Wang, Yang, Azuma, Yoshiaki, Friedman, David B, Coffey, Robert J, Neufeld, Kristi L
Abstract Background As a key player in suppression of colon tumorigenesis, Adenomatous Polyposis Coli (APC) has been widely studied to determine its cellular functions. However, inconsistencies of...
Community health needs assessment with precede-proceed model: a mixed methods study (2009)
Li, Ying, Cao, Jia, Lin, Hui, Li, Daikun, Wang, Yang, He, Jia
Abstract Background Community health services in China have developed over the last few decades. In order to use limited health resources more effectively, we conducted a community health needs...
Technical Solutions for Privacy-Enhanced Personalization (2009)
To appear in Constantinos Mourlas and Panagiotis Germanakos, eds.: Intelligent User Interfaces:
Learning a Discriminative Hidden Part Model for Human Action Recognition (2009)
We present a discriminative part-based approach for human action recognition from video sequences using motion features. Our model is based on the recently proposed hidden conditional random field...
Hung Q. Ngo, Anh Le, Yang Wang
When a switching network topology is used for constructing optical cross-connects, as in the circuit switching case, no two routes are allowed to share a link. However, if two routes share too many...
Hung Q. Ngo, Yang Wang, Dazhen Pan
Abstract — We formulate a graph model called [w, f]distributors which is useful in analyzing the structures and comparing the quantitative complexities and qualitative features of optical multicast...
EachWiki: Suggest to Be an Easy-To-Edit Wiki Interface for Everyone (2009)
Huajie Zhang, Linyun Fu, Haofen Wang, Haiping Zhu, Yang Wang, Yong Yu
Abstract. In this paper, we present EachWiki, an extension of Semantic MediaWiki characterized by an intelligent suggestion mechanism. It aims to facilitate the wiki authoring by recommending the...
Varying-Coefficient Models: New Models, Inference Procedures, and Applications (2009)
Motivated by an empirical analysis of a data set collected in the field of ecology, we proposed nonlinear varying-coefficient models, a new class of varying-coefficient models. We further propose an...
Fragmentation at the Earliest Phase of Massive Star Formation (2009)
Zhang, Qizhou, Wang, Yang, Pillai, Thushara, Rathborne, Jill
We present 1.3mm continuum and spectral line images of two massive molecular clumps P1 and P2 in the G28.34+0.06 region with the Submillimeter Array. While the two clumps contain masses of 1000 and...
Conformal geometry and its applications on 3d shape matching, recognition, and stitching (2009)
Sen Wang, Yang Wang, Miao Jin, Xianfeng David Gu, Dimitris Samaras
Abstract—Three-dimensional shape matching is a fundamental issue in computer vision with many applications such as shape registration, 3D object recognition, and classification. However, shape...
Design (SID 2005) Politics as Usual in the Blogosphere (2009)
Norman Makoto Su, Yang Wang, Gloria Mark
In recent years, the emergence of weblogs, commonly known as blogs, are changing the way that people interact over the Internet. Two particular kinds of blogs have become particularly...
Gene Discovery for Age-related Macular Degeneration (2009)
Chromosome 15q showed strong linkage (P=10-7 at 32 cM) to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in a family-based age-related maculopathy study (FARMS). To find genes responsible for the strong...
2,2′-Dimethyl-4,4′-(sulfonyldi-p-phenylene)dibut-3-yn-2-ol dihydrate (2009)
Shi-xu Yi, Jian Men, Yang Wang, Yong Xiao, Guo-wei Gao
The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C22H22O4S·2H2O, contains one quarter of the organic molecule and one half water molecule, the site symmetries of the S atom and the water O atom being...
Gene Discovery for Age-related Macular Degeneration (2009)
Chromosome 15q showed strong linkage (P=10-7 at 32 cM) to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in a family-based age-related maculopathy study (FARMS). To find genes responsible for the strong...
Design and Evaluation of a Wireless Sensor Network Based Aircraft Strength Testing System (2009)
Jian Wu, Shenfang Yuan, Genyuan Zhou, Sai Ji, Zilong Wang, Yang Wang
The verification of aerospace structures, including full-scale fatigue and static test programs, is essential for structure strength design and evaluation. However, the current overall ground...
Bis[4-(3-aminophenoxy)phenyl] ketone (2009)
Yang Wang, Xin-yi Zhu, Xiao-yan Ma, Guo-wei Gao, Jian Men
In the molecule of the title compound, C25H20N2O3, the dihedral angles formed by adjacent benzene rings are 66.75 (8), 48.37 (8) and 71.43 (9)°. In the crystal structure,...
3,28-Diacetoxy-29-bromobetulin (2009)
Wei-Min Ding, Li-Jia Jing, Tao Yu, Yang Wang, Xiu-Feng Yan
In the title molecule, C34H53BrO4, all the cyclohexane rings adopt chair conformations, while the cyclopentane ring adopts an envelope conformation. In the crystal, weak intermolecular C—H...O...
Cellular phenotypes in human stenotic lesions from haemodialysis vascular access (2009)
Roy-Chaudhury, Prabir, Wang, Yang, Krishnamoorthy, Mahesh, Zhang, Jianhua, Banerjee, Rupak, Munda, Rino, ...
Background. Haemodialysis vascular access dysfunction (due to venous stenosis and thrombosis) is a leading cause of hospitalization and morbidity. The aim of the current study was to identify the...
Wang, Yang, Beaith, Michelle, Chalifoux, Maryse, Ying, Jifeng, Uchacz, Tina, Sarvas, Carlene, ...
Canola (Brassica napus L.) is one of the most important oilseed crops in the world and its seed yield and quality are significantly affected by drought stress. As an innate and adaptive response to...
Absorption enhancement in 1D Ag/SiO2 metallic-dielectric photonic crystals (2009)
Su Chen, Yang Wang, Duanzheng Yao, Zhitang Song
The one-dimensional Ag/SiO2 metallic-dielectric photonic crystals (PCs) have been prepared. The absorption enhancement effect over the corresponding metal of 1D Ag/SiO2 metallic-dielectric...
Face Re-Lighting from a Single Image under Harsh Lighting Conditions (2008)
Yang Wang, Zicheng Liu, Gang Hua, Zhen Wen, Zhengyou Zhang, Dimitris Samaras
In this paper, we present a new method to change the illumination condition of a face image, with unknown face geometry and albedo information. This problem is particularly difficult when there is...
A Dynamic Assignment Problem in a Mobile System with Limited Bandwidth (2008)
The assignment problem originally arising from parallel and distributed computing has been investigated intensively since the 70’s when Harold Stone proposed a method to solve it with the aid of...
Conformal geometry and its applications on 3d shape matching, recognition, and stitching (2008)
Sen Wang, Yang Wang, Miao Jin, Xianfeng David Gu, Dimitris Samaras
Abstract—Three-dimensional shape matching is a fundamental issue in computer vision with many applications such as shape registration, 3D object recognition, and classification. However, shape...
FCA assisted IF Channel Construction towards Formulating Conceptual Data Modeling (2008)
Abstract: In this paper we explore how IF (Barwise-Seligman’s information flow theory) [3] and FCA (Formal Concept Analysis) [20] may be used to help conceptual data modeling. A fundamental...
Zhen Chen, Chuang Lin, Jia Ni, Dong-hua Ruan, Bo Zheng, Zhang-xi Tan, ...
Abstract—In this paper, an AntiWorm system, which is based on Intel IXP Network Processor, is implemented using the Parallel Bloom filters technique. The AntiWorm system consists of two components:...
Constraint-Sensitive Privacy Management for Personalized Web-Based Systems 1 (2008)
Abstract. This research aims at reconciling web personalization with privacy constraints imposed by legal restrictions and by users ’ privacy preferences. We propose a software product line...
system, the SFU Question Answering Summary (2008)
Gabor Melli, Yang Wang, Yudong Liu, Mehdi M. Kashani, Zhongmin Shi, Baohua Gu, ...
This paper describes the design of the SQUASH
Online Backpropagation Learning for a Human-following Mobile Robot (2008)
This paper investigates an on-line backpropagation learning system for a mobile robot that learns to follow a human. The scenario is part of a project to investigate Human-Robot Interaction within a...
Hung Q. Ngo, Yang Wang, Anh Le
Abstract—We derive necessary conditions for the d-ary multilog switching networks to be f-cast rearrangeably nonblocking when the input stage does not have fanout capability, with and without...
AntiWorm NPU-based Parallel Bloom Filters for TCP/IP Content Processing in Giga-Ethernet LAN (2008)
Zhen Chen, Chuang Lin, Senior Member, Jia Ni, Dong-hua Ruan, Bo Zheng, ...
Abstract—TCP/IP protocol suite carries most application data in Internet. TCP flow retrieval has more security meanings than the IP packet payload. Hence, monitoring the TCP flow has more strength...
Face Re-Lighting from a Single Image under Harsh Lighting Conditions (2008)
Yang Wang, Zicheng Liu, Zhengyou Zhang, Dimitris Samaras
In this paper, we present a new method to change the illumination condition of a face image, with unknown face geometry and albedo information. This problem is particularly difficult when there is...
Autonomous Learning of Appropriate Social Distance by a Mobile Robot (2008)
Abstract This thesis aims to design an appropriate human-following solution for a mobile robot. The research can be characterised as interactive model building for a Human Robot Interaction (HRI)...
Liu, Qin, Garner, Paul, Wang, Yang, Huang, Binghua, Smith, Helen
Abstract Background Drugs to protect the liver are frequently prescribed in some countries as part of treatment for tuberculosis. The biological rationale is not clear, they are expensive and may do...
Long, Qian, Li, Ying, Wang, Yang, Yue, Yong, Tang, Cheng, Tang, Shenglan, ...
Abstract Background China is facing a significant tuberculosis epidemic among rural-to-urban migrants, which poses a threat to TB control. This study aimed to understand the health seeking behaviour...
R. Andrew Swartz, Deokwoo Jung, Jerome P. Lynch, Yang Wang, Dan Shi, Michael P. Flynn
ABSTRACT 4 The common deterioration of civil infrastructure systems and the threat of extreme loadings require facility managers to improve their knowledge regarding the health of the structures that...
ESTIMATING PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTIONS IN RANDOM BURGERS EQUATION (2008)
Abstract. The asymptotic properties of the PDF(probability density function) of velocity gradients in random Burgers equation has widely been recognized as a very important index for understanding...
Epidemic Thresholds in Real Networks (2008)
Deepayan Chakrabarti, Yang Wang, Chenxi Wang, Jurij Leskovec, Christos Faloutsos
How will a virus propagate in a real network? How long does it take to disinfect a network given particular values of infection rate and virus death rate? What is the single best node to immunize?...
Producer n Load Balancer (2008)
Mike Smorul, Joseph Jaja, Yang Wang, Fritz Mccall
Information System (OAIS) model � Distributed, secure ingestion � Use of web/grid technologies – platform independent � Minimal client-side requirements � Ease of integration with archival...
Yang Wang, Frank J. Michel, Armida Wing, Frank A. Simmen
Basic transcription element binding (BTEB) protein is a newly identified member of the C 2H 2 zinc finger family that also includes the transcription factors Spl, Sp2, Sp3, and Sp4. This family of...
Fast Multipole Methods for 2-D Coulombic (2008)
Cmscr/amscr Fall Gumerov, Zhenyu Zhang, Shaju John, Alap Karapurkar, Sandeep Gupta, Shreyas Ananthan, ...
FMM for solving an eigenvalue problem for Laplace’s equation Simulation of ferromagnetic particle chain formation in a fluid medium under the action of a magnetic field
7. Active Concept Learning for Image Retrieval in Dynamic Databases (2008)
Maneesh Singh, Xiaofeng Ren, Yuri Boykov, Jing Zhong, Shuicheng Yan, Mingjing Li, ...
