Ping Zhang

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1990 - 2009

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Optical properties of UO2 and PuO2 (2009)

Shi, Hongliang, Chu, Mingfu, Zhang, Ping

We perform first-principles calculations of electronic structure and optical properties for UO2 and PuO2 based on the density functional theory using the generalized gradient approximation...

First-principles LDA+U and GGA+U study of neptunium dioxide (2009)

Wang, Baotian, Shi, Hongliang, Li, Weidong, Zhang, Ping

We have performed a systematic first-principles investigation to calculate the electronic structures, mechanical properties, and phonon dispersion curves of NpO$_{2}$. The local density...

A novel magnetic fluid based on starch-coated magnetite nanoparticles functionalized with homing peptide (2009)

Jiang, Ji-Sen, Gan, Zhi-Feng, Yang, Yong, Du, Bing, Qian, Min, Zhang, Ping

Preparation and characterization in vitro and in vivo of a novel magnetic fluid based on starch-coated magnetite nanoparticles functionalized with homing peptide is reported in this paper....

First-principles study of $\alpha$-Pu2O3 (2009)

Shi, Hongliang, Zhang, Ping

We systematically investigate the electronic structure, magnetic order, and valence states of $\alpha$-Pu$_{2}$O$_{3}$ (\emph{C}-type) by using first-principles calculations. $\alpha$-Pu$_{2}$O$_{3}$...

The NF-kappa B inhibitor, celastrol, could enhance the anti-cancer effect of gambogic acid on oral squamous cell carcinoma (2009)

He, Di, Xu, Qin, Yan, Ming, Zhang, Ping, Zhou, Xiaojian, Zhang, Zhiyuan, ...

Abstract Background Gambogic acid (GA) is a major active ingredient of gamboge, a widely used traditional Chinese medicine that has been reported to be a potent cytotoxic agent against some malignant...

Fractional topological excitations and quantum phase transition in a bilayer 2DEG adjacent to a superconductor film (2009)

Hao, Ningning, Zhang, Wei, Wang, Zhigang, Wang, Yupeng, Zhang, Ping

We study a bilayer two-dimension-electron-gas (2DEG) adjacent to a type-II superconductor thin film with a pinned vortex lattice. We find that with increasing interlayer tunneling, the system of half...

Quantum spin Hall effect and spin-charge separation in kagome lattice (2009)

Wang, Zhigang, Zhang, Ping

A two-dimensional kagome lattice has been theoretically investigated within a simple tight-binding model, which includes the nearest neighbor hopping term and the intrinsic spin-orbit interaction...

Molecular dynamics study of hcp/fcc nucleation and growth in bcc iron driven by uniaxial strain (2009)

Wang, Baotian, Shao, Jianli, Zhang, Guangcai, Li, Weidong, Zhang, Ping

Molecular dynamics simulations are performed to investigate the structural phase transition in body-centered cubic (bcc) single crystal iron under high strain rate loading. We study the nucleation...

First-principles study of ground state properties and high pressure behavior of ThO2 (2009)

Wang, Baotian, Shi, Hongliang, Li, Weidong, Zhang, Ping

The mechanical properties, electronic structure and phonon dispersion of ground state ThO$_{2}$ as well as the structure behavior up to 240 GPa are studied by using first-principles...

Quantum oscillations in adsorption energetics of atomic oxygen on Pb(111) ultrathin films: A density-functional theory study (2009)

Hu, Ziyu, Yang, Yu, Sun, Bo, Shao, Xiaohong, Wang, Wenchuan, Zhang, Ping

Using first-principles calculations, we have systematically studied the quantum size effects of ultrathin Pb(111) films on the adsorption energies and diffusion energy barriers of oxygen atoms. For...

Influences of Al doping on the electronic structure of Mg(0001) and dissociation property of H2 (2009)

Li, Yanfang, Yang, Yu, Wei, Yinghui, Zhang, Ping

By using the density functional theory method, we systematically study the influences of the doping of an Al atom on the electronic structures of the Mg(0001) surface and dissociation behaviors of H2...

On Cooperative Caching in Wireless P2P Networks ∗ (2009)

Jing Zhao, Ping Zhang, Guohong Cao

Some recent studies have shown that cooperative cache can improve the system performance in wireless P2P networks such as ad hoc networks and mesh networks. However, all these studies are at a very...

Proteomic-based identification of maternal proteins in mature mouse oocytes (2009)

Zhang, Ping, Ni, Xiaojian, Guo, Ying, Guo, Xuejiang, Wang, Yufeng, Zhou, Zuomin, ...

Abstract Background The mature mouse oocyte contains the full complement of maternal proteins required for fertilization, reprogramming, zygotic gene activation (ZGA), and the early stages of...

and Goal Commitment (2009)

Weiling Ke, Ping Zhang

As a community-based innovation, the Open Source Software (OSS) development phenomenon has received great attention from both researchers and practitioners. Understanding what and how certain factors...

Zhang, Attitudes in Initial and Continued ICT Use ROLES OF ATTITUDES IN INITIAL AND CONTINUED ICT USE: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY (2009)

Ping Zhang

Abstract. Attitude has been understudied in the information systems (IS) field. Research interest in attitude has gone through ups and downs due to the lack of predictability of attitude for...

Zhang et al. Positive and Negative Affect in IT Evaluation Positive and Negative Affect in IT Evaluation: A Longitudinal Study (2009)

Ping Zhang

This study investigates the impacts of affective evaluations of IT on IT use decisions. We propose two object-based affective evaluation constructs: perception of an IT’s capability to induce...

Students ’ Views of a Learning Management System: A Longitudinal Qualitative Study (2009)

Ping Zhang, Swati Bhattacharyya, Ping Zhang, Swati Bhattacharyya

Over the past decade, Web-based learning management systems, such as Blackboard and WebCT, have been gradually integrated into college education. The strategic use and effectiveness of such systems...

A Research Model of Relationship Quality in E-Commerce: Connecting IS Factors with Marketing Profitability 1 (2009)

Heshan Sun, Ping Zhang, Xue Snow Xiao

Customer relationship, commitment and retention are critical for e-commerce success. Existing IS research has studied e-commerce customers more from a system user perspective. We argue in this study...

Reasons for ICT Design (2009)

Ping Zhang

Organizations hoping to improve employee productivity, increase strategic advantages, and gain or hold the competitive edge have invested heavily in information and communication technology (ICT)....

Topological winding properties of spin edge states in Kane-Mele graphene model (2009)

Wang, Zhigang, Hao, Ningning, Zhang, Ping

We study the spin edge states in the quantum spin-Hall (QSH) effect on a single-atomic layer graphene ribbon system with both intrinsic and Rashba spin-orbit couplings. The Harper equation for...

Rotation of hydrogen molecules during the dissociative adsorption on the Mg(0001) surface: A first-principles study (2009)

Li, Yanfang, Yang, Yu, Sun, Bo, Song, Hong-Zhou, Wei, Yinghui, Zhang, Ping

Using first-principles calculations, we systematically study the potential energy surfaces and dissociation processes of the hydrogen molecule on the Mg(0001) surface. It is found that during the...

Structures and magnetic properties of ZnO nanoislands (2009)

Yang, Yu, Zhang, Ping

Using first-principles calculations, we systematically study the atomic structures and electronic properties for two dimensional triangular ZnO nanoislands that are graphite-like with monolayer and...

Activated molecular adsorption of CO on the Be (0001) surface: A density-functional theory study (2009)

Wang, Shuang-Xi, Yang, Yu, Sun, Bo, Li, Rong-Wu, Liu, Shao-Jun, Zhang, Ping

Using first-principles calculations, we systematically study the adsorption behaviors of molecular CO on the Be (0001) surface. By calculating the potential energy surfaces, we find that CO...

Mechanical and chemical bonding properties of ground state BeH$_2$ (2009)

Wang, Bao-Tian, Zhang, Ping, Shi, Hongliang, Sun, Bo, Li, Weidong

The crystal structure, mechanical properties and electronic structure of ground state BeH$_{2}$ are calculated employing the first-principles methods based on the density functional theory. Our...

Luteinizing hormone induces expression of 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 in rat Leydig cells (2009)

Wang, Qian, Zhang, Ping, Gao, Hui-Bao

Abstract Background Leydig cells are the primary source of testosterone in male vertebrates. The biosynthesis of testosterone in Leydig cells is strictly dependent on luteinizing hormone (LH). On the...

Atomic hydrogen adsorption and incipient hydrogenation of the Mg(0001) surface: A density-functional theory study (2009)

Li, Yanfang, Zhang, Ping, Sun, Bo, Yang, Yu, Wei, Yinghui

We investigate the atomic hydrogen adsorption on Mg(0001) by using density-functional theory within the generalized gradient approximation and a supercell approach. The coverage dependence of the...

Morphological characterization of shocked porous material (2009)

Xu, Aiguo, Zhang, Guangcai, Pan, X. F., Zhang, Ping, Zhu, Jianshi

Morphological measures are introduced to probe the complex procedure of shock wave reaction on porous material. They characterize the geometry and topology of the pixelized map of a state variable...

Magnetization of Two Dimensional Heavy Holes with Boundaries in a Perpendicular Magnetic Field (2009)

Fang, Cheng, Wang, Zhigang, Li, Shu-Shen, Zhang, Ping

The magnetization of heavy holes in III-V semiconductor quantum wells with Rashba spin-orbit coupling (SOC) in an external perpendicular magnetic field is theoretically studied. We concentrate on the...

Magnetization in two-dimensional electron gas in a perpendicular magnetic field: the roles of edge states and spin-orbit coupling (2009)

Wang, Zhigang, Zhang, Wei, Zhang, Ping

We study the de Haas--van Alphen (dHvA) oscillations in the magnetization of a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) under the influence of the edge states and/or the Rashba spin-orbit interaction...

The Navier-Stokes-Vlasov-Fokker-Planck system near equilibrium (2009)

Goudon, Thierry, He, Lingbing, Moussa, Ayman, Zhang, Ping

This paper is concerned with a system that couples the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations to the Vlasov-Fokker-Planck equation. Such a system arises in the modeling of sprays, where a dense phase...

The Navier-Stokes-Vlasov-Fokker-Planck system near equilibrium (2009)

Goudon, Thierry, He, Lingbing, Moussa, Ayman, Zhang, Ping

This paper is concerned with a system that couples the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations to the Vlasov-Fokker-Planck equation. Such a system arises in the modeling of sprays, where a dense phase...

Synthesis and Characterization of New Silicon Phthalocyanines and Nonyl Acridine Orange Analogues for Photodynamic Therapy Studies (2009)

Zhang, Ping

Two silicon phthalocyanines with diol ligands, SiPc[OSi(CH3)2(CH2)3N(CH3)2][OSi(CH3)2(CH2)4CHOHCH2OH], Pc 181, and SiPc[OSi(CH3)2(CH2)3N(CH3)2][OSi(CH3)2(CH2CHOHCH2OH)], Pc 183, were synthesized by...

The Navier-Stokes-Vlasov-Fokker-Planck system near equilibrium (2009)

Goudon, Thierry, He, Lingbing, Moussa, Ayman, Zhang, Ping

This paper is concerned with a system that couples the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations to the Vlasov-Fokker-Planck equation. Such a system arises in the modeling of sprays, where a dense phase...

The Navier-Stokes-Vlasov-Fokker-Planck system near equilibrium (2009)

Goudon, Thierry, He, Lingbing, Moussa, Ayman, Zhang, Ping

This paper is concerned with a system that couples the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations to the Vlasov-Fokker-Planck equation. Such a system arises in the modeling of sprays, where a dense phase...

