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Perspective-taking and depth of theory-of-mind reasoning in sequential-move gamesJun Zhang
Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 1109, USA
Cogn Sci 36:560-73. 2012..We conclude that the depth of ToM recursion (related to perspective-taking mechanisms) and rational application of belief-desire to action (instrumental rationality) constitute separate cognitive processes in ToM reasoning...
Decomposing stimulus and response component waveforms in ERPJ Zhang
Department of Psychology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109 1109, USA
J Neurosci Methods 80:49-63. 1998....
Divergence function, duality, and convex analysisJun Zhang
Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Neural Comput 16:159-95. 2004....
Method of unconfounding orientation and direction tunings in neuronal response to moving bars and gratingsJun Zhang
Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109 1109, USA
J Opt Soc Am A Opt Image Sci Vis 22:2246-56. 2005..To conclude, a simple method is provided for appropriately separating the orientation and directional tuning in a neuron's response that is confounded as a result of the use of drifting oriented stimuli...
Adaptive learning via selectionism and Bayesianism, Part I: connection between the twoJun Zhang
Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, 530 Church Street, Ann Arbor 48109 1043, USA
Neural Netw 22:220-8. 2009..R., Dayan, P., & Sejnowski, T. J. (1996). A framework for mesencephalic dopamine systems based on predictive Hebbian learning. Journal of Neuroscience, 16, 1936-1947])...
Adaptive learning via selectionism and Bayesianism, Part II: the sequential caseJun Zhang
Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, 530 Church Street, Ann Arbor 48109 1043, USA
Neural Netw 22:229-36. 2009....
A neural computational model of incentive salienceJun Zhang
Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
PLoS Comput Biol 5:e1000437. 2009..Computational models can adequately capture fluctuations in cue-triggered 'wanting' only by incorporating modulation of previously learned values by natural appetite and addiction-related states...
Sensorimotor locus of the buildup activity in monkey lateral intraparietal area neuronsJoonkoo Park
Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
J Neurophysiol 103:2664-74. 2010..Sensorimotor analysis on individual neurons also showed that the neuronal activation, as a population, represent pending saccadic direction and carry little information about the direction of the motion stimulus...
Maternal prepregnancy overweight and obesity and the pattern of labor progression in term nulliparous womenAnjel Vahratian
Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Obstet Gynecol 104:943-51. 2004..To examine the effect of maternal overweight and obesity on labor progression...
Methodological challenges in studying labour progression in contemporary practiceAnjel Vahratian
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 20:72-8. 2006..Moreover, such detailed information could have important clinical implications towards reducing the rate of primary caesarean delivery in the United States...
Maternal pre-pregnancy overweight and obesity and the risk of cesarean delivery in nulliparous womenAnjel Vahratian
Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Ann Epidemiol 15:467-74. 2005..To examine the effect of maternal pre-pregnancy overweight and obesity on the risk of term cesarean delivery in nulliparous women...
On decomposing stimulus and response waveforms in event-related potentials recordingsGang Yin
School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 58:1534-45. 2011..Our method is demonstrated using data from a Go/NoGo experiment about image classification and recognition...
Ovariectomy does not induce osteopenia through interleukin-6 in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)E T Keller
Department of Pathology, School of Medicine and Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Bone 26:55-62. 2000..These data suggest that modulation of IL-6 is not the key mechanism through which estrogen deprivation mediates bone loss in rhesus monkeys...
Prostate carcinoma skeletal metastases: cross-talk between tumor and boneE T Keller
Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Cancer Metastasis Rev 20:333-49. 2001..This review focuses on the interaction between the bone and the prostate carcinoma cells that allow for development and progression of prostate carcinoma skeletal metastases...
The impact of chronic estrogen deprivation on immunologic parameters in the ovariectomized rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) model of menopauseE T Keller
Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine, RM 5304 CCGCB, 1500 E Medical Center Drive, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 0940, USA
J Reprod Immunol 50:41-55. 2001..These data demonstrate that E(2)-deprivation affects several aspects of immune function. These findings may have implications for menopause-associated changes of immune function that occur in women...