Nebojsa Jojic, Brendan Frey, Anitha Kannan. Pages 34–41. See the CD-ROM for a video of epitome learning and the epitome webpage for further examples, comparisons and software.
This paper proposes a dynamic model supporting multimodal state space probability distributions and presents the application of the model in dealing with visual occlusions when tracking multiple...
Making More Wikipedians: Facilitating Semantics Reuse for Wikipedia Authoring (2008)
Linyun Fu, Haofen Wang, Haiping Zhu, Huajie Zhang, Yang Wang, Yong Yu
Abstract. Wikipedia, a killer application in Web 2.0, has embraced the power of collaborative editing to harness collective intelligence. It can also serve as an ideal Semantic Web data source due to...
Norman Makoto Su, Yang Wang, Gloria Mark, Tosin Aiyelokun, Tadashi Nakano
Abstract. Information communication technologies on the Internet such as Usenet, Internet relay chats and multi-user dungeons have been used to enable virtual communities. However, a new form of...
DENOISING NATURAL COLOR PHOTOS IN DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY (2008)
Tony Chan, Yang Wang, Haomin Zhou
Abstract. As digital photography rapidly replacing the traditional film photography as the photography of choice for all but a few devoted professionals, post image processing of natural color photos...
Adaptive Foreground and Shadow Detection in Image Sequences (2008)
This paper presents a novel method of foreground segmentation that distinguishes moving objects from their moving cast shadows in monocular image sequences. The models of background, edge...
TOTAL VARIATION WAVELET BASED MEDICAL IMAGE DENOISING (2008)
Abstract. We propose a denoising algorthm for medical images based on a combination of the total variation minimization scheme and the wavelet scheme. We show that our scheme offers effective noise...
An Overview of Associative Classifiers (2008)
Abstract — Associative classification is a new classification approach integrating association mining and classification. It becomes a significant tool for knowledge discovery and data mining. This...
Self-affine tiling via substitution dynamical systems and Rauzy fractals (2008)
Víctor F. Sirvent, Víctor F. Sirvent, Yang Wang, Yang Wang
In this paper we show that a class of sets known as the Rauzy fractals, which are constructed via substitution dynamical systems, give rise to self-affine multi-tiles and self-affine tilings. This...
Teraflop Computing for Nanoscience (2008)
Yang Wang, G. M. Stocks, Aurelian Rusanu, Markus Eisenbach, J. S. Faulkner
Abstract: Over the last three decades there has been significant progress in the first principles methods for calculating the properties of materials at the quantum level. They have largely been...
Jinwen Ma, Bin Gao, Yang Wang, Qiansheng Cheng
Under the Bayesian Ying–Yang (BYY) harmony learning theory, a harmony function has been developed on a BI-directional architecture of the BYY system for Gaussian mixture with an important feature...
B. Uhrin, Pécs Hungary, Jeffrey C. Lagarias, Yang Wang
tiles and digit sets via the
Universal spectra, universal tiling sets and the spectral set conjecture (2008)
Abstract. A subset of R d with nite positive Lebesgue measure is called a spectral n o i2 h;xi set if there exists a subset R such that E: = e: 2 form an orthogonal basis of L 2 (). The set is called...
Investigations of Influence on Power Quality of Superconducting Fault Current Limiter (2008)
Zbigniew Leonowicz, Ying Xin, Jacek Rezmer, Zhengjian Cao, Yang Wang
Abstract. Waveforms obtained from a superconducting Fault Current Limiter are investigated using the Prony modelling technique. Comparable measurements with the use of standard tools of spectral...
Nando De Freitas, Maryam Mahdaviani, Yang Wang, Dustin Lang
This paper addresses the issue of numerical computation in machine learning domains based on similarity metrics, such as kernel methods, spectral techniques and Gaussian processes. It presents a...
system, the SFU Question Answering Summary (2008)
Gabor Melli, Yang Wang, Yudong Liu, Mehdi M. Kashani, Zhongmin Shi, Baohua Gu, ...
This paper describes the design of the SQUASH
Jeffrey C. Lagarias, Yang Wang, Communicated John, J. Benedetto
ABSTRACT. A refinable function φ(x) : R n → R or, more generally, a refinable function vector �(x) = [φ1(x),...,φr(x)] T is an L 1 solution of a system of (vector-valued) refinement equations...
Information Driven Wireless Sensing and Control for Civil Structures (2008)
Yang Wang, Jerome P. Lynch, Kincho H. Law
ABSTRACT: With recent advances in wireless technology, wireless networks can potentially offer a lowcost alternative to traditional cable-based systems, while providing flexible and reconfigurable...
Validation of a large-scale wireless structural monitoring system on the (2008)
Geumdang Bridge, Jerome Peter Lynch, Yang Wang, Kincho H. Law, Jin Hak Yi, Chang Geun Lee, ...
ABSTRACT: Structural monitoring systems designed using wireless sensors have shown the potential to serve as low-cost substitutes to traditional cabled-based monitoring systems. In this study, an...
An Aspect-Oriented UML Tool for Software Development with Early Aspects (2008)
Yang Wang, Santokh Singh, John Hosking
Aspect-oriented Component Engineering uses early aspects to better categorize and reason about provided and required services of individual components in software systems. Our earlier work on AOCE...
EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING AND STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS Earthquake Engng Struct. Dyn. (in press) (2008)
Published Wiley, Interscience Doi, Chin-hsiung Loh, Jerome P. Lynch, Kung-chun Lu, Yang Wang, ...
Experimental verification of a wireless sensing and control system for structural control using MR dampers
ABSTRACT Image-Driven Re-targeting and Relighting of Facial Expressions (2008)
Lei Zhang, Yang Wang, Sen Wang, Dimitris Samaras
Synthesis and re-targeting of facial expressions is central to facial animation and often involves significant manual work in order to achieve realistic expressions, due to the difficulty of...
DECENTRALIZED REAL-TIME VELOCITY FEEDBACK CONTROL OF STRUCTURES USING WIRELESS SENSORS (2008)
Yang Wang, R. Andrew Swartz, Jerome P. Lynch, Kincho H. Law, Kung-chun Lu, Chin-hsiung Loh
Substantial research studies have been conducted to advance structural control as a means of mitigating the dynamic response of civil structures. Recently, the structural engineering field has begun...
Conformal geometry and its applications on 3d shape matching, recognition, and stitching (2008)
Sen Wang, Yang Wang, Miao Jin, Xianfeng Gu, Dimitris Samaras
3D shape matching is a fundamental issue in computer vision with many applications such as shape registration, 3D object recognition and classification. However, shape matching with noise, occlusion...
Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (2008)
Privacy-Enhancing Technologies Privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs), which constitute a wide array of technical means for protecting users ’ privacy, have gained considerable momentum in both...
Vibration Monitoring of the Voigt Bridge using Wired and Wireless Monitoring Systems (2008)
Yang Wang, Kenneth J. Loh, Jerome P. Lynch, Michael Fraser, Kincho Law, Ahmed Elgamal
Abstract: Structural monitoring systems using wireless sensors have the potential to serve as low-cost alternatives to commercially available cable-based monitoring systems. This paper describes a...
Yang Wang, Jerome P. Lynch, Kincho H. Law
Wireless structural sensing has attracted much research interest in recent years. With actuation functionality incorporated in the design of the wireless sensing nodes, a wireless feedback structural...
A Dynamic Assignment Problem in a Mobile System with Limited Bandwidth (2008)
The assignment problem originally arising from parallel and distributed computing has been investigated intensively since the 70’s when Harold Stone proposed a method to solve it with the aid of...
Jerome Peter Lynch, Yang Wang, Kenneth Loh, Jin Hak Yi, Chung Bang Yun
Field deployment of wireless sensors is a necessary first-step towards validating their performance within the complex and challenging environments posed by civil structures. In this study, a...
The SFU Question Answering Summary Handler (2008)
Gabor Melli, Zhongmin Shi, Yang Wang, Yudong Liu, Anoop Sarkar, Fred Popowich
This paper describes the design of the SQUASH
Epidemic Thresholds in Real Networks (2008)
Deepayan Chakrabarti, Yang Wang, Chenxi Wang, Jure Leskovec, Christos Faloutsos
How will a virus propagate in a real network? How long does it take to disinfect a network given particular values of infection rate and virus death rate? What is the single best node to immunize?...
Nando De Freitas, Maryam Mahdaviani, Yang Wang, Dustin Lang
This paper addresses the issue of numerical computation in machine learning domains where one needs to evaluate similarity metrics. Examples of these domains include dimensionality reduction with...
Orthonormal bases of exponentials for the n-cube (2008)
Jeffrey C. Lagarias, James A. Reeds, Yang Wang
A compact domain in R n is a spectral set if there is some subset of R n such that fexp(2 ih; xi) : 2 gwhen restricted to gives an orthogonal basis of L 2 (). The set is called a spectrum for. We...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR SPARSE COMPLETE GABOR SYSTEMS ON A LATTICE (2008)
Abstract. It is well known that if a Gabor system G(Λ, g) is complete and Λ is a lattice then D(Λ) ≥ 1, where D(·) denotes the Beurling density. But what if Λ is a subset of a lattice but is...
Face Re-Lighting from a Single Image under Harsh Lighting Conditions (2008)
Yang Wang, Zicheng Liu, Zhengyou Zhang, Dimitris Samaras
In this paper, we present a new method to change the illumination condition of a face image, with unknown face geometry and albedo information. This problem is particularly difficult when there is...
Substitution Delone sets (2008)
Jeffrey C. Lagarias, Jeffrey C. Lagarias, Yang Wang, Yang Wang
Substitution Delone set families are families of Delone sets X = (X1,..., Xn) which satisfy the inflation functional equation
BERNOULLI CONVOLUTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH CERTAIN NON-PISOT NUMBERS (2008)
For any 0 < λ < 1 let νλ denote the distribution of � ∞ n=0 εnλn where the coefficients εn are either 0 or 1, chosen independently with probability 1 2 for each.1 It is the infinite...
Substitution Delone sets (2008)
Yang Wang, Jeffrey C. Lagarias, Jeffrey C. Lagarias
Substitution Delone set families are Delone set families X =(X1,...,Xn) which satisfies the inflation functional equation m� Xi = (A(Xj)+Dij), 1 ≤ i ≤ m, j=1 in which A is an expanding matrix,...
GENERATION OF FINITE TIGHT FRAMES BY HOUSEHOLDER THRANSFORMATIONS (2008)
De-jun Feng, Long Wang, Yang Wang
Abstract. Finite tight frames are used widely for many applications. An important problem is to construct finite frames with prescribed norm for each vector in the tight frame. In this paper we...
CONSTRUCTION OF COMPACTLY SUPPORTED SYMMETRIC SCALING FUNCTIONS (2008)
Abstract. In this paper we study scaling functions of a given regularity for arbitrary dilation factor q. We classify symmetric scaling functions and study the smoothness of some of them. We also...
MAPGrid: A New Architecture for Empowering Mobile Data Placement in Grid Environments (2008)
Yun Huang, Nalini Venkatasubramanian, Yang Wang
The rising popularity of mobile applications and devices has brought about an enhanced interest in infrastructure support for mobile computing. Our work focuses on the development of a mobile grid...
Quantum integers and cyclotomy (2008)
Alexander Borisov, Melvyn B. Nathanson, Yang Wang
Abstract. A sequence of functions F = {fn(q)} ∞ n=1 satisfies the functional equation for multiplication of quantum integers if fmn(q) = fm(q)fn(qm) for all positive integers m and n. This paper...
My dissertation researches are on the field of fuel cell materials and fuel cell modeling. During my dissertation research, I authored two US patent applications and have developed several innovative...
1,6,6-Trimethyl-1H-chromeno[6,7-d]thiazol-2(6H)-one (2008)
Jian Tang, Yang Wang, Bei-Na Zhang, Peng Xia
The title compound, C13H13NO2S, was prepared by a thermocyclization reaction from 3-methyl-6-(2-methylbut-3-yn-2-yloxy)benzo[d]thiazol-2(3H)-one. In the crystal structure, the methylthiazole unit is...
