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This is a survey paper on Quality-of-Service(QoS) based routing. In this paper, we first introduce the concept of Quality-of-Service and its background. Second, we discuss the concepts of QoS-based...
Dynamically weighted clustering with noise set (2010)
Shen, Yijing, Sun, Wei, Li, Ker-Chau
Motivation: Various clustering methods have been applied to microarray gene expression data for identifying genes with similar expression profiles. As the biological annotation data accumulated, more...
On the generalized Feynman-Kac transformation for nearly symmetric Markov processes (2009)
Suppose $X$ is a right process which is associated with a non-symmetric Dirichlet form $(\mathcal{E},D(\mathcal{E}))$ on $L^{2}(E;m)$. For $u\in D(\mathcal{E})$, we have Fukushima's decomposition:...
Abandoned mine drainage (AMD) solids were evaluated for their ability to capture mercury from the flue gas of coal fired power plants. A fixed bed system was used to test Hg adsorption and oxidation...
Abandoned mine drainage (AMD) solids were evaluated for their ability to capture mercury from the flue gas of coal fired power plants. A fixed bed system was used to test Hg adsorption and oxidation...
Improved ChIP-chip analysis by a mixture model approach (2009)
Sun, Wei, Buck, Michael J, Patel, Mukund, Davis, Ian J
Abstract Background Microarray analysis of immunoprecipitated chromatin (ChIP-chip) has evolved from a novel technique to a standard approach for the systematic study of protein-DNA interactions. In...
Protein surface recognition by polymers (2009)
Recognition of protein surfaces using synthetic receptors is an effective strategy for providing access to enzyme inhibitors, protein antagonists, and diagnostic biosensors. In the artificial protein...
Xu, Xindong, Zhang, Dongmei, Sun, Wei, Zhang, Qingfeng, Zhang, Jingjing, Xue, Xiangyang, ...
Abstract Background Schitosomiasis japonica is still a significant public health problem in China. A protective vaccine for human or animal use represents an important strategy for long-term control...
The two parameter Poisson-Dirichlet distribution $PD(\alpha,\theta)$ is the distribution of an infinite dimensional random discrete probability. It is a generalization of Kingman's Poisson-Dirichlet...
Hong Tang, Bingbing Zhou, Iain Macleod, Richard Brent, Wei Sun
1 Introduction Image restoration processes are computationally intensive and can be unacceptably slow on sequential machines. Certain classes of image restoration operations such as spatial frequency...
Integrated study of copy number states and genotype calls using high-density SNP arrays (2009)
Sun, Wei, Wright, Fred A., Tang, Zhengzheng, Nordgard, Silje H., Loo, Peter Van, Yu, Tianwei, ...
We propose a statistical framework, named genoCN, to simultaneously dissect copy number states and genotypes using high-density SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) arrays. There are at least two...
Sensitive voltammetric detection of yeast RNA based on its interaction with Victoria Blue B (2009)
WEILI ZHANG, XUELIANG NIU, NA ZHAO, WEI SUN
Voltammetric studies of the interaction of yeast RNA (y-RNA) with Victoria Blue B (VBB) are described in this paper. Furthermore, a linear sweep voltammetric method for the detection of y-RNA was...
BMC Infectious Diseases BioMed Central (2009)
Xindong Xu, Dongmei Zhang, Wei Sun, Qingfeng Zhang, Jingjing Zhang, Xiangyang Xue, ...
Research article A Schistosoma japonicum chimeric protein with a novel adjuvant induced a polarized Th1 immune response and protection against liver egg burdens
Study on Clothing Industry Present Condition and Structure Adjustment (2009)
With the financial crisis, the textile and garment industry is under multiple pressures both at home and abroad. To speed up the adjustment of product structure has become the most urgent problem in...
Internal Scaffold Architecture Designs using Lindenmayer Systems (2008)
Scaffolds with designed interior pore architecture, predefined porosity and a well interconnected predetermined channel network has been the favored design approach for tissue engineering...
Alma Riska, Wei Sun, Evgenia Smirni, Gianfranco Ciardo
effective balancing in clustered web servers under transient load
A method for analyzing censored survival phenotype with gene expression data (2008)
Wu, Tongtong, Sun, Wei, Yuan, Shinsheng, Chen, Chun-Houh, Li, Ker-Chau
Abstract Background Survival time is an important clinical trait for many disease studies. Previous works have shown certain relationship between patients' gene expression profiles and survival time....
Electrochemical detection of heparin based on its interaction with acridine orange (2008)
Niu, Xueliang, Sun, Wei, Zhao, Na, Jiao, Kui
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Lei Z. Zhang, Wei Sun, Peng Cheng
Abstract: Nanostructured materials have become the central subject of materials research during the last decade in the past 20th century owing to the novel electronic, optical, and catalytic...
Connie Gomez, Binil Starly, Ali Shokouf, Wei Sun
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Ultra-thin Die Characterization for Stack-die Packaging (2008)
Wei Sun, W. H. Zhu, F. X. Che, C. K. Wang, Anthony Y. S. Sun, H. B. Tan
On both the process side and the reliability side, the mechanical strength of ultra-thin die is critical to ensure high assembly yield and good package reliability. To understand the mechanical...
Sun, Wei, Rachev, Svetlozar, Stoyanov, Stoyan V., Fabozzi, Frank J.
Analyzing comovements in equity markets is important for risk diversification in portfolio management. Copulas have several advantages compared to the linear correlation measure in modeling...
Sun, Wei, Rachev, Svetlozar, Stoyanov, Stoyan V., Fabozzi, Frank J.
Analyzing comovements in equity markets is important for risk diversification in portfolio management. Copulas have several advantages compared to the linear correlation measure in modeling...
Sun, Wei, Rachev, Svetlozar, Stoyanov, Stoyan V., Fabozzi, Frank J.
Analyzing comovements in equity markets is important for risk diversification in portfolio management. Copulas have several advantages compared to the linear correlation measure in modeling...
Sun, Wei, Rachev, Svetlozar, Stoyanov, Stoyan V., Fabozzi, Frank J.
Analyzing comovements in equity markets is important for risk diversification in portfolio management. Copulas have several advantages compared to the linear correlation measure in modeling...
Sun, Wei, Rachev, Svetlozar, Stoyanov, Stoyan V., Fabozzi, Frank J.
Analyzing comovements in equity markets is important for risk diversification in portfolio management. Copulas have several advantages compared to the linear correlation measure in modeling...
Trait-trait dynamic interaction: 2D-trait eQTL mapping for genetic variation study (2008)
Sun, Wei, Yuan, Shinsheng, Li, Ker-Chau
Abstract Background Many studies have shown that the abundance level of gene expression is heritable. Analogous to the traditional genetic study, most researchers treat the expression of one gene as...
Supervisor: Morten Goodwin Olsen (2008)
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38 On Achievable Regions of Public Multiple-Access Gaussian Watermarking Systems ⋆ (2008)
Abstract. A public multiple-access digital watermarking system is studied, in which two correlated Gaussian covertexts are watermarked independently and then sent to one authorized receiver via...
SCAFFOLD INFORMATICS: TISSUE SCAFFOLDS BASED ON 3D IMAGE DATA (2008)
Andrew Darling, Wei Sun, Andres Kriete
Scanning modalities are increasingly able to segregate tissue by density, magnetic resonance and optical characteristics, and automated cell recognition [1]. We advocate using this information to...
� 1.3 QoS in ATM Network and Telephone Network (2008)
This is a survey paper on Quality-of-Service(QoS) based routing. In this paper, we first introduce the concept of Quality-of-Service and its background. Second, we discuss the concepts of QoS-based...
