Yu Zhang

Publication List Details

Period

1991 - 2008

Number

178

Co-Authors

Property of the low-lying states at the critical point of the phase transition in U(4) vibron model (2008)

Li, Ze-bo, Tang, Xia-ping, Zhang, Yu, Yang, Xing-chen, Wang, Zhao, Liu, Yu-xin

We study the properties of the low-lying states at the critical point of the phase transition from U(3) to O(4) symmetry in the U(4) vibron model in detail. By analyzing the general characteristics...

On the concentration and the convergence rate with a moment condition in first passage percolation (2008)

Zhang, Yu

We consider the first passage percolation model on the ${\bf Z}^d$ lattice. In this model, we assign independently to each edge $e$ a non-negative passage time $t(e)$ with a common distribution $F$....

Stellar and Dust Properties of Local Elliptical Galaxies: Clues to the Onset of Nuclear Activity (2008)

Zhang, Yu, Gu, Qiusheng, Ho, Luis C.

We study the stellar and dust properties of a well-defined sample of local elliptical galaxies to investigate the relationship between host galaxy properties and nuclear activity. We select a...

Virtually fibred Montesinos links of type $\widetilde{SL_2}$ (2008)

Guo, Xiao, Zhang, Yu

We find a larger class of virtually fibred classic Montesinos links of type $\widetilde{SL_2}$, extending a result of Agol, Boyer and Zhang.

Face Modeling and Editing with Statistical Local Feature Control Models (2008)

Badler, Norman I, Zhang, Yu

This article presents a novel method based on statistical facial feature control models for generating realistic controllable face models. The local feature control models are constructed based on...

The time constant vanishes only on the percolation cone in directed first passage percolation (2008)

Zhang, Yu

We consider the directed first passage percolation model on ${\bf Z}^2$. In this model, we assign independently to each edge $e$ a passage time $t(e)$ with a common distribution $F$. We denote by...

Research on high-tech industrial clusters (2008)

Zhu, Minyu, Zhang, Yu

Cluster as an entity to connect firms and markets functions very well in fostering entrepreneurial environment. Especially in developing counties, entrepreneurship is a main power that sustains their...

Semi-supervised discriminant analysis using robust path-based similarity (2008)

Zhang, Yu, Yeung, Dit-Yan

Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA), which works by maximizing the within-class similarity and minimizing the between-class similarity simultaneously, is a popular dimensionality reduction technique...

Discovery of a Novel CCR5 Antagonist Lead Compound Through Fragment Assembly (2008)

Yanqing Liu, Enkun Zhou, Kunqian Yu, Jin Zhu, Yu Zhang, Xin Xie, ...

CCR5, as the major co-receptor for HIV-1 entry, is an attractive novel target for the pharmaceutical industry in the HIV-1 therapeutic area. In this study, based on the structures of maraviroc and...

Three New Caffeoyl Glycosides from the Roots of Picrorhiza Scrophulariiflora (2008)

Tong Fei Zhu, Kai Yi Huang, Xu Ming Deng, Yu Zhang, Hua Xiang, Hui Yuan Gao, ...

From the underground parts of Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora, three new caffeoylglycosides, scrocaffeside A-C (1-3), together with two caffeic acid derivates, 4-O-β-Dglucopyranosylcaffeic acid...

Dirac quasinormal modes of a Schwarzschild black hole surrounded by free static spherically symmetric quintessence (2007)

Zhang, Yu, Gui, Yuan-Xing, Yu, Fei

We evaluate the quasinormal modes of massless Dirac perturbation in a Schwarzschild black hole surrounded by the free static spherically symmetric quintessence by using the third-order WKB...

Limit theorems for maximum flows on a lattice (2007)

Zhang, Yu

We independently assign a non-negative value, as a capacity for the quantity of flows per unit time, with a distribution F to each edge on the Z^d lattice. We consider the maximum flows through the...

Shape curvatures and transversal fluctuations in the first passage percolation model (2007)

Zhang, Yu

We consider the first passage percolation model on the square lattice. In this model, $\{t(e): e{an edge of}{\bf Z}^2 \}$ is an independent identically distributed family with a common distribution...

On Completeness of Logical Relations for Monadic Types (2006)

Lasota, Slawomir, Nowak, David, Zhang, Yu

Software security can be ensured by specifying and verifying security properties of software using formal methods with strong theoretical bases. In particular, programs can be modeled in the...