Bone metastatic LNCaP-derivative C4-2B prostate cancer cell line mineralizes in vitroD L Lin
Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0940, USA
Prostate 47:212-21. 2001..CONCLUSIONS: These data demonstrate a novel mechanism through which prostate cancer cells may directly contribute to the osteoblastic component that characterize their skeletal metastatic lesions. Prostate 47:212-221, 2001...
Ventral pallidal neurons code incentive motivation: amplification by mesolimbic sensitization and amphetamineAmy J Tindell
Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0607, USA
Eur J Neurosci 22:2617-34. 2005..Our results support incentive-sensitization predictions and suggest why cues temporally proximal to drug presentation may precipitate cue-triggered relapse in human addicts...
What do you think I think you think?: Strategic reasoning in matrix gamesTrey Hedden
Department of Psychology, Cognition and Perception Area, University of Michigan, 525 E University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 1109, USA
Cognition 85:1-36. 2002..Predictions about this other player's behavior are, in general, used consistently in decision-making, though the opponent tends to be modeled, by default, to behave in a myopic fashion not anticipating the participant's own action...
Chronic medication does not affect hyperactive error responses in obsessive-compulsive disorderEmily R Stern
Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106, USA
Psychophysiology 47:913-20. 2010..The absence in patients of a relationship between ERN amplitude and anxiety/depression, as was found in controls, suggests that elevated error signals in OCD may be disorder-specific...
Osteoprotegerin inhibits prostate cancer-induced osteoclastogenesis and prevents prostate tumor growth in the boneJ Zhang
Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
J Clin Invest 107:1235-44. 2001..These results emphasize the important role that osteoclast activity plays in the establishment of CaP skeletal metastases, including those with an osteoblastic component...
RANKL inhibition is an effective adjuvant for docetaxel in a prostate cancer bone metastases modelK M Woods Ignatoski
Department of Urology, University of Michigan Health Systems, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 0940, USA
Prostate 68:820-9. 2008..Advanced PCa is typically accompanied by skeletal metastasis. Receptor activator of NFkB ligand (RANKL) is a key pro-osteoclastic factor. Targeting RANKL decreases establishment and progression of PCa growth in bone in murine models...
Chronic alcohol ingestion induces osteoclastogenesis and bone loss through IL-6 in miceJ Dai
Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
J Clin Invest 106:887-95. 2000..These findings demonstrate that ethanol induces bone loss through IL-6. Furthermore, they suggest that IL-6 achieves this effect by inducing RANKL and promoting CFU-GM formation and osteoclastogenesis...
Hydrogen peroxide activates NFkappaB and the interleukin-6 promoter through NFkappaB-inducing kinaseJ Zhang
Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109, USA
Antioxid Redox Signal 3:493-504. 2001..Taken together, these results demonstrate that H2O2 induces the IL-6 promoter by activating NFkappaB through NIK. These data provide a candidate mechanism through which oxidant challenge induces IL-6 gene expression with age...
Labor progression and risk of cesarean delivery in electively induced nulliparasAnjel Vahratian
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Obstet Gynecol 105:698-704. 2005..Furthermore, elective induction in nulliparous women with an unfavorable cervix has a high rate of labor arrest and a substantially increased risk of cesarean delivery. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: II-2...
White matter fiber tractography via anisotropic diffusion simulation in the human brainNing Kang
Department of Computer Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0046, USA
IEEE Trans Med Imaging 24:1127-37. 2005....
Dynamics of learning near singularities in layered networksHaikun Wei
RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama, 3510198, Japan
Neural Comput 20:813-43. 2008..Detailed stability analysis of the dynamics of learning in radial basis function networks and multilayer perceptrons will be presented in separate work...
Factors related to successful misoprostol treatment for early pregnancy failureMitchell D Creinin
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and Magee Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 3180, USA
Obstet Gynecol 107:901-7. 2006..To identify potential predictors for treatment success in medical management with misoprostol for early pregnancy failure...
Nonlinear prediction for Gaussian mixture image modelsJun Zhang
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
IEEE Trans Image Process 13:836-47. 2004..Experimental results indicate that when the background texture is nonlinear, i.e., with fast-switching gray-level patches, it performs significantly better than the optimal linear predictor...
