SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Mitigation of rock burst events by blasting techniques during deep-tunnel excavation

Abstract The buried depths of the auxiliary tunnels of the Jin-ping II Hydropower Station in China are between 1500 m and 2300 m, and some violent rock bursts were encountered during the excavation process. The measures of rock burst prevention adopted at this station are summarized in this paper, and the mechanisms of these measures are studied and discussed. Combined with the monitoring of the in-situ stress state and the burst proneness of surrounding rocks, the spatial distribution of the rock bursts along the deep tunnel axes and the statistics of rock bursts around the blasting working face are studied. It lays the foundation for generating the strategies for rock burst prevention. The results indicate that the development of rock bursts depends primarily on the level of in-situ stress and on the brittleness of rocks. Disturbances from excavation particularly under blasting excavation conditions have an important influence on the intensity and the scale of rock bursts. Therefore, two primary guidelines for controlled blasting are followed to control rock bursts. One is to decrease stress of the surrounding rocks; the other is to control the disturbance from the excavation. First, the stress-relief blasting method is adopted to reduce the stiffness of the surrounding rocks and reduce the concentration of stress in the blast area. Two different stress-relief blasting design schemes are applied and the extent of the damage and stress relieving effects are compared. Second, the effects of the blasting excavation disturbance in high-stressed rocks are examined. The results indicate that reducing the excavation footage can be used to control the blasting excavation disturbance in deep tunnels. The energy release rate (ERR) for different excavation footages is simulated to verify this conclusion. After the proper excavation footage and perimeter blasting parameters are adopted, the method is applicable to the control of blasting excavation and the reduction of rock burst intensity in engineering practices.
Development of the first water-based industrial chiller cooled by ambient air

Most industrial production processes require cooling to ensure appropriate temperature for effective operations. Data centers, manufacturing facilities, petrochemical plants, etc. all depend on the degree to which cooling systems provide optimal operating temperatures to tools, workpieces and machinery. These refrigerants often contain fluorinated gases (which pose a threat to the environment), while most natural refrigerants result in usage constraints (compliance with dangerous substances and explosive atmospheres regulations; flammable properties, very high-pressure conditions). 
 
Leviathan Dynamics is an innovative startup founded in 2016. LD aims at developing a Water-based industrial chiller cooled by ambient air offering various advantages: abundant and inexpensive base material, no operational risks and 30% higher energy efficiency when compared to current solutions. We have already developed a relevant prototype which has been tested in our laboratory, allowing us to reach TRL 6. 
 
Our technology aims at developing vapor-compression mechanical refrigeration systems (chillers) involving closed recirculating systems using a single fluid to produce cold and to transfer cold to the process. We are currently developing the four components of our chillers: heat exchanger blending the circulating loop and the refrigeration loop, high speed compressors, multi-channels condensers and adjustable expansion valves. 
 
Starting with two market segments (Laser machine cooling and Electrical cabinets cooling), our ambition is to remove fluorinated gases from the cooling industry. We have already validated our supply chain and we have negotiated distribution agreements (sales under white label, tied sales) with value added resellers. 

We are applying SME Phase 1 to validate the technical (thermodynamic modelling, aerodynamic optimization, corrosion-resistant materials), business (market study, economic feasibility) and legal (patent applications) feasibility.
Are homeownership patterns stable enough to tap home equity?

