Resistivity of Mn$_{1-x}$Fe$_x$Si single crystals: Evidence for quantum critical behavior (2009)
Meingast, C., Zhang, Q., Wolf, Th., Hardy, F., Grube, K., Knafo, W., ...
Resistivity measurements have been made on Mn$_{1-x}$Fe$_x$Si single crystals between 2 and 300K for $x$ = 0, 0.05, 0.08, 0.12 and 0.15. Fe doping is found to depress the magnetic ordering...
Rotation of the Warm Molecular Gas Surrounding Ultracompact HII Regions (2009)
Klaassen, P. D., Wilson, C. D., Keto, E. R., Zhang, Q.
We present molecular line and 1.4 mm continuum observations towards five massive star forming regions at arcsecond resolution using the Submillimeter Array (SMA). We find that the warm molecular gas...
Random-Direction Optimization Algorithms with Applications to Threshold Controls 1 (2009)
G. Yin, Q. Zhang, H. M. Yan, E. K. Boukas
Abstract. This work develops a class of stochastic optimization algorithms. It aims to provide numerical procedures for solving thresholdtype optimal control problems. The main motivation stems from...
Rotational Structure and Outflow in the Infrared Dark Cloud 18223-3 (2009)
Fallscheer, C., Beuther, H., Zhang, Q., Keto, E., Sridharan, T. K.
We examine an Infrared Dark Cloud (IRDC) at high spatial resolution as a means to study rotation, outflow, and infall at the onset of massive star formation. Submillimeter Array observations combined...
Fontani, F., Zhang, Q., Caselli, P., Bourke, T. L.
To better understand the initial conditions of the high-mass star formation process, it is crucial to study at high-angular resolution the morphology, the kinematics, and eventually the interactions...
Wilson, Stephen A., Libor, Z., Skordos, A. A., Zhang, Q.
The contrasting DC conductivities of several different types of nanoparticles (nickel, barium titanate and magnetite) suspended in both silicone and perfluorinated oils have been measured and...
Measurement of the Rate Capability of Resistive Plate Chambers (2009)
Bilki, B., Butler, J., May, E., Mavromanolakis, G., Norbeck, E., Repond, J., ...
This paper reports on detailed measurements of the performance of Resistive Plate Chambers in a proton beam with variable intensity. Short term effects, such as dead time, are studied using...
C. Wang, Y. Zhao, Q. Zhang, S. Du
This study presents a new current-mode singleinput and multi-output (SIMO) type universal biquad circuit using second generation multi-output current conveyors (MOCCII) as the active components. The...
Cooperative Mobile Web Browsing (2009)
G. P. Perrucci, Q. Zhang, M. D. Katz
This paper advocates a novel approach for mobile web browsing based on cooperation among wireless devices within close proximity operating in a cellular environment. In the actual state of the art,...
I. M. Ulbrich, M. R. Canagaratna, Q. Zhang, D. R. Worsnop, J. L. Jimenez
The organic aerosol (OA) dataset from an Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (Q-AMS) collected at the Pittsburgh Air Quality Study (PAQS) in September 2002 was analyzed with Positive Matrix...
Y. Sun, Q. Zhang, A. M. Macdonald, K. Hayden, S. M. Li, J. Liggio, ...
An Aerodyne High Resolution Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (HR-ToF-AMS) was deployed at the peak of Whistler Mountain (2182 m above sea level), British Columbia, from 19 April to 16 May...
W. R. Leaitch, A. M. Macdonald, K. G. Anlauf, D. Toom-Sauntry, ...
Several cases of aerosol plumes resulting from trans-Pacific transport were observed between 2 km and 5.3 km at Whistler, BC from 22 April 2006 to 15 May 2006. The fine particle (<1 μm) chemical...
Q. Zhang, H. Sundqvist, A. Moberg, K. Holmgren, H. Körnich, J. Nilsson
The solar orbital forcing induced changes in insolation at the mid-Holocene compared to the late Holocene, which causes an amplification of the seasonal cycle in the Northern Hemisphere in the...
Stable water isotopes have been measured in a wide range of climate archives, with the purpose of reconstructing regional climate variations. Yet the common assumption that the isotopic signal is a...
H. S. Sundqvist, Q. Zhang, A. Moberg, K. Holmgren, H. Körnich, J. Nilsson
In this paper we try to develop a quantitative understanding of the absolute change in climate between the mid-Holocene ~6000 yr BP (6 ka) and the preindustrial period ~1750 AD (0 ka) in the northern...
Asian emissions in 2006 for the NASA INTEX-B mission (2009)
Q. Zhang, D. G. Streets, G. R. Carmichael, K. He, H. Huo, A. Kannari, ...
A new inventory of air pollutant emissions in Asia in the year 2006 is developed to support the Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment-Phase B (INTEX-B) funded by the National Aeronautics and...
Evaluation of new secondary organic aerosol models for a case study in Mexico City (2009)
K. Dzepina, R. M. Volkamer, S. Madronich, P. Tulet, I. M. Ulbrich, Q. Zhang, ...
Recent field studies have found large discrepancies in the measured vs. modeled SOA mass loadings in both urban and regional polluted atmospheres. The reasons for these large differences are unclear....
J. M. Livingston, J. Redemann, P. B. Russell, O. Torres, B. Veihelmann, P. Veefkind, ...
Airborne sunphotometer measurements are used to evaluate retrievals of extinction aerosol optical depth (AOD) from spatially coincident and temporally near-coincident measurements by the Ozone...
J. Redemann, Q. Zhang, J. Livingston, P. Russell, Y. Shinozuka, A. Clarke, ...
The 14-channel Ames Airborne Tracking Sunphotometer (AATS) was operated on a Jetstream 31 (J31) aircraft in March 2006 during MILAGRO/INTEX-B (Megacity Initiative-Local And Global Research...
Asian emissions in 2006 for the NASA INTEX-B mission (2009)
Q. Zhang, D. G. Streets, G. R. Carmichael, K. B. He, H. Huo, A. Kannari, ...
A new inventory of air pollutant emissions in Asia in the year 2006 is developed to support the Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment-Phase B (INTEX-B) funded by the National Aeronautics and...
Cooperative mobile web browsing (2009)
Perrucci, G.P., Fitzek, F.H.P., Zhang, Q., Katz, Marcos
Eurasip Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, Article ID 543054 Vol.2009
Semantic memory activation in amnestic mild cognitive impairment (2009)
Woodard, J. L., Seidenberg, M., Nielson, K. A., Antuono, P., Guidotti, L., Durgerian, S., ...
Cognitively intact older individuals at risk for developing Alzheimer's disease frequently show increased functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) brain activation presumably associated with...
Cooperative Mobile Web Browsing (2009)
G. P. Perrucci, Q. Zhang, M. D. Katz
This paper advocates a novel approach for mobile web browsing based on cooperation among wireless devices within close proximity operating in a cellular environment. In the actual state of the art,...
K. Dzepina, R. M. Volkamer, S. Madronich, P. Tulet, I. M. Ulbrich, Q. Zhang, ...
Recent field studies have found large discrepancies in the measured vs. modeled SOA mass loadings in both urban and regional polluted atmospheres. The reasons for these large differences are unclear....
B. Adhikary, G. R. Carmichael, S. Kulkarni, C. Wei, Y. Tang, A. Dallura, ...
The Sulfur Transport and dEposition Model (STEM) developed at the University of Iowa is applied to the analysis of observations obtained during the Intercontinental Chemical Transport...
