A modularity-specialized label propagation algorithm (LPAm) for detecting network communities was recently proposed. This promising algorithm offers some desirable qualities. However, LPAm favors...
A novel super-wideband embedded speech and audio codec based on ITU-T Recommendation G.729.1 (2009)
Jia, Mao-shen, Bao, Chang-chun, Liu, Xin, Li, Rui
APSIPA ASC 2009: Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association, 2009 Annual Summit and Conference. 4-7 October 2009. Sapporo, Japan. Poster session: Speech Processing (7 October 2009).
ALOHA With Collision Resolution(ALOHA-CR): Theory and Software Defined Radio Implementation (2009)
Liu, Xin, Kountouriotis, John, Petropulu, Athina P., Dandekar, Kapil R.
A cross-layer scheme, namely ALOHA With Collision Resolution (ALOHA-CR), is proposed for high throughput wireless communications in a cellular scenario. Transmissions occur in a time-slotted...
Network Coding Based Cooperative Peer-to-Peer Repair in Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks (2009)
Xin Liu, Saqib Raza, Chen-nee Chuah, Gene Cheung
Abstract — Cooperative Peer-to-Peer Repair (CPR) has been proposed to recover from packet losses incurred during 3G broadcast. CPR leverages the increasing presence of multi-homed mobile devices...
Structured Network Coding and Cooperative Local Peer-to-Peer Repair for MBMS Video Streaming (2009)
Xin Liu, Gene Cheung, Chen-nee Chuah
Abstract—By providing coding ability at intermediate nodes, network coding has been shown to improve throughput in wireless broadcast/multicast networks. Considering a scenario where wireless...
Liu, Xin, Shen, Yue, Strauss, Michael A., Greene, Jenny E.
We present a sample of 167 type 2 AGNs with double-peaked [O III]4959,5007 narrow emission lines, selected from the seventh data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The double-peaked profiles...
Heterogeneous Wireless Access in Large Mesh Networks (2009)
Haiping Liu, Xin Liu, Chen-nee Chuah, Prasant Mohapatra
Abstract—Wi-Fi-based mesh networks have been considered as a viable option to provide wireless coverage for a vast area, such as community-wide or city-wide. However, interference due to multihop...
Enhancement of Speech in Highly Nonstationary Noise Conditions using Harmonic Reconstruction (2009)
The quality and intelligibility of single channel speech degraded by additive noise remains a challenging problem when only the noisy speech is available. An accurate estimation of the noise spectrum...
Experiences in a 3G Network: Interplay between the Wireless Channel and Applications (2009)
Xin Liu, Mukund Seshadri, Ashwin Sridharan, Hui Zang, Sridhar Machiraju
We present an experimental characterization of the physical and MAC layers in CDMA 1xEV-DO and their impact on transport layer performance. The 1xEV-DO network is currently the fastest mobile...
Host Galaxies of Luminous Type 2 Quasars at z ~ 0.5 (2009)
Liu, Xin, Zakamska, Nadia L., Greene, Jenny E., Strauss, Michael A., Krolik, Julian H., Heckman, Timothy M.
We present deep Gemini GMOS optical spectroscopy of nine luminous quasars at redshifts z ~ 0.5, drawn from the SDSS type 2 quasar sample. Our targets were selected to have high intrinsic luminosities...
The Growth of Black Holes: Insights From Obscured Active Galaxies (2009)
Greene, Jenny E., Zakamska, Nadia L., Liu, Xin, Barth, Aaron J., Ho, Luis C.
Obscured or narrow-line active galaxies offer an unobstructed view of the quasar environment in the presence of a luminous and vigorously accreting black hole. We exploit the large new sample of...
Control of Josephson current by Aharonov-Casher Phase in a Rashba Ring (2009)
Liu, Xin, Borunda, M. F., Liu, Xiong-Jun, Sinova, Jairo
We study the interference effect induced by the Aharonov-Casher phase on the Josephson current through a semiconducting ring attached to superconducting leads. Using a 1D model that incorporates...
Hou, Xue-Jing, Zhang, You-Zhong, Liu, Xin, Meng, Li-Hua, Qiao, Yun-Bo
Abstract Background Insulin-like growth factor binding protein (IGFBPs) have been as potential tumor suppressors in the occurrence and development of tumors. Cellular Fas-associated death domain-like...
Image segmentation based on water flow analogy (2009)
Segmenting objects with complex shapes, like segmenting vessels in iridology and detecting roads in remote sensing, is of practical significance in image analysis. Region growing and snakes are the...
GJB2mutation spectrum in 2063 Chinese patients with nonsyndromic hearing impairment (2009)
Dai, Pu, Yu, Fei, Han, Bing, Liu, Xuezhong, Wang, Guojian, Li, Qi, ...
Abstract Background Mutations in GJB2 are the most common molecular defects responsible for autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing impairment (NSHI). The mutation spectra of this gene vary among...
