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c ○ Springer-Verlag 1997 Equirépartition des petits points (2009)

L. Szpiro, E. Ullmo, S. Zhang

Soit E une courbe elliptique sur le corps C des nombres complexes. On note E[n] (resp E[n]) le sous–groupe des points de n–torsion (resp l’ensemble des points d’ordre exactement n). Une...

Active Galactic Nuclei with Double-peaked Narrow Lines: Are They Dual AGNs? (2009)

Hu, C., Zhang, S.

Double-peaked [O III]5007, profiles in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) may provide evidence for the existence of dual AGNs, but a good diagnostic for selecting them is currently lacking. Starting from...

Searching for onset of deconfinement via hypernuclei and baryon-strangeness correlations (2009)

Zhang, S., Chen, J. H., Crawford, H., Keane, D., Ma, Y. G., Xu, Z. B.

We argue that the ratio $S_3 =\mathrm{^3_\Lambda H} / (\mathrm{^3He} \times \frac{\Lambda}{p})$ is a good representation of the local correlation between baryon number and strangeness, and therefore...

Breaking of the number-of-constituent-quark scaling for identified-particle elliptic flow as a signal of phase change in low-energy data taken at the BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) (2009)

Tian, J., Chen, J. H., Ma, Y. G., Cai, X. Z., Jin, F., Ma, G. L., ...

We argue that measurements of identified-particle elliptic flow in a wide energy range could shed light on the possible phase change in high-energy heavy ion collisions at the BNL Relativistic Heavy...

Flux dynamics in NdO1-xFxFeAs bulk sample (2009)

Di Gioacchino, D., Marcelli, A., Zhang, S., Fratini, M., Poccia, N., Ricci, A., ...

We present data of multi harmonic magneto-dynamic experiments. In particular, we performed ac magnetic susceptibility experiments on layered pnictide-oxide quaternary compound NdOFeAs doped with...

Directional field-induced metallization of quasi-one-dimensional Li$_{0.9}$Mo$_6$O$_{17}$ (2009)

Xu, X., Bangura, A. F., Analytis, J. G., Fletcher, J. D., French, M. M. J., Shannon, N., ...

We report a detailed magnetotransport study of the highly anisotropic quasi-one-dimensional oxide Li$_{0.9}$Mo$_6$O$_{17}$ whose in-chain electrical resistivity diverges below a temperature $T_{\rm...

Preparation and superconductivity of iron selenide thin films (2009)

Han, Y., Li, W. Y., Cao, L. X., Zhang, S., Xu, B., Zhao, B. R.

FeSex (x = 0.80, 0.84, 0.88, 0.92) thin films were prepared on SrTiO3(001) (STO), (La,Sr)(Al,Ta)O3(001) (LSAT), and LaAlO3(001) (LAO) substrates by pulsed laser deposition method. All thin films show...

Episodic Random Accretion and the Cosmological Evolution of Supermassive Black Hole Spins (2009)

Hu, C., King, A. R., Marconi, A., ...

The growth of supermassive black holes (BHs) located at the centers of their host galaxies comes mainly from accretion of gas, but how to fuel them remains an outstanding unsolved problem in quasar...

Collision system size dependence of di-hadron azimuthal correlations in ultra-relativistic heavy ion collisions (2009)

Zhang, S., Zhu, Y. H., Ma, G. L., Ma, Y. G., Cai, X. Z., Chen, J. H., ...

The system size dependence of di-hadron azimuthal correlations in ultra-relativistic heavy ion collision is presented by a systematic simulation with a multi-phase transport model. Clear participant...

Reaction Plane Angle Dependence of Di$-$Hadron Azimuthal Correlations in a Multi-Phase Transport Model (2009)

Li, W., Zhang, S., Ma, Y. G., Cai, X. Z., Chen, J. H., Huang, H. Z., ...

Di-hadron azimuthal correlations relative to the reaction plane have been investigated in Au + Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV by using a multi-phase transport model (AMPT). Such reaction...

The starburst-AGN connection: the role of young stellar populations in fueling supermassive black holes (2009)

Hu, C., Zhang, S.

Tracing the star formation history in circumnuclear regions (CNRs) is a key step towards understanding the starburst-AGN connection. However, bright nuclei outshining the entire host galaxy prevent...

ABSTRACTS (2009)

Abdelwahab, A., Gardner, M., Parkash, R., Basta, M., Sapp, J., Veltmann, C., ...

Introduction: Scar-related ventricular tachycardia (VT) is often unmappable. Data regarding the outcomes of ablation for mappable vs unmappable VT are lacking. Methods: Catheter ablation of...

Relaxing rural constraints: a ‘win-win’ policy for poverty and environment in China? (2009)

Groom, B., Grosjean, P., Kontoleon, A., Swanson, T., Zhang, S.

The link between institutional and market failures, rural poverty and environmental degradation suggests a ‘win-win’ policy intervention: relax local ‘constraints’ and achieve poverty...

Linkages between Shanghai and Hong Kong stock indices. (2009)

Zhang, S, Paya, I, Peel, D

This paper examines the dynamics of the linkages between Shang-hai and Hong Kong stock indices. While the volatility linkage is anal-ysed by a multivariate GARCH framework, the linkage of returns...

Recent developments of acupuncture in Australia and the way forward (2009)

Xue, C, Zhang, A, Yang, W, Zhang, S, Story, D

Almost one in ten Australians has received acupuncture treatment by acupuncturists and/or medical doctors in private clinics. The majority of Australian health insurance funds offer rebates for...

System-Size Independence of Directed Flow Measured at the BNL Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider (2008)

Abelev, B. I., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., Averichev, G. S., ...

We measure directed flow (ν_1) for charged particles in Au+Au and Cu+Cu collisions at √S_(NN)=200 and 62.4 GeV, as a function of pseudorapidity (η), transverse momentum (p_t), and collision...

Longitudinal broadening of near side jets due to parton cascade (2008)

Ma, G. L., Zhang, S., Ma, Y. G., Cai, X. Z., Chen, J. H., Zhong, C.

Longitudinal broadening along $\Delta\eta$ direction on near side in two-dimensional ($\Delta\phi \times \Delta\eta$) di-hadron correlation distribution has been studied for central Au+Au collisions...

Beam-Energy and System-Size Dependence of Dynamical Net Charge Fluctuations (2008)

Abelev, B. I., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., Averichev, G. S., ...

We present measurements of net charge fluctuations in $Au + Au$ collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = $ 19.6, 62.4, 130, and 200 GeV, $Cu + Cu$ collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = $ 62.4, 200 GeV, and $p + p$...

RECURSIVE APPROXIMATION OF THE HIGH DIMENSIONAL max FUNCTION (2008)

S. Zhang

Abstract. An alternative smoothing method for the high dimensional max function has been studied. The proposed method is a recursive extension of the two dimensional smoothing functions. In order to...

Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing 9:250-261(2004) INVESTIGATING IMPLICIT KNOWLEDGE IN ONTOLOGIES WITH APPLICATION TO THE ANATOMICAL DOMAIN (2008)

S. Zhang, O. Bodenreider, S. Zhang, O. Bodenreider

Knowledge in biomedical ontologies can be explicitly represented (often by means of semantic relations), but may also be implicit, i.e., embedded in the concept names and inferable from various...

Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing 9:152-163(2004) HAPLOTYPE BLOCK DEFINITION AND ITS APPLICATION (2008)

X. Zhu, S. Zhang, D. Kan, R. Cooper, X. Zhu, S. Zhang, ...

We present a simple two-stage procedure to define haplotype blocks and construct a statistic to test whether a polymorphism belongs to a block. Applying this method to the data of Gabriel et al....

Light-emitting nanocasts formed from bio-templates: FESEM and cathodoluminescent imaging studies of butterfly scale replicas (2008)

Silver, J, Withnall, R, Ireland, T. G., Fern, G. R., Zhang, S

Nanocasts comprising of red-light-emitting cubic Y2O3: Eu phosphors were made from butterfly wing scale bio-templates. We report herein the first cathodoluminescent images made from such nanocasts...

Multi-state Optical Flip-flop Memory Based on Cascaded Lasers (2008)

S. Zhang, D. Owens, Y. Liu, M. T. Hill, D. Lenstra, G. D. Khoe, ...

A multi-state optical flip-flop memory based on cascaded lasers is presented. We show that only one of the lasers can lase at a time, thus the state of the optical memory is determined by the...

Announcements Related Conferences, Call For Papers, and Career Opportunities.............................................. 36 (2008)

Spike-based Sensing, M. Cannataro, C. Comito, F. L. Schiavo, P. Veltri, M. Liu, ...

Intelligence (TCCI) of the IEEE Computer Society deals with tools and systems using biologically and linguistically motivated computational paradigms such as artificial neural networks, fuzzy logic,...

PDP17 160 Gb/s SOA-based Wavelength Converter Assisted by an Optical Bandpass Filter (2008)

Y. Liu, E. Tangdiongga, Z. Li, S. Zhang, H. De Waardt, G. D. Khoe, ...

Abstract: We demonstrate an error-free 160 Gb/s SOA-based optical wavelength converter. Assisting by an optical bandpass filter, an effectively recovery time of 3 ps is achieved in an SOA, which...

160 Gbit/s Wavelength Conversion Using Ultra-fast Dynamics in an SOA (2008)

Y. Liu, E. Tangdiongga, Z. Li, S. Zhang, H. De Waardt, G. D. Khoe, ...

Abstract We demonstrate 3 ps recovery in an SOA-based system assisted by an optical bandpass filter. This concept is utilized to achieve error-free 160 Gbit/s optical wavelength conversion.

Invited Paper All-optical signal processing for optical packet switching networks (2008)

Y. Liu, M. T. Hill, N. Calabretta, E. Tangdiongga, R. Geldenhuys, S. Zhang, ...

We discuss how all-optical signal processing might play a role in future all-optical packet switched networks. We introduce a concept of optical packet switches that employ entirely all-optical...

SOLVING GENERALIZED FRACTIONAL PROGRAMMING PROBLEMS WITH APPROXIMATION (2008)

S. Zhang

ABSTRACT. The present paper proposes a new approach to solve generalized fractional programming problems with approximation. Capitalizing on two alternatives, we review the Dinkelbach-type methods...

Fine-grained comparison of anisotropy differences between groups of white matter tracts (2008)

J. D. Clayden, S. Zhang, S. Correia, D. H. Laidlaw

In this work we present a methodology for comparing anisotropy “profiles ” along white matter tracts between subjects. The development of white matter tractography techniques has provided new...

Strategy for Detecting Neuronal Fibers at Risk for Neurodegeneration In Earliest MS by Streamtube Tractography at 3T (2008)

J. H. Simon, S. Zhang, D. H. Laidlaw, D. E. Miller, M. Brown, J. Corboy, ...

Background: While demyelination is central to the onset of MS, focal inflammatory MS lesions are also characterized by axonal injury, including transections[1]. As a result, the study of axonal...

Spin alignment measurements of the K*(0)(892) and phi(1020) vector mesons in heavy ion collisions at root S-NN=200 GeV (2008)

Abelev, B. I., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., Averichev, G. S., ...

We present the first spin alignment measurements for the K*(0)(892) and phi(1020) vector mesons produced at midrapidity with transverse momenta up to 5 GeV/c at root s(NN) = 200 GeV at RHIC. The...

Centrality dependence of charged hadron and strange hadron elliptic flow from root s(NN)=200 GeVAu+Au collisions (2008)

Abelev, B. I., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., Averichev, G. S., ...

We present STAR results on the elliptic flow upsilon(2) Of charged hadrons, strange and multistrange particles from,root s(NN) = 200 GeV Au+Au collisions at the BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider...

Enhanced strange baryon production in Au+Au collisions compared to p+p at root s(NN)=200 GeV (2008)

Abelev, B. I., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., Averichev, G. S., ...

We report on the observed differences in production rates of strange and multistrange baryons in Au+Au collisions at s(NN)=200 GeV compared to p+p interactions at the same energy. The strange baryon...

rho(0) photoproduction in ultraperipheral relativistic heavy ion collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV (2008)

Abelev, B. I., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, B. D., Arkhipkin, D., Averichev, G. S., ...

Photoproduction reactions occur when the electromagnetic field of a relativistic heavy ion interacts with another heavy ion. The STAR Collaboration presents a measurement of rho(0) and direct...

Study of the solar anisotropy of cosmic ray primaries of about 200 GeV energy with the L3+C muon detector (2008)

Achard, P., Adriani, O., Aguilar-Benitez, M., Alcaraz, J., Alemanni, G., ...

Context. Primary cosmic rays experience multiple deflections in the non-uniform galactic and heliospheric magnetic fields which may generate anisotropies. Aims. A study of anisotropies in the energy...

Local quasitriangular Hopf algebras (2008)

Zhang, S., Gould, M. D., Zhang, Y-Z.

We find a new class of Hopf algebras, local quasitriangular Hopf algebras, which generalize quasitriangular Hopf algebras. Using these Hopf algebras, we obtain solutions of the Yang–Baxter equation...

Genomic characterization of putative allergen genes in peach/almond and their synteny with apple (2008)

Chen, L., Zhang, S., Illa, E., Song, L., Wu, S., Howad, W., ...

Background Fruits from several species of the Rosaceae family are reported to cause allergic reactions in certain populations. The allergens identified belong to mainly four protein families:...

Local quasitriangular Hopf algebras (2008)

Zhang, S., Gould, M. D., Zhang, Y-Z.

We find a new class of Hopf algebras, local quasitriangular Hopf algebras, which generalize quasitriangular Hopf algebras. Using these Hopf algebras, we obtain solutions of the Yang–Baxter equation...

A Single-shot Measurement of the Energy of Product States in a Translation Invariant Spin Chain Can Replace Any Quantum Computation (2008)

Janzing, D., Wocjan, P., Zhang, S.

In measurement-based quantum computation, quantum algorithms are implemented via sequences of measurements. We describe a translationally invariant finite-range interaction on a one-dimensional qudit...