DFT-Based Channel Estimation with Symmetric Extension for OFDMA Systems (2009)

Yi Wang, Lihua Li, Ping Zhang, Zemin Liu

A novel partial frequency response channel estimator is proposed for OFDMA systems. First, the partial frequency response is obtained by least square (LS) method. The conventional discrete Fourier...

Reduced Complexity Channel Models for IMT-Advanced Evaluation (2009)

Yu Zhang, Jianhua Zhang, Peter J. Smith, Mansoor Shafi, Ping Zhang

Accuracy and complexity are two crucial aspects of the applicability of a channel model for wideband multiple input multiple output (MIMO) systems. For small number of antenna element pairs,...

Synthesis and Characterization of New Silicon Phthalocyanines and Nonyl Acridine Orange Analogues for Photodynamic Therapy Studies (2009)

Zhang, Ping

Two silicon phthalocyanines with diol ligands, SiPc[OSi(CH3)2(CH2)3N(CH3)2][OSi(CH3)2(CH2)4CHOHCH2OH], Pc 181, and SiPc[OSi(CH3)2(CH2)3N(CH3)2][OSi(CH3)2(CH2CHOHCH2OH)], Pc 183, were synthesized by...

ImmunoGrid, an integrative environment for large-scale simulation of the immune system for vaccine discovery, design and optimization (2009)

Pappalardo, Francesco, Halling-Brown, Mark D., Rapin, Nicolas, Zhang, Ping, Alemani, Davide, Emerson, Andrew, ...

Vaccine research is a combinatorial science requiring computational analysis of vaccine components, formulations and optimization. We have developed a framework that combines computational tools for...

DFT-Based Channel Estimation with Symmetric Extension for OFDMA Systems (2009)

Yi Wang, Lihua Li, Ping Zhang, Zemin Liu

A novel partial frequency response channel estimator is proposed for OFDMA systems. First, the partial frequency response is obtained by least square (LS) method. The conventional discrete Fourier...

Reduced Complexity Channel Models for IMT-Advanced Evaluation (2009)

Yu Zhang, Jianhua Zhang, Peter J. Smith, Mansoor Shafi, Ping Zhang

Accuracy and complexity are two crucial aspects of the applicability of a channel model for wideband multiple input multiple output (MIMO) systems. For small number of antenna element pairs,...

A User Cooperation Stimulating Strategy Based on Cooperative Game Theory in Cooperative Relay Networks (2009)

Fan Jiang, Hui Tian, Ping Zhang

This paper proposes a user cooperation stimulating strategy among rational users. The strategy is based on cooperative game theory and enacted in the context of cooperative relay networks. Using the...

Topological edge states and quantum Hall effect in the Haldane model (2008)

Hao, Ningning, Zhang, Ping, Wang, Zhigang, Zhang, Wei, Wang, Yupeng

We study the topological edge states of the Haldane's graphene model with zigzag/armchair lattice edges. The Harper equation for solving the energies of the edge states is derived. The results show...

Spin Hall effect in the kagome lattice with Rashba spin-orbit interaction (2008)

Liu, Guocai, Zhang, Ping, Wang, Zhigang, Li, Shu-Shen

We study the spin Hall effect in the kagom\'{e} lattice with Rashba spin-orbit coupling. The conserved spin Hall conductance $\sigma_{xy}^{s}$ (see text) and its two components, i.e., the...

Congenital Muscular Dystrophy with Rigid Spine Syndrome: A Clinical, Pathological, Radiological, and Genetic Study (2008)

Kevin M. Flanigan, Lynne Kerr, Mark B. Bromberg, Claire Leonard, Jay Tsuruda, Ping Zhang, ...

Rigid spine syndrome is a term first proposed by Dubowitz to describe a subset of patients affected by myopathy with early spinal contractures as a prominent feature. While spinal rigidity is a...

Adsorption and dissociation of O$_{2}$ at Be(0001): First-principles prediction of an energy barrier on the adiabatic potential energy surface (2008)

Zhang, Ping, Sun, Bo, Yang, Yu

The adsorption and dissociation of O$_{2}$ molecules at the Be(0001) surface is studied by using density-functional theory within the generalized gradient approximation and a supercell approach. The...

Quantum blockade and loop current induced by a single lattice defect in graphene nanoribbons (2008)

Yan, Jie-Yun, Zhang, Ping, Sun, Bo, Lu, Hai-Zhou, Wang, Zhigang, Duan, Suqing, ...

We investigate theoretically the electronic transport properties in narrow graphene ribbons with an adatom-induced defect. It is found that the lowest conductance step of a metallic graphene...

The Applications of Candidate Gene Approaches in the Characterization of Seed Quality Traits in Soybean (2008)

Zhang, Ping

Over the past decade, candidate gene approaches have become increasing popular as a means to identify and characterize genes associated with the agronomically important traits in crop species. The...

Antisense oligonucleotides and all-trans retinoic acid have a synergistic anti-tumor effect on oral squamous cell carcinoma (2008)

Xu, Qin, Zhang, Zhiyuan, Zhang, Ping, Chen, Wantao

Abstract Background Antisense oligonucleotides against hTR (As-ODN-hTR) have shown promising results as treatment strategies for various human malignancies. All-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) is a...

Quasienergy spectra of a charged particle in planar honeycomb lattices (2008)

Zhang, Wei, Zhang, Ping, Duan, Suqing, Zhao, Xian-Geng

The low energy spectrum of a particle in planar honeycomb lattices is conical, which leads to the unusual electronic properties of graphene. In this letter we calculate the quasienergy spectra of a...

Re-Examining IT Enabled Change with a New Model of the Information Field: The Tiger Creek Case (2008)

Xiaozhong Liu, Robert Benjamin, Ping Zhang

This paper demonstrates the application of a new model of the Information Field (I-Model) (Zhang & Benjamin 2006) to deconstructing case studies in the information field so that they can be...

A Neural-genetic Algorithm for Feature Selection and Breast Abnormality Classification in Digital Mammography (2008)

Ping Zhang

Abstract——Digital mammography is one of the most suitable methods for early detection of breast cancer. It uses digital mammograms to find suspicious areas. However, it is very difficult to...

Abstract (2008)

Enterprise Workflow, Ping Zhang, Nicoleta Serban

This work was motivated by a recent experience where we need to develop enterprise operational reports when the underlying business process is not entirely known, a common situation for large...

of the Academy of Management) Doctoral Consortium Participant (2008)

Na (lina Li, Advisor Prof, Ping Zhang, Advisor Prof, Xinzhou Xie

Research Interests My research interests lie in management information systems (MIS) and human-computer interaction (HCI) in the organizational and business contexts. Over the past few years, I have...

Li and Zhang Assessing Perceived Affective Quality of IT ABSTRACT A Research Agenda toward Assessing Perceived Affective Quality of IT (2008)

Na Li, Ping Zhang

Most IT evaluation and usage studies emphasize cognition or high-order affective reactions that come from more deliberate cognitive processing. A primitive concept, perceived affective quality (PAQ)...

Abstract Toward E-Commerce Websites Evaluation and Use: An Affective Perspective (2008)

Na (lina Li, Ping Zhang

Most studies dedicated to e-commerce website evaluation and use are based on two assumptions. One is that a target customer usually spends at least a few minutes no matter he/she likes the website or...

the Association for Computing Machinery (CACM), Forthcoming (2008)

Ping Zhang, Na Li

Affect (mood, emotion, feelings) is a fundamental aspect of human beings and is found to influence reflex, perception, cognition, and behavior [6,7]. Studies in organizational behavior, marketing,...

Examples of smooth maps with finitely many critical points in dimensions $(4,3)$, $(8,5)$ and $(16,9)$ (2008)

Funar, Louis, Pintea, Cornel, Zhang, Ping

We consider manifolds $M^{2n}$ which admit smooth maps into a connected sum of $S^1\times S^n$ with only finitely many critical points, for $n\in\{2,4,8\}$, and compute the minimal number of critical...

Examples of smooth maps with finitely many critical points in dimensions $(4,3)$, $(8,5)$ and $(16,9)$ (2008)

Funar, Louis, Pintea, Cornel, Zhang, Ping

We consider manifolds $M^{2n}$ which admit smooth maps into a connected sum of $S^1\times S^n$ with only finitely many critical points, for $n\in\{2,4,8\}$, and compute the minimal number of critical...

Examples of smooth maps with finitely many critical points in dimensions $(4,3)$, $(8,5)$ and $(16,9)$ (2008)

Funar, Louis, Pintea, Cornel, Zhang, Ping

We consider manifolds $M^{2n}$ which admit smooth maps into a connected sum of $S^1\times S^n$ with only finitely many critical points, for $n\in\{2,4,8\}$, and compute the minimal number of critical...

Phase I Trial of Escalating-dose Cisplatin with 5-fluorouracil and Concurrent Radiotherapy in Chinese Patients with Esophageal Cancer (2008)

Lin, Qiang, Gao, Xian-Shu, Qiao, Xue-Ying, Zhou, Zhi-Guo, Zhang, Ping, Chen, Kun, ...

We defined the maximum-tolerated dose (MTD) of chemoradiotherapy (cisplatin (CDDP) with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and concurrent chemoradiotherapy) for Chinese patients with esophageal cancer. Twenty-one...

Advances in Appreciative Inquiry series, Elsevier. Toward a Positive Design Theory: Principles for Designing Motivating Information and Communication Technology (2008)

Ping Zhang

Due to the strategic, economic, and social significance of information and communication technology development and use, a better understanding of factors that contribute to technology acceptance and...

Business Information Visualization: Guidance for Research and Practice Published in (2008)

Dr. Ping Zhang

Business Information Visualization is a relatively new field and has just started to gain researchers ' and practitioners ' attention. Similar to Scientific Visualization and Information...

* D'epartement de Math'ematiques (2008)

Xue Ping Wang, Ping Zhang

Abstract We study the high frequency limit of the Helmholtz equation with variable refraction index and a source term concentrated near a p-dimensional affine subspace. Under some conditions, we...

Pop-up Animations: Impact and implications for website design and online advertising (2008)

Ping Zhang

Owing to the rapid growth of Internet technologies, website designs and online advertisements with pop-up animations have affected and will continue to affect millions of people. Our understanding of...

University Press, Beijing, China. HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION (2008)

Citation Zhang, P. D. Galletta, N. Li, H. Sun (forthcoming, A Chapter, Book Tsinghua, ...

Abstract: This chapter presents a comprehensive picture of an important sub-discipline of the IS/MIS field, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). It depicts the substances of the subdiscipline on its...

(MIS) Literature: A Critical Survey Abstract (2008)

Ping Zhang, U. Yeliz Eseryel

Tasks and task analysis play an important role in broad Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) research, based on the view that users utilize technologies to support their primary tasks. Several models and...

What Makes Customers Shop Online? (2008)

Na Li, Ping Zhang

Electronic commerce Customer Relationship Management (e-CRM) has emerged to be a fundamental research area as business-to-customer (B2C) e-commerce is growing at a phenomenal rate. Among the many...

Research Article Causal Relationships between Perceived Enjoyment and Perceived Ease of Use: An Alternative Approach 1 Abstract (2008)

Heshan Sun, Ping Zhang

Identifying causal relationships is an important aspect of scientific inquiry. Causal relationships help us to infer, predict, and plan. This research investigates the causal relationships between...

Applying Markus and Robey’s Causal Structure to Examine User Technology Acceptance Research: A New Approach (2008)

Heshan Sun, Ping Zhang

[Abstract]: The majority of research on user technology acceptance focuses on the individual user’s beliefs, attitudes, and behavioral intentions toward technology use. In this paper, we attempt to...

Systems (2008)

Citation Galletta, Ping Zhang, M. E. Sharpe, Dennis Galletta, Ping Zhang

In this introduction to the second of the two complementary volumes, we provide a general context of applications of HCI research in MIS and then preview all papers in the second volume. This volume...

