J. Xu

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1987 - 2009

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Feedback Techniques and SPS Ecloud Instabilities - Design Estimates (2009)

Fox, J D, Mastorides, T, Ndabashimiye, G, Rivetta, C H, Van Winkle, D, Xu, J, ...

The SPS at high intensities exhibits transverse single-bunch instabilities with signatures consistent with an Ecloud driven instability. While the SPS has a coupled-bunch transverse feedback system,...

Geometric stabilization of extended S=2 vortices in two-dimensional photonic lattices: theoretical analysis, numerical computation and experimental results (2009)

Law, K. J. H., Song, D., Kevrekidis, P. G., Xu, J., Chen, Zhigang

In this work, we focus our studies on the subject of nonlinear discrete self-trapping of S=2 (doubly-charged) vortices in two-dimensional photonic lattices, including theoretical analysis, numerical...

Efficient Agrobacterium tumefaciens -mediated transformation of Malus zumi (Matsumura) Rehd using leaf explant regeneration system (2009)

Xu, J., Wang, Y.Z., Yin, H.X., Liu, X.J.

Malus zumi is known as an excellent dwarfing apple rootstock occurring in natural or arid/semiarid soil or salina. Gene manipulation of M. zumi through transgenic technology can modify plant feature...

Design and Optimization of High-Speed Resonant Cavity Enhanced Schottky Photodiodes (2009)

Mutlu Gökkavas, Bora M. Onat, Student Member, Ekmel Özbay, E. P. Ata, J. Xu, ...

Abstract—Resonant cavity enhanced (RCE) photodiodes (PD’s) are promising candidates for applications in optical communications and interconnects where high-speed high-efficiency photodetection is...

BNL Prediction of NUPEC’s Field Model Tests of NPP Structures Subject to Small-to-Moderate Magnitude Earthquakes (2008)

J. Xu, C. Costantino, Y. Kitada, I. Xu, C. Costantino, ...

As part of a verification test program for seismic analysis codes for NPP structures, the Nuclear Power Engineering Corporation (NUPEC) of Japan has conducted a series of field model test programs to...

Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing 10:370-381(2005) DISCOVERING SEQUENCE-STRUCTURE MOTIFS FROM PROTEIN SEGMENTS AND TWO APPLICATIONS (2008)

T. Tang, J. Xu, M. Li, Thomas Tang, Jinbo Xu, Ming Li

We present a novel method for clustering short protein segments having strong sequencestructure correlations, and demonstrate that these clusters contain useful structural information via two...

The Impact of Suburban Design on Water Use and (2008)

E. Bui, D. Simon, J. Xu, V. G. Mitchell

With over 84 % of Australians living in urban areas (populations over 30,000), the outcome of the current debate on water use in cities and how to match water demand to supply under both current and...

Chinese Postman Problem Using Molecular Programming # (2008)

Ovidiu Ivanciuc, Douglas J. Klein, Jin Xu, Z. –x. Yin, J. Xu, Jin Xu

Molecular programming (MP) has been proposed as an evolutionary computation algorithm at the molecular level. MP is different from other evolutionary algorithms in its representation of solutions...

Evapotranspiration in Urban Water Balance Models: A Methodological Framework (2008)

E. N. Bui, V. G. Mitchell, J. Xu

A complete and integrated picture of the spatial and temporal dynamics of the potable water supply, wastewater discharge, and stormwater runoff is best achieved by considering the complete urban...

Transparent/translucent polycrystalline nanostructured yttria stabilized zirconia with varying colors (2008)

Casolco, S. R., Xu, J., Garay, J. E.

We present a method for introducing light transmittance properties to polycrystalline oxide ceramics traditionally thought of as being structural ceramics, in effect producing multifunctional...

One MEMS Design Tool with Maximal Six Design Flows (2008)

Chang, H., Xu, J., Xie, J., Zhang, Ch., Yan, Z., Yuan, W.

This paper presents one MEMS design tool with total six design flows, which makes it possible that the MEMS designers are able to choose the most suitable design flow for their specific devices. The...

AND EVALUATION OF ADAPTIVE ARCHITECTURES IN A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT ABSTRACT (2008)

F. Di Gi, A. Bondavalli, J. Xu, S. Chiaradonna

Personal use of the material in this paper is permitted. However, permission to reprint or republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new works for resale or...

DOI 10.1007/s00778-004-0146-0 REGULAR PAPER (2008)

Baihua Zheng, Jianliang Xu, Wang-chien Lee, Dik Lun Lee, B. Zheng (b, J. Xu, ...

Abstract Traditional nearest-neighbor (NN) search is based on two basic indexing approaches: object-based indexing and solution-based indexing. The former is constructed based on the locations of...

STR/03/051/PM A New Approach towards Zero-Crossing Localization (2008)

J. Xu, A. Tay

Abstract – A new zero-crossing edge detection method is described. Similar to Laplace of a Gaussian (LoG) algorithm, a 7x7 point spread function (PSF) is convolved with the original image to...

An adaptive approach to achieving hardware and software fault tolerance in a distributed computing environment (2008)

A. Bondavalli, S. Chiaradonna, F. Di Gi, J. Xu

This paper focuses on the problem of providing tolerance to both hardware and software faults in independent applications running on a distributed computing environment. Several hybrid-fault-tolerant...

11 Rate of Convergence for Parallel Subspace Correction Methods for nonlinear variational inequalities (2008)

N. Debit, M. Garbey, J. Périaux, D. Keyes, Y. Kuznetsov C, ...

Given a reflexive Banach ¡ space and a convex ¢¤£¥¡§ ¦ ¨� © functional, we shall consider the following nonlinear optimization problem ���� �...

Analysis of Numerical Errors in Solving Particle Langevin Equations by J. Xu and S.B. Pope FDA 97-07 June 2 (2008)

Ju Ne, J. Xu, S. B. Pope

This report, however, analyzes theoretically a simplified model of fluid particles to investigate certain numerical errors in PDF methods. Specifically, a theoretical analysis is presented of the...

Black carbon record based on a shallow Himalayan ice core and its climatic implications (2008)

Ming, J., Cachier, H., Xiao, C., Qin, D., Kang, S., Hou, S., ...

A continuous measurement for black carbon (hereafter "BC") in a 40 m shallow ice core retrieved from the East Rongbuk Glacier (hereafter "ERG") in the northeast saddle of Mt. Qomolangma (Everest)...

Directed expression of dominant-negative p73 enables proliferation of cardiomyocytes in mice (2008)

Ebelt, H., Zhang, Y., Kohler, K., Xu, J., Gajawada, P., Boettger, T., ...

