SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Impact of Transportation Infrastructure on Development in East Africa and the Indian Ocean Region

The study explores the relationship between transportation and development in the East Africa and Indian Ocean (EAIO) region. A positive link between development, defined in terms of gross national income per capita (GNI/cap), and transportation, operationalized in terms of the different major forms of transport infrastructure in the study region, is hypothesized. Multiple regression involving natural logarithms and concomitant statistics is employed to test the hypothesis. The resultant model is positive and statistically significant at the 95% level. Thus, the hypothesized relationship is confirmed. Two seemingly counterintuitive results, namely the not-statistically-significant negative association between railways and development, and the statistically significant link between dirt roads and development, are noted. Two plausible explanations are proffered for this unexpected finding. One is that dirt roads constitute a hindrance, rather than a facilitator, to development during the rainy season when they are impassable. The other is that railways in the area suffer from neglect and are not harmonized enough to maximize their utility. On account of the revelation that transportation, as a whole, is positively linked to development, and the fact that the functioning of other sectors depends largely on transportation, it is recommended that transport infrastructure and facilities be prioritized as an investment target in the EAIO region.
Distributed storage based on sparse-graph codes

The recent years have witnessed the explosion of services and applications such as email, cloud computing, social
and media networks, and video sharing. The grand challenge is to store, process and transfer this massive amount
of data. According to recent estimates, the data to be stored grows at a rate of 45% per year, a factor of 40 by
2024. Data centers typically employ a collection of cheap devices/nodes, which are connected forming a so-called
distributed storage (DS) system, where a central server keeps track of where each file is stored and performs all
network operations. Every day, knowingly or unknowingly people connect to various private and public DS systems.
It is nowadays accepted that current DS systems cannot face the unabated growing of digital data volume. Nextgeneration
storage systems desperately need new technologies to improve their robustness to node failures, storage
efficiency, complexity, and cost efficiency, in order to sustain the information revolution of modern societies.
This project addresses the challenges above using modern coding theory and optimization theory. Our focus is
on the application of sparse-graph erasure correcting codes to large DS networks. The proposed project falls into the
category of fundamental research, but it is driven by practical concerns, and we expect our findings to give new and
relevant insights for the design of practical coding schemes for next-generation DS systems.
Erstellen eines innovativen modularen intelligenten Systems #kinetik Fahrrad

Kinetic Bikes ist ein Start-up, das innovative touristische Dienstleistungen im Zusammenhang mit dem Angebot von gemeinsamen Elektrofahrrädern und der Schaffung eines innovativen modularen intelligenten Systems auf der Grundlage des Internets der Dinge und der Sharing Economy anbietet. Die Elektrofahrräder werden in der Produktionsbasis des Unternehmens im Dorf Goritsa montiert und montiert. Bei der Entwicklung des Prototypfahrrades wird ein Rahmendesign verwendet, das allen Benutzern Bequemlichkeit bietet und aus leichtem und rostfreiem Material gefertigt wird. Dadurch wird nicht nur das Gewicht des Fahrrads reduziert, sondern auch ein langfristiger Betrieb gewährleistet, da Fahrräder unter unterschiedlichen klimatischen Bedingungen auf der Straße freigesetzt werden. Elektrofahrräder erfüllen die offizielle Norm für Elektrorad in der Europäischen Union BS EN15194:  Im Rahmen des Projekts wird ein Expertenteam sein, das einen neuen innovativen Service entwickeln und testen wird, der auch ein System zur Bereitstellung von touristischen und mobilen Dienstleistungen ist, das den Nutzern den Zugang zu Fahrrädern an verschiedenen Selbstbedienungsstationen ermöglicht und es den Besuchern ermöglicht, eine Reihe von Sehenswürdigkeiten, touristischen und natürlichen Routen zu besuchen. Innovation wird intelligente Ladetechnik nutzen, um hohe Effizienz zu erzielen. Das System wird einfach zu installieren sein, ermöglichen die Lage der elektrischen Fahrräder über GPS.   Die Innovation wird bis zur technologischen Bereitschaft von TRL-6 im Bereich „Computer- und mobile Anwendungen und Spiele der Bildungs-, Marketing- und/oder Unterhaltungs-Natur“ des Themenbereichs ISIS „Neue Technologien in der Kreativ- und Freizeitindustrie“ und „saubere Technologien mit Schwerpunkt Verkehr und Energie (Speicherung, Einsparung und effiziente Verteilung von Energie, Elektrofahrzeugen und Ökomobilität“ des Themenbereichs „Mechatronik und saubere Technologien“) entwickelt.
Concentration fluctuations in the early stages of LLPS and partial dissolution of melt-memory in broadly distributed ethylene copolymers