H. S. Sundqvist, Q. Zhang, A. Moberg, K. Holmgren, H. Körnich, J. Nilsson
In this paper we try to develop a quantitative understanding of the absolute change in climate between the mid-Holocene ~6000 yr BP (6 ka) and the preindustrial period ~1750 AD (0 ka) in the northern...
An on-line method for the rapid pinpointing of radical scavengers in non-polar mixtures like vegetable oils was developed. To avoid problems with dissolving the sample, normal-phase chromatography on...
Resistivity of Mn§1§-§xFe§xSi single crystals: evidence for quantum critical behavior. (2009)
Meingast, C., Zhang, Q., Wolf, T., Hardy, F., Grube, K., Knafo, W., ...
Zlatic, V. [Hrsg.]
J. M. Livingston, J. Redemann, P. B. Russell, O. Torres, B. Veihelmann, P. Veefkind, ...
Airborne sunphotometer measurements are used to evaluate retrievals of extinction aerosol optical depth (AOD) from spatially coincident and temporally near-coincident measurements by the Ozone...
J. A. Fisher, D. J. Jacob, M. T. Purdy, M. Kopacz, P. Le Sager, C. Carouge, ...
We use aircraft observations of carbon monoxide (CO) from the NASA ARCTAS and NOAA ARCPAC campaigns in April 2008 together with multiyear (2003–2008) CO satellite data from the AIRS instrument and...
B. Ervens, M. J. Cubison, E. Andrews, G. Feingold, J. A. Ogren, J. L. Jimenez, ...
An accurate but simple quantification of the fraction of aerosol particles that can act as cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) is needed for implementation in large-scale models. Data on aerosol size...
Introduction Developing artificial neural network models of (2008)
C. W. Baxter, S. J. Stanley, Q. Zhang, D. W. Smith
water treatment processes: a guide for utilities
J. Bao, A. Belu, Y. Gershon, Y. J. Liu, G. Yin, Q. Zhang
Abstract. This paper is concerned with using stochastic approximation and optimization meth-ods for stock liquidation decision making and option pricing. For stock liquidation problem, we present a...
SELLING A LARGE STOCK POSITION: A STOCHASTIC CONTROL APPROACH WITH STATE CONSTRAINTS ∗ (2008)
Abstract. A common practice for stock-selling decision making is often concerned with liquida-tion of the security in a short duration. This is feasible when a relative smaller number of shares of a...
Expected Performance of the ATLAS Experiment - Detector, Trigger and Physics (2008)
Abat, E., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdelalim, A. A., Abdesselam, A., ...
A detailed study is presented of the expected performance of the ATLAS detector. The reconstruction of tracks, leptons, photons, missing energy and jets is investigated, together with the performance...
Spectra of spin-forbidden and spin-allowed transitions in the mixed b$^3\Pi_u$ ~ A$^1\Sigma_u^+$ state of Na$_2$ are measured separately by two-photon excitation using a single tunable dye laser. The...
The COST292 experimental framework for TRECVID 2007 (2008)
Q. Zhang, M. Corvaglia, S. Aksoy, U. Naci, N. Adami, N. Aginako, ...
In this paper, we give an overview of the four tasks submitted to TRECVID 2007 by COST292. In shot boundary (SB) detection task, four SB detectors have been developed and the results are merged using...
Liran Ma, Qian Zhang, Xiuzhen Cheng, L. Ma, Q. Zhang, X. Cheng
A power controlled interference aware routing protocol for dense
Chemical Diversity in High-Mass Star Formation (2008)
Beuther, H., Zhang, Q., Bergin, E. A., Sridharan, T. K.
Massive star formation exhibits an extremely rich chemistry. However, not much evolutionary details are known yet, especially at high spatial resolution. Therefore, we synthesize previously published...
Megabits secure key rate quantum key distribution (2008)
Zhang, Q., Takesue, H., Honjo, T., Wen, K., Hirohata, T., Suyama, M., ...
Quantum cryptography (QC) can provide unconditional secure communication between two authorized parties based on the basic principles of quantum mechanics. However, imperfect practical conditions...
A Reconfigurable Platform for Cognitive Radio (2008)
Q. Zhang, L. T. Smit, A. Kokkeler, F. W. Hoeksema, M. Heskamp
Abstract – Today’s rigid spectrum allocation scheme creates a spectrum scarcity problem for future wireless communications. Measurements show that a wide range of the allocated frequency bands...
Online available since 2004/Dec/15 (2008)
Q. Zhang, S. J. Liu, C. Y. Duan, Y. M. Zhu
Abstract. Based on the functional requirement analysis of the compute-aided reliability information system, some concepts are proposed, such as the distributed progressive reliability analysis and...
COST292 experiments for TRECVID 2006 (2008)
J. Ćalić, N. Campbell, P. Krämer, J. Benois-pineau, S. Vrochidis, C. Doulaverakis, ...
In this paper we give an overview of the four TRECVID tasks submitted by COST292, European network of institutions in the area of semantic multimodal analysis and retrieval of digital video media....
SIMULATION OF VISIBILITY IN SMOKE LADEN ENVIRONMENTS ABSTRACT (2008)
Philip A. Rubini, Q. Zhang, J. B. Moss
Exposure to the products of combustion, both particulate smoke and gaseous, rather than to the fire itself, is the most significant cause of injury and death in fires. The exposure time of...
X. Wang, M. Kwiatkowska, G. Theodoropoulos, Q. Zhang
this file withprentcsmacro.sty for your meeting, or withentcsmacro.sty for your meeting. Both can be found at the ENTCS Macro Home Page. Towards a unifying CSP approach for hierarchical verification...
Q 2007 ‘Simulation of visibility in smoke laden environments (2008)
Exposure to the products of combustion, both particulate smoke and gaseous, rather than to the fire itself, is the most significant cause of injury and death in fires. The exposure time of...
Closed-form solutions for perpetual American Put options with regime switching (2008)
Abstract. This paper studies an optimal stopping time problem for pricing perpetual American put options in a regime switching model. An explicit optimal stopping rule and the corresponding value...
Collaborative and Social Tagging Networks (2008)
Tonkin, Emma, Corrado, E. M., Moulaison, H. L., Kipp, M. E., Resmini, A., Pfeiffer, H., ...
Trans-Pacific dust events observed at Whistler, British Columbia during INTEX-B (2008)
Mckendry, I. G., Macdonald, A. M., Leaitch, W. R., Van Donkelaar, A., Zhang, Q., Duck, T., ...
The meteorology and physico-chemical characteristics of aerosol associated with two new cases of long range dust transport affecting western Canada during spring 2006 are described. Each event showed...
Ulbrich, I. M., Canagaratna, M. R., Zhang, Q., Worsnop, D. R., Jimenez, J. L.
The organic aerosol (OA) dataset from an Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (Q-AMS) collected at the Pittsburgh Air Quality Study in September 2002 was analyzed for components with Positive Matrix...
Joint effect of the western and eastern Pacific warm pools on ENSO cycle (2008)
Qi, Q., Hou, Y., Zhang, Q., Yan, T.
The zonal displacement of the western Pacific warm pool (WPWP) and the meridional displacement of the eastern Pacific warm pool (EPWP) and their responses to wind anomalies over the tropical Pacific...
Van Donkelaar, A., Martin, R. V., Leaitch, W. R., Macdonald, A. M., Walker, T. W., Streets, D. G., ...
We interpret a suite of satellite, aircraft, and ground-based measurements over the North Pacific Ocean and western North America during April?May 2006 as part of the Intercontinental Chemical...