Quasinormal modes of gravitational perturbation around a Schwarzschild black hole surrounded by quintessence (2006)

Zhang, Yu, Gui, Y X

In this paper, the quasinormal modes of gravitational perturbation around a Schwarzschild black hole surrounded by quintessence were evaluated by using the third-order WKB approximation. Due to the...

Quasinormal modes of a Schwarzschild black hole surrounded by free static spherically symmetric quintessence: Electromagnetic perturbations (2006)

Zhang, Yu, Gui, Yuanxing, Yu, Fei, Li, Fenglin

In this paper, we evaluated the quasinormal modes of electromagnetic perturbation in a Schwarzschild black hole surrounded by the static spherically symmetric quintessence by using the third-order...

Collective Shape-Phases of Interacting Fermion Systems (2006)

Liu, Yu-xin, Hou, Zhan-feng, Zhang, Yu, Wei, Haiqing

A microscopic theory is presented for identifying shape-phase structures and transitions in interacting fermion systems. The method provides a microscopic description for collective shape-phases, and...

Resistance imparted by vitamin C, vitamin e and vitamin B12 to the acute hepatic glycogen change in rats caused by noise. (2006)

Zhu, Bei-Wei, Piao, Mei-Lan, Zhang, Yu, Han, Song, An, Qing-Da, Murata, Yoshiyuki, ...

The effects of vitamin C, vitamin E and vitamin B12 on the noise-induced acute change in hepatic glycogen content in rats were investigated. The exposure of rats to 95 dB and 110 dB of noise acutely...

A Geometrical Structure for an Infinite Oriented Cluster and its Uniqueness (2006)

Wu, Xian-Yuan, Zhang, Yu

We consider the supercritical oriented percolation model. Let ${\fK}$ be all the percolation points. For each $u\in {\fK}$, we write $\gamma_u$ as its right-most path. Let $G=\cup_u \gamma_u$. In...

Data Intensive Mediator-based Web Services Composition with Self-tuning Histogram (2006)

Zhang, Yu, Not Available

Effectively using heterogeneous, distributed information has attracted much research in recent years. Current web services technologies have been used suc- cessfully in some non data intensive...

Data Intensive Mediator-based Web Services Composition with Self-tuning Histogram (2006)

Zhang, Yu

Effectively using heterogeneous, distributed information has attracted much research in recent years. Current web services technologies have been used suc- cessfully in some non data...

Multi-antenna OFDM systems in the presence of phase noise and doubly-selective fading / (2006)

Zhang, Yu.

Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), which has been very attractive for future high rate wireless communications, is very robust to channel multipath fading effect while providing high...

Modeling individual route choice with automated real-time vehicle trip histories / by Yu Zhang. (2006)

Zhang, Yu.

Thesis (Ph.D., Civil Engineering)--University of California, Irvine, 2006.

Data Intensive Mediator-based Web Services Composition with Self-tuning Histogram (2006)

Zhang, Yu

Effectively using heterogeneous, distributed information has attracted much research in recent years. Current web services technologies have been used suc- cessfully in some non data...

Data Intensive Mediator-based Web Services Composition with Self-tuning Histogram (2006)

Zhang, Yu, Not Available

Effectively using heterogeneous, distributed information has attracted much research in recent years. Current web services technologies have been used suc- cessfully in some non data...

Data Intensive Mediator-based Web Services Composition with Self-tuning Histogram (2006)

Zhang, Yu

Effectively using heterogeneous, distributed information has attracted much research in recent years. Current web services technologies have been used suc- cessfully in some non data...

Data Intensive Mediator-based Web Services Composition with Self-tuning Histogram (2006)

Zhang, Yu

Effectively using heterogeneous, distributed information has attracted much research in recent years. Current web services technologies have been used suc- cessfully in some non data intensive...

Data Intensive Mediator-based Web Services Composition with Self-tuning Histogram (2006)

Zhang, Yu

Effectively using heterogeneous, distributed information has attracted much research in recent years. Current web services technologies have been used suc- cessfully in some non data...

Shape fluctuations are different in different directions (2005)

Zhang, Yu

We consider the first passage percolation model on $\mathbf{Z}^2$. In this model, we assign independently to each edge $e$ a passage time $t(e)$ with a common distribution $F$. Let $T(u,v)$ be the...

