Jun Xu

Less Intrusive Memory Leak Detection inside Kernel (2009)

Jun Xu, Xiangrong Wang, Christopher Pham

Memory leak is a major resource issue which could lead to many system malfunctions and negative performance impacts [1]. A memory leak occurs when memory is not freed after use, or when the pointer...

Incompressibility of asymmetric nuclear matter (2009)

Chen, Lie-Wen, Cai, Bao-Jun, Shen, Chun, Ko, Che Ming, Xu, Jun, Li, Bao-An

The incompressibility $K_sat(\delta)$ of isospin asymmetric nuclear matter at its saturation density. Our results show that in the expansion of $K_sat(\delta)$ in powers of isospin asymmetry...

Transition Density and Pressure at the Inner Edge of Neutron Star Crusts (2009)

Xu, Jun, Ko, Che Ming, Chen, Lie-Wen, Li, Bao-an, Ma, Hong-Ru

Using the nuclear symmetry energy that has been recently constrained by the isospin diffusion data in intermediate-energy heavy ion collisions, we have studied the transition density and pressure at...

Nuclear constraints on the inner edge of neutron star crusts (2009)

Chen, Lie-Wen, Li, Bao-An, Ma, Hong-Ru, Xu, Jun

We show that the widely used parabolic approximation to the Equation of State (EOS) of asymmetric nuclear matter leads systematically to significantly higher core-crust transition densities and...

Bending-induced conductance increase in individual semiconductor nanowires and nanobelts (2009)

Han, Xiaobing, Jing, Guangyin, Zhang, Xinzheng, Ma, Renmin, Song, Xuefeng, Xu, Jun, ...

Reliable ohmic contacts were established in order to study the strain sensitivity of nanowires and nanobelts. Significant conductance increases of up to 113% were observed on bending individual ZnO...

Contact mechanics and thermal conductance of carbon nanotube array interfaces (2009)

Cola, Baratunde, Xu, Jun, Fisher, Timothy

A model is developed in this work to predict the thermal contact resistance of carbon nanotube (CNT) array interfaces with CNT arrays synthesized directly on substrate surfaces. An analytical model...

Ag85B DNA vaccine suppresses airway inflammation in a murine model of asthma (2009)

Wu, Jian, Xu, Jun, Cai, Chuang, Gao, Xinglin, Li, Li, Zhong, Nanshan

Abstract Background In allergic asthma, Th2 lymphocytes are believed to play important roles in orchestrating airway eosinophilia and inflammation. Resetting the Th1/Th2 imbalance may have a...

Isospin-dependent pion in-medium effects on charged pion ratio in heavy ion collisions (2009)

Xu, Jun, Ko, Che Ming, Oh, Yongseok

The spectral functions of pions in asymmetric nuclear matter become dependent on their charges. Using those determined from the couplings of pions to the delta-resonance--nucleon-hole excitations in...

Construction of siRNA/miRNA expression vectors based on a one-step PCR process (2009)

Xu, Jun, Zeng, Jie, Wan, Gang, Hu, Gui, Yan, Hong, Ma, Li

Abstract Background RNA interference (RNAi) has become a powerful means for silencing target gene expression in mammalian cells and is envisioned to be useful in therapeutic approaches to human...

Higher-order effects on the incompressibility of isospin asymmetric nuclear matter (2009)

Chen, Lie-Wen, Cai, Bao-Jun, Ko, Che Ming, Li, Bao-An, Shen, Chun, Xu, Jun

Analytical expressions for the saturation density as well as the binding energy and incompressibility at the saturation density of asymmetric nuclear matter are given exactly up to 4th-order in the...

Constraining the EOS of neutron-rich nuclear matter and properties of neutron stars with heavy-ion reactions (2009)

Li, Bao-An, Chen, Lie-Wen, Ko, Che Ming, Krastev, Plamen G., Wen, De-Hua, Worley, Aaron, ...

Heavy-ion reactions especially those induced by radioactive beams provide useful information about the density dependence of the nuclear symmetry energy, thus the Equation of State of neutron-rich...

Mobile location estimation for DS-CDMA systems using self-organizing maps (2009)

Jun Xu, Xuemin (sherman Shen, Jon W. Mark, Jun Cai

In this paper, a self-organizing map (SOM) scheme for mobile location estimation in a direct-sequence code division multiple access (DS-CDMA) system is proposed. As a feedforward neural network with...

Using Profile Matching and Text Categorization for Answer Extraction in TREC Genomics (2009)

Haiqing Zheng, Chen Lin, Lishen Huang, Jun Xu, Jiaqian Zheng, Qi Sun, ...

TREC’06 genomics track was focusing on text mining and passage retrieval. WIM lab participated in this year’s TREC genomics track. Our system consists of five parts: preprocessing, sentence...

Nuclear constraints on properties of neutron star crusts (2009)

Xu, Jun, Chen, Lie-Wen, Li, Bao-An, Ma, Hong-Ru

The transition density $\rho_{t}$ and pressure $P_{t}$ at the inner edge separating the liquid core from the solid crust of neutron stars are systematically studied using a modified Gogny (MDI) and...

Surface exciton-plasmon polariton enhanced light emission via integration of single semiconductor nanowires with metal nanostructures (2009)

Zhang, Xuejin, Wang, Pengwei, Zhang, Xinzheng, Xu, Jun, Zhu, Yongyuan, Yu, Dapeng

The light emission enhancement behavior from single ZnO nanowires integrated with metallic contacts is investigated by micro-photoluminescence measurements. Apart from surface plasmon polaritons at...

First Identification of the Hepatotoxic Microcystins in the Serum of a Chronically Exposed Human Population Together with Indication of Hepatocellular Damage (2009)

Chen, Jun, Xie, Ping, Li, Li, Xu, Jun

Hepatotoxic microcystins (MCs) are the most commonly reported cyanotoxins in eutrophic freshwaters. In 1996, human intoxications by MCs caused deaths of 76 patients at Caruaru dialysis centers in...

GeneNarrator: Mining the Literaturome for Relations Among Genes (2009)

Jing Ding, Daniel Berleant, Jun Xu, Kenton Juhlin, Eve Wurtele, Et Al

The rapid development of microarray and other genomic technologies now enables biologists to monitor theexpression of hundreds, even thousands of genes in a single experiment. Interpreting the...

Scalable Source Code Debugger Agent to Provide Program Debugging in a Script Testing Environment (2008)

Jun Xu, Christopher H. Pham, Joe Zhou

Abstract-- Sometimes when a test script triggers a failure, one needs a mechanism to debug the application at the source code level. This paper presents the algorithm and case studies of a Debugger...

TOPICAL REVIEW The development of retinotectal maps: A review of models (2008)

Geoffrey J. Goodhill, Jun Xu

Information about the world is often represented in the brain in the form of topographic maps. A paradigm example is the topographic representation of the visual world in the optic tectum/superior...

Adaptive Transmission of Multi-Layered Video over Wireless Fading Channels (2008)

Jun Xu, Xuemin (sherman Shen, Senior Member, Jon W. Mark, Life Fellow, Jun Cai

Abstract — In this paper, adaptive transmission of scalable multi-layered video with quality of service (QoS) assurance over wireless channels is studied. By properly formulating the channel fading...

Locating the inner edge of neutron star crust using terrestrial nuclear laboratory data (2008)

Xu, Jun, Chen, Lie-Wen, Li, Bao-An, Ma, Hong-Ru

Within both dynamical and thermodynamical approaches using the equation of state for neutron-rich nuclear matter constrained by the recent isospin diffusion data from heavy-ion reactions in the same...

Improving the power for detecting overlapping genes from multiple DNA microarray-derived gene lists (2008)

Deng, Xutao, Xu, Jun, Wang, Charles

Abstract Background In DNA microarray gene expression profiling studies, a fundamental task is to extract statistically significant genes that meet certain research hypothesis. Currently, Venn...

cytotoxicity for identification of biomarkers (2008)

Yongxi Tan, Leming Shi, Saber M. Hussain, Jun Xu, Weida Tong, John M, ...

Integrating time-course microarray gene expression profiles with

Automatic Inference of Interface Properties from Program Source Code ABSTRACT (2008)

Mithun Acharya, Advisors Tao Xie, Jun Xu

Our research proposes a novel framework to automatically infer system-specific interface properties from program source code using static model-checking traces.

Regulation of cytokine-independent survival (2008)

Jun Xu, Dan Liu, Gordon Gill, Zhou Songyang

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Secret Sharing Schemes with General Access Structure Based on MSPs (2008)

Jun Xu, Xiaomin Zha

Abstract — In this paper we introduce two operations of access structure to build large monotone span programs MSPs from small MSPs. Furthermore, we point out a new method of constructing secret...

Abstract (2008)

Guantao Chen, Xingxing Yu, Jun Xu

Karger, Motwani and Ramkumar have shown that there is no constant approximation algorithm to find a longest cycle in a Hamiltonian graph, and they conjectured this is the case even for graphs with...

Preparation and luminescence of nano-sized In2O3 and rare-earth co-doped SiO2 thin films (2008)

Wan, Neng, Lin, Tao, Xu, Jun, Xu, Ling, Chen, Kunji

The sol–gel method was used to prepare SiO2 thin films co-doped with In2O3 nano-particles and Eu3+. The formation of nano-sized In2O3 particles after annealing at 900 °C was confirmed by the x-ray...

Preparation and luminescence of nano-sized In2O3 and rare-earth co-doped SiO2 thin films (2008)

Wan, Neng, Lin, Tao, Xu, Jun, Xu, Ling, Chen, Kunji

The sol - gel method was used to prepare SiO2 thin films co- doped with In2O3 nano- particles and Eu3+. The formation of nano- sized In2O3 particles after annealing at 900 degrees C was confirmed by...