Trans-Pacific dust events observed at Whistler, British Columbia during INTEX-B (2008)
Mckendry, I. G., Macdonald, A. M., Leaitch, W. R., Van Donkelaar, A., Zhang, Q., Duck, T., ...
The meteorology and physico-chemical characteristics of aerosol associated with two new cases of long range dust transport affecting western Canada during spring 2006 are described. Each event showed...
Ulbrich, I. M., Canagaratna, M. R., Zhang, Q., Worsnop, D. R., Jimenez, J. L.
The organic aerosol (OA) dataset from an Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (Q-AMS) collected at the Pittsburgh Air Quality Study in September 2002 was analyzed for components with Positive Matrix...
Joint effect of the western and eastern Pacific warm pools on ENSO cycle (2008)
Qi, Q., Hou, Y., Zhang, Q., Yan, T.
The zonal displacement of the western Pacific warm pool (WPWP) and the meridional displacement of the eastern Pacific warm pool (EPWP) and their responses to wind anomalies over the tropical Pacific...
Van Donkelaar, A., Martin, R. V., Leaitch, W. R., Macdonald, A. M., Walker, T. W., Streets, D. G., ...
We interpret a suite of satellite, aircraft, and ground-based measurements over the North Pacific Ocean and western North America during April?May 2006 as part of the Intercontinental Chemical...
Kooperationsplattform für mechatronische Produktentstehung (2008)
Hayka, H., Staub, G., Thamburaj, V., Zhang, Q.
Für die effiziente Entwicklung mechatronischer Produkte sind eine disziplinübergreifende Koordination bei der Planung und der Durchführung von Entwicklungsvorhaben und eine informationstechnisch...
ATCA 3 mm observations of NGC 6334I and I(N): dense cores, outflows, and an UCH II region (2008)
Beuther, H., Walsh, A. J., Thorwirth, S., Zhang, Q., Hunter, T. R., Megeath, S. T., ...
Aims.We investigate the dense gas, the outflows, and the continuum emission from the massive twin cores NGC 6334I and I(N) at high spatial resolution. Methods: We imaged the region with the Australia...
Wang, Q., Wyman, D.A., Xu, J., Dong, Y., Vasconcelos, Paulo M.d., Pearson, N., ...
Changes in oceanic O–Sr isotopic compositions and global cooling beginning in the Eocene are considered to have been caused by the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau. The specific timing and uplift...
Bernatoniene, J., Zhang, Q., Dogan, S., Mitchell, T. J., Paton, J. C., Finn, A.
Background. Choline-binding protein A (CbpA) and pneumolysin (Ply) can induce the expression and release of chemokines by human cells, which might modulate specific immune responses. In dendritic...
A. Van Donkelaar, R. V. Martin, W. R. Leaitch, A. M. Macdonald, T. W. Walker, D. G. Streets, ...
We interpret a suite of satellite, aircraft, and ground-based measurements over the North Pacific Ocean and western North America during April–May 2006 as part of the Intercontinental Chemical...
Trans-Pacific dust events observed at Whistler, British Columbia during INTEX-B (2008)
I. G. McKendry, A. M. Macdonald, W. R. Leaitch, A. Van Donkelaar, Q. Zhang, T. Duck, ...
The meteorology and physico-chemical characteristics of aerosol associated with two new cases of long range dust transport affecting western Canada during spring 2006 are described. Each event showed...
I. M. Ulbrich, M. R. Canagaratna, Q. Zhang, D. R. Worsnop, J. L. Jimenez
The organic aerosol (OA) dataset from an Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (Q-AMS) collected at the Pittsburgh Air Quality Study in September 2002 was analyzed for components with Positive Matrix...
Trans-Pacific dust events observed at Whistler, British Columbia during INTEX-B (2008)
I. G. McKendry, A M. Macdonald, W. R. Leaitch, A. Van Donkelaar, Q. Zhang, T. Duck, ...
The meteorology and physico-chemical characteristics of aerosol associated with two new cases of long range dust transport affecting western Canada during spring 2006 are described. Each event showed...
W. R. Leaitch, A. M. Macdonald, K. G. Anlauf, D. Toom-Sauntry, ...
Several cases of aerosol plumes resulting from trans-Pacific transport were observed between 2 km and 5.3 km at Whistler, BC from 22 April 2006 to 15 May 2006. The fine particle (<1 μm) chemical...
Y. Sun, Q. Zhang, A. M. MacDonald, K. Hayden, S. M. Li, J. Liggio, ...
An Aerodyne High Resolution Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (HR-ToF-AMS) was deployed at the peak of Whistler Mountain (elevation 2182 m-MSL), British Columbia, from 19 April to 16 May 2006,...
The amphioxus genome illuminates vertebrate origins and cephalochordate biology (2008)
Holland, L. Z., Albalat, R., Azumi, K., Benito-Gutiérrez, E., Blow, M. J., Bronner-Fraser, M., ...
Joint effect of the western and eastern Pacific warm pools on ENSO cycle (2008)
Q. Qi, Y. Hou, Q. Zhang, T. Yan
The zonal displacement of the western Pacific warm pool (WPWP) and the meridional displacement of the eastern Pacific warm pool (EPWP) and their responses to wind anomalies over the tropical Pacific...
Lu, J, Wang, J, Zhao, S, Liu, X, Zhao, H, Zhang, X, ...
9-Nitrocamptothecin (9-NC) is an orally administered topoisomerase-I inhibitor for the treatment of pancreatic carcinoma, but its oral absorption and bioavailability are poor. The main objective of...
Cheng, M, Wang, J, Li, Y, Liu, X, Zhang, X, Chen, D, ...
Earthworm fibrinolytic enzyme (EFE-d, Mr 24177), a water-soluble protein, is clinically used for the management of cardiovascular diseases. However, this protein drug has a very low oral...
Heat capacity thermal expansion and magnetic properties of the itinerant ferromagnet MnSi. (2008)
Zhang, Q., Knafo, W., Hardy, F., Grube, K., Schweiss, P., Löhneysen, H.von, ...
72.Jahrestagung der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft und DPG Frühjahrstagung des Arbeitskreises Festkörperphysik, Fachverband Tiefe Temperaturen, Berlin, 25.-29.Februar 2008
Magnetic structure of the kagome mixed compound (Co§0§.§5Ni§0§.§5)§3V§2O§8. (2008)
Qureshi, N., Fuess, H., Ehrenberg, H., Ouladdiaf, B., Rodriguez-Carvajal, J., Hansen, T.C., ...
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 20(2008) S.235228/1-6
Crystal growth and characterization of 122-FeAs compounds. (2008)
Wolf, Th., Meingast, C., Hardy, F., Zhang, Q., Adelmann, P., Schweiss, P., ...
Internat.Workshop 'Physics and Chemistry of FeAs-based Superconductors', Dresden, October 27-29, 2008
Specific heat of the Kagome mixed compounds (Co§1§-§xNi§x)§3V§2O§8. (2008)
Zhang, Q., Knafo, W., Grube, K., Löhneysen, H.von, Meingast, C., Wolf, T.
Internat.Conf.on Strongly Correlated Electron Systems (SCES'07), Houston, Tex., May 13-18, 2007
Specific heat of the Kagome mixed compounds (Co§1§-§xNi§x)§3V§2O§8. (2008)
Zhang, Q., Knafo, W., Grube, K., Löhneysen, H.von, Meingast, C., Wolf, T.