B \to K_0^*(1430) \eta^{(\prime)} decays in the pQCD approach (2009)
Liu, Xin, Zhang, Zhi-Qing, Xiao, Zhen-Jun
Based on the assumption of two-quark structure of the scalar meson $K_0^*(1430)$, we calculate the CP-averaged branching ratios for $B \to K_0^*(1430) \etap$ decays in the framework of the...
Carboxypeptidase 4 gene variants and early-onset intermediate-to-high risk prostate cancer (2009)
Ross, Phillip L, Cheng, Iona, Liu, Xin, Cicek, Mine S, Carroll, Peter R, Casey, Graham, ...
Abstract Background Carboxypeptidase 4 (CPA4) is a zinc-dependent metallocarboxypeptidase on chromosome 7q32 in a region linked to prostate cancer aggressiveness. CPA4 is involved in the histone...
Passport: Secure and Adoptable Source Authentication (2009)
Xin Liu, Ang Li, Xiaowei Yang, David Wetherall
We present the design and evaluation of Passport, a system that allows source addresses to be validated within the network. Passport uses efficient, symmetric-key cryptography to place tokens on...
Steven D. Jones, Eric Jung, Xin Liu, Naim Merheb, I-jeng Wang
Abstract — Dual site spectrum measurements have been made in the public safety band in Howard County, Maryland, USA. The public safety band is of interest because of its obvious importance and the...
Packet Fragmentation in IPv6 over IPv4 Tunnels (2009)
Nowadays IPv6 over IPv4 tunnels are widely used to form the global IPv6 Internet. This paper analyzes a packet fragmentation problem in IPv6 over IPv4 tunnels due to the MTU difference between IPv6...
On Using Physical Analogies for Feature and Shape Extraction in Computer Vision (2009)
Nixon, Mark, Hurley, David, Liu, Xin, Direkoglu, Cem
There is a rich literature of approaches to image feature extraction in computer vision. Many sophisticated approaches exist for low- and for high-level feature extraction but can be complex to...
Kaufman, Alan S., Kaufman, James C., Liu, Xin, Johnson, Cheryl K.
Educational attainment and gender differences on fluid intelligence (Gf), crystallized intelligence (Gc), and academic skills in reading, math, and writing were analyzed for stratified adult samples...
Passport: Secure and Adoptable Source Authentication (2008)
Xin Liu, Ang Li, Xiaowei Yang, David Wetherall
We present the design and evaluation of Passport, a system that allows source addresses to be validated within the network. Passport uses efficient, symmetric-key cryptography to place tokens on...
Robust Routing and Scheduling in Wireless Mesh Networks (2008)
Abstract — Joint routing-and-scheduling has been considered in wireless mesh networks for its significant performance improvement. While existing work assumes it, accurate traffic information is...
Tunnel Broker System Using IPv4 Anycast (2008)
Tunnel Broker model, as defined in RFC3053, is a solution to the automation of IPv6 address assignment and IPv6 over IPv4 tunnel management. Tunnel server selection and fault tolerance are two big...
Borunda, M. F., Liu, Xin, Kovalev, Alexey A., Liu, Xiong-Jun, Jungwirth, T., Sinova, Jairo
We study the quantum interference effects induced by the Aharonov-Casher phase in asymmetrically confined two-dimensional electron and heavy-hole ring structures systems taking into account the...
Effect of Induced Spin-Orbit Coupling for Atoms via Laser Fields (2008)
Liu, Xiong-Jun, Borunda, Mario F., Liu, Xin, Sinova, Jairo
We propose an experimental scheme to study spin-orbit coupling effects in a of two-dimensional (2D) Fermi atomic gas cloud by coupling its internal electronic states (pseudospins) to radiation in a...
A Cost-Effective Peer-to-Peer Architecture for Large-Scale On-Demand Media Streaming (2008)
Abstract—This paper presents a cost-effective peer-to-peer (P2P) architecture for large-scale on-demand media streaming, named BitVampire. BitVampire’s primary design goal is to aggregate peers...
Exploiting Opportunistic Scheduling in Cellular Data Networks (2008)
Radmilo Racic, Denys Ma, Hao Chen, Xin Liu
Third Generation (3G) cellular networks utilize timevarying and location-dependent channel conditions to provide broadband services. They employ opportunistic scheduling to efficiently utilize...
Search and Retrieval—Clustering General Terms Algorithms (2008)
In this paper, we propose a novel document clustering method based on the non-negative factorization of the termdocument matrix of the given document corpus. In the latent semantic space derived by...
Traffic Grooming and Bandwidth Provisioning Approaches in WDM Networks (2008)
Xin Liu, Chunming Qiao, Wei Wei
Three typical types of traffic demands in a core WDM network are assumed in this work, requiring single wavelength services, guaranteed-bandwidth IP services or best-effort IP services respectively....
