Abstract: The present invention relates to an electroconductive polymer fiber having an integrated electroconductive layer on at least a part of its surface. Since the electroconductive layer of the present invention is integrally formed on the core layer of the fiber, the electroconductive polymer fiber has excellent bending resistance. The fabric comprising the electroconductive polymer fiber of the present invention retains the electrical conductivity even after repeated washing and bending. The electroconductive polymer fiber of the present invention can be used for antistatic products, electromagnetic shielding materials or stealth materials.

Abstract: Quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) techniques for use in optical systems are described. An optical transceiver may include a modulator configured to modulate data according to a scaled set-partitioning QAM (SP-QAM) scheme. The modulator may be configured to receive a plurality of bits, associate the plurality of bits with a plurality of symbols according to the scaled (SP-QAM) scheme; and transmit the plurality of symbols over an optical channel. A demodulator in an optical receiver may receive the plurality of symbols transmitted over the optical channel and associate the received symbols with a plurality of bits according to the scaled (SP-QAM) scheme; and provide the plurality of bits to a forward error correction decoder.

Abstract: An alloy material, a bonded magnet, and a modification method of a rare-earth permanent magnetic powder are provided by the present application. A melting point of the alloy material is lower than 600° C. and a composition of the alloy material by an atomic part is RE100-x-yMxNy, wherein RE is one or more of non-heavy rare-earth Nd, Pr, Sm, La and Ce, M is one or more of Cu, Al, Zn and Mg, N is one or more of Ga, In and Sn, x=10-35 and y=1-15.

Abstract: This invention reveals a novel miRNA and a novel miRNA-regulated signaling network which controls brown adipogenesis and thermogenic programs, thereby providing a powerful approach for the treatment of obesity and related metabolic diseases. In this regard, the present invention is also directed towards methods of treatment of obesity and excess weight (overweight) and metabolic disorders caused by or aggravated by a subject being overweight or obese.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of lubricant, and specifically provides a lubricant composition and its preparation method and use. The lubricant composition comprises a base oil and rubber particles having radiation crosslinked structure dispersed therein, wherein the base oil is continuous phase and the rubber particles are dispersed phase. The viscosity of the lubricant composition of the present invention can be effectively adjusted as temperature changes. As compared with the lubricant composition comprising chemically crosslinked rubber particles, it has a lower viscosity at low temperatures and a higher viscosity at high temperatures, and has a relatively high viscosity index, which can meet the application requirements at the temperature above 200° C. In addition, the lubricant composition of the present invention also has excellent antiwear and friction-reducing properties.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a resin composition having an improved haze effect and light transmittance and a process for preparing the same. The resin composition comprises blended components: a) a matrix resin; and b) crosslinked copolymer microspheres; wherein the crosslinked copolymer microspheres are alternating copolymers formed from monomers having anhydride, amide and/or imide groups, with olefin monomers and/or furan and its derivatives and optionally crosslinked with a crosslinking agent; preferably, the resin composition has a haze of not less than 92%, and a light transmittance of not less than 55%, preferably a haze of not less than 92%, and a light transmittance of not less than 59%, and more preferably a haze of not less than 95%, and a light transmittance of not less than 59%. The resin composition is energy efficient in use, provides excellent light diffusing effect, and, at the same time reduces the material cost.

Abstract: A system and method including multi-dimensional coded modulation wherein symbols within successive blocks of symbols are mapped using at least two different constellations to differentiate the symbols from each other. At least one data bit is encoded by an order of the symbols within each block of symbols. The receiver decodes the data by decoding at least one bit from the order of the symbols mapped with the first and second constellations.

Abstract: A system and method including multi-dimensional coded modulation wherein symbols within successive blocks of symbols are mapped using at least two different constellations to differentiate the symbols from each other. At least one data bit is encoded by an order of the symbols within each block of symbols. The receiver decodes the data by decoding at least one bit from the order of the symbols mapped with the first and second constellations.

Abstract: An adaptive equalizer with coefficients determined by averaging an estimated filter coefficient over a number, N, of past and future symbols. Estimated filter coefficients may be optimized by optimization of the number N, an averaging window function and a scaling factor using a metric. The metric also allows estimation of the amount of noise that may be compensated by an adaptive equalizer consistent with the present disclosure.

Abstract: An adaptive equalizer with coefficients determined by averaging an estimated filter coefficient over a number, N, of past and future symbols. Estimated filter coefficients may be optimized by optimization of the number N, an averaging window function and a scaling factor using a metric. The metric also allows estimation of the amount of noise that may be compensated by an adaptive equalizer consistent with the present disclosure.