CPU Load Predictions on the Computational Grid * (2008)
Yuanyuan Zhang, Wei Sun, Yasushi Inoguchi
The ability to accurately predict future resource capabilities is of great importance for applications and scheduling algorithms which need to determine how to use time-shared resources in a dynamic...
Unconditional Copula-Based Simulation of Tail Dependence (2008)
Wei Sun, Svetlozar Rachev, Frank J. Fabozzi, Petko S. Kalev
for Co-movement of International Equity Markets Analyzing equity market co-movements is important for risk diversification of an international portfolio. Copulas have several advantages compared to...
An Approach to Integrating Shape and Biomedical Attributes in Vascular Models (2008)
Jie Li, William C. Regli, Wei Sun
Computational models have been used widely in tissue engineering research and have proven to be powerful tools for bio-mechanical analysis (i.e., blood flow, growth models, drug delivery, etc). This...
Ali Shokoufandeh, William C. Regli, Wei Sun
Department of Computer Science,
Computer modeling approach for microsphere-packed bone graft (2008)
A computer modeling approach for constructing a three-dimensional microsphere-packed bone graft structure is presented. The modeling approach consists of both geometric and CAD-based computer...
Abstract. Calculation of watermarking capacities of private Laplacian watermarking systems with the magnitude-error distortion measure under fixed attacks is addressed. First, in the case of an...
CUI, Shu-fang, QU, Xiu-hua, HAN, Shi-zhong, YU, Chen-lin, SUN, Wei, TANG, Qiu
This study aimed to use a microarray-based method for scoring a number of genomic DNA in parallel for one SNP marker on a glass slide for the genetic monitoring of inbred mice. We applied the method...
Porous Silicon Based Biomaterials for Bone Tissue Engineering (2008)
Philippe M. Fauchet, thesis advisor. Thesis (Ph.D.) - Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Rochester
BIOSENSING AT AN INDIVIDUALLY ADDRESSABLE ELECTROCHEMICAL ARRAY (2008)
I hereby declare that I am the sole author of this thesis. This is a true copy of the thesis, including any required final revisions, as accepted by my examiners. I understand that my thesis may be...
I hereby declare that I am the sole author of this thesis. This is a true copy of the thesis, including any required final revisions, as accepted by my examiners. I understand that my thesis may be...
1,6-Dihydroxy-3-hydroxymethyl-8-methoxyanthracene-9,10-dione monohydrate (2008)
Wen-Liang Wang, Wei Sun, Qian-Qun Gu, Wei-Ming Zhu
The title compound, C16H12O6·H2O, isolated from the halotolerant fungus Aspergillus variecolor B-17, is also known as questinol monohydrate. In the crystal structure, O—H...O hydrogen...
Ling Zhu, Ruijun Zhao, Kegang Wang, Haibo Xiang, Zhimei Shang, Wei Sun
An electrochemical DNA biosensor for the detection of NOS gene sequences from genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is presented in this paper. Single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) was covalently attached...
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Objective: To explore the mechanisms of the beneficial effects of Dahuang Zhechong Pill (DHZCP), a Chinese patent herbal medicine, in treatment of chronic renal disease, and to investigate the...
Heimberger, Amy B., Sun, Wei, Hussain, S. Farzana, Dey, Mahua, Crutcher, Lamonne, Aldape, Ken, ...
Cytotoxic chemotherapy that induces lymphopenia is predicted to ablate the benefits of active antitumor immunization. Temozolomide is an effective chemotherapeutic agent for patients with...
SUN, Wei, YU, Chen, DÉFAGO, Xavier, INOGUCHI, Yasushi
The scheduling of real-time tasks with fault-tolerant requirements has been an important problem in multiprocessor systems. The primary-backup (PB) approach is often used as a fault-tolerant...
Microstructure related durability of cementitious composites (2008)
Sun, Wei, Van Breugel, K, Miao, Changwen, Ye, Guang, Chen, Huisu
Efficient Inference For Hybrid Bayesian Networks (2007)
Uncertainty is everywhere in real life so we have to use stochastic model for most real-world problems. In general, both the systems mechanism and the observable measurements involve random noise....
Efficient Inference For Hybrid Bayesian Networks (2007)
Uncertainty is everywhere in real life so we have to use stochastic model for most real-world problems. In general, both the systems mechanism and the observable measurements involve random noise....
APPROXIMATION OF HUNT PROCESSES BY MULTIVARIATE POISSON PROCESSES (2007)
Zhi-ming Ma, Michael R Ockner, Wei Sun
We prove that arbitrary Hunt processes on a general state space can be approximated by multivariate Poisson processes starting from each point of the state space. The key point is that no additional...
Inter-layer Learning Towards Emergent Cooperative Behavior (2007)
Shawn Arseneau, Wei Sun, Changpeng Zhao, Jeremy Cooperstock
As applications for artificially intelligent agents increase in complexity we can no longer rely on clever heuristics and hand-tuned behaviors to develop their programming. Even the interaction...
This report introduces two main categories of call admission control algorithms in integratedservices network, namely effective bandwidth (EBW) approach and measurement-based admission control...
Variable Bit Rate Video in ATM Network: Models and Statistical Characteristics (2007)
This report introduces some basic issues regarding the transmission of variable bit rate (VBR) video in asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) networks with concentration on VBR video models and...
Efficient Deadlock Detection in Distributed Systems (2007)
Shigang Chen, Yi Deng, Cyril Orji, Wei Sun
The performance of a deadlock detection scheme, in terms of number of message transmission and the size of the messages, is an important concern in distributed systems. In this paper, we propose an...
A Class Of Parallel Iterative Median-Type Algorithms For Efficient Image Processing (2007)
Hong Tang, Bingbing Zhou, Iain Macleod, Richard Brent, Wei Sun
This paper proposes a class of parallel iterative median-type filters to restore signals degraded by Gaussian noise. An efficient implementation of these filters on distributed memory MIMD machines...
Dmitriy Bespalov, Ali Shokoufandeh, William C. Regli, Wei Sun
Reeb graphs have been shown to be effective for topology matching of 3D objects. Their effectiveness breaks down, however, when the individual models become very geometrically and topologically...
Donald A. Dawson, Zenghu Li, Byron Schmul, Wei Sun
A generalized Mehler semigroup (Ornstein-Uhlenbeck semigroup) associated with some strongly continuous semigroup of linear operators on a real separable Hilbert space may be defined by using a skew...
Consider the noise-corrupted observation of à 2-D sinusoids: (2007)
Hongbin Li, Wei Sun, Peter Stoica, Jian Li, Ü Ò �ò
In [1], we studied amplitude estimation of one-dimensional (1-D) sinusoidal signals from measurements corrupted by possibly colored observation noise. We herein extend the results for twodimensional...
Humains Sans, Couture De Vrml, Raymond Smith, Wei Sun, Seamless Vrml Humans, Raymond Smith Adrian Hilton
Skeleton-based articulated models can be represented in VRML as a set of separate rigid sections. These models have limited animation capabilities; while it is possible to change the pose of the...
Sun, Wei, Watanabe, Misuzu, Tanimoto, Yoshimi, Shibutani, Takahiro, Kono, Rei, Saito, Masahisa, ...
Abstract Background Self-rated health (SRH) is reported as a reliable predictor of disability and mortality in the aged population and has been studied worldwide to enhance the quality of life of the...
