Short-span interleaving based selected mapping

A novel interleaving based selected mapping （SLM） scheme to depress the relatively high peak power of transmit signals in multicarrier communications is proposed. In the scheme, a group of bit-level interleavers spanning only a few bits are used to produce multiple sequences representing the same information, and one of the sequences resulting in the lowest peak-to-average power ratio （PAPR） is selected for transmission. The implementation of the scheme including the structure of the short-span interleaver is illustrated. The performance of this PAPR reduction scheme is investigated by simulations. This scheme exhibits a good PAPR reduction performance, and for signals of high level modulation, such as 16QAM and 64QAM, it approaches the best performance of all SLM schemes. Compared to the conventional interleaving SLM, this short-span interleaving SLM results in a very short time delay, requires very few register units for buffering, and can be easily implemented by hardware.

Rice molecular markers and genetic mapping:Current status and prospects

Dramatic changes in climatic conditions that supplement the biotic and abiotic stresses pose severe threat to the sustainable rice production and have made it a difficult task for rice molecular breeders to enhance production and productivity under these stress factors. The main focus of rice molecular breeders is to understand the fundamentals of molecular pathways involved in complex agronomic traits to increase the yield. The availability of complete rice genome sequence and recent improvements in rice genomics research has made it possible to detect and map accurately a large number of genes by using linkage to DNA markers. Linkage mapping is an effective approach to identify the genetic markers which are co-segregating with target traits within the family. The ideas of genetic diversity, quantitative trait locus（QTL） mapping, and marker-assisted selection（MAS） are evolving into more efficient concepts of linkage disequilibrium（LD） also called association mapping and genomic selection（GS）, respectively. The use of cost-effective DNA markers derived from the fine mapped position of the genes for important agronomic traits will provide opportunities for breeders to develop high-yielding, stress-resistant, and better quality rice cultivars. Here we focus on the progress of molecular marker technologies, their application in genetic mapping and evolution of association mapping techniques in rice.

Peak-to-average power ratio reduction using selective mapping with unequal power distribution

A new approach for peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) reduction in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems was proposed.This approach is based on assigning powers to the different subcarriers of OFDM using an unequal power distribution strategy.In addition,a reduced complexity selective mapping (RC-SLM) scheme was proposed.The proposed scheme is based on partitioning the frequency domain symbol sequence into several sub-blocks,and then each sub-block is multiplied by different phase sequences whose length is shorter than that used in the conventional SLM scheme.Then,a kind of low complexity conversions is used to replace the IFFT blocks.The performance of the proposed RC-SLM scheme along with the new approach was studied with computer simulation.The obtained results show that the proposed RC-SLM scheme is able to achieve the lowest computational complexity when compared with other low complexity schemes proposed in the literature while at the same time improves the PAPR reduction performance by about 0.3 dB.

Selective Mapping Scheme for Universal Filtered Multicarrier

The next step in mobile communication technology,known as 5G,is set to go live in a number of countries in the near future.New wireless applica-tions have high data rates and mobility requirements,which have posed a chal-lenge to mobile communication technology researchers and designers.5G systems could benefit from the Universal Filtered Multicarrier(UFMC).UFMC is an alternate waveform to orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing(OFDM),infiltering process is performed for a sub-band of subcarriers rather than the entire band of subcarriers Inter Carrier Interference(ICI)between neighbouring users is reduced via the sub-bandfiltering process,which reduces out-of-band emissions.However,the UFMC system has a high Peak-to-Average Power Ratio(PAPR),which limits its capabilities.Metaheuristic optimization based Selective mapping(SLM)is used in this paper to optimise the UFMC-PAPR.Based on the cognitive behaviour of crows,the research study suggests an innovative metaheuristic opti-mization known as Crow Search Algorithm(CSA)for SLM optimization.Com-pared to the standard UFMC,SLM-UFMC system,and SLM-UFMC with conventional metaheuristic optimization techniques,the suggested technique sig-nificantly reduces PAPR.For the UFMC system,the suggested approach has a very low Bit Error Rate(BER).

