Lei Wang

Large transport critical currents of powder-in-tube Sr0.6K0.4Fe2As2/Ag superconducting wires and tapes (2009)

Wang, Lei, Qi, Yanpeng, Wang, Dongliang, Zhang, Xianping, Gao, Zhaoshun, Zhang, Zhiyu, ...

We report significant transport critical currents firstly achieved in Sr0.6K0.4Fe2As2 wires and tapes with a Tc = 34 K, which were fabricated through an in-situ powder-in-tube process. Silver was...

Interaction-induced anomalous transport behavior in one dimensional optical lattice (2009)

Cai, Zi, Wang, Lei, Xie, X. C., Wang, Yupeng

The non-equilibrium dynamics of spin impurity atoms in a strongly interacting one-dimensional (1D) Bose gas under the gravity field is studied. We show that due to the non-equilibrium preparation of...

Higgs boson production in photon-photon collision at ILC: a comparative study in different little Higgs models (2009)

Wang, Lei, Xu, Fuqiang, Yang, Jin Min

We study the process \gamma\gamma -> h -> b b_bar at ILC as a probe of different little Higgs models, including the simplest little Higgs model (SLH), the littlest Higgs model (LH), and two types of...

Antiferromagnetism of Repulsively Interacting Fermions in a harmonic trap (2009)

Qi, Jianqing, Wang, Lei, Dai, Xi

We propose a Real-Space Gutzwiller variational approach and apply it to a system of repulsively interacting ultracold fermions with spin 1/2 trapped in an optical lattice with a harmonic confinement....

Optimal Approximation Algorithms for Multi-agent Combinatorial Problems with Discounted Price Functions (2009)

Goel, Gagan, Tripathi, Pushkar, Wang, Lei

Submodular functions are an important class of functions in combinatorial optimization which satisfy the natural properties of decreasing marginal costs. The study of these functions has led to...

Positive Semidefinite Metric Learning with Boosting (2009)

Shen, Chunhua, Kim, Junae, Wang, Lei, Hengel, Anton Van Den

The learning of appropriate distance metrics is a critical problem in image classification and retrieval. In this work, we propose a boosting-based technique, termed \BoostMetric, for learning a...

Efficient Repeating Segments Discovery in Music using Adaptive Motif Generation Algorithm (2009)

Wang, Lei, Chng, Eng Siong, Li, Haizhou

APSIPA ASC 2009: Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association, 2009 Annual Summit and Conference. 4-7 October 2009. Sapporo, Japan. Oral session: Multimedia Analysis and Processing (7...

D-wave bosonic pair in an optical lattice (2009)

Cai, Zi, Wang, Lei, Li, Jian, Chen, Shu, Xie, X. C., Wang, Yupeng

We present a bosonic model, in which two bosons may form a bound pair with d-wave symmetry via the four-site ring exchange interaction. A d-wave pairing superfluid as well as a d-wave density wave...

Temporal Discrete Cosine Transform: Towards Longer Term Temporal Features for Speaker Verification (2009)

Tomi Kinnunen, Chin Wei, Eugene Koh, Lei Wang, Haizhou Li, Eng Siong Chng

Abstract. In this paper, we propose the temporal discrete cosine transform (TDCT) feature for the speaker verification task. The TDCT feature captures temporal information from a longer time context...

Higgs-pair Production and Decay in Simplest Little Higgs Model (2009)

Han, Xiao-Fang, Wang, Lei, Yang, Jin Min

In the framework of the simplest little Higgs model (SLHM), we study the production of a pair of neutral CP-even Higgs bosons at the LHC. First, we examine the production rate and find that it can be...

In-situ Biorestoration of Contaminated Sediments (2009)

Wang, Lei

Restoration of contaminated sediments involves either mechanical removal of the sediment followed by treatment or in-situ treatment of the contaminants. Even after mechanical removal, considerable...

In-situ Biorestoration of Contaminated Sediments (2009)

Wang, Lei

Restoration of contaminated sediments involves either mechanical removal of the sediment followed by treatment or in-situ treatment of the contaminants. Even after mechanical removal, considerable...

Fabrication and characterization of iron pnictide wires and bulk materials through the powder-in-tube method (2009)

Ma, Yanwei, Gao, Zhaoshun, Qi, Yanpeng, Zhang, Xianping, Wang, Lei, Zhang, Zhiyu, ...

The recent discovery of superconductivity in the iron based superconductors with very high upper critical fields presents a new possibility for practical applications, but fabricating fine-wire is a...

THIS IS A DRAFT – FOR UPDATES PLEASE SEE:http://students.cs.byu.edu/˜manoj RIA: An RF Intereference Avoidance Algorithm for Heteregeneous Wireless Networks (2009)

Manoj P, Daniel Delorey, Qiuyi Duan, Lei Wang, Charles Knutson

Abstract — Due to the unlicensed nature of 2.4 GHz ISM band, the number of technologies using this band is growing. FCC regulations mandate that these technologies need to implement some form of...

Superconductivity in SmFe1-xMxAsO (M = Co, Rh, Ir) (2009)

Qi, Yanpeng, Wang, Lei, Gao, Zhaoshun, Wang, Dongliang, Zhang, Xianping, Zhang, Zhiyu, ...

In this paper we report the comparative study of superconductivity by 3d (Co), 4d (Rh), 5d (Ir) element doping in SmFeAsO. X-ray diffraction patterns indicate that the material has formed the...

Solving Inverse Tomography Problems (2009)

Katherine Bartley, Nicholas Bennett, Qirong Fang, David St John, Lijian Jiang, Lei Wang

observations of a quantity of interest. Solving a inverse problem means determining the parameters of a model given a set of measurements. In solving practical inverse problems, accounting for the...

Phoenix Cloud : Consolidating Heterogeneous Workloads of Large Organizations on Cloud Computing Platforms (2009)

Zhan, Jianfeng, Wang, Lei, Tu, Bibo, Li, Yong, Wang, Peng, Zhou, Wei, ...

For a large organization, different departments often maintain dedicated cluster systems for different workloads, for example parallel batch jobs or Web services. In this paper, we design and...

Numerical study of the topological Anderson insulator in HgTe/CdTe quantum wells (2009)

Jiang, Hua, Wang, Lei, Sun, Qing-feng, Xie, X. C.

We study the disorder effect on the transport properties in the HgTe/CdTe semiconductor quantum wells. We confirm that at a moderate disorder strength, the initially un-quantized two terminal...

Enhancement of the critical current density and irreversibility field of polycrystalline Sr0.6K0.4Fe2As2 by Ag addition (2009)

Wang, Lei, Qi, Yanpeng, Zhang, Xianping, Gao, Zhaoshun, Wang, Dongliang, Ma, Yanwei

Effects of Ag addition (5-20 wt%) on the superconducting properties of polycrystalline Sr0.6K0.4FeAs have been studied. Critical zero resistance transition Tc, Hirr and Jc were significantly enhanced...

