SWITCHING ATTENTION LEARNING – A PARADIGM FOR INTROSPECTION AND INCREMENTAL LEARNING (2009)
D. Zhang, B. Nebel, A. Hornung
Humans improve their sport skills by eliminating one recognizable weakness at a time. Inspired by this observation, we define a learning paradigm in which different learners can be plugged together....
Organizing Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) into clusters enables the efficient utilization of the limited energy resources of the deployed sensor nodes. However, the problem of unbalanced energy...
An Energy-Balancing Unequal Clustering Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks (2009)
In this study, a novel energy-balancing unequal clustering protocol (EB-UCP) for wireless sensor networks is presented. EB-UCP achieves a good performance in terms of lifetime by unequal clustering...
Q. Deng, G. Zhou, J. Liu, S. Liu, H. Duan, D. Zhang
Global climate change in the real world always exhibited simultaneous changes in multiple factors. Prediction of ecosystem responses to multi-factor global changes in a future world strongly relies...
Solitary breeding/burning waves in a supercritical water cooled fast reactor. (2009)
Chen, X.N., Zhang, D., Maschek, W., Schulenberg, T.
14th Internat.Conf.on Emerging Nuclear Energy Systems (ICENES 2009), Ericeira, P, June 29 July 3, 2009
Electron Bernstein Wave Experiments at the WEGA Stellarator (2009)
Laqua, H. P., Marsen, S., Otte, M., Preinhealter, J., Stange, T., Urban, J., ...
Power-efficient Instruction Encoding Optimization for Various Architecture Classes (2008)
D. Zhang, A. Chattopadhyay, D. Kammler, E. M. Witte, G. Ascheid, R. Leupers, ...
Abstract — A huge application domain, in particular, wireless and handheld devices strongly requires flexible and powerefficient hardware with high performance. This can only be achieved with...
Z. Yang, Y. Gao, D. Zhang, T. Huang
Abstract. A Fuzzy-PID controller is designed for tracing reference cutting forces in grinding by integrating a high performance fuzzy controller and an easy to use PID controller. When the error of...
EYELASH REMOVAL METHOD FOR HUMAN IRIS RECOGNITION (2008)
D. Zhang, D. M. Monro, S. Rakshit
A novel eyelash removal method for preprocessing of human iris images in a human iris recognition system is presented. The method filters each occluded pixel along an axis perpendicular to the...
A Heuristic Forecasting Model for Stock Decision Making (2008)
This paper describes a heuristic forecasting model based on neural networks for stock decision-making. Some heuristic strategies are presented for enhancing the learning capability of neural networks...
Eyelash detection model for accurate iris segmentation (2008)
Abstract ⎯ In this paper, we present a novel eyelash detection model based on three criterions: 1) separable eyelash condition, 2) non-informative condition and 3) connective criterion. The first...
Critique: Efficient Iris Recognition by Characterizing Key Local Variations (2008)
L. Ma, T. Tan, Y. Wang, D. Zhang, Christopher Boyce
The complex structure of the iris is being evaluated for recognition performance. Since the iris is the only internal organ that can be externally seen on the human body, it can be noninvasively...
Mermoud, A., Martins, J.M.F., Zhang, D., Favre, A.C.
Soil sorption processes largely control the environmental fate of herbicides. Therefore accuracy of sorption parameters is crucial for accurate prediction of herbicide mobility in agricultural soils....
Y. Wang, T. Liang, X. Yang, D. Zhang
In this study, we develop and analyze the Cluster Based Location-Aware Routing Protocol for Large Scale Heterogeneous Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (CBLARHM), a low-complexity routing algorithm for mobile...
Hydrosomes, novel thermosensitive gel-containing polymersomes (2008)
Lee, J.S., Zhou, W., Zhang, D., Otto, C., Feijen, J.
Novel thermosensitive gel-containing polymersomes (hydrosomes) were prepared by incorporating poly(N-isopropylacrylamide), PNIPAAm, into polymersomes based on poly(ethylene...
A two stage stochastic equilibrium model for electricity markets with two way contracts (2008)
This paper investigates generators' strategic behaviors in contract signing in the forward market and power transaction in the electricity spot market. A stochastic equilibrium program with...
Meinhardt, L.W., Rincones, J., Bailey, B. A., Aime, M. C., Griffith, Gareth W., Zhang, D., ...