Abstract The mechanism of liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) is investigated in a random ethylene 1-hexene copolymer (E/H) with a broad comonomer content distribution. SANS measurements were first carried out using the original resin with deuterium added via direct isotope exchange to preserve the original branching distribution. Upon lowering the melt temperature, the upshift of SANS profile observed only below a critical scattering vector is consistent with the signature of nucleation and growth during LLPS in the metastable region. Differences in branching distribution between the original broad resin and a broad multi-components blend of narrow E/H copolymers studied previously, result in slower LLPS dynamics in the former that has a more continuous change of comonomer content between molecules. Time-resolved light scattering and light transmittance measurements in the metastable region of the broad resin, reveal the nucleation and growth stages of LLPS. Dissolution of crystalline melt-memory, associated with an inversion of the crystallization rate with decreasing the temperature of the initial melt, is found to occur mainly within the LLPS induction period and is associated with concentration fluctuations prior to the LLPS nucleation step. The typical sea-island morphology associated with LLPS via nucleation and growth is observed under bright-field optical microscopy after one-day annealing in the metastable region.
The first high-precision computer-controlled collarbone cutter for whitefish

Our company, CURIO ltd., founded in 2007, is one of the Icelandic leading developers and manufacturers of fish processing machinery. With a team of 40 people, we design, produce, and commercialize three types of high performance fish processing machines (i.e. heading, filleting, and skinning), and a reference of knife sharpening. Currently, we sale our machinery to over 100 of the main fish processing companies worldwide.  This close contact with the fish processing industry enabled us to identify a new market niche to be exploited: Inefficient practices and lack of specialized machinery during fish processing (more specifically during collarbone cutting), which translate in the underutilization or even wastage of tons of fish meat every day. In this sense, and given our commitment with fish processing optimization, we developed 4CWhite: the first computer controlled fish processing machine designed to cut the collarbone of different de-headed whitefish species. In this way, 4CWhite will increase the loin yield up to 2% to be profitable in further processing, in comparison with current alternatives (i.e. mainly manually cutting or by in-house adapted heading machines) that represent a loin wastage up to 8%. 4CWhite’s productivity (20,000 fish/day), extended service life (>15 years), reduced labour requirements (only one operator) demonstrate that it is the best value for money solution to increase the efficiency of this step of fish processing and promote a more sustainable use of oceans resources.  Based on 4CWhite sales on demand among the major whitefish processors from Nordic and North-western European countries, we expect to sell at least 200 4CWhite units by 2022, reaching a market share around 8%. Our financial figures forecast €58 million of cumulative revenues for the period 2020 - 2022 with a total gain profit of about €11.6 million and a labour force increase of 50% (20 new operators).
Engaging Pharmacy Students, Residents, and Fellows in Antimicrobial Stewardship

Antimicrobial stewardship programs are mainly established by infectious diseases physicians and infectious diseases-trained clinical pharmacists with the goal of optimizing patients’ outcomes while halting antimicrobial resistance, decreasing adverse events, and controlling health care cost. The role of the infectious diseases-trained clinical pharmacist in antimicrobial stewardship is well established; however, there are not enough formally trained pharmacists to assume the challenging responsibilities of the steward coordinator. The purpose of this article was to review the available literature and resources and propose a model to engage introductory pharmacy practice experience students, advanced pharmacy practice experience students, postgraduate year (PGY) 1 pharmacy residents, PGY2 infectious diseases pharmacy residents, and PGY2 or PGY3 infectious diseases pharmacy fellows in antimicrobial stewardship. Further studies are needed to assess and document the impact of pharmacy students and postgraduate trainees on antimicrobial stewardship programs.
Blow-up analysis concerning singular Trudinger–Moser inequalities in dimension two

