Differential Neutron-Proton Squeeze-out (2009)
Trautmann, W., Chartier, M., Leifels, Y., Lemmon, R. C., Li, Q., Lukasik, J., ...
The elliptic flow (squeeze-out) of neutrons, protons and light complex particles in reactions of neutron-rich systems at relativistic energies is proposed as an observable sensitive to the strength...
Reptile scale paradigm: Evo-Devo, pattern formation and regeneration (2009)
Chang, C., Wu, P., Baker, Ruth E., Maini, P. K., Alibardi, L., Chuong, C. M.
The purpose of this perspective is to highlight the merit of the reptile integument as an experimental model. Reptiles represent the first amniotes. From stem reptiles, extant reptiles, birds and...
K. M. O’brien, P. Wu, T. Chen, P. H. Oden, D. A. Prener, J. C. Shepherd, ...
technology to exploit the performance of the Cell Broadband Enginee architecture The continuing importance of game applications and other numerically intensive workloads has generated an upsurge in...
MATERIAL PROPERTIES AND FOLDING (2008)
M. Soofi, P. Wu, Lithoprobe Line, Geologic Interpretation, Md Monashee Decollement
h Investigate effect of material properties on fold development. h Understand the effect of overburden on the evolution of fold. h Understand the role of decollement geometry on folding. h...
Eichenberger Brien Brien, K. M. O’brien, P. Wu, T. Chen, P. H. Oden, D. A. Prener, ...
this paper, we present a variety of compiler techniques designed to exploit the performance potential of the SPEs and to enable the multilevel heterogeneous parallelism found in the Cell Broadband...
Isolated and linear arrays of surfactant-encapsulated polyoxometalate clusters on graphite (2008)
Wu, P., Volkmer, D., Bredenkoetter, B., Kurth, D. G., Rabe, J. P.
Isolated and linear arrays of surfactant-encapsulated polyoxometalate clusters on graphite (2008)
Wu, P., Volkmer, D., Bredenkotter, B., Kurth, D. G., Rabe, J. P.
Wu, M., Liu, A., Kampman, E., Zhang, L., Wu, P., ...
Epidemiological studies suggested drinking green tea is inversely associated with esophageal cancer but results remain inconclusive. Moreover, inconsistent observations found high temperature drinks...
Ieee International, P. Wu, K. Warwick, X. Wu, M. Mctear, Z. Zeng, ...
: Connectionist models inherently include features and exhibit behaviors which are difficult to achieve with traditional logic-based models. Among the more important characteristics are: (1) the...
Fang, Z. L., Wu, P., Kundtz, N., Chang, A. M., Liu, X. Y., Furdyna, J. K.
A vertical resonant tunneling diode (RTD) based on the paramagnetic Zn1-x-yMnyCdxSe system has been fabricated with a pillar diameter down to ~ 6 micron. The diode exhibits high quality resonant...
Star shaped cyclic twinned nanowires (2006)
Jiang, J., Cao, M., Sun, Y., Wu, P., Yuan, J.
We report the discovery of a new class of nanowires with a star-shaped cross section. Unlike most nanowires, it shows a prominent regular reentrant surface profile. The electron diffraction and...
Parallelizing skyline queries for scalable distribution (2006)
Wu, P, Zhang, C J, Feng, Y, Zhao, Ben Y, Agrawal, D, El Abbadi, A
Skyline queries help users make intelligent decisions over complex data, where different and often conflicting criteria are considered. Current skyline computation methods are restricted to...
Media reporting of tenofovir trials in Cambodia and Cameroon (2005)
Mills, E J, Rachlis, B, Wu, P, Wong, E, Heise, L, Wilson, K, ...
Background Two planned trials of pre-exposure prophylaxis tenofovir in Cambodia and Cameroon to prevent HIV infection in high-risk populations were closed due to activist pressure on host country...
