SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Intra-industry efficiency analysis of Indian textile industry: a meta-frontier DEA approach

Purpose The purpose of this study is to comprehend the efficiency levels of the Indian textile industry and also its sub-sectors in the light of changing global and national business environment. It is imperative to study the efficiency levels of textile industry for an emerging economy like India, where the industry contributes up to 13 per cent in export earnings, 10 per cent in total industrial production and 2 per cent in gross domestic product (GDP). The study holds an important place in the wake of phasing out of the quota regime existing under the Multi Fibre Agreement (MFA) and the rising competition being faced from countries such as Bangladesh, Vietnam and Cambodia. Design/methodology/approach The present study attempts to have an in-depth analysis of the efficiency levels in the Indian textile industry using meta-frontier data envelopment analysis, which is a non-parametric linear programming based frontier technique. Findings The findings highlight that the Indian textile industry is inefficient and has a huge scope of improvement in terms of efficiency. It also confirms the existence of different production functions among the sub-sectors of the industry. Among the different sub-sectors, the proximity of production frontier of readymade garments is the closest to meta-frontier followed by cotton and blended yarn, man-made fibre, cloth and others. Practical implications The findings bear strong implications for the policymakers in their attempt to regain the lost competitive position of the Indian textile industry and to enhance its contribution in the economy. As per the findings, policymakers should target the relatively inefficient sub-sectors of textile industry (cloth, man-made fibre, cotton and blended yarn) to infuse more efficiency in these sectors to enhance the market share of the Indian textile industry in the global textiles market. Originality/value The current study is a unique addition to the sparse literature on managing efficiencies in the textile industry, particularly of emerging economy like India. Looking at the methodological and geographical coverage of the previous work, it was found that no study has explored and analysed the efficiencies of the sub-sectors in the Indian textile industry using meta-frontier analysis. Therefore, this study will be the first of its kind which seeks to fill such gaps and intends to enrich the available literature.
La participation observante de Loïc Wacquant comme nouvelle doxa méthodologique dans les recherches en sciences sociales sur les sports de combat? Arguments pour la réhabilitation d’un pluralisme réflexif et critique

La présente réflexion épistémologique s’intéresse à l’expérimentation méthodologique mise en œuvre par Wacquant dans le cadre de son étude d’une salle de boxe du ghetto afro-américain de Chicago. Celle-ci a été qualifiée d’immersion, de participation observante ou d’ethnographie charnelle et énactive. Dans son principe, la démarche consiste pour le chercheur à exploiter la dynamique de transformation de son propre habitus comme technique incarnée d’investigation. Nous émettons l’hypothèse que ce dispositif d’enquête s’est progressivement installé, dans le cadre des recherches en sciences sociales sur les sports de combat, comme une référence incontournable, voire paradigmatique, au point de structurer, depuis la fin des années 1990, une période de science normale. Ce faisant, les critiques adressées à cette méthode ont eu tendance à être minorées au même titre que les alternatives méthodologiques se sont parfois vues occultées. Nous tentons de compenser ces deux écueils au profit d’un pluralisme réflexif, critique et cumulatif.
Cost-optimal levels and energy performance certificates: Filling the gaps

The energy performance of buildings directive establishes that Member States must introduce minimum energy performance requirements for buildings and building components. Studies must be done based on a cost-optimal level methodology, considering the investment and operational costs to reach nearly Zero Energy Buildings. However, there is a lack of information on the European Union guidelines concerning social and environmental issues. The existent framework requires Member States to make the calculations based on an economic perspective — a macroeconomic level and a financial level. Thus, the three-pillars (social, economic, and environmental) conception of sustainability is not fulfilled in the implementation of the present cost-optimal levels methodology. Neither indoor environmental quality is considered nor the environmental impact of the embodied CO 2 in building components. Apart from this, current energy performance certificates are only energy-related. However, they have the potential to track also indoor environmental quality and the global environmental impact of building components. A new approach, both for cost-optimal levels and energy performance certificates, considering indoor environmental quality and the embodied CO 2 in building components through a life cycle assessment, could fill the social and the environmental gaps.
Technique for manufacturing platinum-manganese dioxide/carbon complex for use in positive electrode of lithium-air battery

Disclosed is a method for preparing a platinum-manganese dioxide/carbon complex for a positive-electrode material of a lithium-air battery. More specifically, a manganese dioxide/carbon complex is prepared by dispersing carbon in a manganese dioxide precursor solution and applying microwaves, filtering and drying to the resulting solution. Next a platinum-manganese dioxide/carbon complex is prepared by dispersing the manganese dioxide/carbon complex in ethylene glycol, adding a platinum precursor and applying microwaves to the resulting solution. The platinum-manganese dioxide/carbon complex synthesized according to the present invention exhibits lower overvoltage and higher current density in oxygen reduction and oxidation reactions as compared to either a manganese dioxide/carbon complex or a platinum/carbon complex.
CORNER CONNECTOR FOR INSULATING GLAZING UNITS HAVING AN ELECTRIC SUPPLY LINE

