SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Visible microlaser two-photon polymerization in a microfludic cell: A resist study

Two-photon polymerization with a visible micro-laser is used to polymerize several resists in a microfluidic channel. The minimum resolution that is achievable, named voxel, is estimated using an ascending scan method for different photosensitive polymers: standard microelectronics resists such as SU8 and AZ1512HS - construction resists such as PEG based and 3015 - electrically movable resist based on 4-HBA. Once extracted the polymerization parameters for creating and overlapping voxels, complex 3D structures are built inside the microfluidic channel. Thanks to microfluidics, the resist flow is stabilized during the microfabrication process. Finally, an electro-sensible arm is created with both PEG and 4-HBA based resists. A micrometer-range displacement of this arm is observed under electrical field actuation normal to the arm axe.
TRIZ: Engineering Methodologies to Improve the Process Reliability

Research of solutions to problem in existing processes often deals with the tendency to follow mental schemes because of the psychological inertia. This study illustrates a knowledge-based systematic methodology of inventive problem solving for the effective development of new systems and solutions, a theory that consists of theoretical foundation, analytical and knowledge-based tools, applicable in conjunction with other creativity and engineering methodologies. The TRIZ (Theory of Inventive Problem Solution) applicability in process reliability can develop new and effective solutions thanks to the examination of contradiction, different prospective, and points of view. The systematic innovation process provides a platform to integrate heterogeneous resources and tools opening the problem-solving methodology to new and different interdisciplinary approaches. The deconstruction and identification of issues to analyze the problems in their context and in relation to other factors are adopted in many areas of industrial production as well as in the more general problem-solving matters. In particular, this study will show how TRIZ can be used in process optimization rather than research and development where this methodology is commonly adopted. This case represents a practical application of the TRIZ to increase quality and reliability in regard to a manufacturing process of an industry that designs and builds molds and equipment for the production of aluminum food containers. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
ACCURATE REPRODUCTION OF FEMORAL CENTRE OF ROTATION USING 3D TEMPLATING AND A PSI GUIDE

Introduction Restoration of the femoral head centre during THR should theoretically improve muscle function and soft tissue tension. The aim of this study was to assess whether 3D planning and an accurately controlled neck osteotomy could help recreate hip anatomy.

Methods 100 consecutive THR patients received OPSTM 3D femoral planning. For each patient a 3D stem+head position was pre-operatively planned which restored the native head height, restored global offset after cup medialisation and reproduced anterior offset, in the superior-inferior, medial-lateral and anterior-posterior directions respectively. The femoral osteotomy was planned preoperatively and controlled intra-operatively with a patient specific guide. All procedures were performed through a posterior approach with a TriFit/Trinity uncemented implant combination. Post-op implant position was determined from CT.

Results The mean difference between planned and achieved head height was 0.9mm (−1.2mm to 4.6mm). The mean difference between planned and achieved medial offset was −0.9mm (−6.2mm to 3.1mm). The mean difference between planned and achieved anterior offset was 3.2mm (−0.4mm to 6.6mm). Resultant 3D change between the planned and achieved head centre was 4.4mm (0.6mm to 9.1mm). The change in anterior offset was strongly correlated (r=0.78) to the change in achieved stem anteversion in comparison to the plan; mean values of 16.3° and 10.5° respectively.

Conclusions In this single centre pilot study, femoral centre of rotation was accurately reproduced by using 3D templating and controlling the femoral neck osteotomy with a patient-specific guide.
NON-DESTRUCTIVE MONITORING OF RICE BY HYPERSPECTRAL IN-FIELD SPECTROMETRY AND UAV-BASED REMOTE SENSING: CASE STUDY OF FIELD-GROWN RICE IN NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA, GERMANY

Abstract. In the context of an increasing world population, the demand for agricultural crops is continuously rising. Especially rice plays a key role in food security, not only in Asia. To increase crop production of rice, either productivity of plants has to be improved or new cultivation areas have to be found. In this context, our study investigated crop growth of paddy rice (Oryza Sativa J.) in Germany. An experimental field in the vegetation period of 2014 with two nitrogen treatments was conducted using remote sensing methods. The research project focussed on two main aspects: (1) the potential of UAV-based and hyperspectral remote sensing methods to monitor selected growth parameters at different phenological stages; (2) the potential of paddy rice cultivation under the present climate condition in western Germany. We applied a low-cost UAV-system (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) to generate high resolution Crop Surface Models (CSM). These were compared with hyperspectral in-field measurements and directly measured agronomic parameters (fresh and dry aboveground biomass (AGB), leaf-area-index (LAI) and plant nitrogen concentration (PNC)). For all acquisition dates we could determine single in-field structures in the CSM (e.g. distribution of hills) and different growth characteristics between the nitrogen treatments. Especially in the second half of the growing season, the plants with higher nitrogen availability were about 25 – 30 % larger. The plant height in the CSM correlates particularly with fresh AGB and the LAI (R2 &gt; 0.8). Thus, the conducted methods for plant growth monitoring can be a contribution for precision agriculture approaches.
A mechanism design and cheap talk approach to mediation