Modeling of Ultracapacitor Short-term and Long-term Dynamic Behavior (2008)
In this thesis several short-term models and a long-term model have been developed for a NESSCAP3500P ultracapacitor. For the short-term ultracapacitor models, first-, second-, third- and...
CdS Reflection Coefficient Determination via Photocurrent Spectroscopy (2008)
Reflectance is a very essential property of every semiconductor and the topic of this thesis was to determine the reflection coefficient of CdS by unusual means, i.e., be using photocurrent...
Modeling of Ultracapacitor Short-term and Long-term Dynamic Behavior (2008)
In this thesis several short-term models and a long-term model have been developed for a NESSCAP3500P ultracapacitor. For the short-term ultracapacitor models, first-, second-, third- and...
Effects of hypoxia on the expression of CCR7 and proliferation, invasiveness of A549 cells (2008)
Yang LI, Qingfu ZHANG, Yang WANG, Xueshan QIU, Enhua WANG
Background and objective It has been proven that hypoxia could promote tumor cells invasion and metastasis by different mechanisms, but the relationship between hypoxia and CCR7 have not been...
CdS Reflection Coefficient Determination via Photocurrent Spectroscopy (2008)
Reflectance is a very essential property of every semiconductor and the topic of this thesis was to determine the reflection coefficient of CdS by unusual means, i.e., be using photocurrent...
Fast Model Predictive Control Using Online Optimization (2008)
A widely recognized shortcoming of model predictive control (MPC) is that it can usually only be used in applications with slow dynamics, where the sample time is measured in seconds or minutes. A...
Wang, Xinglong, Su, Bo, Siedlak, Sandra L., Moreira, Paula I., Fujioka, Hisashi, Wang, Yang, ...
Mitochondrial dysfunction is a prominent feature of Alzheimer disease but the underlying mechanism is unclear. In this study, we investigated the effect of amyloid precursor protein (APP) and amyloid...
Hu, Daiyu, Liu, Xiaoyun, Chen, Jing, Wang, Yang, Wang, Tao, Zeng, Wei, ...
Introduction China has an estimated 5 million people with tuberculosis (TB). Official policy is that treatment of all patients is directly observed by health workers; completion rates are reported to...
Wang, Yang, Krishnamoorthy, Mahesh, Banerjee, Rupak, Zhang, Jianhua, Rudich, Steven, Holland, Christy, ...
Background. Haemodialysis vascular access dysfunction is currently a huge clinical problem. Although arteriovenous (AV) fistulae are the preferred mode of dialysis access, they have significant...
Bateman, Grant A., Levi, Christopher R., Schofield, Peter, Wang, Yang, Lovett, Elizabeth C.
Introduction: Cerebral arterial, venous and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pulsations are closely coupled and this produces pulsation dampening or the windkessel effect. Normal pressure hydrocephalus is a...
BMC Health Services Research BioMed Central (2008)
Qian Long, Ying Li, Yang Wang, Yong Yue, Cheng Tang, Shenglan Tang, ...
Research article Barriers to accessing TB diagnosis for rural-to-urban migrants with chronic cough in Chongqing, China: A mixed methods study
Lattice Tiling and the Weyl-Heisenberg frames (2007)
Let L and K be two full rank lattices in R d. We prove that if v(L) = v(K), i.e. they have the same volume, then there exists a measurable set such that it tiles R d by both L and K. A counterexample...
Self-affine tiling via substitution dynamical systems and Rauzy fractals (2007)
In this paper we show that a class of sets known as the Rauzy fractals, which are constructed via substitution dynamical systems, give rise to self-affine multi-tiles and self-affine tilings. This...
Universal Spectra, Universal Tiling Sets And The Spectral Set Conjecture (2007)
. A subset\Omega of R d with finite positive Lebesgue measure is called a spectral set if there exists a subset ae R such that E := n e i2h;xi : 2 o form an orthogonal basis of L 2 (\Omega\Gamma6 The...
Exploring Lag Diversity in the High-Order Ambiguity Function for Polynomial Phase Signals (2007)
12> \Gamma 1 q j ; (2) which reduces the Mth-order PPS in (1) to a single harmonic at frequency ~ ! = M ! aM M . The generalized FS coefficient of (2), PM [y; ff; ] 4 = lim T!1 T \Gamma1 P T...
Orthonormal Bases of Exponentials for the (2007)
Cube Jeffrey Lagarias, Jeffrey C. Lagarias, James A. Reeds, Yang Wang
A compact domain\Omega in R n is a spectral set if there is some subset of R n such that fexp(2ih; xi) : 2 g when restricted to\Omega gives an orthogonal basis of L 2(\Omega\Gamma5 The set is called...
Construction Of Compactly Supported Symmetric Scaling Functions (2007)
. In this paper we study scaling functions of a given regularity for arbitrary dilation factor q. We classify symmetric scaling functions and study the smoothness of some of them. We also introduce a...
Lsms Method, Yang Wang, G. M. Stocks, W. A. Shelton
We present an overview of the locally self-consistent multiple scattering (LSMS) method. The method is based on real space multiple scattering theory, is naturally highly parallel, and has been...
On spectral Cantor measures (2007)
Abstract. A probability measure in R d is called a spectral measure if it has an orthonormal basis consisting of exponentials. In this paper we study spectral Cantor measures. We establish a large...
DISK-LIKE SELF-AFFINE TILES IN R 2 (2007)
Abstract. We give simple necessary and sufficient conditions for selfaffine tiles in R 2 to be homeomorphic to a disk. 1.
Jeffrey C. Lagarias, Yang Wang, Communicated Alan, C. Woods
We correct an error in the proof of Theorem 1.5 in Lagarias and Wang (J. Number Theory 57, 1996, 181 197). We also give a strengthened necessary condition for the existence of a Haar basis of the...
Abstract. In this paper we study the absolute continuity of self-similar measures defined by iterated function systems (IFS) whose contraction ratios are not uniform. We introduce a transversality...
Substitution Delone set families are Delone set families X = (X 1,..., X n) which satisfies the inflation functional equation X i = m j=1 (A(X j) +D ij), 1
Wavelets, Tiling and Spectral Sets (2007)
We consider functions ϕ ∈ L 2 (R d) such that { | det(D) | 1 2 ϕ(Dx−λ) : D∈D,λ∈T} forms an orthogonal basis for L 2 (R d), where D⊂Md(R)andT ⊂ R d. Such a function ϕ is called a...
Local Optimization of Triangular Surface Meshes for General Quadrics in L p Norm (2007)
Abstract: For a set S of distinct points in the x-y plane and a 3-dimensional surface with the general quadratic equation f ey dx cxy by ax z + + + + + = 2 2 we study the problem of finding a locally...
Sparse Complete Gabor Systems On A Lattice (2007)
It is well known that if a Gabor system G(#, g) is complete and # is a lattice then D(#) 1, where D() denotes the Buerling density. But what if # is a subset of a lattice but is not itself a lattice?...
On Finite Sets Which Tile the Integers (2007)
Andrew Granville Izabella, Andrew Granville, Yang Wang
this paper we will assume that A is finite. It is well known (see [7]) that any tiling of Z by a finite set A must be periodic: C = B +MZ for some finite set B Z such that = M . W then write A#B =...
The Uniformity of Non-Uniform Gabor Bases (2007)
There have been extensive studies on non-uniform Gabor bases and frames in recent years. But interestingly there have not been a single example of a compactly supported orthonormal Gabor basis in...
Developing a Database for Proteomic Analysis of Extracytosolic Plant Proteins (2007)
Yang Wang, Osmar R. Zaïane, Y Goebel, Jennafer L. Southron, Urmila Basu, Y M. Whittal, ...
Extracytosolic plant proteins are involved in numerous processes including nutrient acquisition, communication with other soil organisms, protection from pathogens, and resistant to disease and toxic...
Multiple Directional Illuminant Estimation from a Single Image (2007)
We present a new method for the detection and estimation of multiple directional illuminants, using only one single image of an object of arbitrary known geometry. The surface is not assumed to be...
In this paper we study the Three Hat Problem which appeared in Puzzle Corner of the Technology Review magazine. This puzzle gives a scenario in which three players wearing hats are sitting together...
WANG, Yang, ...
The orange-spotted grouper, Epinephelus coioides, is an important marine aquaculture fish and has been cultured in China and Southeast Asian countries. However, large-scale aquaculture of the grouper...
Tracheal Burning from Hot Air Inhalation (2007)
Cossell, Christina, Ma, Jan, Spindel, Samantha, Wang, Yang
Burns in the trachea from inhaling hot gases are a common occurrence and threaten the recovery of fire victims. Inhalation injury is also one of the most common causes of death, especially among...
Tracheal Burning from Hot Air Inhalation (2007)
Cossell, Christina, Ma, Jan, Spindel, Samantha, Wang, Yang
Burns in the trachea from inhaling hot gases are a common occurrence and threaten the recovery of fire victims. Inhalation injury is also one of the most common causes of death, especially among...
Molecular Modeling Applied to CO2-Soluble Molecules and Confined Fluids (2007)
CO2 is known to be an environmentally benign solvent. However, its feeble solvent power inhibits its wide use in industrial applications. The ultimate goal of this research is to design and optimize...
Molecular Modeling Applied to CO2-Soluble Molecules and Confined Fluids (2007)
CO2 is known to be an environmentally benign solvent. However, its feeble solvent power inhibits its wide use in industrial applications. The ultimate goal of this research is to design and optimize...
Wang, Yang, Weng, Tingting, Gou, Deming, Chen, Zhongming, Chintagari, Narendranath, Liu, Lin
Abstract Background An important mechanism for gene regulation utilizes small non-coding RNAs called microRNAs (miRNAs). These small RNAs play important roles in tissue development, cell...
High Resolution Tracking of Non-Rigid Motion of Densely Sampled 3D Data Using Harmonic Maps (2007)
Yang Wang, Mohit Gupta, Song Zhang, Sen Wang, Xianfeng Gu, Dimitris Samaras, ...
We present a novel automatic method for high resolution, non-rigid dense 3D point tracking. High quality dense point clouds of non-rigid geometry moving at video speeds are acquired using a...
Lecturer Atri, Rudra Scribe, Yang Wang, Atri Rudra
As was mentioned in the last lecture, the fundamental tradeoff we would be interested in this course is the one between the amount of redundancy in the code vs. the number of error that it can...
Lecturer Atri, Rudra Scribe, Yang Wang, Atri Rudra
In the previous lecture, before the alarm went off, we were going to see which codes are perfect codes. Interestingly, the only perfect codes are the following: • The Hamming codes which we studied...
Lecturer Atri, Rudra Scribe, Yang Wang
Recall the following question we have encountered before: Question 0.1. Is there an explicit asymptotically good code? (that is, rate R> 0 and relative distance δ> 0 for small q). Here,...
G.: Boosted multiple deformable trees for parsing human poses (2007)
Abstract. Tree-structured models have been widely used for human pose estimation, in either 2D or 3D. While such models allow efficient learning and inference, they fail to capture additional...
Semi-latent Dirichlet allocation: A hierarchical model for human action recognition (2007)
Yang Wang, Payam Sabzmeydani, Greg Mori
Abstract. We propose a new method for human action recognition from video sequences using latent topic models. Video sequences are represented by a novel “bag-of-words ” representation, where...
Question Answering Summarization of Multiple Biomedical Documents (2007)
Zhongmin Shi, Gabor Melli, Yang Wang, Yudong Liu, Baohua Gu, Mehdi M. Kashani, ...
Abstract. In this paper we introduce a system that automatically summarizes multiple biomedical documents relevant to a question. The system extracts biomedical and general concepts by utilizing...
Respecting Users' Individual Privacy Constraints in Web Personalization (2007)
Abstract. Web personalization has demonstrated to be advantageous for both online customers and vendors. However, its benefits may be severely counteracted by privacy constraints. Personalized...
