SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING DIGITAL INFORMATION USING TIME-AND-FREQUENCY-BOUNDED BASE FUNCTIONS

Systems and methods for efficiently conveying one or more broadband communication channels over a transmission medium. Communication is effected by transforming an incoming digital bit stream into a Time-and-Frequency-Bounded (TFB) information stream that includes a plurality of TFB packets. This transformation is accomplished through the use of a plurality of TFB basis functions. The TFB information stream is then transmitted over the transmission medium. More particularly, digital bit streams carried on one or more incoming channels are in the form of binary "on" and "off" bits. These digital bits are converted into a plurality of TFB waveform components which together comprise a TFB packet. The conversion process maps each of respective incoming digital bits to a corresponding one of a group of TFB functions, such that a first group of n bits is mapped to a first TFB function, a second group is mapped to a second TFB function, and so on, until the Nth TFB function is reached, whereupon the process cycles back to the first TFB function. In any case, the value or status of a group of bits is represented by a corresponding weighing factor for the corresponding TFB function. When weighed, each respective TFB function specifies the transmission of a corresponding TFB waveform component. Each waveform component is substantially confined within a range of values in both the frequency and time domains.
Partisan politics, welfare states, and environmental policy outputs in the OECD countries, 1975-2005

Building on the burgeoning literature on the association between the welfare state and the environmental state, this study empirically examines how the politics of the former has affected the development of the latter. We suggest that the size of the welfare state shapes the calculus of environmental policy costs by partisan governments. A generous welfare state lowers the costs perceived by the left-wing government, as large redistributive spending allows the government to mitigate the adverse impact of the new environmental policy on its core supporters, industrial workers. A generous welfare state also implies diminished marginal political returns from additional welfare commitment by the left-wing government, which lowers the opportunity costs of environmental policy expansion. To the contrary, because of lower overall regulatory and taxation pressure, a small welfare state reduces the costs of environmental policy expansion as perceived by a right-wing government. Our theoretical narrative is supported in a dynamic panel data analysis of environmental policy outputs in 25 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development member states during the period 1975–2005.
Investing in Renewable Energies for Agriculture

THE CHALLENGE
The agricultural sector accounts for almost 10% of greenhouse gas emissions in the EU, mainly for food production and transport. While there is an enormous potential to produce renewable energy on farms due to the availability of wind, sun, biomass and agricultural waste, important barriers and challenges still remain. 
 
Recent studies have proven that the main barriers identified by farmers to produce renewable energy are: complex permits and subsidies’ procedures, high investment costs, limited access to credit and doubts about profitability. Subsidies and feed-in tariffs are a key factor in encouraging farmers to shift towards a more environmentally friendly production and use of energy. 
 
The EU’s rural development policy helps the rural areas meet economic, environmental and social challenges, and it shares objectives with other ESIF funds. MS and regions draw up their rural development programmes based on the needs of their territories, and addressing some of the common EU priorities. At least 30% of funding for each RDP must be dedicated to measures relevant for the environment and climate change.

 
OVERALL OBJECTIVE: 
The main objective is to develop measures that encourage the production and use of RE in the agricultural and rural sector. AgroREs will support this sector by solving its energy needs in a sustainable, economic viable and socially responsible way. 


OUTPUTS
- 5 SF improved with more than 3,8 M€ influenced 
- 2 reginal Funds improved with 1,4 M€ influenced
- More than 100 people with increased professional capacity
- 41 policy learning events
- 1 guide on good practices to promote investments of RE in agricultural areas
- 7 self-assessment documents to analyze the situation of RE in agriculture and define the best solutions and technologies for implementation
- 7 action plans to improve 7 policy instruments
DEVICE FOR FASTENING A POSITION-ADJUSTABLE LOCK, AND ASSEMBLY COMPRISING THE DEVICE AND THE LOCK

Lock-fastening device (1) for a motor vehicle, comprising a support member (2) having an interface portion (21) comprising through-holes, characterised in that it comprises a plate (3) arranged on a first face of the interface portion (21), a means (31, 24) for holding the plate (21) on the support member (2), the means being capable of allowing the plate (3) to be moved for adjustment relative to the interface portion (21) at least in a direction parallel to the plane (P), the plate (3) comprising a fastening means (4) for fastening the lock (5) to the fastening device by passing through the through-holes (23).
Establishment of " TRANSnational Civil Protection EARLY WARNING System" to improve the resilience of Adrion territories to natural and man-made risks