Abstract Code Generation At The Proxy: An Infrastructure-Based Approach To Ubiquitous Mobile Code (2009)

Deepak Ch, Christian Fensch, Won-kee Hong, Lei Wang, Efe Yardımcı, Michael Franz

Current approaches to mobile code are ill-suited for resource-constrained devices such as mobile phones and personal digital appliances — yet it is exactly these devices that are the most...

Superconductivity in Ir-doped LaFe1-xIrxAsO (2009)

Qi, Yanpeng, Wang, Lei, Gao, Zhaoshun, Wang, Dongliang, Zhang, Xianping, Zhang, Zhiyu, ...

We report the realization of superconductivity by 5d element Ir doping in LaFeAsO, a prototype parent compound of high-temperature iron based superconductors. X-ray diffraction patterns indicate that...

Top quark FCNC decays and productions at LHC in littlest Higgs model with T-parity (2009)

Han, Xiao-Fang, Wang, Lei, Yang, Jin Min

In the littlest Higgs model with T-parity (LHT) the newly introduced mirror quarks have flavor-changing couplings with the Standard Model (SM) quarks and may enhance the flavor-changing...

Superconductivity induced by doping Ru in SrFe2-xRuxAs2 (2009)

Qi, Yanpeng, Wang, Lei, Gao, Zhaoshun, Wang, Dongliang, Zhang, Xianping, Ma, Yanwei

Using one-step solid state reaction method, we have successfully synthesized the superconductor SrFe1-xRuxAs. X-ray diffraction indicates that the material has formed the ThCr2Si2-type structure with...

Valuation of Game Options in Jump-Diffusion Model and with Applications to Convertible Bonds (2009)

Lei Wang, Zhiming Jin

Game option is an American-type option with added feature that the writer can exercise the option at any time before maturity. In this paper, we consider some type of game options and obtain explicit...

In vitro cancer cell imaging and therapy using transferrin-conjugated gold nanoparticles (2009)

Li, Jing-Liang, Wang, Lei, Liu, Xiang-Yang, Zhang, Zhi-Ping, Guo, Hong-Chen, Liu, Wei-Min, ...

Gold nanoparticles were conjugated with transferrin molecules for targeting, imaging and therapy of breast cancer cells (Hs578T, ATCC). Results show that, the transferrin-transferrin...

Potassium aquaterbium(III) oxalate sulfate (2009)

Ya-Guang Sun, Mei-yan Guo, Gang Xiong, Bing Jiang, Lei Wang

Single crystals of KTb(C2O4)(SO4)(H2O), potassium aquaterbium(III) oxalate sulfate, were obtained under hydrothermal conditions. In the crystal structure, the Tb(III) atom is coordinated by four O...

In vitro cancer cell imaging and therapy using transferrin-conjugated gold nanoparticles (2009)

Li, Jing-Liang, Wang, Lei, Liu, Xiang-Yang, Zhang, Zhi-Ping, Guo, Hong-Chen, Liu, Wei-Min, ...

Gold nanoparticles were conjugated with transferrin molecules for targeting, imaging and therapy of breast cancer cells (Hs578T, ATCC). Results show that, the transferrin-transferrin...

Valuation of Game Options in Jump-Diffusion Model and with Applications to Convertible Bonds (2009)

Lei Wang, Zhiming Jin

Game option is an American-type option with added feature that the writer can exercise the option at any time before maturity. In this paper, we consider some type of game options and obtain explicit...

Pyridine-4-carboximidamidate chloride (2009)

Ping Fan, Lei Wang, Huidong Zhang

In the title salt, C6H8N3+·Cl−, each pyridinecarboximidamidate cation is linked to two symmetry-related cations through N—H...N hydrogen bonds, and to two chloride ions by...

Relationship between the phenotypes and functions of peripheral blood dendritic cells and the different spleen deficiency syndrome types in patients with chronic hepatitis B (2009)

Lei WANG, Guang JI

Objective: To study the phenotypes and functions of dendritic cells (DCs) derived from peripheral blood monocytes of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients with different traditional Chinese medicine...

Lobectomy with Bronchoplasty and Reconstruction of Pulmonary Artery by Minitrauma-technique for Lung Cancer (2009)

Zhongmin PENG, Meng LI, Long MENG, Jiajun DU, Lei WANG, Lin ZHANG, ...

Background and objective To research the effect and practicalbility of lobectomy with bronchoplasty and reconstruction of pulmonary artery by minitrauma-technique for lung cancer. Methods We...

Optimal resource allocation and adaptive call Admission control for voice/data integrated cellular networks (2008)

Chi Wa Leong, Weihua Zhuang, Senior Member, Yu Cheng, Lei Wang, Student Member

Abstract—Resource allocation and call admission control (CAC) are key management functions in future cellular networks, in order to provide multimedia applications to mobiles users with quality of...

and Synthesis, pp. 83–88, 2005. Learning Texture Similarity with Perceptual Pairwise Distance (2008)

Yan Gao, Lei Wang, Kap Luk Chan

In this paper, we demonstrate how texture classification and retrieval could benefit from learning perceptual pairwise distance of different texture classes. Textures as represented by certain image...

RESEARCH FOR ADVERSARIAL PLANNING RECOGNITION AND REPLY IN THE COMPLEX DOMAINS AND THE MORE AGENTS CONDITIONS (2008)

Wen-xiang Gu, Lei Wang, Yong-li Li

At present, the research on planning system mainly focuses on searching a valid planning in the single domain and closed environment, such as the classical planning problem, rocket problem, and...

THIS IS A DRAFT – FOR UPDATES PLEASE SEE:http://students.cs.byu.edu/˜manoj To Repair or Not To Repair: Helping Routing Protocols to Distinguish Mobility from Congestion (2008)

Manoj P, Roger Pack, Lei Wang, Quiyi Duan

Abstract — In mobile ad hoc networks, routing protocols depend upon feedback from various mechanisms to detect a failed link. Most commonly, routing protocols use failure notification from the MAC...

Higgs boson decays and production via gluon fusion at LHC in littlest Higgs models with T-parity (2008)

Wang, Lei, Yang, Jin Min

We study the Higgs boson decays and production via gluon fusion at the LHC as a probe of two typical littlest Higgs models which introduce a top quark partner with different (even and odd) T-parity...

Resistivity Parameters Estimation Based on 2D Real Head Model Using Improved Differential Evolution Algorithm (2008)

Ying Li, Guizhi Xu, Lei Guo, Lei Wang, Shuo Yang, Liyun Rao, ...

algorithm is proposed in this paper to s olve the resistivity parameters estimation problem based on 2D real head model. Our simulations demonstrate that the improved DE algorithm is robust in...

