New Respirator Fit Test Panels Representing the Current Chinese Civilian Workers (2009)
Chen, Weihong, Zhuang, Ziqing, Benson, Stacey, Du, Lili, Yu, Dan, Landsittel, Douglas, ...
Respirator fit test panels provide an objective tool for selecting representative human test subjects based upon their facial characteristics for use in research, product development, testing and...
Authentication in Reprogramming of Sensor Networks for Mote Class Adversaries 1 (2008)
Limin Wang, Sandeep S. Kulkarni
Reprogramming is an essential service for wireless sensor networks. Authenticating reprogramming process is important as sensors need to verify that the code image is truly from a trusted source....
Abstract Reliability and Security in the CoDeeN Content Distribution Network (2008)
Limin Wang, Kyoungsoo Park, Ruoming Pang, Vivek Pai, Larry Peterson
With the advent of large-scale, wide-area networking testbeds, researchers can deploy long-running distributed services that interact with other resources on the Web. The CoDeeN Content Distribution...
Abstract Reliability and Security in the CoDeeN Content Distribution Network (2008)
Limin Wang, Kyoungsoo Park, Ruoming Pang, Vivek Pai, Larry Peterson
With the advent of large-scale, wide-area networking testbeds, researchers can deploy long-running distributed services that interact with other resources on the Web. The CoDeeN Content Distribution...
PROACTIVE RELIABLE BULK DATA DISSEMINATION IN SENSOR NETWORKS 1 (2008)
Limin Wang, Sandeep S. Kulkarni
One of the problems in network reprogramming is to guarantee 100 percent delivery of a large amount of data (the entire binary image) in a lossy wireless channel. All the existing protocols on...
Steven H. Low, Larry L. Peterson, Limin Wang
Abstract. We view congestion control as a distributed primal–dual algorithm carried out by sources and links over a network to solve a global optimization problem. We describe a multilink...
Ying Zhang, Limin Wang, Kongming Wu, George E. Heimpel
The soybean aphid, Aphis glycines (Matsumura), is native to eastern Asia and has recently invaded North America, where it is currently the most important insect pest of soybeans. The soybean aphid...
Networks, Overlay Networks, Peer-to-Peer Systems and Distributed Storage Systems. (2008)
Improving robustness and performance of large scale network services—Content Distribution
Abstract Forwarding Requests among Reverse Proxies (2008)
Limin Wang, Fred Douglis, Michael Rabinovich
Reverse proxy caching is a technology deployed by many ISPs at the border routers of their backbones to improve performance of their Web hosting services. Currently, cooperation among reverse proxies...
Tissue Engineering the TMJ Condyle using Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (2008)
The temporomandibular joint (TMJ), associated with everyday activities, such as chewing, yawning, talking, and laughing, is one of the most complex but least studied joints in the musculoskeletal...
Head-and-Face Anthropometric Survey of Chinese Workers (2008)
Du, Lili, Zhuang, Ziqing, Guan, Hongyu, Xing, Jingcai, Tang, Xianzhi, Wang, Limin, ...
Millions of workers in China rely on respirators and other personal protective equipment to reduce the risk of injury and occupational diseases. However, it has been >25 years since the first survey...
LeMaster, David M, Anderson, Janet S, Wang, Limin, Guo, Yi, Li, Hongmin, Hernández, Griselda
Abstract Background Chimeric hybrids derived from the rubredoxins of Pyrococcus furiosus ( Pf ) and Clostridium pasteurianum ( Cp ) provide a robust system for the characterization of protein...
Abstract The Dark Side of the Web: An Open Proxy’s View (2007)
Vivek S. Pai, Limin Wang, Kyoungsoo Park, Ruoming Pang, Larry Peterson
With the advent of large-scale, wide-area networking testbeds, researchers can deploy long-running services that interact with other resources on the Web. While such interaction can easily attract...
The Timing of Marriage in China (2007)
Lixin Colin Xu, Limin Wang, David Coady For
Abstract. This paper examines the determinants of the marriage timing decisions of young men and women in China. We pay particular attention to distinguishing three explanations for marriage timing:...