The project addresses the challenges of enhancing level of uniformity, homogeneity and similarity of existing CP Early Warning, efficiently integrating them to predict risks, present alert levels and improve exchange of information with EU CP Mechanism.This approach is built on 3 pillars:Participatory process with the establishment of a networking structure as stable cooperation relationship between project partners, civil protection organizations and main stakeholders with long term perspective.It relates to its activation to change from traditional "vulnerable element" to "active sensor" of emergencies to obtain their contribution to Civil Protection emergency activities. Innovative Transnational network relates to the development of an innovative Warning System, a web platform able to integrate heterogeneous data. Establishment of a strategy as an integrated framework defined by all partners and drafting of an Action Plan providing a common vision enhancing level of uniformity and similarity to make available to National/Regional Authorities a transnational uniform emergency basis.The overall objective is to increase cooperation level among National CP institutions in addressing natural and man-made risks right from the early warning stage and better ensuring EU CP Mechanism intervention. It pursues the above target through an innovative and holistic networking approach with a lever effect also after the end of the project activities supporting the whole system of Civil Protection; keep open a real-time update channel on risk occurrences by collecting and using information provided; implement a Raising Awareness intervention of emergencies. Expected change to the current situation is promotion of homogenization among early warning legislation and processes, reinforcement of coordination and cooperation of ADRION CP chains of command, and convergence of IPA CP operation to EU CP standards by transfer of experiences and lessons learnt.
Differentiation of human adipose-derived stem cells seeded on mineralized electrospun co-axial poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL)/gelatin nanofibers

Mineralized poly(ε-caprolactone)/gelatin core-shell nanofibers were prepared via co-axial electrospinning and subsequent incubation in biomimetic simulated body fluid containing ten times the calcium and phosphate ion concentrations found in human blood plasma. The deposition of calcium phosphate on the nanofiber surfaces was investigated through scanning electronic microscopy and X-ray diffraction. Energy dispersive spectroscopy results indicated that calcium-deficient hydroxyapatite had grown on the fibers. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy analysis suggested the presence of hydroxyl-carbonate-apatite. The results of a viability assay (MTT) and alkaline phosphatase activity analysis suggested that these mineralized matrices promote osteogenic differentiation of human adipose-derived stem cells (hASCs) when cultured in an osteogenic medium and have the potential to be used as a scaffold in bone tissue engineering. hASCs cultured in the presence of nanofibers in endothelial differentiation medium showed lower rates of proliferation than cells cultured without the nanofibers. However, endothelial cell markers were detected in cells cultured in the presence of nanofibers in endothelial differentiation medium.
Do Mutual Fund Investors Care About Auditor Quality?

We study the influence of perceived auditor quality on investment decisions by bond mutual fund investors. Audits of bond mutual funds require significant auditor expertise. Fund managers estimate daily the fair market values of holdings that are often opaque and illiquid. Managers can use their discretion to manipulate their fund's performance results. While it is known that investment flows into funds that report good past performance, little evidence exists about whether investors’ confidence in the reliability of fund financial reports is influenced by auditor quality. Using hand-collected data from SEC filings, we find that the positive association between reported performance and investment flows is stronger for funds with auditors who are industry specialists and are longer-tenured, as well as for funds that pay higher audit fees. We do not find that auditor office size strengthens the association. We also find that the presence of industry-specialist auditors, long-tenured auditors, and higher audit fees lead to additional disclosure in the form of emphasis-of-matter. This study contributes to the streams of research investigating perceived audit quality, fund investment decisions, and auditing for financial services.

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CONTROLLER

A secondary side controller for a power converter configured to provide a control signal to an emitter element of an opto-coupler for control of a primary side controller of the power converter, the secondary side controller configured to operate with the primary side controller for controlling the voltage output of the power converter, the secondary side controller configured to, based on; a first control value configured to instruct the power converter to output its present voltage output; and a second control value configured to instruct the power converter to provide a requested target voltage output; provide said control signal in accordance with a transition profile over a predetermined transition time period to effect a change between the first control value and the second control value, the transition profile comprising at least a first rate of change in the control signal followed by an end time period leading to the end of the transition time period during which the rate of change in the control signal is less than a threshold rate based on a characteristic of the opto-coupler and/or the power converter with which the controller is rated to operate, the first rate of change greater than the threshold rate of change.
Incomaker - intelligent marketing management automation for sme