Zhang and Li/Intellectual Development of HCI Research IS RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES ARTICLE The Intellectual Development of Human-Computer Interaction Research: A Critical Assessment of the MIS Literature (1990-2002) 1 (2008)

Ping Zhang, Na (lina Li

As one of the five research streams of the Management Information Systems (MIS) discipline, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) was predicted to resurge in the postmillennium era. To date, however, few...

Fundamental Reasons for ICT Design and Use (2008)

Motivational Affordances, Ping Zhang

© ACM, forthcoming. This is the author’s version of the work. It is posted here by permission of ACM for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive version will be published soon.

Research Model (2008)

Heshan Sun, Ping Zhang

Abstract: While most existing models or theories in IS focus on the cognitive and behavioral aspects of human decision-making processes and individual level reactions to using technologies in...

Understanding Prediction Systems for HLA-Binding Peptides and T-cell Epitope Identification (2008)

Liwen You, Ping Zhang, Mikael Bodén, Vladimir Brusic

Abstract. Peptide binding to HLA molecules is a critical step in induction and regulation of T-cell mediated immune responses. Because of combinatorial complexity of immune responses, systematic...

Zhang, et al. Integrating HCI in SDLC Integrating Human-Computer Interaction Development into SDLC: A Methodology ABSTRACT (2008)

Ping Zhang, Jane Carey, Marilyn Tremaine

Incorporating a human computer interaction (HCI) perspective into the systems development life cycle (SDLC) is critical to information systems (IS) success and in turn to the success of businesses....

An Aspect-Oriented Approach to Design and Develop Hypermedia Documents (2008)

Ping Zhang

I hereby declare that I am the sole author of this thesis. This is a true copy of the thesis, including any required final revisions, as accepted by my examiners. I understand that my thesis may be...

Myneni, “Validation of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer leaf area index product in croplands of Alpilles (2008)

Bin Tan, Jiannan Hu, Ping Zhang, Dong Huang, Nikolay Shabanov, Marie Weiss, ...

collected in a 3 3 km agricultural (grasses and cereal crops) area near Avignon, France, and 30 m resolution Enhanced Thematic Mapper (ETM+) image. Estimates of the accuracy, precision, and...

Edge states and the integer quantum Hall effect of spin-chiral ferromagnetic kagome lattice with a general spin coupling (2008)

Wang, Zhigang, Zhang, Ping

The chiral edge states and the quantized Hall conductance (QHC) in the two-dimensional kagom\'{e} lattice with spin anisotropies included in a general Hund's coupling region are studied. This...

Orbital magnetization and its effects in spin-chiral ferromagnetic kagome lattice in the general spin-coupling region (2008)

Wang, Zhigang, Zhang, Ping

The orbital magnetization and its effects on the two-dimensional kagom\'{e} lattice with spin anisotropies included in the general Hund's coupling region have been theoretically studied. The results...

(S)-1-Hydroxypropan-2-aminium (2R,3R)-3-carboxy-2,3-dihydroxypropanoate monohydrate (2008)

Xin-Yu Tang, Xi-Long Yan, Ping Zhang, Ling Qin, Yueguang Yin

The chiral title compound, C4H10NO+·C4H5O6−·H2O, is a hydrated molecular salt in which the tartaric acid has transferred one proton to the (S)-2-aminopropan-1-ol molecule. The crystal...

2-(4-Chlorobenzoylmethyl)-2H-1,4-benzothiazin-3(4H)-one (2008)

Ping Zhang, Na Du, Lan-Zhi Wang, Yuan Li

The six-membered heterocyclic ring in the title compound, C16H12ClNO2S, exists in a conformation intermediate between twist-boat and chair. A one-dimensional chain structure is formed as a result of...

Examples of smooth maps with finitely many critical points in dimensions $(4,3)$, $(8,5)$ and $(16,9)$ (2008)

Funar, Louis, Pintea, Cornel, Zhang, Ping

We consider manifolds $M^{2n}$ which admit smooth maps into a connected sum of $S^1\times S^n$ with only finitely many critical points, for $n\in\{2,4,8\}$, and compute the minimal number of critical...

Examples of smooth maps with finitely many critical points in dimensions $(4,3)$, $(8,5)$ and $(16,9)$ (2008)

Funar, Louis, Pintea, Cornel, Zhang, Ping

We consider manifolds $M^{2n}$ which admit smooth maps into a connected sum of $S^1\times S^n$ with only finitely many critical points, for $n\in\{2,4,8\}$, and compute the minimal number of critical...

Initial report on a phase I clinical trial: Prevention and treatment of post-operative Acute Kidney Injury with allogeneic Mesenchymal Stem Cells in patients who require on-pump cardiac surgery (2008)

Anna Gooch, John Doty, Jean Flores, LeAnne Swenson, Florian E Toegel, George R Reiss, ...

Based on our extensive pre-clinical data that show that ischemia/reperfusion-induced Acute Kidney Injury (AKI), an essentially treatment resistant complication in patients, can be effectively treated...

Unitary Space Vector Quantization Codebook Design for Precoding MIMO System (2008)

WU, Ping, LI, Lihua, ZHANG, Ping

In a codebook based precoding MIMO system, the precoding codebook significantly determines the system performance. Consequently, it is crucial to design the precoding codebook, which is related to...

Subacute Oral Exposure to Dibromoacetic Acid Induced Immunotoxicity and Apoptosis in the Spleen and Thymus of the mice (2008)

Gao, Shuying, Wang, Yan, Zhang, Ping, Dong, Yucui, Li, Baixiang

Dibromoacetic acid (DBA) is a haloacetic acid that is present in drinking water as a by-product of chlorinated disinfection. To evaluate its potential adverse health effects, the immunotoxicological...

Global Smooth Solutions to the 2-D Nonhomogeneous Navier-Stokes Equations (2008)

Zhang, Ping

In two space dimensions and under the assumptions that the initial density ρ0 has a positive lower bound and the initial data for s>2, we prove the global existence and uniqueness of smooth...

NDRG1, a growth and cancer related gene: regulation of gene expression and function in normal and disease states (2008)

Ellen, Thomas P., Ke, Qingdong, Zhang, Ping, Costa, Max

N-myc downstream-regulated gene 1 (NDRG1) is an intracellular protein that is induced under a wide variety of stress and cell growth-regulatory conditions. NDRG1 is up-regulated by cell...

First-principles LDA+U and GGA+U study of plutonium oxides (2007)

Sun, Bo, Zhang, Ping, Zhao, Xian-Geng

The electronic structure and properties of PuO$_{2}$ and Pu$_{2}$O$_{3}$ have been studied from first principles by the all-electron projector-augmented-wave (PAW) method. The local density...

Expression profiling on soybean leaves reveals integration of ER- and osmotic-stress pathways (2007)

Irsigler, André ST, Costa, Maximiller DL, Zhang, Ping, Reis, Pedro AB, Dewey, Ralph E, Boston, Rebecca S, ...

Abstract Background Despite the potential of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response to accommodate adaptive pathways, its integration with other environmental-induced responses is poorly...

Arithmetic Properties of Generalized Euler Numbers (2007)

Ping Zhang, Bruce E. Sagan, Bruce E. Sagan

The generalized Euler number E njk counts the number of permutations of f1; 2; : : : ; ng which have a descent in position m if and only if m is divisible by k. The classical Euler numbers are the...

Macro Prediction with Micro Models: A New Model Selection Paradigm (2007)

Ping Zhang

The idea of using the accumulated prediction error, or APE, as a model selection criterion was originally proposed in the time series context. This article attempts to extend the use of APE to the...

A NOVEL CHANNEL ESTIMATION METHOD FOR COMBATING FAST FADING IN TDD SYSTEM (2007)

Ming Lei, Xiaofeng Tao, Ping Zhang

Abstract- For TDD system, we propose a novel channel estimation method based on the third-order interpolation, the least-square approximation [1] and the partition of the training sequence. We also...

Image Construction Rules for Visualizing the Non-Visual Managerial Data (2007)

Dr. Ping Zhang

Data representations and their impact on decision making performance have been a subject of Information Systems research for a long time [Benbasat et al. 86, DeSanctis 84, DeSanctis & Jarvenpaa...

EFFECTS OF ALLOCATED ATTENTION ON VISUAL SEARCH TASKS: A WEB-BASED EXPERIMENT ON ANIMATION INTERFERENCE (2007)

Ping Zhang, Gilbert Maker

This paper reports a study on the role of a subject’s intention on animation interference. Experiment results show that first, experiment instruction can sometimes eliminate animation interference....

AMCIS 2002 PANELS AND WORKSHOPS I: HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION RESEARCH IN THE MIS DISCIPLINE (2007)

Ping Zhang, Izak Benbasat, Jane Carey, Fred Davis, Dennis Galletta, Diane Strong

Human Computer Interaction(HCI) or Human Factors studies in MIS are concerned with the ways humans interact with information, technologies, and tasks, especially in business, managerial,...

Important design features in different web site domains,” E-Service (2007)

Ping Zhang, Paul Blake, Veerapong Pipithsuksunt

This study uses an inductive thematic analysis approach to examine userperceptions on the importance of lb site designjatures in six diflbrent lb site domains: Financial e-Commerce, Entertainment,...

DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF A BUSINESS INFORMATION VISUALIZATION SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING PRODUCTION PLANNING SUPPORT (2007)

Ping Zhang, Peng Si Ow, Andrew B. Whinston

In most management domains, problem-solving and decision-making are overwhelming because of the high volume of complicated data, the multiple complex relationships among data, the negotiability of...

Abstract Distance Teaching a Graduate Course on Information Systems Analysis and Design (2007)

Ping Zhang

A graduate distance course on Information Systems Analysis and Design was designed and delivered under the guidance of the following four philosophies: (1) an effective education is a...

THE IMPACT OF ANIMATION TIMING AND LOCATION ON VISUAL SEARCH TASK PERFORMANCE IN THE WEB ENVIRONMENT (2007)

Ping Zhang

Research results from a previous study show that animation as non-primary information significantly reduces information-seeking performance in a web-based environment (Zhang 2000). This study...

TRUST IN ORGANIZATIONAL ACCEPTANCE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: A CONCEPTUAL MODEL AND PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE (2007)

Nora I. Misiolek, Norhayati Zakaria, Ping Zhang

Abstract: Drawing on the existing theoretical literature, a conceptual model of trust is developed. The model suggests that trust in technology, institutional trust, and social trust are three...

Zhang & Massad, The Impact of Animation: A Multi-Year Study THE IMPACT OF ANIMATION ON VISUAL SEARCH TASKS IN A WEB ENVIRONMENT: A MULTI-YEAR STUDY (2007)

Ping Zhang, Nelson Massad

Research results from a previous study show that animation as non-primary information significantly reduces information-seeking performance in a web-based environment (Zhang, 1999, 2000)....

Time estimation. (2007)

David M. Weiss, David Bennett, John Y. Payseur, Pat Tendick, Ping Zhang

Companies that engage in multi-site, multi-project software development continually face the problem of how to understand and improve their software development capabilities. We have defined and...

ON SPHERICALLY SYMMETRIC SOLUTIONS OF THE COMPRESSIBLE ISENTROPIC NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS (2007)

Song Jiang, Ping Zhang

Abstract. We prove the global existence of weak solutions to the Cauchy problem for the compressible isentropic Navier-Stokes equations in R n (n = 2; 3) when the Cauchy data are spherically...

Edge states and the integer quantum Hall conductance in spin-chiral ferromagnetic kagome lattice (2007)

Wang, Zhigang, Zhang, Ping

We investigate the chiral edge states in the two-dimensional ferromagntic kagom\'{e} lattice with spin anisotropies included. The system is periodic in the $x$ direction but has two edges in the $y$...

