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2. Experimental behavior and design method of rectangular concrete-filled tubular columns using Q460 high-strength steel
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Du, Yansheng, Chen, Zhihua, and Xiong, Ming-Xiang
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Concrete -- Properties -- Analysis ,Steel, High strength -- Usage -- Analysis ,Business ,Construction and materials industries - Abstract
ABSTRACT This paper experimentally and theoretically investigates the behavior of rectangular concrete-filled tubular (CFT) columns using Q460-grade steel. Analysis of concrete contribution ratio (CCR), ductility and strength index (SI) was [...]
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- 2016
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3. Comparison of Robot-assisted versus Conventional Laparoscope on Incidence and Risk Factors of Postoperative Delirium for Patients undergoing radical prostatectomy: A single-center retrospective analysis
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Bo Xu, Xiong Ming, Bixi Li, Gangjun Hu, Weidong Shao, Castiglione Mia, and Naftalovich Rotem
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Prostatectomy ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,medicine ,Retrospective analysis ,Postoperative delirium ,Single Center ,business ,Surgery - Abstract
Background Robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy ( RALRP) has better effects than conventional laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP). However, limited data is available regarding the incidence and risk factors for developing postoperative delirium in patients undergoing these two procedures. This study aimed to assess the incidence of postoperative delirium in patients undergoing RALRP and LRP, and evaluated the risk factors for developing postoperative delirium Methods From June 2013 to December 2019, 81 cases of RALRP patients and 71 cases of LRP patients were included in this study. The unpaired Student t tests, repetitive measure analysis of variance and chi-square test were used to compare several different parameters. The binary logistic regression analysis was used to explore the independent risk factors of postoperative delirium . Results The incidences of postoperative delirium in group RALRP and LRP were (17.3% VS 32.4%, P = 0.03), IAP was (12.72 ± 1.87 VS 13.37 ± 1.12 mmHg; P = 0.01), PaCO2 at post-pneumoperitoneum and after loosening pneumoperitoneum were (47.89 ± 10.89 VS 38.65 ± 16.32 mmHg; P VS 43.57 ± 4.54 mmHg; P = 0.001), the overall cost was (8.29 ± 5.55 VS 5.18 ± 1.51 Ten thousand RMB, P r), post-pneumoperitoneum PaCO2 and IAP. Conclusion The RALRP group had a lower IAP, lower incidence of postoperative delirium and shorter recovery time compared with the LRP group, but the overall cost was higher. IAP was the main factor affecting the incidence of postoperative delirium.
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- 2021
4. Bowen’s disease on the palm: A case report
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Jing-Zhan Zhang, Xiao-Jing Kang, Xiong-Ming Pu, and Shi-Rong Yu
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Bowen’s disease ,Erythema ,Dermoscopy ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Case report ,Pathology ,medicine ,skin and connective tissue diseases ,Bowen's disease ,integumentary system ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Dermatology ,Hand eczema ,Male patient ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Skin biopsy ,Itching ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,medicine.symptom ,Palm ,business ,Thenar eminence - Abstract
Background Bowen's disease (BD) is a persistent, progressive intraepidermal carcinoma. BD usually occurs in areas exposed to sunlight. Involvement of the dorsum of the hand is not rare, but that of the palmar aspect is very unusual. Only a few cases have been reported in the literature. Case summary Here, we report the case of a 48-year-old male patient who presented with a history of persistent local erythema lasting for 2 years on the thenar eminence of the left palm. Initially diagnosed as hand eczema, the condition did not improve with intermittent treatment with anti-allergy medications or topical glucocorticoid ointments, among other approaches. Then, the area of erythema gradually enlarged and was accompanied by mild itching. For a definite diagnosis and treatment, the patient came to our hospital. Dermoscopic examination revealed BD, and histopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis. We performed partial resection of the skin lesion followed by photodynamic therapy. No recurrence was observed at the 6-mo follow-up. Conclusion For all atypical palmar lesions, early dermoscopy and/or skin biopsy are needed to avoid missed diagnosis or misdiagnosis.