Hidden Markov chain filtering for a jump diffusion model (2005)
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Parameter estimation for a regime-switching mean-reverting model with jumps (2005)
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Hidden Markov chain filtering for a jump diffusion model (2005)
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Parameter estimation for a regime-switching mean-reverting model with jumps (2005)
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The use of artificial neural networks in the motor program (2004)
Wu, P, Bao, J, Xia, Q, Bruce, IC
Though it is commonly assumed that the brain creates 'motor programs' which store the information essential to perform a motor skill, little direct evidence exists for such motor programs....
Lucy F. Lee, R. L. Witter, S. M. Reddy, P. Wu, N. Yanagida, S. Yoshida
Recombinant fowl poxviruses (rFPVs) were constructed to express genes from serotype 1 Marek's disease virus (MDV) coding for glycoproteins B, E, I, H, and UL32 (gB1, gE, gI, gH, and UL32). An...
Analytic Modeling of Electrically Excited D2/HCl and HCl Laser Experiments. (2002)
Taylor,R., Caledonia,G., Lewis,P., Wu,P., Teare,J. D.
An analytic capability has been developed to model two types of laser experiments: (1) a D2/HCl EDL and (2) an e-beam sustainer discharge HCl laser. For the former device, a discharge in D2/inert gas...
Wu, P., Brisdon, B. J., England, R., Field, R. W.
Crosslinked polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) membranes modified by the sequential introduction of two different side-arm functional groups, -(CH2)3OC2H5 and -(CH2)3NMe2, have been prepd. and evaluated for...
An adaptive index structure for high-dimensional similarity search (2001)
A practical method for creating a high dimensional index structure that adapts to the data distribution and scales well with the database size, is presented. Typical media descriptors, such as...
Wu, P., Field, R. W., England, R., Brisdon, B. J.
Modified polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) composite membranes in which a known mol% of the SiMe groups were replaced by a short methylene spacer group terminated by one of the four side-arm functional...
Wu, P., Field, R. W., Brisdon, B. J., England, R., Barkley, S. J.
Exptl. studies for optimizing organofunctionalized PDMS membranes for the pervaporative recovery of phenolic compds. from water are presented. Four functional groups (acetate, Et ether, dimethylamino...
Bond, J. R., Ade, P., Balbi, A., Bock, J., Borrill, J., Boscaleri, A., ...
We show how estimates of parameters characterizing inflation-based theories of structure formation localized over the past year when large scale structure (LSS) information from galaxy and cluster...
The Quintessential CMB, Past & Future (2000)
Bond, J. R., Pogosyan, D., Prunet, S., Sigurdson, K., Balbi, A., ...
The past, present and future of cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy research is discussed, with emphasis on the Boomerang and Maxima balloon experiments. These data are combined with large...
The Cosmic Background Radiation circa nu2K (2000)
Bond, J. R., Pogosyan, D., Prunet, S., Balbi, A., Bock, J., ...
We describe the implications of cosmic microwave background (CMB) observations and galaxy and cluster surveys of large scale structure (LSS) for theories of cosmic structure formation, especially...
A Texture Descriptor for Browsing and Similarity Retrieval (2000)
B. S. Manjunath, P. Wu, S. Newsam, H. D. Shin
Image texture is useful in image browsing, search and retrieval. A texture descriptor based on a multiresolution decomposition using Gabor wavelets is proposed. The descriptor consists of two parts:...
A Texture Descriptor for Image Retrieval and Browsing (1999)
P. Wu, B. S. Manjunanth, S. D. Newsam, H. D. Shin
Image texture is an important visual primitive in image search and retrieval applications. To characterize texture information of images, a texture descriptor is proposed to capture both the...
A Texture Descriptor for Image Retrieval and Browsing (1999)
P. Wu, B. S. Manjunanth, S. D. Newsam, H. D. Shin
Image texture is an important visual primitive in image search and retrieval applications. To characterize texture information of images, a texture descriptor is proposed to capture both the...
