SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Light ion source for proton/deuteron production at CEA Saclay for the Spiral2 project

The production of rare radioactive ion beam (RIB) far from the valley of stability is one of the final purposes of the Spiral2 facility in Caen. The RIB will be produced by impinging a deuteron beam onto a carbon sample to produce a high neutron flux, which will interact with a uranium target. The primary deuteron beam is produced by an ion source based on ECR plasma generation. The deuteron source and the low energy beam transport (LEBT) has been assembled and tested at CEA Saclay. Diagnostics from other laboratories were implemented on the LEBT in order to characterize the deuteron beam produced and compare it to the initial simulations. The ion source has been based on a SILHI-type source, which has demonstrated good performances in pulsed and continuous mode, and also a very good reliability on long term operation. The 5 mA of deuteron beam required at the RFQ entrance is extracted from the plasma source at the energy of 40 kV. After a brief description of the experimental set-up, this article reports on the first beam characterization experiments.
Sustainable Islands: Island Network for Sustainable Development and Heritage Preservation

The small islands of the Maritime area have a unique cultural and natural heritage; however, they are also fragile because of the challenges posed by a mainly seaside tourism. These island areas support significant seasonal population variations and have common heritage degradation issues, in addition to waste management and energy supply not fit for environmental quality.  The islands belonging to the partnership—Lérins island (AM), Hyères islands (VAR), Lavezzi islands (CORSICA), Capraia island (TOSC), Tavolara and Asinara island (SARD), Palmaria island (LIG)—wish to engage in this strategic integrated project to preserve their assets and jointly develop a "sustainable island" approach. They will rely on the incipient international Small Sustainable Islands initiative; the Maritime cooperation area will be perfect to experiment this new brand.   Therefore, the project ISOS - Sustainable Islands intends to do the following: • create a network of French and Italian islands engaging the preservation of their natural and cultural heritage featuring technical workshops, conferences, expert mobilisation, a calendar or a series of initiatives. • implement practical pilot actions together with local operators to obtain the following: - better management of natural resources with innovative solutions suitable for small islands (renewable energy, waste separation and heritage promotion). The spread of this network on the Maritime scale and the planned investments will lead to the "sustainable islands" certification of the project islands, due to their having built together sustainable strategies for the protection of natural and cultural heritage and the benefit of their populations.
SCRAPER APPARATUS FOR CLEANING ROTARY KILNS

The cylindrical cage (20) has openings, through which the substance to be treated can be moved in the axial and the radial direction. The cage (20) has a support frame (11). A large number of scratching members (10) extend in the axial direction of the rotary furnace (1) and are in each case arranged at a distance from one another on the outer circumference of the support frame (11). The cage diameter is smaller than the internal diameter of the rotary furnace. At least one scratching member (10) touches the inside of the rotary furnace so that the cage rotates freely together with the rotary furnace (1). The cage (20) has bolts (12). A piston rod (13) of a fluid cylinder (14) can be displaced into contact with the bolts (12) in order to stop the rotation of the cage (20) at intervals. Residues adhering to the inner wall can consequently be removed without the rotary furnace having to be taken out of operation for a relatively long time. <IMAGE>
Printable nanoscale metal ring arrays via vertically aligned carbon nanotube platforms

This paper reports a novel and efficient strategy for fabricating sub-100 nm metal ring arrays using a simple printing process. Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes that are supported by hexagonally ordered channels of alumina matrices are used as a stamp to print nanoscale ring patterns, which is a very unique stamping platform that has never been reported. Using this strategy, uniform nanoring patterns of various metals can be directly printed onto a wide range of substrate surfaces under ambient conditions. Significantly, the size and interval of the printed nanorings can be systematically tuned by controlling the ring-shaped tip dimensions of the pristine stamps. An advanced example of these printable nanoscale metal ring arrays is explicitly embodied in this work by investigation of the plasmon resonances of metal nanorings with different sizes and intervals.
FLOOR COVERING CONTAINING POLYVINYL BUTYRAL AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME

A backing for a floor covering and a floor covering including such a backing are provided. Methods of making such a backing and a floor covering also are provided.
A virtual receiving array using a time‐reversal chaotic cavity.

