SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Impact of Krushijivan Farm Magazine on Agricultural Technology

The farm magazine is one of the important media to disseminate agricultural information to the farming community. Among various farm magazine published in Gujarat, KRUSHIJIVAN farm magazine (KFM) is the oldest farm magazine. It is publishing regularly since May 1969 with the main aim to ‘disseminate and to popularize the scientific methods of agriculture in farming community ’. There was hardly any research work carried out in past to measure the impact of farm magazine in terms of gain in knowledge of agriculture technology on subscriber farmers. The independent variables like, education, social participation, market intelligence, scientific orientation, innovativeness, economic motivation, reading behavior, mass media had positive and highly significant correlation with gain in knowledge of krushijivan farm magazine (KFM) subscriber farmers towards selected agriculture technology. KFM subscribers had significant impact of KRUSHIJIVAN farm magazine was observed in improving knowledge gain of selected agriculture technology.
Taking Advantage of Computer Assisted Audit Tools and Techniques during Testing Phase in Financial Audits: An Empirical Study in a Food Processing Company in Turkey

The main aim of this study is to analyze and report on the advantages provided by Computer Assisted Tools and Techniques (CAATTs) especially during the testing phase of financial audits. Design/Methodology/Approach: To realize the aim of this study, the literature and applications regarding specifically designed computer software and hardware, known as Computer Assisted Audit Tools (CAATs) or interactive Data Extracting and Analysis Systems (DEASs) in general, have been reviewed and searched. In order to give a clearer demonstration of the advantages of CAATs and DEASs, a number of audit tests and procedures focusing on the Sales Cycle accounts of a food processing company in Turkey are presented in this study.Findings: It is firmly believed that various products of computer and information technology have provided great benefits to Certified Public Accountants. These include the improvement of quality and reliability of certain audit tasks and reaching a final audit opinion, as well as time and money saved while completing various audit procedures in a more comprehensive manner, and higher levels of efficiency and effectiveness achieved by the auditors. Originality/Value: The research was conducted in a manner that would enable the audit of the whole data without omitting any accounting records in the desired fields. This enables the auditor to test the whole database without the inconvenience of selecting appropriate samples. As a result, the reliability of the tests conducted and opinion reached increase. It is hoped the findings will contribute to understanding of benefits provided by CAATs/DEASs while performing financial audits.
Disabling Mitochondrial Peroxide Metabolism via Combinatorial Targeting of Peroxiredoxin 3 as an Effective Therapeutic Approach for Malignant Mesothelioma

Dysregulation of signaling pathways and energy metabolism in cancer cells enhances production of mitochondrial hydrogen peroxide that supports tumorigenesis through multiple mechanisms. To counteract the adverse effects of mitochondrial peroxide many solid tumor types up-regulate the mitochondrial thioredoxin reductase 2 - thioredoxin 2 (TRX2) - peroxiredoxin 3 (PRX3) antioxidant network. Using malignant mesothelioma cells as a model, we show that thiostrepton (TS) irreversibly disables PRX3 via covalent crosslinking of peroxidatic and resolving cysteine residues in homodimers, and that targeting the oxidoreductase TRX2 with the triphenylmethane gentian violet (GV) potentiates adduction by increasing levels of disulfide-bonded PRX3 dimers. Due to the fact that activity of the PRX3 catalytic cycle dictates the rate of adduction by TS, immortalized and primary human mesothelial cells are significantly less sensitive to both compounds. Moreover, stable knockdown of PRX3 reduces mesothelioma cell proliferation and sensitivity to TS. Expression of catalase in shPRX3 mesothelioma cells restores defects in cell proliferation but not sensitivity to TS. In a SCID mouse xenograft model of human mesothelioma, administration of TS and GV together reduced tumor burden more effectively than either agent alone. Because increased production of mitochondrial hydrogen peroxide is a common phenotype of malignant cells, and TS and GV are well tolerated in mammals, we propose that targeting PRX3 is a feasible redox-dependent strategy for managing mesothelioma and other intractable human malignancies.
Improvements in or relating to calendering machines

418,432. Finishing fabrics. MONFORTS, J., 21, Kronprinzenstrasse, Gladbach, Munich, Germany. July 28, 1934, No. 22113. [Class 42 (i).] Shrinking and calendering fabrics -When calendering artificial silk fabrics &c. in a machine in which the fabric passes between an endless web 6 and a heated drum 5 slip. ping of the fabric 1 relatively to the web and crinkling of the fabric are prevented by sucking the fabric on to the web as it passes round the small roller 4 and until it is nipped by the drum 5. The roller 4 is perforated and connected with an exhausting device. The holes in the lower part of the roller may be closed by a mask x.
‘Stay home’: emergency, (im)mobility, and the liberal subject

