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    This study examined the motivation and mathematics achievement of Asian‐American, Caucasian‐American, and East Asian students. Subjects were 304 Asian‐American, 1,958 Caucasian‐American, 1,475 Chinese, and 1,120 Japanese eleventh graders. Students were given a curriculum‐based mathematics test and a questionnaire. Mathematics scores of the Asian‐American students were higher than those of Caucasian‐American students but lower than those of Chinese and Japanese students. Factors associated with t…Read more
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    The avß1 integrin plays a critical in vivo role in tissue fibrosis
    with W. F. Degrado, N. I. Reed, Jo H., K. Tsujino, T. D. Arnold, and D. Sheppard
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    The phosphatase CD148 promotes airway hyperresponsiveness through SRC family kinases
    with T. R. Katsumoto, M. Kudo, A. Sundaram, E. C. Callahan, J. W. Zhu, J. Lin, C. E. Rosen, B. N. Manz, J. W. Lee, M. A. Matthay, X. Huang, D. Sheppard, and A. Weiss
    Increased airway smooth muscle contractility and the development of airway hyperresponsiveness are cardinal features of asthma, but the signaling pathways that promote these changes are poorly understood. Tyrosine phosphorylation is tightly regulated by the opposing actions of protein tyrosine kinases and phosphatases, but little is known about whether tyrosine phosphatases influence AHR. Here, we demonstrate that genetic inactivation of receptor-like protein tyrosine phosphatase J, which encode…Read more
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    Mathematics Achievement of Children in China and the United States
    with H. W. Stevenson, S. Lee, M. Lummis, J. Stigler, L. Fan, and F. Ge
    First and fifth graders in Beijing and Chicago were given a battery of mathematics tests. Whether tested with problems requiring solely computation or with ones requiring application of knowledge about mathematics, American children's performance was consistently inferior to that of Chinese children. Interviews with American children suggested that they like mathematics, believe they are doing well in mathematics, and do not perceive mathematics as a difficult subject. American children's poor p…Read more
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    The α v β 1 integrin plays a critical in vivo role in tissue fibrosis
    with N. I. Reed, Jo H., K. Tsujino, T. D. Arnold, W. F. DeGrado, and D. Sheppard
    Integrins are transmembrane heterodimeric receptors that contribute to diverse biological functions and play critical roles in many human diseases. Studies using integrin subunit knockout mice and inhibitory antibodies have identified important roles for nearly every integrin heterodimer and led to the development of a number of potentially useful therapeutics. One notable exception is the α v β 1 integrin. α v and β 1 subunits are individually present in numerous dimer pairs, making it challeng…Read more
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    Signature of type-II Weyl semimetal phase in MoTe 2
    with J. Jiang, Z. K. Liu, Y. Sun, H. F. Yang, C. R. Rajamathi, Y. P. Qi, L. X. Yang, H. Peng, C. C. Hwang, S. Z. Sun, S. K. Mo, I. Vobornik, J. Fujii, S. S. P. Parkin, C. Felser, B. H. Yan, and Y. L. Chen
    © The Author 2017.Topological Weyl semimetal, a new state of quantum matter, has sparked enormous research interest recently. Possessing unique Weyl fermions in the bulk and Fermi arcs on the surface, TWSs offer a rare platform for realizing many exotic physical phenomena. TWSs can be classified into type-I that respect Lorentz symmetry and type-II that do not. Here, we directly visualize the electronic structure of MoTe 2, a recently proposed type-II TWS. Using angle-resolved photoemission spec…Read more