Coscheduling on Cluster Systems (2008)
Xin Liu, Abdulaziz Al-shammari, Noman Noor Mohammad, Chuong Le
Abstract Coordinated scheduling of parallel jobs across the nodes of a multiprocessor system is known to produce benefits in both system and individual job efficiency. Without coordinated scheduling,...
amino acid substitution matrix for protein conformation identification
Control Channel Jamming: Resilience and Identification of Traitors (2008)
Agnes Chan, Xin Liu, Guevara Noubir, Bishal Thapa
In this paper, we address the problem of countering the control channel jamming in wireless communication systems. Targeting control traffic on a system like GSM (e.g., BCCH channel) leads to smart...
An Active Volumetric Model for 3D Reconstruction (2008)
Xin Liu, Hongxun Yao, Xilin Chen, Wen Gao
Abstract—In this paper, we present an active volumetric model (AVM) for 3D reconstruction from multiple calibrated images of a scene. The AVM is a physically motivated 3D deformable model which...
Passport: Secure and Adoptable Source Authentication (2008)
Xin Liu, Ang Li, Xiaowei Yang, David Wetherall
We present the design and evaluation of Passport, a system that allows source addresses to be validated within the network. Passport uses efficient, symmetric-key cryptography to place tokens on...
Xiujuan Chai, Shiguang Shan, Wen Gao, Xin Liu
Abstract. Abrupt performance degradation caused by face pose variations has been one of the bottlenecks for practical face recognition applications. This paper presents a practical pose normalization...
Hua Yu, Prasant Mohapatra, Xin Liu
Abstract—Capacity limitation is one of the fundamental issues in wireless mesh networks. This paper addresses capacity improvement issues in multi-radio multi-channel wireless mesh networks. Our...
On the Deployment of Wireless Data Back-haul Networks (2008)
We study the deployment of data back-haul nodes for wireless networks with energy constraints. We address the following problem: given the required lifetime of a sensor network, the energy constraint...
Hum Hered Doi, To The Tdt, Knut M. Wittkowski, Xin Liu
Objective: To present an alternative linkage test to the transmission/disequilibrium test (TDT) which is conservative under the null hypothesis and generally more powerful under alternatives....
We consider an exponential server queue accessed by many di#erent flows. It is assumed that the source and destination information of each flow is available in the packet. We compute upper and lower...
Internal Structure and Pigment Granules in Colored Alpaca Fibers (2008)
Wang, Huimin, Liu, Xin, Wang, Xungai
Alpaca fibers have some distinct properties such as softness and warmth, which have not been fully understood in combination with the fiber internal structures. In the present investigation, the...
BMC Bioinformatics Methodology article (2008)
Jiyang Zhang, Jianqi Li, Xin Liu, Hongwei Xie, Yunping Zhu, Fuchu He
A nonparametric model for quality control of database search results in shotgun proteomics
Symmetry and asymmetry analysis and its significance in neuro-imaging applications (2008)
Department: Biomedical Informatics.
Passport: Secure and Adoptable Source Authentication (2008)
Xin Liu, Ang Li, Xiaowei Yang, David Wetherall
We present the design and evaluation of Passport, a system that allows source addresses to be validated within the network. Passport uses efficient, symmetric-key cryptography to place tokens on...
2000) Video Shot Segmentation and Classification (2007)
In this paper, we propose a novel technique for video shot segmentation and classification based on the Singular Value Decomposition (SVD). For the input video sequence, we create a feature-frame...
Structure Reports Online, Li-xia Bai, Wei Han, Xin Liu, Shi-ping Yan, Dai-zheng Liao, ...
enium complexes (Lessing et al., 1999). These reported complexes are almost all mononuclear, and only a few dinuclear ruthenium(II)dimethyl sulfoxide complexes have been reported. During the course...
Xin Liu, Qingfeng Huang, Ying Zhang
In this paper we investigate efficient strategies for supporting on-demand information dissemination and gathering in large-scale wireless sensor networks. In particular, we propose a “comb-needle...
The adenovirus (Ad) E1A (Ad-E1A) oncoprotein mediates cell transformation, in part, by displacing E2F transcription factors from the retinoblastoma protein (pRb) tumor suppressor. In this study we...
Model-Driven Dual Caching For Nomadic Service-Oriented Architecture Clients (2007)
Mobile devices have evolved over the years from resource constrained devices that supported only the most basic tasks to powerful handheld computing devices. However, the most significant step in the...
Fractional Spin Hall Effect in Atomic Bose Gases (2007)
Liu, Xiong-Jun, Liu, Xin, Kwek, L. C., Oh, C. H.
We propose fractional spin hall effect (FSHE) by coupling pseudospin states of cold bosonic atoms to optical fields. The present scheme is an extension to interacting bosonic system of the recent...
Characterization of superfine wool powder/poly(propylene) blend film (2007)
Xu, Weilin, Wang, Xin, Li, Wenbin, Peng, Xuqiang, Liu, Xin, Wang, Xungai
Superfine wool powder was blended and extruded with poly(propylene) (PP) to produce blend pellets, and the extruded pellets were hot-pressed into a blend film. SEM photographs show that the powder...
