S. Liu

Publication List Details

Period

1988 - 2009

Number

179

Co-Authors

Microsatellites within genes and ESTs of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas and their transferability in five other Crassostrea species (2009)

Li, Q., Liu, S., Kong, L.

We developed 15 novel polymorphic microsatellites for the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas by screening genes and expressed sequence tags (ESTs) found in GenBank. The number of alleles per locus...

Higher-harmonic focused-wave forces on a vertical cylinder (2009)

Ma, Y, Dong, G, Perlin, M, Liu, S, Zang, Jun, Sun, Y

This paper considers higher-harmonic forces due to wave focusing on a vertical circular cylinder. A series of experiments has been conducted in a wave flume. The first six-harmonic components of the...

Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI: 10.1002/uog.3994 Quantitative assessment of gestational sac shape: the gestational sac shape score (2009)

R. L. Deter, J. Li, W. Lee, S. Liu, R. Romero

Objective To develop a quantitative method for characterizing gestational sac shape. Methods Twenty first-trimester gestational sacs in normal pregnancies were studied with three-dimensional (3D)...

Evidence for Asian dust effects from aerosol plume measurements during INTEX-B 2006 near Whistler, BC (2009)

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...

Historical and simulated ecosystem carbon dynamics in Ghana: land use, management, and climate (2009)

Z. Tan, L. L. Tieszen, E. Tachie-Obeng, S. Liu, A. M. Dieye

We used the General Ensemble biogeochemical Modeling System (GEMS) to simulate responses of natural and managed ecosystems to changes in land use and land cover, management, and climate for a...

Applying biomass and stem fluxes to quantify temporal and spatial fluctuations of an old-growth forest in disturbance (2009)

S. Liu, K. O. Wenigmann, Y. Luo, D. Otieno, ...

A subtropical old-growth forest was analyzed over a twelve year period to investigate temporal and spatial fluctuations of biomass and stem fluxes under disturbances. Vegetations were categorized...

Ignoring detailed fast-changing dynamics of land use overestimates regional terrestrial carbon sequestration (2009)

S. Zhao, S. Liu, Z. Li, T. L. Sohl

Land use change is critical in determining the distribution, magnitude and mechanisms of terrestrial carbon budgets at the local to global scales. To date, almost all regional to global carbon cycle...

Oxygenated organic functional groups and their sources in single and submicron organic particles in MILAGRO 2006 campaign (2009)

S. Liu, S. Takahama, L. M. Russell, S. Gilardoni, D. Baumgardner

Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) and X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) were used to measure organic functional groups and elements of submicron particles collected during MILAGRO in March 2006 on three...

Regional estimation of daily to annual evapotranspiration with MODIS data in the Yellow River Delta wetland (2009)

L. Jia, G. Xi, S. Liu, C. Huang, Y. Yan, G. Liu

Evapotranspiration (ET) from the wetland of the Yellow River Delta is one of the important components in the water cycle, which represents the water consumption by the plants and evaporation from the...

A Diary Study of Information Needs and Document Usage in the Engineering Domain (2009)

Wild, P. J., McMahon, Christopher, Darlington, Mansur J, Liu, S., Culley, Stephen

Engineering design, despite its technical mechanical and mathematical foundations, is heavily informational. Many authors have used information as the focus of their research; in contrast, our study...

Temporal variation of soil moisture over the Wuding River basin assessed with an eco-hydrological model, in-situ observations and remote sensing (2009)

S. Liu, X. Mo, W. Zhao, V. Naeimi, D. Dai, C. Shu, ...

The change pattern and trend of soil moisture (SM) in the Wuding River basin, Loess Plateau, China is explored based on the simulated long-term SM data from 1956 to 2004 using an eco-hydrological...

Comparative study of hydrophilic materials for air-to-air heat/mass exchanger (2009)

Liu, S., Zhao, X., Riffat, S., Yuan, Y.

The paper aimed to investigate the performance of several hydrophilic materials, namely metals, fibres, ceramics, zeolite and carbons, and to select the materials that are most suitable for...

Characterization of organic ambient aerosol during MIRAGE 2006 on three platforms (2009)

S. Gilardoni, S. Liu, S. Takahama, L. M. Russell, J. D. Allan, R. Steinbrecher, ...

Submicron atmospheric aerosol particles were collected during the Megacity Initiative: Local and Global Research Observation (MILAGRO) in March 2006 at three platforms located in the Mexico City...

Ignoring detailed fast-changing dynamics of land use overestimates regional terrestrial carbon sequestration (2009)

S. Q. Zhao, S. Liu, Z. Li, T. L. Sohl

Land use change is critical in determining the distribution, magnitude and mechanisms of terrestrial carbon budgets at the local to global scales. To date, almost all regional to global carbon cycle...

A spatial resolution threshold of land cover in estimating regional terrestrial carbon sequestration (2009)

S. Zhao, S. Liu, Z. Li, T. L. Sohl

Changes in carbon density (i.e., carbon stock per unit area) and land cover greatly affect carbon sequestration. Previous studies have shown that land cover change detection strongly depends on...