Mediation is an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) technique. If two or more parties are in disagreement, then they can take the case to a court and let the judge give the final decision. Alternatively, the disputing parties can get the help of an experienced, neutral third party (i.e., the mediator) who facilitates a negotiation and help the disagreeing parties reach an agreement short of litigation. The mediation process is private and confidential, possibly enforced by law (European Mediation Directive 2008). The rising popularity of mediation can be explained by the increasing workload of courts, by the fact that mediation is less costly than litigation, and by the desire of some control over the final decision.

This proposed project aims to make a state-of-the-art economic analysis of mediation in civil and commercial matters. The main motivation behind this project is to determine optimal strategies and methods for eliminating the inefficiencies that possibly arise in mediation practices.
Structural and electronic properties of GaAs0.64P0.19Sb0.17 on GaAs

GaAsPSb is an alloy with strong structural disorder, resulting from internal bond distortion. In this work, we study the structural and electronic properties of GaAs0.64P0.19Sb0.17 grown on GaAs. Results from reciprocal space mapping measurement reveal an unusual large residual strain left in the epilayer. We used the strain and the crystal field splitting determined from piezoreflectance (PzR) to obtain a shear deformation potential b = −1.31 eV. The unstrained energy gap Eg and spin-orbital splitting Δ0 determined from PzR at 300 K are 1.256 eV and 0.442 eV, respectively. The Δ0 of the GaAs0.64P0.19Sb0.17 is higher than that from the linear interpolation of the values of the end-point binaries, 0.363 eV, suggesting that the spin-orbit splitting has a significant negative bowing.
Actively cooled lighting trim apparatus

An actively cooled recessed lighting trim apparatus is disclosed. The trim apparatus comprises a trim housing that fits within a standard recessed lighting fixture housing to define a space between the lighting fixture housing and the trim housing; a trim ring or face that has a vent for admitting a cooling fluid to the space; and a means for actively cooling the space or the trim housing. The space forms a low-pressure plenum through which a cooling fluid is circulated. A thermal protector may be secured within the trim housing to turn off a lamp in the housing if the internal temperature of the space, or of the trim housing, becomes too hot. The cooling means, which may be a fan, actively draws a cooling fluid in through the vent of the trim ring, over the trim housing and the illuminated lamp, and exhausts warmed cooling fluid out though gaps between the lamp and the trim ring. Accordingly, high-wattage lamps may be used safely in recessed lighting installations.
Seeing (and Doing) Conservation Through Cultural Lenses

In this paper, we first discuss various vantage points gained through the authors' experience of approaching conservation through a "cultural lens." We then draw out more general concerns that many anthropologists hold with respect to conservation, summarizing and commenting on the work of the Conservation and Community Working Group within the Anthropology and Environment Section of the American Anthropological Association. Here we focus on both critiques and contributions the discipline of anthropology makes with regard to conservation, and show how anthropologists are moving beyond conservation critiques to engage actively with conservation practice and policy. We conclude with reflections on the possibilities for enhancing transdisciplinary dialogue and practice through reflexive questioning, the adoption of disciplinary humility, and the realization that "cross-border" collaboration among conservation scholars and practitioners can strengthen the political will necessary to stem the growing commoditization and ensuing degradation of the earth's ecosystems.
Embodiment, intersubjectivity, and the minimal self

The proposed project is a philosophical and interdisciplinary study of the most fundamental sense of self. It will take, as its starting point, the concept of “minimal self”, as recently employed by philosophers such as Gallagher and Zahavi.  The aim of the project is to develop a clearer, more elaborate, and substantially revised conception of minimal self.

First of all, I will engage in depth with relevant phenomenological scholarship, focusing on the work of Husserl and Merleau-Ponty. I will then use the results of this engagement to critically discuss, elaborate and revise current conceptions of minimal self. Finally, I will examine applications of the concept of “minimal self” in psychiatry and psychopathology, for instance by Parnas et al. and Sass.

The project will be structured around three guiding questions, to which others have given conflicting or insufficiently clear answers:
1. Is the minimal self given in experience, or is it a formal abstraction from experience?
2. Is the minimal self prior to intersubjectivity, or is it inextricably intertwined with intersubjectivity?
3. In what sense is the minimal self 'embodied', and how does this relate to the issue of intersubjectivity?

I will argue that the minimal self is integral to experience rather than an abstraction from it. Furthermore, it is inextricable from interpersonal experience, to an extent that others, such as Zahavi (2014), have not sufficiently acknowledged. I will also make clear how the intersubjective structure of minimal self relates to its bodily nature.