Abstract As retirees live longer, spend more on medical care, and get less income replaced by Social Security, many may need to consider tapping their home equity to be comfortable in retirement. The most direct way to access home equity is downsizing, but few choose this option because they generally prefer to stay in their house. The alternative is withdrawing equity through a reverse mortgage or a property tax deferral, but few households use these options either. While this low take-up has been well documented, a more fundamental question is the extent to which homeowners exhibit sufficient stability in their housing patterns to make them well-suited to tap their equity. For example, if homeowners do tap their equity and then end up moving, they have to pay back the loan with interest, which could leave them with inadequate resources at a vulnerable time in their life. This paper assesses how likely households are to move as they age to see if borrowing against one’s home is a reasonable financial strategy. The analysis uses the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to analyze three cohorts: the HRS cohort (ages 50–54 in 1992), the AHEAD cohort (ages 70–74 in 1993), and a synthetic cohort covering the whole lifespan from age 50 to death. The analysis identifies typical housing trajectories in retirement and explores how often, and for whom, tapping home equity would be a viable strategy. The paper found that: • Seventy percent of households have very stable homeownership patterns, even over several decades. They either stay in the home they own in their 50 s (53 percent) or purchase a new home around retirement and stay for the rest of their life (17 percent). • The 30 percent of households that do move consist of two distinct subgroups. Frequent movers (14 percent) appear to face labor market challenges. Late movers (16 percent) look like a slightly more affluent version of the households that never move, but then face a health shock that forces them out of the home that they owned into a rental unit or a long-term services and supports facility. • Overall, the findings largely support the narrative from prior research that most people want to age in place and move only in response to a shock. The policy implications of the findings are: • Most homeowners experience enough residential stability to tap home equity through reverse mortgages or property tax deferrals. • Retirees might be more likely to tap their home equity if they felt that they had adequate public or private insurance protection against the risk of needing long-term services and supports.
Sentinels-Based agriculture information service component

The current project will focus on development of an open-source Sentinels-based Agriculture Information Service (SAGRIS) software component integrated into operational open-source Farmos.org agricultural record keeping software powering a commercial FARMIER service (http://www.farmier.com). SAGRIS module will provide FARMIER service (and potentially other open-source projects) with operational monitoring updates on dynamics of solar irradiation and surface temperature, development of grassland and crops biomass, soil and vegetation wetness, vegetation age and stress indications, geo-location and mapping of “problematic” patches, assessment of drainage systems and operational, delivery of status updates. Our service is targeting small-to-medium-size traditional farms offering a low cost complex decision support service with on-line tools for record-keeping and analysis, planning of farming activities, measurements of physical conditions with inexpensive ground sensors, observation and conditioning of crops by satellite imagery and simple solutions for adapt standard hardware for smart-farming practices. FARMIER and SAGRIS open-source projects will offer benefits of freely available modern Earth observation data products to a large number of traditional farms in a simple and affordable, but appealing and practically useful form to support sustainable “smart farming” practices not only with statistical and geo-spatial information, but also best practice examples along with simple and affordable hardware solutions (sensors, extensions, etc.) to increase efficiency and profitability without investing into sophisticated precision farming solutions and raise competitiveness of many sustainable and ecological farms facing global challenges caused by industrial food production, turbulent markets and climate change. The service will be initially distributed in Europe and the US.
BONDING, COMMUNICATION AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A SHIPPING AND/OR STORAGE UNIT

A bonding, communication and control system that, via multiple digital and analog inputs and outputs provided by an on-the-go ready microcontroller, is capable of integrating the function of components required for a device to perform its tasks. Each invention unit has the minimum amount of built in hardware to support its features. First the units can bond, using multiple modes of identification recognition technology. Second, invention units can interconnect and exchange data via encrypted communication. Third, plug and play hardware can be added. Hardware can be customized, but also enables the fourth core feature: the invention can pair to a smart device, making possible full utilization of all of its hardware, software and existing infrastructure, including its ability to send data to and from a remote location. Thereby, both real time monitoring and anticipation of environment, and remote control of parameters of invention-associated devices, are possible.
Integrated aquaculture based on sustainable water recirculating system for the victoria lake basin (vicinaqua)