Physica B: Condensed Matter, 403(2008) S.1404-05
Qureshi, N., Fuess, H., Ehrenberg, H., Hansen, T.C., Ritter, C., Adelmann, P., ...
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 20(2008) S.095219/1-5
Bernatoniene, J., Zhang, Q., Dogan, Semih, Mitchell, T. J., Paton, James Cleland, Finn, A.
Background. Choline‐binding protein A (CbpA) and pneumolysin (Ply) can induce the expression and release of chemokines by human cells, which might modulate specific immune responses. In dendritic...
Bernatoniene, J., Zhang, Q., Dogan, Semih, Mitchell, T. J., Paton, James Cleland, Finn, A.
Background. Choline‐binding protein A (CbpA) and pneumolysin (Ply) can induce the expression and release of chemokines by human cells, which might modulate specific immune responses. In dendritic...
Communicated by G. Leitmann (2007)
Abstract. This paper is concerned with the optimal production planning in a dynamic stochastic manufacturing system consisting of a single or parallel machine that are failure prone and facing a...
Masers In The, T. R. Hunter, L. Testi, Q. Zhang, T. K. Sridharan
We present centimeter and millimeter continuum and molecular line images of the massive star-forming region AFGL 5142. A compact (2 00 :5) millimeter continuum core with integrated flux density of...
Optimal Control of Dynamic Systems by Decomposition and Aggregation (2007)
Sethi And, S. P. Sethi, Q. Zhang
The paper is concerned with the reduction of a class of optimal control problems to simpler problems by using decomposition and aggregation. Decomposition is shown to provide a good approximation...
Hybrid Stock Models and Parameter Estimation (2007)
In this work, we study a class of hybrid models for the stock market to account for the coexistence of continuous dynamics and discrete events. Different from the original geometric Brownian motion...
An ASAE Meeting Presentation DEVELOPMENT OF AN AUTOMATED COMBINE GUIDANCE SYSTEM (2007)
E. R. Benson, J. F. Reid, Q. Zhang
Summary: A machine vision-based automated corn harvester has been developed at the University of Illinois. The automated combine was field tested during 1999. Key modifications to the vehicle...
Fazal, F. M., Sridharan, T. K., Qiu, K., Robitaille, T. P., Whitney, B. A., Zhang, Q.
The spectral energy distributions (SEDs), spanning the mid-infrared to millimeter wavelengths, of a sample of 13 high-mass protostellar objects (HMPOs) were studied using a large archive of 2-D...
Tagging and Social Networks: The Impact of Communities on User Centered Tagging (2007)
Pfeiffer, H. D., Zhang, Q., Tonkin, Emma, Corrado, E. M., Resmini, A.
The panel will discuss tagging of documents in the context of social networks. This discussion will include to what extent and in what manner users, consciously or unconsciously, take into account...
Vehicle Path Planning for Complete Field Coverage Using Genetic Algorithms (2007)
Rosana G. Moreira, Editor-in-Chief; Texas A&M University
CIGR E-Journal Volume 9 (2007)
Alamu, O.J., Abdulrahim, A., Adapa, P.K., Adeboye, O. B., Adegunloye, F. O., Adejumo, A.O.D., ...
Rosana G. Moreira, Editor-in-Chief; Texas A&M University
Zhang, Q., Ongus, J.R., Boot, W.J., Calis, J., Bonmatin, J.M., Bengsch, E., ...
Virus-like particles, 27 nm in diameter, were observed in extracts of individual Varroa destructor mites and in sections of mite tissue. Application of a purification procedure resulted in virus...
New materials for micro-scale sensors and actuators an engineering review (2007)
Wilson, S.A., Jourdain, R.P.J., Zhang, Q., Dorey, R.A., Bowen, C.R., Willander, M., ...
This paper provides a detailed overview of developments in transducer materials technology relating to their current and future applications in micro-scale devices. Recent advances in piezoelectric,...
Star formation in a clustered environment around the UCH {II} region in IRAS 20293+3952 (2007)
Palau, A., Estalella, R., Girart, J. M., Ho, P. T. P., Zhang, Q., Beuther, H.
Aims.We aim at studying the cluster environment surrounding the UCH II region in IRAS 20293+3952, a region in the first stages of formation of a cluster around a high-mass star. Methods: .BIMA and...
Multi-line (sub)millimetre observations of the high-mass proto cluster IRAS 05358+3543 (2007)
Leurini, S., Beuther, H., Schilke, P., Wyrowski, F., Zhang, Q., Menten, K. M.
Context: Since most high- and intermediate-mass protostars are at great distance and form in clusters, high linear resolution observations are needed to investigate their physical properties. Aims:...
The 105 Lo high-mass protostellar object IRAS 23151+5912 (2007)
Beuther, H., Zhang, Q., Hunter, T. R., Sridharan, T. K., Bergin, E. A.
Context: While most sources above 105 Lo have already formed an Ultracompact Hii region (UCHii), this is not necessarily the case for sources of lower luminosity. Characterizing sources in the...
Dust and gas emission in the prototypical hot core G29.96-0.02 at sub-arcsecond resolution (2007)
Beuther, H., Zhang, Q., Bergin, E. A., Sridharan, T. K., Hunter, T. R., Leurini, S.
Aiming at a better understand of the physical and chemical processes in the hot molecular core stage of high-mass star formation, we observed the prototypical hot core G29.96-0.02 in the 862mu band...
Hot ammonia in NGC 6334I & I(N) (2007)
Beuther, H., Walsh, A. J., Thorwirth, S., Zhang, Q., Hunter, T. R., Megeath, S. T., ...
Aims.The massive twin cores NGC 6334I and I(N) are in different evolutionary stages and hence ideal targets to study evolutionary variations within the same larger-scale environment. Here, we study...
Beuther, H., Leurini, S., Schilke, P., Wyrowski, F., Menten, K. M., Zhang, Q.
Aims.We study the small-scale structure of massive star-forming regions through interferometric observations in several (sub)mm wavelength bands. These observations resolve multiple sources, yield...
Chen, Y. D., Zhang, Q., Yang, T., Xu, C., Chen, X., Jiang, T.
Trends and variations of the extreme water levels defined as exceeding/falling below certain thresholds (mean ± std) across the Pearl River Delta (PRD) are systematically explored using the linear...
Chen, Y. D., Zhang, Q., Yang, T., Xu, C., Chen, X., Jiang, T.
Trends and variations of the extreme water levels defined as exceeding/falling below certain thresholds (mean ± std) across the Pearl River Delta (PRD) are systematically explored using the linear...
Vehicle path planning for complete field coverage using genetic algorithms (2007)
In farming operations, one of the fundamental issues facing a farmer is the cost of running the farm. If the equipment the farmer is using can be made more efficient, the cost of farming will be...
New materials for micro-scale sensors and actuators An engineering review (2007)
Wilson, S. A., Jourdain, R. P. J., Zhang, Q., Dorey, R. A., Bowen, C. R., Willander, M., ...
This paper provides a detailed overview of developments in transducer materials technology relating to their current and future applications in micro-scale devices. Recent advances in piezoelectric,...
Hot ammonia in NGC 63341 & I(N) (2007)
Beuther, H., Walsh, A.J., Thorwirth, S., Zhang, Q., Hunter, T.R., Megeath, S.T., ...
Aims. The massive twin cores NGC 6334I and I(N) are in different evolutionary stages and hence ideal targets to study evolutionary variations within the same larger-scale environment. Here, we study...