The prosody of interrogatives at transition-relevance places in Mandarin Chinese conversation (2008)

Xu, Jun

This study aims to address the issue of the extent to which prosody contributes to projecting possible turn endings in Mandarin Chinese conversation. The research specifically focuses on the...

Power Portfolio Optimization in Deregulated Electricity Markets With Risk Management (2008)

Jun Xu, Peter B. Luh, Frederick B. White, Ernan Ni, Krishnan Kasiviswanathan

Abstract—In a deregulated electric power system, multiple markets of different time scales exist with various power supply instruments. A load serving entity (LSE) has multiple choices from these...

Implement an Intelligent ArcView User Interface Using SNePS (2008)

Jun Xu

An intelligent natural-language user interface between ArcView and SNePS (the semantic processing system) was implemented. The interface will accept the input command and query in natural language...

Hexaaquacadmium(II) bis[4-(2-hydroxybenzylideneamino)benzenesulfonate] dihydrate (2008)

Xi-Shi Tai, Jun Xu, Yi-Min Feng, Zu-Pei Liang

In the title compound, [Cd(H2O)6](C13H10NO4S)2·2H2O, the Cd atom (site symmetry overline{1}) adopts a regular octahedral coordination and the anion is stabilized by an intramolecular...

N′-[1-(2-Hydroxyphenyl)ethylidene]benzenesulfonohydrazide (2008)

Xi-Shi Tai, Jun Xu, Yi-Min Feng, Zu-Pei Liang

In the title compound, C14H14N2O3S, the conformation is stabilized by an intramoleclar O—H...N hydrogen bond and the dihedral angle between the aromatic ring planes is 79.55 (18)°....

2,2′-(1,1′-Azinodiethylidyne)diphenol (2008)

Xi-Shi Tai, Jun Xu, Yi-Min Feng, Zu-Pei Liang

In the title molecule, C16H16N2O2, the C—N bond lengths are 1.295 (5) and 1.300 (5) Å, which suggests that they are double bonds. The structure is stabilized by...

Clinical usefulness of handheld wireless technology in healthcare: a cross-national study of Australia and India (2008)

Gururajan, Raj, Quaddus, Mohammed, Xu, Jun

[Abstract]: Handheld wireless technology is increasingly being used as a flexible tool for data management in health care sector. Greater awareness and cheaper wireless technology are some of the...

Clinical usefulness of handheld wireless technology in healthcare: a cross-national study of Australia and India (2008)

Gururajan, Raj, Quaddus, Mohammed, Xu, Jun

[Abstract]: Handheld wireless technology is increasingly being used as a flexible tool for data management in health care sector. Greater awareness and cheaper wireless technology are some of the...

Hexaaquanickel(II) bis[4-(2-hydroxybenzylideneamino)benzenesulfonate] (2008)

Xi-Shi Tai, Jun Xu, Yi-Min Feng, Zu-Pei Liang

In the title compound, [Ni(H2O)6]<(C(C13H10NO4S)2, the nickel(II) atom, lying on a center of symmetry, is six-coordinated by six aqua O-atom donors. The dihedral angle between the two benzene...

Understanding the mechanism of Pd-catalyzed allylic substitution of the cyclic difluorinated carbonates (2008)

Jun Xu, Xiao-Long Qiu, Feng-Ling Qing

We present a mechanistic investigation of Pd-catalyzed allylic substitution of cyclic gem-difluorinated carbonates 1 and 4, previously employed in the synthesis of...

Two Cap-Binding Proteins CBP20 and CBP80 are Involved in Processing Primary MicroRNAs (2008)

Kim, Sanghee, Yang, Jun-Yi, Xu, Jun, Jang, In-Cheol, Prigge, Michael J., Chua, Nam-Hai

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are 21 nt RNAs that regulate many biological processes in plants by mediating translational inhibition or cleavage of target transcripts. Arabidopsis mutants defective in miRNA...

Reliability and Performance of Mirrored Disk Organizations (2008)

Thomasian, Alexander, Xu, Jun

Disk mirroring or redundant array of independent disk (RAID) level 1 is a popular paradigm to achieve fault-tolerance and a higher disk access bandwidth for read requests. We consider four RAID1...

LOCK: Locating Countermeasure-Capable Prefix Hijackers (2008)

Qiu, Tongqing, Ji, Lusheng, Pei, Dan, Wang, Jia, Xu, Jun, Ballani, Hitesh

Prefix hijacking is known as one of the security threats on today’s Internet. A number of measurement based solutions have been proposed to detect prefix hijacking events. In this paper we take...

Clinical usefulness of handheld wireless technology in healthcare: a cross-national study of Australia and India (2008)

Gururajan, Raj, Quaddus, Mohammed, Xu, Jun

[Abstract]: Handheld wireless technology is increasingly being used as a flexible tool for data management in health care sector. Greater awareness and cheaper wireless technology are some of the...

ABSTRACT Haematologica 1999; 84:363-368 trends in hematology Regulation and functions of the protein C anticoagulant pathway (2007)

Charles T. Esmon, Jian-ming Gu, Jun Xu, Dongfeng Qu, Shinichiro Kurosawa

The protein C pathway plays a critical role in the negative regulation of the blood clotting process. We recently identified an endothelial cell receptor for protein C/activated protein C (APC). The...

Logical Firewalls: A Mechanism for Security in Future Networking EnvironmentsNovember 26, 1996 1 Logical Firewalls: A Mechanism for Security in Future Networking Environments (2007)

Jun Xu, Mukesh Singhal

Abstract: Although current firewalls serve the purpose of current network security needs, they have several drawbacks and are not suitable for future networking environments. This paper examines the...

A Firewalling Scheme for Securing MPOA-based Enterprise Networks (2007)

Jun Xu, Mukesh Singhal

A well-known security problem with MPOA is that cutthrough connections generally bypasses firewall routers if there are any. None of the previously proposed approaches solved the problem properly. In...

On the Design and Performance of Prefix-Preserving IP Traffic (2007)

Trace Anonymization, Jun Xu, Jinliang Fan, Mostafa Ammar, Sue B. Moon

Real-world Internet trac traces are crucial for network research such as workload characterization, trac engineering, packet classication, web performance, and more generally network measurement and...

On the Design and Performance of Prex-Preserving IP Trac (2007)

Trace Anonymization, Jun Xu, Jinliang Fan, Mostafa Ammar, Sue B. Moon

Real-world Internet trac traces are crucial for network research such as workload characterization, trac engineering, packet classication, web performance, and more generally network measurement and...

A Firewalling Scheme for Securing MPOA-based Enterprise Networks (2007)

Jun Xu, Mukesh Singhal

A well-known security problem with MPOA is that cut-through connections generally bypasses firewall routers if there are any. None of the previously proposed approaches solved the problem properly....

Analysis of DoS attack traffic data (2007)

Minho Sung, Markus Haas, Jun Xu

A server at the College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, was subjected to a denial of service (DoS) attack on March 27, 2001. A Cisco router's Netow functionality was used to...

1 On the Fundamental Tradeoffs between Routing Table Size and Network Diameter in Peer-to-Peer Networks (2007)

Jun Xu, Abhishek Kumar, Xingxing Yu

Abstract--- In this work, we study a fundamental tradeoff issue in designing distributed hash table (DHT) in peer-to-peer networks: the size of the routing table v.s. the network diameter. It was...

Isospin and momentum dependence of liquid-gas phase transition in hot asymmetric nuclear matter (2007)

Xu, Jun, Chen, Lie-Wen, Li, Bao-An, Ma, Hong-Ru

The liquid-gas phase transition in hot neutron-rich nuclear matter is investigated within a self-consistent thermal model using different interactions with or without isospin and/or momentum...

Effects of isospin and momentum dependent interactions on thermal properties of asymmetric nuclear matter (2007)

Xu, Jun, Chen, Lie-Wen, Li, Bao-An, Ma, Hong-Ru

Thermal properties of asymmetric nuclear matter are studied within a self-consistent thermal model using an isospin and momentum dependent interaction (MDI) constrained by the isospin diffusion data...

Differential isospin-fractionation in dilute asymmetric nuclear matter (2007)

Li, Bao-An, Chen, Lie-Wen, Ma, Hong-Ru, Xu, Jun, Yong, Gao-Chan

The differential isospin-fractionation (IsoF) during the liquid-gas phase transition in dilute asymmetric nuclear matter is studied as a function of nucleon momentum. Within a self-consistent thermal...

The instability of (GpT)n and (ApC)n microsatellites induced by formaldehyde in Escherichia coli (2007)

Wang, Wei, Xu, Jun, Xu, Liu, Yue, Bisong, Zou, Fangdong

Formaldehyde, a potential human nasal carcinogen, has been reported to induce DNA lesions. However, the effect of formaldehyde on microsatellite instability has not previously been reported. Plasmids...

Photoacoustic characterization of carbon nanotube array thermal interfaces (2007)

Cola, Baratunde A, Xu, Jun, Cheng, Changrui, Xu, Xianfan, Fisher, Timothy

This work describes an experimental study of thermal conductance across multiwalled carbon nanotube

Effects of isospin and momentum dependent interactions on liquid-gas phase transition in hot asymmetric nuclear matter (2007)

Xu, Jun, Chen, Lie-Wen, Li, Bao-An, Ma, Hong-Ru

The liquid-gas phase transition in hot neutron-rich nuclear matter is investigated within a self-consistent thermal model using an isospin and momentum dependent interaction (MDI) constrained by the...

Icosahedral quasicrystals for visible wavelengths by optical interference holography (2007)

Xu, Jun, Ma, Rui, Wang, Xia, Tam, Wing Yim

Quasicrystals, realized in metal alloys, are a class of lattices exhibiting symmetries that fall outside the usual classification for periodic crystals. They do not have translational symmetry and...

