SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Co-Creating change: experimenting with values for sustainability transformation

There has been a growing discourse revolving around how sustainability science can reach the goal of transformational change in response to complex global problems such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and resource depletion. As one solution it has been suggested that sustainability science needs to bridge barriers to action by going beyond the co-production of knowledge to experimentation and testing of knowledge. At the same time, it has been argued that in order to achieve genuine transformational change it is necessary to shift values rather than simply generate ‘better’ actionable knowledge. COEXIST aims to join these two streams and to develop experimental settings that include values-based interventions to produce scientifically appropriate and socially relevant knowledge for sustainability transformations. Thus, COEXIST will be the first to integrate experimental interventions with the transformative power of values. I will identify theoretical frameworks that will inform a value-based experimental design and I will collect empirical evidence about key enabling factors and interventional practices that can operationalise such an experimental approach. By combining theory and practice, I will develop an integrated model of transformational experiments involving value-based interventions. I will implement the model within the real-world context of Transylvania, Romania, a region with a rich but threatened cultural and natural heritage. COEXIST combines my experience in transformational and transdisciplinary research modes and the host’s unique knowledge of place-based social-ecological systems research with the commitment of regional multi-sectoral stakeholders. This setup provides a strong theoretical and empirical foundation for the integrated model, which is expected to generate impact, and acts as a forum for communicating results to non-academic actors in Romania and Europe.
Preincubation with Sn-complexes causes intensive intracellular retention of 99mTc in thyroid cells in vitro

Summary Technetium radiopharmaceuticals are well established in nuclear medicine. Besides its well-known gamma radiation, 99mTc emits an average of five Auger and internal conversion electrons per decay. The biological toxicity of these low-energy, high-LET (linear energy transfer) emissions is a controversial subject. One aim of this study was to estimate in a cell model how much 99mTc can be present in exposed cells and which radiobiological effects could be estimated in 99mTc-overloaded cells. Methods: Sodium iodine symporter (NIS)- positive thyroid cells were used. 99mTc-uptake studies were performed after preincubation with a non-radioactive (cold) stannous pyro - phosphate kit solution or as a standard 99mTc pyrophosphate kit preparation or with pure pertechnetate solution. Survival curves were analyzed from colony-forming assays. Results: Preincubation with stannous complexes causes irreversible intracellular radioactivity retention of 99mTc and is followed by further pertechnetate influx to an unexpectedly high 99mTc level. The uptake of 99mTc pertechnetate in NIS-positive cells can be modified using stannous pyrophosphate from 3–5% to &gt;80%. The maximum possible cellular uptake of 99mTc was 90 Bq/cell. Compared with nearly pure extracellular irradiation from routine 99mTc complexes, cell survival was reduced by 3–4 orders of magnitude after preincubation with stannous pyrophosphate. Conclusions: Intra cellular 99mTc retention is related to reduced survival, which is most likely mediated by the emission of low-energy electrons. Our findings show that the described experiments constitute a simple and useful in vitro model for radiobiological investigations in a cell model.
Nanomaterials enabling smart energy harvesting for next-generation internet-of-things

The 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) builds on the Internet-of-Things (IoT) paradigm, as it relies upon the scenario of having billions of interconnected autonomous mobile devices, with unprecedented processing power, storage capacity and access to knowledge. While enabling such massive deployment, the 4IR should be increasingly eco-friendly. The 4IR is a disrupting approach that will force companies in almost every domain to re-organize themselves in a more efficient way, by exploiting technological breakthroughs such us artificial intelligence , wireless communication and quantum computing. The integration of these emerging technologies into every day life requires efficient power supply solutions in computing, sensing, memory enlargement and human-machine interaction. One perceived bottleneck for 4IR is that in most situations, IoT devices/networks will be remotely deployed, so that maintenance may be either incovenient or impossible. In particular, this implies that IoT devices either have to embed energy sources consistent with their operative lifespan or that clean and renewable energy convertors, if working off-grid, must sit on board. The significant broadening of the wireless communication spectrum in Europe makes the Radio frequency (RF) energy scavenging a highly desirable way forward for clean powering of the next-generation IoT.NANO-EH has the ambitious vision of creating a pathway for translating forefront knowledge of unique high frequency properties of emerging classes of nanomaterials into advanced device engineering for scalable miniaturized energy harvesting/storage submodules that are tailored for the specific needs of  stand-alone, mobile or portable uses. It surpasses the current paradigm of energy harvesting materials by developing non-toxic and rare earth/lead-free materials exhibiting CMOS-compatibility and scalability for low cost and large-scale manufacturing.
(0333000064) TECHNOLOGIES ET SOLUTIONS INNOVANTES AU SERVICE DE LA CHAÎNE D’APPROVISIONNEMENT LAITIER PIÉMONTAISE POUR PROMOUVOIR SA COMPÉTITIVITÉ ET SA DURABILITÉ

