Jian Zhou

On the Measurement of Common-Mode Rejection Ratio (2009)

Jian Zhou, Jin Liu

Abstract—In this brief, several commonly used measurement configurations for common-mode rejection ratio (CMRR) are analyzed and compared with the definition; their advantages and limitations are...

Local Mirror Symmetry for the Topological Vertex (2009)

Zhou, Jian

For three-partition triple Hodge integrals related to the topological vertex, we derive Eynard-Orantin type recursion relations from the cut-and-join equation. This establishes a version of local...

Novel electronic and magnetic properties of BN sheet decorated with hydrogen and fluorine (2009)

Zhou, Jian, Wang, Qian, Sun, Qiang, Jena, Puru

First principles calculations based on density functional theory reveal some unusual properties of BN sheet functionalized with hydrogen and fluorine. These properties differ from those of similarly...

Local Mirror Symmetry for One-Legged Topological Vertex (2009)

Zhou, Jian

We prove the Bouchard-Mari\~no Conjecture for the framed one-legged topological vertex by deriving the Eynard-Orantin type recursion relations from the cut-and-join equation satisfied by the relevant...

Transverse momentum dependent quark distributions and polarized Drell-Yan processes (2009)

Zhou, Jian, Yuan, Feng, Liang, Zuo-Tang

We study the spin-dependent quark distributions at large transverse momentum. We derive their transverse momentum behaviors in the collinear factorization approach in this region. We further...

Enhanced spin-orbit coupling in hydrogenated and fluorinated graphenes studied from first principles (2009)

Zhou, Jian, Liang, Qifeng, Dong, Jinming

The spin-orbit couplings (SOCs) of hydrogenated and fluorinated graphenes are calculated from the first principles method. It is found that the SOC-induced band splittings near their Fermi energies...

Crepant Resolutions, Quivers and GW/NCDT Duality (2009)

Zhou, Jian

We propose a conjecture that relates some local Gromov-Witten invariants of some crepant resolutions of Calabi-Yau 3-folds with isolated singularities with some Donaldson-Thomas type invariants of...

Collins Fragmentation and the Single Transverse Spin Asymmetry (2009)

Yuan, Feng, Zhou, Jian

We study the Collins mechanism for the single transverse spin asymmetry in the collinear factorization approach. The correspondent twist-three fragmentation function is identified. We show that the...

Drell-Yan Lepton Pair Azimuthal Asymmetry in Hadronic Processes (2009)

Zhou, Jian

We study the azimuthal asymmetry in the Drell-Yan lepton pair production in hadronic scattering processes at moderate transverse momentum region, taking into account the contributions from the...

Clustered K-Center: Effective Replica Placement in Peer-to-Peer Systems (2009)

Jian Zhou, Xin Zhang, Laxmi Bhuyan, Bin Liu

Abstract — Peer-to-Peer (P2P) systems provide decentralization, self-organization, scalability and failure-resilience, but suffer from high worst-case latencies. Researchers have proposed various...

Drell-Yan Lepton Pair Azimuthal Asymmetry in Hadronic Processes (2009)

Zhou, Jian, Yuan, Feng, Liang, Zuo-tang

We study the azimuthal asymmetry in the Drell-Yan lepton pair production in hadronic scattering processes at moderate transverse momentum region, taking into account the contributions from the...

QCD Evolution of the Transverse Momentum Dependent Correlations (2009)

Zhou, Jian

We study the QCD evolution for the twist-three quark-gluon correlation functions associated with the transverse momentum odd quark distributions. Different from that for the leading twist quark...

Iterative PET Image Reconstruction Using Translation Invariant Wavelet Transform (2009)

Zhou, Jian, Senhadji, Lotfi, Coatrieux, Jean-Louis, Luo, Limin

The present work describes a Bayesian maximum a posteriori (MAP) method using a statistical multiscale wavelet prior model. Rather than using the orthogonal discrete wavelet transform (DWT), this...

Iterative PET Image Reconstruction Using Translation Invariant Wavelet Transform (2009)

Zhou, Jian, Senhadji, Lotfi, Coatrieux, Jean-Louis, Luo, Limin

The present work describes a Bayesian maximum a posteriori (MAP) method using a statistical multiscale wavelet prior model. Rather than using the orthogonal discrete wavelet transform (DWT), this...

Iterative PET Image Reconstruction Using Translation Invariant Wavelet Transform (2009)

Zhou, Jian, Senhadji, Lotfi, Coatrieux, Jean-Louis, Luo, Limin

The present work describes a Bayesian maximum a posteriori (MAP) method using a statistical multiscale wavelet prior model. Rather than using the orthogonal discrete wavelet transform (DWT), this...

Motion compensated tomography reconstruction of coronary arteries in rotational angiography. (2009)

Bousse, Alexandre, Zhou, Jian, Yang, Guanyu, Bellanger, Jean-Jacques, Toumoulin, Christine

This paper deals with the 3-D reconstruction of the coronary tree from a rotational X-ray projection sequence. It describes the following three stages: the reconstruction of the 3-D coronary tree at...

Motion compensated tomography reconstruction of coronary arteries in rotational angiography. (2009)

Bousse, Alexandre, Zhou, Jian, Yang, Guanyu, Bellanger, Jean-Jacques, Toumoulin, Christine

This paper deals with the 3-D reconstruction of the coronary tree from a rotational X-ray projection sequence. It describes the following three stages: the reconstruction of the 3-D coronary tree at...

Motion compensated tomography reconstruction of coronary arteries in rotational angiography. (2009)

Bousse, Alexandre, Zhou, Jian, Yang, Guanyu, Bellanger, Jean-Jacques, Toumoulin, Christine

This paper deals with the 3-D reconstruction of the coronary tree from a rotational X-ray projection sequence. It describes the following three stages: the reconstruction of the 3-D coronary tree at...

QCD Evolution of the Transverse Momentum Dependent Correlations (2008)

Zhou, Jian, Yuan, Feng, Liang, Zuo-Tang

We study the QCD evolution for the twist-three quark-gluon correlation functions associated with the transverse momentum odd quark distributions. Different from that for the leading twist quark...

Arithmetic McKay correspondence (2008)

Zhou, Jian

We propose an arithmetic McKay correspondence which relates suitably defined zeta functions of some Deligne-Mumford stacks to the zeta functions of their crepant resolutions. Some examples are...

Online available since 2007/May/15 Studies on Rheological Property and Miscibility of Lignosulfonate/Polystyrene Blends (2008)

Jian Zhou, Xuegang Luo, Xiaoyan Lin

Abstract. Effects of amounts of lignosulfonate and additives and reaction temperature on thermoplastics of lignosulfonate/polystyrene blends were investigated by rheometer through measurement of...

HIRZEBRUCH χy GENERA OF THE HILBERT SCHEMES OF SURFACES BY LOCALIZATION FORMULA (2008)

Kefeng Liu, Catherine Yan, Jian Zhou

Abstract. We use the Atiyah-Bott-Berline-Vergne localization formula to calculate the Hirzebruch χy genus χy(S [n]), where S [n] is the Hilbert schemes of points of length n of a surface S....

Crepant resolution conjecture in all genera for type A singularities (2008)

Zhou, Jian

We prove an all genera version of the Crepant Resolution Conjecture of Ruan and Bryan-Graber for type A surface singularities. We are based on a method that explicitly computes Hurwitz-Hodge...

Hyperon Polarization in Unpolarized Scattering Processes (2008)

Zhou, Jian

Transverse polarization in the Hyperon (\Lambda) production in the unpolarized deep inelastic scattering and pp collisions is studied in the twist-three approach, considering the contribution from...

Hyperon Polarization in Unpolarized Scattering Processes (2008)

Zhou, Jian, Yuan, Feng, Liang, Zuo-Tang

Transverse polarization in the Hyperon production in the unpolarized deep inelastic scattering and pp collisions is studied in the twist-three approach, considering the contribution from the...

Single Spin Asymmetries in Heavy Quark and Antiquark Productions (2008)

Yuan, Feng, Zhou, Jian

The single transverse spin asymmetries in heavy quark and anti-quark production from the quark-antiquark annihilation channel contribution is studied by taking into account the initial and final...