Sulfatide binding properties of murine and human antiganglioside antibodies (2007)

Townson, Kate, Greenshields, Kay N, Veitch, Jean, Nicholl, Dawn, Eckhardt, Matthias, Galanina, Oxana, ...

Antiganglioside antibodies form an important component of the innate and adaptive B cell repertoire, where they provide antimicrobial activity through binding encapsulated bacterial glycans. In an...

Asymptotic variational wave equations (2007)

Bressan, Alberto, Zhang, Ping, Zheng, Yuxi

We investigate the equation $(u_t + (f(u))_x)_x = f''(u) (u_x)^2/2$ where $f(u)$ is a given smooth function. Typically $f(u)= u^2/2$ or $u^3/3$. This equation models unidirectional and weakly...

Equation of state for shock-compressed porous molybdenum from first-principles mean-field potential calculations (2007)

Zhang, Qili, Zhang, Ping, Zhang, Gongmu, Liu, Haifeng

The Hugoniot curves for shock-compressed molybdenum with initial porosities of 1.0, 1.26, 1.83, and 2.31 are theoretically investigated. The method of calculations combines the first-principles...

Atomic oxygen adsorption and incipient oxidation of the Pb(111) surface: A density-functional theory study (2007)

Sun, Bo, Zhang, Ping, Wang, Zhigang, Duan, Suqing, Zhao, Xian-Geng, Ma, Xuchun, ...

We study the atomic oxygen adsorption on Pb(111) surface by using density-functional theory within the generalized gradient approximation and a supercell approach. The atomic and energetic properties...

Disentanglement of two qubits coupled to an XY spin chain: Role of quantum phase transition (2007)

Yuan, Zi-Gang, Zhang, Ping, Li, Shu-Shen

We study the disentanglement of two spin qubits which interact with a general XY spin-chain environment. The dynamical process of the disentanglement is numerically and analytically investigated in...

Orbital magnetization and its effect in antiferromagnets on the distorted fcc lattice (2007)

Wang, Zhigang, Zhang, Ping, Shi, Junren

We study the intrinsic orbital magnetization (OM) in antiferromagnets on the distorted face-centered-cubic lattice. The combined lattice distortion and spin frustration induce nontrivial $k$-space...

Conserved spin Hall conductance in two dimensional electron gas in a perpendicular magnetic field (2007)

Wang, Zhigang, Zhang, Ping

Using the microscopic theory of the conserved spin current [Phys. Rev. Lett. \textbf{96}, 076604 (2006)], we investigate the spin Hall effect in the two dimensional electron gas system with a...

Orbital magnetization and its effects in spin-chiral ferromagnetic Kagome lattice (2007)

Wang, Zhigang, Zhang, Ping

Recently, Berry phase in the semiclassical dynamical of Bloch electrons has been found to make a correction to the phase-space density of states and a general multi-band formula for...

On the blowing up of solutions to quantum hydrodynamic models on bounded domains (2007)

Gamba, Irene M., Gualdani, Maria Pia, Zhang, Ping

The blow-up in finite time for the solutions to the initial-boundary value problem associated to the multi-dimensional quantum hydrodynamic model in a bounded domain is proved. The model consists on...

First-Principles Calculation of Be(0001) Thin Films: Quantum Size Effect and Adsorption of Atomic Hydrogen (2007)

Zhang, Ping, Song, Hong-Zhou

We have carried out first-principles calculations of Be(0001) thin films to study the oscillatory quantum size effects exhibited in the surface energy, work function, and binding energy of the atomic...

First-Principles calculation of atomic hydrogen adsorption on Be(10\={1}0) thin films (2007)

Zhang, Ping, Song, Hong-Zhou

We present a first-principles study of the atomic hydrogen adsorption onto the Be(10\={1}0) thin film. There are two types of Be(10\={1}0) surfaces according to the interlayer spacing between the...

Mean-field potential calculations of high-pressure equation of state for shock-compressed BeO (2007)

Zhang, Qili, Zhang, Ping, Song, Haifeng, Liu, Haifeng

A systematic study of the Hugoniot equation of state, phase transition, and the other thermodynamic properties including the Hugoniot temperature, the electronic and ionic heat capacities, and the...

Theory of conserved spin current and its application to two dimensional hole gas (2007)

Zhang, Ping, Wang, Zhigang, Shi, Junren, Xiao, Di, Niu, Qian

We present a detailed microscopic theory of the conserved spin current which is introduced by us [Phys. Rev. Lett. \textbf{96}, 196602 (2006)] and satisfies the spin continuity equation even for...

First-principles calculations of Cu(001) thin films: quantum size effect in surface energetics and surface chemical reactivities (2007)

Sun, Bo, Zhang, Ping, Duan, Suqing, Zhao, Xian-Geng, Shi, Junren, Xue, Qi-Kun

First-principles calculations of Cu(001) free-standing thin films have been performed to investigate the oscillatory quantum size effects exhibited in surface energy, work function, atomic...

A Novel neural-genetic algorithm to find the most significant combination of features in digital mammograms (2007)

Zhang, Ping.

Digital mammography is one of the most suitable methods for early detection of breast cancer. It uses digital mammograms to find suspicious areas containing benign and malignant microcalcifications....

Monoindole Alkaloids from a Marine Sponge Spongosorites sp. (2007)

Baoquan Bao, Ping Zhang, Yoonmi Lee, Jongki Hong, Chong-O. Lee, Jee H. Jung

Seven (1−7) monoindole derivatives were isolated from the MeOH extract of a marine sponge Spongosorites sp. by bioactivity-guided fractionation. The planar structures were established on...

ABSTRACT (2007)

Ping Zhang, Ping Zhang Phd

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my adviser, Professor Jung-Chin Chiao, for all of his support, guidance, and encouragements throughout my graduate study at UTA. It was because of him...

A Novel neural-genetic algorithm to find the most significant combination of features in digital mammograms (2007)

Verma, Brijesh., Zhang, Ping.

Digital mammography is one of the most suitable methods for early detection of breast cancer. It uses digital mammograms to find suspicious areas containing benign and malignant microcalcifications....

Solid phase immunoadsorption for therapeutic and analytical studies on neuropathy-associated anti-GM1 antibodies (2007)

Townson, Kate, Boffey, Judith, Nicholl, Dawn, Veitch, Jean, Bundle, David, Zhang, Ping, ...

Autoimmune neuropathies including Guillain-Barré syndrome are frequently associated with anti-GM1 ganglioside antibodies. These are believed to play a pathogenic role and their clearance from the...

A Hybrid Approach Based on Genetic Algorithms in Conjunction with Statistical Methods for the Diagnosis of Breast Cancer (2006)

Verma, Brijesh, Zhang, Ping, Kumar, Kuldeep

This chapter reviews and presents genetic algorithms and statistical methods based approach for early detection and classification of breast cancer using digital mammography. A feature selection...

A Hybrid Approach Based on Genetic Algorithms in Conjunction with Statistical Methods for the Diagnosis of Breast Cancer (2006)

Verma, Brijesh, Zhang, Ping, Kumar, Kuldeep

This chapter reviews and presents genetic algorithms and statistical methods based approach for early detection and classification of breast cancer using digital mammography. A feature selection...

Analysing Feature Significance from Various Systems for Mass Diagnosis (2006)

Zhang, Ping, Kumar, Kuldeep

This paper compares a few classification models for mass classification and analyzes the feature significance for mass classification using various models. It involves a few algorithms for feature...

Analysing Feature Significance from Various Systems for Mass Diagnosis (2006)

Zhang, Ping, Kumar, Kuldeep

This paper compares a few classification models for mass classification and analyzes the feature significance for mass classification using various models. It involves a few algorithms for feature...

First-Principles Calculation of Mg(0001) Thin Films: Quantum Size Effect and Adsorption of Atomic Hydrogen (2006)

Zhang, Ping

We have carried out first-principles calculation of Mg(0001) free-standing thin films to study the oscillatory quantum size effect exhibited in the surface energy, work function, interlayer...

Low compressible noble metal carbides with rock-salt structure: ab initio total energy calculations of the elastic stability (2006)

Fan, Chang-Zeng, Zeng, Song-Yan, Zhan, Zai-Ji, Liu, Ri-Ping, Wang, Wen-Kui, Zhang, Ping, ...

We have systematically studied the mechanical stability of all noble metal carbides with the rock-salt structure by calculating their elastic constants within the density function theory scheme. It...

Potential super-hard Osmium di-nitride with fluorite structure: First-principles calculations (2006)

Fan, Chang-Zeng, Zeng, Song-Yan, Li, Li-Xin, Liu, Ri-Ping, Wang, Wen-Kui, Zhang, Ping, ...

We have performed systematic first-principles calculations on di-carbide, -nitride, -oxide and -boride of platinum and osmium with the fluorite structure. It is found that only PtN$_{2}$, OsN$_{2}$...

Loschmidt Echo and Berry phase of the quantum system coupled to the XY spin chain: Proximity to quantum phase transition (2006)

Yuan, Zi-Gang, Zhang, Ping, Li, Shu-Shen

We study the Loschmidt echo (LE) of a coupled system consisting of a central spin and its surrounding environment described by a general XY spin-chain model. The quantum dynamics of the LE is shown...

Application of Decision Trees for Mass Classification in Mammography (2006)

Kumar, Kuldeep, Zhang, Ping, Verma, Brijesh

This paper discusses the effectiveness of using decision trees for mass classification in mammography. The decision tree algorithms implemented by CART (Classification and Regression Trees) and See5...

Application of Decision Trees for Mass Classification in Mammography (2006)

Kumar, Kuldeep, Zhang, Ping, Verma, Brijesh

This paper discusses the effectiveness of using decision trees for mass classification in mammography. The decision tree algorithms implemented by CART (Classification and Regression Trees) and See5...

Theoretical and Experimental Approaches to Institutional Design: Applications to IPO Auctions and Weighted Voting Games (2006)

Zhang, Ping

Multiple solutions often exist in both non-cooperative and cooperative games. In this thesis we use game theoretical arguments and experiments to examine multiplicity in two different areas, namely...

A Hybrid Approach Based on Genetic Algorithms in Conjunction with Statistical Methods for the Diagnosis of Breast Cancer (2006)

Verma, Brijesh, Zhang, Ping, Kumar, Kuldeep

This chapter reviews and presents genetic algorithms and statistical methods based approach for early detection and classification of breast cancer using digital mammography. A feature selection...

Periodic phase separation: A numerical study via a modified Cahn-Hilliard equation (2006)

Zhang, Ping

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Department of Mathematics - Simon Fraser University

Interference mitigation for coexistence of heterogeneous ultra-wideband systems (2006)

Zhang, Yongjing, Wu, Haitao, Zhang, Qian, Zhang, Ping

Two ultra-wideband (UWB) specifications, that is, direct-sequence (DS) UWB and multiband-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MB-OFDM) UWB, have been proposed as the candidates of the IEEE...

Investigation of grinding wheel loading / (2006)

Zhang, Ping.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Michigan Technological University, 2006.

A Hybrid Approach Based on Genetic Algorithms in Conjunction with Statistical Methods for the Diagnosis of Breast Cancer (2006)

Verma, Brijesh, Zhang, Ping, Kumar, Kuldeep

This chapter reviews and presents genetic algorithms and statistical methods based approach for early detection and classification of breast cancer using digital mammography. A feature selection...

Analysing Feature Significance from Various Systems for Mass Diagnosis (2006)

Zhang, Ping, Kumar, Kuldeep

This paper compares a few classification models for mass classification and analyzes the feature significance for mass classification using various models. It involves a few algorithms for feature...

Application of Decision Trees for Mass Classification in Mammography (2006)

Kumar, Kuldeep, Zhang, Ping, Verma, Brijesh

This paper discusses the effectiveness of using decision trees for mass classification in mammography. The decision tree algorithms implemented by CART (Classification and Regression Trees) and See5...

