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The first aspect of the present invention is directed to a method of producing a vascular network preform (VNP). This method involves forming a network of elongate fibers and at least one elongate structure from a sacrificial material. The diameter of the elongate structure is greater than that of the elongate fibers. The network of elongate fibers is placed in contact with at least one elongate structure either following or during forming the network of elongate fibers or forming the at least one elongate structure. A matrix is applied around the network of elongate fibers, in contact with the at least one elongate structure. The network of elongate fibers and elongate structure, within the matrix is sacrificed to form a preform. The resulting preform contains a vascular network of fine diameter tubes in contact with at least one elongate passage having a diameter greater than that of the fine diameter tubes. The resulting solid preform and methods of using it are also disclosed.

A relaying method of an optical signal of a hybrid relaying apparatus in a gigabit passive optical element includes: selecting and receiving any one of a first serial electrical signal corresponding to a downlink wavelength division multiplexing-passive optical line terminal (WDM-PON OLT) optical signal and a second serial electrical signal corresponding to a downlink gigabit passive optical network optical line terminal (GPON OLT) optical signal; modulating the downlink serial electrical signal to a downlink GPON transmission convergence (GTC) frame; extracting control information for uplink transmission from the downlink GTC frame; converting the downlink GTC frame into the downlink serial electrical signal; and converting the converted serial electrical signal into an optical signal and transmitting the converted optical signal in a GPON OLT optical transceiver.

A process for making and a composition of a superior lubricant or lubricant component by the oligomerization of a mixture comprising olefins and isoparaffins to produce an alkylated (“capped”) olefin oligomer having a very high VI and a low cloud point. The process preferably uses an acidic chloroaluminate ionic liquid catalyst system. Preferably the ionic liquid catalyst system comprises a Brönsted acid.

A selectivated molecular sieve, e.g., ZSM-22 or ZSM-23, is used as olefin oligomerization catalyst to provide product, e.g., octenes and dodecenes from butene, having a low degree of branching and hindered double bonds.

A process for making and a composition of a superior lubricant or lubricant component by the oligomerization of a mixture comprising olefins and isoparaffins to produce an alkylated (“capped”) olefin oligomer having a very high VI and a low cloud point. The process preferably uses an acidic chloroaluminate ionic liquid catalyst system. Preferably the ionic liquid catalyst system comprises a Brönsted acid.

This invention relates to a method and system for locating line faults in a medium voltage network (3). Heretofore, the known methods and systems provided relatively limited resolution of fault location. Typically, the fault location information was limited to a distance from the substation (5). In complex medium voltage networks with branching, these systems and methods are not ideal as faults could potentially be in a number of different locations, spread out over a large area. According to the present invention, line mounted sensors (23(a)-23(I) are positioned both upstream and downstream of each of the branch points (11 (a)-11 (e), 29(a)-29(b) and this enables a more accurate determination of the location of the fault in the medium voltage net-work. Furthermore, artificial neural networks are employed to improve detection and location of faults in the medium voltage net-work.

The present invention generally relates to non-aqueous solutions of plant growth regulator(s) and polar and / or semi-polar organic solvent(s), methods for making said non-aqueous solution, and methods for improving the growth and crop productivity of plants using said non-aqueous solution.

A bifurcated stent includes a trunk portion and first and second branches. At least one of the branches includes a longitudinally extendable portion such that the branch can be extended from a first length up to second length. The longitudinally extendable portion may be formed of a plurality of cylindrical rings coupled to each other by a curved link, wherein pulling the branch straightens the curved link, thereby lengthening the branch. The longitudinally extendable portion may be formed by winding a portion of a continuous wire of the branch at a first pitch whereas the remainder of the branch is wound at a second pitch greater than the first pitch. Thus, when the branch is pulled, the pitch of the longitudinally extendable portion increases, thereby lengthening the branch. A method of deploying a stent with a longitudinally extendable portion is also disclosed.

A bifurcated stent includes a trunk portion and first and second branches. At least one of the branches includes a longitudinally extendable portion such that the branch can be extended from a first length up to second length. The longitudinally extendable portion may be formed of a plurality of cylindrical rings coupled to each other by a curved link, wherein pulling the branch straightens the curved link, thereby lengthening the branch. The longitudinally extendable portion may be formed by winding a portion of a continuous wire of the branch at a first pitch whereas the remainder of the branch is wound at a second pitch greater than the first pitch. Thus, when the branch is pulled, the pitch of the longitudinally extendable portion increases, thereby lengthening the branch. A method of deploying a stent with a longitudinally extendable portion is also disclosed.