Responses of soil respiration to elevated carbon dioxide and nitrogen addition in subtropical forest ecosystems in China (2009)

Q. Deng, G. Zhou, J. Liu, S. Liu, H. Duan, D. Zhang

Global climate change in the real world always exhibited simultaneous changes in multiple factors. Prediction of ecosystem responses to multi-factor global changes in a future world strongly relies...

Hedgehog signaling is dispensable for adult hematopoietic stem cell function (2009)

Gao, J., Graves, S., Koch, U., Liu, S., Jankovic, V., Buonamici, S., ...

The Hedgehog (Hh) signaling pathway is a developmentally conserved regulator of stem cell function. Several reports suggested that Hh signaling is an important regulator of hematopoietic stem cell...

Efficiency and non-thermal roll-over of violet emitting GaInN light-emitting diodes grown on substrates with different dislocation densities (2009)

Maier, M., Passow, T., Kunzer, M., Pletschen, W., Liu, S., Wiegert, J., ...

Three series of 400 nm light-emitting diodes (LED) with GaInN well widths ranging from 3 nm to 18 nm were grown on freestanding GaN- substrates, on ultra low dislocation GaN templates on sapphire,...

Oxygenated organic functional groups and their sources in single and submicron organic particles in MILAGRO 2006 campaign (2009)

S. Liu, S. Takahama, L. M. Russell, S. Gilardoni, D. Baumgardner

Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) and X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) were used to measure organic functional groups and elements of submicron particles collected during MILAGRO in March 2006 on three...

Applying biomass and stem fluxes to quantify temporal and spatial fluctuations of an old-growth forest in disturbance (2009)

S. Liu, K. O. Wenigmann, Y. Luo, D. Otieno, ...

A subtropical old-growth forest was studied over a twelve-year period to investigate temporal and spatial fluctuations of biomass and stem fluxes under disturbances. Vegetations were categorized into...

A lasso approach to hydrological model formulation and simplification (2009)

Bardsley, W. Earl, Liu, S., Johnstone, S.H., Purdie, J., Fukuda, K.

It is proposed that nonlinear hydrological models be constructed in a pseudo-nonlinear way as weighted finite mixtures of precalculated hydrological forms. The weights serve as shape parameters and...

Regional estimation of daily to annual regional evapotranspiration with MODIS data in the Yellow River Delta wetland (2009)

L. Jia, G. Xi, S. Liu, C. Huang, Y. Yan, G. Liu

Evapotranspiration (ET) from the wetland of the Yellow River Delta (YRD) is one of the important components in the water cycle, which represents the water consumption by the plants and evaporation...

Surface energy exchanges above two grassland ecosystems on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (2009)

S. Liu, ...

This paper explores the seasonal and inter-annual variations in surface energy exchanges at an alpine shrub-meadow ecosystem (AM) and an alpine meadow-steppe (AS) on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau using...

Estimation of evapotranspiration in the Mu Us Sandland of China (2009)

S. Liu, J. Bai, H. Zhou, L. Jia, L. Lu

Evapotranspiration (ET) in Wushen County, located in the Mu Us Sandland of China, was estimated by Advection-Aridity Model based on the complementary relationship hypothesis with reflectance data of...

Using Graphical Software for Evaluating Aircraft Trajectory Predictions (2008)

C. Santiago Iii, A. S. Rusu, R. D. Oaks, M. M. Paglione, S. Liu, S. Putney

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic control system uses Decision Support Tools (DSTs) such as the User Request Evaluation Tool (URET) and the Traffic Management Advisor (TMA) to...

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...

An automatic mark-up approach for structured document retrieval in engineering design (2008)

Liu, S, McMahon, Christopher, Darlington, M. J., Culley, S. J., Wild, P. J.

Information and knowledge retrieval has been recognized as a key issue in engineering design. A great deal of design-related information used and generated within engineering companies is formally...

PREDICTING CHANGES IN COATING PROPERTIES DURING WEATHERING (2008)

S. G. Croll, B. R. Hinderliter, S. Liu

Coatings are very important for controlling appearance of, and providing protection to, equipment and infrastructure components. The weathering durability of coatings is thus a very important...

Historical and simulated ecosystem carbon dynamics in Ghana: land use, management, and climate (2008)

Tan, Z., Tieszen, L. L., Tachie-Obeng, E., Liu, S., Dieye, A. M.

We used the General Ensemble biogeochemical Modeling System (GEMS) to simulate responses of natural and managed ecosystems to changes in land use, management, and climate for a forest/savanna...

Historical and simulated ecosystem carbon dynamics in Ghana: land use, management, and climate (2008)

Tan, Z., Tieszen, L. L., Tachie-Obeng, E., Liu, S., Dieye, A. M.

We used the General Ensemble biogeochemical Modeling System (GEMS) to simulate responses of natural and managed ecosystems to changes in land use, management, and climate for a forest/savanna...

Factors that Determine the Performance of Carbon Fuels in the Direct Carbon Fuel Cell (2008)

Li, X., Zhu, Z., De Marco, Roland, Dicks, A., Bradley, J., Liu, S., ...

The direct carbon fuel cell (DCFC) is a promising power generation device, which has a much higher efficiency (80%) and a lower emission than conventional coal-fired power plants. In this study,...