Effects of annealing and doping on nanostructured bismuth telluride thick films (2008)

Li, Shanghua, Soliman, Hesham M. A., Zhou, Jian, Toprak, Muhammet S., Muhammed, Mamoun, Platzek, Dieter, ...

Bismuth telluride is the state-of-the-art thermoelectric (TE) material for cooling applications with a figure of merit of ~1 at 300 K. There is a need for the development of TE materials based on the...

Multiple parton scattering in nuclei: gauge invariance (2008)

Liang, Zuo-tang, Wang, Xin-Nian, Zhou, Jian

Within the framework of a generalized collinear factorization for multiple parton scattering in nuclear medium, twist-4 contributions to DIS off a large nucleus can be factorized as a convolution of...

Integrating Web Services into Ontology-based Web Portal (2008)

Jian Zhou, Yong Yu, Lei Zhang, Chenxi Lin, Yin Yang

Abstract. With the explosive emerged Web services, the Web becomes a world of information and applications. So portals whose goal is presenting a structured view onto the Web should provide users...

Stochastic Inverse Minimum Spanning Tree Problem† (2008)

Jingyu Zhang, Jian Zhou

An inverse minimum spanning tree problem is to make the least modification on the edge weights such that a predetermined spanning tree is a minimum spanning tree with respect to the new edge weights....

Fuzzy Programming Models for Minimax Location Problem (2008)

Jian Zhou

This paper discusses the minimax location problem with fuzzy locations of customers on a plane bounded by a convex polygon under a minmax criterion. Three types of fuzzy programming are presented for...

Experiments on the Control of Salinity and Sodicity in Surface : Irrigated Fields in the Upper Yellow River Valley (II) (2008)

Yoshikoshi, Hisashi, Wang, Weizhen, Cho, Hiroyuki, Araki, Takuya, Yasutake, Daisuke, Zhou, Jian, ...

An experimental field was established in Pingbu village extending along the Yellow River (Baiyin, Gansu, China) to conduct experiments on the control of salinity and sodicity in surface-irrigated...

Spin-orbit interaction in Au structures of various dimensionalities (2008)

Yang, Xiaoping, Zhou, Jian, Weng, Hongming, Dong, Jinming

Variation of the geometrical and electronic properties of the gold materials in different dimensions has been investigated by $ab$ $initio$ method, taking into account the spin-orbit (SO)...

Frobenius Manifolds From Hyper-Kähler Manifolds (2008)

Huai-dong Cao, Jian Zhou

. We construct a dGBV algebra from Dolbeault complex of any closed hyperkahler manifold. A Frobenius manifold structure on an neighborhood of the origin in Dolbeault cohomology then arises via...

Hirzebruch χ_y Genera of the Hilbert Schemes of Surfaces by Localization Formula (2008)

Kefeng Liu, Catherine Yan, Jian Zhou, Where S

We use the Atiyah-Bott-Berline-Vergne localization formula to calculate the Hirzebruch #y genus #y (S ), where S is the Hilbert schemes of points of length n of a surface S. Combinatorial...

The Transverse-momentum-dependent Parton Distribution Function and Jet Transport in Medium (2008)

Liang, Zuo-tang, Wang, Xin-Nian, Zhou, Jian

We show that the gauge-invariant transverse-momentum-dependent (TMD) quark distribution function can be expressed as a sum of all higher-twist collinear parton matrix elements in terms of a transport...

A blob-based tomographic reconstruction of 3D coronary trees from rotational x-ray angiography (2008)

Zhou, Jian, Bousse, Alexandre, Yang, Guanyu, Bellanger, Jean-Jacques, Luo, Limin, Toumoulin, Christine, ...

A method is proposed for a 3D reconstruction of coronary networks from rotational projections that departs from motion-compensated approaches. It deals with multiple views extracted from a...

A blob-based tomographic reconstruction of 3D coronary trees from rotational x-ray angiography (2008)

Zhou, Jian, Bousse, Alexandre, Yang, Guanyu, Bellanger, Jean-Jacques, Luo, Limin, Toumoulin, Christine, ...

A method is proposed for a 3D reconstruction of coronary networks from rotational projections that departs from motion-compensated approaches. It deals with multiple views extracted from a...

Noniterative sequential weighted least squares algorithm for positron emission tomography reconstruction. (2008)

Zhou, Jian, Coatrieux, Jean-Louis, Luo, Limin

This paper proposes a new sequential weighted least squares (SWLS) method for positron emission tomography (PET) reconstruction. The SWLS algorithm is noniterative and can be considered as equivalent...

Noniterative sequential weighted least squares algorithm for positron emission tomography reconstruction. (2008)

Zhou, Jian, Coatrieux, Jean-Louis, Luo, Limin

This paper proposes a new sequential weighted least squares (SWLS) method for positron emission tomography (PET) reconstruction. The SWLS algorithm is noniterative and can be considered as equivalent...

Diaquabis(3,7-dichloroquinoline-8-carboxylato)zinc(II) monohydrate (2008)

Li-Tao An, Jian Zhou, Jian-Feng Zhou, Min Xia

In the title compound, [Zn(C10H4Cl2NO2)2(H2O)2]·H2O, the Zn atom has a distorted square-pyramidal geometry comprising two O atoms and one N atom from two distinct...

Measurement of advancing and receding contact angles between mercury and cement-based materials (2008)

Zhou, Jian, Ye, Guang, Schlangen, E., Van Breugel, K.

The selection of the incorrect value of contact angles is one of the important error sources in calculating the pore size in mercury porosimetry studies. However, from literature, it is difficult to...

Material properties of mortar specimens at early stage of hydration in the presence of polymeric nano-aggregates (2008)

Koleva, D.A., Ye, Guang, Zhou, Jian, Petrov, P., Van Breugel, K.

This work presents results on the influence of polymeric nano-aggregates on mortar microstructure and mechanical properties at very early hydration stage, starting 24h and until 28 days of age. The...

Towards a multi-agent model for planning and design of exposition spaces (2008)

Blecic, Ivan, Cecchini, Arnaldo, Trunfio, Giuseppe Andrea, Zhou, Jian, Zang, Wei, Liu, Bing

In this paper we present a multi-agent model for supporting the planning, design and organisation of exposition spaces. The model and its related software implementation simulates the behaviour of...

Noniterative sequential weighted least squares algorithm for positron emission tomography reconstruction. (2008)

Zhou, Jian, Coatrieux, Jean-Louis, Luo, Limin

This paper proposes a new sequential weighted least squares (SWLS) method for positron emission tomography (PET) reconstruction. The SWLS algorithm is noniterative and can be considered as equivalent...

A blob-based tomographic reconstruction of 3D coronary trees from rotational x-ray angiography (2008)

Zhou, Jian, Bousse, Alexandre, Yang, Guanyu, Bellanger, Jean-Jacques, Luo, Limin, Toumoulin, Christine, ...

A method is proposed for a 3D reconstruction of coronary networks from rotational projections that departs from motion-compensated approaches. It deals with multiple views extracted from a...

Ultra Wideband Electromagnetic Phantoms for Antennas and Propagation Studies (2008)

YAMAMOTO, Hironobu, ZHOU, Jian, KOBAYASHI, Takehiko

Ultra wideband (UWB) technologies are expected to be used in ultra-high-speed wireless personal area networks (WPAN) and wireless body area networks (WBAN). UWB human electromagnetic phantoms are...

Numerical study on predicting the performance of repair materials under differential volume changes (2008)

Zhou, Jian, Ye, Guang, Schlangen, Erik, Van Breugel, Klaas

Differential volume changes between repair material and substrate concrete can induce high stresses in repair systems and result in failure of concrete repairs. An analytical model has been developed...

Equivariant Cohomology Of Loop Space And Frobenius Deformations Of De Rham Cohomology (2007)

Jian Zhou

. We show that the graded Frobenius formal deformations of the de Rham cohomology of a closed simply connected Kahler manifold are governed by the dual of real-valued cohomology of its free loop...