Why Do Married Men Claim Social Security Benefits So Early? Ignorance or Caddishness? (2007)
Sass, Steven A., Sun, Wei, Web, Anthony
Most married men claim Social Security benefits at age 62 or 63, well short of both Social Security's Full Retirement Age and the age that maximizes the household's expected present value of benefits...
Detection of eQTL modules mediated by activity levels of transcription factors (2007)
Sun, Wei, Yu, Tianwei, Li, Ker-Chau
Motivation: Studies of gene expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) in different organisms have shown the existence of eQTL hot spots: each being a small segment of DNA sequence that harbors the...
Fluorescence-based reconfigurable and resettable molecular arithmetic mode (2007)
Sun, Wei, Zheng, Yao-Rong, Xu, Chun-Hu, Fang, Chen-Jie, Yan, Chun-Hua
Reconfigurable and resettable arithmetic functions from a dual-emissive molecule, 1,2-di[5-methoxy-2-(2-pyridiyl)thiazoyl]ethyne (DMPTE), were realized. On the basis of its chemical-sensitive...
Sun, Wei, Jiang, Hong, Zhong, Jianghua, Jiao, Kui; College Of Chemistry And Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University Of Science And Technology, Qingdao 266042, P.R. China;
In this paper hemoglobin (Hb) was used to catalyze the oxidative reaction of ο-tolidine (OT) with H2O2. The oxidative product of OT with H2O2 was an azo substrate, which was electroactive and...
Yu, Tianwei, Ye, Hui, Sun, Wei, Li, Ker-Chau, Chen, Zugen, Jacobs, Sharoni, ...
Abstract Background DNA copy number aberration (CNA) is one of the key characteristics of cancer cells. Recent studies demonstrated the feasibility of utilizing high density single nucleotide...
Dynamic Task Flow Scheduling for Heterogeneous Distributed Computing: Algorithm and Strategy (2007)
SUN, Wei, ZHANG, Yuanyuan, INOGUCHI, Yasushi
Heterogeneous distributed computing environments are well suited to meet the fast increasing computational demands. Task scheduling is very important for a heterogeneous distributed system to satisfy...
Dynamic response of cantilevered rail guns attributed to projectile/gun interaction - theory (2007)
An analytic approach is proposed to investigate the dynamic behavior of laboratory rail guns resulting from launching a projectile. The rail gun is modeled as a beam of finite length sitting on an...
A Semisupervised Support Vector Machines Algorithm for BCI Systems (2007)
Jianzhao Qin, Yuanqing Li, Wei Sun
As an emerging technology, brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) bring us new communication interfaces which translate brain activities into control signals for devices like computers, robots, and so...
Linear sweep polarographic determination of nucleic acids using acridine orange as a bioprobe (2007)
WEI SUN, NA ZHAO, XIANLONG YUAN, KUI JIAO
The interaction of acridine orange (AO) with double-stranded (ds) DNA in aqueous solution was investigated by linear sweep polarography (LSP) on a dropping mercury working electrode (DME). In pH 2.5...
Vol.4(2007) No.3,pp.193-200 Priority Distribution in a Queue with Service Discrimination (2007)
Wei Sun, Nai-shuo Tian, Shi-yong Li, Hong-ke Zhang
Abstract: We consider a memoryless single server queue with two classes of customers, customer types are distinguished by the payments and service discrimination (i.e. customers of the two classes...
Wei Sun, Hongke Zhang, Naishuo Tian
Abstract. In this paper, we discuss the discrete-time Geom/G/1 queue with multiple adaptive vacations and server setup/closedown times. We consider two types of closedown time policies which differ...
International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management (2007)
Wei Sun, Naishuo Tian, Shiyong Li
Steady state analysis of the batch arrival Geo/G/1 queue with multiple adaptive vacations ∗
BioMed Central Open Access (2007)
Bmc Bioinformatics, Tianwei Yu, Hui Ye, Wei Sun, Ker-chau Li, Zugen Chen, ...
A forward-backward fragment assembling algorithm for the identification of genomic amplification and deletion breakpoints using high-density single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array
CPU Load Predictions on the Computational Grid (2007)
ZHANG, Yuanyuan, SUN, Wei, INOGUCHI, Yasushi
To make the best use of the resources in a shared grid environment, an application scheduler must make a prediction of available performance on each resource. In this paper, we examine the problem of...
A Semisupervised Support Vector Machines Algorithm for BCI Systems (2007)
Jianzhao Qin, Yuanqing Li, Wei Sun
As an emerging technology, brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) bring us new communication interfaces which translate brain activities into control signals for devices like computers, robots, and so...
Optimal Retirement Asset Decumulation Strategies: The Impact of Housing Wealth (2006)
Sun, Wei, Triest, Robert, Webb, Anthony
A considerable literature examines the optimal decumulation of financial wealth in retirement. We extend this line of research to incorporate housing, which comprises the majority of most households'...
Gomez, Connie, Binil, Starly, Shokoufandeh, Ali, Sun, Wei
Designing for the freeform fabrication of heterogeneous tissue scaffold is always a challenge in Computer Aided Tissue Engineering. The difficulties stem from two major sources: 1) limitations in...
Generalized Mehler Semigroups and Catalytic Branching Processes with Immigration (2006)
Dawson, Donald A., Li, Zenghu, Schmuland, Byron, Sun, Wei
Skew convolution semigroups play an important role in the study of generalized Mehler semigroups and Ornstein-Uhlenbeck processes. We give a characterization for a general skew convolution semigroup...
Voltammetric studies on the interaction of orange G with proteins: analytical applications (2006)
Sun,Wei, Han,Junying, Ren,Yong, Jiao,Kui
The interaction of orange G with protein was investigated by voltammetric method in this paper. In pH 2.0 Britton-Robinson (B-R) buffer solution orange G displayed an irreversible voltammetric...
Multi-parameter optimization for two-phase unit-cell based tissue scaffolds (2006)
Gomez, Connie, Denton, Trip, Shokoufandeh, Ali, Sun, Wei
Porous three-dimensional (3D) tissue scaffolds directly influence cell attachment, proliferation, and guidance of new tissue formation. Cells respond to a scaffold’s architecture, mechanical...
Rates for branching particle approximations of continuous-discrete filters (2006)
Kouritzin, Michael A., Sun, Wei
Herein, we analyze an efficient branching particle method for asymptotic solutions to a class of continuous-discrete filtering problems. Suppose that $t\to X_t$ is a Markov process and we wish to...
Voltammetric albumin quantification based on its interaction with carminic acid (2006)
WEI SUN, YUNYING HAN, KUI JIAO
In a weak acidic Britton–Robinson (B–R) buffer of pH 4.0, human serum albumin (HSA) can react rapidly with carminic acid (CAA) to form a supramolecular complex. Microelectrostatic fields in the...
In digital watermarking, a watermark is embedded into a covertext in such a way that the resulting watermarked signal is robust to certain distortion caused by either standard data processing in a...
In digital watermarking, a watermark is embedded into a covertext in such a way that the resulting watermarked signal is robust to certain distortion caused by either standard data processing in a...
Biosensing at an individually addressable electrochemical array (2006)
In this thesis, a novel electrochemical array is reported. The array consists of two planar halves, each having four carbon screen-printed band electrodes (SPEs), orthogonally facing each other and...
Kinetics of Iron Carbonate and Iron Sulfide Scale Formation in CO2/H2S Corrosion (2006)
Kinetics of iron carbonate and iron sulfide scale formation in CO2/H2S corrosion was investigated by individually studying iron carbonate formation in pure CO2corrosion, iron sulfide formation in...