NetCampaigner was established as a Czech SME company by the group of experts with about 50 years of combined experience in marketing, small-business, and statistical data analysis. It develops Incomaker, an innovative marketing automation tool for SMEs that uses our artificial intelligence technology to suggest, plan and perform marketing management activities.
Just 34% of SMEs use CRM, 14% use acquisition marketing, and 56% don’t measure their marketing performance. The quality of marketing processes and abilities among SMEs is typically far behind large corporations. The problem is that state-of-the-art marketing software is based on principles reflecting the needs of corporations. They usually have skilled marketing experts to plan marketing actions and the idea behind their information systems is to alleviate the workload and automate tasks. SMEs, on the other hand, are often lacking the advanced marketing expertise and hence conventional marketing information systems solve different problems and often can hardly help SMEs as they expect.
Our Incomaker, a unique intelligent marketing system solves the problem the following way. The marketing must be information driven. Incomaker collects data from various sources, both internal and external and performs advanced analysis of it using marketing best practices and former knowledge gained by autolearning. The results are suggestions for marketing decision making and actions that could be directly confirmed and executed. 
As Facebook changed the way how people e.g. quickly publish their photos on the internet, Incomaker has the ambition to establish a new category of marketing software and to modify the way how SMEs perform their marketing. Incomaker can replace most of the work of marketing manager In SME. This way it could save considerable costs and bring nearly the same maturity of marketing management as if a marketing professional would perform it. It will help SMEs grow and create new job positions.
A fast pruning technique for low-power inexact Circuit design

Inexact Circuits are circuits in which the accuracy of the output can be traded for cost savings (energy, area and/or delay). In the context of advanced technology scaling and power density increase, inexact circuits appear to be very promising as a solution. In this paper, we present a novel pruning technique developed as a logic level method to select and prune parts of a digital circuit. The error is computed at each pruning step using probabilistic error propagation and Hamming distance computation, making the evaluation possible at runtime. The technique was validated on several parallel adder architectures. Experimental results proved the efficiency of the technique with Energy-Delay-Area product reduction of 1.8× for less than 10−4% of relative error on the considered benchmarks at 45-nm technology node.
Lalo Alcaraz: political humour across borders

Lalo Alcaraz’s work centres on the life of Latinos in the United States. The son of Mexican immigrants to the United States, he is well aware of the conflicts between Latinos and Anglos, the dominant English-speaking group, particularly in the domain of politics. Alcaraz is a Latino spokesperson, presenting the point of view of this segment of the American population and denouncing the incongruities and absurdities that it faces. His main target is politicians, even if others can also feel his barbs. Alcaraz is relentless in his criticism and has exposed the political motives for decades. His critiques are timeless, evident in the recent resurgence of his older cartoons and strips, highlighting the continued marginalisation suffered by Latinos. This paper looks at how Alcaraz uses bilingual and bicultural punning to present his case. Alcaraz is a master at double entendre and has an uncanny ability to encapsulate the problems while straddling two languages.
Entwicklung einer neuen Technologie des Präzisionsgusses No.O.B SLÉVÁRNA

Gegenstand des Projekts ist die Entwicklung einer neuen Technologie des Präzisionsgießens auf einem schmelzbaren Modell für Laufrad-Gussteile für Kreiselpumpen für den Flüssigkeitstransport. Der angebotene Service umfasst auch die Überprüfung der vorgeschlagenen Technologie mittels numerischer Simulation und Betriebsprüfung für ausgewählte Prüfgussteile.
Trade and Transport Corridor Management Toolkit