Core level photoemission of rotaxanes: A summary on binding energies (2008)

Mendoza, S.M., Berná, J., Pérez, E.M., Kay, E.R., Mateo-Alonso, A., De Nadaï, C., ...

Several rotaxanes were studied by XPS in the form of thin films or monolayers on gold substrates. Here we report a database of photoemission spectra of the C 1s, N 1s and F 1s core levels. Binding...

Bacteria in Himalayan glacial ice and its relationship to dust (2008)

S. Zhang, S. Hou, Y. Wu, D. Qin

Concentrations and community diversity of bacteria from 50 segments of a 108.83 m ice core drilled from the East Rongbuk (ER) Glacier (28.03° N, 86.96° E, 6518 m above sea level) on the...

Bacterial diversity in Himalayan glacial ice and its relationship to dust (2008)

S. Zhang, S. Hou, Y. Wu, D. Qin

Concentrations and community diversity of bacteria from 50 segments of a 108.83 m ice core drilled from the East Rongbuk (ER) Glacier (28.03° N, 86.96° E, 6518 m above sea level) on the...

Poly(4-vinylpyridine)-based hydrogen bonded side-chain liquid crystal polymers (2008)

Han, X, Zhang, S, Shanks, R, Pavel, D

Novel liquid crystalline (LC) poly(4-vinylpyridine) (PVP)-based side-chain polymers were prepared from PVP and cyanobiphenyl (HOCnB) derivatives through intermolecular hydrogen-bonding between...

Econometric Institute Report No. 9720/A ON PURCHASE TIMING MODELS IN MARKETING (2007)

S. Zhang

In this paper we consider stochastic purchase timing models used in marketing for low-involvement products and show that important characteristics of those models are easy to compute. As such these...

2-ERROR ESTIMATES AND SUPERCONVERGENCE OF MIXED FINITE ELEMENT METHODS FOR NONFICKIAN FLOWS IN POROUS MEDIA (2007)

Sharp L, R. E. Ewing, Y. Lin, T. Sun, J. Wang, S. Zhang

-error estimate is obtained for the nonFickian ow of uid in porous media by means of a mixed Ritz-Volterra projection instead of the mixed Ritz projection used in [16] and [17]. Moreover, local L 2...

WAM Performance Improvement and NLOM Optimization (2007)

David Welsh, D. Welsh, S. Zhang, S. Zhang, K. Bedford, K. Bedford

Views, opinions, and/or findings contained in this report are those of the author(s) and should not be construed as an official Department of Defense Position, policy, or decision unless so...

Work funded by the DoD High Performance Computing (2007)

David Welsh, S. Zhang, S. Zhang, D. Welsh, K. Bedford, K. Bedford

Views, opinions, and/or findings contained in this report are those of the author(s) and should not be construed as an official Department of Defense Position, policy, or decision unless so...

Chaotic Dynamics of Spin-Valve Oscillators (2007)

Yang, Z., Zhang, S., Li, Y. Charles

Recent experimental and theoretical studies on the magnetization dynamics driven by an electric current have uncovered a number of unprecedented rich dynamic phenomena. We predict an intrinsic...

The Solar Flare of the 14th of July 2000 (L3+C detector results) (2007)

Achard, P, Adriani, O, Aguilar-Benítez, M, Alcaraz, J, Alemanni, G, ...

Several experiments have reported observations on possible correlations between the flux of high energy muons and intense solar flares. If confirmed, these observations would have significant...

Localized steady-state domain wall oscillators (2007)

He, J., Zhang, S.

We predict a spatially localized magnetic domain wall oscillator upon the application of an external magnetic field and a DC electric current. The amplitude and frequency of the oscillator can be...

Culturable bacteria in Himalayan glacial ice in response to atmospheric circulation (2007)

Zhang, S., Hou, S., Ma, X., Qin, D., Chen, T.

Only recently has specific attention been given to culturable bacteria in Tibetan glaciers, but their relation to atmospheric circulation is less understood yet. Here we present the results of...

Culturable bacteria in Himalayan glacial ice in response to atmospheric circulation (2007)

Zhang, S., Hou, S., Ma, X., Qin, D., Chen, T.

Only recently has specific attention been given to culturable bacteria in Tibetan glaciers, but their relation to atmospheric circulation is less understood yet. Here we present the results of...

Dangerous human-made interference with climate: a GISS modelE study (2007)

Hansen, J., Sato, M., Ruedy, R., Kharecha, P., Lacis, A., Miller, R., ...

We investigate the issue of "dangerous human-made interference with climate" using simulations with GISS modelE driven by measured or estimated forcings for 1880–2003 and extended to 2100 for IPCC...

Dangerous human-made interference with climate: a GISS modelE study (2007)

Hansen, J., Sato, M., Ruedy, R., Kharecha, P., Lacis, A., Miller, R., ...

We investigate the issue of "dangerous human-made interference with climate" using simulations with GISS modelE driven by measured or estimated forcings for 1880–2003 and extended to 2100 for IPCC...

Structures and representations of generalized path algebras (2007)

Zhang, S., Zhang, Y. Z.

It is shown that an algebra Lambda can be lifted with nilpotent Jacobson radical r = r(Lambda) and has a generalized matrix unit {e(ii)}(I) with each (e) over bar (ii) in the center of (Lambda) over...

Animal navigation: Pitfalls and remedies (2007)

Cheung, A., Zhang, S., Strieker, C., Srinivasan, M. V.

In principle, there are two kinds of strategies for navigating a straight course. One is to orient by means of an external directional reference, such as a compass. The other is to infer body...

Evolutionary relationships between bat coronaviruses and their hosts (2007)

Cui, Y., Han, N., Streicker, D., Li, G., Tang, X., Shi, Z., ...

Recent studies have suggested that bats are the natural reservoir of a range of coronaviruses (CoVs), and that rhinolophid bats harbor viruses closely related to the severe acute respiratory syndrome...

Index Terms (2007)

A. De Maio, S. De Nicola, Y. Huang, S. Zhang, A. Farina

This paper deals with the design of coded waveforms which optimize radar performances in the presence of colored Gaussian disturbance. We focus on the class of linearly coded pulse trains and...

Animal navigation: Pitfalls and remedies (2007)

Cheung, A., Zhang, S., Strieker, C., Srinivasan, M. V.

In principle, there are two kinds of strategies for navigating a straight course. One is to orient by means of an external directional reference, such as a compass. The other is to infer body...

Evolutionary relationships between bat coronaviruses and their hosts (2007)

Cui, Y., Han, N., Streicker, D., Li, G., Tang, X., Shi, Z., ...

Recent studies have suggested that bats are the natural reservoir of a range of coronaviruses (CoVs), and that rhinolophid bats harbor viruses closely related to the severe acute respiratory syndrome...

Evolutionary relationships between bat coronaviruses and their hosts (2007)

Cui, Y., Han, N., Streicker, D., Li, G., Tang, X., Shi, Z., ...

Recent studies have suggested that bats are the natural reservoir of a range of coronaviruses (CoVs), and that rhinolophid bats harbor viruses closely related to the severe acute respiratory syndrome...

