J. Lu

Publication List Details

Period

1986 - 9999

Number

444

Co-Authors

Laser Shock Surface Treatment of Ni-Based Superalloys. (9999)

Forget, P., Strudel, J. L., Jeandin, M., Lu, J., Castex, L.

Laser shock surface treatment could be envisaged to harden and induce compressive stresses within materials thus improving their fatigue and fretting-fatigue resistance. Both laser beam optical...

Correlations of structural, magnetic, and dielectric properties of undoped and doped CaCu3Ti4O12 (2009)

Krohns, S., Lu, J., Lunkenheimer, P., Brize, V., Autret-Lambert, C., Gervais, M., ...

The present work reports synthesis, as well as a detailed and careful characterization of structural, magnetic, and dielectric properties of differently tempered undoped and doped CaCu3Ti4O12 (CCTO)...

Mild sonochemical exfoliation of bromine-intercalated graphite: a new route towards graphene (2009)

Widenkvist, E., Boukhvalov, D. W., Rubino, S., Akhtar, S., Lu, J., Quinlan, R. A., ...

A method to produce suspensions of graphene sheets by combining solution-based bromine intercalation and mild sonochemical exfoliation is presented. Ultrasonic treatment of graphite in water leads to...

The Galactic Center: A Laboratory for Fundamental Astrophysics and Galactic Nuclei (2009)

Ghez, A., Morris, M., Lu, J., Weinberg, N., Matthews, K., Alexander, T., ...

As the closest example of a galactic nucleus, the Galactic center presents an exquisite laboratory for learning about supermassive black holes (SMBH) and their environs. Detailed studies of stellar...

Field-induced domain wall propagation velocity in magnetic nanowires (2009)

Wang, X. R., Yan, P., Lu, J.

A thory of field-induced domain wall (DW) propagation is developed. The theory not only explains why a DW in a defect-free nanowire must propagate at a finite velocity, but also provides a proper...

Effects of blood pressure lowering and intensive glucose control on the incidence and progression of retinopathy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a randomised controlled trial (2009)

Beulens, J.W.J., Patel, A., Vingerling, J.R., Cruickshank, J.K., Hughes, A.D., Stanton, A., ...

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of blood pressure lowering and intensive glucose control on the incidence and progression of retinopathy in type 2 diabetic patients. The...

Long-term performance of a mudrock seal in natural CO2 storage (2009)

Lu, J., Wilkinson, M., Haszeldine, R.S., Fallick, A.E.

The ability of mudrock seals to prevent CO2 leakage is a major concern for geological storage of anthropogenic CO2. The long-term performance of a mudrock seal, which provides a natural analogue, in...

Polarisation basis transformation of weather radar measurements in the power domain (2009)

T. Otto, J. Lu, M. Chandra

Polarisation diversity in radar remote sensing proved to be very successful in a variety of applications. Hydrometeors as raindrops or ice crystals are anisotropic radar targets giving rise to the...

2D and 3D Simulations of Fluid Dynamics in the Bubble Reactor for Liquid Fuel Synthesis: Comparisons Against Experiments (2009)

Qi, N., Zhang, K., Song, Q., Gao, X., Zhang, Hu, Lu, J.

Flow pattern, bubble size distribution, and gas holdup are investigated in the bubble columns. Simulated results by the standard k-ε turbulence model together with Grace drag model in the commercial...

2D and 3D Simulations of Fluid Dynamics in the Bubble Reactor for Liquid Fuel Synthesis: Comparisons Against Experiments (2009)

Qi, N., Zhang, K., Song, Q., Gao, X., Zhang, Hu, Lu, J.

Flow pattern, bubble size distribution, and gas holdup are investigated in the bubble columns. Simulated results by the standard k-ε turbulence model together with Grace drag model in the commercial...

Microstructure and properties of nano-fibrous PCL-b-PLLA scaffolds for cartilage tissue engineering (2009)

L He, B Liu, G Xipeng, G Xie, S Liao, D Quan, ...

Nano-fibrous scaffolds which could potentially mimic the architecture of extracellular matrix (ECM) have been considered a good candidate matrix for cell delivery in tissue engineering applications....

Development of 10-kJ PW Laser for the FIREX-I Program IF/P5-2 (2008)

N. Miyanaga, H. Azechi, T. Jitsuno, J. Kawanaka, Y. Fujimoto, H. Shiraga, ...

Abstract. A 10-kJ PW laser (LFEX) is under construction for the FIREX-I program. This paper reports a design overview of LFEX, the technological development of a large-aperture 2x2 arrayed amplifier...

Structured LDPC Codes for High-Density Recording: Large Girth and Low Error Floor (2008)

J. Lu

High-rate low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes are the focus of intense research in magnetic recording because, when decoded by the iterative sum-product algorithm, they show decoding performance...

ABSTRACT Toward An Adaptive Web: The State of the Art and Science (2008)

M. Kilfoil, A. Ghorbani, W. Xing, Z. Lei, J. Lu, J. Zhang, ...

As the World Wide Web matures, it makes leaps forward in both size and complexity. In this expanding environment, the needs and interests of individual users become buried under the sheer weight of...

Expected Performance of the ATLAS Experiment - Detector, Trigger and Physics (2008)

Abat, E., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdelalim, A. A., Abdesselam, A., ...

A detailed study is presented of the expected performance of the ATLAS detector. The reconstruction of tracks, leptons, photons, missing energy and jets is investigated, together with the performance...

The theory of magnetic field induced domain-wall propagation in magnetic nanowires (2008)

Wang, X. R., Yan, P., Lu, J., He, C.

A global picture of magnetic domain wall (DW) propagation in a nanowire driven by a magnetic field is obtained: A static DW cannot exist in a homogeneous magnetic nanowire when an external magnetic...

Propagation of Exchange Bias in CoFe/FeMn/CoFe Trilayers (2008)

Nam, D. N. H., Chen, W., West, K. G., Kirkwood, D. M., Lu, J., Wolf, S. A.

CoFe/FeMn, FeMn/CoFe bilayers and CoFe/FeMn/CoFe trilayers were grown in magnetic field and at room temperature. The exchange bias field $H_{eb}$ depends strongly on the order of depositions and is...

Simulation of Earthquake Liquefaction Response on Parallel Computers (2008)

J. Peng, J. Lu, K. H. Law, A. Elgamal

This paper presents a parallel nonlinear finite element program, ParCYCLIC, which is designed for the analysis of cyclic seismically-induced liquefaction problems. Key elements of the computational...

Aggressive Maneuvers on Loose Surfaces: Data Analysis and Input Parametrization (2008)

E. Velenis, P. Tsiotras, J. Lu

Abstract — In this work we initiate a mathematical analysis of rally racing techniques. An empirical description of Trail-Braking (TB) and Pendulum-Turn (PT) cornering, two of the most common rally...

Retinal vascular lesions in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus of Caucasian and Asian origin - baseline results from the AdRem study (2008)

Stolk, R.P., Van Schooneveld, M.J., Cruickshank, J.K., Hughes, A.D., Stanton, A., Lu, J., ...

Objective: To describe prevalent vascular retinal lesions among patients with type 2 diabetes enrolled in the ADVANCE Retinal measurement study (AdRem), a sub-study of the Action in Diabetes and...

Retinal vascular lesions in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus of Caucasian and Asian origin - baseline results from the AdRem study (2008)

Vingerling, J.R., Grobbee, D.E., Lu, J., Patel, A., Thom, S.A., Stanton, A., ...

Objective: To describe prevalent vascular retinal lesions among patients with type 2 diabetes enrolled in the ADVANCE Retinal measurement study (AdRem), a sub-study of the Action in Diabetes and...

A λ-cut approximate algorithm for goal-based bilevel risk management systems (2008)

Gao, Y., Zhang, G., Lu, J., Dillon, Tharam S., Zeng, X.

Bilevel programming techniques a re developed for decentralised decision problems with decision makers located in two levels. Both upper and lower decision makers, termed as leader and follower, try...

Functional layers for CIGS solar cell on-chip fabrication during post-processing (2008)

Lu, J., Kovalgin, A.Y., Schmitz, J.

The ubiquitous deploying of wireless electronic devices due to pervasive computing results in the idea of Energy Scavenging, i.e., harvesting ambient energy from surroundings of the electronic...

Self-microemulsifying drug delivery system (SMEDDS) improves anticancer effect of oral 9-nitrocamptothecin on human cancer xenografts in nude mice (2008)

Lu, J, Wang, J, Zhao, S, Liu, X, Zhao, H, Zhang, X, ...

9-Nitrocamptothecin (9-NC) is an orally administered topoisomerase-I inhibitor for the treatment of pancreatic carcinoma, but its oral absorption and bioavailability are poor. The main objective of...

Fuzzy multi-objective bilevel decision making by an approximation Kth-best approach (2008)

Lu, J., Zhang, G., Dillon, Tharam S.

Many industrial decisions problems are decentralized in which decision makers are arranged at two levels, called bilevel decision problems. Bilevel decision making may involve uncertain parameters...

Euler equation of the optimal trajectory for the fastest magnetization reversal of nano-magnetic structures (2007)

Wang, X. R., Yan, P., Lu, J., He, C.

Based on the modified Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation for an arbitrary Stoner particle under an external magnetic field and a spin-polarized electric current, differential equations for the optimal...

Modelling parallel Oracle for performance prediction (2007)

A. Burger, J. Lu, P. Broughton

Abstract. The problem of predicting the performance of a parallel relational DBMS for a set of queries applied to a particular data set on a shared nothing parallel architecture without transferring...

Theoretical Uncertainties Relative to the Measurements of (2007)

To Be Used, L. Di Ciaccio, R. Fleischer, P. Gagnon, P. Henrard, A. H. Hoang, ...

Introduction. Between May 28 and June 2nd (1999) an "Informal Workshop on the Derivation of jV cb j and jV ub j: Experimental Status and Theory Uncertainties" was held at CERN 1 . This gave...

BER Performance of OFDM System in Frequency-Selective Rician Fading with Diversity Reception (2007)

J. Lu, Lu Tjhung, F. Adachi

In this paper, we theoretically study the bit error rate (BER) performance of OFDM systems with MDPSK modulation for subchannels in frequencyselective flat Rician fading and additive white Gaussian...

Error Rates and Tight Bounds for L Diversity Reception of MQAM and MPSK Signals in Rayleigh Fading (2007)

J. Lu, T. T. Tjhung, C. C. Chai

New exact expressions are derived for the symbol error rate (SER) of M-ary quadrature amplitude modulation (MQAM) and the bit error rate (BER) of M-ary phase shift keying (MPSK) for L diversity...

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (2007)

Reiner Hahnle, Project M. D'agostino, J. Dix, I. Gent, M. Kummer, J. Lu, ...