A Hybrid Approach Based on Genetic Algorithms in Conjunction with Statistical Methods for the Diagnosis of Breast Cancer (2006)

Zhang, Ping., Kumar, Kuldeep.

This chapter reviews and presents genetic algorithms and statistical methods based approach for early detection and classification of breast cancer using digital mammography. A feature selection...

Application of decision trees for mass classification in mammography (2006)

Kumar, Kuldeep., Zhang, Ping.

This paper discusses the effectiveness of using decision trees for mass classification in mammography. The decision tree algorithms implemented by CART (Classification and Regression Trees) and See5...

A Hybrid Approach Based on Genetic Algorithms in Conjunction with Statistical Methods for the Diagnosis of Breast Cancer (2006)

Verma, Brijesh, Zhang, Ping, Kumar, Kuldeep

This chapter reviews and presents genetic algorithms and statistical methods based approach for early detection and classification of breast cancer using digital mammography. A feature selection...

Analysing Feature Significance from Various Systems for Mass Diagnosis (2006)

Zhang, Ping, Kumar, Kuldeep

This paper compares a few classification models for mass classification and analyzes the feature significance for mass classification using various models. It involves a few algorithms for feature...

Application of Decision Trees for Mass Classification in Mammography (2006)

Kumar, Kuldeep, Zhang, Ping, Verma, Brijesh

This paper discusses the effectiveness of using decision trees for mass classification in mammography. The decision tree algorithms implemented by CART (Classification and Regression Trees) and See5...

Human-Computer Interaction and Management Information Systems: Foundations (2006)

Jane Carey, Dennis Galletta, Jinwoo Kim, Barbara Wildemuth, Ping Zhang

This article presents a multifaceted case for the inclusion of the important Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) subject matter at both the graduate and undergraduate levels of the Association of...

The importance of measurement errors for deriving accurate reference leaf area index maps for validation Moderate Resolution satellite LAI products (2006)

Dong Huang, Wenze Yang, Bin Tan, Miina Rautiainen, Ping Zhang, Jiannan Hu, ...

Abstract—The validation of moderate-resolution satellite leaf area index (LAI) products such as those operationally generated from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor...

Understanding Information Related Fields: A Conceptual Framework (2006)

Ping Zhang, Robert I. Benjamin

Many scientific fields share common interests for research and education. Yet, very often, these fields do not communicate to each other and are unaware of the work in other fields. Understanding the...

The role of moderating factors in user technology acceptance (2006)

Heshan Sun, Ping Zhang

Communicated by S. Wiedenbeck Along with increasing investments in new technologies, user technology acceptance becomes a frequently studied topic in the information systems discipline. The last two...

Theoretical and Experimental Approaches to Institutional Design: Applications to IPO Auctions and Weighted Voting Games (2006)

Zhang, Ping

Multiple solutions often exist in both non-cooperative and cooperative games. In this thesis we use game theoretical arguments and experiments to examine multiplicity in two different areas, namely...

A Hybrid Approach Based on Genetic Algorithms in Conjunction with Statistical Methods for the Diagnosis of Breast Cancer (2006)

Verma, Brijesh., Zhang, Ping., Kumar, Kuldeep.

This chapter reviews and presents genetic algorithms and statistical methods based approach for early detection and classification of breast cancer using digital mammography. A feature selection...

Application of decision trees for mass classification in mammography (2006)

Kumar, Kuldeep., Zhang, Ping., Verma, Brijesh.

This paper discusses the effectiveness of using decision trees for mass classification in mammography. The decision tree algorithms implemented by CART (Classification and Regression Trees) and See5...

An Exploration of Affect Factors and Their Role in User Technology Acceptance: Mediation and Causality (2006)

Heshan Sun, Ping Zhang

Affect factors have gained researchers ’ attention in a number of fields. The Information Systems (IS) literature, however, shows some gaps and inconsistencies regarding the role of affect factors...

Interference Mitigation for Coexistence of Heterogeneous Ultra-Wideband Systems (2006)

Yongjing Zhang, Haitao Wu, Qian Zhang, Ping Zhang

Two ultra-wideband (UWB) specifications, that is, direct-sequence (DS) UWB and multiband-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MB-OFDM) UWB, have been proposed as the candidates of the IEEE...

Different activation patterns of rat xenobiotic metabolism genes by two constituents of garlic (2006)

Zhang, Ping, Noordine, Marie-Louise, Cherbuy, Claire, Vaugelade, Pierre, Pascussi, Jean Marc, Duée, Pierre-Henri, ...

Diallyl sulfide (DAS) and diallyl disulfide (DADS) are natural components that could account for the anticarcinogenic properties of garlic, at least in part, through the activation of xenobiotic...

Solid phase immunoadsorption for therapeutic and analytical studies on neuropathy-associated anti-GM1 antibodies (2006)

Townson, Kate, Boffey, Judith, Nicholl, Dawn, Veitch, Jean, Bundle, David, Zhang, Ping, ...

Autoimmune neuropathies including Guillain-Barré syndrome are frequently associated with anti-GM1 ganglioside antibodies. These are believed to play a pathogenic role and their clearance from the...

Different activation patterns of rat xenobiotic metabolism genes by two constituents of garlic (2006)

Zhang, Ping, Noordine, Marie-Louise, Cherbuy, Claire, Vaugelade, Pierre, Pascussi, Jean Marc, Duée, Pierre-Henri, ...

DAS (diallyl sulfide) and DADS (diallyl disulfide) are natural components that could account for the anticarcinogenic properties of garlic, at least in part, through the activation of xenobiotic...

Solid phase immunoadsorption for therapeutic and analytical studies on neuropathy-associated anti-GM1 antibodies (2006)

Townson, Kate, Boffey, Judith, Nicholl, Dawn, Veitch, Jean, Bundle, David, Zhang, Ping, ...

Autoimmune neuropathies including Guillain-Barré syndrome are frequently associated with anti-GM1 ganglioside antibodies. These are believed to play a pathogenic role and their clearance from the...

Reliable Recognition of Handwritten Digits Using A Cascade Ensemble Classifier System and Hybrid Features (2006)

Ping Zhang

1.1 OCR: the Motivation Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is a branch of pattern recognition, and also a branch of computer vision. OCR has been extensively researched for more than four decades....

On A Proper Definition of Spin Current (2005)

Shi, Junren, Zhang, Ping, Xiao, Di, Niu, Qian

The conventional definition of spin current is incomplete and unphysical in describing spin transport in systems with spin-orbit coupling. A proper and measurable spin current is established in this...

On Asymptotic Variational Wave Equations (2005)

Bressan, Alberto, Zhang, Ping, Zheng, Yuxi

We investigate the equation $(u_t + (f(u))_x)_x = f''(u) (u_x)^2/2$ where $f(u)$ is a given smooth function. Typically $f(u)= u^2/2$ or $u^3/3$. This equation models unidirectional and weakly...

An Aspect-Oriented Approach to Design and Develop Hypermedia Documents (2005)

Zhang, Ping

Hypermedia applications can be defined as collections of interactive multimedia documents that are organized as a hypertext net. The variety of application domains and the complexity of the...

An Aspect-Oriented Approach to Design and Develop Hypermedia Documents (2005)

Zhang, Ping

Hypermedia applications can be defined as collections of interactive multimedia documents that are organized as a hypertext net. The variety of application domains and the complexity of the...

Neural vs statistical classifier in conjunction with genetic algorithm based feature selection (2005)

Zhang, Ping., Kumar, Kuldeep.

Digital mammography is one of the most suitable methods for early detection of breast cancer. It uses digital mammograms to find suspicious areas containing benign and malignant microcalcifications....

Climate-Variability Impact Index (2005)

Ping Zhang, Bruce Anderson, Bin Tan, Dong Huang, Ranga Myneni

monitoring of crop production using a satellite-based

Flow in Computer-Mediated Environments: Promises and Challenges (2005)

Christina M. Finneran, Ping Zhang

This paper provides a critical review to analyze the promises and important challenges of studying flow, a psychological state, in the computer-mediated environments (CME). Despite the strong...

Drivers for Customer Perceived Software Quality (2005)

Audris Mockus, Ping Zhang

Predicting software quality as perceived by a customer may allow an organization to adjust deployment to meet the quality expectations of its customers, to allocate the appropriate amount of...

Predictors of customer perceived software quality (2005)

Audris Mockus, Ping Zhang

Predicting software quality as perceived by a customer may allow an organization to adjust deployment to meet the quality expectations of its customers, to allocate the appropriate amount of...

A hybrid classifier for mass classification with different kinds of features in mammography (2005)

Zhang, Ping., Kumar, K., Verma, Brijesh.

This paper proposes a hybrid system which combines computer extracted features and human interpreted features from the mammogram, with the statistical classifier's output as another kind of features...

Optimization of parameters for effective web information retrieval using an evolutionary algorithm (2005)

Zakos, John., Zhang, Ping., Verma, Brijesh.

In this paper we present an approach based on the application of an evolutionary algorithm to optimally tune the parameters of a novel technique for effective web information retrieval. Context...

Neural vs statistical classifier in conjunction with genetic algorithm based feature selection (2005)

Zhang, Ping., Verma, Brijesh., Kumar, Kuldeep.

Digital mammography is one of the most suitable methods for early detection of breast cancer. It uses digital mammograms to find suspicious areas containing benign and malignant microcalcifications....

The Importance of Affective Quality (2005)

Ping Zhang, Na Li

Users aren’t always rational logical beings— emotion plays an often overlooked role in user acceptance of technology. Affect, a term that encompasses mood, emotions, and feelings, is a...

Subband Selection and Handover of OFDMA System over Frequency Selective Channel (2005)

QIANG, Jianfeng, HARADA, Hiroshi, WAKANA, Hiromitsu, ZHANG, Ping

Multipath propagation of radio signal introduces frequency selectivity. OFDMA systems greatly suffer from frequency selective fading. It is an important limit factor of performance of OFDMA systems,...

An Aspect-Oriented Approach to Design and Develop Hypermedia Documents (2005)

Zhang, Ping

Hypermedia applications can be defined as collections of interactive multimedia documents that are organized as a hypertext net. The variety of application domains and the complexity of the...

Economic Analysis of State Lotteries in the United States (2004)

Zhang, Ping

Modern lotteries in the United States are run exclusively by state governments. In many cases, states establish separate lottery agencies to administer and promote the games. One statutory duty of...

Charge-Hall effect driven by spin force: reciprocal of the spin-Hall effect (2004)

Zhang, Ping, Niu, Qian

A new kind of charge-Hall effect is shown. Unlike in the usual Hall effect, the driving force in the longitudinal direction is a spin force, which may originate from the gradient of a Zeeman field or...

The performance of the state-owned enterprises in China: An assessment of the economic reforms (2004)

Zhang, Ping

Since China launched the economic reform in 1978, the production efficiency and financial performance of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have been a focus of interest in both the academic community...

Economic analysis of state lotteries in the United States (2004)

Zhang, Ping.

Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2004.

Conditional resolvability in graphs: a survey (2004)

Varaporn Saenpholphat, Ping Zhang

For an ordered set W={w1,w2,…,wk} of vertices and a vertex v in a connected graph G, the code of v with respect to W is the k-vector cW(v)=(d(v,w1),d(v,w2),…,d(v,wk)), where...

Love at first sight or sustained effect? The role of perceived affective quality on users’ cognitive reactions to IT (2004)

Ping Zhang, Na Li

This research examines the impact of primitive affective reactions to information technology on subsequent cognitive reactions and behavioral intention on IT use, and the potential change of such...

