Abstract: The present invention relates to a polypeptide having protease activity comprising a zinc finger protease domain, a helix-turn-helix domain and a GAF domain. The core protein sequence of the protease is shown as SEQ ID NO: 1. The invention also relates to optimized reaction conditions for the protease and methods of increasing the protease activity.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for continuous preparation of high bulk density methionine crystals.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a fiducial node DC voltage based DC voltage droop control method with dead-band for HVDC grids. Two levels of DC voltage control e.g. primary and secondary DC voltage regulation are introduced to realize load sharing and DC voltage control in HVDC grids. In the process of primary DC voltage regulation, the power flow regulation ability of the entire HVDC grids can be significantly improved, and the DC voltage and stability of the HVDC grids will be quickly controlled and guaranteed for the benefit of droop characteristic. Secondary DC voltage regulation is achieved by by introducing the load-DC voltage controller. In the process of secondary DC voltage regulation, the burden of accommodating power imbalance by the DC voltage fiducial node will be alleviated, thus improving the ability to resist disturbances of the entire HVDC grids.

Abstract: Provided in the present invention are an olefin polymerization apparatus and an olefin polymerization process. The following operations and effects can be realized by the apparatus or method provided in the present invention: the gas material discharged from the polymerization reactor is condensed, after the gas-liquid separation, the resulting gas portion is recycled to the reactor to form a circulation loop; the condensate can be selectively introduced to the polymerization reactor, in order to achieve the free switch between the homopolymerization reaction and the copolymerization reaction or between different copolymerization reactions, and at the same time the condensate can absorb the heat generated by the reaction. By using the apparatus and method provided in the present invention, polyolefin products having excellent mechanical properties and processability can be prepared as needed.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a nitrilase from Arabis alpina, which belongs to genus Arabis, family brassicaceae. The disclosure further provides the encoding gene, vector, recombinant bacterial strain, and the application in the manufacturing of (S)-3-cyano-5-methylhexanoic acid. The wet resting cells containing nitrilase Aa-Nit can kinetically resolve racemic IBSN at 1.2 M with a 42% conversion rate in 15 hr and >99% ee value. The disclosure provides a regio- and stereoselective method for the preparation of (S)-3-cyano-5-methylhexanoic acid. This method provides an atom economical, mild, environmental friendly industrial method to manufacture (S)-3-cyano-5-methylhexanoic acid.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a continuous on-board drying method for Antarctic krill and a continuous on-board processing method of shelled Antarctic krill. The drying method includes the following steps: 1) subjecting fishing materials to cleaning, sorting, and dewatering with a vibrating screen; 2) rapidly heating the krill to the temperature of up to 70° C. using infra-red rays; 3) hot-air drying; 4) impurity removal by vacuum; 5) cooling to obtain dried krill. The processing method includes the following steps: a) subjecting fishing materials to cleaning, sorting, and dewatering with a vibrating screen; b) rapidly heating the krill to the temperature of up to 70° C. using infra-red rays; c) hot-air drying; d) subjecting the dried krill to shelling treatment to separate shell from meat, to obtain shelled krill; e) impurity removal by vacuum to obtain shelled krill product.

Abstract: A sampling and preparation system is positioned in a coal and biomass co-fired power station, which includes a sampling pipe connected with a boiler flue of the co-fired power station. The sampling pipe from the end close to the boiler flue to the other end away from the boiler flue includes a filtering device, a mass flow controller, a carbon dioxide trap and a pumping device. The sampling and preparation system also includes a carbon dioxide transfer device and a 14C testing device. The carbon dioxide transfer device is applied to transferring the carbon dioxide from the carbon dioxide trap to the 14C testing device which is applied to measuring the 14C in the carbon dioxide sample. The system may calculate the biomass blending ratio of the coal and biomass co-fired power station rapidly.