Detection of epithelial to mesenchymal transition in airways of a bleomycin induced pulmonary fibrosis model derived from an α-smooth muscle actin-Cre transgenic mouse (2007)

Wu, Zhuang, Yang, Leilei, Cai, Lin, Zhang, Min, Cheng, Xuan, Yang, Xiao, ...

Abstract Background Epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) in alveolar epithelial cells (AECs) has been widely observed in patients suffering interstitial pulmonary fibrosis. In vitro studies...

Fabrication of photonic quasicrystals using holographic lithography method (2007)

Xu, Jun

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2007

Variability of DNA Microarray Gene Expression Profiles in Cultured Rat Primary Hepatocytes (2007)

Jun Xu, Xutao Deng, Victor Chan, Nancy Kelley-Loughnane, Brent W Harker, Leming Shi, ...

DNA microarray is a powerful tool in biomedical research. However, transcriptomic profiling using DNA microarray is subject to many variations including biological variability. To evaluate the...

Fabrication of photonic quasicrystals using holographic lithography method / (2007)

Xu, Jun.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2007.

A boosting algorithm for information retrieval (2007)

Jun Xu

In this paper we address the issue of learning to rank for document retrieval. In the task, a model is automatically created with some training data and then is utilized for ranking of documents. The...

A boosting algorithm for information retrieval (2007)

Jun Xu

In this paper we address the issue of learning to rank for document retrieval. In the task, a model is automatically created with some training data and then is utilized for ranking of documents. The...

Searching Documents Based on Relevance and Type (2007)

Jun Xu, Yunbo Cao, Hang Li, Nick Craswell, Yalou Huang

Abstract. This paper extends previous work on document retrieval and document type classification, addressing the problem of ‘typed search’. Specifically, given a query and a designated document...

This report represents a milestone of a work in progress. That work is a comprehensive handbook on how to produce high-quality documentation for software architectures. The handbook, tentatively entitled Documenting Software Architectures, will be publish (2007)

Tie-yan Liu, Jun Xu, Tao Qin, Wenying Xiong, Hang Li

This paper is concerned with learning to rank for information retrieval (IR). Ranking is the central problem for information retrieval, and employing machine learning techniques to learn the ranking...

Mining API patterns as partial orders from source code: From usage scenarios to specifications (2007)

Mithun Acharya, Tao Xie, Jian Pei, Jun Xu

A software system interacts with third-party libraries through various APIs. Using these library APIs often needs to follow certain usage patterns. Furthermore, ordering rules (specifications) exist...

Template-assisted formation of gradient concentric gold rings (2006)

Hong, Suck Won, Xu, Jun, Lin, Zhiqun

Gradient concentric rings of polymers, including (poly[2-methoxy-5-(2-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene] (MEH-PPV) and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), with unprecedented regularity were formed...

3-Omega Measurements of Vertically Oriented Carbon Nanotubes on Silicon (2006)

Hu, X. Jack, Padilla, Antonio A., Xu, Jun, Fisher, Timothy S., Goodson, Kenneth E.

An exploratory thermal interface structure, made of vertically oriented carbon nanotubes directly grown on a silicon substrate, has been thermally characterized using a 3-omega method. The effective...

Density of states of a two dimensional XY model from Wang-Landau algorithm (2006)

Xu, Jun, Ma, H. R.

Using Wang-landau algorithm combined with analytic method, the density of states of two dimensional XY model on square lattices of sizes $16\times16$, $24\times24$ and $32\times32$ is accurately...

Temperature effects on the nuclear symmetry energy and symmetry free energy with an isospin and momentum dependent interaction (2006)

Xu, Jun, Chen, Lie-Wen, Li, Bao-An, Ma, Hong-Ru

Within a self-consistent thermal model using an isospin and momentum dependent interaction (MDI) constrained by the isospin diffusion data in heavy-ion collisions, we investigate the temperature...

Generalization of DNA microarray dispersion properties: microarray equivalent of t-distribution (2006)

Novak, Jaroslav P, Kim, Seon-Young, Xu, Jun, Modlich, Olga, Volsky, David J, Honys, David, ...

Abstract Background DNA microarrays are a powerful technology that can provide a wealth of gene expression data for disease studies, drug development, and a wide scope of other investigations....

Generalization of DNA microarray dispersion properties: microarray equivalent of t-distribution (2006)

Novak, Jaroslav P., Kim, Seon-Young, Xu, Jun, Modlich, Olga, Volsky, David J., Honys, David, ...

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and...

Structural and electronic properties of Gd@C60 : All-electron relativistic total-energy study (2006)

Lu, Jing, Mei, W. N., Gao, Yi, Zeng, Xiao Cheng, Jing, Mingwei, Li, Guangping, ...

Water soluble Gd-based metallofullerenes have potential application as magnetic resonance imaging contrast agent due to its higher proton relaxivities and lower toxicity. In this letter, we have...

Enhanced Thermal Contact Conductance Using Carbon Nanotube Array Interfaces (2006)

Xu, Jun, Fisher, Timothy S.

Heat-conduction interfaces that employ carbon nanotube (CNT) arrays have been fabricated and studied experiementally using a reference calorimeter testing rig in a vacuum environment with infrared...

Enhancement of thermal interface materials with carbon nanotube arrays (2006)

Xu, Jun, Fisher, Timothy

This paper describes an experimental study of thermal contact conductance enhancement enabled by carbon nanotube (CNT) arrays synthesized directly on silicon wafers using plasma-enhanced chemical...

An optimization-based approach for facility energy management with uncertainties, and, Power portfolio optimization in deregulated electricity markets with risk management (2006)

Xu, Jun

Topic 1 . An Optimization-Based Approach for Facility Energy Management with Uncertainties. Effective energy management for facilities is becoming increasingly important in view of the rising...

Carbon nanotube array thermal interfaces (2006)

Xu, Jun

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) possess extremely high thermal conductivity in the axial direction. To take advantage of this property, new methods are needed to functionalize nanotubes across length scales...

Scalable and Efficient Data Streaming Algorithms for Detecting Common Content in Internet Traffic (2006)

Sung, Min-Ho, Kumar, Abhishek, Li, Li (Erran), Wang, Jia, Xu, Jun

Recent research on data streaming algorithms has provided powerful tools to efficiently monitor various characteristics of traffic passing through a single network link or node. However, it is often...

Semisolid casting of automotive component: water pump lid (2006)

Wang, Hao, Xu, Jun

[Abstract]: Water pump lid is selected as the automotive component to be cast using semisolid casting technology. Semisolid feedstock of alloy A357 was produced by a vertical continuous DC casting...

Families, investments in children, and education [electronic resource] : a cross-national approach / (2006)

Xu, Jun.

This dissertation applies a cross-national approach to investigating the relationship between the family and education. Using a comparative database of the Programme for International Student...

Families, investments in children, and education a cross-national approach / (2006)

Xu, Jun.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Sociology, 2006.

Security vulnerabilities: From analysis to detection and masking techniques (2006)

Shuo Chen, Jun Xu, Zbigniew Kalbarczyk

This paper presents a study that uses extensive analysis of real security vulnerabilities to drive the development of: 1) runtime techniques for detection/masking of security attacks and 2) formal...

Address space layout permutation (ASLP): Towards fine-grained randomization of commodity software (2006)

Chongkyung Kil, Jinsuk Jun, Christopher Bookholt, Jun Xu, Peng Ning

Address space randomization is an emerging and promising method for stopping a broad range of memory corruption attacks. By randomly shifting critical memory regions at process initialization time,...

Adapting ranking SVM to document retrieval (2006)

Yunbo Cao, Jun Xu, Tie-yan Liu, Hang Li, Yalou Huang, Hsiao-wuen Hon

The paper is concerned with applying learning to rank to document retrieval. Ranking SVM is a typical method of learning to rank. We point out that there are two factors one must consider when...

Data Streaming Algorithms for Estimating Entropy of Network Traffic (2006)

Ashwin Lall, Vyas Sekar, Mitsunori Ogihara, Jun (Jim) Xu, Hui Zhang

Using entropy of traffic distributions has been shown to aid a wide variety of network monitoring applications such as anomaly detection, clustering to reveal interesting patterns, and traffic...

A New Family of Ideal Multipartite Access Structure Based on MSP (2006)

Jun Xu, Jiwen Zeng, Huaxiong Wang

In this article we introduce the multipartite access structure and the composite access structure. A new family of the multipartite access structure will be given, we will provide secret sharing...

Adapting ranking SVM to document retrieval (2006)

Yunbo Cao, Jun Xu, Tie-yan Liu, Hang Li, Yalou Huang, Hsiao-wuen Hon

The paper is concerned with applying learning to rank to document retrieval. Ranking SVM is a typical method of learning to rank. We point out that there are two factors one must consider when...

Cost-sensitive learning of SVM for ranking (2006)

Jun Xu, Yunbo Cao, Hang Li, Yalou Huang

Abstract. In this paper, we propose a new method for learning to rank. ‘Ranking SVM ’ is a method for performing the task. It formulizes the problem as that of binary classification on instance...

Address space layout permutation (ASLP): Towards fine-grained randomization of commodity software (2006)

Chongkyung Kil, Jinsuk Jun, Christopher Bookholt, Jun Xu, Peng Ning

Address space randomization is an emerging and promising method for stopping a broad range of memory corruption attacks. By randomly shifting critical memory regions at process initialization time,...

Effective generation of interface robustness properties for static analysis (2006)

Mithun Acharya, Tanu Sharma, Jun Xu, Tao Xie

A software system interacts with its environment through system interfaces. Robustness of software systems are governed by various temporal properties related to these interfaces, whose violation...