Corner connector (I) for connecting two hollow profile spacers of insulating glazing units, at least comprising a first leg (2.1) and a second leg (2.2), which are connected to one another via a corner region (3), and a first electric supply line (4.1), wherein - the first leg (2.1) and the second leg (2.2) enclose an angle α, where 45°<α<120°, - the first leg (2.1), the second leg (2.2) and the corner region (3) are formed in one piece, - at least the corner region (3) comprises the first electric supply line (4.1), and - the first electric supply line (4.1) projects out of the corner region (3).
METHODS AND APPARATUSES TO INCREASE INTRAOCULAR LENSES POSITIONAL STABILITY

A multi-piece IOL assembly is provided that includes a platform and an optic. The platform has an inner periphery surrounding an inner zone of the platform. The optic has an optical zone, an outer periphery and a retention mechanism disposed on the outer periphery. The optic is configured to be disposed in the inner zone of the platform and to extend to a location between the inner periphery and the outer periphery of the platform to be secured to the platform at the location. The platform can be secured to an inner periphery of the eye or can be formed into a natural lens by cutting the lens using a laser or other energy source.
Autonomous sensorized rollers for industrial conveyors for failure early detection

Conveyors are the most common system to move materials in different sectors like: mining, steel, chemical, thermal, etc...
Fuel prices and difficult access places make conveyors the best option not only in terms of speed or convenience but mainly
due to economical reasons.
However, conveyors suffer from a pandemic disease: their rollers. Every conveyor is mainly composed of three kind of
components: rollers, belt and drums. The rollers are the main critical part, suffering from corrosion, abrasion and the contact
of the materials which are being transported make the rollers collapse. Their lifespan is very dependent on the environment
and the materials carried, but the results are always fatal: belt deterioration and sudden stop of the whole conveyor. Taking
into account that the average conveyor length is more than 10Kms (reaching in some cases 100Kms) and that many
conveyors operate 24x7, the economic losses of an unexpected stop can reach to millions of Euros.

Nowadays, in order to diagnose a possible roller failure and detect it as soon as possible there are several methods, among
them the most widespread is a visual test. These tests involve several inaccuracies as the measures are done by ear which
is open to human errors, lack of precision and obviously lack of objectivity between different cases.

ULMA Conveyor Components is an SME devoted to the design, manufacturing and commercialization of conveyor
components, in the year 2012 the R&D department started a new project to offer their customers the best in class rollers to
avoid unexpected stops. The developed rollers (GaZiMo), with the first prototype recently implemented and tested,
incorporates sensors, a communication module, an autonomous energy generation and a new design in order to obtain in
real time the technical parameters, the general status, and their exact position in the conveyor in order to detect and replace
a failed roller before it collapses and provokes a complete stop of the system.
“Disclosing Burlesque: On the Possibilities of Satire and the (Fe)Male Gaze in Chicago (1926, 1975, 2002)”

Cet article compare l’érotisation des corps féminins et masculins dans Chicago de Maurine Dallas Watkins (1926) et deux de ses adaptations musicales : la comédie musicale de 1975 de Fred Ebb et Bob Fosse à Broadway et la superproduction à succès de 2002 de Robert Marshall. À partir d’une analyse des différents genres, des procédés dramaturgiques et des ambitions théâtrales et idéologiques qui poussent à montrer le corps nu sur scène et à l’écran, il est proposé une réflexion sur le potentiel émancipateur de la satire féminine et de l’exposition de la chair des femmes.
e4clim 1.0: The Energy for a Climate Integrated Model: Description and Application to Italy

We develop an open-source Python software integrating flexibility needs from Variable Renewable Energies (VREs) in the development of regional energy mixes. It provides a flexible and extensible tool to researchers/engineers, and for education/outreach. It aims at evaluating and optimizing energy deployment strategies with higher shares of VRE, assessing the impact of new technologies and of climate variability and conducting sensitivity studies. Specifically, to limit the algorithm’s complexity, we avoid solving a full-mix cost-minimization problem by taking the mean and variance of the renewable production–demand ratio as proxies to balance services. Second, observations of VRE technologies being typically too short or nonexistent, the hourly demand and production are estimated from climate time series and fitted to available observations. We illustrate e4clim’s potential with an optimal recommissioning-study of the 2015 Italian PV-wind mix testing different climate data sources and strategies and assessing the impact of climate variability and the robustness of the results.
2D QSAR Analysis of Pyrazinecarboxamides derivatives as an herbicidal agent

