Wei Zhou

Protective CD8+ T-cell responses to cytomegalovirus driven by rAAV/GFP/IE1 loading of dendritic cells (2008)

Yu, Yuefei, Pilgrim, Petra, Yan, Juqiang, Zhou, Wei, Jenkins, Marjorie, Gagliano, Nicoletta, ...

Abstract Background Recent studies demonstrate that recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV)-based antigen loading of dendritic cells (DCs) generates in vitro , significant and rapid cytotoxic...

Food Selection of Hoolock Gibbon (Hoolock hoolock   ) at Nankang, Mt. Gaoligong in Spring (2008)

ZHANG, Xing-yong, ZHOU, Wei, WU, Jian-pu, BAI, Bing, LI, Zheng-bo, LI, Jia-hong

The spring diet of Hoolock Gibbons (Hoolock hoolock) was observed by tracking them at Nankang of Mt. Gaoligong from March 3rd to April 14th, 2007. Their feeding behavior could be divided into eating...

Charm hadron production at RHIC in combination model (2008)

Yao, Tao, Zhou, Wei, Xie, Qu-Bing

We investigate the charm hadron production in relativistic heavy-ion collisions with the quark combination model. The $p_{T}$ dependencies of the charm baryon to meson ratios such as...

Morphologic Differentiation and Taxonomic Status of Pseudecheneis   (Siluriformes: Sisoridae) from Irrawaddy and Salween Drainages, China (2008)

LI, Xu, LI, Feng-lian, LIU, Kai, ZHOU, Wei

One hundred and fifteen specimens of Pseudecheneis   from the Irrawaddy and Salween drainages were divided into ten groups according to localities. When analyzed by the methods of multivariate...

Annual Changes in Reproductive and Accompanying Organs of Rana chaochiaoensis   in the Kunming Area (2008)

ZHOU, Wei, LI, Xu, WU, Jiang-pu, LI, Feng-lian, LI, Ming-hui

Seventy-three specimens (♀39, ♂34) of Ranna chaochiaoensis whose snout-vent length was more than 40 mm were collected during April to December of 2006 from a northeast suburb of Kunming. Their...

Anne O'Tate: A tool to support user-driven summarization, drill-down and browsing of PubMed search results (2008)

Smalheiser, Neil R, Zhou, Wei, Torvik, Vetle I

Abstract Background PubMed is designed to provide rapid, comprehensive retrieval of papers that discuss a given topic. However, because PubMed does not organize the search output further, it is...

Nanopinholes-Based Optical Superlens (2008)

Yongqi Fu, Chunlei Du, Wei Zhou

A type of nanopinhole-based plasmonic structure is presented. It can realize superfocusing within micron-scale propagation distance with spatial resolution beyond diffraction limit. Cut-off...

20-O-β-d-Xylopyranosyl(1→6)-β-d-glucopyranosyl-20(S)-protopanaxadiol methanol solvate (2008)

Xing-Wei Li, Wei Zhou, Qin Yan, Pei Zhou

The title compound, C41H70O12·CH4O, was prepared by microbial transformation. Within the steroid skeleton of the molecule, three six-membered rings exhibit a chair conformation, while the five...

Fusarium Graminearum Growth Inhibition Due to Glucose Starvation Caused by Osthol (2008)

Zhiqi Shi, Shouguo Shen, Wei Zhou, Fei Wang, Yongjian Fan

The effects of osthol, a plant coumarin, on morphology, sugar uptake and cell wall components of Fusarium graminearum were examined in vitro by electron microscopy, 14C-labelling and enzyme activity...

Physiological Vulnerability to Diet Induced Obesity in Inbred Alloxan-Induced Diabetes-Susceptible Mice (2008)

Wei Zhou, Katsunori Sato

The effects of high fat diet on obesity and susceptibility to diabetics in Alloxan-induced diabetes-susceptible mice were studied. A total of 40 mice were divided equally (n = 10 per group) into four...

Memory efficient scheduling of Strassen-Winograd's matrix multiplication algorithm (2007)

Dumas, Jean-Guillaume, Pernet, Clément, Zhou, Wei

Strassen's algorithm was the first sub-cubic algorithm for matrix multiplication. Its improvement by Winograd led to a highly practicable algorithm. In this report, we propose new schedules of the...

