SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Solution to Electric Power Dispatch Problem Using Fuzzy Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm

This paper presents the application of fuzzy particle swarm optimization to constrained economic load dispatch (ELD) problem of thermal units. Several factors such as quadratic cost functions with valve point loading, ramp rate limits and prohibited operating zone are considered in the computation models. The Fuzzy particle swarm optimization (FPSO) provides a new mechanism to avoid premature convergence problem. The performance of proposed algorithm is evaluated on four test systems. Results obtained by proposed method have been compared with those obtained by PSO method and literature results. The experimental results show that proposed FPSO method is capable of obtaining minimum fuel costs in fewer numbers of iterations.
Fishing governance in MPAs: potentialities for Blue Economy 2

FishMPABlue 2 proposal is the follow-up of FishMPABlue 2007-2013 (from now on: FishMPABlue 1): as the first one carried out the analysis of the management of small scale fishery within and around an MPA, identifying the suitable change (enforcing MPA management capacities) to be achieved through a concrete response (innovative governance toolkit), as current proposal wants to test such toolkit to actually demonstrate its effectiveness in achieving expected results (strengthening the management - and networking - capacities of Med MPAs). The proposal fits concretely on Programme result indicator thanks to a scientifically sound study (FishMPABlue 1 results), a clear testing approach (where the monitoring of outcomes coming from toolkit testing is among key activities), a wide (thanks to networks of MedPAN & MedWet) results transfer strategy (exploiting already existing tools and channels); it creates the conditions for a potential mainstreaming into the whole Mediterranean region (thanks to the involvement of the main regional-national policy makers). Partnership is the FishMPABlue 1 one, enriched with other Med-region based actors and with the only existing Med network of small scale fishermen. Associates list has been enriched too with key policy makers at national level. Timeline (and so the project start) has been decided in relation with actual constraints (for the marine environment monitoring) and existing opportunities of synergy with other major dissemination events.
Fully integrated analysis, design, manufacturing and health-monitoring of composite structures

Composite structures are massively exploited in many engineering fields. For instance, the state-of-the-art civil aircraft (B787 and A350) are mostly made of composite materials. The design of composites leads to challenging tasks since those competencies that stemmed from the adoption of metallic materials are often inadequate for composites. Insights on many different disciplines and tight academic/industrial cooperation are required to fully exploit composite structure capabilities. The skills and the employability of young researchers increase to a great extent through an interdisciplinary and intersectoral training. The existing training schemes are often based on specific themes and disciplines rather than on a broad interdisciplinary and academic-industrial integrated approach. The main aim and novelty of this project is the creation of a multidisciplinary, intersectoral and international research training network based on a strong academic basis and industrial partnerships for a new generation of top talented young researchers that will work in the European academic and industrial scenarios. The multidisciplinary features are guaranteed by the presence of 7 universities, 1 research centre and 1 industry. The intersectoral approach will be pursued by including secondments and specific industrial training requirements in each individual project. The consortium is composed by partners from 8 countries. OTC partners were included for secondment and training opportunities; they were chosen on the basis of their expertise and to enhance the internationality features of the training. Their presence is seen as an opportunity for the European partners and researchers to strengthen competencies. The full spectrum of the design of composite structures will be dealt with - manufacturing, health-monitoring, failure, modelling, multiscale approaches, testing, prognosis and prognostic - to develop integrated analysis tools to improve the design of composites.
PROCESS FOR PREPARING INDIVIDUAL CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTALS, AND CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTALS AND USE THEREOF

The invention relates to a process for preparing individual cellulose nanocrystals having an electrically conductive coating, said process comprising the steps: reacting non-oxidised glucose units of cellulose with an aryl or heteroaryl compound having an isocyanate group to form a carbamate bond between at least one of the C2, C3 and C6 atoms of the glucose unit and the aryl or heteroaryl compound; polymerising adjacent aryl or heteroaryl compounds bonded to the glucose unit of the cellulose via the carbamate group, such that an electrically conductive structure of these compounds containing aryl or heteroaryl groups is formed.
Distributed Clustering Algorithms for Lossy Wireless Sensor Networks

Recent experimental studies have revealed that a large percentage of wireless links are lossy and unreliable for data delivery in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Such findings raise new challenges for the design of clustering algorithms in WSNs in terms of data reliability and energy efficiency. In this paper, we propose distributed clustering algorithms for WSNs by taking into account of the lossy nature of wireless links. We first formulate the one-hop clustering problem that maintains reliability as well as saves energy into an integer program and prove its NP-hardness. We then propose a metricbased distributed clustering algorithm to solve the problem. We adopt a metric called selection weight for each sensor node that can indicate both link qualities around the node and its capability of being a cluster head. We further extend the algorithm to multi-hop clustering to achieve better scalability. Extensive simulations have been conducted under a realistic link model and the results demonstrate that the proposed clustering algorithm can reduce the total energy consumption in the network and prolong network lifetime significantly compared to a typical distributed clustering algorithm, HEED, that does not consider lossy links.
Creating the french dyson: european leader on home appliances for tomorrow’s households.