Cognitive orientation to (daily) occupational performance: Changes in strategy and session time use over the course of intervention (2008)

Rodger, S., Liu, S.

Cognitive Orientation to (daily) Occupational Performance (CO-OP) is a cognitive intervention that was developed to assist children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) enhance their motor...

A review of structured document retrieval (SDR) technology to improve information access performance in engineering document management (2008)

Liu, S., McMahon, C. A., Culley, S. J.

Information retrieval (IR) is a well-established research and development area. Document formats such as SGML (Standard Generalised Mark-up Language) and XML (eXtensible Mark-up Language) have become...

Historical and simulated ecosystem carbon dynamics in Ghana: land use, management, and climate (2008)

Z. Tan, L. L. Tieszen, E. Tachie-Obeng, S. Liu, A. M. Dieye

We used the General Ensemble biogeochemical Modeling System (GEMS) to simulate responses of natural and managed ecosystems to changes in land use, management, and climate for a forest/savanna...

Evidence for Asian dust effects from aerosol plume measurements during INTEX-B 2006 near Whistler, BC (2008)

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...

Temporal variation of soil moisture over the Wuding River Basin assessed with an eco-hydrological model, in-situ observations and remote sensing (2008)

S. Liu, X. Mo, W. Zhao, V. Naeimi, D. Dai, C. Shu, ...

For integrative management of soil and water in the Wuding River basin, Loess plateau, China, where severe soil erosion damages are incurred, the ecohydrological behavior of the region is needed to...

Evidence of Temporal Cortical Dysfunction in Rhesus Monkeys following Chronic Cocaine Self-Administration (2008)

Liu, S., Heitz, R. P., Sampson, A. R., Zhang, W., Bradberry, C. W.

Cocaine abusers show impaired performance on cognitive tasks that engage prefrontal cortex. These deficits may contribute to impaired control and relapse in abusers. Understanding the neuronal...

Analysis of serum FSH bioactivity in a patient with an FSH-secreting pituitary microadenoma and multicystic ovaries: A case report (2008)

Kajitani, T., Liu, S., Maruyama, T., Uchida, H., Sakurai, R., Masuda, H., ...

FSH-secreting pituitary adenoma (FSHoma) is often associated with increased levels of serum FSH and ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS). The OHSS has historically been attributed to elevated FSH...

Robust absolute stability criteria for uncertain Lur'e systems of neutral type (2008)

Han, Q, Xue, A, Liu, S, Yu, X

This paper is concerned with robust absolute stability of uncertain Lur'e systems of neutral type. Some delay-dependent stability criteria are obtained and formulated in the form of linear matrix...

On Comparing Estimation Methods for VAR-ARCH Models (2007)

S. Liu, W. Polasek

Abstract: VAR-VARCH models are becoming increasingly important for applications in several elds of economics and nance. This paper focuses on the method of scoring for maximum likelihood estimation...

Biological stress response terminology: Integrating the concepts of adaptive response and preconditioning stress within a hormetic dose-response framework (2007)

Calabrese, EJ, Clarkson, TW, Cook, RR, Diamond, DM, Doolittle, DJ, Dorato, MA, ...

Many biological subdisciplines that regularly assess dose–response relationships have identified an evolutionarily conserved process in which a low dose of a stressful stimulus activates an...

From chelating precursor to perovskite oxides and hollow fiber membranes (2007)

Liu, S., Liu, M., Shao, Z., Diniz Da Costa, J.C., Xu, Z.P.

Perovskite Ba0.5Sr0.5Co0.8Fe0.2O3-delta (BSCF) is a promising mixed-conducting ceramic membrane material in addition to being a good electrode catalyst for solid oxide fuel cells. In this study, BSCF...

Thin porous glass tubes (2007)

Liu, S.

Thin porous glass tubes were prepared by extruding a polymer solution containing suspended glass powder to a tubular precursor at room temperature, which was then heat treated at elevated...

Significant effects of sintering temperature on the performance of La0.6Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8O3-delta oxygen selective membranes (2007)

Zeng, P., Ran, R., Chen, Z., Gu, H., Shao, Z., Diniz Da Costa, J.C., ...

In this work, the effects of sintering temperature on the phase structure, oxygen nonstoichiometry, microstructure, electrical conductivity, and oxygen permeation behavior of perovskite...

Living with others: Mapping the routes to acculturation in a multicultural society (2007)

Liu, S.

This study investigated attitudes towards multiculturalism and their influence on acculturation strategies of both Anglo-Australians and Asian immigrants residing in the city of Brisbane, the third...

Catalytic perovskite hollow fibre membrane reactors for methane oxidative coupling (2007)

Tan, X., Pang, Z., Gu, Z., Liu, S.

Using the prepared La0.6Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8O3 (LSCF) hollow fibre membranes via the phase inversion and sintering technique, the catalytic perovskite hollow fibre membrane reactors (HFMRs) without or...

An architecture for organisational decision support (2007)

Whitfield, R.I., Duffy, A.H.B., Thomson, A., Wu, Z., Liu, S.

The Decision Support (DS) topic of the Network Enabled Capability for Through Life Systems Engineering (NECTISE) project aims to provide organisational through-life decision support for the products...