Some Constructions Of Differential Gerstenhaber-Batalin-Vilkovisky Algebras From Lie Algebras (2007)

Huai-dong Cao, Jian Zhou

. We give some constructions of differential Gerstenhaber-BatalinVilkovisky algebras from a class of Lie algebras. In our construction, we make use of the solutions to the classical Yang-Baxter...

Loop Space And Deformations Of De Rham Cohomology (2007)

Jian Zhou

. We show that the deformations of the de Rham cohomology of a closed simply connected Kahler manifold are governed by the dual of realvalued cohomology of its free loop space. A currently very...

Supersymmetries In Calabi-Yau Geometry (2007)

Huai-dong Cao, Jian Zhou

. We consider a class of Lie superalgebra, called spinc supersymmetry algebras, constructed from spinor representation. They are motivated by supersymmetry algebras used by physicists. On a...

Rational Homotopy Types Of Mirror Manifolds (2007)

Jian Zhou, M Then

. We explain how to relate the problem of finding a mirror manifold for a Calabi-Yau manifold to the problem of characterizing the rational homotopy types of closed Kahler manifolds. In this paper,...

On computations of Hurwitz-Hodge integrals (2007)

Zhou, Jian

We describe a method to compute Hurwitz-Hodge integrals.

Raman modes of the deformed single-wall carbon nanotubes (2007)

Wu, Gang, Zhou, Jian, Dong, Jinming

With the empirical bond polarizability model, the nonresonant Raman spectra of the chiral and achiral single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) under uniaxial and torsional strains have been...

Radial-breathing-like phonon modes of double-walled carbon nanotubes (2007)

Wu, Gang, Zhou, Jian, Dong, Jinming

The radial-breathing-like phonon modes (RBLMs) of the double-walled carbon nanotubes are studied in a simple analytical model, in which the interaction force constants (FCs) can be obtained...

Mechanism for the TtDnaA-Tt-oriC cooperative interaction at high temperature and duplex opening at an unusual AT-rich region in Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis (2007)

Pei, Huadong, Liu, Jingfang, Li, Jie, Guo, Aobo, Zhou, Jian, Xiang, Hua

Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis is an anaerobic low-GC thermophilic bacterium. To further elucidate the replication initiation of chromosomal DNA at high temperature, the interaction between the...

A Bayesian MAP-EM Algorithm for PET Image Reconstruction Using Wavelet Transform (2007)

Zhou, Jian, Coatrieux, Jean-Louis, Bousse, Alexandre, Shu, Huazhong, Luo, Limin

In this paper, we present a PET reconstruction method using the wavelet-based maximum a posteriori (MAP) expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm. The proposed method, namely WV-MAP-EM, shows several...

Image analysis by discrete orthogonal dual Hahn moments (2007)

Zhu, Hongqing, Shu, Huazhong, Zhou, Jian, Luo, Limin, Coatrieux, Jean-Louis

In this paper, we introduce a set of discrete orthogonal functions known as dual Hahn polynomials. The Tchebichef and Krawtchouk polynomials are special cases of dual Hahn polynomials. The dual Hahn...

A generalized diffusion based inter-iteration nonlinear bilateral filtering scheme for PET image reconstruction. (2007)

Zhou, Jian, Zhu, Hongqing, Shu, Huazhong, Luo, Limin

In this paper, a new inter-iteration filtering scheme based on diffusion Maximum a Posteriori (MAP) estimation for Positron emission tomography (PET) image reconstruction is proposed. This is...

A generalized diffusion based inter-iteration nonlinear bilateral filtering scheme for PET image reconstruction. (2007)

Zhou, Jian, Zhu, Hongqing, Shu, Huazhong, Luo, Limin

In this paper, a new inter-iteration filtering scheme based on diffusion Maximum a Posteriori (MAP) estimation for Positron emission tomography (PET) image reconstruction is proposed. This is...

Image analysis by discrete orthogonal dual Hahn moments (2007)

Zhu, Hongqing, Shu, Huazhong, Zhou, Jian, Luo, Limin, Coatrieux, Jean-Louis

In this paper, we introduce a set of discrete orthogonal functions known as dual Hahn polynomials. The Tchebichef and Krawtchouk polynomials are special cases of dual Hahn polynomials. The dual Hahn...

A Bayesian MAP-EM Algorithm for PET Image Reconstruction Using Wavelet Transform (2007)

Zhou, Jian, Coatrieux, Jean-Louis, Bousse, Alexandre, Shu, Huazhong, Luo, Limin

In this paper, we present a PET reconstruction method using the wavelet-based maximum a posteriori (MAP) expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm. The proposed method, namely WV-MAP-EM, shows several...

A generalized diffusion based inter-iteration nonlinear bilateral filtering scheme for PET image reconstruction. (2007)

Zhou, Jian, Zhu, Hongqing, Shu, Huazhong, Luo, Limin

In this paper, a new inter-iteration filtering scheme based on diffusion Maximum a Posteriori (MAP) estimation for Positron emission tomography (PET) image reconstruction is proposed. This is...

Image analysis by discrete orthogonal dual Hahn moments (2007)

Zhu, Hongqing, Shu, Huazhong, Zhou, Jian, Luo, Limin, Coatrieux, Jean-Louis

In this paper, we introduce a set of discrete orthogonal functions known as dual Hahn polynomials. The Tchebichef and Krawtchouk polynomials are special cases of dual Hahn polynomials. The dual Hahn...

A Bayesian MAP-EM Algorithm for PET Image Reconstruction Using Wavelet Transform (2007)

Zhou, Jian, Coatrieux, Jean-Louis, Bousse, Alexandre, Shu, Huazhong, Luo, Limin

In this paper, we present a PET reconstruction method using the wavelet-based maximum a posteriori (MAP) expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm. The proposed method, namely WV-MAP-EM, shows several...

Assembly of high-anisotropy L10 FePt nanocomposite films (2006)

Sellmyer, David J., Xu, Yinfan, Yan, M. L., Sui, Yucheng, Zhou, Jian, Skomski, Ralph

In this paper we report results on the synthesis and magnetic properties of L10 FePt nanocomposite films. Three fabrication methods have been developed to produce high-anisotropy FePt films:...

Micromagnetic energy barriers (2006)

Skomski, Ralph, Zhou, Jian, Kirby, Roger D., Sellmyer, David J.

The structure of micromagnetic energy barriers responsible for slow magnetization processes is investigated. Thermally activated slow magnetization processes proceed over energy barriers whose...

Electronic Structure and Linear Optical Properties of Sr$_{2}$CuO$_{2}$Cl$_{2}$ Studied from the First Principles Calculation (2006)

Weng, Hongming, Wan, Xiangang, Zhou, Jian, Dong, Jinming

First-principles calculations with the full-potential linearized augmented plane-wave (FP-LAPW) method have been performed to investigate detailed electronic and linear optical properties of...

Nanomagnetic Models (2006)

Skomski, Ralph, Zhou, Jian

The atomic-scale and mesoscopic physics of magnetic nanostructures is reviewed. Emphasis is on the description of magnetic phenomena and properties by analytical models, as contrasted to numerical...

Topological String Partition Functions as Equivariant Indices (2006)

Li, Jun, Liu, Kefeng, Zhou, Jian

We propose to use the identification of topological string partition functions as equivariant indices on framed moduli spaces of instantons to study the Gopakumar-Vafa conjecture for some local...

Co-expression of estrogen receptor-alpha and targets of estrogen receptor action in proliferating monkey mammary epithelial cells (2006)

Dimitrakakis, Constantine, Zhou, Jian, Wang, Jie, Matyakhina, Ludmila, Mezey, Eva, Xiyu Wood, Jesse, ...

Abstract Introduction Failure to detect co-expression of estrogen receptor-alpha (ERα) and proliferation 'markers' such as Ki67 in human mammary epithelium led to the view that estrogen acts...

A critical evaluation of the effect of population size and phenotypic measurement on QTL detection and localization using a large F2 murine mapping population (2006)

Li,Xinmin, Quigg,Richard J, Zhou,Jian, Xu,Shizhong, Masinde,Godfred, Mohan,Subburaman, ...