Cost-sensitive learning of SVM for ranking (2006)

Jun Xu, Yunbo Cao, Hang Li, Yalou Huang

Abstract. In this paper, we propose a new method for learning to rank. ‘Ranking SVM ’ is a method for performing the task. It formulizes the problem as that of binary classification on instance...

Scalable and Efficient Data Streaming Algorithms for Detecting Common Content in Internet Traffic (2006)

Sung, Min-Ho, Kumar, Abhishek, Li, Li (Erran), Wang, Jia, Xu, Jun

Recent research on data streaming algorithms has provided powerful tools to efficiently monitor various characteristics of traffic passing through a single network link or node. However, it is often...

Scalable Hash-based IP Traceback Using Rate-limited Probabilistic Packet Marking (2006)

Sung, Minho, Chiang, Jason, Xu, Jun

Recent surveys show that DDoS attack is still one of the major threats to the Internet security. Many techniques have been proposed to trace the origin of attacking packets, known as IP traceback...

C-terminal HERG (LQT2) mutations disrupt IKr channel regulation through 14-3-3{epsilon} (2006)

Choe, Chi-un, Schulze-Bahr, Eric, Neu, Axel, Xu, Jun, Zhu, Zheng I., Sauter, Kathrin, ...

β-Adrenergic receptor-mediated cAMP or protein kinase A (PKA)-dependent modulation of cardiac potassium currents controls ventricular action potential duration (APD) at faster heart rates. HERG...

C-terminal HERG (LQT2) mutations disrupt IKr channel regulation through 14-3-3{varepsilon} (2006)

Choe, Chi-un, Schulze-Bahr, Eric, Neu, Axel, Xu, Jun, Zhu, Zheng I., Sauter, Kathrin, ...

Beta-adrenergic receptor-mediated cAMP or protein kinase A (PKA)-dependent modulation of cardiac potassium currents controls ventricular action potential duration at faster heart rates. HERG (KCNH2)...

Integrating time-course microarray gene expression profiles with cytotoxicity for identification of biomarkers in primary rat hepatocytes exposed to cadmium (2006)

Tan, Yongxi, Shi, Leming, Hussain, Saber M., Xu, Jun, Tong, Weida, Frazier, John M., ...

Motivation: DNA microarrays can provide information about the expression levels of thousands of genes simultaneously at the transcriptomic level, while conventional cell viability and cytotoxicity...

Semisolid casting of automotive component: water pump lid (2006)

Wang, Hao, Xu, Jun

[Abstract]: Water pump lid is selected as the automotive component to be cast using semisolid casting technology. Semisolid feedstock of alloy A357 was produced by a vertical continuous DC casting...

Data Streaming Algorithms for Estimating Entropy of Network Traffic (2005)

Lall, Ashwin, Sekar, Vyas, Ogihara, Mitsunori, Xu, Jun, Zhang, Hui

Using entropy of traffic distributions has been shown to aid a wide variety of network monitoring applications such as anomaly detection, clustering to reveal interesting patterns, and traffic...

Unusual Dielectric Relaxation in Lightly Doped n-Type Rhombohedral BaTi0.85Zr0.15O3:Ta Ferroelectric Ceramics (2005)

Xu, Jun, Itoh, Mitsuru

The dielectric properties of tantalum doped BaTi0.85Zr0.15O3 were investigated. The conventional solid state reaction method was used to make the ceramic samples. The composition was close to the...

Natural-language representation and query of linear geographic objects in GIS (2005)

Xu, Jun.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--State University of New York at Buffalo, 2005.

Non-control-data attacks are realistic threats (2005)

Shuo Chen, Jun Xu, Emre C. Sezer, Prachi Gauriar, Ravishankar K. Iyer

Most memory corruption attacks and Internet worms follow a familiar pattern known as the control-data attack. Hence, many defensive techniques are designed to protect program control flow integrity....

Non-control-data attacks are realistic threats (2005)

Shuo Chen, Jun Xu, Emre C. Sezer, Prachi Gauriar, Ravishankar K. Iyer

Most memory corruption attacks and Internet worms follow a familiar pattern known as the control-data attack. Hence, many defensive techniques are designed to protect program control flow integrity....

Detecting Memory Access Errors via Illegal Write Monitoring ∗ (2005)

Emre Can Sezer, Prachi Gauriar, Jun Xu

Memory access errors are a major source of bugs in programs written in C. The errors are difficult to find and can lead to runtime failures or even security compromises. Languages such as Java are...

Automatic Diagnosis and Response to Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities (2005)

Jun Xu Peng, Jun Xu, Peng Ning, Chongkyung Kil, Yan Zhai, Chris Bookholt

Cyber attacks against networked computers have become relentless in recent years. The most common attack method is to exploit memory corruption vulnerabilities such as bu#er overflow and format...

Ranking Definitions with Supervised Learning Methods (2005)

Jun Xu, Yunbo Cao

This paper is concerned with the problem of definition search. Specifically, given a term, we are to retrieve definitional excerpts of the term and rank the extracted excerpts according to their...

Ranking Definitions with Supervised Learning Methods (2005)

Jun Xu, Yunbo Cao

This paper is concerned with the problem of definition search. Specifically, given a term, we are to retrieve definitional excerpts of the term and rank the extracted excerpts according to their...

Defeating memory corruption attacks via pointer taintedness detection (2005)

Shuo Chen, Jun Xu, Nithin Nakka, Zbigniew Kalbarczyk, Ravishankar K. Iyer

Most malicious attacks compromise system security through memory corruption exploits. Recently proposed techniques attempt to defeat these attacks by protecting program control data. We have...

Activity-dependent long-term potentiation of intrinsic excitability in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons / (2005)

Xu, Jun.

Program in Cell Biology and Anatomy. Graduate School of Basic Medical Sciences.

The PI-3 kinase pathway regulates cell survival through Akt and CISK / (2005)

Xu, Jun.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Baylor College of Medicine. Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2005.

Natural-language representation and query of linear geographic objects in GIS [electronic resource] / (2005)

Xu, Jun.

Summary: People usually use qualitative terms to express spatial relations, while current geographic information systems (GIS) all use quantitative description to store spatial information. The...

Integrating time-course microarray gene expression profiles with cytotoxicity for identification of biomarkers in primary rat hepatocytes exposed to cadmium# (2005)

Tan, Yongxi, Shi, Leming, Hussain, Saber M., Xu, Jun, Tong, Weida, Frazier, John M., ...

Motivation: DNA microarrays can provide information about the expression levels of thousands of genes simultaneously at the transcriptomic level, while conventional cell viability and cytotoxicity...

MgB2 thick film grown on Stainless steel substrate with ductility (2004)

Feng, Qing-rong, Chen, Chinping, Lu, Ying, Zia, Zhang, Guo, Jing-pu, Wang, Xiao-nan, ...

MgB2 thick film was synthesized on the stainless steel substrate by the technique of hybrid physical-chemical vapor deposition (HPCVD), using Mg ingot and B2H6 as the raw materials. The film...

Phase formation of polycrystalline MgB2 at low temperature using nanometer Mg powder (2004)

Chen, Chinping, Zhou, Zeng-jun, Li, Xing-guo, Xu, Jun, Wang, Yu-hao, Wang, Yong-zhong, ...

The MgB2 superconductor synthesized in a flowing argon atmosphere using nanometer magnesium powder as the raw materials, denoted as Nano-MgB2, has been studied by the technique of in-situ high...

Effect of strain on the magnetic and transport properties of the composite manganites, La$_{2/3}$Ca$_{1/3}$MnO$_3$/yttria-stabilized zirconia (2004)

Liu, Wei, Chen, Chinping, Wang, Xinfeng, Zhao, Jun, Xu, Xiangyu, Xu, Jun, ...

The magnetic and transport properties have been investigated for the composite polycrystalline manganites, (1-x)$La_{2/3}Ca_{1/3}MnO_3$/(x)yttria-stabilized zirconia ((1-x)LCMO/(x)YSZ), at various...

Thick MgB2 film with (101) oriented micro-crystals (2004)

Chen, Chinping, Wang, Xinfeng, Lu, Ying, Jia, Zhang, Guo, Jing-pu, Wang, Xiao-nan, ...

Very thick, ~ 40 $\mu$m, clean, and highly textured MgB2 film was effectively grown on an Al2O3 substrate. The fabrication technique is by the hybrid physical-chemical vapor deposition (HPCVD) using...

Prefix-preserving IP address anonymization: measurement-based security evaluation and a new cryptography-based scheme (2004)

Fan, Jinliang, Xu, Jun, Ammar, Mostafa H., Moon, Sue B.

Real-world traffic traces are crucial for Internet research, but only a very small percentage of traces collected are made public. One major reason why traffic trace owners hesitate to make the...

Data Streaming Algorithms for Efficient and Accurate Estimation of Flow Size Distribution (2004)

Abhishek Kumar, Minho Sung, Jun (Jim) Xu, Jia Wang

Knowing the distribution of the sizes of traffic flows passing through a network link helps a network operator to characterize network resource usage, infer traffic demands, detect traffic anomalies,...

On the Computational Complexity of Maintaining GPS Clock in Packet Scheduling (2004)

Qi (George) Zhao, Jun (Jim) Xu

Packet scheduling is an important mechanism to provide QoS guarantees in data networks. A scheduling algorithm generally consists of two functions: one estimates how the GPS (General Processor...

WORM vs. WORM: Preliminary Study of an Active Counter-Attack Mechanism (2004)

Frank Castañeda, Emre Can Sezer, Jun Xu

Self-propagating computer worms have been terrorizing the Internet for the last several years. With the increasing density, inter-connectivity and bandwidth of the Internet combined with security...