In this paper, we derive a sharp version of the singular Trudinger-Moser inequality, which was originally established by Adimurthi and Sandeep (Nonlinear Differ. Equ. Appl. 2007). Moreover, extremal functions for those singular Trudinger-Moser inequalities are also obtained. Our method is the blow-up analysis. Compared with our previous work (J. Differential Equations 2015), the essential difficulty caused by the presence of singularity is how to analyse the asymptotic behaviour of certain maximizing sequence near the blow-up point. We overcome this difficulty by combining two different classification theorems of Chen and Li (Duke Math. J. 1991; Duke Math. J. 1995) to get the desired bubble.
Death due to diabetic ketoacidosis: Induction by the consumption of synthetic cannabinoids?

We present a case study on a man who suffered from diabetic ketoacidosis, probably following consumption of synthetic cannabinoids. In blood from a femoral vein AB-CHMINACA, AB-FUBINACA, AM-2201, 5F-AMB, 5F-APINACA, EAM-2201, JWH-018, JWH-122, MAM-2201, STS135 and THJ 2201 could be detected by LC-MS/MS. Diagnosis of ketoacidosis as cause of death was carried out using biochemical measurements of glucose and lactate concentrations in vitreous humour (sum formula: 463 mg/dl) and cerebrospinal fluid (sum formula: 506 mg/dl), of acetone (163 mg/l in femoral venous blood) and of HbA1c (98 mmol/mol). Death due to hyperglycaemia could have been induced by skipping of insulin doses due to his intoxicated state or by the cannabinoids which were described to be able to produce hyperglycaemia themselves.
Discharge rate modulation of trapezius motor units differs for voluntary contractions and instructed muscle rest

This study examined discharge rate modulation at respiratory (0-0.5 Hz) and beta (16-32 Hz) frequencies in trapezius motor units active during voluntary contractions and during periods of instructed rest under conditions of low and high psychosocial stress. In separate sessions, single motor unit activity was recorded from the trapezius muscle of healthy women during low-intensity voluntary contractions and during periods of instructed muscle rest that followed voluntary contractions. The level of psychosocial stress during periods of instructed muscle rest was manipulated using a verbal math task combined with social evaluative threat which increased perceived anxiety, heart rate, and blood pressure (P ≤ 0.002). Discharge rate modulation was quantified by the mean power of motor unit discharge rate profiles within frequency bands of interest. Under low stress conditions, motor units active during instructed rest had greater power at 0-0.5 Hz (P = 0.002) and less power at 16-32 Hz (P = 0.009) compared to those active during voluntary contraction. Exposure to the stressor increased the amount of motor unit activity during instructed rest (P = 0.021) but did not alter the power of discharge rate modulation at 0-0.5 Hz (P = 0.391) or 16-32 Hz (P = 0.089). These results indicate that sustained motor unit activity during periods of instructed muscle rest has a lesser contribution from inputs at beta frequencies and a greater contribution from inputs at respiratory frequencies than present during low-intensity voluntary contractions. Furthermore, increases in motor unit activity when exposed to stressors during periods of instructed rest are not caused by changes in inputs at respiratory or beta frequencies.
Social class mobility in comparative perspective: bringing siblings in

While sociologists studying how social class positions are passed on from parents to children emphasize the family as the basic theoretical unit of intergenerational transmission processes, the comparative literature on social class mobility has paid no attention to how and why siblings from the same family end up in the same or in different classes. Indeed, all existing class mobility studies examine the mobility of individuals, thereby neglecting the key question of how societal differences in class mobility patterns result from social processes operating at the level of families.

