SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
A variational-difference numerical method for designing progressive-addition lenses

We propose a variational-difference method for designing the optical free form surface of progressive-addition lenses (PALs). The PAL, which has a front surface with three important zones including the far-view, near-view and intermediate zones, is often used to remedy presbyopia by distributing optical powers of the three zones progressively and smoothly. The problem for designing PALs could be viewed as a functional minimization problem. Compared with the existing literature which solved the problem by the B-spline finite element method, the essence of the proposed variational-difference numerical method lies in minimizing the functional directly by finite difference method and/or numerical quadratures rather than in approximating the solution of the corresponding Euler-Lagrange equation to the functional. It is very easily understood and implemented by optical engineers, and the numerical results indicate that it can produce satisfactory designs for optical engineers in several seconds. We believe that our method can be a powerful candidate tool for designing various specifications of PALs.
POLYMER COMPOSITION HAVING HIGH FLOW PROPERTY

A polymer composition having a high flow property is obtained by incorporating 1 to 200 parts by weight of a filler and up to 200 parts by weight of a process oil into 100 parts by weight of a polymer component consisting of at least one polybutadiene having a 1,2-addition unit content of 70 percent or higher, a crystallinity of 5 to 50 percent, and an intrinsic viscosity [ eta ] (as measured in toluene at 30 DEG C.) of 0.7 dl/g or higher, or a polymer component consisting of a major amount of at least one said polybutadiene and a minor amount of a rubbery polymer co-vulcanizable therewith.
Enhancing the Governance Mechanisms of the European Strategy for the Alpine Region

The AlpGov 2 project  aims at enhancing the governance structures and mechanisms of the European Strategy for the Alpine Region.  Based on overall governance rules set politically by the General Assembly and technically by the Executive Board, it serves as the main tool to make the EUSALP effective. 
In its supporting role, it empowers the EUSALP Action Groups first of all by creating a structured learning process for the development of new skills to be shared among the members of the Action Groups and of the Executive Board and all the relavant actors (EUSALP Learning Environment). The professionalization of the Action Groups&#39; work will ensure a proper decision-making and a strategic implementation of the EUSALP Action Plan. In particular, AlpGov 2 will launch strategic initiatives, both related to specific themes at the core of the Action Groups&#39; as well as cross-sectoral initiatives highlighting the importance of mainstreaming EUSALP in policy dialogue and policies programming. The dialogue among the EUSALP actors, the stakeholders at each territorial level and the other macro-regional strategies will generate momentum and prospects for the revitalisation of the Strategy in each Alpine country and region. The stakeholders and citizens will benefit directly from the effectiveness of the EUSALP-embedded policies as they will be considered not only as recipients of the process but as co-designers and co-deciders. AlpGov 2 will anchor its action in the multi-level governance approach, thus, fully living up to the ideals of the EUSALP and to a result-oriented public action.
METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRICALLY NON-CONDUCTIVE PAINTED SUBSTRATE

The present invention relates to a method of fabricating a painted substrate (30) using powder paint (21), said substrate being electrically insulating, during which method the following steps are performed in succession: a) a treatment coating (10) is placed on a mold (1), said treatment coating (10) including at least one preparation layer (11, 12) based on an unmolding agent (15, 15′) in contact with said mold (1); b) said treatment coating (10) is electrostatically covered with powder paint (21) in such a manner that said powder paint (21) is attracted towards said mold (1) and is held against the treatment coating (10); c) said powder paint (21) is transformed at least in part in order to obtain a sheet (20) of powder paint (21); and d) said substrate (30) is prepared on said sheet (20) in order to obtain said painted substrate.
Dissecting specific amygdala-striatal circuits for exploration

Survival and adaptation are dependent on an animal's ability to gain novel information in unfamiliar surroundings. Similar to other animal classes, mammals must use a variety of innate and learned exploratory strategies that are dictated by unpredictable or unknown circumstances. As the combination of emotional processes and planning of complex actions are essential for the development of such strategies, it can be hypothesized that strongly connected brain areas involved in emotions (the amygdala) and goal-directed behaviors (the dorso-medial striatum) have an implication on exploratory behavior. The intricate neuronal nature and brain area specificity in the controlling of such strategies, however, remain elusive. In order to functionally uncover the role of specific amygdala-striatal long-range projections in freely-exploring mice, our collaborative study will adopt a multidisciplinary approach by a) developing a multiple-compartment behavioral task to study the exact evolution of exploratory strategies in a novel environment starting from a familiar one, b) examining the neuronal encoding of amygdala-striatal projecting neurons during exploratory progression using a novel calcium imaging technique in freely-moving animals, and c) causally relating the role of pre- and post- neuronal ensembles to exploratory strategies applying a projection-specific optogenetic approach. Furthermore, the proposed project will employ state-of -the-art techniques to reveal the fine computational mechanism used by animals to explore their surroundings and to determine the neuronal encoding specific to brain-, cell- and projection-types. Our research will be beneficial not only for understanding the role of defined circuitries in behavioral variability caused by unpredictable circumstances and the ability to overcome these through the knowledge gained from past experiences, but also for the finding of a cure for complex psychiatric disorders including anxiety and depression.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING PEDESTRIAN INTENT