A set of nineteen Pyrazinecarboxamides derivatives with herbicidal activity was subjected to the two dimensional quantitative structure activity relationships studies using Vlife molecular drug design 3.0. Drug Designing module contain various combinations of thermodynamic, electronic, topological and spatial descriptors. Pyrazinecarboxamides taken as the lead molecule and QSAR model developed using multiple regression approach. For each set of descriptors, the best multilinear QSAR equations were obtained by the stepwise variable selection method using leave-oneout cross-validation as selection criterion. Logarithmic inverse value of IC50 was taken as dependent variable and H-Acceptor Count and T_T_O_7 topological parameter was taken as independent variable. The best QSAR model (r2 = 0.85, Fisher test value F=29.26, r2 se = 0.12) has acceptable statistical quality and predictive potential as indicated by the value of cross validated squared correlation coefficient (q2=0.73). From the build model it seems to be clear that H-Acceptor Count and T_T_O_7 topological parameter contribute negative biological activity. Thus this validated model brings important structural insight to aid the design of novel herbicidal agents.
SYNERGISTIC COMBINATION OF BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS FOR LOWERING OF INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE

This invention relates to compositions and methods for lowering intraocular pressure and treatment and/or prevention of glaucoma and ocular hypertension. The invention provides insulin, insulin like growth factor, placenta growth factor, their isoforms, their analoges, their gene-engineered modifications, and combinations thereof for lowering of intraocular pressure, for increasing success rate of surgical procedures for the treatment or prevention of glaucoma, and for neuroprotection of retinal ganglion cells.
Practical Taekwondo: Back to the Roots

Packed with over 500 photos and clear, step-by-step instructions, Practical Taekwondo: Back to the Roots offers a wealth of interpretations of ITF and WTF taekwondo patterns. Using the techniques that the author has discovered and tested, it shows readers how they can find their own applications. ITF and WTF practitioners alike will find this book to be invaluable. No matter what level you are in your study of taekwondo, this book will help you look at patterns in a completely different way. Whether you are a white belt or a black belt, this book is packed with information that will make your training practical and relevant to the social challenges of the twenty-first century.
Embryonic occurrence of ionocytes in the sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax

Because of the permeability of the chorion, sea bass embryos are exposed to seawater before hatching and hence require precocious osmoregulatory processes. Several studies of other species have demonstrated the existence of ion-transporting cells located on the yolk sac membrane of embryos. In these cells, called ionocytes, ion movements are controlled by a pool of transmembrane proteins. Among them, the Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase, an abundant driving enzyme, has been used to reveal the presence or absence of ionocytes. We have immunostained the Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase in sea-bass embryos and shown the presence of the first ionocytes on the yolk sac membrane at stage 12 somites and the occurrence of ionocytes at other sites before hatching. Ionocytes located on the first gill slits have been identified at stage 14 somites. Primitive enteric ionocytes have also been detected at stage 14 somites in the mid and posterior gut. The presence of these cells might be related to the early opening of the gut to perivitelline fluids, both anteriorly by the gill slits and posteriorly by the anus. The role of embryonic ionocytes in osmoregulation before hatching is discussed.
Evaluation of Horizontal Seismic Hazard of Naghan, Iran

This paper presents probabilistic horizontal seismic hazard assessment of Karaj, Iran. It displays the probabilistic estimate of Peak Ground Horizontal Acceleration (PGHA) for return periods of 475 and 2475 years. The output of the probabilistic seismic hazard analysis is based on peak ground acceleration (PGA), which is the most common criterion in designing of buildings. A catalogue of seismic events that includes both historical and instrumental events was developed which covers the period from 4th century BC to 2005. The seismic sources that affect the hazard in Karaj were identified within the radius of 200 km and the recurrence relationships of these sources were generated by Kijko and Sellevoll [2000]. Finally two maps have been prepared to indicate the earthquake hazard of Karaj in
Improving cold chain logistics with a temperature monitoring label

The pharma and food logistics sectors lose sector lose €31.2bn and €27.6bn a year respectively through poor temperature control in the while in transport. Excessive heat or cold during transit can degrade pharmaceuticals or render them useless, and make highly perishable foods inedible or potentially hazardous for consumers.
Logistics companies invest €33bn each year in IoT technologies for temperature monitoring. But current solutions still use costly and cumbersome data logging technologies, with limited or no data analytics capacity, low automation and irregular RFID communication.
Svalinn is a automatic temperature logger for land, sea and air logistics. It gives a full temperature and geolocation log on each package or shipment from the start to the end of the transit, with programmable intervals and temperature alert thresholds.
Use of Soft Heterocyclic N-Donor Ligands To Separate Actinides and Lanthanides