Abstract: A method for the adsorption separation of propylene and propyne, comprising selectively adsorbing propyne from a mixed gas of propylene and propyne using an anion-containing metal-organic framework material as an adsorbing agent so as to obtain a purified propylene gas. The anion-containing metal-organic framework material is used as an adsorbing agent in the method, and the adsorbing agent is a kind of highly ordered microporous organic-inorganic hybrid material, with the pore size thereof being adjustable within the range of 0.4-1.2 nm, and the pore volume thereof being adjustable within the range of 0.1-1.2 cm3/g. A large number of anionic active sites and a highly ordered spatial arrangement thereof allow the adsorbing agent to exhibit excellent propyne adsorption properties. Thus, the adsorbing agent has a very high propyne selectivity and adsorption volume.

Abstract: A radiation thermal absorber based on characteristic absorption spectrum, a Stirling engine and an operation method thereof. The radiation thermal absorber allows working gas in the Stirling engine to absorb radiation heat quickly, and help the Stirling engine adopt assistant heating to ensure steady operation when solar power is not enough. The radiation thermal absorber includes a heater base, a radiation energy conversion device, heating tubes, a combustion chamber and valves of the heating tubes. The radiation energy conversion device converts the solar energy into radiation energy near a characteristic absorption peak of the working gas, and the working gas absorbs the radiation directly in depth.

Abstract: Provided is an offshore crane heave compensation control system and method using video rangefinding to achieve heave compensation in a directly driven pump-controlled electro-hydraulic heave compensator. The heave compensation and the heave compensator are applicable for special operation and control requirements on a fixed offshore platform and allow the crane to achieve steady lifting of a load away from or lowering of a load on to a supply vessel without being influenced by the motion of the supply vessel caused by ocean currents, ocean winds, or ocean waves. Also provided is a test platform for the offshore crane heave compensation control system using video rangefinding. The test platform provides a realistic simulation for all lifting and lowering processes of an offshore platform crane in offshore environments to study the motion control of the provided system.

Abstract: A graphene fiber and a preparation method thereof, where the graphene fiber is a composite fiber of metal nanowire doped graphene fiber, and principal components of the composite fiber are graphene and metal nanowires, a mass ratio of metal nanowires is 0.1%-50%, the graphene is in a form of sheet, and both the metal nanowires and graphene sheets are arranged in parallel along an axial direction of the graphene fiber. The metal nanowire doped graphene fiber is a new type of a high performance multi-functional fiber material, which achieves a significant improvement in electrical conductivity of graphene fibers through doping of metal nanowires and meanwhile demonstrates excellent tensile strength and toughness. The metal nanowire doped graphene fiber has great potential application value in a plurality of fields, for example, it is used as a lightweight flexible wire.

Abstract: A flexible and soft smart driving device comprises a flexible frame, a driving mechanism and a creeping structure. The driving mechanism uses an intrinsic strain of an intelligent soft material to generate a driving force. A creeping structure is used to implement autonomous activities of the flexible and soft smart driving device. The driving mechanism and the creeping structure are attached to the flexible frame. The driving mechanism generates the driving force by contraction and relaxation of a driving membrane. The flexible and soft smart driving device is made from flexible materials and has advantages of good creeping speed, flexible control, small noise and high human body compatibility.

Abstract: The invention discloses an anti-corrosion coating with low through-hole ratio for steel rebars. The composition of coating includes 45-70 weight percent feldspar powder, 15-30 weight percent borax, 10-20 weight percent calcium tetraborate, 5-15 weight percent fluorspar, 4-8 weight percent clay, 1-10 weight percent adhesion agent, and 1-1.5 weight percent thickener. This invention also discloses a coating method using above-mentioned anti-corrosion coating. The method includes seven steps: 1. dry mixing, 2. wet mixing, 3. pretreatment, 4. coating, 5. baking, 6. sintering, 7. cooling down at room temperature. The coating of this invention has outstanding anti-corrosion resistance, extremely high toughness, and good durability.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to group III-V QDs and manufacturing methods thereof. More specifically, the embodiments disclosed herein relate to group III-V QDs that have at least one shell of a group II-VI compound surrounding the group III-V QD core. Thus, the QDs disclosed herein are core/shell QDs and in some embodiments may be a core/shell/shell QD. For example, the group III-V QD core material may be surrounded by a shell of a group II-VI compound, which itself may be surrounded by a shell of a group II-VI compound.