System Design and Evaluation of Coupled Ensemble Data Assimilation for Global Oceanic Climate Studies (2007)

S. Zhang, M. J. Harrison, A. Rosati, A. Wittenberg

A fully coupled data assimilation (CDA) system, consisting of an ensemble filter applied to the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory’s global fully coupled climate model (CM2), has been developed...

Switching speed distribution of spin-torque-induced magnetic reversal (2006)

He, J., Sun, J. Z., Zhang, S.

The switching probability of a single-domain ferromagnet under spin-current excitation is evaluated using the Fokker-Planck equation(FPE). In the case of uniaxial anisotropy, the FPE reduces to an...

Enhanced electrical polarization and ferromagnetic moment in a multiferroic BiFeO3/Bi3.25Sm0.75Ti2.98V0.02O12 double-layered thin film (2006)

Cheng, Z., Wang, X. L., Kannan, C. V., Ozawa, K., Kimura, H., Nishida, T., ...

Multiferroic BiFeO3/Bi3.25Sm0.75Ti2.98V0.02O12 double-layered thin films on Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si were fabricated using the pulsed-laser deposition technique. The films showed greatly enhanced ferroelectric...

The solar flare of the 14th of July 2000 : L3+C detector results (2006)

Achard, P., Adriani, O., Aguilar-Benitez, M., Alcaraz, J., Alemanni, G., ...

Aims.Several experiments have reported observations on possible correlations between the flux of high energy muons and intense solar flares. If confirmed, these observations would have significant...

The solar flare of the 14th of July 2000 : L3+C detector results (2006)

Achard, P., Adriani, O., Aguilar-Benitez, M., Alcaraz, J., Alemanni, G., ...

Aims.Several experiments have reported observations on possible correlations between the flux of high energy muons and intense solar flares. If confirmed, these observations would have significant...

Culturable bacteria in Himalayan ice in response to atmospheric circulation (2006)

Zhang, S., Hou, S., Ma, X., Qin, D., Chen, T.

Only recently has specific attention been given to culturable bacteria in Tibetan glaciers, but their relation to atmospheric circulation is less understood yet. Here we investigate the seasonal...

Culturable bacteria in Himalayan ice in response to atmospheric circulation (2006)

Zhang, S., Hou, S., Ma, X., Qin, D., Chen, T.

Only recently has specific attention been given to culturable bacteria in Tibetan glaciers, but their relation to atmospheric circulation is less understood yet. Here we investigate the seasonal...

The solar flare of the 14th of July 2000 : L3+C detector results (2006)

Achard, P., Adriani, O., Aguilar-Benitez, M., Alcaraz, J., Alemanni, G., ...

Aims.Several experiments have reported observations on possible correlations between the flux of high energy muons and intense solar flares. If confirmed, these observations would have significant...

Dangerous human-made interference with climate: a GISS modelE study (2006)

Hansen, J., Sato, M., Ruedy, R., Kharecha, P., Lacis, A., Miller, R., ...

We investigate the issue of "dangerous human-made interference with climate" using simulations with GISS modelE driven by measured or estimated forcings for 1880–2003 and extended to 2100 for IPCC...

Dangerous human-made interference with climate: a GISS modelE study (2006)

Hansen, J., Sato, M., Ruedy, R., Kharecha, P., Lacis, A., Miller, R., ...

We investigate the issue of "dangerous human-made interference with climate" using simulations with GISS modelE driven by measured or estimated forcings for 1880–2003 and extended to 2100 for IPCC...

Solution structure and characterization of the LGR8 receptor binding surface of insulin-like peptide 3 (2006)

Rosengren, K. J., Zhang, S., Lin, F., Daly, N. L., Scott, D. J., Hughes, R. A., ...

Insulin-like peptide 3 (INSL3), a member of the relaxin peptide family, is produced in testicular Leydig cells and ovarian thecal cells. Gene knock-out experiments have identified a key biological...

Review of bats and SARS (2006)

Shi, Z., Zhang, S., Field, H., Daszak, P., Eaton, B.T.

Bats have been identified as a natural reservoir for an increasing number of emerging zoonotic viruses, including henipaviruses and variants of rabies viruses. Recently, we and another group...

Appl Intell DOI 10.1007/s10489-006-0032-0 Semi-parametric optimization for missing data imputation (2006)

Yongsong Qin, Shichao Zhang, Xiaofeng Zhu, Jilian Zhang, Chengqi Zhang, S. Zhang, ...

Abstract Missing data imputation is an important issue in machine learning and data mining. In this paper, we propose a new and efficient imputation method for a kind of missing data: semi-parametric...

Review of bats and SARS (2006)

Shi, Z., Zhang, S., Field, H., Daszak, P., Eaton, B.T.

Bats have been identified as a natural reservoir for an increasing number of emerging zoonotic viruses, including henipaviruses and variants of rabies viruses. Recently, we and another group...

Culturable bacteria in Himalayan ice in response to atmospheric circulation (2006)

S. Zhang, S. Hou, X. Ma, D. Qin, T. Chen

Only recently has specific attention been given to culturable bacteria in Tibetan glaciers, but their relation to atmospheric circulation is less understood yet. Here we investigate the seasonal...

Enhanced electrical polarization and ferromagnetic moment in a multiferroic BiFeO3/Bi3.25Sm0.75Ti2.98V0.02O12 double-layered thin film (2006)

Cheng, Z., Wang, X. L., Kannan, C. V., Ozawa, K., Kimura, H., Nishida, T., ...

Multiferroic BiFeO3/Bi3.25Sm0.75Ti2.98V0.02O12 double-layered thin films on Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si were fabricated using the pulsed-laser deposition technique. The films showed greatly enhanced ferroelectric...

Dangerous human-made interference with climate: a GISS modelE study (2006)

J. Hansen, M. Sato, R. Ruedy, P. Kharecha, A. Lacis, R. Miller, ...

We investigate the issue of "dangerous human-made interference with climate" using simulations with GISS modelE driven by measured or estimated forcings for 1880–2003 and extended to...

Review of bats and SARS (2006)

Shi, Z., Zhang, S., Field, H., Daszak, P., Eaton, B.T.

Bats have been identified as a natural reservoir for an increasing number of emerging zoonotic viruses, including henipaviruses and variants of rabies viruses. Recently, we and another group...

A phase I safety, pharmacological and biological study of the farnesyl protein transferase inhibitor, tipifarnib and capecitabine in advanced solid tumors (2006)

Gore, L, Holden, SN, Cohen, RB, Morrow, M, Pierson, AS, O'Bryant, CL, ...

Background: To evaluate the toxicity and pharmacological and biological properties of the farnesyl protein transferase (FPTase) inhibitor, tipifarnib (R115777, ZARNESTRA™) and capecitabine...

A phase I safety, pharmacological and biological study of the farnesyl protein transferase inhibitor, tipifarnib and capecitabine in advanced solid tumors (2006)

Gore, L., Holden, S. N., Cohen, R. B., Morrow, M., Pierson, A. S., O'Bryant, C. L., ...

Background: To evaluate the toxicity and pharmacological and biological properties of the farnesyl protein transferase (FPTase) inhibitor, tipifarnib (R115777, ZARNESTRATM) and capecitabine...