Previous studies have shown that p53 plays an important role in maintaining cell cycle arrest of cardiomyocytes, which might account for the inability of human hearts to regenerate adequately after...

E2F2 expression induces proliferation of terminally differentiated cardiomyocytes in vivo (2008)

Ebelt, H., Zhang, Y., Kampke, A., Xu, J., Schlitt, A., Buerke, M., ...

AIMS: In previous experiments we have demonstrated that expression of the transcription factors E2F2 and E2F4 is sufficient to induce proliferation of isolated primary cardiomyocytes from newborn...

The Battle of the Water Sensor Networks (BWSN): a design challenge for engineers and algorithms (2008)

Ostfeld, A., Uber, J. G., Salomons, E., Berry, J.W., Hart, W.E., Phillips, C.A., ...

Following the events of September 11, 2001, in the United States, world public awareness for possible terrorist attacks on water supply systems has increased dramatically. Among the different threats...

Eocene melting of subducting continental crust and early uplifting of central Tibet: Evidence from central-western Qiangtang high-K calc-alkaline andesites, dacites and rhyolites (2008)

Wang, Q., Wyman, D.A., Xu, J., Dong, Y., Vasconcelos, Paulo M.d., Pearson, N., ...

Changes in oceanic O–Sr isotopic compositions and global cooling beginning in the Eocene are considered to have been caused by the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau. The specific timing and uplift...

Black carbon record based on a shallow Himalayan ice core and its climatic implications (2008)

J. Ming, H. Cachier, C. Xiao, D. Qin, S. Kang, S. Hou, ...

A continuous measurement for black carbon (hereafter "BC") in a 40 m shallow ice core retrieved from the East Rongbuk Glacier (hereafter "ERG") in the northeast saddle of Mt....

ABT-874, a fully human monoclonal anti-IL-12/IL-23 antibody for the potential treatment of autoimmune diseases. (2008)

Ding, C, Xu, J, Li, J

ABT-874, a fully human mAb that blocks the binding of IL-12 and IL-23 to their shared IL-12 receptor beta1, is currently being developed by Abbott Laboratories for the potential treatment of Crohn's...

page 1 Adaptive Architectures for Hybrid Fault Tolerance in Distributed Computing Systems (2007)

J. Xu, F. Di Gi, A. Bondavalli

This paper discusses the issue of hardware and software fault tolerance in distributed computing environments as well as issues related to efficiency and flexibility. A set of new fault-tolerant...

Hardware and Software Fault Tolerance: Adaptive Architectures in Distributed Computing Environments (2007)

F. Di Giandomenico, A. Bondavalli, J. Xu

This paper discusses the issue of providing tolerance to hardware and software faults in distributed computing environments as well as issues related to efficiency and flexibility. A set of new...

Substace Correction Methods for Convex Optimization Problems (2007)

Xue-Cheng Tai, Jinchao Xu, Petter E. Bj��rstad, Mark Cross, Olof Widlund, ...

Contents Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 Subspace Correction Methods for Convex Optimization Problems (X.-C. TAI AND J. XU) . . . . . . . ....

Using the Tools of Parallel Program Performance Evaluation to Visualize Scientific Data (2007)

J. Xu, K. A. Robbins

This work describes the use of parallel program performance evaluation tools to visualize scientific data obtained from a combustion experiment. The work shows the close relationship between the...

Submission to ISORC-1 1 Exception Handling in Object-Oriented Real-Time Distributed Systems (2007)

A. Romanovsky, J. Xu

Exception handling in a complex concurrent and distributed system (e.g. one involving cooperating rather than just competing activities) is often a necessary, but a very difficult, task. No widely...

1 Coordinated Exception Handling in Distributed Object Systems: from Model to System Implementation (2007)

J. Xu, A. Romanovsky

Exception handling in distributed and concurrent programs is a difficult task though it is often necessary. In many cases traditional mechanisms for sequential programs are no longer appropriate. One...

1 1 Coordinated Atomic Actions: Formal Model, Case Study and System (2007)

A. Romanovsky, R. J. Stroud, J. Xu, A. F. Zorzo, D. Schwier, F. Von Henke

The Coordinated Atomic Action (or CA action) concept is a unified scheme for coordinating complex concurrent activities and supporting error recovery between multiple interacting components in a...

The Operational Result of the L3 Radiation Monitor in 1998 (2007)

C. H. Lin, L. Xia, H. Newman, S. Ahlen, J. Goldstein, J. Xu, ...

In this note, we report the operational result of the L3 radiation monitor in 1998. The total integrated radiation dose in 1998 was 76 rads. The LEP beam dump trigger failed to provide trigger signal...

Intermediate phase silicon structure induced enhancement of photoluminescence from thermal annealed a-Si/SiO2 multilayers (2007)

Han, P. G., Ma, Z. Y., Xia, Z. Y., Chen, D. Y., Wei, D. Y., Qian, B., ...

a-Si/SiO2 multilayers with different a-Si sublayer thicknesses were prepared by plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition (PECVD). An intermediate phase silicon structure (IPSS), which is...

Black carbon record based on a shallow Himalayan ice core and its climatic implications (2007)

Ming, J., Cachier, H., Xiao, C., Qin, D., Kang, S., Hou, S., ...

A continuous measurement for black carbon conducted on a shallow ice core extracted from the East Rongbuk glacier beside Mt. Qomolangma recovers the first historical record of black carbon 13...

Performance Analysis of Security Aspects in UML Models (2007)

Petriu, D.B., Woodside, C.M., Petriu, D.C., Xu, J., Israr, T., Georg, G., ...

The focus of the paper is on the analysis of performance effects of different security solutions modeled as aspects in UML. Aspect oriented modeling (AOM) allows software designers to isolate and...

Black carbon record based on a shallow Himalayan ice core and its climatic implications (2007)

J. Ming, H. Cachier, C. Xiao, D. Qin, S. Kang, S. Hou, ...

A continuous measurement for black carbon conducted on a shallow ice core extracted from the East Rongbuk glacier beside Mt. Qomolangma recovers the first historical record of black carbon 13...

Association of ACE gene polymorphism with genetic susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus in a chinese population: a family-based association study (2007)

Xu, J, Wang, Y, Pan, F, Stankovich, J, Ye, D, Lian, L, ...

Objective. Family-based association analysis was performed to investigate whether the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE)-G261T and ACE-A592G polymorphisms are risk factors for systemic lupus...

Asynchronous administration of xenon and hypothermia significantly reduces brain infarction in the neonatal rat (2007)

Martin, J. L., Ma, D., Hossain, M., Xu, J., Sanders, R.D., Franks, N. P., ...

