SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Exploiting Feature and Class Relationships in Video Categorization with Regularized Deep Neural Networks

In this paper, we study the challenging problem of categorizing videos according to high-level semantics such as the existence of a particular human action or a complex event. Although extensive efforts have been devoted in recent years, most existing works combined multiple video features using simple fusion strategies and neglected the utilization of inter-class semantic relationships. This paper proposes a novel unified framework that jointly exploits the feature relationships and the class relationships for improved categorization performance. Specifically, these two types of relationships are estimated and utilized by rigorously imposing regularizations in the learning process of a deep neural network (DNN). Such a regularized DNN (rDNN) can be efficiently realized using a GPU-based implementation with an affordable training cost. Through arming the DNN with better capability of harnessing both the feature and the class relationships, the proposed rDNN is more suitable for modeling video semantics. With extensive experimental evaluations, we show that rDNN produces superior performance over several state-of-the-art approaches. On the well-known Hollywood2 and Columbia Consumer Video benchmarks, we obtain very competitive results: 66.9\% and 73.5\% respectively in terms of mean average precision. In addition, to substantially evaluate our rDNN and stimulate future research on large scale video categorization, we collect and release a new benchmark dataset, called FCVID, which contains 91,223 Internet videos and 239 manually annotated categories.
Impulse Control Disorders Following Deep Brain Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus in Parkinson's Disease: Clinical Aspects

Parkinson's disease (PD) has been associated with the development of impulse control disorders (ICDs), possibly due to overstimulation of the mesolimbic system by dopaminergic medication. Preliminary reports have suggested that deep brain stimulation (DBS), a neurosurgical procedure offered to patients with treatment-resistant PD, affects ICD in a twofold way. Firstly, DBS allows a decrease in dopaminergic medication and hence causes an improvement in ICDs. Secondly, some studies have proposed that specific ICDs may develop after DBS. This paper addresses the effects of DBS on ICDs in patients with PD. A literature search identified four original studies examining a total of 182 patients for ICDs and nine case reports of 39 patients that underwent DBS and developed ICDs at some point. Data analysis from the original studies did not identify a significant difference in ICDs between patients receiving dopaminergic medication and patients on DBS, whilst the case reports showed that 56% of patients undergoing DBS had poor outcome with regards to ICDs. We discuss these ambivalent findings in the light of proposed pathogenetic mechanisms. Longitudinal, prospective studies with larger number of patients are required in order to fully understand the role of DBS on ICDs in patients with PD.
HIGH DAMAGE THRESHOLD FREQUENCY CONVERSION SYSTEM

The present invention includes a fundamental laser light source configured to generate fundamental wavelength laser light, a first nonlinear optical crystal configured to generate first alternate wavelength light; a second nonlinear optical crystal configured to generate second alternate wavelength light; a dual wavelength Brewster angle waveplate configured to rotate a polarization of the first alternate wavelength light relative to the second alternate wavelength light such that the first and second alternate wavelength light have the same polarization; a set of Brewster angle wavefront processing optics configured to condition the first and second alternate wavelengths of light; a harmonic separator configured to separate the first alternate wavelength light from the second alternate wavelength light; and a Brewster angle output window configured to transmit the first or second alternate wavelengths of light from the interior of a laser frequency conversion system to the exterior of the laser frequency conversion system.
RAPID PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES

Methods for rapid solid phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) at elevated temperatures are provided. The methods of the invention shorten the time required for peptide synthesis significantly, while still providing crude peptide in good yield, purity, and stereochemical purity.
Unveiling the true historical and biological origins of key phenotypes in modern domestic horses