Approximating anatomical brain connectivity with diffusion tensor MRI using kernel-based diffusion simulationsJun Zhang
Laboratory for High Performance Scientific Computing and Computer Simulation, Department of Computer Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506 0046, USA
Inf Process Med Imaging 19:64-75. 2005....
Interactions between smoking and weight in pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia and small-for-gestational-age birthRoberta B Ness
Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Am J Epidemiol 168:427-33. 2008..Obesity eliminated the inverse association between smoking and preeclampsia but did not substantially alter the positive association between smoking and SGA. A possible unifying biologic explanation is discussed in this paper...
Misoprostol for treatment of early pregnancy failure in women with previous uterine surgeryBeatrice A Chen
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and Magee Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 198:626.e1-5. 2008..Misoprostol use in early pregnancy may incur a risk of uterine rupture in women with previous uterine surgery...
Partner change, birth interval and risk of pre-eclampsia: a paradoxical triangleJun Zhang
Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 21:31-5. 2007..Controlling for or stratifying birth interval in the association between partner change and risk of pre-eclampsia could be inappropriate and may have produced a spurious association...
Natural history of fetal position during pregnancy and risk of nonvertex deliveryCatherine Takacs Witkop
Department of General Preventive Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Obstet Gynecol 111:875-80. 2008..To examine the natural history of fetal position throughout pregnancy and the likelihood for nonvertex delivery...
Retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy without previous control of adrenal vein is feasible and safe for pheochromocytomaXu Zhang
Department of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People s Republic of China
Urology 69:849-53. 2007..To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of retroperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy for pheochromocytoma and report our experience in adrenalectomy without previous control of the adrenal vein...
In vitro and in vivo toxicity of CdTe nanoparticlesYongbin Zhang
Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
J Nanosci Nanotechnol 7:497-503. 2007....
Evaluation of hepatic-metastasis risk of colorectal cancer upon the protein signature of PI3K/AKT pathwayBin Kang
Beijing Genomics Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing Airport Industrial Zone B 6, Shunyi District, Beijing, China
J Proteome Res 7:3507-15. 2008..And the HM occurrence of RKO cell (4/5) was dramatically higher than that of HT29 cell (1/5). Therefore, the protein signature derived from PI3K/AKT pathway is likely a promising multiplex biomarker for HM of CRC...
Enhancing effects of SonoVue, a microbubble sonographic contrast agent, on high-intensity focused ultrasound ablation in rabbit livers in vivoWen Luo
Department of Ultrasound, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi an, China
J Ultrasound Med 26:469-76. 2007..The purpose of this study was to explore the enhancing biological effects of SonoVue (Bracco SpA, Milan, Italy), a sulfur hexafluoride sonographic contrast agent, on high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) ablation in vivo...
Exploring membrane domains using native membrane sheets and transmission electron microscopyBridget S Wilson
Dept of Pathology and Cancer Center, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, USA
Methods Mol Biol 398:245-61. 2007..Probe coordinates are extracted from digitized images and the distributions of the probes are analyzed with respect to each other and to membrane features like clathrin-coated pits, caveolae, and the cortical cytoskeleton...
Partner change and perinatal outcomes: a systematic reviewJun Zhang
Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 21:46-57. 2007..Whether birth interval should be controlled for in the association between partner change and pre-eclampsia warrants caution...
Risks of CHD identified by different criteria of metabolic syndrome and related changes of adipocytokines in elderly postmenopausal womenQun Fang Ding
Department of Geriatrics, Medicine in Growth and Aging, Program in Health and Community Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
J Diabetes Complications 21:315-9. 2007..The IDF definition for MetS is the most sensitive one with regard to metabolic disorders, whereas JPN and CDS definitions correlate better with CHD and changes of adipocytokines among the four criteria studied...
Analysis of apoptosis and cell proliferation after high intensity-focused ultrasound ablation combined with microbubbles in rabbit liversWen Luo
Department of Ultrasound in Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, 17th Changle Xilu, Xi an, China
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 19:962-8. 2007..To analyze apoptosis and expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) sequentially in the rabbit liver tissue after high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) ablation combined with microbubbles...