Moniliophthora perniciosa (=Crinipellis perniciosa) causes one of the three main fungal diseases of Theobroma cacao (cacao), the source of chocolate. This pathogen causes Witches' broom disease (WBD)...
Hettema, M. E., Zhang, D., Stienstra, Y., Oomen, P. N. H., Smit, A. J., Kallenberg, C. G. M., ...
Objective. Local capillary permeability in patients with SSc has been reported increased when assessed by nail-fold capillaroscopy. We measured capillary permeability at a clinically less affected...
Zhang, D., Xu, G., Zhang, W., Golding, Suzanne D.
A fluid inclusion investigation of the polymetallic mineralization at Yinshan from the Le-De metallogenic belt in Jiangxi Province of China has been carried out using petrographic and...
The response of broilers to dietary digestible lysine levels in the grower phase (2007)
Zhang, D., Huang, K. H., Hoai, H. T., Mulyantini, N. G. A., Kumar, A., Bryden, W. L.
Bryden, W. L., Li, X., Zhang, D.
Background – Provision of adequate levels of essential amino acids is very important in the compilation of diets, especially for monogastric animals. We (Ravindran and Bryden, 1999; Li et al.,...
Key digital enterprise technology methods for large volume metrology and assembly integration (2007)
Maropoulos, P. G., Zhang, D., Chapman, P., Bramall, D. G., Rogers, B. C.
Digital enterprise technology (DET) is a theoretical framework for collaborative design and production development in the context of a product's lifecycle. The DET framework can be used to configure...
Zhang, D., Beven, Keith J., Mermoud, A.
The problems of calibrating soil hydraulic and transport parameters are well documented, particularly when data are limited. Programs such as CXTFIT, UUCODE and PEST, based on well established...
Study on N Omega-bar systems in a chiral quark model (2006)
Zhang, D., Huang, F., Dai, L. R., Yu, Y. W., Zhang, Z. Y.
The N Omega-bar systems with spin S=1 and S=2 are dynamically investigated within the framework of the chiral SU(3) quark model and the extended chiral SU(3) quark model by solving the resonating...
A Monte Carlo Generator for Full Simulation of e+e- to hadrons Cross section Scan Experiment (2006)
Zhang, D., Gang, R., Chen, J. C.
A generator with $\alpha^2$ order radiative correction effects, including both the initial state radiative corrections and the photon vacuum polarization corrections, is built for the full simulation...
On the value of local measurements on prediction of pesticide transport at the field scale (2006)
Beven, Keith J., Zhang, D., Mermoud, A.
Pesticide transport through the soil profile at the field scale is notoriously difficult to predict because of a lack of appropriate field-scale models and model parameters that take adequate account...
Effect of oral tryptophan on the reaction of horses to a novel person or object (2006)
Noble, K., Brockwell, M., Munn, J., Harris, A., Davidson, P. B., Li, X., ...
Maropoulos, P. G., Zhang, D., Rolt, S., Chapman, P., Rogers, B. C.
Dimensional management captures key tolerancing attributes of a product at the design stage and manages dimensional variation during subsequent manufacture and assembly stages in a coordinated...
Detection and Application of Influence Rankings in Small Group Meetings (2006)
Rienks, R.J., Zhang, D., Gatica Perez, D., Post, W.
We address the problem of automatically detecting participant's influence levels in meetings. The impact and social psychological background are discussed. The more influential a participant is, the...
Further study on 5q configuration states in the chiral SU(3) quark model (2005)
Zhang, D., Huang, F., Zhang, Z. Y., Yu, Y. W.
The structure of the $5q$ configuration states with strangeness ${\cal{S}}=+1$ is further studied in the chiral SU(3) quark model based on our previous work. We calculate the energies of fifteen low...
Coupled-channels study of Lambda K and Sigma K states in the chiral SU(3) quark model (2005)
Huang, F., Zhang, D., Zhang, Z. Y., Yu, Y. W.
The $S$-wave $\Lambda K$ and $\Sigma K$ states with isospin $I=1/2$ are dynamically investigated within the framework of the chiral SU(3) quark model by solving a resonating group method (RGM)...
Detecting Group Interest-level in Meetings (2005)
Gatica-Perez, D., McCowan, I., Zhang, D., Bengio, S.
Finding relevant segments in meeting recordings is important for summarization, browsing, and retrieval purposes. In this paper, we define relevance as the interest-level that meeting participants...
