Hua Zhong

Feedforward Control to Attenuate Tension Error in Time-varying Tape Systems (2009)

Hua Zhong, Lucy Y. Pao

Abstract — This paper presents two feedforward control algorithms to attenuate the tension error in digital tape systems. Tape systems are time-varying because the reel radii change as a result of...

CSCI 6838 User Interface Design Term Project Chimera User Interface Design- Final Report (2008)

Hua Zhong, Brian Temple, Matthias Hauswirth

The Chimera User Interface (Chimui) project involved applying a task-centered design methodology to solve the problem of searching and visualizing the complex hypermedia structures of Chimera in a...

Bias-reduced estimators and confidence intervals for odds ratios in genome-wide association studies (2008)

Zhong, Hua, Prentice, Ross L.

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) provide an important approach to identifying common genetic variants that predispose to human disease. A typical GWAS may genotype hundreds of thousands of...

Complete loss of ischaemic preconditioning-induced cardioprotection in mice with partial deficiency of HIF-1{alpha} (2008)

Cai, Zheqing, Zhong, Hua, Bosch-Marce, Marta, Fox-Talbot, Karen, Wang, Lei, Wei, Chiming, ...

Aims We investigated whether hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF-1α) plays a role in the acute phase of ischaemic preconditioning (IPC). Methods and results Hearts from wild-type (WT) mice and mice...

LSL traits for using Z with Larch (2007)

Hua Zhong

Z and Larch-style languages are two kind of specification languages that are used for software design. Z is more simple and abstract, while Larch-style behavioral interface specification languages...

THE AGE-CRIME RELATIONSHIP ACROSS TIME AND OFFENSE TYPES: A COMPARISON OF THE UNITED STATES AND TAIWAN (2007)

Zhong, Hua

Although scholars agree that crime tends to rise and peak in adolescence or early adulthood and decline afterwards, there is a contentious debate in the criminological literature about whether and to...

SURFACE PROPERTIES AND CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE OF Pt/LaSrCoO4 CATALYSTS IN THE OXIDATION OF HEXANE (2007)

Zhong, Hua

Perovskite-type La2 –xSrxCoO4 mixed oxides have been prepared by calcination at various temperatures of precipitates obtained from aqueous solutions in the presence of citric or...

Complete loss of ischemic preconditioning-induced cardioprotection in mice with partial deficiency of HIF-1{alpha} (2007)

Cai, Zheqing, Zhong, Hua, Bosch-Marce, Marta, Fox-Talbot, Karen, Wang, Lei, Wei, Chiming, ...

Aims We investigated whether hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF-1α) plays a role in the acute phase of ischaemic preconditioning (IPC). Methods and results Hearts from wild-type (WT) mice and mice...

Complete loss of ischaemic preconditioning-induced cardioprotection in mice with partialdeficiency of HIF-1{alpha} (2007)

Cai, Zheqing, Zhong, Hua, Bosch-Marce, Marta, Fox-Talbot, Karen, Wang, Lei, Wei, Chiming, ...

Aims We investigated whether hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF-1α) plays a role in the acute phase of ischaemic preconditioning (IPC). Methods and results Hearts from wild-type (WT) mice and mice...

Virtual touch: An efficient registration method for catheter navigation in left atrium (2006)

Hua Zhong, Takeo Kanade, David Schwartzman

Abstract. In this paper, we present a left atrium registration system which utilizes a 3D intra-cardiac ultrasound catheter for faster (more than 700 times) and higher quality surface registration...

D.: Sensor guided ablation procedure for left atrium endocardium (2005)

Hua Zhong, Takeo Kanade, David Schwartzman

Abstract. In this paper, we present a sensor guided ablation procedure of highly motile left atrium. It uses a system which automatically registers the 4D heart model with the position sensor on the...

Detecting Unusual Activity in Video (2004)

Zhong, Hua, Shi, Jianbo, Visontai, Mirko

We present an unsupervised technique for detecting unusual activity in a large video set using many simple features. No complex activity models and no supervised feature selections are used. We...

Oxidative performance and surface properties of Co-containing mixed oxides having the K2NiF4 structure (2004)

LAITAO LUO, HUA ZHONG, XIAOMAO YANG

The complexed oxides Nd2–xSrxCoO4 (0.4 < x < 1.2) and LnSrCoO4 (Ln = Pr, Nd, Eu) having the K2NiF4 structure were synthesized by the citric-acid-complexion method. The results of XRD confirmed that...

Detecting Unusual Activity in Video (2004)

Hua Zhong Computer, Hua Zhong

We present an unsupervised technique for detecting unusual activity in a large video set using many simple features. No complex activity models and no supervised feature selections are used. We...

Finding (Un)Usual Events in Video (2003)

Hua Zhong, Jianbo Shi

We propose an algorithm for detecting and categorizing (un)usual human activity in a video which might be a few days long. The proposed approach is unsupervised, and uses the co-occurrence among...

Realistic rendering and animation of knitwear (2003)

Yanyun Chen, Stephen Lin, Hua Zhong, Ying-qing Xu, Baining Guo, Heung-yeung Shum

We present a framework for knitwear modeling and rendering that accounts for characteristics that are particular to knitted fabrics. We first describe a model for animation that considers knitwear...

Determinants of parental guidance of children's television viewing in China / (2002)

Zhong, Hua.

Thesis (M.A. in Television/Radio)--Southern Methodist University.

Abstract CRAK: Linux Checkpoint/Restart As a Kernel Module (2001)

Hua Zhong, Jason Nieh

Process checkpoint/restart is a very useful technology for process migration, load balancing, crash recovery, rollback transaction, job controlling and many other purposes. Although process migration...

Levels of Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1 During Breast Carcinogenesis (2001)

Bos, Reinhard, Zhong, Hua, Hanrahan, Colleen F., Mommers, Ellen C. M., Semenza, Gregg L., Pinedo, Herbert M., ...

Background: Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) is a transcription factor that regulates gene expression in critical pathways involved in tumor growth and metastases. In this report, we investigated...

Effects of simulated carbon dioxide and helium peumoperitoneum on proliferation and apoptosis of gastric cancer cells

Hao, Ying-Xue, Zhong, Hua, Zhang, Chao, Zeng, Dong-Zu, Shi, Yan, Tang, Bo, ...

AIM: To investigate the effects of carbon dioxide (CO2) and helium insufflation administered at different pressures on the growth and apoptosis of cultured human gastric cancer cells.

Bias-reduced estimators and confidence intervals for odds ratios in genome-wide association studies

Zhong, Hua, Prentice, Ross L.

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) provide an important approach to identifying common genetic variants that predispose to human disease. A typical GWAS may genotype hundreds of thousands of...

Winter Temperature and UV Are Tightly Linked to Genetic Changes in the p53 Tumor Suppressor Pathway in Eastern Asia

Shi, Hong, Tan, Si-jie, Zhong, Hua, Hu, Wenwei, Levine, Arnold, Xiao, Chun-jie, ...

The tumor suppressor p53 is a master sensor of stress. Two human-specific polymorphisms, p53 codon 72 and MDM2 SNP309, influence the activities of p53. There is a tight association between cold...