A 3d pattern for post estimation for object capture (2008)

Lei Wang, Cindy Grimm, Robert Pless

We describe a new pose estimation approach for a 3D object capture system. This 3D pose estimation approach offers several advantages: increased visibility, robustness to lighting conditions, and...

LDA+Gutzwiller Method for Correlated Electron Systems: Formalism and Its Applications (2008)

Deng, XiaoYu, Wang, Lei, Dai, Xi, Fang, Zhong

We introduce in detail our newly developed \textit{ab initio} LDA+Gutzwiller method, in which the Gutzwiller variational approach is naturally incorporated with the density functional theory (DFT)...

Modeling of the armature-rail interface in an electromagnetic launcher with lubricant injection (2008)

Wang, Lei

In electromagnetic launcher (EML) systems, the behavior of the materials and forces at the armature-rail interface involves fluid mechanics, electromagnetics, thermal effects, contact mechanics and...

A Fast Impurity Solver Based on Gutzwiller variational approach (2008)

Zhuang, Jia-Ning, Wang, Lei, Fang, Zhong, Dai, Xi

A fast impurity solver for the dynamical mean field theory(DMFT) named Two Mode Approxi- mation (TMA) is proposed based on the Gutzwiller variational approach, which captures the main features of...

LiveBT: Providing Video-on-demand Streaming Service over BitTorrent Systems (2008)

Jianming Lv, Tieying Zhang, Siming Lin, Lei Wang

BitTorrent (BT) is one of the most popular Peer-to-Peer (P2P) protocols for delivering media files in the Internet today. Although BT is quite efficient for sharing and downloading files by using P2P...

Automatic Partitioning of Object-Oriented Programs with Multiple Distribution Objectives (2008)

Lei Wang, Michael Franz

There are many domains in which it would be very useful if we could take a monolithic program and automatically convert it into a distributed program according to some partitioning objective, such as...

One step synthesis of SmO1-xFxFeAs bulks with Tc = 54.6 K: High upper critical field and critical current density (2008)

Ma, Yanwei, Gao, Zhaoshun, Wang, Lei, Qi, Yanpeng, Wang, Dongliang, Zhang, Xianping

A safe, simple and easily scaleable one-step sintering method is proposed to fabricate newly discovered superconductors of SmO1-xFxFeAs. Superconducting transition with the onset temperature of 54.6...

An Immune Neural Network Used for Classification (2008)

Lei Wang, Licheng Jiao, Senior Member

Based on analyzing the immune phenomena in nature and utilizing performances of ANN, a novel network model, i.e., an immune neural network (INN), is proposed which integrates the immune mechanism and...

One of... (2008)

Xuchun Li, Lei Wang, Eric Sung

The use of Support Vector Machine (SVM) as component classifiers for AdaBoost may seem like going against the gain of the Boosting principle since SVM is not an easy classifier to train. The findings...

Retrieval—Relevance feedback, Retrieval models (2008)

Lei Wang, Xuchun Li, Ping Xue, Kap Luk Chan

In this paper, a novel framework is proposed to deliver a fast, robust, and generally applicable SVM-based image retrieval for large databases. A quick test scheme is developed, and on-line kernel...

Generalized 2D Principal Component Analysis (2008)

Hui Kong, Xuchun Li, Lei Wang, Eam Khwang Teoh

Abstract — Recently, a Two-Dimensional Principal Component Analysis (2DPCA) [1] was proposed and the authors have demonstrated its superiority over the conventional Principal Component Analysis...

Research on Fuzzy Adaptive Optimization Strategy of Particle Swarm Algorithm (2008)

Qi Kang, Lei Wang, Qi-di Wu

This paper introduces a novel fuzzy adaptive optimization strategy (FAOPSO) for the particle swarm algorithm. Initially, to avoid falling into local optimums, the information of multioptimum...

A Novel Neural Network Based on Immunity (2008)

Lei Wang, Michele Courant

Abstract- Based on analyzing natural immune phenomena and utilizing performances of the existing artificial neural networks, a novel network model (artificial neural network based on immunity-ANNI)...

Generic slow-motion replay detection in sports video (2008)

Lei Wang, Xu Liu, Steve Lin, Guangyou Xu, Heung-yeung Shum

Slow-motion replays highlight important and exciting events in sports videos. Previous works for slow-motion replay detection, however, are usually limited to only some specific production rules such...

Discovering Prediction Model for Environmental Distribution Maps (2008)

Ke Zhang, Huidong Jin, Nianjun Liu, Rob Lesslie, Lei Wang, Zhouyu Fu, ...

Abstract. Currently environmental distribution maps, such as for soil fertility, rainfall and foliage, are widely used in the natural resource management and policy making. One typical example is to...

Mining and Visualizing Multimedia Dataset on Mobile Devices in a Topic-oriented Manner (2008)

Dian Mining, Lei Wang, Dian Tjondrongoro

With significant enhancement of telecom bandwidth along with mobile devices getting cheaper and cheaper, consuming multimedia video clips “on the move ” is no longer a hype. A great amount of...

A Reconfigurable High Availability Infrastructure in Cluster for Grid (2008)

Wen Gao, Xinyu Liu, Lei Wang, Takashi Nanya

Abstract. The paper presents the implementation and analysis of a servicebased reconfigurable High Availability infrastructure of cluster system for Grid. Based on service notion, the High...

Code Generation At The Proxy: An Infrastructure-Based Approach To Ubiquitous Mobile Code (2008)

Deepak Ch, Christian Fensch, Won-kee Hong, Lei Wang, Efe Yardımcı, Michael Franz

Current approaches to mobile code are ill-suited for resource-constrained devices such as mobile phones and personal digital appliances — yet it is exactly these devices that are the most...

Boosting boostrap FLD subspaces for multiclass problem (2008)

Tuo Wang, Daoyi Shen, Lei Wang, Nenghai Yu

In this paper an ensemble feature extraction algorithm is proposed based on Adaboost.M2 for multiclass classification problem. The proposed algorithm makes no assumption about the distribution of the...

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Chao-xue Wang, Du-wu Cui, Ding-sheng Wan, Lei Wang, Chao-xue Wang, Du-wu Cui, ...

A novel genetic algorithm based on gene therapy theory

A Three-step Technique of Robust Line Detection with Modified Hough Transform (2008)

Huijun Di, Lei Wang, Guangyou Xu

Line detection is one of the most long-lasting problems in image processing. In this paper, we address the problem of detecting strong/weak lines and long/short lines in gray level images...

Abstract PN-BASED SECURITY DESIGN FOR DATA STORAGE (2008)

Lei Wang, Béat Hirsbrunner

For improving the security and privacy of data storage, a novel model based on code division multiple access, called PNCD-DS, is proposed for dealing with the problem of resources sharing in a...