SIBMOB will fill this puzzling gap in the class mobility literature by developing a comprehensive approach to and conducting a large-scale comparative study of the class mobility of siblings. The project argues that insofar as we want to understand how class mobility is generated and why societies differ in their class mobility patterns, the total pattern of class mobility in a society needs to be viewed as a sum of different types of families with distinct class mobility patterns. SIBMOB offers a novel statistical approach to analyzing these family types, including describing how and explaining why they differ both within and between countries. The project hypothesizes that cross-national and temporal variation in class mobility results from institutional and sociodemographic factors affecting families’ overall mobility opportunities in a given society. In a comparative study, the project will apply its novel approach to data on siblings born during the 20th century in 10 countries to test this and related hypotheses about why countries, or different birth cohorts within countries, differ in their overall class mobility patterns.

Key outcomes of SIBMOB will be a deeper understanding of families’ role in mobility processes, a comprehensive statistical methodology with wide applicability, and new comparative evidence on class mobility that is much richer than the existing evidence.
The Qur'ān : an introduction

Explaining the language and the major themes of the Qur'an, its unique literary structure, and its alleged inimitability, Gade highlights how it seamlessly weaves together law, narrative, description and parable. With extensive extracts, illustrations, and detailed insights into its textual history, The Qur'an: An Introduction helps those coming to the translated text for the first time and it explains the unique issues that Qur'anic translation raises. Exploring how a huge variety of topics are dealt with in the Qur'an, from gender and conflict, to mysticism, and even ecological crisis, both students and general readers will find this an invaluable primer.
NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES TO PROTEINS INVOLVED IN ISOPRENOID SYNTHESIS

Methods are provided for producing plants and seeds having altered isoprenoid content and compositions. The methods find particular use in increasing the isoprenoid levels in plants, and in providing desirable isoprenoid compositions in a host plant cell.
A Novel Timing Control Method for Airborne SAR Motion Compensation

For high quality image acquisition, compensating air-vehicle motion is essential for airborne SAR system. This paper describes a timing control based motion compensation method for airborne SAR system. Efficient timing control is critical for SAR system since it maintains many timing signals and timing setting for the signals should be updated frequently. This paper proposes Timing Cluster method as an efficient means for timing control of SAR system. Moreover, this paper suggests a simple and efficient method to compensate air-vehicle motion based on the Timing Cluster method. Timing Cluster method enables SAR system to control the timing in a timing noncritical way just maintaining little amount of information.
Travel support device, travel support method, and drive support system

A travel support device includes a planner adapted to plan vehicle travel modes to be respectively assigned to each of a plurality of sections into which a travel route from a current location to a destination is divided. To each of the sections, the planner is adapted to assign, based on a road load associated with each section, a travel mode among a first mode, in which the remaining energy charge of the battery of the vehicle is not maintained, and a second mode, in which the remaining energy charge of the battery is maintained. The planner is adapted to identify, from among the sections, an excessive altitude change section, in which a change of altitude is predicted to be greater than or equal to a predetermined value, and assign the second mode with priority to the excessive altitude change section.
Continuous renal replacement therapy: current practice in Australian and New Zealand intensive care units.

Large multicentre studies of continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) in critically ill patients may influence its bedside prescription and practical application. Despite this, many aspects of CRRT may not be informed by evidence but remain a product of clinician preference. Little was known about current CRRT practice in Australia and New Zealand and it is not known if the evidence from recent studies has been integrated into practice.A prospective online survey of CRRT practice was sent to intensive care unit medical and nursing clinicians via three national databases in Australian and New Zealand ICUs in December 2013 to March 2014.There were 194 respondents from 106 ICUs; 49 ICUs (47%) were in tertiary metropolitan hospitals. One hundred and two respondents (54%) reported continuous venovenous haemodiafiltration as the most common CRRT technique, with a combination of predilution and postdilution of CRRT solutions. The prescription for CRRT was variable, with respondents indicating preferences for therapy based on L/hour (53%) or a weight-adjusted treatment in mL/kg/hour (47%). For all modes of CRRT, the common blood flow rates applied were 151-200mL/ minute and 201-250mL/minute. Few respondents reported preferring flow rates < 150 mL/minute or > 300mL/minute. Unfractionated heparin was the most commonly used anticoagulant (83%), followed by regional citrate. Femoral vein vascular access was preferred and, typically, a 20 cm length catheter was used. Bard Niagara and Arrow catheters were most frequently used. The Gambro Prismaflex was the dominant machine used (71%).Our results provide insight into existing clinical management of CRRT. There is considerable variation in the prescription of CRRT in Australian and New Zealand ICUs.
Sensivity Analysis of the Cellular Automata Model for Austenite-Ferrite Phase Transformation in Steels