Association mapping of quantitative trait loci for yield-related agronomic traits in rice(Oryza sativa L.)

High yield in rice mainly depends on large grain weight, ideal plant architecture and proper flowering time adapting to various geographic regions. To help achieve higher yield, phenotype variations of heading date（HD）, plant architecture and grain shape in a panel of 416 rice accessions were investigated in this study. A total of 143 markers including 100 simple sequence repeat（SSR） markers and 43 gene-tagged markers were employed in association mapping to detect quantitative trait loci（QTL） responsible for these variations. Among the 7 subpopulations, POP5 in japonica group showed the largest values of HD and grain width（GW）, but the smallest values of grain length（GL） and grain length to width ratio（GLW）. Among the six indica groups, POP7 had the largest values of HD, GL, GLW, and 1 000-grain weight（TGW）. A total of 27 QTLs were detected underlying these phenotypic variations in single year, while 12 of them could be detected in 2006 and 2007. GS3 marker was closely associated with GL, GW and GLW, and widely distributed in different groups. The starch synthesis related gene markers, SSI, SSIIa, SBE1, AGPL4, and ISA1, were linked to plant height（PH）, panicle length（PL）, flag leaf length（FLL）, GW, and GLW. The SSR markers, RM267, RM340 and RM346, were linked to at least two traits. Therefore, these new markers will probably be used to improve rice grain yield or plant architecture when performing marker-assisted selection of proper alleles.

A New SLM Scheme Based on Constellation Rotation for PAPR Reduction

A new selected mapping(SLM)scheme based on constellation rotation is proposed to reduce the peak-to-average power ratio(PAPR)of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing(OFDM)signals.Its core idea is to generate abundant candidate signals by rotating different sub-signals of the original frequency signal with different angles.This new signal generation method can simplify the calculation process of candidate time signals into the linear addition of some intermediate signals,which are generated by the inverse fast Fourier transform(IFFT)operation of the original frequency signal.This feature can effectively reduce the computational complexity of candidate signal generation process.And compared to the traditional SLM scheme,the number of complex multiplication and complex addition of new scheme can separately be decreased by about 99.99% and 91.7% with some specific parameters.Moreover,with the help of the constellation detection mechanism at the receiver,there is no need to carry any side information at the transmitter.The simulation results show that,with the same channel transmission performance,the PAPR reduction performance of new scheme can approach or even exceed the upper bound of the traditional SLM scheme,which uses all the vectors in Hadamard matrix as the phase sequences.

Exhaustive entropy based SLM method for PAPR reduction of OFDM system

Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing(OFDM) is an attractive technology to provide immense improvement in wireless transmission capacity but high peak-to-average power ratio(PAPR) is a major drawback of OFDM system.Selected mapping(SLM) scheme has good performance for PAPR reduction.It requires the transmitting data to be multiplied by random phase sequences.However,the sequences are pseudo-random which will decrease the method effectiveness.Exhaustive entropy is introduced in this paper which can identify the strength of random phase sequences property.Then an exhaustive entropy based on SLM method is proposed.The scheme improves the effectiveness of random phase sequences by selecting the larger exhaustive entropy of them.The simulation results show that the PAPR reduction performance is better than that of conventional SLM through this method.

Molecular cloning,identification,and chromosomal localization of two MADS box genes in peach(Prunus persica)

