SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
An implementation approach of big data computation by mapping Java classes to MapReduce

Big Data by virtue of its features in the V's and C's space calls for a processing methodology that is quite different form the process prevalent with traditional system of data processing. Hadoop one of popular framework is used for computation of Big Data. Hadoop with its associated technologies and techniques provides a arrangement for data storage in a distributed file system and further analysis of the same in a distributed mechanism through MapReduce. This paper explores the Hadoop and MapReduce implementation using JAVA language. The paper details about the close association of Java Mapper, Driver and Reducer classes to a MapReduce environment.
Protection and control of secured information by means of a privacy enhanced dashboard

PoSeID-on is aimed at developing a novel Privacy Enhancing Dashboard for personal data protection supporting the pillars of the new EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) with regards to digital security, that will be implemented within a single, integrated tool, adopting blockchain and smart contracts technology. It will provide targeted benefits for final end users by enabling data protection by design and by default. In particular, the project will deliver an easily accessible and simple privacy enhancing dashboard useful for monitoring, keeping track record, and controlling all aspects related to data subjects personal data, privacy settings, eventually deciding to authorize/un-authorize personal data transfers. Thus, the primary aim of PoSeID-on is empowering data subjects in having a concise, transparent, intelligible and ease access, as well as tracking, control and management of their personal data processed by public and private organizations, acting as data controllers and/or data providers. They will be able to make conscious decisions on who can process their own data based on data controller trustworthiness, enabling or revoking permissions, asking for definitely remove their personal data or restricting the data to be shared following the data minimisation principle. A risk management framework will be integrated into the privacy enhancing dashboard. As secondary aim, PoSeID-on will support the compliance of technological services and products with the GDPR regarding personal data, by integrating advanced ICT-based tools within a replicable and scalable frame, which can be implemented within a broad spectrum of products and services. Moreover, personal data exchanges across data subjects and different organisations (public & private) or among organizations in case of involved third parties will take place in a secure and privacy-compliant way, generating benefits thanks to the adoption of more streamlined procedures.
EXTRUDED PRODUCT COMPRISING EXTRUDED SURFACE COVERING MATERIAL FOR COVERING A BOAT OR YACHT DECK OR ANOTHER OUTDOOR AREA

The invention relates to an extruded product comprising extruded surface covering material (4) for covering a boat or yacht deck or another outdoor area (6), the surface covering material (4) comprising a synthetic material (8), where the surface covering material (4) further comprises rigid hollow microballoons (10) with an opaque surface.
LONG LASTING FRESHENING COMPOSITIONS

Freshening compositions comprising a perfume material and a sulfur-containing pro-perfume; and methods thereof are provided. In some embodiments, the composition comprises dodecyl thio-damascone. Such freshening compositions may be used to prolong perfume release, while reducing malodors on inanimate surfaces or in the air.
Modeling the infilling process of an abandoned fluvial-deltaic distributary channel: An example from the Yellow River delta, China

Abstract As an inevitable result of fluvial-deltaic avulsions, abandoned distributary channels and associated lobes form an important component of coastal marine systems, serving as a sediment source and sink for the adjacent delta region. The distinct differences between normal tidal flats and abandoned channel systems restrict the application of classic intertidal mud flat morphological theory to the study of the evolution of abandoned channels. Herein, a quantitative model based on the concept of mass conservation was proposed to describe the infilling processes for an abandoned channel. Sediment cores and elevation profiles from an abandoned channel of the Yellow River delta (China), along with hydrodynamic observational data, are used to constrain a numerical approach and test model performance. The modeled accumulation thicknesses are satisfyingly consistent with those derived from sediment cores. The model results indicate that the tide-delivered sediment flux and channel water depth are the dominant variables governing the variation in accumulation thickness in the abandoned channel, whereas the channel shortening rate largely impacts the depositional area rather than depositional thickness. By contributing to steady deposition on the mud flat, tide-associated landward sediment deposition formed a steep profile near the estuary, while the final four years of deposition represent only a quarter of the total deposition compared to that from the first five years owing to a decreasing depositional rate. The model-derived sediment volume indicates that shore-parallel flow is significant in shaping mudflat morphology, especially in the late stages, while the shortening of tidal channels leads to shrinking of the mud flat and sediment volumes. Despite its limitation to residual channels, our model presents a new approach for quantitative interpretation of the geomorphic evolution of an abandoned river channel with finite boundary conditions, providing a good reference to apply to other large deltaic systems.
Kinetic study of the polymerization of dimethyldiallylammonium chloride and acrylamide