The removal of the most long-lived radiotoxic elements from used nuclear fuel, minor actinides, is foreseen as an essential step toward increasing the public acceptance of nuclear energy as a key component of a low-carbon energy future. Once removed from the remaining used fuel, these elements can be used as fuel in their own right in fast reactors or converted into shorter-lived or stable elements by transmutation prior to geological disposal. The SANEX process is proposed to carry out this selective separation by solvent extraction. Recent efforts to develop reagents capable of separating the radioactive minor actinides from lanthanides as part of a future strategy for the management and reprocessing of used nuclear fuel are reviewed. The current strategies for the reprocessing of PUREX raffinate are summarized, and some guiding principles for the design of actinide-selective reagents are defined. The development and testing of different classes of solvent extraction reagent are then summarized, covering some of the earliest ligand designs right through to the current reagents of choice, bis(1,2,4-triazine) ligands. Finally, we summarize research aimed at developing a fundamental understanding of the underlying reasons for the excellent extraction capabilities and high actinide/lanthanide selectivities shown by this class of ligands and our recent efforts to immobilize these reagents onto solid phases.
SKID AID

Annular tyre overlay (11) for drawing onto the rolling surface of tyres (40), which has a tread (17) on its outside and a gripping surface (15) on its inside, which tyre overlay (11) is so designed that contact between the rolling surface of the tyre (40) and the surfacing of the road is prevented by the tyre overlay (11) when the tyre overlay has been drawn onto a tyre. The said tyre overlay (11) is provided with a flange (21) which stops the tyre overlay (11) from shifting in the axial direction of the wheel. Advantageously, the tyre overlay is additionally stiffened by a flange (21) of planar form to keep the contact area on the surface below small.
CURRENT RIPPLE CONTROL BY DERIVATION AND SWITCHING

The invention relates to a method and a circuit for supplying current and reducing voltage ripple to a load. The circuit (10) comprises a current sensor (11) configured to sense the current supplied via a sensor input and to produce an output signal representing a time derivative of the sensed current, and a switch (12) configured to switch the current, a switching frequency of the switch being controlled by said output signal representing a time derivative of the sense current, thereby producing a switched output current to the load.
An innovative wind resource assessment tension leg platform for combined cup anemometer and lidar reliable and bankable wind measurements for offshore wind parks

The proposal is about the development of an innovative floating Tension Leg Platform (TLP) capable of conducting financeable grade wind measurements and environmental parameters measurements for offshore wind parks.  
Reliable and Bankable Wind Resource Assessment in offshore wind parks, presents a huge challenge as IEC compliant measuring devices are at the moment only provided by fixed met-masts. In addition, the areal expansion of the zones of potential development of offshore wind parks combined with the need for more measuring points within the candidate area, impose a need for redeployable, lower cost and reliable wind measuring devices. Furthermore, as offshore wind parks are getting into deeper waters, further from the shore and bigger in size, the costs are scaling up too and need better wind resource assessment to mitigate this and drive down the costs per kWh. Finally, financial competition between potential offshore wind parks raises up the question of reliability of the data measurements in order to lower the income risks for lenders. The solution to the above issues can be provided by the FloatMast innovative combination of three industries: Onshore Wind, Naval and Oil and Gas. On the deck of a small TLP which is a standard and proven technology in the Oil & Gas Industry, a met mast and a Lidar are fixed. This provides the ability to transfer the Onshore Wind Measurement methodology of short met mast and Lidar to produce IEC 61100 wind measurements. In addition, integration of environmental sensors (green and blue) on the platform will provide the environmental monitoring data that are useful for both the pre-construction consenting phase and the operational phase of the wind parks, thus fulfilling the environmental permit. The platform will provide a solution much needed to the Offshore Wind Industry Developers not only in the European Area, which is at the forefront of offshore wind developments but also to the markets of North America and Asia.
Energy efficient sleep scheduling in wireless sensor networks inspired by satellite behavior of frogs

One of the most challenging research tasks in the field of wireless sensor networks is controlling the power consumption of batteries and prolonging network lifetime. For sensor networks which consist of a large number of sensor nodes, self-organized control is more suitable than centralized control. In particular, research on bio-inspired self-organization methods attracts attention due to the potential applicability of such methods to wireless sensor networks. In this paper, we focus on the calling behavior of Japanese tree frogs. These frogs display a type of behavior known as ¿satellite behavior¿, where a frog stops calling once it detects the calls of other neighboring frogs. This behavior can be applied in the design of an energy-efficient sleep control mechanism which provides adaptive operation periods. We propose a self-organizing scheduling scheme inspired by the frogs' calling behavior for energy-efficient data transmission in wireless sensor networks. Simulation results show that our proposed sleep control method prolongs network lifetime by a factor of 6.7 as compared with the method without sleep control for a coverage ratio of 80%.