MADS box proteins play an important role in floral development. To find genes involved in the floral transition of Prunus species, cDNAs for two MADS box genes, PpMADS1 and PpMADSIO, were cloned using degenerate primers and 5＇- and T-RACE based on the sequence database of P. persiea and P. duleis. The full length of PpMADS1 cDNA is 1,071 bp containing an open reading frame （ORF） of 717 bp and coding for a polypeptide of 238 amino acid residues. The full length of PpMADSIO cDNA is 937 bp containing an ORF of 633 bp and coding for a polypeptide of 210 amino acid residues. Sequence comparison revealed that PpMADS1 and PpMADSIO were highly homologous to genes API and PI in Arabidopsis, respectively. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that PpMADS1 belongs to the euAP1 clade of class A, and PpMADSIO is a member of GLO/PI clade of class B. RT-PCR analysis showed that PpMADS1 was expressed in sepal, petal, carpel, and fruit, which was slightly different from the expression pattern ofAPl; PpMADS10 was expressed in petal and stamen, which shared the same expression pattern as PI. Using selective mapping strategy, PpMADSI was assigned onto the Binl：50 on the G1 linkage group between the markers MCO44 and TSA2, and PpMADSIO onto the Bin1：73 on the same linkage group between the markers Lap- 1 and FGA8. Our results provided the basis for further dissection of the two MADS box gene function.

Reduction effect of SLM on the PAPR in MC-CDMA system

The model of the MGCDMA system using selective mapping （SLM） is analyzed and the upper bound of the peak-average power ratio （PAPR） in the system is derived. For the PAPR distribution and the connection between the PAPR and the number of users in the MC-CDMA system using SLM, the simulations are given based on several phase sequences in SLM. The simulation results slow that when randdom sequences, Shapiro-Rudin sequences or Golay complementary sequences are selected as the phase sequences in SLM, SLM has obvious effect on the PAPR reduction in MC-CDMA system and the system PAPR nearly maintains constant as the number of users varies. The maximal PAPR in the MC-CDMA system using SLM（10 ttsers）is about 6.3 which is 3.3 less than that in the common MC-CDMA system （without SLM）.

EXISTENCE PROBLEMS OF ADDITIVE SELECTION MAPS FOR ANOTHER TYPE SUBADDITIVE SET-VALUED MAP

In this paper, we consider the following subadditive set-valued map F ： X→P0（Y） ：where r and s are two natural numbers. And we discuss the existence and unique problem of additive selection maps for the above set-valued map.

The Unique Existence of Additive Selection Maps for a Weak Subadditive Set-valued Map

In this paper, we discuss the unique existent problems of a additive selection map for the following map F:X→P0(Y):F(r∑i=1αixi)■r∑i=1αiF(xi),■xi∈K,i=1, ··· , r,where αi and αi (i = 1, ··· , r) are all non-negative real numbers.

An Improvement of Existence Theorems of Additive Selection Maps for Sub-additive Set-valued Maps

In this paper, we will construct a new class of subadditive set-valued maps and use Cantor theorem to prove that the set-valued map has an unique additive selection map when the set-valued map satisfies some certain conditions, and then compare the obtained result with the well-known results.

What are the appropriate mapping units for ecosystem service assessments?A systematic review

Context:Without clear understanding of the units used for ecosystem service(ES)mapping,ES assessment accuracy and the practical application of ES knowledge will be hampered.Method:We systematically reviewed 106 studies over the past 11 years to explore the type,characteristic pattern and deficiencies of mapping units.Result:We proposed that ES mapping units can be categorized into minimal unit for assessing ESs using corresponding indicators and methods,and aggregated unit for analysis and application based on research objectives,and classified the mapping units into five common types.Of the 12 characterizing variables of ES mapping studies,some have been shown to introduce a difference in the selection of mapping units and to exhibit characteristic patterns.We also found that the accuracy of ES assessments based on minimal units was lacking,and aggregated units were insufficient to establish a link between ES knowledge and practice.Conclusion:Herein,we propose possible solutions such as the use of fine spatial resolution grids and the introduction of additional data beyond land cover as supplements to improve the assessment accuracy.To enhance the availability of the results for practice,aggregated units connected with urban planning units should be established at a spatial level suitable for urban management.

Continuous selections for pseudo-lower semicontinuous set-valued mappings on convex structure spaces and hyperspace contractibility

SINCE 1956, Michael’s continuous selection theory has been applied to functional analysis,topology, approximation theory and other mathematical fields. In this letter, the concept ofthe pseudo-lower semicontinuity is introduced, and a convex structure of metric space is de-fined. A continuous selection theorem for pseudo-lower semicontinuity is given. This