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- 2019
5. Cloning and characterization of a CAP gene expressed in Gossypium arboreum fuzzless mutant
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Wang, Sheng, Zhao, Guo-Hong, Jia, Yin-Hua, and Du, Xiong-Ming
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Cloning -- Research ,Adenylate cyclase -- Properties ,Cellular signal transduction -- Research ,Cytoskeletal proteins -- Properties ,Cytoskeletal proteins -- Genetic aspects ,Gene expression -- Research ,Gene mutations -- Research ,Agricultural industry ,Business - Abstract
The adenylyl cyclase-associated protein (CAP) was first identified in the budding yeast as a protein that functions in cytoskeletal organization and signal transduction. We isolated two CAP homologs from wild-type cotton Gossypium arboreum L. (DPL971) and its natural fuzzless mutant (DPL972). Alignments of 3998-bp genomic and 1425-bp cDNA sequences revealed that the cap genes contain nine introns and an open reading frame (ORF) encoding a 471 amino acid protein. The predicted amino acid sequence shares high identity (~70%) with Arabidopsis thaliana, Medicago truncatula, and Oryza sativa. Expression profiles of the gene were studied from ovule, leaf, hypocotyl, and root tissues, through reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction and Northern blotting analysis. The results revealed that the gene was expressed in all tissues tested in wild-type and fuzzless plants. The expression of GaCAP reached the highest level in both wild-type and mutant fibers during 1 to 4 d postanthesis (DPA), then gradually declined in the mutant after 4 DPA. By comparing the predicted amino acid sequences, a polar substitution was observed at a conserved position between wild-type and mutant. At this position, the conserved uncharged unpolar alanine (amino acid 44) of GaCAP was replaced by a polar threonine in GaCAPm. Therefore, our results suggest that GaCAP may play a functional role during early stages of cotton fiber development.
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- 2008
6. Association of Interleukin-23R Gene Polymorphisms with Behcet's Disease Susceptibility: A Meta-Analysis of Case-control Studies
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Xiong-ming Pu, Hai-bo Gong, Xiao-jing Kang, and Xiujuan Wu
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0301 basic medicine ,Immunology ,Disease ,Behcet's disease ,Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Databases, Genetic ,Odds Ratio ,Medicine ,Humans ,Genetic Predisposition to Disease ,Association (psychology) ,Gene ,Pathological ,Genetic Association Studies ,business.industry ,Behcet Syndrome ,Case-control study ,Interleukin ,General Medicine ,Receptors, Interleukin ,medicine.disease ,stomatognathic diseases ,030104 developmental biology ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Meta-analysis ,Case-Control Studies ,business ,Publication Bias - Abstract
The pathological mechanisms associated with the occurrence and development of Behcet's disease (BD) are not yet known. Two large genome-wide association surveys revealed an association between interleukin (IL)-23R single nucleotide polymorphism and BD. This study aimed to investigate the association between IL-23R gene polymorphisms and BD susceptibility.Comprehensive literature search was performed across four online databases - PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Web of science. The included studies had to be published before May 15, 2019. The Newcastle-Ottawa scale was used to assess the quality of every included study, and pooled odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) were calculated using the allele model of inheritance to evaluate the potential associations between IL-23R gene polymorphisms and BD risk.In all, 12 case-control studies comprising 6,926 BD patients and 10,211 controls were identified and included in this meta-analysis, in which 5 loci of IL-23R gene polymorphisms were investigated. Of these 5 loci, 2 were found to be significantly associated with BD susceptibility: rs17375018 (G vs. A, OR = 1.50, 95% CI: 1.34-1.68,This meta-analysis indicated that rs17375018 (G/A) and rs924080 (T/C) were associated with BD susceptibility. However, association of the other IL-23R polymorphisms could not be estimated owing to the lack of studies.BD: Behcet's disease; SNP: single nucleotide polymorphism; HLA: human leukocyte antigen; IL: interleukin; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; HWE: Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium; UK: United Kingdom; NOS: Newcastle-Ottawa scale; GWAS: genome-wide association study; TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor-α.
