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Book Chapter•DOI
An Algorithm for Segmenting Categorical Time Series into Meaningful Episodes
Paul R. Cohen, Niall M. Adams 
13 Sep 2001
60 Citations
We claim that the algorithm finds meaningful episodes in categorical time series, because it exploits two statistical characteristics of meaningful episodes.
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Alda-1, an ALDH2 activator, protects against hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats via inhibition of oxidative stress.
Tao Zhang, Qiang Zhao, Fang Ye, Chanyan Huang, Wan-Mei Chen, Wenqi Huang 
13 Apr 2018-Free Radical Research
36 Citations
Activation of ALDH2 by Alda-1 attenuates hepatic I/R injury via clearance of cytotoxic aldehydes.
Open access•Journal Article•DOI
Regulation of l-Alanine Dehydrogenase in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae and Its Role in Pea Nodules
E. M. Lodwig, Shalini Kumar, David Allaway, Alex Bourdes, Jürgen Prell, Ursula B. Priefer, Philip S. Poole 
01 Feb 2004-Journal of Bacteriology
35 Citations
We propose that the role of AldA may be to balance the alanine level for optimal functioning of bacteroid metabolism rather than to synthesize alanine as the sole product of N2 reduction.
Open access•Journal Article•DOI
Alda-1 Ameliorates Liver Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury by Activating Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 2 and Enhancing Autophagy in Mice.
Meng Li, Min Xu, Jichang Li, Lili Chen, Dongwei Xu, Ying Tong, Jianjun Zhang, Hailong Wu, Xiaoni Kong, Qiang Xia 
24 Dec 2018-Clinical & Developmental Immunology
14 Citations
These findings collectively indicate that Alda-1-mediated ALDH2 activation could be a promising strategy to improve liver IRI by clearance of reactive aldehydes and enhancement of autophagy.
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Alda-1 Ameliorates Liver Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury by Activating Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 2 and Enhancing Autophagy in Mice.
Meng Li, Min Xu, Jichang Li, Lili Chen, Dongwei Xu, Ying Tong, Jianjun Zhang, Hailong Wu, Xiaoni Kong, Qiang Xia 
24 Dec 2018-Clinical & Developmental Immunology
14 Citations
We demonstrated that Alda-1 pretreatment had a hepatoprotective role in liver IRI as evidenced by decreased liver necrotic areas, serum ALT/AST levels, and liver inflammatory responses.
Open access•Journal Article•DOI
Pretreatment with the ALDH2 agonist Alda-1 reduces intestinal injury induced by ischaemia and reperfusion in mice.
Qiankun Zhu, Guizhen He, Jie Wang, Yukang Wang, Wei Chen 
01 Jun 2017-Clinical Science
40 Citations
Taken together, our results implicate activation of ALDH2 by Alda-1 in the significant abatement intestinal I/R injury.
Open access•Journal Article•DOI
Regulation of l-Alanine Dehydrogenase in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae and Its Role in Pea Nodules
E. M. Lodwig, Shalini Kumar, David Allaway, Alex Bourdes, Jürgen Prell, Ursula B. Priefer, Philip S. Poole 
01 Feb 2004-Journal of Bacteriology
35 Citations
Measurement of the intracellular concentration of alanine showed that AldA contributes to net alanine synthesis in laboratory cultures.
Journal Article•DOI
Thermodynamic calculation of Er-X and Al-Er-X compounds existing in Al-Mg-Mn-Zr-Er alloy
Shuang-ping Lin, Zuoren Nie, Hui Huang, Chun-yao Zhan, Ze-bing Xing, Wei Wang 
01 Apr 2010-Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China
15 Citations
The results show that the variation of erbium content has little influence on the chance rate of the formation Al-Er compound in the Al-Mg-Mn-Zr-Er system.

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