Daan Tech has developed Bob, world’s smallest (35*45*40cm), lightest (9kg) & fastest (20mins) plastic injection mould dishwasher; first autonomous 2 place settings countertop, which cleans & dries daily dishes, with low water (3L) & energy (0.25kWh) consumptions thanks to its ultrasonic & steam cleaning combination. New generation biodegradable gel cartridge dispenser (patentable) will also be developed by Daan Tech; winner of French PEPITE R&D challenge.  Worldwide, white appliances such as dishwashers are primarily designed for family households, hence completely neglecting the ever-growing single person or couples (in EU-28, 2/3 of all households were composed of one or two persons in 2016: most common type was composed of a single person with 33.1% & recorded the highest increase since 2006 (3.4 percentage points); two persons corresponded to 31.7% (0.8 pp increase since 2006 ) living in small apartments with small kitchens.  Hence, Bob is an ideal solution, relying on a patent-pending technology (FR1870069), already received 400k€ from the French government. Extra funding is required to launch the product at the European scale (increasing commercial attractiveness), hence, more attractive for private investors. SME Phase 1 & 50k€ lump sum funding will considerably help explore & assess the technical feasibility, defining manufacturing process, complete the market research & business feasibility of Bob innovative dishwasher, which is fully aligned with Daan Tech business strategy, helping both internal growth & targeted transnational business opportunities.  Daan Tech aim is to release the final prototype by the end of 2018, ready for manufacturing & reach TRL8. Endurance tests are required on pre-series to reduce technological risks & bring to TRL9.  The positive outcome of SME phase 1 will allow applying for an additional funding in SME phase 2 in view of commercialisation.
CHEMICAL INJECTION CHECK VALVE INCORPORATED INTO A TUBING RETRIEVABLE SAFETY VALVE

Disclosed herein is a safety valve with a chemical injection configuration. The device includes a hydraulic fluid pressure operated piston (12) at the housing. The device further includes a flow tube (64) in operable communication with the piston (12) and a chemical injection configuration disposed within the housing. Further disclosed herein is a method of maintaining the operation of a safety valve by injecting chemical fluid through a configuration within the safety valve. Still further disclosed herein is check valve (36, 38). The check valve includes a seal, a dart having a closed head and sealable against the seal, one or more flutes on the dart, and a spring applying a biasing force to the dart to a sealing position, that force being overcomeable by a fluid pressure acting in a direction opposing the spring force.
CONDUIT INNERDUCT HAVING REDUCED FRICTION AND HIGH STRENGTH

A device adapted to be for inserted into a conduit includes a first fabric material having a high tensile strength and a second fabric material having a low coefficient of friction. The materials are attached to each other to form an innerduct. A third fabric material of a low coefficient of friction may be attached to the first material to provide an innerduct whose outer surfaces present a low coefficient of friction. An innerduct or pull tape may also be formed by strands having an inner core of a high tensile strength and an outer sheath having a low coefficient of friction. The strands may be woven together to form the innerduct or pull tape.
REACTION PROCESSES IN A MULTI-STAGE FLUIDIZED BED.

Est décrit un procédé pour faire réagir une phase fluidique (phase gazeuse et/ou liquide) en contact avec une phase solide dans une zone de réaction, le perfectionnement dudit procédé consistant à faire réagir la phase fluidique en contact avec la phase solide dans une enceinte à lit fluidisé (14) orientée horizontalement. L'enceinte comprend au moins deux compartiments ou étages (14a à 14e), ainsi que des moyens (15a à 15d) pour la faire vibrer. Le procédé décrit permet d'effectuer la fluidisation de la phase solide indépendamment du débit de la phase fluidique, autorisant ainsi un temps de contact approprié de la phase fluidique avec la phase solide et réduisant au minimum la quantité de réactant de phase fluidique à recycler.
AIR VALVE FOR IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