A heuristic forecasting model for stock decision making (2005)
This paper describes a heuristic forecasting model based on neural networks for stock decision-making. Some heuristic strategies are presented for enhancing the learning capability of neural networks...
Do commercial tryptophan pastes elevate plasma tryptophan concentrations in horses? (2005)
Noble, G.K., Munn, K.J., Brockwell, Y.M., Austin, H.E., Harris, P.A., Davidson, H.P.B., ...
Supplementing layer diets with phytase to reduce the use of meat and bone meal. (2005)
Li, X., Kumar, A., Zhang, D., Cao, M., Shini, A., Wendt, P., ...
A heuristic forecasting model for stock decision (2005)
This paper describes a heuristic forecasting model based on neural networks for stock decision-making. Some heuristic strategies are presented for enhancing the learning capability of neural networks...
High Diversity of the Chicken Growth Hormone Gene and Effects on Growth and Carcass Traits (2005)
Nie, Q., Sun, B., Zhang, D., Luo, C., Ishag, N. A., Lei, M., ...
The chicken growth hormone (cGH) gene plays a crucial role in controlling growth and metabolism, leading to potential correlations between cGH polymorphisms and economic traits. In this study, DNA...
High Diversity of the Chicken Growth Hormone Gene and Effects on Growth and Carcass Traits (2005)
Nie, Q., Sun, B., Zhang, D., Luo, C., Ishag, N. A., Lei, M., ...
The chicken growth hormone (cGH) gene plays a crucial role in controlling growth and metabolism, leading to potential correlations between cGH polymorphisms and economic traits. In this study, DNA...
Automatic Analysis of Multimodal Group Actions in Meetings (2004)
McCowan, I., Gatica-Perez, D., Bengio, S., Lathoud, G., Barnard, M., Zhang, D.
This paper investigates the recognition of group actions in meetings. A statistical framework is proposed in which group actions result from the interactions of the individual participants. The group...
Detecting Group Interest-level in Meetings (2004)
Gatica-Perez, D., McCowan, I., Zhang, D., Bengio, S.
Finding relevant segments in meeting recordings is important for summarization, browsing, and retrieval purposes. In this paper, we define relevance as the interest-level that meeting participants...
Wyffels, S., Boeckx, P., Pynaert, K., Zhang, D., Van Cleemput, O., Chen, G., ...
Nitrogen removal from sludge reject water was obtained by oxygen-limited partial nitritation resulting in nitrite accumulation in a first stage, followed by autotrophic denitrification of nitrite...
Haematological parameters of hens housed in different laying systems. (2004)
Stewart, G. D., Shini, S., Byrne, T. J., Zhang, D., Pym, R. A., Bryden, W. L.
Wyffels, S., Boeckx, P., Pynaert, K., Zhang, D., Van Cleemput, O., Chen, G., ...
Nitrogen removal from sludge reject water was obtained by oxygen-limited partial nitritation resulting in nitrite accumulation in a first stage, followed by autotrophic denitrification of nitrite...
A software reliability model for Web services (2004)
W. T. Tsai, D. Zhang, Y. Chen, H. Huang, R. Paul, N. Liao
This paper proposes a service-oriented software reliability model that dynamically evaluates the reliability of Web services. There are two kinds of Web services: atomic services without the...
W. T. Tsai, C. Fan, Z. Cao, B. Xiao, H. Huang, W. Song, ...
The paper presents a scenario-driven multi-agent framework for rapid simulation generation and verification. Specifically, this framework has the following features: 1. Formal scenario model: This...
The DZERO Level 3 Data Acquistion System (2003)
Angstadt, B., Brooijmans, G., Chapin, D., Clements, M., Charak, D., Cutts, D., ...
The DZERO experiment located at Fermilab has recently started RunII with an upgraded detector. The RunII physics program requires the Data Acquisition to readout the detector at a rate of 1 KHz....
Angstadt, B., Brooijmans, G., Chapin, D., Charak, D., Clements, M., Fuess, S., ...
The DZERO experiment, located at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, has recently started the Run 2 physics program. The detector upgrade included a new Data Acquisition/Level 3 Trigger...
Automatic Analysis of Multimodal Group Actions in Meetings (2003)
McCowan, I., Gatica-Perez, D., Bengio, S., Lathoud, G., Barnard, M., Zhang, D.
This paper investigates the recognition of group actions in meetings. A statistical framework is proposed in which group actions result from the interactions of the individual participants. The group...