This book is a revised version of my PhD thesis, submitted to the Department

An Analytical Tool for Predicting the (2007)

Performance Of Parallel, J Lu, P Broughton, M H Williams, M H Williams, E W Dempster, ...

This paper describes an analytical tool which determines the performance characteristics (in terms of throughput, resource utilisation and response time) of relational database transactions executing...

Verifying a Performance Estimator for Parallel (2007)

Dbmss Dempster Tomov, E W Dempster, N T Tomov, J Lu, C S Pua, M H Williams, ...

Although database systems are a natural application for parallel machines, their uptake has been slower than anticipated. This problem can be alleviated to some extent by the development of tools to...

Network Working Group B. Aboba Request for Comments: 2194 Microsoft (2007)

J. Lu, Aimquest Corp, J. Alsop, J. Ding, W. Wang

This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This document reviews the design and...

Evidence for the intrinsic ferromagnetism of semiconductor (Ga,Cr)As revealed by magnetic circular dichroism (2007)

Gan, H. D., Zheng, H. Z., Bi, J. F., Ji, Y., Sun, B. Q., Li, G. R., ...

To clarify whether or not (Ga,Cr)As is an intrinsic diluted magnetic semiconductor, a systematic study of the magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) was carried out for a series of (Ga,Cr)As epilayers...

Effects of different management practices on the soil-water balance and crop yield for improved dryland farming in the Chinese Loess Plateau (2007)

Jin, K, Cornelis, W, Schiettecatte, W, Lu, J, Yao, Y, Wu, H, ...

Field experiments were carried out to study the effects of different soil management practices on the water balance, precipitation use efficiency (PUE), and crop yield (i.e. winter wheat and peanut)...

Shape demagnetization effect on layered magnetoelectric composites (2007)

Pan, D. A., Lu, J., Bai, Y., Chu, W. Y., Qiao, L. J.

Magnetoelectric (ME) voltage coefficient was always considered independent on in-plane shape of plate layered magnetostrictive-piezoelectric composites due to the oversimplification in ME theoretical...

Giant magnetoelectric effect under high bias fields in cylindrical bilayered Ni-PZT composites (2007)

Pan, D. A., Lu, J., Bai, Y., Chu, W. Y., Qiao, L. J.

For conventional plate and disc layered magnetoelectric (ME) composites, the ME effect appeared under low bias magnetic fields, which caused by line magnetostriction. In this paper, we present a new...

Preliminary Results on Vibration Damping Properties of Nanoscale-Reinforced Composite Materials (2007)

Tomlinson, G., Lu, J., Altenbach, H., Rongong, G., ...

The focus in this paper is an analysis of existing state of the arts directed toward the development of the next generation of vibration damping systems. The research work concentrates on an...

The upgraded D0 detector (2007)

Abazov, V.M., Abbott, B., Abolins, M., Acharya, B.S., Adams, D.L., Adams, M., ...

The D0 experiment enjoyed a very successful data-collection run at the Fermilab Tevatron collider between 1992 and 1996. Since then, the detector has been upgraded to take advantage of improvements...

Distinctive features of Late Palaeozoic massive sulphide deposits in South China (2007)

Gu, L, Zaw, K, Hu, W, Zhang, K, Ni, P, He, J, ...

More than 20 sediment-hosted massive sulphide deposits occur in Late Palaeozoic basins in South China. These deposits are accompanied by a certain amount of volcanic rocks in the host sequence and...

Covalent anion of Li(HF)3- system: an ab initio study (2007)

Lu,J., Jalbout,A. F., Zhou,Z.

In this paper, we report the stability of the Li(HF)3- molecular anion calculated at the MP2/6-31++G** and CCSD(T)/6-31++G** level of theory. Five possible conformers of Li(HF)3- molecular anions...

Copper, gold and silver enrichment in ore mylonites within massive sulphide orebodies at Hongtoushan VHMS deposit, N.E. China (2007)

Gu, L, Zheng, Y, Tang, X, Zaw, K, Della-Pasqua, FN, Wu, C, ...

The Hongtoushan Archaean Cu–Zn Volcanic-hosted Massive Sulphide (VHMS) deposit occurs in the Hunbei granite– greenstone terrane, Liaoning Province of NE China. The ores were metamorphosed...

Distinctive features of Late Palaeozoic massive sulphide deposits in South China (2007)

Gu, L, Zaw, K, Hu, W, Zhang, K, Ni, P, He, J, ...

More than 20 sediment-hosted massive sulphide deposits occur in Late Palaeozoic basins in South China. These deposits are accompanied by a certain amount of volcanic rocks in the host sequence and...

Copper, gold and silver enrichment in ore mylonites within massive sulphide orebodies at Hongtoushan VHMS deposit, N.E. China (2007)

Gu, L, Zheng, Y, Tang, X, Zaw, K, Della-Pasqua, FN, Wu, C, ...

The Hongtoushan Archaean Cu–Zn Volcanic-hosted Massive Sulphide (VHMS) deposit occurs in the Hunbei granite– greenstone terrane, Liaoning Province of NE China. The ores were metamorphosed...

Modeling of an Integrated Electromagnetic Generator for Energy Scavenging (2007)

Lu, J., Kovalgin, A.Y., Schmitz, J.

The ubiquitous deploying of wireless electronic devices due to pervasive computing results in the idea of Energy Scavenging, i.e., harvesting ambient energy from surroundings of the electronic...

Distinctive features of Late Palaeozoic massive sulphide deposits in South China (2007)

Gu, L, Zaw, K, Hu, W, Zhang, K, Ni, P, He, J, ...

More than 20 sediment-hosted massive sulphide deposits occur in Late Palaeozoic basins in South China. These deposits are accompanied by a certain amount of volcanic rocks in the host sequence and...

Copper, gold and silver enrichment in ore mylonites within massive sulphide orebodies at Hongtoushan VHMS deposit, N.E. China (2007)

Gu, L, Zheng, Y, Tang, X, Zaw, K, Della-Pasqua, FN, Wu, C, ...

The Hongtoushan Archaean Cu–Zn Volcanic-hosted Massive Sulphide (VHMS) deposit occurs in the Hunbei granite– greenstone terrane, Liaoning Province of NE China. The ores were metamorphosed...

PATRIC: The VBI PathoSystems Resource Integration Center (2007)

Snyder, E. E., Kampanya, N., Lu, J., Nordberg, E. K., Karur, H. R., Shukla, M., ...

The PathoSystems Resource Integration Center (PATRIC) is one of eight Bioinformatics Resource Centers (BRCs) funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infection Diseases (NIAID) to create a...

Comparison of room-temperature multiferroics in Bi4Fe2TiO12 film and bulk (2006)

Lu, J., Qiao, L. J., Chu, W. Y.

It is reported that both dielectricity and magnetism at room temperature have been appreciably improved in Bi4Fe2TiO12 film compared with that of Bi4Fe2TiO12 bulk. X-ray diffraction profiles reveal...

Room-temperature delayed giant magnetodielectric effects observed in Bi4Fe2TiO12 film (2006)

Qiao, L. J., Lu, J., Xu, F., Chu, W. Y., Ma, X. Q.

This letter reports our experimental results on magnetic-field-induced aftereffects in solution derived Bi4Fe2TiO12 film, in which e' decreases as much as 600 times after treated in a 5T magnetic...

Search for supersymmetry with gauge-mediated breaking in diphoton events at D0 (2006)

Abazov, V.M., Abbott, B., Abolins, M., Acharya, B.S., Adams, D.L., Adams, M., ...

We report the results of a search for supersymmetry (SUSY) with gauge-mediated breaking in the missing transverse energy distribution of inclusive diphoton events using 263 pb$^{-1}$ of data...

Measurement of the B$^0_s$ lifetime in the exclusive decay channel $B^0_s \rightarrow J/\psi \phi$ (2006)

Abazov, V.M., Abbott, B., Abolins, M., Acharya, B.S., Adams, D.L., Adams, M., ...

Using the exclusive decay B^0_s -> J/psi (mu+mu-) phi(K+K-), we report the most precise single measurement of the B^0_s lifetime. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of...

Measurement of dijet azimuthal decorrelations at central rapidities in $p\overline{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 1.96 TeV (2006)

Abazov, V.M., Abbott, B., Abolins, M., Acharya, B.S., Adams, D.L., Adams, M., ...

Correlations in the azimuthal angle between the two largest transverse momentum jets have been measured using the D0 detector in pp-bar collisions at a center-of-mass energy sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV. The...

Observation and properties of the X(3872) decaying to $J/\psi \pi^+\pi^-$ in $p\overline{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 1.96 TeV (2006)

Abazov, V.M., Abbott, R., Abolins, M., Acharya, B.S., Adams, D.L., Adams, M., ...

We report the observation of the X(3872) in the J/psi pi+pi- channel, with J/psi decaying to mu+mu- in p-p(bar) collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV. Using approximately 230 pb^-1 of data collected with...

Web2.0 Paradigm and Possibilities for Educational Application (2006)

Lu, J

This seminar is co-organised by the Centre for Information Technology in Education (CITE) and The Office of Research, Faculty of Education, HKU Welcome to the world of Web 2.0. The internet is no...

Magnetodielectric effect of Bi6Fe2Ti3O18 film under an ultra-low magnetic field (2006)

Lu, J., Qiao, L. J., Ma, X. Q., Chu, W. Y.

Good quality and fine grain Bi6Fe2Ti3O18 magnetic ferroelectric films with single-phase layered perovskite structure have been successfully prepared via metal organic decomposition (MOD) method....

Search for neutral MSSM Higgs bosons at LEP (2006)

Schael, S., Barate, R., Bruneliere, R., De Bonis, I., Decamp, D., Goy, C., ...

The four LEP collaborations, ALEPH, DELPHI, L3 and OPAL, have searched for the neutral Higgs bosons which are predicted by the Minimal Supersymmetric standard model (MSSM). The data of the four...

SMAD pathway mediation of BDNF and TGFβ2 regulation of proliferation and differentiation of hippocampal granule neurons (2006)

Lu, J., Wu, Y., Sousa, Nuno, Almeida, O. F. X.

Hippocampal granule cells self-renew throughout life, whereas their cerebellar counterparts become post-mitotic during early postnatal development, suggesting that locally acting, tissue-specific...

The Optimizing Control and Energy Saving Operations of One Teaching Building (2006)

Lu, J., Chen, Y., Chen, J.

The control system of the central air conditioning in one teaching building is optimized in this paper, which includes the rational controls of a water chilling unit's available machine time and...

Simulation and Analysis of Energy Consumption of Public Building in Chongquig (2006)

Chen, G., Lu, J., Chen, J.

