SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Mixed iron–erbium vanadate NH3-SCR catalysts

Abstract A series of SCR catalysts of mixed iron–erbium vanadates supported on TiO2–WO3–SiO2 were prepared and their reduction, textural, structural and morphological properties characterized by temperature programmed reduction, X-ray powder diffraction, B.E.T. methods and transmission electron microscopy. The influence of Fe/Er ratio in the vanadate as well as the effect of aging conditions on their activity in ammonia SCR reaction was investigated. SCR activity at medium/low temperature was found to correlate directly with the Fe loading of the catalyst, with supported FeVO4 resulting the most active material. This behavior might be correlated with the characteristics of Fe3+ O V5+ bond and the acidity of the V O moiety. Supported FeVO4 suffers a strong deactivation following thermal aging due to rutile formation in TiO2-based support and consequent collapse of surface area. The effect of Er is that of blocking transformation to rutile, thus enhancing activity after thermal treatment. Mixed composition FexEr1−xVO4 with x = 0.5 represents the best compromise between activity and stability and are potential candidates for deNOx process when a higher stability is requested.
A test for predicting the efficacy of common platinum drugs enabling personalized chemotherapy for bladder cancer patients.

Platinum-based chemotherapy is the primary therapeutic intervention for over 500,000 patients per year in the EU.  Although some patients are cured by this type of chemotherapy, as many as 75% of lung cancer patients and 60% of bladder cancer patients show no benefit and could be more appropriately given alternative treatments, and therefore over €4bn annually is wasted on unnecessary treatments. There is a need for a rapid, accurate test to distinguish those patients who are likely to respond to chemotherapy and those who are not. 
Accelerated Medical Diagnostics aim to personalise chemotherapy for cancer patients through their own developed PlatinDx assay, which can be used to identify those patients which are appropriate for platinum-based chemotherapy. Cancer patients are given a microdose (1% of the therapeutic dose) of a platinum-based drug, followed by quantitation of drug-DNA adducts in biopsy tissye using accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS). Levels of drug-DNA damage are measured by AMS in white blood cells and tumor biopsy tissue, which are used as a predictor of therapeutic response. 
Within the innovation project Accelerated Medical Diagnoistics intend to: gain medical certification within the EU; run a scaled up clinical trial to gain significant results; and adress the EU market and launch their service in the EU.
Exploring the value of apoB48 as a marker for atherosclerosis in clinical practice

Eur J Clin Invest 2012; 42 (7): 702–708 Abstract Background Postprandial accumulation of atherogenic remnants has been described in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), familial combined hyperlipidaemia (FCH), familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) and coronary artery disease (CAD). Scarce data are available on fasting plasma apolipoprotein (apo) B48 levels in relation to these conditions and atherosclerosis. Design Treated patients with FCH (18), FH (20), T2DM (26), CAD (65), T2DM with CAD (T2DM/CAD) (28) and 33 healthy controls were included. Intima-media thickness (IMT) measurements were carried out to investigate subclinical atherosclerosis. Results LDL-C and total apoB were lowest in patients with T2DM/CAD owing to the more frequent use of lipid-lowering medication. Fasting plasma apoB48 was elevated in patients with FCH (11·38 ± 1·50 mg/L) and T2DM/CAD (9·65 ± 1·14 mg/L) compared with the other groups (anova, P < 0·01). CAD patients (8·09 ± 0·57 mg/L) had higher apoB48 levels than controls (5·74 ± 0·55 mg/L) and FH patients (5·40 ± 0·51 mg/L) (P = 0·02). IMT was highest in subjects with T2DM/CAD (0·77 ± 0·03 mm) (P < 0·01). The lowest IMT was measured in controls (0·56 ± 0·02 mm) and FCH patients (0·60 ± 0·03 mm). In the total group, the best association for apoB48 was found with fasting triglyceride (Pearson’s r = 0·72, P < 0·001). In the subjects not using statins (n = 74), the best correlation was found with IMT (r = 0·52; P < 0·001), whereas total apoB was not associated with IMT (r = 0·20, P = 0·12). Conclusions ApoB48 concentrations are highest in patients with FCH and in atherosclerotic subjects with T2DM. In patients not using statins, the surrogate atherosclerosis marker IMT correlates best with apoB48, suggesting that fasting apoB48 may help to detect subjects at risk.
Spatially resolved X-ray micro/nano-spectroscopy and imaging on the model organism Daphnia magna using laboratory and synchrotron sources

