@article{3289, abstract = {Viral manipulation of transduction pathways associated with key cellular functions such as survival, response to microbial infection, and cytoskeleton reorganization can provide the supportive milieu for a productive infection. Here, we demonstrate that vaccinia virus (VACV) infection leads to activation of the stress-activated protein kinase (SAPK)/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) 4/7 (MKK4/7)-c-Jun N-terminal protein kinase 1/2 (JNK1/2) pathway; further, the stimulation of this pathway requires postpenetration, prereplicative events in the viral replication cycle. Although the formation of intracellular mature virus (IMV) was not affected in MKK4/7- or JNK1/2-knockout (KO) cells, we did note an accentuated deregulation of microtubule and actin network organization in infected JNK1/2-KO cells. This was followed by deregulated viral trafficking to the periphery and enhanced enveloped particle release. Furthermore, VACV infection induced alterations in the cell contractility and morphology, and cell migration was reduced in the JNK-KO cells. In addition, phosphorylation of proteins implicated with early cell contractility and cell migration, such as microtubule-associated protein 1B and paxillin, respectively, was not detected in the VACV-infected KO cells. In sum, our findings uncover a regulatory role played by the MKK4/7-JNK1/2 pathway in cytoskeleton reorganization during VACV infection. }, author = {Pereira, Anna and Leite, Flávia and Brasil, Bruno and Soares Martins, Jamaria and Torres, Alice and Pimenta, Paulo and Souto Padrón, Thais and Tranktman, Paula and Ferreira, Paulo and Kroon, Erna and Bonjardim, Cláudio}, journal = {Journal of Virology}, number = {1}, pages = {172 -- 184}, publisher = {ASM}, title = {{A vaccinia virus-driven interplay between the MKK4/7-JNK1/2 pathway and cytoskeleton reorganization}}, doi = {10.1128/JVI.05638-11}, volume = {86}, year = {2012}, } @article{3310, abstract = {The theory of persistent homology opens up the possibility to reason about topological features of a space or a function quantitatively and in combinatorial terms. We refer to this new angle at a classical subject within algebraic topology as a point calculus, which we present for the family of interlevel sets of a real-valued function. Our account of the subject is expository, devoid of proofs, and written for non-experts in algebraic topology.}, author = {Bendich, Paul and Cabello, Sergio and Edelsbrunner, Herbert}, journal = {Pattern Recognition Letters}, number = {11}, pages = {1436 -- 1444}, publisher = {Elsevier}, title = {{A point calculus for interlevel set homology}}, doi = {10.1016/j.patrec.2011.10.007}, volume = {33}, year = {2012}, } @article{338, abstract = {The ample chemical and structural freedom of quaternary compounds permits engineering materials that fulfill the requirements of a wide variety of applications. In this work, the mechanisms to achieve unprecedented size, shape, and composition control in quaternary nanocrystals are detailed. The described procedure allows obtaining tetrahedral and penta-tetrahedral quaternary nanocrystals with tuned size distributions and controlled compositions from a plethora of I 2-II-IV-VI 4 semiconductors.}, author = {Ibáñez, Maria and Zamani, Reza and Li, Wenhua and Shavel, Alexey and Arbiol, Jordi and Morante, Joan and Cabot, Andreu}, journal = {Crystal Growth and Design }, number = {3}, pages = {1085 -- 1090}, publisher = {American Chemical Society (ACS)}, title = {{Extending the nanocrystal synthesis control to quaternary compositions}}, doi = {10.1021/cg201709c}, volume = {12}, year = {2012}, } @article{339, abstract = {A high-yield and upscalable colloidal synthesis route for the production of quaternary I 2-II-IV-VI 4 nanocrystals, particularly stannite Cu 2+xCd 1-xSnSe 4, with narrow size distribution and precisely controlled composition is presented. It is also shown here how the diversity of valences in the constituent elements allows an effective control of their electrical conductivity through the adjustment of the cation ratios. At the same time, while the crystallographic complexity of quaternary chalcogenides is associated with intrinsically low thermal conductivities, the reduction of the lattice dimensions to the nanoscale further reduces the materials thermal conductivity. In the specific case of the stannite crystal structure, a convenient slab distribution of the valence band maximum states permits a partial decoupling of the p-type electrical conductivity from both the Seebeck coefficient and the thermal conductivity. Combining these features, we demonstrate how an initial optimization of the nanocrystals Cd/Cu ratio allowed us to obtain low-temperature solution-processed materials with ZT values up to 0.71 at 685 K.