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...
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)
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$_{3}$...
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...
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)
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
PROCEEDINGS TABLE OF CONTENTS (2008)
Ping Zhang, Jonathan Lazar, Scott Mccoy, Traci Hess, Jeff Kim, Traci J. Hess, ...
PROCEEDINGS
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)
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)
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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...
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...
[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...
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...
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
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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...
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)
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Pappalardo, Francesco, Zhang, Ping, Halling-Brown, Mark, Basford, Kaye E., Scalia, Antonio, Shepherd, Adrian, ...
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...
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)
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...
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)
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)
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...
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,...
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)
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...
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...
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...
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)....
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)
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)
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...
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)
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...
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...
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...
Jun-wei Ye, Jia Wang, Jing-ying Zhang, Ping Zhang, Yue Wang
A series of layered lanthanide coordination frameworks [Ln4(NIPH)6(H2O)4]?(4,49-bipy) [Ln = La
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...
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....
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...
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...
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)
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)
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...
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...
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$_{2}$...
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...
A Natural Language Model of Computing with Words in Web Pages (2006)
PACLIC 20 / Wuhan, China / 1-3 November, 2006
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...
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...
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)
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...
Zhang, Ping., Bravman, John C. Advisor
Submitted to the Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
Investigation of grinding wheel loading / (2006)
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Michigan Technological University, 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)
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...
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)
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...
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)
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...
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)
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)
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)
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...
Cooperative caching in ad hoc networks : design, implementation and evaluation / (2005)
Thesis (M.S.)--Pennsylvania State University, 2005.
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)
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)
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...
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...
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)
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)
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)
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)
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...
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...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Connecticut, 2004.
Economic analysis of state lotteries in the United States [electronic resource] / (2004)
Thesis research directed by: Economics.
Economic analysis of state lotteries in the United States (2004)
Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2004.
Abstract (1 leaf) bound with copy.
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...
Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) leaf area index (2004)
Ping Zhang, Bruce Anderson, Mathew Barlow, Bin Tan, Ranga B. Myneni
Climate-related vegetation characteristics derived from Moderate
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
Thesis (M.S.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2003.
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)
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)
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Indianapolis, 2002.
A neural-genetic algorithm for feature selection to classify microcalcification patterns (2002)
Facsimile of the author's original dissertation. Alternate pages blank. Includes bibliographical references.
Consumer Online Shopping Attitudes and Behavior: An Assessment of Research (2002)
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)
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...
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)...
Zhang, Ping., Von Dran, Gisela M., Blake, Paul., Veerapong Pipithsuksunt.
e-Service Journal - Volume 1, Number 1, Fall 2001
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Miami, 2001.
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 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...
Erlangen, Nürnberg, University, Diss., 2001.
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...
Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Guelph, 1999.
Satisfiers and Dissatisfiers: a Two-Factor Model for Website Design and Evaluation (2000)
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...
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...
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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...
Accompanied by a video entitled: Documentary films. Bibliography: leaves 147-149.
Inference after variable selection in linear regression models (1992)
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)
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)
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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, ...
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...
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...
How should developing countries manage diabetes?
Venkat Narayan, K. M., Zhang, Ping, Williams, Desmond, Engelgau, Michael, Imperatore, Giuseppina, Kanaya, Alka, ...
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, ...
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...
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...
Expression profiling on soybean leaves reveals integration of ER- and osmotic-stress pathways
Irsigler, André ST, Costa, Maximiller DL, Zhang, Ping, Reis, Pedro AB, Dewey, Ralph E, Boston, Rebecca S, ...
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,...
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...
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
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
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,...
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...
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...
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,...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
On the estimation of prediction errors in linear regression models
Conditional prediction error, correlation,
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
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
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...
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
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
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...