Respecting Users' Individual Privacy Constraints in Web Personalization (2007)
Abstract. Web personalization has demonstrated to be advantageous for both online customers and vendors. However, its benefits may be severely counteracted by privacy constraints. Personalized...
Question Answering Summarization of Multiple Biomedical Documents (2007)
Zhongmin Shi, Gabor Melli, Yang Wang, Yudong Liu, Baohua Gu, Mehdi M. Kashani, ...
Abstract. In this paper we introduce a system that automatically summarizes multiple biomedical documents relevant to a question. The system extracts biomedical and general concepts by utilizing...
Lecturer Atri, Rudra Scribe, Yang Wang, Atri Rudra
In the last lecture, we started with some definitions related to the so called Johnson bound. Today, we will state and prove the Johnson bound. 1 Johnson bound Let Jq(n, d, e) be the maximum number...
Xu, Guilian, Liu, Dong, Okwor, Ifeoma, Wang, Yang, Korner, Heinrich, Kung, Sam K.P., ...
Although studies indicate LIGHT (lymphotoxin (LT)-like, exhibits inducible expression and competes with HSV glycoprotein D for herpes virus entry mediator (HVEM), a receptor expressed by T...
Strictly nonblocking f-cast dary multi-log networks under fanout and crosstalk constraints (2007)
Abstract—We derive conditions which are both necessary and sufficient for the d-ary multi-log switching networks to be fcast strictly nonblocking under all combinations of fanout and crosstalk...
Lynch, Jerome Peter, Wang, Yang, Loh, Kenneth J, Yi, Jin-Hak, Yun, Chung-Bang
As researchers continue to explore wireless sensors for use in structural monitoring systems, validation of field performance must be done using actual civil structures. In this study, a network of...
Lynch, Jerome P, Wang, Yang, Loh, Kenneth J, Yi, Jin-Hak, Yun, Chung-Bang
As researchers continue to explore wireless sensors for use in structural monitoring systems, validation of field performance must be done using actual civil structures. In this study, a network of...
Simultaneous Translational and Multiplicative Tiling and Wavelet Sets in R^2 (2006)
Simultaneous tiling for several different translational sets has been studied rather extensively, particularly in connection with the Steinhaus problem. The study of orthonormal wavelets in recent...
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and related nanostructures represent a novel class of condensed matters with intriguing properties due to their unique atomic structures and nanoscale morphologies. It is of...
Sheng Xu, Hui-Fang Zhao, Yang Wang, Xiao-Hua Bao
In recent years, computing High-technology Manufacturing (HTM) productivity level and growth rate have gained a renewed interest in both growth economists and trade economists. Measuring productivity...
Sentence ordering for multi-document summarization in response to multiple queries (2006)
(Computing Science) Thesis (M.Sc.) - School of Computing Science - Simon Fraser University
Total Variation Wavelet-Based Medical Image Denoising (2006)
We propose a denoising algorithm for medical images based on a combination of the total variation minimization scheme and the wavelet scheme. We show that our scheme offers effective noise removal in...
Dissertation (Ph.D.)--University of South Florida, 2006.
Sheng Xu, Hui-Fang Zhao, Yang Wang, Xiao-Hua Bao
In recent years, computing High-technology Manufacturing (HTM) productivity level and growth rate have gained a renewed interest in both growth economists and trade economists. Measuring productivity...
Unsupervised discovery of action classes (2006)
Yang Wang, Hao Jiang, Mark S. Drew, Ze-nian Li, Greg Mori
In this paper we consider the problem of describing the action being performed by human figures in still images. We will attack this problem using an unsupervised learning approach, attempting to...
3d surface matching and recognition using conformal geometry (2006)
Sen Wang, Yang Wang, Miao Jin, Xianfeng Gu, Dimitris Samaras
3D surface matching is a fundamental issue in computer vision with many applications such as shape registration, 3D object recognition and classification. However, surface matching with noise,...
PLA-based Runtime Dynamism in Support of Privacy-Enhanced Web Personalization (2006)
Yang Wang, Alfred Kobsa, Jeffery White
Software product line architectures (PLAs) have been widely recognized as a successful approach in industrial software development for improving productivity, software quality and time-to-market. In...
Unsupervised Discovery of Action Classes (2006)
Yang Wang Hao, Yang Wang, Hao Jiang, Mark S. Drew, Ze-nian Li, Greg Mori
In this paper we consider the problem of describing the action being performed by human figures in still images. We will attack this problem using an unsupervised learning approach, attempting to...
Unsupervised discovery of action classes (2006)
Yang Wang, Hao Jiang, Mark S. Drew, Ze-nian Li, Greg Mori
In this paper we consider the problem of describing the action being performed by human figures in still images. We will attack this problem using an unsupervised learning approach, attempting to...
Frequent subsequence-based protein localization (2006)
Osmar R. Zaïane, Yang Wang, Y Goebel, Gregory Taylor
Abstract. Extracellular plant proteins are involved in numerous processes including nutrient acquisition, communication with other soil organisms, protection from pathogens, and resistance to disease...
PLA-based Runtime Dynamism in Support of Privacy-Enhanced Web Personalization (2006)
Yang Wang, Alfred Kobsa, Jeffery White
Software product line architectures (PLAs) have been widely recognized as a successful approach in industrial software development for improving productivity, software quality and time-to-market. In...
high-resolution wireless sensors (2006)
Jerome P Lynch, Yang Wang, Kenneth J Loh, Chung-bang Yun
As researchers continue to explore wireless sensors for use in structural monitoring systems, validation of field performance must be done using actual civil structures. In this study, a network of...
3d surface matching and recognition using conformal geometry (2006)
Sen Wang, Yang Wang, Miao Jin, Xianfeng Gu, Dimitris Samaras
3D surface matching is a fundamental issue in computer vision with many applications such as shape registration, 3D object recognition and classification. However, surface matching with noise,...
A class of fuzzy random programming and its application to parallel machine scheduling (2006)
Abstract. In many basic scheduling models, jobs ’ processing times and due-dates are deterministic. Practically, they are as uncertain variables in some more models. Furthermore, in a real...
Optimal Pricing for a Service Facility with Congestion Penalties Approved by: (2006)
Dr. Hayriye Ayhan, Advisor Dr, Yang Wang, D. Foley, Advisor Dr, ...
I would like to thank all of my committee members. Thank you to Drs. Amy Ward, Richard Serfozo and Yang Wang for their teachings and their letters of recommendation as well as their comments and...
ABSTRACT: N-Thiolated B-lactams represent a novel family of antibacterial agents, whose in vitro activity is confined largely to Staphylococcus species, including multidrug-resistant forms of S....
Abstract. Large portions of the Web are buried behind user-oriented interfaces, which can only be accessed by filling out forms. To make the therein contained information accessible to automatic...
Jack Cheng, Virginia Chu, Yang Wang
The Netflix Prize project is proposed by the Neflix Inc., in order to seek accurate predictions on movie ratings. As one group in the Stanford Netflix Prize team, our responsibility is to explore...
Total Variation Wavelet-Based Medical Image Denoising (2006)
We propose a denoising algorithm for medical images based on a combination of the total variation minimization scheme and the wavelet scheme. We show that our scheme offers effective noise removal in...
The author reviews the Fast Multipole Method (FMM) for solving the Coulom- bic potential problem. An implementation of the FMM algorithm based on the Java programming language is presented, and the...
The author reviews the Fast Multipole Method (FMM) for solving the Coulom- bic potential problem. An implementation of the FMM algorithm based on the Java programming language is presented, and the...
Self-similar measures associated to {IFS} with non-uniform contraction ratios (2005)
In this paper we study the absolute continuity of self-similar measures defined by iterated function systems (IFS) whose contraction ratios are not uniform. We introduce a transversality condition...
Four base recognition by triplex-forming oligonucleotides at physiological pH (2005)
Rusling, David A., Powers, Vicki E.C., Ranasinghe, Rohan T., Wang, Yang, Osborne, Sadie D., Brown, Tom, ...
We have achieved recognition of all 4 bp by triple helix formation at physiological pH, using triplex-forming oligonucleotides that contain four different synthetic nucleotides. BAU...
Wang, Yang, Rusling, David A., Powers, Vicki E.C., Lack, Oliver, Osborne, Sadie D., Fox, Keith R., ...
We have prepared the 2'-aminoethoxy derivative of the S nucleoside (S-2AE) and incorporated it into triplex-forming oligonucleotides for recognition of TA interruptions within a target oligopurine...
Wang, Yang, Rusling, David A., Powers, Vicki E.C., Lack, Oliver, Osborne, Sadie D., Fox, Keith R., ...
We have prepared the 2'-aminoethoxy derivative of the S nucleoside (2AES) and incorporated it into triplex-forming oligonucleotides for recognition of TA interruptions within a target oligopurine...
Four base recognition by triplex-forming oligonucleotides at physiological pH (2005)
Rusling, David.A., Powers, Vicki .E.C., Ranasinghe, Rohan .T., Wang, Yang, Osborne, Sadie .D., Brown, Tom., ...
The online version of this article has been published under an open access model. Users are entitled to use, reproduce, disseminate, or display the open access version of this article for...
This study is focused on the analysis, evaluation and calibration of low cost computer desktop scanners for possible use in film dosimetry. The study also includes the development a software package...
Four base recognition by triplex-forming oligonucleotides at physiological pH (2005)
Rusling, David A., Powers, Vicki E.C., Ranasinghe, Rohan T., Wang, Yang, Osborne, Sadie D., Brown, Tom, ...
We have achieved recognition of all 4 bp by triple helix formation at physiological pH, using triplex-forming oligonucleotides that contain four different synthetic nucleotides. BAU...
Segmentation Guided Registration for Medical Images (2005)
The goal of image registration is the alignment of two or more images of the same scene or object. It is one of the most widely encountered problems in a variety of fields including medical image...
Segmentation Guided Registration for Medical Images (2005)
The goal of image registration is the alignment of two or more images of the same scene or object. It is one of the most widely encountered problems in a variety of fields including medical image...
The thesis is a combination of both research fieldwork in sociology and documentary study on the historical development of Japanese animation (and manga) within China in the past two decades. The...
This study is focused on the analysis, evaluation and calibration of low cost computer desktop scanners for possible use in film dosimetry. The study also includes the development a software package...
Segmentation guided registration for medical images [electronic resource] / (2005)
Wang, Yang., OhioLINK Electronic Theses And Dissertations Center.
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This study is focused on the analysis, evaluation and calibration of low cost computer desktop scanners for possible use in film dosimetry. The study also includes the development a software package...
A 3D ting tang generator, with thoughts on implementing analytical shape grammar / (2005)
Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005.
Segmentation guided registration for medical images (2005)
Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio University, June, 2005.
Segmentation guided registration for medical images / (2005)
Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio University, June, 2005.
This study is focused on the analysis, evaluation and calibration of low cost computer desktop scanners for possible use in film dosimetry. The study also includes the development a software package...
This study is focused on the analysis, evaluation and calibration of low cost computer desktop scanners for possible use in film dosimetry. The study also includes the development a software package...
This study is focused on the analysis, evaluation and calibration of low cost computer desktop scanners for possible use in film dosimetry. The study also includes the development a software package...
This study is focused on the analysis, evaluation and calibration of low cost computer desktop scanners for possible use in film dosimetry. The study also includes the development a software package...
This study is focused on the analysis, evaluation and calibration of low cost computer desktop scanners for possible use in film dosimetry. The study also includes the development a software package...
T1DBase, a community web-based resource for type 1 diabetes research (2005)
Luc J. Smink, Erin M. Helton, Barry C. Healy, Christopher C. Cavnor, Alex C. Lam, Daisy Flamez, ...
doi:10.1093/nar/gki095
High resolution tracking of non-rigid 3D motion of densely sampled data using harmonic maps (2005)
Yang Wang, Mohit Gupta, Song Zhang, Dimitris Samaras, Peisen Huang
We present a novel fully automatic method for high resolution, non-rigid dense 3D point tracking. High quality dense point clouds of non-rigid geometry moving at video speeds are acquired using a...