Population size and phenotypic measurement are two key factors determining the detection power of quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping. We evaluated how these two controllable factors quantitatively...

Magnetic Aging (2006)

Skomski, Ralph, Zhou, Jian, Kirby, Roger D., Sellmyer, David J.

Thermally activated magnetization reversal is of great importance in areas such as permanent magnetism and magnetic recording. In spite of many decades of scientific research, the phenomenon of slow...

Fast and Slow Magnetization Processes in Magnetic Recording Media (2006)

Zhou, Jian, Skomski, Ralph, Michalski, Steven A., Kirby, Roger D., Sellmyer, David J.

Information loss due to thermal activation is a major concern in ultrahigh-density magnetic recording media. The usually considered mechanism is thermally activated magnetization reversal over...

Image reconstruction for positron emission tomography using fuzzy nonlinear anisotropic diffusion penalty. (2006)

Zhu, Hongqing, Shu, Huazhong, Zhou, Jian, Toumoulin, Christine, Luo, Limin

Iterative algorithms such as maximum likelihood-expectation maximization (ML-EM) become the standard for the reconstruction in emission computed tomography. However, such algorithms are sensitive to...

Image reconstruction for positron emission tomography using fuzzy nonlinear anisotropic diffusion penalty. (2006)

Zhu, Hongqing, Shu, Huazhong, Zhou, Jian, Toumoulin, Christine, Luo, Limin

Iterative algorithms such as maximum likelihood-expectation maximization (ML-EM) become the standard for the reconstruction in emission computed tomography. However, such algorithms are sensitive to...

Image reconstruction for positron emission tomography using fuzzy nonlinear anisotropic diffusion penalty. (2006)

Zhu, Hongqing, Shu, Huazhong, Zhou, Jian, Toumoulin, Christine, Luo, Limin

Iterative algorithms such as maximum likelihood-expectation maximization (ML-EM) become the standard for the reconstruction in emission computed tomography. However, such algorithms are sensitive to...

Geometry and magnetism of L10 nanostructures (2005)

Sorge, Kory D., Skomski, Ralph, Daniil, Maria, Michalski, Steven, Gao, L., Zhou, Jian, ...

The fabrication and magnetism of L10 nanostructures with different shapes (such as nanoparticles and nanotubes) is investigated. These nanostructures are produced by hydrogen processing and focused...

Magnetization reversal in particulate L10 nanostructures (2005)

Zhou, Jian, Skomski, Ralph, Sorge, Kory D., Sellmyer, David J.

Magnetization processes in particulate L10 FePt nanostructures are investigated by model calculations and numerical simulations. The systems considered include anisotropic nanograins embedded in...

Atomic and micromagnetic aspects of L10 magnetism (2005)

Skomski, Ralph, Kashyap, Arti, Zhou, Jian

Atomic and continuum effects in L10 magnets are investigated. Emphasis is on the competition between ferromagnetism, antiferromagnetism, and noncollinear order in both perfect and imperfect...

Cage-like Au32 detected by calculated optical spectroscopy (2005)

Fa, Wei, Zhou, Jian, Luo, Chuanfu, Dong, Jinming

The optical absorptions of different Au32 isomers in the whole frequency range from the far-infrared (FIR) to near-ultraviolet (UV) have been calculated using the relativistic density-functional...

Spin transfer and polarization of antihyperons in lepton induced reactions (2005)

Dong, Hui, Zhou, Jian, Liang, Zuo-tang

We study the polarization of antihyperon in lepton induced reactions such as $e^+e^-\to\bar H+X$ and $l+p\to l'+\bar H+X$ with polarized beams using different models for spin transfer in high energy...

Anisotropic exchange (2005)

Skomski, Ralph, Kashyap, A., Zhou, Jian, Sellmyer, David J.

The origin and physical nature anisotropic exchange interactions is investigated. Emphasis is on nonrelativistic exchange anisotropies, as encountered, for example, in intermetallics with layered...

On a deformed topological vertex (2005)

Zhou, Jian

We introduce a deformed topological vertex and use it to define deformations of the topological string partition functions of some local Calabi-Yau geometries. We also work out some examples for...

Highly coercive thin-film nanostructures (2005)

Zhou, Jian, Skomski, Ralph, Kashyap, Arti, Sorge, Kory D., Sui, Yucheng, Daniil, Maria, ...

The processing, structure, and magnetism of highly coercive Sm-Co and FePt thin-film nanostructures are investigated. The structures include 1:5 based Sm-Co-Cu-Ti magnets, particulate FePt:C thin...

The Mouse Germ-Cell-Specific Leucine-Rich Repeat Protein NALP14: A Member of the NACHT Nucleoside Triphosphatase Family1 (2005)

Michiharu Horikawa, Nikki J. Kirkman, Kelley E. Mayo, Sabine M. Mulders, Jian Zhou, Carolyn A. Bondy, ...

Microscopy of sectioned neonatal mouse ovaries established the predominance of primordial follicles in Day 3 samples and the predominance of primary follicles by Day 8. To identify genetic...

Use of signal thresholds to determine significant changes in microarray data analyses (2005)

Xinmin,Li, Kim,Jaejung, Zhou,Jian, Gu,Weikuan, Quigg,Richard

The use of a constant fold-change to determine significant changes in gene expression has been widely accepted for its intuition and ease of use in microarray data analysis, but this concept has been...

Multiscale Phenomena in Bruggeman Composites (2005)

Skomski, Ralph, Li, Jiangyu, Zhou, Jian, Sellmyer, David J.

Mechanical, magnetic, and transport properties of arbitrary inhomogeneous composites are investigated by a Bruggeman-type mean-field approach. The theory yields materials parameters as functions of...

H1FOO Is Coupled to the Initiation of Oocytic Growth (2005)

Mamoru Tanaka, Maki Kihara, Jon D. Hennebold, John J. Eppig, Maria M. Viveiros, Benjamin R. Emery, ...

We previously reported the discovery of a novel mammalian H1 linker histone termed H1FOO (formerly H1OO), a replacement H1, the expression of which is restricted to the growing/ maturing oocyte and...

An enhanced model for searching in semantic portals (2005)

Lei Zhang, Yong Yu, Yin Yang, Jian Zhou, Chenxi Lin

Semantic Portal is the next generation of web portals that are powered by Semantic Web technologies for improved information sharing and exchange for a community of users. Current methods of...

An Enhanced Model for Searching in Semantic Portals (2005)

Lei Zhang, Yong Yu, Yin Yang, Jian Zhou, ChenXi Lin

Semantic Portal is the next generation of web portals that are powered by Semantic Web technologies for improved information sharing and exchange for a community of users. Current methods of...

Models and hybrid algorithms for inverse minimum spanning tree problem with stochastic edge weights ∗ (2005)

Jingyu Zhang, Jian Zhou

Abstract. An inverse minimum spanning tree problem is to make the least modification on the edge weights such that a predetermined spanning tree is a minimum spanning tree with respect to the new...

Radiation Therapy for Adrenal Gland Metastases from Hepatocellular Carcinoma (2005)

Zeng, Zhao-Chong, Tang, Zhao-You, Fan, Jia, Zhou, Jian, Qin, Lun-Xiu, Ye, Shen-Long, ...

Background: The adrenal gland is a common site of extrahepatic metastases from hepatocellular carcinoma. However, it has been the subject of few studies, and the optimal treatment remains unclear....

Identification of genes expressed in primate primordial oocytes (2005)

Arraztoa, Jose A., Zhou, Jian, Marcu, David, Cheng, Clara, Bonner, Robert, Chen, Mei, ...

BACKGROUND: The factors involved in oocyte survival and transition from quiescence to the growing phenotype remain unknown. Herein we report genes that are differentially expressed in the primordial...

Ultra Low Loss and Long Length Photonic Crystal Fiber (2005)

TAJIMA, Katsusuke, ZHOU, Jian

Photonic crystal fiber (PCF) is a promising candidate for future transmission media due to its unobtainable features in a conventional single-mode fiber. We discuss some important problems to realize...