A process for producing a fuel, which comprises the step of performing electrolysis on an alcoholic solution or a melt of a fatty acid or salt thereof or fatty acid ester or other derivative or precursor thereof, to decarboxylate said fatty acid or derivative, and produce a mixture of an ether and an alkene.

The present invention provides methods for obtaining plants that exhibit useful traits by expression of a DNA methyltransferase fusion protein in progenitor plants. Methods for identifying genetic loci that provide for useful traits in plants and plants produced with those loci are also provided. In addition, plants that exhibit the useful traits, parts of the plants including seeds, and products of the plants are provided as well as methods of using the plants. Recombinant DNA vectors and transgenic plants comprising those vectors that express a DNA methyltransferase fusion protein are also provided.

A process for the isomerization of a feedstream comprising C5–C6 hydrocarbons where the process involves charging hydrogen and a feedstream comprising at least normal C5–C6 hydrocarbons into an isomerization zone and contacting said hydrogen and feedstream with an isomerization catalyst at isomerization conditions to increase the branching of the feedstream hydrocarbons and produce an isomerization effluent stream comprising at least normal pentane, normal hexane, methylbutane, dimethylbutane, and methylpentane has been discovered. The catalyst used is a solid acid catalyst comprising a support comprising a sulfated oxide or hydroxide of at least an element of Group IVB (IUPAC 4) of the Periodic Table, a first component selected from the group consisting of at least one lanthanide-series element, mixtures thereof, and yttrium, and a second component selected from the group of platinum-group metals and mixtures thereof.

Aerogel compositions that include polyamic amides, methods for preparing the aerogel compositions, and articles of manufacture that include or manufactured from the aerogel compositions are described.

The invention relates to a preparation method for a microbial organic soil bactericidal and insecticidal warming conditioning agent. Fermentation raw materials are domestic fungus cultivation residue substances, the fermentation raw materials are crushed and added with water, and thus the water content mass percent of the fermentation raw materials is 25-35%; decomposing inoculants are added at a mass ratio of1:1000, the mixture is mixed uniformly, the fermentation raw materials mixed with strains are added with tourmaline powder with a mass percent of 5%, rare earth negative ion powder with a mass percent of 2%, composite biological insecticides accounting for 1% of the finished product total mass and composite biological bactericides accounting for 1% of the finished product total mass, the mixture is mixed uniformly, then loose packing or granulation is carried out, drying is carried out and the water content is 10%; packaging is carried out, and a microbial organic soil bactericidal and insecticidal warming conditioning agent is prepared. The produced conditioning agent is advantageous in that the organic matter content is high, the ground temperature is raised, absorption of phosphor and potassium for crops can be raised, the conditioning agent has functions of preventing soil borne diseases, releasing phosphorus and potassium, fixing nitrogen and killing nematodes and green environmental protection is achieved.

Aerogel compositions that include polyamic amides, methods for preparing the aerogel compositions, and articles of manufacture that include or manufactured from the aerogel compositions are described.

The present invention is a tissue web comprising cellulosic fibers and a semi-synthetic cationic polymer having a molecular weight less than about 5 million. The semi-synthetic cationic polymer can be heterogeneously distributed in the tissue web. The semi-synthetic cationic polymer has a degree of cationic substitution of at least 0.2.

The invention discloses tobacco strigolactones transport protein NtPDR6 and an interference expression vector and application thereof. The tobacco strigolactones transport protein NtPDR6 has an amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO.4 or obtained through substituting, deleting or adding at least one amino acid on SEQ ID NO.4; and a nucleotide sequence for coding the protein is shown in SEQ ID NO.3 or is obtained through substituting, deleting or adding at least one nucleotide on SEQ ID NO.3. The protein has the effect of inhibiting lateral branch, axillary bud or lateral bud proliferation, the lateral branch growth of tobacco subjected to interference expression is obviously active, axillary bud or lateral bud proliferation is obvious, and the protein has significance for controlling the plant type of tobacco and improving the yield of tobacco.

The present invention is one kind of aldehyde-free building adhesive suitable for in building engineering, indoor decoration and fitment engineering and casting. The aldehyde-free building adhesive consists of PVA 2-12 wt%, sodium sulfate 0.001-0.68 wt%, hydroxyethyl cellulose 0.002-0.08 wt%, propylene glycol polyoxytrimethylene polyvinylether 0.001-0.8 wt%, water glass 0.5-6.6 wt%, borax 0.001-1 wt%, urea 0.5-4.5 wt%, sodium benzoate 0.01-1 wt% and water 73.34-96.985 wt%. The present invention features no toxic matter contained, no air pollution produced and no damage to the producer and user, and is used as substitute of polyvinyl formal for wide application.