A trade and transport corridor is a coordinated bundle of transport and logistics infrastructure and services that facilitates trade and transport flows between major centers of economic activity. Providing a comprehensive guide to tools and techniques for corridor projects is important, as the volume of such projects is likely to increase. Corridors remain very important, especially to landlocked countries and post-conflict countries and regions. This toolkit provides a comprehensive and holistic compilation of approaches and techniques on corridor diagnostics, performance assessment, management, operations improvement, and impact evaluation. The toolkit identifies mechanisms for improving the performance of the corridor through initiatives by the public and private sectors. These initiatives include investments in infrastructure and modification of policies and regulations, especially related to trade facilitation. It also considers the government's capacity to maintain the infrastructure and regulate the flow of goods along the corridor and the private sector's ability to provide a variety of levels and quality of services, as measured in terms of time and cost. It provides tools to answer four main questions: what are the approaches to identifying the main issues and constraints to movement of trade and transport along a corridor?; how well is the corridor performing, and where are the weaknesses?; what are the options for improving the performance of the corridor?; and what are the likely impacts of investments or improvements to the corridor? The toolkit groups the four main questions into three parts, which comprise 13 modules. Part one includes four modules on how to carry out a corridor diagnostic. These modules focus on the infrastructure, regulatory, and institutional framework for a corridor. It also includes a critical module on corridor performance indicators. Part two comprises eight modules on specific corridor components. It explains how performance can be improved through targeted interventions. Part three consists of a single module, on assessing the impact of a corridor.
Las ferias de comercio como herramienta de mercadeo para la promoción de exportaciones

TRADE FAIRS IN MARKETING AS A TOOL FOR THE PROMOTION OF EXPORTS This research work is our concept of what should be a process of comprehensive and systematic creation in marketing and export promotion, coupled with the detection of the need for institutions involved in the production, marketing and promotional support den actual daily feeding the altruistic spirit of entrepreneurs about to penetrate new markets with their products and services without thinking exclusively about economics, but in terms of search and use of own or external tools available, aimed at achieving sustained growth through successful participation in international trade fairs. The concepts presented for participation in International Trade Fairs analyzed and suggested to be adopted, given that many initiatives are valuable if they are applied, but if in the process of carrying them out do not take into account the suggested methodology are doomed to fail because the initiative itself killing her, as we will be very conscious about the great care must be taken in marketing, design strategy, marketing plan and monitoring and evaluation of participation. When we point out the advantages of selecting the market and product display to claim market, we believe that the new companies they should not be left alone. Many of them do not yet have sufficient financial capacity to compete with large companies and sworn in potential markets and further, noted the particular need for support from government and private sector external advisory level. The adoption of participation in trade fairs and as a strategy for export promotion is a direct function of export businessman, obviously counting on the commitment and dedication of commercial assessment process. We must also consider that every effort is made in relation to export, is to bring a new source of enrichment for our country and its economic systems: hence its great value. Quito, Metropolitan District, March 8, 2010 ING. JULIO MAURICIO VIZUETE M. ING. PATRICIO ESTRADA H.
LOCKER FOR USE WITH CHAIR

A locker (200) configured for releasable attachment to a rail is disclosed. The locker (200) includes a plurality of walls (201 - 206) that define a storage compartment (230). A first locking mechanism (210) is accessible from an exterior of the compartment and has a locked position that secures a moveable member (201) in a closed position across an opening to the storage compartment (230). A mating member (290) is configured to engage a securing member that is configured to be secured to the rail. A second locking mechanism is adjacent to one of the walls, is aligned with the mating member, and has a locked position that locks the mating member to the securing member to lock the securing member to the rail. Optionally, a housing is adjacent to one of the walls, wherein the second locking mechanism is positioned in the housing. Second locking mechanism cannot be accessed unless first locking mechanism is unlocked.
Carbon Smart Communities

Increasing material flows along processing chains in timber industry considerably contribute to climate change. However, there is a great but unexploited potential for reduction of CO2-emissions. The project makes these potentials accessible to decision makers and actors. Based on proved innovative cross border working assessment and monitoring tools, HVH developed and provides to the project for testing in the AS, it intially visualizes the impact of low carbon material flows in timber products on the climate (integrated carbon footprint system). It develops and establishes policy guidelines in participating communities (bundled by the different partners) and provides decision makers with steering instruments to actively trigger climate friendly timber products. _x000D_
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Through the project an important but unregarded sustainability aspect will be considered in public construction and procurement. Legal opinions from experts of EU and communal law as well as first activities from public bodies in D to implement the existing tools into procurement indicates the feasibility of the approach. Current lacks of specific informations among decision makers will be filled up. The implementation of developed policies starts within the project duration in several communities and public bodies via partners or observers. To support the setting up and exchange between low carbon model areas an innovative smart places network will be established. By using new communication technologies it extends the sphere of influence of such places by order of magnitude. Strategies and instruments for low carbon and resource saving products and processes are a paneuropean issue but need to be developed in a  transnational approach to get results which are applicable across borders and avoid insulated solutions to reach a broad european acceptance in politics and market. The project provides a technical innovation, as no such trans national instruments are in place up to now.