Modeling and Evaluating the Security Threats of Transient Errors in Firewall Software (2004)

Shuo Chen, Jun Xu, Zbigniew Kalbarczyk, Ravishankar K. Iyer, Keith Whisnant

This paper experimentally evaluates and models the error-caused security vulnerabilities and the resulting security violations on two Linux kernel firewalls: IPChains and Netfilter. There are two...

Modeling and Evaluating the Security Threats of Transient Errors in Firewall Software. Performance Evaluation (2004)

Shuo Chen, Jun Xu, Zbigniew Kalbarczyk, Ravishankar K. Iyer, Keith Whisnant

This paper experimentally evaluates and models the error-caused security vulnerabilities and the resulting security violations on two Linux kernel firewalls: IPChains and Netfilter. There are two...

An Architectural Framework for Providing Reliability and Security Support (2004)

Nithin Nakka, Jun Xu, Zbigniew Kalbarczyk, Ravishankar K. Iyer

This paper explores hardware-implemented error-detection and security mechanisms embedded as modules in a hardware-level framework called the Reliability and Security Engine (RSE), which is...

X.: On the fundamental tradeoffs between routing table size and network diameter in peer-to-peer networks (2004)

Jun Xu, Abhishek Kumar, Xingxing Yu

In this work, we study a fundamental tradeoff issue in designing distributed hash table (DHT) in peer-to-peer networks: the size of the routing table v.s. the network diameter. It was observed by...

Cancer siRNA therapy by tumor selective delivery with ligand-targeted sterically stabilized nanoparticle (2004)

Schiffelers, Raymond M., Ansari, Aslam, Xu, Jun, Zhou, Qin, Tang, Qingquan, Storm, Gert, ...

Potent sequence selective gene inhibition by siRNA ‘targeted’ therapeutics promises the ultimate level of specificity, but siRNA therapeutics is hindered by poor intracellular uptake, limited...

A FRAMEWORK FOR SITE ANALYSIS WITH EMPHASIS ON FENG SHUI AND CONTEMPORARY ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN PRINCIPLES (2003)

Xu, Jun

This research proposes a new site analysis methodology in the form of an integrated framework. The framework separates the site analysis process into different models, incorporates each model, and...

A FRAMEWORK FOR SITE ANALYSIS WITH EMPHASIS ON FENG SHUI AND CONTEMPORARY ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN PRINCIPLES (2003)

Xu, Jun

This research proposes a new site analysis methodology in the form of an integrated framework. The framework separates the site analysis process into different models, incorporates each model, and...

Formation mechanism of Zn2SiO4 crystal and amorphous SiO2 in ZnO/Si system (2003)

Xu, Xiaoliang, Wang, Pei, Qi, Zemin, Ming, Hai, Xu, Jun, Liu, Hongtu, ...

Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter © copyright (2003) IOP Publishing Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.iop.org/EJ/journal/JPhysCM

Study on the formation of MgB2 phase (2003)

Feng, Qing-rong, Chen, Chinping, Xu, Jun, Kong, Ling-wen, Chen, Xiu, Wang, Yong-zhong, ...

We report the study of the polycrystalline MgB2 phase formation during the fabrication processes. Three major phases are identified in different sintering temperature ranges according to the...

Application of Symmetric Orthogonal Multiwavelets and Prefilter Technique for Image Compression (2003)

Chen, Jiazhong, Zhou, Jingli, Yu, Shengsheng, Xiao, Qian, Xu, Jun

Multiwavelets are new addition to the body of wavelet theory. There are many types of symmetric multiwavelets such as Geronimo-Hardin-Massopust (GHM) and Chui-Lian (CL) multiwavelets. However, the...

Application of Symmetric Orthogonal Multiwavelets and Prefilter Technique for Image Compression (2003)

Chen, Jiazhong, Zhou, Jingli, Yu, Shengsheng, Xiao, Qian, Xu, Jun

Multiwavelets are new addition to the body of wavelet theory. There are many types of symmetric multiwavelets such as Geronimo-Hardin-Massopust (GHM) and Chui-Lian (CL) multiwavelets. However, the...

On the Computational Complexity of Maintaining GPS Clock and Providing Tight Delay Bounds in Packet Schedule (2003)

Xu, Jun, Zhao, Qi

Packet scheduling is an important mechanism for providing QoS guarantees in data networks. A scheduling algorithm in general consists of two functions: one estimates how the GPS (General Processor...

A Data-Driven Finite State Machine Model for Analyzing Security Vulnerabilities (2003)

Shuo Chen, Zbigniew Kalbarczyk, Jun Xu, Ravishankar K. Iyer

This paper combines an analysis of data on security vulnerabilities (published in Bugtraq database) and a focused source-code examination to develop a finite state machine (FSM) model to depict and...

Mandatory human participation: A new authentication scheme for building secure systems (2003)

Jun Xu, Richard Lipton, Irfan Essa, Minho Sung, Yong Zhu

Abstract — Mandatory Human Participation (MHP) is a novel authentication scheme that asks the question “are you human?” (instead of “who are you?”), and upon the correct answer to this...

Sustaining availability of web services under distributed denial of service attacks (2003)

Jun Xu, Wooyong Lee

Abstract—The recent tide of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against high-profile web sites demonstrate how devastating DDoS attacks are and how defenseless the Internet is under such...

On the Fundamental Tradeoffs between Routing Table Size and Network Diameter in Peer-to-Peer Networks (2003)

Jun Xu, Abhishek Kumar, Xingxing Yu

Abstract — In this work, we study a fundamental tradeoff issue in designing distributed hash table (DHT) in peer-to-peer networks: the size of the routing table v.s. the network diameter. It was...

Application of symmetric orthogonal multiwavelets and prefilter technique for Image compression (2003)

Jiazhong Chen, Jingli Zhou, Shengsheng Yu, Qian Xiao, Jun Xu

Multiwavelets are new addition to the body of wavelet theory. There are many types of symmetric multiwavelets such as Geronimo-Hardin-Massopust (GHM) and Chui-Lian (CL) multiwavelets. However, the...

Transparent Runtime Randomization for Security (2003)

Jun Xu, Zbigniew Kalbarczyk, Ravishankar K. Iyer

A large class of security attacks exploit software implementation vulnerabilities such as unchecked buffers. This paper proposes Transparent Runtime Randomization (TRR), a generalized approach for...

Space-Code Bloom Filter for Efficient Traffic Flow Measurement (2003)

Abhishek Kumar, Jun (Jim) Xu, Li Li, Jia Wang

Per-flow traffic measurement is critical for usage accounting, traffic engineering, and anomaly detection. Previous methodologies are either based on random sampling (e.g., Cisco's NetFlow),...

On the Computational Complexity of Maintaining GPS Clock and Providing Tight Delay Bounds in Packet Scheduling (2003)

Jun Xu, Qi Zhao

Packet scheduling is an important mechanism for providing QoS guarantees in data networks. A scheduling algorithm in general consists of two functions: one estimates how the GPS (General Processor...

On the Computational Complexity of Maintaining GPS Clock and Providing Tight Delay Bounds in Packet Schedule (2003)

Xu, Jun, Zhao, Qi

Packet scheduling is an important mechanism for providing QoS guarantees in data networks. A scheduling algorithm in general consists of two functions: one estimates how the GPS (General Processor...

Prefix-Preserving IP Address Anonymization: Measurement-based Security Evaluation and a New Cryptography-based Scheme (2002)

Xu, Jun, Fan, Jinliang, Ammar, Mostafa H., Moon, Sue B.

Real-world traffic traces are crucial for Internet research, but only a very small percentage of traces collected are made public. One major reason why traffic trace owners hesitate to make the...

Improving Turbo Code Error Performance by Multifold Coding. (2002)

Tanriover, Cagri;, Honary, Bahram;, Xu, Jun;, Lin, Shu;

This article presents a simple turbo coding technique to improve the error performance of a convolutional rate-1/3 turbo code by shaping its weight spectrum closer to the binomial weight distribution...

Kukakuka: An Online Environment for Artifact-Centered Discourse (2002)

Suthers, Daniel, Xu, Jun

Most human discourse in learning and work relies on external artifacts as resources or aids for conversation, but many online learning environments don't support such artifact-centered discourse...

On Fundamental Tradeoffs between Delay Bounds and Computational Complexity in Packet Scheduling Algorithms (2002)

Xu, Jun, Lipton, Richard J.

In this work, we clarify, extend and solve an open problem concerning the computational complexity for packet scheduling algorithms to achieve tight end-to-end delay bounds. We first focus on the...

On the Fundamental Tradeoffs between Routing Table Size and Network Diameter in Peer-to-Peer Networks (2002)

Xu, Jun

In this work, we study a fundamental tradeoff issue in designing dynamic hash table (DHT) in peer-to-peer networks: the size of the routing table v.s. the network diameter. It was observed in...

IP Traceback-based Intelligent Packet Filtering: A Novel Technique for Defending Against Internet DDoS Attacks (2002)

Sung, Min-Ho, Xu, Jun

Distributed Denial of service (DDoS) is one of the most difficult security problems to address. While many existing techniques (e.g., IP traceback) focus on tracking the location of the attackers...

Prefix-Preserving IP Address Anonymization: Measurement-based Security Evaluation and a New Cryptography-based Scheme (2002)

Xu, Jun, Fan, Jinliang, Ammar, Mostafa H. (Mostafa Hamed), Moon, Sue B.

Real-world traffic traces are crucial for Internet research, but only a very small percentage of traces collected are made public. One major reason why traffic trace owners hesitate to make the...

Chemoinformatics and Drug Discovery (2002)

Jun Xu, Arnold Hagler

This article reviews current achievements in the field of chemoinformatics and their impact on modern drug discovery processes. The main data mining approaches used in cheminformatics, such as...