The horse provided humankind with the ability to travel well above its own speed and changed the face of warfare, and the geographic expansion of people, languages and culture. As such, the domestication of the horse some 5,500 years ago represents not less than a turning point in human history. While domestication shaped a great diversity of horse phenotypes, fit for a wealth of human purpose, many of the underlying causative genetic variants, and the geographic and temporal locus of their associated native breeding centers remain unclear. The HOPE project is aimed at the identification and functional validation of genetic innovations that have accompanied the birth and spread of important phenotypic traits during the history of modern domestic horses. Our methodology will leverage state-of-the-art methodologies in two complementary research fields, each synergizing the core expertise of the supervising host and postdoctoral fellow. These will first consist of using the ancient DNA and population genomics toolkits for shortlisting genomic variants candidates for driving important phenotypic features, and second harnessing the full power of functional genomics to measure some of their biological mechanism in cellular. The HOPE project will, thus, fill an important gap in our knowledge of horse evolution and will mark the birth of a new era in archeo-genomics, moving away from the sole description of putative adaptive markers, currently limiting most common studies, to the investigation of the conformational, performance, physiological and medical in living animals.
Variational Monte Carlo method for the Baeriswyl wave function: Application to the one-dimensional bosonic Hubbard model

A variational Monte Carlo method for bosonic lattice models is introduced. The method is based on the Baeriswyl projected wavefunction. The Baeriswyl wavefunction consists of a kinetic energy based projection applied to the wavefunction at infinite interaction, and is related to the shadow wavefunction already used in the study of continuous models of bosons. The wavefunction at infinite interaction, and the projector, are represented in coordinate space, leading to an expression for expectation values which can be evaluated via Monte Carlo sampling. We calculate the phase diagram and other properties of the bosonic Hubbard model. The calculated phase diagram is in excellent agreement with known quantum Monte Carlo results. We also analyze correlation functions.
Evolution of Luyang Lake since the last 34,000 years: Climatic changes and anthropogenic impacts

Abstract A sediment section retrieved from Luyang Lake, Shaanxi province, China was employed for grain-size, total organic carbon content (TOC) and carbonates (CaCO 3 ) analyses. Based on the Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) chronology, the evolution of Luyang Lake since the last 34,000 years was reconstructed. Then the historical anthropogenic information like populations and arable lands obtained from literature were incorporated into the environmental sequence to demonstrate the linkage of lake evolution with both climatic and anthropogenic forcings. It indicated that the appearance of loessial sediment during ca. 33.4–10.7 ka exhibited a much lower lake level associated with a cold and dry climate setting. The sediment became finer with increasing TOC after ca. 10.7 ka implied the enhanced monsoon rainfall and relatively higher lake level until ca. 4.6 ka. Much higher TOC and lowest CaCO 3 at 7.2–4.6 ka suggested the Holocene Climate Optimum in the region. The rising CaCO 3 and declining TOC at ca. 4.6–2.0 ka revealed the enhanced evaporation/precipitation rate and depressed paleoproductivity, suggesting a drier climate. TOC reached its highest after ca. 2 ka, coinciding with the increasing population and the expanding arable lands since the last 600 years, would suggest the anthropogenic impacts like land reclamation and farming rather than climate forcing. Briefly, the evolution of Luyang Lake was controlled by the monsoon climate through geological times and the intensified anthropogenic interferences since the last 2 ka, especially the last 600 years, would account for the transformation of freshwater lake to a saline lake and wetland environment.
Michael-type Reactions of 1-(X-substituted phenyl)-2-propyn-1-ones with Alicyclic Secondary Amines in MeCN and H2O: Effect of Medium on Reactivity and Transition-State Structure