Memory efficient scheduling of Strassen-Winograd's matrix multiplication algorithm (2007)

Dumas, Jean-Guillaume, Pernet, Clément, Zhou, Wei

Strassen's algorithm was the first sub-cubic algorithm for matrix multiplication. Its improvement by Winograd led to a highly practicable algorithm. In this report, we propose new schedules of the...

Neutron vibrational spectroscopy and first-principles calculations of the ternary hydrides Li4Si2H(D) and Li4Ge2H(D): Electronic structure and lattice dynamics (2007)

Wu, Hui, Zhou, Wei, Udovic, Terrence J., Rush, John J., Yildirim, Taner, Hartman, Michael R., ...

Using combined neutron spectroscopy and first-principles calculations, we investigated the electronic structure and vibrational dynamics of the recently discovered class of ternary hydrides Li4Tt2H...

Memory efficient scheduling of Strassen-Winograd's matrix multiplication algorithm (2007)

Dumas, Jean-Guillaume, Pernet, Clément, Zhou, Wei

Strassen's algorithm was the first sub-cubic algorithm for matrix multiplication. Its improvement by Winograd led to a highly practicable algorithm. In this report, we propose new schedules of the...

Incipient Bearing Fault Detection for Electric Machines Using Stator Current Noise Cancellation (2007)

Zhou, Wei

The objective of this research is to develop a bearing fault detection scheme for electric machines via stator current. A new method, called the stator current noise cancellation method, is proposed...

Incipient Bearing Fault Detection for Electric Machines Using Stator Current Noise Cancellation (2007)

Zhou, Wei

The objective of this research is to develop a bearing fault detection scheme for electric machines via stator current. A new method, called the stator current noise cancellation method, is proposed...

Experimental realization of Laughlin quasiparticle interferometers (2007)

Camino, F. E., Zhou, Wei, Goldman, V. J.

Laughlin quasiparticles are the elementary excitations of a highly-correlated fractional quantum Hall electron fluid. They have fractional charge and obey fractional statistics. The quasiparticles...

The Feeding Strategy of Rana pleuraden   from Kunming, China (2007)

ZHOU, Wei, PAN, Xiao-fu, OU, Xiao-hong, LI, Wei

Until now, the correlation between the food found in a frog's stomach and the richness of food resources in their habitats were not fully considered when food selection of amphibians was studied in...

Memory efficient scheduling of Strassen-Winograd's matrix multiplication algorithm (2007)

Dumas, Jean-Guillaume, Pernet, Clément, Zhou, Wei

Strassen's algorithm was the first sub-cubic algorithm for matrix multiplication. Its improvement by Winograd led to a highly practicable algorithm. In this report, we propose new schedules of the...

Quantum transport in electron Fabry-Perot interferometers (2007)

Camino, F. E., Zhou, Wei, Goldman, V. J.

We report experiments on Fabry-Perot electron interferometers in the integer quantum Hall regime. The GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructure devices consist of two constrictions defined by etch trenches in 2D...

Finite size effect on Neel temperature with Co3O4 nanoparticles (2007)

He, Lin, Chen, Chinping, Wang, Ning, Zhou, Wei, Guo, Lin

Finite size effect on the antiferromagnetic transition temperature, TN, of Co3O4 nanoparticles of 75, 35, and 16 nm in diameter, has been investigated. The AFM transition point, TN, reduces with the...

From Fundamental Understanding to Predicting New Nanomaterials for High-Capacity Hydrogen Storage (2007)

Simmons, Jason, Zhou, Wei, Yildirim, Taner, Fischer, John E

H2-Storage Materials: Current Impasse Promising Hybrid Materials Direct Adsorption Measurements Neutron Scattering Capabilities First Principles Calculations Use a combination of experimental and...

A dense oxygen separation membrane with a layered morphologic structure (2007)

Chen, Zhihao, Shao, Zongping, Ran, Ran, Zhou, Wei, Zeng, Pingying, Liu, Shaomin

A configuration of dense mixed ionic and electronic conducting (MIEC) membrane with layered morphological structure for oxygen separation, which combines the benefits of high oxygen permeation flux...

Application of Osthol Induces a Resistance Response Against Powdery Mildew in Pumpkin Leave (2007)

Zhiqi Shi, Fei Wang, Wei Zhou, Peng Zhang, Yong Jian Fan

Plants can defend themselves against fungal infection by natural means inducedby biotic and abiotic elicitors. Osthol is a natural compound extracted from dried fruits ofCnidii Monnieri Fructus. In...