An air valve for an internal combustion engine, said air valve comprising a valve body, a passage in said body, valve moans adapted to normally close said passage to prevent egress therethrough of spent combustion products from said engine and to open on creation of a pressure drop within the engine to permit air to flow through the passage into the engine. The valve means comprises a flexible valve element engageable with a valve seat associated with said passage, and means for tensioning said flexible valve element to assist effective operation of the valve element.
Public Health Surveillance and Knowing About Health in the Context of Growing Sources of Health Data

The past decade has brought substantial changes in how data related to a community's health are collected, stored, and used to inform decisions about health interventions. Despite these changes, the purpose of public health surveillance has remained constant for more than a century. Public health surveillance is the ongoing, systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of health-related data with the a priori purpose of preventing or controlling disease or injury, or of identifying unusual events of public health importance, followed by the dissemination and use of information for public health action. Surveillance is an important and necessary contributor to knowledge of a community's health. The public health system is responsible for ensuring that public health surveillance is conducted with appropriate practices and safeguards in order to maintain the public's trust.
Oscillating scalar fields and the Hubble tension: A resolution with novel signatures

We present a detailed investigation of a sub-dominant oscillating scalar field ('early dark energy', EDE) in the context of resolving the Hubble tension. Consistent with earlier work, but without relying on fluid approximations, we find that a scalar field frozen due to Hubble friction until ${\rm log}_{10}(z_c)\sim3.5$, reaching $\rho_{\rm EDE}(z_c)/\rho_{\rm tot}\sim10$%, and diluting faster than matter afterwards can bring cosmic microwave background (CMB), baryonic acoustic oscillations, supernovae luminosity distances, and the late-time estimate of the Hubble constant from the SH0ES collaboration into agreement. A scalar field potential which scales as $V(\phi) \propto \phi^{2n}$ with $2\lesssim n\lesssim 3.4$ around the minimum is preferred at the 68% confidence level, and the {\em Planck} polarization places additional constraints on the dynamics of perturbations in the scalar field. In particular, the data prefers a potential which flattens at large field displacements. An MCMC analysis of mock data shows that the next-generation CMB observations (i.e., CMB-S4) can unambiguously detect the presence of the EDE at very high significance. This projected sensitivity to the EDE dynamics is mainly driven by improved measurements of the $E$-mode polarization. We also explore new observational signatures of EDE scalar field dynamics: (i) We find that depending on the strength of the tensor-to-scalar ratio, the presence of the EDE might imply the existence of isocurvature perturbations in the CMB. (ii) We show that a strikingly rapid, scale-dependent growth of EDE field perturbations can result from parametric resonance driven by the anharmonic oscillating field for $n\approx 2$. This instability and ensuing potentially nonlinear, spatially inhomogenoues, dynamics may provide unique signatures of this scenario.
Profile of Stereoscopic Acuity of School Children Aged Three to Five Years in the Yaounde 2 Sub-Division

ABSTRACT Aim. To establish the profile of the stereoscopic acuity of school children aged 3 to 5 years in the Yaounde 2 sub-division. Methodology. We conducted a cross-sectional and descriptive study on a probabilistic sampling at 4 levels in nursery schools. Far vision was measured using the Pigassou chart, and the stereoscopic vision was assessed by means of TNO stereotest. Results. We examined 365 children among whom 362 (99.2%) had a stereoscopic acuity. Out of the latter, 10.4% had an abnormal stereoscopic vision. The median values of the stereoscopic acuity were refined with the age. They varied from 120'' at 3 years, to 60'' at 4 and 5 years. The proportion of children having a stereoacuity ≤ 60'' increased with the age; 32.3% at 3 years, 66.1% at 4 years, and 79.6% at 5 years. Conclusion. The profile of the stereoscopic acuity in Cameroonian children does not have any specificity compared to the literature. The stereoacuity continues to be refined between age 3 and 5 to reach the threshold values of the adult. This examination is recommended for the screening of visual disorders in childhood.
Youth Citizenship, Social Change and Non-Governmental Organisations