Combining Low-Level Features for Semantic Extraction in Image Retrieval (2007)
An object-oriented approach for semantic-based image retrieval is presented. The goal is to identify key patterns of specific objects in the training data and to use them as object signature. Two...
Y. D. Chen, Q. Zhang, T. Yang, C. Xu, X. Chen, T. Jiang
Trends and variations of the extreme water levels defined as exceeding/falling below certain thresholds (mean ± std) across the Pearl River Delta (PRD) are systematically explored using the...
Combining Low-Level Features for Semantic Extraction in Image Retrieval (2007)
An object-oriented approach for semantic-based image retrieval is presented. The goal is to identify key patterns of specific objects in the training data and to use them as object signature. Two...
Thermal expansion and specific heat of magnetically frustrated (Ni§1§-§xCo§x)§3V§2O§8. (2007)
Zhang, Q., Knafo, W., Grube, K., Löhneysen, H.von, Meingast, C., Wolf, T.
71.Jahrestagung der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft und DPG Frühjahrstagung des Arbeitskreises Festkörperphysik, Fachverband Tiefe Temperaturen, Regensburg, 26.-30.März 2007
New materials for micro-scale sensors and actuators. An engineering review. (2007)
Wilson, S.A., Jourdain, R.P.J., Zhang, Q., Dorey, R.A., Bowen, C.R., Willander, M., ...
Materials Science and Engineering R, 56(2007) S.1-129
Shen, J. S., Cavaco-Paulo, A., Zhang, Q.
This paper demonstrates academic research into enzyme modification of international significance. The successful outcome of the work represented a breakthrough in biotechnology and its potential for...
Shen, J. S., Cavaco-Paulo, A., Zhang, Q.
This paper demonstrates academic research into enzyme modification of international significance. The successful outcome of the work represented a breakthrough in biotechnology and its potential for...
Zhang, Q., Bernatoniene, J., Bagrade, L., Paton, J.C., Mitchell, T.J., Hammerschmidt, S., ...
Nasopharyngeal tonsils (adenoids) are part of human nasopharynx-associated lymphoid tissue, which may play an important role in local defense against pneumococci. Recent studies with animals have...
Shot noise and conductance in metallic carbon nanotubes in the presence of correlated defects (2006)
Zhang, Q., Yang, H., Zhang, C., Ma, Z.
We investigate the effect of isolated scattering centers on the electronic transport in metallic carbon nanotubes. It is found that the impurity potential significantly alters the overlap of...
Theory of measurement crosstalk in superconducting phase qubits (2006)
Kofman, A. G., Zhang, Q., Martinis, J. M., Korotkov, A. N.
We analyze the crosstalk error mechanism in measurement of two capacitively coupled superconducting flux-biased phase qubits. The damped oscillations of the superconducting phase after the...
The distribution of SiO in the circumstellar envelope around IRC+10216 (2006)
Schoeier, F. L., Fong, D., Olofsson, H., Zhang, Q., Patel, N.
New interferometric observations of SiO J=5-4 circumstellar line emission around the carbon star IRC+10216, using the Submillimeter Array, are presented. Complemented by multi-transition single-dish...
Shear enhanced fiber orientation and adhesion in PP/glass fiber composites (2006)
Tan, H, Wang, C, Zhang, Q, Du, RN, ...
In order to achieve better mechanical properties, most work on polymer/fiber composites has been focused on the importance of the chemistry used to modify the surface of the fibers and improving the...
Study on the phase structures and toughening mechanism in PP/EPDM/SiO2 ternary composites (2006)
Zhang, Q, Guo, M, Wang, C, Du, RN, Fu, Q
In this paper, EPDM rubber and nano-SiO2 particles were employed to modify PP simultaneously. Our goal was to control the distribution and dispersion of EPDM and nano-SiO2 particles in PP matrix by...
Self-renewal of embryonic stem cells by a small molecule (2006)
Chen, S., Do, J. T., Zhang, Q., Yao, S., Yan, F., Peters, E. C., ...
The high-mass star-forming region IRAS 18182-1433 (2006)
Beuther, H., Zhang, Q., Sridharan, T. K., Lee, C. F., Zapata, L. A.
Aims.We present mm line and continuum observations at high spatial resolution characterizing the physical and chemical properties of the young massive star-forming region IRAS 18182-1433. Methods:...
Submillimeter Array 440 µm/690 GHz line and continuum observations of Orion KL (2006)
Beuther, H., Zhang, Q., Reid, M. J., Hunter, T. R., Gurwell, M., Wilner, D., ...
Submillimeter Array observations of Orion KL at ~1" resolution in the 440 mum/690 GHz band reveal new insights about the continuum and line emission of the region. The 440 mum continuum flux density...
Option pricing in a regime-switching model using the fast Fourier transform (2006)
This paper is concerned with fast Fourier transform (FFT) approach to option valuation, where the underlying asset price is governed by a regime-switching geometric Brownian motion. An FFT method for...
Zhang, Q., Bernatoniene, J., Bagrade, L., Pollard, A. J., Mitchell, T. J., Paton, James Cleland, ...
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The characterisation of pollution aerosol in a changing photochemical environment (2006)
Cubison, M. J., Alfarra, M. R., Allan, J., Bower, K. N., Coe, H., Mcfiggans, G. B., ...
Measurements are presented from a sampling location 50 km downwind of Greater London, UK, to investigate the timescales required for the atmospheric transformations of aerosol in urban emissions...
Salcedo, D., Onasch, T. B., Dzepina, K., Canagaratna, M. R., Zhang, Q., Huffman, J. A., ...
An Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS) was deployed at the CENICA Supersite, during the Mexico City Metropolitan Area field study (MCMA-2003) from 31 March-4 May 2003 to investigate particle...
The characterisation of pollution aerosol in a changing photochemical environment (2006)
Cubison, M. J., Alfarra, M. R., Allan, J., Bower, K. N., Coe, H., Mcfiggans, G. B., ...
Measurements are presented from a sampling location 50 km downwind of Greater London, UK, to investigate the timescales required for the atmospheric transformations of aerosol in urban emissions...
Salcedo, D., Onasch, T. B., Dzepina, K., Canagaratna, M. R., Zhang, Q., Huffman, J. A., ...
An Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS) was deployed at the CENICA Supersite, during the Mexico City Metropolitan Area field study (MCMA-2003) from 31 March-4 May 2003 to investigate particle...
Approximate processing of massive continuous quantile queries over high-speed data streams (2006)
Lin, XM, Xu, J, Zhang, Q, Lu, HJ, Yu, JX, Zhou, XF, ...
Quantile computation has many applications including data mining and financial data analysis. It has been shown that an is an element of-approximate summary can be maintained so that, given a...
Shot noise and conductance in metallic carbon nanotubes in the presence of correlated defects (2006)
Zhang, Q., Yang, H., Zhang, C., Ma, Z.
We investigate the effect of isolated scattering centers on the electronic transport in metallic carbon nanotubes. It is found that the impurity potential significantly alters the overlap of...
Option pricing in a regime-switching model using the fast Fourier transform (2006)
This paper is concerned with fast Fourier transform (FFT) approach to option valuation, where the underlying asset price is governed by a regime-switching geometric Brownian motion. An FFT method for...
Shen, J. S., Zhang, Q., Smith, E., Bishop, D.
This paper brought the new outcome of the use of specific anionic surfactant in the enzymatic treatment of wool. It demonstrated that specific anionic surfactant can be not only compatible with...