Yang Wang, Master Of Science, Ramani Duraiswami, Yang Wang
The author reviews the Fast Multipole Method (FMM) for solving the Coulom-bic potential problem. An implementation of the FMM algorithm based on the Java programming language is presented, and the...
Wireless Structural Sensors using Reliable Communication Protocols for (2005)
Data Acquisition And, Yang Wang, Jerome P. Lynch, Kincho H. Law
A new design of a wireless sensing system intended for structural monitoring is proposed. Key performance attributes of the wireless sensing unit include simultaneous accommodation of multiple...
Yang Wang, Jerome P. Lynch, Kincho H. Law, Cover Page
Wireless structural health monitoring (SHM) systems are becoming a convenient and preferred monitoring technology due in part to the elimination of the installation time and costs often associated...
High resolution tracking of non-rigid 3D motion of densely sampled data using harmonic maps (2005)
Yang Wang, Mohit Gupta, Song Zhang, Sen Wang, Xianfeng Gu, Dimitris Samaras, ...
We present a novel fully automatic method for high resolution, non-rigid dense 3D point tracking. High quality dense point clouds of non-rigid geometry moving at video speeds are acquired using a...
Attribute clustering for grouping, selection, and classification of gene expression (2005)
This paper presents an attribute clustering method which is able to group genes based on their interdependence so as to mine meaningful patterns from the gene expression data. It can be used for gene...
A Software Product Line Approach for Handling Privacy Constraints in Web Personalization (2005)
Abstract. Web personalization has demonstrated to be advantageous for both online customers and vendors. However, its benefits are severely counteracted by privacy concerns. Personalized systems need...
Dr. Brani Vidakovic Advisor, Dr. Anthony Hayter, Dr. Xiaoming Huo, Dr. Christopher Heil, Dr. Yang Wang
To my parents, Dasha and Heidi. iii PREFACE The subject of wavelets appeared in the mid 1980s influenced by ideas from both pure mathematics (harmonic analysis, functional analysis, approximation...
Yang Wang, Jerome P. Lynch, Kincho H. Law
A new design of a wireless sensing system intended for structural monitoring is proposed. Key performance attributes of the wireless sensing unit include simultaneous accommodation of multiple...
T1DBase, a community web-based resource for type 1 diabetes research (2005)
Smink, Luc J., Helton, Erin M., Healy, Barry C., Cavnor, Christopher C., Lam, Alex C., Flamez, Daisy, ...
T1DBase (http://T1DBase.org) is a public website and database that supports the type 1 diabetes (T1D) research community. The site is currently focused on the molecular genetics and biology of T1D...
Four base recognition by triplex-forming oligonucleotides at physiological pH (2005)
Rusling, David A., Powers, Vicki E. C., Ranasinghe, Rohan T., Wang, Yang, Osborne, Sadie D., Brown, Tom, ...
We have achieved recognition of all 4 bp by triple helix formation at physiological pH, using triplex-forming oligonucleotides that contain four different synthetic nucleotides. BAU...
EPPdb : a database for proteomic analysis of extracytosolic plant proteins / (2004)
"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".
A Hierarchical Framework for High Resolution Facial Expression Tracking (2004)
Xiaolei Huang, Song Zhang, Yang Wang, Dimitris Metaxas, Dimitris Samaras
We present a novel hierarchical framework for high resolution, nonrigid facial expression tracking. The high quality dense point clouds of facial geometry moving at video speeds are acquired using a...
PAWN: Producer – Archive Workflow Network in Support of Digital Preservation (2004)
Mike Smorul, Joseph Jaja, Yang Wang, Fritz Mccall
We describe the design and the implementation of the PAWN (Producer – Archive Workflow Network) environment to enable secure and distributed ingestion of digital objects into a persistent archive....
The Trellis Security Infrastructure: A Layered Approach to Overlay Metacomputers (2004)
Morgan Kan, Danny Ngo, Mark Lee, Paul Lu, Nolan Bard, Michael Closson, ...
Abstract — Researchers often have access to a variety of different high-performance computer (HPC) systems in different administrative domains, possibly across a wide-area network. Consequently,...
The existence of Gabor bases and frames (2004)
Abstract. For an arbitrary full rank lattice Λ in R 2d and a function g ∈ L 2 (R d) the Gabor (or Weyl-Heisenberg) system is G(Λ, g): = {e 2πi〈ℓ,x 〉 g(x − κ) ˛ ˛ (κ, ℓ) ∈ Λ}. It...
PAWN: Producer – Archive Workflow Network in Support of Digital Preservation (2004)
Mike Smorul, Joseph Jaja, Yang Wang, Fritz Mccall
We describe the design and the implementation of the PAWN (Producer – Archive Workflow Network) environment to enable secure and distributed ingestion of digital objects into a persistent archive....
A space-efficient algorithm for sequence alignment with inversions and reversals (2004)
Yong Gao, Junfeng Wu, Robert Niewiadomski, Yang Wang, Zhi-zhong Chen
Abstract. A dynamic programming algorithm to find an optimal alignment for a pair of DNA sequences has been described by Schöniger and Waterman. The alignments use not only substitutions,...
High Resolution Acquisition, Learning and Transfer of Dynamic 3-D Facial Expressions (2004)
Yang Wang, Xiaolei Huang, Chan-su Lee, Song Zhang, Zhiguo Li, Dimitris Samaras, ...
Synthesis and re-targeting of facial expressions is central to facial animation and often involves significant manual work in order to achieve realistic expressions, due to the difficulty of...
High Resolution Acquisition, Learning and Transfer of Dynamic 3-D Facial Expressions (2004)
Yang Wang, Xiaolei Huang, Chan-su Lee, Song Zhang, Zhiguo Li, Dimitris Samaras, ...
Synthesis and re-targeting of facial expressions is central to facial animation and often involves significant manual work in order to achieve realistic expressions, due to the difficulty of...
Quantum integers and cyclotomy (2003)
Borisov, Alexander, Wang, Yang, Nathanson, Melvyn B.
A sequence of functions {f_n(q)}_{n=1}^{\infty} satisfies the functional equation for multiplication of quantum integers if f_{mn}(q) = f_m(q)f_n(q^m) for all positive integers m and n. This paper...
Charge Distributions in Metallic Alloys: a Charge Excess Functional theory approach (2003)
Bruno, Ezio, Zingales, Leon, Wang, Yang
The distribution of local charge excesses (DLC) in metallic alloys, previously obtained as a result of the analysis of order N electronic structure calculations, is derived from a variational...
ESTIMATION OF RECREATION DEMAND MODELS USING DUAL APPROACHES (2003)
ABSTRACT WANG, YANG. Estimation of Recreation Demand Models Using Dual Approaches. (Under the Direction of Daniel Phaneuf and Matthew Holt). The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate dual...
Peter J. Hotez, James Ashcom, Bin Zhan, Jeffrey Bethony, Alex Loukas, John Hawdon, ...
Laboratory dogs were vaccinated intramuscularly with a recombinant fusion protein (expressed and isolated from Escherichia coli) formulated with the Glaxo SmithKline Adjuvant System 02 (AS02). The...
Wang, Yang, Levi, Christopher R., Attia, John R., D'Este, Catherine A., Spratt, Neil, Fisher, Janet
Background and Purpose: Seasonal variation in stroke has long been recognized. To date, there are minimal published data on seasonal variations in rates of stroke and subsequent case fatality in the...
Sigma 32-dependent promoter activity in vivo: sequence determinants of the groE promoter. (2003)
Wang, Yang, DeHaseth, Pieter L.
The Escherichia coli transcription factor sigma 32 binds to core RNA polymerase to form the holoenzyme responsible for transcription initiation at heat shock promoters, utilized upon exposure of the...
Estimation of multiple directional light sources for synthesis of augmented reality images (2003)
We present a new method for the detection and estimation of multiple directional illuminants, using a single image of any object with known geometry and Lambertian reflectance. We use the resulting...
in Vortex Dominated Flows (2003)
R Expansion, S Expansion, Zhiyun Li, Yang Wang
Preliminary report due in two weeks
Epidemic Spreading in Real Networks: An Eigenvalue Viewpoint (2003)
Yang Wang, Deepayan Chakrabarti, Chenxi Wang, Christos Faloutsos
Abstract How will a virus propagate in a real network?Does an epidemic threshold exist for a finite powerlaw graph, or any finite graph? How long does ittake to disinfect a network given particular...
Epidemic Spreading in Real Networks: An Eigenvalue Viewpoint (2003)
Yang Wang, Deepayan Chakrabarti, Chenxi Wang, Christos Faloutsos
How will a virus propagate in a real network? Does an epidemic threshold exist for a finite powerlaw graph, or any finite graph? How long does it take to disinfect a network given particular values...
Epidemic Spreading in Real Networks: An Eigenvalue Viewpoint (2003)
Yang Wang, Deepayan Chakrabarti, Christos Faloutsos, Chenxi Wang, Chenxi Wang
How will a virus propagate in a real network? Does an epidemic threshold exist for a nite power-law graph, or any nite graph? How long does it take to disinfect a network given particular values of...
Epidemic Spreading in Real Networks: An Eigenvalue Viewpoint (2003)
Yang Wang, Deepayan Chakrabarti, Chenxi Wang, Christos Faloutsos
How will a virus propagate in a real network? Does an epidemic threshold exist for a finite powerlaw graph, or any finite graph? How long does it take to disinfect a network given particular values...
Wang, Yang, Levi, Christopher R., Attia, John R., D'Este, Catherine A., Spratt, Neil, Fisher, Janet
Background and Purpose: Seasonal variation in stroke has long been recognized. To date, there are minimal published data on seasonal variations in rates of stroke and subsequent case fatality in the...
Predicting Demographic Group Structures Based on DNA Sequence Data (2003)
Anderson, Jon P., Learn, Gerald H., Rodrigo, Allen G., He, Xi, Wang, Yang, Weinstock, Hillard, ...
The ability to infer relationships between groups of sequences, either by searching for their evolutionary history or by comparing their sequence similarity, can be a crucial step in hypothesis...
Predicting Demographic Group Structures Based on DNA Sequence Data (2003)
Anderson, Jon P., Learn, Gerald H., Rodrigo, Allen G., He, Xi, Wang, Yang, Weinstock, Hillard, ...
The ability to infer relationships between groups of sequences, either by searching for their evolutionary history or by comparing their sequence similarity, can be a crucial step in hypothesis...
Predicting Demographic Group Structures Based on DNA Sequence Data (2003)
Anderson, Jon P., Learn, Gerald H., Rodrigo, Allen G., He, Xi, Wang, Yang, Weinstock, Hillard, ...
The ability to infer relationships between groups of sequences, either by searching for their evolutionary history or by comparing their sequence similarity, can be a crucial step in hypothesis...
Multi-teraflops spin dynamics studies of the magnetic structure of FeMn/Co interfaces (2002)
Canning, Andrew, Ujfalussy, B., Schulthess, T.C., Shelton, W.A., Nicholson, D.M.C., ...
Wavelets, tiling, and spectral sets (2002)
We consider a function $\phi\in L\sp 2(\mathbb {R}\sp d)$ such that $\{| \det(D)|\sp {1/2}\phi(Dx-\lambda) : D\in \mathscr {D},\lambda\in \mathscr {T}\}$ forms an orthogonal basis for $L\sp 2(\mathbb...
Thesis (M. Sc.)--Massey University, Palmerston North, 2002.
Deformation of reinforced aluminum under combined loads / (2002)
Thesis supervisor: Clifford J. Lissenden.
