17 results on '"Sarah Xu"'
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2. The External Validity of Experimental Social Preference Games
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Sarah Xu
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- 2020
3. 573 Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Total Sleep Duration is Associated With Problems with Physical Function Mobility in Children
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Sujay Turakhia, Michael L. Miller, Bharat Bhushan, Sarah Xu, John Maddalozzo, and Yazan Issa
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medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Physical function ,medicine.disease ,Sleep in non-human animals ,Dyssomnias ,Arousal ,Obstructive sleep apnea ,Quality of life (healthcare) ,Physiology (medical) ,Physical therapy ,Medicine ,Anxiety ,Neurology (clinical) ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Sleep duration - Abstract
Introduction To identify the effect of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and sleep duration on problems with health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) in children. Methods Children ages 8–18 years visiting sleep laboratory from 07/2019 to 01/2020 for overnight PSG participated in the study. Controls seen during 01/2020-02/2020 for issues other than sleep disturbance were recruited from the primary care pediatric clinics. HR-QoL was assessed by PROMIS V1.0 questionnaires. Statistical analysis was conducted using R 3.6.0. Results 122 children were studied: 64 males (52.4%).Twenty-nine(29.2%) had mild OSA, 8 (8.1%) moderate OSA, 17 (17.1%) severe OSA,46 (46.4%) were diagnosed with No-OSA and 22 (18.0%) were controls. Patients visiting the sleep laboratory had lower physical function mobility compared to controls (p=0.004). With increasing severity of OSA, there was a step wise decrease in physical function mobility (p=0.01). Correlation analysis suggested that physical function mobility was positively associated with total sleep duration (p=0.02) and negatively associated with apnea hypopnea index (p=0.01). Symptoms of anxiety in children was positively associated with number of arousals (p=0.04). Age was positively associated with fatigue (p=0.02) and negatively associated with deep sleep (p Conclusion We found interrupted sleep associated with symptoms of anxiety. OSA and reduced sleep duration are associated with problems with physical function mobility after adjusting for age, gender and number of arousals. Support (if any) None
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- 2021
4. 641 The status of life satisfaction and physical stress experience among children with sleep related issues: PROMIS approach
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Bharat Bhushan, Michael L. Miller, Yazan Issa, John Maddalozzo, and Sarah Xu
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Physical stress ,Physiology (medical) ,Life satisfaction ,Neurology (clinical) ,Psychology ,Sleep in non-human animals ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
Introduction To identify the status of health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) domains in children with sleep disturbance. Methods Patients ages 5–17 years visiting sleep laboratory from 09/2019 to 01/2020 for overnight PSG participated in the study. Age and sex matched control participants were seen in general pediatrics during 02/2020 for issues other than sleep disturbance. HR-QoL was assessed by PROMIS V1.0 questionnaires. Statistical analysis was conducted using R 3.6.0. Results 122 patients were included in the final analysis: 70 males (57.4%). Ninety nine (81.15%) patients were included from the sleep laboratory and 23 (18.85%) controls were recruited from the department of pediatrics. Among the patients visiting sleep laboratory, thirty one (25.4%) had mild OSA, 12 (9.8%) moderate OSA, 19 (15.6%) severe OSA, 37 (30.3%) were diagnosed with No-OSA. Twenty three (18.9%) controls were visiting to the hospital for their routine wellness examination requiring no PSG. Severity of OSA was not correlated with any HR-QoL domain. Patients visiting the sleep laboratory had lower life satisfaction (p=0.05) and higher physical stress experience (p=0.005). Age, BMI were negatively and N3 sleep was positively associated with family relations (p Conclusion Children visiting sleep laboratory had higher physical stress experience and lower life satisfaction as compared to controls. Deep sleep was associated with problems with family relations, life satisfaction and anger. Regression analysis suggested that age was negatively associated with family relations and life satisfaction. Support (if any) None
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- 2021
5. CHILDREN WITH SLEEP-RELATED ISSUES HAVE LOWER LIFE SATISFACTION AND HIGHER PHYSICAL STRESS EXPERIENCE
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Dana M. Thompson, Amanda Beneat, Sujay Turakhia, John Maddalozzo, Michael L. Miller, Douglas R. Johnston, Sarah Xu, and Bharat Bhushan
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,Physical stress ,business.industry ,Medicine ,Life satisfaction ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine ,business ,Sleep in non-human animals ,Clinical psychology - Published
- 2020
6. Transport Corridors and Their Wider Economic Benefits: A Critical Review of the Literature
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Mark S. Roberts, Martin Melecky, Theophile Bougna, and Yan Sarah Xu
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Job creation ,Public economics ,Poverty reduction ,Economics ,Equity (finance) ,Environmental impact assessment ,Resilience (network) ,Economic benefits - Published
- 2018
7. Spatially resolved transcriptomics reveals genes associated with the vulnerability of middle temporal gyrus in Alzheimer’s disease
