SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Co production and co governance: strategic management, public value and co creation in the renewal of public agencies across europe

This proposal suggests that taking a strategic approach – in the most fundamental sense - to the renewal of organization and management of European public administrations is a key requirement for the bettering of public governance and citizens’ participation across Europe. 

The project aims to locate, explore and diffuse leading edge experiments in new and more participatory approaches to public administration which are becoming evident across various countries in Europe. Ultimately, the project aims at generating applicable knowledge about the dynamics and developmental patterns of longitudinal, emergent strategy formation processes and the dynamics leading to strategic renewal and community engagement.

We draw on four promising models apparent in the recent public management literature to inform the empirical work theoretically, namely: Public Value Creation models, used in combination with Co Creation and Co Governance (hence the acronym COGOV) ideas, in turn combined with Digital Era Governance inspirations with their possible implications for more participatory approaches to e-government. The project relies on a pan European collaboration of academic and policy partners and is strongly connected to, and informed by, practice.
Inequality and Exclusion in the New Era of Capital

The IDS 50th Anniversary Conference held in July 2016 revisited the age-old debate concerning the changing nature of the relationship between states, markets and society in relation to the problem of inequality. The deliberations at the conference made it clear that inequalities go beyond disparities between households in their income or asset ownership, to intersecting inequalities along the lines of age, gender, location and access to public services such as healthcare and education. This article addresses three areas of inequality that were given pre-eminence at the conference, namely, gender inequality, youth unemployment and social protection. The conclusion recaptures the main argument and suggests a rebalancing of power between states, markets and society because the key problem is that market forces have become too dominant.
Platinum Group Elements for Automobile Catalysts in the Environment

This review deals with the environmental burden caused by Pt group metal emissions from automobile catalytic converters, and related health hazards. Catalytic converters in automobiles reduce the production of gaseous pollutants on one hand and are the source of Pt group metal emissions on the other. Concentrations of Pt metals in the environment have significantly increased in recent decades, largely due to their use as catalysts. It has been generally assumed that the health hazard associated with environment exposures to Pt group metals are negligible due to their low concentrations and metallic nature of emitted particles. However, recent studies have shown relatively high solubilities of emitted Pt metals and the possibility of their transformations into soluble compounds which could have a negative effect on human health. Recent findings in and topicality of the Pt metal problems are reviewed.
Starch based polyurethanes: A critical review updating recent literature

Recent advancements in material science and technology made it obvious that use of renewable feed stock is the need of hour. Polymer industry steadily moved to get rid of its dependence on non-renewable resources. Starch, the second largest occurring biomass (renewable) on this planet provides a cheap and eco-friendly way to form huge variety of materials on blending with other biodegradable polymers. Specific structural versatility design for individual application and tailor-made properties have established the polyurethane (PU) as an important and popular class of synthetic biodegradable polymers. Blending of starch with polyurethane is relatively a developing area in PU chemistry but with lot of attraction for researchers. Herein, various starch based polyurethane materials including blends, grafts, copolymers, composites and nano-composites, as well as the prospects and latest developments are discussed. Additionally, an overview of starch based polymeric materials, including their potential applications are presented.
Machine for the production of knitted goods and method of the machine

A weft knitting machine includes a row of crochet needles and two rows of thread guides for guiding a respective basic warp thread or additional warp thread. Basic warp thread guides and additional warp thread guides are each attached to a carrier, of which one is fastened to a hollow rod and another to an inner rod arranged in this. Both the rods pivotable together about the same axis and displaceable along this axis independently of each other. The additional warp thread guides are moved in such a manner that each additional warp thread is laid alternately around one of two neighboring needles in the same direction of rotation. In this manner, a knitted article is formed which does not ravel on the tearing of a thread and which is produced on a machine equipped with crochet needles wherein the additional warp threads can also still form wale loops.
PRS REPORTS WITH DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM

This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support antenna configuration indicate by PRS feedback. In a first aspect, a method of wireless communication includes receiving, by a wireless communication device, a positioning reference signal (PRS) configuration transmission from a network entity. The method also includes determining, by the wireless communication device, a PRS measurement report based on an antenna configuration. The method further includes transmitting, by the wireless communication device, the PRS measurement report, the PRS measurement report indicating the antenna configuration. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
Testing new hypotheses on the evolution  of sex-related chromosomes

