable the analysis of the flavonoid biosynthesis pathway with as little as possible biological material. We chose core substances of this metabolic pathway that serve as a fingerprint to recognize alterations in the main branches of the pathway. We used a simplified sample preparation, two deuterated internal standards, a short and efficient LC separation, highly sensitive detection with tandem MS in multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode and hydrolytic release of the core substances to reduce complexity. The method was optimized for Arabidopsis thaliana seeds and seedlings. We demonstrate that one Col-0 seed/seedling is sufficient to obtain a fingerprint of the core substances of the flavonoid biosynthesis pathway. For comparative analysis of different genotypes, we suggest the use of 10 seed(lings). The analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana mutants affecting steps in the pathway revealed foreseen and unexpected alterations of the pathway. For example, HY5 was found to differentially regulate kaempferol in seeds vs. seedlings. Furthermore, our results suggest that COP1 is a master regulator of flavonoid biosynthesis in seedlings but not of flavonoid deposition in seeds. When sample numbers are high and the plant material is limited, this method effectively facilitates metabolic fingerprinting with one seed(ling), revealing shifts and differences in the pathway. Moreover the combination of extracted non-hydrolysed, extracted hydrolysed and non-extracted hydrolysed samples proved useful to deduce the class of derivative from which the individual flavonoids have been released.

Nonconvergence of the Wang-Landau algorithms with multiple random walkers.

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Belardinelli, R E; Pereyra, V D

2016-05-01

This paper discusses some convergence properties in the entropic sampling Monte Carlo methods with multiple random walkers, particularly in the Wang-Landau (WL) and 1/t algorithms. The classical algorithms are modified by the use of m-independent random walkers in the energy landscape to calculate the density of states (DOS). The Ising model is used to show the convergence properties in the calculation of the DOS, as well as the critical temperature, while the calculation of the number π by multiple dimensional integration is used in the continuum approximation. In each case, the error is obtained separately for each walker at a fixed time, t; then, the average over m walkers is performed. It is observed that the error goes as 1/sqrt[m]. However, if the number of walkers increases above a certain critical value m>m_{x}, the error reaches a constant value (i.e., it saturates). This occurs for both algorithms; however, it is shown that for a given system, the 1/t algorithm is more efficient and accurate than the similar version of the WL algorithm. It follows that it makes no sense to increase the number of walkers above a critical value m_{x}, since it does not reduce the error in the calculation. Therefore, the number of walkers does not guarantee convergence.

New contributions to the knowledge of Chinese flea beetle fauna (III): Revision of Meishania Chen & Wang with description of five new species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae)

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The flea beetle genus Meishania Chen & Wang is revised and five new species - M. cangshanensis sp. nov., M. flavipennis sp. nov., M. fulvotigera sp. nov., and M. sichuanica sp. nov. from China and M. bhutanensis sp. nov. from Bhutan - are described. All species of Meishania are illustrated and a key...

Diterpenoid alkaloids from the root of Aconitum sinchiangense W. T. Wang with their antitumor and antibacterial activities.

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Liang, Xiaoxia; Chen, Lan; Song, Lei; Fei, Wenbo; He, Min; He, Changliang; Yin, Zhongqiong

2017-09-01

A phytochemical study of the root barks of Aconitum sinchiangense W. T. Wang, a traditional Chinese herb medicine, led to the isolation of 15 diterpenoid alkaloids, including one new C 19 -diterpenoid alkaloid, sinchiangensine A (1), whose structure was determined by spectral methods including 2D NMR. Additionally, sinchiangensine A and its known analogue 3 were first reported as potential antitumor and antibacterial diterpenoid alkaloids, which showed significant antitumor activities against tumour cells (HL-60, A-549, SMCC-7721, MCF-7 and SW480), with IC 50 comparable to cisplatin, and significant antibacterial activities against Staphylococcus aureus ATCC-25923 with MIC value of 0.147 and 0.144 μmol/mL, respectively.

Wang and Yau’s quasi-local energy for an extreme Kerr spacetime

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Miller, Warner A.; Ray, Shannon; Wang, Mu-Tao; Yau, Shing-Tung

2018-03-01

There exist constant radial surfaces, S , that may not be globally embeddable in {R}3 for Kerr spacetimes with a>\\sqrt{3}M/2 . To compute the Brown and York (B–Y) quasi-local energy (QLE), one must isometrically embed S into {R}3 . On the other hand, the Wang and Yau (W–Y) QLE embeds S into Minkowski space. In this paper, we examine the W–Y QLE for surfaces that may or may not be globally embeddable in {R}3 . We show that their energy functional, E[τ] , has a critical point at τ=0 for all constant radial surfaces in t=constant hypersurfaces using Boyer–Lindquist coordinates. For τ=0 , the W–Y QLE reduces to the B–Y QLE. To examine the W–Y QLE in these cases, we write the functional explicitly in terms of τ under the assumption that τ is only a function of θ. We then use a Fourier expansion of τ(θ) to explore the values of E[τ(θ)] in the space of coefficients. From our analysis, we discovered an open region of complex values for E[τ(θ)] . We also study the physical properties of the smallest real value of E[τ(θ)] , which lies on the boundary separating real and complex energies.

Susceptibility of the Ising Model on a Kagomé Lattice by Using Wang-Landau Sampling

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Kim, Seung-Yeon; Kwak, Wooseop

2018-03-01

The susceptibility of the Ising model on a kagomé lattice has never been obtained. We investigate the properties of the kagomé-lattice Ising model by using the Wang-Landau sampling method. We estimate both the magnetic scaling exponent yh = 1.90(1) and the thermal scaling exponent yt = 1.04(2) only from the susceptibility. From the estimated values of yh and yt, we obtain all the critical exponents, the specific-heat critical exponent α = 0.08(4), the spontaneous-magnetization critical exponent β = 0.10(1), the susceptibility critical exponent γ = 1.73(5), the isothermalmagnetization critical exponent δ = 16(4), the correlation-length critical exponent ν = 0.96(2), and the correlation-function critical exponent η = 0.20(4), without using any other thermodynamic function, such as the specific heat, magnetization, correlation length, and correlation function. One should note that the evaluation of all the critical exponents only from information on the susceptibility is an innovative approach.

Neuroprotective effects of dietary supplement Kang-fu-ling against high-power microwave through antioxidant action.

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Hu, Shaohua; Peng, Ruiyun; Wang, Changzhen; Wang, Shuiming; Gao, Yabing; Dong, Ji; Zhou, Hongmei; Su, Zhentao; Qiao, Shanyi; Zhang, Shouguo; Wang, Lin; Wen, Xiaoxue

2014-09-01

Kang-fu-ling (KFL) is a polybotanical dietary supplement with antioxidant properties. This study aimed to evaluate the potential protective effects of KFL on cognitive deficit induced by high-power microwave (HPM) and the underlying mechanism for this neuroprotection. The electron spin resonance technique was employed to evaluate the free radical scavenging activity of KFL in vitro and KFL exhibited scavenging hydroxyl radical activity. KFL at doses of 0.75, 1.5 and 3 g kg(-1) and vehicle were administered orally once daily for 14 days to male Wistar rats after being exposed to 30 mW cm(-2) HPM for 15 minutes. KFL reversed HPM-induced memory loss and the histopathological changes in hippocampus of rats. In addition, KFL displayed a protective effect against HPM-induced oxidative stress and activated the nuclear factor-E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) and its target genes in the hippocampus of rats. The Nrf2-antioxidant response element (ARE) signaling pathway may be involved in the neuroprotective effects of KFL against HPM-induced oxidative stress. In summary, the dietary supplement KFL is a promising natural complex, which ameliorates oxidative stress, with neuroprotective effects against HPM.

Probing critical behavior of 2D Ising ferromagnet with diluted bonds using Wang-Landau algorithm

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Ridha, N. A.; Mustamin, M. F.; Surungan, T.

2018-03-01

Randomness is an important subject in the study of phase transition as defect and impurity may present in any real material. The pre-existing ordered phase of a pure system can be affected or even ruined by the presence of randomness. Here we study ferromagnetic Ising model on a square lattice with a presence of randomness in the form of bond dilution. The pure system of this model is known to experience second order phase transition, separating between the high temperature paramagnetic and low-temperature ferromagnetic phase. We used Wang-Landau algorithm of Monte Carlo method to obtain the density of states from which we extract the ensemble average of energy and the specific heat. We observed the signature of phase transition indicated by the diverging peak of the specific heat as system sizes increase. These peaks shift to the lower temperature side as the dilution increases. The lower temperature ordered phase preserves up to certain concentration of dilution and is totally ruined when the bonds no longer percolates.

Ising Criticality of the Clock Model from Density of States Obtained by the Replica Exchange-Wang-Landau Method

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Cadilhe, Antonio

2018-04-01

We performed extensive simulations, using the Replica Exchange-Wang-Landau method, of the clock model for orders 3 and 4 on a square lattice, where critical behaviors are expected to belong to the Ising universality class. Though order 2 represents the Ising model, thus, being exactly solvable in two-dimensions, we still provide such results for comparison to the other two orders. Results for various energy related quantities such as the mean energy per spin, specific heat, as well as logarithm scaling of the peak of the specific heat are presented and shown to follow Ising behavior. Additionally, we also present results related to magnetic quantities, such as the magnetization, magnetic susceptibility, and corresponding scaling behavior of the peak of the magnetic susceptibility. Again, our results show scaling in conformity to Ising critical behavior.

Epigenetic information in gametes: Gaming from before fertilization. Comment on ;Epigenetic game theory: How to compute the epigenetic control of maternal-to-zygotic transition; by Qian Wang et al.

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Shi, Junchao; Zhang, Xudong; Liu, Ying; Chen, Qi

2017-03-01

In their interesting article [1] Wang et al. proposed a mathematical model based on evolutionary game theory [2] to tackle the fundamental question in embryo development, that how sperm and egg interact with each other, through epigenetic processes, to form a zygote and direct successful embryo development. This work is based on the premise that epigenetic reprogramming (referring to the erasure and reconstruction of epigenetic marks, such as DNA methylation and histone modifications) after fertilization might be of paramount importance to maintain the normal development of embryos, a premise we fully agree, given the compelling experimental evidence reported [3]. Wang et al. have specifically chosen to employ the well-studied DNA methylation reprogramming process during mammalian early embryo development, as a basis to develop their mathematical model, namely epigenetic game theory (epiGame). They concluded that the DNA methylation pattern in mammalian early embryo could be formulated and quantified, and their model can be further used to quantify the interactions, such as competition and/or cooperation of expressed genes that maximize the fitness of embryos. The efforts by Wang et al. in quantitatively and systematically analyzing the beginning of life apparently hold value and represent a novel direction for future embryo development research from both theoretical and experimental biologists. On the other hand, we see their theory still at its infancy, because there are plenty more parameters to consider and there are spaces for debates, such as the cases of haploid embryo development [4]. Here, we briefly comment on the dynamic process of epigenetic reprogramming that goes beyond DNA methylation, a dynamic interplay that involves histone modifications, non-coding RNAs, transposable elements et al., as well as the potential input of the various types of 'hereditary' epigenetic information in the gametes - a game that has started before the fertilization.

Ling-Zhi polysaccharides potentiate cytotoxic effects of anticancer drugs against drug-resistant urothelial carcinoma cells.

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Huang, Chao-Yuan; Chen, Jeff Yi-Fu; Wu, Jia-En; Pu, Yeong-Shiau; Liu, Guang-Yaw; Pan, Min-Hsiung; Huang, Ying-Tang; Huang, A-Mei; Hwang, Chi-Ching; Chung, Shu-Ju; Hour, Tzyh-Chyuan

2010-08-11

The combined effects of ling-zhi polysaccharide fraction 3 (LZP-F3) and anticancer drugs (cisplatin and arsenic trioxide) were examined in three human urothelial carcinoma (UC) cells (parental, NTUB1; cisplatin-resistant, N/P(14); and arsenic-resistant, N/As(0.5)). MTT assay and median-effect analysis revealed that LZP-F3 could profoundly reverse the chemosensitivity of N/P(14) and N/As(0.5) to cisplatin and arsenic, respectively, in a dose-dependent manner, which involved activation of p38 and down-regulation of Akt and XPA. A dose of 10 mug/mL of LZP-F3 induced significant G1 arrest in N/P(14) and N/As(0.5) cells by flow cytometry, which may be mediated by the induction of p21(WAF1/CIP1). The combination of LZP-F3 and arsenic trioxide produced a significant synergistic growth inhibition of NTUB1 and N/As(0.5) cells. Similar results were also found in N/P(14) cells. These molecular events of combined effects involved significant and earlier induction of Fas, caspase 3 and 8 activation, Bax and Bad up-regulation, Bcl-2 and Bcl-x(L) down-regulatuion, and cytochrome c release.

Early Cretaceous adakitic magmatism in central eastern China controlled by ridge subduction

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Ling, M.; Luo, Z.; Sun, W.

2017-12-01

Early Cretaceous adakites are widely distributed in central eastern China, e.g., Lower Yangtze River Belt (LYRB), Dabie orogen and south Tan-Lu Fault (STLF) area. Adakite from the LYRB is closely associated with mineralization, while adakites from Dabie orogen and STLF are ore barren. Their origins, however, remain controversial. Detailed geochemical comparison between these adakites indicates that the LYRB adakite are formed by partial melting of oceanic crust, i.e., slab melting, whereas those from Dabie orogen and STLF (e.g., Guandian pluton) have origin of lower continental crust (LCC) 1,2. Base on the distribution of igneous rocks, e.g., adakite, A-type granite and Nb-enriched basalts, as well as other lines of evidence, ridge subduction of the Pacific and Izanagi plates was proposed to explain the genesis of Cretaceous magmatism and associated mineralization in the LYRB 1. Ridge subduction is a special plate tectonic process that can provide both physical erosion and thermal erosion 3. Flat subduction of a spreading ridge will result in strong physical subduction-related erosion, and trigger destruction (e.g., in the Dabie orogen) or delamination (e.g., in the STLF) of the thickened LCC. Subsequently, ridge subduction, accompanied by opening of a slab window, will facilitate partial melting of the LCC by thermal erosion. References: 1. Ling, M. X. et al. Cretaceous ridge subduction along the Lower Yangtze river belt, eastern China. Econ. Geol. 104, 303-321, doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.104.2.303 (2009). 2. Ling, M. X., Wang, F. Y., Ding, X., Zhou, J. B. & Sun, W. D. Different origins of adakites from the Dabie Mountains and the Lower Yangtze River Belt, eastern China: Geochemical constraints. International Geology Review 53, 727-740 (2011). 3. Ling, M. X. et al. Destruction of the North China Craton Induced by Ridge Subductions. Journal of Geology 121, 197-213 (2013).

Comment on "Electron impact excitation of N-like ions from the ICFT R-matrix calculation" by HB Wang, G Jiang, XF Li, and ZC He in At. Data Nucl. Data Tables 120 (2018) 373-429

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Aggarwal, Kanti M.

2018-03-01

The paper "Electron impact excitation of N-like ions from the ICFT R-matrix calculation" by Wang et al. [1] lacks details of calculations, presents only limited data, and has a few anomalies, as listed below.

Efficacy and adequacy of conventional transbronchial needle aspiration of IASLC stations 4R, 4L and 7 using endobronchial landmarks provided by the Wang nodal mapping system in the staging of lung cancer.

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Liu, Qinghua; Han, Songyan; Arias, Sixto; Turner, J Francis; Lee, Hans; Browning, Robert; Wang, Ko-Pen

2016-01-01

The role of transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) in the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer has been well established. Recently, the efficacy of conventional TBNA in the staging of lung cancer has been enhanced by the use of endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)-TBNA. Our study sought to evaluate the adequacy of TBNA of International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) stations 4R, 4L and 7 using endobronchial landmarks provided by the Wang nodal mapping system in the staging of lung cancer. We retrospectively analyzed all bronchoscopic cases with conventional TBNA punctures positive for malignancy at our institution from 1 January to 31 October 2014. The endobronchial puncture site was guided by the Wang nodal mapping system. The Wang stations were correlated with the IASLC lymph node map. No endobronchial ultrasound or rapid on-site evaluation was used. Pathological analysis included cytological and histological examination. Diagnosis by histological analysis was obtained in 115 (55.3%) out of 208 puncture sites. The metastatic lymph nodes were distributed at IASLC stations 4R (W1, 3, 5) 46.6 %, 7 (W2, 8, 10) 19.7%, 4L (W4, 6) 11.5%, 11R (W7, W9) 11.1% 11L (W11) 9.6%, 2R (high station W3) 0.5%, and the proximal portion of station 8 (station W10 beyond the middle lobe orifice) 1%. No complications were observed. IASLC station 4R (W1, 3, 5), 7 (W2, 8, 10) and 4L (W4, 6) are adequate for the staging of lung cancer.

Reply to Comment on ``Effects of fast and slow solar wind on the correlations between interplanetary medium and geomagnetic activity'' by C. B. Wang and J. K. Chao

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Ballatore, Paola

2003-10-01

The paper [2002] (the paper commented) shows that the statistical significance of the correlations between the interplanetary parameters and the geomagnetic indices (Kp or Dst) is generally less significant during the fastest solar wind. On the other hand, at these fast solar wind periods, the significance of the Kp versus Dst correlation is equal to or higher than during slower solar wind. These results, together with further observations related to substorm periods and with previously published findings, are interpreted in terms of a difference in the interplanetary-magnetospheric coupling for solar wind faster or slower than a certain threshold (identified between about 500 and 600 km/s). Specifically, it is suggested that a possible linear approximation of the geomagnetic-interplanetary coupling is more appropriate during solar wind speed (Vsw) slower than this threshold, being nonlinear processes more dominant during the fastest speeds. This reply highlights that the correlation coefficients shown by [2003] are in agreement with these findings. In addition, Wang and Chao show that the statistical significance of the difference between the correlation coefficients for Vsw ≥ 550 km/s and those for Vsw < 550 km/s would indicate that the interplanetary-geomagnetic correlations during the fastest speeds are not significantly different from those at slower Vsw ranges. Here we give evidence of the fact that according to the common definition of this parameter, the calculation of the significance of the difference between two correlation coefficients made by Wang and Chao is wrong. Moreover, Wang and Chao recalculate the correlations between the interplanetary parameters and the ΔDst instead of Dst; in fact they note that the time derivative of this index (not the index itself) is driven by the interplanetary medium. Here we note that on the contrary, they show that the correlation coefficients between interplanetary parameters and Dst are larger than those

Shen-Zhi-Ling Oral Liquid Improves Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia in Alzheimer's Disease

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Wang, Qiudong; Kwak, Shin; Song, Yu; Qin, Baofeng; Wang, Mingzhe; Yamamoto, Yoshiharu

2014-01-01

We evaluated the effects of the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) Shen-Zhi-Ling oral liquid (SZL) on the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Among 98 patients with AD and BPSD enrolled (mean age, 57.2 ± 8.9 years old), 91 (M = 55, F = 36; mean age, 57.2 ± 9.7 years old) completed the study. Patients took either SZL (n = 45) or placebo granules (n = 46) in a double-blind manner for 20 weeks while maintaining other anticognitive medications unchanged. Changes in BPSD between week 0, week 10, week 20, and week 25 were assessed using the behavioral pathology in Alzheimer's disease (BEHAVE-AD) rating scale and the neuropsychiatric inventory (NPI), detrended fluctuation analysis (DFA) represented by diurnal activity (DA), evening activity (EA), and nocturnal activity (NA) according to actigraphic recordings. SZL but not placebo oral liquid delayed the development of BPSD significantly according to the changes in some of the clinical scores and the EA and NA parameters of DFA at week 20 compared with week 0. No side effects were observed in laboratory tests. The results indicate that SZL might delay the development of BPSD in AD patients and thus is a potentially suitable drug for long-term use. PMID:24959193

Biogeochemical characteristics of Kuan-Tzu-Ling, Chung-Lun and Bao-Lai hot springs in southern Taiwan.

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Maity, Jyoti Prakash; Liu, Chia-Chuan; Nath, Bibhash; Bundschuh, Jochen; Kar, Sandeep; Jean, Jiin-Shuh; Bhattacharya, Prosun; Liu, Jiann-Hong; Atla, Shashi B; Chen, Chien-Yen

2011-01-01

Hot springs are the important natural sources of geothermally heated groundwater from the Earth's crust. Kuan-Tzu-Ling (KTL), Chung-Lun (CL) and Bao-Lai (BL) are well-known hot springs in southern Taiwan. Fluid and mud (sediments) samples were collected from the eruption points of three hot springs for detailed biogeochemical characterization. The fluid sample displays relatively high concentrations of Na(+) and Cl(-) compared with K(+), Mg(2+), Ca(2+), NO(2) (-), and SO(4) (2-), suggesting a possible marine origin. The concentrations of Fe, Cr, Mn, Ni, V and Zn were significantly higher in the mud sediments compared with fluids, whereas high concentrations of As, Ba, Cu, Se, Sr and Rb were observed in the fluids. This suggests that electronegative elements were released during sediment-water interactions. High As concentration in the fluids was observed to be associated with low redox (Eh) conditions. The FTIR spectra of the humic acid fractions of the sediments showed the presence of possible functional groups of secondary amines, ureas, urethanesm (amide), and silicon. The sulfate-reducing deltaproteobacterium 99% similar to Desulfovibrio psychrotolerans (GU329907) were rich in the CL hot spring while mesophilic, proteolytic, thiosulfate- and sulfur-reducing bacterium that 99% similar to Clostridium sulfidigenes (GU329908) were rich in the BL hot spring.

Enhanced von Weizsäcker Wang-Govind-Carter kinetic energy density functional for semiconductors

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Shin, Ilgyou; Carter, Emily A., E-mail: eac@princeton.edu

2014-05-14

We propose a new form of orbital-free (OF) kinetic energy density functional (KEDF) for semiconductors that is based on the Wang-Govind-Carter (WGC99) nonlocal KEDF. We enhance within the latter the semi-local von Weizsäcker KEDF term, which is exact for a single orbital. The enhancement factor we introduce is related to the extent to which the electron density is localized. The accuracy of the new KEDF is benchmarked against Kohn-Sham density functional theory (KSDFT) by comparing predicted energy differences between phases, equilibrium volumes, and bulk moduli for various semiconductors, along with metal-insulator phase transition pressures. We also compare point defect andmore » (100) surface energies in silicon for a broad test of its applicability. This new KEDF accurately reproduces the exact non-interacting kinetic energy of KSDFT with only one additional adjustable parameter beyond the three parameters in the WGC99 KEDF; it exhibits good transferability between semiconducting to metallic silicon phases and between various III-V semiconductors without parameter adjustment. Overall, this KEDF is more accurate than previously proposed OF KEDFs (e.g., the Huang-Carter (HC) KEDF) for semiconductors, while the computational efficiency remains at the level of the WGC99 KEDF (several hundred times faster than the HC KEDF). This accurate, fast, and transferable new KEDF holds considerable promise for large-scale OFDFT simulations of metallic through semiconducting materials.« less

Reflection and transmission characteristics of a layer obeying the two-pressure field poroelastic phenomenological model of Berryman and Wang.

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Kachkouch, F; Franklin, H; Tinel, A

2018-07-01

The characteristics of the reflection and transmission by a fluid-loaded double porosity layer are studied. The medium obeys the two-pressure field poroelastic phenomenological model of Berryman and Wang. The open pore hydraulic conditions applied at the interfaces yield factorized expressions for the coefficients exhibiting on the one hand a separation allowing to distinguish between symmetrical and antisymmetrical motions and on the other hand the way each of the three dilatational waves associate with the shear wave. The numerical study done for a layer of Berea sandstone saturated by water shows clearly the role of each of the dilatational waves. There are peculiarities such as the absence of the fundamental antisymmetrical mode (zero order) and a singular behaviour of the symmetrical fundamental mode. The low frequency approximation for this latter is derived from the proposed formulas and compared with the numerical results. Copyright © 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects of Bi-yuan-ling granules.

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Chen, Xiao-Bing; Su, Han-Wen; Liu, Huan-Xiang; Yin, Xian; He, Feng; Ren, Yong-Shen; Dai, Kang; Xiang, Mei-Xian

2016-06-01

Bi-yuan-ling granule (BLG) is a traditional Chinese medicine compound composed mainly of baicalin and chlorogenic acid. It has been demonstrated to be clinically effective for various inflammatory diseases such as acute rhinitis, chronic rhinitis, atrophic rhinitis and allergic rhinitis. However, the underlying mechanisms of BLG against these diseases are not fully understood. This study aimed to explore the anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities of BLG, and examine its protective effects on mouse acute lung injury (ALI). The hot plate test and acetic acid-induced writhing assay in Kunming mice were adopted to evaluate the pain-relieving effects of BLG. The anti-inflammatory activities of BLG were determined by examining the effects of BLG on xylene-caused ear swelling in Kunming mice, the cotton pellet-induced granuloma in rats, carrageenan-induced hind paw edema and lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced acute lung injury (ALI) in mice. The results showed that BLG at 15.5 mg/g could significantly relieve the pain by 82.5% (P<0.01) at 1 h after thermal stimulation and 91.2% (P<0.01) at 2 h after thermal stimulation. BLG at doses of 7.75 and 15.5 mg/g reduced the writhing count up to 33.3% (P<0.05) and 53.4% (P<0.01), respectively. Additionally, the xylene-induced edema in mice was markedly restrained by BLG at 7.75 mg/g (P<0.05) and 15.5 mg/g (P<0.01). BLG at 5.35 and 10.7 mg/g significantly reduced paw edema by 34.8% (P<0.05) and 37.9% (P<0.05) at 5 h after carrageenan injection. The granulomatous formation of the cotton pellet was profoundly suppressed by BLG at 2.68, 5.35 and 10.7 mg/g by 15.4%, 38.2% (P<0.01) and 58.9% (P<0.001), respectively. BLG also inhibited lung W/D ratio and the release of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) in ALI mice. In addition, the median lethal dose (LD50), median effective dose (ED50) and half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) of BLG were found to be 42.7, 3.2 and 12.33 mg/g, respectively. All the findings suggest that BLG has

[Exploration on academic thoughts of four medical families of acupuncture-moxibustion of the LING, YAN, SHI and SHENG in northern Zhejiang Province].

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Chen, Feng

2013-12-01

The academic origin and characteristics of medical families of acupuncture-moxibustion in northern Zhejiang Province were explored in this paper. With acupuncture-moxibustion characteristic of medical families in northern Zhejiang Province such as the LING (see text), the YAN (see text), the SHI (see text) and the SHENG (see text) analyzed and arranged, it was found out that taking the Internal Canon of Medicine as theory basis, their academic thoughts comprehensively absorbed acupuncture-moxibustion theories in all ages, and they continuously made innovations through constant practices, resulting in academic thoughts that focusing on application of acupuncture-moxibustion in clinic, using moxibustion for deficient illness and adopting acupuncture-moxibustion and Chinese herbs for severe and acute patients. The academic thoughts of medical families of acupuncture and moxibustion in northern Zhejiang Province are featured by unique acupoint selection and ma nipulation, thorough moxibustion methods and combined application of Chinese herbs and acupuncture-moxibustion, which is a clinical system of diagnosis and treatment with typical Jiangnan features.

Simple deterministic models and applications. Comment on "Coupled disease-behavior dynamics on complex networks: A review" by Z. Wang et al.

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Yang, Hyun Mo

2015-12-01

Currently, discrete modellings are largely accepted due to the access to computers with huge storage capacity and high performance processors and easy implementation of algorithms, allowing to develop and simulate increasingly sophisticated models. Wang et al. [7] present a review of dynamics in complex networks, focusing on the interaction between disease dynamics and human behavioral and social dynamics. By doing an extensive review regarding to the human behavior responding to disease dynamics, the authors briefly describe the complex dynamics found in the literature: well-mixed populations networks, where spatial structure can be neglected, and other networks considering heterogeneity on spatially distributed populations. As controlling mechanisms are implemented, such as social distancing due 'social contagion', quarantine, non-pharmaceutical interventions and vaccination, adaptive behavior can occur in human population, which can be easily taken into account in the dynamics formulated by networked populations.

The impact of an underground cut-off wall on nutrient dynamics in groundwater in the lower Wang River watershed, China.

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Kang, Pingping; Xu, Shiguo

2017-03-01

Underground cut-off walls in coastal regions are mainly used to prevent saltwater intrusion, but their impact on nutrient dynamics in groundwater is not clear. In this study, a combined analysis of multiple isotopes ([Formula: see text]) and nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations is used in order to assess the impact of the underground cut-off walls on the nutrient dynamics in groundwater in the lower Wang River watershed, China. Compared with the nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations in groundwater downstream of the underground cut-off walls, high [Formula: see text] and total dissolved nitrogen concentrations and similar concentration levels of [Formula: see text] and total dissolved phosphorus are found in groundwater upstream of the underground cut-off walls. The isotopic data indicated the probable occurrence of denitrification and nitrification processes in groundwater upstream, whereas the fingerprint of these processes was not shown in groundwater downstream. The management of fertilizer application is critical to control nitrogen concentrations in groundwater restricted by the underground cut-off walls.

Tang Wang Ming Mu Granule Attenuates Diabetic Retinopathy in Type 2 Diabetes Rats.

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Chen, Mingxia; Lv, Haibo; Gan, Jiakuan; Ren, Junguo; Liu, Jianxun

2017-01-01

Aims: This study aimed to determine the influence of Tang Wang Ming Mu granule (TWMM) on the diabetic retinopathy of diabetic rats. Methods: Male Wistar rats were divided into seven groups: normal control, diabetes model(DM), diabetes with TWMM (3.6, 7.2, and 14.4 g/kg) treatment, the positive control treatment groups of Qi Ming granules and Calcium dobesilate capsules. All rats were treated for 8 weeks. The levels of body weight, fasting blood glucose (FBG) and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) in blood were measured to evaluate the antihyperglycemic activity of TWMM. Furthermore, malondialdehyde (MDA), intracellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in serum were measured to study effects of TWMM on oxidative stress and inflammatory in DM2 rats. VEGF, JAK/STAT signaling pathway and SOCS3 in retina was detected by immunohistochemistry. Results: TWMM and the positive control drugs Qi Ming and Calcium dobesilate showed a remarkable suppression of retinal neovascularization and amelioration of retinal internal limiting membrane morphology. Moreover, TWMM significantly decreased HbA1c, MDA, ICAM-1, and VEGF levels in serum of diabetic rats. However, Qi Ming granules showed significantly reduced MDA and VEGF levels ( P < 0.01, and P < 0.05, respectively), Calcium dobesilate showed significantly reduced MDA and ICAM-1levels ( P < 0.01 and P < 0.05, respectively) in serum. All drug- treated DM2 rats showed significantly lower levels of VEGF, JAK2, P-JAK2, STAT3, and P-STAT3 in retina than DM group, while TWMM and Calcium dobesilate significantly increased SOCS3 in retina. Conclusion: Our data suggest that the diabetic retina protective effect of TWMM might be related to antiinflammatory, antioxidative, upregulation of SOCS3 expression, inhibition of the JAK/STAT/VEGF signaling pathway.

Tang Wang Ming Mu Granule Attenuates Diabetic Retinopathy in Type 2 Diabetes Rats

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Chen, Mingxia; Lv, Haibo; Gan, Jiakuan; Ren, Junguo; Liu, Jianxun

2017-01-01

Aims: This study aimed to determine the influence of Tang Wang Ming Mu granule (TWMM) on the diabetic retinopathy of diabetic rats. Methods: Male Wistar rats were divided into seven groups: normal control, diabetes model(DM), diabetes with TWMM (3.6, 7.2, and 14.4 g/kg) treatment, the positive control treatment groups of Qi Ming granules and Calcium dobesilate capsules. All rats were treated for 8 weeks. The levels of body weight, fasting blood glucose (FBG) and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) in blood were measured to evaluate the antihyperglycemic activity of TWMM. Furthermore, malondialdehyde (MDA), intracellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in serum were measured to study effects of TWMM on oxidative stress and inflammatory in DM2 rats. VEGF, JAK/STAT signaling pathway and SOCS3 in retina was detected by immunohistochemistry. Results: TWMM and the positive control drugs Qi Ming and Calcium dobesilate showed a remarkable suppression of retinal neovascularization and amelioration of retinal internal limiting membrane morphology. Moreover, TWMM significantly decreased HbA1c, MDA, ICAM-1, and VEGF levels in serum of diabetic rats. However, Qi Ming granules showed significantly reduced MDA and VEGF levels (P < 0.01, and P < 0.05, respectively), Calcium dobesilate showed significantly reduced MDA and ICAM-1levels (P < 0.01 and P < 0.05, respectively) in serum. All drug- treated DM2 rats showed significantly lower levels of VEGF, JAK2, P-JAK2, STAT3, and P-STAT3 in retina than DM group, while TWMM and Calcium dobesilate significantly increased SOCS3 in retina. Conclusion: Our data suggest that the diabetic retina protective effect of TWMM might be related to antiinflammatory, antioxidative, upregulation of SOCS3 expression, inhibition of the JAK/STAT/VEGF signaling pathway. PMID:29311988

Epigenetic battle of the sexes. Comment on: ;Epigenetic game theory: How to compute the epigenetic control of maternal-to-zygotic transition; by Qian Wang et al.

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Wu, Song

2017-03-01

Qian Wang et al. present an interesting framework, named epigenetic game theory, for modeling sex-based epigenetic dynamics during embryogenesis from a new viewpoint of evolutionary game theory [1]. That is, epigenomes of sperms and oocytes may coordinate through either cooperation or competition, or both, to affect the fitness of embryos. The work uses a set of ordinary differential equations (ODEs) to describe longitudinal trajectories of DNA methylation levels in both parental and maternal gametes and their dependence on each other. The insights gained from this review, i.e. dynamic methylation profiles and their interaction are potentially important to many fields, such as biomedicine and agriculture.

Validation of Community Models: 2. Development of a Baseline, Using the Wang-Sheeley-Arge Model

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MacNeice, Peter

2009-01-01

This paper is the second in a series providing independent validation of community models of the outer corona and inner heliosphere. Here I present a comprehensive validation of the Wang-Sheeley-Arge (WSA) model. These results will serve as a baseline against which to compare the next generation of comparable forecasting models. The WSA model is used by a number of agencies to predict Solar wind conditions at Earth up to 4 days into the future. Given its importance to both the research and forecasting communities, it is essential that its performance be measured systematically and independently. I offer just such an independent and systematic validation. I report skill scores for the model's predictions of wind speed and interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) polarity for a large set of Carrington rotations. The model was run in all its routinely used configurations. It ingests synoptic line of sight magnetograms. For this study I generated model results for monthly magnetograms from multiple observatories, spanning the Carrington rotation range from 1650 to 2074. I compare the influence of the different magnetogram sources and performance at quiet and active times. I also consider the ability of the WSA model to forecast both sharp transitions in wind speed from slow to fast wind and reversals in the polarity of the radial component of the IMF. These results will serve as a baseline against which to compare future versions of the model as well as the current and future generation of magnetohydrodynamic models under development for forecasting use.

Risky choice with heuristics: reply to Birnbaum (2008), Johnson, Schulte-Mecklenbeck, and Willemsen (2008), and Rieger and Wang (2008).

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Brandstätter, Eduard; Gigerenzer, Gerd; Hertwig, Ralph

2008-01-01

E. Brandstätter, G. Gigerenzer, and R. Hertwig (2006) showed that the priority heuristic matches or outperforms modifications of expected utility theory in predicting choice in 4 diverse problem sets. M. H. Birnbaum (2008) argued that sets exist in which the opposite is true. The authors agree--but stress that all choice strategies have regions of good and bad performance. The accuracy of various strategies systematically depends on choice difficulty, which the authors consider a triggering variable underlying strategy selection. Agreeing with E. J. Johnson, M. Schulte-Mecklenbeck, and M. C. Willemsen (2008) that process (not "as-if") models need to be formulated, the authors show how quantitative predictions can be derived and test them. Finally, they demonstrate that many of Birnbaum's and M. O. Rieger and M. Wang's (2008) case studies championing their preferred models involved biased tests in which the priority heuristic predicted data, whereas the parameterized models were fitted to the same data. The authors propose an adaptive toolbox approach of risky choice, according to which people first seek a no-conflict solution before resorting to conflict-resolving strategies such as the priority heuristic. (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved

First-principles studiesy of the order-disorder phase transition in FeCo using Wang-Landau Monte-Carlo method

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Pei, Zongrui; Eisenbach, Markus; Stocks, G. Malcolm

Simulating order-disorder phase transitions in magnetic materials requires the accurate treatment of both the atomic and magnetic interactions, which span a vast configuration space. Using FeCo as a prototype system, we demonstrate that this can be addressed by combining the Locally Self-consistent Multiple Scattering (LSMS) method with the Wang-Landau (WL) Monte-Carlo algorithm. Fe-Co based materials are interesting magnetic materials but a reliable phase diagram of the binary Fe-Co system is still difficult to obtain. Using the combined WL-LSMS method we clarify the existence of the disordered A2 phase and predict the Curie temperature between it and the ordered B2 phase. The WL-LSMS method is readily applicable to the study of second-order phase transitions in other binary and multi-component alloys, thereby providing a means to the direct simulation of order-disorder phase transitions in complex alloys without need of intervening classical model Hamiltonians. We also demonstrate the capability of our method to guide the design of new magnetic materials. This research was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences, Materials Science and Engineering Division and it used Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility resources at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Using game theory to investigate the epigenetic control mechanisms of embryo development. Comment on: ;Epigenetic game theory: How to compute the epigenetic control of maternal-to-zygotic transition; by Qian Wang et al.

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Zhang, Le; Zhang, Shaoxiang

2017-03-01

A body of research [1-7] has already shown that epigenetic reprogramming plays a critical role in maintaining the normal development of embryos. However, the mechanistic quantitation of the epigenetic interactions between sperms and oocytes and the related impact on embryo development are still not clear [6,7]. In this study, Wang et al., [8] develop a modeling framework that addresses this question by integrating game theory and the latest discoveries of the epigenetic control of embryo development.

A new concept: Epigenetic game theory. Comment on: ;Epigenetic game theory: How to compute the epigenetic control of maternal-to-zygotic transition; by Qian Wang et al.

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Zheng, Xiu-Deng; Tao, Yi

2017-03-01

The evolutionary significance of the interaction between paternal and maternal genomes in fertilized zygotes is a very interesting and challenging question. Wang et al. developed the concept of epigenetic game theory, and they try to use this concept to explain the interaction between paternal and maternal genomes in fertilized zygotes [1]. They emphasize that the embryogenesis can be considered as an ecological system in which two highly distinct and specialized gametes coordinate through either cooperation or competition, or both, to maximize the fitness of embryos under Darwinian selection. More specifically, they integrate game theory to model the pattern of coordination of paternal genome and maternal genomes mediated by DNA methylation dynamics, and they called this epigenetic game theory.

Using game theory to investigate the epigenetic control mechanisms of embryo development: Comment on: "Epigenetic game theory: How to compute the epigenetic control of maternal-to-zygotic transition" by Qian Wang et al.

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Zhang, Le; Zhang, Shaoxiang

2017-03-01

A body of research [1-7] has already shown that epigenetic reprogramming plays a critical role in maintaining the normal development of embryos. However, the mechanistic quantitation of the epigenetic interactions between sperms and oocytes and the related impact on embryo development are still not clear [6,7]. In this study, Wang et al., [8] develop a modeling framework that addresses this question by integrating game theory and the latest discoveries of the epigenetic control of embryo development. Copyright © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

The compound Chinese medicine "Kang Fu Ling" protects against high power microwave-induced myocardial injury.

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Zhang, Xueyan; Gao, Yabing; Dong, Ji; Wang, Shuiming; Yao, Binwei; Zhang, Jing; Hu, Shaohua; Xu, Xinping; Zuo, Hongyan; Wang, Lifeng; Zhou, Hongmei; Zhao, Li; Peng, Ruiyun

2014-01-01

The prevention and treatment of Microwave-caused cardiovascular injury remains elusive. This study investigated the cardiovascular protective effects of compound Chinese medicine "Kang Fu Ling" (KFL) against high power microwave (HPM)-induced myocardial injury and the role of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP) opening in KFL protection. Male Wistar rats (100) were divided into 5 equal groups: no treatment, radiation only, or radiation followed by treatment with KFL at 0.75, 1.5, or 3 g/kg/day. Electrocardiography was used to Electrophysiological examination. Histological and ultrastructural changes in heart tissue and isolated mitochondria were observed by light microscope and electron microscopy. mPTP opening and mitochondrial membrane potential were detected by confocal laser scanning microscopy and fluorescence analysis. Connexin-43 (Cx-43) and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) were detected by immunohistochemistry. The expression of voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC) was detected by western blotting. At 7 days after radiation, rats without KFL treatment showed a significantly lower heart rate (P<0.01) than untreated controls and a J point shift. Myocyte swelling and rearrangement were evident. Mitochondria exhibited rupture, and decreased fluorescence intensity, suggesting opening of mPTP and a consequent reduction in mitochondrial membrane potential. After treatment with 1.5 g/kg/day KFL for 7 d, the heart rate increased significantly (P<0.01), and the J point shift was reduced flavorfully (P<0.05) compared to untreated, irradiated rats; myocytes and mitochondria were of normal morphology. The fluorescence intensities of dye-treated mitochondria were also increased, suggesting inhibition of mPTP opening and preservation of the mitochondrial membrane potential. The microwave-induced decrease of Cx-43 and VDAC protein expression was significantly reversed. Microwave radiation can cause electrophysiological, histological and

Metabolites identification of Huo Luo Xiao Ling Dan in rat urine by UPLC coupled with electrospray ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry.