An Assessment Of Human-Computer Interaction Research In Management Information Systems: Topics And Methods (2004)

Ping Zhang, Na Li, Ping Zhang* Nali

As an emerging subfield of Management Information Systems (MIS), Human--Computer Interaction (HCI) or Human Factors studies in MISare concernedwith th wayshysS# interactwith information, techmation,S...

A neural-genetic algorithm for feature selection and breast abnormality classification in digital mammography (2004)

Zhang, Ping., Verma, Brijesh., Kumar, K.

Digital mammography is one of the most suitable methods for early detection of breast cancer. It uses digital mammograms to find suspicious areas. However, it is very difficult to distinguish benign...

Conditional resolvability in graphs: a survey (2004)

Varaporn Saenpholphat, Ping Zhang

For an ordered set W={w1,w2,…,wk} of vertices and a vertex v in a connected graph G, the code of v with respect to W is the k-vector cW(v)=(d(v,w1),d(v,w2),…,d(v,wk)), where d(x,y) represents the...

Synthetic disialylgalactose immunoadsorbents deplete anti-GQ1b antibodies from autoimmune neuropathy sera (2004)

Willison, Hugh J., Townson, Kate, Veitch, Jean, Boffey, Judith, Isaacs, Neil, Andersen, Soren M., ...

Acute and chronic autoimmune neuropathies, including Guillain-Barré syndromes (GBS) are often characterized by the presence of autoantibodies that react with neural gangliosides. Evidence from human...

Synthetic disialylgalactose immunoadsorbents deplete anti-GQ1b antibodies from autoimmune neuropathy sera (2004)

Willison, Hugh J., Townson, Kate, Veitch, Jean, Boffey, Judith, Isaacs, Neil, Andersen, Soren M., ...

Acute and chronic autoimmune neuropathies, including Guillain‐Barré syndromes (GBS) are often characterized by the presence of autoantibodies that react with neural gangliosides. Evidence from...

Synthetic disialylgalactose immunoadsorbents deplete anti-GQ1b antibodies from autoimmune neuropathy sera (2004)

Willison, Hugh J., Townson, Kate, Veitch, Jean, Boffey, Judith, Isaacs, Neil, Andersen, Soren M., ...

Acute and chronic autoimmune neuropathies, including Guillain-Barré syndromes (GBS) are often characterized by the presence of autoantibodies that react with neural gangliosides. Evidence from human...

Generation of spatially-separated spin entanglement in a triple quantum dot system (2003)

Zhang, Ping, Xue, Qi-Kun, Zhao, Xian-Geng, Xie, X. C.

We propose a novel method for the creation of spatially-separated spin entanglement by means of adiabatic passage of an external gate voltage in a triple quantum dot system.

Spin Current Through a Magnetic-Oscillating Quantum Dot (2003)

Zhang, Ping, Xue, Qi-Kun, Xie, X. C.

Non-equilibrium spin transport through an interacting quantum dot is analyzed. The coherent spin oscillations in the dot provide a generating source for spin current. In the interacting regime, the...

The hull number of an oriented graph (2003)

Gary Chartrand, John Frederick Fink, Ping Zhang

We present characterizations of connected graphs G of order n≥2 for which h+(G)=n. It is shown that for every two integers n and m with...

On resolving edge colorings in graphs (2003)

Varaporn Saenpholphat, Ping Zhang

We study the relationships between the resolving edge chromatic number and other graphical parameters and provide bounds for the resolving edge chromatic number of a connected graph.

Proposed running head: Send proofs to: The Wiener polynomial (2003)

Bruce E. Sagan, Ping Zhang, Bruce E. Sagan

The Wiener index is a graphical invariant that has found extensive application in chemistry. We define a generating function, which we call the Wiener polynomial, whose derivative is a q-analog of...

Minitrack Summary: Human-Computer Interaction Studies in MIS (2003)

Helpful Urls, Fiona Nah, Keng Siau, Jinwoo Kim, Jane Carey, Ping Zhang, ...

We thank all the participants for the strong support and participation in the HCI mini-track at AMCIS 2003. Your valuable help and support have contributed toward another very successful...

Proposed running head: Send proofs to: Generalized Euler Numbers (2003)

Bruce E. Sagan, Ping Zhang, Bruce E. Sagan

The generalized Euler number En|k counts the number of permutations of {1, 2,..., n} which have a descent in position m if and only if m is divisible by k. The classical Euler numbers are the special...

A personartifact-task (PAT) model of flow antecedents in computer-mediated environments (2003)

Christina Finneran, Ping Zhang

Flow theory has been applied to computer-mediated environments to study positive user experiences such as increased exploratory behavior, communication, learning, positive affect, and computer use....

The hull number of an oriented graph (2003)

Gary Chartrand, John Frederick Fink, Ping Zhang

We present characterizations of connected graphs G of order n≥2 for which h+(G)=n. It is shown that for every two integers n and m with 1≤n−1≤m≤(n2), there exists a connected graph G of...

On resolving edge colorings in graphs (2003)

Varaporn Saenpholphat, Ping Zhang

We study the relationships between the resolving edge chromatic number and other graphical parameters and provide bounds for the resolving edge chromatic number of a connected graph.

Quantum Entanglement of Excitons in Coupled Quantum Dots (2002)

Zhang, Ping, Chan, C. K., Xue, Qi-Kun, Zhao, Xian-Geng

Optically-controlled exciton dynamics in coupled quantum dots is studied. We show that the maximally entangled Bell states and Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) states can be robustly generated by...

Dynamics of spin-2 Bose condensate driven by external magnetic fields (2002)

Zhang, Ping, Chan, C. K., Li, Xiang-Gui, Xue, Qi-Kun, Zhao, Xian-Geng

Dynamic response of the F=2 spinor Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) under the influence of external magnetic fields is studied. A general formula is given for the oscillation period to describe...

Dynamics of a two-component atomic Bose-Einstein condensate (2002)

Zhang, Ping, Chan, C. K., Li, Xiang-Gui, Zhao, Xian-Geng

The dynamical population oscillations between two internal states of a Bose-Einstein condensate are investigated within the rotating wave approximation. Analytical expressions for the population...

Quantum control of two interacting electrons in a coupled quantum dot (2002)

Zhang, Ping, Zhao, Xian-Geng

Quantum-state engineering, i.e., active manipulation over the coherent dynamics of suitable quantum-mechanical systems, has become a fascinating prospect of modern physics. Here we discuss the...

Spin-Dependent Transport Through An Interacting Quantum Dot (2002)

Zhang, Ping, Xue, Qi-Kun, Wang, Yu-Peng, Xie, X. C.

We study the nonequilibrium spin transport through a quantum dot containing two spin levels coupled to the magnetic electrodes. A formula for the spin-dependent current is obtained and is applied to...

Coulomb-enhanced dynamic localization and Bell state generation in coupled quantum dots (2002)

Zhang, Ping, Xue, Qi-Kun, Zhao, Xian-Geng, Xie, X. C.

We investigate the dynamics of two interacting electrons in coupled quantum dots driven by an AC field. We find that the two electrons can be trapped in one of the dots by the AC field, in spite of...

Magnetoresistance of a mesoscopic tunneling quantum dot (2002)

Zhang, Ping, Xue, Qi-Kun, Xie, X. C.

This paper has been withdrawn by the authors, since the reference citation were not appropriately arranged.

Sociocultural factors and second language acquisition / (2002)

Zhang, Ping.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Indianapolis, 2002.

A neural-genetic algorithm for feature selection to classify microcalcification patterns (2002)

Zhang, Ping.

Facsimile of the author's original dissertation. Alternate pages blank. Includes bibliographical references.

Consumer Online Shopping Attitudes and Behavior: An Assessment of Research (2002)

Na Li, Ping Zhang

The current status of studies of online shopping attitudes and behavior is investigated through an analysis of 35 empirical articles found in nine primary Information Systems (IS) journals and three...

User Expectations and Rankings of Quality factors in different Web site domains (2002)

Ping Zhang

ABSTRACT: In the emerging electronic environment, knowing how to create customercentered Web sites is of great importance. This paper reports two studies on user perceptions of Web sites. First,...

Understanding consumers attitude toward advertising (2002)

Chingning Wang, Ping Zhang, Risook Choi

Literature in advertising and information systems suggests that advertising in both traditional media and the Internet is either easily ignored by the audience or is perceived with little value....

The Challenges of Studying Flow within a Computer-Mediated Environment (2002)

Christina M. Finneran, Ping Zhang

Flow theory has been borrowed from psychology to address positive user experiences with personal computers, and more recently, the Internet. The flow experience has been correlated to increased...

Micro Systems (2002)

Ping Zhang, Dennis Galletta

In this introduction to the first of the two complementary volumes, we begin by providing a general context for both volumes along with a brief historical view of Management Information Systems (MIS)...

Integrating Human-Computer Interaction Development into the Systems Development Life Cycle: A Methodology (2001)

Ping Zhang, Jane Carey, Marilyn Tremaine

Incorporating a human computer interaction (HCI) perspective into the systems development life cycle (SDLC) is necessary to information systems (IS) success and, in turn, to the success of...

Analysis of Skp1 glycosylation and nuclear enrichment in Dictyostelium (2001)

Sassi, Slim, Sweetinburgh, Mark, Erogul, John, Zhang, Ping, Teng-umnuay, Patana, West, Christopher M.

Skp1 is a subunit of SCF-E3 ubiquitin ligases and other protein complexes in the nucleus and cytoplasm of yeast and mammalian cells. In Dictyostelium, Skp1 is partially modified by an unusual...

Satisfiers and Dissatisfiers: a Two-Factor Model for Website Design and Evaluation (2000)

Ping Zhang

Proliferating Web-user interface studies prompt a need for theoretical approaches. This study presents a two* factor model that can guide Website design and evauation. According to the model, there...

The effects of animation on information seeking performance on the World Wide Web: securing attention or interfering with primary tasks (2000)

Ping Zhang

Although animation is commonly used in the web environment, scant scientific evidence can be found either on the effects of animation on viewer information seeking performance or on the implications...

Websites that Satisfy Users: A Theoretical Framework for Web User Interface Design and Evaluation (1999)

Ping Zhang

With the fast development and increasing use of the World Wide Web as both an information seeking and an electronic commerce tool, web usability studies grow in importance. While web designers have...

The Effect of Forecast Bias on Market Behavior: Evidence from Experimental Asset Markets (1999)

Lucy F. Ackert, Lucy F. Ackert, Bryan K. Church, Bryan K. Church, Ping Zhang, Ping Zhang

: This paper reports the results of 15 experimental asset markets designed to investigate the effect of optimistic forecast bias on market behavior. Each market is organized as a double oral auction...

The Wiener Polynomial of a Graph (1999)

Yeong-nan Yeh, Ping Zhang, Bruce E. Sagan, Bruce E. Sagan

The Wiener index is a graphical invariant that has found extensive application in chemistry. We define a generating function, which we call the Wiener polynomial, whose derivative is a q-analog of...

126 (2001) MATHEMATICA BOHEMICA No. 1, 209–220 H-CONVEX GRAPHS (1999)

Gary Chartr, Ping Zhang

Abstract. For two vertices u and v in a connected graph G, thesetI(u, v) consists of all those vertices lying on a u − v geodesic in G. ForasetS of vertices of G, the union of all sets I(u, v)...

126 (2001) MATHEMATICA BOHEMICA No. 4, 711–720 THE FORCING DIMENSION OF A GRAPH (1999)

Gary Chartr, Ping Zhang

Abstract. For an ordered set W = {w1,w2,...,wk} of vertices and a vertex v in a connected graph G, the (metric) representation of v with respect to W is the k-vector r(v|W)=(d(v,w1),d(v, w2),...,d(v,...

Arithmetic properties of generalized Euler numbers (1998)

Sagan, Bruce E., Zhang, Ping

The generalized Euler number E_{n|k} counts the number of permutations of {1,2,...,n} which have a descent in position m if and only if m is divisible by k. The classical Euler numbers are the...