This view will be supported through a detailed study of the phenomenology of self-disturbances such as schizophrenia, and I will show how the revised concept of minimal self has significant implications for our understanding of psychopathological disturbances.
A Single Item Non Linear Programming (NLP) Economic Order Quantity Model with Space Constraint

This paper considers a single item non linear inventory problem with storage constraint where the demand of the items is constant. A Single item economic order quantity (EOQ) model is a stylized model using crisp arithmetic approach in decision making process with demand unit cost and dynamic ordering cost varies with the quantity produced/Purchased under two constraints. This paper considers the modification of objective function, limited storage area in the presence of estimated parameters. Due to increasingly market competition, space has become the biggest expense in company’s inventory expenditure and has frequently used as the most effective weapon by a lot of companies to reduce their costs in the short term. In this paper the concept of the Non-linear Programming technique is applied to solve a single item inventory problem with storage constraint. The solution is illustrated by numerical example and the results of different models are compared and investigation of the properties of an optimal solution allows developing an algorithm for obtaining solution through LINGO 13.0 version. Furthermore, sensitivity analysis of the optimal solution is studied with respect to changes in different parameter values and to draw managerial insights of proposed model over an infinite planning horizon.
Interobserver variability of cervical cytology in HIV-infected women

Our objectives were to determine the reproducibility of cytological specimen interpretation between two pathologists in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected women (from the VIHGY, ANRS CO17 study of human papillomavirus genital pathology among HIV-positive women) and to analyse the improvement, if any, between conventional and liquid-based cytology (LBC) interpretations.A sample of all abnormal and 40% of randomly selected normal Papanicolaou (Pap) tests was randomly ordered and read blindly by a second pathologist using the revised Bethesda terminology 2001. For both conventional and liquid-based preparations, unweighted and Cicchetti-Allison-weighted kappa and their 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated. Kappa values were then compared using the Altman rule to classify the reproducibility of cytological specimen interpretation.Two hundred and seventy-seven conventional Pap tests were reviewed, including 79 abnormal and 10 unsatisfactory results. Overall agreement between the two observers was 78%, with an estimated Cicchetti-Allison-weighted kappa of 0.69 (95%CI, 0.61-0.77). The corresponding values for the 268 LBCs, including 123 abnormal and two unsatisfactory results, were 84% and 0.82 (95%CI, 0.76-0.87), respectively. The reproducibility of LBC interpretations was significantly higher than that of conventional preparations (P = 0.009) and, for both laboratories, the percentages of unsatisfactory results were significantly lower for LBC.In HIV-infected women in the combination antiretroviral therapy era, the strength of agreement was better for LBCs than for conventional preparations, with a lower percentage of unsatisfactory results. When available, LBC should be preferred because of its higher reproducibility.
Process to produce an acylated vinylamine-containing polymer and its application as a papermaking additive

A process for producing an acylated vinylamine-containing polymer is disclosed. The acylated vinylamine-containing polymer is produced by reacting a vinylamine-containing polymer with at one acylating agent.
Adapter zur Pedalachsenverlängerung für Fahrräder und Ebikes

Die Adapter zur Pedalachsenverlängerung für Fahrräder und Ebikes sind aus Edelstahl gedrehte runde Werkstücke mit definierten Maßen (vgl. Zeichnung). Zum besseren Verständnis wurde der Adapter in Teil 1, 2, 3, unterteilt. (vgl. Zeichnung).
Innovative fungal strains for producing blue cheeses

The ERC project GenomeFun has revealed a substantial genetic and phenotypic variability within Penicillium roqueforti, which is the fungus used for the maturation of blue cheeses. The ERC project GenomeFun has also shown the existence of different genetic clusters harboring specific traits and has allowed the development of a protocol for inducing in the laboratory the natural process of sexual reproduction in this fungus. The present PoC BLUE project aims at proving the possibility to obtain and identify, in sexual progeny, strains of P. roqueforti with novel combinations of traits of industrial interest. This would enable strain improvement, and would allow the production of blue cheeses with innovative characteristics, as desired by producers and consumers. Thus the objective of the present PoC project is to identify progeny with interesting combinations of traits. These strains will then be protected and commercialized. The project therefore also aims at identifying the market and the best strategy for exploitation, firstly by defining the most suited approach for the protection and exploitation of intellectual property, taking into account the market practices and conditions, and secondly, by verifying the legal dispositions applicable to sexual progeny of micro-organisms in the field of “novel food”, biodiversity and genetic resources protection. The legislative framework raises interesting questions in the context of recent treaties on biodiversity. The consequences of the recent laws on biodiversity on the use and protection of micro-organisms as intellectual property in the fields of food are still unclear. The results of these investigations could thus serve as a model case.
Socioeconomic, Environmental, and Institutional Determinants of Cattle Ranching in the State of Pará, Brazilian Amazon