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Wang, Fenrong; Wu, Yun; Ai, Yu; Bian, Qiaoxia; Ma, Wen; Lee, David Y-W; Dai, Ronghua

2016-03-01

Huo Luo Xiao Ling Dan (HLXLD), a Chinese herbal formula, is used in folk medicine for the treatment of arthritis and other chronic inflammatory diseases. However, the in vivo integrated metabolism of its multiple components remains unknown. In this paper, an ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-Q-TOF-MS) method was developed for detection and identification of HLXLD metabolites in rat urine at high and normal clinical dosages. The prototype constituents and their metabolites in urine were analyzed. The mass measurements were accurate within 8 ppm, and subsequent fragment ions offered higher quality structural information for interpretation of the fragmentation pathways of various compounds. A total of 85 compounds were detected in high dosages urine samples by a highly sensitive extracted ion chromatograms method, including 31 parent compounds and 54 metabolites. Our results indicated that phase 2 reactions (e.g. glucuronidation, glutathionidation and sulfation) were the main metabolic pathways of lactones, alkaloids and flavones, while phase I reactions (e.g. hydrogenation and hydroxylation) were the major metabolic reaction for coumarins, paeoniflorin and iridoids. This investigation provided important structural information on the metabolism of HLXLD and provided scientific evidence to obtain a more comprehensive metabolic profile. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

CUDA programs for the GPU computing of the Swendsen-Wang multi-cluster spin flip algorithm: 2D and 3D Ising, Potts, and XY models

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Komura, Yukihiro; Okabe, Yutaka

2014-03-01

We present sample CUDA programs for the GPU computing of the Swendsen-Wang multi-cluster spin flip algorithm. We deal with the classical spin models; the Ising model, the q-state Potts model, and the classical XY model. As for the lattice, both the 2D (square) lattice and the 3D (simple cubic) lattice are treated. We already reported the idea of the GPU implementation for 2D models (Komura and Okabe, 2012). We here explain the details of sample programs, and discuss the performance of the present GPU implementation for the 3D Ising and XY models. We also show the calculated results of the moment ratio for these models, and discuss phase transitions. Catalogue identifier: AERM_v1_0 Program summary URL:http://cpc.cs.qub.ac.uk/summaries/AERM_v1_0.html Program obtainable from: CPC Program Library, Queen’s University, Belfast, N. Ireland Licensing provisions: Standard CPC licence, http://cpc.cs.qub.ac.uk/licence/licence.html No. of lines in distributed program, including test data, etc.: 5632 No. of bytes in distributed program, including test data, etc.: 14688 Distribution format: tar.gz Programming language: C, CUDA. Computer: System with an NVIDIA CUDA enabled GPU. Operating system: System with an NVIDIA CUDA enabled GPU. Classification: 23. External routines: NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit 3.0 or newer Nature of problem: Monte Carlo simulation of classical spin systems. Ising, q-state Potts model, and the classical XY model are treated for both two-dimensional and three-dimensional lattices. Solution method: GPU-based Swendsen-Wang multi-cluster spin flip Monte Carlo method. The CUDA implementation for the cluster-labeling is based on the work by Hawick et al. [1] and that by Kalentev et al. [2]. Restrictions: The system size is limited depending on the memory of a GPU. Running time: For the parameters used in the sample programs, it takes about a minute for each program. Of course, it depends on the system size, the number of Monte Carlo steps, etc. References: [1] K

Evaluation of the grand-canonical partition function using expanded Wang-Landau simulations. III. Impact of combining rules on mixtures properties

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Desgranges, Caroline; Delhommelle, Jerome

2014-03-14

Combining rules, such as the Lorentz-Berthelot rules, are routinely used to calculate the thermodynamic properties of mixtures using molecular simulations. Here we extend the expanded Wang-Landau simulation approach to determine the impact of the combining rules on the value of the partition function of binary systems, and, in turn, on the phase coexistence and thermodynamics of these mixtures. We study various types of mixtures, ranging from systems of rare gases to biologically and technologically relevant mixtures, such as water-urea and water-carbon dioxide. Comparing the simulation results to the experimental data on mixtures of rare gases allows us to rank themore » performance of combining rules. We find that the widely used Lorentz-Berthelot rules exhibit the largest deviations from the experimental data, both for the bulk and at coexistence, while the Kong and Waldman-Hagler provide much better alternatives. In particular, in the case of aqueous solutions of urea, we show that the use of the Lorentz-Berthelot rules has a strong impact on the Gibbs free energy of the solute, overshooting the value predicted by the Waldman-Hagler rules by 7%. This result emphasizes the importance of the combining rule for the determination of hydration free energies using molecular simulations.« less

Arachidonic acid metabonomics study for understanding therapeutic mechanism of Huo Luo Xiao Ling Dan on rat model of rheumatoid arthritis.

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Wang, Nannan; Zhao, Xiaoning; Huai, Jiaxin; Li, Yiran; Cheng, Congcong; Bi, Kaishun; Dai, Ronghua

2018-05-10

Huo Luo Xiao Ling Dan (HLXLD), a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), is commonly used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). To explore the potential therapeutic mechanism of HLXLD on anti-inflammatory activity. A metabolomic approach based on UFLC-MS/MS to profile arachidonic acid (AA) metabolic changes was used. The cyclooxygenase (COX) and lipoxygenase (LOX) catalyzed metabolites in plasma were quantified on 7, 14, 21, and 28 days after the rats injected with Complete Freund's adjuvant and orally administrated with HLXLD, methotrexate and dexamethasone in parallel as the positive control drugs. Nineteen metabolites involved in COX and LOX pathways in RA model group were significant increased compared with normal group (P < 0.05), including 12-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (12-HETE), 15-HETE, 8-HETE, leukotriene B 4 (LTB 4 ), prostaglandin E 2 (PGE 2 ), PGI 2 , PGD 2 , PGF 2α , thromboxane B 2 (TXB 2 ), etc. From day 7 to day 28, the trajectory direction of HLXLD group and positive control groups gradually moved towards the initial space, and the concentrations of AA and its metabolites after HLXLD treatment were significantly reduced in dual pathways compared to control groups. HLXLD induced a substantial change in the AA metabolic profiles through refrain the expression of COX and LOX. The present investigation also highlights that distinct ingredients of this formula tend to inhibit different target to achieve a therapeutic effect. Copyright © 2018. Published by Elsevier B.V.

Retracted: Addition of a single methyl group to a small molecule sodium channel inhibitor introduces a new mode of gating modulation, by L Wang, SG Zellmer, DM Printzenhoff and NA Castle. British Journal of Pharmacology, volume 172(20): 4905-4918, published in October 2015; DOI 10.1111/bph.13259.

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2018-07-01

The above article, published by the British Journal of Pharmacology in October 2015 (https://bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/bph.13259), has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal Editor in Chief and John Wiley & Sons Limited. The retraction has been agreed owing to the discovery of errors in the chemical structure of the synthetic compounds generated. The corrected structure is now available in the article PF-06526290 can both enhance and inhibit conduction through voltage gated sodium channels by L Wang, SG Zellmer, DM Printzenhoff and NA Castle, 2018, https://bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/bph.14338. Reference Wang L, Zellmer SG, Printzenhoff DM, Castle NA (2015). Addition of a single methyl group to a small molecule sodium channel inhibitor introduces a new mode of gating modulation. Br J Pharmacol 172: 4905-4918. https://doi.org/10.1111/bph.13259. © 2018 The British Pharmacological Society.

Beneficial Effects and Toxicity Studies of Xian-ling-gu-bao on Bone Metabolism in Ovariectomized Rats

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Wu, Hao; Zhong, Qingxiang; Wang, Jing; Wang, Man; Fang, Fang; Xia, Zhi; Zhong, Rongling; Huang, Houcai; Ke, Zhongcheng; Wei, Yingjie; Feng, Liang; Shi, Ziqi; Sun, E.; Song, Jie; Jia, Xiaobin

2017-01-01

Xian-ling-gu-bao (XLGB) is a well-known patented traditional Chinese prescription widely used to treat osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, aseptic bone necrosis, or climacteric syndrome. However, recent reports have suggested that XLGB may cause liver injury in humans. In the present study, we aimed to evaluate the efficacy of XLGB in the prevention of osteoporosis in the zebrafish and ovariectomized (OVX) rats, both of which have been used as osteoporosis models. The safety of XLGB after long-term administration to OVX rats was also assessed. OVX rats were administered by oral gavage 270 mg/kg (recommended daily dose), 1350 mg/kg, and 1800 mg/kg of XLGB for 26 weeks. Bone mineral density, relative bone surface to bone volume, relative bone volume to total volume, trabecular number, mean trabecular thickness, and mean trabecular spacing in OVX rats were examined at the end of the 26-week dosing period. Additionally, OPG and RANKL expression in the femur were determined by western blot and immunohistochemical staining. To evaluate the safety of XLGB, body weight, hematology, serum biochemistry markers related to toxicology, and organ histopathology were determined in each group of OVX rats. Conversely, the zebrafish was treated with prednisolone to induce osteoporosis in the embryo. Disodium etidronate was used as a treatment control. XLGB was shown to be effective in preventing osteoporosis in both the OVX rats and the prednisolone-treated zebrafish. Similarly, XLGB increased OPG protein and decreased RANKL protein in OVX rats. Interestingly, no obvious toxicity was observed in the heart, liver, kidney, small intestine, or stomach at dosages of up to 1800 mg/kg after treating the OVX rats for 26 weeks. XLGB was shown to be very effective in treating osteoporosis in OVX rats. No obvious toxicity or adverse effects developed in OVX rats at dosages up to 1800 mg/kg, which is equivalent to six times the daily-recommended dose. Therefore, XLGB should be considered a good

Wang-Landau density of states based study of the folding-unfolding transition in the mini-protein Trp-cage (TC5b)

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Singh, Priya; Sarkar, Subir K.; Bandyopadhyay, Pradipta

2014-07-01

We present the results of a high-statistics equilibrium study of the folding/unfolding transition for the 20-residue mini-protein Trp-cage (TC5b) in water. The ECEPP/3 force field is used and the interaction with water is treated by a solvent-accessible surface area method. A Wang-Landau type simulation is used to calculate the density of states and the conditional probabilities for the various values of the radius of gyration and the number of native contacts at fixed values of energy—along with a systematic check on their convergence. All thermodynamic quantities of interest are calculated from this information. The folding-unfolding transition corresponds to a peak in the temperature dependence of the computed specific heat. This is corroborated further by the structural signatures of folding in the distributions for radius of gyration and the number of native contacts as a function of temperature. The potentials of mean force are also calculated for these variables, both separately and jointly. A local free energy minimum, in addition to the global minimum, is found in a temperature range substantially below the folding temperature. The free energy at this second minimum is approximately 5 kBT higher than the value at the global minimum.

Identification of the absorbed components and metabolites of modified Huo Luo Xiao Ling Dan in rat plasma by UHPLC-Q-TOF/MS/MS.

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Wang, Nannan; Zhao, Xiaoning; Li, Yiran; Cheng, Congcong; Huai, Jiaxin; Bi, Kaishun; Dai, Ronghua

2018-06-01

To reveal the material basis of Huo Luo Xiao Ling Dan (HLXLD), a sensitive and selective ultra-high performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole-time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UHPLC-Q-TOF/MS) method was developed to identify the absorbed components and metabolites in rat plasma after oral administration of HLXLD. The plasma samples were pretreated by liquid-liquid extraction and separated on a Shim-pack XR-ODS C 18 column (75 × 3.0 mm, 2.2 μm) using a gradient elution program. With the optimized conditions and single sample injection of each positive or negative ion mode, a total of 109 compounds, including 78 prototype compounds and 31 metabolites, were identified or tentatively characterized. The fragmentation patterns of representative compounds were illustrated as well. The results indicated that aromatization and hydration were the main metabolic pathways of lactones and tanshinone-related metabolites; demethylation and oxidation were the major metabolic pathways of alkaloid-related compounds; methylation and sulfation were the main metabolic pathways of phenolic acid-related metabolites. It is concluded the developed UHPLC-Q-TOF/MS method with high sensitivity and resolution is suitable for identifying and characterizing the absorbed components and metabolites of HLXLD, and the results will provide essential data for further studying the relationship between the chemical components and pharmacological activity of HLXLD. Copyright © 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Comment on "Density functional theory analysis of structural and electronic properties of orthorhombic perovskite CH3NH3PbI3" by Y. Wang et al., Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2014, 16, 1424-1429.

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Even, J; Pedesseau, L; Katan, C

2014-05-14

Yun Wang et al. used density functional theory (DFT) to investigate the orthorhombic phase of CH3NH3PbI3, which has recently shown outstanding properties for photovoltaic applications. Whereas their analysis of ground state properties may represent a valuable contribution to understanding this class of materials, effects of spin-orbit coupling (SOC) cannot be overlooked as was shown in earlier studies. Moreover, their discussion on optical properties may be misleading for non-DFT-experts, and the nice agreement between experimental and calculated band gap is fortuitous, stemming from error cancellations between SOC and many-body effects. Lastly, Bader charges suggest potential problems during crystal structure optimization.

Dual regulation of HMGB1 by combined JNK1/2-ATF2 axis with miR-200 family in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in mice.

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Chen, Xin; Ling, Yan; Wei, Yanping; Tang, Jing; Ren, Yibing; Zhang, Baohua; Jiang, Feng; Li, Hengyu; Wang, Ruoyu; Wen, Wen; Lv, Guishuai; Wu, Mengchao; Chen, Lei; Li, Liang; Wang, Hongyang

2018-05-01

In the context of diabetes, obesity, and metabolic syndrome, the inflammatory signaling has critical roles in the pathogenesis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), but the underlying mechanisms remain poorly delineated. Herein, early and persistently elevated, proinflammatory cytokine HMGB1 expression was detected in a high-fat diet (HFD)-induced NAFLD model in C57BL/6 mice. The expression and extracellular release of HMGB1 was rapidly and dramatically induced by saturated palmitic acid in vitro. HFD-induced inflammatory response and liver function impairment were both mitigated after the inhibition of endogenous HMGB1 by neutralizing antibody in vivo. The up-regulation of HMGB1 was thought to be modified by dual channels: in the transcriptional level, it was regulated by JNK1/JNK2-ATF2 axis; post-transcriptionally, it was regulated by the microRNA (miR)-200 family, especially miR-429. miR-429 liver conditional knockout mice (miR-429 Δhep ), fed either a normal diet or an HFD, showed severe liver inflammation and dysfunction, accompanied by greater expression of HMGB1. Intriguingly, the up-regulation and release of HMGB1 could in turn self-activate TLR4-JNK1/JNK2-ATF2 signaling, thus forming a positive feedback. Our findings reveal a novel mechanism by which HMGB1 expression was regulated by both the JNK1/2-ATF2 axis and the miR-200 family, which provides a potential new approach for the treatment of NAFLD.-Chen, X., Ling, Y., Wei, Y., Tang, J., Ren, Y., Zhang, B., Jiang, F., Li, H., Wang, R., Wen, W., Lv, G., Wu, M., Chen, L., Li, L., Wang, H. Dual regulation of HMGB1 by combined JNK1/2-ATF2 axis with miR-200 family in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in mice.

Wei Wang | NREL

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Research Interests Yeast strain development for production of hydrocarbon via metabolic engineering CBP Research Scientist, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Bioscience Center, 2009-present Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Auburn University, Chemical Engineering Department, Y.Y. Lee's group Research Scientist

Game theory in epigenetic reprogramming. Comment on: ;Epigenetic game theory: How to compute the epigenetic control of maternal-to-zygotic transition; by Qian Wang et al.

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Hsu, Fei-Man; Chen, Pao-Yang

2017-03-01

Von Neumann and Morgenstern published the Theory of Games and Economic Behavior in 1944, describing game theory as a model in which intelligent rational decision-makers manage to find their best strategies in conflict, cooperative or other mutualistic relationships to acquire the greatest benefit [1]. This model was subsequently incorporated in ecology to simulate the ;fitness; of a species during natural selection, designated evolutionary game theory (EGT) [2]. Wang et al. proposed ;epiGame;, taking paternal and maternal genomes as ;intelligent; players that compete, cooperate or both during embryogenesis to maximize the fitness of the embryo [3]. They further extended game theory to an individual or single cell environment. During early zygote development, DNA methylation is reprogrammed such that the paternal genome is demethylated before the maternal genome. After the reset, the blastocyst is re-methylated during embryogenesis. At that time, the paternal and maternal genomes have a conflict of interest related to the expression of their own genes. The proposed epiGame models such interactive regulation between the parental genomes to reach a balance for embryo development (equation (2)).

Volatiles emitted by Carya illinoinensis (Wang.) K. Koch as a prelude for semiochemical investigations to focus on Acrobasis nuxvorella Nuenzig (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae).

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Corella-Madueño, Maria A; Harris, Marvin K; Fu-Castillo, Agustin A; Martínez-Téllez, Miguel A; Valenzuela-Soto, Elisa M; Gálvez-Ruiz, Juan C; Vargas-Arispuro, Irasema

2011-12-01

Plant volatiles have complex intra- and interspecific effects in the environment that include plant/herbivore interactions. Identifying the quantity and quality of volatiles produced by a plant is needed to aid the process of determining which chemicals are exerting what effects and then examining whether these effects can be manipulated to benefit society. The qualitative characterization of volatile compounds emitted by pecan, Carya illinoinensis (Wang.) K. Koch, was begun in order to establish a database for investigating how these volatiles affect Acrobasis nuxvorella Nuenzig, a monophagous pest of pecan. Headspace solid-phase microextraction combined with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry was used for the analysis of the volatile constituents of pecan during three phenological stages (dormant buds, intact new shoot growth and intact nutlets) of the Western Schley and Wichita cultivars. About 111 distinct compounds were identified from the two cultivars, accounting for ∼99% of the headspace volatiles. The chromatographic profiles of both varieties revealed variations in the volatile composition and proportion between cultivars, with a predominance of terpene hydrocarbons, of the sesquiterpenes class, as well as monoterpenes. The significantly higher responsiveness recorded for the larvae of A. nuxvorella to C. illinoinensis shoots indicates that the larvae may be activated by terpenes emanating from the new shoot growth. This is the first study that has examined volatiles of pecan in Mexico. Copyright © 2011 Society of Chemical Industry.

Professional Training in Listening and Spoken Language--A Canadian Perspective

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Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth

2010-01-01

Several factors undoubtedly influenced the development of listening and spoken language options for children with hearing loss in Canada. The concept of providing auditory-based rehabilitation was popularized in Canada in the 1960s through the work of Drs. Daniel Ling and Agnes Ling in Montreal. The Lings founded the McGill University Project for…

Taxonomic review on the subgenus Tripodura Townes (Diptera: Chironomidae: Polypedilum) from China with eleven new species and a supplementary world checklist.

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Zhang, Ruilei; Song, Chao; Qi, Xin; Wang, Xinhua

2016-07-05

The subgenus Tripodura Townes of Polypedilum Kieffer from China including 26 species is reviewed. Eleven new species, named P. (T.) absensilobum Zhang & Wang sp. n., P. (T.) apiculusetosum Zhang & Wang sp. n., P. (T.) arcuatum Zhang & Wang sp. n., P. (T.) bilamella Zhang & Wang sp. n., P. (T.) conghuaense Zhang & Wang sp. n., P. (T.) dengae Zhang & Wang sp. n., P. (T.) mengmanense Zhang & Wang sp. n., P. (T.) napahaiense Zhang & Wang sp. n., P. (T.) parallelum Zhang & Wang sp. n., P. (T.) pollicium Zhang & Wang sp. n. and P. (T.) trapezium Zhang & Wang sp. n. are described and illustrated based on male imagines. Three species, P. (T.) quadriguttatum Kieffer, P. (T.) unifascia (Tokunaga) and P. (T.) udominutum Niitsuma are firstly recorded in China. A key to known male imagines of Chinese species and an updated world checklist of subgenus Tripodura are presented.

Synthesis, Morphological and Electrical Characterization of Solution Processable Low Bandgap Organic Materials

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2008-12-05

bandgap: 1.98 eV Okamoto, Toshihiro; Senatore, Michelle L.; Ling, Mang-Mang; Mallik , Abhijit B.; Tang, Ming L.; Bao, Zhenan. Synthesis...grant: 1. R.A.B. Devine, M.M. Ling, A. Mallik , M.Roberts, Z. Bao, "X-irradiation Effects on Top Contact, Pentacene Based Field Effect Transistors...Semiconductors: Asymmetric Linear Acenes Containing Sulphur ",J. Am. Chem. Soc., 128, 160002-160003,2006. 3. T. Okamoto, M.L. Senatore, M.M. Ling, A.B. Mallik

The genus Microserangium Miyatake (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from China.

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Wang, Xingmin; Slipiński, Adam; Ren, Shunxiang

2013-01-01

The genus Microserangium Chapinfrom China is reviewed. Nine species are recognized, including seven new species: M. erythrinum Wang & Ren, sp. n., M. fuscum Wang & Ren, sp. n., M. glossoides Wang & Ren, sp. n., M. shennongensis Wang & Ren, sp. n., M. semilunatum Wang & Ren, sp. n., M. deltoides Wang & Ren, sp. n., M. dactylicum Wang & Ren, sp. n. Male genitalia of M. hainanensis Miyatake, 1961 are described for the first time. All species are described and illustrated. A key and distribution map to the known species from China are given.

The genus Microserangium Miyatake (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from China

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Wang, Xingmin; Ślipiński, Adam; Ren, Shunxiang

2013-01-01

Abstract The genus Microserangium Chapinfrom China is reviewed. Nine species are recognized, including seven new species: M. erythrinum Wang & Ren, sp. n., M. fuscum Wang & Ren, sp. n., M. glossoides Wang & Ren, sp. n., M. shennongensis Wang & Ren, sp. n., M. semilunatum Wang & Ren, sp. n., M. deltoides Wang & Ren, sp. n., M. dactylicum Wang & Ren, sp. n. Male genitalia of M. hainanensis Miyatake, 1961 are described for the first time. All species are described and illustrated. A key and distribution map to the known species from China are given. PMID:24363587

Topological phase transition in the two-dimensional anisotropic Heisenberg model: A study using the Replica Exchange Wang-Landau sampling

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Figueiredo, T. P.; Rocha, J. C. S.; Costa, B. V.

2017-12-01

Although the topological Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition was for the first time described by 40 years ago, it is still a matter of discussion. It has been used to explain several experiments in the most diverse physical systems. In contrast with the ordinary continuous phase transitions the BKT-transition does not break any symmetry. However, in some contexts it can easily be confused with other continuous transitions, in general due to an insufficient data analysis. The two-dimensional XY (or sometimes called planar rotator) spin model is the fruit fly model describing the BKT transition. As demonstrated by Bramwell and Holdsworth (1993) the finite-size effects are more important in two-dimensions than in others due to the logarithmic system size dependence of the properties of the system. Closely related is the anisotropic two dimensional Heisenberg model (AH). Although they have the same Hamiltonian the spin variable in the former has only two degrees of freedom while the AH has three. Many works treat the AH model as undergoing a transition in the same universality class as the XY model. However, its characterization as being in the BKT class of universality deserve some investigation. This paper has two goals. First, we describe an analytical evidence showing that the AH model is in the BKT class of universality. Second, we make an extensive simulation, using the numerical Replica Exchange Wang-Landau method that corroborate our analytical calculations. From our simulation we obtain the BKT transition temperature as TBKT = 0 . 6980(10) by monitoring the susceptibility, the two point correlation function and the helicity modulus. We discuss the misuse of the fourth order Binder's cumulant to locate the transition temperature. The specific heat is shown to have a non-critical behavior as expected in the BKT transition. An analysis of the two point correlation function at low temperature, C(r) ∝r - η(T), shows that the exponent, η, is consistent

Petrochemistry and zircon U-Pb geochronology of granitic rocks in the Wang Nam Khiao area, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand: Implications for petrogenesis and tectonic setting

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Fanka, Alongkot; Tsunogae, Toshiaki; Daorerk, Veerote; Tsutsumi, Yukiyasu; Takamura, Yusuke; Sutthirat, Chakkaphan

2018-05-01

Carboniferous biotite granite, Late Permian hornblende granite, and Triassic biotite-hornblende granite, all of which belong to the Eastern Granite Belt, expose in the Wang Nam Khiao area, Nakhon Ratchasima, northeastern Thailand. The Carboniferous biotite granite is dominated by quartz, K-feldspar, plagioclase, and biotite. The Late Permian hornblende granite contains dominant assemblages of plagioclase, quartz, K-feldspar, hornblende, and minor amount of biotite, while the Triassic biotite-hornblende granite consists of quartz, plagioclase, K-feldspar with small amounts of biotite, and hornblende. The REE patterns with steep decrease from light to heavy REE together with the LILE (e.g. K, Sr) enrichment and depletion of some particular HFSE (e.g. Nb, Ti) indicate low degree of partial melting. Mineral chemistry of biotite and hornblende in the granites reflects crystallization from hydrous calc-alkaline arc-derived magmas possibly formed by subduction. Amphibole-plagioclase thermometry and Al-in-hornblende barometry indicate that the Late Permian hornblende granite and the Triassic biotite-hornblende granite may have equilibrated at 3.0-5.8 kbar/700-820 °C and 2.0-3.2 kbar/600-750 °C, respectively, in the middle-upper crust (about 10-15 km depth). Zircon U-Pb geochronology of the Carboniferous biotite granite, Late Permian hornblende granite and Triassic biotite-hornblende granite yielded intrusion ages of 314.6-284.9 Ma, 253.4 Ma, and 237.8 Ma, respectively, which implies multiple episodes of arc-magmatism formed by Palaeo-Tethys subduction beneath Indochina Terrane during Late Carboniferous/Early Permian, Late Permian and Middle Triassic.

Pharmacokinetic comparison of five tanshinones in normal and arthritic rats after oral administration of Huo Luo Xiao Ling Dan or its single herb extract by UPLC-MS/MS.

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Ma, Wen; Peng, Yan; Wang, Weihui; Bian, Qiaoxia; Wang, Nannan; Lee, David Y-W; Dai, Ronghua

2016-10-01

A fast, sensitive and reliable ultra performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) method has been developed and validated for simultaneous quantitation and pharmacokinetic study of five tanshinones (tanshinone I, tanshinone IIA, tanshinone IIB, dihydrotanshinone I, cryptotanshinone), the bio-active ingredients of Huo Luo Xiao Ling Dan (HLXLD) in rat plasma. After liquid-liquid extraction, chromatographic separation was accomplished on a Shim-pack XR-ODS column (75 × 3.0 mm, 2.2 µm particles) and eluted with a mobile phase consisting of acetonitrile-0.05% formic acid aqueous solution (80:20, v/v) at a flow rate of 0.4 mL/min, and the total run time was 7.0 min. The detection was performed on a triple quadrupole tandem mass spectrometry equipped with an electrospray ionization source in positive ionization and multiple reaction monitoring mode. The lower limits of quantification were 0.050-0.400 ng/mL for all the analytes. Linearity, precision and accuracy, the mean extraction recoveries and matrix effects all satisfied criteria for acceptance. This validated method was successfully applied to a comparative pharmacokinetic study of five bio-active components in rat plasma after oral administration of HLXLD or Salvia miltiorrhiza extract in normal and arthritic rats. The results showed that there were different pharmacokinetic characteristics among different groups. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Spent Nuclear Fuel Transport Reliability Study

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Wang, Jy-An John; Wang, Hong; Jiang, Hao

This conference paper was orignated and shorten from the following publisehd PTS documents: 1. Jy-An Wang, Hao Jiang, and Hong Wang, Dynamic Deformation Simulation of Spent Nuclear Fuel Assembly and CIRFT Deformation Sensor Stability Investigation, ORNL/SPR-2015/662, November 2015. 2. Jy-An Wang, Hong Wang, Mechanical Fatigue Testing of High-Burnup Fuel for Transportation Applications, NUREG/CR-7198, ORNL/TM-2014/214, May 2015. 3. Jy-An Wang, Hong Wang, Hao Jiang, Yong Yan, Bruce Bevard, Spent Nuclear Fuel Vibration Integrity Study 16332, WM2016 Conference, March 6 10, 2016, Phoenix, Arizona.

New taxa of Meconematini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Guangxi, China.

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Wang, Hanqiang; Liu, Xianwei; Li, Kai

2015-04-02

The following new taxa of Meconematini from Guangxi province were described: Sinothaumaspis damingshanicus Wang, Liu, Li gen. & sp. nov., Aphlugiolopsis punctipennis Wang, Liu, Li gen. & sp. nov., Eoxizicus (Eoxizicus) curvicercus Wang, Liu, Li sp. nov., Meconemopsis paraquadrinotata Wang, Liu, Li sp. nov., Neocrytopsis? unicolor Wang, Liu, Li sp. nov., Xiphidiopsis (Dinoxiphidiopsis) expressa Wang, Liu, Li sp. nov. Xiphidiopsis (Xiphidiopsis) fischerwaldheimi Gorochov, 1993, a synonym of Xiphidiopsis (Xiphidiopsis) jinxiuensis Xia & Liu, 1990 was described. The opposite gender of Sinocyrtaspis truncate Liu, 2000 and Abaxinicephora excellens Gorochov & Kang, 2005 were firstly described.  Xiphidiopsis (Dinoxiphidiopsis) jacobsoni Gorochov, 1993 was also firstly recorded from China. Two new combinations,  Meconemopsis quadrinotata (Bey-Bienko, 1971) Wang, Liu, Li comb. nov. and Xiphidiopsis (Dinoxiphidiopsis) fanjingshanensis (Shi & Du, 2006) Wang, Liu, Li comb. nov., as well as a synonym of the former Xizicus (Axizicus) xizangensis Jiao & Shi 2013 syn. nov. which respectively relate to M. paraquadrinotata sp. nov. and X. (D.) expressa sp. nov., were also noted.

HEALTH EFFECTS OF CHRONIC EXPOSURE TO ARSENIC VIA DRINKING WATER IN INNER MONGOLIA. III. NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOMS AND PIN-PRICK MEASURES

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Health Effects of Chronic Exposure to Arsenic via Drinking Water in Inner Mongolia: III. Neurological Symptoms and Pin-prick Measures

Yanhong Li, M.D.,Yajuan.Xia, M.D., Kegong Wu, M.D., Inner Mongolia Center For Endemic Disease Control and Research, Ling Ling He, B.S., Zhi...

Lightweight Portable Plasma Medical Device - Plasma Engineering Research Laboratory

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2015-12-01

Wang, W. Zheng, and Y. N. Wang, "Optical study of radicals (OH, O, H, N) in a needle-plate negative pulsed streamer corona discharge ," Plasma...needle- plate bi-directional pulsed corona discharge ," European Physical Journal D, vol. 38, pp. 515-522, Jun 2006. 155 [35] W. Wang, S. Wang...F. Liu, W. Zheng, and D. Wang, "Optical study of OH radical in a wire-plate pulsed corona discharge ," Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and

Biological Components of Colour Preference in Infancy

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Franklin, Anna; Bevis, Laura; Ling, Yazhu; Hurlbert, Anya

2010-01-01

Adult colour preference has been summarized quantitatively in terms of weights on the two fundamental neural processes that underlie early colour encoding: the S-(L+M) ("blue-yellow") and L-M ("red-green") cone-opponent contrast channels ( Ling, Hurlbert & Robinson, 2006; Hurlbert & Ling, 2007). Here, we investigate whether colour preference in…

About neighborhood counting measure metric and minimum risk metric.

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Argentini, Andrea; Blanzieri, Enrico

2010-04-01

In a 2006 TPAMI paper, Wang proposed the Neighborhood Counting Measure, a similarity measure for the k-NN algorithm. In his paper, Wang mentioned the Minimum Risk Metric (MRM), an early distance measure based on the minimization of the risk of misclassification. Wang did not compare NCM to MRM because of its allegedly excessive computational load. In this comment paper, we complete the comparison that was missing in Wang's paper and, from our empirical evaluation, we show that MRM outperforms NCM and that its running time is not prohibitive as Wang suggested.

Fake "Returnee" Earns 4 Million through Fraudulent Marriages: More than Ten Women Fall for His Claims of Being a Boss and Possessing a House and Car

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Chinese Education and Society, 2005

2005-01-01

This article discusses the case of Wang Ruiliang. Ms. Huang filed a case against Wang Jun, alleging that he had defrauded her. Ms. Huang met a man named Wang Jun in April 2002 through a certain matrimonial agency. Before they had been together for very long, Wang Jun asked to borrow money from Ms. Huang, claiming that he was having difficulties in…

PREFACE: International Conference on Inverse Problems 2010

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Hon, Yiu-Chung; Ling, Leevan

2011-03-01

Following the first International Conference on Inverse Problems - Recent Theoretical Development and Numerical Approaches held at the City University of Hong Kong in 2002, the fifth International Conference was held again at the City University during December 13-17, 2010. This fifth conference was jointly organized by Professor Yiu-Chung Hon (Co-Chair, City University of Hong Kong, HKSAR), Dr Leevan Ling (Co-Chair, Hong Kong Baptist University, HKSAR), Professor Jin Cheng (Fudan University, China), Professor June-Yub Lee (Ewha Womans University, South Korea), Professor Gui-Rong Liu (University of Cincinnati, USA), Professor Jenn-Nan Wang (National Taiwan University, Taiwan), and Professor Masahiro Yamamoto (The University of Tokyo, Japan). It was agreed to alternate holding the conference among the above places (China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong) once every two years. The next conference has been scheduled to be held at the Southeast University (Nanjing, China) in 2012. The purpose of this series of conferences is to establish a strong collaborative link among the universities of the Asian-Pacific regions and worldwide leading researchers in inverse problems. The conference addressed both theoretical (mathematics), applied (engineering) and developmental aspects of inverse problems. The conference was intended to nurture Asian-American-European collaborations in the evolving interdisciplinary areas and it was envisioned that the conference would lead to long-term commitments and collaborations among the participating countries and researchers. There was a total of more than 100 participants. A call for the submission of papers was sent out after the conference, and a total of 19 papers were finally accepted for publication in this proceedings. The papers included in the proceedings cover a wide scope, which reflects the current flourishing theoretical and numerical research into inverse problems. Finally, as the co-chairs of the Inverse Problems

Multidimensional Approach to the Development of a Mandarin Chinese-Oriented Sound Test

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Hung, Yu-Chen; Lin, Chun-Yi; Tsai, Li-Chiun; Lee, Ya-Jung

2016-01-01

Purpose: Because the Ling six-sound test is based on American English phonemes, it can yield unreliable results when administered to non-English speakers. In this study, we aimed to improve specifically the diagnostic palette for Mandarin Chinese users by developing an adapted version of the Ling six-sound test. Method: To determine the set of…

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Barton, G.W., Downey, R.

This manual covers what the beginner needs to know in order to transfer files between an Apple's Microcomputer and a Wang's OIS Word Processor. We have also tried to indicate where the experienced user might want to look for additional details. We cover the use of Apple Writer )(, VisiTerm, VisiCalc, and EasyWriter Professional. For us, the two most useful connections are from Applewriter to Wang and from Visicalc to Wang. From Wang to Apple Writer via Visiterm may have some value. Files can be transferred by VisiTerm to Wang, but they arrive with RETURNS in the middle of words,more » which have to be edited out, so we do not recommend it. We describe how to go from EasyWriter to Wang, but we do not know how to go from Wang to EasyWriter. We see no reason to go from Wang to VisiCalc, so we haven't thought about it. All instructions are given for a typical configuration of the Apple, namely the one on which this manual was composed. It is detailed in the section on Hardware and Software.« less

Evaluation of Resuspension from Propeller Wash in Pearl Harbor and San Diego Bay

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2014-07-01

water cleanup plans, or total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) must be developed to bring the water body back into compliance. Under the Comprehensive...Waterways Experiment Station ( Johnson et. al., 1991) to simulate physical processes in bays, rivers, lakes and estuaries (Wang and Martin, 1991...Wang, 1992; Wang and McCutcheon, 1993; Wang et al., 1997, 1998; Johnson et al., 1995). The model simulates hydrodynamic currents in four dimensions (x

Computation and Modeling of Insect Flight

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2005-08-23

Andersen, U. Pesavento , and Z. J. Wang, J. Fluid Mech., 2005. A. Andersen, U. Pesavento , and Z. J. Wang, J. Fluid Mech., 2005. U, Pasavento and Z. J...Wang (P.I.) "* Umberto Pesavento , PhD Physics (2005), Cornell University "* Anders Andersen, 2002-2005, Postdoctoral Fellow "* Sheng Xu, 2003-2006...press. 3. Anders Andersen, Umberto Pesavento , and Z. Jane Wang, ’Unsteady Aerodynamics of Fluttering and Tumbling Plates’, Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Utilization of BIA-Derived Bone Mineral Estimates Exerts Minimal Impact on Body Fat Estimates via Multicompartment Models in Physically Active Adults.

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Nickerson, Brett S; Tinsley, Grant M

2018-03-21

The purpose of this study was to compare body fat estimates and fat-free mass (FFM) characteristics produced by multicompartment models when utilizing either dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) or single-frequency bioelectrical impedance analysis (SF-BIA) for bone mineral content (BMC) in a sample of physically active adults. Body fat percentage (BF%) was estimated with 5-compartment (5C), 4-compartment (4C), 3-compartment (3C), and 2-compartment (2C) models, and DXA. The 5C-Wang with DXA for BMC (i.e., 5C-Wang DXA ) was the criterion. 5C-Wang using SF-BIA for BMC (i.e., 5C-Wang BIA ), 4C-Wang DXA (DXA for BMC), 4C-Wang BIA (BIA for BMC), and 3C-Siri all produced values similar to 5C-Wang DXA (r > 0.99; total error [TE] < 0.83%; standard error of estimate < 0.67%; 95% limits of agreement [LOAs] < ±1.35%). The 2C models (2C-Pace, 2C-Siri, and 2C-Brozek) and DXA each produced similar standard error of estimate and 95% LOAs (2.13%-3.12% and ±4.15%-6.14%, respectively). Furthermore, 3C-Lohman DXA (underwater weighing for body volume and DXA for BMC) and 3C-Lohman BIA (underwater weighing for body volume and SF-BIA for BMC) produced the largest 95% LOAs (±5.94%-8.63%). The FFM characteristics (i.e., FFM density, water/FFM, mineral/FFM, and protein/FFM) for 5C-Wang DXA and 5C-Wang BIA were each compared with the "reference body" cadavers of Brozek et al. 5C-Wang BIA FFM density differed significantly from the "reference body" in women (1.103 ± 0.007 g/cm 3 ; p < 0.001), but no differences were observed for 5C-Wang DXA or either 5C model in men. Moreover, water/FFM and mineral/FFM were significantly lower in men and women when comparing 5C-Wang DXA and 5C-Wang BIA with the "reference body," whereas protein/FFM was significantly higher (all p ≤ 0.001). 3C-Lohman BIA and 3C-Lohman DXA produced error similar to 2C models and DXA and are therefore not recommended multicompartment models. Although more advanced multicompartment models (e

Ultra-high performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry method for the simultaneous quantitation of five phthalides in rat plasma: Application to a comparative pharmacokinetic study of Huo Luo Xiao Ling Dan and herb-pair extract.

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Ma, Wen; Wang, Weihui; Peng, Yan; Bian, Qiaoxia; Wang, Nannan; Lee, David Y-W; Dai, Ronghua

2016-06-01

A fast, sensitive, and reliable ultra-high performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry method has been developed and validated for the simultaneous quantitation and pharmacokinetic study of five phthalides (senkyunolide A, ligustilide, butylidenephthalide, 3-butylphthalide, and levistilide A) in rat plasma after oral administration of Huo Luo Xiao Ling Dan (HLXLD) or Angelica sinensis--Ligusticum chuanxiong herb pair (DG-CX) between normal and arthritis rats. After extraction from blood, the analytes and internal standard were subjected to ultra-high performance liquid chromatography with a Shim-pack XR-ODS column (75 × 3.0 mm(2) , 2.2 μm particles) and mobile phase was composed of methanol and water (containing 0.05% formic acid) under gradient elution conditions, with an electrospray ionization source in the positive ionization and multiple reaction monitoring mode. The lower limits of quantification were 0.192-0.800 ng/mL for all the analytes. Satisfactory linearity, precision, accuracy, mean extraction recovery, and acceptable matrix effect have been achieved. The validated method was successfully applied to a comparative pharmacokinetic study of five bioactive components in rat plasma after oral administration of HLXLD or DG-CX alone, respectively, between normal and arthritic rats. The results showed that there were unlike characters of pharmacokinetics among different groups. © 2016 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

``Learning to Research'' in a Virtual Learning Environment: A Case Study on the Effectiveness of a Socio-constructivist Learning Design

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López-Alonso, C.; Fernández-Pampillón, A.; de-Miguel, E.; Pita, G.

Learning is the basis for research and lifelong training. The implementation of virtual environments for developing this competency requires the use of effective learning models. In this study we present an experiment in positive learning from the virtual campus of the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM). In order to carry it out we have used E-Ling, an e-learning environment that has been developed with an innovative didactic design based on a socio-constructivist learning approach. E-Ling has been used since 2006 to train future teachers and researchers in “learning to research”. Some of the results of this experiment have been statistically analysed in order to compare them with other learning models. From the obtained results we have concluded that E-Ling is a more productive proposal for developing competences in learning to research.

p38 MAPK signal pathway involved in anti-inflammatory effect of Chaihu-Shugan-San and Shen-ling-bai-zhu-San on hepatocyte in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis rats.

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Yang, QinHe; Xu, YongJian; Feng, GaoFei; Hu, ChaoFeng; Zhang, YuPei; Cheng, ShaoBing; Wang, YanPing; Gong, XiangWen

2014-01-01

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), has over thousands-of-years history of use. Chaihu-Shugan-San (CSS), and Shen-ling-bai-zhu-San (SLBZS), are famous traditional Chinese herbal medicine formulas, which have been used in China, for the treatment of many chronic diseases. This study investigated the anti-inflammatory effects of CSS and SLBZS on signaling molecules involved in p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38 MAPK), pathway on hepatocytes of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), rats induced by high fat diet. SD male rats were randomly divided into 8 groups: negative control group, model control group, high (9.6g/kg/day)/low (3.2g/kg/day)-dose CSS group, high (30g/kg/day)/low (10g/kg/day)-dose SLBZS group, high (39.6g/kg/day)/low (13.2g/kg/day)-dose integrated group. The rats of NASH model were induced by feeding a high-fat diet. After 16, wks, Hepatocytes were isolated from 6, rats in each group by collagenase perfusion. The liver histopathological changes and serum inflammatory cytokines TNF-α, IL-6 were determined. The proteins of TLR4, phosphor-p38 MAPK and p38 MAPK involved in p38 MAPK signal pathway were assayed. The statistical data indicated the NASH model rats reproduced typical histopathological features of NASH in human. CSS and SLBZS ameliorated lipid metabolic disturbance, attenuated NASH progression, decreased the levels of TNF-α and IL-6 in serum, as well as inhibited TLR4 protein expression, p38 MAPK phosphorylation, and activation of p38 MAPK. In conclusion, CSS and SLBZS might work as a significant anti-inflammatory effect on hepatocyte of NASH by inhibiting the activation of TLR4, p-p38 MAPK and p38 MAPK involved in p38 MAPK signal pathway. To some extent, CSS and SLBZS may be a potential alternative and complementary medicine to protect against liver injury, alleviate the inflammation reaction, moderate NASH progression.

Simultaneous determination of seven coumarins by UPLC-MS/MS: Application to a comparative pharmacokinetic study in normal and arthritic rats after oral administration of Huo Luo Xiao Ling Dan or single-herb extract.