Biological stress response terminology: Integrating the concepts of adaptive response and preconditioning stress within a hormetic dose-response framework (2007)

Calabrese, EJ, Clarkson, TW, Cook, RR, Diamond, DM, Doolittle, DJ, Dorato, MA, ...

Many biological subdisciplines that regularly assess dose–response relationships have identified an evolutionarily conserved process in which a low dose of a stressful stimulus activates an...

Mesostructured sulfated tin oxide and its high catalytic activity in esterification and Friedel-Crafts acylation (2006)

Liu, S, Zhang, YL, Yin, CY, Xiao, FS

A mesostructured sulfated tin oxide with large surface area (172 m(2)/g) has been successfully prepared using a block copolymer as structure-directing agent, which is extensively characterized by...

Joint LIGO and TAMA300 search for gravitational waves from inspiralling neutron star binaries (2006)

Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ageev, A., Agresti, J., Ajith, P., ...

We search for coincident gravitational wave signals from inspiralling neutron star binaries using LIGO and TAMA300 data taken during early 2003. Using a simple trigger exchange method, we perform an...

Search for gravitational-wave bursts in LIGO's third science run (2006)

Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Adhikari, R, Agresti, J, Ajith, P, Allen, B, ...

We report on a search for gravitational-wave bursts in data from the three LIGO interferometric detectors during their third science run. The search targets sub-second bursts in the frequency range...

Ordered mesoporous sulfated silica-zirconia materials with high zirconium contents in the structure (2006)

Sun, YY, Zhao, L, Liu, S, Xiao, FS

A series of mesoporous sulfated silica-zirconia materials with various Si/Zr molar ratios (2.0-5.0) have been prepared using tri-block copolymer as a template, which were characterized by X-ray...

Loudness adaptation in acoustic and electric hearing (2006)

Tang, Q, Liu, S, Zeng, F G

The present study is aimed to evaluate and compare loudness adaptation between normal hearing and cochlear-implant subjects. Loudness adaptation for 367-s pure tones was measured in five...

Joint LIGO and TAMA300 search for gravitational waves from inspiralling neutron star binaries (2006)

Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ageev, A., Agresti, Juri, Ajith, P., ...

We search for coincident gravitational wave signals from inspiralling neutron star binaries using LIGO and TAMA300 data taken during early 2003. Using a simple trigger exchange method, we perform an...

Effects of vegetation patterns on yields of the surface and subsurface waters in the Heishui Alpine Valley in west China (2006)

Liu, Y., An, S., Deng, Z., Fan, N., Yang, H., Wang, Z., ...

The relationships between different vegetation types and water yields were investigated in the Heishui Valley of the upper Yangtze River in western China. Contributions of groundwater and the water...

Measurement and estimation of the aerodynamic resistance (2006)

Liu, S., Mao, D., Lu, L.

Using two methods of eddy correlation system and evaporation pan to measure respectively the aerodynamic resistance over bare soil surface and maize field, this paper analyses the diurnal variation...

Effects of vegetation patterns on yields of the surface and subsurface waters in the Heishui Alpine Valley in west China (2006)

Liu, Y., An, S., Deng, Z., Fan, N., Yang, H., Wang, Z., ...

The relationships between different vegetation types and water yields were investigated in the Heishui Valley of the upper Yangtze River in western China. Contributions of groundwater and the water...

Measurement and estimation of the aerodynamic resistance (2006)

Liu, S., Mao, D., Lu, L.

Using two methods of eddy correlation system and evaporation pan to measure respectively the aerodynamic resistance over bare soil surface and maize field, this paper analyses the diurnal variation...

Search for gravitational-wave bursts in LIGO's third science run (2006)

Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Agresti, Juri, Allen, Bruce, Amin, R., ...

We report on a search for gravitational-wave bursts in data from the three LIGO interferometric detectors during their third science run. The search targets sub-second bursts in the frequency range...

An examination of the effects of print media exposure and contact on subjective social reality and acculturation attitudes (2006)

Liu, S.

This study draws upon cultivation theory, acculturation theory, and works on intergroup relations to examine the effects of print media exposure and contact on subjective social reality and...

Ba0.5Sr0.5Co0.8Fe0.2O3-delta ceramic hollow-fiber membranes for oxygen permeation (2006)

Liu, S., Tan, X., Shao, Z.

Setf-supported asymmetric hollow-fiber membranes of mixed oxygen-ionic and electronic conducting perovskite Ba0.5Sr0.5Co0.8Fe0.2O3-delta (BSCF) were prepared by a combined phase-inversion and...

Segmenting Reliefs on Triangle Meshes (2006)

S. Liu, R. R. Martin, F. C. Langbein, P. L. Rosin

Sculptural reliefs are widely used in various industries for purposes such as applying brands to packaging and decorating porcelain. In order to easily apply reliefs to CAD models, it is often...

A computational framework for retrieval of document fragments based on decomposition schemes in engineering information management (2006)

Liu, S., McMahon, C. A., Darlington, M. J., Culley, S. J., Wild, P. J.

Retrieval of document fragments has a great potential for application in engineering information management. Frequently engineers have neither the time nor inclination to sift through long documents...