Measurement precision and evaluation of the diameter profiles of single wool fibers (2007)
Wang, H., Mahar, T., Liu, Xin, Wang, Xungai
A recent model of the Single Fiber Analyzer 3001 (SIFAN3001) was firstly employed to obtain the single wool fiber diameter profiles (SfFDPs) at multiple orientations. The results showed that using...
Comparative study on the felting propensity of animal fibers (2007)
The felting propensity of different animal fibers, particularly alpaca and wool, has been examined. The Aachen felting test method was employed. 1 g of each type of fiber was soaked in 50 ml of...
Scheduling multiple partially overlapped channels in wireless mesh networks (2007)
Haiping Liu, Hua Yu, Xin Liu, Chen-nee Chuah, Prasant Mohapatra
Abstract — In this paper, we explore the use of partially overlapped channels in wireless mesh networks that consist of multiple 802.11-based access points. We propose novel channel allocation and...
Scheduling multiple partially overlapped channels in wireless mesh networks (2007)
Haiping Liu, Hua Yu, Xin Liu, Chen-nee Chuah, Prasant Mohapatra
Abstract — In this paper, we explore the use of partially overlapped channels in wireless mesh networks that consist of multiple 802.11-based access points. We propose novel channel allocation and...
Balancing push and pull for efficient information discovery in large-scale sensor networks (2007)
Xin Liu, Qingfeng Huang, Ying Zhang
In this paper we investigate efficient strategies for supporting on-demand informa-tion dissemination and gathering in large-scale wireless sensor networks. In particular, we propose a “comb-needle...
Coordinated control for networked multi-agent systems (2007)
Zhipu Jin, Xin Liu, Changlin Pang, Zhengrong Wang, Qiang Yang, Chengzhong Zhang
iii To my parents, my brother, and my dear wife Acknowledgements iv First of all, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to my advisor, Prof. Richard M. Murray, for his guidance that is so...
Qian Li, Zhi-Hong Yao, Yan-Hong Shi, Xin Liu, Xin-Sheng Yao, Wen-Cai Ye
The three-dimensional structure of Gynoside A, an ocotillone-type triterpenoid glycoside isolated from Gynostemma pentaphyllum, was determined in pyridine-d5 and DMSO-d6 solution through constrained...
Paolo Bouquet, Heiko Stoermer, Xin Liu
Abstract. In Protégé, any newly created RDF/OWL knowledge base refers to local instances through a local URI, which is obtained through the concatenation of the ontology URI, the hash sign # and a...
Balancing push and pull for efficient information discovery in large-scale sensor networks (2007)
Xin Liu, Qingfeng Huang, Ying Zhang
Abstract—In this paper, we investigate efficient strategies for supporting on-demand information dissemination and gathering in largescale wireless sensor networks. In particular, we propose a...
Characterization of superfine wool powder/poly(propylene) blend film (2007)
Xu, Weilin, Wang, Xin, Li, Wenbin, Peng, Xuqiang, Liu, Xin, Wang, Xungai
Superfine wool powder was blended and extruded with poly(propylene) (PP) to produce blend pellets, and the extruded pellets were hot-pressed into a blend film. SEM photographs show that the powder...
Measurement precision and evaluation of the diameter profiles of single wool fibers (2007)
Wang, H., Mahar, T., Liu, Xin, Wang, Xungai
A recent model of the Single Fiber Analyzer 3001 (SIFAN3001) was firstly employed to obtain the single wool fiber diameter profiles (SfFDPs) at multiple orientations. The results showed that using...
A comparative study on the felting propensity of animal fibers (2007)
The felting propensity of different animal fibers, particularly alpaca and wool, has been examined. The Aachen felting test method was employed. 1 g of each type of fiber was soaked in 50 ml of...
Spin Hall Effect in Atoms (2006)
Liu, Xiong-Jun, Liu, Xin, Kwek, L. C., Oh, C. H.
We propose an optical means to realize a spin hall effect (SHE) in neutral atomic system by coupling the internal spin states of atoms to radiation. The interaction between the external optical...
Efficient and secure source authentication with packet passports (2006)
A key challenge in combating Denial of Service (DoS) attacks is to reliably identify attack sources from packet contents. If a source can be reliably identified, routers can stop an attack by...
Efficient and secure source authentication with packet passports (2006)
A key challenge in combating Denial of Service (DoS) attacks is to reliably identify attack sources from packet contents. If a source can be reliably identified, routers can stop an attack by...
and S.Shankar, “Sensing-based opportunistic channel access,” Accepted for publication by (2006)
Enabled by regulatory initiatives and advanced radio technology, more flexible opportunistic spectrum access has great potential to alleviate the spectrum scarcity. In this paper, we study the...
Liu, Xin, Plummer, Sarah J., Nock, Nora L., Casey, Graham, Witte, John S.
The potentially protective effect of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) on prostate cancer may only exist among certain subgroups of men, such as those with particular variants in...
