Negotiation Model of Design Optimization Profit Distribution with Fairness Concerns in Construction Projects

An Xiaowei,Li Huimin,Omoleye Ojuri,Wang Zhuofu,Ding Jiyong 대한토목학회 2018 KSCE JOURNAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING Vol.22 No.7

Design optimization is an effective strategy to reduce construction project costs. This study focuses on the benefit of designoptimization, which should be allocated to the designer. Furthermore, the distribution ratio can be determined through negotiation. Inline with this view, this paper initially analyzed the benefits of engineering design optimization and the basic mechanism of itsdistribution. Second, we established the negotiation model of design optimization profit distribution by considering the fairnessconcern behavior of subjects. Finally, we set up the following three experimental scenarios: the designer solely has fairness concernbehavior, the owner exclusively has fairness concern behavior, and both negotiators have fairness concern behavior. From theengineering projects perspectives, we further analyzed the effects of the fairness concerns of both negotiators in terms of engineeringdesign optimization and negotiation performance using negotiation simulation experiments. Our experimental scenarios results showthat the appropriate behavior of fairness concerns by the two negotiators is valuable in improving their own advantages. However,excessive attention to the behaviors of fairness concerns by the two negotiators may lead to an increase in the negotiation cycle,which is not beneficial in attaining optimization. This study aims to provide references for the construction project management.

De novo transcriptome assembly and characterization of the 10-hydroxycamptothecin-producing Xylaria sp. M71 following salicylic acid treatment

Xiaowei Ding,Kaihui Liu,Yonggui Zhang,Feihu Liu 한국미생물학회 2017 The journal of microbiology Vol.55 No.11

In the present study, we identified genes that are putatively involved in the production of fungal 10-hydroxycamptothecin via transcriptome sequencing and characterization of the Xylaria sp. M71 treated with salicylic acid (SA). A total of 60,664,200 raw reads were assembled into 26,044 unigenes. BLAST assigned 8,767 (33.7%) and 10,840 (41.6%) unigenes to 40 Gene Ontology (GO) annotations and 108 Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathways, respectively. A total of 3,713 unigenes comprising 1,504 upregulated and 2,209 downregulated unigenes were found to be differentially expressed between SA-induced and control fungi. Based on the camptothecin biosynthesis pathway in plants, 13 functional genes of Xylaria sp. M71 were mapped to the mevalonate (MVA) pathway, suggesting that the fungal 10-hydroxycamptothecin is produced via the MVA pathway. In summary, analysis of the Xylaria sp. M71 transcriptome allowed the identification of unigenes that are putatively involved in 10-hydroxycamptothecin biosynthesis in fungi.

Therapeutic Benefits of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in a Rat Model of Hemoglobin-Induced Hypertensive Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Ding, Rui,Lin, Chunnan,Wei, ShanShan,Zhang, Naichong,Tang, Liangang,Lin, Yumao,Chen, Zhijun,Xie, Teng,Chen, XiaoWei,Feng, Yu,Wu, LiHua Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology 2017 Molecules and cells Vol.40 No.2

Previous studies have shown that bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cell (MSC) transplantation significantly improves the recovery of neurological function in a rat model of intracerebral hemorrhage. Potential repair mechanisms involve anti-inflammation, anti-apoptosis and angiogenesis. However, few studies have focused on the effects of MSCs on inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression and subsequent peroxynitrite formation after hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage (HICH). In this study, MSCs were transplanted intracerebrally into rats 6 hours after HICH. The modified neurological severity score and the modified limb placing test were used to measure behavioral outcomes. Blood-brain barrier disruption and neuronal loss were measured by zonula occludens-1 (ZO-1) and neuronal nucleus (NeuN) expression, respectively. Concomitant edema formation was evaluated by H&E staining and brain water content. The effect of MSCs treatment on neuroinflammation was analyzed by immunohistochemical analysis or polymerase chain reaction of CD68, Iba1, iNOS expression and subsequent peroxynitrite formation, and by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay of pro-inflammatory factors (IL-$1{\beta}$ and TNF-${\alpha}$). The MSCs-treated HICH group showed better performance on behavioral scores and lower brain water content compared to controls. Moreover, the MSC injection increased NeuN and ZO-1 expression measured by immunochemistry/immunofluorescence. Furthermore, MSCs reduced not only levels of CD68, Iba1 and pro-inflammatory factors, but it also inhibited iNOS expression and peroxynitrite formation in perihematomal regions. The results suggest that intracerebral administration of MSCs accelerates neurological function recovery in HICH rats. This may result from the ability of MSCs to suppress inflammation, at least in part, by inhibiting iNOS expression and subsequent peroxynitrite formation.