Background Neonatal asphyxia causes long-term neurological and behavioural impairment in the developing brain. Concurrent administration of xenon and hypothermia synergistically reduces long-term...

Asynchronous administration of xenon and hypothermia significantly reduces brain infarction in the neonatal rat (2007)

Martin, J. L., Ma, D., Hossain, M., Xu, J., Sanders, R.D., Franks, N. P., ...

Background Neonatal asphyxia causes long-term neurological and behavioural impairment in the developing brain. Concurrent administration of xenon and hypothermia synergistically reduces long-term...

Spectral analysis of 10-m resolution temperature profiles from balloon soundings over Beijing (2006)

Wu, Y., Xu, J., Yuan, W., Chen, H., Bian, J.

Vertical temperature profiles with a height resolution of 10 m have been measured in the troposphere and lower stratosphere during March and April 2003 over the Beijing Meteorological Observatory....

A low cost platform for linking transport properties to the structure of nanomaterials (2006)

Xu, S Y, Xu, J, Tian, M.L

A low cost platform made of a silicon nitride window with pre-patterned metallic leads has been fabricated. The platform is compatible for both transmission electron microscopy (TEM) studies and...

On the discrete-time integral sliding mode control (2006)

Abidi, K, Xu, J, Yu, X

A new discrete-time integral sliding mode control (DISMC) scheme is proposed for sampled-data systems. The new control scheme is characterized by a discrete-time integral switching surface which...

Molecular localization of a ribosome-dependent ATPase on Escherichia coli ribosomes (2006)

Xu, J., Kiel, M. C., Golshani, A., Chosay, J. G., Aoki, H., Ganoza, M. C.

We have previously isolated and described an Escherichia coli ribosome-bound ATPase, RbbA, that is required for protein synthesis in the presence of ATP, GTP and the elongation factors, EF-Tu and...

The 14-Amino acid CLV3, CLE19 and CLE40 peptides trigger consumption of the root meristem in Arabidopsis through a CLAVATA2-dependent pathway (2005)

Fiers, M.A., Golemiec, E., Xu, J., Heidstra, R., Stiekema, W., ...

CLAVATA3 (CLV3), CLV3/ESR19 (CLE19), and CLE40 belong to a family of 26 genes in Arabidopsis thaliana that encode putative peptide ligands with unknown identity. It has been shown previously that...

Adaptation is not required to explain the long-term response of axons to molecular gradients (2005)

Xu, J., Rosoff, W. J., Urbach, J. S., Goodhill, G. J.

It has been suggested that growth cones navigating through the developing nervous system might display adaptation, so that their response to gradient signals is conserved over wide variations in...

Discovery of LH-regulated genes in the primate corpus luteum (2005)

Xu, J., Stouffer, R.L., Searles, R.P., Hennebold, J.D.

Circulating LH is essential for the development and function of the primate corpus luteum (CL) during the menstrual cycle. However, the cellular and molecular processes whereby LH controls luteal...

Discovery of LH-regulated genes in the primate corpus luteum (2005)

Xu, J., Stouffer, R.L., Searles, R.P., Hennebold, J.D.

Circulating LH is essential for the development and function of the primate corpus luteum (CL) during the menstrual cycle. However, the cellular and molecular processes whereby LH controls luteal...

Adoption and diffusion of knowledge management systems: field studies of factors and variables (2005)

Quaddus, Mohammed, Xu, J.

The concept of knowledge and knowledge management is not new. Researchers identified the practice of knowledge management as early as 4000 years ago. However, knowledge management systems (KMS),...

Characterization of a cDNA encoding a protein with limited similarity to beta 1, 3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase (2004)

Zheng, HR, Li, Y, Ji, CN, Li, JX, Zhang, JY, Yin, G, ...

Glycosyltransferases constitute a large group of enzymes that are involved in a wide range of functions in all living organisms. By large-scale sequencing analysis of a human fetal brain cDNA...

cDNA cloning and expression analysis of a novel human F-box domain containing gene (2004)

Zeng, L, Gu, SH, Li, Y, Wang, WH, Huang, Y, Ye, X, ...

F-box proteins are a large family of eukaryotic proteins that are characterized by an approximately 40 amino acid motif. Some F-box proteins are critical for the controlled degradation of cellular...

Caching and Prefetching for Web Content Distribution (2004)

J. Xu, Jianliang Xu, Jiangchuan Liu, Bo Li, W Eb, E Ngineering

who tend to have similar interests, it's natural to cache commonly requested objects on the proxy. A client-side browser typically retrieves a Web object by initiating an HTTP GET command with...

A scenario-based serviceoriented rapid multi-agent distributed modeling and simulation framework for SoS/SOA and its applications (2004)

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...

Characterization of a novel splicing variant of KLHL5, a member of the kelch protein family (2003)

Xu, J, Gu, SH, Wang, S, Dai, JL, Ji, CN, Jin, YS, ...

The kelch-repeat protein family is a recently found new kind of actin-binding protein. It is characterized by tandemly arranged motifs of about 50 amino acids [7]. Previous study showed that most...

Cloning and sequence analysis of the human cDNA encoding the synaptoporin (Delta), a highly conservative synaptic vesicle protein (2003)

Dai, JF, Ji, CN, Gu, SH, Wu, QH, Wang, L, Xu, J, ...

Synaptoporin is a membrane protein of synaptic vesicles, which belongs to the synaptophysin family. It was first isolated from rat brain. Here we report the cloning and characterization of the human...

Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel human hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-like 2 (HSDL2) cDNA from fetal brain (2003)

Dai, JF, Xie, Y, Wu, QH, Wang, L, Yin, G, Ye, X, ...

Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases (HSDs) are responsible for the biosynthesis of steroid hormones and play a crucial role in mammalian physiology and development. By large-scale sequencing analysis of a...

Cloning and expression of a novel human C5orf12 gene, a member of the TMS_TDE family (2003)

Xu, J, Ji, CN, Wang, L, Cao, YQ, Dai, JL, Ye, X, ...

We report here cloning and characterization of a novel human gene, termed C5orf12, which is a putative membrane protein belonging to the TMS_TDE family. The cDNA encodes 423 amino acid with a...

Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel Dual-specificity Phosphatase18 gene from human fetal brain (2003)

Wu, QH, Gu, SH, Dai, JL, Dai, HF, Wang, L, Li, Y, ...

Dual-specificity protein phosphatases (DSPs), a new family of protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs), are characterized by the ability to dephosphorylate both phospho-tyrosyl and phospho-seryl/threonyl...