}, author = {Ibáñez, Maria and Cadavid, Doris and Zamani, Reza and García Castelló, Nuria and Izquierdo Roca, Victora and Li, Wenhua and Fairbrother, Andrew and Prades, Joan and Shavel, Alexey and Arbiol, Jordi and Pérez Rodríguez, Alejandro and Morante, Joan and Cabot, Andreu}, journal = {Chemistry of Materials}, number = {3}, pages = {562 -- 570}, publisher = {American Chemical Society}, title = {{Composition control and thermoelectric properties of quaternary chalcogenide nanocrystals: The case of stannite Cu2CdSnSe4}}, doi = {10.1021/cm2031812}, volume = {24}, year = {2012}, } @article{340, abstract = {A procedure for the continuous production of Cu 2ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) nanoparticles with controlled composition is presented. CZTS nanoparticles were prepared through the reaction of the metals' amino complexes with elemental sulfur in a continuous-flow reactor at moderate temperatures (300-330 °C). High-resolution transmission electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction analysis showed the nanocrystals to have a crystallographic structure compatible with that of the kesterite. Chemical characterization of the materials showed the presence of the four elements in each individual nanocrystal. Composition control was achieved by adjusting the solution flow rate through the reactor and the proper choice of the nominal precursor concentration within the flowing solution. Single-particle analysis revealed a composition distribution within each sample, which was optimized at the highest synthesis temperatures used. }, author = {Shavel, Alexey and Cadavid, Doris and Ibáñez, Maria and Carrete, Alex and Cabot, Andreu}, journal = {Journal of the American Chemical Society}, number = {3}, pages = {1438 -- 1441}, publisher = {ACS}, title = {{Continuous production of Cu inf 2 inf ZnSnS inf 4 inf nanocrystals in a flow reactor}}, doi = {10.1021/ja209688a}, volume = {134}, year = {2012}, } @article{345, abstract = {Nanocomposites are highly promising materials to enhance the efficiency of current thermoelectric devices. A straightforward and at the same time highly versatile and controllable approach to produce nanocomposites is the assembly of solution-processed nanocrystal building blocks. The convenience of this bottom-up approach to produce nanocomposites with homogeneous phase distributions and adjustable composition is demonstrated here by blending Ag2Te and PbTe colloidal nanocrystals to form Ag2Te–PbTe bulk nanocomposites. The thermoelectric properties of these nanocomposites are analyzed in the temperature range from 300 to 700 K. The evolution of their electrical conductivity and Seebeck coefficient is discussed in terms of the blend composition and the characteristics of the constituent materials. }, author = {Cadavid, Doris and Ibáñez, Maria and Gorsse, Stéphane and López, Antonio and Cirera, Albert and Morante, Joan and Cabot, Andreu}, journal = {Journal of Nanoparticle Research}, number = {12}, publisher = {Kluwer}, title = {{Bottom-up processing of thermoelectric nanocomposites from colloidal nanocrystal building blocks: The case of Ag2Te–PbTe}}, doi = {10.1007/s11051-012-1328-0}, volume = {14}, year = {2012}, } @article{347, abstract = {A synthetic route for producing Cu 2ZnGeSe 4 nanocrystals with narrow size distributions and controlled composition is presented. These nanocrystals were used to produce densely packed nanomaterials by hot-pressing. From the characterization of the thermoelectric properties of these nanomaterials, Cu 2ZnGeSe 4 is demonstrated to show excellent thermoelectric properties. A very preliminary adjustment of the nanocrystal composition has already resulted in a figure of merit of up to 0.55 at 450°C. }, author = {Ibáñez, Maria