Topological String Partition Functions as Equivariant Indices (2004)

Li, Jun, Liu, Kefeng, Zhou, Jian

We propose to use the identification of topological string partition functions as equivariant indices on framed moduli spaces of instantons to study the Gopakumar-Vafa conjecture for some local...

Noncollinear spin states and competing interactions in half-metals (2004)

Skomski, Ralph, Zhou, Jian, Dowben, Peter A., Sellmyer, David J.

The high-field spin structure of magnetic perovskites and related magnetoresistive materials is investigated by model calculations. Competing exchange as well as real-structure-dependent random...

Elliptic Genera of Complete Intersections (2004)

Ma, Xiaoguang, Zhou, Jian

We propose a new definition of the elliptic genera for complete intersections, not necessarily nonsingular, in projective spaces. We also prove they coincide with the expressions obtained from...

A Mathematical Theory of the Topological Vertex (2004)

Li, Jun, Liu, Chiu-Chu Melissa, Liu, Kefeng, Zhou, Jian

We have developed a mathematical theory of the topological vertex--a theory that was original proposed by M. Aganagic, A. Klemm, M. Marino, and C. Vafa in hep-th/0305132 on effectively computing...

Magnetization Reversal and Giant Coercivity in Sm-Co/Cu-Ti Particulate Films (2004)

Zhou, Jian, Kashyap, Arti, Liu, Yi, Skomski, Ralph, Sellmyer, David J.

Highly coercive granular SmCo/CuTi films were produced by thermal processing of sputtered SmCo5 (CuTi) multilayers and investigated experimentally and theoretically. Electron microscopy shows that...

Domain-Wall Pinning at Inhomogenities of Arbitrary Cross-Sectional Geometry (2004)

Skomski, Ralph, Zhou, Jian, Kashyap, Arti, Sellmyer, David J.

Abstract--The coercivity of cellular Sm-Co based permanent magnets is investigated by model calculations. The grain boundaries responsible for the pinning coercivity are modeled as planar...

$K$-theory associated to vertex operator algebras (2004)

Dong, Chongying, Liu, Kefeng, Ma, Xiaonan, Zhou, Jian

We introduce two $K$-theories, one for vector bundles whose fibers are modules of vertex operator algebras, another for vector bundles whose fibers are modules of associative algebras. We verify the...

Effect of pH on Inhibition and Enhancement of Luminol–H2O2–Co2+ Chemiluminescence by Phenolic Compounds and Amino Acids (2004)

Hua Cui, Ming-Juan Shi, Rong Meng, Jian Zhou, Chun-Ze Lai, Xiang-Qin Lin

The effect of pH on inhibition and enhancement of luminol–H2O2–CO2+ chemiluminescence (CL) by 18 phenolic compounds and 20 amino acids was studied. It was found that most of the tested compounds...

Automated pavement inspection based on wavelet analysis / (2004)

Zhou, Jian.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Stony Brook, 2004.

SPortS: Semantic+Portal+Service (2004)

Chenxi Lin, Lei Zhang, Jian Zhou, Yin Yang, Yong Yu

Abstract. Ontology-based web portal generation and management is an active field of research and development. Recently, many systems have been developed. However, many of them lack the integration of...

Towards composing information providing services (2004)

Chenxi Lin, Yong Yu, Yin Yang, Lei Zhang, Jian Zhou

Composing web services is an active field of research and development. Recently, many efforts are devoted to process integration on world changing services, e.g. business process composition. In this...

SPortS: Semantic + Portal + Service (2004)

Chenxi Lin Lei, Lei Zhang, Jian Zhou, Yin Yang, Yong Yu

Ontology-based web portal generation and management is an active field of research and development. Recently, many systems have been developed. However, many of them lack the integration of web...

Identification of genes expressed in primate primordial oocytes (2004)

Arraztoa, Jose A., Zhou, Jian, Marcu, David, Cheng, Clara, Bonner, Robert, Chen, Mei, ...

BACKGROUND: The factors involved in oocyte survival and transition from quiescence to the growing phenotype remain unknown. Herein we report genes that are differentially expressed in the primordial...

Study of Anchoring Behavior of Nematic Fluids at The Interface of Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystals (2003)

Zhou, Jian

A liquid crystal (LC) at its boundary surface adopts a preferential alignment, which is referred to as anchoring. The direction of this alignment (i.e., anchoring direction) may be perpendicular,...

Study of Anchoring Behavior of Nematic Fluids at The Interface of Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystals (2003)

Zhou, Jian

A liquid crystal (LC) at its boundary surface adopts a preferential alignment, which is referred to as anchoring. The direction of this alignment (i.e., anchoring direction) may be perpendicular,...

Study of Anchoring Behavior of Nematic Fluids at The Interface of Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystals (2003)

Zhou, Jian

A liquid crystal (LC) at its boundary surface adopts a preferential alignment, which is referred to as anchoring. The direction of this alignment (i.e., anchoring direction) may be perpendicular,...

Study of Anchoring Behavior of Nematic Fluids at The Interface of Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystals (2003)

Zhou, Jian

A liquid crystal (LC) at its boundary surface adopts a preferential alignment, which is referred to as anchoring. The direction of this alignment (i.e., anchoring direction) may be perpendicular,...

Curve counting and instanton counting (2003)

Zhou, Jian

We prove some combinatorial results required for the proof of the following conjecture of Nekrasov: The generating function of closed string invariants in local Calabi-Yau geometries obtained by...

Hodge Integrals and Integrable Hierarchies (2003)

Zhou, Jian

We show that the generating series of some Hodge integrals involving one or two partitions are tau-functions of the KP hierarchy or the 2-Toda hierarchy respectively. We also formulate a conjecture...

A Formula of Two-Partition Hodge Integrals (2003)

Liu, Chiu-Chu Melissa, Liu, Kefeng, Zhou, Jian

We prove a formula conjectured by the third author expressing certain Hodge integrals in terms of certain Chern-Simons link invariants. Such invariants also arise in the representation theory of...

A Conjecture on Hodge Integrals (2003)

Zhou, Jian

We propose a conjectural formula expressing the generating series of some Hodge integrals in terms of representation theory of Kac-Moody algebras. Such generating series appear in calculations of...

Localizations on Moduli Spaces and Free Field Realizations of Feynman Rules (2003)

Zhou, Jian

We prove Iqbal's conjecture on the relationship between the free energy of closed string theory in local toric geometry and the Wess-Zumino-Witten model. This is achieved by first reformulating the...

A Proof of a Conjecture of Mariño-Vafa on Hodge Integrals (2003)

Liu, Chiu-Chu Melissa, Liu, Kefeng, Zhou, Jian

We prove a remarkable formula for Hodge integrals conjectured by Mariño and Vafa, 2002, based on large N duality, using functorial virtual localization on certain moduli spaces of relative stable...

Hodge integrals, Hurwitz numbers, and Symmetric Groups (2003)

Zhou, Jian

We prove some combinatorial results related to a formula on Hodge integrals conjectured by Mari\~no and Vafa. These results play important roles in the proof and applications of this formula by the...

Mari\~no-Vafa Formula and Hodge Integral Identities (2003)

Liu, Chiu-Chu Melissa, Liu, Kefeng, Zhou, Jian

In this note we derive some consequences from the Mari\~no-Vafa formula and the cut-and-join equation, these include unified simple proofs of the $\lambda_g$ conjecture and some other Hodge integral...

Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 4 Expression Parallels Luteinizing Hormone Receptor Expression and Follicular Luteinization in the Primate Ovary (2003)

Jian Zhou, Jie Wang, Dina Penny, Philippe Monget, Jose A. Arraztoa, Larry J. Fogelson, ...

It has been suggested that locally produced insulin-like growth factor binding protein 4 (IGFBP4) inhibits ovarian follicular growth and ovulation by interfering with IGF action. According to this...

A Proof of a Conjecture of Marino-Vafa on Hodge Integrals (2003)

Liu, Chiu-Chu Melissa, Liu, Kefeng, Zhou, Jian

We prove a remarkable formula for Hodge integrals conjectured by Marino and Vafa based on large N duality, using functorial virtual localization on certain moduli spaces of relative stable morphisms.