A phase I safety, pharmacological and biological study of the farnesyl protein transferase inhibitor, tipifarnib and capecitabine in advanced solid tumors (2006)

Gore, L., Holden, S. N., Cohen, R. B., Morrow, M., Pierson, A. S., O'Bryant, C. L., ...

Background: To evaluate the toxicity and pharmacological and biological properties of the farnesyl protein transferase (FPTase) inhibitor, tipifarnib (R115777, ZARNESTRATM) and capecitabine...

Gain improvement by internal laser cavity in Tm3+/Yb3+-codoped tellurite fiber amplifier pumped by 980-nm laser (2006)

Wang, Qing Pu, Zhang, Xingyu, Liu, Zhejin, Ding, S, ...

S-band Tm3+/Yb3+ codoped tellurite fiber amplifier pumped by a 980nm laser diode is proposed and modeled taking into consideration of the energy transfer process from Yb3+ to Tm3+ and the laser...

Multi-state Optical Memory Based on Serially Interconnected Lasers (2005)

S. Zhang, Zhang Owens Liu, Y. Liu, M. T. Hill, D. Lenstra, A. Tzanakaki, ...

A five-state optical flip-flop memory based on serially interconnected lasers is experimentally demonstrated. The contrast ratio between different states is over 30 dB. More state operation can be...

All-Optical Logic Gates Using a Semiconductor Optical Amplifier Assisted by an Optical Filter (2005)

Z. Li, Y. Liu, S. Zhang, H. Ju, H. De Waardt, G.D. Khoe, ...

A simple all-optical logic device, composed of an SOA and an optical filter, is proposed. By utilizing optical filtering, multi-logic functions (AND, OR and XOR) are demonstrated at 10 Gb/s using the...

All-Optical Logic Gates Based on an SOA and an Optical Filter (2005)

Li Liu Zhang, Z. Li, Y. Liu, S. Zhang, H. Ju, H. De Waardt, ...

A novel all-optical logic device, composed of an SOA and an optical filter, is demonstrated for AND, OR and XOR gates at 10 Gb/s. Simulation indicates the device can operate at much higher bit rate.

80Gbit/s Wavelength Conversion Using Semiconductor Optical Amplifier and Optical Bandpass Filter (2005)

Y. Liu, E. Tangdiongga, Z. Li, S. Zhang, H. De Waardt, G.D. Khoe, ...

Introduction: All-optical wavelength converters that utilise nonlinear gain and index dynamics in semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) have attracted considerable research interest. In current...

160 Gb/s SOA-based Wavelength Converter Assisted by an Optical Bandpass Filter (2005)

Y. Liu, E. Tangdiongga, M. T. Hill, Z. Li, S. Zhang, H. De Waardt, ...

We demonstrate an error-free 160 Gb/s SOA-based optical wavelength converter. This optical wavelength converter can be controlled by a monolithically integrated optical flip-flop memory to switch 80...

The Biomolecular Interaction Network Database and related tools 2005 update (2005)

Alfarano, C., Andrade, C. E., Anthony, K., Bahroos, N., Bajec, M., Bantoft, K., ...

The Biomolecular Interaction Network Database (BIND) (http://bind.ca) archives biomolecular interaction, reaction, complex and pathway information. Our aim is to curate the details about molecular...

A framework for merging inconsistent beliefs in security protocol analysis (2005)

Chen, Qingfeng, Chen, Yi-Ping Phoebe, Zhang, C., Zhang, S.

This paper proposes a framework for merging inconsistent beliefs in the analysis of security protocols. The merge application is a procedure of computing the inferred beliefs of message sources and...

Measurement of the atmospheric muon spectrum from 20 to 3000 GeV (2004)

Achard, P., Adriani, O., Aguilar-Benitez, M., Alcaraz, J., Alemanni, G., ...

The absolute muon flux between 20 and 3000 GeV is measured with the L3 magnetic muon spectrometer for zenith angles ranging from 0degrees to 58degrees. Due to the large exposure of about 150 m(2) sr...

Measurement of the atmospheric muon spectrum from 20 to 300 GeV (2004)

Achard, P., Adriani, O., Aguilar-Benitez, M., Vanden Akker, M., Alcaraz, J., Alemanni, G., ...

The absolute muon flux between 20 GeV and 300 GeV is measured with the L3 magnetic muon spectrometer for zenith angles ranging from 0 degree to 58 degrees. Due to the large exposure of about 150 m2...

Measurement of the atmospheric muon spectrum from 20 to 300 GeV (2004)

Achard, P., Adriani, O., Aguilar-Benitez, M., Vanden Akker, M., Alcaraz, J., Alemanni, G., ...

The absolute muon flux between 20 GeV and 300 GeV is measured with the L3 magnetic muon spectrometer for zenith angles ranging from 0 degree to 58 degrees. Due to the large exposure of about 150 m2...

Measurement of the atmospheric muon spectrum from 20 to 300 GeV (2004)

Achard, P., Adriani, O., Aguilar-Benitez, M., Vanden Akker, M., Alcaraz, J., Alemanni, G., ...

The absolute muon flux between 20 GeV and 300 GeV is measured with the L3 magnetic muon spectrometer for zenith angles ranging from 0 degree to 58 degrees. Due to the large exposure of about 150 m2...

Investigating implicit knowledge in ontologies with application to the anatomical domain (2004)

S. Zhang, O. Bodenreider

Knowledge in biomedical ontologies can be explicitly represented (often by means of semantic relations), but may also be implicit, i.e., embedded in the concept names and inferable from various...

Investigating implicit knowledge in ontologies with application to the anatomical domain (2004)

S. Zhang, O. Bodenreider

Knowledge in biomedical ontologies can be explicitly represented (often by means of semantic relations), but may also be implicit, i.e., embedded in the concept names and inferable from various...

Investigating implicit knowledge in ontologies with application to the anatomical domain (2004)

S. Zhang, O. Bodenreider

Knowledge in biomedical ontologies can be explicitly represented (often by means of semantic relations), but may also be implicit, i.e., embedded in the concept names and inferable from various...

Sprint (2004)

R Hui, S. Zhang, B. Zhu, R. Huang, C. Allen, D. Demarest

This project started a few years ago and the initial scope of the research was mainly focused on the investigation of sub-carrier multiplexed (SCM) WDM optical systems. As directed by Sprint, during...

Optical shift register based on an optical flip-flop with a single active element (2004)

S. Zhang, Z. Li, Y. Liu, R. Geldenhuys, H. Ju, D. Lenstra, ...

Abstract We present an optical shift register consisting of two serially connected optical flip-flop memories. The concept is demonstrated experimentally using fiber pig-tailed components.

A Hybrid Ceramic Quadband Antenna for Handset Applications (2004)

Kingsley, S.P., Iellici, D., O'Keefe, Steven Gregory, Ollitervo, P. J., Collins, B. S., Zhang, S.

A novel internal quadhand antenna for radiotelephone handset applications is presented. The design uses a hybrid of ceramic and conventional antenna technologies and shows good effciency...

