SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Robot-assisted resection for cancer in the remnant stomach: a report of 11 cases

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the technical feasibility and clinical therapeutic effects of robotassisted resection for cancer in the remnant stomach (CRS). Methods: Robot-assisted resection was performed on 11 patients with CRS. Patient demographics, operative data and short-term effect were examined and a short-term follow up was also performed. Results: All operations were performed by an experienced surgeon successfully without intraoperative mortality. D2 radical resection of remnant stomach was performed on 9 patients, and palliative resection was performed on 2 patients. There were 2 cases of conversion from robotic surgery to open surgery. Rouxen- Y esophagojejunostomy was performed in all cases for digestive tract reconstruction. Conclusion: Robot-assisted resection of GSC is technically feasible and has good shortterm outcomes. The results of long-term follow-up are needed to confirm the feasibility of robotic remnant gastrectomy.
Biomechanical properties of the patellar tendon in children with heritable connective tissue disorders

Hereditary connective tissue disorders (HCTDs), such as classic Ehlers–Danlos syndrome (cEDS) and Marfan syndrome (MS) share overlapping features like hypermobility and tissue fragility. In clinical practice it remains a challenge to distinguish children and adolescents with HCTD from healthy children. The purpose of this study was to investigate the biomechanical properties of the patellar tendon and joint laxity (Beighton score) in children with HCTDs (n = 7) compared to healthy controls (n = 14). The mechanical properties of the patellar tendon were assessed using simultaneous force and ultrasonographic measurements during isometric ramp contractions. Ultrasonography was also used to measure tendon dimensions. The HCTD children were matched with 2 healthy controls with regard to age, body mass index (BMI), sex and physical activity level. The HCTD children had a greater degree of joint laxity (P < 0.01). Although, the patellar tendon dimensions did not differ significantly between the two groups, the HCTD children showed a tendency toward a larger patellar tendon cross-sectional area (CSA) (35%, P = 0.19). Moreover, stiffness did not differ between the two groups, but secant modulus was 27% lower in children with a HCTD (P = 0.05) at common force and 34% lower at maximum force (P = 0.02). The present study demonstrates for the first time that children with HCTDs have lower material properties (modulus) of their patellar tendon, which may be indicative of general impairment of connective tissue mechanics related to their increased joint laxity.
REMEMBERING THE PERSIAN WARS - (G.) Proietti Prima di Erodoto. Aspetti della memoria delle Guerre persiane. (<i>Hermes</i> Einzelschriften 120.) Pp. xviii + 546, ills. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner, 2021. Cased, €96. ISBN: 978-3-515-12887-2.

REMEMBERING THE PERSIAN WARS - (G.) Proietti Prima di Erodoto. Aspetti della memoria delle Guerre persiane. (Hermes Einzelschriften 120.) Pp. xviii + 546, ills. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner, 2021. Cased, €96. ISBN: 978-3-515-12887-2. - Volume 73 Issue 1
Recognition of the Role of Bricks and Brick Structures in the Human: A Case Study in Kermanshah, Iran

Body of brick architecture like the human body aroused from the soil as the body and returns back into the soil again. This heterogeneity makes the soil architecture compatible with the human nature. Various forms of the nature and soil architecture in the traditional buildings depend on Islamic architecture, and our nature is human spirit and intrinsic qualities of nature are introduced as the basis of life and spirit. The nature is the universe of objects and appearance. A lot of soil products are produced in this region. Favorable climatic conditions in the city of Kermanshah provided the ground for using soil products. Later, the bricks were known as the main materials of living.  The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of brick materials and make a sense of belonging within the context of the historical city of Kermanshah. In this study, we tried to evaluate psychological impact of bricks from different aspects by a cross - sectional approach. Finally, the results indicated that soil materials in the form and meaning are consistent with human nature. Soil reduces energy consumption in the buildings.
Induction maintenance concept for HAART as initial treatment in HIV infected infants