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- 2019
7. Quality of service guarantee for temporal consistency of real-time transactions
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Xiong, Ming, Liang, Biyu, Lam, Kam-Yiu, and Guo, Yang
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Real-time control -- Analysis ,Real-time systems -- Analysis ,Quality of service ,Real-time system ,Business ,Computers ,Electronics ,Electronics and electrical industries - Abstract
The More-Less (ML) scheme has been shown to be an efficient approach for maintaining temporal consistency of real-time data objects. Although ML provides a deterministic guarantee in temporal consistency, the number of update transactions that can be supported in a system is limited. This is due to its use of the worst-case computation time in deriving deadlines and periods of update transactions. This paper studies the problem of temporal consistency maintenance where a certain degree of temporal inconsistency is tolerable. A suite of Statistical More-Less (SML) approaches are proposed to explore the trade-off between quality of service (QoS) of temporal consistency and the number of supported transactions. It begins with a base-line algorithm, SML-BA, which provides the requested QoS of temporal consistency. Then, SML with Optimization (SML-OPT) is proposed to further improve the QoS by better utilizing the excess processor capacity. Finally, SML-OPT is enhanced with a Slack Reclaiming scheme (SML-SR). The reclaimed slacks are used to process jobs whose required computation time is larger than the guaranteed computation time. Simulation experiments are conducted to compare the performance of these schemes (SML-BA, SML-OPT, and SML-SR) together with the deterministic More-Less and Half-Half schemes. The results show that the SML schemes are effective in trading the schedulability of transactions for the QoS guaranteed. Moreover, SML-SR performs best and offers a significant QoS improvement over SML-BA and SML-OPT. Index Terms--Real-time database, probabilistic temporal consistency, transactions scheduling, quality of service.
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- 2006
8. Scheduling transactions with temporal constraints: exploiting data semantics
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Xiong, Ming, Ramamritham, Krithi, Stankovic, John A., Towsley, Don, and Sivasankaran, Rajendran
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Real-time systems -- Design and construction ,Databases -- Design and construction ,Online transaction processing -- Methods ,Business ,Computers ,Electronics ,Electronics and electrical industries - Abstract
In this paper, issues involved in the design of a real-time database which maintains data temporal consistency are discussed. The concept of data-deadline is introduced and time cognizant transaction scheduling policies are proposed. Informally, data-deadline is a deadline assigned to a transaction due to the temporal constraints of the data accessed by the transaction. Further, two time cognizant forced wait policies which improve performance significantly by forcing a transaction to delay further execution until a new version of sensor data becomes available are proposed. A way to exploit temporal data similarity to improve performance is also proposed. Finally, these policies are evaluated through detailed simulation experiments. The simulation results show that taking advantage of temporal data semantics in transaction scheduling can significantly improve the performance of user transactions in real-time database systems. In particular, it is demonstrated that under the forced wait policy, the performance can be improved significantly. Further improvements result by exploiting data similarity. Index Terms--Real-time database systems, temporal consistency, earliest deadline first, least slack first, data-deadline, transaction processing.