Calculation and analysis of energy consumption must be on the base of simulation of building load. DeST is adopted to calculate dynamic cooling load of the main building in Chongqing city. Then water...

The Optimizing Control and Energy Saving Operations of One Teaching Building (2006)

Lu, J., Chen, Y., Chen, J.

The control system of the central air conditioning in one teaching building is optimized in this paper, which includes the rational controls of a water chilling unit's available machine time and...

Simulation and Analysis of Energy Consumption of Public Building in Chongquig (2006)

Chen, G., Lu, J., Chen, J.

Calculation and analysis of energy consumption must be on the base of simulation of building load. DeST is adopted to calculate dynamic cooling load of the main building in Chongqing city. Then water...

Dynamical behaviours of a 3D hysteresis-based system (2006)

Fengling, H, Lu, J, Yu, X, Chen, G

This paper further investigates the dynamical behaviours of a hysteresis-based system. The multi-scroll chaotic attractors can be generated from a given three-dimensional (3D) linear system via a...

PATRIC: The VBI PathoSystems Resource Integration Center (2006)

Snyder, E. E., Kampanya, N., Lu, J., Nordberg, E. K., Karur, H. R., Shukla, M., ...

The PathoSystems Resource Integration Center (PATRIC) is one of eight Bioinformatics Resource Centers (BRCs) funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infection Diseases (NIAID) to create a...

PATRIC: The VBI PathoSystems Resource Integration Center (2006)

Snyder, E. E., Kampanya, N., Lu, J., Nordberg, E. K., Karur, H. R., Shukla, M., ...

The PathoSystems Resource Integration Center (PATRIC) is one of eight Bioinformatics Resource Centers (BRCs) funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infection Diseases (NIAID) to create a...

PATRIC: The VBI PathoSystems Resource Integration Center (2006)

Snyder, E. E., Kampanya, N., Lu, J., Nordberg, E. K., Karur, H. R., Shukla, M., ...

The PathoSystems Resource Integration Center (PATRIC) is one of eight Bioinformatics Resource Centers (BRCs) funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infection Diseases (NIAID) to create a...

PATRIC: The VBI PathoSystems Resource Integration Center (2006)

Snyder, E. E., Kampanya, N., Lu, J., Nordberg, E. K., Karur, H. R., Shukla, M., ...

The PathoSystems Resource Integration Center (PATRIC) is one of eight Bioinformatics Resource Centers (BRCs) funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infection Diseases (NIAID) to create a...

The First Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics Observations of the Galactic Center: Sgr A*'s Infrared Color and the Extended Red Emission in its Vicinity (2005)

Ghez, A. M., Hornstein, S. D., Lu, J., Bouchez, A., Mignant, D. Le, Van Dam, M. A., ...

(Abridged) We present the first Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics (LGS-AO) observations of the Galactic center. LGS-AO has dramatically improved the quality, robustness, and versatility with which...

Influence of simulated rainfall on physical properties of a conventionally tilled loess soil (2005)

Schiettecatte, W, Jin, K, Yao, Y, Cornelis, W, Lu, J, Wu, H, ...

Rainfall simulations were conducted on a loess derived silt loam soil (Henan province, P.R. China) under conventional tillage. This tillage practice is widespread and involves the turning of the...

The Upgraded D0 Detector (2005)

Abazov, V.M., Abbott, B., Abolins, M., Acharya, B.S., Adams, D.L., Adams, M., ...

The D0 experiment enjoyed a very successful data-collection run at the Fermilab Tevatron collider between 1992 and 1996. Since then, the detector has been upgraded to take advantage of improvements...

Search for supersymmetry with gauge-mediated breaking in diphoton events at D0 (2005)

Abazov, V.M., Abbott, B., Abolins, M., Acharya, B.S., Adams, D.L., Adams, M., ...

We report the results of a search for supersymmetry (SUSY) with gauge-mediated breaking in the missing transverse energy distribution of inclusive diphoton events using 263 pb$^{-1}$ of data...

Measurement of the B$^0_s$ lifetime in the exclusive decay channel $B^0_s \rightarrow J/\psi \phi$ (2005)

Abazov, V.M., Abbott, B., Abolins, M., Acharya, B.S., Adams, D.L., Adams, M., ...

Using the exclusive decay B^0_s -> J/psi (mu+mu-) phi(K+K-), we report the most precise single measurement of the B^0_s lifetime. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of...

Measurement of dijet azimuthal decorrelations at central rapidities in $p\overline{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 1.96 TeV (2005)

Abazov, V.M., Abbott, B., Abolins, M., Acharya, B.S., Adams, D.L., Adams, M., ...

Correlations in the azimuthal angle between the two largest transverse momentum jets have been measured using the D0 detector in pp-bar collisions at a center-of-mass energy sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV. The...

The Upgraded D0 Detector (2005)

Abazov, V.M., Abbott, B., Abolins, M., Acharya, B.S., Adams, D.L., Adams, M., ...

The D0 experiment enjoyed a very successful data-collection run at the Fermilab Tevatron collider between 1992 and 1996. Since then, the detector has been upgraded to take advantage of improvements...

Search for supersymmetry with gauge-mediated breaking in diphoton events at D0 (2005)

Abazov, V.M., Abbott, B., Abolins, M., Acharya, B.S., Adams, D.L., Adams, M., ...

We report the results of a search for supersymmetry (SUSY) with gauge-mediated breaking in the missing transverse energy distribution of inclusive diphoton events using 263 pb$^{-1}$ of data...

Measurement of the B$^0_s$ lifetime in the exclusive decay channel $B^0_s \rightarrow J/\psi \phi$ (2005)

Abazov, V.M., Abbott, B., Abolins, M., Acharya, B.S., Adams, D.L., Adams, M., ...

Using the exclusive decay B^0_s -> J/psi (mu+mu-) phi(K+K-), we report the most precise single measurement of the B^0_s lifetime. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of...

Measurement of dijet azimuthal decorrelations at central rapidities in $p\overline{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 1.96 TeV (2005)

Abazov, V.M., Abbott, B., Abolins, M., Acharya, B.S., Adams, D.L., Adams, M., ...

Correlations in the azimuthal angle between the two largest transverse momentum jets have been measured using the D0 detector in pp-bar collisions at a center-of-mass energy sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV. The...

Preliminary Results on Vibration Damping Properties of Nanoscale-Reinforced Composite Materials (2005)

Tomlinson, G., Lu, J., Altenbach, H., Rongong, G., ...

The focus in this paper is an analysis of existing state of the arts directed toward the development of the next generation of vibration damping systems. The research work concentrates on an...

Preliminary Results on Vibration Damping Properties of Nanoscale-Reinforced Composite Materials (2005)

Tomlinson, G., Lu, J., Altenbach, H., Rongong, G., ...

The focus in this paper is an analysis of existing state of the arts directed toward the development of the next generation of vibration damping systems. The research work concentrates on an...

Observing and Transferring Material Histories (2005)

A. S. Georghiades, J. Lu, C. Xu, J. Dorsey, H. Rushmeier

Figure 1: A synthetic object with a material history captured from a physical object. We consider the problem of modeling objects composed of materials that change over the course of time. First...

Generating multi-scroll chaotic attractors via a linear second-order hysteresis system (2005)

Han, F, Lu, J, Yu, X, Chen, G, Feng, Y

This paper introduces a new method for generating multi-scroll chaotic attractors using a linear second-order hysteresis system. It includes 1-D n-scroll and 2-D n x m grid scroll chaotic attractors....

1624 JOURNAL OF CLIMATE VOLUME 19 Assessment of Twentieth-Century Regional Surface Temperature Trends Using the GFDL CM2 Coupled Models (2005)

T. R. Knutson, T. L. Delworth, K. W. Dixon, I. M. Held, J. Lu, V. Ramaswamy, ...

Historical climate simulations of the period 1861–2000 using two new Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) global climate models (CM2.0 and CM2.1) are compared with observed surface...

Stability of Mann and Ishikawa iterative processes with errors for a class of nonlinear variational inclusions (2004)

Gu, F., Lu, J.

Under the lack of the condition , some new convergence and stability theorems of Mann and Ishikawa iterative processes with errors for solutions to variational inclusions involving accretive mappings...

An Overabundance of Transient X-ray Binaries within 1 pc of the Galactic Center (2004)

Muno, M. P., Pfahl, E., Baganoff, F. K., Brandt, W. N., Ghez, A., Lu, J., ...

During five years of Chandra observations, we have identified seven X-ray transients located within 23 pc of Sgr A*. These sources each vary in luminosity by more than a factor of 10, and have peak...

Statistically meaningful data on the chemical state of iron precipitates in processed multicrystalline silicon using synchrotron-based X-ray absorption spectroscopy (2004)

Buonassisi, T., Heuer, M., Istratov, A.A., Weber, E.R., Cai, Z., Lai, B., ...

X-ray fluorescence microscopy (mu-XRF), x-ray beam induced current (XBIC), and x-ray absorption spectromicroscopy (mu-XAS) were performed on fully-processed BaySix cast multicrystalline silicon and...

Reactions induced by the halo nucleus He-6 at energies around the Coulomb barrier (2004)

Di Pietro, A, Figuera, P, Amorini, F, Angulo, C, Cardella, G, Cherubini, S, ...

The reaction He-6+Zn-64 was studied in order to investigate the effects of the projectile neutron-halo structure on the reaction mechanism at energies around the Coulomb barrier. Elastic scattering...

Flavor decomposition of the sea-quark helicity distributions in the nucleon from semiinclusive deep inelastic scattering (2004)

Airapetian, A., Akopov, N., Akopov, Z., Amarian, M., Ammosov, V.V., Andrus, A., ...

Double-spin asymmetries of semiinclusive cross sections for the production of identified pions and kaons have been measured in deep inelastic scattering of polarized positrons on a polarized...

Observation and properties of the X(3872) decaying to $J/\psi \pi^+\pi^-$ in $p\overline{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 1.96 TeV (2004)

Abazov, V.M., Abbott, R., Abolins, M., Acharya, B.S., Adams, D.L., Adams, M., ...

We report the observation of the X(3872) in the J/psi pi+pi- channel, with J/psi decaying to mu+mu- in p-p(bar) collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV. Using approximately 230 pb^-1 of data collected with...

Observation and properties of the X(3872) decaying to $J/\psi \pi^+\pi^-$ in $p\overline{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 1.96 TeV (2004)

Abazov, V.M., Abbott, R., Abolins, M., Acharya, B.S., Adams, D.L., Adams, M., ...

We report the observation of the X(3872) in the J/psi pi+pi- channel, with J/psi decaying to mu+mu- in p-p(bar) collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV. Using approximately 230 pb^-1 of data collected with...