Growth and Characterization of CuGaS2, CuA1S2 and CuGa0.9A10.1S2 Single Crystals. (1998)
He, X-C., Shen, H-S., Wu, P., Dwight, K., Wold, A.
In the search for suitable chalcogenides which may be used as infrared windows at 10 micrometers, several chalcogenides of copper, gallium and aluminum have been investigated. Single crystals of...
Growth and Characterization of Zinc and Cadmium Thiogallate. (1998)
Wu, P., He, X-C., Dwight, K., Wold, Aaron
In an attempt to prepare infrared materials which have properties superior to those of the II-IV chalcogenides, members of the system Zn(1-x)Cd(x)Ga2S4 were prepared and their infrared transmission,...
Preparation and Characterization of Members of the Systems Cu(II)/MgO and Cu(II)/ZrO2. (1998)
Luo, X-M., Wu, P., Kershaw, R., Dwight, K., Wold, A.
Cu(II) is known to prefer square planar or tetrahedral coordination in many oxides. The introduction of Cu(II) in the rock salt or fluorite structures would represent unusual structural behavior and...
Growth and Characterization of Zinc Sulfide Films by Conversion of Zinc Oxide Films with H2S. (1998)
Gao, Y-M, Wu, P., Baglio, J., Dwight, K., Wold, A.
Zinc sulfide is an IR window material and a transparent semiconductor with a large direct band gap. It also possesses piezoelectric, photoconductive and electroluminescent properties. Thin films of...
Redetermination of Crystal Structure of Zinc Thiogallate. (1998)
Carpenter, G. B., Wu, P., Gao, Y-M., Wold, A.
Zinc thiogallate crystallizes in a tetragonal space group. In this space group zinc and gallium are disordered in the 4(d) sites. Most of the AGa2x4 compounds crystallize with the defect...
Growth and Characterization of Zinc Sulfide Films by Conversion of Zinc Oxide Films with H2S. (1998)
Gao, Y. M., Wu, P., Baglio, J., Dwight, K., Wold, A.
Zinc sulfide is an IR window material and a transparent semiconductor with a large direct band gap. It also possesses piezoelectric, photoconductive and electroluminescent properties. Thin films of...
Growth and Characterization of Zinc Sulfide Films by Conversion of Zinc Oxide Films with H2S. (1998)
Gao, Y. M., Wu, P., Baglio, J., Dwight, K., Wold, A.
Zinc sulfide is an IR window material and a transparent semiconductor with a large direct band gap. It also possesses piezoelectric, photoconductive and electro-luminescent properties. Thin films of...
Growth and Characterization of Gallium (III) Oxide Films. (1998)
Wu, P., Gao, Y-M., Kershaw, R., Dwight, K., Wold, A.
A simple spray pyrolysis technique has been applied to the formation of dense, homogeneous gallium(III) oxide thin films on both silicon and silica substrates. The high quality of these films has...
Growth and Characterization of Thin Films of Y2O3, La2O3 and La2CuO4. (1998)
Gao, Y. M., Wu, P., Dwight, K., Wold, W.
Films were prepared by an ultrasonic nebulization and pyrolysis method using acetylacetonates of the corresponding metals in alcohol solvents as source materials. Homogenous, uniform films with good...
Fendler, C, Wu, P, Eggens, U, Laitko, S, Sorensen, H, Distler, A, ...
Germline transcription and recombination of a murine VDJmudeltagamma1 transgene (1998)
Cunningham, K, Ackerly, H, Claflin, L, Collins, J, Wu, P, Ford, C, ...
Performance evaluation of MPI implementations and MPI based parallel ELLPACK solvers (1996)
S. Markus, S. B. Kim, K. Pantazopoulos, A. L. Ocken, E. N. Houstis, P. Wu, ...
In this study, we are concerned with the parallelizationof finite element mesh generation and its decomposition, and the parallel solution of sparse algebraic equations which are obtained from the...