EU052 Networked Wireless Microsystem for Remote Gastrointestinal Monitoring (2008)

Lei Wang, Erik A. Johannessen, Li Cui, Colin Ramsay, Tong Boon Tang, Mansour Ahmadian, ...

Clinical advantages have led to the continuous exploitation of a series of wireless lab-in-a-pill (LIAP) devices for gastroenterology diagnostics [1-3]. Such a LIAP can be swallowed into a...

Issues In Managing Image And Video Data (2008)

Shawn Newsam, Jelena Tesic, Lei Wang, B. S. Manjunath

This paper presents an overview of our recent work on managing image and video data. The first half of the paper describes a representation for the semantic spatial layout of video frames. In...

Genetic Characterization of the Escherichia coli O66 Antigen and Functional Identification of its wzy Gene (2008)

Cheng, Jiansong, Liu, Bin, Bastin, David A., Han, Weiqing, Wang, Lei, Feng, Lu

Escherichia coli is a clonal species, and occurs as both commensal and pathogenic strains, which are normally classified on the basis of their O, H, and K antigens. The O-antigen (O-specific...

Hydrofluoric acid free synthesis of macropores on silicon by chemical vapor deposition and their photoluminescence (2008)

Liu, Zhihong, Zhang, Hui, Wang, Lei, Li, Dongsheng, Yang, Deren

A novel hydrofluoric acid (HF) free atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition (APCVD) method has been developed to synthesize macropores on silicon. Field emission scanning electron microscopy...

Multi-modal mesoporous TiO2-ZrO2 composites with high photocatalytic activity and hydrophilicity (2008)

Zhou, Wei, Liu, Kesong, Fu, Honggang, Pan, Kai, Zhang, Lili, Wang, Lei, ...

Utilizing the amphiphilic triblock copolymer Pluronic P123 as the surfactant, and Ti((OBu)-Bu-n)(4) and ZrOCl2 center dot 8H(2)O as the inorganic sources, a series of multi-modal mesoporous TiO2-ZrO2...

Metabolomic profiling to develop blood biomarkers for Parkinson's disease (2008)

Bogdanov, Mikhail, Matson, Wayne R., Wang, Lei, Matson, Theodore, Saunders-Pullman, Rachel, Bressman, Susan S., ...

The development of biomarkers for the diagnosis and monitoring disease progression in Parkinson's disease (PD) is of great importance since diagnosis based on clinical parameters has a considerable...

Exact Distribution of the Amplitude of Adaptively Selected OFDM Signal Samples (2008)

WANG, Lei, YOON, Dongweon, PARK, Sang Kyu

The combination of deliberate clipping and an adaptive symbol selection scheme (ASSS) can be used to reduce the peak to average power ratio (PAPR) for Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing...

Variable Block Size Motion Vector Retrieval Schemes for H.264 Inter Frame Error Concealment (2008)

WANG, Lei, WANG, Jun, GOTO, Satoshi, IKENAGA, Takeshi

With the ubiquitous application of Internet and wireless networks, H.264 video communication becomes more and more common. However, due to the high-efficiently predictive coding and the variable...

Standard Deviation and Intra Prediction Mode Based Adaptive Spatial Error Concealment (SEC) in H.264/AVC (2008)

WANG, Jun, WANG, Lei, IKENAGA, Takeshi, GOTO, Satoshi

Transmission of compressed video over error prone channels may result in packet losses or errors, which can significantly degrade the image quality. Therefore an error concealment scheme is applied...

New Message Differences for Collision Attacks on MD4 and MD5 (2008)

SASAKI, Yu, WANG, Lei, KUNIHIRO, Noboru, OHTA, Kazuo

In 2005, collision resistance of several hash functions was broken by Wang et al. The strategy of determining message differences is the most important part of collision attacks against hash...

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

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

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

Natural language specification of Performance Trees (2008)

Lei Wang, Nicholas J. Dingle, William J. Knottenbelt

Abstract. The accessible specification of performance queries is a key challenge in performance analysis. To this end, we seek to combine the intuitive aspects of natural language query specification...

AN ENERGY-EFFICIENT LEAKAGE-TOLERANT DYNAMIC CIRCUIT TECHNIQUE (2007)

Lei Wang, Ram K. Krishnamurthy, K. Soumyanath, Naresh R. Shanbhag

Technology scaling reduces device threshold voltages to mitigate speed loss due to scaled supply voltages. This, however, exponentially increases leakage power and adversely affects circuit...

MRMRF-based Texture Classification (2007)

Lei Wang, Jun Liu, Stan Z. Li

In this paper, we present a new scheme to classify different textures. We propose a scheme to use wavelet decomposition with Markov random field modeling to classify textures which we called...

Time Multiplexed Color Image Processing Based on a CNN with Cell-State Outputs (2007)

Lei Wang, Edgar Sanchez-Sinencio

A practical system approach for time-multiplexing cellular neural network (CNN) implementations suitable for processing large and complex images using small CNN arrays is presented. For real size...

Modeling Dynamic Load Balancing in Molecular Dynamics to Achieve Scalable Parallel Execution (2007)

Lars Nyland Jan, Ru Huai Yun, Lei Wang

. To achieve scalable parallel performance in Molecular Dynamics Simulation, we have modeled and implemented several dynamic spatial domain decomposition algorithms. The modeling is based upon...

Trajectories for Optimal Temporal Integration in Active Vision Systems (2007)

James Clark, Lei Wang

We describe a general technique for specifying trajectories of controllable imaging parameters in an active vision system so that temporal integration processes are optimized. The technique assumes...

Trajectories for Optimal Temporal Integration in Active Vision Systems (2007)

James Clark, Lei Wang

We describe a general technique for specifying trajectories of controllable imaging parameters in an active vision system so that temporal integration processes are optimized. The technique assumes...

MRF parameter estimation by MCMC method (2007)

Lei Wang, Jun Liu, Stan Z. Li

Markov random "eld (MRF) modeling is a popular pattern analysis method and MRF parameter estimation plays an important role in MRF modeling. In this paper, a method based on Markov Chain...

Distinct classes of chromosomal rearrangements create oncogenic ETS gene fusions in prostate cancer (2007)

Tomlins, Scott A., Laxman, Bharathi, Dhanasekaran, Saravana M., Helgeson, Beth E., Cao, Xuhong, Morris, David S., ...

Recently, we identified recurrent gene fusions involving the 59 untranslated region of the androgen-regulated gene TMPRSS2 and the ETS (E26 transformation-specific) family genes ERG, ETV1 or ETV4 in...