Prefix-Preserving IP Address Anonymization: Measurement-based Security Evaluation and a New Cryptography-based Scheme (2002)

Jun Xu, Jinliang Fan, Mostafa H. Ammar, Sue B. Moon

Abstract-- Real-world traffic traces are crucial for Internet research, but only a very small percentage of traces collected are made public. One major reason why traffic trace owners hesitate to...

Prefix-Preserving IP Address Anonymization: Measurement-based Security Evaluation and a New Cryptography-based Scheme (2002)

Jun Xu, Jinliang Fan, Mostafa H. Ammar, Sue B. Moon

Abstract – Real-world traffic traces are crucial for Internet research, but only a very small percentage of traces collected are made public. One major reason why traffic trace owners hesitate to...

Architecture support for defending against buffer overflow attacks (2002)

Jun Xu, Zbigniew Kalbarczyk, Sanjay Patel, Ravishankar K. Iyer

Buffer overflow attacks are the predominant threat to the secure operation of network and in particular, Internetbased applications. Stack smashing is a common mode of buffer overflow attack for...

Kukakuka: An Online Environment for Artifact-Centered Discourse (2002)

Daniel Suthers, Jun Xu

Most human discourse in learning and work relies on external artifacts as resources or aids for conversation, but many online learning environments don’t support such artifact-centered discourse...

IP traceback-based intelligent packet filtering: A novel technique for defending against internet DDoS attacks (2002)

Minho Sung, Jun Xu

Abstract { Distributed Denial of service (DDoS) is one of the most dicult security problems to address. While many existing techniques (e.g., IP traceback) focus on tracking the location of the...

Evaluating the Security Threat of Firewall Data Corruption Caused by Instruction Transient Errors (2002)

Shuo Chen, Jun Xu, Ravishankar K. Iyer, Keith Whisnant

error-caused security vulnerabilities and the resulting security violations of two Linux kernel firewalls: IPChains and Netfilter. There are two major aspects to this work: to conduct extensive error...

On Fundamental Tradeoffs between Delay Bounds and Computational Complexity in Packet Scheduling Algorithms (2002)

Jun Xu, Richard J. Lipton

concerning the computational complexity for packet scheduling algorithms to achieve tight end-to-end delay bounds. We rst focus on the dierence between the time a packet nishes service in a...

A Unified Proof of Minimum Time Complexity for Reaching Consensus and (2002)

Uniform Consensus An, Jun Xu

In this paper, we offer new proofs to two lower bound results in distributed computing: a minimum of f + 1 and f + 2 rounds for reaching consensus and uniform consensus respectively when at most f...

Kukakuka: An Online Environment for Artifact-Centered Discourse (2002)

Daniel Suthers, Jun Xu

Most human discourse in learning and work relies on external artifacts as resources or aids for conversation, but many online learning environments don’t support such artifact-centered discourse...

Prefix-Preserving IP Address Anonymization: Measurement-based Security Evaluation and a New Cryptography-based Scheme (2002)

Jun Xu, Jinliang Fan, Mostafa H. Ammar, Sue B. Moon

Abstract – Real-world traffic traces are crucial for Internet research, but only a very small percentage of traces collected are made public. One major reason why traffic trace owners hesitate to...

An optimization-based approach for facility energy management with uncertainties (2002)

Jun Xu, Peter B. Luh, Phd William, E. Blankson, Ron Jerdonek, Khalil Shaikh

Effective energy management for facilities is becoming increasingly important in view of rising energy costs, the government mandate on reduction of energy consumption, and human comfort...

Prefix-Preserving IP Address Anonymization: Measurement-based Security Evaluation and a New Cryptography-based Scheme (2002)

Jun Xu, Jinliang Fan, Mostafa H. Ammar, Sue B. Moon

Abstract – Real-world traffic traces are crucial for Internet research, but only a very small percentage of traces collected are made public. One major reason why traffic trace owners hesitate to...

Traditional Drug Discovery Process. (2002)

Jun Xu, Arnold Hagler

Abstract: This article reviews current achievements in the field of chemoinformatics and their impact on modern drug discovery processes. The main data mining approaches used in cheminformatics, such...

On Fundamental Tradeoffs between Delay Bounds and Computational Complexity in Packet Scheduling Algorithms (2002)

Xu, Jun, Lipton, Richard J.

In this work, we clarify, extend and solve an open problem concerning the computational complexity for packet scheduling algorithms to achieve tight end-to-end delay bounds. We first focus on the...

On the Fundamental Tradeoffs between Routing Table Size and Network Diameter in Peer-to-Peer Networks (2002)

Xu, Jun

In this work, we study a fundamental tradeoff issue in designing dynamic hash table (DHT) in peer-to-peer networks: the size of the routing table v.s. the network diameter. It was observed in...

IP Traceback-based Intelligent Packet Filtering: A Novel Technique for Defending Against Internet DDoS Attacks (2002)

Sung, Min-Ho, Xu, Jun

Distributed Denial of service (DDoS) is one of the most difficult security problems to address. While many existing techniques (e.g., IP traceback) focus on tracking the location of the attackers...

Prefix-Preserving IP Address Anonymization: Measurement-based Security Evaluation and a New Cryptography-based Scheme (2002)

Xu, Jun, Fan, Jinliang, Ammar, Mostafa H. (Mostafa Hamed), Moon, Sue B.

Real-world traffic traces are crucial for Internet research, but only a very small percentage of traces collected are made public. One major reason why traffic trace owners hesitate to make the...

Dark-field and bright-field imaging of charge order domains in Nd0.5Ca0.5(Mn0.98Cr0.02)O3 (2002)

Xu, Jun, Matsui, Yoshio, Kimura, Tsuyoshi, Tokura, Yoshinori

Low temperature transmission electron microscopy observation is conducted to study the charge ordering (CO) progress and electronic phase separation in Nd0.5Ca0.5Mn0.98Cr0.02O3. At 130 K, there is a...

Sex differences in sex chromosome gene expression in mouse brain (2002)

Xu, Jun, Burgoyne, Paul S., Arnold, Arthur P.

A major question is whether genes encoded on the sex chromosomes act directly in non-gonadal tissues to cause sex differences in development or function, or whether all sex differences in somatic...

Mandatory Human Participation: A New Scheme for Building Secure Systems (2001)

Xu, Jun, Essa, Irfan A., Sung, Min-Ho, Lipton, Richard J.

Mandatory Human Participation (MHP) is a novel authentication scheme that asks the question "are you human?" (instead of "who are you?"), and upon the correct answer to this question, can prove a...

Sustaining Availability of Web Services under Severe Denial of Service Attacks (2001)

Xu, Jun

Denial of service (DoS) is one of the most difficult security problems to address. While most existing techniques (e.g., IP traceback) focus on tracing the location of the attackers after-the-fact,...

On the Design and Performance of Prefix-Preserving IP Traffic Trace Anonymization (2001)

Xu, Jun, Fan, Jinliang, Ammar, Mostafa H. (Mostafa Hamed), Moon, Sue B.

Even though real-world Internet traffic traces are crucial for network research, only a tiny percentage of traffic traces collected are made public. One major reason why traffic trace owners hesitate...

A Unified Proof of Minimum Time Complexity for Reaching Consensus and Uniform Consensus -- An Oracle-based Approach (2001)

Xu, Jun

In this paper, we offer simple and intuitive proofs to two lower bound results in distributed computing: a minimum of n + 1 and n + 2 rounds for reaching consensus and uniform consensus respectively...

Comparing fail-silence provided by process duplication versus internal error detection for DHCP server (2001)

David T. Stott, Neila. Speirs Ý, Zbigniew Kalbarczyk, Saurabh Bagchi, Jun Xu, Ravishankar K. Iyer

This paper uses fault injection to compare the ability of two fault-tolerant software architectures to protect an application from faults. These two architectures are Voltan, which uses process...

An Experimental Study of Security Vulnerabilities Caused by Errors (2001)

Jun Xu, Shuo Chen, Zbigniew Kalbarczyk, Ravishankar K. Iyer

This paper presents an experimental study which shows that, for the Intel x86 architecture, single-bit control flow errors in the authentication sections of targeted applications can result in...

Comparing fail-silence provided by process duplication versus internal error detection for DHCP server (2001)

David T. Stott, Neil A. Speirs, Zbigniew Kalbarczyk, Saurabh Bagchi, Jun Xu, Ravishankar K. Iyer

This paper uses fault injection to compare the ability of two fault-tolerant software architectures to protect an application from faults. These two architectures are Voltan, which uses process...

Comparing Fail-Silence Provided by Process Duplication versus Internal Error (2001)

Detection For Dhcp, David T. Stott, Neil A. Speirs, Zbigniew Kalbarczyk, Saurabh Bagchi, Jun Xu, ...

This paper uses fault injection to compare the ability of two fault-tolerant software architectures to protect an application from faults. These two architectures are Voltan, which uses process...

On the Design and Performance of Prefix-Preserving IP Traffic Trace Anonymization (2001)

Jun Xu, Jinliang Fan, Mostafa H. Ammar, Sue B. Moon

Abstract — Even though real-world Internet traffic traces are crucial for network research, only a tiny percentage of traffic traces collected are made public. One major reason why traffic trace...

Mandatory Human Participation: A New Scheme for Building Secure Systems (2001)

Xu, Jun, Essa, Irfan A., Sung, Min-Ho, Lipton, Richard J.

Mandatory Human Participation (MHP) is a novel authentication scheme that asks the question "are you human?" (instead of "who are you?"), and upon the correct answer to this question, can prove a...