A narrow time-window for access to the brain by exogenous protein after immunological targeting of a blood-brain barrier antigen (2004)

Ghabriel, Mounir N., Lu, J., Tadros, R., Hermanis, G. M.

The endothelial barrier antigen (EBA) is a membrane protein expressed by endothelial cells of the rat blood–brain barrier (BBB). A previous short-term non-recovery study demonstrated that...

A narrow time-window for access to the brain by exogenous protein after immunological targeting of a blood-brain barrier antigen (2004)

Ghabriel, Mounir N., Lu, J., Tadros, R., Hermanis, G. M.

The endothelial barrier antigen (EBA) is a membrane protein expressed by endothelial cells of the rat blood–brain barrier (BBB). A previous short-term non-recovery study demonstrated that...

Hard exclusive electroproduction of π+π-pairs (2004)

Airapetian, A., Akopov, N., Akopov, Z., Amarian, M., Ammosov, V.V., Andrus, A., ...

Hard exclusive electroproduction of pi(+) pi(-) pairs off hydrogen and deuterium targets has been studied by the HERMES experiment at DESY Legendre moments (P-1) and (P-3) of the angular...

Evidence for a narrow |S|=1 baryon state at a mass of 1528 MeV in quasi-real photoproduction (2004)

Airapetian, A., Akopov, N., Akopov, Z., Amarian, M., Ammosov, V.V., Andrus, A., ...

Evidence for a narrow baryon state is found in quasi-real photoproduction on a deuterium target through the decay channel pK(S)(0) → ppi(+)pi(-). A peak is observed in the pK(S)(0) invariant mass...

Design and analysis of multiscroll chaotic attractors from saturated function series (2004)

Lu, J, Chen, G, Yu, X, Leung, H

This paper initiates a saturated function series approach for chaos generation. The systematic saturated function series methodology developed here can create multiscroll chaotic attractors from a...

Effects of contralateral sound stimulation on unit activity of ventral cochlear nucleus neurons (2003)

Lu, J., Sumner, C. J., Shore, Susan E.

The cochlear nucleus (CN) commissural connection represents the first opportunity for convergence of binaural information in the auditory brainstem. All major neuron types in the ventral CN (VCN) are...

Light-particle emission in the reaction He-6+Zn-64 around the Coulomb barrier (2003)

Di Pietro, A, Figuera, P, Amorini, F, Angulo, C, Cardella, G, Cherubini, S, ...

The elastic-scattering, neutron transfer and projectile break-up channels have been studied for the reaction He-6 + Zn-64 at energies around the Coulomb barrier. The results show a very large...

Ionotropic and metabotropic glutamate receptor mediation of glucocorticoid-induced apoptosis in hippocampal cells and the neuroprotective role of synaptic N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (2003)

Lu, J., Goula, D., Sousa, Nuno, Almeida, O. F. X.

Glutamate receptors have been proposed to mediate the apoptotic actions of glucocorticoids in hippocampal cells. To further analyze the role of glutamate receptors in this process, we pretreated...

Identification of a novel protein kinase mediating Akt survival signaling to the ATM protein (2003)

Suzuki, A, Kusakai, G, Kishimoto, A, Lu, J, Ogura, T, Lavin, MF, ...

We identified a novel human AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) family member, designated ARK5, encoding 661 amino acids with an estimated molecular mass of 74 kDa. The putative amino acid sequence...

Quark fragmentation to pi(+/-), pi(0), K-+/-, p and (p)over-bar in the nuclear environment (2003)

Airapetian, A., Akopov, N., Akopov, Z., Amarian, M., Ammosov, V.V., Andrus, A., ...

The influence of the nuclear medium on lepto-production of hadrons was studied in the HERMES experiment at DESY in semi- inclusive deep-inelastic scattering of 27.6 GeV positrons off deuterium,...

Identification of a novel protein kinase mediating Akt survival signaling to the ATM protein (2003)

Suzuki, A, Kusakai, G, Kishimoto, A, Lu, J, Ogura, T, Lavin, MF, ...

We identified a novel human AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) family member, designated ARK5, encoding 661 amino acids with an estimated molecular mass of 74 kDa. The putative amino acid sequence...

Expression of a blood-brain barrier-specific antigen in the reproductive tract of the male rat (2002)

Ghabriel, Mounir N., Lu, J., Hermanis, G. M., Zhu, C., Setchell, Brian Peter

The endothelial barrier antigen (EBA) is a protein expressed specifically by the endothelial cells of the rat brain barrier vessels. This antigen has been described as a 'barrier protein' and is used...

MANPOWER: A Model of Tactical Aircraft Maintenance Personnel Requirements. Volume I. Overview of Model Development and Application. (2002)

Furry,W. S., Bloomberg,K. M., Lu,J., Roach,C. D., Schank,J. F.

This report describes MANPOWER, a computer model for predicting the total force base-level maintenance personnel requirements of prospective aircraft in the USAF Tactical Air Command. The model is...

MANPOWER: A Model of Tactical Aircraft Maintenance Personnel Requirements. Volume II. Technical Appendixes. (2002)

Furry,W. S., Bloomberg,K. M., Lu,J., Roach,C., Schank,J. F.

This report describes MANPOWER, a computer model for predicting the total force base-level maintenance personnel requirements of prospective aircraft in the USAF Tactical Air Command. The model is...

Expression of a blood-brain barrier-specific antigen in the reproductive tract of the male rat (2002)

Ghabriel, Mark N., Lu, J., Hermanis, G. M., Zhu, C., Setchell, Brian Peter

The endothelial barrier antigen (EBA) is a protein expressed specifically by the endothelial cells of the rat brain barrier vessels. This antigen has been described as a 'barrier protein' and is used...

Interlayer exchange coupling and giant magnetoresistance in Fe/V (001) superlattices (2001)

Broddefalk, A., Mathieu, R., Nordblad, P., Blomqvist, P., Wäppling, R., Lu, J., ...

Magnetization and magnetoresistivity studies of Fe/V (001) superlattices are reported. The first giant magnetoresistance peak with respect to the vanadium and iron layer thicknesses is investigated....

The predictability of large-scale wind-driven flows (2001)

A. Mahadevan, J. Lu, S. P. Meacham, P. Malanotte-Rizzoli

The singular values associated with optimally growing perturbations to stationary and time-dependent solutions for the general circulation in an ocean basin provide a measure of the rate at which...

The predictability of large-scale wind-driven flows (2001)

Mahadevan, A., Lu, J., Meacham, S. P., Malanotte-Rizzoli, P.

The singular values associated with optimally growing perturbations to stationary and time-dependent solutions for the general circulation in an ocean basin provide a measure of the rate at which...

The predictability of large-scale wind-driven flows (2001)

Mahadevan, A., Lu, J., Meacham, S. P., Malanotte-Rizzoli, P.

The singular values associated with optimally growing perturbations to stationary and time-dependent solutions for the general circulation in an ocean basin provide a measure of the rate at which...

A model of a segmental oscillator in the leech heartbeat neuronal network (2001)

Aav Hill, J Lu, Ma Masino, Oh Olsen, Rl Calabrese

Abstract. We modeled a segmental oscillator of the timing network that paces the heartbeat of the leech. This model represents a network of six heart interneurons that comprise the basic...

CTMC calculations of electron capture and ionization in collisions of multiply charged ions with elliptical Rydberg atoms (2000)

Lu, J., Roller-Lutz, Z., Lutz, H. O.

We have performed classical trajectory Monte Carlo (CTMC) studies of electron capture and ionization in multiply charged (Q=8) ion-Rydberg atom collisions at intermediate impact velocities. Impact...

Developing a knowledge-based multi-objective decision support systems (2000)

Lu, J., Quaddus, M. A., Williams, R.

Decision Support Systems under Multiple Objectives (MODSS) has been classified as a specific type of system within the broad family of DSS and has been one of the most active areas of research....

Developing a knowledge-based multi-objective decision support systems (2000)

Lu, J., Quaddus, M. A., Williams, R.

Decision Support Systems under Multiple Objectives (MODSS) has been classified as a specific type of system within the broad family of DSS and has been one of the most active areas of research....

Developing a knowledge-based multi-objective decision support systems (2000)

Lu, J., Quaddus, Mohammed, Williams, Robert

Decision Support Systems under Multiple Objectives (MODSS) has been classified as a specific type of system within the broad family of DSS and has been one of the most active areas of research....

Developing a knowledge-based multi-objective decision support systems (2000)

Lu, J., Quaddus, Mohammed, Williams, Robert

Decision Support Systems under Multiple Objectives (MODSS) has been classified as a specific type of system within the broad family of DSS and has been one of the most active areas of research....

Spin-resolved commensurability oscillations (1999)

Lu, J., Shayegan, M., Wissinger, L., Rössler, Ulrich, Winkler, R.

We report the observation of commensurability oscillations, induced by a one-dimensional periodic potential, in a high-mobility GaAs two-dimensional hole system confined to a triangular quantum well....

Spin resolved ballistic transport in GaAs two-dimensional holes (1999)

Lu, J., Shayegan, M., Wiesinger, L., Rössler, Ulrich, Winkler, R.

We report the observation of commensurability oscillations, induced by a one-dimensional periodic potential, in high-mobility GaAs two-dimensional hole system confined to a triangular quantum well....

The design of a knowledge-based guidance system for an intelligent multiple objective decision support system (IMODSS) (1999)

Lu, J., Quaddus, Mohammed, Poh, K., Williams, Robert

This paper describes a project that extends the multiple objective decision support system (MODSS) by offering knowledge-based guidance to an intelligent multiple objective decision support system...

The design of a knowledge-based guidance system for an intelligent multiple objective decision support system (IMODSS) (1999)

Lu, J., Quaddus, Mohammed, Poh, K., Williams, Robert

This paper describes a project that extends the multiple objective decision support system (MODSS) by offering knowledge-based guidance to an intelligent multiple objective decision support system...

The Design of a Knowledge-Based Guidance System for an Intelligent Multiple Objective Decision Support System (Imodss (1999)

Th Australasian Conference, J. Lu, M. A. Quaddus, K. L. Poh, R. Williams

This paper describes a project that extends the multiple objective decision support system (MODSS) by offering knowledge-based guidance to an intelligent multiple objective decision support system...

Luttinger Liquid Behavior in Carbon Nanotubes (1998)

Bockrath, M., Cobden, D. H., Lu, J., Rinzler, A. G., Smalley, R. E., Balents, L., ...

An interacting one-dimensional (1D) electron system is predicted to behave very differently than its higher-dimensional counterparts. Coulomb interactions strongly modify the properties away from...

Computerized Design and Generation of Low-Noise Helical Gears with Modified Surface Topology. (1998)

Litvin, F. L., Chen, N. X., Lu, J., Handschuh, R. F.