oC. The kN value increases as the incoming amine becomes more basic and the substituent X changes form an electron-donating group (EDG) to an electron-withdrawing group (EWG). The Bronsted-type plots are linear with βnuc = 0.48 - 0.51. The Hammett plots for the reactions of 2a-f exhibit poor correlations but the corresponding Yukawa-Tsuno plots result in much better linear correlations with ρ = 1.57 and r = 0.46 for the reactions with piperidine while ρ = 1.72 and r = 0.39 for those with morpholine. The amines employed in this study are less reactive in MeCN than in water for reactions with substrates possessing an EDG, although they are ca. 8 pKa units more basic in the aprotic solvent. This indicates that the transition state (TS) is significantly more destabilized than the ground state (GS) in the aprotic solvent. It has been concluded that the reactions proceed through a stepwise mechanism with a partially charged TS, since such TS would be destabilized in the aprotic solvent due to the electronic repulsion between the negative-dipole end of MeCN and the negative charge of the TS. The fact that primary deuterium kinetic effect is absent supports a stepwise mechanism in which proton transfer occurs after the rate-determining step.
Can Successful Implementation of the Common Canister Program Deliver Cost Containment and Improved Infection Control?

Purpose To review considerations for implementing the common canister program in hospitals, and to encourage a careful evaluation of a substantial financial and process improvement opportunity involving the common canister program. Background The common canister program has not received a comprehensive evaluation in the literature. It has not been compared to traditional inhaler administration, and the potential infectious risk of the traditional patient-specific inhaler administration process has not been considered. Ten microbiologic studies examining infection risk have been performed using a common canister protocol; no studies have been published with individual inhaler administration without a spacer. The results in all 10 of the common canister microbiologic studies indicated that this program was safe for patients when a multidisciplinary approach was followed and was accompanied by hospitalwide education. Conclusion Because of the opportunity to reduce inhaler expenditures by 50% and the theoretical concerns of contamination from the traditional inhaler process, this program should be evaluated. Best practice requires a relative assessment of all inhaler administration models to determine the safest and most efficacious practice. It may be surprising to learn how an inhaler, after touching a patient's mouth during the individual inhaler administration process, is handled, transported, and stored by staff, and the various contaminated surfaces the inhaler contacts in the retrieval, administration, and return to storage process.
STUDY ON THE EFFECT ON PIG-REARING WITH FERMENTATION BEDS OF DIFFERENT PADDING

(Purpose) In order to that ascertain the effect on immune function and growth performance of pigs was studied fermentation beds of different padding.(Methods) 40 pigs were randomly divided into 4 groups,each group included 10 pigs.The first group is the feeding group with the fermentation beds of using crushed corn stalks mainly(corn stalks group);Group 2 is the feeding group with fermentation beds of using peanut-shell mainly(peanut-shell group);Group 3 is the feeding group with fermentation beds of using sawdust mainly(sawdust group);The forth group is the feeding group with conventional concrete floor(control group).Each group was injected with swine fever vaccine,PRRSV vaccine and swine pseudo-rabies vaccine,and was fed with according to conventional breeding methods.The experiment lasted 60 days.Rate of weight gain of each pig,serum antibody positive rate,γ-IFN and IL-4 levels,hemoglobin in the blood and the total number of lymphocytes and erythrocytes were determined at the end of experiment.(Results) The results indicate that when fed to the 60 days,the rate of weight gain of pigs in the group 1,group2 and group 3 were higher than the control group.The higher rates were separately 4.66%,7.16% and 3.56%.And the difference was significant(P 0.05).The antibody positive rate of pigs in group 1,group 2 and group 3 were higher than control group.The difference of group 1 was not significant,and the difference of group 2 and group 3 was significantly different(P 0.0001).The blood hemoglobin content,red blood cell volume and the total number of lymphocytes in group 1 were lower than the control group,and these of group 2 and 3 were both higher than the control group.And there was no significant difference.The levels of γ-IFN and IL-4 in pig serum of group 1,group 2 and group 3 were higher than the control group.But there was no significant difference.(Conclusion) Compared with the feeding group with the conventional concrete floor,the feeding groups with fermentation beds of using different padding all can improve pig growth performance and immune effects.And the fermentation beds of using corn stalks and peanut shells can significantly improve pigs' rate of weight gain growth and feed utilization.A theoretical basis and technical support of extension and application with the technology of rearing pigs with fermentation beds was provided by the results of the study.
Rare earth free e-drives featuring low cost manufacturing