The kinetics of the polymerization of dimethyldiallylammonium chloride (DMDAAC) and acrylamide (AM) with different monomer molar ratios initiated by an ammonium persulfate–sodium bisulfate redox complex in an aqueous solution were studied. The polymerization rate (Rp) equation, the activation energy (Ea), and the reactivity ratio were measured. The results show that when the nDMDAAC:nAM values were 1 : 9, 2 : 8, 3 : 7, 4 : 6, and 5 : 5, the copolymerization rate equation were Rp1 = k[M]2.61[IO]0.51[IR]0.52, Rp2 = k[M]2.70[IO]0.50[IR]0.53, Rp3 = k[M]2.73[IO]0.50[IR]0.56, Rp4 = k[M]2.77[IO]0.51[IR]0.59, and Rp5 = k[M]2.84[IO]0.51[IR]0.61 (where [M] is the total monomer concentration, [IO] is the oxidant concentration, and [IR] is the reductant concentration), respectively when the temperature was 45°C. The Ea values were Ea1 = 79.10 kJ/mol, Ea2 = 81.39 kJ/mol, Ea3 = 85.15 kJ/mol, Ea4 = 88.88 kJ/mol, and Ea5 = 90.61 kJ/mol in the temperature range 35–55°C, respectively. The reactivity ratios of DMDAAC and AM were rDMDAAC = 0.14 and rAM = 6.11 when the temperature was 45°C. The structure of PDA was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and 1H-NMR. The results of the kinetic parameters explained the differences in the copolymerization rate and intrinsic viscosity of PDA with different cationicities. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2012
How Restricted is the Job Mobility of Skilled Temporary Work Visa Holders?

Using the National Survey of College Graduates, we investigate the job mobility of skilled workers holding U.S. temporary visas. Such workers either have legal restrictions on their ability to change employers or may be reluctant to leave an employer who has sponsored them for permanent residence. We find that the voluntary job-changing rate is similar for temporary work visa holders and natives with similar characteristics, but that it spikes when temporary work visa holders obtain permanent residence. The spike magnitude implies mobility is reduced during the application period by about 20 percent, alleviating concerns that employers exercise strong monopsony power.
Ladder stile extension

There is disclosed a ladder stile extension to provide level support for ladders on uneven ground. The ladder stile 5 is drilled to receive a pair of connecting bolts 50 to attach guide means 51, 55 and 56 to the stile. The channel section strut 6 is slideably engaged by the guide means. It can move parallel with and can extend below the lower end of the stile. The lower end of the strut is supported on the ground. The downward load of the ladder is transferred from the stile to the lower end of the suspender chain 30. The load carrying length of the chain is variable. It extends from the connection of the chain with the stile to any of its chosen links which is engaged with connector means at the top of the strut. The length of extension of the strut is in inverse relationship with the load carrying length of the chain. <IMAGE>
Uncovering the kinship matrix: a new study of solidarity and transmission in european families

How do families mobilize to respond to their members’ needs? How do families transmit advantages and disadvantages within and across generations? Most of what we know about these questions is restricted to solidarity and transmission in the nuclear family – a small segment comprising only the closest kin. The project’s core concept – the kinship matrix – offers a much richer view of family members and family ties relevant to solidarity and transmission. It widens the lens to examine nuclear family ties in a larger pattern of relations that constitutes the immediate and extended family network spreading vertically and horizontally. Based on this concept, the project will achieve three objectives: to collect new comparative data on the kinship matrix in five European countries (Objective 1); and to use these data to conduct novel studies of solidarity (Objective 2) and of transmission (Objective 3) that break new ground in family research. The project comprises three subprojects, each dedicated to one objective. Subproject 1 will achieve Objective 1, collecting and preparing data on kinship ties that underpin all analyses on solidarity and transmission. The new comparative survey on the kinship matrix will be supplemented by further sources of population-scale data. Subproject 2 will achieve Objective 2, capturing solidarity in a multigenerational structure of immediate and extended kin. Subproject 3 will achieve Objective 3, capturing status transmission and behavioral transmission across a wide set of relevant kin. All subprojects will study the channels of solidarity and transmission, combining attribute data on status and behavior with relational data on the quality of kinship ties. The project will advance our understanding of the family as a unit of cohesion constitutive to the European social model and as a unit of transmission constitutive to inequality within and across generations. The new data will be released to create a lasting impact on family research.
Aquisição de tecnologias para empresas em fase de arranque LEICON MSL s.r.o.