The MOBILISE project aims to critically investigate the COVID-19 emergency through the prism of (im)mobility and citizenship by scrutinising EU citizens’ actions, reactions and inaction. By scrutinising acts of compliance, resistance and contentious politics in Europe, this project will critically investigate not so much emerging disciplining and policing practices but who the European liberal-subject-during-emergency is. By scrutinising the level of (non-)conformity as well as the reasons for it, it will be possible to map not only how common EU citizens have experienced, and are still experiencing, the crisis, but most importantly, what kinds of subjects/citizens have emerged out of it. Who is the ‘citizen of emergency’? Or perhaps even better: what defines a good citizen during an emergency? Is it freedom? Is it democratic participation? Or is it responsibility? What does it mean to act as a responsible citizen? To what extent are the protests against and during the lockdown irresponsible acts? Which modalities of action make a citizen an irresponsible citizen? Is it the very act of contravening restrictions? Is it the non-compliance with health norms? In other words, should recent protests be investigated through the prism of citizenship and freedom, as traditionally done? Or should protests-during-emergencies be investigated through a different prism? These are some of the key questions that the MOBILISE project will investigate.   
     By investigating citizen protests during and against governmental lockdowns, in Italy and in France, the MOBILISE project will uncover not only the modalities through which EU citizens are making their voices heard, but also the extent to which ""a new push for European democracy”  has emerged despite the many mobility restrictions.
Determinants of Household Participation in Water Source Management in Ethiopia

Access to safe drinking water supplies and sanitation services in Ethiopia are among the lowest in Sub-Saharan Africa. While governmental and non- governmental organizations have been implementing water supply and sanitation projects in recent years, many fail shortly after construction due improper management. In this review I examine socio-economic, institutional and exogenous factors which affect households’ participation in the management of water sources. The results show that households’ demand for sustainable water services are positively affected by users’ participation during the project design and implementation, advocacy provided by the project and greater household income. Thus, for drinking water systems to be sustainable these factors should be included in planning water supply projects.
OIL RECLAMATION DEVICE WITH EVAPORATOR BASE AND HEAD MOUNTED FILTER

Dispositif de régénération comprenant une tête (11) et d'un socle évaporateur (12) et qui délimite une chambre d'évaporation (6) entre ces deux parties. Un élément de chauffe s'étendant verticalement vers le haut (18) est placé au sein du socle évaporateur destiné à chauffer l'huile contenant des impuretés à l'intérieur de la chambre d'évaporation afin d'évaporer les impuretés légères (telles que l'eau, le carburant ou l'antigel) présentes dans l'huile. Un évent (34) s'étend de la chambre d'évaporation jusqu'à la tête, et un conduit d'évacuation d'huile (40) est formé dans le socle. Un conduit d'amenée d'huile (15) injecte de l'huile depuis la tête vers la chambre d'évaporation, de préférence à travers une multitude de passages formés à l'intérieur de la tête et espacés sensiblement régulièrement (32) de sorte que l'écoulement de l'huile en flux séparés entre en collision avec la partie d'une paroi de forme généralement tronconique annulaire (28, 36) s'étendant verticalement depuis la base vers la tête. Un filtre à huile (45) ayant un différentiel de densité entre un réservoir extérieur (52) et un mandrin central intérieur (53) est fixé sur la tête afin d'éliminer les particules de l'huile avant que celle-ci ne soit raffinée.
Biomedicine international training research programme for excellent clinician-scientists

Significant advances in clinical practice cannot be made without a thorough understanding of the disease mechanisms from laboratory benches combined with good clinical observation and knowledge of disease management from the bed side.

Clinician-scientists are the only professionals who can bridge these two worlds. The clinician-scientist role started decades ago within hospitals driven by the desire to understand and cure. However, a decrease in these vocations is now threatening progress and improvement of healthcare, thereby impacting on economic competiveness worldwide. 

IDIBAPS, the leading biomedical research institute of Hospital Clinic of Barcelona (Spain) as pioneer in fostering clinician scientists, proposes a 60-month innovative fellowship programme called BITRECS, Biomedicine international training research programme for excellent clinician-scientists, based on excellence only. Through 2 international peer-reviewed calls, it invites 10 fellows to implement a 36-month bottom-up research project through an outgoing phase (12-18 months at any worldwide institution outside Spain) and a return phase (18-24 months at IDIBAPS), helping to make a lasting impact within the European Research Area and put the European Union ahead of the game in this crucial area of human health. 

BITRECS is an international, intersectorial and interdisciplinary programme. This transnational mobility scheme will boost the fellows’ professional growth through: 1) continuous career support (scientific supervision, career mentoring and support for exploiting/disseminating the results); 2) participation in scientific and non-scientific training/networking activities linked to both sectors (academic and non-academic); and, 3) sharing experiences with peers from different disciplines.