Root-specific CLE19 overexpression and the sol1/2: Suppressors implicate a CLV-like pathway in the control of Arabidopsis root meristern maintenance (2003)

Casamitjana-Martinez, E., Hofhuis, H.F., Xu, J., Liu, C.M., Heidstra, R., Scheres, B.

In the Arabidopsis shoot apical meristem, an organizing center signals in a non-cell-autonomous manner to specify the overlying stem cells [1 and 2]. Stem cells express the small, secreted protein...

Challenges in Information Retrieval and Language Modeling (2003)

Allen, J., Aslam, J., Belkin, N., Buckley, C., Callan, J., Croft, W.B., ...

Information retrieval (IR) research has reached a point where it is appropriate to assess progress and to define a research agenda for the next five to ten years. This report summarizes a discussion...

Octadentate Hydroxypyridinonate (HOPO) ligands for plutonium (IV): Pharmacokinetics and oral efficacy (2003)

W. Durbin, P., Kullgren, B., Xu, J., N. Raymond, K., Bailly, T., ...

Linear octadentate spermine based 3,4,3-LI(1,2-HOPO) and the mixed ligand, 3,4,3-LI(1,2-Me-3,2-HOPO), are the most effective agents for decorporation of Pu prepared so far; they are effective at low...

Competitive binding of Pu and Am with bone mineral and novel chelating agents (2003)

A. Guilmette, R., Hakimi, R., W. Durbin, P., Xu, J., N. Raymond, K.

Effective direct removal of actinides such as Pu and Am from bone in vivo has not been accomplished to date, even with the strong chelating agents CaNa3DTPA or ZnNa3DTPA. This study, using an...

Identification of a novel human doublecortin-domain-containing gene (DCDC1) expressed mainly in testis (2003)

Zeng, L, Gu, SH, Li, Y, Zhao, EP, Xu, J, Ye, X, ...

Mutations in the X-linked gene doublecortex (DCX) result in lissencephaly in males or subcortical laminar heterotopia (double cortex) in females. Recently, an evolutionarily conserved doublecortin...

Cloning and characterization of a novel human STAR domain containing cDNA KHDRBS2 (2002)

Wang, L, Xu, J, Zeng, L, Ye, X, Wu, QH, Dai, JF, ...

KHDRBS2, KH domain containing, RNA binding, signal transduction associated 2, is an RNA-binding protein that is tyrosine phosphorylated by Src during mitosis. It contains a KH domain, which is...

Cloning, expression and characterization of a novel human VMP gene (2002)

Cheng, C, Xu, J, Ye, X, Dai, JF, Wu, QH, Zeng, L, ...

We report here cloning and characterization of a novel human gene, termed VMP, which is a vesicular membrane protein. RT-PCR analysis shows that VMP is expressed exclusively in brain of the 16...

Observation of Radiation-specific Damage in Human Cells Exposed to Depleted Uranium: Dicentric Frequency and Neoplastic Transformation as Endpoints (2002)

C. Miller, A., Xu, J., Stewart, M., Brooks, K., Hodge, S., Shi, L., ...

Depleted uranium (DU) is a dense heavy metal used primarily in military applications. Published data from our laboratory have demonstrated that DU exposure in vitro to immortalised human osteoblast...

Identification of a novel human DDX40 gene, a new member of the DEAH-box protein family (2002)

Xu, J, Wu, H, Zhang, CZ, Cao, JQ, Wang, L, Zeng, L, ...

The DExH/D-box superfamily of RNA helicases seems to play key roles during RNA metabolism, such as pre-mRNA splicing, ribosome biogenesis, and others. We have cloned a new gene of the DEAH-box...

Parameterized verification with automatically computed inductive assertions (2001)

T. Arons, A. Pnueli, S. Ruah, J. Xu, L. Zuck

Abstract. The paper presents a method, called the method of verification by invisible invariants, for the automatic verification of a large class of parameterized systems. The method is based on the...

Photon structure functions and azimuthal correlations of lepton pairs in tagged $\gamma\gamma$ collisions (2000)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

Measurements of the QED structure of the photon based on the reaction ee to ee gamma /sup (*)/(P/sup 2/) gamma *(Q/sup 2/) to ee mu mu are discussed. This review is an update of the discussion of the...

The horse homolog of congenital aniridia conforms to codominant inheritance (2000)

Ewart, SL, Ramsey, DT, Xu, J, Meyers, D

Anterior segment dysgenesis syndrome occurs frequently in Rocky Mountain horses and has two distinct ocular phenotypes: (1) large cysts originating from the temporal ciliary body or peripheral retina...

Reducing compilation time of Zhong’s FPGA-based SAT solver (1999)

Pak K. Chan, M. J. Boyd, S. Goren, K. Klenk, V. Kodavati, R. Kundu, ...

We present schemes to reduce the compilation time of configurable hardware that solves Boolean Satisfiability. The SAT solver presented by Zhong in last year's FCCM conference has a large...

Rigorous Development of a Safety-Critical System Based on Coordinated Atomic Actions (1999)

J. Xu, B. Randell, E. Canver, F. Von Henke, A. Romanovsky, A. Romanovsky, ...

: This paper describes our experience in using coordinated atomic (CA) actions as a system structuring tool to design and validate a sophisticated control system for a complex industrial application...

Rigorous Development of a Safety-Critical System Based on Coordinated Atomic Actions (1999)

A. F. Zor, F. Von Henke, J. Xu, J. Xu, A. Romanovsky, A. Romanovsky, ...

Abstract: This paper describes our experience in using coordinated atomic (CA) actions as a system structuring tool to design and validate a sophisticated control system for a complex industrial...

Analysis of Philadelphia chromosome-negative BCR-ABL-positive chronic myelogenous leukemia by hypermetaphase fluorescence in situ hybridization (1999)

Seong, D., Kantarjian, H.M., Albitar, M., Arlinghaus, R., Xu, J., Talpaz, M., ...

Background: In 5%–10% of patients with of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), the Philadelphia chromosome (Ph) is not identified, despite the presence of the associated BCR-ABL...

QCD results from studies of hadronic events produced in $e^+ e^-$ annihilations at $\sqrt{s}$ = 183 GeV (1998)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

We present results obtained from a study of the structure of hadronic events recorded by the L3 detector at a centre-of-mass energy of 183 GeV. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity...

Search for charged Higgs bosons in $e^+ e^-$ collisions at centre-of-mass energies between 130 and 183 GeV (1998)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

A search for pair-produced charged Higgs bosons is performed with the L3 detector at LEP using data collected at centre-of-mass energies from \mbox{130 to 183 \GeV{}}, corresponding to an integrated...