O projeto apresentado conta com a aquisição de mesa CNC X-Y para materiais de corte com jato de água de alta pressão. Esta tecnologia irá expandir o parque de máquinas existente da empresa. A aquisição de novas tecnologias resultará principalmente na racionalização dos processos de produção e de trabalho, no aumento da produtividade, no aumento da automatização e numa maior flexibilidade da produção. Ao mesmo tempo, a empresa torna-se independente de alguns fornecedores externos. a.
Associations among adverse childhood experiences, aggression, depression, and self-esteem in serious female juvenile offenders in Japan

Female juvenile offenders are more likely to have a history of childhood abuse, emotional disturbances, mental health problems, and serious problems involving substance abuse. The aim of this study were: (1) to investigate the characteristics of self-esteem, aggressiveness, depressiveness, and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), (2) to examine the relationships of these characteristics between female inmates of a juvenile correctional facility and age- and gender-matched controls, and (3) to propose an appropriate cause–effect relation model using structural equal modeling. The subjects were 81 female juveniles admitted to a female juvenile correctional facility and 285 age- and sex-matched comparisons. There was clear evidence for strong relationship between ACEs, aggression, depression, and low self-esteem. In addition, path analysis by structural equation modeling showed a simple clear model diagram regarding self-esteem in the female juvenile offenders.
Neural decisions under uncertainty

Virtually anything we sense, think and do is uncertain. For instance, when driving a car, you often need to determine how close you are to the car in front of you. It is near impossible to estimate this distance with absolute certainty – but it is possible to guess and even to estimate the uncertainty associated with that guess. Accordingly, we reduce speed when driving at night, because we realize perceived distance is more uncertain in the dark than on a sunny, clear day. How do we infer that visual information is less reliable at night? How does the brain represent knowledge of sensory uncertainty? How do we decide to reduce speed? The overall aim of this proposal is to investigate the neural basis of perceptual decision-making under uncertainty. I will concentrate on three major research questions. First, I aim to establish the degree to which sensory uncertainty is represented in human visual cortex. Second, I will examine whether observers are aware of this uncertainty when making decisions. Third, I will investigate the sources of noise that cause the uncertainty in our perceptual decisions. I will address these questions using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), in combination with a novel analytical method to analyzing fMRI data that I recently developed. This novel approach allows me to characterize, on a trial-by-trial basis, the uncertainty in cortical stimulus representations, and to address unresolved issues regarding the neural mechanisms of human perceptual decision-making. The results from this project will provide important new insights into the neural basis of perceptual decisions, with profound implications for theories of cortical visual function. Given that mechanisms of visual decision-making likely resemble the mechanisms underlying other forms of decisions throughout the brain, the proposed research will also provide a basis for understanding choice under uncertainty in general.
Attuazione del piano di trasformazione digitale TOS ZNOJMO

L'implementazione del progetto presentato ha lo scopo di completare la complessa trasformazione digitale dell'azienda e allo stesso tempo aumentare significativamente l'automazione delle attività produttive presso TOS ZNOJMO. a.
Oscillatory long-range coherence in attention

Attention -the ability to focus selectively on task relevant information and resist distraction- plays a critical role in many everyday life situations, such as in school or while driving. With an almost constant stream of information reaching us through smart phones and computers, our world becomes increasingly distracting, requiring enhanced attentional capabilities. This calls for new approaches to improve attention, also benefiting patients populations suffering from attention deficits. Is it possible to safely improve attention without medication? And how does the brain actually guides attention and resist distractions? The proposed research aims to answer these questions by combining a novel brain stimulation technique, transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) with state of the art neuroimaging methods. It will specifically test the intriguing hypothesis that attention can be enhanced by synchronizing rhythmic activity between two brain regions previously shown to be involved in attention. In the first study I will assess the effects of stimulation on attention performance, while simultaneously measuring neural activity using electroencephalogram (EEG). This will allow me to determine to what extent tACS can improve attention and investigate the causal role of neural oscillations in attention. In the second study, tACS will be combined with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) allowing to bridge the literature on neural oscillations (derived from EEG research) and attention networks (derived from fMRI research). Specifically, it will provide novel insights into the exact neural network subserving oscillatory activity associated with attention. Taken together, this project will not only investigate an innovative way to improve attention, with important implication for future clinical studies, but will also have a major contribution to cognitive neuroscience theories of attention.
SONIC DRILL

A sonic drilling apparatus having a work piston within a cylinder chamber to provide a vibratory force through the alternate application of fluid under pressure into the bore above and below the piston in a manner that the piston will be forced to reciprocate within the bore. The cylinder chamber includes an inlet gallery to allow fluid under pressure to pass into the bore above a first face of the work piston and an exhaust gallery to allow fluid to escape from the bore below the second face of the work piston. A relief bypass is provided to prevent excessive build up of pressure in the bore during the reciprocating movement of the work piston.
A biophysical investigation of the duality in fas receptor