The invention belongs to the technical field of composite fertilizer production, and relates to weathered coal-containing potassium sulfate composite fertilizer treated by acidulation and a manufacturing method thereof. Traditional ammonified granular potassium sulfate composite fertilizer is added with powdery weathered coal and then is subjected to activation treatment by ammonia and an acid toform the weathered coal-containing potassium sulfate composite fertilizer treated by acidulation. The weathered coal-containing potassium sulfate composite fertilizer treated by acidulation has the advantages of reasonable compatibility, balanced nutrition, and good effects of improving soil quality, stimulating plant root development and improving a fertilizer utilization rate. The weathered coal-containing potassium sulfate composite fertilizer treated by acidulation is novel sulfur-base composite fertilizer rich in organic matters and multiple nutrient elements.

The first aspect of the present invention is directed to a method of producing a vascular network preform (VNP). This method involves forming a network of elongate fibers and at least one elongate structure from a sacrificial material. The diameter of the elongate structure is greater than that of the elongate fibers. The network of elongate fibers is placed in contact with at least one elongate structure either following or during forming the network of elongate fibers or forming the at least one elongate structure. A matrix is applied around the network of elongate fibers, in contact with the at least one elongate structure. The network of elongate fibers and elongate structure, within the matrix is sacrificed to form a preform. The resulting preform contains a vascular network of fine diameter tubes in contact with at least one elongate passage having a diameter greater than that of the fine diameter tubes. The resulting solid preform and methods of using it are also disclosed.

The invention discloses a seedling raising method for pigment marigold. The method comprises the following steps of: 1, strict seed treatment; 2, preparation of a nursery bed covering; 3, seedling raising in a shoot for cutting nursery; 4, management over the shoot for cutting nursery; and 5, cutting seedling raising in a cutting nursery. According to the method, the problem of climatic barriers to seedling raising nurseries in the construction of industrial development bases for the pigment marigold in two high mountain regions in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River is solved, and in addition, the problem that the pigment marigold is excessively grown in a seedling stage, and the growth of seedlings is not required to be restrained after the seedlings are transplanted or that the seedlings are passively planted provisionally when the seedlings cannot be timely transplanted due to the climate is effectively solved; seedling cost is saved; the per unit area yield of flowers is improved, and an upside-down condition is effectively prevented; and pest and disease damage is remarkably alleviated.

A series of multicoordinating and multifunctional ligands optimized for the surface-functionalization of luminescent quantum dots (QDs) and gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) alike is disclosed. An L-aspartic acid precursor is modified with functionality, through simple peptide coupling chemistry, one or two lipoic acid (LA) groups and poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) moieties in the same ligand. These ligands were combined with a new photoligation strategy to yield hydrophilic and reactive QDs that are colloidally stable over a broad range of conditions, including storage at nanomolar concentration and under ambient conditions.

The invention belongs to the technical field of compound fertilizer production, and relates to a seaweed composition containing specific fertilizer for fruit trees and a preparation method thereof. The specific fertilizer is prepared by reasonably proportioning weathered coal, sulfuric acid, gasified ammonia, monoammonium phosphate, urea, potassium chloride, seaweed extract, zinc sulfate and borax, and granulating the obtained mixture by using a special process. The specific fertilizer is rich in organic matters and various trace elements, and has the characteristics of high utilization rate of fertilizer efficiency, long duration of fertilizer efficiency, and capability of facilitating the improvement of soil.

Provided is a polyethylene material and application thereof. A density distribution of the polyethylene material is in a range of 0.880 g / cm3-0.960 g / cm3. An amount of a fraction at a temperature of 40° C. obtained by conducting temperature rising elution fractionation on the polyethylene material is in a range of 9.0 wt %-40.0 wt %, preferably in a range of 10.0 wt %-25.0 wt %, more preferably in a range of 9.9 wt %-20.0 wt %. A melting temperature of the polyethylene material is 110° C.-135° C., preferably 116° C.-130° C. The polyethylene material provided by the present application has distinctly improved amount of medium / low-molecular-weight fractions and high-degree-branching fractions, as well as relatively high-molecular-weight fractions which are highly branched. The polyethylene material thus has a relative high melting temperature.