Increased staining for phospho-Akt, p65/RELA and cIAP-2 in pre-neoplastic human bronchial biopsies (2005)

Tichelaar, Jay W, Zhang, Yu, LeRiche, Jean C, Biddinger, Paul W, Lam, Stephen, Anderson, Marshall W

Abstract Background The development of non-small cell lung carcinoma proceeds through a series of well-defined pathological steps before the appearance of invasive lung carcinoma. The molecular...

The distribution of the minimum height among pivotal sites in critical two-dimensional percolation (2005)

Morrow, Gregory J., Zhang, Yu

Let L_n denote the lowest crossing of the 2n \times 2n square box B(n) centered at the origin for critical site percolation on Z^2 or critical site percolation on the triangular lattice imbedded in...

Distributed access control in CROWN groups (2005)

Huai, Jinpeng, Zhang, Yu, Li, Xianxian, Liu, Yunhao

Security in collaborative groups is an active research topic and has been recognized by many organizations in the past few years. In this paper, we propose a fine-grained and attribute-based access...

Access control in peer-to-peer collaborative systems (2005)

Zhang, Yu, Li, Xianxian, Huai, Jinpeng, Liu, Yunhao

As an emerging model of communication and computation, peer-to-peer networking represents a fully distributed, cooperative network design, and has recently gained significant acceptance. Peer groups...

Quantum Phase Transitions in the U(5)-O(6) Large N limit (2005)

Pan, Feng, Zhang, Yu, Draayer, J. P.

The U(5)-O(6) transitional behavior of the Interacting Boson Model in the large N limit is revisited. Some low-lying energy levels, overlaps of the ground state wavefunctions, B(E2) transition rate...

The divergence of fluctuations for the shape on first passage percolation (2005)

Zhang, Yu

Consider the first passage percolation model on ${\bf Z}^d$ for $d\geq 2$. In this model we assign independently to each edge the value zero with probability $p$ and the value one with probability...

Ab Initio Electronic Structure Calculations For High-K Dielectrics (2005)

Zhang, Yu

ABSTRACT Zhang, Yu. Ab Initio Electronic Structure Calculations For High-K Dielectrics (Under the direction of Professor Gerald Lucovsky and Professor Jerry L. Whitten) In current semiconductor...

Caractérisation et analyse du trafic internet en fonction du type d'application (2005)

LARRIEU, Nicolas, ZHANG, Yu, OWEZARSKI, Philippe

Les projets de métrologie actuels et passés ont montré que les caractéristiques et les modèles du trafic Internet étaient très éloignés des connaissances traditionnelles étant donné qu'ils...

Differentiation of Escherichia coli pathotypes using DNA microarray / (2005)

Zhang, Yu.

Honors thesis (Biological Sciences)--Cornell University, May 2005.

Methodology for aesthetic repair and rehabilitation of architectural concrete / (2005)

Zhang, Yu.

Thesis (M.Phil. (Civil engineering))--University of Johannesburg, 2005.

Pectinmethylesterase from the rice weevil, Sitophilus oryzae: cDNA isolation and sequencing, genetic origin, and expression of the recombinant enzyme (2005)

Shen, Zhicheng, Pappan, Kirk, Mutti, Navdeep S., He, Qi-Jiong, Denton, Michael, Zhang, Yu, ...

A cDNA clone encoding pectinmethylesterase of the rice weevil, Sitophilus oryzae (L.) has been isolated and sequenced. The cDNA clone was expressed in cultured insect cells and active...

Denoising Quadrature Doppler Signals from Bi-directional Flow Using the Wavelet Frame (2004)

Yu Zhang, Yuanyuan Wang, Weiqi Wang

A novel approach was proposed to denoise quadrature Doppler signals from bi-directional blood flow using the wavelet frame and a soft-thresholding algorithm. A direction separation step was firstly...

Doppler Ultrasound Signal Denoising (2004)

Yu Zhang, Yuanyuan Wang, Weiqi Wang, Bin Liu

A novel approach was proposed to denoise the Doppler ultrasound signal. In this method, wavelet coefficients of the Doppler signal at multiple scales were first obtained using the discrete wavelet...

http://www.lsv.ens-cachan.fr/Publis/ (2004)

Jean Goubault-larrecq, David Nowak, Yu Zhang

Security properties are profitably expressed using notions of contextual equivalence, and logical relations are a powerful proof technique to establish contextual equivalence in typed lambda calculi,...