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Wu, Yun; Wang, Fenrong; Ai, Yu; Ma, Wen; Bian, Qiaoxia; Lee, David Y-W; Dai, Ronghua

2015-06-01

A simple, sensitive and reliable ultra performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) method has been developed and validated for simultaneous quantitation of seven coumarins, the bio-active ingredients of Huo Luo Xiao Ling Dan (HLXLD), in rat plasma. The liquid-liquid extraction method with ether-dichloromethane (2:1, v/v) was used to prepare the plasma samples. Analytes and internal standard (IS) of bifendate were separated on a Shim-pack XR-ODS column (75mm×3.0mm, 2.2μm particles) using gradient elution with the mobile phase consisting of methanol and 0.05% formic acid in water at a flow rate of 0.4mL/min. Detection was performed on a triple quadrupole (TQ) tandem mass spectrometry equipped with an electrospray ionization source in the positive ionization and multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode. The lower limits of quantitation (LLOQ) were 0.03-0.25ng/mL for all the analytes. Intra- and inter-day precision and accuracy of the seven analytes were well within acceptance criteria (15%). The matrix effect and the mean extraction recoveries of the analytes and IS from rat plasma were all within satisfaction. The validated method has been successfully applied to compare pharmacokinetic profiles of the seven active ingredients in rat plasma between normal and arthritic rats after oral administration of HLXLD, Angelica pubescens extract and Notopterygium incisum extract, respectively. Results showed that there were remarkable differences in pharmacokinetic properties of the analytes among the different groups. Copyright © 2015. Published by Elsevier B.V.

Application of 'Six Sigma{sup TM}' and 'Design of Experiment' for Cementation - Recipe Development for Evaporator Concentrate for NPP Ling AO, Phase II (China) - 12555

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Fehrmann, Henning; Perdue, Robert

2012-07-01

Cementation of radioactive waste is a common technology. The waste is mixed with cement and water and forms a stable, solid block. The physical properties like compression strength or low leach ability depends strongly on the cement recipe. Due to the fact that this waste cement mixture has to fulfill special requirements, a recipe development is necessary. The Six Sigma{sup TM}' DMAIC methodology, together with the Design of experiment (DoE) approach, was employed to optimize the process of a recipe development for cementation at the Ling Ao nuclear power plant (NPP) in China. The DMAIC offers a structured, systematical andmore » traceable process to derive test parameters. The DoE test plans and statistical analysis is efficient regarding the amount of test runs and the benefit gain by getting a transfer function. A transfer function enables simulation which is useful to optimize the later process and being responsive to changes. The DoE method was successfully applied for developing a cementation recipe for both evaporator concentrate and resin waste in the plant. The key input parameters were determined, evaluated and the control of these parameters were included into the design. The applied Six Sigma{sup TM} tools can help to organize the thinking during the engineering process. Data are organized and clearly presented. Various variables can be limited to the most important ones. The Six Sigma{sup TM} tools help to make the thinking and decision process trace able. The tools can help to make data driven decisions (e.g. C and E Matrix). But the tools are not the only golden way. Results from scoring tools like the C and E Matrix need close review before using them. The DoE is an effective tool for generating test plans. DoE can be used with a small number of tests runs, but gives a valuable result from an engineering perspective in terms of a transfer function. The DoE prediction results, however, are only valid in the tested area. So a careful selection of

Ling Tao, Ph.D. | NREL

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| 303-384-7809 Orcid ID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1063-1984 Research Interests Techno-economic analysis ) with Corn Stover using Response Surface Methodology (RSM) and Techno Economic Analysis (TEA)," ; Biotechnology for Biofuels (2014) "Performance and techno-economic assessment of several solid-liquid

Epigenetic game theory and its application in plants. Comment on: ;Epigenetic game theory: How to compute the epigenetic control of maternal-to-zygotic transition; by Qian Wang et al.

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Zhang, Yuan-Ming; Zhang, Yinghao; Guo, Mingyue

2017-03-01

Wang's et al. article [1] is the first to integrate game theory (especially evolutionary game theory) with epigenetic modification of zygotic genomes. They described and assessed a modeling framework based on evolutionary game theory to quantify, how sperms and oocytes interact through epigenetic processes, to determine embryo development. They also studied the internal mechanisms for normal embryo development: 1) evolutionary interactions between DNA methylation of the paternal and maternal genomes, and 2) the application of game theory to formulate and quantify how different genes compete or cooperate to regulate embryogenesis through methylation. Although it is not very comprehensive and profound regarding game theory modeling, this article bridges the gap between evolutionary game theory and the epigenetic control of embryo development by powerful ordinary differential equations (ODEs). The epiGame framework includes four aspects: 1) characterizing how epigenetic game theory works by the strategy matrix, in which the pattern and relative magnitude of the methylation effects on embryogenesis, are described by the cooperation and competition mechanisms, 2) quantifying the game that the direction and degree of P-M interactions over embryo development can be explained by the sign and magnitude of interaction parameters in model (2), 3) modeling epigenetic interactions within the morula, especially for two coupled nonlinear ODEs, with explicit functions in model (4), which provide a good fit to the observed data for the two sexes (adjusted R2 = 0.956), and 4) revealing multifactorial interactions in embryogenesis from the coupled ODEs in model (2) to triplet ODEs in model (6). Clearly, this article extends game theory from evolutionary game theory to epigenetic game theory.

Cake: Enabling High-level SLOs on Shared Storage Systems

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2012-11-07

Cake: Enabling High-level SLOs on Shared Storage Systems Andrew Wang Shivaram Venkataraman Sara Alspaugh Randy H. Katz Ion Stoica Electrical...Date) * * * * * * * Professor R. Katz Second Reader (Date) Cake: Enabling High-level SLOs on Shared Storage Systems Andrew Wang, Shivaram Venkataraman ...Report MIT-LCS-TR-667, MIT, Laboratory for Computer Science, 1995. [39] A. Wang, S. Venkataraman , S. Alspaugh, I. Stoica, and R. Katz. Sweet storage SLOs

China Report: Political, Sociological and Military Affairs. No. 429

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1983-06-10

according to the number of strokes in the family name. Wang Wei, (Wang Dachuan), (Wang Xinmin), Lu Liang, Lu Yukun, Zhu Danhua (female), (Liu Jiufeng...Li Shanyuan), He Shikun, (Shen Gan), Shen Hanqing, (Du Shijiu), Lu Xiaopeng, (Pu Jiguang), (Zhang Yulong), (Zhang Xiren), (Zhang Xiuxi), (Zhang...the session in accordance with the CPPCC Constitution. Wu Ping was elected chairman and Li Shizhang, Gu Jiguang, He Shikun, Lu Xiaopeng, Shen

Flapping Wing Flight Dynamic Modeling

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2011-08-22

cases. Pesavento and Wang [24] solved the two dimensional Navier-Stokes equations in relation to a piece of free falling paper at Reynolds number near...von Karman, T. and Burgers, J. M., Gerneral Aerodynamic Theory - Perfect Fluids , Vol. II, Julius Springer, Berlin, 1935. [24] Pesavento , U. and Wang...2004, pp. 14. [25] Andersen, A., Pesavento , U., and Wang, Z. J., Unsteady aerodynamics of uttering and tumbling plates, Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Hybrid Chaos Synchronization of Four-Scroll Systems via Active Control

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Karthikeyan, Rajagopal; Sundarapandian, Vaidyanathan

2014-03-01

This paper investigates the hybrid chaos synchronization of identical Wang four-scroll systems (Wang, 2009), identical Liu-Chen four-scroll systems (Liu and Chen, 2004) and non-identical Wang and Liu-Chen four-scroll systems. Active control method is the method adopted to achieve the hybrid chaos synchronization of the four-scroll chaotic systems addressed in this paper and our synchronization results are established using Lyapunov stability theory. Since the Lyapunov exponents are not required for these calculations, the active control method is effective and convenient to hybrid synchronize identical and different Wang and Liu-Chen four-scroll chaotic systems. Numerical simulations are also shown to illustrate and validate the hybrid synchronization results derived in this paper.

Efficiency and security problems of anonymous key agreement protocol based on chaotic maps

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Yoon, Eun-Jun

2012-07-01

In 2011, Niu-Wang proposed an anonymous key agreement protocol based on chaotic maps in [Niu Y, Wang X. An anonymous key agreement protocol based on chaotic maps. Commun Nonlinear Sci Simulat 2011;16(4):1986-92]. Niu-Wang's protocol not only achieves session key agreement between a server and a user, but also allows the user to anonymously interact with the server. Nevertheless, this paper points out that Niu-Wang's protocol has the following efficiency and security problems: (1) The protocol has computational efficiency problem when a trusted third party decrypts the user sending message. (2) The protocol is vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) attack based on illegal message modification by an attacker.

Huo-Luo-Xiao-Ling (HLXL)-Dan, a Traditional Chinese Medicine, for patients with osteoarthritis of the knee: a multi-site, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase II clinical trial.

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Lao, L; Hochberg, M; Lee, D Y W; Gilpin, A M K; Fong, H H S; Langenberg, P; Chen, K; Li, E K; Tam, L S; Berman, B

2015-12-01

To examine the efficacy and safety of Huo-Luo-Xiao-Ling (HLXL)-Dan, a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). A multi-site, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase II dose-escalation clinical trial was conducted. Eligible patients who fulfilled American College of Rheumatology criteria were randomized to receive either HLXL or placebo. Clinical assessments included measurement of knee pain and function with the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC), patient global assessment (PGA), and knee pain scores every 2 weeks. A Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) was established to review the data for ensuring the quality of the trial. In the first stage, 28 participants were randomized to receive either low-dose HLXL-Dan (2400 mg/day) or placebo for 6 weeks. The results showed no statistical difference between the two groups. The study was then re-designed following the recommendation of DSMB. Ninety-two patients were enrolled in the second stage and were randomized to receive either high-dose HLXL-Dan (4000 mg/day for week 1-2, and 5600 mg/day for week 3-8) or placebo for 8 weeks. All outcome assessments showed significant improvements for both groups after 8 weeks but no significant between-group differences. The change (mean ± SD) of WOMAC pain and WOMAC function scores of HLXL and placebo group after 8 weeks were -1.2 ± 1.7 vs -1.4 ± 1.5, and -1.1 ± 1.6 vs -1.3 ± 1.5 respectively. No serious adverse events were reported. Although safe to use, an 8-week treatment of HLXL-Dan was not superior to placebo for reduction in pain or functional improvement in patients with knee OA. Clinicaltrials.gov (NCT00755326). Copyright © 2015 Osteoarthritis Research Society International. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Organization of the 1991 Society of America Photonic Science Topical Meeting Held in Monterey, California on September 26 - 28, 1991. 1991 Technical Digest Series, Volume 16, Conference Edition

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1992-05-01

Yuxin Ni, Duoyuan Wang, Lingzhi Hu, Huizhu He, Jie Xie. 532 nm. (p. 122) Junyi Zhing, Academy of Sciences of China. Photon-gated persistent spectral hole...cal hole-burning, Duoyuan Wang, Lingzhi Hu, Huizhu He, Lizeng Zhao, Xin Mi, Yuxin Ni, Academy of Sciences, China. FES Marker mode structure in the...Dongxiang, Mi Xin, Nie Yuxin Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica Beijing 100080, China, Fax:(86-1)2562605 Wang Duoyuan, Hu Lingzhi , He Huizhu, Xie

Thermomechanical Fatigue Behavior of a Silicone Carbide Fiber-Reinforced Calcium Aluminosilicate Glass-Ceramic Matrix Composite

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1991-01-01

Fibers," Journal of Materials Science Letters, Chapman & Hall, Ltd., London, England, 2, [9], 1983, pp. 80-82. Wang, S-W, and Parvizi- Majidi , A...cross-plied [0/9012s material and found behavior similar to that seen by Rousseau, and Wang & Parvizi- Majidi . 17 References - CHAPTER I1: BACKGROUND...eds., American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, PA, 1990, pp. 136-151. 63 Wang, S-W, and Parvizi- Majidi , A., "Mechanical Behavior of

Evaluation of the grand-canonical partition function using expanded Wang-Landau simulations. IV. Performance of many-body force fields and tight-binding schemes for the fluid phases of silicon

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Desgranges, Caroline; Delhommelle, Jerome

We extend Expanded Wang-Landau (EWL) simulations beyond classical systems and develop the EWL method for systems modeled with a tight-binding Hamiltonian. We then apply the method to determine the partition function and thus all thermodynamic properties, including the Gibbs free energy and entropy, of the fluid phases of Si. We compare the results from quantum many-body (QMB) tight binding models, which explicitly calculate the overlap between the atomic orbitals of neighboring atoms, to those obtained with classical many-body (CMB) force fields, which allow to recover the tetrahedral organization in condensed phases of Si through, e.g., a repulsive 3-body term thatmore » favors the ideal tetrahedral angle. Along the vapor-liquid coexistence, between 3000 K and 6000 K, the densities for the two coexisting phases are found to vary significantly (by 5 orders of magnitude for the vapor and by up to 25% for the liquid) and to provide a stringent test of the models. Transitions from vapor to liquid are predicted to occur for chemical potentials that are 10%–15% higher for CMB models than for QMB models, and a ranking of the force fields is provided by comparing the predictions for the vapor pressure to the experimental data. QMB models also reveal the formation of a gap in the electronic density of states of the coexisting liquid at high temperatures. Subjecting Si to a nanoscopic confinement has a dramatic effect on the phase diagram with, e.g. at 6000 K, a decrease in liquid densities by about 50% for both CMB and QMB models and an increase in vapor densities between 90% (CMB) and 170% (QMB). The results presented here provide a full picture of the impact of the strategy (CMB or QMB) chosen to model many-body effects on the thermodynamic properties of the fluid phases of Si.« less

Biotransformation and metabolic profile of Xian-Ling-Gu-Bao capsule, a traditional Chinese medicine prescription, with rat intestinal microflora by ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry analysis.

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Gao, Meng-Xue; Tang, Xi-Yang; Zhang, Feng-Xiang; Yao, Zhi-Hong; Yao, Xin-Sheng; Dai, Yi

2018-04-01

Xian-Ling-Gu-Bao capsule (XLGB), a well-known traditional Chinese medicine prescription, has been used for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. The safety and efficacy of XLGB have been confirmed based on the principle of evidence-based medicine. XLGB is usually administered orally, after which its multiple components are brought into contact with intestinal microflora in the alimentary tract and biotransformed. However, investigations on the comprehensive metabolic profile of XLGB are absent. In this study, 12 representative compounds bearing different typical structures (including iridoid glycosides, prenylated flavonol glycosides, prenylated flavonoids, triterpenoid saponins, steroidal saponins, coumarins and monoterpene phenols) were selected and then investigated for their biotransformation in rat intestinal microflora. In addition, the metabolic profile of XLGB in rat intestinal microflora was investigated by ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry. As a result, a total of 87 biotransformation components were identified from incubated solutions of 12 representative compounds and XLGB, which underwent 16 metabolic reactions (including deglycosylation, glycosylation, dehydrogenation, hydrogenation, oxidation, epoxidation, hydroxylation, dehydration, hydration, hydrolysis, methylation, isomerization, cyclization, pyrolysis reaction, amino acid conjugation and nucleophilic addition reaction with NH 3 ). This demonstrated that the deglycosylation reaction by cleavage of the sugar moieties is the main metabolic pathway of a variety of glycosides, including prenylated flavonol glycosides, coumarin glycosides, iridoid glycosides and saponins. In addition, compared with the biotransformation of 12 representative compounds, a different biotransformed fate was observed in the XLGB incubated samples of rat intestinal microflora. It is worth noting that the amino acid conjugation was first discovered

Evolution of Zinc Oxide Nanostructures from Non-Equilibrium Deposition Conditions

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2016-07-11

pressure and temperature in the chamber by a rough estimation using PV = nRT. The deposition area is the internal surface of the tubular chamber, D...J. Wang, L. Zhang, T.L. Andrew, M.S. Arnold, X.D. Wang “Development of Lead Iodide Perovskite Solar Cells Using Three-Dimensional Titanium Dioxide...Andrew, M.S. Arnold, X.D. Wang "Development of Lead Iodide Perovskite Solar Cells Using Three-Dimensional Titanium Dioxide Nanowire Architectures" ACS

Anthrax Vaccines: Pasteur to the Present

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2006-01-01

pathogenesis Anthrax is most often a disease of ruminants that can afflict a wide variety of mammals, including humans. Three forms of the disease are...91 Sloat, B. R. and Cui , Z. (2005) Strong mucosal and systemic immunities induced by nasal immunization with anthrax pro- tective antigen protein...strains with variant plasmid contents . Infect. Immun. 73, 3646–3658. 115 Wang, J., Ying, T., Wang, H., Shi, Z., Li, M., He, K., Feng, E., Wang, J

Lightweight Portable Plasma Medical Device - Plasma Engineering Research Laboratory

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2014-10-01

34Optical study of radicals (OH, O, H, N) in a needle- plate negative pulsed streamer corona discharge ," Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing, vol. 26...pulsed corona discharge ," European Physical Journal D, vol. 38, pp. 515-522, Jun 2006. [35] W. Wang, S. Wang, F. Liu, W. Zheng, and D. Wang, "Optical...study of OH radical in a wire-plate pulsed corona discharge ," Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, vol. 63, pp. 477

Aerobic Biodegradation of DI-n-Butylphthalate by Pure and Mixed Bacterial Species

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1996-05-01

70 days in their studies. Wang and Grady (1995)7 explored the effects of biosorption and dissolution on the biodegradation of DBP. Biosorption ...isotherms for DBP by live and dead bacteria was evaluated by Wang and Grady (1994)4. Biosorption was significant in both live and dead bacteria, however, it...Data on Organic Chemicals. 2nd Ed., Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 4. Wang, X. and Grady Jr., C. P. L. (1994) Comparison of Biosorption

Reply to Comments to X. Li and Y. M. Wang (2011) Comparisons of geoid models over Alaska computed with different Stokes' kernel modifications, JGS 1(2): 136-142 by L. E. Sjöberg

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Wang, Y.

2012-01-01

The authors thank professor Sjöberg for having interest in our paper. The main goal of the paper is to test kernel modification methods used in geoid computations. Our tests found that Vanicek/Kleusberg's and Featherstone's methods fit the GPS/leveling data the best in the relative sense at various cap sizes. At the same time, we also pointed out that their methods are unstable and the mean values change from dm to meters by just changing the cap size. By contrast, the modification of the Wong and Gore type (including the spectral combination, method of Heck and Grüninger) is stable and insensitive to the truncation degree and cap size. This feature is especially useful when we know the accuracy of the gravity field at different frequency bands. For instance, it is advisable to truncate Stokes' kernel at a degree to which the satellite model is believed to be more accurate than surface data. The method of the Wong and Goretype does this job quite well. In contrast, the low degrees of Stokes' kernel are modified by Molodensky's coefficients tn in Vanicek/Kleusberg's and Featherstone's methods (cf. Eq. (6) in Li and Wang (2011)). It implies that the low degree gravity field of the reference model will be altered by less accurate surface data in the final geoid. This is also the cause of the larger variation in mean values of the geoid.

Multiscale Mathematics for Nano-Particle-Endowed Active Membranes and Films

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2016-08-03

Formation in Biofilms ,” Contemporary Mathematics (586), 2013, 105-116. 2. Yi Sun and Qi Wang, “Modeling and Simulations of Multicellular Aggregate Self...6402. 21. Hua Jiang, Hao Yang, Jun Zeng, Zhiyuan Zhou, Jin Peng, Qi Wang, Analytic Oncology, Electron J Metab Nutr Cancer ，Jun. 2015，Vol. 2， No. 2, 26...30. 22. Chen Chen, Dacheng Ren, Mingming Ren and Qi Wang, “3-D Spatial-Temporal Structures of Biofilms in A Water Channel,” Mathematical Methods

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Barton, G.W. Jr.

In UCID-19588, Communicating between the Apple and the Wang, we described how to take Apple DOS text files and send them to the Wang, and how to return Wang files to the Apple. It is also possible to use your Apple as an Octopus terminal, and to exchange files with Octopus 7600's. Presumably, you can also talk to the Crays, or any other part of the system. This connection has another virtue. It eliminates one of the terminals in your office.

The Role of Retinal Determination Gene Network (RDGN) in Hormone Signaling Transduction and Prostate Tumorigenes

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2015-12-01

S, Zhang W, Zhou J, Wang J, Ertel A, Li Z, Rui H, Quong A, Lisanti MP, Tozeren A, Tanes C, Addya S, Gormley M, Wang C, McMahon SB, Pestell RG...MP, Wang C, Pestell RG. Acetylation of the cell-fate factor dachshund determines p53 binding and signaling modules in breast cancer. Oncotarget...MP, Quong A, Ertel A, Pestell RG. Cell fate factor DACH1 represses YB-1-mediated oncogenic transcription and translation. Cancer Res. 2014;74(3):829

GaAs Computer Technology

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1992-01-07

AD-A259 259 FASTC-ID FOREIGN AEROSPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER GaAs COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY (1) by Wang Qiao-yu 93-00999 Distrir bution t,,,Nm ted...FASTC- ID(RS)T-0310-92 HUMAN TRANSLATION FASTC-ID(RS)T-0310-92 7 January 1993 GaAs COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY (1) By: Wang Qiao-yu English pages: 6 Source...the best quality copy available. j C] " ------ GaAs Computer Technology (1) Wang Qiao-yu (Li-Shan Microelectronics Institute) Abstract: The paper

Transverse Cracking in a Fiber Reinforced Ceramic Matrix Composite

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1990-12-01

failure if the off-axis ply was very thin. Wang and Parvizi- Majidi (3) investigated transverse cracking in Nicalon/CAS, a ceramic composite with silicon...the off-axis ply was very thin. 7 Wang and Parvizi- Majidi (3) investigated transverse I cracking in Nicalon/CAS, a ceramic composite with silicon...were quite 3 prevalent in the three lay-ups with the 900 plies in the center, less so in the 0/90/04/90/0 lay-up. Wang and Parvizi- Majidi also

Genetics Home Reference: Schindler disease

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... or Free article on PubMed Central Desnick RJ, Wang AM. Schindler disease: an inherited neuroaxonal dystrophy due ... Kanzaki T, Yokota M, Irie F, Hirabayashi Y, Wang AM, Desnick RJ. Angiokeratoma corporis diffusum with glycopeptiduria ...

Retraction RETRACTION of "Methylation of the RASSFIA promoter in breast cancer" by Y. Ji, H.H. Jin, M.D. Wang, W.X. Cao, J.L. Bao - Genet. Mol. Res. 15 (2): gmr.15028261 (2016) - DOI: 10.4238/gmr.15028261.

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Ji, Y; Jin, H H; Wang, M D; Cao, W X; Bao, J L

2016-10-07

The retracted article is: Ji Y, Jin HH, Wang MD, Cao WX, et al. (2016). Methylation of the RASSFIA promoter in breast cancer. Genet. Mol. Res. 15: gmr.15028261. There are significant parts of this article (particularly, in the discussion section) that are copied from "Methylation of HIN-1, RASSF1A, RIL and CDH13 in breast cancer is associated with clinical characteristics, but only RASSF1A methylation is associated with outcome", by Jia Xu, Priya B Shetty, Weiwei Feng, Carol Chenault, Robert C Bast Jr, Jean-Pierre J Issa, Susan G Hilsenbeck and Yinhua Yu, published in BMC Cancer 2012; 12: 243. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-12-243. The first paragraphs of both discussions are identical. This is concerning. The abstract and introduction sections have much of their text plagiarized. Overall, there is high plagiarism detected. The GMR editorial staff was alerted and after a thorough investigation, we have strong reason to believe that the peer review process was failure and, after review and contacting the authors, the editors of Genetics and Molecular Research decided to retract the article in accordance with the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). The authors and their institutions were advised of this serious breach of ethics.

The Role of Retinal Determination Gene Network (RDGN) in Hormone Signaling Transduction and Prostate Tumorigenesis

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2013-10-01

Wu K, Wang L, Jiao X, Ju X, Li Z, Ertel A, Addya S, McCue P, Lisanti MP, Wang C, Davis RJ, Mardon G, Pestell RG. Androgen therapy resistant...Li Z, Hu J, Chen K, Wu J, Pestell RG. DACH1 inhibited prostate cancer cellular proliferation and Interleukon-6 signaling. AACR 103rd Annual Meeting...March 31 – April 4, 2012, Chicago, IL.  Wang J, Cai S, Chen K, Sun Y, Li S, Pestell RG, Wu K. Regulation of AR transcriptional activity and

Effect of low-speed impact damage on the buckling properties of E-glass/epoxy laminates

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Yapici, A.; Metin, M.

2009-11-01

The postimpact buck ling loads of E-glass/epoxy laminates have been measured. Composite samples with the stacking sequence [+45/-45/90/0]2s were subjected to low-speed impact loadings at various energy levels. The tests were conducted on a specially developed vertical drop-weight testing machine. The main impact parameters, such as the peak load, absorbed energy, deflection at the peak load, and damage area, were evaluated and com pared. The damaged specimens were subjected to compressive axial forces, and their buckling loads were determined. The relation between the level of impact energy and buck ling loads is investigated.

A UPLC-MS/MS method for simultaneous quantitation of three monoterpene glycosides and four alkaloids in rat plasma: application to a comparative pharmacokinetic study of Huo Luo Xiao Ling Dan and single herb extract.

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Ai, Yu; Wu, Yun; Wang, Fenrong; Ma, Wen; Bian, Qiaoxia; Lee, David Y-W; Dai, Ronghua

2015-03-01

The objective of this study was to develop a sensitive and reliable ultra performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) method for simultaneous quantitation of three monoterpene glycosides (paeoniflorin, alibiflorin and oxypaeoniflorin) and four alkaloids (tetrahydropalmatine, corydaline, dehydrocorydaline and berberine), the main active ingredients of Radix Paeoniae Rubra extract (RPE) and Corydalis yanhusuo extract (CYE) in Huo Luo Xiao Ling Dan (HLXLD), and to compare the pharmacokinetics of these active ingredients in normal and arthritic rats orally administrated with HLXLD or RPE/CYE alone. The analytes and internal standard (IS) (geniposide) were separated on a XBridge C18 column (150 × 4.6 mm, 3.5 µm) using gradient elution with the mobile phase consisting of methanol and 0.01% formic acid in water at a flow rate of 0.6 ml/min. The detection of the analytes was performed on Acquity UPLC-MS/MS system with an electrospray ionization and multiple reaction monitoring mode via polarity switching between negative (for monoterpene glycosides) and positive (for alkaloids) ionization mode. The lower limits of quantification were 2.5, 1, 0.5, 0.2, 0.2, 0.02 and 0.01 ng/ml for paeoniflorin, alibiflorin, oxypaeoniflorin, tetrahydropalmatine, corydaline, dehydrocorydaline and berberine, respectively. Intra-day and inter-day precision and accuracy of analytes were well within acceptance criteria (15%). The mean extraction recoveries of analytes and IS from rat plasma were all more than 83.1%. The validated method has been successfully applied to determination of the analytes. Results showed that there were remarkable differences in pharmacokinetic properties of the analytes between herbal formula and single herb group, normal and arthritic group. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Synthesis of Si Nanowires for an Anode Material of Li Batteries

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2007-12-04

Zhou, H. Li, H.P. Sun , D.P. Yu, Y.Q. Wang, X.J. Huang, L.Q. Chen, Z. Zhang, Appl. Phys. Lett. 75 (16) (1999) 2447 6. A.M. Wilson, B.M. Way, J.R. Dahn...Y. Liu, Electrochem. Commun. 5 (2003) 165 12. Tatsuo Umeno, Kenji Fukuda, Hongyu Wang, Nikolay Dimov, Takashi Iwao, Masaki Yoshio, Chem. Lett...Hansu Kim, Junghee Choi, Hun-Joon Sohn and Tak Kang, J. Electrochem. Soc. 146 (12) (1999) 4401 18. G.X. Wang, L. Sun , D.H. Bradhurst, S. Zhong, S.X. Dou

Enhancement and Angular Dependence of Transport Critical Current Density in Pulsed Laser Deposited YBa2Cu3O7-x+BaSnO3 Films in Applied Magnetic Fields (Postprint)

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2007-09-25

Foltyn, Q. X. Jia, H. Wang, A. Serquis, L. Civale, B. Maiorov, M. E. Hawley , M. P. Maley, and D. E. Peterson, Nat. Mater. 3, 439 2004. 4C...J. O. Willis , J. Y. Coulter, H. Wang, Q. X. Jia, P. N. Arendt, J. L. MacManus-Driscoll, M. P. Maley, and S. R. Foltyn, Appl. Phys. Lett. 84, 2121...Jia, P. N. Arendt, H. Wang, J. O. Willis , J. Y. Coulter, T. G. Holesinger, J. L. MacManus- Driscoll, M. W. Rupich, W. Zhang, and X. Li, Physica C

Evaluation of two Vaisala RS92 radiosonde solar radiative dry bias correction algorithms

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Dzambo, Andrew M.; Turner, David D.; Mlawer, Eli J.

2016-04-12

Solar heating of the relative humidity (RH) probe on Vaisala RS92 radiosondes results in a large dry bias in the upper troposphere. Two different algorithms (Miloshevich et al., 2009, MILO hereafter; and Wang et al., 2013, WANG hereafter) have been designed to account for this solar radiative dry bias (SRDB). These corrections are markedly different with MILO adding up to 40 % more moisture to the original radiosonde profile than WANG; however, the impact of the two algorithms varies with height. The accuracy of these two algorithms is evaluated using three different approaches: a comparison of precipitable water vapor (PWV),more » downwelling radiative closure with a surface-based microwave radiometer at a high-altitude site (5.3 km m.s.l.), and upwelling radiative closure with the space-based Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS). The PWV computed from the uncorrected and corrected RH data is compared against PWV retrieved from ground-based microwave radiometers at tropical, midlatitude, and arctic sites. Although MILO generally adds more moisture to the original radiosonde profile in the upper troposphere compared to WANG, both corrections yield similar changes to the PWV, and the corrected data agree well with the ground-based retrievals. The two closure activities – done for clear-sky scenes – use the radiative transfer models MonoRTM and LBLRTM to compute radiance from the radiosonde profiles to compare against spectral observations. Both WANG- and MILO-corrected RHs are statistically better than original RH in all cases except for the driest 30 % of cases in the downwelling experiment, where both algorithms add too much water vapor to the original profile. In the upwelling experiment, the RH correction applied by the WANG vs. MILO algorithm is statistically different above 10 km for the driest 30 % of cases and above 8 km for the moistest 30 % of cases, suggesting that the MILO correction performs better than the WANG in clear-sky scenes. Lastly, the

Evaluation of two Vaisala RS92 radiosonde solar radiative dry bias correction algorithms

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Dzambo, Andrew M.; Turner, David D.; Mlawer, Eli J.

Solar heating of the relative humidity (RH) probe on Vaisala RS92 radiosondes results in a large dry bias in the upper troposphere. Two different algorithms (Miloshevich et al., 2009, MILO hereafter; and Wang et al., 2013, WANG hereafter) have been designed to account for this solar radiative dry bias (SRDB). These corrections are markedly different with MILO adding up to 40 % more moisture to the original radiosonde profile than WANG; however, the impact of the two algorithms varies with height. The accuracy of these two algorithms is evaluated using three different approaches: a comparison of precipitable water vapor (PWV),more » downwelling radiative closure with a surface-based microwave radiometer at a high-altitude site (5.3 km m.s.l.), and upwelling radiative closure with the space-based Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS). The PWV computed from the uncorrected and corrected RH data is compared against PWV retrieved from ground-based microwave radiometers at tropical, midlatitude, and arctic sites. Although MILO generally adds more moisture to the original radiosonde profile in the upper troposphere compared to WANG, both corrections yield similar changes to the PWV, and the corrected data agree well with the ground-based retrievals. The two closure activities – done for clear-sky scenes – use the radiative transfer models MonoRTM and LBLRTM to compute radiance from the radiosonde profiles to compare against spectral observations. Both WANG- and MILO-corrected RHs are statistically better than original RH in all cases except for the driest 30 % of cases in the downwelling experiment, where both algorithms add too much water vapor to the original profile. In the upwelling experiment, the RH correction applied by the WANG vs. MILO algorithm is statistically different above 10 km for the driest 30 % of cases and above 8 km for the moistest 30 % of cases, suggesting that the MILO correction performs better than the WANG in clear-sky scenes. Lastly, the

Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial of Student Success Skills

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Webb, Linda; Carey, John; Villares, Elizabeth; Wells, Craig; Sayer, Aline

2014-01-01

Numerous authors have reviewed research to determine which skills are considered fundamental to successful academic and social outcomes for students (Hattie, Briggs, & Purdie, 1996; Masten & Coatworth, 1998; Wang, Haertel, & Walberg, 1994; Zins, Weissberg, Wang, & Walberg, 2004). These skills include: (1) cognitive and…

A new species of Neoperla (Plecoptera: Perlidae) from Zhejiang Province of China.

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Chen, Zhi-Teng

2016-03-24

The stonefly genus Neoperla Needham (1905) is primarily distributed in eastern North America, Tropical and Temperate Asia and central Africa, with at least 297 species known (Illies 1966, Zwick 1973, Stark & Gaufin 1976, DeWalt et al. 2016). Contributions to Chinese species of Neoperla were made by Chu (1929), Wu & Claassen (1934), Wu (1935, 1938, 1948, 1962, 1973), Yang & Yang (1992, 1995, 1998), Du (1999, 2000a, 2000b), Du et al. (1999, 2001), Du & Sivec (2004, 2005), Du & Wang (2005, 2007), Sivec & Zwick (1987), Li & Wang (2011), Li et al. (2011a, 2011b, 2012a, 2012b, 2013a, 2013b, 2014a, 2014b), Qin et al. (2013), Wang et al. (2013a, 2013b), Li & Zhang (2014), Kong et al. (2014), Wang et al. (2014), Chen & Du (2015). Herein, a new species of this genus is described from Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, of eastern coastal China.

PREFACE: 3rd International Workshop on Materials Analysis and Processing in Magnetic Fields (MAP3)

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Sakka, Yoshio; Hirota, Noriyuki; Horii, Shigeru; Ando, Tsutomu

2009-07-01

the journal Science and Technology of Advanced Materials. All articles have been refereed by experts in the field. Both of these journals are fully accessible electronically and can be cited and referenced in the usual way. It is our hope that the reader will enjoy and profit from the MAP3 Proceedings. Hitoshi Wada (Kashiwa, Japan) Chair Eric Beaugon (Grenoble, France) Hans J Schneider-Muntau (Tallahassee, USA) Co-chair Advisory Board Shigeo Asai (Nagoya, Japan) Koichi Kitazawa (Tokyo, Japan) Mitsuhiro Motokawa (Sendai, Japan) Shoogo Ueno (Fukuoka, Japan) Robert Tournier (Grenoble, France) Justin Schwartz (Tallahassee, USA) J C Maan (Nijmegen, Netherland) Scientific Committee Yoshifumi Tanimoto (Hiroshima, Japan) Masuhiro Yamaguchi (Yokohama, Japan) Tsunehisa Kimura (Kyoto, Japan) Yoshio Sakka (Tsukuba Japan) Ryoichi Aogaki (Tokyo, Japan) Jyunji Miyakoshi (Hirosaki, Japan) Kazuo Watanabe (Sendai, Japan) James M Valles Jr. (Providence, USA) Joon Pyo Park (Pohang, Korea) Qiang Wang (Shenyang, China) Nicole Pamme (Hull, UK) Sophie Rivoirard (Grenoble, France) P C M Christianen (Nijmegen, Netherland) Local Organizing Committee Isao Yamamoto Masafumi Yamato Shigeru Horii Norihito Sogoshi Masateru Ikehata Noriyuki Hirota Tsutomu Ando Proceedings Editorial Board Yoshio Sakka Noriyuki Hirota Shigeru Horii Tsutomu Ando Conference photograph

Monaural Speech Segregation by Integrating Primitive and Schema-Based Analysis

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2008-02-03

vol. 19, pp. 475-492. Wang D.L. and Chang P.S. (2008): An oscillatory correlation model of auditory streaming. Cognitive Neurodynamics , vol. 2, pp...Subcontracts DeLiang Wang (Principal Investigator) March 2008 Department of Computer Science & Engineering and Center for Cognitive Science The

Cooperative Effects and Intrinsic Optical Bistability in Collections of Atoms

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1989-11-01

Solids B115, k63 (1983). 6. H.E. Schmidt, H. Haug and S.W. Koch; Appl. 2 44, 787 (1984). 7. J.W. Haus, Li Wang, M. Scalora and C.M. Bowden, Phys. Rev...maximum aver- I 1] J.W. Haus, L. Wang, M. Scalora and C.M. Bowden, Phys. age passage time for the parameters chosen. In re- Rev. A38 (1988) 4043. 112...Stat. Solidi B121 685 (1984). 10. M. Dagenais and W.F. Sharfin, Appl. Phys. Lett. 45, 210 (1984). 21 11. J.W. Haus, L. Wang, M. Scalora and C.M

A general Kastler-Kalau-Walze type theorem for manifolds with boundary

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Wang, Jian; Wang, Yong

2016-11-01

In this paper, we establish a general Kastler-Kalau-Walze type theorem for any dimensional manifolds with boundary which generalizes the results in [Y. Wang, Lower-dimensional volumes and Kastler-Kalau-Walze type theorem for manifolds with boundary, Commun. Theor. Phys. 54 (2010) 38-42]. This solves a problem of the referee of [J. Wang and Y. Wang, A Kastler-Kalau-Walze type theorem for five-dimensional manifolds with boundary, Int. J. Geom. Meth. Mod. Phys. 12(5) (2015), Article ID: 1550064, 34 pp.], which is a general expression of the lower dimensional volumes in terms of the geometric data on the manifold.

ARC-2007-ACD07-0073-126

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2007-08-07

LCROSS flight hardware in clean room at Ames N-240. EEL personnel fabricating testing components with Jerry Wang of Ames, Engineering Evaluation labLCROSS flight hardware in clean room at Ames N-240. EEL personnel fabricating testing components with Jerry Wang of Ames, Engineering Evaluation lab

Optimization of the Flapping Wing Systems for Micro Air Vehicle

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2010-09-01

as 87%, under specific combinations of the flapping kinematics by water tunnel experiments [5]. Pesavento and Wang found that optimized flapping wing...41-72. [6] Pesavento , U., and Wang Z. J., “Flapping Wing Flight Can Save Aerodynamic Power Compared to Steady Flight,” Physical Review Letters

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Chemical and Mechanical Properties of Surfaces, Interfaces and Nanostructures Inorganic-Organic (2016). top Inorganic-Organic Nanocomposites Program Leader: Ting Xu Co-PI's: A. Paul Alivisatos, Yi Liu , Miquel Salmeron, Lin-Wang Wang The organic/inorganic nanocomposite program aims to design and synthesize

Three Dimensionally Interconnected Silicon Nanomembranes for Optical Phased Array (OPA) and Optical True Time Delay (TTD) Applications

DTIC Science & Technology

2012-06-01

Nanophotonic Waveguides," J. Lightwave Technol. 25 (1), 151-156 (2007). [7-4] Yongbo Tang, Zhechao Wang, Lech Wosinski, Urban Westergren, and Sailing...Waveguides," Photonics Journal, IEEE 3 (2), 203-208 (2011). [8-25] Zhechao Wang, Ning Zhu, Yongbo Tang, Lech Wosinski, Daoxin Dai, and Sailing He

Insect Flight: Computation and Biomimetic Design

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2008-05-31

Mechanics, 37, 183-210 (2005). • Z. Jane Wang, ”Insect Flight”, McGraw Hill Year Book of Science and Technology, 2006. • Anders Andersen, Umberto Pesavento ...Umberto Pesavento , and Z. Jane Wang, ’Analysis of transitions between fluttering, tumbling and steady descent of falling cards’, Journal of Fluid

ALTERATION OF CARDIAC ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY BY WATER-LEACHABLE COMPONENTS OF RESIDUAL OIL FLY ASH (ROFA)

EPA Science Inventory

Alteration of cardiac electrical activity by water-leachable components
of residual oil fly ash (ROFA)

Desuo Wang, Yuh-Chin T. Huang*, An Xie, Ting Wang

*Human Studies Division, NHEERL, US EPA
104 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Department of Basic ...

Discussion of "Carbon benefits of wolfberry plantation on secondary saline land in Jingtai oasis, Gansu - A case study on application of the CBP model" by Yaolin Wang, Chuanyan Zhao, Quanlin Ma, Yingke Li, Hujia Jing, Tao Sun, Eleanor Milne, Mark Easter, Keith Paustian, Hoi Wen Au Yong, John McDonagh (2015) [Journal of Environmental Management 157, 303-310].

PubMed

Azarnivand, Ali

2015-12-01

Wang et al. (2015) employed driving force-pressure-state-impact-response (DPSIR) framework to provide a robust decision-making structure for carbon emission reduction by use of wolfberry plantation in the Jingtai oasis, China. DPSIR appropriately identified the causes of problem along with adopting the responses to the barriers associated with wolfberry plantation. However, the discusser argues that, the paper could have prepared more viable outcomes, if the authors had used causal network rather than causal chains through the DPSIR framework. Furthermore, they could have quantified the mutual relationship among the relevant factors to provide a detailed economic assessment. With this knowledge in hand, the current discussion letter suggests eDPSIR and meDPSIR to address drawbacks regarding conventional DPSIR framework. Due to proper performance of eDPSIR and meDPSIR, they are recommended as practical tools in the future environmental studies. Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Metagenomic profiles of free-living archaea, bacteria and small eukaryotes in coastal areas of Sichang island, Thailand.