Wang, S G, Sellin, P J, Lohstroh, A, Zhang, Q
Enhancement of ultraviolet (UV) photoresponsivity in chemical-vapor-deposited (CVD) diamond photodetectors was observed by posttreatment in a plasma of oxygen and carbon tetrafluoride at room...
A Reconfigurable Platform For Cognitive Radio (2005)
Zhang, Q., Smit, G.J.M., Smit, L.T., Kokkeler, A., Hoeksema, F.W., Heskamp, M.
Today¿s rigid spectrum allocation scheme creates a spectrum scarcity problem for future wireless communications. Measurements show that a wide range of the allocated frequency bands are rarely used....
Salcedo, D., Dzepina, K., Onasch, T. B., Canagaratna, M. R., Zhang, Q., Huffman, A. RR., ...
An Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS) was deployed at the CENICA Supersite, while another was deployed in the Aerodyne Mobile Laboratory (AML) during the Mexico City Metropolitan Area field...
The characterisation of pollution aerosol in a changing photochemical environment (2005)
Cubison, M. J., Alfarra, M. R., Allan, J., Bower, K. N., Coe, H., Mcfiggans, G. B., ...
Measurements are presented from a sampling location 50 km downwind of Greater London, UK, to investigate the timescales required for the atmospheric transformations of aerosol in urban emissions...
Zhang, Q., Worsnop, D. R., Canagaratna, M. R.
A recently developed algorithm (Zhang et al., 2005) has been applied to deconvolve the mass spectra of organic aerosols acquired with the Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS) in Pittsburgh during...
Zhang, Q., Worsnop, D. R., Canagaratna, M. R., Jimenez, J. L.
A recently developed algorithm (Zhang et al., 2005) has been applied to deconvolve the mass spectra of organic aerosols acquired with the Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS) in Pittsburgh during...
Salcedo, D., Dzepina, K., Onasch, T. B., Canagaratna, M. R., Zhang, Q., Huffman, A. RR., ...
An Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS) was deployed at the CENICA Supersite, while another was deployed in the Aerodyne Mobile Laboratory (AML) during the Mexico City Metropolitan Area field...
The characterisation of pollution aerosol in a changing photochemical environment (2005)
Cubison, M. J., Alfarra, M. R., Allan, J., Bower, K. N., Coe, H., Mcfiggans, G. B., ...
Measurements are presented from a sampling location 50 km downwind of Greater London, UK, to investigate the timescales required for the atmospheric transformations of aerosol in urban emissions...
Zhang, Q., Worsnop, D. R., Canagaratna, M. R.
A recently developed algorithm (Zhang et al., 2005) has been applied to deconvolve the mass spectra of organic aerosols acquired with the Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS) in Pittsburgh during...
Zhang, Q., Worsnop, D. R., Canagaratna, M. R., Jimenez, J. L.
A recently developed algorithm (Zhang et al., 2005) has been applied to deconvolve the mass spectra of organic aerosols acquired with the Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS) in Pittsburgh during...
D. Salcedo, K. Dzepina, T. B. Onasch, M. R. Canagaratna, Q. Zhang, A.. R. Huffman, ...
An Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS) was deployed at the CENICA Supersite, while another was deployed in the Aerodyne Mobile Laboratory (AML) during the Mexico City Metropolitan Area field...
The Specific Gravity of Biodiesel Fuels and their Blends with Diesel Fuel (2004)
Yuan, Y., Hansen, A., Zhang, Q.
Rosana G. Moreira, Editor-in-Chief; Texas A&M University
Design, construction and tests of the ICARUS T600 detector (2004)
Amerio, S., Amoruso, S., Antonello, M., Aprili, P., Armenante, M., Arneodo, F., ...
We have constructed and operated the ICARUS T600 liquid argon (LAr) time projection chamber (TPC). The ICARUS T600 detector is the largest LAr TPC ever built, with a size of about 500 tons of fully...
Preparation and characterization of drug-loaded biodegradable nerve guides (2004)
Verreck, G, Chun, I, Li, Y, Kataria, R, Zhang, Q, Rosenblatt, J, ...
CIGR E-Journal Volume 6 (2004)
Abu-Khalaf, N., Agus, F., Alkan, S., Alvarez, C., Ampratwum, D., Atiku, A., ...
(1.) P. Kumar and K. Dewangan. Deflection and Contact Characteristics of a Power Tiller Tyre. (January 2004). ...(2.) S. Li and Y. Lin. Modeling a Single-stage Hydrocyclone for Potato Starch...
Zhang, S. C., Ren, J. H., Li, H. Z., Zhang, Q., Armstrong, J. S., Munn, A. L., ...
The Niemann Pick C1 protein localizes to late endosomes and plays a key role in the intracellular transport of cholesterol in mammalian cells. Cholesterol and other lipids accumulate in a lysosomal...
Multi dipole source identification from EEG/MEG topography (2004)
Li, Z., Bai, X., Zhang, Q., Akutagawa, M., Shichijo, F., Kinouchi, Y., ...
The last fifteen years have witnessed a resurgence of interest in asynchronous digital design techniques as they promise to liberate VLSI systems from clock skew problems, offer the potential for low...
Numerical investigation of seawater intrusion at Gooburrum, Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia (2004)
Zhang, Q., Volker, R. E., Lockington, D. A.
Seawater intrusion in coastal agricultural areas due to groundwater abstraction is a major environmental problem along the northeastern coast of Australia. Management options are being explored using...
Measurement of the muon decay spectrum with the ICARUS liquid Argon TPC (2003)
Amoruso, S, Antonello, M, Aprili, P, Arneodo, F, Badertscher, A, Baiboussinov, B, ...
Examples are given which prove the ICARUS detector quality through relevant physics measurements. We study the muon decay energy spectrum from a sample of stopping muon events acquired during the...
Optimal selling rules in a regime switching model (2003)
Optimal selling rules in a regime switching model
Human chromosome 7: DNA sequence and biology (2003)
Scherer, S.W., Cheung, J., MacDonald, J.R., Osborne, L.R., Nakabayashi, K., ...
DNA sequence and annotation of the entire human chromosome 7, encompassing nearly 158 million nucleotides of DNA and 1917 gene structures, are presented. To generate a higher order description,...
Status of the CLEO III silicon tracker (2003)
Von Toerne, E., Alam, M. S., Alexander, J. P., Anastassov, A., Arndte, K., Bean, A., ...
The CLEO-III silicon vertex detector is a 4-layer device with double-sided silicon sensors arranged in a barrel design, covering 93% of the solid angle. After initially meeting its design goals of...
Beltran, W. A., Zhang, Q., Kijas, J. W., Gu, D. N., Rohrer, H., Jordan, J. A., ...
PURPOSE. To clone, map, and determine the site of expression (mRNA and protein) of the a subunit of the receptor for ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTFRalpha) in the normal adult canine...
Study of urban spatial patterns from SPOT panchromatic imagery using textural analysis (2003)
Q. Zhang, J. Wang, P. Gong, P. Shi
using textural analysis
Qie, X., Yu, Y., Guo, C., Laroche, P., Zhang, G., Zhang, Q.
Characteristics of the electric fields produced by stepped and dart-stepped leaders 200 µs just prior to the return strokes during natural negative cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning discharges have...
Qie, X., Yu, Y., Guo, C., Laroche, P., Zhang, G., Zhang, Q.
Characteristics of the electric fields produced by stepped and dart-stepped leaders 200 µs just prior to the return strokes during natural negative cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning discharges have...
Experimental investigation of contaminant transport in coastal groundwater (2002)
Zhang, Q., Volker, R. E., Lockington, D. A.