VicInAqua will follow an integrated approach in order to develop a sustainable combined sanitation and  recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) for wastewater treatment and reuse in agriculture in the Victoria Lake Basin area. In this decentralized integrated treatment system wastewater from households and fish processing industry as well as RAS production water will radically reduce stress on the sensitive ecosystems of the Lake Victoria and will contribute to food and health security. It will be operated fully autonomous powered by renewable energies (PV, biogas). The RAS will particularly produce high quality fingerlings of the local fish species to supply the pond aquaculture of the area with stocking material. The innovative core idea of the project is to develop and test new technologies which enable the integration of sanitation with the aquaculture in a sustainable manner. The core of the project concept is to develop and test a novel self-cleaning water filters which consist of a highly efficient particle filter as well as a membrane bioreactor (MBR) as principal treatment unit within a combined treatment system where the nutrient rich effluent water will be used for agricultural irrigation. the surplus sludge from both filter systems will be co-digested with agricultural waste and local water hyacinth to produce biogas. The overall concept will promote sound approaches to water management for agriculture, taking into consideration broader socio-economic factors and also fomenting job creation and greater gender balance in decision-making. The pursued approach will be perfectly in line with the strategic guidelines of the Rio+20 and the post-2015 development framework.
Pricing and Hedging Asian Basket Options with Quasi-Monte Carlo Simulations

In this article we consider the problem of pricing and hedging high-dimensional Asian basket options by Quasi-Monte Carlo simulations. We assume a Black–Scholes market with time-dependent volatilities, and we compute the deltas by means of the Malliavin Calculus as an extension of the procedures employed by Kohatsu-Higa and Montero (Physica A 320:548–570, 2003). Efficient path-generation algorithms, such as Linear Transformation and Principal Component Analysis, exhibit a high computational cost in a market with time-dependent volatilities. To face this challenge we then introduce a new and faster Cholesky algorithm for block matrices that makes the Linear Transformation more convenient. We also propose a new-path generation technique based on a Kronecker Product Approximation. Our procedure shows the same accuracy as the Linear Transformation used for the computation of deltas and prices in the case of correlated asset returns, while requiring a shorter computational time. All these techniques can be easily employed for stochastic volatility models based on the mixture of multi-dimensional dynamics introduced by Brigo et al. (2004a, Risk 17(5):97–101, b).
MHC Signaling during Social Communication

The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) has been known to play a critical role in immune recognition since the 1950s. It was a surprise, then, in the 1970s when the first report appeared indicating MHC might also function in social signaling. Since this seminal discovery, MHC signaling has been found throughout vertebrates and its known functions have expanded beyond mate choice to include a suite of behaviors from kin-biased cooperation, parent-progeny recognition to pregnancy block. The widespread occurrence of MHC in social signaling has revealed conserved behavioral-genetic mechanisms that span vertebrates and includes humans. The identity of the signal’s chemical constituents and the receptors responsible for the perception of the signal have remained elusive, but recent advances have enabled the identification of the key components of the behavioral circuit. In this chapter we organize recent findings from the literature and discuss them in relation to four nonmutually exclusive models wherein MHC functions as a signal of (i) individuality, (ii) relatedness, (iii) genetic compatibility and (iv) quality. We also synthesize current mechanistic studies, showing how knowledge about the molecular basis of MHC signaling can lead to elegant and informative experimental manipulations. Finally, we discuss current evidence relating to the primordial functions of the MHC, including the possibility that its role in social signaling may be ancestral to its central role in adaptive immunity.KeywordsMajor Histocompatibility ComplexMajor Histocompatibility Complex ClassMate ChoiceMajor Histocompatibility Complex MoleculeMajor Histocompatibility Complex GeneThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
Perioperative Steroids for Peritumoral Intracranial Edema

There has been a renewed interest in the recent literature regarding the proposed benefits of systemic steroids in the perioperative period. Among these benefits are the relief of postoperative pain, the decrease in postoperative nausea, and a higher overall multiparameter quality of recovery. Perioperative steroids, however, are not without their potential drawbacks, including decreased immune function, hyperglycemia, and impaired wound healing. The use of perioperative steroids for brain tumor treatment and resection has been a component of therapy for approximately 50 years, owing primarily to their well-described, although poorly understood, effect in minimizing vasogenic peritumoral edema, and therefore intracranial pressure. This review seeks to highlight the history, mechanisms, therapeutic efficacy, and side effects of steroid use for brain tumors in the perioperative period.
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Building biological computers from bacterial populations