and Zamani, Reza and Lalonde, Aaron and Cadavid, Doris and Li, Wenhua and Shavel, Alexey and Arbiol, Jordi and Morante, Joan and Gorsse, Stéphane and Snyder, G Jeffrey and Cabot, Andreu}, journal = {Journal of the American Chemical Society}, number = {9}, pages = {4060 -- 4063}, publisher = {ACS}, title = {{Cu 2ZnGeSe 4 nanocrystals: Synthesis and thermoelectric properties}}, doi = {10.1021/ja211952z}, volume = {134}, year = {2012}, } @article{3836, abstract = {Hierarchical Timing Language (HTL) is a coordination language for distributed, hard real-time applications. HTL is a hierarchical extension of Giotto and, like its predecessor, based on the logical execution time (LET) paradigm of real-time programming. Giotto is compiled into code for a virtual machine, called the EmbeddedMachine (or E machine). If HTL is targeted to the E machine, then the hierarchicalprogram structure needs to be flattened; the flattening makes separatecompilation difficult, and may result in E machinecode of exponential size. In this paper, we propose a generalization of the E machine, which supports a hierarchicalprogram structure at runtime through real-time trigger mechanisms that are arranged in a tree. We present the generalized E machine, and a modular compiler for HTL that generates code of linear size. The compiler may generate code for any part of a given HTL program separately in any order.}, author = {Ghosal, Arkadeb and Iercan, Daniel and Kirsch, Christoph and Henzinger, Thomas A and Sangiovanni Vincentelli, Alberto}, journal = {Science of Computer Programming}, number = {2}, pages = {96 -- 112}, publisher = {Elsevier}, title = {{Separate compilation of hierarchical real-time programs into linear-bounded embedded machine code}}, doi = {10.1016/j.scico.2010.06.004}, volume = {77}, year = {2012}, } @article{2972, abstract = {Energy parity games are infinite two-player turn-based games played on weighted graphs. The objective of the game combines a (qualitative) parity condition with the (quantitative) requirement that the sum of the weights (i.e., the level of energy in the game) must remain positive. Beside their own interest in the design and synthesis of resource-constrained omega-regular specifications, energy parity games provide one of the simplest model of games with combined qualitative and quantitative objectives. Our main results are as follows: (a) exponential memory is sufficient and may be necessary for winning strategies in energy parity games; (b) the problem of deciding the winner in energy parity games can be solved in NP ∩ coNP; and (c) we give an algorithm to solve energy parity by reduction to energy games. We also show that the problem of deciding the winner in energy parity games is logspace-equivalent to the problem of deciding the winner in mean-payoff parity games, which can thus be solved in NP ∩ coNP. As a consequence we also obtain a conceptually simple algorithm to solve mean-payoff parity games.}, author = {Chatterjee, Krishnendu and Doyen, Laurent}, journal = {Theoretical Computer Science}, pages = {49 -- 60}, publisher = {Elsevier}, title = {{Energy parity games}}, doi = {10.1016/j.tcs.2012.07.038}, volume = {458}, year = {2012}, } @article{2967, abstract = {For programs whose data variables range over Boolean or finite domains, program verification is decidable, and this forms the basis of recent tools for software model checking. In this article, we consider algorithmic verification of programs that use Boolean variables, and in addition, access a single read-only array whose length is potentially unbounded, and whose elements range over an unbounded data domain. We show that the reachability problem, while undecidable in general, is (1) PSPACE-complete for programs in which the array-accessing for-loops are not nested, (2) decidable for a restricted class of programs with doubly nested loops. The second result establishes connections to automata and logics defining languages over data words.}, author = {Alur, Rajeev and Cerny, Pavol and Weinstein, Scott}, journal = {ACM Transactions on Computational Logic (TOCL)}, number = {3}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {{Algorithmic analysis of array-accessing programs}}, doi = {10.1145/2287718.2287727}, volume = {13}, year = {2012}, }