(0333000064) TECHNOLOGIES ET SOLUTIONS INNOVANTES AU SERVICE DE LA CHAÎNE D’APPROVISIONNEMENT LAITIER PIÉMONTAISE POUR PROMOUVOIR SA COMPÉTITIVITÉ ET SA DURABILITÉ
Long target droplet polymerase chain reaction with a microfluidic device for high-throughput detection of pathogenic bacteria at clinical sensitivity

In this article we present a long target droplet polymerase chain reaction (PCR) microsystem for the amplification of the 16S ribosomal RNA gene. It is used for detecting Gram-positive and Gram-negative pathogens at high-throughput and is optimised for downstream species identification. The miniaturised device consists of three heating plates for denaturation, annealing and extension arranged to form a triangular prism. Around this prism a fluoropolymeric tubing is coiled, which represents the reactor. The source DNA was thermally isolated from bacterial cells without any purification, which proved the robustness of the system. Long target sequences up to 1.3 kbp from Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa have successfully been amplified, which is crucial for the successive species classification with DNA microarrays at high accuracy. In addition to the kilobase amplicon, detection limits down to DNA concentrations equivalent to 10(2) bacterial cells per reaction were achieved, which qualifies the microfluidic device for clinical applications. PCR efficiency could be increased up to 2-fold and the total processing time was accelerated 3-fold in comparison to a conventional thermocycler. Besides this speed-up, the device operates in continuous mode with consecutive droplets, offering a maximal throughput of 80 samples per hour in a single reactor. Therefore we have overcome the trade-off between target length, sensitivity and throughput, existing in present literature. This qualifies the device for the application in species identification by PCR and microarray technology with high sample numbers. Moreover early diagnosis of infectious diseases can be implemented, allowing immediate species specific antibiotic treatment. Finally this can improve patient convalescence significantly.
Additional diagnostic value of implantable loop recorder in patients with initial diagnosis of real or apparent transient loss of consciousness of uncertain origin

Non-syncopal transient loss of consciousness (T-LOC) encompasses disorders that sometimes resemble syncope, and the differential diagnosis with true syncope may be challenging. The implantable loop recorder (ILR) is potentially useful, but has never been systematically assessed. The aim of the study is to evaluate the diagnostic value of ILR in distinguishing syncope from non-syncopal forms of T-LOC.We implanted an ILR in 58 patients (mean age 71 ± 17 years, 25 males) who had had 4.6 ± 2.3 episodes of real or apparent T-LOC, in order to distinguishing epilepsy from syncope (#28), unexplained fall from syncope (#29), or functional pseudo-syncope from syncope (#1). During 20 ± 13 months of follow-up, 33 patients (57%) had a spontaneous event documented by ILR. A diagnosis of syncope was established by ILR documentation of an arrhythmia in 15 (26%) patients: an asystole of 6 s (IQR 4-10 s) duration was documented at the time of the spontaneous event in seven patients with initial suspicion of epilepsy and in five patients with unexplained fall; atrial tachyarrhythmia was documented at the time of the spontaneous event in 1 and 1 patient, respectively, and ventricular tachycardia in 1 patient with unexplained fall. Conversely, in another 18 patients, ILR monitoring documented no significant rhythm abnormalities at the time of T-LOC recurrence, thus excluding an arrhythmic syncope. Finally, ILR was unable to document any syncopal episode in 25 (43%) patients. Among the 15 patients with an established diagnosis of arrhythmic syncope, syncope recurred during follow-up in 2 of 11 patients who were on pacemaker therapy and in 3 of 4 patients who were on other therapies.Implantable loop recorder monitoring provides additional diagnostic value in 'difficult' patients with an initial diagnosis of non-syncopal real or apparent T-LOC.
PASTY DRY CREAM PRODUCT AND PROCESS FOR ITS MANUFACTURE

1417952 Dry cream product C P C INTERNATIONAL INC 22 May 1974 [23 May 1973] 22983/74 Heading A2B [Also in Division C5] A dry cream product comprises a mixture of one or more fat powders selected from butter powder and powders of fats having a melting point within the melting range of butter-fat, at least one of butter-fat, an animal or vegetable fat, starch, and sodium caseinate and/or dried skim milk. Vegetable binders such as agar-agar, alginate, carrageenate, guar flour, carob bean flour, pectin or gelatin may be present. Minor amounts of surface-active substances or emulsifiers such as lecithin and/ or monoglycerides and diglycerides of naturally occurring fatty acids occurring in fats and oils, and flavourings (e.g. NaCl, sugar, spices and aromatic substances) may also be added.
Local-Global principles and zero-cycles

The study of rational solutions to Diophantine equations is an important research area in number theory, with many concrete applications in different disciplines, including cryptography. The candidate's proposed work aims at investigating, via ""local-global"" techniques, the arithmetic behaviour of certain generalisations of rational solutions to Diophantine problems, called ""zero-cycles"". The goal is to systematically develop the theory of these generalised solutions in order to open it up  to a wider range of tools and research directions, including arithmetic statistical ones (in the spirit of the work developed by Field medallist Prof Bhargava).