Biosensing at an individually addressable electrochemical array (2006)
In this thesis, a novel electrochemical array is reported. The array consists of two planar halves, each having four carbon screen-printed band electrodes (SPEs), orthogonally facing each other and...
Kinetics of Iron Carbonate and Iron Sulfide Scale Formation in CO 2H 2S Corrosion (2006)
Kinetics of iron carbonate and iron sulfide scale formation in CO 2/H 2S corrosion was investigated by individually studying iron carbonate formation in pure CO 2corrosion, iron sulfide formation in...
Data exchange for unit-cell based tissue scaffold design, analysis and fabrication (2006)
Zhou, Xun, Gomez, Connie, Sun, Wei, Denton, Trip, Shokoufandeh, Ali
Tissue scaffolds must satisfy multiple design constraints, such as geometry, mechanical properties, and connectivity, to yield a functioning heterogeneous tissue. One method that accounts for these...
Numerical model for predicting mechanical properties of cell encapsulated hydrogel scaffolds (2006)
Shor, L., Gordon, J., An, Y., Güçeri, S., Sun, Wei
Precision Extruding Deposition (PED) process was used to directly fabricate Polycaprolactone (PCL) and PCL/ Hydroxyapatite (HA) composite tissue scaffolds. HA powder was melt blended with PCL, a...
Development of an in vitro micro-organ model for pharmacokinetic microanalysis (2006)
Chang, Robert C., Starly, Binil, Culbertson, Christopher, Holtorf, Heidi, Gonda, Steven, Sun, Wei
An in vitro model that can realistically and inexpensively predict human response to various drug administration and toxic chemical exposure is needed. By fabricating a microscale 3D tissue analog...
Yildirim, E.D., Yin, X., Ko, F.K., Sun, Wei
Three-dimensional hybrid hydrogel tissue scaffolds of calcium alginate/single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) composite were fabricated by solid freeform fabrication process in a multi-nozzle...
The treatment of disc degeneration disease of the spine has been a subject of particular interest in the medical community due to its effects on the lifestyle of afflicted patients. Current treatment...
Preparation of electrospun chitosan-PEO fibers (2006)
Vondran, J., Rodriguez, M., Schauer, C., Sun, Wei
Chitosan and PEO were dissolved in acetic acid in order to be electrospun for tissue engineering scaffold purposes.
Summary: The spiral ganglion neurons (SGN) in the mammalian inner ear play a key role in transferring the neural activity transduced by the hair cells to the central auditory system. The...
Sun, Wei., OhioLINK Electronic Theses And Dissertations Center.
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Kinetics of iron carbonate and iron sulfide scale formation in CO₂H₂S corrosion (2006)
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Ohio University, November, 2006.
Thesis (Ph.D.)--State University of New York at Buffalo, 2006.
Biosensing at an individually addressable electrochemical array (2006)
In this thesis, a novel electrochemical array is reported. The array consists of two planar halves, each having four carbon screen-printed band electrodes (SPEs), orthogonally facing each other and...
In digital watermarking, a watermark is embedded into a covertext in such a way that the resulting watermarked signal is robust to certain distortion caused by either standard data processing in a...
A 3-D scanning laser imaging system / (2006)
Degree granted by Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cullen College of Engineering.
Sun, Wei, Hong, Jian, Zang, Ying C. Q., Liu, Xin, Zhang, Jingwu Z.
Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) has a unique property of regulating Th1 and Th2 immunity of CD4+ T cells. In this study, we demonstrated, for the first time, that differential expression of VIP...
Sun, Wei, Hong, Jian, Zang, Ying C. Q., Liu, Xin, Zhang, Jingwu Z.
Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) has a unique property of regulating Th1 and Th2 immunity of CD4+ T cells. In this study, we demonstrated, for the first time, that differential expression of VIP...
Biosensing at an individually addressable electrochemical array (2006)
In this thesis, a novel electrochemical array is reported. The array consists of two planar halves, each having four carbon screen-printed band electrodes (SPEs), orthogonally facing each other and...
In digital watermarking, a watermark is embedded into a covertext in such a way that the resulting watermarked signal is robust to certain distortion caused by either standard data processing in a...
Rates for branching particle approximations of continuous-discrete filters (2005)
Kouritzin, Michael A., Sun, Wei
Herein, we analyze an efficient branching particle method for asymptotic solutions to a class of continuous-discrete filtering problems. Suppose that t→Xt is a Markov process and we wish to...
Multi-nozzle deposition for construction of 3D biopolymer tissue scaffolds (2005)
Khalil, Saif El Din, Nam, Jae, Sun, Wei
Purpose – To introduce recent research and development of biopolymer deposition for freeform fabrication of three-dimensional tissue scaffolds that is capable of depositing bioactive ingredients....
Fang, Zhibin, Yan, Chang (Karen), Sun, Wei, Shokoufandeh, Ali, Regli, William C.
Actual prediction of the effective mechanical properties of tissue scaffolds is very important for tissue engineering applications. Currently common homogenization methods are based on three...
Research Project (M.B.A.) - Faculty of Business Administration - Simon Fraser University
Shor, L., Gordon, J., An, Y., Guceri, S., Sun, Wei
Precision Extruding Deposition (PED) process was used to directly fabricate Polycaprolactone (PCL) and PCL/ Hydroxyapatite (HA) composite tissue scaffolds. HA powder was melt blended with PCL, a...
Single-phase forced convective heat transfer in microtubes / (2005)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Miami, 2005.
Jinzhu Peng, Yaonan Wang, Wei Sun
Abstract — A kind of recurrent fuzzy cerebellar model articulation controller (RFCMAC) model is presented. The recurrent network is embedded in the RFCMAC by adding feedback connections on the...
Workload-aware load balancing for clustered web servers (2005)
Qi Zhang, Alma Riska, Wei Sun, Evgenia Smirni, Gianfranco Ciardo, Senior Member
Abstract—We focus on load balancing policies for homogeneous clustered Web servers that tune their parameters on-the-fly to adapt to changes in the arrival rates and service times of incoming...
Workload-aware load balancing for clustered web servers (2005)
Qi Zhang, Alma Riska, Wei Sun, Evgenia Smirni, Gianfranco Ciardo
Abstract We focus on load balancing policies for clustered web servers that tune their parameters on-the-fly to adapt to changes in the arrival rates and service times of incoming requests. The...
LETTER Segmentation Method of MRI Using Fuzzy Gaussian Basis Neural Network (2005)
Abstract—Considering the features of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a segmentation method of MRI based on fuzzy Gaussian basis neural network (FGBNN) is proposed. In proposed method, the fuzzy...
Workload-aware load balancing for clustered web servers (2005)
Qi Zhang, Alma Riska, Wei Sun, Evgenia Smirni, Gianfranco Ciardo
We focus on load balancing policies for homogeneous clustered web servers that tune their parameters on-the-fly to adapt to changes in the arrival rates and service times of incoming requests. The...
Workload-aware load balancing for clustered web servers (2005)
Qi Zhang, Alma Riska, Wei Sun, Evgenia Smirni, Gianfranco Ciardo
We focus on load balancing policies for clustered web servers that tune their parameters on-the-fly to adapt to changes in the arrival rates and service times of incoming requests. The proposed...
Tianwei Yu, Wei Sun, Shinsheng Yuan, Ker-chau Li
Motivation: Cellular processes are not isolated groups of events. Nevertheless, in most microarray analyses, they tend to be treated as standalone units. To shed light on how various parts of the...
Semiparametric analysis of income inequality : an application to China / (2005)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Riverside, 2005.