The Wiener polynomial of a graph (1998)

Sagan, Bruce E., Yeh, Yeong-Nan, Zhang, Ping

The Wiener index is a graphical invariant that has found extensive application in chemistry. We define a generating function, which we call the Wiener polynomial, whose derivative is a q-analog of...

A case study on technology use in distance learning (1998)

Ping Zhang

This article reports a study on tle actual use of tecl9nologies in a graduate-level distance course on information systems ana(ysis and design. The results indicate four conclusions. First, commonly...

The Isolated Photon Cross Section at p s = 1:8 (1998)

Ping Zhang

High volume data with complicated relationships can render human decision-making a frustrating task. Computer-generated visualization is an approach that can assist decision-makers in gaining insight...

Uncertain Litigation Cost and Seller Behavior: Evidence from . . . (1998)

Ping Zhang, Bryan K. Church, Lucy F. Ackert

: This paper reports the results of two experiments, each consisting of six sessions, designed to investigate difficulties that arise in estimating expected litigation costs in an auditing game. In...

Information visualization in project management and scheduling (1997)

Ping Zhang, Dan Zhu

Previous research in project scheduling has been primarily focusing on providing efficient solution procedures in a deterministic scheduling environment. In reality, however, project manager is...

Parameters estimation in a near-far environment for code-division multiple-access systems / (1996)

Zhang, Ping.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Utah, 1996.

A Full Tactile Sensing Suite for Dextrous Robot Hands and Use in Contact Force Control (1996)

David Johnston, Ping Zhang, John Hollerbach, Zjohn Hollerbach, Stephen Jacobsen

A full tactile sensing suite for the finger segments and palm of the Utah/MIT Dextrous Hand is presented. The rubber-based sensors employ capacitance sensing and floating electrodes in the top layer,...

A full tactile sensing suite for dextrous robot hands and use in contact force control (1996)

David Johnston, Ping Zhang, John Hollerbach, Stephen Jacobsen

A full tactile sensing suite for the finger segments and palm of the Utah/MIT Dextrous Hand is pre-sented. The rubber-based sensors employ capaci-tance sensing and floating electrodes in the top...

Inference after variable selection in linear regression models (1992)

ZHANG, PING

We explore the impact of variable selection on statistical inferences in linear regression models. In particular, the generalized final prediction error criterion of Shibata (1984) is considered and...

Projecting United States cotton prices in an international market (1991)

Zhang, Ping

Prices are the barometer of cotton market activity. They provide guides for the market participants engaged in making important economic decisions. Cotton prices in the U.S. are significantly...

Projecting United States cotton prices in an international market (1991)

Zhang, Ping

Prices are the barometer of cotton market activity. They provide guides for the market participants engaged in making important economic decisions. Cotton prices in the U.S. are significantly...

An Abstract (1990)

Ping Zhang, Audris Mockus

Software systems are entities that change constantly throughout their lifetime. Understanding the relationship between different types of changes and the effect of these changes on project outcome is...

Enlargement and the Balance of Power: An Experimental Study

Maria Montero, Martin Sefton, Ping Zhang

Many important decisions are taken according to weighted majority rule. Power indices predict that enlargement of the voting body may affect the balance of power between the original members even if...

Uniform Price Auction and Fixed Price Offerings in IPO: An Experimental Comparison

Ping Zhang

We compare the performances of uniform price auctions with fixed price offerings using laboratory experiments. In the uniform treatment, there is no evidence that the tacit collusion equilibrium has...

Enlargement and the Balance of Power: an Experimental Study

Maria Montero, Martin Sefton, Ping Zhang

Many important decisions are taken according to weighted majority rule. Power indices predict that enlargement of the voting body may affect the balance of power between the original members even if...

Effect of Attenuated Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Expressing a Streptococcus mutans Antigen on Secondary Responses to the Cloned Protein

Jespersgaard, Christina, Zhang, Ping, Hajishengallis, George, Russell, Michael W., Michalek, Suzanne M.

Attenuated Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium has been used for targeted delivery of recombinant antigens to gut- and nose-associated lymphoid tissues. Contradictory reports have described the...

Outside-In Signaling of Cellulose Synthesis by a Spore Coat Protein in Dictyostelium

West, Christopher M., Zhang, Ping, McGlynn, Aiko C., Kaplan, Lee

The spore coat of Dictyostelium is formed de novo from proteins secreted from vesicles and cellulose synthesized across the plasma membrane as differentiating spores rise up the stalk. The mechanism...

Functional implications of the localization and activity of acid-sensitive channels in rat peripheral nervous system

Zhang, Ping, Shao, Deren, White, Fletcher, Canessa, Cecilia M.

Acid-sensitive ion channels (ASIC) are proton-gated ion channels expressed in neurons of the mammalian central and peripheral nervous systems. The functional role of these channels is still...

Hydrolysis of Epithelial Junctional Proteins by Porphyromonas gingivalis Gingipains

Katz, Jannet, Yang, Qiu-Bo, Zhang, Ping, Potempa, Jan, Travis, James, Michalek, Suzanne M., ...

Porphyromonas gingivalis has been implicated as an etiologic agent of adult periodontitis. We have previously shown that P. gingivalis can degrade the epithelial cell-cell junction complexes, thus...

Enhanced Immunogenicity of a Genetic Chimeric Protein Consisting of Two Virulence Antigens of Streptococcus mutans and Protection against Infection

Zhang, Ping, Jespersgaard, Christina, Lamberty-Mallory, Leticia, Katz, Jannet, Huang, Yan, Hajishengallis, George, ...

The saliva-binding region (SBR) of the cell surface antigen I/II (AgI/II) and the glucan-binding region (GLU) of the glucosyltransferase enzyme of Streptococcus mutans have been implicated in the...

Role of B7 Costimulatory Molecules in Immune Responses and T-Helper Cell Differentiation in Response to Recombinant HagB from Porphyromonas gingivalis

Zhang, Ping, Martin, Michael, Yang, Qiu-Bo, Michalek, Suzanne M., Katz, Jannet

In addition to antigen-specific signals mediated through the T-cell receptor, T cells also require antigen nonspecific costimulation for activation. The B7 family of molecules on antigen-presenting...

Alcohol Exacerbates Murine Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Mason, Carol M., Dobard, Elizabeth, Zhang, Ping, Nelson, Steve

Alcohol consumption has been described as a risk factor for infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, but its contribution to tuberculosis has been difficult to isolate from other adverse...

The hsp60B gene of Drosophila melanogaster is essential for the spermatid individualization process

Timakov , Benjamin, Zhang, Ping

The 60-kDa heat shock protein family (Hsp60) is found in prokaryotes, mitochondria, and chloroplasts. The Hsp60 proteins promote proper protein folding by preventing aggregation. In Drosophila...

DNA-PKcs, but not TLR9, is required for activation of Akt by CpG-DNA

Dragoi, Ana-Maria, Fu, Xiaoying, Ivanov, Stanimir, Zhang, Ping, Sheng, Linbo, Wu, Dianqing, ...

CpG-DNA and its related synthetic CpG oligodeoxynucleotides (CpG-ODNs) play an important role in immune cell survival. It has been suggested that Akt is one of the CpG-DNA-responsive serine/threonine...

Role of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases and NF-κB in the Regulation of Proinflammatory and Anti-Inflammatory Cytokines by Porphyromonas gingivalis Hemagglutinin B

Zhang, Ping, Martin, Michael, Michalek, Suzanne M., Katz, Jannet

Hemagglutinin B (HagB) is a nonfimbrial adhesin expressed on the surface of Porphyromonas gingivalis and has been implicated as a potential virulence factor involved in mediating the attachment of...

Activation of IKK by thymosin α1 requires the TRAF6 signalling pathway

Zhang, Ping, Chan, Justin, Dragoi, Ana-Maria, Gong, Xing, Ivanov, Stanimir, Li, Zhi-Wei, ...

Thymosin α1 (Tα1) is noted for its immunomodulatory activities and therapeutic potential in treatment of infectious diseases and cancer. However, the molecular mechanism of its effectiveness is not...

Toll-Like Receptor 2 Is Required for Inflammatory Responses to Francisella tularensis LVS

Katz, Jannet, Zhang, Ping, Martin, Michael, Vogel, Stefanie N., Michalek, Suzanne M.

Francisella tularensis, a gram-negative bacterium, is the etiologic agent of tularemia and has recently been classified as a category A bioterrorism agent. Infections with F. tularensis result in an...

Timing and targeting of P-element local transposition in the male germline cells of Drosophila melanogaster.

Timakov, Benjamin, Liu, Xiaoru, Turgut, Ismail, Zhang, Ping

The P element in Drosophila melanogaster preferentially transposes into nearby sites. The local insertions display a preferential orientation toward the starting element. We investigated the...

Inhibition of CXCL16 Attenuates Inflammatory and Progressive Phases of Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Antibody-Associated Glomerulonephritis

Garcia, Gabriela E., Truong, Luan D., Li, Ping, Zhang, Ping, Johnson, Richard J., Wilson, Curtis B., ...

Chemokines recruit and activate leukocytes during inflammation. CXCL16 is a recently discovered chemokine that is expressed as a transmembrane protein that is cleaved to form the active, soluble...

Precision in Accounting Information, Financial Leverage and the Value of Equity

Glenn Feltham, Sean Robb, Ping Zhang

Using an equity valuation model characterized by periodic imperfect accounting information, we examine how financial leverage affects a firm's accounting quality choice (i.e., precision). We find...

Protein Kinase PKR Plays a Stimulus- and Virus-Dependent Role in Apoptotic Death and Virus Multiplication in Human Cells▿

Zhang, Ping, Samuel, Charles E.

The protein kinase regulated by double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), PKR, is implicated in a range of biologic processes, including apoptotic death and interferon antiviral responses, based in part on...

Gating of Acid-sensitive Ion Channel-1: Release of Ca2+ Block vs. Allosteric Mechanism

Zhang, Ping, Sigworth, Fred J., Canessa, Cecilia M.

The acid-sensitive ion channels (ASICs) are a family of voltage-insensitive sodium channels activated by external protons. A previous study proposed that the mechanism underlying activation of ASIC...

Requirement of Interleukin 17 Receptor Signaling for Lung Cxc Chemokine and Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor Expression, Neutrophil Recruitment, and Host Defense

Ye, Peng, Rodriguez, Fred H., Kanaly, Suzanne, Stocking, Kim L., Schurr, Jill, Schwarzenberger, Paul, ...

Bacterial pneumonia is an increasing complication of HIV infection and inversely correlates with the CD4+ lymphocyte count. Interleukin (IL)-17 is a cytokine produced principally by CD4+ T cells,...

Single Channel Properties of Rat Acid–sensitive Ion Channel-1α, -2a, and -3 Expressed in Xenopus Oocytes

Zhang, Ping, Canessa, Cecilia M.

The mammalian nervous system expresses proton-gated ion channels known as acid-sensing ion channels (ASICs). Depending on their location and specialization some neurons express more than one type of...

Single-Channel Properties of Recombinant Acid-Sensitive Ion Channels Formed by the Subunits Asic2 and Asic3 from Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons Expressed in Xenopus Oocytes

Zhang, Ping, Canessa, Cecilia M.

The acid-sensitive ion channels known as ASIC are gated by external protons. A set of these channels is expressed in dorsal root ganglion neurons where they may participate in the transduction of...

Sexual Bias and Household Consumption: A Semiparametric Analysis of Engel Curves in Rural China

Gong, Xiaodong, Van Soest, Arthur, Zhang, Ping

We analyze Engel curves for nuclear households in rural China. The sample includes more than 5000 nuclear families covering nineteen out of thirty Chinese provinces. We consider expenditures on food,...