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Somboonna, Naraporn; Assawamakin, Anunchai; Wilantho, Alisa; Tangphatsornruang, Sithichoke; Tongsima, Sissades

2012-01-01

Tha Wang and Tham Phang coasts, though situated at similar oceanographic positions on Sichang island, Chonburi province, Thailand, are different in bay geography and amount of municipal disturbances. These affect the marine ecosystems. The study used metagenomics combined with 16S and 18S rDNA pyrosequencing to identify types and distributions of archaea, bacteria, fungi and small eukaryotes of sizes ranges 0.45 and ~30 μm. Following the open bay geography and minimal municipal sewages, Tham Phang coast showed the cleaner water properties, described by color, salinity, pH, conductivity and percent dissolved oxygen. The 16S and 18S rDNA metagenomic profiles for Tha Wang and Tham Phang coasts revealed many differences, highlighting by low Lennon and Yue & Clayton theta similarity indices (66.03-73.03% for 16S rDNA profiles, 2.85-25.38% for 18S rDNA profiles). For 16S rDNA, the percent compositions of species belonging to Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Cyanobacteria, Firmicutes, Verrucomicrobia, Gammatimonadetes, Tenericutes, Acidobacteria, Spirochaetes, Chlamydiae, Euryarchaeota, Nitrospirae, Planctomycetes, Thermotogae and Aquificae were higher or distinctly present in Tha Wang. In Tham Phang, except Actinobacteria, the fewer number of prokaryotic species existed. For 18S rDNA, fungi represented 74.745% of the species in Tha Wang, whereas only 6.728% in Tham Phang. Basidiomycota (71.157%) and Ascomycota (3.060%) were the major phyla in Tha Wang. Indeed, Tha Wang-to-Tham Phang percent composition ratios for fungi Basidiomycota and Chytridiomycota were 1264.701 and 25.422, respectively. In Tham Phang, Brachiopoda (lamp shells) and Mollusca (snails) accounted for 80.380% of the 18S rDNA species detected, and their proportions were approximately tenfold greater than those in Tha Wang. Overall, coastal Tham Phang comprised abundant animal species. Tha Wang contained numerous archaea, bacteria and fungi, many of which could synthesize useful biotechnology gas and enzymes

Metagenomic profiles of free-living archaea, bacteria and small eukaryotes in coastal areas of Sichang island, Thailand

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2012-01-01

Background Tha Wang and Tham Phang coasts, though situated at similar oceanographic positions on Sichang island, Chonburi province, Thailand, are different in bay geography and amount of municipal disturbances. These affect the marine ecosystems. The study used metagenomics combined with 16S and 18S rDNA pyrosequencing to identify types and distributions of archaea, bacteria, fungi and small eukaryotes of sizes ranges 0.45 and ~30 μm. Results Following the open bay geography and minimal municipal sewages, Tham Phang coast showed the cleaner water properties, described by color, salinity, pH, conductivity and percent dissolved oxygen. The 16S and 18S rDNA metagenomic profiles for Tha Wang and Tham Phang coasts revealed many differences, highlighting by low Lennon and Yue & Clayton theta similarity indices (66.03-73.03% for 16S rDNA profiles, 2.85-25.38% for 18S rDNA profiles). For 16S rDNA, the percent compositions of species belonging to Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Cyanobacteria, Firmicutes, Verrucomicrobia, Gammatimonadetes, Tenericutes, Acidobacteria, Spirochaetes, Chlamydiae, Euryarchaeota, Nitrospirae, Planctomycetes, Thermotogae and Aquificae were higher or distinctly present in Tha Wang. In Tham Phang, except Actinobacteria, the fewer number of prokaryotic species existed. For 18S rDNA, fungi represented 74.745% of the species in Tha Wang, whereas only 6.728% in Tham Phang. Basidiomycota (71.157%) and Ascomycota (3.060%) were the major phyla in Tha Wang. Indeed, Tha Wang-to-Tham Phang percent composition ratios for fungi Basidiomycota and Chytridiomycota were 1264.701 and 25.422, respectively. In Tham Phang, Brachiopoda (lamp shells) and Mollusca (snails) accounted for 80.380% of the 18S rDNA species detected, and their proportions were approximately tenfold greater than those in Tha Wang. Overall, coastal Tham Phang comprised abundant animal species. Conclusions Tha Wang contained numerous archaea, bacteria and fungi, many of which could synthesize

Cerebrovascular Injury Caused by a High Strain Rate Insult in the Thorax

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2012-01-17

AD693105 3. Cernak I. Penetrating and blast injury. Restor Neurol Neurosci 2005; 23 139-143 4. Cernak I, Wang Z, Jiang J, Bian X, Savic J. Ultrastructural...insult in the thorax 4 5. Cernak I, Wang Z, Jiang J, Bian X, Savic J. Cognitive deficits following blast-induced neurotrauma: possible

Antibody-Mediated BRCC36 Silencing: A Novel Approach for Targeted Breast Cancer Therapy

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2009-06-01

complexes: new targets to overcome breast cancer radiation resistance. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 6(2):187-96. Chen X, Arciero CA, Wang C, Broccoli D...1752s- 1756s. Chen X, Arciero CA, Wang C, Broccoli D, Godwin AK (2006). BRCC36 is essential for ionizing radiation-induced BRCA1 phosphorylation

Tian Tian | NREL

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Tian Tian Photo of Tian Tian Tian Tian Researcher III-Market Research Analysis Tian.Tian@nrel.gov Research Interests Renewable energy regulation Renewable energy business and financing models in various Muljadi, Yincheng Zhang, Mackay Miller, Weisheng Wang, and Jing Wang. "Comparative Study of Standards

Faculty Attitudes toward General Education Assessment: A Qualitative Study about Their Motivation

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MacDonald, Sarah K.; Williams, Laura M.; Lazowski, Rory A.; Horst, S. Jeanne; Barron, Kenneth E.

2014-01-01

As assessment becomes an ever more critical facet of higher education, it is apparent that some faculty do not always value assessment (Crossley & Wang, 2010; Ebersole, 2009). Further, faculty may react with resistance, particularly when they perceive that assessment is being imposed upon them from external sources (Crossley & Wang, 2010;…

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... subject to the Regulations, to Pakistan, through China, for use in the Chasma 2 nuclear power plant that was under construction in Islamabad, Pakistan, and was a subordinate entity under the ownership and control of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (``PAEC''), an entity that is listed on the Entity List...

Exogenous attention and color perception: performance and appearance of saturation and hue.

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Fuller, Stuart; Carrasco, Marisa

2006-11-01

Exogenous covert attention is an automatic, transient form of attention that can be triggered by sudden changes in the periphery. Here we test for the effects of attention on color perception. We used the methodology developed by Carrasco, Ling, and Read [Carrasco, M., Ling, S., & Read, S. (2004). Attention alters appearance. Nature Neuroscience, 7 (3) 308-313] to explore the effects of exogenous attention on appearance of saturation (Experiment 1) and of hue (Experiment 2). We also tested orientation discrimination performance for single stimuli defined by saturation or hue (Experiment 3). The results indicate that attention increases apparent saturation, but does not change apparent hue, notwithstanding the fact that it improves orientation discrimination for both saturation and hue stimuli.

The Religion of Learning English in "English": A Language Educator's Reading

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Gao, Xuesong

2011-01-01

This essay is my reading of "English," a novel based on author Wang Gang's experiences in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Northwest China during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). As a language educator, I was particularly interested in the way that Wang describes learning English in the novel. The essay focuses on three…

Predictions of the Electronic Structure and Related Properties of Cubic Calcium Hexaboride (CaB6)

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2010-06-01

not display a currently valid OMB control number. 1. REPORT DATE JUN 2010 2. REPORT TYPE N/A 3. DATES COVERED - 4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE...TERAKURA, AND T. MIYAKE . 2002. Abnormal Quasiparticle shifts in CaB6. Phys. Rev. B. 66: 121103-1-121103-4. LEE, BYOUNGHAK, AND LIN-WANG WANG. 2005

A new record and two new species of Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 1918 from China (Diptera, Chironomidae).

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Yan, Chuncai; Zhao, Guangjun; Liu, Ting; Guo, Qin; Hou, Ziyuan; Wang, Xinhua; Pan, Baoping

2016-12-19

Two new species of the genus Cryptochironomus Kieffer, C. maculus Yan & Wang sp. n. and C. protuberans Yan & Wang sp. n. are described and illustrated as adult males. C. albofasciatus (Staeger) is recorded from China for the first time. A key to the males of Cryptochironomus in China is presented and generic diagnosis is emended.

Development of a Small Molecule P2X7R Antagonist as a Treatment for Acute SCI

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2012-10-01

neurons. Nat Neurosci 10:615–622. Nagele RG, D’Andrea MR, Lee H, Venkataraman V, Wang HY (2003) Astrocytes accumulate Ab 42 and give rise to astrocytic...amyloid plaques in Alzheimer disease brains. Brain Res 971:197–209. Nagele RG, Wegiel J, Venkataraman V, Imaki H, Wang KC (2004) Contribution of glial

BRCA1-Associated Protein BRCC36: A Novel Target for Breast Cancer Therapy

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2008-10-01

Arciero CA, Wang C, Broccoli D, Godwin AK. 2006. BRCC36 is essential for ionizing radiation-induced BRCA1 phosphorylation and nuclear foci formation...1999). BRCA1, BRCA2, and Rad51 operate in a common DNA damage response pathway. Cancer Res 59: 1752s- 1756s. Chen X, Arciero CA, Wang C, Broccoli D

Phonology is necessary, but not sufficient: a rejoinder.

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Paul, Peter V; Wang, Ye; Trezek, Beverly J; Luckner, John L

2009-01-01

Paul, Wang, Trezek, and Luckner offer a rebuttal to an article by Allen, Clark, del Giudice, Koo, Lieberman, Mayberry, and Miller published in the same issue of the American Annals of the Deaf (Fall 2009) that is critical of an article by Wang, Trezek, Luckner, and Paul that was published in the Fall 2008 Annals. Major themes from the article by Wang and colleagues are reiterated, and the research and theoretical support for the qualitative-similarity hypothesis is emphasized. In addition, specific assertions made in the four sections of the article by Allen and colleagues, which are mostly overgeneralizations and misunderstandings, are addressed. Finally, concluding remarks regarding the importance of phonology are provided.

Synthetic Decapeptide Enhances Bacterial Clearance and Accelerates Healing in the Wounds of Restraint-Stressed Mice

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2012-02-06

resistance in cancer . Adv. Drug Deliv. Rev. 54, 759. Kabanov, A.V., Nazarova, I.R., Astafieva, I.V., Batrakova, E.V., Alakhov, Yu, V., Yaroslavov, A.A...S186–S187. Wang, C., Li, M., Dong, D., Wang, J., Ren, J., Otto, M., Gao, Q., 2007. Role of ClpP in biofilm formation and virulence of Staphylococcus

Two new and one newly recorded species of Polypedilum Kieffer 1912 with DNA barcodes from Oriental China (Chironomidae: Diptera).

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Yan, Chuncai; Song, Chao; Liu, Ting; Zhao, Guangjun; Hou, Ziyuan; Cao, Wei; Wang, Xinhua

2017-03-02

Polypedilum (Tripodura) enshiense Song & Wang sp. n. and P. (Tripodura) jianfengense Song & Wang sp. n. are described and illustrated as male imagines from China. P. (Uresipedilum) paraconvictum Yamamoto, Yamamoto & Hirowatari, 2016 is recorded from China for the first time. Cytochrome coxidase subunit I (COI) sequence of above species are uploaded to Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD).

Multifunctional Core-Shell and Nano-channel Design for Nano-sized Thermo-sensor

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2015-04-01

185 (2012) 172. 3. X. Sun, X. Ming, G. K. Wang, et al., “Atomic Layer Deposition of TiO2 on Graphene for Supercapacitors ”, Journal of the...Electrochemical Supercapacitors ”, Small (2012) 452. 5. H. T. Sun, M. P. Yu, G. K. Wang, X. Sun and J. Lian, “Temperature-Dependent Morphology Evolution and

Targeting Dysregulated Epigenetic Enzymes for Prostate Cancer Treatment

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2016-10-01

decreased protein levels of SIRT2 leads to the inability to down-regulate the hyper -acetylated form of p300. SIRT2-dependent deacetylation of p300...nature06546. 32. Thompson PR, Wang D, Wang L, Fulco M, Pediconi N, Zhang D, et al. Regulation of the p300 HAT domain via a novel activation loop . Nat Struct

Developing Treatment, Treatment Validation, and Treatment Scope in the Setting of an Autism Clinical Trial

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2013-06-01

neurodevelopmental disorders 3(2): 132-143. Buyske, S., T. A. Williams, A. E. Mars, E. S. Stenroos, S. X. Ming, R. Wang, M. Sreenath, M. F. Factura , C. Reddy, G. H...Gastroenterol Nutr. Williams, T. A., A. E. Mars, S. G. Buyske, E. S. Stenroos, R. Wang, M. F. Factura -Santiago, G. H. Lambert and W. G. Johnson (2007

Highly Crystalline and Low Bandgap Donor Polymers for Efficient Polymer Solar Cells

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2012-01-01

thanks Dr. Ina Martin and Dr. Yuhua Xue for technical support. Received: September 21, 2011 Published online: December 20, 2011 542 www.advmat.de...M. Chen, Y. Yang, Adv. Mater. 2009, 21, 4238. [12] E. G. Wang, L. Wang, L. F. Lan, C. Luo, W. L. Zhuang, J. B. Peng, Y. Cao , Appl. Phys. Lett. 2008

BRCA1-Associated Protein BRCC36: A Novel Target for Breast Cancer Therapy

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2009-10-01

Arciero CA, Wang C, Broccoli D, Godwin AK. 2006b. BRCC36 is essential for ionizing radiation-induced BRCA1 phosphorylation and nuclea r foci form ation...operate in a common DNA damage response pathway. Cancer Res 59: 1752s- 1756s. Chen X, Arciero CA, Wang C, Broccoli D, Godwin AK (2006). BRCC36 is

Maxicalculators for the Whole School. Illinois Series on Educational Applications of Computers. Number 5.

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Doring, Richard; Hicks, Bruce

A brief review is presented of the characteristics of four maxicalculators (HP 9830, Wang 2200, IBM 5100, MCM/700) and two minicomputers (Classic, Altair 8800). The HP 9830 and the Wang 2200 are thought to be the best adapted to serve entire schools and their unique properties are discussed. Some criteria of what should be taken into account in…

On the correlations between the polyhedron eccentricity parameters and the bond-valence sums for the cations with one lone electron pair.

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Sidey, Vasyl

2008-08-01

Applicability of the Wang-Liebau polyhedron eccentricity parameter in the bond-valence model [Wang & Liebau (2007). Acta Cryst. B63, 216-228] has been found to be doubtful: the correlations between the values of the polyhedron eccentricity parameters and the bond-valence sums calculated for the cations with one lone electron pair are probably an artifact of the poorly determined bond-valence parameters.

Hybridizing scholastic psychology with Chinese medicine: a seventeenth-century Chinese Catholic's conceptions of xin (mind and heart).

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Zhang, Qiong

2008-01-01

This paper explores the dynamics of cultural interactions between early modern China and Europe initiated by the Jesuits and other Catholic missionaries through a case study of Wang Honghan, a seventeenth-century Chinese Catholic who systematically sought to integrate European learning introduced by the missionaries with pre-modern Chinese medicine. Focusing on the ways in which Wang combined his Western and Chinese sources to develop and articulate his views on xin (mind and heart), this paper argues that Wang arrived at a peculiar hybrid between scholastic psychology and Chinese medicine, not so much through a course of haphazard misunderstanding as through his conscious and patterned use and abuse of his Western sources, which was motivated most possibly by a wish to define a theoretical position that most suited his social roles as a Catholic convert and a Chinese medical doctor. Thus, rather than seeing Wang as an epitome of"transmission failure," this paper offers it as a showcase for the tremendous dynamism and creativity occurring at this East-West "contact zone as representatives of both cultures sought to appropriate and transform the symbolic and textual resources of the other side.

Efficient and Anonymous Authentication Scheme for Wireless Body Area Networks.

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Wu, Libing; Zhang, Yubo; Li, Li; Shen, Jian

2016-06-01

As a significant part of the Internet of Things (IoT), Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) has attract much attention in this years. In WBANs, sensors placed in or around the human body collect the sensitive data of the body and transmit it through an open wireless channel in which the messages may be intercepted, modified, etc. Recently, Wang et al. presented a new anonymous authentication scheme for WBANs and claimed that their scheme can solve the security problems in the previous schemes. Unfortunately, we demonstrate that their scheme cannot withstand impersonation attack. Either an adversary or a malicious legal client could impersonate another legal client to the application provider. In this paper, we give the detailed weakness analysis of Wang et al.'s scheme at first. Then we present a novel anonymous authentication scheme for WBANs and prove that it's secure under a random oracle model. At last, we demonstrate that our presented anonymous authentication scheme for WBANs is more suitable for practical application than Wang et al.'s scheme due to better security and performance. Compared with Wang et al.'s scheme, the computation cost of our scheme in WBANs has reduced by about 31.58%.

A Practical Approach to Water Education in Secondary Schools in Penang, Malaysia

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Soo, P. W.; Cheam, C. S.

2012-04-01

In recent years, water problems have become a vital issue in our country, due to increasing population growth and urbanization. According to Prof Ngai Weng Chan, the President of Water Watch Penang (WWP), Malaysia has experienced mounting environmental degradation, and urban environmental woes in main cities like Penang. One of the many water issues affecting Malaysians is the sustainability of water that is closely related to unsustainable water supply management (Chan, 2004). Traditionally in Malaysia, Water Supply Management (WSM) and Water Demand Management (WDM) are based on the top-down-approach hierarchy. However, consumers have not been factored into the decision-making. As a result of increasing water consumption, many states in Malaysia are facing water shortages. We believe that the water consumers like our students can assist in water conservation. Education begins in school. We are certain that students with positive awareness can ultimately result in a water saving society in Malaysia. We have planned for a project that will be carried out at a local secondary school in Penang (Penang Chung Ling High School). The objective of this project is to increase the awareness among secondary students on water issues locally and globally. An initial 100 students from Chung Ling High School will be targeted for our project. We proposed to carry out water auditing of Penang Chung Ling High School to bring about awareness of water usage in the school premises for a period of time. Next, we will identify practical steps to help conserve water in Chung Ling High School. Part of the project includes formulating a water quiz to instill water awareness among the students. Hopefully with the effort to quantify the amount of water loss in unattended leaky taps will help adopting positive behavioral traits to enhance water conservation. Finally, we will look into ways to harvest rainfall for the school with the participation of these students.

Family Studies of Sensorimotor and Neurocognitive Heterogeneity in Autism Spectrum Disorders

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2014-11-01

understanding the role of the cerebellum in this disorder. b. Peer-Reviewed Scientific Journals: Wang Z, Magnon GC, White SP, Greene RK, Vaillancourt DE...cortico-cerebellar abnormalities in autism spectrum disorder.Society for Neuroscience (SfN); (2014; November). Washington, DC. Wang Z, Magnon GC, Greene RK... Magnon GC, Greene RK, Vaillancourt DE, Mosconi MW. (in press). Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) show abnormalities during initial impulse

Probabilistic QoS Analysis In Wireless Sensor Networks

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2012-04-01

and A.O. Fapojuwo. TDMA scheduling with optimized energy efficiency and minimum delay in clustered wireless sensor networks . IEEE Trans. on Mobile...Research Computer Science and Engineering, Department of 5-1-2012 Probabilistic QoS Analysis in Wireless Sensor Networks Yunbo Wang University of...Wang, Yunbo, "Probabilistic QoS Analysis in Wireless Sensor Networks " (2012). Computer Science and Engineering: Theses, Dissertations, and Student

Extended-Range Prediction with Low-Dimensional, Stochastic-Dynamic Models: A Data-driven Approach

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2013-09-30

statistically extratropical storms and extremes, and link these to LFV modes. Mingfang Ting, Yochanan Kushnir, Andrew W. Robertson, Lei Wang...forecast models, as well as in the understanding they have generated. Adam Sobel, Daehyun Kim and Shuguang Wang. Extratropical variability and...predictability. Determine the extent to which extratropical monthly and seasonal low-frequency variability (LFV, i.e. PNA, NAO, as well as other regional

Pitch-Based Segregation of Reverberant Speech

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2005-02-01

speaker recognition in real environments, audio information retrieval and hearing prosthesis. Second, although binaural listening improves the...intelligibility of target speech under anechoic conditions (Bronkhorst, 2000), this binaural advantage is largely eliminated by reverberation (Plomp, 1976...Brown and Cooke, 1994; Wang and Brown, 1999; Hu and Wang, 2004) as well as in binaural separation (e.g., Roman et al., 2003; Palomaki et al., 2004

Carving out Their Own Niche

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Lum, Lydia

2007-01-01

Asian-American performers were few and far between when Dr. Oliver Wang was growing up in the 1970s and '80s. Looking back, Dr. Wang, an assistant professor in sociology at California State University-Long Beach, says the lack of artists may have been the result of a lack of role models, since Asian immigrants did not begin to arrive in the United…

Flux Pinning in YBa2Cu3O7-delta Thin Film Samples Linked to Stacking Fault Density (Postprint)

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2008-10-01

Driscoll, S. R. Foltyn, Q. X. Jia, H. Wang, A. Serquis, B. Maiorov, L. Civale, Y. Lin, M. E. Hawley , M. P. Maley, and D. E. Peter- son, Appl. Phys. Lett. 84...Civale, B. Maiorov, A. Serquis, J. O. Willis , J. Y. Coulter, H. Wang, Q. X. Jia, P. N. Arendt, J. L. MacManus-Driscoll, M. P. Maley, and S. R. Foltyn, Appl

Comment on "Substrate Folding Modes in Trichodiene Synthase: A Determinant of Chemo- and Stereoselectivity".

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Dixit, Mudit; Weitman, Michal; Gao, Jiali; Major, Dan T

2018-01-01

Wang et al. recently reported an in silico study of the trichodiene synthase (TDS) conversion of farnesyl diphosphate (FPP) to trichodiene (TD) (Wang et al., ACS Catal. 2017, 7 , 5841-5846). Although the methods and level of theory used in that work are nearly identical to our own recent work on this system (Dixit et al., ACS Catal. 2017, 7 , 812-818), Wang et al. reach rather different conclusions. The authors claimed to obtain a "very credible" mechanism for the biosynthesis of TD and optimized the optimal folding mode of FPP in the 1,6-ring closure in TDS. However, the folding mode of the FPP substrate that was presented contradicts well-established NMR and mass spectrometry data. Moreover, the authors make numerous incorrect statements regarding our earlier work.

Cardiology Patient Page: Electronic Cigarettes

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... of the American Heart Association Cardiology Patient Page Electronic Cigarettes Rachel A. Grana , Pamela M. Ling , Neal ... Footnotes References Figures & Tables Info & Metrics eLetters Introduction Electronic cigarettes (E-cigarettes) are devices that deliver nicotine ...

78 FR 24200 - Ocean Transportation Intermediary License Applicants

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...: Hsiao-Ling Chen, President (QI), Application Type: QI Change Matus International, Inc. (NVO & OFF), 411 N. Oak Street, Inglewood, CA 90302, Officers: Anthony S. Pineda, Treasurer (QI), Allan J. Matus...] BILLING CODE 6730-01-P ...

New observations - with older ones reviewed - on mass migrations in millipedes based on a recent outbreak on Hachijojima (Izu Islands) of the polydesmid diplopod (Chamberlinius hualienensis, Wang 1956): Nothing appears to make much sense.

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Meyer-Rochow, Victor Benno

2015-05-18

Mass aggregations and migrations of millipedes despite numerous attempts to find causes for their occurrences are still an enigma. They have been reported from both southern and northern hemisphere countries, from highlands and lowlands of both tropical and temperate regions and they can involve species belonging to the orders Julida and Spirobolida, Polydesmida and Glomerida. According to the main suggestions put forward in the past, mass occurrences in Diplopoda occur: (1) because of a lack of food and a population increase beyond sustainable levels; (2) for the purpose of reproduction and in order to locate suitable oviposition sites; (3) to find overwintering or aestivation sites; (4) because of habitat disruption and changes in the local environment; (5) as a consequence of weather conditions the year (or winter and spring) before. A recent outbreak (November 2014) of a mass migration of the polydesmid Chamberlinius hualienensis Wang 1956 on the Japanese Izu Island of Hachijojima 300 km to the south of Tokyo gave this author an opportunity to review the existing literature on millipede mass migrations and to carry out additional observations on the phenomenon in the field as well as the laboratory. Hitherto unreported heavy infestations with phoretic deutonymphs of the mite Histiostoma sp. as well as dense populations of internal rhabditid nematodes (Oscheius cf. necromena and an unidentified species of the genus Fictor), suggest that infestations of this kind could be necromenic and either have been a contributing factor for the mass migration or been a consequence of so many individuals occurring together at close proximity. It is concluded that mass migrations and aggregations in millipedes do not have one common cause, but represent phenomena that often are seasonally recurring events and appear identical in their outcome, but which have evolved as responses to different causes in different millipede taxa and therefore need to be examined on a case

The Risk and Clinical/Molecular Characteristics of Breast Cancer in Women with Neurofibromatosis Type 1

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2014-10-01

Neurofibromatosis Type 1 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Xia Wang, M.D., Ph.D. CONTRACTING ORGANIZATION: Henry Ford Health System Detroit... Neurofibromatosis Type 1” 5b. GRANT NUMBER 5c. PROGRAM ELEMENT NUMBER 6. AUTHOR(S) Betty Diamond 5d. PROJECT NUMBER Xia Wang, MD, PhD; Renee... Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) in a multi-institutional setting. Aim 1 assessed the incidence of breast cancer in this cohort and the clinical

A Drug Discovery Partnership for Personalized Breast Cancer Therapy

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2013-09-01

structures of ER alpha and beta (with bound agonists or antagonists) and then virtually screen the USDA Phytochemical, Chinese Herbal Medicine , and the FDA...ER agonists and antagonists that are in the registered pharmaceuticals and herbal medicine databases. The 29 analogs obtained have been...Drew, T. Wang, J. Antoon, T. Nguyen, P. Dupart, Y. Wang, M. Zhao, Y.Y. Liu, M. Foroozesh, and B. Beckman, submitted to the Journal of Medicinal

STIC: Photonic Quantum Computation through Cavity Assisted Interaction

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2007-12-28

PRA ; available as quant-ph/06060791. Report for the grant “Photonic Quantum Computation through Cavity Assisted Interaction” from DTO Luming Duan...cavity •B. Wang, L.-M. Duan, PRA 72 (in press, 2005) Single-photon source Photonic Quantum Computation through Cavity-Assisted Interaction H. Jeff Kimble...interaction [Duan, Wang, Kimble, PRA 05] • “Investigate more efficient methods for combating noise in photonic quantum computation ” • Partial progress

Molecular Modulation of Inhibitors of Apoptosis as a Novel Approach for Radiosensitization of Human Prostate Cancer

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2008-11-01

was purified from natural racemic gossypol. Briefly, racemic gossypol was reacted with L - phenylalanine methyl ester hydrochloride overnight at room...solution of the resolved (F)-gossypol- phenylalanine methyl ester Schiff’s base was hydrolyzed by a mixture of tetrahydro- furan, glacial acetic acid...suppression of NF-kappaB-regulated antiapoptotic and metastatic gene products. Mol Pharmacol 2007; 71: 209-19. [136]Wang L , Du F, Wang X. TNF- alpha induces

Combined Biology and Bioinformatics Approaches to Breast Cancer

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2007-10-01

Figure 1-9 B. Bibliography of publications and meeting abstracts: Papers: 1). Ning Wang, Kevin Lin, Zhongxian Lu, Kaye Starr Lam, Xiaoman Xu...Oncogene， 2006, 25(20): 2920-2930. 3). Zhengquan Yu, Kevin Lin，Ambica Bhandari, Joel Spencer, Xiaoman Xu, Ning Wang，Zhongxian Lu，Gordon N Gill...and interacts functionally with LMO4. Developmental Biology, 2006, 299(1):122-36. Abstracts: 1). Zhongxian Lu, Ning Wang, Kevin K. Lin, Kaye Starr

Understanding and Controlling the Electronic Properties of Graphene Using Scanning Probe Microscopy

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2014-07-21

Dirac point in gated bilayer graphene, Applied Physics Letters, (12 2009): 243502. doi : 10.1063/1.3275755 Brian J. LeRoy, Adam T. Roberts, Rolf...of soliton motion and stacking in trilayer graphene, Nature Materials , (04 2014): 0. doi : 10.1038/nmat3965 Matthew Yankowitz, Joel I-Jan Wang...of bilayer graphene via quasiparticle scattering, APL Materials , (09 2014): 92503. doi : Matthew Yankowitz, Fenglin Wang, Chun Ning Lau, Brian J

Development of an Aero-Optics Software Library and Integration into Structured Overset and Unstructured Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Flow Solvers

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2011-04-01

some similarities to the far- field (i.e. atmospheric ) propagation, but due to the interactions between turbulence length scales, beam wavelengths...equivalently, phase differences, have been used to characterize the beam distortion caused by the unsteady turbulent flow field. A Partially-Averaged Navier...A., Wang, M., and Moin, P., “Computational Study of Aero-Optical Distortion by Turbulent Wake,” AIAA Paper 2005-4655. [11] Mani, A., Wang, M., and

Study of the Neurophysiology of Central Fatigue

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2014-11-05

AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS (ES) U.S. Army Research Office P.O. Box 12211 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2211 cognitive, fatigue, fatigability...Fatigability in Parkinson Disease. Movement Disorders 2012;27:e6. 4. Wang C, Ding M, Kluger BM. High-density EEG study of cue-evoked preparatory...258. 3. Kluger B, Wang C, Proemsey J, Ding M. Neuronal Correlates of Executive Dysfunction and Fatigability in Parkinson Disease. Movement Disorders

Adaptive Piezoelectric Circuitry Sensor Network with High-Frequency Harmonics Interrogation for Structural Damage Detection

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2014-09-17

AFRL-OSR-VA-TR-2014-0255 ADAPTIVE PIEZOELECTRIC CIRCUITRY SENSOR NETWORK KON -WELL WANG MICHIGAN UNIV ANN ARBOR Final Report 09/17/2014 DISTRIBUTION A...Harmonics Interrogation for Structural Damage Detection FA9550-11-1-0072 Kon -Well Wang and Jiong Tang The Regents of the University of Michigan, 3003...mechanism. These efforts have yielded a complete methodology of adaptive high-frequency piezoelectric self-sensing interrogation. None None None SAR Kon

Origin of the Wang-Sheeley-Arge solar wind model

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Sheeley, Neil R., Jr.

2017-03-01

A correlation between solar wind speed at Earth and the amount of magnetic field line expansion in the corona was verified in 1989 using 22 years of solar and interplanetary observations. We trace the evolution of this relationship from its birth 15 years earlier in the Skylab era to its current use as a space weather forecasting technique. This paper is the transcript of an invited talk at the joint session of the Historical Astronomy Division and the Solar Physics Division of the American Astronomical Society during its 224th meeting in Boston, MA, on 3 June 2014.

[Squamous cell carcinoma of the nasal vestibule - Review of literature].

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Koopmann, Mario; Rudack, Claudia; Weiss, Daniel; Stenner, Markus

2018-06-01

Squamous cell carcinoma of the nasal vestibule is a rare entity. In consequence disagreement in etiology, staging system and therapy of primary tumor with or without adjuvant treatment of regional lymph nodes are apparent. Pubmed-Recherche of relevant literature concerning: lymphatic drainage, metastases, incidence, risk factors (leather, nickel, nicotine, human papillomavirus, Staging system (UICC, AJCC, Wang's system), therapy of the primary tumor, regional lymph nodes and immunohistochemistry. Fifty-five studies were found and analyzed. Results are inconsistent. The Wang-classification is recommended. Radiation and surgery are the treatment of choice for small lesions. Larger lesions (T3-Wang) should be treated with a combined approach. In cT1-cT2cN0-situation after accurate diagnostic, an elective therapy of regional lymph nodes is not necessary. © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.

Path Crossings with Lars Onsager

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Yang, Chen Ning

2013-05-01

I first heard of Onsager's name from my M.S. degree thesis adviser J. S. Wang in Kunming, China. Wang had studied the theory of order-disorder transitions with R. H. Fowler in Cambridge, England in the 1930's. He told me one day in 1944-45 that Onsager had produced an exact solution of the Ising model in two dimensions. Wang was a quiet and reserved person. But that day he was evidently quite excited. I can remember still today, half a century later, the tone of admiration bordering on agitation with which he told me about Onsager's paper. I then looked up the paper [26J, but did not understand the strategic plan of Onsager's method. Onsager seemed to have a predilection for calculating commutators at every possible turn without supplying the reasons for so doing...

JPRS Report China.

DTIC Science & Technology

1990-01-25

Kong CHIUSHIH NIENTAI No 236] 7 Wang Dan Advocates Freedom of Speech for Opposition [Hong Kong CHIUSHIH NIENTAI No 236] . 9 Conference Calls for...stand strive together to stop the Chinese Government’s brutal, inhuman conduct. Wang Dan Advocates Freedom of Speech for Opposition 90ON0062A Hong... of Speech of the Opposition Faction"] [Text] During China’s new enlightenment movement, the intellectual elites must give top priority to freedom

Determination of Percent Body Fat Using 3D Whole Body Laser Scanning: A Preliminary Investigation

DTIC Science & Technology

2006-11-01

S.B., Lohman, T.G., Wang, Z., and Going, S.B., 2005: Human body composition: Human Kinetics : Champaign, IL. Heyward, V.H. and Wagner, D.R...2004: Applied body composition assessment: Human Kinetics : Champaign, IL. Hodgdon, J.A., and Beckett, M.B., 1984a: Prediction of percent body fat...ethnicity. In: Human body Composition., Heymsfield, S.B., Lohman, T.G., Wang, Z., and Going, S.B (eds.). Human Kinetics : Champaign, IL. Marriott

A High Performance Frequency Standard and Distribution System for Cassini Ka-Band Experiment

DTIC Science & Technology

2005-08-01

Orthogonal Polarization In Anisotropic Dielectric Resonators”, Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium , pp. 553-558...2002. [9] G. J. Dick, Rabi T. Wang, Robert Tjoelker, “Design and Progress Report for Compact Cryocooled Sapphire Oscillator "VCSO"”, Proc. 2005 Joint...IEEE FCS/ PTTI. [10] R. Basu, G. J. Dick, Rabi T. Wang,” Novel Design of an All- Cryogenic RF Pound Circuit “,Proc. 2005 Joint IEEE FCS/ PTTI

Organization of the Optical Society of America Photonic Science Topical Meeting Series (1991). Volume 16. Conference Edition: Summaries of papers presented at the Persistent Spectral Hole-Burning: Science and Applications Topical Meeting Held in Monterey, California on 26-28 September 1991

DTIC Science & Technology

1992-05-22

Duoyuan Wang, Lingzhi Hu, Huizhu He, Jie Xie, 532 nm. (p. 122) Junyl Zhang, Academy of Sciences of China. Photon-gated persistent spectral hole...hole-burning, Duoyuan VWang, Lingzhi Hu, Huizhu He, Lizeng Zhao, Xin Mi, Yuxin Ni, Academy of Sciences, China. FE5 Marker mode structure in the primary...Xiulang, Zhang Dongxiang, Mi Xin, Nie Yuxin Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica Beijing 100080, China, Fax:(86-1)2562605 Wang Duoyuan, Hu Lingzhi , He

An Economic Analysis of the Truth in Negotiations Act

DTIC Science & Technology

2016-01-27

SPONSORED REPORT SERIES An Economic Analysis of the Truth in Negotiations Act 27 January 2016 Dr. Chong Wang, Associate Professor Dr. Rene G. Rendon...source) to submit “cost or pricing data” when they negotiate the price of a contract with the federal government. The contractors must certify that...SERIES An Economic Analysis of the Truth in Negotiations Act 27 January 2016 Dr. Chong Wang, Associate Professor Dr. Rene G. Rendon, Associate

Controlled Assembly of Rod-Like Particles

DTIC Science & Technology

2012-11-29

Thompson, Shaojin You, Qian Wang. M13 bacteriophage-polymer nanoassemblies as drug delivery vehicles, Nano Research, (02 2011): 483. doi: 10.1007...virus-based composite nanofibers , Journal of Materials Chemistry, (06 2011): 0. doi: 10.1039/c1jm00078k 10/20/2011 8.00 Sumit Kewalramani, Suntao Wang...exploited to dictate the order that emerges in many-body assemblies. (2) Incorporation of TMV into alginate hydrogels As shown in Figure 1, we recently

New Framework for Cross-Domain Document Classification

DTIC Science & Technology

2011-03-01

classification. The following paragraphs will introduce these related works in more detail. Wang et al . attempted to improve the accuracy of text document...of using Wikipedia to develop a thesaurus [20]. Gabrilovich et al . had an approach that is more elaborate in its use of Wikipedia text [21]. The...did show a modest improvement when it is performed using the Wikipedia information. Wang et al . improved on the results of co-clustering algorithm [24

Retrovirus Integration: Some Assembly Required?

PubMed

Ali, Ibraheem; Conrad, Ryan J; Ott, Melanie

2016-12-14

Integration is a key feature of the retroviral life cycle. This process involves packaging of the viral genome into chromatin, which is often assumed to occur as a post-integration step. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Wang and colleagues (Wang et al., 2016) show that chromatinization occurs before integration, raising new questions about the role of histones in retroviral integration and transcription. Copyright © 2016. Published by Elsevier Inc.

JPRS Report, China

DTIC Science & Technology

1989-06-08

monitoring in this miscarriage of justice. This resulted in the "putrid situation" of "violation of the law and discipline" in this "unjust case...actively reported the situation regarding the Wang Shengfu miscarriage of justice. Practice demonstrated that certain leaders in the provincial CPC...sentenced to 2 years in prison. This was truly a miscarriage of justice. In December 1981, the petroleum bureau established a special dossier on Wang

Analysis of a Novel Paralogue of SWI/SNF Member p270, Which is Frequently Down-Regulated in Breast Cancer

DTIC Science & Technology

2005-07-01

Viruses and Cell Cycle Control, July 2004, University of Wisconsin, Madison (NCI Travel Award to attend ($750)). "* Norman G. Nagl, Jr., Xiaomei Wang...DNA Tumor Viruses and Cell Cycle Control, July 2002, University of Wisconsin, Madison "* Norman G. Nagl, Jr., Xiaomei Wang, Deborah Wilsker, Michael...Presented at the 2001 Meeting on Small DNA Tumor Viruses and Cell Cycle Control, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK (NCI Travel Award to attend the 2001

A computational and functional study elicits the ameliorating effect of the Chinese herbal formula Huo Luo Xiao Ling Dan on experimental ischemia-induced myocardial injury in rats via inhibition of apoptosis.

PubMed

Han, Xiang-Dong; Zhou, Zhi-Wei; Yang, Wei; Ye, Hang-Cheng; Xu, Ying-Zi; Huang, Yun-Feng; Zhang, Tong; Zhou, Shu-Feng

2015-01-01

Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is the leading cause of death worldwide and remains a major life-threatening factor in humans. Apoptosis has been implicated in the pathogenesis of IHD. The Chinese herbal formula Huo Luo Xiao Ling Dan (HLXLD), one of the commonly used Chinese herbal formulas, consists of Salviae miltiorrhizae, Angelica sinensis, Gummi olibanum, and Commiphora myrrha, with a wide spectrum of pharmacological activity. However, the mechanism of action and molecular targets of HLXLD in the treatment of IHD are unclear. This study aimed to computationally predict the molecular interactions between the major active components of HLXLD and key regulators of apoptosis and then examine the effect of HLXLD on coronary artery ligation-induced acute myocardial ischemia in rats. The molecular interactions between the major active components of HLXLD, including ferulic acid, ligustilide, succinic acid, vanillic acid, tanshinone IIA, tanshinone IIB, danshensu, salvianolic acid A, salvianolic acid C, protocatechuic aldehyde, and β-boswellic acid and human protein molecules including B cell lymphoma-extra large (Bcl-xl), B cell lymphoma 2 antagonist/killer 1 (Bak1), B cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2), procaspase 3, and caspase 9 with regard to hydrogen bond formation, charge interaction, and π-π stacking using Discovery Studio(®) program 3.1. The 12 HLXLD components were predicted by ADMET (absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion and toxicity) Predictor to have favorable pharmacokinetic and low hepatotoxicity profiles. The acute myocardial ischemia was established by surgical ligation of the left anterior descending coronary artery. The rats were divided into a sham operative group, a model group, a positive control group treated with 0.2 mg/kg isosorbide mononitrate, and groups treated with 2.7, 5.4, or 10.8 g/kg HLXLD. The results showed that administration of HLXLD increased mean arterial pressure, left ventricular systolic pressure, heart rate, and maximal rate

Mapping high-resolution incident photosynthetically active radiation over land surfaces from MODIS and GOES satellite data

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Liang, S.; Wang, K.; Wang, D.; Townshend, J.; Running, S.; Tsay, S.

2008-05-01

Incident photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) is a key variable required by almost all terrestrial ecosystem models. Many radiation efficiency models are linearly related canopy productivity to the absorbed PAR. Unfortunately, the current incident PAR products estimated from remotely sensed data or calculated by radiation models at spatial and temporal resolutions are not sufficient for carbon cycle modeling and various applications. In this study, we aim to develop incident PAR products at one kilometer scale from multiple satellite sensors, such as Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) and Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) sensor. We first developed a look-up table approach to estimate instantanerous incident PAR product from MODIS (Liang et al., 2006). The temporal observations of each pixel are used to estimate land surface reflectance and look-up tables of both aerosol and cloud are searched, based on the top-of-atmosphere reflectance and surface reflectance for determining incident PAR. The incident PAR product includes both the direct and diffuse components. The calculation of a daily integrated PAR using two different methods has also been developed (Wang, et al., 2008a). The similar algorithm has been further extended to GOES data (Wang, et al., 2008b, Zheng, et al., 2008). Extensive validation activities are conducted to evaluate the algorithms and products using the ground measurements from FLUXNET and other networks. They are also compared with other satellite products. The results indicate that our approaches can produce reasonable PAR product at 1km resolution. We have generated 1km incident PAR products over North America for several years, which are freely available to the science community. Liang, S., T. Zheng, R. Liu, H. Fang, S. C. Tsay, S. Running, (2006), Estimation of incident Photosynthetically Active Radiation from MODIS Data, Journal of Geophysical Research ¡§CAtmosphere. 111, D15208,doi:10

Low-Temperature Fault Creep: Strong vs. Weak, Steady vs. Episodic

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Wang, K.; Gao, X.

2017-12-01

Unless we understand how faults creep, we do not fully understand how they produce earthquakes. However, most of the physics and geology of low-temperature creep is not known. There are two end-member types of low-temperature creep: weak creep of smooth faults and strong creep of rough faults, with a spectrum of intermediate modes in between. Most conceptual and numerical models deal with weak creep, assuming a very smooth fault with a gouge typically weakened by hydrous minerals (Harris, 2017). Less understood is strong creep. For subduction zones, strong creep appears to be common and is often associated with the subduction of large geometrical irregularities such as seamounts and aseismic ridges (Wang and Bilek, 2014). These irregularities generate fracture systems as they push against the resistance of brittle rocks. The resultant heterogeneous stress and structural environment makes it very difficult to lock the fault. The geodetically observed creep under such conditions is accomplished by the complex deformation of a 3D damage zone. Strong-creeping faults dissipate more heat than faults that produce great earthquakes (Gao and Wang, 2014). Although an integrated frictional strength of the fault is still a useful concept, the creeping mechanism is very different from frictional slip of a velocity-strengthening smooth fault. Cataclasis and pressure-solution creep in the fracture systems must be important processes in strong creep. Strong creep is necessarily non-steady and produces small and medium earthquakes. Strong creep of a megathrust can also promote the occurrence of a very special type of weak creep - episodic slow slip around the mantle wedge corner accompanied with tremor (ETS). An example is Hikurangi, where strong creep causes the frictional-viscous transition along the plate interface to occur much shallower than the mantle wedge corner, a necessary condition for ETS (Gao and Wang, 2017). Gao and Wang (2014), Strength of stick-slip and creeping

Recollections of Stanley Mandelstam

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Chew, Geoffrey

2017-01-01

This article is based upon the audio recording taken on September 9th 2016 by my children. I thank Chee Hok Lim for writing the first transcript in the World Scientific format and Ling-Lie Chau for comments and footnotes.