Single and multi-photon events with missing energy in $e^+ e^-$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 183 GeV (1998)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

An analysis of single and multi-photon events with missing energy is performed using data collected with the L3 detector at LEP at centre-of-mass energies around 183\gev, for a total of 55.3...

Measurement of the effective weak mixing angle by jet-charge asymmetry in hadronic decays of the Z boson (1998)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

The coupling of the Z boson to quarks is studied in a sample of about 3.5 million hadronic Z decays collected by the L3 experiment at LEP from 1991 to 1995. The forward-backward quark charge asymmet...

Upper limit on the lifetime difference of short- and long-lived $B^0_s$ mesons (1998)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

An upper limit on the lifetime difference of short- and long-lived $\rm B^0_s$ mesons has been obtained using an inclusive bottom hadron sample from 2 million hadronic Z decays collected by the L3...

Measurement of W-pair cross sections in $e^{+}e^{-}$ interactions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 183 GeV and W-decay branching fractions (1998)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

We report on the measurement of W-boson pair-production with the L3 detector at LEP. In a data sample corresponding to a total luminosity of 55.47~pb$^{-1}$ collected at an average centre-of-mass...

Measurement of the Michel parameters and the average $\tau$-neutrino helicity from $\tau$ decays at LEP (1998)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

Four of the Michel parameters and the average tau-neutrino helicity have been measured by analysing tau decay spectra in 147 \pb ~of data collected by the L3 detector. The decays \tte, ~\ttm, ~\ttp,...

Production of single W bosons in $e^+ e^-$ interactions at $130 \leq \sqrt{s} \leq 183 GeV$ and limits on anomalous $WW\gamma$ couplings (1998)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

We report on a study of single W boson production in a data sample collected by the L3 detector at centre-of-mass energies from 130 to 183 GeV. The signal consists of large missing energy final...

Test of CP invariance in $Z \to \mu^+ \mu^- \gamma$ decay (1998)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

We report on the first test of CP invariance in Z decays with hard photon radiation. The data recorded with the L3 detector at centre-of-mass energies near the Z resonance are used to search for CP...

Measurement of radiative Bhabha and quasi-real Compton scattering (1998)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

We report on a study of radiative Bhabha and quasi-real Compton scattering at centre-of-mass energies between 50~{\GeV} and 170~{\GeV} and 20~{\GeV} and 140~{\GeV}, respectively, using the L3...

Study of the hadronic photon structure function $F^\gamma_2$ at LEP (1998)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

The hadronic photon structure function $F^\gamma_2$ is studied in the reaction $\mathrm{e^+e^-} \rightarrow \mathrm{e^+e^-hadrons}$ at LEP with the L3 detector. The data, collected from 1991 to 1995...

Study of anomalous ZZ$\gamma$ and Z$\gamma\gamma$ couplings at LEP (1998)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

We search for anomalous $\ZZG$ and $\ZGG$ couplings with the L3 detector at LEP. The analysis is based on the study of the process $\EEZG$ at center-of-mass energies in the range $161 \GeV < \rts <...

Measurement of the inclusive charmless semileptonic branching fraction of beauty hadrons and a determination of |$V_{ub}$| at LEP (1998)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

A measurement of the inclusive charmless semileptonic branching fraction of beauty hadrons, $\mathrm{b}\rightarrow\mathrm{X}_\mathrm{u }\ell\nu$, has been performed using almost two million hadronic...

Search for neutral Higgs bosons of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model in $e^+ e^-$ interactions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 130-183 GeV (1998)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

A search for the lightest neutral scalar and neutral pseudoscalar Higgs bosons in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model is performed on data collected at LEP by the L3 detector at center-of-mass...

Search for the Standard Model Higgs boson in $e^+ e^-$ interactions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 183 GeV (1998)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

A search for the Standard Model Higgs boson is performed with the L3 detector at LEP. The data sample, corresponding to a luminosity of 55.3 $pb^-1$, was collected at an average centre-of-mass energy...

Search for new physics phenomena in fermion-pair production at LEP (1998)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

The measurements of hadron and lepton--pair production cross sections and lepton--pair forward--backward asymmetries performed with the L3 detector at centre--of--mass energies between 130 GeV and...

Determination of the number of light neutrino species from single photon production at LEP (1998)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

A determination of the number of light neutrino families performed by measuring the cross section of single photon production in \ee\ collision near the \Zo\ resonance is reported. From an integrated...

Measurement of $\tau$ polarisation at LEP (1998)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

Using the data collected with the L3 detector at LEP between 1990 and 1995, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 149 pb$^{-1}$, the $\tau$ longitudinal polarisation has been measured as a...

Measurement of the $B_{d}^{0} - \overline{B}_{d}^{0}$ oscillation frequency (1998)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

Time-dependent ${\mathrm{B^{0}}\mbox{-}\bar{\mathrm{B}} ^{0}}$ mixing is studied using about two million hadronic Z decays registered by L3 in 1994 and 1995. For this study three techniques are used....

Angular multiplicity fluctuations in hadronic Z decays and comparison to QCD models and analytical calculations (1998)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

Local multiplicity fluctuations in angular phase space intervals are studied using factorial moments measured in hadronic events at $\sqrt{s}\simeq 91.2\GeV$, which were collected by the L3 detector...

Measurement of the Weak Dipole Moments of the $\tau$ Lepton (1998)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

Using the data collected by the L3 experiment at LEP from 1991 to 1995 at energies around the $\Zo$ mass, a measurement of the weak anomalous magnetic dipole moment, $a^w_{\tau}$,~ and of the weak...

Local multiplicity fluctuations in hadronic Z decay (1998)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

Local multiplicity fluctuations in hadronic Z decays are studied using the L3 detector at LEP. Bunching parameters are used for the first time in addition to the normalised factorial moment method....

Developing Control Software for Production Cell II: Failure Analysis (1998)

J. Xu, A. Romanovsky, A. F. Zorzo, R. J. Stroud, E. Canver, Abteilung Künstliche Intelligenz

Abstract: This paper describes our experience using coordinated atomic (CA) actions as a system structuring tool to design a sophisticated control system for a complex industrial application that has...

Development of Decorporation Agents for the Actinides (1998)

Durbin, P.W., Kullgren, B., Xu, J., Raymond, K.N.

Chelation therapy for internally deposited actinides has been shown to reduce acute radiation damage and chemical toxicity and the severity of late radiation effects. This review traces the...