Removing the Cell Resonance Error in the Multiscale Finite Element Method via a Petrov-Galerkin Formulation (2004)

Hou, Thomas Y., Wu, Xiao-Hui, Zhang, Yu

We continue the study of the nonconforming multiscale finite element method (Ms-FEM) introduced in [17, 14] for second order elliptic equations with highly oscillatory coefficients. The main...

J. Goubault-Larrecq, S. Lasota, D. Nowak and Yu Zhang (2004)

J. Goubault-larrecq, S. Lasota, D. Nowak, Jean Goubault-larrecq, David Nowak, Yu Zhang

Security properties are profitably expressed using notions of contextual equivalence, and logical relations are a powerful proof technique to establish contextual equivalence in typed lambda calculi,...

3-D human face modeling for dynamic facial expression synthesis / (2004)

Zhang, Yu.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Nanyang Technological University, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2004.

Large deviations in first-passage percolation (2003)

Chow, Yunshyong, Zhang, Yu

Consider the standard first-passage percolation on ${\Z}^d$, $d\geq 2$. Denote by $\phi_{0,n}$ the face--face first-passage time in $[0,n]^d$. It is well known that \[ \lim_{n\rightarrow \infty}...

http://www.lsv.ens-cachan.fr/Publis/ (2003)

Yu Zhang, David Nowak

Pitts and Stark's nu-calculus is a typed lambda-calculus which forms a basis for the study of interaction between higher-order functions and dynamically created names. A similar approach has received...

Logical Relations for Dynamic Name Creation (2003)

Yu Zhang, David Nowak

Pitts and Stark's nu-calculus is a typed lambda-calculus which forms a basis for the study of interaction between higher-order functions and dynamically created names. A similar approach has received...

Nondifferentiability of the time constants of first-passage percolation (2003)

Steele, J. Michael, Zhang, Yu

We study the paths of minimal cost for first-passage percolation in two dimensions and obtain an exponential bound on the tail probability of the ratio of the lengths of the shortest and longest of...

A power law for the free energy in two dimensional percolation (2003)

Zhang, Yu

Consider bond percolation on the square lattice and site percolation on the triangular lattice. Let $\kappa(p)$ be the free energy at the zero field. If we assume the existence of the critical...

Model predictive cascade control / (2003)

Zhang, Yu.

Thesis (M. Eng.)--Nanyang Technological University, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2003.

Multiscale analysis and validation of the MODIS LAI product (2002)

Yuhong Tian, Curtis E. Woodcock, Yujie Wang, Jeff L. Privette, Nikolay V. Shabanov, Liming Zhou, ...

The development of appropriate ground-based validation techniques is critical to assessing uncertainties associated with satellite databased products. In this paper, the second of a two-part series,...

Multiscale analysis and validation of the MODIS LAI product (2002)

Yuhong Tian, Curtis E. Woodcock, Yujie Wang, Jeff L. Privette, Nikolay V. Shabanov, Liming Zhou, ...

The development of appropriate ground-based validation techniques is critical to assessing uncertainties associated with satellite databased products. Here we present a method for validation of the...

ULTRAHIGH RESOLUTION SPECTROSCOPY OF FROZEN VAN DER WAALS MOLECULES IN PARA-HYDROGEN CRYSTALS (2002)

Oka, T., Zhang, Yu, Lindsay, C. Michael, Momose, Takamasa

$^{a}$Y. Zhang, T. J. Byers, M.-C. Chan, T. Momose, K. E. Kerr, D. P. Weliky and T. Oka, Phys. Rev. B58, 218, (1998) $^{b}$T. Momose, C. M. Lindsay, Y. Zhang and T. Oka, Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 4795,...

Nano-Engineered Thermoelectric Coating (2002)

Toprak, M., Zhang, Yu, Muhammed, M.

A nano-engineering approach has been developed for the synthesis of the thermoelectric composite materials. A possible way for enhancing ZT is to incorporate thermoelectric materials, e.g.,...

Performance analysis on multi-dimensional optical routing networks / (2002)

Zhang, Yu.

Thesis (M. Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002.