Estimation of multiple illuminants from a single image of arbitrary known geometry (2002)
Abstract. We present a new method for the detection and estimation of multiple illuminants, using one image of any object withknown geometry and Lambertian reflectance. Our method obviates the need...
Estimation of multiple illuminants from a single image of arbitrary known geometry (2002)
Abstract. We present a new method for the detection and estimation of multiple illuminants, using one image of any object with known geometry and Lambertian reflectance. Our method obviates the need...
Substitution Delone Sets (2001)
Lagarias, Jeffrey C., Wang, Yang
This paper addresses the problem of describing aperiodic discrete structures that have a self-similar or self-affine structure. Substitution Delone set families are families of Delone sets (X_1, ...,...
On spectral Cantor measures (2001)
A probability measure in R^d is called a spectral measure if it has an orthonormal basis consisting of exponentials. In this paper we study spectral Cantor measures. We establish a large class of...
A characterization of finite sets that tile the integers (2001)
Granville, Andrew, Laba, Izabella, Wang, Yang
We consider the problem of characterizing finite sets which tile the integers by translations. Coven and Meyerowitz (J. Algebra 1999) found necessary and sufficient conditions for a finite set A to...
On the Number of Daubechies Scaling Functions and a Conjecture of Chyzak et al. (2001)
Using a result on Riesz factorizations, we show that there are at most 2N-1 and at least 2[N/2] distinct Daubechies scaling functions with support in [1-N, N].
Location sensing and privacy in a context-aware computing environment (2001)
Asim Smailagic, Daniel P. Siewiorek, Joshua Anhalt, David Kogan, Yang Wang
Abstract- This paper presents and evaluates two location sensing algorithms that we have developed and demonstrated. We present comparative accuracy results, complexity of training the system, and...
Rauzy Fractals, Víctor F. Sirvent, Yang Wang
In this paper we show that a class of sets known as the Rauzy fractals, which are constructed via substitution dynamical systems, give rise to self-affine multi-tiles and self-affine tilings. This...
Self-similar measures associated with IFS with non-uniform contraction ratios (2001)
Abstract. In this paper we study the absolute continuity of self-similar measures defined by iterated function systems (IFS) whose contraction ratios are not uniform. We introduce a transversality...
Subdivision Schemes and Refinement Equations with Nonnegative Masks (2001)
We consider the two-scale refinement equation f(x)= n) with c 2n= c 2n+1 = 1 where c 0 ,c N 0 and the corresponding subdivision scheme. We study the convergence of the subdivision scheme and the...
A substructuring technique with application to spot weld placement design / (2001)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Old Dominion University, 2001.
Transition-metal interactions in aluminum-rich intermetallics (2000)
Al-Lehyani, Ibrahim, Widom, Mike, Wang, Yang, Moghadam, Nassrin, Stocks, G. Malcolm, Moriarty, John A.
The extension of the first-principles generalized pseudopotential theory (GPT) to transition-metal (TM) aluminides produces pair and many-body interactions that allow efficient calculations of total...
Multicasting in a class of multicast-capable WDM networks / (2000)
Thesis (M.S.)--University of Vermont, 2000.
+ sign in subtitle is superscript. Bibliography: leaves 123-148.
Self-Affine Tiling via Substitution Dynamical Systems and Rauzy Fractals (2000)
Rauzy Fractals, Víctor F. Sirvent, Yang Wang
In this paper we show that a class of sets known as the Rauzy fractals, which are constructed via substitution dynamical systems, give rise to self-ane multi-tiles and self-ane tilings. This provides...
Hausdorff Dimension Of Self-Similar Sets With Overlaps (2000)
. We introduce the notion of \nite type" iterated function systems of contractive similitudes, and describe a scheme for computing the exact Hausdor dimension of their attractors in the absence...
Subdivision Schemes and Refinement Equations with Nonnegative Masks (2000)
We consider the two-scale renement equation f(x) = P N n=0 c n f(2x n) with P n c 2n = P n c 2n+1 = 1 where c 0 ; c N 6= 0 and the corresponding subdivision scheme. We study the convergence of the...
Jeffrey C. Lagarias, Yang Wang, Communicated John, J. Benedetto
. A refinable function #(x) : R n # R or, more generally, a refinable function vector #(x) = [# 1 (x), . . . , # r (x)] T is an L 1 solution of a system of (vector-valued) refinement equations...
Lattice Tiling and the Weyl-Heisenberg Frames (2000)
Let L and K be two full rank lattices in R d . We prove that if v(L) = v(K), i.e. they have the same volume, then there exists a measurable set such that it tiles R d by both L and K. We give a...
Rauzy Fractals, Víctor F. Sirvent, Yang Wang
In this paper we show that a class of sets known as the Rauzy fractals, which are constructed via substitution dynamical systems, give rise to self-affine multi-tiles and self-affine tilings. This...
Let L and K be two full rank lattices in R d. We prove that if v(L)=v(K), i.e. they have the same volume, then there exists a measurable set Ω such that it tiles R d by both L and K. A...
Gas Permeability through Polymer Membranes (1999)
Restricted Item. Print thesis available in the University of Auckland Library or available through Inter-Library Loan. Gas Permeability through Polymer membranes Yang Wang The primary objectives of...
Arbitrarily Smooth Orthogonal Nonseparable Wavelets in R² (1999)
. For each r # N, we construct a family of bivariate orthogonal wavelets with compact support that are nonseparable and have vanishing moments of order r or less. The starting point of the...
Haar-Type Multiwavelet Bases And Self-Affine Multi-Tiles (1999)
. Grochenig and Madych showed that a Haar-type wavelet basis of L 2 (R n ) can be constructed from the characteristic function \Omega of a compact set\Omega if and only if\Omega is an integral...
On 2-Reptiles in the Plane (1999)
Sze-man Ngai, Víctor F. Sirvent, Yang Wang
We classify all rational 2-reptiles in the plane. We also establish properties concerning rational reptiles in the plane in general. 1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 52C20; Secondary...
Arbitrarily Smooth Orthogonal Nonseparable Wavelets in R² (1999)
Eugene Belogay, Yang Wang, Or M
. For each r 2 N, we construct a family of bivariate orthogonal wavelets with compact support that are nonseparable and have vanishing moments of order r or less. The starting point of the...
Compactly Supported Orthogonal Symmetric Scaling Functions (1999)
. Daubechies [5] showed that, except for the Haar function, there exist no compactly supported orthogonal symmetric scaling functions for the dilation q = 2. Nevertheless, such scaling functions do...
On 2-Reptiles in the Plane (1999)
Sze-man Ngai, Víctor F. Sirvent, Yang Wang
We classify all rational 2-reptiles in the plane. We also establish properties concerning rational reptiles in the plane in general. 1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 52C20; Secondary...
Arbitrary smooth orthogonal nonseparable wavelets in (1999)
Abstract. For each r ∈ N, we construct a family of bivariate orthogonal wavelets with compact support that are nonseparable and have vanishing moments of order r or less. The starting point of the...
Haar-type multiwavelet bases and self-affine multi-tiles (1999)
Abstract. Gröchenig and Madych showed that a Haar-type wavelet basis of L 2 (R n) can be constructed from the characteristic function χΩ of a compact set Ω if and only if Ω is an integral...
Ulm, Univ., Diss., 1998.
Gas permeability through polymer membranes / (1998)
Thesis (PhD--Chemistry)--University of Auckland, 1998.
On the Use of High Order Ambiguity Function for Multicomponent Polynomial Phase Signals (1998)
Nonstationary signals appear often in real-life applications and many of them can be modeled as polynomial phase signals (PPS). High-order ambiguity function (HAF) was first introduced to estimate...
A self-affine tile in R n is a set T of positive Lebesgue measure satisfying A(T ) = [ d2D (T +d), where A is an expanding n \Theta n real matrix with j det(A)j = m an integer, and D = fd 1 ; : : : ;...
Geometry Of Self-Affine Tiles I (1998)
Robert S. Strichartz, Yang Wang
. For a self--similar or self--affine tile in R n we study the following questions: 1) What is the boundary? 2) What is the convex hull? We show that the boundary is a graph directed self--affine...
Corrigendum and Addendum to: Haar Bases for L^2(R^n) and Algebraic Number Theory (1998)
We correct an error in the proof of Theorem 1.5 in [4]. We also give a strengthened necessary condition for the existence of a Haar basis of the specified kind for every integer matrix A that has a...
Geometry Of Self--Affine Tiles Ii (1998)
Richard Kenyon Jie, Jie Li, Robert S. Strichartz, Yang Wang
. We continue the study in part I of geometric properties of self--similar and self--affine tiles. We give some experimental results from implementing the algorithm in part I for computing the...
Integral Self-Affine Tiles In R^n II. Lattice Tilings (1998)
Jeffrey C. Lagarias, Yang Wang
. Let A be an expanding n \Theta n integer matrix with j det(A)j = m. A standard digit set D for A is any complete set of coset representatives for Z n =A(Z n ). Associated to a given D is a set T...
Geometry Of Self-Affine Tiles II (1998)
Richard Kenyon, Jie Li, Robert S. Strichartz, Yang Wang
. We continue the study in part I of geometric properties of self--similar and self--affine tiles. We give some experimental results from implementing the algorithm in part I for computing the...
Orthonormal Bases of Exponentials for the n-Cube (1998)
Jeffrey C. Lagarias, James A. Reeds, Yang Wang
A compact domain\Omega in R n is a spectral set if there is some subset of R n such that fexp(2ßih; xi) : 2 g when restricted to\Omega gives an orthogonal basis of L 2(\Omega\Gamma5 The set is...
In this paper a new definition for connected components of gray images is introduced. The proposed definition takes into account both the gray values of the pixels and the differences of the gray...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Nebraska--Lincoln, 1997.
The structure of membrane-inserted diphtheria toxin /--by Yang Wang. (1997)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1997.
Haar-Type Orthonormal Wavelet Bases in R² (1997)
Jeffrey C. Lagarias, Yang Wang
K.-H. Grochenig and A. Haas asked whether for every expanding integer matrix A 2 Mn (Z) there is a Haar-type orthonormal wavelet basis having dilation factor A and translation lattice Z n . They...
Spectral Sets and Factorizations of Finite Abelian Groups (1997)
Jeffrey C. Lagarias, Yang Wang
A spectral set is a subset\Omega of R n with Lebesgue measure 0 ! ¯(\Omega\Gamma ! 1 such that there exists a set of exponential functions which form an orthogonal basis of L 2(\Omega\Gamma4 The...
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Integral self-affine tiles in R n I. Standard and nonstandard digit sets (1996)
Jeffrey C. Lagarias, Yang Wang
We investigate the measure and tiling properties of integral self-affine tiles, which are sets of positive Lebesgue measure of the form
Nonnegative Radix Representations for the Orthant ... (1996)
Jeffrey C. Lagarias, Yang Wang
Let A be a nonnegative real matrix which is expanding, i.e. all eigenvalues jj ? 1. Suppose that j det(A)j is an integer and let D consists of exactly j det(A)j nonnegative vectors in R n . We...
Two-Scale Dilation Equations and the Mean Spectral Radius (1996)
We study the two--scale dilation equation f(x) = N X n=0 f(2x \Gamma n): By expanding the matrix product expansion technique introduced by Daubechies and Lagarias, we give a necessary and sufficient...
Haar bases for L 2 (R n ) and algebraic number theory (1996)
Jeffrey C. Lagarias, Yang Wang, Communicated Alan, C. Woods
Grochenig and Madych showed that a Haar-type orthonormal wavelet basis of L 2 (R n) can be constructed from the characteristic function / Q of a set Q if and only if Q is an affine image of an...
Wang, Yang, Lee, Geoffrey F., Kelley, Robert F., Spellman, Michael W.
An assay for GDP-fucose:polypeptide fucosyltransferase has been established. The enzyme catalyzes the reaction that attaches fucose through an O-glycosidic linkage to a conserved serine or threonine...