Electrokinetic measurements of dielectric properties of membrane for apoptotic HL-60 cells on chip-based device (2007)

Chen, Ailiang, Wang, Lei, Guo, Min, Yu, Jun

The specific membrane capacitance and conductance of mammalian cells reflect the surface morphological complexities and barrier functions of cell membrane, respectively, and could potentially respond...

Psychological Stress-Induced Oxidative Stress as a Model of Sub-Healthy Condition and the Effect of TCM (2007)

Wang, Lei, Muxin, Gong, Nishida, Hiroshi, Shirakawa, Chieko, Sato, Shinji, Konishi, Tetsuya

Distress-mediated tissue oxidative stress was examined as a model of sub-healthy condition defined in traditional Chinese medicine theory. Mice were subjected to psychologically stressful conditions...

A collaboration framework of selecting software components based on behavioural compatibility with user requirements (2007)

Wang, Lei

Building software systems from previously existing components can save time and effort while increasing productivity. The key to a successful Component-Based Development (CBD) is to get the required...

Clustering and Visualizing Audiovisual Dataset on Mobile Devices in a Topic-Oriented Manner (2007)

Wang, Lei, Tjondronegoro, Dian W., Liu, Yuee

With the significant enhancement of telecom bandwidth and multimedia-supported mobile devices occupying the market, consuming audiovisual contents on the move is no longer a hype. A lot of telecom...

Energy harvesting by magnetostrictive material (MsM) for powering wireless sensors in SHM (2007)

Lei Wang, F. G. Yuan

A new class of vibrational energy harvester based on Magnetostrictive material (MsM) Metglas 2605SC is designed, developed, and tested in building practical energy harvesting wireless sensor...

Clustering and Visualizing Audiovisual Dataset on Mobile Devices in a Topic-Oriented Manner (2007)

Wang, Lei, Tjondronegoro, Dian W., Liu, Yuee

With the significant enhancement of telecom bandwidth and multimedia-supported mobile devices occupying the market, consuming audiovisual contents on the move is no longer a hype. A lot of telecom...

Low-Complex Equalization for Single Carrier Systems Employing Cyclic Prefix over Time-Variant Channels (2007)

LI, Feng, ZHU, Shihua, WANG, Lei

A simplified equalization method based on the band structure of the frequency domain channel matrix is proposed for the single carrier systems employing cyclic prefix (SC-CP) over time-varying...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Design and fabrication of an automated microchip-based cell separation device (2007)

Yu, Jun, Zhu, Jiang, Wang, Lei, Guo, Min

A microchip-based cell separation system was developed and fabricated by integrating traveling-wave dielectrophoresis and laminar flow on a single biochip-based device. Numerical simulations...

Clustering and Visualizing Audiovisual Dataset on Mobile Devices in a Topic-Oriented Manner (2007)

Wang, Lei, Tjondronegoro, Dian W., Liu, Yuee

With the significant enhancement of telecom bandwidth and multimedia-supported mobile devices occupying the market, consuming audiovisual contents on the move is no longer a hype. A lot of telecom...

An Approach to Provisioning E-Commerce Applications with Commercial Components (2006)

Wang, Lei, Krishnan, Padmanabhan

Component-based development is a trend towards building e-commerce applications. However, commercial components are rarely used during the development. The reason is that existing approaches to...

A Framework for Checking Behavioral Compatibility for Component Selection (2006)

Wang, Lei, Krishnan, Padmanabhan

Component selection and composition are the main is- sues inComponent-Based Development (CBD). Existing approaches suer from the problem that the components retrieved usually do not exactly t with...

An Approach to Provisioning E-Commerce Applications with Commercial Components (2006)

Wang, Lei, Krishnan, Padmanabhan

Component-based development is a trend towards building e-commerce applications. However, commercial components are rarely used during the development. The reason is that existing approaches to...

A Framework for Checking Behavioral Compatibility for Component Selection (2006)

Wang, Lei, Krishnan, Padmanabhan

Component selection and composition are the main is- sues inComponent-Based Development (CBD). Existing approaches suer from the problem that the components retrieved usually do not exactly t with...

Delivering a Fully Interactive Mobile TV (2006)

Tjondronegoro, Dian W., Wang, Lei, Joly, Adrien

Affordable mobile devices with video playback functionality are rapidly growing in the market. Current wireless and third generation communication networks enable smoother and higher quality...

Mining and Visualizing Multimedia Dataset on Mobile Devices in a Topic-oriented Manner (2006)

Wang, Lei, Tjondronegoro, Dian W.

With significant enhancement of telecom bandwidth along with mobile devices getting cheaper and cheaper, consuming multimedia video clips "on the move" is no longer a hype. A great amount of telecom...

Delivering a Fully Interactive Mobile TV (2006)

Tjondronegoro, Dian W., Wang, Lei, Joly, Adrien

Affordable mobile devices with video playback functionality are rapidly growing in the market. Current wireless and third generation communication networks enable smoother and higher quality...

Psychological Stress-Induced Oxidative Stress as a Model of Sub-Healthy Condition and the Effect of TCM (2006)

Wang, Lei, Muxin, Gong, Nishida, Hiroshi, Shirakawa, Chieko, Sato, Shinji, Konishi, Tetsuya

Distress-mediated tissue oxidative stress was examined as a model of sub-healthy condition defined in traditional Chinese medicine theory. Mice were subjected to psychologically stressful conditions...

Round-Robin with VirtualClock Scheduling Algorithm in Multiservice Packet Networks (2006)

WANG, Lei, MacGREGOR, Mike H.

In this paper, we present a scheduler that incorporates round robin service within a VirtualClock discipline. Time-stamp based scheduling algorithms attain a low local delay bound and performance...

Histone deacetylase-associating Atrophin proteins are nuclear receptor corepressors (2006)

Wang, Lei, Rajan, Harini, Pitman, Jeffrey L., McKeown, Michael, Tsai, Chih-Cheng

Drosophila Tailless (Tll) is an orphan nuclear receptor involved in embryonic segmentation and neurogenesis. Although Tll exerts potent transcriptional repressive effects, the underlying molecular...

Khatri-Rao Unitary Space-Time Modulation (2006)

WANG, Lei, ZHU, Shihua, WANG, Jun, ZENG, Yanxing

Based on the Khatri-Rao matrix product, we propose a novel unitary space-time modulation design called KR-USTM in this paper. Different from existing USTM schemes, such as the systematic approach and...

Visual Secret Sharing Schemes for Multiple Secret Images Allowing the Rotation of Shares (2006)

IWAMOTO, Mitsugu, WANG, Lei, YONEYAMA, Kazuki, KUNIHIRO, Noboru, OHTA, Kazuo

In this paper, a method is proposed to construct a visual secret sharing (VSS) scheme for multiple secret images in which each share can be rotated with 180 degrees in decryption. The proposed VSS...