Graphic Artist: Valarie Moore (2003)
Part No. B, Contributors N. Arora, S. Balaraman, Y. Chan, A. Demers, A. Downing, ...
The Programs (which include both the software and documentation) contain proprietary information of Oracle Corporation; they are provided under a license agreement containing restrictions on use and...
Zhang, D., Karunaratne, S., Kessler, M., Mahony, D., Rothnagel, J. A.
Filaggrin is a keratin filament associated protein that is expressed in granular layer keratinocytes and derived by sequential proteolysis from a polyprotein precursor termed profilaggrin. Depending...
Zhang, D., Karunaratne, S., Kessler, M., Mahony, D., Rothnagel, J. A.
Filaggrin is a keratin filament associated protein that is expressed in granular layer keratinocytes and derived by sequential proteolysis from a polyprotein precursor termed profilaggrin. Depending...
Simulation of brackish water upconing beneath the pumping wells in Hoogeveen city and Holtien (2001)
Step size control for efficient discrete element simulation (2001)
The step size determines the accuracy of a discrete element simulation. The position and velocity updating calculation uses a pre-calculated table and hence the control of step size can not use the...
Coordination is essential and critical to Web-based process-centered teamwork support systems. Decisionmaking is a key issue for teamwork coordination. This paper describes our innovative prototype...
Genotoxic markers among butadiene polymer workers in China (2000)
Hayes, R.B., Zhang, L., Yin, S., Swenberg, J.A., Xi, L., Wiencke, J., ...
While 1,3-butadiene is carcinogenic in rodents, cancer causation in humans is less certain. We examined a spectrum of genotoxic outcomes in 41 butadiene polymer production workers and 38 non-exposed...
On the exploration of innovative concepts for fusion chamber technology. (2000)
Youssef, M., Sawan, M., Wong, C., [Hrsg.], Abdou, M.A., Ying, A., ...
APEX Interim Report
Plasminogen is not required for neointima formation in a mouse model of vein graft stenosis (1999)
Patel, A, Zhang, D, Wang, H, Reed, G L, ...
Recent studies of mice that lack plasminogen have identified a critical role for this zymogen in arterial remodeling. To permit the use of these (and other) genetically modified mice in the analysis...
Discrete element simulations not only require the calculation of the contact forces in the normal direction but also in the tangential direction. The dynamic friction model used for tangential...
Quasielastic 12C(e,e'p) Reaction at High Momentum Transfer (1998)
Morrison, J. H., Baghaei, H., Bertozzi, W., Gilad, S., Glickman, J., Hyde-Wright, C. E., ...
We measured the 12C(e,e'p) cross section as a function of missing energy in parallel kinematics for (q,w) = (970 MeV/c, 330 MeV) and (990 MeV/c, 475 MeV). At w=475 MeV, at the maximum of the...
Determination of the strong coupling constant ($\alpha_{s}$) using W+jets processes (1995)
Abachi, S, Abbott, B, Abolins, M, Acharya, B S, Adam, I, Adams, D L, ...
Qi, Y., Xu, L., Zhang, D., Zhou, R., Zhang, X., Gan, C., ...
A method for measurement of the nonlinearity parameter B / A of liquids by means of a spherical finite-amplitude photoacoustic pulse is described. The photoacoustic pulse is generated by the...
Qi, Y., Xu, L., Zhang, D., Zhou, R., Zhang, X., Gan, C., ...
A method for measurement of the nonlinearity parameter B / A of liquids by means of a spherical finite-amplitude photoacoustic pulse is described. The photoacoustic pulse is generated by the...
A measurement of the Z0 --> b$\overline{b}$ forward-backward asymmetry (1990)
Adeva, B, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Akbari, H, Alcaraz, J, Aloisio, A, ...
A measurement of B$^{0}$ - $\overline{B}^{0}$ mixing in Z$^{0}$ decays (1990)
Adeva, B, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Akbari, H, Alcaraz, J, Aloisio, A, ...
Search for excited neutrinos from Z0 decays (1990)
Adeva, B, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Akbari, H, Alcaraz, J, Aloisio, A, ...
Search for a low mass neutral Higgs boson in Z0 decay (1990)
Adeva, B, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Akbari, H, Alcaraz, J, Aloisio, A, ...