The main goal of the present research is to realize a sensitivity analysis of the developed complex micro scale austenite (γ) to ferrite (α) phase transformation model. The proposed solution is implemented in the developed Cellular Automata Framework that facilitates implementation of various microstructure evolution models. Investigated model predicts phase transformation progress starting from the fully austenitic or two-phase regions. Theoretical background of the implemented austenite-ferrite phase transformation model is presented in the paper. The defined transition rules for initiation and subsequent growth as well as internal variables for each particular CA cell are also discussed. Examples of results obtained from the developed model, as well as model capabilities are shown. Finally sensitivity analysis using Morris OAT Design is also presented and discussed.
LASER PROJECTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR LASER PROJECTION

A laser projection device comprising a laser light source for generating linear polarized light and a polarizer is provided. Said polarizer generates circularly polarized light, by which the speckle pattern on a projection surface can be reduced. It is preferred if inhomogeneities in the space between the polarizer and projection surface are deliberately produced in order to increase the optical path length.
TIRE HAVING DECORATIVE SIDEWALL

Tires having white sidewalls are very popular in the United States and Canada. Tires having white lettering thereon are also very popular. This invention discloses a process for preparing such tires having decorative appliques thereon. By practicing the process of this invention, tires having better uniformity can be built at lower costs than when standard tire building techniques are utilized. This invention specifically relates to a method of preparing a pneumatic rubber tire having a decorative design on the sidewall thereof which comprises (a) applying the decorative design to the sidewall of an uncured tire and (b) curing the tire; wherein the decorative design is comprised of from about 25 weight percent to about 75 weight percent syndiotactic 1,2-polybutadiene having a melting point which is within the range of about 100°C to about 160°C and from about 25 weight percent to about 75 weight percent of at least one polydiene rubber which is cocurable with said syndiotactic 1,2-polybutadiene, at least one pigment or colorant, sulfur, and zinc oxide.
Internationalisierung von Send d.o.o.

Ziel des Projekts ist es, durch den Ausbau der Exportkapazitäten von KMU zur Stärkung der Wirtschaftstätigkeit der Republik Kroatien beizutragen. Hauptziel des Projekts ist es, die Absatz- und Exportkapazitäten von Send d.o.o. durch die Präsentation von Produkten auf wichtigen anerkannten Messen und die Verbindung mit potenziellen Kunden zu erhöhen. Das Unternehmen wird an 14 Messen über 24 Monate der Projektdurchführung teilnehmen, mit Marktauftritten in den Niederlanden, Hongkong, USA, Portugal, Finnland, Kanada und Großbritannien. Das Unternehmen wird seine Dienstleistungen und Produkte potenziellen IT- und Fintech-Kunden vorstellen. Ziel ist es, das Unternehmen mit wichtigen und strategischen Kontakten für Geschäftsausweitung, Entwicklung und Internationalisierung zu verbinden.
In-Service Training of Chemistry Teachers: The Use of Multimedia in Teaching Chemistry

Information and Communication Technology has allowed the use of several types of visualizations, especially multimedia environments in science teaching. The aim was to investigate how in-service teachers enrolled in a training course understand the nature and the role of visualizations in science teaching as well as the impact of this training on the change of their conceptions. A questionnaire to identify previous conceptions has been applied. It was analyzed the Teaching Learning Sequence made by them and the audiovisual record of their speeches and semi-structured interview with these teachers’ groups. As the main result, we highlight development of the knowledge about these tools, especially on the impact of the visual language on apprenticeship and on the notion of scientific model.