Abstract: A method of synthesizing biogenic elemental selenium nanostructure using Enterobacter cloacae and its application. The method uses E. cloacae Z0206 to reduce selenite to zero valence selenium and forms nano-sized elemental selenium particles, including steps of inoculating activated E. cloacae Z0206 to fermentation broth, adding sodium selenite solution, shaking and incubating, collecting the fermentation broth and separating the elemental selenium nanoparticles.

Abstract: A human ?-defensin 5 variant is obtained by adding amino acid residues at C-terminal of ?-defensin 5 and then being modified to link an aliphatic acid. At least one of the added amino acid residues has a free amino group, and the free amino group is modified to link an aliphatic acid with 8-24 carbon atoms. The variant is used in manufacture of an antibacterial agent and an immunomodulatory agent. Antibacterial activity is significantly enhanced by extending and modifying the C-terminal of HD-5; in particular, salt tolerance is significantly improved by extending the C-terminal of HD-5 with Lys and then being modified with myristic acid, thereby breaking the restriction of salt-sensibility of conventional antimicrobial peptides. The variant can significantly promote release of inflammatory factors from macrophages and thus can be applied in manufacture of immunomodulatory agent.

Abstract: A device and a process for producing undecylenic acid methyl ester using methyl ricinoleate as raw material are provided. The device comprises a feed pump, a raw material pre-heater, a microwave catalytic reactor, a microwave generator, a temperature controller and an infrared sensor, a condenser, a product tank and a discharge pump. The feed pump is connected with the raw material pre-heater, which is connected with the inlet of the microwave catalytic reactor. The outlet of the microwave catalytic reactor is connected with the condenser, which is connected to the product tank and the discharge pump. The microwave catalytic reactor is located in the microwave generator, which is connected with the temperature controller and the infrared sensor. The process is as follows: high-purity methyl ricinoleate, used as the raw material, is converted to methyl undecene and heptaldehyde by microwave-assisted pyrolysis process, followed by isolation and purification to produce methyl undecene.

Abstract: Disclosed is a real-time motion simulation method for hair and object collisions, which is based on a small amount of pre-computation training data and generates a self-adaptive simplified model for virtual hair style for real-time selection and interpolation and collision correction, thereby realizing real-time high-quality motion simulation for hair-object collisions. The method comprises the following steps: 1) reduced model pre-computation: based on pre-computation simulation data, selecting representative hairs and generating a reduced model; 2) real-time animation and interpolation: clustering the representative hairs simulated in real time; selecting the reduced model and interpolating; and 3) collision correction: detecting collision and applying a correction force on the representative hairs to correct the collisions. The present invention proposed a real-time simulation method for hair-object collision, which achieves similar effect as off-line simulation and reduces the computation time cost.

Abstract: This invention discloses an anti-corrosion coating sintered at low temperature for steel rebars. The composition of coating includes 30-50 weight percent nano-silica, 20-40 weight percent flux, 9-20 weight percent calcium fluoride, 2-10 weight percent thickener, and 2-14 weight percent adhesion, agent. This invention also discloses the coating method of above-mentioned anti-corrosion coating. The method includes seven steps: 1. dry mixing, 2. wet mixing, 3. pretreatment, 4. coating, 5. baking, 6. sintering, 7. cooling down at room temperature. The coating of this invention has high strength, high density, high corrosion resistance, good capacity to bond with concrete, and maintains the mechanical properties of steel rebars.

Abstract: Provided are an artificially designed and modified insecticidal protein or a segment thereof. The insecticidal protein belongs to a Vip3A-type insecticidal protein. The protein or the segment thereof has an insecticidal activity against a pest, especially a lepidoptera pest. Also provided are a nucleic acid for coding the protein or the segment thereof, an insecticidal composition, a DNA constructor, and a transformed microorganism or a plant comprising the nucleic acid, and a method for controlling a pest, especially a plant pest.