A common polymorphism is associated with body mass index in Uyghur populationJun Zhang
MOE Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology and Center for Evolutionary Biology, School of Life Sciences and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Diabetes Res Clin Pract 81:e11-3. 2008..47 (95% CI 1.11-1.95, P=0.006) under a dominant model (CC+GC versus GG). The mean BMI of rs7566605 CC+GC was 0.59kg/m(2) higher than for GG genotype (P=0.024), regardless of sex and age...
Effects of interpregnancy interval on blood pressure in consecutive pregnanciesRafael T Mikolajczyk
Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Am J Epidemiol 168:422-6. 2008..However, it does not rule out the possibility that other mechanisms of cardiovascular adaptation persist longer...
Cesarean delivery on maternal request in southeast ChinaJun Zhang
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Obstet Gynecol 111:1077-82. 2008..To estimate the incidence of overall cesarean delivery and cesarean delivery on maternal request in southeast China in the past decade...
Harvested human neurons engineered as live nervous tissue constructs: implications for transplantation. Laboratory investigationJason H Huang
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA
J Neurosurg 108:343-7. 2008..The authors chose to evaluate human dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons due to their robustness in culture...
Placental characteristics and birthweightCarolyn M Salafia
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 22:229-39. 2008..Analysis suggested that the impact of all maternal characteristics except smoking was consistent with mediation by placental characteristics...
Protein folding in hydrophobic-polar lattice model: a flexible ant-colony optimization approachXiao min Hu
Department of Computer Science, Sun Yat Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, People s Republic of China
Protein Pept Lett 15:469-77. 2008..Collaborations of novel pheromone and heuristic strategies in the proposed algorithm make it more effective in predicting structures of proteins compared with other state-of-the-art algorithms...
Reshaping the folding energy landscape of human carbonic anhydrase II by a single point genetic mutation Pro237HisYan Jiang
Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, Sichuan, People s Republic of China
Int J Biochem Cell Biol 40:776-88. 2008..The results herein suggested that the correct positioning of the long loop around P237 might be crucial to the folding of HCA II, particularly the formation of the active site...
The antiandrogenic activity of the fungicide N-(3, 5-dichlorophenyl) succinimide in in vivo and in vitro assaysJun Zhang
Department of Toxicology, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, P R China
J Reprod Dev 53:535-43. 2007..05) the expression of PBP C3 and had no effect on the level of TRPM-2 (P>0.05). In conclusion, NDPS is a moderate antiandrogen that elicits antiandrogenic effects at least partly by antagonizing AR and increasing the expression of PBP C3...
Needle electromyography of the rectus abdominis in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosisYingsheng Xu
Department of Neurology, Peking University Third Hospital, 49 North Garden Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China
Muscle Nerve 35:383-5. 2007..Thus, conventional needle EMG of the RA is a valuable electrophysiological method to assess clinical and subclinical involvement of thoracic lower motor neurons in patients with suspected ALS...
[Kinetic model for bioconcentration of No. 0 diesel water-accommodated fraction by phytoplankton]Jun Zhang
College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
Huan Jing Ke Xue 25:14-9. 2004..The technique proposed in the present study is particularly well suited for the study on the bioconcentration of organic pollution toxins in the field for its convenience, simplicity, veracity and reliability...
The effect of early epidural versus early intravenous analgesia use on labor progression: a natural experimentAnjel Vahratian
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 191:259-65. 2004..CONCLUSION: Our data support recent American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists guidelines that the restraining use of epidural analgesia at <4 cm of cervical dilation is unnecessary...
Small-for-gestational-age infants and risk of fetal death in subsequent pregnanciesJun Zhang
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, USA
N Engl J Med 350:754-6. 2004
Isolated oligohydramnios is not associated with adverse perinatal outcomesJun Zhang
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH/DHHS, NIH Building 6100, Room 7B03, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
BJOG 111:220-5. 2004..CONCLUSION: Isolated oligohydramnios is not associated with impaired fetal growth or an increased risk of adverse perinatal outcomes...
