Browsing by Author "Li, Cai"
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Avianbase: a community resource for bird genomics.
(Genome Biol, 2015-01-29)Giving access to sequence and annotation data for genome assemblies is important because, while facilitating research, it places both assembly and annotation quality under scrutiny, resulting in improvements to both. Therefore ... -
Comparative genomic data of the Avian Phylogenomics Project.
(2014)BACKGROUND: The evolutionary relationships of modern birds are among the most challenging to understand in systematic biology and have been debated for centuries. To address this challenge, we assembled or collected the ... -
Comparative genomics reveals insights into avian genome evolution and adaptation.
(Science, 2014-12-12)Birds are the most species-rich class of tetrapod vertebrates and have wide relevance across many research fields. We explored bird macroevolution using full genomes from 48 avian species representing all major extant clades. ... -
CT Radiomic Features of Superior Mesenteric Artery Involvement in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: A Pilot Study.
(Radiology, 2021-09-07)Background Current imaging methods for prediction of complete margin resection (R0) in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) are not reliable. Purpose To investigate whether tumor-related and perivascular ... -
Derivation of a Risk Assessment Tool for Prediction of Long-Term Pain Intensity Reduction After Physical Therapy.
(Journal of pain research, 2021-01)<h4>Rationale</h4>Risk assessment tools can improve clinical decision-making for individuals with musculoskeletal pain, but do not currently exist for predicting reduction of pain intensity as an outcome from physical ... -
Developing and Validating Risk Assessment Models of Clinical Outcomes in Modern Oncology.
(JCO precision oncology, 2019-01)The identification of prognostic factors and building of risk assessment prognostic models will continue to play a major role in 21st century medicine in patient management and decision making. Investigators are often interested ... -
Dynamic evolution of the alpha (α) and beta (β) keratins has accompanied integument diversification and the adaptation of birds into novel lifestyles.
(BMC Evol Biol, 2014-12-12)BACKGROUND: Vertebrate skin appendages are constructed of keratins produced by multigene families. Alpha (α) keratins are found in all vertebrates, while beta (β) keratins are found exclusively in reptiles and birds. We ... -
Fast covariance estimation for multivariate sparse functional data
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Joint model for survival and multivariate sparse functional data with application to a study of Alzheimer's Disease.
(Biometrics, 2021-01-26)Studies of Alzheimer's disease (AD) often collect multiple longitudinal clinical outcomes, which are correlated and predictive of AD progression. It is of great scientific interest to investigate the association between ... -
Longitudinal associations between BMI change and the risks of colorectal cancer incidence, cancer-relate and all-cause mortality among 81,388 older adults : BMI change and the risks of colorectal cancer incidence and mortality.
(BMC cancer, 2019-11-11)BACKGROUND:It remains controversial whether weight change could influence the risks of colorectal cancer (CRC) and mortality. This study aimed to quantify the associations between full-spectrum changes in body mass index ... -
Longitudinal Monitoring of Pain Associated Distress with the Optimal Screening for Prediction of Referral and Outcome Yellow Flag (OSPRO-YF) Tool: Predicting Reduction Pain Intensity and Disability.
(Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 2020-06-26)OBJECTIVE:To investigate the Optimal Screening for Prediction of Referral and Outcome Yellow Flag (OSPRO-YF) tool for longitudinal monitoring of pain associated distress with the goal of improving prediction of 50% reduction ... -
Olfactory Receptor Subgenomes Linked with Broad Ecological Adaptations in Sauropsida.
(Mol Biol Evol, 2015-11)Olfactory receptors (ORs) govern a prime sensory function. Extant birds have distinct olfactory abilities, but the molecular mechanisms underlining diversification and specialization remain mostly unknown. We explored OR ... -
Phylogenomic analyses data of the avian phylogenomics project.
(Gigascience, 2015)BACKGROUND: Determining the evolutionary relationships among the major lineages of extant birds has been one of the biggest challenges in systematic biology. To address this challenge, we assembled or collected the genomes ... -
Predicting the Risk of Huntington's Disease with Multiple Longitudinal Biomarkers.
(Journal of Huntington's disease, 2019-06-22)BACKGROUND:Huntington's disease (HD) has gradually become a public health threat, and there is a growing interest in developing prognostic models to predict the time for HD diagnosis. OBJECTIVE:This study aims to develop ... -
The LI-RADS Version 2018 MRI Treatment Response Algorithm: Evaluation of Ablated Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
(Radiology, 2019-12-17)Background The Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System (LI-RADS) treatment response algorithm (TRA) is used to assess presumed hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after local-regional therapy, but its performance has not been ... -
Two Antarctic penguin genomes reveal insights into their evolutionary history and molecular changes related to the Antarctic environment.
(Gigascience, 2014)BACKGROUND: Penguins are flightless aquatic birds widely distributed in the Southern Hemisphere. The distinctive morphological and physiological features of penguins allow them to live an aquatic life, and some of them have ... -
Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds.
(Science, 2014-12-12)To better determine the history of modern birds, we performed a genome-scale phylogenetic analysis of 48 species representing all orders of Neoaves using phylogenomic methods created to handle genome-scale data. We recovered ...