The sex chromosomes of plants and animals often contain large non-recombining regions due to a stepwise cessation of recombination generating “evolutionary strata” of genetic differentiation. The reasons for the extension of recombination suppression beyond sex-determining genes remain unclear. Sexual antagonism, involving the linkage to sex-determining genes of alleles beneficial in only one sex, is the prevailing hypothesis, as this explanation is both theoretically plausible and attractive. However, decades of research have unearthed little evidence to support this hypothesis. Furthermore, I have shown that chromosomes involved in sexual compatibility in systems lacking male and female functions can nevertheless display a stepwise suppression of recombination beyond mating-compatibility genes. Thus, evolutionary strata can evolve without sexual antagonism. Alternative hypotheses, such as neutral rearrangements, epigenetic changes associated with transposable elements and the sheltering of deleterious alleles accumulating near non-recombining regions, must thus be seriously considered. I propose to use a synergic combination of different approaches and biological systems to refine and test these hypotheses, to broaden the theory of sex-related chromosome evolution, and, more generally, of the evolution of supergenes (linked allelic combinations). I will use mathematical modeling to test hypothesis plausibility and generate predictions. I will use comparative and population genomic approaches to test predictions, and an innovative experimental evolution approach with functional manipulations to assess the ability of the proposed mechanisms to generate strata. The EvolSexChrom project will challenge the current theory, opening up new avenues of research and potentially creating a paradigm shift in the dynamic research field focusing on the evolution of sex-related chromosomes and other supergenes, relevant to diverse traits and organisms.
Effect of Preferential Flexibility Direction on Fluidelastic Instability of a Rotated Triangular Tube Bundle

In operating shell-and-tube heat exchangers, tube vibration induced by cross-flow can be a serious problem. The region of concern in steam generators is the upper most U-bend region where the flow crosses a large number of tubes, which also cause significant hydraulic resistance. This hydraulic resistance forces the flow to change direction. From a fluidelastic instability point of view, the tube bundle is excited by oblique cross-flow. A secondary consequence of change in flow direction is a change in the flexibility direction of the tubes relative to the oncoming flow direction at different locations within the U-bend region. It is this somewhat simpler problem that is studied in this work. The effect of array flexibility direction on the fluidelastic instability phenomenon in a rotated-triangular tube bundle is investigated for single phase flow as a starting point. The study consists of both experiments and theoretical analysis of a simplified single-flexible-tube array. Experimental tests are conducted in a wind tunnel on a reconfigurable tube bundle. The results show that fluidelastic instability is strongly dependent on the flexibility angle. The results also show that, generally, the elimination of bundle flexibility in the direction transverse to the flow has a strong stabilizing effect on the tube bundle. The effect is, however, nonlinearly related to flexibility angle. In the second part of this work, the quasi-steady fluidelastic analysis is adapted for a single tube (within a rigid array), flexible in a single but arbitrary direction relative to the flow and subjected to cross-flow. The fluid-force expressions are rewritten to account for an arbitrary tube flexibility direction relative to the approaching flow. In the process, a simplified, flexibility direction dependent, one degree-of-freedom equation is obtained. The model is then evaluated against measured experimental data. This evaluation shows that the predicted critical flow velocity for fluidelastic instability is in qualitative agreement with experimental results, at least in the trend on the effect of varying the flexibility angle. At the same time, the model sheds some light on the role played by the flexibility angle in determining the overall fluid-structure damping underlying the observed stability behavior.
Prevalence of impaired awareness of hypoglycemia and identification of predictive symptoms in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes

In children with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) the prevalence of impaired awareness of hypoglycemia (IAH) is uncertain. This study aimed to ascertain this with greater precision. Secondary aims were to assess symptoms of hypoglycemia and which of these best predict awareness of hypoglycemia in children.Questionnaires were completed by 98 children with T1DM (mean age 10.6 yr) and their parent(s); hospital admission data for the previous year were collected. Awareness of hypoglycemia was assessed using two questionnaire-based methods that have been validated in adults. For 4 wk, participants performed routine blood glucose measurements and completed questionnaires after each episode of hypoglycemia. Principal components analysis determined how symptoms correlate; multinomial logistic regression models identified which symptom aggregate best predicted awareness status.The 'Gold' questionnaire classified a greater proportion of the participants as having IAH than the 'Clarke' questionnaire (68.4 vs. 22.4%). Using the 'Clarke' method, but not the 'Gold' method, children with IAH were younger and more likely to require external assistance or hospital admission. Most aged ≥9 yr (98.6%) were able to self-assess awareness status accurately. Puberty and increasing age, augmented symptom scores; duration of diabetes and glycemic control had no effect. In contrast to adults, behavioral symptoms were the best predictors of awareness status.IAH affects a substantial minority of children and impending hypoglycemia may be heralded by behavioral symptoms. The 'Clarke' method was more effective at identifying those at increased risk and could be used as a screening tool.
Circuit board having semiconductor chip embedded therein