Study of coordinative gene expression at the biological process level (2005)
Yu, Tianwei, Sun, Wei, Yuan, Shinsheng, Li, Ker-Chau
Motivation: Cellular processes are not isolated groups of events. Nevertheless, in most microarray analyses, they tend to be treated as standalone units. To shed light on how various parts of the...
Study of coordinative gene expression at the biological process level (2005)
Yu, Tianwei, Sun, Wei, Yuan, Shinsheng, Li, Ker-Chau
Motivation: Cellular processes are not isolated groups of events. Yet in most microarray analyses, they tend to be treated as stand-alone units. To shed light on how various parts of the interlocked...
Workload-aware load balancing for clustered web servers (2005)
Qi Zhang, Alma Riska, Wei Sun, Evgenia Smirni, Gianfranco Ciardo, Senior Member
Abstract—We focus on load balancing policies for homogeneous clustered Web servers that tune their parameters on-the-fly to adapt to changes in the arrival rates and service times of incoming...
Kouritzin, Michael A.; University Of Alberta, Canada; Mkouritz@math.ualberta.ca, Sun, Wei; University Of Alberta And Concordia University, Canada; Wsun@alcor.concordia.ca, Xiong, Jie; University Of Tennessee; Jxiong@math.utk.edu
We study a nonlinear filtering problem in which the signal to be estimated is a reflecting diffusion in a random environment. Under the assumption that the observation noise is independent of the...
Biomechanical simulations of heart valve biomaterials (2004)
For more than 40 years, replacement of diseased natural heart valves with prosthetic devices has dramatically extended the quality and length of the lives of millions of patients worldwide. However,...
Biomechanical simulations of heart valve biomaterials (2004)
For more than 40 years, replacement of diseased natural heart valves with prosthetic devices has dramatically extended the quality and length of the lives of millions of patients worldwide. However,...
Wang, F., Shor, L., Darling, Andrew Leete, Khalil, Saif El Din, Sun, Wei, Lau, Alan C.W.
Successes in scaffold guided tissue engineering require scaffolds to have specific macroscopic geometries and internal architectures to provide the needed biological and biophysical functions....
3D Microtomographic Characterization of Precision Extruded Polycaprolactone Scaffolds (2004)
Darling, Andrew Leete, Sun, Wei
One of the dominant approaches to tissue engineering is the seeding of biodegradable, biocompatible polymer scaffolds with progenitor cells prior to 3D culture or implantation. The microarchitecture...
A processing algorithm for freeform fabrication of heterogeneous structures (2004)
Sun, Wei, Jiang, Tao, Lin, Feng
A processing algorithm for freeform fabrication of heterogeneous structures is presented. The algorithm was developed based on the heterogeneous fabrication structural model, which was constructed...
Learning strategies in developing oral ability and metacognitive knowledge / (2004)
Thesis (M.A.)--St. Cloud State University, 2004.
On study of energy regeneration system for hydraulic manipulators / (2004)
Diss. -- Tampereen teknillinen yliopisto.
Wei Sun, Fuxin Li, Jue Wang, Dexian Zheng, Youhe Gao
Time-consuming and experience-dependent manual validations of tandem mass spectra are usually applied to SEQUEST results. This inefficient method has become a significant bottleneck for MS/MS data...
Business Process Modeling in Abstract Logic Tree (2004)
Ying Liu, Jian Wang, Jun Zhu, Haiqi Liang, Zhong Tian, Wei Sun, ...
been issued as a Research Report for early dissemination of its contents. In view of the transfer of copyright to the outside publisher, its distribution outside of IBM prior to publication should be...
Li, Yi, Qian, Ya-ping, Yu, Xiao-jing, Wang, Yin-qiu, Dong, Ding-gui, Sun, Wei, ...
Neuropsin is a secreted-type serine protease involved in learning and memory. The Type-II splice form of neuropsin is abundantly expressed in the human brain, but not in the mouse brain. We sequenced...
Sun, Wei, Popat, Uday, Hutton, George, Zang, Ying C. Q., Krance, Robert, Carrum, George, ...
Multiple sclerosis is thought to involve aberrant immune responses to myelin autoantigens. Haemato poietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT) is in clinical trials for progressive multiple sclerosis...
Sun, Wei, Popat, Uday, Hutton, George, Zang, Ying C. Q., Krance, Robert, Carrum, George, ...
Multiple sclerosis is thought to involve aberrant immune responses to myelin autoantigens. Haemato poietic stem‐cell transplantation (HSCT) is in clinical trials for progressive multiple...
Li, Yi, Qian, Ya-ping, Yu, Xiao-jing, Wang, Yin-qiu, Dong, Ding-gui, Sun, Wei, ...
Neuropsin is a secreted-type serine protease involved in learning and memory. The type II splice form of neuropsin is abundantly expressed in the human brain but not in the mouse brain. We sequenced...
Li, Yi, Qian, Ya-ping, Yu, Xiao-jing, Wang, Yin-qiu, Dong, Ding-gui, Sun, Wei, ...
Neuropsin is a secreted-type serine protease involved in learning and memory. The Type-II splice form of neuropsin is abundantly expressed in the human brain, but not in the mouse brain. We sequenced...
Sun, Wei, Popat, Uday, Hutton, George, Zang, Ying C. Q., Krance, Robert, Carrum, George, ...
Multiple sclerosis is thought to involve aberrant immune responses to myelin autoantigens. Haemato poietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT) is in clinical trials for progressive multiple sclerosis...
Stephens, Paul, Cooksley, John, Curiel, Alex Da Silva, Boland, Lee, Jason, Susan, Northam, James, ...
Three spacecraft for the UK, Turkey and Nigeria were launched together in September 2003, to join Algeria's satellite, AlSat-1, in the Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC). Surrey Satellite...
Space-Time Coded MC-CDMA: Blind Channel Estimation, Identifiability, and Receiver Design (2003)
Integrating the strengths of multicarrier (MC) modulation and code division multiple access (CDMA), MC-CDMA systems are of great interest for future broadband transmissions. This paper considers the...
Lei Z. Zhang, Wei Sun, Peng Cheng
Nanostructured materials have become the central subject of materials research during the last decade in the past 20th century owing to the novel electronic, optical, and catalytic properties...
End-to-End Delay Bounds for Traffic Aggregates under Guaranteed-Rate Scheduling Algorithms (2003)
This paper evaluates, via both analysis and simulation, the end-to-end (e2e) delay performance of aggregate scheduling with guaranteed-rate (GR) algorithms. Deterministic e2e delay bounds for a...
Space-Time Coded MC-CDMA: Blind Channel Estimation, Identifiability, and Receiver Design (2003)
Integrating the strengths of multicarrier (MC) modulation and code division multiple access (CDMA), MC-CDMA systems are of great interest for future broadband transmissions. This paper considers the...
Space-time coded CDMA systems: Blind channel identification and system performance (2002)
This dissertation considers the problem of applying space-time (ST) coding scheme to code division multiple access (CDMA) systems in frequency selective fading environments to achieve transmit...
ADAPTLOAD: effective balancing in clustered Web servers under transient load conditions (2002)
Alma Riska, Wei Sun, Evgenia Smirni, Gianfranco Ciardo
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ADAPTLOAD: effective balancing in clustered web servers under transient load (2002)
Conditions Alma Riska, Alma Riska, Wei Sun, Evgenia Smirni, Gianfranco Ciardo
We focus on adaptive policies for load balancing in clustered web servers, based on the size distribution of the requested documents. The proposed scheduling policy, ADAPTLOAD, adapts its balancing...