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- 2002
9. Association of rs610604 in TNFAIP3 and rs17728338 in TNIP1 gene polymorphisms with psoriasis susceptibility: A meta-analysis of case-control studies
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Xiujuan Wu, Shu-tao Gao, Xiong-ming Pu, Xiao-jing Kang, and Hai-bo Gong
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Male ,0301 basic medicine ,lcsh:Internal medicine ,China ,medicine.medical_specialty ,lcsh:QH426-470 ,Genotype ,Cochrane Library ,Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Asian People ,Psoriasis ,Internal medicine ,Genetic model ,Genetics ,medicine ,Humans ,Genetic Predisposition to Disease ,Allele ,lcsh:RC31-1245 ,Alleles ,Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha-Induced Protein 3 ,TNFAIP3 ,Genetics (clinical) ,TNIP1 single nucleotide polymorphism ,business.industry ,Case-control study ,Odds ratio ,medicine.disease ,Confidence interval ,DNA-Binding Proteins ,lcsh:Genetics ,Meta-analysis ,030104 developmental biology ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Female ,business ,Genome-Wide Association Study ,Research Article - Abstract
Background To date, the fundamental pathophysiology underlying the occurrence and progression of psoriasis are still unanswered questions. Genome-wide association surveys have revealed that TNFAIP3 and TNIP1 were key biomarkers for psoriasis. Here, we intended to conduct a survey on the association between TNFAIP3 and TNIP1 gene polymorphisms and psoriasis risk. Methods A comprehensive search of four online databases—China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Library was undertaken up to August 25, 2019. We chose allele genetic model to deal with the original data. Newcastle–Ottawa scale (NOS) was used to evaluate the risk bias of each study. The RevMan 5.3 software was used to calculate the combined odds ratio and 95% confidence interval. Results In total, we included 13 case-control studies consist of 13,908 psoriasis patients and 20,051 controls in this work. Our results demonstrated that rs610604 in TNFAIP3 polymorphism was significantly associated with psoriasis risk using random-effect model (G vs. T, OR = 1.19, 95% CI: 1.09–1.31, P = 0.0002), and a significant association between rs17728338 in TNIP1 polymorphism and psoriasis vulnerability using fixed-effect model (A vs. G, OR = 1.69, 95% CI:1.58–1.80, P Conclusions Our findings indicated that rs610604 in TNFAIP3 and rs17728338 in TNIP1 gene polymorphisms were associated with psoriasis susceptibility.
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- 2019
10. A Tunable CW Single-Frequency 1342-nm Injection-Locked Ring Laser
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刘涛 Liu Tao, 熊明 Xiong Ming, 安振杰 An Zhenjie, 孙桂侠 Sun Guixia, 张志忠 Zhang Zhizhong, and 凌菲彤 Ling Feitong
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Materials science ,business.industry ,Optoelectronics ,Ring laser ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,business ,Injection locked ,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials - Published
- 2021
11. Tumors of the Skin
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Ying Ren, Yi-Qun Jiang, Xian Jiang, Li Tang, Xiao-Mei Zhang, Zheng Ge, Hong Zhang, Pei-Hua Song, Sheng Wang, Jian-Min Chang, Chun-Yang Li, Chun-Mei Zhang, Shu-Qin Lv, Min Huang, Yi-Ming Xu, Min Zheng, Ming-Yu Xia, Mei Cai, Bao-Chun Li, Zhi-Ping Sun, Ru-Zhi Zhang, Shan Tang, De-Hai Pan, Dian-Ying Zhuang, Xiao-Yan Guo, Chun-Xing Xu, Jing Chen, Jing Fang, Yan Yan, Jian-Ping Liang, Jie Yan, Gang Wang, Yan Wu, Hui-Pu Zhou, Xiong-Ming Pu, Lin Cai, Chuan-Ping Xing, Li Yang, Hong-Zhong Jin, Guang-Ren Liu, Xi-Chuan Yang, Lei Wang, Hui Zhang, Cun-Cai Zhou, Jia-Bi Wang, Zhi-Fang Zhai, Xue-Jun Zhu, Jin Hu, Zhi-Xin Song, Sheng-Shun Tan, Shun-Fan Li, Hong-Hao Jiang, Bing-Nan Cui, Tong Lin, Guang-He Yang, Mai-Hua Hou, Lan Yang, Ting Lin, Xiao-Jie Li, Li-Jian Xiang, Zhong Xie, Bing-Sen Qiu, Juan Du, Wen-Yuan Zhu, Shu-Fang Qiao, Yong-Hang Zhu, Gui-Xiu Zhang, Yin Xiao, Jie Gao, Ji-Ling Zhang, Bin Su, Feng Wu, Gang Liu, Jun Peng, Yan Lu, Jian-Ying Zeng, Yang Guan, Jian-Fang Sun, Xian Zhang, Dong-Lai Ma, Jiang Jin, Xiao-Bing Pi, Cheng Tan, An Liu, Wen-Hai Li, Jin-Fa Su, Shao-Wen Peng, Xiao-Jun Zhu, and Guang-Cai Xiang
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medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Skin tumor ,Medicine ,Medical physics ,business - Abstract
Skin tumor is the most intriguing topic for the clinicians. This chapter covers a wide range of issues and provides with informative clues and tips associated with clinical features and pathological presentations and keeps pace with the latest development in molecular biology and immunohistochemistry to assist the readers in the establishment of accurate diagnosis. These following disorders are elaborately selected and arranged from a histopathological perspective.