On a Proof of a Conjecture of Marino-Vafa on Hodge Integrals (2003)

Liu, Chiu-Chu Melissa, Liu, Kefeng, Zhou, Jian

We outline a proof of a remarkable formula for Hodge integrals conjectured by Marino and Vafa in hep-th/0108064 base on large N duality.

Study of anchoring behavior of nematic fluids at the interface of polymer-dispersed liquid crystals (2003)

Zhou, Jian.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Textile and Fiber Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2003.

Study of anchoring behavior of nematic fluids at the interface of polymer-dispersed liquid crystals [electronic resource] / (2003)

Zhou, Jian.

A liquid crystal (LC) at its boundary surface adopts a preferential alignment, which is referred to as anchoring. The direction of this alignment (i.e., anchoring direction) may be perpendicular,...

Study of anchoring behavior of nematic fluids at the interface of polymer-dispersed liquid crystals (2003)

Zhou, Jian.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Textile and Fiber Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2003.

FGS Enhancement Layer Truncation with Minimized Intra-Frame Quality Variation (2003)

Jian Zhou, Huairong Shao, Chia Shen, Ming-ting Sun

This paper proposes an enhancement layer truncation scheme for the Fine-Granularity-Scalability (FGS) video. Our target is to minimize the quality variation of different parts within each frame when...

Multi-path Transport of FGS Video (2003)

Jian Zhou, Jian Zhou, Huai-rong Shao, Huai-rong Shao, Chia Shen, Chia Shen, ...

this paper, we propose to separate the enhancement layer in the original FGS stream into multiple descriptions for effective transport over the multiple paths. Simulation result shows that our...

Fumed oxide-based nanocomposite polymer electrolytes for rechargeable lithium batteries (2002)

Zhou, Jian

Rechargeable lithium batteries are promising power sources for portable electronic devices, implantable medical devices, and electric vehicles due to their high-energy density, low self-discharge...

Permanent-Magnet Properties of Thermally Processed FePt and FePt-Fe Multilayer Films (2002)

Zhou, Jian, Skomski, Ralph, Li, Xingzhong, Tang, Wei, Hadjipanayis, George C., Sellmyer, David J.

FePt single-layer and FePt-Fe multilayer thin films are prepared by magnetron sputtering. By varying the Pt content, FePt, Fe3Pt, or a mixture of FePt and Fe3Pt can be obtained in Fe-Pt single...

Mechanically milled nanostructured (Sm,Pr) 12.5Co85.5Zr2 magnets with TbCu7 structure (2002)

Tang, Hong, Zhou, Jian, Sellmyer, David J.

Nanostructured (Sm,Pr)(Co,Zr) magnets with the TbCu7-type structure have been synthesized by mechanically milling (Sm1-xPrx)12.5Co85.5Zr2 alloys (0≤x≤0.8) followed by appropriate annealing....

Magnetism of nanostructured permanent-magnet materials (2002)

Zhou, Jian

Sm2 Co17 -type high-temperature permanent magnets with composition Sm(Co, Fe, Cu, Ti)z are investigated. The effects of Ti (or Zr), Cu, Fe and z value, as well as the effect of heat treatment on the...

Effect of Iron Substitution on the High-Temperature Properties of Sm(Co,Cu,Ti)z Permanent Magnets (2002)

Zhou, Jian, Skomski, Ralph, Sellmyer, David J., Tang, Wei, Hadjipanayis, George C.

Recently, Ti-substituted Sm-Co permanent magnets have attracted renewed attention due to their interesting high-temperature coercivity. Our presentation deals with the effect of iron substitutions on...

Magnetism of nanostructured permanent-magnet materials / (2002)

Zhou, Jian.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Nebraska--Lincoln, 2002.

A human homologue of mouse Mater, a maternal effect gene essential for early embryonic development (2002)

Tong, Zhi-Bin, Bondy, Carolyn A., Zhou, Jian, Nelson, Lawrence M.

BACKGROUND: Mater is a maternal effect gene required for early embryonic development in mice, and its protein serves as an autoantigen in a mouse model of autoimmune premature ovarian failure....

Coercivity of titanium-substituted high-temperature permanent magnets (2001)

Zhou, Jian, Skomski, Ralph, Sellmyer, David J.

The temperature dependence of the coercivity of Sm-Co based magnets is investigated by magnetization measurements and model calculations. The Zr-free titanium-substituted Sm-Co material exhibits a...

Sm-Co-Cu-Ti high-temperature permanent magnets (2000)

Zhou, Jian, Skomski, Ralph, Chen, C., Hadjipanayis, G.C., Sellmyer, David J.

A class of promising permanent-magnet materials with an appreciable high-temperature coercivity of 8.6 kOe at 500 °C is reported. The Sm-Co-Cu-Ti magnets are prepared by arc melting and require a...

Superconformal vertex algebras in differential geometry. I (2000)

Zhou, Jian

We show how to construct an N=1 superconformal vertex algebra (SCVA) from any Riemannian manifold. When the Riemannian manifold has special holonomy groups, we discuss the extended supersymmetry....

DGBV Algebras and Mirror Symmetry (2000)

Cao, Huai-Dong, Zhou, Jian

We describe some recent development on the theory of formal Frobenius manifolds via a construction from differential Gerstenhaber-Batalin-Vilkovisk (DGBV) algebras and formulate a version of mirror...

Orbifold Hodge numbers of the wreath product orbifolds (2000)

Wang, Weiqiang, Zhou, Jian

We prove that the wreath product orbifolds studied earlier by the first author provide a large class of higher dimensional examples of orbifolds whose orbifold Hodge numbers coincide with the...

Magnetic and structural properties of SmCo7-xCux alloys (2000)

Al-Omari, I.A., Yeshurun, Y., Zhou, Jian, Sellmyer, David J.

We report the structural and magnetic properties of SmCo7-xCux, where x= 0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, and 0.7. X-ray diffraction shows that these alloys from the disordered hexagonal TbCu7-type...

Structure and magnetic properties of SmCo7-xTix with TbCu7-type structure (2000)

Zhou, Jian, Al-Omari, I.A., Liu, J.P., Sellmyer, David J.

The SmCo7-xTix, x = 0-0.56 bulk samples are prepared by arc melting. X-ray diffraction indicates that samples with 0.2

HPV6b virus like particles are potent immunogens without adjuvant in man (2000)

Zhang, Li Fang, Zhou, Jian, Chen, Shao, Cai, Lian Lian, Bao, Qi Yu, Zheng, Fei Yun, ...

Subjects with genital warts were immunized three times or more with HPV6b VLPs without adjuvant. All immunized subjects had DTH to HPV6b L1 protein. Of 32 subjects, nine had HPV6b specific antibody...

HPV6b virus like particles are potent immunogens without adjuvant in man (2000)

Zhang, Li Fang, Zhou, Jian, Chen, Shao, Cai, Lian Lian, Bao, Qi Yu, Zheng, Fei Yun, ...

Subjects with genital warts were immunized three times or more with HPV6b VLPs without adjuvant. All immunized subjects had DTH to HPV6b L1 protein. Of 32 subjects, nine had HPV6b specific antibody...

Hodge theory and A{infty}-structures on cohomology (2000)

Zhou, Jian

We use Hodge theory and a construction of Merkulov to construct A∞-structures on de Rham cohomology and Dolbeault cohomology.

Rational homotopy types of mirror manifolds (1999)

Zhou, Jian

We explain how to relate the problem of finding a mirror manifold for a Calabi-Yau manifold to the problem of characterizing the rational homotopy types of closed K\"{a}hler manifolds.

Delocalized equivariant coholomogy of symmetric products (1999)

Zhou, Jian

For any closed complex manifold $X$, we calculate the Poincar\'{e} and Hodge polynomials of the delocalized equivariant cohomology $H^*(X^n, S_n)$ with a grading specified by physicists. As a...

Calculations of the Hirzebruch $\chi_y$ genera of symmetric products by the holomorphic Lefschetz formula (1999)

Zhou, Jian

We calculate the Hirzebruch $\chi_y$ and $\hat{\chi}_y$-genera of symmetric products of closed complex manifolds by the holomorphic Lefschetz formula of Atiyah and Singer \cite{Ati-Sin}. Such...