This thesis is grounded in a 16-month critical ethnography of two voluntary sector youth citizenship projects, based in the UK, which supported young people’s participation in community action and political lobbying. It is about the role of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) as civic intermediaries for young people, in particular about the kinds of citizenship that they foster. The research focuses on thick description of organisational frameworks for youth participation to offer a contextualised account of young people’s citizenship practices, their relationship with social policy and the institutionalised promotion of citizenship ‘best practice’. This account is juxtaposed with popular representations of young people as divorced from mainstream politics, either because they are disenfranchised, or because they are presumed to be reinventing the wheel through subversive sub-cultural practices that portend wider social change. 
This thesis examines the meanings and practices that voluntary sector staff, volunteers and young people attach to citizen empowerment, supporting the idea that NGOs can be valued and effective civic intermediaries for young people. It also advances an unfixed understanding of youth citizenship through an approach which acknowledges ambiguity in the practice and performance of citizenship for employability and empowerment alongside the promotion of resilience. It argues that youth citizenship cannot be divorced from the pervasive influence of a neoliberal consensus in mainstream UK politics, but also that this relationship supports a continuum of possible outcomes. Katz’s (2004) theory about the relationship between acts of ‘resilience’ and ‘reworking’ with acts of ‘resistance’ is employed as a means to critically interpret NGOs’ and young people’s citizenship practices. Key themes that emerge from this analysis include: the role of NGOs in supporting ‘opportunity’ and ‘process’ aspects of citizenship; how NGOs are implicated in the social reproduction of ‘differential citizenship’ through processes of professionalisation; and the coexistence of ‘active’ and ‘activist’ forms of citizenship.
PAPER SHEET MULCHES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME

The present disclosure provides novel paper sheet mulch products having benefits over prior sheet mulches, which may include brown or recycled fibers, as well as additives, such as opacity, water-resistant, and strength additives, resulting in mulch products with an improved combination of basis weight, stretch, strength, opacity, and/or water-resistance characteristics.
METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR OPERATING A POWER TAKEOFF

The invention relates to a method for operating a power takeoff (5) in a drive train of a motor vehicle comprising at least one drive unit (1) and a transmission (2) connected between the drive unit (1) and an axial output (4), wherein a gear is engaged in the transmission (2) for operation of the power takeoff (5). During uninterrupted operation of the power takeoff (5), a shift to overdrive is performed automatically in the transmission (2) after expiration of a defined period of time.
Rivers Spaces of Balance for the Mediterranean

The territories constituting the Free-Med partnership have a common characteristic, that to be organized around whole or part of a river or a river within a basin. The situations of the territories are varied, but the common problems are consisted the strong interaction between the maintenance or the restoration of environmental quality related to natural water and the activities human. Indeed, the cohabitation necessary of dimensions environmental, economic and social must result developing the dialog, information, sensitizing, working out tools of governorship and in acting on precise aspects with effectiveness to improve territorial competitiveness. These principles, founders of the transnational partnership made up within the framework of Free-Med, will be applied as elements of the strategy of the project. The project will be structured in 3 technical components: - Experience sharing, location of the good practices and knowledge of the problems as regards management of river territories; - Workshops of analyzes to look further into the common or complementary transnational problems which could be proposed with the experimentation. The workshops will be organized on various topics: Governorship, Economy of water, Education to the environment, Promotion/Valorization of the inheritance, Eco-Tourism, Innovations. - Experimental actions: led within the framework of a total pilot scheme structured starting from the topics which preceding. Workshops of evaluation.
Computational design optimization for unpolluted water

The increased use of pharmaceutical drugs and agriculture chemicals in the last five decades now results in a global contamination of the water cycle. Antibiotics, endocrine disruptors, pesticides are among the most alarming compounds found in wastewaters and even in treated waters. 
Currently, wastewater treatment plants are the most significant barriers to water contamination, but are known to fail in decreasing micropollutants concentrations to reasonable levels. Consequently, there is an urgent need to implement technologies for removal of micropollutants from wastewaters before they reach rivers, groundwater and marine waters.
EDEN MICROFLUIDICS offers a compact, easy-to-deploy, cost-effective technology for micropollutant removal, thus giving access to quality water to the EU and beyond. The system uses microfluidics for treatment of high volume of effluent at low pressures, decreasing significantly energy consumption compared to current techniques. But the fluidic design, while efficient, fails to adapt for the wide range of pollutants and their properties. The fluidic architecture should be dependent on pollutant types, sizes, concentration, ... Designing with such a large array of parameters requires expertise in a specific computational method:  Computational Design Optimisation. 
The objective of the research proposed here is to optimize the design of the devices developed by EDEN by means of computational methods. We will build the necessary physics-based or data-driven models to enable the use of numerical optimization algorithms to determine optimal design solutions for a variety of conditions and requirements. We will employ multidiscisplinary design optimization techniques to account for the interaction of different disciplines entailed in the treatment process, and will also formulate strategies for platform-based design of families of devices to derive different solutions at minimal cost and development lead times.