Sun, Wei, Hong, Jian, Zang, Ying C. Q., Liu, Xin, Zhang, Jingwu Z.
Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) has a unique property of regulating Th1 and Th2 immunity of CD4+ T cells. In this study, we demonstrated, for the first time, that differential expression of VIP...
Nock, Nora L., Cicek, Mine S., Li, Li, Liu, Xin, Rybicki, Benjamin A., Moreira, Andrea, ...
To date, the potential impact of hormones on prostate cancer has predominantly focused on receptor mediated events. However, catechol estrogens, if not inactivated by catechol-O-methyltransferase...
Measurement precision and evaluation of the diameter profiles of single wool fibres (2006)
Wang, Huimin, Liu, Xin, Mahar, T., Wang, Xungai
A recent model of Single Fibre Analyser 3001 (SIFAN3001) was firstly employed to obtain the single wool fibre diameter profiles (SfFDP’s) at multiple orientations. The results showed that using...
Sun, Wei, Hong, Jian, Zang, Ying C. Q., Liu, Xin, Zhang, Jingwu Z.
Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) has a unique property of regulating Th1 and Th2 immunity of CD4+ T cells. In this study, we demonstrated, for the first time, that differential expression of VIP...
Podocalyxin Variants and Risk of Prostate Cancer and Tumor Aggressiveness (2006)
Casey, Graham, Neville, Phillippa J., Liu, Xin, Plummer, Sarah J., Cicek, Mine S., Krumroy, Lisa M., ...
We previously reported linkage of a prostate cancer tumor aggressiveness locus to chromosome 7q32-q33, a region also associated with a high frequency of allelic imbalance in prostate tumors. The...
Podocalyxin variants and risk of prostate cancer and tumor aggressiveness (2006)
Casey, Graham, Neville, Phillippa J., Liu, Xin, Plummer, Sarah J., Cicek, Mine S., Krumroy, Lisa M., ...
We previously reported linkage of a prostate cancer tumor aggressiveness locus to chromosome 7q32–q33, a region also associated with a high frequency of allelic imbalance in prostate tumors. The...
Nock, Nora L., Cicek, Mine S., Li, Li, Liu, Xin, Rybicki, Benjamin A., Moreira, Andrea, ...
To date, the potential impact of hormones on prostate cancer has predominantly focused on receptor-mediated events. However, catechol estrogens, if not inactivated by catechol-O-methyltransferase...
An experimental study on fabric softness evaluation (2006)
Zhang, Peihua, Liu, Xin, Wang, Lijing, Wang, Xungai
Purpose – To examine a simple testing method of measuring the force to pull a fabric through a series of parallel pins to determine the fabric softness property.Design/methodology/approach...
Thermal conductivity studies on wool fabrics with conductive coatings (2006)
Wang, Jiajun, Kaynak, Akif, Wang, Lijing, Liu, Xin
Methods of improving the thermal conductivity of wool fabrics have been investigated. Thermal conductivity measurement techniques, influence of synthesis parameters on the thermal conductivity of...
The measurement precision and evaluation of the diameter profiles of single wool fibres (2006)
Wang, Huimin, Liu, Xin, Mahar, T., Wang, Xungai
A recent model of Single Fibre Analyser 3001 (SIFAN3001) was firstly employed to obtain the single wool fibre diameter profiles (SfFDP’s) at multiple orientations. The results showed that using...
Classical and quantum depinning of a domain wall with a spin-polarized current (2005)
Liu, Xin, Liu, Xiong-Jun, Liu, Zheng-Xin
We study in detail the classical and quantum depinning of a domain wall (DW) induced by a fast-varying spin-polarized current. By confirming the adiabatic condition for calculating the spin-torque in...
Quantum Spin Current Induced Through Optical Fields (2005)
Liu, Xiong-Jun, Liu, Xin, Kwek, L. C., Oh, C. H., Ge, Mo-Lin
We propose a scheme to generate quantum spin current via optical dipole transition process. By coupling a three-level system based on the spin states of charged particles (electrons or holes in...
Internal structure and pigment granules in colored alpaca fibers (2005)
Wang, Huimin, Liu, Xin, Wang, Xungai
Alpaca fibers have some distinct properties such as softness and warmth, which have not been fully understood in combination with the fiber internal structures. In the present investigation, the...
Empirical Study of Tolerating Denial-of-Service Attacks with a Proxy Network (2005)
Ju Wang, Xin Liu, Andrew A. Chien
Proxy networks have been proposed to protect applications from Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks. However, since large-scale study in real networks is infeasible and most previous simulations have...
Empirical Study of Tolerating Denial-of-Service Attacks with a Proxy Network (2005)
Ju Wang Xin, Ju Wang, Xin Liu, Andrew A. Chien
Proxy networks have been proposed to protect applications from Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks. However, since large-scale study in real networks is infeasible and most previous simulations have...