A new adaptive backpropagation algorithm based on Lyapunov stability theory for neural networks (2006)

Man, Z, Wu, H, Liu, S, Yu, X

A new adaptive backpropagation (BP) algorithm based on Lyapunov stability theory for neural networks is developed in this paper. It is shown that the candidate of a Lyapunov function V(k) of the...

Measurement and estimation of the aerodynamic resistance (2006)

S. Liu, D. Mao, L. Lu

Using two methods of eddy correlation system and evaporation pan to measure respectively the aerodynamic resistance over bare soil surface and maize field, this paper analyses the diurnal variation...

Effects of vegetation patterns on yields of the surface and subsurface waters in the Heishui Alpine Valley in west China (2006)

Y. Liu, S. An, Z. Deng, N. Fan, H. Yang, Z. Wang, ...

The relationships between different vegetation types and water yields were investigated in the Heishui Valley of the upper Yangtze River in western China. Contributions of groundwater and the water...

Biochemical characterization and vaccine potential of a heme-binding glutathione transferase from the adult hookworm Ancylostoma caninum (2005)

Zhan, B., Liu, S., Perally, Samirah, Xue, J., Fujiwara, R., Brophy, Peter M., ...

We report the cloning and expression of Ac-GST-1, a novel glutathione S-transferase from the adult hookworm Ancylostoma caninum, and its possible role in parasite blood feeding and as a vaccine...

The nuclear moment of inertia and spin distribution of nuclear levels (2005)

Alhassid, Y., Bertsch, G. F., Fang, L., Liu, S.

We introduce a simple model to calculate the nuclear moment of inertia at finite temperature. This moment of inertia describes the spin distribution of nuclear levels in the framework of the...

Production of dextran in transgenic potato plants (2005)

Kok-Jacon, G.A., Vincken, J.P., Wang, Denong, Liu, S., Visser, R.G.F.

The production of dextran in potato tubers and its effect on starch biosynthesis were investigated. The mature dextransucrase (DsrS) gene from Leuconostoc mesenteroides was fused to the chloroplastic...

Status and First Results from the Upgraded PITZ Facility (2005)

Oppelt, A., Abrahamyan, K., Asova, G., Bähr, J., Dimitrov, G., Gensch, U., ...

Since December 2004, the photo injector test facility at DESY in Zeuthen (PITZ) has been upgraded. A normal conducting copper booster cavity has been installed and the diagnostics beamline has been...

Flux measurements in the near surface layer over a non-uniform crop surface in China (2005)

Gao, Z., Bian, L., Liu, S.

Eddy covariance measurements were conducted on fluxes of moisture, heat and CO2 in a near-surface layer over a non-uniform crop surface in an agricultural ecosystem in the central plain of China from...

Flux measurements in the near surface layer over a non-uniform crop surface in China (2005)

Gao, Z., Bian, L., Liu, S.

Eddy covariance measurements were conducted on fluxes of moisture, heat and CO2 in a near-surface layer over a non-uniform crop surface in an agricultural ecosystem in the central plain of China from...

Status and First Results from the Upgraded PITZ Facility (2005)

Oppelt, A., Abrahamyan, K., Asova, G., Bähr, J., Dimitrov, G., Gensch, U., ...

Since December 2004, the photo injector test facility at DESY in Zeuthen (PITZ) has been upgraded. A normal conducting copper booster cavity has been installed and the diagnostics beamline has been...

Control of attachment of bovine serum albumin to pulse plasma-polymerized maleic anhydride by variation of pulse conditions (2005)

Liu, S., Vareiro, Mmlm, Fraser, S., Jenkins, A. T. A.

This letter describes how the irreversible attachment of bovine serum albumin (BSA) to films of plasma-polymerized maleic anhydride can be measured by an indirect antibody-binding assay and how this...

The influence of letrozole on serum lipid concentrations in postmenopausal women with primary breast cancer who have completed 5 years of adjuvant tamoxifen (NCIC CTG MA.17L) (2005)

Wasan, K. M., Goss, P. E., Pritchard, P. H., Shepherd, L., Palmer, M. J., Liu, S., ...

Background:: The purpose of this study was to evaluate changes in serum lipid parameters {cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol,...

Upper limits on the strength of periodic gravitational waves from PSR J1939+2134 (2004)

Allen, B, Woan, G, Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Adhikari, R, Allen, B, ...

The first science run of the LIGO and GEO gravitational wave detectors presented the opportunity to test methods of searching for gravitational waves from known pulsars. Here we present new direct...

Functional analysis of H2O2-generating systems in Botrytis cinerea: the major Cu-Zn-superoxide dismutase (BCSOD1) contributes to virulence on French bean, whereas a glucose oxidase (BCGOD1) is dispensable (2004)

Rolke, Y., Liu, S., Quidde, T., Williamson, B., Schouten, A., Weltring, K.M., ...

The oxidative burst, a transient and rapid accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), is a widespread defence mechanism of higher plants against pathogen attack. There is increasing evidence that...

Detector description and performance for the first coincidence observations between LIGO and GEO (2004)

Abbott, B., Abbott, F., Adhikari, R., Ageev, A., Allen, Bruce, Amin, R., ...