The ReFreeDrive project is focused on contributing to avoid the use of rare earth magnets through the development of a next generation of electric drivetrains, ensuring the industrial feasibility for mass production while focusing on the low cost of the manufacturing technologies. 
This proposal intends to study and develop simultaneously two solutions for the power traction system of electrical vehicles. Both solutions are brushless AC electrical machines: induction machine with fabricated and copper die-cast rotor (IM) and synchronous reluctance (SynRel) machine. Through their configurations these machines not only are rare-earth magnet free, but also share common features that can be exploited during the design step, as well in the manufacturing process. These common features lead to a complex synergy between the two technologies, which justify the development of different topologies of electric machines in just one project.
The design of the ReFreeDrive motors will take as a premise the reduction of use of materials, as more than half of the final price is formed by raw materials cost. Also, a minimization of manufacturing costs will be ensured by an early involvement of manufacturers, from the design stage. ReFreeDrive motor topologies have good room for cost reduction by off-setting permanent magnet use. However, it is not feasible to change the commodity prices for copper and steel. Therefore, one of the key avenues for cost reduction is the reduction of size through different techniques (outer rotor, higher rotational speed, compact winding…). An optimized use of copper on the project provides technical design with a higher efficiency due to lower losses regards other alternatives, and more efficient heat management.
Beyond the motor design, ReFreeDrive also consider an integrated design of the power train that allows the optimization of the electric connections, the cooling systems and the housing.
Impact of inflammation on male fertility

The male uro-genital tract is susceptible to gram-negative bacterial infections that produce a state of inflammation, particularly in the testis and epididymis. Development of germline stem cells into motile spermatozoa takes place in these organs and thus any impairment therein has a direct effect on male fertility. A number of factors are known to impair male fertility including environmental and chemical factors, lifestyle, and infections. The last is a little-known and poorly understood cause of male sub-/infertility. The presence of the pro-inflammatory cytokines like tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF- alpha), interleukin-1alpha (IL-1alpha) and interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) in the male uro-genital tract following bacterial infections suggests that such infections could have cytokine-mediated anti-fertility effects. Furthermore, inflammation has been associated with elevated levels of reactive oxygen species and oxidative stress both of which affect male fertility. The present article summarizes the effects of inflammation on the testis, epididymis and spermatozoa. We review the correlations between inflammation and oxidative stress vis-à-vis spermatogenesis and discuss the implications of infections on male fertility/infertility and assisted reproductive technologies for the male.
Implementación de ISO 9001:2015 en EQUITEJO

Equitejo Lda se propone con el proyecto contratar servicios de consultoría especializada para apoyar la implementación del sistema de gestión de calidad total en la empresa, de acuerdo con los requisitos de la norma ISO 9001:2015 y así acceder a nuevos mercados más exigentes.
Measurements of Local Nusselt Number with a Miniscale Laminar Confined Slot-Jet Impinging on a Flat Plate

Heat transfer characteristics in a miniscale laminar confined slot-jet on a heated plate at uniform heat flux are experimentally investigated. The effects of the jet Reynolds number (Re = 120–180) on the heat transfer and flow are considered. An electrically heated gold film Intrex (a very thin gold-coated polyester substrate sheet) is used to create a uniform heat flux on the flat surface. The temperature on the surface is measured by thermochromic liquid crystals and a digital color image processing system. Recorded color images of liquid crystals are then used to determine the local Nusselt numbers along the surface. The results show a peculiar behavior in that the Nusselt number increases between Re = 120 and Re = 140, suddenly drops at around Re = 150–160, and increases again beyond Re = 160. This sudden drop of Nusselt number at around Re = 150–160 may be caused by a sinusoidal fluctuation of the jet flow.
Facet-Based User Modeling in Social Media for Personalized Ranking