This work demonstrates and further develops spatially resolved laboratory and synchrotron X-ray spectroscopic and imaging experiments to answer specific ecotoxicological questions on the model organism Daphnia magna. The first phase of this work consisted of developing appropriate sample preparation procedures for this organism in order to be able to perform X-ray analyses on Daphnia magna subjected to ecotoxicological experiments. In the second phase, X-ray set-ups at different laboratories and synchrotron facilities were optimized and characterized in order to be able to perform the X-ray spectral imaging experiments of interest on Daphnia magna. Finally, various data reduction strategies were employed to process the vast amount of spectral data for evaluation and interpretation.
Nájomné a podnájomné zmluvy medzi podnikateľmi

Germuskova, Patricia: Lease and sublease agreements between enterpreneurs. [Bachelor work].Bankovni institut vysoka skola Praha, zahranicna vysoka skola Banska Bystrica. Department of economics, valuation, social sciences and law. Head of work: JUDr. Zlatica Polacek Turekova. Year of defense: 2014. 57 pages Content of bachelor work are lease and sublease agreements between enterpreneurs. The first chapter deals with the concept, essence, species, formation of lease, rights and obligations of parties and termination of the lease. The second chapter analyzes lease and sublease residential premises, historical aspects, legislation, terms of the contract, rights and obligations renter and tenant, completion and termination of the lease and sublease of residential premises. The third chapter analyzes commonalities and differences legislation lease and sublease residential premises in Czech Republic compared to legislation in the Slovak Republic. Fourth chapter provides suggestions for troubleshooting application of the law on the lease and sublease residential premises in practice.
Sunlight photocatalytic activity of CdS modified TiO2 loaded on activated carbon fibers

Abstract To improve the photocatalytic application performances of TiO2, in this work, firstly CdS modified Degussa P25 TiO2 (CdS/TiO2) composites were prepared by two methods, sol–gel method and precipitation method. Next they, sol–gel-CdS/TiO2 (sg-CdS/TiO2) and precipitation-CdS/TiO2 (pp-CdS/TiO2), were loaded on activated carbon fibers (ACFs) by dip-coating method using the sodium carboxymethyl cellulose as adhesives. The composites were characterized by XRD, UV–vis absorbance spectra, SEM, EDS and BET. The photocatalytic activities under sunlight were investigated by the degradation of methylene blue. The results showed that CdS/TiO2 composites were mainly composed of anatase-TiO2 and little CdS cubic phases. The absorption wavelengths of sg-CdS/TiO2 and pp-CdS/TiO2 composites were extended to 590 nm and 740 nm, respectively. The absorption edge had a pronounced ‘red shift’. From EDS analysis, the elemental contents of CdS/TiO2 were mainly Ti and O and a small quantity of S and Cd. CdS/TiO2 loaded on ACFs were in the form of small clusters, but not very uniform; compared with the original ACFs, the surface area and pore volume of CdS/TiO2/ACFs decreased slightly, respectively, while the average pore diameter was not changed. The photodegradation rate of methylene blue under sunlight with CdS/TiO2/ACFs composites was markedly higher than that of P25-TiO2/ACFs, and the effect of pp-CdS/TiO2/ACFs composites was better than that of sg-CdS/TiO2/ACFs, when irradiated for 180 min, and the photodegradation rate of methylene blue reached to 90.1%. The photodegradation kinetics of the methylene blue fitted with the Langmuir–Hinshelwood equation. The apparent reaction rate constants of sg-CdS/TiO2/ACFs and pp-CdS/TiO2 were 0.0105 min−1 and 0.0146 min−1, respectively, which were about 1.3–1.7 times as large as that of P25-TiO2/ACFs.
Pyrogenic transformations affecting climate and health