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- 2018
12. Role of dorsal root ganglion K2p1.1 in peripheral nerve injury-induced neuropathic pain
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Jingjing Yuan, Yuan Xiang Tao, Xiong Ming, Qingxiang Mao, Tiande Yang, Shaogen Wu, Liyong Chen, and Alex Bekker
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0301 basic medicine ,Male ,Potassium Channels ,dorsal root ganglion ,K2P1.1 ,Membrane Potentials ,03 medical and health sciences ,Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience ,Mice ,0302 clinical medicine ,Lumbar ,Dorsal root ganglion ,Peripheral Nerve Injuries ,Ganglia, Spinal ,medicine ,Animals ,Microinjection ,Neurons ,neuropathic pain ,business.industry ,medicine.disease ,Acute Pain ,Potassium channel ,3. Good health ,030104 developmental biology ,Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,nervous system ,Spinal nerve ,TWIK1 ,Neuropathic pain ,Peripheral nerve injury ,Neuralgia ,Molecular Medicine ,business ,Neuroscience ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Research Article - Abstract
Peripheral nerve injury-caused hyperexcitability and abnormal ectopic discharges in the primary sensory neurons of dorsal root ganglion (DRG) play a key role in neuropathic pain development and maintenance. The two-pore domain background potassium (K2P) channels have been identified as key determinants of the resting membrane potential and neuronal excitability. However, whether K2P channels contribute to neuropathic pain is still elusive. We reported here that K2P1.1, the first identified mammalian K2P channel, was highly expressed in mouse DRG and distributed in small-, medium-, and large-sized DRG neurons. Unilateral lumbar (L) 4 spinal nerve ligation led to a significant and time-dependent reduction of K2P1.1 mRNA and protein in the ipsilateral L4 DRG, but not in the contralateral L4 or ipsilateral L3 DRG. Rescuing this reduction through microinjection of adeno-associated virus-DJ expressing full-length K2P1.1 mRNA into the ipsilateral L4 DRG blocked spinal nerve ligation-induced mechanical, thermal, and cold pain hypersensitivities during the development and maintenance periods. This DRG viral microinjection did not affect acute pain and locomotor function. Our findings suggest that K2P1.1 participates in neuropathic pain development and maintenance and may be a potential target in the management of this disorder.
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- 2017
13. A New Positioning System for Traffic Accident Scene Investigation Integrated with RFID and WSN
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Wei Jian Duan, Zhi Yong Yin, Jian Xiong Ming, Jun Tang, and Hong Song
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Engineering ,Measure (data warehouse) ,Positioning system ,Location map ,business.industry ,Traffic accident ,Real-time computing ,General Medicine ,Software ,Skid (automobile) ,Position (vector) ,Embedded system ,Line (geometry) ,business - Abstract
In traffic accident scene investigation, the traditional measuring and positioning methods cannot meet current requirement for efficiency and effectiveness. Which means the Investigators need use tape to measure the distance between accident factors and reference points, and then mark the corresponding elements -- dots, straight lines, curves, closed curves and so on - on the diagram for traffic accident scene investigation. A new radio location system integrated with RFID and WSN has been established to solve the problem. The function of RFID is to clearly mark the ID, attribute and affiliation; WSN to acquire locations of factors from the sensors; ZIGBEE to transmit the combined data (RFID and WSN data) to computers through networks. Using special software to automatically processing the received data for a visualized location map, including the following processes of A) locating survey marks with the geometric algorithm. B) Defining the types of survey marks, such as isolated points, line end points, curve end points, intermediate points etc. C) Classifying the survey marks, such as front wheels, rear wheels, skid marks, body locations, position of fallout etc.