Empirical Study of Tolerating Denial-of-Service Attacks with a Proxy Network (2005)
Ju Wang, Xin Liu, Andrew A. Chien
Proxy networks have been proposed to protect applications from Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks. However, since large-scale study in real networks is infeasible and most previous simulations have...
Comparative study of the mechanical properties of wool and alpaca fibres (2005)
Liu, Xin, Hurren, Christopher, Wang, Xungai
This study reports the latest research into alpaca and wool fibres. In particular, those properties that have received little attention in research literature have been examined. They include single...
Internal structure and pigment granules in colored alpaca fibers (2005)
Wang, Huimin, Liu, Xin, Wang, Xungai
Alpaca fibers have some distinct properties such as softness and warmth, which have not been fully understood in combination with the fiber internal structures. In the present investigation, the...
A comparative study of the mechanical properties of wool and alpaca fibres (2005)
Liu, Xin, Hurren, Christopher, Wang, Xungai
This study reports the latest research into alpaca and wool fibres. In particular, those properties that have received little attention in research literature have been examined. They include single...
Dynamics of Domain Wall in a Biaxial Ferromagnet With Spin-torque (2004)
Liu, Xin, Liu, Xiong-Jun, Ge, Mo-Lin
The dynamics of the domain wall (DW) in a biaxial ferromagnet interacting with a spin-polarized current are described by sine-gordon (SG) equation coupled with Gilbert damping term in this paper....
Variable Rate Execution (2004)
We present a task model for adaptive real-time tasks in which a task's execution rate requirements are allowed to change at any time. The model, variable rate execution (VRE), is an extension of the...
Evaluating the softness of animal fibers (2004)
Liu, Xin, Wang, Lijing, Wang, Xungai
Softness is an important property of textile fibers, and animal fibers in particular. At present, there is no reliable method for objectively evaluating fiber softness. This paper examines a simple...
Resistance tocompression behavior of alpaca and wool (2004)
Liu, Xin, Wang, Lijing, Wang, Xungai
This study compares the resistance to compression behavior of wool and alpaca fibers. It shows that alpaca fibers have a much lower resistance to compression than wool, and there is little...
Haplotypes in the APOA1-C3-A4-A5 Gene Cluster affect Plasma Lipids in both Humans and Baboons (2004)
Qian-fei Wang, Xin Liu, Ze Peng, Ronald M. Krauss, David L, John L. V, ...
Copyright © 2004 Oxford University Press Genetic studies in non-human primates serve as a potential strategy for identifying genomic intervals where polymorphisms impact upon human disease-related...
Scalable Online Simulation for Modeling Grid Dynamics (2004)
The dissertation of Xin Liu is approved, and it is acceptable in quality and form for publication on
Dynamic quality of service in an open system / (2004)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Nebraska--Lincoln, 2004.
Real-time tremor minimization in a video-based human-machine interface / (2004)
Thesis (M.S.)--Pennsylvania State University, 2004.
Softness of alpaca fibres (2004)
Wang, Xungai, Wang, Lijing, Liu, Xin, Wang, Huimin
Softness is a unique selling point for luxury fibres such as alpaca. However, there is very little objective data on the softness of animal fibres. This study first establishes that the resistance to...
Haplotypes in the APOA1-C3-A4-A5 Gene Cluster affect Plasma Lipids in both Humans and Baboons (2004)
Wang, Qian-fei, Liu, Xin, O'Connell, Jeff, Peng, Ze, Krauss, Ronald M., Rainwater, David L., ...
Genetic studies in non-human primates serve as a potential strategy for identifying genomic intervals where polymorphisms impact upon human disease-related phenotypes. It remains unclear, however,...
Haplotypes in the APOA1-C3-A4-A5 gene cluster affect plasma lipids in both humans and baboons (2004)
Wang, Qian-fei, Liu, Xin, O'Connell, Jeff, Peng, Ze, Krauss, Ronald M., Rainwater, David L., ...
Genetic studies in non-human primates serve as a potential strategy for identifying genomic intervals where polymorphisms impact upon human disease-related phenotypes. It remains unclear, however,...
Evaluating the softness of animal fibers (2004)
Liu, Xin, Wang, Lijing, Wang, Xungai
Softness is an important property of textile fibers, and animal fibers in particular. At present, there is no reliable method for objectively evaluating fiber softness. This paper examines a simple...
Resistance to compression behavior of alpaca and wool (2004)
Liu, Xin, Wang, Lijing, Wang, Xungai
This study compares the resistance to compression behavior of wool and alpaca fibers. It shows that alpaca fibers have a much lower resistance to compression than wool, and there is little...
Effects of bleaching and dyeing on the quality of alpaca tops and yarns (2004)
Liu, Xin, Hurren, Christopher J., Wang, Lijing, Wang, Xungai
This paper reports the effects of bleaching of alpaca tops and dyeing of bleached alpaca tops/yarns on the quality of tops and yarns. A dark brown alpaca top was bleached with hydrogen peroxide. Two...
