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    Digital nonlinearity compensation in high-capacity optical communication systems considering signal spectral broadening effect

    Nyquist-spaced transmission and digital signal processing have proved effective in maximising the spectral efficiency and reach of optical communication systems. In these systems, Kerr nonlinearity determines ...

    Tianhua Xu, Boris Karanov, Nikita A. Shevchenko, Domaniç Lavery in Scientific Reports (2017)

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    Egg antigen p40 of Schistosoma japonicum promotes senescence in activated hepatic stellate cells via SKP2/P27 signaling pathway

    Schistosomiasis is characterized by egg deposition, granulomatous inflammatory reaction and then subsequent hepatic fibrosis formation. Activated HSCs are regarded as the main effector cells in the progression...

    Tianhua Xu, **ling Chen, Dandan Zhu, Liuting Chen, Jianxin Wang in Scientific Reports (2017)

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    Effect of omega-3 fatty acid supplementation on serum lipids and vascular inflammation in patients with end-stage renal disease: a meta-analysis

    Omega-3 fatty acids (O3FAs) are associated with lower cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in adults. However, this association in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) remains controversial prompting the ...

    Tianhua Xu, Yiting Sun, Wei Sun, Li Yao, Li Sun, Linlin Liu in Scientific Reports (2016)

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    Equalization enhanced phase noise in Nyquist-spaced superchannel transmission systems using multi-channel digital back-propagation

    Superchannel transmission spaced at the symbol rate, known as Nyquist spacing, has been demonstrated for effectively maximizing the optical communication channel capacity and spectral efficiency. However, the ...

    Tianhua Xu, Gabriele Liga, Domaniç Lavery, Benn C. Thomsen in Scientific Reports (2015)

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    Spectrally Shaped DP-16QAM Super-Channel Transmission with Multi-Channel Digital Back-Propagation

    The achievable transmission capacity of conventional optical fibre communication systems is limited by nonlinear distortions due to the Kerr effect and the difficulty in modulating the optical field to effecti...

    Robert Maher, Tianhua Xu, Lidia Galdino, Masaki Sato, Alex Alvarado in Scientific Reports (2015)