Contaminant transport in coastal aquifers is of increasing interest since, with the development of coastal areas, contaminants from surface sources may enter coastal aquifers and pollute the...
Numerical modelling of contaminant transport in coastal aquifers (2002)
Volker, R. E., Zhang, Q., Lockington, D. A.
This paper employs a two-dimensional variable density flow and transport model to investigate the transport of a dense contaminant plume in an unconfined coastal aquifer. Experimental results are...
Thermoluminescence in CVD Diamond Films: Application to Actinometric Dosimetry (2002)
Barboza-Flores, M., Meléndrez, R., Chernov, V., Castañeda, B., Pedroza-Montero, M., Gan, B., ...
Diamond is considered a tissue-equivalent material since its atomic number (Z=6) is close to the effective atomic number of biological tissue (Z=7.42). Such a situation makes it suitable for...
Characterization of Three Microsatellite Loci Linked to the Canine RP3 Interval (2002)
Zangerl, B., Zhang, Q., Acland, G. M., Aguirre, G. D.
X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP) is one of the most prevalent forms of a genetically heterogeneous group of inherited retinal disorders of man; more than 70% of XLRP families map to the...
The virus infection of the Varroa jacobsoni population in beehives (2001)
Zhang, Q., Boot, W.J., Calis, J., Lecoublet, S., Bonmatin, J.M., Bengsch, E.R., ...
The relationship between inward direct foreign investment and China's provincial export trade (2001)
Zhang, Q, Volker, RE, Lockington, DA
Contaminant transport in coastal aquifers is complicated partly due to the conditions at the seaward boundary including seawater intrusion and tidal variations of sea level. Their inclusion in...
This report describes a novel knowledge visualization tool: Knowledge Visualizer or KV. KV is specifically designed to visualize various aspects of concept learning. These visualized aspects include:...
Revealed with Simple Sequence Repeat Markers. Soybean Genetics (2000)
Yu Bin Li, Qin Zhang, Xin Deng, Hong Xin Wang, Y. B. Li, ...
Microsatellites or simple sequence repeats (SSRs) consist of tandemly repeated core sequences that often vary in repeat number and are flanked by conserved DNA sequences. (Maughan et al 1995). It is...
An adaptive fuzzy crop edge detection method for machine vision. ASAE Paper 001019 (2000)
Mi Usa, E. R. Benson, J. F. Reid, Q. Zhang
Summary: The paper details a machine vision algorithm developed for crop edge detection. The algorithm was developed for an automated harvest application. The harvester needed the location and...
Optimal distributed binary hypothesis testing with independent identical sensors (2000)
Q. Zhang, P. K. Varshney, R. D. Wesel
Abstract- We consider the problem of distributed binary hypothesis testing with independent identical sensors. It is well known that for this problem the optimal sensor rules are a likelihood ratio...
First Image With, J. H. Kawamura, T. R. Hunter, R. Blundell, Q. Zhang, ...
. We present a spectral line image in CO (J \ 76) of the spatially compact molecular outow from the massive protostar IRAS 20126]4014, observed using a novel superconductive hot-electron bolometer...
Guidance Parameter Determination Using Artificial Neural Network Classifier (1999)
J.F. Reid, Q. Zhang, N. Noguchi
this technical presentation. The technical presentation does not necessarily
Wireless Networking for Control and Automation of Off-road Equipment (1999)
J. D. Will, D.D. Moore, E.N. Viall, J. F. Reid, Q. Zhang
This paper describes new wireless networking technology and its applications to off-road equipment. We present an overview of current wireless networking equipment as well as a description of a...
J. H. Kawamura, T. R. Hunter, R. Blundell, Q. Zhang, C. A. Katz, ...
. We present a spectral line image in CO (J \ 7È6) of the spatially compact molecular outÑow from the massive protostar IRAS 20126]4014, observed using a novel superconductive hot-electron...
MOLECULAR JETS AND H O MASERS IN THE AFGL 5142 HOT CORE 2 (1999)
T. R. Hunter, L. Testi, Q. Zhang, T. K. Sridharan
We present centimeter and millimeter continuum and molecular line images of the massive starforming region AFGL 5142. A compact (2A.5) millimeter continuum core with integrated Ñux density of 125...
N. Noguchi, J. F. Reid, Q. Zhang, L. F. Tian
by Summary: The purpose of the study was to develop an intelligent vision system for autonomous vehicle field operations. Fuzzy logic was used to classify the crops and weeds. A Genetic Algorithm...
Pombe: A gene-finding and exon-intron structure prediction system for fission yeast. Yeast (1998)
A special program developed by the authors, called Pombe, identifies protein coding regions in the Schizosaccharomyces pombe genome. Linear discriminant analysis was applied to predict 5�-terminal,...
Risk-Sensitive Production Planning Of A Stochastic Manufacturing System (1998)
.<F3.838e+05> This paper is concerned with long-run average risk-sensitive control of production planning in a manufacturing system with machines that are subject to breakdown and repair. By...
Nonlinear Filtering And Control Of A Switching Diffusion With Small Observation Noise (1998)
.<F3.813e+05> This paper is concerned with nonlinear filtering and control of a switching di#usion coupled by an unknown Markov chain. Two statistical estimation methods are used to track the...
Iterative Solution Methods for Large Linear Discrete Ill-Posed Problems (1998)
D. Calvetti, L. Reichel, Q. Zhang
This paper discusses iterative methods for the solution of very large severely ill-conditioned linear systems of equations that arise from the discretization of linear ill-posed problems. The...
Larsson, R., Cai, H., Zhang, Q., Öberg, P. Å., Larsson, S. E.
This study pertains to the 71 patients who had received a diagnosis of cervico-brachial pain syndrome after thorough clinical examination of a total series of 300 patients, who had been referred to...
Multiple-Scattering Extended X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure Analysis of Spinel Ferrites (1997)
Harris, V., Williams, C., Abe, M., Zhang, Q.
We have applied extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy to study the cation distribution in a series of spin-sprayed NiZn-ferrite films. A least-squares fitting of experimental...
Harris, V., Williams, C., Abe, M., Zhang, Q.
We have applied extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy to study the cation distribution in a series of spin-sprayed NiZn-ferrite films. A least-squares fitting of experimental...
Multiple-Scattering Extended X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure Analysis of Spinel Ferrites (1997)
Harris, V., Williams, C., Abe, M., Zhang, Q.
We have applied extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy to study the cation distribution in a series of spin-sprayed NiZn-ferrite films. A least-squares fitting of experimental...
Harris, V., Williams, C., Abe, M., Zhang, Q.
We have applied extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy to study the cation distribution in a series of spin-sprayed NiZn-ferrite films. A least-squares fitting of experimental...
Optimal Control of Dynamic Systems by Decomposition and Aggregation (1997)
Sethi And, S. P. Sethi, Q. Zhang
The paper is concerned with the reduction of a class of optimal control problems to simpler problems by using decomposition and aggregation. Decomposition is shown to provide a good approximation...
Summary: This paper presents an adaptive steering controller for achieving consistent, sensitive, and accurate steering control with noisy and drifting control signals on an automated agricultural...
Genetic varients of the lipid transport genes, dyslipaemia, and coronary heart disease. (1997)
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Elastic Anomalies in Single-Phase HgBa2Ca2Cu3O8+δ (1996)
Zhang, Q., Shao, H., Huang, Y., Chen, Q., Shen, H., Wang, Y.