Parallel ELLPACK Elliptic PDE Solvers (1995)
E. N. Houstis, S. B. Kim, S. Markus, P. Wu, N. E. Houstis, A. C. Catlin, ...
Parallel ELLPACK [35, 61] is a machine independent problem solving environment (PSE) that supports PDE (partial di erential equations) computing across many hardware platforms. In this paper we...
THE POSSIBLE ROLE OF SHIGELLA IN SPORADIC ENTERIC REACTIVE ARTHRITIS (1993)
SIEPER, J., BRAUN, J., WU, P., HAUER, R., LAITKO, S.
Reactive arthritis (ReA) occurs after a urogenital infection usually with Chlamydia trachomatis or an enteritis due to Yer-sinia, Salmonella, Campylobacter or Shigella, Shigella, except during...
M. Perkowski, M. Driscoll, J. Liu, D. Smith, J. Brown, L. Yang, ...
Abstract--- This paper presents a short description of the high level and logic synthesis stages in the digital design automation system DIADES. High level design, namely data path synthesis and...
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A glutathione conjugate of hepoxilin A3: formation and action in the rat central nervous system.
Pace-Asciak, C R, Laneuville, O, Su, W G, Corey, E J, Gurevich, N, Wu, P, ...
Incubation of (8R)- and (8S)-[1-14C]hepoxilin A3 [where hepoxilin A3 is 8-hydroxy-11,12-epoxyeicosa-(5Z,9E,14Z)-trienoic acid] and glutathione with homogenates of rat brain hippocampus resulted in a...
Xu, Y., Gu, Y., Wu, P., Huang, L.-Y. M.
To develop a genetic approach for the treatment of pain, we introduced a recombinant adeno-associated viral (rAAV) vector containing the cDNA for the μ-opioid receptor (μOR) into primary afferent...
Requirements for interleukin-4-induced gene expression and functional characterization of Stat6.
Mikita, T, Campbell, D, Wu, P, Williamson, K, Schindler, U
Interleukin-4 (IL-4) stimulation leads to the activation of the signal transducer and activator of transcription 6 (Stat6). In this study, we present data relating to the functional properties of...
Nop2p is required for pre-rRNA processing and 60S ribosome subunit synthesis in yeast.
Hong, B, Brockenbrough, J S, Wu, P, Aris, J P
To investigate the function of the nucleolar protein Nop2p in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, we constructed a strain in which NOP2 is under the control of a repressible promoter. Repression of NOP2...
Gallarda, J L, Henrard, D R, Liu, D, Harrington, S, Stramer, S L, Valinsky, J E, ...
Sequential plasma samples obtained from 16 individuals who seroconverted were tested for the presence of antibody to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) by an antigen conjugate enzyme...
McGrath, M S, Hwang, K M, Caldwell, S E, Gaston, I, Luk, K C, Wu, P, ...
GLQ223 is a highly purified, formulated preparation of trichosanthin, a 26-kDa plant-derived ribosome-inactivating protein with potent inhibitory activity against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)...
Skrede, S, Wu, P, Osmundsen, H
Studies of effects of 4-thia-substituted fatty acid analogues on rat liver lipid metabolism are described. With isolated hepatocytes tetradecylthiopropionate was shown to divert [1-14C]oleate from...
Morgan, B, Sun, L, Avitahl, N, Andrikopoulos, K, Ikeda, T, Gonzales, E, ...
Development of the lymphoid system is dependent on the activity of zinc finger transcription factors encoded by the Ikaros gene. Differences between the phenotypes resulting from a dominant-negative...
Bowker-Kinley, M M, Davis, W I, Wu, P, Harris, R A, Popov, K M
Tissue distribution and kinetic parameters for the four isoenzymes of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (PDK1, PDK2, PDK3 and PDK4) identified thus far in mammals were analysed. It appeared that...