Uncertain litigation cost and seller behavior: Evidence from an auditing game

Ping Zhang, Bryan K. Church, Lucy F. Ackert

This paper reports the results of two experiments, each consisting of six sessions, designed to investigate difficulties that arise in estimating expected litigation costs in an auditing game. In...

The effect of forecast bias on market behavior: evidence from experimental asset markets

Lucy F. Ackert, Bryan K. Church, Ping Zhang

This paper reports the results of 15 experimental asset markets designed to investigate the effect of optimistic forecast bias on market behavior. Each market is organized as a double oral auction in...

Asset prices and informed traders' abilities: evidence from experimental asset markets

Lucy F. Ackert, Bryan K. Church, Ping Zhang

This study reports the results of fifteen experimental asset markets designed to investigate the effects of forecasts on market prices, traders' abilities to assess asset value, and the link between...

What's in a name? An experimental examination of investment behavior

Lucy F. Ackert, Bryan K. Church, James Tompkins, Ping Zhang

A fundamental unresolved issue is whether information asymmetries underlie investors' predisposition to invest close to home (i.e., domestically or locally). The authors conduct experiments in the...

A Complete Characterization of Pure Strategy Equilibrium in Uniform Price IPO Auctions

Ping Zhang

Collusive equilibria in share auctions despite being the focus of previous theoretical research, have received little empirical or experimental support. We develop a theoretical model of uniform...

Uniform price auctions and fixed price offerings in IPOs: an experimental comparison

Ping Zhang

We compare the performances of uniform price auctions with fixed price offerings using laboratory experiments. In the uniform treatment, there is no evidence that the tacit collusion equilibria,...

Loss of Protein Kinase PKR Expression in Human HeLa Cells Complements the Vaccinia Virus E3L Deletion Mutant Phenotype by Restoration of Viral Protein Synthesis▿

Zhang, Ping, Jacobs, Bertram L., Samuel, Charles E.

The E3L proteins encoded by vaccinia virus bind double-stranded RNA and mediate interferon resistance, promote virus growth, and impair virus-mediated apoptosis. Among the cellular proteins...

Bank capitalization and lending behavior after the introduction of the Basle Accord

Ling Chu, Robert Mathieu, Sean Robb, Ping Zhang

In this paper, we provide evidence that banks with a low level of capitalization have reduced their commitment with respect to lines of credit after the introduction of the Basle Accord. A bank's...

Explanation and Misrepresentation in the Laboratory

Lucy F. Ackert, Bryan K. Church, Ping Zhang

We report the results of an experiment designed to examine the effect of opportunity to provide an explanation for inaccurate results and predictability of behavior on managersâ?? reporting bias...

Cost-of-Illness Studies in Diabetes Mellitus

Lorraine Ettaro, Thomas J. Songer, Ping Zhang, Michael M. Engelgau

Several cost-of-illness (COI) studies related to diabetes mellitus have been performed over the last three decades. This review examines the results of these COI studies, identifies the strengths and...

The impact of clean indoor-air laws and cigarette smuggling on demand for cigarettes: an empirical model

Ayda A. Yurekli, Ping Zhang

This study examines the impact of clean indoor-air laws and smuggling activities on states' per capita cigarette consumption and revenues by using a static demand model. The analysis was based on...

The effects of the gender of children on expenditure patterns in rural China: a semiparametric analysis

Ping Zhang, Arthur Van Soest, Xiaodong Gong

We analyse expenditure patterns for rural China, focusing on differences between families with boys and girls. The sample includes more than 5000 nuclear families from 19 Chinese provinces. Following...

What’s in a Name? An Experimental Examination of Investment Behavior

Lucy Ackert, Bryan Church, James Tompkins, Ping Zhang

A fundamental unresolved issue is whether information asymmetries underlie investors’ predisposition to invest close to home (i.e., domestically or locally). We conduct experiments in the United...

Competing with MNEs: developing manufacturing capabilities or innovation capabilities

Xudong Gao, Ping Zhang, Xielin Liu

A challenge facing local firms in China is the selection of effective technology strategies to compete against MNEs in the era of globalization. The existing literature suggests two alternatives,...

On National or Supranational Objectives: Improving the Effectiveness of Targeted Expenditure Programs

Ping Zhang, Ehtisham Ahmad, E. Tandberg

Central governments or the international community at large are concerned about subnational service delivery. The design of targeted expenditure programs features frequently in central efforts to...

Uniform Price Auctions and Fixed Price Offerings in IPOs: An Experimental Comparison

Ping Zhang

We compare uniform price auctions with fixed price offerings in Initial Public Offerings (IPO) using laboratory experiments. The experimental environment is based on the Biais and Faugeron-Grouzet...

Monoindole Alkaloids from a Marine Sponge Spongosorites sp.

Bao, Baoquan, Zhang, Ping, Lee, Yoonmi, Hong, Jongki, Lee, Chong-O., Jung, Jee H.

Seven (1–7) monoindole derivatives were isolated from the MeOH extract of a marine sponge Spongosorites sp. by bioactivity-guided fractionation. The planar structures were established on the basis...

The Hsp27 gene is not required for Drosophila development but its activity is associated with starvation resistance

Hao, Xinming, Zhang, Sen, Timakov, Benjamin, Zhang, Ping

Heat shock proteins are induced under stress conditions and they act as molecular chaperones to refold denatured polypeptides. Stress resistances including thermotolerance generally are correlated...

Eosinophil-derived neurotoxin acts as an alarmin to activate the TLR2–MyD88 signal pathway in dendritic cells and enhances Th2 immune responses

Yang, De, Chen, Qian, Su, Shao Bo, Zhang, Ping, Kurosaka, Kahori, Caspi, Rachel R., ...

Eosinophil-derived neurotoxin (EDN) is an eosinophil granule–derived secretory protein with ribonuclease and antiviral activity. We have previously shown that EDN can induce the migration and...

Coincidence of P-Insertion Sites and Breakpoints of Deletions Induced by Activating P Elements in Drosophila

Sudi, Jyotsna, Zhang, Sen, Intrieri, Gino, Hao, Ximing, Zhang, Ping

We isolated a set of seven deletions in the 67B region by activating a nearby P-element insertion. The structures of the deletions were characterized by cloning and sequencing. The results showed...

Preconditioning of Carbon Monoxide Releasing Molecule-derived CO Attenuates LPS-induced Activation of HUVEC

Sun, Bingwei, Zou, Xiangqian, Chen, Yueling, Zhang, Ping, Shi, Gengsheng

Objective: To investigate the effects and potential mechanisms of preconditioning of tricarbonyldichlororuthenium (III) dimer (CORM-2)-liberated CO on LPS-induced activation of endothelial cells...

The cooperative activity between the carboxyl-terminal TSP1 repeats and the CUB domains of ADAMTS13 is crucial for recognition of von Willebrand factor under flow

Zhang, Ping, Pan, Weilan, Rux, Ann H., Sachais, Bruce S., Zheng, X. Long

ADAMTS13 cleaves von Willebrand factor (VWF) between Tyr1605 and Met1606 residues at the central A2 subunit. The amino-terminus of ADAMTS13 protease appears to be sufficient to bind and cleave VWF...

Interleukin-1β Modulates Proinflammatory Cytokine Production in Human Epithelial Cells▿

Eskan, Mehmet A., Benakanakere, Manjunatha R., Rose, Beate G., Zhang, Ping, Zhao, Jiawei, Stathopoulou, Panagiota, ...

Periodontitis is a chronic human inflammatory disease initiated and sustained by dental plaque microorganisms. A major contributing pathogen is Porphyromonas gingivalis, a gram-negative bacterium...

What affects the market's ability to adjust for optimistic forecast bias? Evidence from experimental asset markets

Ackert, Lucy F., Church, Bryan K., Zhang, Ping

This study uses experimental asset markets to investigate the effects of experience and common knowledge on a market's ability to adjust for optimistic forecast bias. As a baseline, we find that...

Characterization of the New World Monkey Homologues of Human Poliovirus Receptor CD155▿

Khan, Shaukat, Peng, Xiaozhong, Yin, Jiang, Zhang, Ping, Wimmer, Eckard

In contrast to Old World monkeys, most New World monkeys (NWMs) are not susceptible to poliovirus (PV), regardless of the route of infection. We have investigated the molecular basis of restricted PV...

Mechanisms for Learning by Doing, Low-Cost Competition, and Changes in Growth Paths

Ping Zhang, Xiahui Liu

The change in the model of economic growth in China has become common knowledge. But most of the analyses are limited to the macro level and lack discussion on the mechanism of micro behavior. The...

Appropriate penalties in the final prediction error criterion: a decision theoretic approach

Zhang, Ping, Krieger, Abba M.

The final prediction error (FPE) criterion has been used widely in model selection. The criterion for a linear regression model with k parameters can be written as RSS(k) + [lambda]k2, where RSS(k)...

Stem Cells, Phenotypic Inversion, and Differentiation

Siggins, Robert W., Zhang, Ping, Welsh, David, LeCapitaine, Nicole J., Nelson, Steve

Stem cells possess the potential to cure a myriad of ailments ranging from congenital diseases to illnesses acquired through the physiological process of aging. In the adult, these cells are...

Structural Reform, Intra-Regional Trade, and Medium-Term Growth Prospects of East Asia and the Pacific --- Perspectives from a new multi-region model

Papa N'Diaye, Ping Zhang, Wenlang Zhang

This paper analyses the potential benefits from reforms aimed at promoting domestic demand in the region, as well as the effects of slower growth in the United States and the G3 on EMEAP...

INTERFIBER COMPETITION IN TEXTILE MILLS OVER TIME

Zhang, Ping, Fletcher, Stanley M., Ethridge, Don E.

Cotton and synthetic fiber competition in textile mills between 1961-1990 was examined using a time-varying parameter regression model. Results indicate that the structure of demand for cotton is not...

CATTLE RANCHING PRODUCTION AND MARKETING STRATEGIES UNDER COMBINED PRICE AND WEATHER RISKS

Ethridge, Don E., Zhang, Ping, Dahl, Bill E., Ervin, R. Terry, Rushemeza, Justin

A procedure using linear programming and Bayesian analysis for incorporating risks associated with cattle prices and forage yields was developed for maximizing net ranch income in the Southern Plains...

Characterization of Pure Strategy Equilibria in Uniform Price IPO Auctions

Ping Zhang

We characterize pure strategy equilibria of common value multi-unit uniform price auctions under the framework of initial public offerings, where bidders have incomplete private information regarding...

Crystal structure of CD155 and electron microscopic studies of its complexes with polioviruses

Zhang, Ping, Mueller, Steffen, Morais, Marc C., Bator, Carol M., Bowman, Valorie D., Hafenstein, Susan, ...

When poliovirus (PV) recognizes its receptor, CD155, the virus changes from a 160S to a 135S particle before releasing its genome into the cytoplasm. CD155 is a transmembrane protein with 3 Ig-like...

What's in a Name: An Experimental Examination of Investment Behavior

Lucy F. Ackert, Bryan K. Church, James Tompkins, Ping Zhang

A fundamental unresolved issue is whether information asymmetries underlie investors' predisposition to invest close to home (i.e., domestically or locally). We conduct experiments in the United...

Uniform price auctions and fixed price offerings in IPOs: an experimental comparison

Ping Zhang

Experiment, IPO, Uniform price auction, Fixed price offering, Share auction, D44, G12, C91,

Metabolomic Investigation of the Bacterial Response to a Metal Challenge▿

Tremaroli, Valentina, Workentine, Matthew L., Weljie, Aalim M., Vogel, Hans J., Ceri, Howard, Viti, Carlo, ...

Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes KF707 is naturally resistant to the toxic metalloid tellurite, but the mechanisms of resistance are not known. In this study we report the isolation of a KF707 mutant...