Epidemiological Findings and Requirement for Dose Reconstruction Among Medical Diagnostic X Ray Workers in China (1998)

Li, B-X., Gao, Z-W., Xu, J., Zhang, J-Y., Aoyama, T., ...

To provide the evidence and related rules of human malignant tumours produced by prolonged exposure to low level ionising radiation, the cancer incidence (1950-1990) among 27,011 medical diagnostic X...

Comparative Investigation on Cancer-Related Factors in Chinese Medical X Ray Workers (1998)

Gao, Z.W., Wang, J.X., Li, B.X., Xu, J.

This is the comparative study of 2304 paired persons from X ray workers and the control group in the cohort study 'cancer incidence among medical diagnostic X ray workers in China'. The distribution...

Measurement of the average lifetime of b-hadrons in Z decays (1997)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

We present a measurement of the average b-hadron lifetime ${\rm \tau_b}$ at the $\mathrm{e^+e^-} \, $ collider LEP. Using hadronic Z decays collected in the period from 1991 to 1994, two independent...

Search for scalar leptons, charginos and neutralinos in $e^{+} e^{-}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 161-172 GeV (1997)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

Scalar leptons, charginos and neutralinos, predicted by supersymmetric theories, have been searched for in data samples collected with the L3 detector at centre-of-mass energies of 161 GeV and 172...

Neutral-Current Four-Fermion Production in $e^+ e^-$ Interactions at 130 GeV $\leq \sqrt{s} \leq$ 172 GeV (1997)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

A study of neutral-current four-fermion processes is performed, using data collected by the L3 detector at LEP during high-energy runs at centre-of-mass energies 130 - 136, 161 and 170 - 172 GeV,...

Measurement of $\eta '(958)$ formation in two-photon collisions at LEP1 (1997)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

The formation of the eta' in the reaction ee->ee eta'->ee pi pi gamma has been measured by the L3 detector at a centre-of-mass energy of 91 GeV. The radiative width of the eta' has been found to be...

Measurements of Mass, Width and Gauge Couplings of the W Boson at LEP (1997)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

We report on measurements of mass and total decay width of the W boson and of triple-gauge-boson couplings, $\gamma$WW and ZWW, with the L3 detector at LEP. W-pair events produced in $\EE$...

Search for R-Parity Breaking Sneutrino Exchange at LEP (1997)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

We report on a search for R--parity breaking effects due to supersymmetric tau--sneutrino exchange in the reactions e+e- to e+e- and e+e- to mu+mu- at centre--of--mass energies from 91~{\GeV} to...

Missing mass spectra in hadronic events from $e^+ e^-$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$=161-172 GeV and limits on invisible Higgs decays (1997)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

Events characterised by large hadronic energy and transverse momentum are selected from the data collected by the L3 detector at LEP at centre-of-mass energies between 161 and 172 GeV, corresponding...

Search for new physics in energetic single photon production in $e^+ e^-$ annihilation at the Z resonance (1997)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

Using a sample of $\mathrm{e^{+}e^{-}}$ annihilation events collected with the L3 detector at the Z resonance corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 137 pb$^{-1}$, we have searched for...

Search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson in $e^+ e^-$ Interactions at $161 \leq \sqrt{s} \leq 172$ GeV (1997)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

A search for the Standard Model Higgs boson has been performed with the L3 detector at LEP. The data sample was collected at three centre-of-mass energies, 161.3, 170.3 and 172.3 GeV with integrated...

Search for heavy neutral and charged leptons in $e^+ e^-$ annihilation at $\sqrt{s}$ = 161 GeV and $\sqrt{s}$ = 172 GeV (1997)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

A search for unstable neutral and charged heavy leptons as well as for stable charged heavy leptons has been made at center-of-mass energies $\sqrt{s}$ = 161 GeV and $\sqrt{s}$ = 172 GeV with the L3...

Study of hadronic events and measurements of $\alpha_{s}$ between 30 and 91 GeV (1997)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

We have studied the structure of hadronic events with a hard, %radiated isolated photon in the final state ($\mathrm{e^{+}e^{-}} \rightarrow$ Z $\rightarrow$ hadrons $+$ $\gamma$) in the 3.6 million...

Single and multi-photon events with missing energy in $e^+ e^-$ collisions at 161 GeV < $\sqrt{s}$ < 172 GeV (1997)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

A search for single and multi-photon events with missing energy is performed using data collected at centre-of-mass energies between 161 GeV and 172 GeV for a total of 20.9 pb$^{-1}$ of integrated...

Hard-photon production at $\sqrt{s}$ = 161 and 172 GeV at LEP (1997)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

We have studied the process $e^+e^-{\rightarrow}\rm n {\gamma}$ $(\rm n{\ge}2)$ at centre-of-mass energies of 161.3 GeV and 172.1 GeV. The analysis is based on a sample of events collected by the L3...

$\Upsilon$ production in Z Decays (1997)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

We have searched for evidence of Upsilon production in 3.5 million hadronic Z decays collected by the L3 detector at LEP in 1991-1995. No signals are observed for the decay chain Z -> Upsilon X;...

Measurement of W-pair cross sections in $e^+ e^-$ interactions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 172 GeV and W decay branching fractions (1997)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

We report on the measurement of W-boson pair-production with the L3 detector at LEP at an average centre-of-mass energy of 172.13~GeV. In a data sample corresponding to a total luminosity of...

Resonance formation in the $\pi^+\pi^-\pi^0$ final state in two-photon collisions (1997)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

A study of resonance formation is presented in the $\pi^+\pi^-\pi^0$ final state in two-photon collisions at LEP. The $a_2(1320)$ radiative width is measured to be...

Search for anomalous four-jet events in $e^+ e^-$ annihilation at $\sqrt{s}$ = 130-172 GeV (1997)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

A study of hadronic events with high jet-multiplicity is performed using the data sample collected by the L3 experiment at LEP at $\sqrt{s}=130-172$ GeV. The observed event rates agree with the...

$K^{0}_{S}$ and $\Lambda$ production in quark and gluon jets at LEP (1997)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

A measurement of the $\mathrm{K^0_s}$ and $\Lambda$ inclusive production rates and momentum spectra in two- and three-jet events is presented. On the basis of about 3.1~million Z decays collected...

Measurement of hadron and lepton pair production at 161 GeV < $\sqrt{s}$ < 172 GeV at LEP (1997)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

We report on measurements of $\mathrm{e^+e^-}$ annihilation into hadrons and lepton pairs. The data have been taken with the L3 detector at LEP at centre--of--mass energies between...

QCD Studies and Determination of $\alpha_s$ in $e^+ e^-$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 161 GeV and 172 GeV (1997)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

We present a study of the structure of hadronic events recorded by the L3 detector at LEP at the center of mass energies of 161 and 172 GeV. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of...

