Z. Lu

Publication List Details

Period

1988 - 2008

Number

178

Co-Authors

Predictors of mortality in patients initiating antiretroviral therapy in Durban, South Africa (2008)

Ojikutu, B O, Zheng, H, Walensky, R P, Lu, Z, Losina, E, Giddy, J, ...

Objective. To identify predictors of mortality in patients initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Durban, South Africa. Design. We conducted a retrospective cohort study analysing data on...

Exploring spatial nonlinearity using additive approximation (2007)

Lu, Z., Lundervold, A., Tjostheim, D., Yao, Qiwei

We propose to approximate the conditional expectation of a spatial random variable given its nearest-neighbour observations by an additive function. The setting is meaningful in practice and requires...

Exploring spatial nonlinearity using additive approximation (2007)

Lu, Z., Lundervold, A., Tjostheim, D., Yao, Qiwei

We propose to approximate the conditional expectation of a spatial random variable given its nearest-neighbour observations by an additive function. The setting is meaningful in practice and requires...

Extending Semantic Web Service Description by Service Assumption (2006)

Lu, Z., Li, S., Ghose, A., Hyland, P.

Unlike a traditional software module, which runs within a predictable domain, Web Services are autonomous software agents running in a heterogeneous execution environment. Because of distributed...

HCLP Based Service Composition (2006)

Guan, Y., Ghose, A., Lu, Z.

A key impediment to the widespread adoption of web services is the relatively limited set of tools available to deal with Quality-of-Service (QoS) factors. QoS factors pose several difficult...

Adopting Default Reasoning in Service Composition Context (2006)

Lu, Z., Ghose, A., Hyland, P.

Web Service composition is the ability of one business to provide value-added services to its customers through the composition of basic Web services, possibly offered by different companies [12]....

Extending Semantic Web Service Description by Service Assumption (2006)

Lu, Z., Li, S., Ghose, A., Hyland, P.

Unlike a traditional software module, which runs within a predictable domain, Web Services are autonomous software agents running in a heterogeneous execution environment. Because of distributed...

HCLP Based Service Composition (2006)

Guan, Y., Ghose, A., Lu, Z.

A key impediment to the widespread adoption of web services is the relatively limited set of tools available to deal with Quality-of-Service (QoS) factors. QoS factors pose several difficult...

Adopting Default Reasoning in Service Composition Context (2006)

Lu, Z., Ghose, A., Hyland, P.

Web Service composition is the ability of one business to provide value-added services to its customers through the composition of basic Web services, possibly offered by different companies [12]....

Using constraint hierarchies to support QoS-guided service composition (2006)

Guan, Y., Ghose, A., Lu, Z.

A key impediment to the widespread adoption of web services is the is the relatively limited set of tools available to deal with Quality-of-Service (QoS) factors [12]. QoS factors pose several...

Using Assumptions in Service Composition Context (2006)

Lu, Z., Ghose, A., Hyland, P., Guan, Y.

Service composition aims to provide the efficient and accurate model of a service, based on which the global service oriented architecture (SOA) can be realized, allowing the value-added services to...

Using constraint hierarchies to support QoS-guided service composition (2006)

Guan, Y., Ghose, A., Lu, Z.

A key impediment to the widespread adoption of web services is the is the relatively limited set of tools available to deal with Quality-of-Service (QoS) factors [12]. QoS factors pose several...

Using Assumptions in Service Composition Context (2006)

Lu, Z., Ghose, A., Hyland, P., Guan, Y.

Service composition aims to provide the efficient and accurate model of a service, based on which the global service oriented architecture (SOA) can be realized, allowing the value-added services to...

Genome of Horsepox Virus (2006)

Delhon, Gustavo A., Afonso, C. L., Lu, Z., Zsak, L., Sandybaev, N. T., Kerembekova, U. M., ...

Here we present the genomic sequence of horsepox virus (HSPV) isolate MNR-76, an orthopoxvirus (OPV) isolated in 1976 from diseased Mongolian horses. The 212-kbp genome contained 7.5-kbp inverted...

Genome of Crocodilepox Virus (2006)

Afonso, C. L., Tulman, E. R., Delhon, Gustavo A., Lu, Z., Viljoen, G. J., Wallace, D. B., ...

Here, we present the genome sequence, with analysis, of a poxvirus infecting Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus) (crocodilepox virus; CRV). The genome is 190,054 bp (62% G+C) and predicted to...

Experimental Research of Air Source Heat Pump Frosting and Defrosting in a Double Stage-Coupling Heat Pump (2006)

Wang, Z., Gu, J., Lu, Z.