Empirical studies on health at a disaggregate level, i.e. by social-economic group, or geographic location, can provide useful information for designing poverty focused interventions. Using...
Community Programs and Women’s Participation: (2007)
David Coady, Xinyi Dai, Limin Wang, Christopher Scott, Peter Sanfey, Jonathan Wadsworth
Abstract: Using household-level data specifically collected for the purpose of evaluation, we empirically evaluate the impact on household income of a rural program in China that focuses on...
Authentication in Reprogramming of Sensor Networks for Mote Class Adversaries (2007)
Wang, Limin, Kulkarni, Sandeep S.
Reprogramming is an essential service for wireless sensor networks. Authenticating reprogramming process is important as sensors need to verify that the code image is truly from a trusted source....
BMC Structural Biology BioMed Central (2007)
David M Lemaster, Janet S Anderson, Limin Wang, Yi Guo, Hongmin Li, Griselda Hernández
Research article NMR and X-ray analysis of structural additivity in metal binding site-swapped hybrids of rubredoxin
pCover: Partial Coverage for Long-Lived Surveillance Sensor Networks (2006)
Wang, Limin, Kulkarni, Sandeep S.
We present a protocol for partial (but high) coverage in sensor networks. We demonstrate that it is feasible to maintain a high coverage (>90%) while significantly increasing coverage duration when...
Rapid Prototyping of Power Management Protocols for Sensor Networks: A Case Study (2006)
Arumugam, Mahesh, Wang, Limin, Kulkarni, Sandeep S.
Power management is an important problem in battery-powered sensor networks as the sensors are required to operate for a long time (usually, several weeks to several months). One of the challenges in...
JailX protecting users from X applications / (2006)
Thesis (Ph.D. in Mathematics)--University of Illinois at Chicago, 2006.
Gappa: Gossip based multi-channel reprogramming for sensor networks (2006)
Abstract. Reprogramming the sensor networks in place is an important and challenging problem. One way suggested for reprogramming is with the help of an UAV (Unmanned Ariel Vehicle). To reprogram a...
Dipzoom: the Internet measurements marketplace (2006)
Michael Rabinovich, Sipat Triukose, Zhihua Wen, Limin Wang
Abstract. We describe DipZoom (for “Deep Internet Performance Zoom”), an approach to provide focused, on-demand Internet measurements. Unlike existing approaches that face a difficult challenge...
Rapid prototyping of power management protocols for sensor networks: A case study (2006)
Mahesh Arumugam, Limin Wang, Sandeep S. Kulkarni
Power management is an important problem in battery-powered sensor networks as the sensors are required to operate for a long time (usually, several weeks to several months). One of the challenges in...
A case study on prototyping power management protocols for sensor networks (2006)
Mahesh Arumugam, Limin Wang, Eep S. Kulkarni
Abstract. Power management is an important problem in battery powered sensor networks as the sensors are required to operate for a long time (usually, several weeks to several months). One of the...
Dipzoom: the Internet measurements marketplace (2006)
Michael Rabinovich, Sipat Triukose, Zhihua Wen, Limin Wang
Abstract. We describe DipZoom (for “Deep Internet Performance Zoom”), an approach to provide focused, on-demand Internet measurements. Unlike existing approaches that face a difficult challenge...
Mnp: Multihop network reprogramming service for sensor networks (2005)
Sandeep S. Kulkarni, Limin Wang
Reprogramming of sensor networks is an important and challenging problem as it is often necessary to reprogram the sensors in place. In this paper, we propose a multihop reprogramming service...
Mnp: Multihop network reprogramming service for sensor networks (2005)
Sandeep S. Kulkarni, Limin Wang
Reprogramming of sensor networks is an important and challenging problem as it is often necessary to reprogram the sensors in place. In this paper, we propose a multihop reprogramming service...
Mnp: Multihop network reprogramming service for sensor networks (2005)
Sandeep S. Kulkarni, Limin Wang
Reprogramming of sensor networks is an important and challenging problem as it is often desirable to reprogram the sensors in place. In this paper, we propose a multihop reprogramming service...
ExScal: Elements of an Extreme Scale Wireless Sensor Network (2005)
Anish Arora, Rajiv Ramnath, Emre Ertin, Prasun Sinha, Sandip Bapat, Vinayak Naik, ...