Early initiated antiretroviral therapy (ART) in HIV infected infants leads to improved long-term viral suppression and survival. Guidelines recommend initiating therapy with a triple ART consisting of two nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) and either one additional non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) or a protease inhibitor (PI). Compared to older children and adults, viral relapse is seen more frequently in infants receiving triple ART. We now address the possibility of a more potent ART with a quadruple induction and triple maintenance therapy.We examine the longitudinal course in four HIV infected infants, who were referred from other centers and could not be recruited to multicentre trials. We introduced ART initially consisting of two NRTIs, one NNRTI and one PI and later discontinued the PI at the age of 12 months maintaining a triple regime consisting of two NRTIs and one NNRTI.Provided that therapy adherence was maintained we observed an effective sustained decline of viral load and significant CD4 cell reconstitution even after switching to a triple regime. No drug associated toxicity was seen.We suggest that a four drug therapy might be a possible initial therapy option in HIV infected infants, at least in those with a high viral load, followed by a maintenance triple regime after 12 months of therapy.
Body Mass Index of First Nations youth in Ontario, Canada: influence of sleep and screen time

Prevalence rates of overweight and obesity in Canada have risen rapidly in the past 20 years. Concurrent with the obesity epidemic, sleep time and physical activity levels have decreased among youth. Aboriginal youth experience disproportionately high obesity prevalence but there is inadequate knowledge of contributing factors. This research aimed to examine sleep and screen time behavior and their relationship to Body Mass Index (BMI) in on-reserve First Nations youth from Ontario, Canada.This was an observational population-based study of cross-sectional design. Self-reported physical activity, screen time, and lifestyle information was collected from 348 youth aged 10-18 years residing in five northern, remote First Nations communities and one southern First Nations community in Ontario, Canada, from October 2004 to June 2010. Data were collected in the school setting using the Waterloo Web-based Eating Behaviour Questionnaire. Based on self-reported height and weight, youth were classified normal (including underweight), overweight and obese according to BMI. Descriptive cross-tabulations and Pearson's χ² tests were used to compare screen time, sleep habits, and physical activity across BMI categories.Participants demonstrated low levels of after-school physical activity, and screen time in excess of national guidelines. Overall, 75.5% reported being active in the evening three or less times per week. Approximately one-quarter of the surveyed youth watched more than 2 hours of television daily and 33.9% spent more than 2 hours on the internet or playing video games. For boys, time using the internet/video games (p=0.022) was positively associated with BMI category, with a greater than expected proportion of obese boys spending more than 2 hours using the internet or video games daily (56.7%). Also for boys, time spent outside after school (p=0.033) was negatively associated with BMI category, with a lesser than expected proportion spending 'most of the time' outside (presumably being active) after school. These relationships were not observed in girls. Adjusted standardized residuals suggest a greater than expected proportion of obese individuals had a television in their bedroom (66.7%) as compared with the rest of the population.The current study adds to the limited information about contributors to overweight and obesity in First Nations youth living on-reserve in Canada. Concerns about inadequate sleep, excess screen time, and inadequate physical activity mirror those of the general population. Further investigation is warranted to improve the understanding of how various lifestyle behaviors influence overweight, obesity, and the development of chronic disease among First Nations youth. Initiatives to reduce screen time, increase physical activity, and encourage adequate sleep among on-reserve First Nations youth are recommended.
On the dynamics of SEIRS epidemic model with transport-related infection