It has been demonstrated that a virtual transmitting array can be constructed using a small number of transducers glued to a chaotic cavity (or a random reverberator) in conjunction with time reversal acoustics [Montaldo et al., IEEE Trans. Ultrason., Ferroelec., Freq. Contr. 52, 1489–1497 (2005)]. However, a virtual receiving array based on the concept has been neither realized nor reported yet. This paper presents an underwater virtual receiving array using a time‐reversal chaotic cavity. The prototype array consists of a single immersion transducer and a chaotic cavity and is made to have a total of 8×8 virtual receiving elements. The performance of the virtual array is compared with a commercial 2‐D hydrophone array. [Work supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea Grant funded by the Korean Government (MEST) (NRF‐2009‐ 0077588).]
FLOOR RELATED ARRANGEMENT

The invention includes a floor related illuminated advertising sign arrangement (1), which consists of a box (1a), a number of light generating instruments or corresponding (1b) imbedded in the box, and if required - a board displaying an advertising message, which is put in front of (on top of) the said light generating instruments in the direction of the light and a board covering the said board (1d), where the said box (1a) and its frame (1s) are put in a floor related opening. The said opening is formed between a number of adjoining tiles ((1) : C, (2) : D, (3) : C, (2) : B). The said box (1a) and its frame (1s) are allocated outer dimensions on the ground level (a) corresponding to or at least somewhat smaller than the corresponding dimensions (b) of the said opening. A frame or a number of frame sections (1s) are fitted to the lower peripheral edges of the said box where the outer peripheral edge areas (1t) of the frame or frame sections are adjusted to bear supportively against the opposite peripheral edge areas of the adjoining tiles ((2) : B).
ARGO 2020 — AN INDUCTIVE ENERGY HARVESTING SYSTEM FOR ELETRICAL NETWORKS PROTECTION

TECHNOLOGIES TO ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES OF THE SOCIETAL CHALLENGES PRIORITY FORESEEN IN THE HORIZON 2020 PROGRAMME
Proline-rich tyrosine kinase-2 is critical for CD8 T-cell short-lived effector fate

T-cell interactions with antigen-presenting cells are important for CD8 T-cell effector or memory fate determination. The integrin leukocyte function-associated antigen-1 (LFA-1) mediates T-cell adhesion but the contribution of LFA-1–induced signaling pathways to T-cell responses is poorly understood. Here we demonstrate that proline-rich tyrosine kinase-2 (PYK2) deficiency impairs CD8 T-cell activation by synergistic LFA-1 and T-cell receptor stimulation. Furthermore, PYK2 is essential for LFA-1-mediated CD8 T-cell adhesion and LFA-1 costimulation of CD8 T-cell migration. During lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infection in vivo, PYK2 deficiency results in a specific loss of short-lived effector CD8 T cells but does not affect memory-precursor CD8 T-cell development. Similarly, lack of LFA-1 primarily impairs the generation of short-lived effector cells. Thus, PYK2 facilitates LFA-1–dependent CD8 T-cell responses and promotes CD8 T-cell short-lived effector fate, suggesting that PYK2 may be an interesting therapeutic target to suppress exacerbated CD8 T-cell responses.
Solutions to investor-state dispute settlement : Republic of South Africa vis-à-vis Australia