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Shuo Chen, Yuzhou Chang, Liangping Li, Diana Acosta, Yang Li, Qi Guo, Cankun Wang, Emir Turkes, Cody Morrison, Dominic Julian, Mark E. Hester, Douglas W. Scharre, Chintda Santiskulvong, Sarah XueYing Song, Jasmine T. Plummer, Geidy E. Serrano, Thomas G. Beach, Karen E. Duff, Qin Ma, and Hongjun Fu
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Spatially resolved transcriptomics ,Alzheimer’s disease ,Vulnerability ,Human middle temporal gyrus ,Microglia ,Oligodendrocytes ,Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system ,RC346-429 - Abstract
Abstract Human middle temporal gyrus (MTG) is a vulnerable brain region in early Alzheimer’s disease (AD), but little is known about the molecular mechanisms underlying this regional vulnerability. Here we utilize the 10 × Visium platform to define the spatial transcriptomic profile in both AD and control (CT) MTG. We identify unique marker genes for cortical layers and the white matter, and layer-specific differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in human AD compared to CT. Deconvolution of the Visium spots showcases the significant difference in particular cell types among cortical layers and the white matter. Gene co-expression analyses reveal eight gene modules, four of which have significantly altered co-expression patterns in the presence of AD pathology. The co-expression patterns of hub genes and enriched pathways in the presence of AD pathology indicate an important role of cell–cell-communications among microglia, oligodendrocytes, astrocytes, and neurons, which may contribute to the cellular and regional vulnerability in early AD. Using single-molecule fluorescent in situ hybridization, we validated the cell-type-specific expression of three novel DEGs (e.g., KIF5A, PAQR6, and SLC1A3) and eleven previously reported DEGs associated with AD pathology (i.e., amyloid beta plaques and intraneuronal neurofibrillary tangles or neuropil threads) at the single cell level. Our results may contribute to the understanding of the complex architecture and neuronal and glial response to AD pathology of this vulnerable brain region.
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- 2022
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8. Adoption of Natural Gas Vehicles – Estimates for the U.S. and the State of Texas
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Liang-Chieh Cheng and Chen (Sarah) Xu
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Financial incentives ,Natural resource economics ,Natural gas ,business.industry ,020209 energy ,Natural gas vehicle ,Fossil fuel ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,02 engineering and technology ,Business - Abstract
Natural gas vehicles (NGV) have attracted more and more attention from policy makers since natural gas is a clean substitute for traditional fossil fuel that is also readily accessible. In some areas such as the state of Texas, vehicles that do not use traditional fossil fuel (e.g., NGVs) are exempt from paying fuel taxes. Government financial incentives have motivated substantial adoption of NGVs. This paper studies NGV adoption behavior in both U.S. and Texas markets to estimate the dynamics of NGV diffusion. This research employs well-known Bass diffusion models applied to NGV adoption, using data from both the U.S. and Texas. Among several interesting results, we find that NGV adoption through an imitation effect appears to be significant for the U.S. NGV market.
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- 2016
9. Hiding Information in Flash Memory
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Edwin C. Kan, Yinglei Wang, Wing-kei Yu, G. E. Suh, and Sarah Xu
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Non-volatile memory ,Flash (photography) ,Hardware_MEMORYSTRUCTURES ,Flash memory emulator ,Computer science ,business.industry ,Universal memory ,Non-volatile random-access memory ,business ,Flash file system ,Computer memory ,Flash memory ,Computer hardware - Abstract
This paper introduces a novel information hiding technique for Flash memory. The method hides data within an analog characteristic of Flash, the program time of individual bits. Because the technique uses analog behaviors, normal Flash memory operations are not affected and hidden information is invisible in the data stored in the memory. Even if an attacker checks a Flash chip's analog characteristics, experimental results indicate that the hidden information is difficult to distinguish from inherent manufacturing variation or normal wear on the device. Moreover, the hidden data can survive erasure of the Flash memory data, and the technique can be used on current Flash chips without hardware changes.
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- 2013
10. Low power nonvolatile SRAM circuit with integrated low voltage nanocrystal PMOS Flash
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Wing-kei Yu, Edwin C. Kan, Sarah Xu, G. Edward Suh, Shantanu R. Rajwade, and Tuo-Hung Hou
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Hardware_MEMORYSTRUCTURES ,business.industry ,Computer science ,Electrical engineering ,Hardware_PERFORMANCEANDRELIABILITY ,PMOS logic ,Process variation ,Low-power electronics ,MOSFET ,Hardware_INTEGRATEDCIRCUITS ,Charge pump ,Electronic engineering ,Static random-access memory ,business ,Low voltage ,Electronic circuit - Abstract
This paper presents a new nonvolatile SRAM design that incorporates low-voltage nanocrystal PMOS Flash transistors. The design enables global store, restore and erase operations with negligible penalty on regular SRAM operation. Store/erase operations also do not consume much power even considering charge pump circuits. Circuit simulations based on experimental I–V characteristics demonstrate that 10 µs store/erase operation at ± 6 Vis sufficient for correct restoration of the stored bit even under reasonable process variation.