Phase II study of the farnesyl transferase inhibitor R115777 in patients with sensitive relapse small-cell lung cancer (2004)

Heymach, J. V., Johnson, D. H., Khuri, F. R., Safran, H., Schlabach, L. L., Yunus, F., ...

Background: R115777 (tipifarnib, Zarnestra™) is a farnesyl transferase inhibitor that blocks the farnesylation of proteins involved in signal transduction pathways critical for cell proliferation...

3176 MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW VOLUME 133 Initialization of an ENSO Forecast System Using a Parallelized Ensemble Filter (2004)

S. Zhang, M. J. Harrison, A. T. Wittenberg, A. Rosati, V. Balaji

As a first step toward coupled ocean–atmosphere data assimilation, a parallelized ensemble filter is implemented in a new stochastic hybrid coupled model. The model consists of a global version of...

The relative health related quality of life of veterans with Parkinson's disease (2003)

Gage, Heather, Hendricks, A., Zhang, S., Kazis, L.

Objectives: To use databases of the US Veterans Health Administration (VHA) to describe the impact of Parkinson's disease on health related quality of life (HRQoL) of veterans; to compare the HRQoL...

Finite element simulation of micro-mechanical frictional behaviour in metal forming (2003)

Zhang, S., Hodgson, Peter, Cardew-Hall, M.J., Kalyanasundaram, S.

Friction is a critical factor for sheet metal forming (SMF). The Coulomb friction model is usually used in most finite element (FE) simulation for SMF. However, friction is a function of the local...

Information Systems Management (2003)

Ş. İi. Birbil, S. Zhang, Number Of Pages

Internet: www.erim.eur.nl Bibliographic data and classifications of all the ERIM reports are also available on the ERIM website: www.erim.eur.nl

TELLUS Multiple time level adjustment for data assimilation (2003)

S. Zhang, J. L. Anderson, Anthony Rosati, Matthew Harrison, Shree P

Time-stepping schemes in ocean–atmosphere models can involve multiple time levels. Traditional data assimilation implementation considers only the adjustment of the current state using observations...

Phytoplankton community structure in Singapore's coastal waters using HPLC pigment analysis and flow cytometry (2003)

Gin, K. Y. H., Zhang, S., Lee, Y. K.

To investigate phytoplankton distributions in the coastal waters of Singapore, seawater samples from the Singapore Strait and the Johor Strait were analysed by high performance liquid chromatography...

A finite element simulation of micro-mechanical frictional behaviour in metal forming (2003)

Zhang, S., Hodgson, Peter, Cardew-Hall, M.J., Kalyanasundaram, S.

Friction is a critical factor for sheet metal forming (SMF). The Coulomb friction model is usually used in most finite element (FE) simulation for SMF. However, friction is a function of the local...

Cycle-time properties of the timed token medium access control protocol (2002)

Zhang, S., Burns, A., Cheng, T.H.

We investigate timing properties of the timed token protocol that are necessary to guarantee synchronous message deadlines. A tighter upper bound on the elapse time between the token's lth arrival at...

Effect of membrane stress on surface roughness changes in sheet forming (2002)

Zhang, S., Hodgson, Peter, Duncan, J.L., Cardew-Hall, M.J., Kalyanasundaram, S.

Friction plays an important role in sheet metal forming (SMF) and the roughness of the surface of the sheet is a major factor that influences friction. In finite element method (FEM) models of metal...

Recursive Approximation of the High Dimensional max Function (2002)

S. I. Birbil, S. Zhang

An alternative smoothing method for the high dimensional max function has been studied. The proposed method is a recursive extension of the two dimensional smoothing functions. In order to analyze...

Propagating Temporal Relations of Intervals by Matrix (2002)

Shichao Zhang, Chengqi Zhang, S. Zhang, C. Zhang

Traditional temporal relations propagating is based on Allen ’ s Interval Algebra. This paper proposes an alternative method to propagate temporal relations among intervals, in which 5 £ 5...

Effect of membrane stress on surface roughness changes in sheet forming (2002)

Zhang, S., Hodgson, Peter, Duncan, J.L., Cardew-Hall, M.J., Kalyanasundaram, S.

Friction plays an important role in sheet metal forming (SMF) and the roughness of the surface of the sheet is a major factor that influences friction. In finite element method (FEM) models of metal...

Cigarette smoking and the incidence of Parkinson's disease in two prospective studies (2001)

Hernan, M. A., Zhang, S., Colditz, G. A., Speizer, F. E., Ascherio, A.

An inverse association between cigarette smoking and idiopathic Parkinson's disease has been reported in several retrospective studies, but prospective evidence is available only for men. We assessed...

An immersive virtual environment for DT-MRI volume visualization applications: a case study (2001)

S. Zhang, Ç. Demiralp, D. F. Keefe, M. Dasilva, D. H. Laidlaw, B. D. Greenberg

We describe a virtual reality environment for visualizing tensorvalued volumetric datasets acquired with diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging (DT-MRI). We have prototyped a virtual environment...

Toward Application of Virtual Reality to Visualization of DT-MRI Volumes (2001)

Zhang Demiralp Dasilva, S. Zhang, Ç. Demiralp, M. Dasilva, D. Keefe, D. Laidlaw, ...

We describe a virtual reality application for visualizing tensorvalued volume data acquired with di#usion tensor magnetic resonance imaging (DT-MRI). We have prototyped a virtual environment that...

Carriage of antibiotic-resistant bacteria by healthy children (2001)

Millar, M. R., Walsh, T. R., Linton, C. J., Zhang, S., Leeming, J. P., Bennett, P. M.

The frequency of carriage of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in healthy 7- and 8-year-old children in Bristol was studied. Children born in Avon between 1 April 1991 and 31 December 1992, attending the...

A logical framework for knowledge sharing in multi-agent systems (2001)

Su, K., Luo, X., Wang, H., Zhang, C., Zhang, S., Chen, Qingfeng

The issue of knowledge sharing has been an important topic in multi-agent research. Knowledge sharing leads to that agents analyze, judge and synthesize the told information so as to make...

Upregulation of MMP-2 by all-trans retinoic acid is mediated by TGF-beta 1 in cultured rat mesangial cell (2000)

Lin, Wei; U0005017, Zhang, N, Zhang, S, Gu, J, Guo, M

Matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) degrades basement membrane collagen and its abnormal expression is associated with glomerulonephritis and glomerulosclerosis. All-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) has...

A proper ballistic calculation of tunneling conductance for real junctions (2000)

Levy, P. M., Wang, K., Dederichs, P. H., Heide, C., Zhang, S., Szunyogh, L., ...

Employing an ab initio Screened Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker (SKKR) band structure method for a metal-vacuum-metal junction, we find that the tunnel conductance is different when it is calculated across...

Use of Differentiable and Non-Differentiable Optimization Algorithms for Variational Data Assimilation with Discontinuous Cost Functions (2000)

S. Zhang, X. Zou, J. Ahlquist, I. M. Navon, J. G. Sela

Cost functions formulated in four-dimensional variational data assimilation (4D-Var) are nonsmooth in the presence of discontinuous physical processes (i.e., the presence of "on-off"...