Micro-blogging service has grown to a popular social media and provides a number of real-time messages for users. Although these messages allow users to access information on-the-fly, users often complain the problems of information overload and information shortage. Thus, a variety of methods of information filtering and recommendation are proposed, which are associated with user modeling. In this study, we propose an effective method of user modeling, facet-based user modeling, to capture user’s interests in social media. We evaluate our models in the context of personalized ranking of microblogs. Experiments on real-world data show that facet-based user modeling can provide significantly better ranking than traditional ranking methods. We also shed some light on how different facets impact user’s interest.
Nutrient density of beverages in relation to climate impact

The food chain contributes to a substantial part of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and growing evidence points to the urgent need to reduce GHGs emissions worldwide. Among suggestions were proposals to alter food consumption patterns by replacing animal foods with more plant-based foods. However, the nutritional dimensions of changing consumption patterns to lower GHG emissions still remains relatively unexplored. This study is the first to estimate the composite nutrient density, expressed as percentage of Nordic Nutrition Recommendations (NNR) for 21 essential nutrients, in relation to cost in GHG emissions of the production from a life cycle perspective, expressed in grams of CO(2)-equivalents, using an index called the Nutrient Density to Climate Impact (NDCI) index. The NDCI index was calculated for milk, soft drink, orange juice, beer, wine, bottled carbonated water, soy drink, and oat drink. Due to low-nutrient density, the NDCI index was 0 for carbonated water, soft drink, and beer and below 0.1 for red wine and oat drink. The NDCI index was similar for orange juice (0.28) and soy drink (0.25). Due to a very high-nutrient density, the NDCI index for milk was substantially higher (0.54) than for the other beverages. Future discussion on how changes in food consumption patterns might help avert climate change need to take both GHG emission and nutrient density of foods and beverages into account.
International cooperation to restore and connect urban environments in latin america and europe

INTERLACE brings together a uniquely positioned consortium to empower and equip European and CELAC cities to effectively restore and rehabilitate (peri)urban ecosystems towards more liveable, resilient and inclusive cities. The project applies an integrative, city-driven approach to address urban challenges through the restoration, rehabilitation and (re)connection of natural and social processes between places. A three-tiered mechanism for city and wider stakeholder exchange and learning – the City Network Accelerator – will strengthen cooperation and peer-to-peer interactions on the local, regional (EU and CELAC) and global scales. Innovative forms of inclusive participation will optimise the collection of available knowledge and experiences and the co-production of governance instruments and tools for restorative NBS. Six committed EU and CELAC partner cities are central to this process, providing and sharing experiences with other cities globally and building technical and procedural capacities. The international city network partners UNGL, Climate Alliance and UCLG will facilitate a wide dissemination and application of project outputs through effective pathways to impact. The web-based Innovation Hub will support these efforts by disseminating INTERLACE’s City NBS Tool for urban ecosystem restoration and rehabilitation and promoting project result exploitation. Comprised of integrated assessment systems, a catalogue of policy and governance instruments, city impulse papers, business cases, guidance documents, and more, the tool will support decision-making processes for urban ecological restoration in EU and CELAC cities and beyond. INTERLACE will advance knowledge and awareness of restorative NBS, foster more ecologically coherent and integrated city planning processes, and lay the foundation for sustained multi-directional cooperation and exchange between EU and CELAC cities for wider transformative impact.
METHOD OF OPERATING A WIND TURBINE

Method of operating a wind turbine comprising detecting when a first blade substantially approaches the shadow of the tower, and pitching at least one other blade, which is in or approaching a position above the tower, to increase the angle of attack and wind load on said at least one other blade in such a way that an increase of the tilt angle of the rotor is caused. The method further comprises detecting when the first blade is substantially close to leaving the shadow of the tower, and pitching the at least one other blade to decrease the angle of attack and wind load on said at least one other blade in such a way that the previously caused increase of the tilt angle of the rotor is cancelled.