Membrane receptors control fundamental physiological processes in cells, and are major targets of medical drugs. The goal of this project is to investigate the nanoscale motion of the membrane receptor Fas and its functional role in maintaining immune surveillance. Fas is ubiquitously expressed in human body and has significant roles in disease progressions. A type I single pass transmembrane protein, Fas is known for its ‘dual character’ in triggering signaling pathways leading to both cell survival and cell death. In the presence of its ligand, the receptor undergoes higher-order clustering to form a death-inducing signaling complex (DISC) in the intracellular region. Immune cells use Fas-mediated DISC formation as a mechanism to ‘kill’ virus infected or malignant cells. The Fas ligand, which is a type II transmembrane protein, can be cleaved which results in its soluble variant. Unlike the membrane anchored Fas ligand, the cleaved variant is known to induce an alternative motility inducing signaling complex (MISC) in Fas receptor that results in cell migration. Although the functions of the Fas receptor (and the notion of duality) are well established, how it selects for non-apoptotic or apoptotic pathways is an open question. 
It has been postulated that the membrane bound and cleaved variants of the Fas ligand induce different structural orientation and conformations in the intracellular domains of the receptors to control DISC/MISC formation. However, due to the immediate higher order aggregations upon ligand-binding and the presence of other modulating proteins during in-vivo experiments, it has been a great challenge to test this hypothesis. This project will investigate the biophysical mechanism behind the duality in full-length Fas receptors by exploiting single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer (smFRET) and membrane nanodisc platform. Mechanistic understanding of Fas transmembrane signaling has both scientific and pharmaceutical significance.
L’impact des violences conjugales sur la santé psychologique des femmes

L’article présente les résultats d’une étude auprès de femmes qui se sont adressées à un centre antiviolence en Italie à l’époque du Covid. Elles étaient interrogées sur l’existence de symptômes de détresse psychologique, leurs conditions de vie et les violences. Toutes subissaient des violences diverses de la part d’un partenaire ou ex-partenaire. L’intensité de la violence ainsi que son évolution (augmentation ou diminution) récente étaient liées à la fréquence des symptômes. Ces résultats confirment les relations étroites, mais pas toujours suffisamment reconnues, entre violence et santé des femmes.
Establishment of three-parent crosses in crop plants for commercial exploitation

There is an urgent need for an agricultural revolution to generate climate-smart cultivars, which combine proven qualities with novel traits that adapt crop plants to extremes, including severe heat and drought periods. Novel breeding technologies can make the difference to enable farmers to achieve high yields with resilient crops and thus secure the nutrition for the world population. In the framework of the ERC Consolidator Grant ""Building and bypassing polyspermy barriers"" we have discovered that plant egg cells can fuse with two sperm to give rise to offspring with three instead of two parents, one mother and two fathers. Our unprecedented result is a game changer in the field of plant reproduction. It can lead to a new plant breeding strategy with economic benefits expected to positively affect the social welfare of farmers as well as upstream and downstream industries related to the agricultural value chain. Three-parent crosses can transform plant breeding at different levels: First, the inheritance of genetic material from three rather than two parents allows to instantly combine beneficial traits of three cultivars thereby tremendously speeding up breeding processes. Second, three-parent crosses bypass a hybridization barrier (2), which constitutes a major limitation for regular plant breeding approaches. Third, three-parent crosses can be used to increase the number of chromosomes, a process referred to as polyploidization. Natural or technically-induced polyploidizations constitute a major factor for yield increase. The translation of three-parent crosses from the model plant Arabidopsis to crop plants using sugar beet as an experimental prototype at the premises of a breeder, and the transfer of this new breeding technology into commercial exploitation are two goals of the project TriVolve.
The Efficacy of Protected Areas and Future Challenges for Wildlife Conservation in Sarawak

The protected areas of Sarawak now contain the best examples of what were
once some of the most diverse and continuous mature rainforest in the world.
Excluding proposed sites and marine reserves, Sarawak boasts 26 protected
areas comprising nature reserves, wildlife sanctuaries and national parks.
These are the only line of defence in efforts to protect Sarawak’s biodiversity
and prevent local extinction. The protected areas cover about 0.5 million
hectares of forest, or 4% of Sarawak’s total area. Accelerated land conversion
to agriculture, agro-forestry and urban development has confined the residual
biodiversity to protected areas and human-modified or secondary habitat. With
protected areas being fragmented and isolated, even minor threats to these
areas could potentially have large impacts on their biodiversity. The ability of
species to persist within such remnants is an issue of concern. With the rapid
pace of anthropogenic land use change, Sarawak is running out of potential
sites for new high quality protected areas. In light of this, and based on past and
present experience, a decisive approach to conserving the remaining diverse
mature rainforest is urgently needed. New criteria for reserve selection based
on basic principles of ecology are critically needed to maximize conservation
gains and priorities.