The softness of alpaca fibres (2004)
Wang, Xungai, Wang, Lijing, Liu, Xin, Wang, Huimin
Softness is a unique selling point for luxury fibres such as alpaca. However, there is very little objective data on the softness of animal fibres. This study first establishes that the resistance to...
Haplotypes in the APOA1-C3-A4-A5 Gene Cluster affect Plasma Lipids in both Humans and Baboons (2004)
Wang, Qian-fei, Liu, Xin, O'Connell, Jeff, Peng, Ze, Krauss, Ronald M., Rainwater, David L., ...
Genetic studies in non-human primates serve as a potential strategy for identifying genomic intervals where polymorphisms impact upon human disease-related phenotypes. It remains unclear, however,...
Comparative analysis of two selective bleaching methods on alpaca fibers (2003)
Liu, Xin, Hurren, Christopher J., Wang, Xungai
Dark brown Alpaca fiber was reduced in shade via selective bleaching with peroxide. Two selective oxidative bleaching methods were tested on alpaca top to assess their effectiveness for color removal...
Traffic-based load balance for scalable network emulation (2003)
Load balance is critical to achieving scalability for large network emulation studies, which are of compelling interest for emerging Grid, Peer to Peer, and other distributed applications and...
Opportunistic Scheduling with QoS Requirements in Time-varying Wireless Channels (2003)
Abstract---In this paper, we present a framework for "opportunistic scheduling " that exploits the variation of the wireless channel conditions to improve spectrum efficiency. The...
A Framework for Opportunistic Scheduling in Wireless Networks (2003)
We present a method, called opportunistic scheduling, for exploiting the timevarying nature of the radio environment to increase the overall performance of the system under certain QoS/fairness...
A Framework for Opportunistic Scheduling in Wireless Networks (2003)
We present a method, called opportunistic scheduling, for exploiting the timevarying nature of the radio environment to increase the overall performance of the system under certain QoS/fairness...
Comparative analysis of two selective bleaching methods on alpaca fibers (2003)
Liu, Xin, Hurren, Christopher J., Wang, Xungai
Dark brown Alpaca fiber was reduced in shade via selective bleaching with peroxide. Two selective oxidative bleaching methods were tested on alpaca top to assess their effectiveness for color removal...
Xin Liu, To My Parents, Jeffrey Herdtner, Mingbo Xiao, Dongyu Qiu, Do Young Eun, ...
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Document Clustering with Cluster Refinement and Model (2002)
Selection Capabilities Xin, Xin Liu, Yihong Gong, Wei Xu, Shenghuo Zhu
In this paper, we propose a document clustering method that strives to achieve: (1) a high accuracy of document clustering, and (2) the capability of estimating the number of clusters in the document...
Scheduling Aperiodic Requests under Rate-Based Execution model (2002)
The rate-based execution (RBE) task model was developed to support the real-time execution of eventdriven tasks in which no a priori characterization of the actual arrival rates of events is known;...
Default premium and maturity choice of risky debt [electronic resource] (2002)
Thesis (PH.D.) -- Syracuse University, 2002.
Novel Theory for Topological Structure of Vortices in BEC (2001)
Duan, Yishi, Liu, Xin, Zhang, Pengming
By making use of the $\phi $-mapping topological current theory, a novel expression of $\nabla \times \vec{V}$ in BEC is obtained, which reveals the inner topological structure of vortex lines...
Transmission scheduling for efficient wireless network utilization (2001)
Abstract--- We present an "opportunistic " transmission scheduling policy that exploits time-varying channel conditions and maximizes the system performance stochastically under a...
Opportunistic transmission scheduling with resource-sharing constraints in wireless networks (2001)
We present an “opportunistic ” transmission scheduling policy that exploits time-varying channel conditions and maxi-mizes the system performance stochastically under a certain resource...
Opportunistic transmission scheduling with resource-sharing constraints in wireless networks (2001)
We present an “opportunistic ” transmission scheduling policy that exploits time-varying channel conditions and maxi-mizes the system performance stochastically under a certain resource...
Video Summarization Using Singular Value Decomposition (2000)
In this paper, we propose a novel technique for video summarization based on the Singular Value Decomposition (SVD). For the input video sequence, we create a feature-frame matrix A, and perform the...
Generating Optimal Video Summaries (2000)
In this paper, we propose a novel technique for video summarization based on the Singular Value Decomposition (SVD). For the input video sequence, we create a featureframe matrix A, and perform the...
Likelihood method for family-based studies in human genetics (2000)
Department: Statistics.
A re-examination of text categorization methods (1999)
yiming/ This paper reports a controlled study with statistical significance tests on five text categorization methods: the Support Vector Machines (SVM), a k-Nearest Neighbor (kNN) classifier, a...
CMU report on TDT-2: Segmentation, detection and tracking (1999)
Jaime Carbonell, Yiming Yang, John Lafferty, Ralf D. Brown, Tom Pierce, Xin Liu
This paper reports the results achieved by Carnegie Mellon University on the Topic Detection and Tracking Project's secondyear evaluation for the segmentation, detection, and tracking tasks....