A system and a method are disclosed for determining intent of a human based on human pose. In some embodiments, a processor obtains a plurality of sequential images from a video feed, and determines respective keypoints corresponding a human in each respective image of the plurality of sequential images. The processor aggregates the respective keypoints for each respective image into a pose of the human and transmits a query to a database to find a template that matches the pose by comparing the pose to a plurality of templates poses that translate candidate poses to intent, each template corresponding to an associated intent. The processor receives a reply message from the database that either indicates an intent of the human based on a matching template, or an inability to locate the matching template, and, in response to the reply message indicating the intent of the human, outputs the intent.
Automated image analysis of estrogen receptor immunohistochemistry in breast cancer

Breast cancer is among the leading causes of cancer death in women. The estrogen receptor
test (ERT) guides therapy and has a direct impact on patient survival. Recent data have
shown the interpretation of ERT can vary both within and between laboratories.
The aim of this project was to develop an automated system to classify digital images of
ERTs as positive or negative. The slides were classified by two expert breast pathologists
prior to being analyzed by the software. Two data sets were used for analysis, one from
Eastern Health (Newfoundland) with 60 cases and the other from the UK with 275 cases.
The UK dataset was also analyzed by two existing estrogen receptor analysis systems.
The developed algorithm made use of a color deconvolution algorithm to separate the
histological stains. It identified the individual cells by use of mathematical morphological
operations and a marker based watershed algorithm. Finally, each cell was classified based
on its concentrations of stains; if the proportion of positive cells reached a threshold then
the case was deemed positive.
Overall, the program reached a sensitivity and specificity of 100% for the first dataset.
For the second data set 94% sensitivity and 95% specificity. This was an increase of 10% in
sensitivity over the compared software. Given the history of false negatives with the ERT, an
increase in sensitivty could offer increased patient safety with use of this software as a quality
assurance system. Furthermore, its use could be extended to any immunohistochemical stain
of any tissue, human or otherwise.
Between two worlds : approaching Balkan oral music tradition through the use of technology as a compositional and performing medium

This text explores the problems of interpreting musical identity, meaning, and sociocultural value of a compositional work influenced by two traditions with different values: the modernist tradition based on Western European classical heritage, and the oral tradition of the Balkans. It also follows the process of transformation and recreation of the author's musical language: from classical, notation-oriented to a more intuitive, improvisational and live-performance based. Through detailing some of the
experiences of the author as a composer and a performer, it also discusses some observations on the ways in which this discrepancy between two traditions and practices has affected and still influences those creative practices in Serbia and the former Yugoslavia that relate to traditional music and its derivations. By identifying musical performance within certain socio-cultural contexts this dichotomy can be highlighted. As a result, a substantial part of this text focuses on investigating the
capacity of a technologically assisted composition and performance practice to overcome this issue. Technology is here perceived not only as an instrument for
recording, improvising, composing and performing but also as a medium which communicates musical value. In this study, the oral tradition from the Balkans was approached not only as a purely acoustic phenomenon, but it also included a raised awareness of the nature of the continuous fusion of various cultures in the region, as
well as existing cultural and religious antagonisms. This study investigates the problems of constructing musical identity as well as the meaning of an author’s creative practice in relation to the socio-cultural environment of its origin, whilst observing its reception by audiences outside the Balkan region. Socio-cultural environments are established through exploring the writings of the authors that depict the Balkans historical, cultural and musical spheres in relation to other cultural practices and influences.
Humanities at scale: evolving the dariah-eric

The ‘Humanities at Scale’ project will further the DARIAH ERIC’s aim to integrate digitally enabled research in the arts and humanities in Europe and beyond and to operate a platform to enable trans-national arts and humanities research. The project will help DARIAH sustain existing knowledge in digital arts and humanities in Europe and enable new one. DARIAH connects various hubs of excellence in the domain and helps them share their results and innovations. By sharing knowledge, DARIAH works proactively to enhance the reach of digital arts and humanities within the European Research Area (ERA). This proposals aims to address some critical limitations of the current model of sharing knowledge in DARIAH and of connecting the national services in digital arts and humanities initiatives in Europe.
A METHOD FOR IMPROVING FLUX IN A MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR

The invention pertains to a method of improving flux in a membrane bioreactor (4) having membrane (5) by adding an effective amount of cationic, amphoteric, and zwitterionic polymers, or a combination thereof. The membrane bioreactor (4) is in a system also including an aerobic reactor (2) and anaerobic digester (3).
ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A METAL WIRE AND A RING ELEMENT

Die Erfindung betrifft eine Baugruppe (10), insbesondere für ein medizinisches Gerät, mit: einem Metalldraht (20), und einem Ringelement (30), wobei das Ringelement (30) eine in einer Umfangsrichtung (U) umlaufende Wandung (31) aufweist, die eine umlaufende Stirnseite (32) aufweist, die eine Öffnung (33) des Ringelements (30) begrenzt. Erfindungsgemäß ist vorgesehen, dass der Metalldraht (20) auf der Stirnseite (32) angeordnet und dort festgelegt ist.
HYDRAULIC PILOT CONTROL UNIT WITH OSCILLATION DAMPING SYSTEM

The present invention relates to the field of units for hydraulic pilot control of directional-control valves used in the fabrication of mobile vehicles and particularly relates to a hydraulic pilot control with an oscillation damping system. Connections are provided among the chambers in the pilot control unit to provide a damping effect in the actuation stroke, thereby preventing any oscillation: the provision of such connections among the chambers has the function of preventing air stagnation; this arrangement prevents any undamped behavior due to incomplete filling upon installation or to air transported in the hydraulic fluid.
A novel enhancer deletion strategy to determine non-classical monocyte function in atherosclerosis

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the main cause of death worldwide, and accounts for 40% of deaths within the EU. Monocytes are immune cells that are directly implicated in atherosclerosis, the leading cause of CVD. In both mouse and human there are two principle monocyte subsets, termed 'classical' and 'non-classical'. The classical monocyte subset is a key driver of atherosclerosis, whereas evidence suggests that the non-classical monocyte subset plays a protective role in disease. However, directly testing the role of non-classical (Ly6Clow) monocytes in disease has not been possible due to a lack of experimental models. In preliminary research Dr. Thomas used a novel multidisciplinary approach to generate mice that selectively lack Ly6Clow monocytes. This work identified a small region of the genome, termed an enhancer, that controls expression of the key transcription factor Nr4a1 in Ly6Clow monocytes. Deleting this enhancer produced a mouse that lacks Ly6Clow monocytes but is otherwise normal, unlike existing methods for Nr4a1 deletion. MONOCLE will exploit this novel mouse model to test the role of Ly6Clow monocytes in atherosclerosis, and to gain new insight into mechanisms regulating non-classical monocyte development. Thus, MONOCLE has the potential to reveal new molecular and cellular therapeutic targets in the battle against CVD. 
	MONOCLE will also provide Dr. Thomas with new skills in in vivo CVD research, financial-management and project planning, forming the foundation for his role as a successful independent research group leader in Europe. The fellow will bring to the host institute a unique skill set enabling functional genomic and epigenetic analysis of in vivo cell populations, and access to a network of world-class researchers in epigenetics and monocyte biology. Hence, MONCOLE will bring new knowledge to Europe by facilitating cutting-edge, innovative research that directly addresses one of the largest societal health challenges.
HAIRDRYERS

Hand-held hair drying apparatus is described consisting of two or more (preferably three) dryer modules (1, 2, 3) hinged together. Each dryer module consists of a relatively flat unit, and heating means are located within at least one of the units. Means are provided for blowing air past the heating means and causing it to emerge from one side of each of the flat units as a stream of hot air extending across the face of the unit. The modules (1, 2, 3) can be folded together to a compact unit. The blowing means are located in a handle portion (6) which may be detachable from the central one (1 ) of three dryer modules.
Complex oscillatory systems: modeling and analysis

Many natural and artificial systems are often composed of oscillatory elements which, besides evolving according to their own non-trivial internal dynamics, mutually interact. As a result, many temporal and spatial scales are typically present, often accompanied by the spontaneous emergence of collective properties. Altogether, such features make the task of understanding the resulting evolution a challenging interdisciplinary problem. Zero-knowledge methods do generally require too large amount of data to allow drawing meaningful conclusions. In order to overcome this limitation, it is necessary to add skilful hypotheses about the structure of the underlying model and, thereby, on the relevant variables. This task is often tackled in an ad hoc way and the approach is based rather on personal preferences than on objective elements. The goal of this project is to fill the gap, by developing a general and coherent set of tools for the system identification and control, as well as to improve our ability to make predictions. The task will be pursued by combining top-down with bottom-up approaches which will be used to identify the most appropriate variables. Such analysis will be integrated by performing suitable case studies and mutually validating the various techniques to test the correctness of the underlying assumptions (both in the context of theoretical models as well as in experimental time series, such as physiological and neural data). A user-friendly software package will be ultimately developed to make the methods accessible to a broad set of potential users, including those with minimal theoretical competences. Furthermore, we will train a new generation of scientists able to implement a broad range of interdisciplinary approaches to the multivariate time signals that may be generated by the evolution of complex systems.
Abundance estimation of solid and liquid mixtures in hyperspectral imagery with albedo-based and kernel-based methods