• We formulate an SEIRS epidemic model for studying the effect of transportrelated infection on disease spread. • We derive the basic reproduction number of the formulated model. • The movement without transport-relate infection will cause the disease dynamics and break infection out. • The transport-related infection is effected to the number of infected individuals and the duration of outbreak. Transportation amongst cities is found as one of the main factors which affect the outbreak of diseases. To understand the effect of transport-related infection on disease spread, an SEIRS (Susceptible, Exposed, Infectious, Recovered) epidemic model for two cities is formulated and analyzed. The epidemiological threshold, known as the basic reproduction number, of the model is derived. If the basic reproduction number is below unity, the disease-free equilibrium is locally asymptotically stable. Thus, the disease can be eradicated from the community. There exists an endemic equilibrium which is locally asymptotically stable if the reproduction number is larger than unity. This means that the disease will persist within the community. The results show that transportation among regions will change the disease dynamics and break infection out even if infectious diseases will go to extinction in each isolated region without transport-related infection. In addition, the result shows that transport-related infection intensifies the disease spread if infectious diseases break out to cause an endemic situation in each region, in the sense of that both the absolute and relative size of patients increase. Further, the formulated model is applied to the real data of SARS outbreak in 2003 to study the transmission of disease during the movement between two regions. The results show that the transport-related infection is effected to the number of infected individuals and the duration of outbreak in such the way that the disease becomes more endemic due to the movement between two cities. This study can be helpful in providing the information to public health authorities and policy maker to reduce spreading disease when its occurs.
Foliar cuticles of species of Persea subg. Eriodaphne (Lauraceae)

The American species of Persea are divided in two subgenera, Persea subg. Persea and P. subg. Eriodaphne, which form a monophyletic group. In this study we analysed leaf cuticle characters of 220 collections of 54 species of Persea, 48 of them belonging to the P. subg. Eriodaphne, two belonging to the P. subg. Persea, and another four formally unplaced. A dichotomous identification key was built from a matrix of eight leaf cuticle qualitative characters and 30 states, most of them illustrated here for the first time by light and scanning electron microscopy, which allowed us to distinguish these taxa.
Modernisierung der FuE-Infrastruktur

Das Projekt übernimmt die Durchführung einer Aufgabe – Anschaffung von Laborforschungsgeräten im Zeitraum II-2020 bis IV-2020. Ziel des Projekts ist es, in den Ausbau der Forschungsinfrastruktur des Antragstellers zu investieren. Der Ausbau des Labors wird es ermöglichen, den Umfang der Forschungsleistungen des Antragstellers zu erweitern. Die Investition zielt auf den Kauf von Klimaschränken, die Vorbereitung von Räumen und den Kauf von spezialisierter Software ab, die es ermöglicht, Stabilitätstests unter streng kontrollierten Bedingungen durchzuführen. Darüber hinaus ist geplant, eine defekte Flüssigkeitschromatogfar zu erwerben, die es ermöglicht, eine große Anzahl von Tests für die Analyse von Tests, die sich in Stabilitätstests (chromotographische Analyse) befinden, zu „verlagern“. Die Durchführung des Projekts ist mit einem bereits umgesetzten Projekt verknüpft, das aus dem EFRE im Rahmen des ROP WŁ 2014-2020 kofinanziert wird, mit dem Titel. „Entwicklung, Validierung und TRANSFER OF INNOVATIVE F & E Methods to Identify Quantitative Constances, Medicinal Products AND MEDICAL PRODUCTS TECHNICS GC-MS/MS, ICP, IR, HPLC-DAD“ zur Entwicklung und Validierung von Analysemethoden für alle Gruppen. Die Durchführung der Investition wird die Umsetzung des Forschungsarbeitsplans ermöglichen, der je nach Art der durchgeführten Forschung und ihrer Zeit in 4 Gruppen unterteilt wird: • Stabilitätsstudien für Arzneimittel und Wirkstoffe • Stabilitätsstudien für Medizinprodukte • Nachhaltigkeitsstudien für Nahrungsergänzungsmittel und Kosmetika • Stressstudien für Arzneimittel, Wirkstoffe, Nahrungsergänzungsmittel und Kosmetika.
PNG’s Energy Sector and Estimation of Renewable Energy Resources in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea: Solar and Wind Power for New Umi Township