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- 2010
11. Alchymical Romance [Gender Exchange Remix]
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Sarah Xu
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Literature ,business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Art ,business ,Romance ,media_common - Published
- 2009
12. Model-assisted routing for improved lithography robustness
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Vivek Raghavan, Sarah Xu, Alfred Wong, Hardy Kwok-Shing Leung, and Tim Kong
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Router ,Robustness (computer science) ,Computer science ,Computation ,Hardware_INTEGRATEDCIRCUITS ,Integrated circuit design ,computer.software_genre ,Lithography ,computer ,Algorithm ,Expert system ,Design for manufacturability - Abstract
This paper presents a model-assisted routing technique for improving lithography robustness of synthesized layouts. Presupposing an accurate lithography model and a model-based layout weak spot identification procedure, this method produces routed layout in-situ with acceptable turn around time. The approach starts with a conventionally routed layout that, although conforming to design rules, may contain undesirable layout configurations that the router should reconcile. Since weak spot identification is computation intensive, rule-based filtering is first applied to the incoming layout to select regions for further model-based analysis. The router then performs a non-discriminate correction to reduce the number of potential weak spots. This reduced set subsequently undergoes model-based weak spot analysis, distinguishing the actual weak spots. The router finally optimizes the layout to remove the identified weak spots. This technique has been implemented in an industry detail router, and tested with 65-nm technology. Experimental results show that this method can effectively remove actual weak spots with reasonable runtime.
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- 2007
13. Reliability Study of InGaP/GaAs HBT for 28V Operation
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F. Hin-Fai Chau, Sarah Xu, Chien-Ping Lee, Yan Chen, Wenlong Ma, Xiaopeng Sun, Nanlei Larry Wang, Peter Hu, B. Jia-Fu Lin, and M. Kretschmar
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Materials science ,business.industry ,Heterojunction bipolar transistor ,Transistor ,High voltage ,Biasing ,law.invention ,Reliability (semiconductor) ,law ,Hardware_INTEGRATEDCIRCUITS ,Optoelectronics ,Junction temperature ,business ,Low voltage ,Voltage - Abstract
This paper reports the device process and reliability aspects of a high voltage InGaP/GaAs HBT technology for 28V operation. The key differences and challenges from the material and process perspectives relative to the conventional low voltage HBT technology are first described. Long-term reliability tests performed at 28V bias voltage, 5.2kA/cm2 current density and 310degC junction temperature resulted in zero device failures after over 3600 hours of stress. Wafer-level reliability tests using extreme current stress conditions were used to force transistors to degrade in short time for quick checking of transistor integrity and process reliability. Transistor lifetimes were generally higher than those in conventional low voltage HBTs at similar junction temperatures. Combining with the previously reported ruggedness and linearity performance, the high voltage InGaP/GaAs HBT is a mature technology for use in the 28V high linearity power amplification
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- 2006
14. Abstract 1973: Caveolin-1 promotes cell proliferation, EGFR activation and tumor growth in kidney cancer
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Yi Wang, Eduardo H. Moriyama, Olga Roche, Chao Ying (Sarah) Xu, and Michael Ohh
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Cancer Research ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Tumor hypoxia ,biology ,business.industry ,Cell growth ,medicine.disease ,medicine.disease_cause ,Clear cell renal cell carcinoma ,Endocrinology ,Oncology ,Tumor progression ,Internal medicine ,Caveolin 1 ,Cancer research ,biology.protein ,Medicine ,Epidermal growth factor receptor ,business ,Receptor ,Carcinogenesis - Abstract
Tumor hypoxia is associated with disease progression, drug resistance and poor prognosis. It has been shown previously that hypoxia prolongs the activation of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) by delaying clathrin-dependent endocytosis-mediated deactivation of receptors. Recently, caveolin (CAV) mediated signaling and trafficking have been reported to be involved in the oncogenesis of many tumours, including clear cell renal cell carcinoma (CCRCC). However, the role of CAV-1 in the tumor progression is unclear. Here, we show that the loss of von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) protein – the principal negative regulator of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) – increases the auto-phosphorylation of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), thus attributing to an enhanced ligand-independent cell signaling pathway, majorly Ras-Raf-MEK-ERK pathway, and leading to