A circuit board having a semiconductor chip embedded therein includes: a core board having opposing first and second surfaces and a through-hole; a semiconductor chip received in the through-hole and having a first active surface and an opposing second active surface, wherein first electrode pads comprising signal pads, power pads, and ground pads are provided on the first active surface; a first dielectric layer provided on the first surface of the core board and the first active surface of the semiconductor chip and configured to fill a gap between the through-hole and the semiconductor chip so as to secure the semiconductor chip in position to the through-hole; and a first circuit layer disposed in the first dielectric layer so as to be flush with the first dielectric layer, provided with first conductive vias disposed in the first dielectric layer, and electrically connected to the first electrode pads.
Wind Energy and Adverse Visual-Impact Litigation: A Balance of Global and Local Interests?

Wind energy is one of the world’s fastest growing forms of energy. It has many advantages over traditional forms of energy. However, visual impact is a disadvantage. Although planning applications for wind-farm developments are on the rise worldwide, the visual impact of potential developments repeatedly provokes opposition to new wind-farm projects. Litigation aimed at enjoining the construction of wind-energy facilities can slow wind-energy development and increase its cost. This article takes a comparative approach to such visual-impact litigation, looking at cases from Australia, New Zealand, and England in order to understand why planning cases are much more likely to succeed in some jurisdictions than others. I argue that in some jurisdictions decision-makers and courts are impliedly prioritizing the global, national, and local interests in favour of wind-farm development over the national and local interests in favour of landscape and visual-amenity protection.
Challenging extractivism: Activism over the aftermath of the Fundão disaster

Abstract Tailings dam failures represent one of the highest risks associated with the mining industry. When such a disaster happens, it usually has enormous social and environmental consequences. The literature commonly suggests that dam failure events happen after periods of increased mineral demand. During high demand peaks, more waste material is generated, and during recession, financial cutbacks can lead to unpredicted effects on safety, especially in operations where the domestic authorities have less capacity to monitor and reinforce the rule of law. Based on document analysis from data collected during the first 60 days after the Fundao dam failure in Brazil, results highlight the capacity of companies and authorities to deal with disaster remediation, which have enabled multilevel activism. It shows how collective actions are relevant to support local claims/campaigns connected to rights and the service of justice in the disaster aftermath.
Global financial crisis and dependence risk analysis of sector portfolios: a vine copula approach

We use regular vine (r-vine), canonical vine (c-vine) and drawable vine (d-vine) copulas to examine the dependence risk characteristics of three 20-stock portfolios from the retail, manufacturing and gold-mining equity sectors of the Australian market in periods before, during and after the 2008-2009 global financial crisis (GFC). Our results indicate that the retail portfolio is less risky than the manufacturing counterpart in the crisis period, while the gold-mining portfolio is less risky than both the retail and manufacturing sector portfolios. Both the retail and gold stocks display a higher propensity to yield positively skewed returns in the crisis periods, contrary to the manufacturing stocks. The r-vine is found to best capture the multivariate dependence structure of the stocks in the retail and gold-mining portfolios, while the d-vine does it for the manufacturing stock portfolio. These findings could be used to develop dependence risk and investment risk-adjusted strategies for investment, rebalancing and hedging which more adequately account for the downside risk in various market conditions.
TourScience Plus

The TourScience project was a success, it allowed to spread the concept of scientific tourism and to develop it in our territories. After the project, already in 2017 the municipality of Torgnon has applied the 10 scientific circuits, updated the tools, the CREA has realized stays of participatory science with the involvement of the visitor.
Capitalizing, we realized that there are more opportunities.
The COVID has shown the fragility of these territories, strongly hit by the crisis of the tourist economy, concentrated in the summer and winter months. Climate change requires an adaptation of mountain activities and the affirmation of a more resilient activity, distributed over the seasons, compatible with a changing environment, a quality of life to be preserved. Hence the importance of a "Plus" in TourScience.
Robust Design of Pulse Oximeter Using Dynamic Control and Motion Artifact Detection Algorithms