[Detection of hepatitis E virus on a blood donor and its infectivity to rhesus monkey]Ning-Shao Xia
The Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Cell Biology and Tumor Cell Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
Zhonghua Gan Zang Bing Za Zhi 12:13-5. 2004..CONCLUSION: Acute hepatitis E can be induced by plasma transfusion of HEV viremia, which indicate the possibility of transfusion transmitted hepatitis E..
[Significance of serological markers and virological marker for hepatitis E in rhesus monkey model]Jun Zhang
The Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Cell Biology and Tumor Cell Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
Zhonghua Gan Zang Bing Za Zhi 12:7-10. 2004..The seroconversion or titer elevation of GL-IgG and YES-IgG antibodies probably used to confirm the infection. The viral markers are optional for early diagnosis...
Evaluation of antibody-based and nucleic acid-based assays for diagnosis of hepatitis E virus infection in a rhesus monkey modelJun Zhang
The Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Cell Biology and Tumor Cell Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian Province, 361005, China
J Med Virol 71:518-26. 2003..E2 IgG persisted in all animals for the entire duration of the experiment of up to 86 weeks and possibly beyond and, thus, can serve as a useful epidemiological marker of HEV infection...
Differential synaptic organization of GABAergic bipolar cells and non-GABAergic (glutamatergic) bipolar cells in the tiger salamander retinaChen Yu Yang
Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
J Comp Neurol 455:187-97. 2003..ON layers indicates a difference in the role of bipolar cells in the generation of receptive field properties, depending on whether or not they use GABA as well as glutamate for their transmitter...
Analysis on performance and optimization of frequency-domain near-infrared instrumentsTao Tu
University of Pennsylvania, Department of Electrical Engineering, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
J Biomed Opt 7:643-9. 2002..This kind of method can be used to design suitable instruments for various applications. We also analyze the selection of the instrument parameters to achieve optimal performance at an efficient cost using this analytical model...
Reassessing the labor curve in nulliparous womenJun Zhang
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development NIH, Building 6100, Room 7B03, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 187:824-8. 2002..Our purpose was to examine the pattern of labor progression in nulliparous parturients in contemporary obstetric practice...
Multifetal pregnancy in older women and perinatal outcomesJun Zhang
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Fertil Steril 78:562-8. 2002..To examine multifetal pregnancy in older women and perinatal outcomes...
Predictors of herbicide exposure in farm applicatorsTye E Arbuckle
Health Surveillance and Epidemiology Division, Population and Public Health Branch, Health Canada, A L 0701D, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0L2, Canada
Int Arch Occup Environ Health 75:406-14. 2002....
Delayed interval delivery and infant survival: a population-based studyJun Zhang
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health/DHHS, Bethesda, MD, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 191:470-6. 2004..CONCLUSION: Delayed delivery of the remaining fetus(es) before 30 weeks of gestation for 2 or more days was associated with improved infant survival...
Method development for the quantitation of ABT-578 in rabbit artery tissue by 96-well liquid-liquid extraction and liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometric detectionQin C Ji
Department of Drug Analysis, Abbott Laboratories, 100 Abbott Park Road, Abbott Park, IL 60064 6126, USA
Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 18:2293-8. 2004..3 and 7.0%, and analytical recovery was between 98.2 and 105.8% for blood QC samples. The %CVs for tissue QC samples were between 6.7 and 13.0%, and analytical recovery after correction was between 93.5 and 114.3%...
Depth-resolved birefringence and differential optical axis orientation measurements with fiber-based polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomographyShuguang Guo
Beckman Laser Institute, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92612, USA
Opt Lett 29:2025-7. 2004..Experimental results with beef tendon and rabbit tendon and muscle show that this technique has promising potential for imaging the birefringent structure of multiple-layer samples with varying optical axes...
The impact of parity on course of labor in a contemporary populationAnjel Vahratian
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Birth 33:12-7. 2006..The difference in duration of the active phase between nulliparas and multiparas is substantially smaller in a contemporary population...