Uncertainty, Corporate Governance and Investor Protection

Xiaowei Tan,Zhongming Ding 보안공학연구지원센터 2015 International Journal of Smart Home Vol.9 No.4

The cost of equity capital is the expected rate of return that investors provide equity capital to listed companies, it reflect the protection degree of corporate governance mechanisms to the interests of investors. The more effective corporate governance mechanism is, the lower cost of equity capital is. As a factor of influencing corporate operation as well as governance, uncertainty will change such relationship. In perspective of board monitoring, comparing the results of multiple regression with panel data regression, this paper confirm that the uncertainty is positive correlation to the cost of equity capital, the board monitoring is negative correlation to the latter. More importantly, the relationship between the board monitoring and the cost of equity capital will become less significant when the uncertainty the company facing is increasing, which means that the uncertainty will weaken governance efficiency.

Therapeutic Benefits of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in a Rat Model of Hemoglobin-Induced Hypertensive Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Rui Ding,Chunnan Lin,ShanShan Wei,Naichong Zhang,Liangang Tang,Yumao Lin,Zhijun Chen,Teng Xie,XiaoWei Chen,Yu Feng,LiHua Wu 한국분자세포생물학회 2017 Molecules and cells Vol.40 No.2

Previous studies have shown that bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cell (MSC) transplantation significantly improves the recovery of neurological function in a rat model of intracere-bral hemorrhage. Potential repair mechanisms involve anti-inflammation, anti-apoptosis and angiogenesis. However, few studies have focused on the effects of MSCs on inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression and subsequent per-oxynitrite formation after hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage (HICH). In this study, MSCs were transplanted intracerebrally into rats 6 hours after HICH. The modified neurological severity score and the modified limb placing test were used to measure behavioral outcomes. Blood–brain barrier disruption and neuronal loss were measured by zonula occludens-1 (ZO-1) and neuronal nucleus (NeuN) expression, respectively. Concomitant edema formation was evaluated by H&E staining and brain water content. The effect of MSCs treatment on neuroinflammation was analyzed by immunohistochemical analysis or polymerase chain reaction of CD68, Iba1, iNOS expression and subsequent peroxynitrite formation, and by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay of pro-inflammatory factors (IL-1 and TNF-). The MSCs-treated HICH group showed better performance on behavioral scores and lower brain water content compared to controls. Moreover, the MSC injection increased NeuN and ZO-1 expression measured by immunochemistry/immunofluorescence. Furthermore, MSCs reduced not only levels of CD68, Iba1 and pro-inflammatory factors, but it also inhibited iNOS expression and peroxynitrite formation in perihematomal regions. The results suggest that intracerebral administration of MSCs accelerates neurological function recovery in HICH rats. This may result from the ability of MSCs to suppress inflammation, at least in part, by inhibiting iNOS expression and subsequent peroxynitrite formation.

Root hair‐specific expansins modulate root hair elongation in rice

ZhiMing, Yu,Bo, Kang,XiaoWei, He,ShaoLei, Lv,YouHuang, Bai,WoNa, Ding,Ming, Chen,Hyung‐,Taeg, Cho,Ping, Wu Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2011 The Plant journal Vol.66 No.5

<P><B>Summary</B></P><P>Root hair growth requires intensive cell‐wall modification. This study demonstrates that root hair‐specific expansin As, a sub‐clade of the cell wall‐loosening expansin proteins, are required for root hair elongation in rice (<I>Oryza sativa</I> L.). We identified a gene encoding <I>EXPA17</I> (<I>OsEXPA17</I>) from a rice mutant with short root hairs. Promoter::reporter transgenic lines exhibited exclusive <I>OsEXPA17</I> expression in root hair cells. The OsEXPA17 mutant protein (OsexpA17) contained a point mutation, causing a change in the amino acid sequence (Gly104→Arg). This amino acid alteration is predicted to disrupt a highly conserved disulfide bond in the mutant. Suppression of <I>OsEXPA17</I> by RNA interference further confirmed requirement for the gene in root hair elongation. Complementation of the <I>OsEXPA17</I> mutant with other root hair EXPAs (OsEXPA30 and Arabidopsis EXPA7) can restore root hair elongation, indicating functional conservation of these root hair EXPAs in monocots and dicots. These results demonstrate that members of the root hair EXPA sub‐clade play a crucial role in root hair cell elongation in Graminaceae.</P>