Arterial oxygen saturation (SpO₂) monitoring for newborns requires special attention in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Newborns have very low photo-plethysmogram (PPG) amplitudes and their body movements are difficult to contain. Hardware design and its associated signal processing algorithms should be robust enough so that faulty measurements can be avoided. In this study, improved designs were implemented to deal with low perfusion, motion artifact, and the influence of ambient light. Dynamic range was increased by using different LED intensities and a feedback system. To minimize the effects of motion artifact and to discard other unqualified data, four additional algorithms were used, which were based on dual-trace detection, continuity of DC level, morphology of PPG, and simultaneity check of SpO₂. Our SpO₂ system was tested with newborns with normal respiration in the NICU. Our system provided fast, real-time responses and 100% artifact detection was accomplished under 84% of SpO₂.
Municipal PROperty Management In South-Eastern Cities

Municipal real estate is one of the most underutilized local resources in many cities, especially in the SEES countries. The object of the PROMISE transnational cooperation project is the development of integrative tools and methods and the implementation of a comprehensive system for the efficient municipal property management. The projects outputs and results will support cities in developing tools, elaborating on strategies and policies in responding to urban challenges and opportunities offered by the new operational programmes of the Structural Funds and new European initiatives, in the fields of action and investment in urban regeneration, urban infrastructure, public services provision, built environment improvement and investments in social inclusion. The project will combine the exchange of experience through a comparative study of institutional frameworks and practices; the implementation of a comprehensive and computerized property inventory and accounting management system on a property-by-property basis, by the use of corporate property management approaches; the implementation of pilot projects: three pre-feasibility projects relating to the management and development of municipal properties for governmental, social and income generation purposes and the implementation of a municipal management authority; the development of skills, knowledge and practices at the municipal level; 'best practices guide' including recommendations for legal and administrative improvement, methods and policies to overcome problems, will be provided for the dissemination of best practices on municipal property management.
(7429.31052017.113000220_1632) SMARTISS

THE BASIC IDEA OF THE PROJECT? TO RETURN VALIDITY? TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC TO THE TYPICAL STRUCTURAL SYSTEM OF THE SELF-SUPPORTING WAREHOUSE WHOSE DESIGN? IT HAS BECOME VERY PROBLEMATIC BOTH WITH REGARD TO ANTI-SEISMIC SIZING AND WITH REGARD TO CHECKS RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF MODES? COLLAPSE ON THE OCCASION OF A FIRE SCENARIO. IN PARTICULAR, IS IT DIFFICULT TO COEXIST THE PRINCIPLES BEHIND THE RECENT ANTI-SEISMIC DESIGN CALLED?CAPACITY DESIGN? (DUTTILIT? AND FLEXIBILITY? OF THE STRUCTURES) WITH THOSE AT THE BASE OF THE SO-CALLED?FIRE ENGINEERING? (INCREASED THICKNESS AND STRUCTURAL STIFFNESS). IN THIS ALREADY? SHOULD ROBUSTNESS (E.G. IMPACT ON STRUCTURES GENERATED BY INTERNAL HANDLING VEHICLES) AND DURABILITY BE ADDED? (APPEARANCE RELATED TO INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF STRUCTURES, ACTIONS OFTEN NOT SIMPLE GIVEN THE GEOMETRY AND ABOVE ALL THE ALT
Capital Structure of Non-life Insurance Firms in Japan

This research investigates the debt to equity ratio (D/E ratio) in non-life insurance firms in Japan through empirical analysis and offers several main findings. First, the solvency margin ratio has a negative effect on the D/E ratio. Second, neither the Return on Equity (ROE) nor the combined ratio has an impact on the D/E ratio. Third, the expense ratio has a positive effect on the D/E ratio, while the loss ratio does not. The second and third results imply that the expense ratio is the most suitable index for measuring profitability in Japan’s non-life insurance firms when the D/E ratio is being considered.
Entrepreneurship: Theory, Networks, History

Contents: Preface Part I: Theory 1. The Economic Theory of Entrepreneurship: An Overview 2. The Discovery of Opportunities (with Nigel Wadeson) 3. Entrepreneurship and Macroeconomic Performance (with Nigel Wadeson) 4. Entrepreneurship and the Growth of the Firm: An Extension of Penrose's Theory (with Peter J. Buckley) Part II: Networks and Institutions 5. Networks: A Theory of Connectivity and Interdependence 6. Entrepreneurial Networks as Social Capital 7. Co-operatives as Entrepreneurial Institutions 8. The Cultural Embeddedness of Entrepreneurship Part III: History 9. Entrepreneurship and Vertical Integration: The Origins of the Singer Global Distribution System (with Andrew Godley) 10. Entrepreneurship and the Development of Global Brands 11. Entrepreneurship in Britain: 1830-2008 (with Andrew Godley) 12. Imperialism and the Entrepreneurial State 13. Conclusion