For 17 days in August and September 2002, the LIGO and GEO interferometer gravitational wave detectors were operated in coincidence to produce their first data for scientific analysis. Although the...

Upper limits on the strength of periodic gravitational waves from PSR J1939+2134 (2004)

Woan, G., Allen, Bruce, Abbott, B., Abbott, F., Adhikari, R., Amin, R., ...

The first science run of the LIGO and GEO gravitational wave detectors presented the opportunity to test methods of searching for gravitational waves from known pulsars. Here we present new direct...

Setting upper limits on the strength of periodic gravitational waves from PSR J1939 + 2134 using the first science data from the GEO 600 and LIGO detectors (2004)

Abbott, B., Abbott, F., Adhikari, R., Ageev, A., Allen, Bruce, Amin, R., ...

Data collected by the GEO 600 and LIGO interferometric gravitational wave detectors during their first observational science run were searched for continuous gravitational waves from the pulsar J1939...

Analysis of first LIGO science data for stochastic gravitational waves (2004)

Abbott, B., Abbott, F., Adhikari, R., Ageev, A., Allen, Bruce, Amin, R., ...

We present the analysis of between 50 and 100 h of coincident interferometric strain data used to search for and establish an upper limit on a stochastic background of gravitational radiation. These...

First upper limits from LIGO on gravitational wave bursts (2004)

Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ageev, A., Allen, Bruce, Amin, R., ...

We report on a search for gravitational wave bursts using data from the first science run of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) detectors. Our search focuses on bursts...

Analysis of LIGO data for gravitational waves from binary neutron stars (2004)

Abbott, B., Abbott, F., Adhikari, R., Ageev, A., Allen, Bruce, Amin, R., ...

We report on a search for gravitational waves from coalescing compact binary systems in the Milky Way and the Magellanic Clouds. The analysis uses data taken by two of the three LIGO interferometers...

Analysis of first LIGO science data for stochastic gravitational waves (2004)

Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ageev, A., Allen, B., Amin, R., ...

We present the analysis of between 50 and 100 h of coincident interferometric strain data used to search for and establish an upper limit on a stochastic background of gravitational radiation. These...

Setting upper limits on the strength of periodic gravitational waves from PSR J1939+2134 using the first science data from the GEO 600 and LIGO detectors (2004)

Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ageev, A., Allen, B., Amin, R., ...

Data collected by the GEO 600 and LIGO interferometric gravitational wave detectors during their first observational science run were searched for continuous gravitational waves from the pulsar...

Detector description and performance for the first coincidence observations between LIGO and GEO (2004)

Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ageev, A., Allen, B., Amin, R., ...

For 17 days in August and September 2002, the LIGO and GEO interferometer gravitational wave detectors were operated in coincidence to produce their first data for scientific analysis. Although the...

The graying of R&D workgroups: The effects of age diversity on developing publicly usable knowledge (2004)

Lawrence, S. A., Shulman, A. D., Liu, S., Chattopadhyay, P., George, E.

Does the graying of scientific research teams matter? This study addresses how workgroup processes and external environmental factors contribute and inhibit the effect of age diversity in R&D project...

Egg parasitoids of the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae), from south-east Queensland (2004)

Liu, S., Cooper, L., Llewellyn, R.R., Elson-Harris, M., Duff, J., Furlong, M.J., ...

Field surveys of egg parasitoids of the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella, were conducted at Redlands and Gatton, south-east Queensland. Eggs of P. xylostella were present all year round in both...

Role of Diadegma semiclausum (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)in Controlling Plutella xylostell (Lepidoptera:Plutellidae): Cage Exclusion Experiments and Direct Observation (2004)

Wang, X., Duff, J., Keller, M.A., Zalucki, M.P., Liu, S., Bailey, P.

We evaluated the role of the larval parasitoid, Diadegma semiclausum Hellén (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), in controlling Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) by cage exclusion...

Egg parasitoids of the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae), from south-east Queensland (2004)

Liu, S., Cooper, L., Llewellyn, R.R., Elson-Harris, M., Duff, J., Furlong, M.J., ...

Field surveys of egg parasitoids of the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella, were conducted at Redlands and Gatton, south-east Queensland. Eggs of P. xylostella were present all year round in both...

Role of Diadegma semiclausum (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)in Controlling Plutella xylostell (Lepidoptera:Plutellidae): Cage Exclusion Experiments and Direct Observation (2004)

Wang, X., Duff, J., Keller, M.A., Zalucki, M.P., Liu, S., Bailey, P.

We evaluated the role of the larval parasitoid, Diadegma semiclausum Hellén (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), in controlling Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) by cage exclusion...

Egg parasitoids of the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae), from south-east Queensland (2004)

Liu, S., Cooper, L., Llewellyn, R.R., Elson-Harris, M., Duff, J., Furlong, M.J., ...

Field surveys of egg parasitoids of the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella, were conducted at Redlands and Gatton, south-east Queensland. Eggs of P. xylostella were present all year round in both...