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- 2014
14. On the inference rules in legal logic
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Xiong Ming-hui
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business.industry ,General Social Sciences ,Semantic reasoner ,computer.software_genre ,Philosophy of logic ,Disjunction introduction ,Proof calculus ,Probabilistic logic network ,Artificial intelligence ,Data mining ,Non-monotonic logic ,business ,Rule of inference ,Autoepistemic logic ,computer ,Natural language processing ,Mathematics - Abstract
推论规则是逻辑学研究的核心内容。法律逻辑是一门应用逻辑,但它并不是形 式逻辑的推论规则在法律领域中的简单运用,而是形式逻辑的推论规则加上法律领 域中的特殊推论规则的结果。因此,法律逻辑中的推论规则与形式逻辑中的推论规 则相比,既有共性的一面,又有个性的一面。其共性表现为形式逻辑的基本推论规 则是构成法律逻辑中的推论规则必不可少的组成部分,其个性表现为法律逻辑中有 着与形式逻辑中的推论规则所不具有的特殊推论规则——证明责任规则。 关键词: 法律逻辑 推论规则 证明责任规则 Inference rules are at the heart of studies of logic. Although legal logic is an applied logic, it is not a simple application of the inference rules of formal logic in the legal domain, but the outcome of a combination of the inference rules of formal logic and inference rules peculiar to the legal domain. Therefore, although legal inference rules have some features in common with the inference rules of formal logic, they also have a distinctive character. Their common features are to be found in the fact that the basic inference rules of formal logic are an indispensable part of the inference rules of legal logic, while their distinctiveness lies in the fact that legal inference rules contain a special inference rule that does not exist in formal logic, the rule of burd...
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- 2009
15. The Organic Carbon Distribution and Flow in Wetland Soil-plant System in Ruoergai Plateau
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Xiong Xiao-Shan, Song Guang-yu, Xiong Ming-biao, and Tian Yingbing
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Hydrology ,Total organic carbon ,geography ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,Plateau ,Ecology ,business.industry ,Flow (psychology) ,Distribution (economics) ,Wetland ,Plant Science ,Environmental science ,Plant system ,business ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Published
- 2003
16. Association analyses identify three susceptibility Loci for vitiligo in the Chinese Han population
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Wei-Dong Du, Xianfa Tang, Leihong Xiang, Hong-Duo Chen, Gong-Pu Pan, Liangdan Sun, Hongfu Xie, Sen Yang, Jia-Qiang Wu, Fei Hao, Ri-Na Wu, Kai Li, Xiong-Ming Pu, Min Gao, Xuejun Zhang, Weijia Zhang, Hai-Sheng Zhou, Da-Yan Hu, Jianjun Liu, Xinghua Gao, Tianwen Gao, Ling Liang, Ai-E Xu, Furen Zhang, Cai-Xia Tu, Jianzhong Zhang, Zheng Zhang, Mingwan Su, Youwen Zhou, and Jianwen Han
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Adult ,Male ,China ,Adolescent ,Vitiligo ,Locus (genetics) ,Dermatology ,Biochemistry ,Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide ,Linkage Disequilibrium ,Pathogenesis ,Young Adult ,Antigen ,Asian People ,medicine ,Humans ,Genetic Predisposition to Disease ,Promoter Regions, Genetic ,Molecular Biology ,Genetics ,Type 1 diabetes ,business.industry ,Promoter ,Cell Biology ,Odds ratio ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,PMEL ,Female ,business ,Genome-Wide Association Study ,gp100 Melanoma Antigen - Abstract
