Effects of Different Bovine Sperm Capacitation Methods on Fertilization in vitro

In order to improve the in vitro fertilization rate of bovine, the effects of different sperm capacitation methods on fertilization were investigated. Total two treatments were designed： two-time centrifugation （C）, and one-time centrifugation and swim-up method （CS）. The results showed that the cleavage rate in the C treatment group was （75.6±4.5）%, which showed no difference compared with that （（76.4±1.9）%） in the CS treatment group （P〉0.05）; there was also no significant dif- ference in blastocyst rate between the two treatment groups （（35.7±4.1）% vs. （36.3± 2.7）%, P〉0.05）. However, the CS treatment significantly saved the capacitation time in vitro.

Radiation characteristics of ring patch antennas with capacitive feed patch

Ring patch antennas have the characteristics of electrically small size as decreasing the width of the conducting portion compared to those of conventional patch antennas.In the ring patch antenna,using capacitive feed method is suitable for impedance matching.The effect of the size of the feed patch on the input impedance of the square ring patch antennas are analyzed and radiation patterns of the square ring patch antennas are compared to that of a square conventional patch antenna by the simulated results.

A capacitance servo control plunger for accurate lifetime measurement

The recoil distance Doppler shift method has been widely used in the study of nuclear structure to determine the level lifetime and absolute transition probabilities.A capacitance servo control plunger based on this method has been successfully developed by the Nuclear Structure Group of the China Institute of Atomic Energy.Three microscopes were employed to check the parallelism and can therefore guarantee a delicate measurement of the distance between the target and the stopper.This new plunger made a successful performance in the test experiment and the measured lifetime of the 2~＋→0~＋ transition in ^（78）Kr is in agreement with the previous value.

Nyquist Stability Analysis and Capacitance Selection for DC Current Flow Controllers in Meshed Multi-terminal HVDC Grids

Controllability of DC current/power flow is essentialin multi-terminal HVDC (MTDC) grids, particularly for theMTDC grids in a meshed topology. In this paper, consideringmeshed MTDC (M2TDC) grids with the installation of twoline/multi-lineDC current flow controllers (CFCs), a small-signalmodel of the DC CFCs integrated M2TDC grids is derived,studying the impact of the power losses of the DC CFC andtheir influence on the analysis of energy exchanges. The systemstability analysis is analysed using the Nyquist diagram, which ismore suitable for analyzing complex nonlinear systems with morecompact and reliable indicators of stability in comparison withgain/phase margins shown in the Bode diagram. In addition, aselection method of the interconnected capacitor of the DC CFCis proposed under different operating conditions. The impact ofthe switching frequencies of the DC CFC on the control ranges ofthe DC current flows is analyzed. The effectiveness of the Nyquistanalysis and the capacitance selection method is verified bysimulation studies using PSCAD/EMTDC. The obtained control ranges of the DC CFC with different switching frequenciesand capacitances would be useful for practical engineeringapplications.