Role of Diadegma semiclausum (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)in Controlling Plutella xylostell (Lepidoptera:Plutellidae): Cage Exclusion Experiments and Direct Observation (2004)

Wang, X., Duff, J., Keller, M.A., Zalucki, M.P., Liu, S., Bailey, P.

We evaluated the role of the larval parasitoid, Diadegma semiclausum Hellén (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), in controlling Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) by cage exclusion...

Envelope-induced cell transformation by ovine betaretroviruses (2002)

Alberti, A., Murgia, C., Liu, S., Cousens, C., Sharp, M., Miller, A.D., ...

Ovine betaretroviruses include Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus (JSRV) and enzootic nasal tumor virus (ENTV). JSRV and ENTV represent a unique class of oncogenic retroviruses that induce tumors of the...

Structural fabric evidence for indentation tectonics in the Nambucca block, southern New England Fold Belt, New South Wales (2002)

Johnston, A. J., Offler, R., Liu, S.

Structural studies of Lower Permian sequences exposed on wave-cut platforms within the Nambucca Block, indicate that one to two ductile and two to three brittle — ductile/brittle events are...

S. LIU AND A. BOVIK 1 Efficient DCT-domain Blind Measurement and Reduction of Blocking Artifacts (2002)

S. Liu, A. Bovik

Blocking artifacts continue to be among the most serious defects that occur in images and video streams compressed to low bitrates using block DCT-based compression standards(e.g., JPEG, MPEG and...

Structural fabric evidence for indentation tectonics in the Nambucca block, southern New England Fold Belt, New South Wales (2002)

Johnston, A. J., Offler, R., Liu, S.

Structural studies of Lower Permian sequences exposed on wave-cut platforms within the Nambucca Block, indicate that one to two ductile and two to three brittle — ductile/brittle events are...

Diagnostic performance of Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody tests for Idiopathic Vasculitides: Metaanalysis with a focus on antimyeloperoxidase antibodies (2001)

Choi, H. K., Liu, S., Merkel, P. A., Colditz, G. A., Niles, J.

Objective. The diagnostic value of tests for antimyeloperoxidase antibodies (anti-MPO) for systemic vasculitis is less established than that for cytoplasmic antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody...

Diet, lifestyle and the risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in women (2001)

Hu, F. B., Manson, J., Stampfer, M.J., Colditz, G. A., Liu, S., Solomon, C., ...

Background Previous studies have examined individual dietary and lifestyle factors in relation to type 2 diabetes, but the combined effects of these factors are largely unknown. Methods We followed...

An unusual cause of tachycardiomyopathy: incessant atypical AV nodal reentrant tachycardia induced by 1:2 AV conduction (2001)

Liu, S., Bertil Olsson, S.

We report a 62-year-old female with cardiomyopathy mediated by incessant atypical atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia, which was induced by 1:2 atrioventricular conduction. Her arrhythmia...

Using DCOM to support interoperability in forest ecosystem management decision support systems (2000)

W. D. Potter, S. Liu, X. Deng, H. M. Rauscher

Forest ecosystems exhibit complex dynamics over time and space. Management of forest ecosystems involves the need to forecast future states of complex systems that are often undergoing structural...

Forest Ecosystem Management via the NED Intelligent Information System (2000)

W. D. Potter, X. Deng, S. Somasekar, S. Liu, H. M. Rauscher, S. Thomasma

We view an Intelligent Information System (IIS) as composed of a unified knowledge base, database, and model base. The model base includes decision support models such as growth and yield simulation...

Generalized Gibbs sampler and multigrid Monte Carlo for Bayesian computation (1999)

Jun S. Liu, Chiara Sabatti, S. Liu

this article, we present a generalized version of the Gibbs sampler that allows flexible conditional moves defined by groups of transformations. We explore its connection with the multigrid Monte...

Dynamic Axisymmetric and Non-Axisymmetric Buckling of Finite Cylindrical Shells in Propagating and Reflecting of Axial Stress Waves (1997)

Xu, X., Xu, J., Liu, S., Liu, K.

In this paper, the axisymmetric and non-axisymmetric buckling of finite elastic cylindrical shell, which is impacted on the end by axial step loads, is discussed with the aid of the stress wave...

Neutron Energy Response of a Modified Andersson-Braun REM Counter (1996)

Li, J., Tang, Y., Liu, S., Ban, S., Suzuki, T., Iijima, K., ...

The fluence response of three models of Andersson-Braun (A-B) rem counters in neutron radiation fields with different neutron energies has been investigated. In three monoenergetic neutron fields of...

Random Ising spins in two dimensions: a flat space realization of the KPZ exponents (1994)

Vekic, M, Liu, S, Hamber, H W

A model describing Ising spins with short range interactions moving randomly in a plane is considered. In the presence of a hard core repulsion, which prevents the Ising spins from overlapping, the...

Dynamically triangulated Ising spins in flat space (1994)

Vekic, M, Liu, S, Hamber, H W

A model describing Ising spins with short range interactions moving randomly in a plane is considered. In the presence of a hard core repulsion, which prevents the Ising spins from overlapping, the...

A variational approach to a circular hyperelastic membrane problem (1993)

Liu, S., Haddow, J. B., Dost, S.