Project ExScal (for Extreme Scale) fielded a 1000+ node wireless sensor network and a 200+ node peer-to-peer ad hoc network of 802.11 devices in a 1.3km by 300m remote area in Florida, USA during...
Content and Service Replication Strategies in Multi-hop Wireless Mesh Networks (2005)
Emerging multi-hop wireless mesh networks have much different characteristics than the Internet. They have low dimensionality and large diameters. Content and service replication can greatly improve...
Serum Amyloid A (SAA) is an acute phase reactant protein that is predominantly found bound to high-density lipoprotein in plasma. Upon inflammation, the plasma concentration of SAA can increase...
The Effectiveness of Request Redirection on CDN Robustness (2002)
Limin Wang, Vivek Pai, Larry Peterson
It is becoming increasingly common to construct network services using redundant resources geographically distributed across the Internet. Content Distribution Networks are a prime example. Such...
Understanding Vegas: a duality model (2002)
Steven H. Low, Larry L. Peterson, Limin Wang
this paper, we study the congestion avoidance mechanism of Vegas. It is well-known that file sizes transported over the Internet have heavy-tail. In simple terms this means that while most TCP...
and I.F.Akilydiz. A survey on sensor networks (2002)
The special constraints of sensor networks impose a number of technical challenges for employing them. In this survey, we study the issues and existing protocols in three areas: coverage, routing,...
Understanding TCP Vegas: A duality model (2001)
Steven Low, Larry Peterson, Limin Wang
This paper presents a model of the TCP Vegas congestion control mechanism as a distributed optimization algorithm. Doing so has three important benefits. First, it helps us gain a fundamental...
Understanding TCP Vegas: A duality model (2001)
Steven H. Low, Larry L. Peterson, Limin Wang
We view congestion control as a distributed primal-dual algorithm carried out by sources and links over a network to solve a global optimization problem. We describe a multi-link multisource model of...
Understanding TCP Vegas: A Duality Model (2001)
Steven Low, Larry Peterson, Limin Wang
We describe a multi-link multi-source model of the TCP Vegas congestion control mechanism as a distributed optimization algorithm. The model provides a fundamental understanding of delay, fairness...
Polarization pursuers’ guide (2000)
Jaffe, Andrew H., Kamionkowski, Marc, Wang, Limin
We calculate the detectability of the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) as a function of the sky coverage, angular resolution, and instrumental sensitivity for a hypothetical...
Cosmic microwave background bispectrum and inflation (2000)
Wang, Limin, Kamionkowski, Marc
We derive an expression for the non-Gaussian cosmic microwave background (CMB) statistic Il3 defined recently by Ferreira, Magueijo, and Górski in terms of the slow-roll-inflation parameters ε and...
Understanding TCP Vegas: Theory and Practice (2000)
Steven Low, Larry Peterson, Limin Wang
This paper presents a model of the TCP Vegas congestion control mechanism as a distributed optimization algorithm. Doing so has three important benefits. First, it helps us gain a fundamental...
A New Cosmological Model of Quintessence and Dark Matter (1999)
We propose a new class of quintessence models in which late times oscillations of a scalar field give rise to an effective equation of state which can be negative and hence drive the observed...
A Polarization Pursuers' Guide (1999)
Jaffe, Andrew H., Kamionkowski, Marc, Wang, Limin
We calculate the detectability of the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) as a function of the sky coverage, angular resolution, and instrumental sensitivity for a hypothetical...
Cosmological Signature of New Parity-Violating Interactions (1999)
Lue, Arthur, Wang, Limin, Kamionkowski, Marc
Are there any manifestations of parity violation other than those observed in weak interactions? A map of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature and polarization will provide a new...
The Cosmic Microwave Background Bispectrum and Inflation (1999)
Wang, Limin, Kamionkowski, Marc
We derive an expression for the non-Gaussian cosmic-microwave-background (CMB) statistic $I_l^3$ defined recently by Ferreira, Magueijo, and G\'orski in terms of the slow-roll-inflation parameters...