USING WEB USABILITY TO SUPPORT SENIOR'S INTERNET LEARNING (2006)

Zhou, Wei, Yasuda, Takami, Yokoi, Shigeki

Usability plays an important role in helping senior citizens use and learn the Internet. This study has two purposes: (1)To review the literature regarding use usability in Internet usage among the...

Experimental realization of a primary-filling e/3 quasiparticle interferometer (2006)

Camino, F. E., Zhou, Wei, Goldman, V. J.

We report experiments on a Laughlin quasiparticle interferometer where the entire system is on the 1/3 primary fractional quantum Hall plateau. Electron-beam lithography is used to define an...

Differential effects on BAFF and APRIL levels in rituximab-treated patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis (2006)

Vallerskog, Therese, Heimbürger, Mikael, Gunnarsson, Iva, Zhou, Wei, Wahren-Herlenius, Marie, Trollmo, Christina, ...

Abstract The objective of this study was to investigate the interaction between levels of BAFF (B-cell activation factor of the tumour necrosis factor [TNF] family) and APRIL (a...

Primary-Filling e/3 Quasiparticle Interferometer (2006)

Camino, F. E., Zhou, Wei, Goldman, V. J.

We report experimental realization of a quasiparticle interferometer where the entire system is in 1/3 primary fractional quantum Hall state. The interferometer consists of chiral edge channels...

A tutorial on information retrieval: basic terms and concepts (2006)

Zhou, Wei, Smalheiser, Neil R, Yu, Clement

Abstract This informal tutorial is intended for investigators and students who would like to understand the workings of information retrieval systems, including the most frequently used search...

Flux period scaling in the Laughlin quasiparticle interferometer (2005)

Zhou, Wei, Camino, F. E., Goldman, V. J.

We report experiments on electron interferometer devices in the quantum Hall regime, where edge channels circle a 2D electron island. The main confinement is produced by etch trenches, into which...

Allelic imbalances of chromosomes 8p and 18q and their roles in distant relapse of early stage, node-negative breast cancer (2005)

Morikawa, Aki, Williams, Tanisha Y, Dirix, Luc, Colpaert, Cecile, Goodman, Michael, Lyles, Robert H, ...

Abstract Introduction Identification of breast cancer patients at risk for postoperative distant relapse is an important clinical issue. Existing pathological markers can predict disease recurrence...

Size-dependent magnetic properties of Nickel nano-chains (2005)

Zheng, Wangzhi, He, Lin, Chen, Chinping, He, Lin, Zhou, Wei, Liu, Chenmin, ...

Magnetic properties with 3 different sizes of Ni nanochains, synthesized by a technique of wet chemical solution, have been investigated experimentally. The sample sizes are 50 nm, 75 nm, and 150 nm...

A new criterion for finite non-cyclic groups (2005)

Zhou, Wei, Shi, Wujie, Duan, Zeyong

Let $H$ be a subgroup of a group $G$. We say that $H$ satisfies the power condition with respect to $G$, or $H$ is a power subgroup of $G$, if there exists a non-negative integer $m$ such that...

Single-walled carbon nanotubes in superacid: X-ray and calorimetric evidence for partly ordered H2SO4 (2005)

Zhou, Wei, Fischer, John E, Heiney, P. A, Fan, H., Davis, Virginia A, Pasquali, M., ...

Liquid anhydrous sulfuric acid forms a partly ordered structure in the presence of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). X-ray scattering from aligned fibers immersed in acid shows the formation of...

Charge transfer and Fermi level shift in p-doped single-walled carbon nanotubes (2005)

Zhou, Wei, Vavro, Juraj, Nemes, Norbert M., Fischer, John E, Borondics, F., Kamarás, K., ...

The electronic properties of p-doped single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) bulk samples were studied by temperature-dependent resistivity and thermopower, optical reflectivity and Raman spectroscopy....

Separation of Reflection Components by Fourier Decoupling (2005)

Wei Zhou, Ra Kambhamettu

Reflections exist in many natural images. For example, shiny surfaces attempt to reflect the surrounding scene, thus, resulting in a composite image that contains the mixture of reflected light and...