December 2000 4031 Zhang Et Al. (2000)

American Meteorological Society, S. Zhang, X. Zou, J. Ahlquist, I. M. Navon, J. G. Sela

Cost functions formulated in four-dimensional variational data assimilation (4DVAR) are nonsmooth in the presence of discontinuous physical processes (i.e., the presence of "on--off"...

A Parallel, Unstructured-Mesh Methodology for Device-Scale Combustion Calculations (1999)

P. J. O‘rourke, S. Zhang, M. S. Sahota

RŽsumŽ Ñ MŽthodologie parall le avec maillages destructurŽs pour des calculs de combustion-effet du nombre de processeurs Ñ Los Alamos National Laboratories dŽveloppent une mŽthodologie de...

Magnetoresistance due to Domain Walls in Micron Scale Fe Wires with Stripe Domains (1998)

Kent, A. D., Ruediger, U., Yu, J., Zhang, S., Levy, P. M., Zhong, Y., ...

The magnetoresistance (MR) associated with domain boundaries has been investigated in microfabricated bcc Fe (0.65 to 20 $\mu$m linewidth) wires with controlled stripe domains. Domain configurations...

Negative Domain Wall Contribution to the Resistivity of Microfabricated Fe Wires (1998)

Ruediger, U., Yu, J., Zhang, S., Kent, A. D., Parkin, S. S. P.

The effect of domain walls on electron transport has been investigated in microfabricated Fe wires (0.65 to 20 $\mu m$ linewidths) with controlled stripe domains. Magnetoresistance (MR) measurements...

A novel method for selection of chymotrypsin inhibitors from a phage peptide library (1998)

Liu, Y, Li, B, Zhang, S, Li, TY, Zhou, H, Li, W, ...

A novel screening strategy has been developed for the identification of alpha-chymotrypsin inhibitors from a phage peptide library. In this strategy, the standard affinity selection protocol was...

Vascular leakage stimulates phenotype alteration in ocular cells, contributing to the pathology of proliferative vitreoretinopathy (1998)

Shiels, IA, Zhang, S, Ambler, J, Taylor, SM

Plasma leaking from damaged retinal blood vessels can have a significant impact on the pathologies of the posterior segment of the eye. Inflammation in the eye and metabolic change resulting from...

A novel method for selection of chymotrypsin inhibitors from a phage peptide library (1998)

Liu, Y, Li, B, Zhang, S, Li, TY, Zhou, H, Li, W, ...

A novel screening strategy has been developed for the identification of alpha-chymotrypsin inhibitors from a phage peptide library. In this strategy, the standard affinity selection protocol was...

Pirfenidone reduces fibronectin synthesis by cultured human retinal pigment epithelial cells (1998)

Zhang, S, Shiels, IA, Ambler, JS, Taylor, SM

Purpose: Pirfenidone is a novel anti-fibrotic drug that has been shown to inhibit fibroblast growth and collagen synthesis induced by transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta(1). In the present study we...

Negative Domain Wall Contribution to the Resistivity of Microfabricated Fe Wires (1998)

Rüdiger, Ulrich, Yu, Jun, Zhang, S., Kent, Andrew D., Parkin, Stuart S. P.

The effect of domain walls on electron transport has been investigated in microfabricated Fe wires(0.65 to 20 my m linewidths) with controlled stripe domains. Magnetoresistance (MR) measurements as a...

On sensitivity of central solutions in semidefinite programming (1998)

J. F. Sturm, S. Zhang

In this paper we study the properties of the analytic central path of a semide nite programming problem under perturbation of a set of input parameters. Speci cally, we analyze the behavior of...

Republic of China HEAVY PATHS AND CYCLES IN WEIGHTED GRAPHS ∗ (1998)

S. Zhang, X. Li, H. J. Broersma, Shenggui Zhang, Xueliang Li, Hajo Broersma

A weighted graph is a graph in which each edge e is assigned a non-negative number w(e), called the weight of e. In this paper, some theorems on the existence of long paths and cycles in unweighted...

Shape optimization of turbine blades with the integration of aerodynamics and heat transfer (1998)

J. N. Rajadas, A. Chattopadhyay, N. Pagaldipti, S. Zhang

A multidisciplinary optimization procedure, with the integration of aerodynamic and heat transfer criteria, has been developed for the design of gas turbine blades. Two different optimization...

Sintering kinetics of Mo-free cermets (1997)

Zhang, S, Lu, GQ

Titanium carbonitride-based cermets are important materials for contemporary cutting tools. Ceramic powders of Ti(CN), TaC, WC were mixed, compacted and heat-treated at high temperatures to form (Ti,...

Sintering kinetics of Mo-free cermets (1997)

Zhang, S, Lu, GQ

Titanium carbonitride-based cermets are important materials for contemporary cutting tools. Ceramic powders of Ti(CN), TaC, WC were mixed, compacted and heat-treated at high temperatures to form (Ti,...

The analytic central path, sensitivity analysis, and parametric programming (1997)

A. G. Holder, J. F. Sturm, S. Zhang

In this paper we consider properties of the central path and the analytic center of the optimal face in the context of parametric linear programming. We rst show that if the right-hand side vector of...

The analytic central path, sensitivity analysis, and parametric programming (1997)

A. G. Holder, J. F. Sturm, S. Zhang

In this paper we consider properties of the central path and the analytic center of the optimal face in the context of parametric linear programming. We first show that if the right-hand side vector...

Analytic Central Path, Sensitivity Analysis And Parametric Linear Programming (1997)

Holder Sturm, A. G. Holder, J. F. Sturm, S. Zhang

In this paper we consider properties of the central path and the analytic center of the optimal face in the context of parametric linear programming. We first show that if the right-hand side vector...

Long-term blood pressure control in older Chinese patients with isolated systolic hypertension: a progress report on the Syst-China trial (1996)

Liu, G, Zhang, S, Sun, M, Pan, X, ...

This report on the ongoing double-blind placebo-controlled Syst-China trial investigated whether antihypertensive drug treatment based mainly on a calcium entry blocker and a converting enzyme...

One-Dimensional Linear Hybrid Cellular Automata: Their Synthesis, Properties, and Applications in VLSI Testing (1996)

K. Cattell, S. Zhang, X. Sun, M. Serra, J. C. Muzio, D. M. Miller

The increasing use of linear hybrid cellular automata #LHCA# in VLSI design and test and other applications for such purposes as pseudo random pattern generation has made it important for users to...

An optimal synchronous bandwidth allocation scheme for guaranteeing synchronous message deadlines with the timed-token MAC protocol (1995)

Zhang, S., Burns, A.

This paper investigates the inherent timing properties of the timed-token medium access control (MAC) protocol necessary to guarantee synchronous message deadlines in a timed token ring network such...

Laser generation and detection of SAW at the surface of PMMA (1994)

Zhang, X., Gan, C., Fei, D., Zhang, S.

The SAW velocity of PMMA as a function of temperature (25-75°C) and frequency (1.0-8.0MHz) is measured by the laser generation and detection technique. From the temperature dependence of the...