Abstract: This invention relates to the field of medium and nitrogen fixation technique. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method of identifying whether Azotobacter secrets ammonia using nitrogen-free solid incubation media. Each liter of nitrogen-free incubation media comprises: K2HPO4 0.5-2 g, MgSO4.7H2O 0.1-0.5 g, CaCl2.2H2O 0.05-0.15 g, glucose 7-13 g, FeSO4.7H2O 0.005-0.02 g, NaMoO4.2H2O, 0.005-0.01 g, agar 10-20 g, and distilled water to balance. The present invention provides a method to identify whether Azotobacter secrets ammonia using nitrogen-free solid incubation media, which is simple and easy to carry out, and can accurately identify whether Azotobacter secreting nitrogenous compounds to extracellular and the ability of secretion, which play an important role in the development of bio-fertilizer industry.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of lubricant, and specifically provides a lubricant composition and its preparation method and use. The lubricant composition comprises a base oil and rubber particles having radiation crosslinked structure dispersed therein, wherein the base oil is continuous phase and the rubber particles are dispersed phase. The viscosity of the lubricant composition of the present invention can be effectively adjusted as temperature changes. As compared with the lubricant composition comprising chemically crosslinked rubber particles, it has a lower viscosity at low temperatures and a higher viscosity at high temperatures, and has a relatively high viscosity index, which can meet the application requirements at the temperature above 200° C. In addition, the lubricant composition of the present invention also has excellent antiwear and friction-reducing properties.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a resin composition having improved haze and light transmittance in the technical field of polymer materials and the process for preparing the same. The resin composition is characterized by comprising the following blended components: a. matrix resin; and b. crosslinked copolymer microspheres; wherein the crosslinked copolymer microspheres are alternating copolymers formed from monomers having anhydride, amide and/or imide groups, with olefin monomers and/or furan and its derivatives and optionally crosslinked with a crosslinking agent; preferably, the resin composition has a haze of not less than 92%, and a light transmittance of not less than 55%, preferably a haze of not less than 92%, and a light transmittance of not less than 59%, and more preferably a haze of not less than 95%, and a light transmittance of not less than 59%.

Abstract: A rubber composition, preparation method and vulcanized rubber thereof are provided. The rubber composition comprises uncrosslinked rubber and rubber particles having crosslinked structure dispersed therein, wherein the rubber particles having crosslinked structure are synthetic rubber particles and/or natural rubber particles with an average particle size of 20 to 500 nm and a gel content of 60% by weight or higher, and the uncrosslinked rubber is styrene-butadiene rubber, and wherein the weight ratio of the rubber particles having crosslinked structure to the uncrosslinked rubber is 1:99-20:80.

Abstract: The invention provides a conductive full vulcanized thermoplastic elastomer and its preparation method, and relates to the technical field of full vulcanized thermoplastic elastomer. The full vulcanized thermoplastic elastomer is obtained by melt-blending components including rubber particles having crosslinking structure with mean particle diameter of 0.02 to 1 ?m, carbon nanotubes as conductive fillers and thermoplastic plastics once, wherein the weight ratio of the rubber particles and the thermoplastic plastics is from 30:70 to 75:25 and the content of conductive fillers is from 0.3 to 10 weight parts based on the total weight of rubber particles and thermoplastic plastics of 100 weight parts. The resulting conductive full vulcanized thermoplastic elastomers have low content of conductive fillers and excellent combination performances.

Abstract: A system and method including a parity bit encoder for encoding each n?3 bits of data to be transmitted with three parity check bits to produce blocks of n bits (n?3 information bits plus three parity bits associated with the n information bits). Each of the blocks of n bits are Gray mapped to three QAM symbols that are modulated onto an optical wavelength and transmitted to a receiver. A maximum a posteriori (MAP) decoder is used at the receiver to correct for cycle slip.

Abstract: A system and method with a modified bit-interleaved coded modulation with iterative decoding (BICM-ID). Coded and interleaved bits are combined and coded with a second FEC code that is then mapped to a modulation format. The second FEC code may be a single parity check (SPC) and the scheme may be referred to as a SPC-BICM-ID scheme.

Abstract: This invention reveals a novel miRNA and a novel miRNA-regulated signaling network which controls brown adipogenesis and thermogenic programs, thereby providing a powerful approach for the treatment of obesity and related metabolic diseases. In this regard, the present invention is also directed towards methods of treatment of obesity and excess weight (overweight) and metabolic disorders caused by or aggravated by a subject being overweight or obese.

Abstract: A system and method including a parity bit encoder for encoding bits of data to be transmitted with first and second parity check bits to produce successive block of bits. Each of the blocks of bits are Gray mapped to a plurality of associated QAM symbols that are modulated onto an optical wavelength and transmitted to a receiver. A de-mapper corrects for 90 degree and 180 degree cycle slip using parity indicated by the first and second parity bits.

Abstract: A system and method involving a coded modulation scheme whereby different spectral efficiencies can be achieved for different transmitters in a WDM system using the same M2-QAM modulation format. A maximum achievable spectral efficiency for the transmitters may be selected and a spectral efficiency step-size of the maximum achievable spectral efficiency may be specified. The spectral efficiency for any transmitter in the system may be individually selected by reducing its spectral efficiency from the maximum achievable spectral efficiencies by a selected number of steps corresponding to the step size.