The proposed supervisor, Prof Tim Browning, is a world-renowned expert in the study of Diophantine equations. He has considerable experience in successfully supervising research, having mentored several PhD students and postdoctoral researchers.  The choice of IST Austria as the host institution is a natural one, given the perfect affinity of the supervisor and his number theory group's expertise to the candidate's proposed work.

The candidate, Dr Francesca Balestrieri, completed her undergraduate studies at University of Cambridge and her graduate studies under an EPSRC Studentship at University of Oxford, where she obtained her DPhil in 2017. She is now a postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn. The candidate's proposed work on zero-cycles will be of great interest to the arithmetic geometry community, laying the foundations for new research directions and fruitful international collaborations. he project will better integrate her into the continental European research network and allow her to progress towards her career goal of becoming an established independent researcher at a leading European institution.
All atlantic cooperation for ocean research and innovation

The main ambition of AANChOR is to promote the implementation of the South Atlantic Research and Innovation Flagship initiative and the Belém Statement (BS), signed by the EU, Brazil and South Africa in 2017, to upscale research and innovation cooperation within the Atlantic basin, from Antarctica to the Arctic. AANChOR will pursue this ambition by providing the EC and the BS Implementation Committee (to be established by signatories of the Statement) with a framework to identify and contribute to the implementation of concrete long-term collaborative activities, reinforcing international cooperation between Europe and tropical and South Atlantic countries and connecting with the challenges and research needs of the North Atlantic Ocean. AANChOR will be responsible for launching a multi-stakeholder platform to identify collaborative activities, building on national and international ongoing initiatives such as the All Atlantic Ocean Research Alliance and addressing activities aimed at reinforcing capacity building, promoting academia-industry knowledge transfer for an enhanced ocean innovation, developing common standards, enhancing citizen awareness and ocean literacy and converging and aligning R&I infrastructure initiatives. To contribute to the implementation of the identified joint activities, AANChOR will provide seed money for the first development stages of selected joint pilot actions and support the identification of the most appropriate existing funding mechanisms and tools for further development of the selected activities. AANChOR will also define long term measures for the sustainability of the cooperation framework beyond the lifetime of the CSA. Recognising the evolving nature of the BS implementation, flexibility has been incorporated into the structure of the CSA allowing its activities adjustment wherever needed. The consortium brings together partners from 5 European Countries, 2 Latin American countries and 2 African countries.
Experimental research on unstable movements of sandbars under wave actions

This study is motivated by recognition of complex sandbar evolution patterns under wave actions inside the surf zone. A series of physical model experiments were conducted in a wave flume to investigate sandbar migration under various wave conditions, including wave groups, regular waves, and random waves. It was observed that under certain wave conditions sandbars move alternately shoreward and seaward rather than continuously in the same direction. The measurements show that the unstable movement of sandbars is closely related to the amplitude modulation of waves. Smaller amplitude modulation tends to produce more intense unstable bar movements. Data analysis further shows that the sandbar migration does not seem to be a passive response of the sea bed to wave forcing, but is most likely caused by the feedback interaction between waves and bed topography.
Literature as a cognitive object; cognitive infrastructure and human cultural transmission

Interdisciplinary research between literary and art study and empirical disciplines such as linguistics and cognitive science lacks genuine reciprocity: scholars of literature and art have drawn extensively on linguistics and cognitive science, but literary and art-philosophical discourse has had little impact in these empirical domains. This project argues for genuine, two-way interdisciplinary practices in literary and art study and aims to show how research in empirical domains can not only influence but also be influenced by the investigation of literary and other art forms. 

The first objective of the project will focus on mental causation in order to refine my suggestion that what distinguishes works of literature and art from other objects is their cognitive aetiology: drawing on Relevance Theory, I will argue that artworks and literary texts are causally related to an art-specific type of relevance-yielding creative mental state, that I term an artistic thought state. The 2nd objective will focus on intended effects: it will take as starting point the relevance-theoretic notion of a worthwhile effect in order to introduce a new, neurologically real type of effects (positive perceptual effects) that make both artworks (e.g. literary texts) and artistic thought states relevant to individual minds. The discussion will have implications for hypotheses in various empirical domains.