Modeling, Analysis, and Control of Swarming Agents in a Probabilistic Framework

DTIC Science & Technology

2012-11-01

configurations, which can ultimately lead the swarm towards configurations close to the global minimum of the total potential of interactions. The drawback ...165–171, 1992. [6] H. Ye, H. Wang, and H. Wang, “Stabilization of a PVTOL aircraft and an inertia wheel pendulum using saturation technique,” IEEE...estimate its parameters. The drawback of this approach is that the assumed form of the field can be unrealistic. In the approach that we are presenting here

Innovative T Cell-Targeted Therapy for Ovarian Cancer

DTIC Science & Technology

2013-10-01

curative.23 In contrast, long term survivorship of patients following allogeneic TCRαβ-depleted hematopoietic stem -cell transplantation (HSCT) was...receptors and steroid receptors. Stem cells 1996; 14(6): 632-41. 40. Lai D, Wang F, Chen Y, Wang C, Liu S, Lu B et al. Human ovarian cancer stem ...leukemia stem cells and eliminate AML. Manuscript in preparation. 46. Zhang M, Maiti S, Bernatchez C, Huls H, Rabinovich B, Champlin RE, Vence LM, Hwu P

Impact of Backbone Rigidity on the Photomechanical Response of Glassy, Azobenzene-Functionalized Polyimides (Postprint)

DTIC Science & Technology

2014-01-13

Y .; Choi, H . H .; Hwang , H . K.; Kim, Y .; Lee , S .; Jang, S . H .; Kakimoto, M.; Takezoe, H . Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., Part 1: Regul. Pap. Short Notes Rev... H .; Vaia, R. A.; Tan, L. S .; White, T. J. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2012, 51 (17), 4117−4121. (6) Wang, D. H .; Lee , K. M.; Yu, Z. N .; Koerner, H .; Vaia...J. Macromol. Chem. Phys. 2013, 214 (11), 1189−1194. (8) Wang, D. H .; Lee , K. M.;

Identification and Characterization of Distinct Apoptotic Pathways in Cancer Cells Activated in Response to Treatment with Different Anti-Cancer Agents

DTIC Science & Technology

2000-08-01

caspases precursors in different cell type induce apoptosis (Miura et al. 1993; Fernandes- 3 Alnemri et al. 1994; Kumar et al. 1994; Wang et al. 1994; Boldin ...association of ribosomes with mRNA. The lysates were sedimented through a linear sucrose gradient and fractions were collected. RNA was extracted from...precursors in different cell type induces apoptosis (Miura et al. 1993; Fernandes- Alnemri et al. 1994; Kumar et al. 1994; Wang et al. 1994; Boldin et al

Nanoscale Imaging Technology for THz Frequency Transmission Microscopy

DTIC Science & Technology

2014-12-16

potential assays, Lab on a Chip, (04 2012): 2719. doi : 10.1039/c2lc40086c Peter J. Burke, Nima Rouhi, Yung Yu Wang. Ultrahigh conductivity of large area...suspended few layer graphene films, Applied Physics Letters, (12 2012): 0. doi : 10.1063/1.4772797 Peter J. Burke, Yung Yu Wang. A large-area and...contamination-free graphene transistor for liquid-gated sensing applications, Applied Physics Letters, (07 2013): 0. doi : 10.1063/1.4816764

Chinese Grand Strategy: How Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD) Fits in China’s Plan

DTIC Science & Technology

2014-04-01

Qiao and Wang, Unrestricted Warfare, 142. 6. Corpus, “America’s Acupuncture Points” Asia Times Online, (Part 2, Section 5). 7. Ibid. 8. Stokes...Corpus, “America’s Acupuncture Points”, (Part 1, Section 1). 46. Qiao and Wang, Unrestricted Warfare, 93. 47. Ibid. 48. Military Factory, “American War...Employment Concepts in the 21st Century. RAND Report FA7014-06-C-0001. Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2011. Corpus, Victor N. “America’s Acupuncture Points

Electrochemical and Photochemical Treatment of Aqueous Waste Streams

DTIC Science & Technology

1996-01-01

TREATMENT OF AQUEOUS WASTE STREAMS Joseph C. Farmer, Richard W. Pekala, Francis T. Wang, David V. Fix, Alan M. Volpe, Daniel D. Dietrich, William H...STREAMS Joseph C. Farmer, Richard W. Pekala, Francis T. Wang, David V. Fix, Alan M. Volpe, Daniel D. Dietrich, William H. Siegel and James F. Carley...1992). Wilbourne , C. M. Wong, , W. S. Gillam, S. Johnson, R. H. Horowitz, "Electrosorb Process for Desalting Water," Res. Dev. Prog. Rept. No. 516, 16. J

Nucleation and Growth Control of ZnO via Impurity-mediated Crystallization

DTIC Science & Technology

2015-01-02

Characteristics of Crystalline Silicon/Si Quantum Dot/Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) Hybrid Solar Cells ”, G. Uchida, Y. Wang, D. Ichida, H. Seo, K. Kamataki, N...Electron Transfer of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Using Vanadium Doped TiO2 ”, H. Seo, Y. Wang, D. Ichida, G. Uchida, N. Itagaki, K. Koga, M. Shiratani, S...conductive oxide (TCO) in flat-panel displays, touch screens on smartphones, organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), solar cells , etc [1-6]. The resistivity

Discovery and Validation of Proteomic Biomarkers for Radiation Exposure

DTIC Science & Technology

2012-02-01

1: CDKN IA protein levels as a function radiation dosage, as measured by K. Wilson at Stanford using ELISA kits. We have developed magneto -nano...8217<: ~ 100 0 I o j ! Figu re 3: Sensitivity and dynamic range of CDKNJA radiation marker in magneto -nano sensor and ELTSA, l respectively...Interactions/Transitions Shan Wang gave the following inv ited talks in major meetings: l . S. X. Wang, " Magneto -Nano Protein Chip and Multiplex Sorter

Spatially correlated heterogeneous aspirations to enhance network reciprocity

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Tanimoto, Jun; Nakata, Makoto; Hagishima, Aya; Ikegaya, Naoki

2012-02-01

Perc & Wang demonstrated that aspiring to be the fittest under conditions of pairwise strategy updating enhances network reciprocity in structured populations playing 2×2 Prisoner's Dilemma games (Z. Wang, M. Perc, Aspiring to the fittest and promoted of cooperation in the Prisoner's Dilemma game, Physical Review E 82 (2010) 021115; M. Perc, Z. Wang, Heterogeneous aspiration promotes cooperation in the Prisoner's Dilemma game, PLOS one 5 (12) (2010) e15117). Through numerical simulations, this paper shows that network reciprocity is even greater if heterogeneous aspirations are imposed. We also suggest why heterogeneous aspiration fosters network reciprocity. It distributes strategy updating speed among agents in a manner that fortifies the initially allocated cooperators' clusters against invasion. This finding prompted us to further enhance the usual heterogeneous aspiration cases for heterogeneous network topologies. We find that a negative correlation between degree and aspiration level does extend cooperation among heterogeneously structured agents.

The 2014 China meeting of the International Society for Vascular Surgery.

PubMed

Dardik, Alan; Ouriel, Kenneth; Wang, JinSong; Liapis, Christos

2014-10-01

The 2014 meeting of the International Society for Vascular Surgery (ISVS) was held in Guangzhou, China, in conjunction with the fifth annual Wang Zhong-Gao's Vascular Forum, the eighth annual China Southern Endovascular Congress, and the third annual Straits Vascular Forum. Keynote addresses were given by Professors Christos Liapis, Wang Zhong-Gao, and Wang Shen-Ming. President Liapis presented the first ISVS Lifetime Achievement Award to Professor Wang Zhong-Gao for his multi-decade accomplishments establishing Vascular Surgery as a specialty in China. Faculty presentations were made in plenary sessions that focused on diseases relevant to the patterns of vascular disease prevalent in China. Thirty-one abstracts were presented by vascular surgeons from around the globe, and the top 10 presentations were recognized. Thirteen countries were represented in the meeting. The 2014 ISVS meeting was a success. Partnership of this meeting with host Chinese Vascular Surgery societies was of mutual benefit, bringing vascular surgeons of international reputation to the local area for academic and intellectual exchange and formation of collaborations; integration of the meetings allows easier logistics to facilitate meeting organization and optimization of time for both faculty and attendees. This integrated model may serve as an optimal model for future meetings. © The Author(s) 2014 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav.

Cryptography: It’s Not Just For Electronic Mail Anymore

DTIC Science & Technology

1993-03-01

David Chaum . Security without identification: Transaction systems to make big brother obsolete. Communications of the ACM, 28(10): 1030-1044, Oc- tober...Jeannette Wing, Maurice Herlihy, Stewart Clamen, David Detlefs, Karen Kietzke, Richard Lerner, and Su-Yuen Ling. The Avalon language: A tutorial

The Role of Polycomb Group Gene BMI-1 in the Development of Prostate Cancer

DTIC Science & Technology

2009-09-01

17. Fu M, Wang C, Li Z, Sakamaki T, Pestell RG. Minireview: Cyclin D1: normal and abnormal functions. Endocrinology. 2004 Dec;145(12):5439-47. 18...connecting development to breast cancer. Cell Cycle. 2004 Feb;3(2):145-8. 32. Wang C, Li Z, Fu M, Bouras T, Pestell RG. Signal transduction mediated by...Ferzli G, Johnson K, Fricke S, Diba F, Kallakury B, Ohanyerenwa C, Chen M, Ostrowski M, Hung MC, Rabbani SA, Datar R, Cote R, Pestell R, Albanese C

Quasi-local energy in presence of gravitational radiation

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Chen, Po-Ning; Wang, Mu-Tao; Yau, Shing-Tung

2016-07-01

We discuss our recent work [P.-N. Chen, M.-T. Wang and S.-T. Yau, Quasi-local mass in the gravitational perturbations of black holes, to appear.] in which gravitational radiation was studied by evaluating the Wang-Yau quasi-local mass of surfaces of fixed size at the infinity of both axial and polar perturbations of the Schwarzschild spacetime, à la Chandrasekhar. [S. Chandrasekhar, The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes, Oxford Classic Texts in the Physical Sciences (Oxford University Press, New York, 1998).

Taxonomic notes on Neoperla (Plecoptera: Perlidae) from Sichuan Province of China with the description of two new species.

PubMed

Li, Weihai; Wang, Ying; Wang, Rongfeng

2017-01-17

Species of the perlid genus Neoperla from Sichuan Province, China are reviewed. Two new species are described, Neoperla caii Li & Wang, sp. nov. and N. emeishana Li & Wang, sp. nov. The new species are compared with related congeners. Available types of several known Neoperla species from Sichuan Province were studied and complementary descriptions or brief taxonomic comments are presented for N. bilineata Wu & Claassen, N. chui Wu & Claassen, N. microtumida Wu & Claassen, N. quadrata Wu & Claassen and N. truncata Wu.

Data sets for manuscript titled Unexpected benefits of reducing aerosol cooling effects

EPA Pesticide Factsheets

These data sets were created using extensive model simulation results from the WRF-CMAQ model, population distributions, and through the use of an health impact assessment model - see manuscript for details.This dataset is associated with the following publication:Xing, J., J. Wang, R. Mathur , J. Pleim , S. Wang, C. Hogrefe , C. Gan, D. Wong , and J. Hao. Unexpected Benefits of Reducing Aerosol Cooling Effects. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, USA, 50(14): 7527–7534, (2016).

Water use efficiency and integrated water resource management for river basin

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Deng, Xiangzheng; Singh, R. B.; Liu, Junguo; Güneralp, Burak

Water use efficiency and management have attracted increasing attention as water has become scare to challenge the world's sustainable development. Water use efficiency is correlated to the land use and cover changes (LUCC), population distribution, industrial structure, economic development, climate changes, and environmental governance. These factors significantly alter water productivity for water balance through the changes in natural environment and socio-economic system (Wang et al., 2015b). Consequently, dynamics of water inefficiency lower the social welfare of water allocation (Wang et al., 2015b), and induce water management alternation interactively and financially (Wang et al., 2015a). This triggers on actual water price changes through both natural resource and socioeconomic system (Zhou et al., 2015). Therefore, it is very important to figure out a mechanism of water allocation in the course of LUCC (Jin et al., 2015) at a global perspective (Zhao et al., 2015), climate and economic changes of ecosystem service at various spatial and temporal scales (Li et al., 2015).

Inverse U-shaped Association between Sleep Duration and Semen Quality: Longitudinal Observational Study (MARHCS) in Chongqing, China

PubMed Central

Chen, Qing; Yang, Huan; Zhou, Niya; Sun, Lei; Bao, Huaqiong; Tan, Lu; Chen, Hongqiang; Ling, Xi; Zhang, Guowei; Huang, Linping; Li, Lianbing; Ma, Mingfu; Yang, Hao; Wang, Xiaogang; Zou, Peng; Peng, Kaige; Liu, Taixiu; Cui, Zhihong; Ao, Lin; Roenneberg, Till; Zhou, Ziyuan; Cao, Jia

2016-01-01

Study Objectives: To investigate the association between sleep duration and semen parameters as well as reproductive hormone levels. Methods: We designed a cohort of male college students in Chongqing, China. A total of 796 subjects were recruited in 2013 and 656 (82.4%) were followed up in 2014. Each time, semen and peripheral blood samples were collected for semen quality and reproductive hormone measurement. Sleep duration was estimated by revised Munich Chronotype Questionnaire. In 2014, sleep quality was also measured by Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Results: There was a substantial inverse U-shaped association between sleep duration and two semen parameters (semen volume and total sperm number), with 7.0–7.5 h/day of sleep showing highest parameters. Either longer or shorter sleep was associated with decreased semen parameters in a dose-response manner (P = 0.002 and 0.001, respectively). Sleeping > 9.0 h was associated with a 21.5% (95% confidence interval 9.2, 32.2) reduction in semen volume and 39.4% (23.3, 52.1) reduction in total sperm number; sleeping ≤ 6.5 h was associated with 4.6% (−10.5, 22.3) and 25.7% (−1.2, 60.1) reduction. Increase of the two parameters was found in those who changed sleep duration toward 7.0–7.5 h/day from 2013 to 2014. The U-shaped association was independent from PSQI and was replicated in another dataset of 1,346 males. No association found between sleep duration and reproductive hormone. Conclusions: Either restricted or excessive sleep may impair semen quality. Further research is needed to validate this finding. Citation: Chen Q, Yang H, Zhou N, Sun L, Bao H, Tan L, Chen H, Ling X, Zhang G, Huang L, Li L, Ma M, Yang H, Wang X, Zou P, Peng K, Liu T, Cui Z, Ao L, Roenneberg T, Zhou Z, Cao J. Inverse u-shaped association between sleep duration and semen quality: longitudinal observational study (MARHCS) in Chongqing, China. SLEEP 2016;39(1):79–86. PMID:26350472

Effects of several mental tasks on auditory fatigue.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

1965-01-01

Eight males were exposed for three minutes to a 4000 cps fatigue tone at 40 dB SL. Each S was tested under four task-conditions: mental arithmetic (MA), written ling division (LD), threshold determination of a 500 cps tone (TD), and reverie (REV). Te...

Identification of Novel Drug Targets and Lead Compounds for Advanced Prostate Cancer through Genomic and Cheminformatic Analyses

DTIC Science & Technology

2015-08-01

AW, Mo F, Wang K, McConeghy B, Brahmbhatt S, Jong L, Mitchell DM, Johnston RL, Haegert A, Li E, Liew J , Yeung J , Shrestha R, Lapuk AV, McPherson A...Shukin R, Bell RH, Anderson S, Bishop J , Hurtado-Coll A, Xiao H, Chinnaiyan AM, Mehra R, Lin D, Wang Y, Fazli L, Gleave ME, Volik SV, Collins CC...Heterogeneity in the inter-tumor transcriptome of high risk prostate cancer. Genome Biol. (2014). 15: 426. [6]. Song T, Hwang KB, Hsing M, Lee K, Bohn J

People’s Republic of China Scientific Abstracts, Number 196

DTIC Science & Technology

1978-08-07

Chin-husn [2621 3866 3562], CHAO Fsng-yu [6392 7364 3266], WANG Hsisng-t’ing [3769 4161 1656J, SHIH Hung-ch’ing [2514 3163 3237], WANG Kuo -chih...retention and utilization of pollenless type, and breeding of a new group of sterile lines. AUTHORS: TU Shih -ts’an [2629 0013 3605] CHOU Chia-hua... JUNG Shan [1369 3790] CH’EN Shu-yang [7115 3359 7122] ORG: Both of Northwestern Institute of Botany TITLE: "Some Methods to Cope With Antipathy

Radar Methods in Urban Environments

DTIC Science & Technology

2016-10-26

to appear in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing. J8. M. Wang and A. Nehorai, “Coarrays, MUSIC , and the Cramér Rao bound,” to...Journal Papers: 1. P. Chavali and A. Nehorai, "Scheduling and resource allocation in a cognitive radar network for multiple- target tracking,’’ IEEE...Processing. 33. M. Wang and A. Nehorai, "Coarrays, MUSIC , and the Cramér Rao bound," to appear in IEEE Trans. on Signal Processing. 34. J. Li and A. Nehorai

Iterative methods used in overlap astrometric reduction techniques do not always converge

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Rapaport, M.; Ducourant, C.; Colin, J.; Le Campion, J. F.

1993-04-01

In this paper we prove that the classical Gauss-Seidel type iterative methods used for the solution of the reduced normal equations occurring in overlapping reduction methods of astrometry do not always converge. We exhibit examples of divergence. We then analyze an alternative algorithm proposed by Wang (1985). We prove the consistency of this algorithm and verify that it can be convergent while the Gauss-Seidel method is divergent. We conjecture the convergence of Wang method for the solution of astrometric problems using overlap techniques.

SAGE II Ozone Analysis

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Cunnold, Derek; Wang, Ray

2002-01-01

Publications from 1999-2002 describing research funded by the SAGE II contract to Dr. Cunnold and Dr. Wang are listed below. Our most recent accomplishments include a detailed analysis of the quality of SAGE II, v6.1, ozone measurements below 20 km altitude (Wang et al., 2002 and Kar et al., 2002) and an analysis of the consistency between SAGE upper stratospheric ozone trends and model predictions with emphasis on hemispheric asymmetry (Li et al., 2001). Abstracts of the 11 papers are attached.

Targeted Delivery of Carbon Nanotubes to Cancer Cells

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2009-09-01

Taylor S, Li HP, Fernando KAS, Qu LW, Wang W, Gu LR, Zhou B, Sun YP. Advances toward bioapplications of carbon nanotubes. J Mater Chem. 14: 527...respectively. For car- boxylated-CNTs and RFB4-coupled CNTs, 20 ll of the dispersion was spun cast on to freshly cleaved mica at 3500 rpm for 30 sec...Lin Y, Taylor S, Li HP, Fernando KAS, Qu LW, Wang W, Gu LR, Zhou B, Sun YP. Advances toward bioapplications of carbon nano- tubes. J Mater Chem

Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Technical Documentation Division (22nd) Held on 21-23 May, 1980 at the U.S. Naval Station, Charleston, South Carolina.

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1980-05-01

PETER C.C. Wang Code 53 WG MR. JOHN R. HART Dept of Mathmatics and National Boeing Aerospace Company Security Affairs P.O. Box 3999, M/S 42-01 Naval...but there was major concern voiced over the current existence of two national standards on the same subject. f) Dr. Peter Wang, our Chairman of the...o- 183f - , an: oreoser new or revised regulations a. LxPansuori of too appiicbts sam: units F-,- 220 wrliz~ lesa:; zec Inc use c7 m $sliancsrs

RECALL: A Management Information Retrieval System for the Wang 2200

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1976-11-01

B-5. APPENDIX B TABLE B-l. VARIABLE DEFINITIONS Name Meaning Data base format R$(l-60) Page of blocks R1 Present block index within page RO...Present page index in memory R2 Number of blocks allowed in memory (60) R3 Last-used character index in present block R1* Number of sectors per page...5) Rl(l- 5) General CO BS(1- 15) L0 LS15 C csd- 12) Cl$(l -12) FOR cond i t ion Number of range pairs Starting record index Ending

Computational Thermodynamics of Materials Zi-Kui Liu and Yi Wang

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Devanathan, Ram

This authoritative volume introduces the reader to computational thermodynamics and the use of this approach to the design of material properties by tailoring the chemical composition. The text covers applications of this approach, introduces the relevant computational codes, and offers exercises at the end of each chapter. The book has nine chapters and two appendices that provide background material on computer codes. Chapter 1 covers the first and second laws of thermodynamics, introduces the spinodal as the limit of stability, and presents the Gibbs-Duhem equation. Chapter 2 focuses on the Gibbs energy function. Starting with a homogeneous system with amore » single phase, the authors proceed to phases with variable compositions, and polymer blends. The discussion includes the contributions of external electric and magnetic fields to the Gibbs energy. Chapter 3 deals with phase equilibria in heterogeneous systems, the Gibbs phase rule, and phase diagrams. Chapter 4 briefly covers experimental measurements of thermodynamic properties used as input for thermodynamic modeling by Calculation of Phase Diagrams (CALPHAD). Chapter 5 discusses the use of density functional theory to obtain thermochemical data and fill gaps where experimental data is missing. The reader is introduced to the Vienna Ab Initio Simulation Package (VASP) for density functional theory and the YPHON code for phonon calculations. Chapter 6 introduces the modeling of Gibbs energy of phases with the CALPHAD method. Chapter 7 deals with chemical reactions and the Ellingham diagram for metal-oxide systems and presents the calculation of the maximum reaction rate from equilibrium thermodynamics. Chapter 8 is devoted to electrochemical reactions and Pourbaix diagrams with application examples. Chapter 9 concludes this volume with the application of a model of multiple microstates to Ce and Fe3Pt. CALPHAD modeling is briefly discussed in the context of genomics of materials. The book introduces basic thermodynamic concepts clearly and directs readers to appropriate references for advanced concepts and details of software implementation. The list of references is quite comprehensive. The authors make liberal use of diagrams to illustrate key concepts. The two Appendices at the end discuss software requirements and the file structure, and present templates for special quasi-random structures. There is also a link to download pre-compiled binary files of the YPHON code for Linux or Microsoft Windows systems. The exercises at the end of the chapters assume that the reader has access to VASP, which is not freeware. Readers without access to this code can work on a limited number of exercises. However, results from other first principles codes can be organized in the YPHON format as explained in the Appendix. This book will serve as an excellent reference on computational thermodynamics and the exercises provided at the end of each chapter make it valuable as a graduate level textbook. Reviewer: Ram Devanathan is Acting Director of Earth Systems Science Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA.« less

Aquaculture: Challenges and promise

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Aquaculture is the culture of aquatic organisms, which includes fish, mollusks, crustaceans, algae and plants. People have been involved in different forms of aquaculture for thousands of years, with early documented evidence dating back as far as 500 BC in China (Ling 1977). Today, the practice of ...

Revision of the genus Ptomaphagus Hellwig from eastern Asia (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae).

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Wang, Cheng-Bin; Perreau, Michel; Růžička, Jan; Nishikawa, Masaaki

2017-01-01

The species belonging to the genus Ptomaphagus Hellwig, 1795 (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae, Ptomaphagini) from eastern Asia are assigned to three species groups. Group yasutoshii has a single species: P. (s. str.) yasutoshii Nishikawa, 1993 from Taiwan, China. Group nepalensis with three species: P. (s. str.) nepalensis Perreau, 1988 from Nepal and P. (s. str.) masumotoi Nishikawa, 2011 from Thailand are redescribed, and P. (s. str.) piccoloi Wang, Růžička, Nishikawa, Perreau & Hayashi, 2016 is recorded for the first time from China (Zhejiang). Group sibiricus with seven species, including two newly described Chinese ones P. (s. str.) funiu sp. n. from Henan, and P. (s. str.) haba sp. n. from Yunnan, and five known species: P. (s. str.) chenggongi Wang, Nishikawa, Perreau, Růžička & Hayashi, 2016, P. (s. str.) hayashii Wang, Růžička, Perreau, Nishikawa & Park, 2016, P. (s. str.) kuntzeni Sokolowski, 1957 (distribution records from Myanmar excluded), P. (s. str.) sibiricus Jeannel, 1934 and P. (s. str.) tingtingtae Wang, Nishikawa, Perreau, Růžička & Hayashi, 2016. Specimens of other undescribed species of the group sibiricus are also recorded, revealing a high diversity of this genus in eastern Asia, especially in central and north Sichuan, China, which essentially remains to be investigated. Relevant morphological characters of the examined species are illustrated with colour plates, and their known distributions are mapped. A key to species of Ptomaphagus from eastern Asia is provided.

New View of Distant Galaxy Reveals Furious Star Formation

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2007-12-01

A furious rate of star formation discovered in a distant galaxy shows that galaxies in the early Universe developed either much faster or in a different way from what astronomers have thought. "This galaxy is forming stars at an incredible rate," said Wei-Hao Wang, an astronomer at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Socorro, New Mexico. The galaxy, Wang said, is forming the equivalent of 4,000 Suns a year. This is a thousand times more violent than our own Milky Way Galaxy. Location of Distant Galaxy Visible-light, left (from HST) and Infrared, right, (from Spitzer) Images: Circles indicate location of GOODS 850-5. CREDIT: Wang et al., STScI, Spitzer, NASA, NRAO/AUI/NSF Click on image for high-resolution file (1 MB) The galaxy, called GOODS 850-5, is 12 billion light-years from Earth, and thus is seen as it was only about 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang. Wang and his colleagues observed it using the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's Submillimeter Array (SMA) on Mauna Kea in Hawaii. Young stars in the galaxy were enshrouded in dust that was heated by the stars and radiated infrared light strongly. Because of the galaxy's great distance from Earth, the infrared light waves have been stretched out to submillimeter-length radio waves, which are seen by the SMA. The waves were stretched or "redshifted," as astronomers say, by the ongoing expansion of the Universe. "This evidence for prolific star formation is hidden by the dust from visible-light telescopes," Wang explained. The dust, in turn, was formed from heavy elements that had to be built up in the cores of earlier stars. This indicates, Wang said, that significant numbers of stars already had formed, then spewed those heavy elements into interstellar space through supernova explosions and stellar winds. "Seeing the radiation from this heated dust revealed star formation we could have found in no other way," Wang said. Similar dusty galaxies in the early Universe may contain most of the

New developments on the homogenization of Canadian daily temperature data

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Vincent, Lucie A.; Wang, Xiaolan L.

2010-05-01

Long-term and homogenized surface air temperature datasets had been prepared for the analysis of climate trends in Canada (Vincent and Gullett 1999). Non-climatic steps due to instruments relocation/changes and changes in observing procedures were identified in the annual mean of the daily maximum and minimum temperatures using a technique based on regression models (Vincent 1998). Monthly adjustments were derived from the regression models and daily adjustments were obtained from an interpolation procedure using the monthly adjustments (Vincent et al. 2002). Recently, new statistical tests have been developed to improve the power of detecting changepoints in climatological data time series. The penalized maximal t (PMT) test (Wang et al. 2007) and the penalized maximal F (PMF) test (Wang 2008b) were developed to take into account the position of each changepoint in order to minimize the effect of unequal and small sample size. A software package RHtestsV3 (Wang and Feng 2009) has also been developed to implement these tests to homogenize climate data series. A recursive procedure was developed to estimate the annual cycle, linear trend, and lag-1 autocorrelation of the base series in tandem, so that the effect of lag-1 autocorrelation is accounted for in the tests. A Quantile Matching (QM) algorithm (Wang 2009) was also developed for adjusting Gaussian daily data so that the empirical distributions of all segments of the detrended series match each other. The RHtestsV3 package was used to prepare a second generation of homogenized temperatures in Canada. Both the PMT test and the PMF test were applied to detect shifts in monthly mean temperature series. Reference series was used in conducting a PMT test. Whenever possible, the main causes of the shifts were retrieved through historical evidence such as the station inspection reports. Finally, the QM algorithm was used to adjust the daily temperature series for the artificial shifts identified from the respective

Biological and Clinical Characterization of Novel lncRNAs Associated with Metastatic Prostate Cancer

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2015-11-01

R. Bedenis, N. McGregor, T. Ma, W. Chen, S. Han, X. Jing, X. Cao, X. Wang, B. Chandler, W. Yan, J . Siddiqui, L.P. Kunju, S.M. Dhanasekaran, K.J...antagonizes the SWI/SNF complex. Nat Genet 2013;45: 1392–8. 8. Tomlins SA, Aubin SM, Siddiqui J , Lonigro RJ, Sefton-Miller L, Miick S, et al. Urine TMPRSS2...support vector machine. Nucleic Acids Res 2007;35:W345–9. 13. Yu J , Mani RS, Cao Q, Brenner CJ, Cao X, Wang X, et al. An integrated network of androgen

On the equivalence of LIST and DIIS methods for convergence acceleration

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Garza, Alejandro J.; Scuseria, Gustavo E.

2015-04-28

Self-consistent field extrapolation methods play a pivotal role in quantum chemistry and electronic structure theory. We, here, demonstrate the mathematical equivalence between the recently proposed family of LIST methods [Wang et al., J. Chem. Phys. 134, 241103 (2011); Y. K. Chen and Y. A. Wang, J. Chem. Theory Comput. 7, 3045 (2011)] and the general form of Pulay’s DIIS [Chem. Phys. Lett. 73, 393 (1980); J. Comput. Chem. 3, 556 (1982)] with specific error vectors. Our results also explain the differences in performance among the various LIST methods.

Nanoporous Polymeric Grating-Based Optical Biosensors (Preprint)

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2007-03-01

Tombelli, S.; Mascini, M.; Bilia, A; Bergonzi, M. C.; Vincieri, F. F. Talanta 2005, 65, 578-585. Haughey, S. A; Baxter, G. A J of AOAC Inter. 2006 , 89, 862...C.; Bowers, M. T. JAm. Chem. Soc 2006 , 128,8484-8492. (6) Wang, l et. al. Anal. Chim. Acta 1997, 347, 1-8. Jena, B. K.; Raj, C. R. Anal. Chem. 2006 ...78, 6332-6339. Hansen, J. A; Wang, l; Kawde, A; Xiang, Y.; Gothelf, K. V.; Collins, G JAm. Chem. Soc 2006 , 128,2228-2229. Huang, T; 14 Liu, M.; Knight

The Role of Polycomb Group Gene BMI-1 in the Development of Prostate Cancer

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2010-09-01

2006 Jul 24;1:15. 17. Fu M, Wang C, Li Z, Sakamaki T, Pestell RG. Minireview: Cyclin D1: normal and abnormal functions. Endocrinology. 2004 Dec;145...and cyclin D1:connecting development to breast cancer. Cell Cycle. 2004 Feb;3(2):145-8. 32. Wang C, Li Z, Fu M, Bouras T, Pestell RG. Signal... Pestell R, Albanese C. ErbB-2 induces the cyclin D1 gene in prostate epithelial cells in vitro and in vivo. Cancer Res. 2007 May 1;67(9):4364-72. 36

International Conference on Liquid and Amorphous Metals (5th) Held at Los Angeles, California on August 15-19, 1983. Abstract.

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1983-08-19

Wang : CORROSION RESISTANCE OF AMORPHOUS AND CRYSTALLIZED Fe-Ni-Cr-W ALLOYS " 12:25 am M4 A. Yokoyama, H. Komiyama, H. Inoue, T. Masunoto, and H.M. Kimura...ENTHALPY RELAXATION IN PdNi ALLOY GLASSES 2:30 pm N3 A.I. Taub and J.L. Walter: SCALING THE COMPOSITION DEPENDENCE OF ATOMIC TRANSPORT AND STRUCTURAL...Cnn, L.Q. Wang , Y. Obi, and K. Fukamichi: LOW- TEMPERATURE SPECIFIC HEAT OF Fe-Zr AND Ni-Zr AMORPHOUS ALLOYS 2:15 pm 02 S.J. Poon: FLUX FLOW RESISTIVITY

Consensus Control of Complex and Multi-scale Networks with Network Uncertainty and Adversary

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2015-09-02

Mu 0.80 Yang Wang 0.50 1.60 3 PERCENT_SUPPORTEDNAME FTE Equivalent: Total Number: National Academy Member George Yin 0.11 Le Yi Wang 0.11 0.22 2...0) Nicholas Baran (0) Lijian Xu (0.3) Zhixin Yang (0) 4 PERCENT_SUPPORTEDNAME FTE Equivalent: Total Number: Project Report... Jifeng  Zhang, Asymptotically efficient identification of FIR systems with  quantized observations and general quantized inputs, Automatica, Vol. 57, pp

Microstructurally Adaptive Constitutive Relations and Reliability Assessment Protocols for Lead Free Solder

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2015-05-05

Chalmers, Can J Phys 30 (1952) pp. 488. [1.9] L.P. Lehman, S.N. Athavale, T.Z. Fullem, A.C. Giamis, R.K. Kinyanjui, M. Lowenstein, K. Mather , R... Mather , R. Patel, D. Rae, J. Wang, Y. Xing, L. Zavalij, P. Borgesen, E.J. Cotts, Journal of Electronic Materials 33 (2004) pp. 1429. [1.53] L.P...Res. 20 (2005) pp. 2914. 142 [1.72] Lehman L, Athavale S, Fullem T, Giamis A, Kinyanjui R, Lowenstein M, Mather K, Patel R, Rae D, Wang J, Xing Y

Realization of New and Enhanced Materials Properties Through Nanostructural Control

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2006-05-15

34 Proc. SPIE, 6014, 60140P-1-15 (2005). 57. C. Zhang, S. S. Sun, C. E. Bonner, S. Kim, H. R. Fetterman , and L. R. Dalton, "Polymer Materials for...Wang, J. Zhu, M. He, Y. Ra, S. S. H. Mao, A. W. Harper, L. R. Dalton, and H. R. Fetterman , "Low Vn High Thermal Stability Electro Optic Polymer...H. Zhang, S. M. Garner, S. S. Lee, W. H. Steier, J. Chen, F. Wang, J. Zhu, M. He, Y. Ra, S. S. Mao, A. W. Harper, L. R. Dalton, and H. R. Fetterman

Electronic Resources: Selection and Bibliographic Control.

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Pattie, Ling-yuh W., Ed.; Cox, Bonnie Jean, Ed.

This book is a baseline guide for professionals and library school students on issues that concern the selection and bibliographic control of electronic resources, from both conceptual and pragmatic standpoints. The book includes the following articles: (1) "Foreward" (Lois Mai Chan); (2) "Introduction" (Ling-yuh W. (Miko)…

Prehospital Use of Plasma for Traumatic Hemorrhage

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2013-06-01

Treatment Trials Network which h as trialed pre-hospital use of midazolam autoinjection for status epilepticus and is tria ling the use of in travenous...history and current status . J Trauma 2011; 70:811-12. 48. Ogilvie MP, Ryan ML, Proctor KG. Hetastarch during initial resuscitation from trauma. J

78 FR 46368 - Certain Dimmable Compact Fluorescent Lamps and Products Containing Same; Termination of an...

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...; Zhejiang Qiang Ling Electronic Co. Ltd. of Zhenjiang, China (collectively, ``TCP''); U Lighting America Inc... of the '318 patent have been asserted against TCP. On February 27, 2013, the ALJ issued his final... domestic industry requirement of section 337. The ALJ also found that respondent TCP's accused products do...

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Social skills and developmental delay: importance in predicting the auditory and speech outcomes after cochlear implantation in children.

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Chang, Young-Soo; Moon, Il Joon; Kim, Eun Yeon; Ahn, Jungmin; Chung, Won-Ho; Cho, Yang-Sun; Hong, Sung Hwa

2015-02-01

Preoperative evaluation of social interaction and global development levels using the Vineland Social Maturity Scale (VSMS) and Bayley Scales of Infant Development-2nd edition (BSID-II) may be beneficial in predicting the postoperative outcome in pediatric cochlear implant recipients. In particular, cautious preoperative counseling regarding the poor postoperative prognosis may be necessary in children with low social skills and developmental status. To determine the clinical benefit of preoperative evaluation of social interaction and global development levels using VSMS and BSID-II in predicting the postoperative outcome in pediatric cochlear implant recipients. A total of 65 deaf children who underwent cochlear implantation (CI) were included in this study. Age at the time of implantation ranged from 12 to 76 months. All of the children underwent a comprehensive preimplant psychological assessment by a clinical psychologist. The VSMS and BSID-II were used for evaluating social skills and a child's development preoperatively. A social quotient (SQ) was calculated by using the VSMS for each subject using the following formula: (social age/chronological age) × 100. The auditory perception and speech production abilities were evaluated using the Categories of Auditory Performance (CAP) scale and the Korean version of the Ling's stage (K-Ling), respectively, at 1 year after CI. The associations between the preoperative SQ/developmental levels and the postoperative auditory/speech outcomes were evaluated. The mean SQ was significantly decreased in the enrolled children (90.6 ± 26.1). The improvement in CAP score at 1 year after CI was correlated with preoperative SQ. The improvements in phonemic and phonologic levels of K-Ling were correlated with preoperative VSMS and BSID-II scores.

The neglected functions of intrinsically disordered proteins and the origin of life.

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Jaeken, Laurent

2017-07-01

The example of gelatine shows that extended proteins behave quite differently than globular ones: with water they form a gel. Historically the colloid view of protoplasm was discredited in favour of membrane-(pump)-theory (MPT), but unjustified. In his association-induction hypothesis Ling demonstrates that MPT is full of contradictions and that the colloid view has to be re-considered. In that case IDP's play a crucial role in this. What Ling calls the 'living state' consists of the unitary protoplasmic structure from which it was experimentally demonstrated that it can survive and keep Na + and K + concentrations without a delineating membrane. It consists of unfolded polypeptide chains whereby the repetitive backbone peptide groups orient and polarise many layers of water, in which Na + and other solutes have reduced solubility and whereby the polypeptide β- and ϒ-carboxyl-groups adsorb K + . This 'associated' state is the resting state: a coherent high-energy low-entropy meta-stable state. It can be kept by adsorbed ATP (NTP) eventually for years without consumption of ATP as demonstrated by Clegg on Artemia embryo's. Stimuli can transform this state into a lower-energy higher-entropy action state with dissociation of ADP and P i and newly synthesised ATP can reinstall it. Rest-to-action and action-to-rest were shown to be real phase-shifts. Ling's theory is a complete quantitative theory with corroborated equations for solute distribution, transport, cell potentials and osmotic behaviour and describing the cell's energy cycle. IDP's are involved in all this. The new view on IDP's leads to new insights on the origin of life. Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Bounds on strain in large Tertiary shear zones of SE Asia from boudinage restoration

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Lacassin, R.; Leloup, P. H.; Tapponnier, P.

1993-06-01

We have used surface-balanced restoration of stretched, boudinaged layers to estimate minimum amounts of finite strain in the mylonitic gneisses of the Oligo-Miocene Red River-Ailao Shan shear zone (Yunnan, China) and of the Wang Chao shear zone (Thailand). The layer-parallel extension values thus obtained range between 250 and 870%. We discuss how to use such extension values to place bounds on amounts of finite shear strain in these large crustal shear zones. Assuming simple shear, these values imply minimum total and late shear strains of, respectively, 33 ± 6 and 7 ± 3 at several sites along the Red River-Ailao Shan shear zone. For the Wang Chao shear zone a minimum shear strain of 7 ± 4 is deduced. Assuming homogeneous shear would imply that minimum strike-slip displacements along these two left-lateral shear zones, which have been interpreted to result from the India-Asia collision, have been of the order of 330 ± 60 km (Red River-Ailao Shan) and 35 ± 20 km (Wang Chao).

Book Reivew: A chance for lasting survival: Ecology and behavior of wild giant pandas

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van Manen, Frank T.

2015-01-01

“If we watch species going extinct in front of us, how useful is that we publish 100 or even 1,000 papers by studying them?” (p. 330). This quote from senior author Pan Wenshi captures an important essence of this book. A translation of a 2001 monograph originally published in Chinese, this volume details the findings of a 15-year research program in the Qinling Mountains by Wenshi and his students. Starting in 1984, this Chinese research team from Peking University was only the second to study free-ranging pandas. This is the remarkable journey of a devoted group of field researchers who helped changed the course of giant panda conservation, events that few conservationists outside of China have been aware of until now.Review info: A chance for lasting survival: Ecology and behavior of wild giant pandas. By Pan Wenshi, Lü Zhi, Zhu Xiaojian, Wang Dajun, Wang Hao, Long Yu, Fu Dali, and Zhou Xin; edited by, William J. McShea, Richard B. Harris, David L. Garshelis, and Wang Dajun, 2014. ISBN: 978-1-935623-17-5, 349pp.

Prostate Cancer in African-American Men: Serum Biomarkers for Early Detection Using Nanoparticles

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2008-11-01

breast cancer cells, Nanomedicine, (2008), 3(3), 283-292. 18 22. Shangguan, Dihua; Meng, Ling; Cao, Zehui Charles; Xiao, Zeyu; Fang, Xiaohong; Li...AD_________________ Award Number: W81XWH-06-1-0034 TITLE: Prostate Cancer in African-American Men...ORGANIZATION: Moffitt Cancer Center Tampa, FL 33612-9497 REPORT DATE: November 2008

Movement Education-Past-Present-Future.

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Fowler, John S.

Physical education in England at the secondary school level was dominated in the 1950's by a formal, disciplinary method of teaching known as the "Swedish Drill," developed from the remedial gymnastics of P. H. Ling. However, at the elementary education level, a change towards informality, discovery learning, learning environments, and…

Who Should Teach? A Chinese Teacher Candidate's Understandings of A Good Teacher and Racialised Experiences

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Maddamsetti, Jihea; Flennaugh, Terry K.; Rosaen, Cheryl L.

2018-01-01

Being a good teacher depends on many cultural and linguistic assumptions. Dominant definitions of a good teacher are often based on these implicit assumptions. Probing notions of a good teacher, we examine the endeavors of a Chinese international pre-service teacher, Ling, to become a "good teacher" through her encounters with…

Future of Autonomous Ground Logistics: Convoys in the Department of Defense

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2011-02-13

Driverless van crosses from Europe to Asia, CNN, October 27, 2010, http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation/10/27/driverless.car/ (accessed November 13...accessed March 13, 2011). Kent, Jo Ling. “ Driverless Van Crosses from Europe to Asia,” CNN, October 27, 2010. http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH

Mapping Dialectal Variation Using the Algonquian Linguistic Atlas

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Cenerini, Chantale; Junker, Marie-Odile; Rosen, Nicole

2017-01-01

The Algonquian Linguistic Atlas (www.atlas-ling.ca) is an online multimedia linguistic atlas of Algonquian languages in Canada, built based on a template of conversational topics. It includes Algonquian languages primarily from the CreeInnu-Naskapi continuum, but also from Blackfoot, Mi'kmaw, and Ojibwe (including Algonquin), with other languages…

Hybrid Tracking Algorithm Improvements and Cluster Analysis Methods.