Photoacoustic plasmon resonance spectra of Langmuir-Blodgett films (1994)

Jiang, Y., Zhang, S., Qian, F., Shao, H.

The surface plasmon spectra of Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films have been investigated by combining photoacoustic technique with resonant attenuated total reflection spectroscopy. By this technique, the...

Laser generation and detection of SAW at the surface of PMMA (1994)

Zhang, X., Gan, C., Fei, D., Zhang, S.

The SAW velocity of PMMA as a function of temperature (25-75°C) and frequency (1.0-8.0MHz) is measured by the laser generation and detection technique. From the temperature dependence of the...

Photoacoustic plasmon resonance spectra of Langmuir-Blodgett films (1994)

Jiang, Y., Zhang, S., Qian, F., Shao, H.

The surface plasmon spectra of Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films have been investigated by combining photoacoustic technique with resonant attenuated total reflection spectroscopy. By this technique, the...

The Concurrency Factory - Practical Tools for Specification, Simulation, Verification, and Implementation of Concurrent Systems (1994)

R. Cleaveland, J.N. Gada, P.M. Lewis, S. A. Smolka, O. Sokolsky, S. Zhang

. The Concurrency Factory is an integrated toolset for specification, simulation, verification, and implementation of concurrent systems such as communication protocols and process control systems....

Probabilistische Bewertung von zerstörungsfrei bestimmten Fehlern in Schweißnähten. (1994)

Zhang, S., Riesch-Oppermann, H.

Fehlererkennung und Fehlerbewertung : 26.Vortragsveranstaltung des DVM-Arbeitskreises Bruchvorgänge, Magdeburg, 22.-23.Februar 1994

A Survey on Pivot Rules for Linear Programming (1991)

T. Terlaky, T. Terlaky, S. Zhang, S. Zhang, Shuzhong Zhang

The purpose of this paper is to survey the various pivot rules of the simplex method or its variants that have been developed in the last two decades, starting from the appearance of the minimal...

c(2x2) S/Cr(001) surface and near surface structure determined using angle resolved photoemission extended fine structure (1988)

Terminello, L. J., Zhang, S., Huang, Z. Q., Kim, Sehun, Schach Von Wittenau, A. E., Leung, K. T., ...

We report the surface and near-surface structure of c(2×2)S/Cr(001) determined from angle-resolved photoemission extended fine structure (ARPEFS). The sulfur 1s photoemission partial cross section...

Matrix convex functions with applications to weighted centers for semidefinite programming

Brinkhuis, J., Zhang, S.

In this paper, we develop various calculus rules for general smooth matrix-valued functions and for the class of matrix convex (or concave) functions first introduced by Loewner and Kraus in 1930s....

An integrated approach to single-leg airline revenue management: The role of robust optimization

Birbil, S.I., Frenk, J.B.G., Gromicho, J.A.S., Zhang, S.

In this paper we introduce robust versions of the classical static and dynamic single leg seat allocation models as analyzed by Wollmer, and Lautenbacher and Stidham, respectively. These robust...

Improved algorithms for machine allocation in manufacturing systems

Frenk, J.B.G., Labbé, M., Vliet, M. Van, Zhang, S.

In this paper we present two algorithms for a machine allocation problem occurring in manufacturing systems. For the two algorithms presented we prove worst-case performance ratios of 2 and 312,...

General models in min-max continous location

Frenk, J.B.G., Gromicho, J.A.S., Zhang, S.

In this paper, a class of min-max continuous location problems is discussed. After giving a complete characterization of th stationary points, we propose a simple central and deep-cut ellipsoid...

General models in min-max planar location

Frenk, J.B.G., Gromicho, J.A.S., Zhang, S.

This paper studies the problem of deciding whether the present iteration point of some algorithm applied to a planar singlefacility min-max location problem, with distances measured by either anl p...

A note on a stochastic location problem

Frenk, J.B.G., Labbé, M., Zhang, S.

In this note we give a short and easy proof of the equivalence of Hakimi's one-median problem and the k-server-facility-loss median problem as discussed by Chiu and Larson in Computer and Operation...

A new algorithm for generalized fractional programs

Frenk, J.B.G., Barros, A.I., Schaible, S., Zhang, S.

A new dual problem for convex generalized fractional programs with no duality gap is presented and it is shown how this dual problem can be efficiently solved using a parametric approach. The...

Targeting of saporin to CD25-positive normal and neoplastic lymphocytes by an anti-saporin/anti-CD25 bispecific monoclonal antibody: in vitro evaluation.

Tazzari, P. L., Zhang, S., Chen, Q., Sforzini, S., Bolognesi, A., Stirpe, F., ...

This study has been designed to verify the specific toxicity of saporin, a type 1 ribosome-inactivating protein (RIP), with the same activity as ricin A chain, targeted by a bispecific monoclonal...

Increased phosphorylation of p70 S6 kinase is associated with HPV16 infection in cervical cancer and esophageal cancer

Zhou, Y, Pan, Y, Zhang, S, Shi, X, Ning, T, Ke, Y

HPV16 E6 interacts with and degrades tumour suppressor protein TSC2 leading to the phosphorylation of p70 S6 kinase. We studied the association of S6 kinase phosphorylation and HPV16 infection in...

Phase I and pharmacological study of the farnesyltransferase inhibitor tipifarnib (Zarnestra®, R115777) in combination with gemcitabine and cisplatin in patients with advanced solid tumours

Siegel-Lakhai, W S, Crul, M, Zhang, S, Sparidans, R W, Pluim, D, Howes, A, ...

This phase I trial was designed to determine the safety and maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of tipifarnib in combination with gemcitabine and cisplatin in patients with advanced solid tumours....

Specificity analysis of sera from breast cancer patients vaccinated with MUC1-KLH plus QS-21

Adluri, S, Gilewski, T, Zhang, S, Ramnath, V, Ragupathi, G, Livingston, P

The mucin MUC1 is expressed on breast cancers in an underglycosylated form compared to normal tissues and is therefore a potential target for cancer immunotherapy. MUC1 contains multiple tandem...

Relationship between Susceptibility to Daptomycin In Vitro and Activity In Vivo in a Rabbit Model of Aortic Valve Endocarditis▿

Chambers, H. F., Basuino, L., Diep, B. A., Steenbergen, J., Zhang, S., Tattevin, P., ...

Daptomycin is approved for treatment of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and right-sided endocarditis. Increases in daptomycin MICs have been associated with failure. A rabbit model of aortic valve...

Formulation and calibration of a crystal plasticity finite element model for HCP polycrystals

Zhang, S, Song, X, Dini, D, Korsunsky, A

Conventional models based on continuum mechanics do not allow accounting for grain inhomogeneity at the micro-scale. However, in many practical situations the monotonic and cyclic strength of...

Interlaboratory Reproducibility of a Single-Locus Sequence-Based Method for Strain Typing of Aspergillus fumigatus▿

Hurst, S. F., Kidd, S. E., Morrissey, C. O., Snelders, E., Melchers, W. J. G., Castelli, M. V., ...

Seven international laboratories tested the recently proposed single-locus typing strategy for Aspergillus fumigatus subtyping for interlaboratory reproducibility. Comparative sequence analyses of...