In a double stage-coupling heat pump, comprising an air source and water loop heat pump, the 13~20 ? low temperature water is supplied to the water loop heat pump unit. The water loop heat pump can...

Experimental Research of Air Source Heat Pump Frosting and Defrosting in a Double Stage-Coupling Heat Pump (2006)

Wang, Z., Gu, J., Lu, Z.

In a double stage-coupling heat pump, comprising an air source and water loop heat pump, the 13~20 ? low temperature water is supplied to the water loop heat pump unit. The water loop heat pump can...

Extending Semantic Web Service Description by Service Assumption (2006)

Lu, Z., Li, S., Ghose, A., Hyland, P.

Unlike a traditional software module, which runs within a predictable domain, Web Services are autonomous software agents running in a heterogeneous execution environment. Because of distributed...

HCLP Based Service Composition (2006)

Guan, Y., Ghose, A., Lu, Z.

A key impediment to the widespread adoption of web services is the relatively limited set of tools available to deal with Quality-of-Service (QoS) factors. QoS factors pose several difficult...

Adopting Default Reasoning in Service Composition Context (2006)

Lu, Z., Ghose, A., Hyland, P.

Web Service composition is the ability of one business to provide value-added services to its customers through the composition of basic Web services, possibly offered by different companies [12]....

Using constraint hierarchies to support QoS-guided service composition (2006)

Guan, Y., Ghose, A., Lu, Z.

A key impediment to the widespread adoption of web services is the is the relatively limited set of tools available to deal with Quality-of-Service (QoS) factors [12]. QoS factors pose several...

Using Assumptions in Service Composition Context (2006)

Lu, Z., Ghose, A., Hyland, P., Guan, Y.

Service composition aims to provide the efficient and accurate model of a service, based on which the global service oriented architecture (SOA) can be realized, allowing the value-added services to...

Role of FOXO1A in the Regulation of Insulin-Like Growth Factor-Binding Protein-1 in Human Endometrial Cells: Interaction with Progesterone Receptor1 (2005)

J.J. Kim, O.L. Buzzio, S. Li, Z. Lu

Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-1 (IGFBP1) is a major secretory product of the decidualized endometrium. In the present study, we investigated the role of two transcription factors,...

Comparative Genomics of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus (2005)

Carrillo, C., Tuhlman, E. R., Delhon, Gustavo A., Lu, Z., Carreno, A., Vagnozzi, A., ...

Here we present complete genome sequences, including a comparative analysis, of 103 isolates of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) representing all seven serotypes and including the first complete...

Genome of Deerpox Virus (2005)

Afonso, C. L., Delhon, Gustavo A., Tuhlman, E. R., Lu, Z., Zsak, A., Becerra, V. M., ...

Deerpox virus (DPV), an uncharacterized and unclassified member of the Poxviridae, has been isolated from North American free-ranging mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) exhibiting mucocutaneous disease....

Re-examination of artificial grammar paradigm (in Chinese) (2004)

Shao, Z. F., Lu, Z.

This paper reviewed many researches on implicit learning with the finite-state grammar. This grammar is a inclusive concept, a concept without any irrelevant attributes, a concept with limited...

Re-examination of artificial grammar paradigm (in Chinese) (2004)

Shao, Z. F., Lu, Z.

This paper reviewed many researches on implicit learning with the finite-state grammar. This grammar is a inclusive concept, a concept without any irrelevant attributes, a concept with limited...

Re-examination of artificial grammar paradigm (in Chinese) (2004)

Shao, Z. F., Lu, Z.

This paper reviewed many researches on implicit learning with the finite-state grammar. This grammar is a inclusive concept, a concept without any irrelevant attributes, a concept with limited...

Genomes of the Parapoxviruses Orf Virus and Bovine Papular Stomatitis Virus (2004)

Delhon, Gustavo A., Tuhlman, E. R., Afonso, C. L., Lu, Z., Lehmkuhl, H. D., ...

Bovine papular stomatitis virus (BPSV) and orf virus (ORFV), members of the genus Parapoxvirus of the Poxviridae, are etiologic agents of worldwide diseases affecting cattle and small ruminants,...

ALICE: Physics performance report, Volume 1 (2004)

Carminati, F., Foka, P., Giubellino, P., Morsch, A., Paic, G., ...

ALICE is a general-purpose heavy-ion experiment designed to study the physics of strongly interacting matter and the quark–gluon plasma in nucleus–nucleus collisions at the LHC. It currently...

ALICE: Physics performance report, Volume 1 (2004)

Carminati, F., Foka, P., Giubellino, P., Morsch, A., Paic, G., ...

ALICE is a general-purpose heavy-ion experiment designed to study the physics of strongly interacting matter and the quark–gluon plasma in nucleus–nucleus collisions at the LHC. It currently...