Large-scale structure, the cosmic microwave background, and primordial non-gaussianity (1999)
Verde, Licia, Wang, Limin, Heavens, Alan, Kamionkowski, Marc
Since cosmic-microwave-background (CMB) and large-scale-structure (LSS) data will shortly improve dramatically with the Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP) and Planck Surveyor, and the Anglo-Australian...
The Mass Power Spectrum in Quintessence Cosmological Models (1999)
Ma, Chung-Pei, Caldwell, R. R., Bode, Paul, Wang, Limin
We present simple analytic approximations for the linear and fully evolved nonlinear mass power spectrum for spatially flat cold dark matter (CDM) cosmological models with quintessence (Q)....
Cosmic Concordance and Quintessence (1999)
Wang, Limin, Caldwell, R. R., Ostriker, J. P., Steinhardt, Paul J.
We present a comprehensive study of the observational constraints on spatially flat cosmological models containing a mixture of matter and quintessence --- a time varying, spatially inhomogeneous...
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Cosmological Tracking Solutions (1998)
Steinhardt, Paul J., Wang, Limin, Zlatev, Ivaylo
A substantial fraction of the energy density of the universe may consist of quintessence in the form of a slowly-rolling scalar field. Since the energy density of the scalar field generally decreases...
Cosmological Signature of New Parity-Violating Interactions (1998)
Lue, Arthur, Wang, Limin, Kamionkowski, Marc
Does Nature yield any manifestations of parity violation other than those observed in weak interactions? A map of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature and polarization will provide a new...
Quintessence, Cosmic Coincidence, and the Cosmological Constant (1998)
Zlatev, Ivaylo, Wang, Limin, Steinhardt, Paul J.
Recent observations suggest that a large fraction of the energy density of the universe has negative pressure. One explanation is vacuum energy density; another is quintessence in the form of a...
Resolving the Cosmological Missing Energy Problem (1998)
Huey, Greg, Wang, Limin, Dave, R., Caldwell, R. R., Steinhardt, Paul J.
Some form of missing energy may account for the difference between the observed cosmic matter density and the critical density. Two leading candidates are a cosmological constant and quintessence (a...
Cluster Abundance Constraints on Quintessence Models (1998)
Wang, Limin, Steinhardt, Paul J.
The abundance of rich clusters is a strong constraint on the mass power spectrum. The current constraint can be expressed in the form $\sigma_8 \Omega_m^{\gamma} = 0.5 \pm 0.1$ where $\sigma_8$ is...
On the testing of inflationary cosmological models with missing energy (1998)
We try to constrain cosmological models by combining observational tests. By detailed study of the theoretical predictions, we show that a substantial range of cosmological models satisfy all the...
On the Problem of Predicting Inflationary Perturbations (1997)
Wang, Limin, Mukhanov, V. F., Steinhardt, Paul J.
We examine the theoretical foundations of standard methods for computing density perturbations in inflationary models. We find that: (1) the time-delay formalism (introduced by Guth and Pi, 1982) is...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Southampton, 1994.
Optimal TF/TA/THA trajectory planning / (1992)
Thesis (M.S.)--California State University, Northridge, 1992.
Environmental determinants of child mortality in rural china : A competing risks approach
We use a competing risk model to analyze environmental determinants of child mortality using the 1992 China National Health Survey, which collects information on cause of death. Our primary question...
Community programs and women's participation : the Chinese experience
Coady, David, Xinyi Dai, Limin Wang
Using household data specifically collected for the purpose of evaluation, the authors empirically evaluate the impact on household income of a rural program in China that focuses on increasing...
Bandyopadhyay, Sushenjit, Humavindu, Michael N., Shyamsundar, Priya, Limin Wang
Community-based natural resource managementis an important strategy to conserve and sustainably use biodiversity and wildlife in Namibia. The authors examine the extent to which conservancies have...
Child mortality in rural India
Van Der Klaauw, Bas, Limin Wang
The authors focus on infant and child mortality in rural areas of India. They construct a flexible duration model framework that allows for frailty at multiple levels and interactions between the...