cell proliferation. The auto-phosphorylation of EGFR is due to the HIF-dependent overexpression of caveolin-1 (CAV-1) at the level of transcription, which enhances the association between EGFR and CAV-1 and the auto-dimerization of EGFR. Primary CCRCC tumors and numerous hypoxia treated tumor cell lines exhibit significantly higher expression of CAV-1 protein. Using a dorsal skin-fold window chamber on SCID mice, shCAV-1 knockdown 786-O tumor cell line exhibits lower growth than that of shscramble counterpart in xenografts. These findings support a model in which tumour hypoxia or oncogenic activation of HIF prolongs ligand-independent RTK signaling through the over-expression of CAV-1. Given the oncogenic role of CAV-1, it should be considered as a future therapeutic target in cancer treatment. Citation Format: {Authors}. {Abstract title} [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 102nd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2011 Apr 2-6; Orlando, FL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2011;71(8 Suppl):Abstract nr 1973. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2011-1973
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- 2011
15. Abstract 459: Caveolin-1 mediated signaling and proliferation is regulated through the oxygen sensing pathway
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Olga Roche, Yi Wang, Michael Ohh, and Chao Ying (Sarah) Xu
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Cancer Research ,Oncogene ,biology ,Cell growth ,Kinase ,Cell ,medicine.disease_cause ,medicine.disease ,Receptor tyrosine kinase ,Squamous carcinoma ,Cell biology ,Clear cell renal cell carcinoma ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Oncology ,cardiovascular system ,medicine ,biology.protein ,Carcinogenesis - Abstract
Caveolin-1 (Cav-1) is a multifunctional scaffolding protein with multiple binding partners that is associated with cell surface caveolae and the regulation of lipid raft domains. Cav-1 regulates multiple cancer-associated processes including cellular transformation, tumour growth, cell death and survival, and multidrug resistance. A high expression of Cav-1 is found in various cancer , including clear cell renal cell carcinoma (CCRCC), correlating with large, high grade tumors and poor prognosis. However, the role of Cav-1 in the oncogenesis of CCRCC remains unclear, and its role as either an oncogene or tumour suppressor is still under debate. Here, we investigated the mechanism of Cav-1 in controlling cell proliferation using in vitro and in vivo assays. We report that Cav-1 is highly expressed in tumour compared to normal tissue in patients with CCRCC, thus Cav-1 likely functions as an oncogene. Upon knock-down of Cav-1, tumour cells (786-VHL-/-) showed a decrease in proliferation. We showed that Cav-1 is associating with EGFR, a receptor tyrosine kinase, to activate the Ras-RAF-MEK-ERK kinase pathway and induce cell proliferation. We found that Cav-1 binds to EGFR in immunoprecipitation. The Ras pathway is upregulated in cells overexpressing Cav-1 after EGF stimulation. Upon knockdown of Cav-1, the level of p-ERK, p-MEK, and p-c-Raf decreased, as well as the rate of cell proliferation. Upstream of the Ras pathway, we report that Cav-1 appears to be under the control of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF). Under hypoxia, VHL (the principal negative regulator of HIF) is downregulated, thus leading to upregulation of HIF. We showed that under hypoxia, Cav-1 increased in 786-VHL, Hela and A431 cell lines. Similarly, cells with VHL loss (786-VHL-/-), thus high HIF level, had high levels of Cav-1. We are currently examining the role of Cav-1 in tumour growth by injecting SCID mice with either 786-VHL-/-, or Cav-1 knock-down 786-VHL-/- tumour cells. Since Cav-1 level seems to be under the control of HIF in renal, cervical and squamous carcinoma cell lines, it suggests that the oxygen sensing pathway plays a general role in controlling cell proliferation through upregulating Cav-1. Cav-1 should be considered as a target for drug design as the knock down of Cav-1 decreased cell proliferation and could potentially decrease tumour growth. Citation Format: {Authors}. {Abstract title} [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 101st Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2010 Apr 17-21; Washington, DC. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2010;70(8 Suppl):Abstract nr 459.
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- 2010
16. Reliability Study of InGaP/GaAs HBT for 28V Operation.
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Frank Hin-Fai Chau, Barry Jia-Fu Lin, Yan Chen, Mark Kretschmar, Chien-Ping Lee, Nan-lei Larry Wang, Xiaopeng Sun, Wenlong Ma, Sarah Xu, and Peter Hu
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- 2006
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17. 28V High-Linearity and Rugged InGaP/GaAs Power HBT.
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Nanlei Larry Wang, Wenlong Ma, Sarah Xu, Camargo, E., Xiaopeng Sun, Hu, P., Zhuang Tang, Hin-Fai Frank Chau, Amelia Chen, and Lee, C.P.
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- 2006
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