Wu, P, Sato, J, Zhao, Y, Jaskiewicz, J, Popov, K M, Harris, R A
This study investigated whether conditions known to alter the activity and phosphorylation state of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex have specific effects on the levels of isoenzymes of pyruvate...
Mapping Point Mutations in the Drosophila Rosy Locus Using Denaturing Gradient Gel Blots
Gray, M., Charpentier, A., Walsh, K., Wu, P., Bender, W.
Mutations within the rosy locus of Drosophila were mapped using blots of genomic DNA fragments separated on denaturing gradient gels. DNA sequence differences between otherwise identical small rosy...
Molecular dissection of developmental behavior of plant height in rice (Oryza sativa L.).
Yan, J, Zhu, J, He, C, Benmoussa, M, Wu, P
A doubled haploid population of 123 lines from IR64/Azucena was used to dissect the developmental behavior and genotype by environment interaction for plant height by conditional and unconditional...
High-density and low-density lipoproteins and prevalence of vascular disease in diabetes mellitus.
Reckless, J P, Betteridge, D J, Wu, P, Payne, B, Galton, D J
The prevalence of vascular disease among 154 diabetic patients was analysed in relation to the serum concentrations of individual lipoproteins. Overal the presence of vascular disease (59 cases) was...
Maternal smoking during pregnancy and smoking by adolescent daughters.
OBJECTIVES. Since cigarette smoking in adolescence represents a crucial entry point in the progression to illicit drugs, risk factors for adolescent smoking have public health implications. The...
A glutathione conjugate of hepoxilin A3: formation and action in the rat central nervous system.
Pace-Asciak, C R, Laneuville, O, Su, W G, Corey, E J, Gurevich, N, Wu, P, ...
Incubation of (8R)- and (8S)-[1-14C]hepoxilin A3 [where hepoxilin A3 is 8-hydroxy-11,12-epoxyeicosa-(5Z,9E,14Z)-trienoic acid] and glutathione with homogenates of rat brain hippocampus resulted in a...
Xu, Y., Gu, Y., Wu, P., Huang, L.-Y. M.
To develop a genetic approach for the treatment of pain, we introduced a recombinant adeno-associated viral (rAAV) vector containing the cDNA for the μ-opioid receptor (μOR) into primary afferent...
Requirements for interleukin-4-induced gene expression and functional characterization of Stat6.
Mikita, T, Campbell, D, Wu, P, Williamson, K, Schindler, U
Interleukin-4 (IL-4) stimulation leads to the activation of the signal transducer and activator of transcription 6 (Stat6). In this study, we present data relating to the functional properties of...
Nop2p is required for pre-rRNA processing and 60S ribosome subunit synthesis in yeast.
Hong, B, Brockenbrough, J S, Wu, P, Aris, J P
To investigate the function of the nucleolar protein Nop2p in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, we constructed a strain in which NOP2 is under the control of a repressible promoter. Repression of NOP2...
Gallarda, J L, Henrard, D R, Liu, D, Harrington, S, Stramer, S L, Valinsky, J E, ...
Sequential plasma samples obtained from 16 individuals who seroconverted were tested for the presence of antibody to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) by an antigen conjugate enzyme...
McGrath, M S, Hwang, K M, Caldwell, S E, Gaston, I, Luk, K C, Wu, P, ...
GLQ223 is a highly purified, formulated preparation of trichosanthin, a 26-kDa plant-derived ribosome-inactivating protein with potent inhibitory activity against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)...
Skrede, S, Wu, P, Osmundsen, H
Studies of effects of 4-thia-substituted fatty acid analogues on rat liver lipid metabolism are described. With isolated hepatocytes tetradecylthiopropionate was shown to divert [1-14C]oleate from...
Morgan, B, Sun, L, Avitahl, N, Andrikopoulos, K, Ikeda, T, Gonzales, E, ...