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1982-02-26

UPGMA ), and Ward’s method. Ling’s papers describe a (k,r) clustering method. Each of these methods have individual characteristics which make them...Reference 7), UPGMA is probably the most frequently used clustering strategy. UPGMA tries to group new points into an existing cluster by using an

Reflections on the State of Music Education.

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Ling, Stuart J.; Nitz, Donald A.

1980-01-01

Stuart Ling reports from his tour of exemplary music programs that many teachers are overcoming the common logistical and economic problems of this time of retrenchment. Donald Nitz is more pessimistic, asserting that music education is clinging to a tenuous status quo after the bright promise of the 1960s. (SJL)

Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (85th, Miami, Florida, August 5-8, 2002). Radio-Television Journalism Division.

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2002

The Radio-Television Journalism Division of the proceedings contains the following 12 papers: "Chinese-Language Television News in the U.S.A.: A Cross-Cultural Examination of News Formats and Sources" (Yih-Ling Liu and Tony Rimmer); "News Diffusion and Emotional Response to the September 11 Attacks" (Stacey Frank Kanihan and…

The Role of Trop2 Cleavage Products in Prostate Tumorigenesis

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2014-10-01

Ranganathan et al. 2011). A recent study revealed that EpCAM, an adhesion protein that shares 50% homology with Trop2, functions in cellular...epithelial cancers. PLoS ONE 5: e14130. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014130. Ranganathan P, Weaver KL, Capobianco AJ. 2011. Notch signal- ling in solid tumours

Autocrine and Paracrine Hh Signaling Regulate Prostate Development

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2010-09-01

Rev. Mol. Cell. Biol. 6, 306–317 7. Wang, B. E., Shou, J., Ross, S., Koeppen, H., De Sauvage, F. J., and Gao, W. Q. (2003) J. Biol. Chem. 278, 18506...and Placzek, M. (2006) Nat. Rev. Genet. 7, 841–850 13. Callahan, C. A., Ofstad, T., Horng, L.,Wang, J. K., Zhen, H. H., Coulombe , P. A., and Oro, A. E...Albig, A. R., and Schiemann, W. P. (2005)Mol. Biol. Cell 16, 609–625 45. Olsen, M. W., Ley , C. D., Junker, N., Hansen, A. J., Lund, E. L., and Krist

Plasmonic Resonances in Self-Assembled Reduced Symmetry Gold Nanorod Structures (POSTPRINT)

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2013-05-01

distances, s/l < 0.06, where s is the gap distance and l is the length of the nanoparticles.21,26 Such a small gap (0.5−3 nm) increases coulomb ...Halas, N. J.; Lal, S.; Chang, W.-S.; Link, S.; Nordlander, P. Chem. Rev. 2011, 111, 3913−3961. (13) Luo, Y.; Lei , D. Y.; Maier, S. A.; Pendry, J. B. ACS...Liang, Y.; Wang, J.; Lin, H.-Q. ACS Nano 2011, 5, 5976−5986. (25) Abb, M.; Wang, Y.; Albella, P.; de Groot, C. H.; Aizpurua, J.; Muskens, O. L. ACS

Cooperative Effects and Intrinsic Optical Bistability in Collections of Atoms

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1989-11-01

Wang, M. Scalora and G.M. Bowden, Phys. Rev. A38, 4043 (1988). 8. Y. Ben-Aryeli and G.M. B~owden, "Mirrorless Optical Bistability in a Spacially... Scalora andiC.M. Blowden, i’h~s. age Ii re-Rev. A38 (1988) 4043.ag pssage timie Fkw the parameters chiosen. it re- 121 Y. Ben-Arych. C.M. Bowvden and J.C...685 (1984). 10. M. Dagenais and W.F. Sharfin, Appi. Phys. Lett. 45, 210 (1984). 21 11. J.W. Haus, L. Wang, M. Scalora and C.M. Bowden, Phys. Rev. A38

Two new species of the stonefly genus Amphinemura (Insecta, Plecoptera, Nemouridae) from China.

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Ji, Xiao-Yu; Du, Yu-Zhou; Wang, Zhi-Jie

2014-01-01

Two new species of the genus Amphinemura Ris from China are described and illustrated, i.e. A. annulata Du & Ji, sp. n. from Zhejiang, Shanxi, Shaanxi and Guizhou Province, and A. lingulata Du & Wang, sp. n. from Shaanxi and Sichuan Province. A. annulata is similar to A. tricintusidens Wang & Zhu in having an apical cavity of the epiproct, but the epiproct ventral sclerite and the median paraproct lobe of the two species are different. A. lingulata is related to A. didyma Zhu & Yang in having the similar epiproct, but they differ mostly in paraproct median and outer lobes.

Two new species of the stonefly genus Amphinemura (Insecta, Plecoptera, Nemouridae) from China

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Ji, Xiao-Yu; Du, Yu-Zhou; Wang, Zhi-Jie

2014-01-01

Abstract Two new species of the genus Amphinemura Ris from China are described and illustrated, i.e. A. annulata Du & Ji, sp. n. from Zhejiang, Shanxi, Shaanxi and Guizhou Province, and A. lingulata Du & Wang, sp. n. from Shaanxi and Sichuan Province. A. annulata is similar to A. tricintusidens Wang & Zhu in having an apical cavity of the epiproct, but the epiproct ventral sclerite and the median paraproct lobe of the two species are different. A. lingulata is related to A. didyma Zhu & Yang in having the similar epiproct, but they differ mostly in paraproct median and outer lobes. PMID:24843269

A Biophysical-Computational Perspective of Breast Cancer Pathogenesis and Treatment Response

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2009-03-01

82. A.A. Rasmussen and K.J. Cullen, Breast Cancer Res Treat 47 (1998) 219- 33. 83. C. Kuperwasser, T. Chavarria, M. Wu, G. Magrane, J.W. Gray , L...24-34. 94. C.M. Lo, H.B. Wang, M. Dembo and Y.L. Wang, Biophys J 79 (2000) 144- 52. 95. D.S. Gray , J. Tien and C.S. Chen, J Biomed Mater Res A 66...Muller, G. Inghirami and F.G. Giancotti, Cell 126 (2006) 489-502. 103. C.C. Park, H. Zhang, M. Pallavicini, J.W. Gray , F. Baehner, C.J. Park and M.J

Space: The Final Frontier in the Learning of Science?

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Milne, Catherine

2014-01-01

In "Space", relations, and the learning of science", Wolff-Michael Roth and Pei-Ling Hsu use ethnomethodology to explore high school interns learning shopwork and shoptalk in a research lab that is located in a world class facility for water quality analysis. Using interaction analysis they identify how spaces, like a research…

Expanding Our View of Authentic Learning: Bridging in and Out-of-School Experiences

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Quigley, Cassie

2014-01-01

In this review, I explore the affordances of Wolff-Michael Roth and Pei-Ling Hsu's article, "Space, relations and the learning of science" which brings attention to a largely unexplored area of science education research--the importance of spatial organization within the laboratory. This forum piece examines the four components of…

Physics-Based Simulations to Enable Game-Changing Novel Explosive and Protective Technologies

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2013-09-25

PhD 2010) - Currently employed at Innovative Scheduling Inc. 2) Yue Ling (PhD 2010) - Currently Research Scientist at Université Pierre et Marie Curie...dispersal of solid particles. APS DFD Gallery of Fluid Motion (2011). 4. J. L. Wagner, S. J. Beresh, S. P. Kearney, W. M. Trott , J. N. Castaneda, B

Optimization of programming parameters in children with the advanced bionics cochlear implant.

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Baudhuin, Jacquelyn; Cadieux, Jamie; Firszt, Jill B; Reeder, Ruth M; Maxson, Jerrica L

2012-05-01

Cochlear implants provide access to soft intensity sounds and therefore improved audibility for children with severe-to-profound hearing loss. Speech processor programming parameters, such as threshold (or T-level), input dynamic range (IDR), and microphone sensitivity, contribute to the recipient's program and influence audibility. When soundfield thresholds obtained through the speech processor are elevated, programming parameters can be modified to improve soft sound detection. Adult recipients show improved detection for low-level sounds when T-levels are set at raised levels and show better speech understanding in quiet when wider IDRs are used. Little is known about the effects of parameter settings on detection and speech recognition in children using today's cochlear implant technology. The overall study aim was to assess optimal T-level, IDR, and sensitivity settings in pediatric recipients of the Advanced Bionics cochlear implant. Two experiments were conducted. Experiment 1 examined the effects of two T-level settings on soundfield thresholds and detection of the Ling 6 sounds. One program set T-levels at 10% of most comfortable levels (M-levels) and another at 10 current units (CUs) below the level judged as "soft." Experiment 2 examined the effects of IDR and sensitivity settings on speech recognition in quiet and noise. Participants were 11 children 7-17 yr of age (mean 11.3) implanted with the Advanced Bionics High Resolution 90K or CII cochlear implant system who had speech recognition scores of 20% or greater on a monosyllabic word test. Two T-level programs were compared for detection of the Ling sounds and frequency modulated (FM) tones. Differing IDR/sensitivity programs (50/0, 50/10, 70/0, 70/10) were compared using Ling and FM tone detection thresholds, CNC (consonant-vowel nucleus-consonant) words at 50 dB SPL, and Hearing in Noise Test for Children (HINT-C) sentences at 65 dB SPL in the presence of four-talker babble (+8 signal

Experimental Test of Nonlocal Realism Using a Fiber-Based Source of Polarization-Entangled Photon Paris

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2008-03-25

J. F. Clauser and M. A. Horne, Phys. Rev. D 10, 526 1974. 6 A. Zeilinger , Rev. Mod. Phys. 71, S288 1999; A. Aspect, Nature London 398, 189...Jennewein, M. Zukowski, M. Aspelmeyer, and A. Zeilinger , Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 210406 2007; C. Branciard, A. Ling, N. Gisin, C. Kurt- siefer, A. Lamas

Onboard SPECT for Localizing Functional and Molecular Targets in Metastatic Breast Cancer

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2010-08-01

Amols , Z. Fuks, S. Leibel, and J. A. Koutcher, “Towards multidimensional radiotherapy MD-CRT: Biologi- cal imaging and biological conformality,” Int. J...distance d┴θ and attenuation survival probability γ┴θ 495 are reported for tumors A-L. 53 23 REFERENCES 1. C. C. Ling, J. Humm, S. Larson, H. Amols , Z

Teaching Tennessee History: Lesson Plans for the Classroom. Volume II.

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Oakley, Lisa, Ed.

These teacher developed lessons focus on the Civil War's impact on east Tennessee. The forum for develop ling the lessons includes a series of inservice lectures by experts in the areas of Civil War scholarship and interpretation, tours, and hands-on experiences at historic sites in the region. During the week-long program, teachers traveled…

Martina Bergman-Osterberg (1849-1915): Creating a Professional Role for Women in Physical Training

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Bloomfield, Anne

2005-01-01

Martina Bergman-Osterberg came to London from Sweden versed in the theory and practice of Swedish gymnastics as taught by Per Henrik Ling (1776-1881), and introduced his system into British schools, first while working for the London School Board and subsequently by establishing the Dartford College of Physical Training. This paper examines the…

Tissue Refractive Index Fluctuations Report on Cancer Development

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Popescu, Gabriel

2012-02-01

The gold standard in histopathology relies on manual investigation of stained tissue biopsies. A sensitive and quantitative method for in situ tissue specimen inspection is highly desirable, as it will allow early disease diagnosis and automatic screening. Here we demonstrate that quantitative phase imaging of entire unstained biopsies has the potential to fulfill this requirement. Our data indicates that the refractive index distribution of histopathology slides, which contains information about the molecular scale organization of tissue, reveals prostate tumors. These optical maps report on subtle, nanoscale morphological properties of tissues and cells that cannot be recovered by common stains, including hematoxylin and eosin (H&E). We found that cancer progression significantly alters the tissue organization, as exhibited in our refractive index maps. Furthermore, using the quantitative phase information, we obtained the spatially resolved scattering mean free path and anisotropy factor g for entire biopsies and demonstrated their direct correlation with tumor presence. We found that these scattering parameters are able to distinguish between two adjacent grades, which is a difficult task and relevant for determining patient treatment. In essence, our results show that the tissue refractive index reports on the nanoscale tissue architecture and, in principle, can be used as an intrinsic marker for cancer diagnosis. [4pt] [1] Z. Wang, K. Tangella, A. Balla and G. Popescu, Tissue refractive index as marker of disease, Journal of Biomedical Optics, in press).[0pt] [2] Z. Wang, L. J. Millet, M. Mir, H. Ding, S. Unarunotai, J. A. Rogers, M. U. Gillette and G. Popescu, Spatial light interference microscopy (SLIM), Optics Express, 19, 1016 (2011).[0pt] [3] Z. Wang, D. L. Marks, P. S. Carney, L. J. Millet, M. U. Gillette, A. Mihi, P. V. Braun, Z. Shen, S. G. Prasanth and G. Popescu, Spatial light interference tomography (SLIT), Optics Express, 19, 19907-19918 (2011

NASA Child Fitness Promotion Program in Young Children in South Korea

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Min, Jungwon; Kim, Gilsook; Lim, Hyunjung; Carvajal, Nubia A.; Lloyd, Charles W.; Wang, Youfa

2015-01-01

Childhood obesity is a serious global public health concern (WHO, 2015; Wang Y & Lobstein T, 2006). Low self-esteem and related mental health problems are common in obese children (Strauss RS, 2000) as well as poor academic performance and career development (Gurley-Calvez T, 2010).Westernized dietary habits and sedentary lifestyles are identified as the major risk factors of current alarming rate of obesity along with genetic susceptibility (Popkin BM, 1999). Children in many countries, including South Korea, have become increasingly sedentary due to urbanization changes in their respective societies (Ng SW, et al. 2009, Salmon J et al. 2011). In particular, South Korea had abundant dissemination of mobile technology, such as tablet and smart phone devices. Children have become reliant on mobile devices and are less likely to perform physical activities (Do, et al, 2013). Effective and sustainable intervention programs are needed to fight the global obesity epidemic (IOM, 2012; Wang Y et al, 2013; Wang Y et al, 2015). Previous studies suggested focus on prevention strategies that begin in early childhood, a period when children establish their life habits. (Salmon J et al. 2011). Recent systematic reviews and meta-analysis including ours found that obesity prevention programs for young children have a greater intervention effect (Waters E, et al, 2011; Wang Y et al, 2013; Wang Y et al, 2015). The NASA Mission X: Train Like an Astronaut (MX) program was developed to promote children's exercise and healthy eating with excitement for training like an astronaut (Lloyd C, 2012).At present, the NASA MX Program covered 28 countries, enrolled children through their teachers in school setting (MX report 2014, 2015). This pilot study adapted the NASA MX intervention program for young children in South Korea. We assessed its feasibility and effectiveness in promoting physical activity (PA) in children and in improving parents' perspectives. We also examined the status of PA

A new index for identifying different types of El Niño Modoki events

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Wang, Xin; Tan, Wei; Wang, Chunzai

2018-04-01

El Niño Modoki events can be further classified into El Niño Modoki I and II in terms of their opposite impacts on southern China rainfall (Wang and Wang, J Clim 26:1322-1338, 2013) and the Indian Ocean dipole mode (Wang and Wang, Clim Dyn 42:991-1005, 2014). The present paper develops an index to identify the types of El Niño events. The El Niño Modoki II (MII) index is defined as the leading principle component of multivariate empirical orthogonal function analysis of the normalized El Niño Modoki index, Niño4 index and 850 hPa relative vorticity anomalies averaged near the Philippine Sea during autumn. The MII index exhibits dominant variations on interannual (2-3 and 4-5 years) and decadal (10-20 years) timescales. El Niño Modoki II events can be well identified by using the MII index value being larger than 1 standard deviation. Further analyses and numerical model experiments confirm that the MII index can portray the major oceanic and atmospheric features of El Niño Modoki II events. The constructed MII index along with previous ENSO indices can be used for classifying and identifying all types of El Niño events. Because of distinct impacts induced by different types of El Niño events, the implication of the present study is that climate prediction and future climate projection under global warming can be improved by using the MII index and other indices to identify the types of El Niño events.

First principles calculation of finite temperature magnetism in Fe and Fe3C

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Eisenbach, M.; Nicholson, D. M.; Rusanu, A.; Brown, G.

2011-04-01

Density functional calculations have proven to be a useful tool in the study of ground state properties of many materials. The investigation of finite temperature magnetism, on the other hand, has to rely usually on the usage of empirical models that allow the large number of evaluations of the systems Hamiltonian that are required to obtain the phase space sampling needed to obtain the free energy, specific heat, magnetization, susceptibility, and other quantities as function of temperature. We have demonstrated a solution to this problem that harnesses the computational power of today's large massively parallel computers by combining a classical Wang-Landau Monte-Carlo calculation [F. Wang and D. P. Landau, Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 2050 (2001)] with our first principles multiple scattering electronic structure code [Y. Wang et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 2867 (1995)] that allows the energy calculation of constrained magnetic states [M. Eisenbach et al., Proceedings of the Conference on High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (ACM, New York, 2009)]. We present our calculations of finite temperature properties of Fe and Fe3C using this approach and we find the Curie temperatures to be 980 and 425K, respectively.

Laser Spectroscopy of Ruthenium Containing Diatomic Molecules: RuH/D and RuP.

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Adam, Allan G.; Konder, Ricarda M.; Nickerson, Nicole M.; Linton, Colan; Tokaryk, D. W.

2015-06-01

In the last few years, the Cheung group in Hong Kong and the Steimle group in Arizona have successfully studied several ruthenium containing diatomic molecules, RuX (X =C, O, N, B, using the laser-ablation molecular jet technique. Based on this success, the UNB spectroscopy group decided to try and find the optical signatures of other RuX molecules. Using CH_3OH and PH_3 as reactant gases, the RuH and RuP diatomic molecules have been detected in surveys of the 420 - 675 nm spectral region. RuD has also been made using fully deuterated methanol as a reactant. Dispersed fluorescence experiments have been performed to determine ground state vibrational frequencies and the presence of any low-lying electronic states. Rotationally resolved spectra for these molecules have also been taken and the analysis is proceeding. The most recent results will be presented. F. Wang et al., Journal of Chemical Physics 139, 174318 (2013). N. Wang et al., Journal of Physical Chemistry A 117, 13279 (2013). T. Steimle et al., Journal of Chemical Physics 119, 12965 (2003). N. Wang et al., Chemical Physics Letters 547, 21 (2012).

A hydrophobic hole transporting system to improve moisture stability of perovskite solar cells (Conference Presentation)

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Xiao, Lixin

2016-09-01

Non-ion additive hole-transporting material (HTM) of hydrophobic oligothiophene derivative named DR3TBDTT and triphenylamine derivative of N,N'-di(3-methylphenyl)-N,N-diphenyl-4,4-diaminobiphenyl (TPD) were used for the organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells. The power conversion efficiency (PCE) was comparable to the device using Li-TFSI doped spiro-MeOTAD. Moreover, the PCE decreases by only 10% after approximately 1000 h without encapsulation, which suggests an alternative method to improve the stability of perovskite solar cells[1-3 ]. Figure 1. Schematic illustration of the energy diagram of the device without lithium salts REFERENCES [1] Zheng, L.; Ma, Y.; Chu, S.; Wang, S.; Qu, B.; Xiao, L.; Chen, Z.;Gong, Q.; Wu, Z.; Hou, X. Nanoscale 6, 8171-8176 (2014). [2] Zheng Lingling, Chung Yao-Hsien, Ma Yingzhuang, Zhang Lipei, Xiao Lixin, Chen Zhijian, Wang Shufeng, Qu Bo and Gong Qihuang, Chem. Commun. 50, 11196-11199 (2014). [3] Ma Yingzhuang, Chung Yao-Hsien, Zheng Lingling, Zhang Danfei, Yu Xiao, Xiao Lixin, Chen Zhijian, Wang Shufeng, Qu Bo, Gong Qihuang, and Zou Dechun, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 7 (12), 6406-6411 (2015)

Quality of Life of Poor People Living in Remote Areas in Hong Kong

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Wong, Hung

2011-01-01

Based on three surveys carried out for studying living conditions of youth, women and elderly living in six remote areas (Tuen Mun, Yuen Long, Tin Shui Wai, Sheung Shui, Fan Ling and Tai Po) in the New Territories of Hong Kong, this paper reports the poverty and social exclusion of these three groups of people. The quality of life of youth, women…

Molecular Effects of I3C/DIM in Prostate Cancer Cells

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2005-04-01

DNA fragmentation, resulting in apoptosis (40,41). To (phorbol myristate acetate, etc.), stress (pH, hypoxia, heavy further explore the mechanism of...cytosol into the ling cell proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, inflammation, mitochondria in both cell lines treated with 13C. However, stress ...of cell prolifer- the control of cell growth, apoptosis, inflammation, ation, cell cycle, apoptosis, signal transduction, onco- stress response, and

A Computational Model to Simulate Groundwater Seepage Risk in Support of Geotechnical Investigations of Levee and Dam Projects

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2013-03-01

Allen 1974, 1978; Bridge and Leeder 1979; Mackey and Bridge 1992) that computes synthetic stratigraphy for a floodplain cross section. The model...typical of that used to record and communicate geologic information for engineering applications. The computed stratigraphy differentiates between...belt dimensions measured for two well-studied river systems: (A) the Linge River within the Rhine-Meuse Delta , Netherlands, and (B) the Lower

Bridging the Technology Valley of Death in Joint Medical Development

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2015-11-01

Force lieutenant colonel, is the Air Force Medical Support Agency Advanced Development Liaison Field Engineer in Falls Church, Virginia. Prusaczyk is...Awareness, communication and coordination may be mini - mal among Service S&T and AD programs. Joint Transition Planning Process A Joint Transition...Human Proof of Phase III NDA/BLA ling Approval, Launch Concept*** Launch Review Program Initiation Materiel Technology Engineering & Production

Comment on "Comparative study of ab initio nonradiative recombination rate calculations under different formalisms"

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Wickramaratne, Darshana; Shen, Jimmy-Xuan; Alkauskas, Audrius; Van de Walle, Chris G.

2018-02-01

In a recent article [Phys. Rev. B 91, 205315 (2015), 10.1103/PhysRevB.91.205315] Shi, Xu, and Wang presented a comparison of several formalisms to calculate nonradiative recombination rates and concluded the "one-dimensional (1D) quantum formula" that was used by Alkauskas et al. [Phys. Rev. B 90, 075202 (2014), 10.1103/PhysRevB.90.075202] is insufficient to accurately describe nonradiative capture rates. Our analysis of the results of Shi, Xu, and Wang indicates that their conclusions about the 1D quantum formula are unfounded and stem from an error in their calculations. Our own calculations demonstrate that the 1D quantum formula approach yields reliable and accurate results for nonradiative recombination rates.

Cohesion enhancing effect of magnesium in aluminum grain boundary: A first-principles determination

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Zhang Shengjun; Freeman, Arthur J.; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208

2012-06-04

The effect of magnesium on grain boundary cohesion in aluminum was investigated by means of first-principles calculations using the Rice-Wang model [Rice and Wang, Mater. Sci. Eng. A 107, 23 (1989)]. It is demonstrated that magnesium is a cohesion enhancer with a potency of -0.11 eV/atom. It is further determined through electronic structure and bonding character analysis that the cohesion enhancing property of magnesium is due to a charge transfer mechanism which is unusually strong and overcomes the negative result of the size effect mechanism. Consistent with experimental results, this work clarifies the controversy and establishes that Mg segregation doesmore » not contribute to stress corrosion cracking in Al alloys.« less

Well-posedness and decay for the dissipative system modeling electro-hydrodynamics in negative Besov spaces

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Zhao, Jihong; Liu, Qiao

2017-07-01

In Guo and Wang (2012) [10], Y. Guo and Y. Wang developed a general new energy method for proving the optimal time decay rates of the solutions to dissipative equations. In this paper, we generalize this method in the framework of homogeneous Besov spaces. Moreover, we apply this method to a model arising from electro-hydrodynamics, which is a strongly coupled system of the Navier-Stokes equations and the Poisson-Nernst-Planck equations through charge transport and external forcing terms. We show that some weighted negative Besov norms of solutions are preserved along time evolution, and obtain the optimal time decay rates of the higher-order spatial derivatives of solutions by the Fourier splitting approach and the interpolation techniques.

Binarization of Gray-Scaled Digital Images Via Fuzzy Reasoning

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Dominquez, Jesus A.; Klinko, Steve; Voska, Ned (Technical Monitor)

2002-01-01

A new fast-computational technique based on fuzzy entropy measure has been developed to find an optimal binary image threshold. In this method, the image pixel membership functions are dependent on the threshold value and reflect the distribution of pixel values in two classes; thus, this technique minimizes the classification error. This new method is compared with two of the best-known threshold selection techniques, Otsu and Huang-Wang. The performance of the proposed method supersedes the performance of Huang- Wang and Otsu methods when the image consists of textured background and poor printing quality. The three methods perform well but yield different binarization approaches if the background and foreground of the image have well-separated gray-level ranges.

Binarization of Gray-Scaled Digital Images Via Fuzzy Reasoning

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Dominquez, Jesus A.; Klinko, Steve; Voska, Ned (Technical Monitor)

2002-01-01

A new fast-computational technique based on fuzzy entropy measure has been developed to find an optimal binary image threshold. In this method, the image pixel membership functions are dependent on the threshold value and reflect the distribution of pixel values in two classes; thus, this technique minimizes the classification error. This new method is compared with two of the best-known threshold selection techniques, Otsu and Huang-Wang. The performance of the proposed method supersedes the performance of Huang-Wang and Otsu methods when the image consists of textured background and poor printing quality. The three methods perform well but yield different binarization approaches if the background and foreground of the image have well-separated gray-level ranges.

Antiresonance induced spin-polarized current generation

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Yin, Sun; Min, Wen-Jing; Gao, Kun; Xie, Shi-Jie; Liu, De-Sheng

2011-12-01

According to the one-dimensional antiresonance effect (Wang X R, Wang Y and Sun Z Z 2003 Phys. Rev. B 65 193402), we propose a possible spin-polarized current generation device. Our proposed model consists of one chain and an impurity coupling to the chain. The energy level of the impurity can be occupied by an electron with a specific spin, and the electron with such a spin is blocked because of the antiresonance effect. Based on this phenomenon our model can generate the spin-polarized current flowing through the chain due to different polarization rates. On the other hand, the device can also be used to measure the generated spin accumulation. Our model is feasible with today's technology.

Structures of undecagold clusters: Ligand effect

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Spivey, Kasi; Williams, Joseph I.; Wang, Lichang

2006-12-01

The most stable structure of undecagold, or Au 11, clusters was predicted from our DFT calculations to be planar [L. Xiao, L. Wang, Chem. Phys. Lett. 392 (2004) 452; L. Xiao, B. Tollberg, X. Hu, L. Wang, J. Chem. Phys. 124 (2005) 114309.]. The structures of ligand protected undecagold clusters were shown to be three-dimensional experimentally. In this work, we used DFT calculations to study the ligand effect on the structures of Au 11 clusters. Our results show that the most stable structure of Au 11 is in fact three-dimensional when SCH 3 ligands are attached. This indicates that the structures of small gold clusters are altered substantially in the presence of ligands.

Evemphyron sinense, a new genus and species infesting legume seedpods in China (Coleoptera, Attelabidae, Rhynchitinae)

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Lv, Xiangyang; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; Xiao, Zhishu; Wang, Zhiliang; Zhang, Runzhi

2016-01-01

Abstract A new genus Evemphyron Alonso-Zarazaga, Lv & Wang, gen. n., belonging to Attelabidae Rhynchitinae, is described. Its single species, Evemphyron sinense Alonso-Zarazaga, Lv & Wang, sp. n., was reared from larvae found inside seed pods of the legume Callerya dielsiana (Fabaceae, Millettieae) in Sichuan Province (China). The species is figured and placed in the Deporaini because of the presence of minute labial palpi, the strongly crescentic apex of the postmentum, and the apodemes of male IX sternite and female VIII sternite curved sinistro-anterially near their cephalic end. It shows 3-segmented labial palpi and male sex patches on the procoxae, characters that suggest a basal position in the tribe. PMID:27408602

Electronic structure of the ingredient planes of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 + δ and Bi2Sr2CuO6 + δ superconductors

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Ma, Xucun

Understanding the mechanism of high transition temperature superconductivity in cuprates has been hindered by the apparent complexity of their multilayered crystal structure. Using a cryogenic scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), we report on layer-by-layer probing of the electronic structures of the ingredient planes (BiO, SrO, CuO2) of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 + δ (Bi-2212) and Bi2Sr2CuO6 + δ (Bi-2201) superconductors prepared by argon-ion bombardment and annealing (IBA) technique. We show that the well-known pseudogap (PG) feature observed by STM is inherently a property of the charge reservoir planes and thus irrelevant directly to Cooper pairing. The CuO2 planes are exclusively characterized by a small gap inside the PG. The small gap becomes invisible near Tc, which we identify as the superconducting gap. The results constitute severe constraints on any microscopic model for high Tc superconductivity in cuprates. Contributors: Yan-Feng Lv, Wen-Lin Wang, Hao Ding, Yang Wang, Yong Zhong, Ying Ding, Ruidan Zhong, John Schneeloch, Gen-Da Gu, Lili Wang, Ke He, Shuai-Hua Ji, Lin Zhao, Xing-Jiang Zhou Can-Li Song, and Qi-Kun Xue. NSF and MOST of China.

Enhancing agricultural productivity and rural incomes through sustainable use of natural resources in the semi arid tropics.

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Wani, Suhas P; Dixin, Yin; Li, Zhong; Dar, William D; Chander, Girish

2012-03-30

A participatory watershed management approach is one of the tested, sustainable and eco-friendly options to upgrade rain-fed agriculture to meet growing food demand along with additional multiple benefits in terms of improving livelihoods, addressing equity issues and biodiversity concerns. Watershed interventions at study sites in Thailand (Tad Fa and Wang Chai) and India (Kothapally) effectively reduced runoff and the associated soil loss. Such interventions at Xiaoxincun (China) and Wang Chai improved groundwater recharging and availability. Enhanced productive transpiration increased rainwater use efficiency for crop production by 13-29% at Xiaoxincun; 13-160% at Lucheba (China), 32-37% at Tad Fa and 23-46% at Wang Chai and by two to five times at Kothapally. Watershed interventions increased significantly the additional net returns from crop production as compared with the pre-watershed intervention period. Increased water availability opened up options for crop diversification with high-value crops, including increased forage production and boosted livestock-based livelihoods. In dryland tropics, integrated watershed management approach enabled farmers to diversify the systems along with increasing agricultural productivity through increased water availability, while conserving the natural resource base. Household incomes increased substantially, leading to improved living and building the resilience of the community and natural resources. Copyright © 2011 Society of Chemical Industry.

Answering the big questions in neuroscience: DoD's experimental research wing takes on massive, high-risk projects.

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Mertz, Leslie

2012-01-01

When the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) asks research questions, it goes big. This is, after all, the same agency that put together teams of scientists and engineers to find a way to connect the worlds computers and, in doing so, developed the precursor to the Internet. DARPA, the experimental research wing of the U.S. Department of Defense, funds the types of research queries that scientists and engineers dream of tackling. Unlike a traditional granting agency that conservatively metes out its funding and only to projects with a good chance of success, DARPA puts its money on massive, multi-institutional projects that have no guarantees, but have enormous potential. In the 1990s, DARPA began its biological and medical science research to improve the safety, health, and well being of military personnel, according to DARPA program manager and Army Colonel Geoffrey Ling, Ph.D., M.D. More recently, DARPA has entered the realm of neuroscience and neurotechnology. Its focus with these projects is on its prime customer, the U.S. Department of Defense, but Ling acknowledged that technologies developed in its programs "certainly have potential to cascade into civilian uses."

Mechanism of Solute Exclusion from Cells. The Role of Protein-Water Interaction,

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1979-01-01

Bungenberg de Jong , H . G ., and MoC’erman, R.S.T., Kolloid. Beih., 39...gelatins. (Indeed the ability of gelatin to exclude solutes has been known since Holleman, Bungenberg de Jong and Modderman in 1934 19. This phenomenon was...Academic Press, New York, 1964). -!. Ling et al (Pg.12) 22. Bungenlerg de ong, H . G ., and Kruyt, H . R., Proc. Konikl. Neder-n. Akad. Wetensc

The Potential Benefits of Using Teleconference Technology in the Classroom Environment for U.S. Navy Training Courses

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1988-03-01

5 c. Em ployee A ttitude .................................... 45 2. The Question of Change ................................... 46 B...end of the two-day course, both teacher and students alike had a negative attitude . The man-hours involved were wasted. Nothing was gained but...describe in detail different features of teleLon1erenLing and how they affect the user. The most expensive variables in this model are related to the

The pattern of name tokens in narrative clinical text and a comparison of five systems for redacting them

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Kayaalp, Mehmet; Browne, Allen C; Callaghan, Fiona M; Dodd, Zeyno A; Divita, Guy; Ozturk, Selcuk; McDonald, Clement J

2014-01-01

Objective To understand the factors that influence success in scrubbing personal names from narrative text. Materials and methods We developed a scrubber, the NLM Name Scrubber (NLM-NS), to redact personal names from narrative clinical reports, hand tagged words in a set of gold standard narrative reports as personal names or not, and measured the scrubbing success of NLM-NS and that of four other scrubbing/name recognition tools (MIST, MITdeid, LingPipe, and ANNIE/GATE) against the gold standard reports. We ran three comparisons which used increasingly larger name lists. Results The test reports contained more than 1 million words, of which 2388 were patient and 20 160 were provider name tokens. NLM-NS failed to scrub only 2 of the 2388 instances of patient name tokens. Its sensitivity was 0.999 on both patient and provider name tokens and missed fewer instances of patient name tokens in all comparisons with other scrubbers. MIST produced the best all token specificity and F-measure for name instances in our most relevant study (study 2), with values of 0.997 and 0.938, respectively. In that same comparison, NLM-NS was second best, with values of 0.986 and 0.748, respectively, and MITdeid was a close third, with values of 0.985 and 0.796 respectively. With the addition of the Clinical Center name list to their native name lists, Ling Pipe, MITdeid, MIST, and ANNIE/GATE all improved substantially. MITdeid and Ling Pipe gained the most—reaching patient name sensitivity of 0.995 (F-measure=0.705) and 0.989 (F-measure=0.386), respectively. Discussion The privacy risk due to two name tokens missed by NLM-NS was statistically negligible, since neither individual could be distinguished among more than 150 000 people listed in the US Social Security Registry. Conclusions The nature and size of name lists have substantial influences on scrubbing success. The use of very large name lists with frequency statistics accounts for much of NLM-NS scrubbing success. PMID

Revised Geometric Measure of Entanglement in Infinite Dimensional Multipartite Quantum Systems

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Wang, Yinzhu; Wang, Danxia; Huang, Li

2018-05-01

In Cao and Wang (J. Phys.: Math. Theor. 40, 3507-3542, 2007), the revised geometric measure of entanglement (RGME) for states in finite dimensional bipartite quantum systems was proposed. Furthermore, in Cao and Wang (Commun. Theor. Phys. 51(4), 613-620, 2009), the authors obtained the revised geometry measure of entanglement for multipartite states including three-qubit GHZ state, W state, and the generalized Smolin state in the presence of noise and the two-mode squeezed thermal state, and defined the Gaussian geometric entanglement measure. In this paper, we generalize the RGME to infinite dimensional multipartite quantum systems, and prove that this measure satisfies some necessary properties as a well-defined entanglement measure, including monotonicity under local operations and classical communications.

[Analysis for contemporary academic study of Experience on Acupuncture and Moxibustion Therapy].

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Lu, Chengding; Tian, Sisheng; Zhang, Yongchen

2016-12-12

Experience on Acupuncture and Moxibustion Therapy is a profound book by WANG Zhizhong for acupuncture-moxibustion development. Twenty-five articles about arranging the book were analyzed in China National Knowledge Infrastructure(CNKI) from 1980 to 2015. It is considered that the versions spread are clear, and literature quoted is abundant but needed to be further sorted. Also, academic thoughts with value were deeply explored in terms of acupoint, moxibustion, acupuncture-moxibustion case, contraindication and health preserving. However, shortages about contemporary research exist, such as less exploration on historical cultural background of the book, the humanistic spirit of WANG Zhizhong , the rule of acupoint application and the treatment experie-nce. We should pay attention to the above points so as to further systematically study its academic thought.

Acoustic radiation force on a heated sphere including effects of heat transfer and acoustic streaming

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Lee, Chun P.; Wang, Taylor G.

1988-01-01

A previous theoretical result on the subject of the acoustic radiation force on a heated sphere (Lee and Wang, 1984) is reexamined. For a more complete understanding, effects of heat transfer and acoustic streaming are taken into consideration. Essentially, it was found that, at high sound-pressure levels in a steady situation, the force is not affected significantly by the temperature profile, consistent with the result of an experimental work (Leung and Wang, 1985). This resolves the earlier apparent contradiction between the theory and the experiment. If excessive hot air is accumulated around the sphere, which can happen in transient situations, the force can be weakened or reversed in sign. A heat transfer model due to acoustic streaming was also found.

JPRS Report, China, Wang Meng’s ’Hard Thin Gruel’.

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1992-03-26

honey and chocolate, how could our national strength, our science, our technology, our arts, our sports, our housing, our education, our per capita car...bad and diarrhea is not better. If constipation happens, then cure the constipation; if diarrhea happens, then cure the diarrhea. It would be best if...especially Grandfather’s—expression. If Grandfather coughed once, Mother would immedi- ately start muttering, Is there sand in the gruel? Are the pickled

Argonne's Michael Wang talks about the GREET Model for reducing vehicle emi

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Wang, Michael

2012-07-25

To fully evaluate energy and emission impacts of advanced vehicle technologies and new transportation fuels, the fuel cycle from wells to wheels and the vehicle cycle through material recovery and vehicle disposal need to be considered. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Argonne has developed a full life-cycle model called GREET (Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Transportation). It allows researchers and analysts to evaluate various vehicle and fuel combinations on a full fuel-cycle/vehicle-cycle basis. The first version of GREET was released in 1996. Since then, Argonne has continuedmore » to update and expand the model. The most recent GREET versions are the GREET 1 2012 version for fuel-cycle analysis and GREET 2.7 version for vehicle-cycle analysis.« less

Argonne's Michael Wang talks about the GREET Model for reducing vehicle emi

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Wang, Michael

2018-05-11

To fully evaluate energy and emission impacts of advanced vehicle technologies and new transportation fuels, the fuel cycle from wells to wheels and the vehicle cycle through material recovery and vehicle disposal need to be considered. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Argonne has developed a full life-cycle model called GREET (Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Transportation). It allows researchers and analysts to evaluate various vehicle and fuel combinations on a full fuel-cycle/vehicle-cycle basis. The first version of GREET was released in 1996. Since then, Argonne has continued to update and expand the model. The most recent GREET versions are the GREET 1 2012 version for fuel-cycle analysis and GREET 2.7 version for vehicle-cycle analysis.

Tertiary diachronic extrusion and deformation of western Indochina: Structural and 40Ar/39Ar evidence from NW Thailand

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Lacassin, Robin; Maluski, Henri; Leloup, P. Hervé; Tapponnier, Paul; Hinthong, Chaiyan; Siribhakdi, Kanchit; Chuaviroj, Saengathit; Charoenravat, Adul

1997-05-01

The Wang Chao and Three Pagodas fault zones cut the western part of the Indochina block and run parallel to the Red River Fault. Evidence of intense ductile left-lateral shear is found in the Lansang gneisses, which form a 5 km wide elongated core along the Wang Chao fault zone. Dating by 40Ar/39Ar shows that such deformation probably terminated around 30.5 Ma. The Wang Chao and Three Pagodas faults offset the north striking lower Mesozoic metamorphic and magmatic belt of northern Thailand. 40Ar/39Ar results suggest that this belt suffered rapid cooling in the Tertiary, probably around 23 Ma. These results imply that the extrusion of the southwestern part of Indochina occurred in the upper Eocene-lower Oligocene. It probably induced rifting in some basins of the Gulf of Thailand and in the Malay and Mekong basins. In the Oligo-Miocene, the continuing penetration of India into Asia culminated with the extrusion of all of Indochina along the Ailao Shan-Red River fault. This occurred concurrently with the onset of E-W extension more to the south. Plotting in a geographical reference frame the diachronic time spans of movement on left-lateral faults east and southeast of Tibet implies that the northward movement of the Indian indenter successively initiated new strike-slip faults located farther and farther north along its path.

Low-Latitude ELF Emissions Below 100Hz Observed in Taiwan

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Wang, K.; Wang, Y.; Su, H.; Hsu, R.

2005-12-01

ELF antennas have been mounted at the Lulin Observatory (23.47oN, 120.87oE; 2862m) and National Cheng Kung University (23.00oN, 120.22oE, 32m) in Taiwan for study of global lightning activities and ELF events. We have previously reported 10-month ELF-Whistlers observations from Aug. 26, 2003 to July 13, 2004. [Wang et al., 2005]. In addition to these events, other forms of ELF emissions were also detected. In this study, an Atlas of these observed ELF emissions below 100Hz for the same period of observation is presented. Total numbers of more than 100 detected events are categorized into six groups: discrete emissions, periodic emissions, quasi-periodic emissions, hiss, chorus, and triggered emissions, according to the system of classification for VLF emissions in [Helliwell, 1965]. Nevertheless, there are still some emissions hardly to be classified. Diurnal and seasonal variations of occurrences for these ELF emission events are analyzed. Correlation between these events and storm indices will also be discussed. References Helliwell, R. A., VLF Emission, in Whistlers and Related Ionospheric Phenomena, Stanford University Press, Stanford, California, 1965. Wang . Y. C., K. Wang, H. T. Su, R. R. Hsu, Low-Latitude ELF-Whistlers observed in Taiwan, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L08102, doi:10.1029/2005GL022412, 20

Visual demand of curves and fog-limited sight distance and its relationship to brake response time.

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2006-05-01

Driver distraction is a major contributing factor to automobile crashes. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has estimated that approximately 25% of crashes are attributed to driver distraction and inattention (Wang, Knipling, & Go...

An Automated Individual Training Record Management System (Prototype) United States Marine Corps

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1984-03-01

PERFORMING ORG. REPORT NUMBER 7. AUTHO(a) 9. CONTRACT OR GRANT NUMBER(@) Ronald E. Pruiett David P. Haeusler 9. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS...10. PROGRAM ELEMENT. PROJECT. TASK AREA & WORK UNIT NUMBERS Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, CA 93943 11. CONTROL.LING OFFICE NAME AND ADDRESS 12...ane individuel levels of performance . Since the focus is cn individual training ard individual testing, data m s atntained for each individual in a

Bearing Restoration by Grinding

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1976-05-21

lIng of bearings prior to installation, installing a contaminated bearing, manufacturing defects, ring growth in service, and corrosion. Nonmetallic...operation of rolling-elemsnt bearings is growth of the bearing race rings. As an example, the inner or outer races, can grow due to metallurgical...transformations or due to hoop stresses during operation This growth results in the bearing being not reusable after removal from its application. For aircraft

Alternate Waveforms for a Low-Cost Civil Global Positioning System Receiver.