Homological perturbation theory and mirror symmetry (1999)

Zhou, Jian

We explain how deformation theories of geometric objects such as complex structures, Poisson structures and holomorphic bundle structures lead to differential Gerstenhaber or Poisson algebras. We use...

On quasi-isomorphic DGBV algebras (1999)

Cao, Huai-Dong, Zhou, Jian

One of the methods to obtain Frobenius manifold structures is via DGBV (differential Gerstenhaber-Batalin-Vilkovisky) algebra construction. An important problem is how to identify Frobenius manifold...

Hodge theory and $A_{\infty}$ structures on cohomology (1999)

Zhou, Jian

We use Hodge theory and a construction of Merkulov to construct $A_{\infty}$ structures on de Rham cohomology and Dolbeault cohomology.

Formal Frobenius manifold structure on equivariant cohomology (1999)

Cao, Huai-Dong, Zhou, Jian

For a closed K\"{a}hler manifold with a Hamiltonian action of a connected compact Lie group by holomorphic isometries, we construct a formal Frobenius manifold structure on the equivariant cohomology...

Post translational modifications of recombinant human Papillomavirus type 6b major capsid protein (1999)

Fang, Ning-Xia, Frazer, Ian H., Zhou, Jian, Fernando, Germain J. P.

We have determined the post-translational modifications of the major capsid protein, L1 of human papillomavirus (HPV) type 6b. Since this virus cannot be cultured in the laboratory to obtain...

Papillomavirus capsid protein expression level depends on the match between codon usage and tRNA availability (1999)

Zhou, Jian, Liu, Wen Jun, Peng, Shi Wen, Sun, Xiao Yi, Frazer, Ian H.

Translation of mRNA encoding the L1 and L2 capsid proteins of papillomavirus (PV) is restricted in vivo to differentiated epithelial cells, although transcription of the L1 and L2 late genes occurs...

Nucleotides 1506-1625 of Bovine Papillomavirus Type 1 Genome can enhance DNA packaging by L1/L2 capsids (1999)

Zhao, Kong-Nan, Frazer, Ian H., Liu, Wen Jun, Williams, Mark, Zhou, Jian

We have previously described a DNA-packaging assay using bovine papillomavirus type 1 (BPV-1) virus-like particles (VLPs) and have identified a region of the BPV genome that assists in packaging. In...

Post translational modifications of recombinant human Papillomavirus type 6b major capsid protein (1999)

Fang, Ning-Xia, Frazer, Ian H., Zhou, Jian, Fernando, Germain J. P.

We have determined the post-translational modifications of the major capsid protein, L1 of human papillomavirus (HPV) type 6b. Since this virus cannot be cultured in the laboratory to obtain...

Papillomavirus capsid protein expression level depends on the match between codon usage and tRNA availability (1999)

Zhou, Jian, Liu, Wen Jun, Peng, Shi Wen, Sun, Xiao Yi, Frazer, Ian H.

Translation of mRNA encoding the L1 and L2 capsid proteins of papillomavirus (PV) is restricted in vivo to differentiated epithelial cells, although transcription of the L1 and L2 late genes occurs...

Nucleotides 1506-1625 of Bovine Papillomavirus Type 1 Genome can enhance DNA packaging by L1/L2 capsids (1999)

Zhao, Kong-Nan, Frazer, Ian H., Liu, Wen Jun, Williams, Mark, Zhou, Jian

We have previously described a DNA-packaging assay using bovine papillomavirus type 1 (BPV-1) virus-like particles (VLPs) and have identified a region of the BPV genome that assists in packaging. In...

Androgens promote insulin-like growth factor-I and insulin-like growth factor-I receptor gene expression in the primate ovary (1999)

Vendola, Keith, Zhou, Jian, Wang, Jie, A.Bondy, Carolyn

It has recently been shown that androgens increase the growth of immature follicles in the primate ovary. In the present study the effect of androgens on ovarian insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I)...

On Quantum de Rham Cohomology (1998)

Cao, Huai-Dong, Zhou, Jian

We define quantum exterior product wedge_h and quantum exterior differential d_h on Poisson manifolds, of which symplectic manifolds are an important class of examples. Quantum de Rham cohomology is...

Frobenius Manifold Structure on Dolbeault Cohomology and Mirror Symmetry (1998)

Cao, Huai-Dong, Zhou, Jian

We construct a differential Gerstenhaber-Batalin-Vilkovisky algebra from Dolbeault complex of any close Kaehler manifold, and a Frobenius manifold structure on Dolbeault cohomology.

Identification of Two Frobenius Manifolds In Mirror Symmetry (1998)

Cao, Huai-Dong, Zhou, Jian

We identify two Frobenius manifolds obtained from two different differential Gerstenhaber-Batalin-Vilkovisky algebras on a compact Kaehler manifold. One is constructed on the Dolbeault cohomology,...

On Quantum de Rham Cohomology Theory (1998)

Cao, Huai-Dong, Zhou, Jian

We define quantum exterior product wedge_h and quantum exterior differential d_h on Poisson manifolds (of which symplectic manifolds are an important class of examples). Quantum de Rham cohomology,...

Equivariant Cohomology and Wall Crossing Formulas in Seiberg-Witten Theory (1998)

Cao, Huai-Dong, Zhou, Jian

We use localization formulas in the theory of equivariant cohomology to rederive the wall crossing formulas of Li-Liu and Okonek-Teleman for Seiberg-Witten invariants.

Degenerate Chern-Weil Theory and Equivariant Cohomology (1998)

Cao, Huai-Dong, Zhou, Jian

We develop a Chern-Weil theory for compact Lie group action whose generic stabilizers are finite in the framework of equivariant cohomology. This provides a method of changing an equivariant closed...

Papillomavirus virus-like particles can deliver defined CTL epitopes to the MHC class I pathway (1998)

Peng, Shiwen W., Frazer, Ian H., Fernando, Germain J. P., Zhou, Jian

To evaluate an antigen delivery system in which exogenous antigen can target the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I pathway, a single human papillomavirus (HPV) 16 E7 cytotoxic T...

Type specific and genotype cross reactive B epitopes of the L1 protein of HPV16 defined by a panel of monoclonal antibodies (1998)

Kulski, Jerzy K., Sadleir, John W., Kelsall, Stephen R., Cicchini, Maria S., Shellam, Geoffrey, Peng, Shi Wen, ...

Mouse monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) were raised against the major capsid protein, L1, of human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV16), produced in Escherichia coil with the expression plasmid pTrcL1. Epitope...

DNA packaging by L1 and L2 capsid proteins of bovine papillomavirus type 1 (1998)

Zhao, Kong-Nan, Sun, Xiao-Yi, Frazer, Ian H., Zhou, Jian

Encapsidation of circular DNA by papillomavirus capsid protein was investigated in Cos-1 cells. Plasmids carrying both an SV40 origin of replication (or) and an E. coli on were introduced into Cos-1...

Mucosal immunisation with papillomavirus virus-like particles elicits systemic and mucosal immunity in mice (1998)

Liu, Xiao Song, Abdul-Jabbar, Ibtissam, Qi, Ying Mei, Frazer, Ian H., Zhou, Jian

It has been shown previously that recombinant virus-like particles (VLPs) of papillomavirus can induce VLP-specific humoral and cellular immune responses following parenteral administration. To test...

Papillomavirus virus-like particles can deliver defined CTL epitopes to the MHC class I pathway (1998)

Peng, Shiwen W., Frazer, Ian H., Fernando, Germain J. P., Zhou, Jian

To evaluate an antigen delivery system in which exogenous antigen can target the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I pathway, a single human papillomavirus (HPV) 16 E7 cytotoxic T...

Type specific and genotype cross reactive B epitopes of the L1 protein of HPV16 defined by a panel of monoclonal antibodies (1998)

Kulski, Jerzy K., Sadleir, John W., Kelsall, Stephen R., Cicchini, Maria S., Shellam, Geoffrey, Peng, Shi Wen, ...

Mouse monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) were raised against the major capsid protein, L1, of human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV16), produced in Escherichia coil with the expression plasmid pTrcL1. Epitope...