Sustaining Availability of Web Services under Severe Denial of Service Attacks (2001)

Xu, Jun

Denial of service (DoS) is one of the most difficult security problems to address. While most existing techniques (e.g., IP traceback) focus on tracing the location of the attackers after-the-fact,...

On the Design and Performance of Prefix-Preserving IP Traffic Trace Anonymization (2001)

Xu, Jun, Fan, Jinliang, Ammar, Mostafa H. (Mostafa Hamed), Moon, Sue B.

Even though real-world Internet traffic traces are crucial for network research, only a tiny percentage of traffic traces collected are made public. One major reason why traffic trace owners hesitate...

A Unified Proof of Minimum Time Complexity for Reaching Consensus and Uniform Consensus -- An Oracle-based Approach (2001)

Xu, Jun

In this paper, we offer simple and intuitive proofs to two lower bound results in distributed computing: a minimum of n + 1 and n + 2 rounds for reaching consensus and uniform consensus respectively...

TRANSITIONS -- DESIGN A COURTHOUSE (2000)

Xu, Jun

The project is a courthouse designed in the town of Blacksburg. It will not only provides an important and functional public building in the local architectural history, but also improves the urban...

TRANSITIONS -- DESIGN A COURTHOUSE (2000)

Xu, Jun

The project is a courthouse designed in the town of Blacksburg. It will not only provides an important and functional public building in the local architectural history, but also improves the urban...

Hello, Are You Human? (2000)

Xu, Jun, Essa, Irfan A., Lipton, Richard J.

In this paper, we propose the concept of a humanizer and explore its applications in network security and E-commerce. A humanizer is a novel authentication scheme that asks the question "are you...

Towards dependable home networking: An experience report (2000)

Yi-min Wang, Wilf Russell, Anish Arora, Jun Xu, Rajesh K. Jagannathan

As the success of the Web increasingly brings us towards a fully connected world, home networking systems that connect and manage home appliances become the natural next step to complete the...

Fault Injection Based Assessment of Fail-Silence Provided by Process Duplication versus Internal Error Detection (2000)

David T. Stott, Neil A. Speirs, Jun Xu, Saurabh Bagchi, Keith Whisnant, Zbigniew Kalbarczyk, ...

In this paper, two software-based architectures for providing fail-silent processes, Voltan and Chameleon ARMORs, are analyzed using fault injection. The goal is to compare the fail-silence coverage...

A Novel Cache Architecture to Support Layer-Four Packet Classification at Memory Access Speeds (2000)

Jun Xu, Mukesh Singhal, Joanne Degroat

| Existing and emerging layer-4 switching technologies require packet classication to be performed on more than one header elds, known as layer-4 lookup. Currently, the fastest general layer-4 lookup...

A Novel Cache Architecture to Support Layer-Four Packet Classification at Memory Access Speeds (2000)

Jun Xu, Mukesh Singhal, Joanne Degroat

Existing and emerging layer-4 switching technologies require packet classification to be performed on more than one header fields, known as layer-4 lookup. Currently, the fastest general layer-4...

Cost-Effective Flow Table Designs for High-Speed Routers: Architecture and Performance Evaluation (2000)

Jun Xu, Mukesh Singhal

Provision of QoS-related router functions such as traffic regulation, policy routing, and usage-based accounting requires that a flow table stores state information for active flows. The design of...

Hello, Are You Human? (2000)

Xu, Jun, Essa, Irfan A., Lipton, Richard J.

In this paper, we propose the concept of a humanizer and explore its applications in network security and E-commerce. A humanizer is a novel authentication scheme that asks the question "are you...

Androgen modulation of neurotrophic factor action: A possible mechanism for sexually dimorphic neural development (1999)

Xu, Jun

Motoneurons of the spinal nucleus of the bulbocavernosus (SNB) reside in the lower lumbar spinal cord and innervate the bulbocavernosus (BC) and levator ani (LA) muscles. Adult males have larger BC...

Androgen modulation of neurotrophic factor action: A possible mechanism for sexually dimorphic neural development (1999)

Xu, Jun

Motoneurons of the spinal nucleus of the bulbocavernosus (SNB) reside in the lower lumbar spinal cord and innervate the bulbocavernosus (BC) and levator ani (LA) muscles. Adult males have larger BC...

Cost-Effective Flow Table Designs for High-Speed Routers: Architecture and Performance Evaluation (1999)

Jun Xu, Mukesh Singhal

Abstract—Provision of QoS-related router functions such as traffic regulation, policy routing, and usage-based accounting requires that a flow table store state information for active flows. The...

Caching and predicting branch sequences for improved fetch effectiveness (1999)

Soner Onder, Jun Xu, Rajiv Gupta

A sequence of branch instructions in the dynamic instruction stream forms a branch sequence if at most one non-branch instruction separates each consecutive pair of branches in the sequence. We...

Design and Evaluation of a High-Performance ATM Firewall Switch and Its Applications (1999)

Jun Xu, Student Member, Mukesh Singhal, Senior Member

We present the design of a value-added ATM switch that is capable of performing packet-level (IP) filtering at the maximum throughput of 2.88 Gbit/s per port. This firewall switch nicely integrates...

Design and evaluation of a high-performance atm firewall switch and its applications (1999)

Jun Xu, Student Member, Mukesh Singhal, Senior Member

Abstract—We present the design of a value-added ATM switch that is capable of performing packet-level (IP) filtering at the maximum throughput of 2.88 Gbit/s per port. This firewall switch nicely...

Gas-Exposure Enhanced Na* Emission from Na-Rich Surfaces, (1998)

Xu, Jun, Barnes, Alan, Yang, Xinxing, Tolk, Norman

The optical emission attributed to electronically desorbed excited sodium atoms from NaCl and Na-evaporated surfaces is shown to be enhanced by exposure of the surface to gaseous CO2 and N2. This is...

High Performance Woven Mesh Heat Exchangers (1998)

Wirtz, Richard A., Li, Chen, Park, Ji-Wook, Xu, Jun

Simple-to-fabricate woven mesh structures, consisting of bonded laminates of two-dimensional plain-weave conductive screens, or three-dimensional orthogonal weaves are described. Geometric equations...

Evaluation of the failure of Grassman's laws for short wavelength stimuli / (1998)

Xu, Jun

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Dept. of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, June 1998.

Design of a High-Performance ATM Firewall (1998)

Jun Xu, Mukesh Singhal

this paper we present the hardware design of a high-speed ATM firewall that does not require the termination of an end-to-end connection in the middle. We propose a novel firewall design philosophy,...

Certificate Path Generating Protocol (CPGP) for Authenticated Signaling in ATM Networks (1998)

Jun Xu, Mukesh Singhal

Authenticated signaling is an important security service to be provided by ATM networks to guard against threats of spoofing and impersonation. ATM Forum specifies public key cryptography to be the...

13C NMR Spectral Prediction by Means of Generalized Atom Center Fragment Method (1997)

Jun Xu

Knowledge-based NMR spectral prediction relies on the correlations between substructures and sub-spectra. To extract the correlations, a systematic substructure measurement has been developed to...

Sources Of Bias In Particle-Mesh Methods For Pdf Models For Turbulent Flows (1997)

Jun Xu, Stephen B. Pope

Numerical errors, in particular bias, in PDF-based particle-mesh methods for turbulence modeling have been explored. It is shown that bias decreases linearly with the increase of the number of...

A Certificate Path Generation Algorithm for Authenticated Signaling in ATM Networks (1997)

Jun Xu, Mukesh Singhal

ATM Forum specifies public key cryptography to be the default ATM authentication mechanism and directory services like X.509 to be the infrastructure for public key distribution and certification....

bcl-2 overexpression reduces apoptotic photoreceptor cell death in three different retinal degenerations (1996)

Chen, Jeannie, Flannery, John G., LaVail, Matthew M., Steinberg, Roy H., Xu, Jun, Simon, Melvin I.

Apoptosis of photoreceptors occurs infrequently in adult retina but can be triggered in inherited and environmentally induced retinal degenerations. The protooncogene bcl-2 is known to be a potent...

Identification of Novel Serine/Threonine Protein Phosphatases in Trypanosoma cruzi: a Potential Role in Control of Cytokinesis and Morphology

Orr, George A., Werner, Craig, Xu, Jun, Bennett, Marcia, Weiss, Louis M., Takvorkan, Peter, ...

We cloned two novel Trypanosoma cruzi proteins by using degenerate oligonucleotide primers prepared against conserved domains in mammalian serine/threonine protein phosphatases 1, 2A, and 2B. The...

The biosynthetic gene cluster of the maytansinoid antitumor agent ansamitocin from Actinosynnema pretiosum

Yu, Tin-Wein, Bai, Linquan, Clade, Dorothee, Hoffmann, Dietmar, Toelzer, Sabine, Trinh, Khue Q., ...

Maytansinoids are potent antitumor agents found in plants and microorganisms. To elucidate their biosynthesis at the biochemical and genetic level and to set the stage for their structure...

Inhibition of mitochondrial protein synthesis results in increased endothelial cell susceptibility to nitric oxide-induced apoptosis

Ramachandran, Anup, Moellering, Douglas R., Ceaser, Erin, Shiva, Sruti, Xu, Jun, Darley-Usmar, Victor

Mutations in mitochondrial DNA, affecting the activity of respiratory complexes, have been implicated in many chronic degenerative diseases. Mitochondrial proteins coded for by both the mitochondrial...

Innovative Approach for Improvement of an Antibiotic-Overproducing Industrial Strain of Streptomyces albus

Tamehiro, Norimasa, Hosaka, Takeshi, Xu, Jun, Hu, Haifeng, Otake, Noboru, Ochi, Kozo

Working with a Streptomyces albus strain that had previously been bred to produce industrial amounts (10 mg/ml) of salinomycin, we demonstrated the efficacy of introducing drug resistance-producing...