Psychological Stress-Induced Oxidative Stress as a Model of Sub-Healthy Condition and the Effect of TCM (2006)

Wang, Lei, Muxin, Gong, Nishida, Hiroshi, Shirakawa, Chieko, Sato, Shinji, Konishi, Tetsuya

Distress-mediated tissue oxidative stress was examined as a model of sub-healthy condition defined in traditional Chinese medicine theory. Mice were subjected to psychologically stressful conditions...

Mining and Visualizing Multimedia Dataset on Mobile Devices in a Topic-oriented Manner (2006)

Wang, Lei, Tjondronegoro, Dian W.

With significant enhancement of telecom bandwidth along with mobile devices getting cheaper and cheaper, consuming multimedia video clips "on the move" is no longer a hype. A great amount of telecom...

Delivering a Fully Interactive Mobile TV (2006)

Tjondronegoro, Dian W., Wang, Lei, Joly, Adrien

Affordable mobile devices with video playback functionality are rapidly growing in the market. Current wireless and third generation communication networks enable smoother and higher quality...

A Compiler and Runtime Infrastructure for Automatic Program Distribution (2005)

Diaconescu, Roxana E., Wang, Lei, Mouri, Zachary, Chu, Matt

This paper presents the design and the implementation of a compiler and runtime infrastructure for automatic program distribution. We are building a research infrastructure that enables...

Opportunities and challenges of China’s inquiry-based education reform in middle and high schools: Perspectives of science teachers and teacher educators (2005)

Zhang, BaoHui, Krajcik, Joseph S., Sutherland, Leeann M., Wang, Lei, Wu, Junming, Qian, Yangyi

Consistent with international trends, an emergent interest in inquiry-based science teaching and learning in K-12 schools is also occurring in China. This study investigates the possibilities for and...

International Journal of Remote Sensing (2005)

Hongxing Liu, Lei Wang, Kenneth C. Jezek

Wavelet-transform based edge detection approach to derivation of snowmelt onset, end and duration from satellite passive microwave measurements

Synthesis and characterization of polyimides with twisted configurations / (2005)

Wang, Lei.

"The overall goal of this work was to develop new polyimide systems for aerospace and optical applications. The work was divided into two parts. The first included the synthesis and characterization...

Not so crystal clear: the structure of the human telomere G-quadruplex in solution differs from that present in a crystal (2005)

Li, Jing, Correia, John J., Wang, Lei, Trent, John O., Chaires, Jonathan B.

The structure of human telomere DNA is of intense interest because of its role in the biology of both cancer and aging. The sequence [5′-AGGG(TTAGGG)3] has been used as a model for telomere DNA in...

Crystal structures of apo wild-type M. jannaschii tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase (TyrRS) and an engineered TyrRS specific for O-methyl-L-tyrosine (2005)

Zhang, Yan, Wang, Lei, Schultz, Peter G., Wilson, Ian A.

The Methanococcus jannaschii tRNATyr/TyrRS pair has been engineered to incorporate unnatural amino acids into proteins in E. coli. To reveal the structural basis for the altered specificity of mutant...

Accuracy of structure-derived properties in simple comparative models of protein structures (2005)

Chakravarty, Suvobrata, Wang, Lei, Sanchez, Roberto

The accuracy of comparative models of proteins is addressed here. A set of 12 732 single-template models of sequences of known high-resolution structures was built by an automated procedure....

An advance reservation scheduling system / (2004)

Wang, Lei.

"A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, Department of Computing Science."

Manufacturing Capacity Revenue Management (2004)

Diwakar Gupta, Lei Wang

Contract (custom) manufacturers of components and manufactured materials such as steel sell capacity under different contract terms to different buyers. In a common practice, the supplier offers a...

Implementation of Multichannel Sensors for Remote Biomedical Measurements in a Microsystems Format (2004)

Erik A. Johannessen, Lei Wang, Li Cui, Tong Boon Tang, Student Member, Alexander Astaras, ...

A novel microelectronic "pill" has been developed for in situ studies of the gastro-intestinal tract, combining microsensors and integrated circuits with system-level integration...

An On-Chip Programmable Instrumentation Microsystem for Gastrointestinal Telemetry Applications (2004)

Lei Wang, Paul Hammond, Erik Johannesson, Tong Boon Tang, Alexandros Astaras, Ros Astaras, ...

We have developed an integrated circuit microsystem instrument using a design methodology akin to that for system-on-chip microelectronics. The microsystem is optimised for low-power gastrointestinal...

Motion Activity for Video Indexing Copyright © 2003 By (2004)

Yuan-fang Wang, Shivkumar Chandrasekaran, Jonathan Foote, Xinding Sun, Daryl Fortney, Gabriel Gomez, ...

iii Dedicated to my family iv Acknowledgement I am deeply indebted to my research advisor and committee chair Prof. B. S. Manjunath. It is his constant support and encouragement that make it possible...

Automatic image annotation and retrieval using weighted feature selection (2004)

Lei Wang

Abstract. The development of technology generates huge amounts of non-textual information, such as images. An efficient image annotation and retrieval system is highly desired. Clustering algorithms...

MRI-based high-dimensional hippocampal mapping in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (2004)

Hogan, R. Edward, Wang, Lei, Bertrand, Mary E., Willmore, L. James, Bucholz, Richard D., Nassif, A. Sami, ...

Summary MRI-based evaluation of the hippocampus is important in the assessment and treatment of patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE). Using MRI-based largedeformation high-dimensional...

MRI-based high-dimensional hippocampal mapping in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (2004)

Hogan, R. Edward, Wang, Lei, Bertrand, Mary E., Willmore, L. James, Bucholz, Richard D., Nassif, A. Sami, ...

MRI-based evaluation of the hippocampus is important in the assessment and treatment of patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE). Using MRI-based large-deformation high-dimensional mapping...

MRI-based high-dimensional hippocampal mapping in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (2004)

Hogan, R. Edward, Wang, Lei, Bertrand, Mary E., Willmore, L. James, Bucholz, Richard D., Nassif, A. Sami, ...

Summary MRI-based evaluation of the hippocampus is important in the assessment and treatment of patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE). Using MRI-based largedeformation high-dimensional...

A 3D Pattern for Post Estimation for Object Capture (2003)

Lei Wang, Cindy Grimm, Robert Pless

We describe a new pose estimation approach for a 3D object capture system. This 3D pose estimation approach o#ers several advantages: increased visibility, robustness to lighting conditions, and...

A semantic representation for image retrieval (2003)

Lei Wang, B. S. Manjunath

Robust semantic labeling of image regions is a basic problem in representing and retrieving image/video content. We propose an SVM-MRF framework to model features and their spatial distributions,...