Search for the charged Higgs boson in Z0 decay (1990)
Adeva, B, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Akbari, H, Alcaraz, J, Aloisio, A, ...
A determination of electroweak parameters from $Z^{0}$ decays into charged leptons (1990)
Adeva, B, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Akbari, H, Alcaraz, J, Aloisio, A, ...
A search for heavy charged and neutral leptons from Z0 decays (1990)
Adeva, B, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Akbari, H, Alcaraz, J, Aloisio, A, ...
Test of QED in e$^{+}$e$^{-}$ --> $\gamma\gamma$ at LEP (1990)
Adeva, B, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Akbari, H, Alcaraz, J, Aloisio, A, ...
Search for excited taus from Z0 decays (1990)
Adeva, B, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Akbari, H, Alcaraz, J, Aloisio, A, ...
A precision measurement of the number of neutrino species (1990)
Adeva, B, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Akbari, H, Alcaraz, J, Aloisio, A, ...
Determination of $\alpha_{s}$ from jet multiplicities measured on the Z$^{0}$ resonance (1990)
Adeva, B, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Akbari, H, Alcaraz, J, Aloisio, A, ...
A test of QCD based on 4-jet events from Z0 decays (1990)
Adeva, B, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Akbari, H, Alcaraz, J, Aloisio, A, ...
Mass limits for excited electrons and muons from Z0 decay (1990)
Adeva, B, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Akbari, H, Alcaraz, J, Aloisio, A, ...
A determination of electroweak parameters from $Z^{0} \to \mu^{+}\mu^{-}(\gamma)$ (1990)
Adeva, B, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Akbari, H, Alcaraz, J, Aloisio, A, ...
Search for neutral Higgs boson in Z0 decay (1990)
Adeva, B, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Akbari, H, Alcaraz, J, Aloisio, A, ...
Measurement of Z0 --> b$\overline{b}$ decay properties (1990)
Adeva, B, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Akbari, H, Alcaraz, J, Aloisio, A, ...
A determination of the properties of the neutral intermediate vector boson Z0 (1990)
Adeva, B, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Akbari, H, Alcaraz, J, Aloisio, A, ...
Measurement of g$_{A}$ and g$_{V}$ : the neutral current coupling constants to leptons (1990)
Adeva, B, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Akbari, H, Alcaraz, J, Aloisio, A, ...
GÖrgen, J., Comfort, J., Averett, T., Dekorse, J., Franklin, B., Ritchie, B., ...
No abstract available
GÖrgen, J., Comfort, J., Averett, T., Dekorse, J., Franklin, B., Ritchie, B., ...
No abstract available
MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF (Fe1-x-yCuxCoy)100-z(B0.75Si0.25)z (1988)
Zhang, D., Pankhurst, Q., Morrish, A.
The local and macroscopic magnetic properties of some FeBSi-based amorphous alloys, doped with small amounts of Cu and Co, have been determined by means of Mössbauer and magnetization measurements.
MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF (Fe1-x-yCuxCoy)100-z(B0.75Si0.25)z (1988)
Zhang, D., Pankhurst, Q., Morrish, A.
The local and macroscopic magnetic properties of some FeBSi-based amorphous alloys, doped with small amounts of Cu and Co, have been determined by means of Mössbauer and magnetization measurements.
Diagnostic developments for quasi steady-state operation of the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator
König, R., Burhenn, R., Cantarini, J., Grosser, K., Hildebrandt, D., ...
Use of gene probes to assess the impact and effectiveness of aerobiuc in situ bioremediaton of TCE
Hazen, TC, Chakraborty, R, Fleming, J, Gregory, IR, Bowman, JP, Jimenez, L, ...
WEGA - ein klassischer Stellarator für die Grundlagenforschung
Otte, M., Andruczyk, D., Laqua, H. P., Lischtschenko, O., Marsen, S., Stange, T., ...
Mutations responsible for Larsen syndrome cluster in the FLNB protein
Zhang, D, Herring, J A, Swaney, S S, McClendon, T B, Gao, X, Browne, R H, ...
Electron Bernstein Wave Experiments at the WEGA Stellarator
Laqua, H. P., Marsen, S., Otte, M., Podoba, Y. Y., Preinhealter, J., Stange, T., ...
Electron Bernstein wave experiments at the WEGA stellarator
Laqua, H. P., Marsen, S., Otte, M., Podoba, Y. Y., Preinhealter, J., Stange, T., ...