Murine apolipoprotein serum amyloid A in solution forms a hexamer containing a central channel
Wang, Limin, Lashuel, Hilal A., Walz, Thomas, Colón, Wilfredo
Serum amyloid A (SAA) is a small apolipoprotein that binds to high-density lipoproteins in the serum. Although SAA seems to play a role in host defense and lipid transport and metabolism, its...
Wang, Limin, Magdaleno, Susan, Tabas, Ira, Jackowski, Suzanne
CTP:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase (CCT) catalyzes a rate-controlling step in the biosynthesis of phosphatidylcholine (PtdCho). Multiple CCT isoforms, CCTα, CCTβ2, and CCTβ3, are encoded by...
Murine apolipoprotein serum amyloid A in solution forms a hexamer containing a central channel
Wang, Limin, Lashuel, Hilal A., Walz, Thomas, Colón, Wilfredo
Serum amyloid A (SAA) is a small apolipoprotein that binds to high-density lipoproteins in the serum. Although SAA seems to play a role in host defense and lipid transport and metabolism, its...
Wang, Limin, Magdaleno, Susan, Tabas, Ira, Jackowski, Suzanne
CTP:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase (CCT) catalyzes a rate-controlling step in the biosynthesis of phosphatidylcholine (PtdCho). Multiple CCT isoforms, CCTα, CCTβ2, and CCTβ3, are encoded by...
NMR and X-ray analysis of structural additivity in metal binding site-swapped hybrids of rubredoxin
LeMaster, David M, Anderson, Janet S, Wang, Limin, Guo, Yi, Li, Hongmin, Hernández, Griselda
Urea-induced denaturation of apolipoprotein serum amyloid A reveals marginal stability of hexamer
Serum Amyloid A (SAA) is an acute phase reactant protein that is predominantly found bound to high-density lipoprotein in plasma. Upon inflammation, the plasma concentration of SAA can increase...
Empirical studies on health at a disaggregate level-by socioeconomic group or geographic location-can provide useful information for designing poverty-focused interventions. Using Demographic and...
Measuring up - new directions for environmental programs at the World Bank
Buys, Piet, Dasgupta, Susmita, Meisner, Craig, Pandey, Kiran, Wheeler, David, Bolt, Katharine, ...
The World Bank's new environment strategy advocates cost-effective reduction of air and water pollutants that are most harmful to human health. In addition, it addresses threats to the livelihood of...
Housing Reform in Urban China: Efficiency, Distribution and the Implications for Social Security.
The authors investigate the distribution of a measure of housing consumption among public tenants in cities of two Chinese provinces using household survey data. They find the resulting distribution...
Has the reform process in China resulted in the introduction of incentives directed at a more efficient allocation of resources? Using data on individual earnings in urban Liaoning province for the...
Cytokine secretion requires phosphatidylcholine synthesis
Tian, Yong, Pate, Caroline, Andreolotti, Alberto, Wang, Limin, Tuomanen, Elaine, Boyd, Kelli, ...
Choline cytidylyltransferase (CCT) is the rate-limiting enzyme in the phosphatidylcholine biosynthetic pathway. Here, we demonstrate that CCTα-mediated phosphatidylcholine synthesis is required to...
Qin, Jiayang, Zhao, Bo, Wang, Xiuwen, Wang, Limin, Yu, Bo, Ma, Yanhe, ...
Wang, Limin, Sapuri-Butti, Annapoorna R., Aung, Hnin Hnin, Parikh, Atul N., Rutledge, John C.
Triglyceride-rich lipoprotein (TGRL) lipolysis may provide a proinflammatory stimulus to endothelium. Detergent-resistant plasma membrane microdomains (lipid rafts) have a number of functions in...
The health impact of extreme weather events in Sub-Saharan Africa
Wang, Limin, Kanji, Shireen, Bandyopadhyay, Sushenjit
Extreme weather events are known to have serious consequences for human health and are predicted to increase in frequency as a result of climate change. Africa is one of the regions that risks being...
Wang, Limin, Yu, Jun, Walzem, Rosemary L
High-carbohydrate diets reduce plasma low-density lipoprotein (LDL)–cholesterol but also provoke the appearance of an atherogenic lipoprotein profile (ALP). Characterized by high plasma...