Image orientation detection with integrated human perception cues (or which way is up (2003)

Lei Wang, Xu Liu, Lirong Xia, Guangyou Xu, Alfred Bruckstein

In this paper, we propose a set of human perceptual cues used jointly to automatically detect image orientation. The cues used are: orientation of faces, position of the sky, brighter regions, and...

Image retrieval with svm active learning embedding euclidian search (2003)

Lei Wang, Kap Luk Chan, Yap Peng Tan

Image retrieval with relevance feedback suffers from the small sample problem. Recently, SVM active learning has been proposed to tackle this problem, showing promising results. However, a small but...

Expanding the genetic code of Escherichia coli / (2002)

Wang, Lei.

Thesis (Ph. D. in Chemistry)--University of California, Berkeley, Spring 2002.

Automatic Ontology Derivation Using Clustering for Image Classification (2002)

Latifur Khan, Lei Wang

Technology in the field of digital media generates huge amounts of non-textual information, audio, video, and images, along with more familiar textual information. The potential for exchange and...

Change Detection of XML Documents Using Signatures (2002)

Latifur Khan, Lei Wang, Yan Rao

XML is an emerging standard for the representation and exchange of Internet data. The characteristics of XML, tree-structured (i.e. a collection of nodes) and self-descriptive, facilitate the...

An ingestible electronic pill for real time analytical measurements of the gastrointestinal tract (2002)

Erik A. Johannessen, Tong-boon Tang, Lei Wang, Lili Cui, Nizamettin Aydin, Ros Astaras, ...

A state-of-the-art electronic “pill ” has been developed for in situ studies of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract using integrated circuit and system level integration technologies. The measurement...

A Miniature Integrated Electronics Sensor Capsule for Real-Time Monitoring of the Gastrointestinal Tract (IDEAS) (2002)

Alexander Astaras, Mansour Ahmadian, Nizamettin Aydin, Li Cui, Erik Johannessen, Tong-boon Tang, ...

Introduction The Integrated Diagnostics for Environmental and Analytical Systems (IDEAS) research work combines the System on Chip (SoC) and Lab on Chip (LoC) methodologies in order to design a...

Toward a Miniature Wireless Integrated Multisensor Microsystem for Industrial and Biomedical Applications (2002)

Tong Boon Tang, Erik A. Johannessen, Lei Wang, Alexander Astaras, Mansour Ahmadian, Alan F. Murray, ...

This paper presents our work toward the integration of a multisensor microsystem with wireless communication, using system-on-chip (SoC) methodology. Four different forms of microelectronic sensors...

An integrated sensor microsystem for industrial and biomedical applications (2002)

Lei Wang, Tong Boon Tang, Erik Johannessen, Ros Astaras, Alan F. Murray, Jonathan M. Cooper, ...

Abstract: There is considerable interest in the development of ultra-miniature and low-power sensor microsystems for use in applications such as medical diagnostics, environmental monitoring and...

Intergated Micro-Instrumentation for Dynamic Monitoring of the Gastro-Intestinal Tract (2002)

Lei Wang, Tong Boon Tang, Erik Johannessen, Alexandros Astaras, Ros Astaras, Mansour Ahmadian, ...

The introduction of microsystem technology into diagnostic devices is a rapidly growing field where low formfactor can significantly improve device access or patient comfort. In this paper we will...

Error analysis of pure rotation-based self-calibration (2001)

Lei Wang, Sing Bing, Kang Heung-yeung, Shum Guangyou Xu

Self-calibration using pure rotation is a well-known technique, and has been shown to be a reliable means for recovering intrinsic camera parameters. However, in practice, it is virtually impossible...

Acknowledgement (2001)

Lei Wang, Clark Thomborson

This thesis may be consulted for the purpose of research or private study provided that due acknowledgement is made where appropriate and that the author’s permission is obtained before any...

Error analysis of pure rotation-based self-calibration (2001)

Lei Wang, Sing Bing Kang, Heung-yeung Shum, Guangyou Xu

Self-calibration using pure rotation is a well-known technique, and has been shown to be a reliable means for recovering intrinsic camera parameters. However, in practice, it is virtually impossible...

Low-power signal processing via error cancellation (2000)

Lei Wang, Naresh R. Shanbhag

Abstract – We present an algorithmic noise-tolerance (ANT) technique for designing low-power DSP systems. The proposed technique achieves substantial energy savings via voltage overscaling, whereby...

Adaptive error cancellation for low-power digital filtering (2000)

Lei Wang, Naresh R. Shanbhag

This paper presents a low-power digital filtering technique derived via algorithmic noise-tolerance (ANT). The proposed technique achieves substantial energy savings via voltage overscaling (VOS),...

A novel genetic algorithm based on immunity (2000)

Licheng Jiao, Senior Member, Lei Wang

Abstract A novel algorithm, the immune genetic algorithm(IGA), is proposed based on the theory of immunity in biology which mainly constructs an immune operator accomplished by two steps: a...

MRF Parameter Estimation by MCMC Method (1999)

Lei Wang, Jun Liu, Stan Z. Li

Markov random fields (MRFs) have been used in image restoration, texture classification and segmentation as a prior model of pattern distributions. An important issue in MRF modeling is MRF parameter...

MRMRF Texture Classification and MCMC Parameter Estimation (1999)

Jun Liu, Lei Wang, Stan Z. Li

Texture classification is an important area in the field of texture analysis. In this paper, we propose a novel stochastic approach--multiresolution Markov Random Field (MRMRF) model to represent...

Modeling dynamic load balancing in molecular dynamics to achieve scalable parallel execution (1998)

Hye-chung Kum, Lei Wang

Abstract. To achieve scalable parallel performance in Molecular Dynamics Simulation, we have modeled and implemented several dynamic spatial domain decomposition algorithms. The modeling is based...

Achieving Scalable Parallel Molecular Dynamics Using Dynamic Spatial Domain Decomposition Techniques (1997)

Lars Nyland, Jan PRINS, RU HUAI YUN, JAN HERMANS, HYE-CHUNG KUM, LEI WANG

. To achieve scalable parallel performance in Molecular Dynamics Simulations, we have modeled and implemented several dynamic spatial domain decomposition algorithms. The modeling is based upon the...

Modal Analysis of Homogeneous Optical Waveguides by Boundary Integral Method (1997)

Lei Wang, J. Allen Cox, Avner Friedman

The optical field in a weakly guiding homogeneous waveguide satisfies scalar Helmholtz equations in both the core and cladding, and transmission conditions on the boundary. The transverse wavenumbers...

Modal Analysis of Homogeneous Optical Waveguides by Boundary Integral Method (1997)

Lei Wang, J. Allen, Cox Avner Friedman

The optical �eld in a weakly guiding homogeneous waveguide satis�es scalar Helmholtz equations in both the core and cladding, and transmission conditions on the boundary. The transverse...