Production of e, $\mu$ and $\tau$ Pairs in Untagged Two-Photon Collisions at LEP (1997)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

The two-photon collision reaction e+e- --> e+e-l+l- has been studied at root(s) ~ 91 GeV using the L3 detector at LEP for l = e, muon , tau. We have analysed untagged configurations where the two...

Cross-Section of Hadron Production in $\gamma\gamma$ Collisions at LEP (1997)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

The reaction $\mathrm{e}^{+} \mathrm{e}^{-} \rightarrow \mathrm{e}^{+} \mathrm{e}^{-} \gamma ^{*} \gamma ^{*} \rightarrow \mathrm{e}^{+} \mathrm{e}^{-} $ {\sl hadrons} is analysed using data...

Production of Single W Bosons at LEP (1997)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alpat, B, Alcaraz, J, ...

We report on the observation of single W boson production in a data sample collected by the L3 detector at LEP2. The signal consists of large missing energy final states with a single energetic...

Search for Excited Leptons in $e^+ e^-$ Annihilation at $\sqrt{s}$ = 161 GeV (1997)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alpat, B, Alcaraz, J, ...

A search for excited leptons $\rm e^*,~\mu^*, ~\tau^*$ and $\nu_{\rm e}^*$ in $\rm e^+e^-$ collisions at $\rm \sqrt{s}$ = 161 GeV is performed using the $\rm 10.8 ~pb^{-1}$ of data collected by the...

Pair-Production of W Bosons in $e^+ e^-$ Interactions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 161 GeV (1997)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alpat, B, Alcaraz, J, ...

We report on the measurement of W-boson pair-production with the L3 detector at LEP at a centre-of-mass energy of 161.34~\GeV. In a data sample corresponding to a total luminosity of 11~pb$^{-1}$, we...

Measurement of $D_{s}^{-} \to \tau^{-}\overline{\nu}_\tau$ and a New Limit for $B^- \to \tau^{- }\overline{\nu}_\tau$ (1997)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alpat, B, Alcaraz, J, ...

Using a data sample of 1,475,000 $\ZQQG$ events collected during 1994 with the L3 detector at LEP, we have studied the purely leptonic decays of heavy flavour mesons, $\Dtau$ and $\Btau$. A signal is...

Formalization of the CA Action Concept Based on Temporal Logic. Design for validation (deva) basic esprit project. second year report. part 2 (1997)

D. Schwier, F. Von Henke, J. Xu, R. J. Stroud, A. Romanovsky

Abstract: This paper presents a formalization of CA actions based on temporal logic. CA actions are a structuring technique for the organization and subdivision of concurrent systems. The patterns of...

under preparation (1997)

J. Nie, J. Xu, C. Costantino, Prepared For

Brookhaven National Laboratory undertook an effort to revise the CARES program under JCN N-6103. The revised CARES program (which is referred to as P-CARES in this report) includes many improvements...

Using Coordinated Atomic Actions to Design Complex Safety-Critical Systems: The Production Cell Case Study (1997)

A. F. Zorzo, A. Romanovsky, J. Xu, B. Randell, R. J. Stroud, I. S. Welch

Coordinated Atomic actions (CA actions) are a unified approach to structuring complex concurrent activities and supporting error recovery between multiple interacting objects in an dependable...

Coordinated Atomic Actions: from Concept to Implementation (1997)

B. Randell, A. Romanovsky, R. J. Stroud, J. Xu, A.F. Zorzo

The Coordinated Atomic Action (or CA action) concept is a unified scheme for coordinating complex concurrent activities and supporting error recovery between multiple interacting objects in a...

Coordinated Exception Handling in Distributed Object Systems: from Model to System Implementation (1997)

J. Xu, A. Romanovsky, B. Randell, S.E. Mitchell, A.J. Wellings

: Exception handling in distributed and concurrent programs is a difficult task though it is often necessary. In many cases traditional exception mechanisms for sequential programs are no longer...

Using Coordinated Atomic Actions to Design Dependable Distributed Object Systems (1997)

A.F. Zorzo, A. Romanovsky, J. Xu, B. Randell, R. J. Stroud, I. S. Welch

: Coordinated Atomic actions (CA actions) provide a scheme for coordinating complex concurrent activities and supporting error recovery between multiple interacting objects in a distributed...

Using coordinated atomic actions to design dependable distributed object systems (1997)

A. Zorzo, A. Romanovsky, J. Xu, R. Stroud, I. Welch

The Coordinated Atomic (CA) action concept [1] [2] is a uni ed approach to structuring complex concurrent activities and supporting error recovery between multiple interacting objects in an...

Genetic Structure of Natural Populations of Agaricus bisporus, the Commercial Button Mushroom (1997)

Xu, J., Kerrigan, R. W., Callac, P., Horgen, P. A., Anderson, J. B.

Agaricus bisporus (Lange) Imbach, the familiar button mushroom of commerce, is a major vegetable crop around the world. In the past 10 years a significant worldwide effort has been made to collect...

Air Pollution and Mortality in Philadelphia, 1974-1988 (1997)

Kelsall, J. E., Samet, J. M., Zeger, S. L., Xu, J.

Analyses involving data from many locations throughout the world have now been conducted to assess the association between air pollution and mortality. To date, six independent analyses of mortality...

Study of the Weak Charged Hadronic Current in b Decays (1996)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alpat, B, Alcaraz, J, ...

Charged and neutral particle multiplicities of jets associated with identified semileptonic and hadronic b decays are studied. The observed differences between these jets are used to determine the...

Measurement of Inclusive $\omega$ and $\eta$' Production in Hadronic Z Decays (1996)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alpat, B, Alcaraz, J, ...

We present a study of the inclusive $\omega$ and $\eta^{\prime}$ production based on 3.1 million hadronic Z decays recorded with the L3 detector at LEP during 1991--1994. The production rates per...

Search for neutral B meson decays to two charged leptons (1996)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alpat, B, Alcaraz, J, ...

The decays $\mathrm{B_d^0,\,B_s^0 \rightarrow e^+e^-,\,\mu^+\mu^-,\, e^\pm\mu^\mp}$ are searched for in 3.5 million hadronic ${\mathrm{Z}}$ events, which constitute the full LEP I data sample...

Search for Exclusive B Decays to J and $\eta$ or $\pi^{0}$ with the L3 Detector (1996)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alpat, B, Alcaraz, J, ...