This study investigates how socioeconomic, environmental, and institutional variables affect the growth of cattle ranching in the state of Pará, Brazilian Amazon. Covering the period from 1995 to 2019, we used an econometric model based on the Ordinary Least Squares method. Resultingly, we found that the price of fat cattle and the supply of rural credit exert a positive effect on herd growth. The deforestation rates are directly associated with herd expansion. More precisely, the variable for the deforestation rate, lagged by two periods, significantly impacts herd increment in the present time. Furthermore, a essential step towards increasing the cattle herd was the creation of the Agricultural Defense Agency of the state of Pará. Overall, this study shows that the expansion of cattle ranching in Pará is a multivariate phenomenon determined by socioeconomic, environmental, and institutional dynamics of the regional and national economies.
Traditional Culture as a Space for Identity (A case study of village Bumburet Kalash Valley)

This study was conducted in the Bumburet valley of Kalash, District Chitral Pakistan.The study attempts to explain the traditional identity and religious philosophy of non Muslim Kalash.The data for this study was collected by adopting anthropological techniques particularly participant observation.The fieldwork was conducted in the year 2007-08.The thesis addresses the impact of space in formulating distinct cultural patterns; for determining the identity of Kalash people.Culture is a protective and flexible space, in which a group of people can coexist and perpetuate their way of life.In any geographical setting, eventuality of displacement; or movement on mass scale due to environmental disaster to another area will not diminish or change their identity, as long as their culture remains intact.The Kalash culture is an example which has provided a space for the small groups of people who have survived and perpetuated.This interactive and inquisitive study scrutinizes the various aspects of the traditional culture, and effect forceful and mediated influence of the external and internal forces combined with rapidly changing environment. The basic objective of the study was to prove that perpetuation, preservation and practice of tradition strengthen the identity of a group, or people, and culture provides the space for small communities to exist, survive and propagate their way of life without being unnecessarily threatened by the majority groupâ€™s culture, tradition and religion.The role of government is to provide freedom of expression and security to all irrespective of their religion, culture and tradition.The Government of Pakistan does not treat them as an exotic object of tourism but as a group of people worthy of survival.Kalash a distinct community of Hindukush is an example where culture is encapsulating the identity.The fundamental building blocks of their religious ideology and believe is based on the concept of onjesta and paragata i.e. purity and impurity.This phenomenon is evident in every sphere of their life.They regard high mountains, lakes, green pastures; cooking area, gods deities, fairies, Holy sanctuaries and jestik~han (worship places) are onjesta i.e. pure.The females, their menstruation and maternity homes bashalini, graveyard, and evil spirits bhut are considered paragata i.e. impure. The people of Kalash are trying to preserve their centuries old tradition and customs in spite of the constant invasion of modernization and globalization.Modernization is a process which consciously or subconsciously corrupts the fundamentals of organizational set up.The set up is responsible for the smooth running of various institutions by following a specified code of conduct.The process of social change manipulates the passive environment to an active environment where the nature and longevity of tradition and group`s identity attached to it can be threatened. But people of Kalash are aware of the negative consequences of this modernization therefore are negotiating a space where modernization and tradition can survive and coexist.
Fog computing for robotics and industrial automation

We are at the beginning of a new industrial revolution (Industry 4.0): disruptive technologies such as cyber-physical systems, machine-to-machine communication, Big Data and machine learning, and human-robot collaboration will transform the manufacturing and industrial automation sectors. However, Industry 4.0 will only become a reality through the convergence of Operational and Information Technologies (OT & IT). The European Parliament, says that “a very wide range of skills is required for [Industry 4.0] implementation. […] the convergence of IT, manufacturing, automation technology and software requires the development of a fundamentally new approach to training IT experts.” The FORA interdisciplinary, international, intersectoral network will train the next generation of researchers to lead this convergence and cross the IT-OT gap. The convergence will be achieved through the new concept of Fog Computing, which is a logical extension from Cloud Computing towards the edge of the network (where machines are located), enabling applications that demand guarantees in safety, security, and real-time behavior. Research objectives focus on: a reference system architecture for Fog Computing; resource management mechanisms and middleware for deploying mixed-criticality applications in the Fog; safety and security assurance; service-oriented application modeling and real-time machine learning. Our ambitious objectives require individuals with a unique combination of interdisciplinary and intersectoral skills. Thus, FORA’s 15 ESRs will receive integrated training across key areas (computer science, electrical engineering, control engineering, industrial automation, applied mathematics and data science) necessary to fully realize the potential of Fog Computing for Industry 4.0 and will move between academic and industrial environments to promote interdisciplinary and intersectoral learning.