The main objective of this paper is to critically analyse the solutions that countries are currently implementing in response to the much-debated issue that the conventional investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) regime limits a host-state's space to make regulations under public policy. Consequently, the paper makes recommendations on viable solutions that countries can implement as solutions to the ISDS problems. In order to conduct the study, this paper uses the solutions to ISDS problems that have been implemented by the Republic of South Africa (RSA) and Australia respectively. The paper also compares the solutions implemented by RSA and Australia with some internationally recognised solutions. Chapters two and three of the paper discuss the backgrounds and also analyse the solutions to ISDS that have been implemented by RSA and Australia respectively. Chapter four contains the main findings and arguments of the paper. It analyses the strengths and weaknesses of the ISDS solutions that have been implemented by RSA and Australia respectively. One of the main findings of the paper is that retaining the conventional ISDS regime is less beneficial to developing and least developed countries and more beneficial to developed countries, largely due to the differing levels of outward investments that are present in these categories of countries. The paper recommends, inter alia, that, unlike developed countries, developing countries and least-developed countries should abrogate the conventional ISDS regime and only retain it in particular circumstances as explained in chapter five. The paper recommends that ISDS should only be utilised where state-state arbitration would unnecessarily politicise an investment dispute. The paper also finds the use of domestic court as undesirable to investment disputes. The paper recommends mediation as a more balanced avenue for resolving investment disputes.
Irrigation water management in the Northern Mountains of Vietnam: Towards more autonomy?

Changes in Vietnamese policies and the economic context have influenced the evolution of irrigated systems in Northern mountainous areas. The end of production cooperatives allowed the emergence of new modes of management. Surveys and interviews of different irrigation stakeholders have shown the emergence of different types of irrigation management. The main differentiating factors are topographical, which affects the sizes and types of schemes, and the distribution of irrigated land among households of one community. Decollectivization led to management transfer from the production cooperatives to various entities: water users, villages, communal People's committees, and state-controlled companies. Nevertheless, the direct involvement of users in management and decision-making processes remains rare, even if new developments are appearing with the recent suppression of hydraulic fees.
DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED IRIDIUM GAMMA RADIATION SOURCES

This disclosure pertains to a gamma radiation source (100), including enriched lridium-191 and Boron-ll. Some embodiments may include alloying. Some embodiments may include sintering. The resulting disk (142), adapted for radiological sources, typically has a reduced attenuation and a reduced cost, due to the reduction in the use of lridium-191. Substitutes for boron include aluminum, silicon, vanadium, titanium, nickel, platinum, phosphorus and/or combinations thereof.
MULTI PURPOSE CONTACT LENS CARE COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING PROPYLENE GLYCOL OR GLYCERIN

Multi-purpose solutions for contact lens care provide substantial lens wearer/user comfort and/or acceptability. Such solutions include an aqueous liquid medium; an antimicrobial component, preferably a biguanide polymer present in an amount of 0,00001 % (w/v) to 2 % (w/v); propylene glycol or glycerin in an amount sufficient to increase antimicrobial activity; a surfactant component, preferably a poly (oxyethylene) -poly (oxypropylene) block copolymer surfactant, in an effective amount; a phosphate buffer component in an effective amount; preferably (2x) a viscosity inducing component, preferably selected from cellulosic derivatives, in an effective amount; and preferably (2x) a tonicity component in an effective amount. Such solutions have substantial performance, comfort and acceptability benefits, which, ultimately, lead to ocular health advantages and avoidance of problems caused by contact lens wear.
Oncoscanner – oncological probe for intra-operative identification of cancerous tissues during surgical treatment for breast cancer

ONCOscanner is an innovative solution that enables intra-operative recognition of collected tissues, in particular during surgical removal of breast cancer. Breast cancer incidence is increasing and early diagnosis is improving, this results in an increase in the number of treatments performed using the breast-saving method, when the surgeon cuts out only the tumor, trying to save as much healthy tissue as possible. ONCOscanner offers an innovative solution that supports the surgeon during breast cancer surgery. 
More precisely the thoracic resection procedure is performed, the fewer complications occur. Currently, the surgeon performing evaluation of the correctness of the excised tissue by visual and palpation methods, then the removed tissue is sent for histopathological examination, where the pathomorphologist assesses whether the entire neoplastic lesion has been excised and the margin of healthy tissue is sufficiently wide. ONCOscanner enables the surgeon to better recognize which sections of tissue are healthy and which are cancerous and still need to be removed, thus global use of ONCOscanner could allow to avoid almost 200 000 repeated operations every year and save about €2,4 bn of costs a year – it has huge, both social and economic impact, as well as create great business opportunity
Preheating Quantification for Smart Hybrid Heat Pumps Considering Uncertainty