This study investigates methods for characterizing materials that are mixtures of granular solids, or mixtures of liquids, which may be linear or non-linear. Linear mixtures of materials in a scene are often the result of areal mixing, where the pixel size of a sensor is relatively large so they contain patches of different materials within them. Non-linear mixtures are likely to occur with microscopic mixtures of solids, such as mixtures of powders, or mixtures of liquids, or wherever complex scattering of light occurs. This study considers two approaches for use as generalized methods for un-mixing pixels in a scene that may be linear or non-linear. One method is based on earlier studies that indicate non-linear mixtures in reflectance space are approximately linear in albedo space. This method converts reflectance to single-scattering albedo (SSA) according to Hapke theory assuming bidirectional scattering at nadir look angles and uses a constrained linear model on the computed albedo values. The other method is motivated by the same idea, but uses a kernel that seeks to capture the linear behavior of albedo in non-linear mixtures of materials. The behavior of the kernel method can be highly dependent on the value of a parameter, gamma, which provides flexibility for the kernel method to respond to both linear and non-linear phenomena. Our study pays particular attention to this parameter for responding to linear and non-linear mixtures. Laboratory experiments on both granular solids and liquid solutions are performed with scenes of hyperspectral data.
Long acting medicines for complex therapeutics needed now

LongActNow will design a novel platform technology for the development of long acting (LA) suspensions of complex active pharmaceutical ingredients (API), involving innovative manipulation of API crystal formation and growth and solvent removal. LA formulations have become a game-changer in terms of bringing existing and new API in more cost-efficient and comfortable ways to patients, often directly impacting commercial viability of new products. However, existing technology platforms are only applicable to a limited part of the pharma portfolio and do not allow to fully unlock all benefits linked to LA. LongActNow is a unique European Industrial Doctorate (EID) initiative that aims to meet the current and future demand for highly skilled scientists and engineers in pharmaceutical development and manufacturing of LA formulations. The initiative is leveraged by fusing the capabilities of four significant international academic and industrial centres (University of Limerick (UL), Trinity College Dublin (TCD), Technische Universität Dortmund (TUD) and Janssen Pharmaceutica (Janssen)) with specific expertise in crystallisation, solution behaviour, modelling, solvent switching, pharmacokinetics and formulation.  LongActNow will advance European research in the field of crystallisation technologies, more specifically the design, development and optimization of prediction and production technologies to produce medicines with well controlled physical and pharmacological properties. The project will produce five Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) trained in crystallisation and formulation to a PhD level with a unique capability to optimise the stability and duration of activity of injectable suspensions for complex APIs and will nourish the creativity, entrepreneurship, management and business skills of ESRs in the domain of drug development and manufacturing, to stimulate an innovation-oriented mindset in future pharmaceutical researchers.
Controlling method of dishwasher

A method for controlling a dishwasher includes sequentially performing a first main washing step, a second main washing step, and a third main washing step. The first main washing step includes supplying washing water, which is heated by a sump heater, to a washing chamber. The second main washing step includes selectively performing a steam spraying action for supplying steam to the washing chamber, and performing a water supplying action for supplying washing water to the washing chamber. The third main washing step includes supplying washing water, heated by the sump heater, to the washing chamber.
Towards a deeper understanding of cooperative equilibrium: characterization and complexity

Nash equilibrium (NE) assumes that players always make a best response. However, this is not always true; sometimes people cooperate even it is not a best response to do so. For example, in the Prisoner's Dilemma, people often cooperate. We consider two solution concepts that were introduced recently that try to capture such cooperation in two-player games: perfect cooperative equilibrium (PCE) (and an extension called maximum PCE (M-PCE)) [8] and the coco value [11]. We show that, despite their definitions being quite different, these notions are closely related, both in terms of axiomatization and algebraic characterization. We also consider the problem of computing how well players do when they cooperate according to these solution concepts, and show that in both cases in polynomial time. In the case of the coco value, this follows easily from the definition; in the case of the corresponding M-PCE value, it follows from a theorem showing that bilinear programming for a class of 2 X 2 matrices is in constant time, a result that may be of independent interest.