Ron Schmuland, Byron Schmul, Wei Sun
The classical Dirichlet formgr en by the intrinsic ginsic t on # R d is associated with a Markov processconsisting of a countable family of interacting di#usions. Byconsidering each di#usion as a...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Howard University, 2002.
Space-Time Coded MC-CDMA: Blind Channel Estimation, Identifiability, and Receiver Design (2002)
Integrating the strengths of multicarrier (MC) modulation and code division multiple access (CDMA), MC-CDMA systems are of great interest for future broadband transmissions. This paper considers the...
Chia-Cheng Chang, Wei Sun, Angela Cruz, Maki Saitoh, Mei-Hui Tai, James E. Trosko
Chang, C. C., Sun, W., Saitoh, M., Tai, M-H. and Trosko, J. E. A Human Breast Epithelial Cell Type with Stem Cell Characteristics as Target Cells for Carcinogenesis. Two types of human breast...
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Process trend analysis via wavelet domain hidden Markov models / (2001)
Degree granted in Chemical Engineering and Materials Science.
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Notre Dame, 2001.
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Boston University, 2001.
Nested Auto-Regressive Processes for MPEG-Encoded Video Traffic Modeling (2001)
Derong Liu, Senior Member, Endre I. Sára, Wei Sun, Student Member, Student Member
Abstract—This paper presents a new traffic model for MPEGencoded video sequences. The hybrid Gamma/Pareto distribution is used for all three types of frames in MPEG-encoded video sequences, and the...
D Sinusoidal Amplitude Estimation With Application (2001)
To System Identification, Hongbin Li, Wei Sun, Petre Stoica, Jian Li, Ü Ò �ò
In [1], we studied amplitude estimation of one-dimensional (1-D) sinusoidal signals from measurements corrupted by possibly colored observation noise. We herein extend the results for twodimensional...
On correlations of a family of generalized geometric sequences (2001)
In this paper we study families of generalized geometric sequences formed by applying a feedforward function to certain sums of decimated m-sequences with elements in a finite field. We compute their...
Knowledge based design support tool for product development / (2000)
Vadirajachar, Pavan Kumar Katte., Sun, Wei.
Includes abstract.
Geometric and computer modeling approach for microsphere packed bone graft / (2000)
Includes abstract.
Interaction of dietary fiber and serum cholesterol on early atherosclerosis / (2000)
Thesis (M.S.)--University of Southern California, 2000.
The classical Dirichlet form given by the intrinsic gradient on # R d is associated with a Markov process consisting of a countable family of interacting di#usions. By considering each di#usion as a...
On the equation µ t+s = µ s * T s µ t (2000)
We prove that any solution of the equation t+s = s #T s t consists of infinitely divisible measures, and that there are constants (b t ) t#0 so that t ## t ## -b t is continuous.
Inter-layer Learning towards Emergent Cooperative Behavior (2000)
Shawn Arseneau, W. Sun, C. Zhao, Wei Sun, Changpeng Zhao, J.R. Cooperstock
As applications for artificially intelligent agents increase in complexity we can no longer rely on clever heuristics and hand-tuned behaviors to develop their programming. Even the interaction...
Modelling bipedal locomotion using wavelets for figure animation. (2000)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--De Montfort University, 2000.
Thesis (M.S.)--University of Texas at Arlington, 1999.
Layered Animation of Captured Data (1999)
Wei Sun, Adrian Hilton, Raymond Smith, John Illingworth
This paper proposes a novel technique for building layer animation models of real articulated objects from 3D surface measurement data. Objects are scanned using a hand-held 3D sensor to acquire 3D...
Virtual people: Capturing human models to populate virtual worlds (1999)
Adrian Hilton, Daniel Beresford, Thomas Gentils, Raymond Smith, Wei Sun
In this paper a new technique is introduced for automatically building recognisable moving 3D models of individual people. Realistic modelling of people is essential for advanced multimedia,...
Quality of Service using Traffic Engineering over MPLS: An Analysis (1999)
Praveen Bhaniramka, Wei Sun, Raj Jain
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Virtual people: Capturing human models to populate virtual worlds (1999)
Adrian Hilton, Daniel Beresford, Thomas Gentils, Raymond Smith, Wei Sun
In this paper a new technique is introduced for automatically building recognisable moving 3D models of individual people. Realistic modelling of people is essential for advanced multimedia,...
Development of a Java-based meeting space / (1999)
Thesis (M.A.Sc.)--Nanyang Technological University, School of Applied Science, 1999.
A Pipeline Case Tool for Database Design (1998)
We have developed a tool for design of relational databases, including schemas, integrity constraints, reports, and data entry forms, using semantic binary schemas. The tool is based on a top-down...
Sun, Wei, Naik, Ramachandra S., Luo, Chunyuan, Doctor,, Bhupendra P., Saxena, Ashima
Human serum butyrylcholinesterase (Hu BChE) was demonstrated to be an effective prophylaxis that can protect animals from organophosphate nerve agents. However, if the enzyme is to be used in humans,...
Myers, Todd M., Sun, Wei, Clark, Matthew G., Bansal, Reeta, Saxena, Ashima, Doctor, Bhuphendra P.
We evaluated a large dose of human butyrylcholinesterase (Hu-BChE) in rhesus monkeys using a complex cognitive test (serial-probe recognition, SPR) designed to assess attention and short-term memory....
Processing for Interference Suppression in GPS Receivers (1998)
Amin, Moeness, Sun, Wei, Liu, Liyu
We examine the performance of the delay lock loops (DLL) in GPS receivers in the presence of non-Gaussian noise. interference and noise sources for GPS receivers may assume Gaussian or non-Gaussian...
A mechanistic study of danazol dissolution into surfactant solutions /--by Wei Sun. (1998)
Thesis (M.S.)--University of Kansas, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, 1998.
Cramer-Rao lower bound analysis on estimation accuracy for phase retrieval /--by author. (1998)
Thesis (M.S.)--Michigan Technological University, 1998.
Block-Based Fast Motion Estimation Algorithms in Video Compression (1998)
This paper introduces several block-based fast motion estimation algorithms in video compression. Two classes of algorithms are summarized. The three-step search algorithm is examined along with its...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Animal Science, 1997.
Optimale Steuerung verteilter, ereignisdiskreter Systeme / (1997)
Zugl.: Karlsruhe, Universiẗat, Diss., 1996.
Solving Satisfiability and Implication Problems in Database Systems (1996)
Sha Guo, Wei Sun, Mark A. Weiss
Satisfiability, implication, and equivalence problems involving conjunctive inequalities are important and widely encountered database problems that need to be efficiently and effectively processed....
Shigang Chen, Yi Deng, Paul C. Attie, Wei Sun
We present a new algorithm for detecting generalized deadlocks in distributed systems. Our algorithm incrementally constructs and reduces a wait-for graph (WFG) at an initiator process. This WFG is...
An Efficient Coterie-Based Mutual Exclusion Scheme With Fault-tolerance Capability (1996)
Guohong Cao, Mukesh Singhal, Yi Deng, Naphtali Rishe, Wei Sun
The performance of a mutual exclusion algorithm is measured by the number of messages exchanged per critical section execution and the delay between successive executions of the critical section....
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Surrey, 1995.
Sun, Wei, University Of Strathclyde (GB).
Thesis (Ph.D.)
The current study applied the PRECEDE behavior model to investigate differences in predisposing factors, enabling factors, reinforcing factors and smoking behavior among white-collar and blue-collar...
Shigang Chen, Yi Deng, Wei Sun, Naphtali Rishe
) Shigang Chen, Yi Deng, Wei Sun and Naphtali Rishe y Abstract We present a simple and efficient distributed algorithm for detecting generalized-deadlocks in distributed systems. Unlike previous...