Papua New Guinea (PNG) is blessed with numerous energy resources, including oil, gas, wind, solar, tidal and biomass. Renewable energy resources have taken centre stage as PNG along with other countries seek to push for 32% of its national power demand to be met by renewable energy sources by the year 2030. In addition, PNG has an ambitious programme to provide electricity to 70% of its scattered population by the year 2030. In this paper we discuss PNG’s energy sector and we present an initial Geospatial Information System (GIS) based study to consider the development of renewable energy power generation at the new Umi Township in the Markham valley of Morobe Province. The Markham valley has sunshine for about 8 hours per day and an average insolation of about 500 W/m 2 each day. At a height of about 50 m from the ground, the velocity averages to 4m/s. The paper will present the preliminary evaluation carried out using the GIS based data. It will also draw some general conclusions from the analysis carried out for the new Umi Township for the Markham District in the Markham Valley of the Morobe Province that could be adopted for all the entirety of PNG.
Race policy and politics: two case studies from Britain

This article considers academic engagements with policy and politics and, in particular, race and racism through two case studies. Contextualising such engagements within wide ranging debates about the relationship between academics, research, and policy and politics, two dimensions are utilised to analyse the examples presented. These are, firstly, the inside/outside (the location and extent of academic engagement) and, secondly, the link between knowledge and politics. These are applied to two examples or cases from the UK, both of which concern racism and the police. The first was a public inquiry in which the idea of institutional racism was powerfully resurrected; the second was an employment tribunal alleging racial discrimination – so the same idea may have been expected to be raised but was not. In part the abstract is concerned with this striking difference between the cases. In the two cases the author has been equivalent to an ‘observer’ and a ‘participant’, and the article sets out some dilemm...
Blockchain Financial Platform

The basis of action these days is trust. In the case of financial institutions, trust is a pillar of the economy. The crisis in the real estate market at the beginning of the 21st century showed that it is necessary to implement new standards. The project aims to create tools that address the problem of reliability and at the same time cover the need created for the implementation of the XBRL/ESEF format in the European Union in 2022/23. The Platform is intended to provide support in the preparation and verification of reports. At the same time, it takes into account problems with the US market (10 % of reports contain errors). Unique methods of data verification have been developed. Verification is not a single report, but the whole group. Machine Learning (ML) algorithms are used. The whole creates a unique database on which statistical algorithms can operate. This is the second pillar of the solution — an analytical tool for creating ad-hoc analyses with ML elements. The platform will support the creation of new indicators and their distribution. The last element is BlockChain Open Financial Base, which aims to provide a medium that guarantees the correctness of documents, and their anonymisation. Publication of documents together with metadata and different levels of access will allow for automation of processes that currently last several days, e.g. the process of creditworthiness testing. The project involves expanding the MVP developed during incubation and development of the final platform. At the same time, sales and promotion activities are planned. One of the processes that started and is important from the point of view of the success of the project is cooperation with universities aimed at increasing the credibility of the tool. All activities will lead to the creation of an ecosystem through which the Client will be able to create a report, verify the correctness and, on the basis of documents published by other entities, create processes for verification of sub-suppliers. Linking areas will allow the creation of products that are not currently available in the future.
In situ measurement of fixed charge evolution at silicon surfaces during atomic layer deposition

Interfacial fixed charge or interfacial dipoles are present at many semiconductor-dielectric interfaces and have important effects upon device behavior, yet the chemical origins of these electrostatic phenomena are not fully understood. We report the measurement of changes in Si channel conduction in situ during atomic layer deposition (ALD) of aluminum oxide using trimethylaluminum and water to probe changes in surface electrostatics. Current-voltage data were acquired continually before, during, and after the self-limiting chemical reactions that result in film growth. Our measurements indicated an increase in conductance on p-type samples with p+ ohmic contacts and a decrease in conductance on analogous n-type samples. Further, p+ contacted samples with n-type channels exhibited an increase in measured current and n+ contacted p-type samples exhibited a decrease in current under applied voltage. Device physics simulations, where a fixed surface charge was parameterized on the channel surface, connect the surface charge to changes in current-voltage behavior. The simulations and analogous analytical relationships for near-surface conductance were used to explain the experimental results. Specifically, the changes in current-voltage behavior can be attributed to the formation of a fixed negative charge or the modification of a surface dipole upon chemisorption of trimethylaluminum. These measurements allow for the observation of fixed charge or dipole formation during ALD and provide further insight into the electrostatic behavior at semiconductor-dielectric interfaces during film nucleation.
Frankreich