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article no. FU963008 Spectral Sets and Factorizations of Finite Abelian Groups (1995)
Jeffrey C. Lagarias, Yang Wang
A spectral set is a subset 0 of R n with Lebesgue measure 0<+(0)< such that there exists a set 4 of exponential functions which form an orthogonal basis of L 2 (0). The spectral set conjecture...
Transferable Tight-Binding Potential for Hydrocarbons (1994)
A transferable tight-binding potential has been constructed for heteroatomic systems containing carbon and hydrogen. The electronic degree of freedom is treated explicitly in this potential using a...
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Thesis (M.S.)--Kansas State University, 1994.
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Joint Health Sciences.
An approach to muscle coordination evaluation by computer EMG analysis / (1994)
Thesis (M.S.E.)--Temple University, 1994.
Distributed parallel processing in networks of workstations. (1994)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio University, June, 1994.
Thesis (M.S.)--University of Houston, 1994.
Distributed parallel processing in networks of workstations (1994)
The main objective of this research is to explore the computing power of a network of workstations for the distributed execution of computationally intensive programs and to evaluate the overall...
Distributed parallel processing in networks of workstations (1994)
The main objective of this research is to explore the computing power of a network of workstations for the distributed execution of computationally intensive programs and to evaluate the overall...
Self-Affine Tiles in R^n (1994)
Jeffrey C. Lagarias, Yang Wang
A self-affine tile in R n is a set T of positive measure with A(T) = d Î $ < (T + d ), where A is an expanding n × n real matrix with ïdet(A)ï = m on integer, and $ = {d 1 , d 2 , . . . , d m...
In this dissertation, multiple scattering theory (MST) plays a fundamental role. It is applied to develop the electronic structure calculation techniques for ordered solids, single impurities and...
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Electronic and structural properties of atomic clusters /--by Yang Wang. (1993)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, 1993.
Electronic and structural properties of atomic clusters--[microform] /--by Yang Wang. (1993)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, 1993.
Studies of magnetohydrodynamic waves with displacement currents :--a thesis /--by Yang Wang. (1993)
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Rogers, Karel L., Larson, Edwin E., Smith, Gary, Katzman, Danny, Smith, Gerald R., Cerling, Thure, ...
Sediments of the Alamosa Formation spanning the upper part of the Gauss and most of the Matuyama Chrons were recovered by coring in the high (2300 m) San Luis Valley of south-central Colorado. The...
Stable isotopes in soils and teeth as paleoecology, paleoclimate and paleodiet indicators / (1992)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 1992.
Fullereneynes: a new family of porous fullerenes (1992)
Ray H. Baughman, Douglas S. Galvgo, Changxing Cui, Yang Wang, David Tomdnek
We propose a new family of C, cage molecules which have the same highest possible symmetry of II, and the same number of spr carbon atoms as either C6a or related larger fullerenes, but in addition...
Lanthanide- and actinide-based fullerite compounds: potential Ax & superconductors? (1992)
Rodney S. Ruoff, Yang Wang, David Tominek
The stabilities of lanthanide and actinide intercalated fullerites are calculated with a Born-Hess thermodynamic cycle. For example, the calculated formation enthalpies indicate that the most likely...
We study a variational problem arising in the approach of Mumford and Shah to the image segmentation problem of computer vision. Given f 2 L 1 (D) for a domain D in R 2 the simplified Mumford--Shah...
Ph.D.
Use of finite random graphs to model packet radio networks. (1990)
Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio University, March, 1990.
Use of finite random graphs to model packet radio networks (1990)
Use of finite random graphs to model packet radio networks
Use of finite random graphs to model packet radio networks (1990)
Use of finite random graphs to model packet radio networks
COMPUTER GRAPHICS PRESENTATION OF DRILLING OPERATIONS. (1990)
The motivation of this study is to apply computer graphics technology to drilling animation. The underlying knowledge-base is the proposed cutting model and the drill geometric model. The...
Application of QKKR method to complex crystals (Crystals) (1989)
The QKKR method is a recently invented band theory with remarkable advantages of fast computational speed and no special requirements on the one electron potential. It has been successfully applied...
Thesis (M.S.)--Idaho State University, 1988.
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We present both numerical and analytical calculations verifying the electron impact ionization enhancement in multiquantum well structures. Owing to the inherent nonlinearity of the impact ionization...
We present both numerical and analytical calculations verifying the electron impact ionization enhancement in multiquantum well structures. Owing to the inherent nonlinearity of the impact ionization...
We present both numerical and analytical calculations verifying the electron impact ionization enhancement in multiquantum well structures. Owing to the inherent nonlinearity of the impact ionization...
RNA diversity has profound effects on the translation of neuronal nitric oxide synthase
Wang, Yang, Newton, Derek C., Robb, G. Brett, Kau, Cheng-Lin, Miller, Tricia L., Cheung, Anthony H., ...
A comprehensive analysis of the structure of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS; EC 1.14.13.39) mRNA species revealed NOS1 to be the most structurally diverse human gene described to date in terms...
Jiang, Haobo, Wang, Yang, Kanost, Michael R.
Activation of pro-phenol oxidase (proPO) in insects and crustaceans is important in defense against wounding and infection. The proPO zymogen is activated by a specific proteolytic cleavage. PO...
Requirement for membrane lymphotoxin in natural killer cell development
Iizuka, Koho, Chaplin, David D., Wang, Yang, Wu, Qiang, Pegg, Lyle E., Yokoyama, Wayne M., ...
Development of natural killer (NK) cells is thought to depend on interactions between NK progenitors and the bone marrow (BM) microenvironment; however, little is known about the molecular signals...
Shinmura, Ken, Tang, Xian-Liang, Wang, Yang, Xuan, Yu-Ting, Liu, Si-Qi, Takano, Hitoshi, ...
We examined the role of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) in the late phase of ischemic preconditioning (PC). A total of 176 conscious rabbits were used. Ischemic PC (six cycles of 4-min coronary...
Stevens, Audrey, Wang, Yang, Bremer, Kirsten, Zhang, Jing, Hoepfner, Robert, Antoniou, Michael, ...
Previous work showed that human β-globin mRNAs harboring a premature termination codon are degraded in the erythroid tissues of mice to products that lack sequences from the mRNA 5′ end but...
Frenkel, Lisa M., Wang, Yang, Learn, Gerald H., McKernan, Jennifer L., Ellis, Giovanina M., Mohan, Kathleen M., ...
To evaluate human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) replication and selection of drug-resistant viruses during seemingly effective highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), multiple HIV-1 env...
Sigma 32-Dependent Promoter Activity In Vivo: Sequence Determinants of the groE Promoter
Wang, Yang, DeHaseth, Pieter L.
The Escherichia coli transcription factor sigma 32 binds to core RNA polymerase to form the holoenzyme responsible for transcription initiation at heat shock promoters, utilized upon exposure of the...
The regulation of T cell homeostasis and autoimmunity by T cell–derived LIGHT
Wang, Jing, Lo, James C., Foster, Amy, Yu, Ping, Chen, Helen M., Wang, Yang, ...
Costimulatory molecules on antigen-presenting cells (APCs) play an important role in T cell activation and expansion. However, little is known about the surface molecules involved in direct T-T cell...
Lo, James C., Chin, Robert K., Lee, Youjin, Kang, Hyung-Sik, Wang, Yang, Weinstock, Joel V., ...
CC chemokine ligand 21 (CCL21)/secondary lymphoid chemokine (SLC), a ligand for CC chemokine receptor 7 (CCR7), has been demonstrated to play a vital role in the homing and localization of immune...
CD8+ T Cells Mediate Recovery and Immunopathology in West Nile Virus Encephalitis
Wang, Yang, Lobigs, Mario, Lee, Eva, Müllbacher, Arno
C57BL/6J mice infected intravenously with the Sarafend strain of West Nile virus (WNV) develop a characteristic central nervous system (CNS) disease, including an acute inflammatory reaction. Dose...
Local expression of B7-H1 promotes organ-specific autoimmunity and transplant rejection
Subudhi, Sumit K., Zhou, Ping, Yerian, Lisa M., Chin, Robert K., Lo, James C., Anders, Robert A., ...
A number of studies have suggested B7-H1, a B7 family member, inhibits T cell responses. Therefore, its expression on nonlymphoid tissues has been proposed to prevent T cell–mediated tissue...
The LRP5 High-Bone-Mass G171V Mutation Disrupts LRP5 Interaction with Mesd
Zhang, Yazhou, Wang, Yang, Li, Xiaofeng, Zhang, Jianhong, Mao, Junhao, Li, Zhong, ...
The mechanism by which the high-bone-mass (HBM) mutation (G171V) of the Wnt coreceptor LRP5 regulates canonical Wnt signaling was investigated. The mutation was previously shown to reduce...
T1DBase, a community web-based resource for type 1 diabetes research
Smink, Luc J., Helton, Erin M., Healy, Barry C., Cavnor, Christopher C., Lam, Alex C., Flamez, Daisy, ...
T1DBase (http://T1DBase.org) is a public website and database that supports the type 1 diabetes (T1D) research community. The site is currently focused on the molecular genetics and biology of T1D...
The role of herpesvirus entry mediator as a negative regulator of T cell–mediated responses
Wang, Yang, Subudhi, Sumit K., Anders, Robert A., Lo, James, Sun, Yonglian, Blink, Sarah, ...
Herpesvirus entry mediator (HVEM), a TNF receptor superfamily member, has been previously described as a T cell costimulatory receptor. Surprisingly, HVEM–/– T cells showed enhanced responses to...
Four base recognition by triplex-forming oligonucleotides at physiological pH
Rusling, David A., Powers, Vicki E. C., Ranasinghe, Rohan T., Wang, Yang, Osborne, Sadie D., Brown, Tom, ...
We have achieved recognition of all 4 bp by triple helix formation at physiological pH, using triplex-forming oligonucleotides that contain four different synthetic nucleotides. BAU...
Tobin, Nicole H., Learn, Gerald H., Holte, Sarah E., Wang, Yang, Melvin, Ann J., McKernan, Jennifer L., ...
Episodes of low-level viremia (LLV), with plasma human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) RNA levels ranging from 50 to 400 copies (c)/ml, occur commonly during highly active antiretroviral...
RNA diversity has profound effects on the translation of neuronal nitric oxide synthase
Wang, Yang, Newton, Derek C., Robb, G. Brett, Kau, Cheng-Lin, Miller, Tricia L., Cheung, Anthony H., ...
A comprehensive analysis of the structure of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS; EC 1.14.13.39) mRNA species revealed NOS1 to be the most structurally diverse human gene described to date in terms...
Jiang, Haobo, Wang, Yang, Kanost, Michael R.
Activation of pro-phenol oxidase (proPO) in insects and crustaceans is important in defense against wounding and infection. The proPO zymogen is activated by a specific proteolytic cleavage. PO...
Requirement for membrane lymphotoxin in natural killer cell development
Iizuka, Koho, Chaplin, David D., Wang, Yang, Wu, Qiang, Pegg, Lyle E., Yokoyama, Wayne M., ...
Development of natural killer (NK) cells is thought to depend on interactions between NK progenitors and the bone marrow (BM) microenvironment; however, little is known about the molecular signals...
Shinmura, Ken, Tang, Xian-Liang, Wang, Yang, Xuan, Yu-Ting, Liu, Si-Qi, Takano, Hitoshi, ...
We examined the role of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) in the late phase of ischemic preconditioning (PC). A total of 176 conscious rabbits were used. Ischemic PC (six cycles of 4-min coronary...
Stevens, Audrey, Wang, Yang, Bremer, Kirsten, Zhang, Jing, Hoepfner, Robert, Antoniou, Michael, ...
Previous work showed that human β-globin mRNAs harboring a premature termination codon are degraded in the erythroid tissues of mice to products that lack sequences from the mRNA 5′ end but...
Frenkel, Lisa M., Wang, Yang, Learn, Gerald H., McKernan, Jennifer L., Ellis, Giovanina M., Mohan, Kathleen M., ...