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Accident analysis for overhead beacon-controlled intersections /--by Wei Sun. (1992)
Includes abstract.
Vita.
3-D collision detection and path planning for mobile robots in time varying environment. (1989)
Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio University, August, 1989.
3-D collision detection and path planning for mobile robots in time varying environment (1989)
3-D collision detection and path planning for mobile robots in time varying environment
3-D collision detection and path planning for mobile robots in time varying environment (1989)
3-D collision detection and path planning for mobile robots in time varying environment
Surface mine blast design and consultant system. (1987)
Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio University, June, 1987.
Surface mine blast design and consultant system (1987)
Surface mine blast design and consultant system
Surface mine blast design and consultant system (1987)
Surface mine blast design and consultant system
Ijdo, Jacob W., Sun, Wei, Zhang, Yan, Magnarelli, Louis A., Fikrig, Erol
Antibodies in the sera of patients with human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE) commonly recognize a 44-kDa antigen. We cloned the gene encoding the 44-kDa protein of the agent of HGE (aoHGE) by...
Requirement of Ca2+ and CaMKII for Stat1 Ser-727 phosphorylation in response to IFN-γ
Nair, Jayasree S., DaFonseca, Christopher J., Tjernberg, Agneta, Sun, Wei, Darnell, James E., Chait, Brian T., ...
In response to IFN-γ, the latent cytoplasmic protein signal transducers and activators of transcription 1 (Stat1) becomes phosphorylated on Y701, dimerizes, and accumulates in the nucleus to...
Simultaneous Differentiation and Typing of Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar
Zaki, Mehreen, Meelu, Parool, Sun, Wei, Clark, C. Graham
Sequences corresponding to some of the polymorphic loci previously reported from Entamoeba histolytica have been detected in Entamoeba dispar. Comparison of nucleotide sequences of two loci between...
Tricuspid Valve Detachment in Closure of Congenital Ventricular Septal Defect
Zhao, Jinping, Li, Jun, Wei, Xiang, Zhao, Bo, Sun, Wei
From January 1991 through December 2001, 600 patients underwent closure of a peri-membranous ventricular septal defect through a right atrial approach at our institution. In 122 of these patients,...
A system for enhancing genome-wide coexpression dynamics study
Li, Ker-Chau, Liu, Ching-Ti, Sun, Wei, Yuan, Shinsheng, Yu, Tianwei
Statistical similarity analysis has been instrumental in elucidation of the voluminous microarray data. Genes with correlated expression profiles tend to be functionally associated. However, the...
CART: An Hrs/Actinin-4/BERP/Myosin V Protein Complex Required for Efficient Receptor Recycling
Yan, Qing, Sun, Wei, Kujala, Pekka, Lotfi, Yasmin, Vida, Thomas A., Bean, Andrew J.
Altering the number of surface receptors can rapidly modulate cellular responses to extracellular signals. Some receptors, like the transferrin receptor (TfR), are constitutively internalized and...
Changes in NMDA receptor expression in auditory cortex after learning
Sun, Wei, Mercado, Eduardo, Wang, Ping, Shan, Xiaojun, Lee, Te-Chung, Salvi, Richard J.
Extensive practice on auditory learning tasks dramatically alters the functional organization and response properties of neurons in the auditory cortex. The cellular mechanisms responsible for this...
Role of IFN-γ in induction of Foxp3 and conversion of CD4+ CD25– T cells to CD4+ Tregs
Wang, Zhaojun, Hong, Jian, Sun, Wei, Xu, Guangwu, Li, Ningli, Chen, Xi, ...
IFN-γ is an important Th1 proinflammatory cytokine and has a paradoxical effect on EAE in which disease susceptibility is unexpectedly heightened in IFN-γ–deficient mice. In this study, we...
Ijdo, Jacob W., Sun, Wei, Zhang, Yan, Magnarelli, Louis A., Fikrig, Erol
Antibodies in the sera of patients with human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE) commonly recognize a 44-kDa antigen. We cloned the gene encoding the 44-kDa protein of the agent of HGE (aoHGE) by...
Requirement of Ca2+ and CaMKII for Stat1 Ser-727 phosphorylation in response to IFN-γ
Nair, Jayasree S., DaFonseca, Christopher J., Tjernberg, Agneta, Sun, Wei, Darnell, James E., Chait, Brian T., ...
In response to IFN-γ, the latent cytoplasmic protein signal transducers and activators of transcription 1 (Stat1) becomes phosphorylated on Y701, dimerizes, and accumulates in the nucleus to...
Simultaneous Differentiation and Typing of Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar
Zaki, Mehreen, Meelu, Parool, Sun, Wei, Clark, C. Graham
Sequences corresponding to some of the polymorphic loci previously reported from Entamoeba histolytica have been detected in Entamoeba dispar. Comparison of nucleotide sequences of two loci between...
Tricuspid Valve Detachment in Closure of Congenital Ventricular Septal Defect
Zhao, Jinping, Li, Jun, Wei, Xiang, Zhao, Bo, Sun, Wei
From January 1991 through December 2001, 600 patients underwent closure of a peri-membranous ventricular septal defect through a right atrial approach at our institution. In 122 of these patients,...
A system for enhancing genome-wide coexpression dynamics study
Li, Ker-Chau, Liu, Ching-Ti, Sun, Wei, Yuan, Shinsheng, Yu, Tianwei
Statistical similarity analysis has been instrumental in elucidation of the voluminous microarray data. Genes with correlated expression profiles tend to be functionally associated. However, the...
CART: An Hrs/Actinin-4/BERP/Myosin V Protein Complex Required for Efficient Receptor Recycling
Yan, Qing, Sun, Wei, Kujala, Pekka, Lotfi, Yasmin, Vida, Thomas A., Bean, Andrew J.
Altering the number of surface receptors can rapidly modulate cellular responses to extracellular signals. Some receptors, like the transferrin receptor (TfR), are constitutively internalized and...
Role of IFN-γ in induction of Foxp3 and conversion of CD4+ CD25– T cells to CD4+ Tregs
Wang, Zhaojun, Hong, Jian, Sun, Wei, Xu, Guangwu, Li, Ningli, Chen, Xi, ...
IFN-γ is an important Th1 proinflammatory cytokine and has a paradoxical effect on EAE in which disease susceptibility is unexpectedly heightened in IFN-γ–deficient mice. In this study, we...
Optimal retirement asset decumulation strategies: the impact of housing wealth
Wei Sun, Robert K. Triest, Anthony Webb
A considerable literature examines the optimal decumulation of financial wealth in retirement. We extend this line of research to incorporate housing, which comprises the majority of most...
Will Reverse Mortgages Rescue the Baby Boomers?
Andrew D. Eschtruth, Wei Sun, Anthony Webb
Many of today’s workers are at risk of having insufficient resources in retirement. The reason for this gloomy picture is a rapidly changing retirement landscape defined by a rising Social Security...
Optimal Retirement Asset Decumulation Strategies: The Impact of Housing Wealth
Wei Sun, Robert Triest, Anthony Webb
A considerable literature examines the optimal decumulation of financial wealth in retirement. We extend this line of research to incorporate housing, which comprises the majority of most...
A Semisupervised Support Vector Machines Algorithm for BCI Systems
Qin, Jianzhao, Li, Yuanqing, Sun, Wei
As an emerging technology, brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) bring us new communication interfaces which translate brain activities into control signals for devices like computers, robots, and so...