The IF will, among other things, result in a monograph (‘Literature as a Cognitive Object’), which will make one of the first systematic and empirically tractable proposals in the 21st century on the essence of literature and art and provide a concrete example of how genuine interdisciplinary practices in the Arts and Humanities can directly influence theory formation in scientific domains. Innovative public engagement will be a central feature of this project through a non-academic secondment at the ONCA Arts Centre and collaboration with the UK Centre for Contemporary Poetry.
Effects of post-weld heat treatment on microstructure and mechanical properties of TLP bonded Inconel718 superalloy

Abstract Transient liquid phase bonding of Inconel718 superalloy was carried out using a commercial Ni–Cr–Si–B amorphous interlayer. The interfacial microstructure of Inconel718 joints was analyzed by a scanning electron microscope and a transmission electron microscope. In particular, the effects of post-weld heat treatment on the interfacial microstructure and joining properties of Inconel718 joints were investigated in detail. The results showed that the precipitation of second phases in joints induced by post-weld heat treatment were beneficial to the improvement of joint properties. A tensile strength of 1130 MPa with an elongation percentage of 7% was achieved for a sample bonded at 1050 °C/60 min+1180 °C/60 min followed by the post-weld heat treatment.
A Survey on the Accumulation of Chromium in Plants near Various Tannery Industries of Vellore District, T.N.

Tannery industries have been a major source of chromium contamination in and around vellore district, Tamil Nadu, India, which has led to a serious environmental threat to the inhabitants. Our present study focuses on the investigation of accumulation and distribution of chromium in the root and shoot of Mimusops elengi; a commonly found plant in and around the vicinity of tannery industries. The plant samples including whole plant and rhizosphere soil were collected from various distances from the origin point of the industry. All the samples were acid digested and analyzed through Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometery (AAS-Model Varian C). The accumulation and distribution of chromium was detected and it was observed that the concentration of chromium was higher in the roots and shoots of plants growing at a distance of 250m and 500m which was quiet above the permissible limit.
composição à base de matriz poliamida, processo de fabricação de uma composição de poliamida estabilizada, composição de poliamida, fios, fibras e/ou filamentos e artigo têxtil

"COMPOSIçãO à BASE DE MATRIZ POLIAMIDA, PROCESSO DE FABRICAçãO DE UMA COMPOSIçãO DE POLIAMIDA ESTABILIZADA, COMPOSIçãO DE POLIAMIDA, FIOS, FIBRAS E/OU FILAMENTOS E ARTIGO TêXTIL". A presente invenção trata de uma composição à base de poliamida estabilizada contra a luz e/ou o calor, que compreende pelo menos um estabilizante que apresenta pelo menos uma função amina impedida. A presente invenção trata também dos fios, fibras e/ou filamentos obtidos a partir desta composição.
Mobile accessibility: natural user interface for motion-impaired users

We designed a natural user interface to access mobile devices for motion-impaired people who cannot use the standard multi-touch input system to work with tablets and smartphones. We detect the head motion of the user by means of the frontal camera and use its position to interact with the mobile device. The purpose of this work is to evaluate the performance of the system. We conducted two laboratory studies with 12 participants without disabilities and a field study with four participants with multiple sclerosis (MS). The first laboratory study was done to test the robustness and to count with a base to compare the results of the evaluation done with the participants with MS. Once observed the results of the participants with disabilities, we conducted a new laboratory study with participants without disabilities simulating the limitations of the users with MS to tune the system. All participants completed a set of defined tasks: pointing and pointing-selecting. We logged use and conducted questionnaires post-experiment. Our results showed positive outcomes using the system as an input device, although apps should follow a set of recommendations on the size of the targets and their position to facilitate the interaction with mobile devices for motion-impaired users. The work demonstrates the interface’s possibilities for mobile accessibility for motion-impaired users who need alternative access devices to interact with mobile devices.
Comparative Study on the Present Situation in the Development of the Chinese Long River Delta Women Football Team

Chinese Long River Delta has three Women Football Teams. The present situation of Chinese Long River Delta Women Football Team attending the 2005 spring training was investigated and studied through questionnaires,observations and visiting. The present management system，fund sources, basic conditions of the coaches and players in the Chinese Long River Delta Women Football Teams are clear. It was found that at present the management system of Shanghai and Jiangsu Women football teams are come up to the professional management system. But Zhejiang Women football hasn’t been very well popularized. An orderly system of succession hasn’t been formed. The unstable coach population requires to be trained and to raise their level. And their manage policy and measures is insufficient compare with Shanghai and Jiangsu women football team.