Cancer siRNA therapy by tumor selective delivery with ligand-targeted sterically stabilized nanoparticle

Schiffelers, Raymond M., Ansari, Aslam, Xu, Jun, Zhou, Qin, Tang, Qingquan, Storm, Gert, ...

Potent sequence selective gene inhibition by siRNA ‘targeted’ therapeutics promises the ultimate level of specificity, but siRNA therapeutics is hindered by poor intracellular uptake, limited...

A Role of Arabidopsis Inositol Polyphosphate Kinase, AtIPK2α, in Pollen Germination and Root Growth1

Xu, Jun, Brearley, Charles A., Lin, Wen-Hui, Wang, Yuan, Ye, Rui, Mueller-Roeber, Bernd, ...

Inositol polyphosphates, such as inositol trisphosphate, are pivotal intracellular signaling molecules in eukaryotic cells. In higher plants the mechanism for the regulation of the type and the level...

EshA Accentuates ppGpp Accumulation and Is Conditionally Required for Antibiotic Production in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)

Saito, Natsumi, Xu, Jun, Hosaka, Takeshi, Okamoto, Susumu, Aoki, Hiroyuki, Bibb, Mervyn J., ...

Disruption of eshA, which encodes a 52-kDa protein that is produced late during the growth of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2), resulted in elimination of actinorhodin production. In contrast,...

Identification of Novel Serine/Threonine Protein Phosphatases in Trypanosoma cruzi: a Potential Role in Control of Cytokinesis and Morphology

Orr, George A., Werner, Craig, Xu, Jun, Bennett, Marcia, Weiss, Louis M., Takvorkan, Peter, ...

We cloned two novel Trypanosoma cruzi proteins by using degenerate oligonucleotide primers prepared against conserved domains in mammalian serine/threonine protein phosphatases 1, 2A, and 2B. The...

The biosynthetic gene cluster of the maytansinoid antitumor agent ansamitocin from Actinosynnema pretiosum

Yu, Tin-Wein, Bai, Linquan, Clade, Dorothee, Hoffmann, Dietmar, Toelzer, Sabine, Trinh, Khue Q., ...

Maytansinoids are potent antitumor agents found in plants and microorganisms. To elucidate their biosynthesis at the biochemical and genetic level and to set the stage for their structure...

Inhibition of mitochondrial protein synthesis results in increased endothelial cell susceptibility to nitric oxide-induced apoptosis

Ramachandran, Anup, Moellering, Douglas R., Ceaser, Erin, Shiva, Sruti, Xu, Jun, Darley-Usmar, Victor

Mutations in mitochondrial DNA, affecting the activity of respiratory complexes, have been implicated in many chronic degenerative diseases. Mitochondrial proteins coded for by both the mitochondrial...

Innovative Approach for Improvement of an Antibiotic-Overproducing Industrial Strain of Streptomyces albus

Tamehiro, Norimasa, Hosaka, Takeshi, Xu, Jun, Hu, Haifeng, Otake, Noboru, Ochi, Kozo

Working with a Streptomyces albus strain that had previously been bred to produce industrial amounts (10 mg/ml) of salinomycin, we demonstrated the efficacy of introducing drug resistance-producing...

Cancer siRNA therapy by tumor selective delivery with ligand-targeted sterically stabilized nanoparticle

Schiffelers, Raymond M., Ansari, Aslam, Xu, Jun, Zhou, Qin, Tang, Qingquan, Storm, Gert, ...

Potent sequence selective gene inhibition by siRNA ‘targeted’ therapeutics promises the ultimate level of specificity, but siRNA therapeutics is hindered by poor intracellular uptake, limited...

A Role of Arabidopsis Inositol Polyphosphate Kinase, AtIPK2α, in Pollen Germination and Root Growth1

Xu, Jun, Brearley, Charles A., Lin, Wen-Hui, Wang, Yuan, Ye, Rui, Mueller-Roeber, Bernd, ...

Inositol polyphosphates, such as inositol trisphosphate, are pivotal intracellular signaling molecules in eukaryotic cells. In higher plants the mechanism for the regulation of the type and the level...

EshA Accentuates ppGpp Accumulation and Is Conditionally Required for Antibiotic Production in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)

Saito, Natsumi, Xu, Jun, Hosaka, Takeshi, Okamoto, Susumu, Aoki, Hiroyuki, Bibb, Mervyn J., ...

Disruption of eshA, which encodes a 52-kDa protein that is produced late during the growth of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2), resulted in elimination of actinorhodin production. In contrast,...

Genomewide Expression Profiling in the Zebrafish Embryo Identifies Target Genes Regulated by Hedgehog Signaling During Vertebrate Development

Xu, Jun, Srinivas, Bhylahalli P., Tay, Shang Yew, Mak, Alicia, Yu, Xianwen, Lee, Serene G. P., ...

Hedgehog proteins play critical roles in organizing the embryonic development of animals, largely through modulation of target gene expression. Little is currently known, however, about the kinds and...

Inhibition of Ocular Angiogenesis by siRNA Targeting Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Pathway Genes : Therapeutic Strategy for Herpetic Stromal Keratitis

Kim, Bumseok, Tang, Qingquan, Biswas, Partha S., Xu, Jun, Schiffelers, Raymond M., Xie, Frank Y., ...

Ocular neovascularization often results in vision impairment. Frequently vascular endothelial cell growth factors (VEGFs) are mainly responsible for the pathological neovascularization as in the case...

Arabidopsis DCP2, DCP1, and VARICOSE Form a Decapping Complex Required for Postembryonic Development[W]

Xu, Jun, Yang, Jun-Yi, Niu, Qi-Wen, Chua, Nam-Hai

mRNA turnover in eukaryotes involves the removal of m7GDP from the 5′ end. This decapping reaction is mediated by a protein complex well characterized in yeast and human but not in plants. The...

Integrative genomic and functional analyses reveal neuronal subtype differentiation bias in human embryonic stem cell lines

Wu, Hao, Xu, Jun, Pang, Zhiping P., Ge, Weihong, Kim, Kevin J., Blanchi, Bruno, ...

The self-renewal and differentiation potential of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) suggests that hESCs could be used for regenerative medicine, especially for restoring neuronal functions in brain...

Essential role of the TNF-TNFR2 cognate interaction in mouse dendritic cell–natural killer cell crosstalk

Xu, Jun, Chakrabarti, Ayan K., Tan, Jennifer L., Ge, Lisheng, Gambotto, Andrea, Vujanovic, Nikola L.

Dendritic cells (DCs) and natural killer (NK) cells are essential components of the innate immune system and have a central role in initiation and regulation of adaptive immune responses. During the...

Ionic Mechanisms of Endogenous Bursting in CA3 Hippocampal Pyramidal Neurons: A Model Study

Xu, Jun, Clancy, Colleen E.

A critical property of some neurons is burst firing, which in the hippocampus plays a primary role in reliable transmission of electrical signals. However, bursting may also contribute to...

Racial Differences in Public Confidence in Education: 1974-2002

Joshua Klugman, Jun Xu

This article examines the black-white gap in confidence in education in the United States and how the gap has changed over time. Copyright (c) 2008 by the Southwestern Social Science Association.

Regulation of cytokine-independent survival kinase (CISK) by the Phox homology domain and phosphoinositides

Xu, Jun, Liu, Dan, Gill, Gordon, Songyang, Zhou

PKB/Akt and serum and glucocorticoid–regulated kinase (SGK) family kinases are important downstream targets of phosphatidylinositol 3 (PI-3) kinase and have been shown to mediate a variety of...

Confidence intervals for predicted outcomes in regression models for categorical outcomes

Jun Xu, J. Scott Long

We discuss methods for computing confidence intervals for predictions and discrete changes in predictions for regression models for categorical outcomes. The methods include endpoint transformation,...

Dandruff-associated Malassezia genomes reveal convergent and divergent virulence traits shared with plant and human fungal pathogens

Xu, Jun, Saunders, Charles W., Hu, Ping, Grant, Raymond A., Boekhout, Teun, Kuramae, Eiko E., ...

Fungi in the genus Malassezia are ubiquitous skin residents of humans and other warm-blooded animals. Malassezia are involved in disorders including dandruff and seborrheic dermatitis, which together...

Sex-Specific Expression of the X-Linked Histone Demethylase Gene Jarid1c in Brain

Xu, Jun, Deng, Xinxian, Disteche, Christine M.

Jarid1c, an X-linked gene coding for a histone demethylase, plays an important role in brain development and function. Notably, JARID1C mutations cause mental retardation and increased aggression in...

Understanding the mechanism of Pd-catalyzed allylic substitution of the cyclic difluorinated carbonates

Xu, Jun, Qiu, Xiao-Long, Qing, Feng-Ling

We present a mechanistic investigation of Pd-catalyzed allylic substitution of cyclic gem-difluorinated carbonates 1 and 4, previously employed in the synthesis of...

L-type calcium channel current up-regulation by chronic stress is associated with increased α1c subunit expression in rat ventricular myocytes

Zhao, Yun, Xu, Jun, Gong, JingBo, Qian, LingJia

The L-type calcium channel plays a pivotal role in the regulation of a wide range of cellular processes, including membrane excitability, Ca2+ homeostasis, protein phosphorylation, and gene...

Two Cap-Binding Proteins CBP20 and CBP80 are Involved in Processing Primary MicroRNAs

Kim, Sanghee, Yang, Jun-Yi, Xu, Jun, Jang, In-Cheol, Prigge, Michael J., Chua, Nam-Hai

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are 21 nt RNAs that regulate many biological processes in plants by mediating translational inhibition or cleavage of target transcripts. Arabidopsis mutants defective in miRNA...