Ad hoc network routing (2004)

Li, VOK, Lu, Z

An ad hoc network is composed of nodes that may move arbitrarily and without the support of a stationary infrastructure. The dynamic nature of ad hoc networks makes it very challenging to realize...

Genome of Bovine Herpesvirus 5 (2003)

Delhon, Gustavo A., Moraes, M. P., Lu, Z., Afonso, C. L., Flores, E. F., Weiblen, R., ...

Here we present the complete genomic sequence of bovine herpesvirus 5 (BHV-5), an alphaherpesvirus responsible for fatal meningoencephalitis in cattle. The 138,390-bp genome encodes 70 putative...

Human-Induced Changes to Biodiversity and Alpine Pastureland in the Bayanbulak Region of the East Tienshan Mountains (2002)

B. Zhang, Y. Yao, W. Cheng, C. Zhou, Z. Lu, X. Chen, ...

The Bayanbulak region, deep in the East Tienshan Mountains, is the southernmost and highest breeding area for swans anywhere in the world. As one of the few biodiversity hotspots in central Asia, it...

The Genome of Swinepox Virus (2002)

Afonso, C. L., Tulman, E. R., Lu, Z., Zsak, L., Osorio, Fernando A., Balinsky, C., ...

Swinepox virus (SWPV), the sole member of the Suipoxvirus genus of the Poxviridae, is the etiologic agent of a worldwide disease specific for swine. Here we report the genomic sequence of SWPV. The...

International comparison of 50/60 Hz power (1996-1999) (2001)

Oldham, N, Nelson, T, Bergeest, R, Ramm, G, Carranza, R, Corney, AC, ...

An international comparison of 50/60 Hz power is described. The travelling standard was an electronic power transducer that was tested at 120 V, 5 A, 53 Hz, at five power factors (1.0, 0.5, and 0.0)....

International comparison of 50/60 Hz power (1996-1999) (2001)

Oldham, N, Nelson, T, Bergeest, R, Ramm, G, Carranza, R, Corney, AC, ...

An international comparison of 50/60 Hz power is described. The travelling standard was an electronic power transducer that was tested at 120 V, 5 A, 53 Hz, at five power factors (1.0, 0.5, and 0.0)....

Sliding Wear of a Unidirectional Carbon Fibre-Reinforced Glass Composite Against Steel. (1998)

Lu, Z., Friedrich, K., Pannhorst, W., Heinz, J.

By reinforcing glass with carbon fibres it has been possible to develop composites whose fraction coefficient and mechanical properties can be compared favourably with those of resin-matrix...

Wear and Friction of a Unidirectional Carbon Fiber-Glass Matrix Composite Against Various Counterparts. (1998)

Lu, Z., Friedrich, K., Pannhorst, W., Heinz, J.

A fundamental study was made of the dry sliding and abrasive wear behavior of a unidirectional carbon-fiber-reinforced glass matrix composite at ambient temperature. The wear rates and friction...

TAU-CLUSTERING, ANOMALIES AND FORBIDDEN FEATURES IN THE $CH_{3}$-ROCKING AND OH-BENDING BANDS OF $CH_{3}OH$ (1997)

Lees, R. M., Xu, Li-Hong, Hurtmans, D., Lu, Z.

Author Institution: Centre for Laser Applications and Molecular Science (CLAMS), Department of Physics, University of Brunswick; CLAMS and Department of Physical Sciences, University of New...

FOURIER-TRANSFORM SPECTRA OF THE OH-STRETCH FUNDAMENTAL OF COOLED METHANOL (1997)

Xu, Li-Hong, Lu, Z.

$^{a}$ R. C. Lee, R. H. Hunt, E. K. Plyler, and D. M. Dennison, {J. Mol. Spectrosc}. \textbf{57}, 138-154 (1975). $^{b}$ P. Carrick, R. F. Curl, M. Dawes, E. Koester, K. K. Murray, M. Petri, and M....

Molecular analysis of a novel winged helix protein, WIN: expression pattern, DNA binding property and alternative splicing within the DNA binding domain (1997)

Yao, KM, Sha, M, Lu, Z, Wong, GG

We have cloned a novel winged helix factor, WIN, from the rat insulinoma cell line, INS-1. Northern blot analysis demonstrated that WIN is highly expressed in a variety of insulinoma cell lines and...

THE TORSION-ROTATION SPECTRUM OF $D_{2}O_{2}$ (1996)

Johns, J. W. C., Lu, Z.

Author Institution: Laboratoire de Physique Mol\'{e}culaire et Atmosph\'{e}riqe, Universit\'{e} Pierre et Marie Curie et CNRS; Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council of...