Estimation of the Size and Location of Multiple Area Light Sources (2005)

Wei Zhou, Ra Kambhamettu

Most illuminant estimation algorithms worked on point light sources or directional light sources. Little attempt has been made, however, to estimate area light sources. In this paper, we present a...

Observation of Aharonov-Bohm Superperiod in a Laughlin Quasiparticle Interferometer (2005)

Camino, F. E., Zhou, Wei, Goldman, V. J.

We report an Aharonov-Bohm superperiod of five magnetic flux quanta (5h/e) observed in a Laughlin quasiparticle interferometer, where an edge channel of the 1/3 fractional quantum Hall fluid...

Realization of a Laughlin quasiparticle interferometer: Observation of fractional statistics (2005)

Camino, F. E., Zhou, Wei, Goldman, V. J.

In two dimensions, the laws of physics permit existence of anyons, particles with fractional statistics which is neither Fermi nor Bose. That is, upon exchange of two such particles, the quantum...

Structural characterization of macroscopic single-walled carbon nanotube materials (2005)

Zhou, Wei

In this thesis, we studied the structural properties of macroscopic materials of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) in the form of fibers, films and suspensions. We characterized the preferred...

Macroscopic Neat Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Fibers (2004)

Ericson, Lars M, Fan, Hua, Peng, Haiqing, Davis, Virginia A, Zhou, Wei, Sulpizio, Joseph, ...

The first-ever well-aligned continuous macroscopic neat single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) fibers were produced using conventional spinning techniques. Neat SWNT fibers, containing no surfactant or...

In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology (ICACT2004), Feb, 2004, Korea, Volume 1, P. 536-541. (2004)

Wei Zhou, Christoph Meinel

over the Internet. But as more people are involved in the transaction circle, security and authorization control becomes one of the biggest concerns. Hence, We are motivated by the need to manage and...

Out-of-plane Preferred Orientation of Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Films (2004)

Zhou, Wei, Winey, Karen I, Fischer, John E, Sreekumar, T. V, Kumar, S., Kataura, H.

Nanotube films deposited from suspension onto filter membranes, or by drop casting or spin coating onto flat substrates, exhibit preferred orientation normal to the film. Using x-ray scattering and a...

Out-of-plane mosaic of single-wall carbon nanotube films (2004)

Zhou, Wei, Winey, Karen I, Fischer, John E, Sreekumar, T. V., Kumar, S., Kataura, H.

For single-wall carbon nanotube (SWNT) films deposited from suspension onto filter membranes, or by drop casting or spin coating onto flat substrates, the tube axes lie preferentially in the film...

Small angle neutron scattering from single-wall carbon nanotube suspensions: evidence for isolated rigid rods and rod networks (2004)

Zhou, Wei, Islam, M. F, Wang, H., Ho, D. L, Yodh, A. G, Winey, Karen I, ...

We report small angle neutron scattering (SANS) from dilute suspensions of purified individual single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) in D2O with added sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate (NaDDBS) ionic...

Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Fibers Extruded from Super-Acid Suspensions: Preferred Orientation, Electrical and Thermal Transport (2004)

Zhou, Wei, Vavro, Juraj, Guthy, K., Winey, Karen I, Fischer, John E, Ericson, Lars M, ...

Fibers of single wall carbon nanotubes extruded from super-acid suspensions exhibit preferred orientation along their axes. We characterize the alignment by x-ray fiber diagrams and polarized Raman...

Quasinormal modes for Weyl neutrino field in R-N black holes (2003)

Zhang, Hongbao, Cao, Zhoujian, Gong, Xuefei, Zhou, Wei

We employ WKB approximation up to the third order to determine the low-lying quasinormal modes for Weyl neutrino field in R-N black holes, which are the most relevant to the evolution of the field...

Contamination of Cluster Radio Sources in the Measurement of the Thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Angular Power Spectrum (2003)

Zhou, Wei, Wu, Xiang-Ping

We present a quantitative estimate of the confusion of cluster radio halos and galaxies in the measurement of the angular power spectrum of the thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect. To achieve the...

Decay of spin-1/2 field around Reissner-Nordstrom black hole (2003)

Zhou, Wei, Zhu, Jian-Yang

To find what influence the charge of the black hole $Q$ will bring to the evolution of the quasinormal modes, we calculate the quasinormal frequencies of the neutrino field (charge $e=0$)...