CMU Report on TDT-2: Segmentation, Detection and Tracking (1999)
Jaime Carbonell, Yiming Yang, John Lafferty, Ralf D. Brown, Tom Pierce, Xin Liu
This paper reports the results achieved by Carnegie Mellon University on the Topic Detection and Tracking Project's secondyear evaluation for the segmentation, detection, and tracking tasks....
Learning approaches for Detecting and Tracking News Events (1999)
Yiming Yang, Jaime Carbonell, Ralf Brown, Tom Pierce, Brian T. Archibald, Xin Liu
This paper studies the effective use of information retrieval and machine learning techniques in a new task, event detection and tracking. The objective is to automatically detect novel events from...
• Thesis: Scalable Online Network Simulation for Modeling Grid Dynamics (1990)
• One of the major designers and lead developer of the MicroGrid project. In the project, we are developing a set of scalable simulation tools and models, which enable high fidelity simulations of...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1990.
A Research on Construction of SOAs for Enterprises in China (1970)
Xin Liu, Ming Zha, Tingjie Lu, Wei Fan
In mainland China, many enterprises still use early client/server technologies for their supply chain management (SCM). However, with Chinas participating in WHO and economy globalization improving,...
Two Fair Payment Protocols for E-Commerce Transaction (1970)
Wei Fan, Huaying Shu, Qiang Yan, Xin Liu
Fairness is an important property of secure electronic commerce. Most of E-payment protocols guarantee fairness by using a Trusted Third Party (TTP) or semi-trusted third party. There are few...
Carboxypeptidase 4 gene variants and early-onset intermediate-to-high risk prostate cancer
Ross, Phillip L, Cheng, Iona, Liu, Xin, Cicek, Mine S, Carroll, Peter R, Casey, Graham, ...
Hydrophobic surfaces for enhanced differentiation of embryonic stem cell-derived embryoid bodies
Valamehr, Bahram, Jonas, Steven J., Polleux, Julien, Qiao, Rong, Guo, Shuling, Gschweng, Eric H., ...
With their unique ability to differentiate into all cell types, embryonic stem (ES) cells hold great therapeutic promise. To improve the efficiency of embryoid body (EB)-mediated ES cell...
Dzieciatkowska, Monika, Liu, Xin, Heikema, Astrid P., Houliston, R. Scott, Van Belkum, Alex, Schweda, Elke K. H., ...
Campylobacter jejuni lipooligosaccharide (LOS) can trigger Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) due to its similarity to human gangliosides. Rapid and accurate structural elucidation of the LOS glycan of a...
Network model of survival signaling in large granular lymphocyte leukemia
Zhang, Ranran, Shah, Mithun Vinod, Yang, Jun, Nyland, Susan B., Liu, Xin, Yun, Jong K., ...
T cell large granular lymphocyte (T-LGL) leukemia features a clonal expansion of antigen-primed, competent, cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL). To systematically understand signaling components that...
Peng, Tie-Li, Chen, Jie, Mao, Wei, Liu, Xin, Tao, Yu, Chen, Lian-Zhou, ...
AIM: To determine the functional significance of aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) in gastric carcinogenesis, and to explore the possible role of AhR in gastric cancer (GC) treatment.
GJB2 mutation spectrum in 2063 Chinese patients with nonsyndromic hearing impairment
Dai, Pu, Yu, Fei, Han, Bing, Liu, Xuezhong, Wang, Guojian, Li, Qi, ...
INNER GEOMETRIC STRUCTURES OF GAUGE FIELDS AND TOPOLOGICAL EXCITATIONS
The Thesis studies the inner geometric structures of gauge fields and topological excitations in a variety of physical systems. It is pointed out that a gauge potential can be decomposed in terms of...
Brain-specific Proteins Decline in the Cerebrospinal Fluid of Humans with Huntington Disease*S⃞
Fang, Qiaojun, Strand, Andrew, Law, Wendy, Faca, Vitor M., Fitzgibbon, Matthew P., Hamel, Nathalie, ...
We integrated five sets of proteomics data profiling the constituents of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) derived from Huntington disease (HD)-affected and -unaffected individuals with genomics data...
Shah, Mithun Vinod, Zhang, Ranran, Irby, Rosalyn, Kothapalli, Ravi, Liu, Xin, Arrington, Ty, ...
T-cell large granular lymphocyte (LGL) leukemia is characterized by clonal expansion of CD3+CD8+ cells. Leukemic LGLs correspond to terminally differentiated effector-memory cytotoxic T lymphocytes...
A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Linkage Analysis to Map Loci Linked to Stature in Chinese Population
Hong, Xiumei, Tsai, Hui-Ju, Liu, Xin, Li, Zhiping, Liu, Xue, Tang, Genfu, ...
Context: A number of genome-wide scans of stature have been reported previously, but with inconsistent results. The inconsistency may be partly due to differential population characteristics and...