DNA packaging by L1 and L2 capsid proteins of bovine papillomavirus type 1 (1998)

Zhao, Kong-Nan, Sun, Xiao-Yi, Frazer, Ian H., Zhou, Jian

Encapsidation of circular DNA by papillomavirus capsid protein was investigated in Cos-1 cells. Plasmids carrying both an SV40 origin of replication (or) and an E. coli on were introduced into Cos-1...

Mucosal immunisation with papillomavirus virus-like particles elicits systemic and mucosal immunity in mice (1998)

Liu, Xiao Song, Abdul-Jabbar, Ibtissam, Qi, Ying Mei, Frazer, Ian H., Zhou, Jian

It has been shown previously that recombinant virus-like particles (VLPs) of papillomavirus can induce VLP-specific humoral and cellular immune responses following parenteral administration. To test...

Effects of a Magnetic Field on a Modulated Phase (1996)

Hu, Bambi, Zhou, Jian

The effects of a magnetic field on a modulated phase is studied. A modulated phase is found to have two critical fields $H_{1}$ and $H_{2}$. For a large enough magnetic field. $H_1$ can be...

A Frenkel-Kontorova Model with Two Spring Constants: New Phases and Phase Transitions (1996)

Hu, Bambi, Zhou, Jian

A discrete Frenkel-Kontorova model with two alternate spring constants $k_{1}$ and $k_{2}$ is studied. It is found that this model has many surprising behaviours. The continuum version of this model...

A hierarchical fusion neural network for handwritten character recognition / (1995)

Zhou, Jian.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Buffalo, 1995.

Connected sums of self-dual orbifolds /--by Jian Zhou. (1995)

Zhou, Jian.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1995.

Nonmonotone Line Search for Minimax Problems (1993)

Jian Zhou, Andr'e L. Tits

. It was recently shown that, in the solution of smooth constrained optimization problems by sequential quadratic programming (SQP), the Maratos effect can be prevented by means of a certain...

Avoiding The Maratos Effect By Means Of A Nonmonotone Line Search II. Inequality Constrained Problems... (1992)

J. Fr, J. F. Bonnans, Eliane R. Panier, André L. Tits, Jian Zhou

. When solving inequality constrained optimization problems via Sequential Quadratic Programming (SQP), it is potentially advantageous to generate iterates that all satisfy the constraints: all...

Papillomavirus Capsid Protein Expression Level Depends on the Match between Codon Usage and tRNA Availability

Zhou, Jian, Liu, Wen Jun, Peng, Shi Wen, Sun, Xiao Yi, Frazer, Ian

Translation of mRNA encoding the L1 and L2 capsid proteins of papillomavirus (PV) is restricted in vivo to differentiated epithelial cells, although transcription of the L1 and L2 late genes occurs...

Papillomavirus Capsid Protein Expression Level Depends on the Match between Codon Usage and tRNA Availability

Zhou, Jian, Liu, Wen Jun, Peng, Shi Wen, Sun, Xiao Yi, Frazer, Ian

Translation of mRNA encoding the L1 and L2 capsid proteins of papillomavirus (PV) is restricted in vivo to differentiated epithelial cells, although transcription of the L1 and L2 late genes occurs...

Mechanism for the TtDnaA–Tt-oriC cooperative interaction at high temperature and duplex opening at an unusual AT-rich region in Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis

Pei, Huadong, Liu, Jingfang, Li, Jie, Guo, Aobo, Zhou, Jian, Xiang, Hua

Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis is an anaerobic low-GC thermophilic bacterium. To further elucidate the replication initiation of chromosomal DNA at high temperature, the interaction between the...

Functional Significance of Gene Polymorphisms in the Promoter of Myeloid Differentiation-2

Gu, Wei, Shan, You-an, Zhou, Jian, Jiang, Dong-po, Zhang, Lianyang, Du, Ding-yuan, ...

This study investigated the functional significance of the genetic variations in the promoter of the MD-2 gene and found that the −1625 polymorphism from the 8 reported polymorphic sites in the...

Molecular Characterization of the phaECHm Genes, Required for Biosynthesis of Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate) in the Extremely Halophilic Archaeon Haloarcula marismortui▿

Han, Jing, Lu, Qiuhe, Zhou, Ligang, Zhou, Jian, Xiang, Hua

Although many haloarchaea produce biodegradable polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), the genes involved in PHA synthesis in the domain of Archaea have not yet been experimentally investigated yet. In this...

Auditor brand name, industry specialisation, and earnings management: evidence from Taiwanese companies

Ken Y. Chen, Shan-Ying Wu, Jian Zhou

We investigate the relationship between auditor brand name, industry specialisation, and earnings management as measured by discretionary accruals for a sample of listed companies in Taiwan, where...

Auditor brand name, industry specialisation, and earnings management: evidence from Taiwanese companies

Ken Y. Chen, Shan-Ying Wu, Jian Zhou

We investigate the relationship between auditor brand name, industry specialisation, and earnings management as measured by discretionary accruals for a sample of listed companies in Taiwan, where...

Display of Heterologous Proteins on gp64null Baculovirus Virions and Enhanced Budding Mediated by a Vesicular Stomatitis Virus G-Stem Construct▿

Zhou, Jian, Blissard, Gary W.

The Autographa californica multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) GP64 envelope glycoprotein is essential for virus entry and plays an important role in virion budding. An AcMNPV construct that...

Coarse-Grained Peptide Modeling Using a Systematic Multiscale Approach

Zhou, Jian, Thorpe, Ian F., Izvekov, Sergey, Voth, Gregory A.

A systematic new approach to derive multiscale coarse-grained (MS-CG) models has been recently developed. The approach employs information from atomistically detailed simulations to derive CG forces...

Identification of a GP64 Subdomain Involved in Receptor Binding by Budded Virions of the Baculovirus Autographica californica Multicapsid Nucleopolyhedrovirus▿

Zhou, Jian, Blissard, Gary W.

Enveloped virus entry into host cells is typically initiated by an interaction between a viral envelope glycoprotein and a host cell receptor. For budded virions of the baculovirus Autographa...

Genetic and Biochemical Characterization of the Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate-co-3-Hydroxyvalerate) Synthase in Haloferax mediterranei▿ †

Lu, Qiuhe, Han, Jing, Zhou, Ligang, Zhou, Jian, Xiang, Hua

The haloarchaeon Haloferax mediterranei has shown promise for the economical production of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV), a desirable bioplastic. However, little is known at...

Precise Determination, Cross-Recognition, and Functional Analysis of the Double-Strand Origins of the Rolling-Circle Replication Plasmids in Haloarchaea▿

Zhou, Ligang, Zhou, Meixian, Sun, Chaomin, Han, Jing, Lu, Qiuhe, Zhou, Jian, ...

The precise nick site in the double-strand origin (DSO) of pZMX201, a 1,668-bp rolling-circle replication (RCR) plasmid from the haloarchaeon Natrinema sp. CX2021, was determined by electron...

Serum amyloid A induces G-CSF expression and neutrophilia via Toll-like receptor 2

He, Rong L., Zhou, Jian, Hanson, Crystal Z., Chen, Jia, Cheng, Ni, Ye, Richard D.

The acute-phase protein serum amyloid A (SAA) is commonly considered a marker for inflammatory diseases; however, its precise role in inflammation and infection, which often result in neutrophilia,...

Four Weeks of Mobility After 8 Weeks of Immobility Fails to Restore Normal Motion: A Preliminary Study

Trudel, Guy, Zhou, Jian, Uhthoff, Hans K., Laneuville, Odette

Prolonged immobilization reduces passive range of motion of joints creating joint contractures. Whether and to what extent these iatrogenic contractures can be reduced is unknown. We raised three...

Clinical Utility of Microarrays: Current Status, Existing Challenges and Future Outlook

Li, Xinmin, Quigg, Richard J, Zhou, Jian, Gu, Weikuan, Nagesh Rao, P, Reed, Elaine F

Microarray-based clinical tests have become powerful tools in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. In contrast to traditional DNA-based tests that largely focus on single genes associated with...