To identify susceptibility loci for vitiligo, we extended our previous vitiligo genome-wide association study with a two-staged replication study that included 6,857 cases and 12,025 controls from the Chinese Han population. We identified three susceptibility loci, 12q13.2 (rs10876864, P(combined)=8.07 × 10(-12), odds ratio (OR)=1.18), 11q23.3 (rs638893, P(combined)=2.47 × 10(-9), OR=1.22), and 10q22.1 (rs1417210, P(combined)=1.83 × 10(-8), OR=0.88), and confirmed three previously reported loci for vitiligo, 3q28 (rs9851967, P(combined)=8.57 × 10(-8), OR=0.88), 10p15.1 (rs3134883, P(combined)=1.01 × 10(-5), OR=1.11), and 22q12.3 (rs2051582, P(combined)=2.12 × 10(-5), OR=1.14), in the Chinese Han population. The most significant single-nucleotide polymorphism in the 12q13.2 locus is located immediately upstream of the promoter region of PMEL, which encodes a major melanocyte antigen and has expression loss in the vitiligo lesional skin. In addition, both 12q13.2 and 11q23.3 loci identified in this study are also associated with other autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes and systemic lupus erythematosus. These findings provide indirect support that vitiligo pathogenesis involves a complex interplay between immune regulatory factors and melanocyte-specific factors. They also highlight similarities and differences in the genetic basis of vitiligo in Chinese and Caucasian populations.
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- 2012
17. A Highly-Efficient Face Recognition Method Based on Weighted LDA
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Lv Ke-wei, Peng Huan-jia, Xiong Ming, Wang Ru-yan, and Cui Xin
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Covariance matrix ,business.industry ,Feature vector ,Feature extraction ,ComputingMethodologies_IMAGEPROCESSINGANDCOMPUTERVISION ,Wavelet transform ,Pattern recognition ,Facial recognition system ,Dimension (vector space) ,Face (geometry) ,Artificial intelligence ,business ,Subspace topology ,Mathematics - Abstract
In face recognition, the class mean of the training samples may deviate from the class center in small sample size. The method based on adaptively weighted fisherface is one of the approaches to deal with the problem. However, it didnpsilat consider the face recognition efficiency. To improve recognition efficiency, the paper proposes a highly-efficient face recognition method based on weighted LDA. Firstly, the wavelet transform is applied to the face image so that the lowest resolution sub-image of the face image is obtained. Secondly, the dimension of sub-image is reduced by 2DPCA. In the end, the class means are updated by using the weighted feature vector in the reduced order subspace. The traditional LDA is improved by using the new class means. The experiments on the ORL face database show that the proposed method can achieve higher recognition rate and efficiency as well as better implementation result.
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- 2008
18. Malassezia folliculitis in China
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Glenn S. Bulmer, Xiong Ming Pu, and Li Xia Ti Yi
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Systemic disease ,China ,Itraconazole ,Veterinary (miscellaneous) ,Folliculitis ,Disease ,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ,Microbiology ,Immunocompromised Host ,Medical microbiology ,medicine ,Dermatomycoses ,Humans ,Malassezia ,biology ,business.industry ,West china ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,Dermatology ,Ketoconazole ,business ,Agronomy and Crop Science ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Superficial Malassezia folliculitis was diagnosed in 1–1.5% of all dermatology patients seen in a Dermatology Out-Patient clinic in Urumqi City, Xinjiang province, west China. It was most prevalent in healthy, middle-aged males in the warm seasons. This disease, first reported in 1969, is usually diagnosed as a systemic disease of immuno-compromised patients. Our findings indicate it is a relatively common superficial skin disease that can be managed with ketoconazole or itraconazole.