Biomass burning (BB) is a significant contributor to global atmospheric particulate matter, with strong impacts on climate, ecosystems and public health. Yet these impacts are highly uncertain, largely owing to our inability to track BB particulate matter and the evolution of their properties throughout most of its atmospheric lifetime. PyroTRACH will provide the necessary breakthroughs in our understanding of BB particles and their impacts by: i) deriving new markers of biomass burning with an atmospheric lifetime that exceeds the current limitation of about a day, ii) measuring highly uncertain but critically-important climate- and health- relevant properties of aerosols both from wildfire events that occur during summertime and from BB for heating purposes during wintertime in highly populated urban environments, iii) applying this new knowledge to quantify the contribution of biomass burning to aerosol in the Mediterranean region, and quantify its impacts on climate and public health. Novel state-of-the-art instrumentation, portable environmental chambers and well established measurement techniques will be applied in continuous measurements as well as intensive field campaigns to study the properties and evolution of BB particulates as they age in the atmosphere. Discovering new stable chemical markers that allow detection of BBOA many days after emission, while carefully and accurately following the climate and health-related properties of freshly emitted and aged BBOA, allows for an unprecedented understanding of the evolution and impacts of biomass burning aerosol and its impact on the Earth System and public health. Considering the increasing occurrence of wildfires, along with decreased emissions from fossil fuels means that accurately predicting the health and climate effects from biomass burning aerosol is one of the most important aspects of atmospheric aerosol that needs to be studied.
Effects of Charge Transfer State and Exciton Migration on Singlet Fission Dynamics in Organic Aggregates

A time-dependent wavepacket diffusion method is used to investigate the effects of charge transfer (CT) states, singlet exciton, and multiexciton migrations on singlet fission (SF) dynamics in organic aggregates. The results reveal that the incorporation of CT states can result in SF dynamics different from the direct interaction between singlet exciton and multiexciton, and an obvious SF interference is also observed between the direct channel and the indirect channel mediated by CT states. In the case of direct interaction, although the fast population transfer of singlet exciton in monomers, caused by the increase of exciton–exciton interaction, can accelerate the SF process, the spatial coherence alternatively has a counter-productive effect, and their competition leads to an optimal exciton–exciton interaction at which SF has a maximal rate. This trade-off relationship in SF dynamics is further analyzed from different perspectives, specifically in spatial and energy representations, and is also confi...
Construction of engineering adipose-like tissue<i>in vivo</i>utilizing human insulin gene-modified umbilical cord mesenchymal stromal cells with silk fibroin 3D scaffolds

We evaluated the use of a combination of human insulin gene-modified umbilical cord mesenchymal stromal cells (hUMSCs) with silk fibroin 3D scaffolds for adipose tissue engineering. In this study hUMSCs were isolated and cultured. HUMSCs infected with Ade-insulin-EGFP were seeded in fibroin 3D scaffolds with uniform 50-60 µm pore size. Silk fibroin scaffolds with untransfected hUMSCs were used as control. They were cultured for 4 days in adipogenic medium and transplanted under the dorsal skins of female Wistar rats after the hUMSCs had been labelled with chloromethylbenzamido-1,1'-dioctadecyl-3,3,3',3'-tetramethylindocarbocyanine perchlorate (CM-Dil). Macroscopical impression, fluorescence observation, histology and SEM were used for assessment after transplantation at 8 and 12 weeks. Macroscopically, newly formed adipose tissue was observed in the experimental group and control group after 8 and 12 weeks. Fluorescence observation supported that the formed adipose tissue originated from seeded hUMSCs rather than from possible infiltrating perivascular tissue. Oil red O staining of newly formed tissue showed that there was substantially more tissue regeneration in the experimental group than in the control group. SEM showed that experimental group cells had more fat-like cells, whose volume was larger than that of the control group, and degradation of the silk fibroin scaffold was greater under SEM observation. This study provides significant evidence that hUMSCs transfected by adenovirus vector have good compatibility with silk fibroin scaffold, and adenoviral transfection of the human insulin gene can be used for the construction of tissue-engineered adipose.
A mechanism stabilizing a long-lived charge-separated state of photosynthetic reaction centers frozen under intense illumination