A search for exclusive decays of $\ensuremath{\mathrm{B_d^0}}$ and $\ensuremath{\mathrm{B_s^0}}$ mesons has been performed in the channels $\ensuremath{\mathrm{B_d^0}\rightarrow\mathrm{J}\eta}$,\,\,...

Measurement of the Lifetime of the $\tau$ Lepton (1996)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alpat, B, Alcaraz, J, ...

The lifetime of the tau lepton is measured using data collected in 1994 by the L3 detector at LEP. The precise track position information of the Silicon Microvertex Detector is exploited. The tau...

Measurement of the B$_{d}^{0}$ meson oscillation frequency (1996)

Acciarri, M, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alpat, B, Alcaraz, J, ...

Time-dependent \Bd-\Bbd\ mixing is studied using 1.5 million hadronic Z decays collected by L3. Semileptonic B decays are selected by requiring at least one reconstructed lepton in both thrust...

Search for unstable sequential neutral and charged heavy leptons in $e^{+}e^{-}$ annihilation at $\sqrt{s}$ = 130 and 136 GeV (1996)

Acciarri, M, Adam, A, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alpat, B, ...

A search for unstable sequential neutral and charged heavy leptons has been made at center-of-mass energies 130 and 136 \GeV\ with the L3 detector at LEP. The neutral leptons are assumed to decay via...

Study of the structure of hadronic events and determination of $\alpha_{s}$ at $\sqrt{s}$ = 130 GeV and 136 GeV (1996)

Acciarri, M, Adam, A, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alpat, B, ...

We present a study of the structure of hadronic events recorded by the L3 detector at center-of-mass energies of 130 and 136 GeV. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 5 pb-1...

Measurement of $\eta$ production in two and three-jet events from hadronic Z decays at LEP (1996)

Acciarri, M, Adam, A, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alpat, B, ...

The inclusive production of \eta mesons has been studied using 1.6 million hadronic Z decays collected with the L3 detector. The \eta multiplicity per event, the multiplicity for two-jet and...

Search for excited leptons in $e^{+} e^{-}$ annihilation at $\sqrt {s}$ = 130 - 140 GeV (1996)

Acciarri, M, Adam, A, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alpat, B, ...

We report on a search for the excited leptons e^*,mu^*,tau^* and nu^* in e+e- collisions at sqrt{s} = 130 - 140 GeV using the L3 detector at LEP. No evidence has been found for their existence. From...

Measurement of hadron and lepton-pair production at 130 GeV $ (1996)

Acciarri, M, Adam, A, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Ahlen, S P, Alpat, B, ...

We report on the first measurements of e+e- annihilations into hadrons and lepton pairs at center-of-mass energies between 130 GeV and 140 GeV. In a total luminosity of 5 pb-1 collected with the L3...

Toward an object-oriented approach to software fault tolerance (1995)

J. Xu, R. J. Stroud, J. Xu, ...

© 1994 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for...

The BEPC Control System Upgraded (1995)

Zhao Geng Yu, J. Zhao, X. Geng, Y. Yu, B. Wang, C. Wang, ...

The upgrade of the BEPC control system has been finished one year ahead of the schedule and new system was put into use in October, 1994. The upgraded system adopts a distribution architecture based...

Trichodorus species from China, with a description of T. paracedarus n. sp. (Nemata : Trichodoridae) (1995)

Xu, J., Decraemer, W.

Trois espèces de Trichodorus sont signalées provenant de la partie orientale de la Chine : T. paracedarus n. sp., T. cedarus Yokoo, 1964 et T. pakistanensis Siddiqi, 1962. Le mâle de T....

In Vivo Chelation of Am(III), Pu(IV), Np(V), and U(VI) in Mice by TREN-(Me-3,2-HOPO) (1994)

Durbin, P.W., Kullgren, B., Xu, J., Raymond, K.N.

Octadentate 3,4,3-LI(1,2-HOPO), composed of the acidic hydroxypyridine isomer, 1,2-HOPO, is the most effective ligand yet prepared for in vivo chelation of Pu(IV), and Am(III), but it is difficult to...

An Assessment on Reliability of Quantitative Calculation Method for Obtaining Volume Fractions of Texture Components With the Reduced ODF (1988)

L. Zuo, X. Zhao, J. Xu, Z. Liang

The reliability and the accuracy of a quantitative calculation method for obtaining volume fractions of texture components of cubic materials were verified for the reduced ODFs terminated at l max =...

Structural behavior and superconductivity of YBa2Cu3Ox (1987)

Chen, I-Wei, Keating, S. J., Keating, C. Y., Wu, X., Xu, J., Reyes-Morel, P. E., ...

The compound YBa2Cu3Ox was given various oxidation treatments over a range of oxygen pressures from 0.02 to 200 MPa and temperatures up to 1223K. A tetragonal to orthorhombic phase transformation was...

The profile of gene expression and role of nuclear factor kappa B on glomerular injury in rats with Thy-1 nephritis

Wang, H, Jiang, X M, Xu, J H, Xu, J, Tong, J X, Wang, Y W

Mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis (MsPGN) is a disease of high incidence in humans. Rats with Thy-1 nephritis (Thy-1 N) are used as an animal model for studying MsPGN. Although several studies...

Metalloelastase in lungs and alveolar macrophages is modulated by extracellular substance P in mice

Xu, J., Xu, F., Barrett, E.

Metalloelastase (MMP-12), mainly produced by macrophages, has been shown to play a key role in the pathogenesis of emphysema in animal models. Chronic cigarette smoke increases pulmonary MMP-12,...

Mitogenic effect contributes to increased virulence of Streptococcus suis sequence type 7 to cause streptococcal toxic shock-like syndrome

Zheng, H, Ye, C, Segura, M, Gottschalk, M, Xu, J

Streptococcus suis serotype 2 sequence type 7 strains emerged in 1996 and caused a streptococcal toxic shock-like syndrome in 1998 and 2005 in China. Evidence indicated that the virulence of S. suis...

THEORETICAL CALCULATION OF ATOMIC STRAIN ON MECHANICAL ALLOYED METASTABLE INTERMETALLIC

L. PANG, J. XU, J. ZHANG

Mechanical alloying (MA) has been utilized to synthesize many equilibrium and/or nonequilibrium phases. During the MA process, alloys are formed by the solid-state reaction. Solid solution has been...

Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist haplotype associated with prostate cancer risk

Lindmark, F, Zheng, S L, Wiklund, F, Bälter, K A, Sun, J, Chang, B, ...

IL1-RN is an important anti-inflammatory cytokine that modulate the inflammation response by binding to IL1 receptors, and as a consequence inhibits the action of proinflammatory cytokines IL1α and...