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- 2007
19. Genetic diversity of source germplasm of Upland cotton in China as determined by SSR marker analysis
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Xiong-Ming Du and Guang Chen
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Germplasm ,Genetic Markers ,China ,Minisatellite Repeats ,Biology ,Diversity index ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Molecular marker ,Genetic variation ,Genotype ,Genetics ,Cluster Analysis ,Cultivar ,Allele ,Molecular Biology ,Genetic diversity ,Gossypium ,Polymorphism, Genetic ,business.industry ,food and beverages ,Genetic Variation ,Biotechnology ,Agronomy ,chemistry ,business ,human activities ,Microsatellite Repeats - Abstract
The genetic diversity of 43 sources of Upland cotton germplasm with different parental origins, breeding periods, and ecological growing areas in China were studied on the basis of simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers. A total of 130 gene alleles with 80% polymorphism were detected from 36 SSR primers. The number of alleles per primer ranged from two to eight with an average of 3.6. The polymorphism information content (PIC) range was 0.278-0.865, with an average of 0.62. The average genotype diversity index (H') was 1.102, the highest was 2.039 and the lowest was 0.451. The average coefficient of the genetic similarity of SSR markers among source germplasm was 0.610, ranging from 0.409 to 0.865. These indicated that the genetic diversity at the genomic level of the selected source germplasm was rich, and was representative of the diversity of the germplasms, in general. The diversity at the genome level of the base germplasm from the second and third breeding periods was decreased compared to that of the first period, indicating that the cotton genetic background in China became narrow gradually. The diversity of SSR markers among the base germplasm from early maturity cotton growing areas in the north was higher than those from the Huanghe and Yangtze growing areas. The molecular marker genetic similarity index of the domestic varieties was higher than that in the introduced varieties, which indicates that the genetic diversity in domestic cultivars was lower than that in the introduced varieties. This study gives an overview of the genetic diversity of the cotton germplasm base in China, and provides a guide for breeders to develop new cultivars efficiently.
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- 2006
20. Outbreak of Trichophyton verrucosum in China transmitted from cows to humans
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Pu Xiong Ming, Yi Li Xia Ti, and Glenn S. Bulmer
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Veterinary medicine ,China ,Veterinary (miscellaneous) ,Cattle Diseases ,Biology ,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ,Microbiology ,Trichophyton verrucosum ,Tinea ,Trichophyton ,Prepuberty ,Occupational Exposure ,Zoonoses ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,business.industry ,Incidence ,West china ,Outbreak ,Agriculture ,medicine.disease ,Livestock ,Cattle ,Female ,Occupational exposure ,business ,Agronomy and Crop Science - Abstract
Twenty percent of 1000 dairy cows were infected with Trichophyton verrucosum in a newly established dairy farm in western China. The disease was transmitted to 30 of 100 animal workers. The source of the outbreak is unknown but it is suspected that naive cattle which were transported from Holland to China became infected after they arrived in Xinjiang province (West China) where the fungus is endemic in nature, prepuberty school children and various livestock.
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- 2005
21. Genetic Evaluation of Major Traits in Fuzzless Upland Cotton Germplasm
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Yinhua Jia, Zhaoe Pan, Ya-Li Sun, Shou-Pu He, Bao-Yin Pang, Xiong-Ming Du, and Jun-Ling Sun
- Subjects
Germplasm ,Agronomy ,business.industry ,Plant Science ,Biology ,business ,Agronomy and Crop Science ,Biotechnology - Published
- 2013
22. Anticolorectal carcinoma activities of Zuojin Pill and Fanzuojin Pillin vitroandin vivo
- Author
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Liang Qi‑heng, Dai Wei‑yi, Liu Ling, Wen Bin, Huang Qiu‑lin, Xiong Ming‑li, and Min Fei
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business.industry ,Pill ,Carcinoma ,medicine ,Cell Biology ,General Medicine ,Pharmacology ,medicine.disease ,business - Published
- 2010
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