Nondifferentiability Of The Time Constants Of First-Passage Percolation (2001)

J. Michael, Steele And, Yu Zhang

We study the paths of minimal cost for first-passage percolation in two dimensions and obtain an exponential bound on the tail probability of the ratio of the lengths of the shortest and longest of...

Exploiting Upper and Lower Bounds in Top-Down Query Optimization (2001)

Leonard Shapiro, David Maier, Paul Benninghoff, Keith Billings, Yubo Fan, Kavita Hatwal, ...

System Rs bottom-up query optimizer architecture forms the basis of most current commercial database managers. This paper compares the performance of topdown and bottom-up optimizers, using the...

Prototyping of MISR LAI and FPAR Algorithm with (2001)

Yu Zhang, Yuhong Tian, Yuri Knyazikhin, John V. Martonchik, Dave J. Diner, Marc Leroy, ...

The multi-angle imaging spectroradiometer (MISR) instrument is designed to provide global imagery at nine discrete viewing angles and four visible/near-infrared spectral bands. The MISR standard...

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING, VOL. 38, NO. 5, SEPTEMBER 2000 2387 Prototyping of MODIS LAI and FPAR Algorithm (2001)

Yuhong Tian, Yu Zhang, Yuri Knyazikhin, Ranga B. Myneni, Joseph M. Glassy, Gerard Dedieu, ...

This paper describes results from prototyping of the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) radiative transfer-based synergistic algorithm for the estimation of global leaf area index...

Percolation of Arbitrary words on the Close-Packed Graph of Z2 (2001)

Kesten, Harry; Cornell University; Kesten@math.cornell.edu, Sidoravicius, Vladas; IMPA; Vladas@impa.br, Zhang, Yu; University Of Colorado; Yzhang@math.uccs.edu

Let $Bbb Z^2_{cp}$ be the close-packed graph of $Bbb Z^2$, that is, the graph obtained by adding to each face of $Bbb Z^2$ its diagonal edges. We consider site percolation on $Bbb Z^2_{cp}$, namely,...

Database design for satellite missions / (2001)

Zhang, Yu.

Thesis (M. Sc. (Comm. & Network Syst.))--Nanyang Technological University, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2001.

A software tool for automatic secured data transfer between desktop applications and internet web browsers (2001)

Zhang, Yu.

Facsimile of the author's original dissertation. Alternate pages blank. Includes bibliographical references.

Required Consistency between Biome Definitions and Signatures with the Physics of Remote Sensing. I: Empirical Arguments (2000)

Y. Zhang, Y. Tian, R. B. Myneni, Y. Knyazikhin, Yu Zhang

The insights gained from present land cover classification activities suggest integration of multiangle data into classification attempts for future progress. Land cover types that exhibit distinct...

Required Consistency between Biome Definitions and Signatures with the Physics of Remote Sensing. II: Theoretical Arguments (2000)

Y. Zhang, N. Shabanov, Y. Knyazikhin, Yu Zhang

The insights gained from present land cover classification activities suggest integration of multi-angle data into classification attempts for future progress. Land cover types that exhibit distinct...

The Implication of Network Performance on Service Quality: Testbed and Applications (2000)

Yu Zhang, Jia Wang, Srinivasan Keshav

As the Internet infrastructure evolves to include Quality of Service (QoS), it is necessary to map application quality requirements to network performance specifications in terms of delay and loss...

Investigation of Product Accuracy as a Function of Input and Model Uncertainties: Case Study with SeaWiFS and MODIS LAI/FPAR Algorithm (2000)

Yuhong Tian, Yu Zhang, Nazmi El-saleous, Yuri Knyazikhin, Eric Vermote, Ranga B. Myneni, ...

The derivation of vegetation leaf area index (LAI) and the fraction of photosynthetically active radiation (FPAR) absorbed by vegetation globally from the Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor...

The Optimum Quality Index for a Spatial Redundant 8-8 In-Parallel Manipulator (2000)

Yu Zhang, Joseph Duffy

The quality index for a redundant 4-4 inparallel manipulator with a square platform and a square base was obtained in [1]. Following this, the quality index for a redundant 4-8 manipulator with a...

On the speed of convergence for two-dimensional first passage Ising percolation (2000)

Higuchi, Yasunari, Zhang, Yu

Consider first passage Ising percolation on $Z^2$. Let $\beta$ denote the reciprocal temperature and let $h$ denote an external magnetic field. Denote by $\beta_c$ the critical temperature and, for...