The deployment of smart hybrid heat pumps (SHHPs) can introduce considerable benefits to electricity systems via smart switching between electricity and gas while minimizing the total heating cost for each individual customer. In particular, the fully optimized control technology can provide flexible heat that redistributes the heat demand across time for improving the utilization of low-carbon generation and enhancing the overall energy efficiency of the heating system. To this end, an accurate quantification of the preheating is of great importance to characterize the flexible heat. This paper proposes a novel data-driven preheating quantification method to estimate the capability of the heat pump demand shifting and isolate the effect of interventions. Varieties of fine-grained data from a real-world trial are exploited to estimate the baseline heat demand using Bayesian deep learning while jointly considering epistemic and aleatoric uncertainties. A comprehensive range of case studies are carried out to demonstrate the superior performance of the proposed quantification method, and then, the estimated demand shift is used as an input into the whole-system model to investigate the system implications and quantify the range of benefits of rolling out the SHHPs developed by PassivSystems to the future GB electricity systems.
Partecipazione al programma di promozione dell'industria delle attrezzature mediche come modo per aumentare il riconoscimento del marchio della chiesa biocomposita FlexiOss B. "osso artificiale".

Number_reference_aid_programma: Sa 42799(2015/X) Finalità degli aiuti pubblici:_art.19 L'obiettivo del progetto è la partecipazione del richiedente alle attività promozionali incluse nel Programma di Promozione dell'Industria delle Apparecchiature Mediche al fine di promuovere sui mercati esteri il prodotto MEDICAL INVENTI S.A., che ha la possibilità di diventare un marchio riconoscibile sui mercati esteri. Oggetto di attività promozionali sarà la chiesa biocomposita FlexiOss chiamata "osso artificiale", che è competitiva con i prodotti della stessa industria sul mercato internazionale. Nell'ambito dell'attuazione del progetto sono previsti i seguenti compiti: 1/OCCUPAZIONE COME ESPOSITORE IN FIERA: Partecipazione alla fiera Medica 2017, Düsseldorf, Germania • Partecipazione alla fiera Medica 2018, Düsseldorf, Germania • Partecipazione a SALMED 2018, Poznań, Polonia • Partecipazione a FIME 2018, Miami Beach, USA • Partecipazione a Arab Health 2019, Dubai, Emirati Arabi Uniti • Partecipazione ad Asia Health 2019, Singapore 2/CARE SERVICES in preparazione per l'ingresso nel mercato prospettico, in relazione alla partecipazione a FIME 2018. 3/ATTIVITÀ NELLA COLLEZIONE NELLA SICUREZZA DEL PROGETTO PROVISSIONALE NEL MERCATO in relazione alla partecipazione alla fiera FIME 2018. 4/ATTIVA NELLA MISSION ECONOMICA INDIVIDUALE al fine di individuare il mercato, stabilire contatti commerciali ed esperienze di scambio finalizzate a instaurare una cooperazione commerciale con controparti del mercato statunitense. Si prevede di partecipare alla missione relativa alla partecipazione al FIME 2018 come espositore.
PHOTOBIOREACTOR PLANT FOR CULTIVATING PHOTOSYNTHETIC MICROORGANISMS, MIXED CULTURES OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC AND NON- PHOTOSYNTHETIC MICROORGANISMS AND/OR PLANT CELLS