In Frankreich gehört Arthur Schnitzler zweifellos zu den bekanntesten Autoren der Wiener Moderne. Die Rezeption seines Werkes ist durch eine ziemlich schnelle Fixierung bestimmter Topoi und Allgemeinplätze und die damit zusammenhängende Auswahl der übersetzten Werke bestimmt. Intensivere Phasen der Rezeption sind die Jahre 1894–1914, die Zeit vom Ende der 1920er bis Mitte der 1930er Jahre sowie die Zeit seit 1981.
Fixing gasket in plate type heat exchanger

The present invention relates to a heat exchanger comprising a stack of heat exchanger plates formed of sheet metal having a three-dimensional structured pattern, each heat exchanger plate having a gasket groove, a gasket being arranged in said gasket groove and resting against an adjacent heat exchanger plate, said groove having a bottom, said bottom having at least a protrusion directed to said adjacent heat exchanger plate.
Good practice proposal for the implementation, presentation, and comparison of metaheuristics for solving routing problems

Abstract Researchers who investigate in any area related to computational algorithms (both defining new algorithms or improving existing ones) usually find large difficulties to test their work. Comparisons among different researches in this field are often a hard task, due to the ambiguity or lack of detail in the presentation of the work and its results. On many occasions, the replication of the work conducted by other researchers is required, which leads to a waste of time and a delay in the research advances. The authors of this study propose a procedure to introduce new techniques and their results in the field of routing problems. In this paper, this procedure is detailed, and a set of good practices to follow are deeply described. It is noteworthy that this procedure can be applied to any combinatorial optimization problem. Anyway, the literature of this study is focused on routing problems. This field has been chosen because of its importance in real world, and its relevance in the actual literature.
Les insectes auxiliaires dans les paysages agricoles : apports faunistiques, écologiques et fonctionnels de récentes études dans le canton de Genève (Suisse)

Description du sujet. Dans le contexte actuel de réduction des risques liés à l’utilisation de produits phytosanitaires et de promotion de la biodiversité dans les milieux agricoles, il apparaît primordial d'améliorer nos connaissances sur les insectes auxiliaires qui fréquentent et se développent dans ces écosystèmes. Objectifs. Cet article vise à dresser un état des connaissances sur les auxiliaires et à mettre en lumière les principaux apports faunistiques, écologiques et fonctionnels tirés de récentes études réalisées en contexte agricole à Genève. Méthode. Les données ont été acquises de 2014 à 2019 sur plusieurs familles d'auxiliaires prédateurs et pollinisateurs dans des contextes agricoles variés (prairies extensives, vignes, vergers, cultures de colza, maraîchage) à l’aide de pièges Barber, Malaise et à émergence. Résultats. Ces travaux ont permis de récolter 48 921 données et d'inventorier 477 espèces appartenant aux grandes familles d’auxiliaires ; parmi elles, quatre espèces sont observées pour la première fois en Suisse et une cinquantaine dans le canton de Genève. Au total, 357 (± 75 %) des espèces inventoriées possèdent un stade prédateur et 103 (± 22 %) sont considérées comme de bons auxiliaires des cultures. L'utilisation de pièges à émergence a permis d'attester qu'un tiers au moins des espèces inventoriées, dont certaines rares ou menacées, peuvent compléter leur cycle de vie dans les milieux agricoles ou les utiliser comme site d'hivernation. Conclusions. Cette synthèse contribue à améliorer notre compréhension de la composition de la biodiversité des milieux agricoles qui constitue une composante non négligeable de la biodiversité en Suisse et dans les pays voisins. Elle met également en lumière le rôle des habitats semi-naturels, tels que les prairies extensives ou les interlignes des vignes, comme support pour le développement de nombreuses espèces rares et parfois menacées.