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1980-06-01

implementation. 17 Is. D i* on. S’ *. l7Gfo ai" ositioning System Navigation Receiver DOCUMENT IS AVAILASLe TO THE PUSLIC THROUGH THE NATIONAL TECHNICALRanging...be included were ranging performance, data hand- ling capability, time-to-first fix, acquisition and re-acquisition capability, and sensitivity to...seconds). This receiver would exhibit less sensitivity to multipath and to signal dropouts because it would continuously track all satellites in view and

Structural Element Tests in Support of the Keyworker Blast Shelter Program

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1985-10-01

forced concrete -lab with two transverse reinforced concrete floor beams to transfer the interior column loads to the floor slab. Using a roof slab... lateral buck- "-4 ling; however, this could have occurred after a column buckled and the roof collapsed. Since load cell 2 (middle column ) recorded the...ANALYSIS OF FREE-FIELD AND STRUCTURE LOADING DATA ... ........ .. 102 6.1.1 Loading Wave Velocity ........... .................... ... 102 6.1.2 Lateral

Tibet-Kashmir, looking northwest, photographed during MA-9 flight

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1963-05-16

S63-06444 (15-16 May 1963) --- Tibet-Kashmir, looking northwest, as photographed from the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) capsule by astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. during his 22-orbit MA-9 spaceflight. Lake Ch'in-Tzu-Hu is at upper right, Lake Yen-K'o-Ling-Ts is at lower left center. The Korakaram Range is at upper center portion of the picture. Photo credit: NASA

Letters

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2008-07-01

Confused or incorrect? J Khan Reply to the above letter from the authors of 'Aerodynamics experiments with an observable airflow: a fog-wind-tunnel' B Priemer A misleading explanation H Fricker Reply to the above letter from the authors of 'Demonstrate Lenz's law with an aluminium ring' Lyna, C T Chee, C L Sai, G N Khang and T A Ling The heart of the problem B Marshall

USAF Summer Faculty Research Program. 1980. Research Reports. Volume II.

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1980-10-01

Radiation Damage Profiles and Annealing Dr. Samuel C. Ling Effects of 120 keV Sulfur Implants in GaAs 45 Finite Element Modeling of Elastic-Plastic Dr...described more fully in a later section. II. OBJECTIVES: Laboratory management is acutely aware of the shortcomings of the current informational processes...are fixed, there are only two modes of heat trans- fer - radiation and conduction. At the low temperatures necessary for superconductivity, radiation

Spinal Pain and Occupational Disability: A Cohort Study of British Apache AH Mk1 Pilots

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2013-09-01

back pain demonstrate a positive association, but a clear dose-response relationship is weak (Lings and Leboeuf-Yde, 2000; Bovenzi and Hulshof , 1999...by aircraft and mode of flight (Kasin et al., 2011; Bongers, Hulshof , Dukstra, and Boshuizen, 1990; Delahaye, Auffret, Metges, Poirier, and Vettes...four-view radiographs of 732 military pilots. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine. 75(2): 154-157. Bongers, P. M., Hulshof , C. T. J

A new species of Coccus (Hemiptera, Coccoidea, Coccidae) from China

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Wang, Fang; Feng, Ji-Nian

2012-01-01

Abstract A new species of soft scale, Coccus multisetus Wang & Feng, sp. n. is described and illustrated from Yunnan, China. A key to adult females of all Coccusknown from China is provided. PMID:23275744

Facts about Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate

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Facts about Encephalocele

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One new species of the genus Nigrimacula Shi, Bian & Zhou, 2016 (Orthoptera: Meconematinae) from Sichuan, China.

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Wang, Hai-Jian; Shi, Fu-Ming

2016-07-01

The paper describels one new species, i.e. Nigrimacula sichuanensis Wang & Shi, sp. nov. from Sichuan, China, and provides photographs of morphological characters. The type material is deposited in the Museum of Hebei University.

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator - discharge

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... defibrillation. This device can also work as a pacemaker. What to Expect at Home When you leave ... pubmed/23265327 . Swerdlow CD, Wang PL, Zipes DP. Pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators. In: Mann DL, Zipes ...

Estimating frame bulk and shear moduli of two double porosity layers by ultrasound transmission.

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Bai, Ruonan; Tinel, Alain; Alem, Abdellah; Franklin, Hervé; Wang, Huaqing

2016-08-01

The acoustic plane wave transmission by water saturated double porosity media is investigated. Two samples of double porosity media assumed to obey Berryman and Wang (BW) extension (Berryman and Wang, 1995, 2000) of Biot's theory in the low frequency regime are under consideration: ROBU® (pure binder-free borosilicate glass 3.3 manufactured to form the individual grains) and Tobermorite 11Å (the individual porous cement grains show irregular shapes). The de facto gap existing between theoretical and experimental data can be minimized by modifying adequately two of the parameters estimated from triaxial tests: the frame bulk and shear moduli. The frequency dependent imaginary parts that follow necessary from the minimization are in relation with the energy losses due to contact relaxation and friction between grains. Copyright © 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Three spider species of the genus Mimetus Hentz, 1832 (Araneae, Mimetidae) from China

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Zeng, Chen; Wang, Cheng; Peng, Xian-Jin

2016-01-01

Abstract The present paper deals with three species of the genus Mimetus from China, including Mimetus echinatus Wang, 1990, Mimetus lamelliformis sp. n. (male), and Mimetus wangi sp. n. (female and male). Mimetus lamelliformis differs from the related species Mimetus echinatus Wang, 1990 by: cymbial tip with several slender long macrosetae; cymbium boat-shaped, length/width ratio about 3/1 in retrolateral view; vexillum about 1/2 length of cymbium in retrolateral view. Mimetus wangi sp. n. differs from the related species Mimetus sinicus Song & Zhu, 1993 by: the opisthosoma with a pair of distinct outgrowths in the dorsum; sperm duct nearly horizontal; spermathecae kidney shaped and contiguous. Photos of body and copulatory organs, line drawings of copulatory organs, as well as the locality map are provided. PMID:27833436

Hamiltonian models for topological phases of matter in three spatial dimensions

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Williamson, Dominic J.; Wang, Zhenghan

2017-02-01

We present commuting projector Hamiltonian realizations of a large class of (3 + 1)D topological models based on mathematical objects called unitary G-crossed braided fusion categories. This construction comes with a wealth of examples from the literature of symmetry-enriched topological phases. The spacetime counterparts to our Hamiltonians are unitary state sum topological quantum fields theories (TQFTs) that appear to capture all known constructions in the literature, including the Crane-Yetter-Walker-Wang and 2-Group gauge theory models. We also present Hamiltonian realizations of a state sum TQFT recently constructed by Kashaev whose relation to existing models was previously unknown. We argue that this TQFT is captured as a special case of the Crane-Yetter-Walker-Wang model, with a premodular input category in some instances.

Artificial phosphorylation sites modulate the activity of a voltage-gated potassium channel

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Ariyaratne, Amila; Zocchi, Giovanni

2015-03-01

The KvAP potassium channel is representative of a family of voltage-gated ion channels where the membrane potential is sensed by a transmembrane helix containing several positively charged arginines. Previous work by Wang and Zocchi [A. Wang and G. Zocchi, PLoS ONE 6, e18598 (2011), 10.1371/journal.pone.0018598] showed how a negatively charged polyelectrolyte attached in proximity to the voltage sensing element can bias the opening probability of the channel. Here we introduce three phosphorylation sites at the same location and show that the response curve of the channel shifts by about 20 mV upon phosphorylation, while other characteristics such as the single-channel conductance are unaffected. In summary, we construct an artificial phosphorylation site which confers allosteric regulation to the channel.

Vapor pressures and evaporation coefficients for melts of ferromagnesian chondrule-like compositions

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Fedkin, A. V.; Grossman, L.; Ghiorso, M. S.

2006-01-01

To determine evaporation coefficients for the major gaseous species that evaporate from silicate melts, the Hertz-Knudsen equation was used to model the compositions of residues of chondrule analogs produced by evaporation in vacuum by Hashimoto [Hashimoto A. (1983) Evaporation metamorphism in the early solar nebula-evaporation experiments on the melt FeO-MgO-SiO 2-CaO-Al 2O 3 and chemical fractionations of primitive materials. Geochem. J. 17, 111-145] and Wang et al. [Wang J., Davis A. M., Clayton R. N., Mayeda T. K., Hashimoto A. (2001) Chemical and isotopic fractionation during the evaporation of the FeO-MgO-SiO 2-CaO-Al 2O 3-TiO 2 rare earth element melt system. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 65, 479-494], in vacuum and in H 2 by Yu et al. [Yu Y., Hewins R. H., Alexander C. M. O'D., Wang J. (2003) Experimental study of evaporation and isotopic mass fractionation of potassium in silicate melts. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 67, 773-786], and in H 2 by Cohen et al. [Cohen B. A., Hewins R. H., Alexander C. M. O'D. (2004) The formation of chondrules by open-system melting of nebular condensates. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 68, 1661-1675]. Vapor pressures were calculated using the thermodynamic model of Ghiorso and Sack [Ghiorso M. S., Sack R. O. (1995) Chemical mass transfer in magmatic processes IV. A revised and internally consistent thermodynamic model for the interpolation and extrapolation of liquid-solid equilibria in magmatic systems at elevated temperatures and pressures. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 119, 197-212], except for the late, FeO-free stages of the Wang et al. (2001) and Cohen et al. (2004) experiments, where the CMAS activity model of Berman [Berman R. G. (1983) A thermodynamic model for multicomponent melts, with application to the system CaO-MgO-Al 2O 3-SiO 2. Ph.D. thesis, University of British Columbia] was used. From these vapor pressures, evaporation coefficients ( α) were obtained that give the best fits to the time variation of the residue compositions

Testicular Microlithiasis: Is It Associated with Testicular Cancer?

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... diagnosed during a testicular ultrasound — in which small clusters of calcium form in the testicles. A number ... 48:1079. Wang T, et al. A meta-analysis of the relationship between testicular microlithiasis and incidence ...

One new species of the subgenus Xizicus (Zangxizicus) (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from China.

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Lin, Chang Yan; Xia, Su Cai; Ming, Shi Fu

2016-09-26

The paper reports one new species of the tribe Meconematini, Xizicus (Zangxizicus), curvus Chang & Shi sp. nov., and supplies the character photographs of the new species and Xizicus(Zangxizicus) tibeticus Wang, Jing, Liu & Li, 2014.

Symmetry breaking by bifundamentals

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Schellekens, A. N.

2018-03-01

We derive all possible symmetry breaking patterns for all possible Higgs fields that can occur in intersecting brane models: bifundamentals and rank-2 tensors. This is a field-theoretic problem that was already partially solved in 1973 by Ling-Fong Li [1]. In that paper the solution was given for rank-2 tensors of orthogonal and unitary group, and U (N )×U (M ) and O (N )×O (M ) bifundamentals. We extend this first of all to symplectic groups. When formulated correctly, this turns out to be straightforward generalization of the previous results from real and complex numbers to quaternions. The extension to mixed bifundamentals is more challenging and interesting. The scalar potential has up to six real parameters. Its minima or saddle points are described by block-diagonal matrices built out of K blocks of size p ×q . Here p =q =1 for the solutions of Ling-Fong Li, and the number of possibilities for p ×q is equal to the number of real parameters in the potential, minus 1. The maximum block size is p ×q =2 ×4 . Different blocks cannot be combined, and the true minimum occurs for one choice of basic block, and for either K =1 or K maximal, depending on the parameter values.

Genetics Home Reference: Aicardi syndrome

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... 1080/13816810802320209. Citation on PubMed Eble TN, Sutton VR, Sangi-Haghpeykar H, Wang X, Jin W, Lewis ... Free article on PubMed Central Glasmacher MA, Sutton VR, Hopkins B, Eble T, Lewis RA, Park Parsons ...

Word Processor Training on Intelligent Videodisc.

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Yampolsky, Michael

1983-01-01

Presents an overview of the Wang Word Processing Intelligent Learning Program on interactive videodisc, which is used at Eastman Kodak to train hundreds of word processing operators. Operation of the program is discussed in detail. (MBR)

Beaufort Sea Coastal Fish Studies Overview and Bibliography

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1993-06-01

from the mainland of Cahn, A.R. (1936) Observations on the breeding of the British Columbia. Journal of the Fisheries Research lawyer, Lota maculosa ... maculosa (LeSueur) in Lake Erie. Transactions of the Hoop traps as a means to capture burbot. North Ameri- American Fisheries Society, 80: 56-66. can...Iota maculosa (LeSueur) in Lake Erie. Transactions of imental study of the ling, Lota maculosa (LeSueur), in the American Fisheries Society. 80:163

Active Solute Transport across Frog Skin and Epithelial Cell Systems According to the Association-Induction Hypothesis,

DTIC Science & Technology

1980-01-01

indicated in insect Malpighian tubules, insect midgut , choroid plexus and gastric mucosa. 9.2.5 Conciliation of the Conflict Between Models of "Homocellular...SeApeinaebility is therefore under close I Ling (P;. 14) control by hormones or drugs that react with receptor sites on these protelns and so...bears remembering that in active transport across bifacial cells the key cation is not always No% Thus in MalPighian tubules of insects the key Lon

Treatment Heterogeneity and Individual Qualitative Interaction

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2011-08-01

however, are not always practical to implement in many applications (cf., Brown 1980 ; Senn 2001). For instance, in applications like the data...t2 Experimental Units,” Biometrics, 24, 61– 73. Brown, B. W. ( 1980 ), “The Crossover Experiment for Clinical Trials,” Biometrics, 36, 69–79...W. W., Hyslop , T., Mei-Ling, C., Patnaik, R., and Williams, R. L. (2000), “Subject-by- Formulation Interaction in Bioequivalence: Conceptual and

Latitudinal Variation of Germane in Jovian Atmosphere

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Hyder, A.; Lunine, J. I.; Wang, D.

2017-12-01

Wang et al (2016) presented a chemical-dynamical model for Jupiter's atmosphere that predicted abundances of Germane and other disequilibrium species as a function of latitude, under the assumption that only vertical transport is relevant and no horizontal advection occurs. The model disagrees with the latitudinal distributions derived from high-resolution spectral data acquired from the CRIRES instrument at the VLT as described in Giles et al. 2017. Wang et al. 2016 predicts a maximum molar abundance of Germane at (0.7±0.2) ppb with depletion at higher latitudes, while Giles et al. 2017 predicts a constant molar abundance of Germane at 0.58 ppb with no depletion. We explore an empirical horizontal term for the diffusive transport coefficient as a function of latitude, which does not produce a satisfactory result unless highly arbitrary variations of the vertical eddy mixing term as a function of latitude are imposed. We therefore also explore a horizontal wind from the equator that produces a constant latitudinal profile by transporting Germane-rich gas to the poles, effectively producing a Hadley cell. References: Giles, R. S., Fletcher, L. N., & Irwin, P. G. (2017). Latitudinal variability in Jupiter's tropospheric disequilibrium species: GeH 4, AsH 3 and PH 3. Icarus, 289, 254-269. Wang, D., Lunine, J.I., Mousis, O., 2016. Modeling the disequilibrium species for Jupiter and Saturn: implications for Juno and Saturn entry probe. Icarus 276, 21-38.

Genetics Home Reference: type 2 diabetes

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... Shah N, Shah S, Shera AS, Shu XO, Shuldiner AR, Sigurđsson G, Sijbrands E, Silveira A, Sim X, ... BF, Wang C, Wareham NJ, Wennauer R, Wickremasinghe AR, Wilsgaard T, Wilson JF, Wiltshire S, Winckler W, Wong ...

Especially for High School Teachers

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Howell, J. Emory

1998-05-01

* Low-Cost Science Teaching Equipment for Visually Impaired Children, by. H.O. Gupta and Rakshpal Singh, p 610. * Synthesis of Exotic Soaps in the Chemistry Laboratory, by Otto Phanstiel IV, Eric Dueno, and Queenie Xianghong Wang, p 612.

Genetics Home Reference: hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies

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... PubMed Central Yilmaz U, Bird TT, Carter GT, Wang LH, Weiss MD. Pain in hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy: an association with fibromyalgia syndrome? Muscle Nerve. 2015 Mar;51(3):385-90. doi: 10.1002/ ...

Connection between the CMEs in the coronagraph and the MCs near the Earth

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Shen, C.; Wang, Y.

2016-12-01

Magnetic Clouds (MCs) are thought to be a subset of the interplanetary counterparts of Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) near the Earth. Using different models, the parameters of MCs are obtained based on the in situ observations. In recent, the propagation speed, the expansion speed, and poloidal speed of MCs are obtained based on the velocity-modified cylindrical force-free flux rope model developed by Wang et al. (2015). In this work, we first make the association between the MCs recorded by WIND and their source CMEs observed by SOHO. Then, the parameters of these MCs obtained by the model developed by Wang et al. (2016) will be compared with the parameters of the CMEs during their propagation in the coronagraph. The parameters of CMEs are obtained by the GCS model using multiple observations from SOHO and STEREO.

Bridenstine Sworn In As NASA Administrator

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2018-04-23

NASA Associate Administrator for the Office of Communications Jen Rae Wang introduces Jim Bridenstine prior to his swearing-in as the 13th NASA Administrator, Monday, April 23, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Distributed Communications Resource Management for Tracking and Surveillance Networks

DTIC Science & Technology

2005-08-01

Principles of Economics , Ludwig von Mises Institute, Auburn, AL, 2004. 13. J. Wang, L. Li, S. H. Low and J. C. Doyle, “Cross-layer Optimization in TCP/IP Networks,” IEEE/ACM Trans. on Networking, 2005, to appear.

VizieR Online Data Catalog: GLASS. IV. Lensing cluster Abell 2744 (Wang+, 2015)

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Wang, X.; Hoag, A.; Huang, K.-H.; Treu, T.; Bradac, M.; Schmidt, K. B.; Brammer, G. B.; Vulcani, B.; Jones, T. A.; Ryan, R. E. Jr; Amorin, R.; Castellano, M.; Fontana, A.; Merlin, E.; Trenti, M.

2016-02-01

The two position angles (P.A.s) of Grism Lens-Amplified Survey from Space (GLASS) data analyzed in this study were taken on 2014 August 22 and 23 (P.A.=135) and 2014 October 24 and 25 (P.A.=233), respectively. The Hubble Frontier Fields initiative (HFF, P.I. Lotz) is a Director's Discretionary Time legacy program with HST devoting 840 orbits of HST time to acquire optical ACS and NIR WFC3 imaging of six of the strongest lensing galaxy clusters on the sky. All six HFF clusters are included in the GLASS sample. The Spitzer Frontier Fields program (P.I. Soifer) is a Director's Discretionary Time program that images all six strong lensing galaxy clusters targeted by the HFF in both warm IRAC channels (3.6 and 4.5um). (2 data files).

VizieR Online Data Catalog: AQ Boo VRI differential light curves (Wang+, 2016)

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Wang, S.; Zhang, L.; Pi, Q.; Han, X. L.; Zhang, X.; Lu, H.; Wang, D.; Li, T.

2016-11-01

On March 22 and April 19 in 2014, we observed AQ Boo with the 60cm telescope at Xinglong Station of the National Astronomical Observatories of China (NAOC). The CCD camera on this telescope has a resolution of 1024 x 1024 pixels and its corresponding field of view is 17'x17' (Yang, 2013NewA...25..109Y). The other three days of data were obtained using the 1-m telescope at Yunnan Observatory of Chinese Academy of Sciences, on January 20, 21 and February 28 in 2015. The CCD camera on this telescope has a resolution of 2048x2048 pixels and its corresponding field of view is 7.3'x7.3'. Bessel VRI filters were used. The exposure times are 100-170s, 50-100s and 50-80s in the V, R, I bands, respectively. (1 data file).

VizieR Online Data Catalog: BVRI light curves of GR Boo (Wang+, 2017)

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Wang, D.; Zhang, L.; Han, X. L.; Lu, H.

2017-11-01

We observed the eclipsing binary GR Boo on May 12, 22 and 24 in 2015 using the SARA 90-cm telescope located at Kitt Peak National Observatory, Arizona, USA. This telescope was equipped with an ARC CCD camera with a resolution of 2048x2048pixels but used at 2x2 binning, resulting in 1024x1024pixels. We used the Bessel BVRI filters. (1 data file).

VizieR Online Data Catalog: Photometry and proper motions in Praesepe (Wang+, 2014)

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Wang, P. F.; Chen, W. P.; Lin, C. C.; Pandey, A. K.; Huang, C. K.; Panwar, N.; Lee, C. H.; Tsai, M. F.; Tang, C.-H.; Goldman, B.; Burgett, W. S.; Chambers, K. C.; Draper, P. W.; Flewelling, H.; Grav, T.; Heasley, J. N.; Hodapp, K. W.; Huber, M. E.; Jedicke, R.; Kaiser, N.; Kudritzki, R.-P.; Luppino, G. A.; Lupton, R. H.; Magnier, E. A.; Metcalfe, N.; Monet, D. G.; Morgan, J. S.; Onaka, P. M.; Price, P. A.; Stubbs, C. W.; Sweeney, W.; Tonry, J. L.; Wainscoat, R. J.; Waters, C.

2016-08-01

Data used in this study include photometry and proper motion measurements within a 5° radius around the Praesepe center (R.A.=08h40m, decl.=+19°42', J2000). Archival data were taken from the 2MASS Point Sources Catalog (2MASS; cat. II/246), PPMXL (Roeser et al. 2010, cat. I/317), and Panoramic Survey Telescope And Rapid Response (Pan-STARRS). Pan-STARRS is a wide-field (7deg2) imaging system, with a 1.8m, f/4.4 telescope, equipped with a 1.4 giga-pixel camera. The prototype (PS1), located atop Haleakala, Maui, USA, has been patrolling the entire sky north of -30° declination since mid-2010 with a combination of gP1, rP1, iP1, zP1, and yP1 bands. The PS1 filters differ slightly from those of the SDSS. The gP1 filter extends 20nm redward of gSDSS for greater sensitivity and lower systematics for photometric redshift estimates. SDSS has no corresponding y filter (Tonry et al. 2012, cat. J/ApJ/750/99). Upon the completion of its 3.5yr mission by early 2014, PS1 will provide reliable photometry and astrometry. Table1 lists the properties of the 1040 candidates. (1 data file).

Distorted Risk Measures with Application to Military Capability Shortfalls

DTIC Science & Technology

2005-12-15

effects of different distortions and to make basic recommendations regarding the appropriateness of certain distortion functions and parameters using...and increased limits ratemaking by proportional hazards transforms. Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 17: 43-54. [9] Wang, S. (1996a). Premium

Genetics Home Reference: Canavan disease

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... 884-8. doi: 10.1002/ana.24392. Epub 2015 Mar 27. Citation on PubMed Janson CG, McPhee SW, Francis J, Shera D, Assadi M, Freese A, Hurh P, Haselgrove J, Wang DJ, Bilaniuk L, Leone P. Natural history of ...

On Detecting Influential Data and Selecting Regression Variables

DTIC Science & Technology

1989-10-01

subset of the data. The empirical influence function for ,, IFA is defined to be IFA = AA -- A (2) For a given positive definite matrix M and a nonzero...interest. Cook and Weisberg (1980) tried to treat their measurement of the influence on the fitted values X. They used the empirical influence function for...Characterizations of an empirical influence function for detecting influential cases in regression. Technometrics 22, 495-508. [3] Gray, J. B. and Ling, R. F

Spelling Correction in User Interfaces.

DTIC Science & Technology

1982-12-20

conventional typescript -oriented command language, where most com- mands consist of a verb followed by a sequence of arguments. Most user terminals are...and explanations. not part of the typescripts . 2 SPFE.LING CORRLC1iON IN USR IN"RFAC’S 2. Design Issues We were prompted to look for a new correction...remaining 73% led us to wonder what other mechanisms might permit further corrections while retaining the typescript -style interface. Most of the other

Baumholder AAF, Saarbrucken, Germany Revised Uniform Summary of Surface Weather Observations (RUSSWO). Parts A-F

DTIC Science & Technology

1972-02-07

powsht, 44 r UAIA PlOCESSING DZYVflfON EXTREME VALUES Ali ZA H*I$I sgIWtcf/1AC SAUNQUI df*kHYAAE- -- - &#A -- FROM DILtY OWV𔃺C STAMiN STAWIN NMYAR... CElLING I .--.- 4- -t------ > 1 - 2.1.1 4. . 12.4 12. . -;6Mxx: 0tl~l 3038 12. 32o2 32, 3122 12p; W2] 32;2 32,2 -.2 32 i2. ,-80 __no l. .1 ,,l ,8 I

[Immersion pulmonary edema].

PubMed

Desgraz, Benoît; Sartori, Claudio; Saubade, Mathieu; Héritier, Francis; Gabus, Vincent

2017-07-12

Immersion pulmonary edema may occur during scuba diving, snorke-ling or swimming. It is a rare and often recurrent disease, mainly affecting individuals aged over 50 with high blood pressure. However it also occurs in young individuals with a healthy heart. The main symptoms are dyspnea, cough and hemoptysis. The outcome is often favorable under oxygen treatment but deaths are reported. A cardiac and pulmonary assessment is necessary to evaluate the risk of recurrence and possible contraindications to immersion.

A Strategic Approach to Optimizing the U.S. Army’s Aeromedical Evacuation System in Afghanistan

DTIC Science & Technology

2009-07-10

arise on distinct nodes and the facilities are restricted to a finite set of candidate locations ( Daskin 2008). Here, this problem classifies as a ...Research Logistics, 55(4), 283-294. Daskin , M. (1983) A maximum expected covering location model: formulation, properties and heuristic solution...34,," !hal notwithstan<ling any oilier provision 01 law. no person sha~ be subject to any penart)’ l or fai!;ng to comply willi a cdledion 01 inIormalion W

Witnessing Solar Rejuvenation

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Kohler, Susanna

2015-09-01

At the end of last year, the Suns large-scale magnetic field suddenly strengthened, reaching its highest value in over two decades. Here, Neil Sheeley and Yi-Ming Wang (both of the Naval Research Laboratory) propose an explanation for why this happened and what it predicts for the next solar cycle.Magnetic StrengtheningUntil midway through 2014, solar cycle 24 the current solar cycle was remarkably quiet. Even at its peak, it averaged only 79 sunspots per year, compared to maximums of up to 190 in recent cycles. Thus it was rather surprising when, toward the end of 2014, the Suns large-scale magnetic field underwent a sudden rejuvenation, with its mean field leaping up to its highest values since 1991 and causing unprecedentedly large numbers of coronal loops to collapse inward.Yet in spite of the increase we observed in the Suns open flux (the magnetic flux leaving the Suns atmosphere, measured from Earth), there was not a significant increase in solar activity, as indicated by sunspot number and the rate of coronal mass ejections. This means that the number of sources of magnetic flux didnt increase so Sheeley and Wang conclude that flux must instead have been emerging from those sources in a more efficient way! But how?Aligned ActivityWSO open flux and the radial component of the interplanetary magnetic field (measures of the magnetic flux leaving the Suns photosphere and heliosphere, respectively), compared to sunspot number (in units of 100 sunspots). A sudden increase in flux is visible after the peak of each of the last four sunspot cycles. Click for a larger view! [Sheeley Wang 2015]The authors show that the active regions on the solar surface in late 2014 lined up in such a way that the emerging flux was enhanced, forming a strong equatorial dipole field that accounts for the sudden rejuvenation observed.Interestingly, this rejuvenation of the Suns open flux wasnt just a one-time thing; similar bursts have occurred shortly after the peak of every sunspot

Frequency Assignment for Joint Aerial Layer Network High-Capacity Backbone

DTIC Science & Technology

2017-08-11

Department of the Army position unless so designated by other authorized documents. Citation of manufacturer’s or trade names does not constitute an...performance of the proposed approach. Frequency Assignment, JALN, Resource Allocation, Network Optimization, Performance Evaluation 24 Peng Wang 410-278

Collaborators | Center for Cancer Research

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Collaborators Structural Biophysics Laboratory, CCR Macromolecular NMR Section (R. Andrew Byrd, Ph.D.) Protein-Nucleic Acid Interactions Section (Yun-Xing Wang, Ph.D.) Protein Processing Section (Kylie J. Walters, Ph.D.) Kinase Complexes Section (Ping Zhang, Ph.D.) Macromolecular Crystallography Laboratory, CCR

One new species of the genus Acosmetura (Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Hubei, China.

PubMed

Wang, Ping; Bian, Xun; Shi, Fu Ming

2016-09-28

One new species of the genus Acosmetura (Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) is described, namely Acosmetura trigentis Wang, Bian & Shi sp. nov. from Hubei, China. In addition, morphological photographs and a distribution map are provided. The examined specimens are deposited in the Museum of Hebei University.

Power Mems Development

DTIC Science & Technology

2010-11-30

testing and analysis in ONR laboratories. Task 1.2 Contributors: Sunny Kedia, Shinzo Onishi , Scott Samson, Drew Hanser Task 1.2 Deliverable...Priscila Spagnol, Shinzo Onishi , Drew Hanser, Weidong Wang, Sunny Kedia, John Bumgarner Deliverable: Prototype device fabricated on a thin-film diamond

Power Mems Development

DTIC Science & Technology

2010-12-31

laboratories. Task 1.2 Contributors: Sunny Kedia, Shinzo Onishi , Scott Samson, Drew Hanser Task 1.2 Deliverable: Functional MEMS-based DC-DC...Shinzo Onishi , Drew Hanser, Weidong Wang, Sunny Kedia, John Bumgarner Deliverable: Prototype device fabricated on a thin-film diamond heat spreader

Improving estimates of real-time traffic speeds during weather for winter maintenance performance measurements.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2017-04-01

Vianey Leos Barajas (orcid.org/0000-0001-8016-773X), Zhonglei Wang (orcid.org/0000-0001-6712-0750), Mark Kaiser (orcid.org/0000-0003-0449-0388), and Zhengyuan Zhu (orcid.org/0000-0002-2266-0646) : This report describes two related projects, the secon...

Deployment and Post-Deployment Experiences in OEF/OIF Veterans: Relationship to Gray Matter Volume

DTIC Science & Technology

2013-09-18

loss of consciousness or .1 day posttraumatic amnesia ), significant Figure 1. Interaction between deployment social support and combat experiences...823–829. 69. Ekstrom AD, Copara MS, Isham EA, Wang WC, Yonelinas AP (2011) Dissociable networks involved in spatial and temporal order source

Use of FRTL-5 Cell Line as a Complementary Assay for Chemicals Identified During High-Throughput Screening as Sodium/Iodide Symporter (NIS) Inhibitors

EPA Science Inventory

Confirmation of Test Chemicals Identified by a High-Throughput Screen (HTPS) as Sodium Iodide Symporter (NIS) Inhibitors in FRTL-5 Model S. Laws1, A. Buckalew1, J. Wang2, D. Hallinger1, A. Murr1, and T. Stoker1. 1Endocrin...

Cleft lip and palate repair

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... 4th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2016:chap 51. Wang TD, Milczuk HA. Cleft lip and palate. In: Flint PW, Haughey BH, Lund V, et al, eds. Cummings Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery . 6th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2015:chap 187.

Cleft lip and palate

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... 20th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2016:chap 310. Wang TD, Milczuk HA. Cleft lip and palate. In: Flint PW, Haughey BH, Lund V, et al, eds. Cummings Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery . 6th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2015:chap 187.

FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT CHANGES IN GAP JUNCTION FUNCTION IN PRIMARY HEPATOCYTES

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FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT CHANGES IN GAP JUNCTION FUNCTION IN PRIMARY HEPATOCYTES. X. Wang1 *, D.E. Housel *, J. Page2, C.F. Blackmanl. 1 National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, USEPA, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711 USA, 2Oakland, California USA
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77 FR 59168 - Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for...

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.... Dynamic Network Container Line Limited ECO System Co., Ltd. ECO System Corporation Elite International... Corporation Guangdong Xionglue Technology Guangzhou Qiwei Imports and Exports Co., Ltd. Guoxin Group Wang Shun.... Hubei Boshilong Technology Co., Ltd. Huiyuan Int'l Commerce Exhibition Co., Ltd. Jiashan Superpower...

A bilinear pairing based anonymous authentication scheme in wireless body area networks for mHealth.

PubMed

Jiang, Qi; Lian, Xinxin; Yang, Chao; Ma, Jianfeng; Tian, Youliang; Yang, Yuanyuan

2016-11-01

Wireless body area networks (WBANs) have become one of the key components of mobile health (mHealth) which provides 24/7 health monitoring service and greatly improves the quality and efficiency of healthcare. However, users' concern about the security and privacy of their health information has become one of the major obstacles that impede the wide adoption of WBANs. Anonymous and unlinkable authentication is critical to protect the security and privacy of sensitive physiological information in transit from the client to the application provider. We first show that the anonymous authentication scheme of Wang and Zhang based on bilinear pairing is prone to client impersonation attack. Then, we propose an enhanced anonymous authentication scheme to remedy the flaw in Wang and Zhang's scheme. We give the security analysis to demonstrate that the enhanced scheme achieves the desired security features and withstands various known attacks.

Implementation of Two-Component Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory in TURBOMOLE.

PubMed

Kühn, Michael; Weigend, Florian

2013-12-10

We report the efficient implementation of a two-component time-dependent density functional theory proposed by Wang et al. (Wang, F.; Ziegler, T.; van Lenthe, E.; van Gisbergen, S.; Baerends, E. J. J. Chem. Phys. 2005, 122, 204103) that accounts for spin-orbit effects on excitations of closed-shell systems by employing a noncollinear exchange-correlation kernel. In contrast to the aforementioned implementation, our method is based on two-component effective core potentials as well as Gaussian-type basis functions. It is implemented in the TURBOMOLE program suite for functionals of the local density approximation and the generalized gradient approximation. Accuracy is assessed by comparison of two-component vertical excitation energies of heavy atoms and ions (Cd, Hg, Au(+)) and small molecules (I2, TlH) to other two- and four-component approaches. Efficiency is demonstrated by calculating the electronic spectrum of Au20.

Mirolydidae, a new family of Jurassic pamphilioid sawfly (Hymenoptera) highlighting mosaic evolution of lower Hymenoptera.

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Wang, Mei; Rasnitsyn, Alexandr P; Yang, Zhongqi; Shih, Chungkun; Wang, Hongbin; Ren, Dong

2017-03-07

We describe Pamphilioidea: Mirolydidae Wang, Rasnitsyn et Ren, fam. n., containing Mirolyda hirta Wang, Rasnitsyn et Ren, gen. et sp. n., from the late Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of Daohugou, Inner Mongolia, China. The new taxon is characterized by unique forewing venation with the presence of forewing SC, 1-RS almost as long as 1-M, M + Cu straight, 2r-rs strongly reclival, and antenna with homonomous flagellum, revealing new and important details in antennal evolutionary transformations. Thus, M. hirta with a combination of primitive and more derived characters highlights its transitional state in the Pamphilioidea and complex mosaic evolution within Pamphilioidea in the late Middle Jurassic. The body of this species is densely covered with thin and long setae, suggesting its possible habit of visiting gymnosperm reproductive organs for pollen feeding and/or pollination during the late Middle Jurassic, much earlier than the appearance of angiosperm flowers.

Are we hammering square pegs into round holes? An investigation of the meta-analyses of reading research with students who are d/Deaf or hard of hearing and students who are hearing.

PubMed

Wang, Ye; Williams, Cheri

2014-01-01

In a qualitative meta-analysis, the researchers systematically reviewed qualitative and quantitative meta-analyses on reading research with PK-12 students published after the 2000 National Reading Panel (NRP) report. Eleven qualitative and 39 quantitative meta-analyses were reviewed examining reading research with typically developing hearing students, special education hearing students (including English Language Learners), and d/Deaf or hard of hearing (d/Dhh) students. Generally, the meta-analysis yielded findings similar to and corroborative of the NRP's. Contradictory results (e.g., regarding the role of rhyme awareness in reading outcomes) most often resulted from differing definitions of interventions and their measurements. The analysis provided evidence of several instructional approaches that support reading development. On the basis of the qualitative similarity hypothesis (Paul, 2010, 2012; Paul & Lee, 2010; Paul & Wang, 2012; Paul, Wang, & Williams, 2013), the researchers argue that these instructional strategies also should effectively support d/Dhh children's reading development.

Preparation of the very acid-sensitive Fmoc-Lys(Mtt)-OH. Application in the synthesis of side-chain to side-chain cyclic peptides and oligolysine cores suitable for the solid-phase assembly of MAPs and TASPs.

PubMed

Aletras, A; Barlos, K; Gatos, D; Koutsogianni, S; Mamos, P

1995-05-01

N alpha-9-Fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl-N epsilon-4=methyltrityl-lysine, [Fmoc-Lys(Mtt)-OH], was prepared in two steps from lysine, in 42% overall yield. The N epsilon-Mtt function can be quantitatively removed upon treatment with 1% TFA in dichloromethane or with a 1:2:7 mixture of acetic acid/trifluoroethanol/dichloromethane for 30 min and 1 h at room temperature, respectively. Under these conditions, groups of the tert-butyl type and peptide ester bonds to TFA-labile resins, such as the 2-chlorodiphenylmethyl- and the Wang-resin, remained intact. The utility of the new derivative in peptide synthesis has been exemplified with the synthesis of a cyclic cholecystokinin analog. As an example of further application, five types of lysine cores suitable for the solid-phase synthesis of one, two or three epitopes containing antigenic peptides or template-assembled synthetic proteins have been synthesized on Merrifield, Wang and 2-chlorodiphenylmethyl resin.

QSAR analyses of conformationally restricted 1,5-diaryl pyrazoles as selective COX-2 inhibitors: application of connection table representation of ligands.

PubMed

Prasanna, S; Manivannan, E; Chaturvedi, S C

2005-04-15

As a part of our continuing efforts in discerning the structural and physicochemical requirements for selective COX-2 over COX-1 inhibition among the fused pyrazole ring systems, herein we report the QSAR analyses of the title compounds. The conformational flexibility of the title compounds was examined using a simple connection table representation. The conformational investigation was aided by calculating a connection table parameter called fraction of rotable bonds, b_rotR encompassing the number of rotable bonds and b_count, the number of bonds including implicit hydrogens of each ligand. The hydrophobic and steric correlation of the title compounds towards selective COX-2 inhibition was reported previously in one of our recent publications. In this communication, we attempt to calculate Wang-Ford charges of the non-hydrogen common atoms of AM1 optimized geometries of the title compounds. Owing to the partial conformational flexibility of title compounds, conformationally restricted and unrestricted descriptors were calculated from MOE. Correlation analysis of these 2D, 3D and Wang-Ford charges was accomplished by linear regression analysis. 2D molecular descriptor b_single, 3D molecular descriptors glob, std_dim3 showed significant contribution towards COX-2 inhibitory activity. Balaban J, a connectivity topological index showed a negative and positive contribution towards COX-1 and selective COX-2 over COX-1 inhibition, respectively. Wang-Ford charges calculated on C(7) showed a significant contribution towards COX-1 inhibitory activity whereas charges calculated on C(8) were crucial in governing the selectivity of COX-2 over COX-1 inhibition among these congeners.

An empirical model to forecast solar wind velocity through statistical modeling

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Gao, Y.; Ridley, A. J.

2013-12-01

The accurate prediction of the solar wind velocity has been a major challenge in the space weather community. Previous studies proposed many empirical and semi-empirical models to forecast the solar wind velocity based on either the historical observations, e.g. the persistence model, or the instantaneous observations of the sun, e.g. the Wang-Sheeley-Arge model. In this study, we use the one-minute WIND data from January 1995 to August 2012 to investigate and compare the performances of 4 models often used in literature, here referred to as the null model, the persistence model, the one-solar-rotation-ago model, and the Wang-Sheeley-Arge model. It is found that, measured by root mean square error, the persistence model gives the most accurate predictions within two days. Beyond two days, the Wang-Sheeley-Arge model serves as the best model, though it only slightly outperforms the null model and the one-solar-rotation-ago model. Finally, we apply the least-square regression to linearly combine the null model, the persistence model, and the one-solar-rotation-ago model to propose a 'general persistence model'. By comparing its performance against the 4 aforementioned models, it is found that the accuracy of the general persistence model outperforms the other 4 models within five days. Due to its great simplicity and superb performance, we believe that the general persistence model can serve as a benchmark in the forecast of solar wind velocity and has the potential to be modified to arrive at better models.

Effects of Simulated Surface Effect Ship Motions on Crew Habitability. Phase II. Volume 2. Facility, Test conditions, and Schedules

DTIC Science & Technology

1977-05-01

fast acceleration response over the frequency range from 0.2 to 5 Hz, being characterized by a flat amplitude and a 0.02-0.03 sec effective delay...the hot reservoir oil through three fan-cooled radiators. The c••ling syst~m operates intermit - tently (controlled by a thermostat) to keep the oil...a very fast and puowerful hydrau- lic position servo, having its own 1000 psi power supply and very tight position control loop. It can position the 4

Flying Qualities (Qualites de Vol)

DTIC Science & Technology

1991-02-01

a typical lan-ling condition ,n " High kift’ý confirpurati.on, low speed , goar down, No criticaitiss come tip from the liy-ear...lateral canitol tark. In case of low~ speed , high dive ang~le or, for delayel bombe, ( i-e. i/ A > " ) , CMh’. f,7eqvtiacy responsev curlve moves toward the...approach case or the initial slope manoeuvre limiting or carefree handling of a non-lirear command in a . high speed facilities will usually have

CpG Oligodeoxynucleotide and Montanide ISA 51 Adjuvant Combination Enhanced the Protective Efficacy of a Subunit Malaria Vaccine

DTIC Science & Technology

2004-02-01

Doolan, D. L., and S. L. Hoffman. 2002. Nucleic acid vaccines against ma- laria. Chem. Immunol. 80, p. 308–320. In P. Perlman and M. Troye - Bloomberg (ed...and M. T. Troye - Blomberg (ed.), Malaria immunology. Karger, Basel, Switzerland, Germany. 30. Kumar, S., F. Villinger, M. Oakley, J. C. Aguiar, T. R...and pathology, p. 204–221. In P. Perlman and M. T. Troye -Blomberg (ed.), Malaria immunology. Karger, Basel, Switzerland. 32. Ling, I. T., S. A. Ogun

Printable Single-Crystal Silicon Micro/Nanoscale Ribbons, Platelets and Bars Generated from Bulk Wafers

DTIC Science & Technology

2007-08-28

enables high yield integration onto wafers, glass plates, plastic sheets, rubber slabs or other surfaces. As one application example, bottom gate thin... EPDMS 1m2Si ESi 1m2PDMS 23 is the critical strain for buck- ling, epre is the degree of prestrain, k0 and A0 are...Young’s modulus of Si and PDMS. The following values were used to yield the calcualted value of it (i.e., 84 lm): ESi = 160 GPa, EPDMS = 2 MPa, mPDMS

JPRS Report, Science and Technology: China.