Runtime Performance of Parallel Array Assignment: An Empirical Study (1996)

Lei Wang, James M. Stichnoth, Siddhartha Chatterjee

Generating code for the array assignment statement of High Performance Fortran(HPF) in the presence of block-cyclic distributions of data arrays is considered difficult, and several algorithms have...

Pattern formation in mesophase carbon fibers (1996)

Wang, Lei.

The principles governing pattern formation in discotic nematic liquid crystalline fibers subjected to uniaxial extensional flows are established. Computational and analytical methods are used in...

A collaboration framework of selecting software components based on behavioural compatibility with user requirements

Wang, Lei

Building software systems from previously existing components can save time and effort while increasing productivity. The key to a successful Component-Based Development (CBD) is to get the required...

Comparisons of LIPOXYGENASE3- and JASMONATE-RESISTANT4/6-Silenced Plants Reveal That Jasmonic Acid and Jasmonic Acid-Amino Acid Conjugates Play Different Roles in Herbivore Resistance of Nicotiana attenuata[W][OA]

Wang, Lei, Allmann, Silke, Wu, Jinsong, Baldwin, Ian T.

Whereas jasmonic acid (JA) and its amino acid conjugates, particularly JA-isoleucine (Ile), are known to play important roles in plant-herbivore interactions, whether other compounds also function as...

Rolling circle amplification-mediated hairpin RNA (RMHR) library construction in plants

Wang, Lei, Luo, Yan-Zhong, Zhang, Lan, Jiao, Xiao-Ming, Wang, Ming-Bo, Fan, Yun-Liu

Long hairpin RNA (lhRNA) construct-induced gene silencing facilitates the study of gene function in plants and animals, but constructing multiple lhRNA vectors using traditional approaches is both...

A collaboration framework of selecting software components based on behavioural compatibility with user requirements

Wang, Lei

Building software systems from previously existing components can save time and effort while increasing productivity. The key to a successful Component-Based Development (CBD) is to get the required...

A collaboration framework of selecting software components based on behavioural compatibility with user requirements

Wang, Lei

Building software systems from previously existing components can save time and effort while increasing productivity. The key to a successful Component-Based Development (CBD) is to get the required...

Up-regulation of the proapoptotic caspase 2 splicing isoform by a candidate tumor suppressor, RBM5

Fushimi, Kazuo, Ray, Payal, Kar, Amar, Wang, Lei, Sutherland, Leslie C., Wu, Jane Y.

Similar to many genes involved in programmed cell death (PCD), the caspase 2 (casp-2) gene generates both proapoptotic and antiapoptotic isoforms by alternative splicing. Using a yeast RNA–protein...

Analysis of the 16S–23S rRNA Gene Internal Transcribed Spacer Region in Klebsiella Species▿

Wang, Min, Cao, Boyang, Yu, Qunfang, Liu, Lei, Gao, Qili, Wang, Lei, ...

The 16S-23S rRNA gene internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions of Klebsiella spp., including Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. pneumoniae, Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. ozaenae, Klebsiella pneumoniae...

Risk factors for sporadic colorectal cancer in southern Chinese

Wei, Yi-Sheng, Lu, Jia-Chun, Wang, Lei, Lan, Ping, Zhao, Hong-Jun, Pan, Zhi-Zhong, ...

AIM: To investigate the role of smoking, alcohol drinking, family history of cancer, and body mass index (BMI) in sporadic colorectal cancer in southern Chinese.

Atrophin recruits HDAC1/2 and G9a to modify histone H3K9 and to determine cell fates

Wang, Lei, Charroux, Bernard, Kerridge, Stephen, Tsai, Chih-Cheng

Atrophin family proteins, including the vertebrate arginine–glutamic acid dipeptide repeats protein (RERE) and Drosophila Atrophin (Atro), constitute a new class of nuclear receptor corepressors....

A collaboration framework of selecting software components based on behavioural compatibility with user requirements

Wang, Lei

Building software systems from previously existing components can save time and effort while increasing productivity. The key to a successful Component-Based Development (CBD) is to get the required...

Cost-effectiveness analysis of early veno-venous hemofiltration for severe acute pancreatitis in China

Jiang, Kun, Chen, Xin-Zu, Xia, Qing, Tang, Wen-Fu, Wang, Lei

AIM: To determine the most cost-effective hemofiltration modality for early management of severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) in China.

Crystal structure of human ERp44 shows a dynamic functional modulation by its carboxy-terminal tail

Wang, Likun, Wang, Lei, Vavassori, Stefano, Li, Shengjian, Ke, Huimin, Anelli, Tiziana, ...

ERp44 mediates thiol-dependent retention in the early secretory pathway, forming mixed disulphides with substrate proteins through its conserved CRFS motif. Here, we present its crystal structure at...

DSCAM functions as a netrin receptor in commissural axon pathfinding

Liu, Guofa, Li, Weiquan, Wang, Lei, Kar, Amar, Guan, Kun-Liang, Rao, Yi, ...

Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule (DSCAM) is required for axon guidance and dendrite arborization. How DSCAM functions in vertebrates is not well understood. Here we show that DSCAM is expressed...

A collaboration framework of selecting software components based on behavioural compatibility with user requirements

Wang, Lei

Building software systems from previously existing components can save time and effort while increasing productivity. The key to a successful Component-Based Development (CBD) is to get the required...

Toll-like receptor-4 and mitogen-activated protein kinase signal system are involved in activation of dendritic cells in patients with acute coronary syndrome

Wang, Lei, Li, Dazhu, Yang, Keping, Hu, Yingfeng, Zeng, Qiutang

Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease in which dendritic cells have been suggested to play an essential role. The underlying signalling mechanisms are unknown thus far. The family of Toll-like...

Oil Risk in Oil Stocks

Bert Scholtens , Lei Wang

We assess the oil price sensitivities and oil risk premiums of NYSE listed oil & gas firmsÕ returns by using a two-step regression analysis under two different arbitrage pricing models. Thus, we...

Methyl jasmonate-elicited herbivore resistance: does MeJA function as a signal without being hydrolyzed to JA?

Wu, Jinsong, Wang, Lei, Baldwin, Ian T.

Treatment with methyl jasmonate (MeJA) elicits herbivore resistance in many plant species and over-expression of JA carboxyl methyltransferase (JMT) constitutively increases JA-induced responses in...

Bistable switches control memory and plasticity in cellular differentiation

Wang, Lei, Walker, Brandon L., Iannaccone, Stephen, Bhatt, Devang, Kennedy, Patrick J., Tse, William T.

Development of stem and progenitor cells into specialized tissues in multicellular organisms involves a series of cell fate decisions. Cellular differentiation in higher organisms is generally...