Disclosed are novel genetically modified plant cells wherein a SHI (short internodes) family gene is integrated into the nuclear genome. Also disclosed are plant cells where a SHI antisense gene is integrated or plants including heterologous expression control of autologous SHI genes. The plant cells confer novel phenotypes upon plants incorporating the SHI family gene. The invention also discloses transgenic plants and methods for plant production, where the plants are dwarfed, but exhibit normal or increased flower set after induction of flowering with GA. The plants of the invention are obtained without use of any growth retardants.

The invention belongs to the technical field of biological extraction, and particular relates to an extraction method of lentinan. The extraction method comprises the following steps of (1) taking shiitake mushrooms, removing impurities, thoroughly cleaning the shiitake mushrooms without the impurities, draining the cleaned shiitake mushrooms, and cutting up the drained shiitake mushrooms; (2) performing high-pressure treatment so as to obtain paste slurry; (3) adding water and compound enzymes to the paste slurry, and performing ultrasonic extraction under certain conditions according to temperature segments; and (4) performing suction filtration, compressing filtrate, performing alcohol deposition, performing alcohol precipitation, performing centrifugation, abandoning supernatant, and performing vacuum freeze drying so as to obtain the lentinan. The lentinan prepared by the extraction method disclosed by the invention is high in extraction rate and purity, and high in oxidation resistance and ageing resistance.

An expanded cellular ethylenic polymer product is provided from an irradiated, noncross-linked linear ethylenic polymer. Linear ethylenic polymers can be irradiated at ambient conditions sufficient to introduce branching in the polymer in the absence of detectable cross-linking as indicated by the absence of gels. The irradiated linear ethylenic polymer is compatible with highly branched low density polyethylene and, when mixed therewith, produces a resin having a single broad based melting temperature range as determined by direct scanning calorimetry, which indicates that the polymers in the mixture have similar crystallization behavior suitable for producing low density foams by extrusion foaming. The linear polymers can be obtained from recycled shrink wrap film. Low densities of from 0.7 to less than 4 pcf can be achieved. The foams typically have improved tear resistance as compared to previous products prepared from low density polyethylene, at comparable low densities.

The invention belongs to the technical field of plant genetic engineering and particularly relates to a tobacco auxin transport protein NtPIN4 and an application thereof. A gene NtPIN4 as a coding gene of the tobacco auxin transport protein comprises 1953bp, and a base sequence is shown as SEQ ID NO.1. The amino acid sequence of the tobacco auxin transport protein NtPIN4 is shown as SEQ ID NO.2. After the gene NtPIN4 is silenced, lateral branches of tobacco are obviously increased in gene silenced plants, and the growing number of axillary buds is obviously increased, so that tobacco plant type can be regulated. In normal tobacco plants, expression quantity of the gene NtPIN4 in stems and the axillary buds is higher. For mutant strains with the gene NtPIN4 knockout, branches are increased obviously, and axillary buds are increased actively. Deep research for the gene NtPIN4 shows that the gene NtPIN4 has important application value in tobacco growth regulation and plant type regulation.

The invention discloses a kiwi fruit cultivation method, which comprises the steps of site selection, site preparation, seedling selection, seedling and topdressing, shaping, preventing pests and diseases, and harvesting. The method of the invention can increase fruit size, increase coloring, increase sugar content, improve fruit quality, and the yield of kiwifruit has been increased by more than 30%. Watering once a month can also promote the growth of the root system of kiwifruit plants, restore tree vigor, and enhance the growth of leaves. Photosynthetic ability, promote flower bud differentiation, and lay the foundation for the high yield of kiwifruit in the following year.

The invention belongs to the technical field of edible mushroom cultivation and discloses a culture medium for promoting the rapid growth of oyster mushroom liquid mycelia and a culture method. The culture method comprises the following steps: carrying out activating culture on strains, producing the culture medium, culturing the mycelia and determining mycelium biomass. The step of culturing the mycelia comprises following steps of carrying out punching oyster mushroom mycelia growing on a flat plate by a punching device, then inoculating a potato-dextrose-agar (PDA) liquid culture medium which contains 0.1 percent to 1.0 percent of peanut oil and has no agar and carrying out shake-flask culture. After 0.1 percent to 1.0 percent of the peanut oil is added, the color of the mycelia becomes strong white, branches of the mycelia are increased and fine and small mycelium pellets are increased; the dry weight of the mycelia is 109.02 percent to 331.96 percent higher than that of the mycelia which are treated without the peanut oil.