An approach for design and generation of low-noise helical gears with localized bearing contact is proposed. The approach is applied to double circular arc helical gears and modified involute helical...

Potential Use of Stem Cell Therapy for Traumatic Brain Injury (1998)

Moochhala, S., Lu, J.

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) accounts for a significant proportion of combat casualties as well as civilian trauma. Pharmaceutical interventions for brain trauma, in general, met with limited success...

Laser Shock Surface Treatment of Ni-Based Superalloys. (1998)

Forget, P., Strudel, J. L., Jeandin, M., Lu, J., Castex, L.

Laser shock surface treatment was applied to CMSX-2, AM1, and Astaloy nickel superalloys. Both deformation mechanism and the laser beam optical phenomena were studied. TEM and XRD were used to...

Thermal Shock Resistance of TiC Coatings Plasma-Sprayed on Macroroughened Substrates. (1998)

Bordeaux, F., Saint-Jacques, R. G., Moreau, C., Dallaire, S., Lu, J.

The thermal shock resistance of TiC coatings plasm sprayed on macroroughened substrates was studied in comparison with gritblasted ones. Macroroughening restricts the shrinkage stresses, increases...

Study of Cr2O3 Coating Materials and Characterization by an Interfacial Test of Coating/Substrate Adherence. (1998)

Richard, C., Lu, J., Flavenot, J. F., Beranger, G., Decomps, F.

Plasma sprayed coatings have proliferated in a variety of aerospace and automobile applications. This wide-spread use is attributed to the fact that materials in monolithic form are not suitable for...

Computerized Simulation of Meshing of Conventional Helical Involute Gears and Modification of Geometry (1998)

Litvin, F.L., Lu, J., Townsend, D.P.

An approach is proposed for computerized simulation of meshing of aligned and misaligned involute helical gears. Algorithms for TCA (Tooth Contact Analysis) computer programs were developed....

Vorrichtung zum Fuegen von Elementen in entsprechende Aufnahmeelemente eines Objekts (1998)

Rabold, K., Schmidberger, E., Rauh, W., Lu, J., Schreiber, L., Grimm, H.

Beschrieben wird eine Vorrichtung zum Fuegen von Elementen in Aufnahmeelemente eines Objekts, deren Lage und Groesse in drei Dimensionen innerhalb bestimmter Erwartungsbereiche variabel ist, mittels...

Verifying a Performance Estimator for Parallel DBMSs (1998)

E W Dempster, N T Tomov, J Lu, C S Pua, M H Williams, A Burger, ...

. Although database systems are a natural application for parallel machines, their uptake has been slower than anticipated. This problem can be alleviated to some extent by the development of tools...

Computerized Simulation of Meshing of Conventional Helical Involute Gears and Modification of Geometry (1997)

Litvin, F. L., Lu, J., Townsend, D. P., Hawkins, M.

An approach is proposed for computerized simulation of meshing of aligned and misaligned involute helical gears. Algorithms for TCA (Tooth Contact Analysis) computer programs were developed....

Fundamentals of 1 kW Hydrazine Arcjet Thrusters. (1997)

Krier, Herman, Burton, Rodney L., Tiliakos, N. T., Lu, J.

This final technical report summarizes the research carried out by our group concerned with the fundamentals of hydrazine 1 kW arcjet thrusters. Section 1 presents modeling analysis that predict the...

Computerized Design and Generation of Gear Drives With a Localized Bearing Contact and a Low Level of Transmission Errors. (1997)

Litvin, F., Chen, J., Seol, I., Kim, D., Lu, J.

A general approach developed for the computerized simulation of loaded gear drives is presented. In this paper the methodology used to localize the bearing contact, provide a parabolic function of...

Retrieving aerosol optical properties from moments of the particle size distributrion (1997)

Yue, G.K., Lu, J., Mohnen, V.A., Wang, P.H., Saxena, Y.K., Anderson, J.

The randomized minimization search technique (RMST) is a powerful tool for retrieving aerosol size distribution from a set of aerosol extinction measurements. This technique is now extended to...

Intercomparison of stratospheric ozone profiles obtained by stratospheric aerosol and gas experiment II, halogen occulation experiment, and ozone sondes in 1994-1995 (1997)

Lu, J., Mohnen, V.A., Yue, G.K., Atkinson, R.J., Mathews, W.A.

Stratospheric ozone mixing ratio profiles measured by satellite-borne Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE 11 data version 5.93) and Halogen Occultation Experiment (HALOE data versions 17...

Intercomparison of multiplatform stratospheric aerosol and ozone observations (1997)

Lu, J., Mohnen, V.A., Yue, G.K., Jäger, H.

Stratospheric aerosol extinction profiles from the satellite-borne Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE II. data version 5.93) and Halogen Occultation Experiment (HALOE, data version 17)...

Simple sequences in the pea genome. (1996)

Lu, J.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of East Anglia, 1996.

Primary structure of bovine collectin-43 (CL-43): comparison with conglutinin and lung surfactant protein-D (1994)

Lim, BL, Willis, AC, Reid, KBM, Lu, J, Laursen, SB, Jensenius, JC, ...

Collectin-43 (CL-43) is a bovine serum protein that is composed of subunits of three identical chains, each of which contains a collagen region and a C-type carbohydrate recognition domain; thus,...

Chromosomal Location of Lectin Genes Indicates They Are Not the Basis of Rhizobium Strain Specificity Mutations Identified in Pea (Pisum sativum L.) (1994)

Lu, J., Weeden, N. F., LaRue, T. A.

A lectin gene family is located on linkage group 7 in pea. The lectin genes are arranged as a cluster, with no recombination observed within the multigene family. A lectinlike cDNA clone, pEA207, and...

Influence of cold rolling and fatigue on the residual stress state of a metal matrix composite (1993)

Hanus, E., Ericsson, T., Lu, J., Decomps, F.

The large difference in the coefficient of thermal expansion between the matrix alloy and the particle in a metal matrix composite gives rise to residual stresses in the material. In the present work...

Ein dreidimensionales Bildverarbeitungssystem für die Automatisierung visueller Prüfvorgänge (1993)

Lu, J.

Wirtschaftliche Produktion mit hohem Qualitätsstandard ist das Kennzeichen der modernen Industrie. Die Automatisierung in möglichst allen Produktionsbereichen ist das Ziel der heutigen Forschung...

Influence of cold rolling and fatigue on the residual stress state of a metal matrix composite (1993)

Hanus, E., Ericsson, T., Lu, J., Decomps, F.

The large difference in the coefficient of thermal expansion between the matrix alloy and the particle in a metal matrix composite gives rise to residual stresses in the material. In the present work...

Influence of cold rolling and fatigue on the residual stress state of a metal matrix composite (1993)

Hanus, E., Ericsson, T., Lu, J., Decomps, F.

The large difference in the coefficient of thermal expansion between the matrix alloy and the particle in a metal matrix composite gives rise to residual stresses in the material. In the present work...

DEVELOPMENT OF THE ULTRASONIC HIGH TEMPERATURE BOLT STRESS MONITOR (1992)

Lu, J.

A high temperature bolt stress monitor, based on the testing of the Transit Time of Longitudinal wave and Shear Wave (TTLSW for short) and on the calculation of the stress through the established...

DEVELOPMENT OF THE ULTRASONIC HIGH TEMPERATURE BOLT STRESS MONITOR (1992)

Lu, J.

A high temperature bolt stress monitor, based on the testing of the Transit Time of Longitudinal wave and Shear Wave (TTLSW for short) and on the calculation of the stress through the established...

DEVELOPMENT OF THE ULTRASONIC HIGH TEMPERATURE BOLT STRESS MONITOR (1992)

Lu, J.

A high temperature bolt stress monitor, based on the testing of the Transit Time of Longitudinal wave and Shear Wave (TTLSW for short) and on the calculation of the stress through the established...

Selbstanpassendes Stereo-Bildverarbeitungssystem für industrielle Meß- und Prüfaufgaben (1991)

Lu, J.

Ein Systemkonzept wird vorgestellt, das die Technik der Stereobildverarbeitung in einen Industrieroboter integriert und flexibel an unterschiedliche Meß- und Prüfaufgaben anpaßbar ist. Ein...

Stereoscopic vision - an application oriented overview (1990)

Lu, J.

Machine vision and it's application in the manufacturing industry and other field has become one of the most exciting activities in computer vision. Many vision systems have been developed for the...

New stereoscopic vision system for the automated visual inspection (1990)

Lu, J.

An adaptive stereoscopic vision system has been examined for the task of industrial inspection. With fixed optical setups and working under large defocusing the camera system is simple and robust in...

New stereoscopic approach for the electro-optical coordinate measurement (1990)

Lu, J.

A stereoscopic theodolite measuring system is used to determine the three dimensional positioning accuracy of an industrial robot. The control of the theodolite movement and the robot movement, the...

Stigma Morphology and Pollination in Arachis L. (Leguminosae) (1990)

LU, J., MAYER, A., PICKERSGILL, B.

Two principal types of stigma were found in species of Arachis belonging to section Arachis and section Rhizomatosae. The different types did not correlate with sectional classification, genome...

Stereo-vision for industrial applications (1989)

Lu, J., Rauh, W., Schmidberger, E., Schreiber, L.

In der Fertigungstechnik gibt es eine Fülle von 3D-Meßproblemen, die nur mit optischen Methoden zu lösen sind. Besonders für Aufgabenstellungen, bei denen die Lage von Objekten oder deren Gestalt...

STUDIES ON QUASILATTICES : MISTAKES AND LONG RANGE CORRELATION IN ONE DIMENSION (1986)

Lu, J., Birman, J.

Mistakes in one dimensional quasilattices are studied. The effect of mistakes on the diffraction intensity is calculated exactly : we show that the diffraction pattern is changed qualitatively....

STUDIES ON QUASILATTICES : MISTAKES AND LONG RANGE CORRELATION IN ONE DIMENSION (1986)

Lu, J., Birman, J.

Mistakes in one dimensional quasilattices are studied. The effect of mistakes on the diffraction intensity is calculated exactly : we show that the diffraction pattern is changed qualitatively....

STUDIES ON QUASILATTICES : MISTAKES AND LONG RANGE CORRELATION IN ONE DIMENSION (1986)

Lu, J., Birman, J.

Mistakes in one dimensional quasilattices are studied. The effect of mistakes on the diffraction intensity is calculated exactly : we show that the diffraction pattern is changed qualitatively....

Flavor decomposition of the sea-quark helicity distributions in the nucleon from semiinclusive deep inelastic scattering

Airapetian, A., Akopov, N., Akopov, Z., Amarian, M., Ammosov, V.V., Andrus, A., ...

Double-spin asymmetries of semiinclusive cross sections for the production of identified pions and kaons have been measured in deep inelastic scattering of polarized positrons on a polarized...