Development of the lymphoid system is dependent on the activity of zinc finger transcription factors encoded by the Ikaros gene. Differences between the phenotypes resulting from a dominant-negative...
Mapping Point Mutations in the Drosophila Rosy Locus Using Denaturing Gradient Gel Blots
Gray, M., Charpentier, A., Walsh, K., Wu, P., Bender, W.
Mutations within the rosy locus of Drosophila were mapped using blots of genomic DNA fragments separated on denaturing gradient gels. DNA sequence differences between otherwise identical small rosy...
Bowker-Kinley, M M, Davis, W I, Wu, P, Harris, R A, Popov, K M
Tissue distribution and kinetic parameters for the four isoenzymes of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (PDK1, PDK2, PDK3 and PDK4) identified thus far in mammals were analysed. It appeared that...
Wu, P, Sato, J, Zhao, Y, Jaskiewicz, J, Popov, K M, Harris, R A
This study investigated whether conditions known to alter the activity and phosphorylation state of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex have specific effects on the levels of isoenzymes of pyruvate...
Molecular dissection of developmental behavior of plant height in rice (Oryza sativa L.).
Yan, J, Zhu, J, He, C, Benmoussa, M, Wu, P
A doubled haploid population of 123 lines from IR64/Azucena was used to dissect the developmental behavior and genotype by environment interaction for plant height by conditional and unconditional...
High-density and low-density lipoproteins and prevalence of vascular disease in diabetes mellitus.
Reckless, J P, Betteridge, D J, Wu, P, Payne, B, Galton, D J
The prevalence of vascular disease among 154 diabetic patients was analysed in relation to the serum concentrations of individual lipoproteins. Overal the presence of vascular disease (59 cases) was...
Maternal smoking during pregnancy and smoking by adolescent daughters.
OBJECTIVES. Since cigarette smoking in adolescence represents a crucial entry point in the progression to illicit drugs, risk factors for adolescent smoking have public health implications. The...
Braun, J, Laitko, S, Treharne, J, Eggens, U, Wu, P, Distler, A, ...
OBJECTIVE--To examine whether reactive arthritis (ReA) known to occur after a urogenital infection with Chlamydia trachomatis can also follow an infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae, a recently...
Sieper, J, Braun, J, Döring, E, Wu, P, Heesemann, J, Treharne, J, ...
BACKGROUND: The cause of juvenile chronic arthritis (JCA) is unknown. Pauciarticular JCA is the most common subtype and can be subdivided into early (type I) and late onset (type II) forms, the...
Braun, J., Xiang, J., Brandt, J., Maetzel, H., Haibel, H., Wu, P., ...
Simon, A K, Seipelt, E, Wu, P, Wenzel, B, Braun, J, Sieper, J
Subpopulations of human T cells (Th0, Th1 and Th2) can be distinguished by their cytokine-secretion pattern. Evidence is increasing from other studies that the outcome of a human disease may depend...
Sieper, J, Braun, J, Wu, P, Kingsley, G
In reactive arthritis (ReA) there is specific proliferation of synovial fluid (SF) mononuclear cells (MNC) to the triggering bacterial antigen; comparatively little or no response is seen in...
Involvement of calcium in the caffeine stimulation of human sperm motility.
Hong, C Y, Chiang, B N, Wu, P, Wei, Y H, Fong, J C
The shape of the concentration-response curve and the amplitude of maximal motility increase for the stimulatory effect of caffeine on human sperm motility were similar to those of EGTA, a calcium...
Mertz, A. K., Daser, A., Skurnik, M., Wiesmüller, K. H., Braun, J., Appel, H., ...
BACKGROUND: Reactive arthritis (ReA) is a T cell mediated inflammatory process. The immune response is primarily directed against a triggering organism, although autoimmunity has been invoked in...
Small-Sample Power of Tests for Inequality Restrictions: The Case of Quarter Independant Errors.
ECONOMETRICS; Hypothesis tests