It is experimentally shown that slow chilling of photosynthetic reaction centers from purple bacteria Rhodobacter sphaeroides to <230 K under intense illumination leads to appearance of long-lived chargeseparated states (P+Q −A ). This longevity implies that the recombination is blocked or the charge-separated state is stabilized. The longevity effect is caused by structural relaxation of reaction centers to a new equilibrium state that diminishes the free energy difference of recombination. The possible mechanism of such relaxation involves orientation of the polar water molecules in the semiquinone local electrostatic field. Detailed analysis of the longevity effect has been carried out, and its outcome supports the idea that many electron transfer reactions in biological systems are non-equilibrium.
Researches concerning seeds production to three cotton genotypes (Gossypium hirsutum sp.) under agrofield influence in the climatic conditions from Timisoara.

In this paper, the main objective was to determine the influence of agrofield and the climatic conditions from Timisoara on seed production to three cotton genotypes (Gossypium hirsutum sp.): Marismas and Coko genotypes from Greece and Canada genotype from the USA, in the year 2010 of investigation. Bifactorial experience was placed in the field after subdivided parcels methods. The experimental factors established were: Factor A - agrofield (a1 - N0P0K0; a2 - N30P30K30; a3 - N60P30K30; a4 - N90P60K60; a5 - N120P60K60; a6 - N30P30K30 plus foliar fertilization); factor B - genotypes (b1 - Marismas - Greece, b2 - Canada - the USA, b3 - Coko - Greece). An important role for quality and quantity production had the three fertilized macroelements: azoth, phosphorus and potassium. Analysis of vegetation conditions for the cotton was made during the period May - October; active vegetation period between 1 st May and the first hoarfrost of autumn (the cotton needed 170-180 days from germinal seeds, to the first hoarfrost falling. The best average production of seeds obtained to Marismas genotype, several 1072 kg/ha, comparative with the others genotypes at which realized the following average production: genotype Canada - 1057 kg/ha and to Coko genotype - 1051 kg/ha. The biggest production of seeds for the three genotypes of cotton Marismas, Canada and Coko obtained on agrofield a4 - N90P60K60 (1128 kg/ha for Marismas genotype, 1130 kg/ha for Canada genotype and 1136 kg/ha for Coko genotype) comparative to control agrofield (a1 - N0P0K0). Fertilization dose until 90 kg/ha positively influenced the production of cotton seeds, the increases of production statistical being assured of significant and distinct significant on agrofields a4 - N90P60K60 and a5 - N120P60K60. The obtained results were statistically processed the analysis of variance and differences at p<0.05 were considered statistically significant. The foliar fertilization determined distinct significant increases of production, also. The three genotypes of cotton presented a good adaptability to weather conditions of Timisoara, in the year 2010.
Regulation of brain macrophage development and function

Macrophages are part of the mononuclear phagocyte system and play critical roles in innate immune responses. They further exert crucial organ-specific functions to warrant tissue homeostasis. Most macrophages are long-lived and derive from embryonic precursors. The central nervous system (CNS) contains several macrophage populations, of which microglia are the most prominent and abundant population residing in the CNS parenchyma. Besides being implicated in CNS pathologies, microglia guide neuronal development, are critical for neurogenesis and contribute to the maintenance of tissue homeostasis. At the interface between the brain and the periphery reside choroid plexus, perivascular and meningeal macrophages (‘border-associated’ macrophages, BAMs). While they mostly also originate from embryonic precursors, the differentiation cues and their specific roles in development and in health and disease are poorly understood. Here we will delineate the spatiotemporal emergence of BAMs and microglia, the impact of the local microenvironment on their phenotype and function, and their role in brain development. We will further analyze the role of BAMs and microglia in physiological and neuropathological conditions (neurodegeneration, CNS infection and inflammation). We have recently described a novel ‘microglia-specific’ conditional mouse and we are currently establishing an inducible system to specifically manipulate BAMs. We will use these to genetically intervene in different cytokine signaling pathways in combination with fate-mapping in vivo. The proposed research project will provide a deeper insight into microglia and BAM biology and their functional specializations at different stages of life.
Nanoparticle-Based immunization, a novel therapeutic strategy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