How defined contribution plans and 401(k)s affect employer pension costs
We investigate the pension choices made by over 700 firms between 1981 and 1998 when DC plans expanded and overtook DB plans. Their average pension contribution per employee dropped in real terms...
Wei Sun, Svetlozar Rachev, Frank Fabozzi, Petko Kalev
Fractal processes, Point processes, Self-Similarity, Stable distribution, Trade duration, C41, G14,
Hrs regulates early endosome fusion by inhibiting formation of an endosomal SNARE complex
Sun, Wei, Yan, Qing, Vida, Thomas A., Bean, Andrew J.
Movement through the endocytic pathway occurs principally via a series of membrane fusion and fission reactions that allow sorting of molecules to be recycled from those to be degraded. Endosome...
Changes in coagulation and fibrinolysis of post-SARS osteonecrosis in a Chinese population
Sun, Wei, Li, Zi–rong, Shi, Zhen–cai, Zhang, Nian–fei, Zhang, Yuan–chun
The purpose of this study was to detect changes in coagulation and fibrinolysis of post-severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) Chinese patients with osteonecrosis, investigate the aetiology of...
QILAN DENG, YIWANG CHEN, WEI SUN
Grafting of polymer brushes from the poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) surfaces was carried out. The active species, such as peroxide and hydroperoxide, on the surface were generated via ultraviolet...
YIWANG CHEN, WEI SUN, QILAN DENG, LIE CHEN, XIAOHUI HE
Surface modification of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) films is done by exposing the films to a sodium naphthalenide (Na/naphtha) etchant, and esterification of 4,4'-azobis(4-cyanopentanoic acid)...
An Annuity People Might Actually Buy
Anthony Webb, Guan Gong, Wei Sun
Immediate annuities provide insurance against outliving one’s wealth. Previous research has shown that this insurance ought to be valuable to risk-averse households facing an uncertain lifespan....
Why Do Married Men Claim Social Security Benefits So Early? Ignorance or Caddishness?
Steven A. Sass, Wei Sun, Anthony Webb
Most married men claim Social Security benefits at age 62 or 63, well short of both Social Security’s Full Retirement Age and the age that maximizes the household’s expected present value of...
Sun, Wei, Wang, Shifeng, Curtiss, Roy
An efficient two-step recombination method for markerless gene deletion and insertion that can be used for repetitive genetic modification in Yersinia pestis was developed. The method combines λ Red...
A method for analyzing censored survival phenotype with gene expression data
Wu, Tongtong, Sun, Wei, Yuan, Shinsheng, Chen, Chun-Houh, Li, Ker-Chau
On the equation [mu]t+s=[mu]s*Ts[mu]t
We prove that any solution of the equation [mu]t+s=[mu]s*Ts[mu]t consists of infinitely divisible measures, and that there are constants (bt)t[greater-or-equal, slanted]0 so that t|->[mu]t*[delta]-bt...
When Should Married Men Claim Social Security Benefits?
Steven A. Sass, Wei Sun, Anthony Webb
Most married men claim Social Security benefits at age 62 or 63, well short of the age that maximizes the expected present value of the average household’s benefits. That many married men “leave...
How Much Do Older Workers Value Employee Health Insurance?
Leora Friedberg, Wei Sun, Anthony Webb
This brief seeks to answer the question in the title by analyzing data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a nationally representative survey of older Americans. New questions in the HRS...
Heimberger, Amy B., Sun, Wei, Hussain, S. Farzana, Dey, Mahua, Crutcher, Lamonne, Aldape, Ken, ...
Cytotoxic chemotherapy that induces lymphopenia is predicted to ablate the benefits of active antitumor immunization. Temozolomide is an effective chemo-therapeutic agent for patients with...
Wei Sun, Svetlozar Rachev, Frank Fabozzi, Petko Kalev
Copula, Fractional Gaussian noise, High-frequency data, Self-similarity, Tail dependence, C15, C46, C52, G15,
Wei Sun, Svetlozar Rachev, Stoyan Stoyanov, Frank Fabozzi
Analyzing comovements in equity markets is important for risk diversification in portfolio management. Copulas have several advantages compared to the linear correlation measure in modeling...
Dissecting Nucleosome Free Regions by a Segmental Semi-Markov Model
Sun, Wei, Xie, Wei, Xu, Feng, Grunstein, Michael, Li, Ker-Chau
On Correlations of a Family of Generalized Geometric Sequences
Wei Sun, Andrew Klapper, Yi Xian Yang
In this paper we study families of generalized geometric sequences formed by applying a feedforward function to certain sums of decimated m-sequences with elements in a nite eld. We compute their...
A New Approach for Using Lévy Processes for Determining High-Frequency Value-at-Risk Predictions
Wei Sun, Svetlozar Rachev, Frank J. Fabozzi
"A new approach for using Lévy processes to compute value-at-risk (VaR) using high-frequency data is presented in this paper. The approach is a parametric model using an ARMA(1,1)-GARCH(1,1) model...
What Effect Do Time Constraints Have on the Age of Retirement?
Leora Friedberg, Wei Sun, Anthony Webb
Work affects both the time available for non-market activities and the times at which those activities are performed – and therefore work-induced constraints on time use may influence retirement...
An Attempt to Understand Kidney's Protein Handling Function by Comparing Plasma and Urine Proteomes
Jia, Lulu, Zhang, Ling, Shao, Chen, Song, Eli, Sun, Wei, Li, Mingxi, ...
How Much Do Households Really Lose By Claiming Social Security at Age 62?
Individuals can claim Social Security at any age from 62 to 70 although most claim at 62 or soon thereafter. Those who delay claiming receive increases that are approximately actuarially fair. We...
The Role of relA and spoT in Yersinia pestis KIM5+ Pathogenicity
Sun, Wei, Roland, Kenneth L., Branger, Christine G., Kuang, Xiaoying, Curtiss, Roy
The ppGpp molecule is part of a highly conserved regulatory system for mediating the growth response to various environmental conditions. This mechanism may represent a common strategy whereby...
Differences in the Dose Accuracy of Insulin Pens
Hänel, Heike, Weise, Alexander, Sun, Wei, Pfützner, Johannes W., Thomé, Nicole, Pfützner, Andreas
Wei Sun, Svetlozar Rachev, Stoyan V. Stoyanov, Frank J. Fabozzi
Analyzing comovements in equity markets is important for risk diversification in portfolio management. Copulas have several advantages compared to the linear correlation measure in modeling...
Song, Kunchang, Cotelingam, James D., Lowery-Nordberg, Mary, Sun, Wei
Warthin's tumor is rarely associated with malignant lymphoma. Only 18 cases were reported in the literature so far. In most cases the latter is a low grade process, including Marginal zone/Mucosa...
Alkaline ceramidase 2 regulates β1 integrin maturation and cell adhesion
Sun, Wei, Hu, Wei, Xu, Ruijuan, Jin, Junfei, Szulc, Zdzislaw M., Zhang, Guofeng, ...
The polypeptide core of the integrin β1 subunit (β1) is glycosylated sequentially in the endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi complex to form β1 precursor and mature β1, respectively. The β1...
Dynamically weighted clustering with noise set
Shen, Yijing, Sun, Wei, Li, Ker-Chau
Motivation: Various clustering methods have been applied to microarray gene expression data for identifying genes with similar expression profiles. As the biological annotation data accumulated, more...
Liu, Kun, Qian, Lu, Wang, Jinglan, Li, Wenrui, Deng, Xinyu, Chen, Xilin, ...
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major health concern with more than two billion individuals currently infected worldwide. Despite the prevalence of infection, gaining a complete understanding...