The present disclosure relates to a photobioreactor plant (10, 110) for the culture of photosynthetic microorganisms and/or mixed populations of photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic microorganisms and/or plant cells. The photobioreactor plant includes a lifting and movement system (30, 130) provided with one or more lifting wires (12, 14, 116, 117). One or more lifting wires (12, 14, 116, 117) are connected to at least casing-photobioreactor (11) and each casing-photobioreactor (11) includes a casing or bag (112) and a reinforcing or tensioning frame (120) which surrounds a portion of the bag or casing (112). The portion of the bag provided or associated with said reinforcing or tensioning frame (120) is connected to said one or more lifting wires (12, 14, 116, 117). The portion of the bag provided or associated with the said reinforcing or tensioning frame (120) is raised and/or lowered by means of said one or more lifting wires (12, 14, 116, 117).
Do partial cross sections from live trees for fire history analysis result in higher mortality 2years after sampling?

Although partial cross sections from live trees have been utilized in the development of fire history studies, few efforts have been made to examine the effects of this method on the individual trees that were sampled. We examined 115 red pine (Pinus resinosa Ait.), eastern white pine (Pinus strobus L.), and jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) trees from which partial cross sections had been removed 2 years earlier, and 209 similarly sized neighboring red pine and eastern white pine trees. Two years following the removal of partial cross sections, 22 sampled trees (19%) had died. When compared with neighboring trees, removing a partial cross section did not appear to increase the mortality rate for a given tree (t-test; P = 0.150). However, when we compared the characteristics of the trees with partial cross sections removed, we did observe some trends; i.e., those trees that died were primarily killed by wind-induced breakage at the level of the partial cross section. Almost all stems where partial cross sections were collected from a catface edge or had >30% of the total area removed were more susceptible to stem breakage and experienced an increased likelihood of mortality. While these results suggest that the collection of partial cross sections from live trees may be an effective method for fire-history sampling, the negative impacts of the sampling on individual trees may be reduced by ensuring that samples are collected from the center, rather than the catface edge, and <25% of the total stem area is removed.
The Credibility of Party Policy Rhetoric: Survey Experimental Evidence

This paper analyzes how a party’s policy statements affect voters’ perceptions of where the party stands on a given issue. I argue that voters do not take a party’s statements at face value because these messages can be a strategic tool to win elections. Voters discount popular statements because they may respond to vote-seeking incentives rather than reflect the party’s sincere views. Espousing unpopular policies has less instrumental value in obtaining more votes and therefore is more credible. I have tested this argument with a survey experiment fielded in the United Kingdom that exposes respondents to Conservative and Labour Party statements on immigration and the National Health Service. I report evidence that popular statements tend to have a weaker effect on voter perceptions than unpopular ones. This finding suggests a paradox: the more a party needs to change its reputation in order to gain votes, the stronger the voters’ skepticism.
Choice and Hope

Hope theory identifies goal, pathway, and agency as essential elements of hope that promote and maximize the effectiveness of treatment. Much significant evidence has indicated that hope is a strong predictor of substance involvement recovery. This study aimed to test the effectiveness of choice-based reality therapy in strengthening hope in recovery for women convicted of drug offences in Taiwan. The participants in the substance involvement treatment program were 44 incarcerated women convicted of drug offences, who were randomly selected and randomly assigned to equal-sized experimental and control groups. The results of the study, obtained by ANCOVA analysis, showed significant differences between the two groups in the posttest scores for sense of hope as measured in the subscales of goal setting and pursuing, adequate energy, and controlling pathway. The effect size values of the three variables suggested a moderate practical significance. The evidence provided in the present study indicates that, upon completion of the choice-based reality therapy for substance involvement, when compared with those who had not yet attended the program, Taiwanese women convicted of drug offences reported a significantly higher level of hope. Hope was measured by their ability in setting goals and overcoming obstacles and persistence in pursuing the goals they had set up, energy for recovery, and their capacity to set up pathways based on their goals. The findings highlight the value of choice-based reality therapy in enhancing hope of recovery for women convicted of drug offences.