[Effects of yinxing pingchan recipe and its components on activity of mitochondrial enzyme complex in brain of mice with Parkinson's disease]Hong-Mei Sun
Department of Anatomy, Basal Medical College, Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing
Zhongguo Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Za Zhi 25:1008-11. 2005..05). CONCLUSION: YXPC and its components can maintain the mitochondrial function by partial inhibiting the activity of its enzyme complex, preventing DAn apoptosis to slow down the progress of Parkinson's disease...
DDT serum concentration and menstruation among young Chinese womenAimin Chen
Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
Environ Res 99:397-402. 2005..The study largely suggests no association between DDE and DDT concentrations and menstrual cycle characteristics in young Chinese women, though the weak-to-no correlation of DDE with menstrual cycle length merits further study...
[A theoretical model study of open section effect on the mechanical properties of long bone]Wenzhi Zhao
State Key Laboratory of Structural Analysis for Industrial Equipment, Dept. of Engineering Mechanics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
Sheng Wu Yi Xue Gong Cheng Xue Za Zhi 22:1052-4. 2005..Shear stress peaked at the center of the open section. This conclusion provides an important theoretical ground for the operative methods and the dimension control of an open section in clinical orthopaedics...
Study of the effects of mild hypothermia on cerebral PO2, PCO2 and pH and body temperature in patients with acute severe head injuryJun Jia
Department of Neurosurgery, Shenzhen Longgang Central Hospital, Shenzhen 518116, China
Chin J Traumatol 8:138-41. 2005..To study the effects of mild hypothermia on cerebral oxygen partial pressure, carbon dioxide partial pressure, pH and body temperature (PbrO2, PbrCO2, pHbr and BT) in patients with acute severe head injury...
Renal pedicle lymphatic disconnection for chyluria via retroperitoneoscopy and open surgery: report of 53 cases with followupXu Zhang
Department of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People s Republic of China
J Urol 174:1828-31. 2005..We present our experience with retroperitoneoscopic renal pedicle lymphatic disconnection. We compared the clinical efficacy of this treatment for chyluria with that of open surgery...
Role of GABAB receptors in GABA and baclofen-induced inhibition of adult rat cerebellar interpositus nucleus neurons in vitroKun Chen
Department of Biological Science and Technology, School of Life Sciences, Mailbox 426, Nanjing University, China
Brain Res Bull 67:310-8. 2005....
Perceived life stress and bacterial vaginosisEmily W Harville
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7435, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 14:627-33. 2005..Because stress can suppress immune function, increased stress might increase the risk of BV. Our objective was to determine whether life stress was associated with risk of bacterial vaginosis in a cohort of nonpregnant women...
Integrated numerical model of nitrogen transportation, absorption and transformation by two-dimension in soil-crop systemHong qi Wang
College of Water Sciences, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
J Environ Sci (China) 17:662-6. 2005..Parameters and boundary conditions were identified and an effective computing method for optimizing watering and wastewater irrigating plans was provided...
[Organotypic cerebral slice culture and the course of neuronal development in it]Mei Zheng
Department of Neurology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100083, China
Beijing Da Xue Xue Bao 37:406-9. 2005..CONCLUSION: Orgaotypic cerebral culture can be used to study postnatal development for neocortex and build some in vitro models for neurodegenerative diseases...
Regenerative and therapeutic effects of heparin-binding epidermal growth factor-like growth factor on diabetes by gene transduction through retrograde pancreatic duct injection of adenovirus vectorJunji Kozawa
Department of Internal Medicine and Molecular Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Pancreas 31:32-42. 2005....
Removal of a mirror image and enhancement of the signal-to-noise ratio in Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography using an electro-optic phase modulatorJun Zhang
Beckman Laser Institute and the Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92612, USA
Opt Lett 30:147-9. 2005..The imaging range was doubled by cancellation of the mirror image. The elimination of low-frequency noises resulting from dc and autocorrelation terms increased the sensitivity by 20 dB...
U.S. national trends in labor induction, 1989-1998Jun Zhang
Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, NIH Building 6100, Room 7B03, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Reprod Med 47:120-4. 2002..To examine the epidemiology of labor induction in the United States...