Quark fragmentation to pi(+/-), pi(0), K-+/-, p and (p)over-bar in the nuclear environment

Airapetian, A., Akopov, N., Akopov, Z., Amarian, M., Ammosov, V.V., Andrus, A., ...

The influence of the nuclear medium on lepto-production of hadrons was studied in the HERMES experiment at DESY in semi- inclusive deep-inelastic scattering of 27.6 GeV positrons off deuterium,...

Hard exclusive electroproduction of π+π-pairs

Airapetian, A., Akopov, N., Akopov, Z., Amarian, M., Ammosov, V.V., Andrus, A., ...

Hard exclusive electroproduction of pi(+) pi(-) pairs off hydrogen and deuterium targets has been studied by the HERMES experiment at DESY Legendre moments (P-1) and (P-3) of the angular...

Evidence for a narrow |S|=1 baryon state at a mass of 1528 MeV in quasi-real photoproduction

Airapetian, A., Akopov, N., Akopov, Z., Amarian, M., Ammosov, V.V., Andrus, A., ...

Evidence for a narrow baryon state is found in quasi-real photoproduction on a deuterium target through the decay channel pK(S)(0) → ppi(+)pi(-). A peak is observed in the pK(S)(0) invariant mass...

Identification of a second transmembrane protein tyrosine phosphatase, IA-2beta, as an autoantigen in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: precursor of the 37-kDa tryptic fragment.

Lu, J, Li, Q, Xie, H, Chen, Z J, Borovitskaya, A E, Maclaren, N K, ...

A novel cDNA, IA-2beta, was isolated from a mouse neonatal brain library. The predicted protein sequence revealed an extracellular domain, a transmembrane region, and an intracellular domain. The...

Recombinant rat CBF-C, the third subunit of CBF/NFY, allows formation of a protein-DNA complex with CBF-A and CBF-B and with yeast HAP2 and HAP3.

Sinha, S, Maity, S N, Lu, J, De Crombrugghe, B

The CCAAT binding factor CBF is a heteromeric transcription factor, which binds to functional CCAAT motifs in many eukaryotic promoters. cDNAs for the A and B subunits of CBF (CBF-A and CBF-B) and...

PEBP2/PEA2 represents a family of transcription factors homologous to the products of the Drosophila runt gene and the human AML1 gene.

Ogawa, E, Maruyama, M, Kagoshima, H, Inuzuka, M, Lu, J, Satake, M, ...

cDNAs representing the alpha subunit of polyomavirus enhancer binding protein 2 (PEBP2; also called PEA2) were isolated. The products of the cDNAs are highly homologous to that of Drosophila...

Extracellular Matrix Assembly in Diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) (II. 2,6-Dichlorobenzonitrile Inhibition of Motility and Stalk Production in the Marine Diatom Achnanthes longipes).

Wang, Y., Lu, J., Mollet, J. C., Gretz, M. R., Hoagland, K. D.

The cellulose synthesis inhibitor 2,6-dichlorobenzonitrile (DCB) and the DCB analogs 2-chloro-6-fluorobenzonitrile, 3-amino-2,6-dichlorobenzonitrile, and...

Subcellular localization of the alpha and beta subunits of the acute myeloid leukemia-linked transcription factor PEBP2/CBF.

Lu, J, Maruyama, M, Satake, M, Bae, S C, Ogawa, E, Kagoshima, H, ...

Each of the two human genes encoding the alpha and beta subunits of a heterodimeric transcription factor, PEBP2, has been found at the breakpoints of two characteristic chromosome translocations...

The MEF2A 3' untranslated region functions as a cis-acting translational repressor.

Black, B L, Lu, J, Olson, E N

Myocyte enhancer factor 2 (MEF2) proteins serve as important muscle transcription factors. In addition, MEF2 proteins have been shown to potentiate the activity of other cell-type-specific...

A novel transcript encoding an N-terminally truncated AML1/PEBP2 alphaB protein interferes with transactivation and blocks granulocytic differentiation of 32Dcl3 myeloid cells.

Zhang, Y W, Bae, S C, Huang, G, Fu, Y X, Lu, J, Ahn, M Y, ...

The gene AML1/PEBP2 alphaB encodes the alpha subunit of transcription factor PEBP2/CBF and is essential for the establishment of fetal liver hematopoiesis. Rearrangements of AML1 are frequently...

Identification of the binding site in intercellular adhesion molecule 1 for its receptor, leukocyte function-associated antigen 1.

Fisher, K L, Lu, J, Riddle, L, Kim, K J, Presta, L G, Bodary, S C

Intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1, CD54) is a member of the Ig superfamily and is a counterreceptor for the beta 2 integrins: lymphocyte function-associated antigen 1 (LFA-1, CD11a/CD18),...

Cloning of a yeast gene coding for arginine-specific carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase.

Lusty, C J, Lu, J

Several recombinant plasmids containing cpaII, the gene that encodes the large subunit of yeast arginine-specific carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase [carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase...

Diverse forms of a receptor for acidic and basic fibroblast growth factors.

Johnson, D E, Lee, P L, Lu, J, Williams, L T

We recently reported the isolation of a chicken cDNA clone encoding a basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF) receptor that has three immunoglobulinlike domains in the extracellular region. We have now...

The human fibroblast growth factor receptor genes: a common structural arrangement underlies the mechanisms for generating receptor forms that differ in their third immunoglobulin domain.

Johnson, D E, Lu, J, Chen, H, Werner, S, Williams, L T

To determine the mechanisms by which multiple forms of fibroblast growth factor (FGF) receptors are generated, we have mapped the arrangement of exons and introns in the human FGF receptor 1 (FGFR 1)...

Comparison between liver and serum concentrations of mannan binding protein.

Ryley, N G, Heryet, A R, Lu, J, Reid, K B, Fleming, K A

AIMS: To investigate staining patterns for mannan binding protein (MBP) by immunocytochemistry in liver biopsy specimens from patients with various hepatic disorders; to measure the serum MBP...

LIGHT, a novel ligand for lymphotoxin beta receptor and TR2/HVEM induces apoptosis and suppresses in vivo tumor formation via gene transfer.

Zhai, Y, Guo, R, Hsu, T L, Yu, G L, Ni, J, Kwon, B S, ...

LIGHT is a new member of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) cytokine family derived from an activated T cell cDNA library. LIGHT mRNA is highly expressed in splenocytes, activated PBL, CD8(+) tumor...

Purification, characterization and cDNA cloning of human lung surfactant protein D.

Lu, J, Willis, A C, Reid, K B

Human pulmonary surfactant protein D (SP-D) was identified in lung lavage by its similarity to rat SP-D in both its molecular mass and its Ca(2+)-dependent-binding affinity for maltose [Persson,...

The cDNA cloning of conglutinin and identification of liver as a primary site of synthesis of conglutinin in members of the Bovidae.

Lu, J, Laursen, S B, Thiel, S, Jensenius, J C, Reid, K B

Bovine conglutinin is a collagen-like, C-type, plasma lectin which belongs to the group of proteins called 'collectins'. Two inosine-containing oligonucleotides were synthesized, based on the...

Surfactant protein D binding to alveolar macrophages.

Miyamura, K, Leigh, L E, Lu, J, Hopkin, J, López Bernal, A, Reid, K B

Surfactant protein D (SP-D) is a lung-specific protein, synthesized and secreted by lung epithelial cells. It belongs to group III of the family of C-type lectins; each member of this group has an...

Molecular motions of a glycopeptide from human serum transferrin studied by 13C nuclear magnetic resonance.

Lu, J, Van Halbeek, H

The molecular motions of a 21-amino-acid glycopeptide (Gp21) containing multiple glycoforms of an N-linked diantennary oligosaccharide were studied by two-dimensional 1H-detected 13C relaxation...

Human ficolin: cDNA cloning, demonstration of peripheral blood leucocytes as the major site of synthesis and assignment of the gene to chromosome 9.

Lu, J, Tay, P N, Kon, O L, Reid, K B

Pig ficolins and a number of other proteins contain sequences that are homologous to the C-terminal halves of fibrinogen beta- and gamma-chains. To clone the cDNA for human ficolin, two degenerate...

Improvements on the purification of mannan-binding lectin and demonstration of its Ca(2+)-independent association with a C1s-like serine protease.

Tan, S M, Chung, M C, Kon, O L, Thiel, S, Lee, S H, Lu, J

Mannan-binding lectin (MBL), previously called 'mannan-binding protein' or MBP, is a plasma C-type lectin which, upon binding to carbohydrate structures on micro-organisms, activates the classical...

cDNA cloning reveals two mouse beta5 integrin transcripts distinct in cytoplasmic domains as a result of alternative splicing.

Zhang, H, Tan, S M, Lu, J

The integrin beta5 subunit has only been found to form a heterodimer with subunit alphav which acts as a vitronectin receptor. Integrin alphavbeta5 has been implicated in cell migration and growth...

Cloning and thermostability of TaqI endonuclease isoschizomers from Thermus species SM32 and Thermus filiformis Tok6A1.

Cao, W, Lu, J, Welch, S G, Williams, R A, Barany, F

Two TaqI endonuclease (hereafter referred to as TaqI) isoschizomer genes, tsp32IR from Thermus species SM32 of Azores and tfiTok6A1I from T. filiformis Tok6A1 of New Zealand, were cloned in...

Interaction of apical and basal membrane ion channels underlies electroreception in ampullary epithelia of skates.

Lu, J, Fishman, H M

The exquisite sensitivity of elasmobranch fishes to electric fields is thought to reside in electroreceptive organs called ampullae of Lorenzini. We measured the stimulus-response behavior of...

Localization and function of the electrical oscillation in electroreceptive ampullary epithelium from skates.

Lu, J, Fishman, H M

A steady, spontaneous current oscillation (1 nA p-p) occurs in voltage-clamped, isolated ampullary organs (canal, ampulla, and nerve) from skates (Raja). Spectral analysis showed that energy in the...

Ion channels and transporters in the electroreceptive ampullary epithelium from skates.

Lu, J, Fishman, H M

Two ampullary epithelial properties necessary for electroreception were used to identify the types of ion channels and transporters found in apical and basal membranes of ampullary receptor cells of...

Effects of Orally Administered Tetracycline on the Intestinal Community Structure of Chickens and on tet Determinant Carriage by Commensal Bacteria and Campylobacter jejuni

Fairchild, A. S., Smith, J. L., Idris, U., Lu, J., Sanchez, S., Purvis, L. B., ...

There is a growing concern that antibiotic usage in animal production has selected for resistant food-borne bacteria. Since tetracyclines are common therapeutic antibiotics used in poultry...

Mechanism of baroreceptor adaptation in dogs: attenuation of adaptation by the K+ channel blocker 4-aminopyridine.