IDIBAPS, with its HRS4R strategy aligned to the European Charter and Code and a strong background in other human resources programmes guarantees a successful implementation.
Discursive Colorlines at Work: How Epithets and Stereotypes are Racially Unequal

In a racialized social system, racial slurs and stereotypes applied to whites by nonwhites do not carry the same meanings or outcomes as they do when these roles are swapped. That is, racial epithets directed toward whites are unlikely to affect their life chances in the same way that racial epithets directed toward minorities do. Our central question in this paper is in what ways are epithets and stereotypes racially unequal? To answer this question, we rely upon a case study to drive our analysis. We argue that the symbolic meanings and outcomes of epithets and stereotypes matter because they maintain white supremacy in both material and symbolic ways. Thus, they serve as resources that impose, confer, deny, and approve other capital rewards in everyday interactions that ultimately exclude racial minorities, blacks and Latinas/os in particular, from opportunities and resources while preserving white supremacy.
Particle impact velocities in a vibrationally fluidized granular flow: Measurements and discrete element predictions

Abstract Both the local impact and bulk flow velocities within a tub vibratory finisher were predicted using discrete element modeling (DEM) and compared to the measured values for spherical steel media. The sensitivities of the predicted impact velocities to uncertainties in the contact coefficients (friction, restitution and rolling friction) were studied, beginning with an analytical model of two-body collision. The sensitivity analysis was then extended to a simplified DE model of the flow within the vibratory finisher consisting of a single-layer of particles moving between parallel sheets of glass. It was observed that the impact and bulk flow velocities were relatively insensitive to uncertainties in the coefficients of friction and restitution. These coefficients were measured for the particle–particle and the particle–wall interactions for the steel media and tub wall using a linear tribometer and a laser displacement sensor. Several DE models with different numbers of particle layers between the glass partitions were compared, and it was concluded that the predicted impact and bulk flow velocities were dependent on the number of layers in the model. Consequently, the final DE model mimicked the key aspects of the experimental setup, including the submerged laser displacement sensor used to make the measurements of bulk flow and impact velocity. Another investigation showed that a reduced shear modulus could be used in the model to decrease run times without significantly affecting either the bulk flow or impact velocities. The DE method predictions of both impact velocity and bulk flow velocity were in reasonable agreement with the experimental measurements at points within the vibrationally-fluidized bed, with maximum differences of 20% and 30%, respectively.
LEVANTAMENTO FLORÍSTICO E CENSO DAS PRAÇAS PÚBLICAS DA ZONA SUL DE NATAL / RN, BRASIL

Praças públicas são áreas verdes urbanas que promovem a valorização da natureza, oferecendo oportunidades de lazer, interação com a comunidade e hábitos saudáveis. A vegetação em praças públicas promove sombreamento e influencia a estética dos espaços públicos atuando na saúde mental e física da população. Pode apresentar elementos selecionados apenas pelo seu valor ornamental ou ainda conter elementos da vegetação nativa remanescente, ajudando a conectar a biota nativa de fragmentos de vegetação no entorno das cidades. Com o objetivo de compreender a composição e qualidade da cobertura arbórea das praças públicas de uma das principais cidades do Brasil, Natal, realizamos um levantamento florístico e censo. A origem exótica e nativa das espécies foi distinguida e índices e valores foram calculados e compilados para melhor compreender a composição, distribuição espacial, semelhança com áreas verdes urbanas adjacentes e qualidade dos espaços verdes para a população. A maioria das espécies pesquisadas são de origem exótica e nossos resultados apontam para a necessidade de expansão da cobertura arbórea e investimento em melhor planejamento paisagístico, administração e manutenção de praças públicas. Nossos resultados integram um conhecimento global da situação atual e da relevância do planejamento da vegetação urbana, com representatividade relevante para o Brasil e a América do Sul.
AGROECOLOGIA - UMA PERSPECTIVA DOS ALUNOS DOS CURSOS TÉCNICOS EM AGROPECUÁRIA DO NORTE DO ESPÍRITO SANTO