X-ray diffraction measurements, vibrating-reed technique and tensile tests have been employed to investigate the elastic properties of single-phase HgBa2Cu3O8+δ. The discontinuities of both...
Elastic Anomalies in Single-Phase HgBa2Ca2Cu3O8+δ (1996)
Zhang, Q., Shao, H., Huang, Y., Chen, Q., Shen, H., Wang, Y.
X-ray diffraction measurements, vibrating-reed technique and tensile tests have been employed to investigate the elastic properties of single-phase HgBa2Cu3O8+δ. The discontinuities of both...
Rapid gate matching with don't care (1996)
Ending the logic synthesis, the technology mapping step maps the Boolean function on physical cells. This itep is based on a matching check, which complexity depends on the number of library cell...
A Collaborative, Effort George, R. S. Michalski, A. Rosenfeld, Y. Aloimonos, Z. Duric, ...
This report briefly reviews research progress on vision through learning conducted as a collaborative effort of the GMU Machine Learning and Inference Laboratory and the UMD Computer Vision...
Rapid gate matching with don't care (1996)
Ending the logic synthesis, the technology mapping step maps the Boolean function on physical cells. This itep is based on a matching check, which complexity depends on the number of library cell...
The technology mapping - final step of the logic synthesis - maps the decomposed Boolean function on physical cells. We address here the decomposition and the matching steps. We present two different...
Asymptotic Optimality in Hierarchical Controls in Stochastic Manufacturing Systems: A review (1994)
Most manufacturing systems are large and complex and operate in an uncertain environment. One approach to managing such systems is that of hierarchical decomposition. This paper reviews the research...
A. Juditsky, A. Juditsky, Q. Zhang, Q. Zhang, B. Delyon, B. Delyon, ...
: This is a tutorial about nonparametric nonlinear system identification. Advantages and limitations of this approach are discussed from the engineer's point of view. Classical as well as modern...
A. Juditsky, Q. Zhang, B. Delyon, P-Y. Glorennec, And A. Benveniste (1994)
A. Juditsky, Q. Zhang, B. Delyon, P-y. Glorennec, A. Benveniste
: This is a tutorial about nonparametric nonlinear system identification. Advantages and limitations of this approach are discussed from the engineer's point of view. Classical as well as modern...
Turnpike Sets in Stochastic Manufacturing Systems With Finite Time Horizon (1994)
This paper is concerned with finite horizon optimal production planning of stochastic manufacturing systems. The main objective is to minimize an expected discounted cost of inventories and/or...
Monitoring the Combustion Set of a Gas Turbine (1994)
Basseville Benveniste Mathis, M. Basseville, A. Benveniste, G. Mathis, Q. Zhang
In this paper, we investigate the problem of monitoring the combustion chambers of the gas turbine of an electrical power generator. We describe a general approach for detecting small changes, which...
Zhang, Q., Kobayashi, Y., Hellmuth, E., Jean, Y.
The magnetic quenching of ortho-positronium (o-Ps) has been studied for the solutions of nitrobenzene in n- and iso-octane (2, 2, 4-trimethylpentane). Static magnetic fields up to 20 kG were applied...
Zhang, Q., Kobayashi, Y., Hellmuth, E., Jean, Y.
The magnetic quenching of ortho-positronium (o-Ps) has been studied for the solutions of nitrobenzene in n- and iso-octane (2, 2, 4-trimethylpentane). Static magnetic fields up to 20 kG were applied...
Effects of Anoxia on Solute Loss from Beetroot Storage Tissue (1992)
ZHANG, Q., LAUCHLI, A, GREENWAY, H.
Beetroot storage tissue that had been aged in an aerated solution was particularly suited for studies of solute losses duringanoxia; retention of betacyanin being a good indicator of tonoplast...
ON NON-UNIFORM DISTRIBUTIONS OF TRANSPORT CURRENT IN MULTIFILAMENTARY SUPERCONDUCTING WIRES (1984)
Irie, F., Sumiyoshi, F., Zhang, Q., Yamafuji, K., Kawashima, T.
We studied the change of current distributions in multifilamentary superconducting wires induced by the changing external magnetic field. The change of distribution from non-uniform into uniform one...
ON NON-UNIFORM DISTRIBUTIONS OF TRANSPORT CURRENT IN MULTIFILAMENTARY SUPERCONDUCTING WIRES (1984)
Irie, F., Sumiyoshi, F., Zhang, Q., Yamafuji, K., Kawashima, T.
We studied the change of current distributions in multifilamentary superconducting wires induced by the changing external magnetic field. The change of distribution from non-uniform into uniform one...
ADSORPTION BEHAVIOR OF DODECYLAMINE AND ITS EFFECT ON THE WETTABILITY AND CORROSION OF CARBON STEEL
Z. Y. CHEN, X. P. GUO, Q. ZHANG
The adsorption behavior of dodecylamine and its effect on the wettability and corrosion of carbon steel in hydrochloric acid solution were studied. Polarization data suggest that inhibition of carbon...
Pandolfino, J E, Zhang, Q, Schreiner, M A, Ghosh, S, Roth, M P, Kahrilas, P J
Objective: This study analysed the relative accuracy of the Bravo wireless and the Slimline catheter-Mark III Digitrapper pH systems in the detection of acid reflux events.
Singularly Perturbed Markov Chains: Convergence and Aggregation
Yin, G., Zhang, Q., Badowski, G.
Asymptotic properties of singularly perturbed Markov chains having measurable and/or continuous generators are developed in this work. The Markov chain under consideration has a finite-state space...
GIANT MAGNETO-IMPEDANCE EFFECT OF MAGNETRON SPUTTERED Ni80Fe20/Cu COMPOSITE WIRES
Q. ZHANG, Q. M. MAO, J. Z. RUAN, Q. J. WANG, X. L. YANG, Z. J. ZHAO, ...
In this work, Ni80Fe20/Cu composite wires of length 50 mm, consisting a Cu core of diameter 100 μm, coated with a layer of Ni80Fe20, were produced by RF magnetron sputtering. To obtain a uniform...
Rapid Gate Matching with Don't Cares
Ending the logic synthesis, the technology mapping step maps the Boolean function on physical cells. This itep is based on a matching check, which complexity depends on the number of library cell...
Iterative Exponential Filtering for Large Discrete Ill-Posed Problems
D. Calvetti, L. Reichel, Q. Zhang
We describe a new iterative method for the solution of large, very ill-conditioned linear systems of equations that arise when discretizing linear ill-posed problems. The right-hand side vector...
Nehmé, A, Varadarajan, P, Sellakumar, G, Gerhold, M, Niedner, H, Zhang, Q, ...
We report that all- trans retinoic acid (ATRA) enhanced the toxicity of docetaxel against DU145 and LNCaP prostate cancer cells, and that the nature of the interaction between ATRA and docetaxel was...
High rates of loss of heterozygosity on chromosome 19p13 in human breast cancer
Oesterreich, S, Allredl, D C, Mohsin, S K, Zhang, Q, Wong, H, Lee, A V, ...
We have recently discovered that the nuclear matrix protein SAFB is an oestrogen receptor corepressor. Since it has become clear that many steroid receptor cofactors play important roles in breast...
Effect of c-Abl tyrosine kinase on the cellular response to paclitaxel-induced microtubule damage
Nehmé, A, Lee, B L, Baskaran, R, Zhang, Q, Lin, X, Christen, R D
DNA damage has been shown to activate c-Abl tyrosine kinase. We now report that, in addition to DNA damage, microtubule damage induced by paclitaxel results in activation of c-Abl kinase. In 3T3...