Nanoporous Carbide Derived Carbon with Tunable Pore Size (2003)

Gogotsi, Yury, Nikitin, A., Ye, H., Zhou, Wei, Fischer, John E, Yi, B., ...

During the past decades major efforts in the field of porous materials have been directed toward control of the size, shape and uniformity of the pores. Carbide-derived carbons (CDCs) represent a new...

Killing Reduction of 5-Dimensional Spacetimes (2003)

Yang, Xuejun, Ma, Yongge, Shao, Jianbing, Zhou, Wei

In a 5-dimensional spacetime ($M,g_{ab}$) with a Killing vector field $\xi ^a$ which is either everywhere timelike or everywhere spacelike, the collection of all trajectories of $\xi ^a$ gives a...

Magnetically aligned single wall carbon nanotube films: preferred orientation and anisotropic transport properties (2003)

Fischer, John E, Zhou, Wei, Vavro, Juraj, Llaguno, Mark C, Guthy, Csaba, Haggenmueller, Reto, ...

Thick films of single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNT) exhibiting in-plane preferred orientation have been produced by filter deposition from suspension in strong magnetic fields. We characterize the...

Preferred orientation in fibers of HiPco single wall carbon nanotubes from diffuse x-ray scattering (2002)

Zhou, Wei, Winey, Karen I, Fischer, John E, Ramesh, Sivarajan, Saini, Rajesh K., Ericson, Lars M, ...

Neat Fibers of HiPco single wall carbon nanotubes extruded from strong acid suspensions exhibit preferred orientation along fiber axes. We characterize the extrusion-induced alignment using x-ray...

The largest virialized dark halo in the universe (2002)

Zhou, Wei, Zhang, Tong-Jie, Chen, Li, He, Xiang-Tao, Huang, Yu-Mei

Using semi-analytic approach, we present an estimate of the properties of the largest virialized dark halos in the present universe for three different scenarios of structure formation: SCDM, LCDM...

Structural Extension to Logistic Regression: (2002)

Russell Greiner, Wei Zhou

Bayesian belief nets (BNs) are often used for classification tasks --- typically to return the most likely "class label" for each specified instance. Many BN-learners, however, attempt to find the BN...

Estimation of Illuminant Direction and Intensity of Multiple Light Sources (2002)

Wei Zhou, Ra Kambhamettu

This paper presentsanovel scheme for locating multiple light sources and estimating their intensities from a pair of stereo images of a sphere. No prior knowledge of the location and radius of the...

Discriminative learning of Bayesian net parameters / (2002)

Zhou, Wei.

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

Discriminant Parameter Learning of Belief Net Classifiers (2001)

Russell Greiner, Wei Zhou

Recent results have shown that Bayesian classiers", including NaveBayes, perform extremely well as classiers. Essentially all of the associated learners seek the parameters that maximize the...

Factors Governing Chiral Recognition Phenomena - A Multiple Approach (2001)

Zhou, Wei

Das komplexe Phänomen der chiralen Erkennung läßt sich nur auf der Grundlage umfangreicher Information analysieren, die auf einem multiplen Ansatz basiert. In der vorliegenden Dissertation wurden...

Learning Accurate Belief Nets (2000)

Wei Zhou, Russell Greiner

Bayesian belief nets (BNs) are often used for classification tasks --- typically to return the most likely "class label" for each instance. Many BNlearners, however, attempt to find the BN that...

Application of Affinity Chromatography Combined with Capillary Electrophoresis or Mass Spectrometry in the Biochemical Analysis (2000)

Zhou, Wei

The focus of the research has been to develop combined techniques, such as affinity chromatography combined with capillary electrophoresis or mass spectrometry, for the structural analysis of...

Learning Accurate Belief Nets using Implicitly-Labeled Queries (1999)

Wei Zhou

12.24> ) p] 2 Note this LQ is a sample, drawn from the distribution of queries , sq( ) (which we assume to be stationary, but unknown to the user); and so this c err (LQ) ( B ) score is an...

Learning Accurate Belief Nets (1999)

Wei Zhou, Russell Greiner

Bayesian belief nets (BNs) are typically used to answer a range of queries, where each answer requires computing the probability of a particular hypothesis given some specified evidence. An effective...

Marxism and human rights : a theoretical perspective / (1998)

Zhou, Wei.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 1998.

Marxism and human rights : a theoretical perspective / (1998)

Zhou, Wei.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 1998.