Estudos que avaliam a percepção da realidade que os alunos possuem sobre a Agroecologia ao ingressarem no curso técnico em Agropecuária pode se tornar uma importantíssima ferramenta para avaliar o nível de conhecimento ambiental que os alunos possuem sobre o tema. Neste sentido, o presente trabalho teve como objetivo conhecer e comparar a percepção que os estudantes do Curso Técnico em Agropecuária do Instituto Federal do Espírito Santo (Ifes) – campus Montanha e da Escola Família Agrícola de Chapadinha (Efac) – Nova Venécia / ES possuem a respeito da Agroecologia. O público-alvo foi formado por estudantes que cursam o último ano do ensino médio técnico profissionalizante (57 alunos), sendo 22 alunos pertencentes à Efac e 35 alunos pertencentes ao Ifes. A obtenção dos dados foi por meio da aplicação de um questionário online com questões fechadas. Percebe-se que os instrumentos pedagógicos - contidos nos Projetos Pedagógicos – utilizados na Efac facilitam o ensino de Agroecologia em relação ao Ifes. A maioria dos estudantes da Efac (90%) sinalizaram que no ambiente escolar ocorrem trabalhos, seminários ou eventos relacionados com a Agroecologia. Por outro lado, no ambiente escolar do Ifes, constatou-se que raramente, o ensino sobre Agroecologia é abordado de forma interdisciplinar. Ademais, para a maioria dos estudantes, a Agroecologia ainda é vista como técnica de produção ou modelo de agricultura, que se reduz meramente a produzir alimentos orgânicos e a substituir os insumos sintéticos danosos ao meio ambiente, evidenciando a importância da presença de conteúdos que abordam a Agroecologia de maneira interdisciplinar em sala de aula.
Development of the cotyledon cells during olive (Olea europaea L.) in vitro seed germination and seedling growth

The structural changes occurred in differentiating olive cotyledon cells into mesophyll cells are described. Using histological and immunocytological methods as well as microscopic observations, we showed that in the cells of mature embryo, large electron-dense proteins bodies (PBs) are surrounded by numerous oil bodies (OBs). After 3 days of in vitro germination, the presence of large PBs originated by fusion of smaller PBs was observed. It was also detected a close spatial proximity between PBs and OBs, likely as a reflection of interconnected metabolic pathways. Between the 3rd and the 12th day of germination, the formation of a large vacuolar compartment takes place accompanied by a decrease in the PBs and OBs number. This was coincident with a progressive decrease in the amount of the 11S-type seed storage proteins (SSPs), showed in situ and after Western blot analysis of crude protein extracts. After 26 days germination, the cellular organization became typical for a leaf mesophyll cell, with well-differentiated chloroplasts surrounding a large central vacuole. Our results suggest that the olive cotyledon storage reserves are mobilized gradually until the seedling becomes autotrophic. Moreover, the specific accumulation of storage proteins in the intravacuolar material suggests that these structures may operate as a shuttle for SSPs and/or products of their degradation into the cytoplasm, where finally they supply amino acids for the differentiating mesophyll cells.
Extensions of temporal representations for ontology-based and holistic reasoning in the mobile quality of life domain

The concept of Quality of Life (QoL) involves several dimensions, such as physical health and psychological state, which can be assessed by mobile resources and integrated to support holistic processes of reasoning and interventions. Ontologies are the main approach to organise and integrate such data in the form of knowledge. However, while temporal aspects are usually present in the health domain, modelling information evolving time/events in ontologies is a complex problem since temporal relations are ternary and cannot be directly handled by ontology languages. This lack of expressiveness restricts the power of the reasoning processes because several time aspects, which are usually embedded in the QoL domain, cannot be employed. This project aims to design a conceptual framework for representation and reasoning about temporal aspects, associated with an ontological engineering method to guide the use of this novel framework during the process of converting static ontologies to their temporal versions. This approach will be used over the development of four case studies: (1) general QoL ontology to represent the data acquired by the Quality of Life technologies lab over its longitudinal mobile assessments; (2) specialization of the QoL ontology for the aging population; (3) use of the previous ontologies as background knowledge to support the generation of explanations for inductive reasoning; and (4) use of the previous ontologies for QoL deduction-based interventions. The validation of these ontologies and their applications will consider technical (identification of inconsistencies and contradiction) and empirical (ability to provide answers for competency questions) methods. As the main expected result, this project intends to deliver a pragmatic strategy to support the creation of knowledge-based resources that can in fact improve the QoL of the general public and be adapted to cover the particularities of specific population features.
BLASTING METHOD AND DEVICE

The invention relates to a blasting method and device for cleaning surfaces, in which an additional blasting medium from a pressurised source is fed into a stream of blasting medium, which carries an abrasive blasting agent, with the aid of an adapter (16). The invention is characterised in that said feeding of additional blasting agent takes place directly upstream of a blasting nozzle (18), which has a narrowing (62) and that both the pressure and volumetric output for the blasting media are matched with one another in such a way, that the blasting medium achieves at least approximately the speed of sound at the narrowing (62) of the blasting nozzle (18).
Multiscale entropy analysis of electrostatic signal from dilute pneumatic conveying system

Because of the complexity and randomness of the gas-solid two-phase flow, it is still hard to fully understand the dynamic behavior of the flow. The electrostatic signal contains rich information of the particulate flow. Multiscale entropy (MSE) analysis of electrostatic fluctuation signal was conducted in this paper. The electrostatic signals were obtained from the horizontal pipeline in dilute pneumatic conveying system. The influence of sequence length on MSE of electrostatic signal was analyzed at first. Then the influence of solids concentration and superficial air velocity on MSE was shown, which reflects that it is helpful for understanding of the dynamics of two phase flow.