Biosensors detect compounds using a biological component combined with a physio-chemical detector. Using synthetic biology, we can now engineer bacteria into whole-cell biosensors where sensing, transduction and output occur within the living cell. Applications include the detection of harmful environmental agents, bioprocess monitoring, and detecting medically relevant biomarkers. As we move towards more sophisticated applications, single channel read-out will be replaced with sensors that have multiple inputs and more complex information processing capabilities. Whilst digital logic within a single strain of bacteria can be implemented, consortia offer a powerful alternative, where information is integrated and processed in a distributed fashion. This proposal sets out a research project that will construct biological computers formed from engineered bacterial populations that communicate using quorum sensing molecules. Information from multiple biosensor inputs will be integrated and processed by the biocomputer, the output of which will be spatial patterning. The architecture will be based on cellular automata, which can perform any computation, including logic and temporal logic operations, memory and counting, all of which can be used to distinguish states in complex biological and chemical environments. Our biocomputers will be housed in microfluidic devices using hydrogel structures to create two and three dimensional regular arrangements. As a proof-of-concept, we will develop a biocomputer for the analysis and monitoring of intestinal and microbiota health through stool samples. Sensors for inflammation, pH and short chain fatty acids will be combined into a device that can indicate whether an individual has inflammatory bowel disease or irritable bowel syndrome. A low-cost device for use at home, which distinguishes between these conditions, could potentially save the global health care industry billions of dollars in unnecessary diagnostic treatments.
Control systems technician

This project is implemented by the Consortium for the AREA of scientific and technological research of Trieste, that already participated in three project editions, financed by the ESF (European Social Fund). The professional figure proposed - ISTAT code 3.1.2.4 - is that of a highly qualified and specialised technician, who can function in various professional environments, ranging from the classic industrial sector of automated production to technological research, the development of civil production, logistics and goods handling, industrial and civil climate control, electronic production, remote surveillance and security through digital image processing, etc. Now adapted to the cross-border context between Italy and Slovenia and updated in its original contents, the project aims at developing a collaboration among secondary schools, research and enterprises, while ensuring at the same time to the participants good employments prospects. In this sense, in order to overcome the barrier represented by the border, the subjects involved in the training and internship phases are both of Italian and Slovenian nationality, through exchanges also intended to improve mutual knowledge and favour the integration of training and production systems and labour market systems, in a technologically advanced sector characterised by constant progress and compatible with a sustainable development of the cross-border territory.
Activity-Dependent modulation of synapse identity

The mature brain results from the formation of precise networks between functionally and morphologically distinct types of neurons. A given neuron forms synapses with a limited number of partners and on precise subcellular localizations. Understanding what controls this specificity is mandatory not only to understand brain functions but also the aetiology of synaptopathies such as autism spectrum disorders or schizophrenia. Various molecules define the identity of each type of synapse. Furthermore, neuronal activity-dependent mechanisms sculpt and stabilize neuronal connectivity. I posit that neuronal activity controls the molecular identity of synapses and that this regulation occurs through mechanisms specific for each neuronal population, thereby regulating synapse specificity. I focus on the olivocerebellar network, which is involved in motor control and also in cognitive processes. In this well-characterized circuit, two different excitatory inputs, the climbing fibres and the parallel fibres converge on the same target, the cerebellar Purkinje cells, compete for their non-overlapping territory and possess distinct functional, morphological and molecular characteristics. Purkinje cells thus provide an ideal model to study the molecular basis of synapse identity and its regulation. In the past years, I have developed new genetic tools to dissect the molecular characteristics of the olivocerebellar network at the neuron- and synapse–specific levels. I propose to generate new mouse models to control neuronal activity, in vivo and during development, specifically in the two Purkinje cell excitatory afferents. Combining these tools, my objectives are to describe the molecular diversity of synapses, show its control by neuronal activity, and characterize the molecular determinants of synapse identity. This study will bring a unifying view of the mechanisms controlling the development of a functional brain.