To evaluate human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) replication and selection of drug-resistant viruses during seemingly effective highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), multiple HIV-1 env...
Sigma 32-Dependent Promoter Activity In Vivo: Sequence Determinants of the groE Promoter
Wang, Yang, DeHaseth, Pieter L.
The Escherichia coli transcription factor sigma 32 binds to core RNA polymerase to form the holoenzyme responsible for transcription initiation at heat shock promoters, utilized upon exposure of the...
The regulation of T cell homeostasis and autoimmunity by T cell–derived LIGHT
Wang, Jing, Lo, James C., Foster, Amy, Yu, Ping, Chen, Helen M., Wang, Yang, ...
Costimulatory molecules on antigen-presenting cells (APCs) play an important role in T cell activation and expansion. However, little is known about the surface molecules involved in direct T-T cell...
Lo, James C., Chin, Robert K., Lee, Youjin, Kang, Hyung-Sik, Wang, Yang, Weinstock, Joel V., ...
CC chemokine ligand 21 (CCL21)/secondary lymphoid chemokine (SLC), a ligand for CC chemokine receptor 7 (CCR7), has been demonstrated to play a vital role in the homing and localization of immune...
CD8+ T Cells Mediate Recovery and Immunopathology in West Nile Virus Encephalitis
Wang, Yang, Lobigs, Mario, Lee, Eva, Müllbacher, Arno
C57BL/6J mice infected intravenously with the Sarafend strain of West Nile virus (WNV) develop a characteristic central nervous system (CNS) disease, including an acute inflammatory reaction. Dose...
Local expression of B7-H1 promotes organ-specific autoimmunity and transplant rejection
Subudhi, Sumit K., Zhou, Ping, Yerian, Lisa M., Chin, Robert K., Lo, James C., Anders, Robert A., ...
A number of studies have suggested B7-H1, a B7 family member, inhibits T cell responses. Therefore, its expression on nonlymphoid tissues has been proposed to prevent T cell–mediated tissue...
The LRP5 High-Bone-Mass G171V Mutation Disrupts LRP5 Interaction with Mesd
Zhang, Yazhou, Wang, Yang, Li, Xiaofeng, Zhang, Jianhong, Mao, Junhao, Li, Zhong, ...
The mechanism by which the high-bone-mass (HBM) mutation (G171V) of the Wnt coreceptor LRP5 regulates canonical Wnt signaling was investigated. The mutation was previously shown to reduce...
T1DBase, a community web-based resource for type 1 diabetes research
Smink, Luc J., Helton, Erin M., Healy, Barry C., Cavnor, Christopher C., Lam, Alex C., Flamez, Daisy, ...
T1DBase (http://T1DBase.org) is a public website and database that supports the type 1 diabetes (T1D) research community. The site is currently focused on the molecular genetics and biology of T1D...
The role of herpesvirus entry mediator as a negative regulator of T cell–mediated responses
Wang, Yang, Subudhi, Sumit K., Anders, Robert A., Lo, James, Sun, Yonglian, Blink, Sarah, ...
Herpesvirus entry mediator (HVEM), a TNF receptor superfamily member, has been previously described as a T cell costimulatory receptor. Surprisingly, HVEM–/– T cells showed enhanced responses to...
Four base recognition by triplex-forming oligonucleotides at physiological pH
Rusling, David A., Powers, Vicki E. C., Ranasinghe, Rohan T., Wang, Yang, Osborne, Sadie D., Brown, Tom, ...
We have achieved recognition of all 4 bp by triple helix formation at physiological pH, using triplex-forming oligonucleotides that contain four different synthetic nucleotides. BAU...
Tobin, Nicole H., Learn, Gerald H., Holte, Sarah E., Wang, Yang, Melvin, Ann J., McKernan, Jennifer L., ...
Episodes of low-level viremia (LLV), with plasma human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) RNA levels ranging from 50 to 400 copies (c)/ml, occur commonly during highly active antiretroviral...
Du, Chi-xin, Shen, Ye, Wang, Yang
Purpose: To verify whether there exists any difference in higher order aberrations after undergoing myopic LASIK (laser in situ keratomileusis) with conventional ablation and customized ablation in...
Wang, Yang, Newton, Derek C., Miller, Tricia L., Teichert, Anouk-Martine, Phillips, M. James, Davidoff, Michail S., ...
Neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) plays a modulatory role in the biology of a variety of neuroendocrine tissues and is especially relevant to gonadal function. We have previously reported the...
Fan, Zusen, Yu, Ping, Wang, Yang, Wang, Yugang, Fu, May Lynne, Liu, Wenhua, ...
Natural killer (NK) cells are generally reported as innate effector cells for killing virally infected and transformed cells. It is unclear how NK cells evoke adaptive immunity to eradicate tumors....
Loh, Chin-Hsiung, Lynch, Jerome P., Lu, Kung-Chun, Wang, Yang, Chang, Chia-Ming, Lin, Pei-Yang, ...
The performance aspects of a wireless ‘active’ sensor, including the reliability of the wireless communication channel for real-time data delivery and its application to feedback structural...
Howitt, Stephen G, Kilk, Kalle, Wang, Yang, Smith, David M, Langel, Ulo, Poyner, David R
The role of individual residues in the 8-18 helix of CGRP8-37 in promoting high-affinity binding to CGRP1 receptors expressed on rat L6 and human SK-N-MC cells has been examined. The relative...
Wang, Yang, Giel-Moloney, Maryann, Rindi, Guido, Leiter, Andrew B.
Wnt signaling is required for the maintenance of intestinal stem cells and self-renewal of the intestinal epithelium. Intestinal cancers are frequently associated with mutations that activate the Wnt...
Wu, Qiang, Salomon, Benoît, Chen, Min, Wang, Yang, Hoffman, Lisa M., Bluestone, Jeffrey A., ...
One striking feature of spontaneous autoimmune diabetes is the prototypic formation of lymphoid follicular structures within the pancreas. Lymphotoxin (LT) has been shown to play an important role in...
The Requirement of Membrane Lymphotoxin for the Presence of Dendritic Cells in Lymphoid Tissues
Wu, Qiang, Wang, Yang, Wang, Jing, Hedgeman, Elizabeth O., Browning, Jeffrey L., Fu, Yang-Xin
Although several cytokines, including tumor necrosis factor (TNF), can promote the growth of dendritic cells (DCs) in vitro, the cytokines that naturally regulate DC development and function in vivo...
Fu, Yang-Xin, Huang, Guangming, Wang, Yang, Chaplin, David D.
Lymphotoxin (LT)α is expressed by activated T cells, especially CD4+ T helper type 1 cells, and by activated B and natural killer cells, but the functions of this molecule in vivo are incompletely...
Total Variation Wavelet-Based Medical Image Denoising
We propose a denoising algorithm for medical images based on a combination of the total variation minimization scheme and the wavelet scheme. We show that our scheme offers effective noise removal in...
China's Growing Economic Activity in Africa
Hany Besada, Yang Wang, John Whalley
Trade between the whole of Africa and China (imports and exports summed) grew from $10.6 billion to $73.3 billion between 2000 and 2007, and between Sub-Saharan Africa and China from $7 billion to...
INVESTIGATION ON THE MORPHOLOGY OF PRECIPITATED CHEMICALS FROM TE BUFFER ON SOLID SUBSTRATES
HUABIN WANG, LIJUAN ZHANG, FENG ZHANG, HONGJIE AN, SHIMOU CHEN, HAI LI, ...
Buffer is often involved in the biological studies on a surface with the scanning probe microscopy and the remnant of the salts of buffer may affect the correct interpretation of the experimental...
Choi, Michael Y., Romer, Anthony I., Wang, Yang, Wu, Melissa P., Ito, Susumu, Leiter, Andrew B., ...
Many homeodomain transcription factors function in organogenesis and cell differentiation. The Nkx family illustrates these functions especially well, and the Nkx6 subfamily controls differentiation...
Wang, Yang, Azuma, Yoshiaki, Moore, David, Osheroff, Neil, Neufeld, Kristi L.
The tumor suppressor adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) is implicated in regulating multiple stages of the cell cycle. APC participation in G1/S is attributed to its recognized role in Wnt signaling....
Tiling the Line with Translates of One Tile
Jeffrey C. Lagarias, Yang Wang
This paper shows for a bounded tile that all tilings it gives of R are periodic, and that there are finitely many translation-equivalence classes of such tilings. The main result of the paper is that...
Two-Scale Dilation Equations and the Cascade Algorithm
We study the two--scaled dilation equation f(x) = n X k=0 c k f(2x \Gamma k) where the coefficients c k are real and P k c 2k = P k c 2k+1 = 1. By expressing the dilation equation in matrix product...
Do Smokers Value Their Health and Longevity Less?
Ahmed Khwaja, Frank Sloan, Yang Wang
One reason why individuals consume harmful addictive goods is that the "full" price of such goods is low. Using data on adults specifically collected for this study, we examine the internal cost of...
Are mature smokers misinformed?
Khwaja, Ahmed, Silverman, Dan, Sloan, Frank, Wang, Yang
While there are many reasons to continue to smoke in spite of its consequences for health, the concern that many smoke because they misperceive the risks of smoking remains a focus of public...
Wang, Xinglong, Su, Bo, Siedlak, Sandra L., Moreira, Paula I., Fujioka, Hisashi, Wang, Yang, ...
Mitochondrial dysfunction is a prominent feature of Alzheimer disease but the underlying mechanism is unclear. In this study, we investigated the effect of amyloid precursor protein (APP) and amyloid...
He, Hua, Wang, Yang, Guo, Xiaolan, Ramchandani, Sonal, Ma, Jin, Shen, Mei-Feng, ...
The Protection of telomeres 1 (POT1) protein is a single-stranded telomere binding protein that is essential for proper maintenance of telomere length. Disruption of POT1 function leads to chromosome...
Digital film dosimetry in radiotherapy and the development of analytical applications software
This study is focused on the analysis, evaluation and calibration of low cost computer desktop scanners for possible use in film dosimetry. The study also includes the development a software package...
Lu, Zhiqiang, Beck, Markus H., Wang, Yang, Jiang, Haobo, Strand, Michael R.
Some pathogens are capable of suppressing the melanization response of host insects, but the virulence factors responsible are largely unknown. The insect pathogen Microplitis demolitor bracovirus...
Liu, Cun, Liang, Ping, Wang, Yang, Zhou, Pei, Li, Xin, Han, Zhi-Yu, ...
AIM: To evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of percutaneous transhepatic lymphosonography (PTL) as a novel method for the detection of tumor lymphangiogenesis in hepatic VX2 of rabbits and to...
Digital film dosimetry in radiotherapy and the development of analytical applications software
This study is focused on the analysis, evaluation and calibration of low cost computer desktop scanners for possible use in film dosimetry. The study also includes the development a software package...
Digital film dosimetry in radiotherapy and the development of analytical applications software
This study is focused on the analysis, evaluation and calibration of low cost computer desktop scanners for possible use in film dosimetry. The study also includes the development a software package...
Digital film dosimetry in radiotherapy and the development of analytical applications software
This study is focused on the analysis, evaluation and calibration of low cost computer desktop scanners for possible use in film dosimetry. The study also includes the development a software package...
Community health needs assessment with precede-proceed model: a mixed methods study
Li, Ying, Cao, Jia, Lin, Hui, Li, Daikun, Wang, Yang, He, Jia
Novel association of APC with intermediate filaments identified using a new versatile APC antibody
Wang, Yang, Azuma, Yoshiaki, Friedman, David B, Coffey, Robert J, Neufeld, Kristi L
Modulation of Oxytocin Receptors in Right Ventricular Hypertrophy
L’hypertension pulmonaire (HP) est une maladie dont l’étiologie est inconnue et qui entraîne ultimement une défaillance du ventricule droit (VD) et le décès. L’HP peut être induite chez...