Chapleau, M W, Lu, J, Hajduczok, G, Abboud, F M

1. Increased arterial pressure increases baroreceptor activity but activity declines (i.e. baroreceptors adapt) as the pressure is maintained at the higher level. The purpose of this study was to...

SCH 503034, a Mechanism-Based Inhibitor of Hepatitis C Virus NS3 Protease, Suppresses Polyprotein Maturation and Enhances the Antiviral Activity of Alpha Interferon in Replicon Cells

Malcolm, B. A., Liu, R., Lahser, F., Agrawal, S., Belanger, B., Butkiewicz, N., ...

Cleavage of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) polyprotein by the viral NS3 protease releases functional viral proteins essential for viral replication. Recent studies by Foy and coworkers strongly suggest...

Simulation of Sahel drought in the 20th and 21st centuries

Held, I. M., Delworth, T. L., Lu, J., Findell, K. L., Knutson, T. R.

The Sahel, the transition zone between the Saharan desert and the rainforests of Central Africa and the Guinean Coast, experienced a severe drying trend from the 1950s to the 1980s, from which there...

Immunophenotypic features of epiplexus cells and their response to interferon gamma injected intraperitoneally in postnatal rats.

Lu, J, Kaur, C, Ling, E A

The expression of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) antigens (class I and II), type 3 complement receptor (CR3) and leucocyte common antigen (LCA) was examined in epiplexus cells in rats of...

Expression and upregulation of transferrin receptors and iron uptake in the epiplexus cells of different aged rats injected with lipopolysaccharide and interferon-gamma.

Lu, J, Kaur, C, Ling, E A

The expression of transferrin receptors marked by the monoclonal antibody OX-26 and localisation of iron was studied in epiplexus cells in the lateral ventricles of different aged rats subjected to...

An immunohistochemical study of the intraventricular macrophages in induced hydrocephalus in prenatal rats following a maternal injection of 6-aminonicotinamide.

Lu, J, Kaur, C, Ling, E A

Hydrocephalus was induced experimentally in prenatal rats following an injection of 6-aminonicotinamide (6-AN) into pregnant rats. The most remarkable change of the dilated lateral ventricles was in...

Uptake of tracer by the epiplexus cells via the choroid plexus epithelium following an intravenous or intraperitoneal injection of horseradish peroxidase in rats.

Lu, J, Kaur, C, Ling, E A

Rapid passage of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) from the blood circulation to the cerebrospinal fluid was demonstrated in postnatal rats. At 30 min-1 h after an intravenous (i.v.) injection of HRP, the...

Intraventricular macrophages in the lateral ventricles with special reference to epiplexus cells: a quantitative analysis and their uptake of fluorescent tracer injected intraperitoneally in rats of different ages.

Lu, J, Kaur, C, Ling, E A

The labelling of epiplexus cells associated with the choroid plexus in the lateral ventricles was examined in rats of different ages with the fluorescent dye, rhodamine isothiocyanate (RhIc). A...

Serum cholesterol concentration and coronary heart disease in population with low cholesterol concentrations.

Chen, Z, Peto, R, Collins, R, MacMahon, S, Lu, J, Li, W

OBJECTIVE--To examine the relation between serum cholesterol concentration and mortality (from coronary heart disease and from other causes) below the range of cholesterol values generally seen in...

Identification of a second transmembrane protein tyrosine phosphatase, IA-2beta, as an autoantigen in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: precursor of the 37-kDa tryptic fragment.

Lu, J, Li, Q, Xie, H, Chen, Z J, Borovitskaya, A E, Maclaren, N K, ...

A novel cDNA, IA-2beta, was isolated from a mouse neonatal brain library. The predicted protein sequence revealed an extracellular domain, a transmembrane region, and an intracellular domain. The...

Recombinant rat CBF-C, the third subunit of CBF/NFY, allows formation of a protein-DNA complex with CBF-A and CBF-B and with yeast HAP2 and HAP3.

Sinha, S, Maity, S N, Lu, J, De Crombrugghe, B

The CCAAT binding factor CBF is a heteromeric transcription factor, which binds to functional CCAAT motifs in many eukaryotic promoters. cDNAs for the A and B subunits of CBF (CBF-A and CBF-B) and...

PEBP2/PEA2 represents a family of transcription factors homologous to the products of the Drosophila runt gene and the human AML1 gene.

Ogawa, E, Maruyama, M, Kagoshima, H, Inuzuka, M, Lu, J, Satake, M, ...

cDNAs representing the alpha subunit of polyomavirus enhancer binding protein 2 (PEBP2; also called PEA2) were isolated. The products of the cDNAs are highly homologous to that of Drosophila...

Extracellular Matrix Assembly in Diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) (II. 2,6-Dichlorobenzonitrile Inhibition of Motility and Stalk Production in the Marine Diatom Achnanthes longipes).

Wang, Y., Lu, J., Mollet, J. C., Gretz, M. R., Hoagland, K. D.

The cellulose synthesis inhibitor 2,6-dichlorobenzonitrile (DCB) and the DCB analogs 2-chloro-6-fluorobenzonitrile, 3-amino-2,6-dichlorobenzonitrile, and...

Subcellular localization of the alpha and beta subunits of the acute myeloid leukemia-linked transcription factor PEBP2/CBF.

Lu, J, Maruyama, M, Satake, M, Bae, S C, Ogawa, E, Kagoshima, H, ...

Each of the two human genes encoding the alpha and beta subunits of a heterodimeric transcription factor, PEBP2, has been found at the breakpoints of two characteristic chromosome translocations...

The MEF2A 3' untranslated region functions as a cis-acting translational repressor.

Black, B L, Lu, J, Olson, E N

Myocyte enhancer factor 2 (MEF2) proteins serve as important muscle transcription factors. In addition, MEF2 proteins have been shown to potentiate the activity of other cell-type-specific...

A novel transcript encoding an N-terminally truncated AML1/PEBP2 alphaB protein interferes with transactivation and blocks granulocytic differentiation of 32Dcl3 myeloid cells.

Zhang, Y W, Bae, S C, Huang, G, Fu, Y X, Lu, J, Ahn, M Y, ...

The gene AML1/PEBP2 alphaB encodes the alpha subunit of transcription factor PEBP2/CBF and is essential for the establishment of fetal liver hematopoiesis. Rearrangements of AML1 are frequently...

Identification of the binding site in intercellular adhesion molecule 1 for its receptor, leukocyte function-associated antigen 1.

Fisher, K L, Lu, J, Riddle, L, Kim, K J, Presta, L G, Bodary, S C

Intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1, CD54) is a member of the Ig superfamily and is a counterreceptor for the beta 2 integrins: lymphocyte function-associated antigen 1 (LFA-1, CD11a/CD18),...

Cloning of a yeast gene coding for arginine-specific carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase.

Lusty, C J, Lu, J

Several recombinant plasmids containing cpaII, the gene that encodes the large subunit of yeast arginine-specific carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase [carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase...

Diverse forms of a receptor for acidic and basic fibroblast growth factors.

Johnson, D E, Lee, P L, Lu, J, Williams, L T

We recently reported the isolation of a chicken cDNA clone encoding a basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF) receptor that has three immunoglobulinlike domains in the extracellular region. We have now...

The human fibroblast growth factor receptor genes: a common structural arrangement underlies the mechanisms for generating receptor forms that differ in their third immunoglobulin domain.

Johnson, D E, Lu, J, Chen, H, Werner, S, Williams, L T

To determine the mechanisms by which multiple forms of fibroblast growth factor (FGF) receptors are generated, we have mapped the arrangement of exons and introns in the human FGF receptor 1 (FGFR 1)...

Comparison between liver and serum concentrations of mannan binding protein.

Ryley, N G, Heryet, A R, Lu, J, Reid, K B, Fleming, K A

AIMS: To investigate staining patterns for mannan binding protein (MBP) by immunocytochemistry in liver biopsy specimens from patients with various hepatic disorders; to measure the serum MBP...

LIGHT, a novel ligand for lymphotoxin beta receptor and TR2/HVEM induces apoptosis and suppresses in vivo tumor formation via gene transfer.

Zhai, Y, Guo, R, Hsu, T L, Yu, G L, Ni, J, Kwon, B S, ...

LIGHT is a new member of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) cytokine family derived from an activated T cell cDNA library. LIGHT mRNA is highly expressed in splenocytes, activated PBL, CD8(+) tumor...

Purification, characterization and cDNA cloning of human lung surfactant protein D.

Lu, J, Willis, A C, Reid, K B

Human pulmonary surfactant protein D (SP-D) was identified in lung lavage by its similarity to rat SP-D in both its molecular mass and its Ca(2+)-dependent-binding affinity for maltose [Persson,...

The cDNA cloning of conglutinin and identification of liver as a primary site of synthesis of conglutinin in members of the Bovidae.

Lu, J, Laursen, S B, Thiel, S, Jensenius, J C, Reid, K B

Bovine conglutinin is a collagen-like, C-type, plasma lectin which belongs to the group of proteins called 'collectins'. Two inosine-containing oligonucleotides were synthesized, based on the...

Surfactant protein D binding to alveolar macrophages.

Miyamura, K, Leigh, L E, Lu, J, Hopkin, J, López Bernal, A, Reid, K B

Surfactant protein D (SP-D) is a lung-specific protein, synthesized and secreted by lung epithelial cells. It belongs to group III of the family of C-type lectins; each member of this group has an...

Immunophenotypic features of epiplexus cells and their response to interferon gamma injected intraperitoneally in postnatal rats.

Lu, J, Kaur, C, Ling, E A

The expression of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) antigens (class I and II), type 3 complement receptor (CR3) and leucocyte common antigen (LCA) was examined in epiplexus cells in rats of...

Expression and upregulation of transferrin receptors and iron uptake in the epiplexus cells of different aged rats injected with lipopolysaccharide and interferon-gamma.

Lu, J, Kaur, C, Ling, E A

The expression of transferrin receptors marked by the monoclonal antibody OX-26 and localisation of iron was studied in epiplexus cells in the lateral ventricles of different aged rats subjected to...

An immunohistochemical study of the intraventricular macrophages in induced hydrocephalus in prenatal rats following a maternal injection of 6-aminonicotinamide.

Lu, J, Kaur, C, Ling, E A

Hydrocephalus was induced experimentally in prenatal rats following an injection of 6-aminonicotinamide (6-AN) into pregnant rats. The most remarkable change of the dilated lateral ventricles was in...

Mechanism of baroreceptor adaptation in dogs: attenuation of adaptation by the K+ channel blocker 4-aminopyridine.