As the life span of the population extends, the prevalence of neurodegenerative diseases is rapidly increasing representing a considerable impact for the quality of life and economy of many countries worldwide. Most of these diseases, including Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are currently considered as proteopathies, where some proteins (SOD1 in the case of ALS) adopt misfolded conformations prone to aggregate and cause cellular toxicity and motor neuron death. Moreover, these proteins are secreted to extracellular media contributing to the widespread of the disease in a prion-like manner, by acting as scaffolds for the misfolding of endogenous proteins when uptaken by surrounding cells. The aim of NanoALS is to bring together Neuro and Nanoscience fields to design a novel passive immunization therapy to target the misfolded SOD1 released into cerebrospinal fluid in ALS. It will be based on the systemic delivery of gold and PLGA nanoparticles functionalized with specific antibodies against the different isoforms of misfolded SOD1. These nanoconstructs will bind the different aberrantly folded SOD1 forms preventing their reuptake by neighbouring cells and blocking the cytotoxic epitopes exposed after misfolding. The multidisciplinary work program in NanoALS covers the synthesis of the functionalized nanoconstructs as well as validation of their therapeutic potential in neuronal cell lines and in the SOD1-G93A mouse model of ALS. Immunization against misfolded extracellular proteins has showed an encouraging success in ALS mouse models and in recent clinical trials with Alzheimer patients. Optimizing the delivery systems and targeting different misfolded isoforms as well as the active exploitation and dissemination strategy designed for NanoALS will maximize the benefits of these therapies both in ALS and other proteopathies.
FILM HAVING A PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVE SURFACE

The instant invention relates to a weatherproof film comprising a substrate layer, a barrier layer and a surface layer based on polymethacrylate, wherein, according to the invention, the surface layer contains 0.1 to 15 weight % of a photocatalyst, based on the total weight of the layer, as well as to the use thereof as laminate film, tarp or the like.
Solar energy: Topographical asset for Pakistan

The primary energy supply of Pakistan in the financial year 2009–10 was 63.088 million tonnes of oil equivalent (MTOE). Globally, renewable energies generation is around (19%) [1]. Pakistan has a yearly average solar energy shining potential of about 19 Mega Joules per square meter, with 7.6 hours per day with an average solar radiation of 5–7 kW h/(m2 day). An alarming stage for the government to take serious steps to tackle energy demand, in vision to inclining oil markets, depletion of gas reserves, huge electricity demand and supply gap, lessening offorest reserves, calamity (floods, heavy rainfalls, earth quakes, melting of glaciers etc.), Kyoto bindings etc. All these factors are indicating for the transition towards renewable energy technologies.
Art Events Manager

The “Art Events Manager” project consists in a training course aimed at developing - in a cross-border context - an entrepreneurial culture in the field of show business and events, to be implemented in compliance with and according to the norms and directives laid down by the European Union and relevant authorities in this field. It is designed to fulfil the need expressed by public institutions, associations and cultural institutions, enterprises and tourist consortia for a professional figure who is able to plan, organise and manage art events such as festivals, exhibitions and entertainment shows, both from the point of view of project planning and design and in terms of technical requirements and implementation. This demand is connected to a growing interest on the part of economic operators towards culture as a strategic element on which to invest for the future and the progress of a certain territory, particularly in relation to issues such as the promotion of local resources, the safeguard of minority cultures, the growth of activities that can attract tourist resources, the definition of the quality of life. The project has a cross-border target and, specifically, is open to unemployed people with a secondary education degree.
Lithographic printing press and method for on-press imaging laser sensitive lithographic plate

A lithographic printing press having a plate cylinder in a covered compartment suitable for on-press imaging and developing a laser sensitive plate is described. The plate cylinder as well as certain other press parts is covered by non-transparent and/or safe-light-passing-only covers so that no or only limited amount of unsafe light passes onto the plate mounted on the plate cylinder during on-press imaging and development. The plate comprises on a substrate a photosensitive layer soluble or dispersible in ink and/or fountain solution and capable of hardening upon exposure to a laser having a wavelength selected from 200 to 1200 nm. The plate is on-press exposed with the laser, developed with ink and/or fountain solution, and then directly prints inked images to the receiving sheets.