DTIC Science & Technology

1989-03-17

Optical Absorption Property of TiO -Doped Vycor Glass [Ling Ping, et al.; WULI XUEBAO, No 11, Nov 88] ......... 81 Generation of Short Pulse of 30 fs...et al.; YINGYONG JIGUANG, No 6, Dec 88] 94 High-Resolution TeO2 Acousto-Optic Deflector for mm-Wave Radio Spectrometer [Xu Binghuo, et al.; YINGYONG...Nov 88] ......... 159 Study of Structural Relaxation of Metallic Glass (Feo. 8 5Nio.15)84 B1 6 by Measuring Thermal Expansion, Resistance Under Zero

Horseshoes in a Chaotic System with Only One Stable Equilibrium

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Huan, Songmei; Li, Qingdu; Yang, Xiao-Song

To confirm the numerically demonstrated chaotic behavior in a chaotic system with only one stable equilibrium reported by Wang and Chen, we resort to Poincaré map technique and present a rigorous computer-assisted verification of horseshoe chaos by virtue of topological horseshoes theory.

Rolling Contact Fatigue Life and Spall Propagation Characteristics of AISI M50, M50 NiL, and AISI 52100. Part 2. Stress Modeling (Preprint)

DTIC Science & Technology

2009-10-01

that both qualitative and quantitative observations of the spall propagation performance warrant further investigation into the fundamental ...K., (2000), “Hybrid ceramic ball bearings for turbochargers ,” SAE Paper 2000-01-1339, pp. 1-14. (3) Wang, L., Snidle, R. W., and Gu, L., (2000

76 FR 24522 - In the Matter of Certain Handbags, Luggage, Accessories, and Packaging Thereof; Notice of...

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..., 2011). The complainant named as respondents T&T Handbag Industrial Co., Ltd. of Guangzhou, China; Sanjiu Leather Co., Ltd. of Guangzhou, China; Meada Corporation (d/b/a/ Diophy Internation) of El Monte... Arcadia, California (``Alice B. Wang''); Trendy Creations, Inc. of Chatsworth, California; The Inspired...

Metallic Material Image Segmentation by using 3D Grain Structure Consistency and Intra/Inter-Grain Model Information

DTIC Science & Technology

2015-01-05

Wang. KinWrite: Handwriting -Based Authentication Using Kinect, Annual Network & Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS), San Diego, CA, 2013 21...the large varia- tion of different handwriting styles, neighboring characters within a word are usually connected, and we may need to segment a word

76 FR 47589 - Findings of Research Misconduct

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Expanding Lorentz and spectrum corrections to large volumes of reciprocal space for single-crystal time-of-flight neutron diffraction. Corrigendum

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Michels-Clark, Tara M.; Savici, Andrei T.; Lynch, Vickie E.; ...

2017-09-25

The author list is amended with the addition of Michal Chodkiewicz, Thomas Weber and Hans-Beat Bürgi. Here, the complete list of authors is Tara Michels-Clark, Andrei Savici, Vickie Lynch, Xiaoping Wang, Michal Chodkiewicz, Thomas Weber, Hans-Beat Bürgi and Christina Hoffmann.

Applying Spatial-Temporal Model and Game Theory to Asymmetric Threat Prediction

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2007-06-01

Genshe Chen, Denis Garagic, Xiaohuan Tan, Dongxu Li, Dan Shen, Mo Wei, Xu Wang, “Team Dynamics and Tactics for Mission Planning,” Proceedings...Cruz, Jr., Genshe Chen, Dongxu Li, and Denis Garagic, “Target Selection in UAV Cooperative Control Under Uncertain Environment: Genetic Algorithm

Bridenstine Sworn In As NASA Administrator

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2018-04-23

NASA Associate Administrator for the Office of Communications Jen Rae Wang introduces Jim Bridenstine and Vice President Mike Pence ahead of Bridenstine being sworn in as the 13th NASA Administrator, Monday, April 23, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Transformational Leadership and Organizational Commitment: A Study of UNC System Business School Department Chairs

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Luton, Bill

2010-01-01

Ample evidence is available citing a positive relationship between transformational leadership and organizational commitment (Boerner et al., 2007; Bono & Judge, 2003; Bycio, Hackett, & Allen, 1995; Chen, 2004; Emery & Barker, 2007; Walumbwa, Orwa, Wang, & Lawler, 2005). The majority of research on leadership in higher education,…

Expanding Lorentz and spectrum corrections to large volumes of reciprocal space for single-crystal time-of-flight neutron diffraction. Corrigendum

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Michels-Clark, Tara M.; Savici, Andrei T.; Lynch, Vickie E.

The author list is amended with the addition of Michal Chodkiewicz, Thomas Weber and Hans-Beat Bürgi. Here, the complete list of authors is Tara Michels-Clark, Andrei Savici, Vickie Lynch, Xiaoping Wang, Michal Chodkiewicz, Thomas Weber, Hans-Beat Bürgi and Christina Hoffmann.

Deep-water fisheries at the Atlantic Frontier

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Gordon, J. D. M.

2001-05-01

The deep sea is often thought of as a cold, dark and uniform environment with a low-fish biomass, much of which is highly adapted for life in a food-poor environment. While this might be true of the pelagic fish living in the water column, it is certainly not true of the demersal fish which live on or close to the bottom on the continental slopes around the British Isles (the Atlantic Frontier). These fish are currently being commercially exploited. There is growing evidence to support the view that success of the demersal fish assemblages depends on the pelagic or benthopelagic food sources that impinge both vertically and horizontally onto the slope. There are several quite separate and distinct deep-water fisheries on the Atlantic Frontier. It is a physical barrier, the Wyville-Thomson Ridge, which results in the most significant division of the fisheries. The Ridge, which has a minimum depth of about 500 m, separates the warmer deep Atlantic waters from the much colder Norwegian Sea water and as a result, the deep-water fisheries to the west of the Hebrides and around the offshore banks are quite different from those of the Faroe-Shetland Channel (West of Shetland). The fisheries to the West of the Hebrides can be further divided by the fishing method used into bottom trawl, semipelagic trawl and longline. The bottom-trawl fisheries extend from the shelf-slope break down to about 1700 m and the target species varies with depth. The smallest vessels in the fleet fish on the upper slope, where an important target species is the anglerfish or monkfish ( Lophius spp.). On the mid-slope the main target species are blue ling ( Molva dypterygia) and roundnose grenadier ( Coryphaenoides rupestris), with bycatches of black scabbardfish ( Aphanopus carbo) and deep-water sharks. On the lower slope orange roughy ( Hoplostethus atlanticus) is an important target species. The major semipelagic trawl fishery is a seasonal fishery on spawning aggregations of blue whiting

Accelerated Healing with a Mesh Autograft/Allodermal Composite Skin Graft Treated with Silver Nylon Dressings with and without Direct Current in Rats

DTIC Science & Technology

2000-07-01

heads ) (hematoxylin and eosin stain). No other arterioles and cap- illaries pass through the sheath. Before entering the papilla, the arteriole divides...Company; 1978:85. 39. Johnson KE. Histology and Embryology . Media, PA: Harwal Publishing Company; 1984:46–47. 40. Wang HJ, Chen TN. Porcine Dermis

A View from Within: A Case Study of Chinese Heritage Community Language Schools in the United States.

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Wang, Xueying, Ed.

A collection of essays on Chinese heritage community language schools in the United States addresses these topics: the schools, their curricula, and organization (Theresa Hsu Chao); school administration and management (Chao, Lydia Chen, Edward Chang); academic curriculum (Pay-Fen Serena Wang); non-heritage Chinese learners: practices and…

A review of the genus Megapulvinaria Young (Hemiptera, Coccoidea, Coccidae) from China, with a description of a new species

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Wang, Fang; Feng, Ji-Nian

2012-01-01

Abstract Prior to this study, only Megapulvinaria maxima (Green) was known from China. However, a new species Megapulvinaria beihaiensis Wang & Feng, sp. n. is described below and Megapulvinaria maxima is redescribed. A key is provided for the five species now placed in this genus. PMID:23166471

Institute Born of Gratitude.

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McLellan, Vin

1980-01-01

The Wang Institute of Graduate Studies plans to offer a master's degree in software engineering. The development of an academic program to produce superior, technically qualified managers for the computer industry's software production is discussed. (Journal availability: Datamation, 666 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10103.) (MLW)

Assessment of Potential Long Term Health Effects on Army Human Test Subjects of Relevant Biological and Chemical Agents, Drugs, Medications and Substances

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2016-02-29

719. Lo , S. H., Chan, C. C., Chen, W. C., & Wang, J. D. (2006). Grand rounds: outbreak of hema- tologic abnormalities in a community of people exposed...Brocker, E. B., & Trautmann, A. (2010). Uro -dermatological problems of a construction worker: paraaminobenzoic acid as a systemic photosensitizer. Eur

Health and Job-Specific Body Composition Standards for the US Air Force. Volume 1

DTIC Science & Technology

2000-01-18

AF/CF-TR-1994-0046). Brooks AFB, TX: Armstrong Laboratory. Pollock, M. L., Garzarella, L., & Graves, J. E. (1995). The measurement of body...T 5/80). Natick, MA: US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine. Wang, Z. M., Visser, M., Ma, R., Baumgartner, R. N., Kotler , D

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Power MEMS Development

DTIC Science & Technology

2010-08-31

circuit breakers for testing and analysis in ONR laboratories. Task 1.2 Contributors: Sunny Kedia, Shinzo Onishi , Scott Samson, Drew Hanser Task 1.2...HEAT SINK FOR HIGH-POWER MEMS SWITCH APPLICATIONS (TASK 1.3) Contributors: Priscila Spagnol, Shinzo Onishi , Drew Hanser, Weidong Wang, Sunny Kedia

Natural antisense transcripts associated with salinity response in alfalfa

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Natural antisense transcripts (NATs) are long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) complimentary to the messenger (sense) RNA (Wang et al. 2014). Many of them are involved in regulation of their own sense transcripts thus playing pivotal biological roles in all processes of organismal development and responses...

Evaluating measurement tools in science education research

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Hayward, Elizabeth O.

2012-12-01

In this paper I explore how Margaret Beier, Lesley Miller, and Shu Wang make claims for the validity and reliability of the instrument they developed to explore the construct of "possible selves" as described in their manuscript, Science Games and the Development of Scientific Possible Selves.

The Arts 3D VLE Metaverse as a Network of Imagination

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Rauch, Ulrich; Cohodas, Marvin; Wang, Tim

2009-01-01

Ulrich Rauch, Marvin Cohodas, and Tim Wang describe the Arts Metaverse, a Croquet-based virtual learning environment under development at the University of British Columbia. The Arts Metaverse allows three-dimensional virtual reconstruction of important artifacts and sites of classical, ancient, and indigenous American art, thereby allowing…

On Using the Average Intercorrelation Among Predictor Variables and Eigenvector Orientation to Choose a Regression Solution.

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Mugrage, Beverly; And Others

Three ridge regression solutions are compared with ordinary least squares regression and with principal components regression using all components. Ridge regression, particularly the Lawless-Wang solution, out-performed ordinary least squares regression and the principal components solution on the criteria of stability of coefficient and closeness…

The Effect of Using Computer Skills on Teachers' Perceived Self-Efficacy Beliefs towards Technology Integration, Attitudes and Performance

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EL-Daou, Badrie Mohammad Nour

2016-01-01

The current study analyzes the relationship between the apparent teacher's self-efficacy and attitudes towards integrating technology into classroom teaching, self-evaluation reports and computer performance results. Pre-post measurement of the Computer Technology Integration Survey (CTIS) (Wang et al, 2004) was used to determine the confidence…

The Effect of Using in Computer Skills on Teachers' Perceived Self-Efficacy Beliefs towards Technology Integration, Attitudes and Performance

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EL-Daou, Badrie Mohammad Nour

2016-01-01

The current study analyzes the relationship between the apparent teacher's self-efficacy and attitudes towards integrating technology into classroom teaching, self-evaluation reports and computer performance results. Pre-post measurement of the Computer Technology Integration Survey (CTIS) (Wang et al, 2004) was used to determine the confidence…

Search for Integration of Theory and Practice: The Early History and Analysis of Three Innovative Graduate Institutions. ASHE 1986 Annual Meeting Paper.

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Betters-Reed, Bonita L.

The origin and establishment of three innovative graduate institutions in the Boston, Massachusetts, area were assessed: The Arthur D. Little Management Education Institute, The Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, and the Wang Institute of Graduate Studies. These institutions started in non-educational institutions and…

Physical and chemical study of single aerosol particles using optical trapping cavity ringdown spectroscopy

DTIC Science & Technology

2016-08-30

Paper 5.00 Chuji Wang, Yong-Le Pan, Steven C. Hill, Brandon Redding. Photophoretic trapping-Raman spectroscopy for single pollens and fungal spores...with both strongly absorbing (two types of carbon nanotubes and two types of grass smut spores) and weakly absorbing particles (two types of pollen

Genetics Home Reference: familial paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia

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... gene mutations, which reduce the amount of PRRT2 protein, lead to abnormal neuronal signaling. Altered neuronal activity could underlie the ... YF, Zhang QJ, Li HF, Lin Y, Murong SX, Xu J, Wang N, Wu ZY. Exome sequencing identifies truncating mutations in PRRT2 that cause paroxysmal ...

Validating Cognitive Models of Task Performance in Algebra on the SAT®. Research Report No. 2009-3

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Gierl, Mark J.; Leighton, Jacqueline P.; Wang, Changjiang; Zhou, Jiawen; Gokiert, Rebecca; Tan, Adele

2009-01-01

The purpose of the study is to present research focused on validating the four algebra cognitive models in Gierl, Wang, et al., using student response data collected with protocol analysis methods to evaluate the knowledge structures and processing skills used by a sample of SAT test takers.

EGFR-Dependent Regulation of Matrix-Independent Epithelial Cell Survival

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2006-04-01

ultraviolet (UV) irradiation ( Mudgil et al., 2003), decreased adhesive interactions between tumor cells and adjacent epithelia Much remains to be...historical perspective on integrin signal transduction. Nat. Cell Biol. 4, E83-E90. Mudgil , A. V., Segal, N., Andriani, F., Wang, Y., Fusenig, N. E. and

Evaluating Measurement Tools in Science Education Research

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Hayward, Elizabeth O.

2012-01-01

In this paper I explore how Margaret Beier, Lesley Miller, and Shu Wang make claims for the validity and reliability of the instrument they developed to explore the construct of "possible selves" as described in their manuscript, "Science Games and the Development of Scientific Possible Selves."

Genetics Home Reference: Cohen syndrome

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... complex and directs neurite outgrowth. J Biol Chem. 2015 Feb 6;290(6):3349-58. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M114.608174. Epub 2014 Dec 9. Citation on PubMed or Free article on PubMed Central Wang H, Falk MJ, Wensel C, Traboulsi EI. Cohen ...

Bridenstine Sworn In As NASA Administrator

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2018-04-23

NASA Associate Administrator for the Office of Communications Jen Rae Wang greets Vice President Mike Pence after introducing him prior to the swearing-in of Jim Bridenstine as the 13th NASA Administrator, Monday, April 23, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Scientific Evidence for Hydrostatic Shock

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2010-01-01

Z, Jiang J, Bian, X, Savic J, Ultrastructural and Functional Characteristics of Blast Injury-Induced Neurotrauma, The Journal of Trauma, 50:695...706, 2001. 21. Cernak I, Wang, Z, Jiang J, Bian, X, Savic J, Cognitive deficits following blast injury- induced neurotrauma, Brain Injury, 15(7

Blast-Induced Moderate Neurotrauma (BINT) Elicits Early Complement Activation and Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha (TNFalpha) Release in a Rat Brain

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2012-04-25

Jiang J, Bian X, Savic J. Cognitive deficits following blast injury- induced neurotrauma: possible involvement of nitric oxide. Brain Inj 2001;15: 593...612. [8] Cernak I, Wang Z, Jiang J, Bian X, Savic J. Ultrastructural and functional character- istics of blast injury-induced neurotrauma. J Trauma

Kinetics Modeling of Hypergolic Propellants

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2013-07-01

comprehensive preconditioning and employs the line Gauss Seidel algorithm for the solution of the linear system. A multi-block unstructured mesh is...Explosives, Pyrotechnics, 33(3):209–212, 2008. 24Wei-Guang Liu, Shiqing Wang, Siddharth Dasgupta, Stefan T Thynell, William A Goddard III, Sergey Zybin

Exercise and Osteoporosis: A Dose-Response Meta-Analysis

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2013-05-01

31. Inappropriate Intervention, Study less than 6 months (425) Hundrup YA, Thoning H, Rasmussen NK, Obel EB, Philip J. Use of hormone...K, Grunfeld C, Daar ES, LaMarca A, Kotler DP, Wang J, Bozzette SA, Breitmeyer JB. Recombinant human growth hormone in patients with HIV-associated

Blackmargined aphid (Monellia caryella (Fitch); Hemiptera: Aphididae) honeydew production in pecan (Carya illinoinesis (Koch)) and implications for managing the pecan aphid complex in Texas

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Field studies of the blackmargined aphid, Monellia caryella (Fitch), were conducted on three cultivars, “Cheyenne,” “Kiowa,” and “Pawnee,” of pecan, Carya illinoinisis (Wang) K. Koch. Aphid and natural enemy (lacewings, ladybird beetles, and spiders) densities were determined twice weekly by direct...

Retraction Note to: Ultra-High Strength and Ductile Lamellar-Structured Powder Metallurgy Binary Ti-Ta Alloys

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Liu, Yong; Xu, Shenghang; Wang, Xin; Li, Kaiyang; Liu, Bin; Wu, Hong; Tang, Huiping

2018-05-01

The editors and authors have retracted the article, "Ultra-High Strength and Ductile Lamellar-Structured Powder Metallurgy Binary Ti-Ta Alloys" by Yong Liu, Shenghang Xu, Xin Wang, Kaiyang Li, Bin Liu, Hong Wu, and Huiping Tang (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-015-1801-1).

Examining the Usefulness of a Points System in a Residential College

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Rose, Emily; Sriram, Risi

2016-01-01

Leaders of higher education value student engagement because of its measured effects on student outcomes such as retention and academic success. To increase engagement, institutions implement measures such as livinglearning programs, which combine the residential experience with an academic focus (Arboleda, Wang, Shelley, & Whalen, 2003; Zhao…

Cage Compounds as Potential Energetic Oxidizers: A Theoretical Study of a Cage Isomer of N2O3

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2014-07-01

Laboratory. References [1] P. W. M. Jacobs, H. M. Whitehead, Decomposition and Combustion of Ammonium Perchlorate, Chem. Rev., 1969, 69 551- 590 . [2...and Symmetric Dinitrogen Trioxide in Nitric-Oxide Matrices by Raman and Infrared- Spectroscopy, J. Phys. Chem. 1983, 87, 1113- 1120. [14] a) X. Wang

Examining Diversity Research Literature in School Psychology from 2004 to 2010

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Grunewald, Stephanie; Shriberg, David; Wheeler, Anitra S.; Miranda, Antoinette Halsell; O'Bryon, Elisabeth C.; Rogers, Margaret R.

2014-01-01

One indicator of school psychology's capacity to provide culturally responsive practice is the percentage of articles in leading school psychology journals that have a "significant diversity focus." To date, there have been three published empirical studies (Brown, Shriberg, & Wang; Miranda & Gutte; Rogers Wiese) that have…

COUPLED FREE AND DISSOLVED PHASE TRANSPORT: NEW SIMULATION CAPABILITIES AND PARAMETER INVERSION

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The vadose zone free-phase simulation capabilities of the US EPA Hydrocarbon Spill Screening Model (HSSM) (Weaver et al., 1994) have been linked with the 3-D multi-species dissolved-phase contaminant transport simulator MT3DMS (Zheng and Wang, 1999; Zheng, 2005). The linkage pro...

Exploiting HPC Platforms for Metagenomics: Challenges and Opportunities (MICW - Metagenomics Informatics Challenges Workshop: 10K Genomes at a Time)

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Canon, Shane

2018-01-24

DOE JGI's Zhong Wang, chair of the High-performance Computing session, gives a brief introduction before Berkeley Lab's Shane Canon talks about "Exploiting HPC Platforms for Metagenomics: Challenges and Opportunities" at the Metagenomics Informatics Challenges Workshop held at the DOE JGI on October 12-13, 2011.

Evaluation of Androgen Receptor Function in Prostate Cancer Prognosis and Therapeutic Stratification

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2012-10-01

Miettinen, Wang et al. 2011) (Braun, Goltz et al. 2011) (Rosen, Sesterhenn et al. 2012), rabbit polyclonal anti-PSA antibody (DAKO, A056201-2... Goltz , et al. (2011). "ERG protein expression and genomic rearrangement status in primary and metastatic prostate cancer - a comparative study of two

Linking Returning Veterans in Rural Community Colleges to Mental Health Care

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2015-01-01

limitation was mitigated somewhat by the use of non-response weights developed using the characteristics (age category, gender, race/ethnicity minority...Journal of Psychiatry. 1998; 155:1092-1096. 7 Aud S, Wilkinson- Flicker S, Kristapovich P, Rathbun A, Wang X, Zhang J. The Condition of Education 2013

Chaotic attractors of relaxation oscillators

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Guckenheimer, John; Wechselberger, Martin; Young, Lai-Sang

2006-03-01

We develop a general technique for proving the existence of chaotic attractors for three-dimensional vector fields with two time scales. Our results connect two important areas of dynamical systems: the theory of chaotic attractors for discrete two-dimensional Henon-like maps and geometric singular perturbation theory. Two-dimensional Henon-like maps are diffeomorphisms that limit on non-invertible one-dimensional maps. Wang and Young formulated hypotheses that suffice to prove the existence of chaotic attractors in these families. Three-dimensional singularly perturbed vector fields have return maps that are also two-dimensional diffeomorphisms limiting on one-dimensional maps. We describe a generic mechanism that produces folds in these return maps and demonstrate that the Wang-Young hypotheses are satisfied. Our analysis requires a careful study of the convergence of the return maps to their singular limits in the Ck topology for k >= 3. The theoretical results are illustrated with a numerical study of a variant of the forced van der Pol oscillator.

Optimal and Adaptive Control of Flow in a Thermal Convection Loop

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Yuen, Po Ki; Bau, Haim

1998-11-01

In theory and experiment, we use nonlinear and linear optimal and adaptive controllers to suppress the naturally occurring chaotic convection in a thermal convection loop. The thermal convection loop is a simple experimental analog of the Lorenz equations, and it provides a convenient platform for testing and comparing the performance of various control strategies in a fluid mechanical setting. The performance of the optimal and adaptive controllers is compared with that of a previously developed simple feedback controller (Singer, J., Wang, Y., & Bau, H., H., 1991, Physical Review Letters, 66,123-1125.)(Wang, Y., Singer, J., & Bau, H., H., 1992, J. Fluid Mechanics, 237, 479-498.), a nonlinear controller with a cubic nonlinearity(Yuen, P., & Bau, H., H., 1996, J. Fluid Mechanics, 317, 91-109.), and a neural net controller(Yuen, P., & Bau, H., H., 1998, Neural Networks, 11, 557 - 569, 1998.). It is demonstrated that an adaptive controller can perform successfully even when the system's model is not known.

COMMITTEES: SQM2008-International Conference on Strangeness in Quark Matter SQM2008-International Conference on Strangeness in Quark Matter

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2008-04-01

Local Organising Committee Xiangzhou Cai (SINPA) Weiqin Chao (CCAST) Liewen Chen (SJTU) Jianping Cheng (Tsinghua University) Jinghua Fu (CCNU) Yuanning Gao (Tsinghua University) Xiaomei Li (CIAE) Zuotang Liang (Shandong University) Feng Liu (CCNU), Co-chair Yuxin Liu (PKU) Qing Wang (Tsinghua University) Qun Wang (USTC) Hushan Xu (IMP) Daicui Zhou (CCNU) Pengfei Zhuang (Tsinghua University), Co-chair Bingsong Zou (IHEP) International Advisory Committee Jörg Aichelin, Nantes Federico Antinori, Padova Tamás Biró, Budapest Peter Braun-Munzinger, GSI Jean Cleymans, Cape Town László Csernai, Bergen Timothy Hallman, BNL Huan Zhong Huang, UCLA Takeshi Kodama, Rio de Janeiro Carlos Lourenço, CERN Yu-Gang Ma, Shanghai Jes Masden, Aarhus Yasuo Miake, Tsukuba Berndt Müller, Duke Grazyna Odyniec, LBNL Helmut Oeschler, Darmstadt Johann Rafelski, Arizona Hans Georg Ritter, LBNL Karel Šafařík, CERN Jack Sandweiss, Yale George S F Stephans, MIT Horst Stöcker, Frankfurt Thomas Ullrich, BNL Nu Xu, LBNL William A Zajc, Columbia

Quark Matter 2011 (QM11) Quark Matter 2011 (QM11)

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2011-12-01

International Advisory Committee Antinori, FedericoPaic, Guy Braun-Munzinger, PeterPajares, Carlos Cifarelli, LuisaPeitzmann, Thomas Erazmus, BarbaraRedlich, Krzysztof Eskola, KariRiccati, Lodovico Gaardhøje, Jens JørgenRoland, Gunther Gale, CharlesRoy, Christelle Gelis, FrancoisSchukraft, Jürgen Giubellino, PaoloSinha, Bikash Greiner, CarstenSrivastava, Dinesh Gyulassy, MiklosStachel, Johanna Harris, JohnSteinberg, Peter Hatsuda, TetsuoStroth, Joachim Heinz, UlrichSugitate, Toru Jacak, BarbaraTserruya, Itzhak Karsch, FrithjofVelkovska, Julia Kharzeev, DimaWang, Enke Kodama, TakeshiWang, Xin, Nian Lévai, PéterWessels, Johannes Manko, VladislavXu, Nu Müller, BerndtZajc, William Ollitrault, Jean-Yves Organizing Committee Arleo, FrancoisDupieux, Pascal Bastid, NicoleFurget, Christophe Bourgeois, Marie-LaureGranier de Cassagnac, Raphael Bregant, MarcoGuernane, Rachid Carminati, FedericoHervet, Carnita Castillo, JavierKuhn, Christian Cheynis, BrigitteOlivier, Nathalie Conesa, DelValle, Zaida Connor, MichelleRenshall, Lucy Crochet, PhilippeSuire, Christophe Delagrange, HuguesTihinen, Ulla Program Committee Schutz, Yves (Chair)Baldisseri, Alberto Wiedemann, Urs (co-Chair)Safarik, Karel Aurenche, Patrick

Robust numerical simulation of porosity evolution in chemical vapor infiltration III: three space dimension

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Jin, Shi; Wang, Xuelei

2003-04-01

Chemical vapor infiltration (CVI) process is an important technology to fabricate ceramic matrix composites (CMC's). In this paper, a three-dimension numerical model is presented to describe pore microstructure evolution during the CVI process. We extend the two-dimension model proposed in [S. Jin, X.L. Wang, T.L. Starr, J. Mater. Res. 14 (1999) 3829; S. Jin. X.L. Wang, T.L. Starr, X.F. Chen, J. Comp. Phys. 162 (2000) 467], where the fiber surface is modeled as an evolving interface, to the three space dimension. The 3D method keeps all the virtue of the 2D model: robust numerical capturing of topological changes of the interface such as the merging, and fast detection of the inaccessible pores. For models in the kinetic limit, where the moving speed of the interface is constant, some numerical examples are presented to show that this three-dimension model will effectively track the change of porosity, close-off time, location and shape of all pores.

A new variation of the Buckingham exponential-6 potential with a tunable, singularity-free short-range repulsion and an adjustable long-range attraction

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Werhahn, Jasper C.; Miliordos, Evangelos; Xantheas, Sotiris S.

2015-01-05

We introduce new generalized (reverting to the original) and extended (not reverting to the original) 4-parameter forms of the (B-2) Potential Energy Function (PEF) of Wang etal. (L.-P. Wang, J. Chen and T. van Voorhis, J. Chem. Theor. Comp. 9, 452 (2013)), which is itself a modification of the Buckingham exponential-6 PEF. The new forms have a tunable, singularity-free short-range repulsion and an adjustable long-range attraction. They produce fits to high quality ab initio data for the X–(H2O), X=F, Cl, Br, I and M+(H2O), M=Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs dimers that are between 1 and 2 orders of magnitude bettermore » than the original 3-parameter (B-2) and modified Buckingham exponential-6 PEFs. They are also slightly better than the 4-parameter generalized Buckingham exponential-6(gBe-6) and of comparable quality with the 4-parameter extended Morse (eM) PEFs introduced recently by us.« less

Ancient pinnate leaf mimesis among lacewings.

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Wang, Yongjie; Liu, Zhiqi; Wang, Xin; Shih, Chungkun; Zhao, Yunyun; Engel, Michael S; Ren, Dong

2010-09-14

Insects have evolved diverse methods of predator avoidance, many of which implicate complex adaptations of their wings (e.g., Phylliidae, Nymphalidae, Notodontidae). Among these, angiosperm leaf mimicry is one of the most dramatic, although the historical origins of such modifications are unclear owing to a dearth of paleontological records. Here, we report evidence of pinnate leaf mimesis in two lacewings (Neuroptera): Bellinympha filicifolia Y. Wang, Ren, Liu & Engel gen. et sp. nov. and Bellinympha dancei Y. Wang, Ren, Shih & Engel, sp. nov., from the Middle Jurassic, representing a 165-million-year-old specialization between insects and contemporaneous gymnosperms of the Cycadales or Bennettitales. Furthermore, such lacewings demonstrate a preangiosperm origin for leaf mimesis, revealing a lost evolutionary scenario of interactions between insects and gymnosperms. The current fossil record suggests that this enigmatic lineage became extinct during the Early Cretaceous, apparently closely correlated with the decline of Cycadales and Bennettitales at that time, and perhaps owing to the changing floral environment resulted from the rise of flowering plants.

An Efficient Remote Authentication Scheme for Wireless Body Area Network.

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Omala, Anyembe Andrew; Kibiwott, Kittur P; Li, Fagen

2017-02-01

Wireless body area network (WBAN) provide a mechanism of transmitting a persons physiological data to application providers e.g. hospital. Given the limited range of connectivity associated with WBAN, an intermediate portable device e.g. smartphone, placed within WBAN's connectivity, forwards the data to a remote server. This data, if not protected from an unauthorized access and modification may be lead to poor diagnosis. In order to ensure security and privacy between WBAN and a server at the application provider, several authentication schemes have been proposed. Recently, Wang and Zhang proposed an authentication scheme for WBAN using bilinear pairing. However, in their scheme, an application provider could easily impersonate a client. In order to overcome this weakness, we propose an efficient remote authentication scheme for WBAN. In terms of performance, our scheme can not only provide a malicious insider security, but also reduce running time of WBAN (client) by 51 % as compared to Wang and Zhang scheme.

ARCTIC SEA ICE EXTENT AND DRIFT, MODELED AS A VISCOUS FLUID.

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Ling, Chi-Hai; Parkinson, Claire L.

1986-01-01

A dynamic/thermodynamic numerical model of sea ice has been used to calculate the yearly cycle of sea ice thicknesses, concentrations, and velocities in the Arctic Ocean and surrounding seas. The model combines the formulations of two previous models, taking the thermodynamics and momentum equations from the model of Parkinson and Washington and adding the constitutive equation and equation of state from the model of Ling, Rasmussen, and Campbell. Simulated annually averaged ice drift vectors compare well with observed ice drift from the Arctic Ocean Buoy Program.

Improved Performance of Protected Catecholic Polysiloxanes for Bioinspired Wet Adhesion to Surface Oxides

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2012-11-26

1374. (2) Cho, Y.; Sundaram, H. S.; Finlay , J. A.; Dimitriou, M. D.; Callow, M. E.; Callow, J. A.; Kramer, E. J.; Ober, C. K. Biomacromolecules 2012...139−144. (11) Zeng, H.; Hwang, D. S.; Israelachvili, J. N .; Waite, J. H. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2010, 107, 12850−12853. (12) Holten-Andersen, N ...Haeshin, L.; Dellatore, S. M.; Miller, W. M.; Messersmith, P. B. Science 2007, 318, 426−430. (14) Ling, D.; Park, W.; Park, Y. I.; Lee, N .; Li, F

Construction and Evaluation of Resin Modified Pavement.

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1991-07-01

J . Duncan, R. Graham, H. McKnight, T. McCaffrey, D. Reed, and J . Simmons. The Principal Investigator was Mr. Ahlrich. This report was written by...and vibrated into the voids with a small (3 to 5 ton*) vibratory ’ oller . A curing period is required and can vary between I and 28 days dep, ling on...is a diagram of the RMP test strip dimensions. 10 C\\ J C = K- g -X wX (0( 0 -*11 z 11 Materials Evaluation Dense-graded asphalt concrete intermediate

Safety Analysis of X4 Multi-Tooled Iowa Detonator Loader

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1980-10-01

D atmosphere. Temperature identification number should be T5.* Personnel Injury Resulting From Machine Incident - Due to the presence of the barricade...ling factor is the yield strength of velostat . 18 the expectancy is 6 x i0-15 accidents per facility hour. Although the spoon is made of phenolic...expression becoms: I- SF (C-2) v (Cv•cp) (xs) (CV,) 2- uthere: C - coefficient of v4riation for the proess ptent’.4 CV% c"of•iclent of variation "or

Advanced Technologies Addressing Asia-Pacific Infectious Diseases

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2011-01-01

Y., Wei,C.L., Ling,A.E., Vega,V.B., Thoreau,H., Se Thoe,S.Y., Chia,J.-M., Ng,P., Chiu,K.P., Lim,L., Zhang,T., Chan,K.P., Oon,L.E.L., Ng,M.L., Leo ,S.Y...1 ng S•n v. Kinh phY thuc hi on ®0 tp.i V1l nguan kinh phY (Gi1i trxnh chi tiOt xin xem pho loc kim theo) 25% 25% 25% 25% 25% §•n vi? tYnh

Fundamental Study of Nuclear Pumped Laser Plasmas.

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1980-12-23

PUMPED DYE LASER PMT PUMPING/ GAS HAND- LING SYSTEM ANODE SIGNAL TO SCREEN ROOM FIGURE 13 EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS FROM ANODE OF PMT SCREEN ROOM...and G.A. Zdasiuk, " Laser Induced Collisional and Radiative Energy Transfer’, Proceedings of Laser Spectroscopy IV, June 1979. W. R. Green, M.D. Wright...AD-A130 988 FUNDAMENTAL STUDY 0F NUCLEAR PUMPED LASER PLASMAS(U) 1/ MIAMI UNIV OXFORD UHDi EPT OF PHYSIS Cs W DOWNES ET AL 23 DEC AS OASGAS 7A C OSAN

Adsorption of NH2 on Graphene in the Presence of Defects and Adsorbates

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2013-02-05

Carbobenzy- loxy Derivatives in High-Performance Liquid Chromatography and Supercritical Fluid Chromatography . J. Chromatogr., A 2005, 1100, 108−115. (7) Wang...being NH2. Amines are of interest because they are used in catalytic asymmetric synthesis,5 chromatography ,6 and as a biconjugate linker7 (i.e., between

Heterogeneous Sensor Webs for Automated Target Recognition and Tracking in Urban Terrain

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2012-04-09

Seto, E. Martin , A. Yang, P. Yan, R. Gravina, I. Lin, C. Wang, M. Roy, V. Shia, R. Bajcsy, “Opportunistic strategies for lightweight signal...processing for body sensor networks,” PETRAE , 2010. 10. Dheeraj Singaraju, Roberto Tron, Ehsan Elhamifar, Allen Yang, and Shankar Sastry. On the Lagrangian

Topic Prominence in Chinese EFL Learners' Interlanguage

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Li, Shaopeng; Yang, Lianrui

2014-01-01

The present study aims to investigate the general characteristics of topicprominent typological interlanguage development of Chinese learners of English in terms of acquiring subject-prominent English structures from a discourse perspective. Topic structures mainly appear in Chinese discourse in the form of topic chains (Wang, 2002; 2004). The…

Genetics Home Reference: ACAD9 deficiency

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... Oct 24. Citation on PubMed Schiff M, Haberberger B, Xia C, Mohsen AW, Goetzman ES, Wang Y, Uppala R, Zhang Y, Karunanidhi A, Prabhu D, Alharbi H, Prochownik EV, Haack T, Häberle J, Munnich A, Rötig A, Taylor RW, Nicholls RD, Kim JJ, Prokisch H, Vockley ...

The Role of Retinal Determination Gene Network (RDGN) in Hormone Signaling Transduction and Prostate Tumorigenes

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2014-10-01

McCue P, Lisanti MP, Wang C, Davis RJ, Mardon G, Pestell RG. The Endogenous Cell-Fate Factor Dachshund Restrains Prostate Epithelial Cell Migration via...Loro E, Pestell RG. “Inhibition of Breast Tumor Stem Cells Expansion by the Endogenous Cell Fate Determination Factor Dachshund.” Chapter in Volume

Stem Cell-Based Therapies for Epidermolysis Bullosa

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2014-10-01

of human hematopoietic cells for extracellular matrix protein deficiency in epidermolysis bullosa. Stem Cells 2011, 29:900–906. 18. Di Nicola M...promotes cardiogenic gene expression in mesenchymal stem cells. Stem Cell Res Ther 2013, 4:43. 57. Herrmann JL, Wang Y, Abarbanell AM, Weil BR, Tan J

Photovoice in the Diversity Classroom: Engagement, Voice, and the "Eye/I" of the Camera

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Chio, Vanessa C. M.; Fandt, Patricia M.

2007-01-01

A response to calls for more self-reflective and inclusive pedagogy, this article considers pedagogical and teaching possibilities offered by Photovoice--a community and participatory action research methodology developed by Wang and Burris. Extrapolating Photovoice to the context of the diversity classroom, the authors discuss how the methodology…

Publisher Correction: Embryonic defects induced by maternal obesity in mice derive from Stella insufficiency in oocytes.

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Han, Longsen; Ren, Chao; Li, Ling; Li, Xiaoyan; Ge, Juan; Wang, Haichao; Miao, Yi-Liang; Guo, Xuejiang; Moley, Kelle H; Shu, Wenjie; Wang, Qiang

2018-05-01

In the version of this article originally published, the positions of Wenjie Shu and Qiang Wang in the author list were reversed and incorrect images were displayed in the HTML for Supplementary Figs. 1-12. The errors have been corrected in the HTML and PDF versions of the article.

Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (75th, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, August 5-8, 1992). Part XII: Foreign and International Media.

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The International Media section of the proceedings contains the following 13 papers: "Text and Context: A Case Study of International News Discourse" (Shujen Wang); "The Future of Public Service Broadcasting in Japan and the U.K.: A Comparative Analysis" (Roya Akhavan-Majid); "Reinventing Freedom of the Press: The Search…

Chinese Vocational Education: Borrowing and Reforming

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Wang, Lei; Jiang, Dayuan

2013-01-01

In July 2010 in Beijing, Lei Wang interviewed Professor Dayuan Jiang, Research Fellow at the Ministry of Education's Central Institute for Vocational and Technical Education about how China has drawn from foreign vocational education models and China's own innovation process. Jiang pointed out that Germany's educational philosophy and talent…

JPRS Report, China, Red Flag, Number 24, 16 December 1987

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1988-03-30

monger Wang Tongyuan appeared, he penetratingly depicted the countenance of a snob and reflected life in greater depth and breadth. "Dream of the Stone...34 is a tragicomedy which shows the extraordinary through the ordinary and appeals to both the sophisticated and the simple-minded. The director has

CBE Faculty and Staff

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About Us Research Staff Edward Arens Fred Bauman Gail Brager Darryl Dickerhoff Ali Ghahramani Uhl Zhe Wang Tom Webster Hui Zhang Research Affiliates Student Researchers Visiting Scholars Industry interdisciplinary group based in several academic departments, who collaborate regularly on research to improve the

Development of a New Class of Drugs To Inhibit All Forms of Androgen Receptor in Castration Resistant Prostate Cancers

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2016-10-01

ARdbd-DNA crystals and may represent a new crystal form. Key outcome 2: We have carried out followup crystallization screening operations with... Chiang , Y.T., Sharma, A., Peacock, J.W., Wang, W., Cherkasov, A., Rennie, P.S., Gleave, M.E., and Ong, C.J. (2016) Androgen Receptor transcriptionally

Relationships between Ethnic Minority Psychological Associations and Counseling Psychology: Three New Frameworks

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Forrest, Linda; Lau, Michael Y.; Delgado-Romero, Edward A.

2012-01-01

In this rejoinder the authors respond to the three reactions to the major contribution, "Ethnic Minority Psychological Associations: Connections to Counseling Psychology," provided by Chung and Wu, Neville, Flores, and Dobson, and Yakushko, Wang, and Warrior. In their thoughtful reactions, these current and past leaders of the Society of…

A Survey of Some Approaches to Distributed Data Base & Distributed File System Architecture.

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1980-01-01

BUS POD A DD A 12 12 A = A Cell D = D Cell Figure 7-1: MUFFIN logical architecture - 45 - MUFI January 1980 ".-.Bus Interface V Conventional Processor...and Applied Mathematics (14), * December, 1966. [Kimbleton 791 Kimbleton, Stephen; Wang, Pearl; and Fong, Elizabeth. XNDM: An Experimental Network

Imaging Prostatic Lipids to Distinguish Aggressive Prostate Cancer

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2015-09-01

Martinez), another from PVAMC (Ms. Palma ). The addition of staff has increased our capacity for assuring subjects have project staff with them/ in...Woodward, G. Thomas, E. Dacey, X. Wang, P. Farris, W. Stoller, A. M. Acevedo, A. Palma , M. Sammi, W. D. Rooney, F. V. Coakley, J. Purnell

75 FR 12748 - Ocean Transportation Intermediary License Applicants

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... Line (LA), Inc., 470 Cloverleaf Drive, Unit A&B, Baldwin Park, CA 91706, Officers: Wai (aka Winson) M... Shipping & Logistics, LLC, 10651 SW. 108 Avenue, 3A, Miami, FL 33176, Officers: Lorenzo A. Macias... Individual), Zhenfen Wu, Chairman. Qingfeng Wang dba Global Intertrans Logistics, 200 East Norwood Place, San...

Using Courthouse Portfolios to Establish Rapport and Motivate College Students

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Gentry, Ruben

2013-01-01

Motivation enhances student learning (Wang, 2012). One means for an instructor to stimulate students and get them actively involved is to establish good rapport with them (Cottringer & Sloan, 2003). For this study, county courthouse portfolios were developed and used to build relationships and motivate college students. The strategy was…