The variational principles of nonlinear elasticity are applied to a problem of axially symmetric deformation of a uniform circular hyperelastic membrane. The supported edge of the membrane is in a...

Proceedin of the 5 (1990)

Th Techn Con, S. Liu, J. A. Nairn

A recent vafiB##0M#fi mecha0'W a0'WzW gives the energy relea0rae due to theforma[---- ofa new micro k between two exisiting microcra ks (John A.Nafififi J.

SILICON SELECTIVE AND LATERAL OVERGROWTH EPITAXY : GROWTH AND ELECTRICAL EVALUATION FOR DEVICES (1988)

Friedrich, J., Neudeck, G., Liu, S.

Selective epitaxial growth of monocrystalline silicon and epitaxial lateral overgrowth have emerged as important processing steps for advanced processing technologies. The problems associated with...

Vitamin E and risk of type 2 diabetes in the women’s health study randomized controlled trial

Liu, S.

We directly assessed the efficacy of vitamin E supplements for primary prevention of type 2 diabetes among apparently healthy women in the Women’s Health Study randomized trial. Between 1992 and...

A new memetic algorithm for optimizing the partitioning problem of tandem AGV systems

ElMekkawy, T.Y., Liu, S.

In tandem automated guided vehicle (AGV) systems, all the work stations (processing centers) are partitioned into non-overlapping zones, where each zone is served by a dedicated vehicle. Beside the...

Evidence of Temporal Cortical Dysfunction in Rhesus Monkeys following Chronic Cocaine Self-Administration

Liu, S., Heitz, R. P., Sampson, A. R., Zhang, W., Bradberry, C. W.

Cocaine abusers show impaired performance on cognitive tasks that engage prefrontal cortex. These deficits may contribute to impaired control and relapse in abusers. Understanding the neuronal...

A comparison of sunlight exposure in men with prostate cancer and basal cell carcinoma

Rukin, N J, Zeegers, M P, Ramachandran, S, Luscombe, C J, Liu, S, Saxby, M, ...

Ultraviolet radiation exposure increases basal cell carcinoma (BCC) risk, but may be protective against prostate cancer. We attempted to identify exposure patterns that confer reduced prostate cancer...

GAMEC – a new intensive protocol for untreated poor prognosis and relapsed or refractory germ cell tumours

Shamash, J, Powles, T, Ansell, W, Stebbing, J, Mutsvangwa, K, Wilson, P, ...

There is no consensus as to the management of untreated poor prognosis or relapsed/refractory germ cell tumours. We have studied an intensive cisplatin-based regimen that incorporates high-dose...

Tissue microarray analysis of human FRAT1 expression and its correlation with the subcellular localisation of β-catenin in ovarian tumours

Wang, Y, Hewitt, S M, Liu, S, Zhou, X, Zhu, H, Zhou, C, ...

The mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of ovarian cancer are poorly understood, but evidence suggests that aberrant activation of Wnt/β-catenin signalling pathway plays a significant role in...

Characterisation of systemic dissemination of nonreplicating adenoviral vectors from tumours in local gene delivery

Wang, Y, Yang, Z, Liu, S, Kon, T, Krol, A, Li, C-Y, ...

Systemic virus dissemination is a potential problem during local gene delivery in solid tumours. However, the kinetics and pathways of the dissemination have not been well characterised during the...

A meta-analysis of case–control studies on the combined effect of hepatitis B and C virus infections in causing hepatocellular carcinoma in China

Shi, J, Zhu, L, Liu, S, Xie, W-f

We investigated whether concurrent infection by hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) in China, a hyperepidemic area for these infections, was associated with a higher risk of causing...

Prostate cancer risk: associations with ultraviolet radiation, tyrosinase and melanocortin-1 receptor genotypes

Luscombe, C J, French, M E, Liu, S, Saxby, M F, Jones, P W, Fryer, A A, ...

Exposure to ultraviolet radiation may reduce prostate cancer risk, suggesting that polymorphism in genes that mediate host pigmentation will be associated with susceptibility to this cancer. We...

Increasing thyroid cancer incidence in Canada, 1970–1996: time trends and age-period-cohort effects

Liu, S, Semenciw, R, Ugnat, A-M, Mao, Y

We examined time trends in thyroid cancer incidence in Canada by age, time period and birth cohort between 1970 and 1996. Age-specific incidence rates by time period and birth cohort were calculated...

Autoimmune hepatitis in a North American Aboriginal/First Nations population

Minuk, GY, Liu, S, Kaita, K, Wong, S, Renner, E, Rempel, J, ...

North American Aboriginal populations are at increased risk for developing immune-mediated disorders, including autoimmune hepatitis. In the present study, the demographic, clinical, biochemical,...

Fine mapping and DNA fiber FISH analysis locates the tobamovirus resistance gene L3 of Capsicum chinense in a 400-kb region of R-like genes cluster embedded in highly repetitive sequences

Tomita, R., Murai, J., Miura, Y., Ishihara, H., Liu, S., Kubotera, Y., ...

The tobamovirus resistance gene L3 of Capsicum chinense was mapped using an intra-specific F2 population (2,016 individuals) of Capsicum annuum cultivars, into one of which had been introduced the C....