Chapleau, M W, Lu, J, Hajduczok, G, Abboud, F M

1. Increased arterial pressure increases baroreceptor activity but activity declines (i.e. baroreceptors adapt) as the pressure is maintained at the higher level. The purpose of this study was to...

Molecular motions of a glycopeptide from human serum transferrin studied by 13C nuclear magnetic resonance.

Lu, J, Van Halbeek, H

The molecular motions of a 21-amino-acid glycopeptide (Gp21) containing multiple glycoforms of an N-linked diantennary oligosaccharide were studied by two-dimensional 1H-detected 13C relaxation...

Human ficolin: cDNA cloning, demonstration of peripheral blood leucocytes as the major site of synthesis and assignment of the gene to chromosome 9.

Lu, J, Tay, P N, Kon, O L, Reid, K B

Pig ficolins and a number of other proteins contain sequences that are homologous to the C-terminal halves of fibrinogen beta- and gamma-chains. To clone the cDNA for human ficolin, two degenerate...

Improvements on the purification of mannan-binding lectin and demonstration of its Ca(2+)-independent association with a C1s-like serine protease.

Tan, S M, Chung, M C, Kon, O L, Thiel, S, Lee, S H, Lu, J

Mannan-binding lectin (MBL), previously called 'mannan-binding protein' or MBP, is a plasma C-type lectin which, upon binding to carbohydrate structures on micro-organisms, activates the classical...

cDNA cloning reveals two mouse beta5 integrin transcripts distinct in cytoplasmic domains as a result of alternative splicing.

Zhang, H, Tan, S M, Lu, J

The integrin beta5 subunit has only been found to form a heterodimer with subunit alphav which acts as a vitronectin receptor. Integrin alphavbeta5 has been implicated in cell migration and growth...

Cloning and thermostability of TaqI endonuclease isoschizomers from Thermus species SM32 and Thermus filiformis Tok6A1.

Cao, W, Lu, J, Welch, S G, Williams, R A, Barany, F

Two TaqI endonuclease (hereafter referred to as TaqI) isoschizomer genes, tsp32IR from Thermus species SM32 of Azores and tfiTok6A1I from T. filiformis Tok6A1 of New Zealand, were cloned in...

Interaction of apical and basal membrane ion channels underlies electroreception in ampullary epithelia of skates.

Lu, J, Fishman, H M

The exquisite sensitivity of elasmobranch fishes to electric fields is thought to reside in electroreceptive organs called ampullae of Lorenzini. We measured the stimulus-response behavior of...

Localization and function of the electrical oscillation in electroreceptive ampullary epithelium from skates.

Lu, J, Fishman, H M

A steady, spontaneous current oscillation (1 nA p-p) occurs in voltage-clamped, isolated ampullary organs (canal, ampulla, and nerve) from skates (Raja). Spectral analysis showed that energy in the...

Ion channels and transporters in the electroreceptive ampullary epithelium from skates.

Lu, J, Fishman, H M

Two ampullary epithelial properties necessary for electroreception were used to identify the types of ion channels and transporters found in apical and basal membranes of ampullary receptor cells of...

Uptake of tracer by the epiplexus cells via the choroid plexus epithelium following an intravenous or intraperitoneal injection of horseradish peroxidase in rats.

Lu, J, Kaur, C, Ling, E A

Rapid passage of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) from the blood circulation to the cerebrospinal fluid was demonstrated in postnatal rats. At 30 min-1 h after an intravenous (i.v.) injection of HRP, the...

Intraventricular macrophages in the lateral ventricles with special reference to epiplexus cells: a quantitative analysis and their uptake of fluorescent tracer injected intraperitoneally in rats of different ages.

Lu, J, Kaur, C, Ling, E A

The labelling of epiplexus cells associated with the choroid plexus in the lateral ventricles was examined in rats of different ages with the fluorescent dye, rhodamine isothiocyanate (RhIc). A...

Effects of Orally Administered Tetracycline on the Intestinal Community Structure of Chickens and on tet Determinant Carriage by Commensal Bacteria and Campylobacter jejuni

Fairchild, A. S., Smith, J. L., Idris, U., Lu, J., Sanchez, S., Purvis, L. B., ...

There is a growing concern that antibiotic usage in animal production has selected for resistant food-borne bacteria. Since tetracyclines are common therapeutic antibiotics used in poultry...

Simulation of Sahel drought in the 20th and 21st centuries

Held, I. M., Delworth, T. L., Lu, J., Findell, K. L., Knutson, T. R.

The Sahel, the transition zone between the Saharan desert and the rainforests of Central Africa and the Guinean Coast, experienced a severe drying trend from the 1950s to the 1980s, from which there...

SCH 503034, a Mechanism-Based Inhibitor of Hepatitis C Virus NS3 Protease, Suppresses Polyprotein Maturation and Enhances the Antiviral Activity of Alpha Interferon in Replicon Cells

Malcolm, B. A., Liu, R., Lahser, F., Agrawal, S., Belanger, B., Butkiewicz, N., ...

Cleavage of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) polyprotein by the viral NS3 protease releases functional viral proteins essential for viral replication. Recent studies by Foy and coworkers strongly suggest...

Serum cholesterol concentration and coronary heart disease in population with low cholesterol concentrations.

Chen, Z, Peto, R, Collins, R, MacMahon, S, Lu, J, Li, W

OBJECTIVE--To examine the relation between serum cholesterol concentration and mortality (from coronary heart disease and from other causes) below the range of cholesterol values generally seen in...

Structural similarity between bovine conglutinin and bovine lung surfactant protein D and demonstration of liver as a site of synthesis of conglutinin.

Lim, B L, Lu, J, Reid, K B

Conglutinin is a Ca(2+)-dependent, carbohydrate-binding, serum protein which contains an N-terminal collagen-like region and a C-terminal, C-type lectin domain. To date, conglutinin, which appears to...

Biosynthesis of human ficolin, an Escherichia coli-binding protein, by monocytes: comparison with the synthesis of two macrophage-specific proteins, C1q and the mannose receptor.

Lu, J, Le, Y, Kon, O L, Chan, J, Lee, S H

Ficolin is characterized by the presence of both collagen-like and fibrinogen-like sequences, and potentially has a similar overall structure as the complement protein C1q and the collectins....

PATRIC: The VBI PathoSystems Resource Integration Center

Snyder, E. E., Kampanya, N., Lu, J., Nordberg, E. K., Karur, H. R., Shukla, M., ...

The PathoSystems Resource Integration Center (PATRIC) is one of eight Bioinformatics Resource Centers (BRCs) funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infection Diseases (NIAID) to create a...

Flavor decomposition of the sea-quark helicity distributions in the nucleon from semiinclusive deep inelastic scattering

Airapetian, A., Akopov, N., Akopov, Z., Amarian, M., Ammosov, V.V., Andrus, A., ...

Double-spin asymmetries of semiinclusive cross sections for the production of identified pions and kaons have been measured in deep inelastic scattering of polarized positrons on a polarized...

Quark fragmentation to pi(+/-), pi(0), K-+/-, p and (p)over-bar in the nuclear environment

Airapetian, A., Akopov, N., Akopov, Z., Amarian, M., Ammosov, V.V., Andrus, A., ...

The influence of the nuclear medium on lepto-production of hadrons was studied in the HERMES experiment at DESY in semi- inclusive deep-inelastic scattering of 27.6 GeV positrons off deuterium,...

Hard exclusive electroproduction of π+π-pairs

Airapetian, A., Akopov, N., Akopov, Z., Amarian, M., Ammosov, V.V., Andrus, A., ...

Hard exclusive electroproduction of pi(+) pi(-) pairs off hydrogen and deuterium targets has been studied by the HERMES experiment at DESY Legendre moments (P-1) and (P-3) of the angular...

Evidence for a narrow |S|=1 baryon state at a mass of 1528 MeV in quasi-real photoproduction

Airapetian, A., Akopov, N., Akopov, Z., Amarian, M., Ammosov, V.V., Andrus, A., ...

Evidence for a narrow baryon state is found in quasi-real photoproduction on a deuterium target through the decay channel pK(S)(0) → ppi(+)pi(-). A peak is observed in the pK(S)(0) invariant mass...

Unique male mammary tumors developing in the inbred soft-furred field rats Millardia meltada.

Lu, J., Aoyama, A., Hoshino, M., Tsuchiya, K., Taguchi, O., Matsuyama, M., ...

Inbred lines of the soft-furred rat, Millardia meltada, were studied with special reference to spontaneous male mammary tumors. Adult males had the hyperplastic, pigmented inguinal mammary tissues...

A calreticulin-like protein co-purifies with a '60 kD' component of Ro/SSA, but is not recognized by antibodies in Sjögren's syndrome sera.

Lu, J, Willis, A C, Sim, R B

In this study, we used human tonsils for the isolation of the 60 kD component of the Ro/SSA autoantigen, following the method described by Wu et al. (J Immunol Methods 1989; 121:219-24). Western blot...

Collectins, collectin receptors and the lectin pathway of complement activation.

Malhotra, R, Lu, J, Holmskov, U, Sim, R B

The collectins are a group of soluble multimeric lectins, which contain collagenous segments, and resemble the complement protein C1q in aspects of their structures and functions. This group of...

Contribution of the tyrosines to the structure and function of the human U1A N-terminal RNA binding domain.

Kranz, J. K., Lu, J., Hall, K. B.

RNA binding domains (RBDs) are members of a large family of proteins that share minimal sequence conservation but adopt an alpha beta sandwich global fold. Defining the contributions of specific...

Intrathoracic extramedullary haematopoiesis complicated by massive haemothorax in alpha-thalassaemia

Chu, K., Lai, R., Lee, C., Lu, J., Chang, H., Chiang, H.

Intrathoracic extramedullary haematopoiesis (EMH) is a rare entity that is usually asymptomatic. A 44 year old man with alpha-thalassaemia is described who developed dyspnoea and massive left sided...

M-ficolin is expressed on monocytes and is a lectin binding to N-acetyl-d-glucosamine and mediates monocyte adhesion and phagocytosis of Escherichia coli

Teh, C, Le, Y, Lee, S H, Lu, J

Ficolins are a group of multimeric proteins that contain collagen-like and fibrinogen-like (FBG) sequences. Three types of ficolins have been characterized: H-, L- and M-ficolins. Both H- and...

RSR13, an allosteric effector of haemoglobin, and carbogen radiosensitize FSAII and SCCVII tumours in C3H mice

Khandelwal, S R, Kavanagh, B D, Lin, P-S, Truong, Q T, Lu, J, Abraham*, D J, ...

Pre-clinical evaluation has demonstrated that 2-[4-(((3,5-dimethylanilino)carbonyl)methyl)phenoxy]-2-methylpropionic acid (RSR13) acts as an allosteric effector of haemoglobin (Hb). RSR13 binding to...