High-Speed Visible Light Communications Using Multiple-Resonant Equalization

White light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are becoming widespread in commercial lighting applications, and there are predictions that they will be in common use in domestic applications in the future. There is also growing interest in using these devices for both illumination and communications. One of the major challenges in visible light communications is the low modulation bandwidth (BW) available from devices, which is typically several megahertz. In this letter, we describe a link that uses 16 LEDs which are modulated using a resonant driving technique, creating an overall BW of 25 MHz. This is used to implement a 40-Mb/s nonreturn-to-zero on-off keying link which operates at low error rates, and also provides illumination at levels sufficient for a standard office environment.     

Control of distributed generation systems - Part II: Load sharing control

This work is concerned with the control strategy for the parallel operation of distributed generation systems (DGS) in a standalone ac power supply. The proposed control method uses only low-bandwidth data communication signals between each generation system in addition to the locally measurable feedback signals. This is achieved by combining two control methods: droop control method and average power control method. The average power method with slow update rate is used in order to overcome the sensitivity about voltage and current measurement errors. In addition, a harmonic droop scheme for sharing harmonic content of the load currents is proposed based on the voltages and currents control algorithm. Experimental and simulation studies using two parallel three-phase pulsewidth modulation (PWM) inverters are presented to show the effectiveness of the proposed control.     

Solvent‐free cyanosilylation of aldehydes catalyzed by SmI2

A novel method to obtain racemic cyanohydrin silylethers by reaction of trimethylsilyl cyanide with a variety of aldehydes promoted by catalysis of SmI₂ is reported. The corresponding cyanosilylethers were obtained in high yields (up to 99%) in solvent‐ free conditions at room temperature within a relatively short time using 0.01–0.5 mol% catalyst loadings. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A Mixture Model of Truncated Zeta Distributions with Applications to Scientific Collaboration Networks

The degree distribution has attracted considerable attention from network scientists in the last few decades to have knowledge of the topological structure of networks. It is widely acknowledged that many real networks have power-law degree distributions. However, the deviation from such a behavior often appears when the range of degrees is small. Even worse, the conventional employment of the continuous power-law distribution usually causes an inaccurate inference as the degree should be discrete-valued. To remedy these obstacles, we propose a finite mixture model of truncated zeta distributions for a broad range of degrees that disobeys a power-law behavior in the range of small degrees while maintaining the scale-free behavior. The maximum likelihood algorithm alongside the model selection method is presented to estimate model parameters and the number of mixture components. The validity of the suggested algorithm is evidenced by Monte Carlo simulations. We apply our method to five disciplines of scientific collaboration networks with remarkable interpretations. The proposed model outperforms the other alternatives in terms of the goodness-of-fit.     

ELIHKSIR Web Server: Evolutionary Links Inferred for Histidine Kinase Sensors Interacting with Response Regulators

Two-component systems (TCS) are signaling machinery that consist of a histidine kinases (HK) and response regulator (RR). When an environmental change is detected, the HK phosphorylates its cognate response regulator (RR). While cognate interactions were considered orthogonal, experimental evidence shows the prevalence of crosstalk interactions between non-cognate HK–RR pairs. Currently, crosstalk interactions have been demonstrated for TCS proteins in a limited number of organisms. By providing specificity predictions across entire TCS networks for a large variety of organisms, the ELIHKSIR web server assists users in identifying interactions for TCS proteins and their mutants. To generate specificity scores, a global probabilistic model was used to identify interfacial couplings and local fields from sequence information. These couplings and local fields were then used to construct Hamiltonian scores for positions with encoded specificity, resulting in the specificity score. These methods were applied to 6676 organisms available on the ELIHKSIR web server. Due to the ability to mutate proteins and display the resulting network changes, there are nearly endless combinations of TCS networks to analyze using ELIHKSIR. The functionality of ELIHKSIR allows users to perform a variety of TCS network analyses and visualizations to support TCS research efforts.     

Efficient handover measurement technique for small‐cell networks using a virtual cell synchronization signal

A small‐cell network (SCN) constructed by splitting a macro‐cell into numerous small cells using an active antenna array system is studied. A synchronization signal appropriate for the SCN, virtually generated by an eNodeB with 3D beamforming, is proposed for efficient handover in SCNs. The virtual cell synchronization signal (VCSS) carries a macro‐cell ID (MCID) and virtual‐cell ID (VCID) in a hierarchical manner, allowing us to distinguish between an intra‐cell handover (virtual cell handover within a cell without changing the serving eNodeB) and inter‐cell handover (virtual cell handovers across cells while changing the serving eNodeB) in SCNs. Using the signal metrics obtained by the VCSS, an efficient handover measurement technique is proposed which can significantly reduce the processing time and overhead by distinguishing between the intra‐cell/inter‐cell handovers. The performance of the proposed technique is evaluated by simulating two different deployment scenarios of LTE‐based SCN with 3D beamforming. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Colorimetric determination of Cu2+ in simulated wastewater using naphthalimide-based Schiff base

A new Cu²⁺-selective colorimetric sensor was developed by combining the chromophore 3-hydroxynaphthalimide with diaminomaleonitrile. The sensor showed Cu²⁺-selective colorimetric signaling behavior in dimethylsulfoxide, indicated by a solution color change from yellow to pink, which was readily discernible without any external devices. Practical application of the sensor to the detection of Cu²⁺ in an aqueous solution containing other environmentally relevant metal ions by selective two-phase liquid-liquid extraction with ethyl acetate was possible. Particularly, extractive signaling of Cu²⁺ in simulated semiconductor wastewater with a readily-usable smartphone as a colorimetric data capture and analysis tool was successfully conducted.     

A facile one-pot regioselective synthesis of functionalized novel benzo[f]chromeno[4,3-b][1,7]naphthyridines and benzo[f][1,7]naphthyridines via an imino Diels-Alder reaction

A novel series of functionalized 13H-benzo[f]chromeno[4,3-b][1,7]naphthyridines and 1,3-diphenylbenzo[f][1,7]naphthyridines have been synthesized by an efficient regioselective one-pot multicomponent synthesis through intra and intermolecular imino Diels-Alder reaction. In this method, we have achieved complete regioselectivity and atom economy with polysubstituted core motifs in moderate to good yields. The proposed mechanism of this reaction has also discussed.     

Synthesis and characterization of Rosuvastatin calcium impurity A; a HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor

During the process development for multistep synthesis of Rosuvastatin calcium several impurities were obtained along with the final Rosuvastatin calcium. Out of this; synthesis of impurity A (acetone adduct) a minor impurity of Rosuvastatin calcium (3R,5S,6E)-7-[4-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-[[(2-hydroxy-2-methylpropyl)sulfonyl(methyl)amino]-6-(1-methylethyl)-pyrimidin-5-yl]-3,5-dihydroxyheptenoicacid hemicalcium salt, is described. The synthesis of impurity A has been accomplished in 6 steps; starting from formation of β-hydroxy sulfonamide as the key intermediate and followed by using convenient routes with overall yield of 13.5%. The target compound can be used as the reference substance of impurity of the Rosuvastatin calcium.     

Carbon dioxide hydrogenation: Efficient catalysis by an NHC-amidate Pd(II) complex

The utilization of carbon dioxide as a carbon source has long been a challenge in modern organic chemistry due to its low reactivity, yet high abundance. Herein we demonstrate the highly efficient hydrogenation of carbon dioxide into formic acid in the presence of an NHC-amidate Pd(II) complex. Excellent turnover number was observed when the catalyst was used under heterolytic conditions. This catalytic system provides a new and efficient carbon dioxide hydrogenation method.