SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Основные сферы проявления профессионально-эстетического вкуса будущих поваров, кондитеров

The paper presents the basic aspects of developing professional-aesthetic taste of future cooks and confectioners. The Sate Standard of the direction of training future cooks and confectioners is viewed. On the basis of summarizing the results of pedagogic studies the main spheres of manifestation of professional-aesthetic taste of future cooks and confectioners are disclosed. The content of the notion “professional-aesthetic taste” with reference to future cooks and confectioners is defined. The main areas of professional-aesthetic taste outward appearance of aesthetics, aesthetic organization of workplace, aesthetic design of confectionery, table appointments, aesthetics of interior, aesthetics of communication with consumers – are described.
Mosaic segmental uniparental isodisomy and progressive clonal selection: a common mechanism of late onset -thalassemia major

Genomic DNA of 3 patients, born as healthy carriers and developing a late-onset severe transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia major was studied by high-density genome wide SNP array analysis. A mosaic loss of heterozygosity for almost the entire 11p was found, not attributable to deletions but involving mosaicism for segmental paternal isodisomy of 11p. Mitotic recombination leading to mosaic segmental uniparental isodisomy on chromosome 11p in multiple tissues has been described as a molecular disease mechanism for a subset of sporadic Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome cases. A similar mechanism also seems to be involved in causing late-onset disease in carriers of recessive mutations in other genes located in 11p, such as late-onset beta-thalassemia major and sickle cell disease. We suggest that the loss of maternally imprinted IGF-2 and H19 genes may account for the selective advantage of hematopoietic cells containing this segmental paternal isodisomy of 11p carrying the β-thalassemia mutation.
Cerebellar circuit mechanisms of coordinated locomotion in mice

A remarkable aspect of motor control is our seemingly effortless ability to generate coordinated movements. How is activity within neural circuits orchestrated to allow us to engage in complex activities like gymnastics, riding a bike, or walking down the street while drinking a cup of coffee? The cerebellum is critical for coordinated movement, and the well-described, stereotyped circuitry of the cerebellum has made it an attractive system for neural circuits research. Much is known about how activity and plasticity in its identified cell types contribute to simple forms of motor learning. In contrast, while gait ataxia, or uncoordinated walking, is a hallmark of cerebellar damage, the circuit mechanisms underlying cerebellar contributions to coordinated locomotion are not well understood. One limitation has been the difficulty in extracting quantitative measures of coordination from the complex, whole body action of locomotion. We have developed a custom-built system (LocoMouse) to analyze mouse locomotor coordination. It tracks continuous paw, snout, and tail trajectories in 3D with unprecedented spatiotemporal resolution and it has allowed us to identify specific, quantitative locomotor elements that depend on intact cerebellar function. Here we will combine this quantitative behavioral approach with electrophysiology and optogenetics to investigate circuit mechanisms of locomotor coordination. We will 1) Optogenetically silence the output of cerebellar subregions to understand their distinct contributions to locomotion. 2) Record from identified neurons and correlate their activity with specific locomotor parameters. 3) Optogenetically stimulate defined cell types to investigate circuit mechanisms of coordinated locomotion. These experiments will establish causal relationships between neural circuit activity and coordinated motor control, a problem with important implications for both health and disease.
Adaptive learning platform for personalized children education crossing cognitive and biometric inputs

The current educational system is not optimal - arguably even obsolete. At Infantium we are committed to bringing the latest advances in information and communication technologies to education in order to fundamentally change how our children learn.

Our proposed solution is an intelligent framework that gathers cognitive information related to the performance and interaction of kids as they consume educational content (such as APPs, learning videos, etc.) on tablets. The software monitors parameters such as the time required for a child to reach certain goals within the APP, or the time between two consecutive interactions in order to develop cognitive models. 

Moreover, we monitor users’ biometric parameters using a bracelet device and a standard tablet camera to infer students’ emotions and gather behavioural information. Our main objective is to fuse cognitive and behavioural data, using our Artificial Intelligence-based technology. The result will be a unique system that is able to maximize learning ability using cognitive abilities and emotional motivation. 

We are applying for funding through this program specifically to 1) miniaturize the bracelet prototype for comfort and ease of use, 2) modify and test the computer vision software with kids, using tablets, 3) fine-tune our algorithms to infer emotional states, 4) correlate the data from the wearable device and the vision algorithm, and 5) test the integrated system with kids during early childhood education. 

We are requesting about € 1.5M that will allow us to boost our growth by 45%, achieving an additional sales revenues of € 11M and representing a ROI of 4 by 2020.
Proposal and Analysis of Hydrogen Mitigation System Guiding Hydrogen in Containment Building

This study is about a hydrogen mitigation system in a containment building like an offshore or a nuclear plant. A hydrogen explosion is possibly happened after condensation of steam if hydrogen releases with steam in a containment buildings. Passive autocatalytic recombiner is the one of the measures, but the performance of this equipment is not sure because the distribution of hydrogen is very irregular and is not predicted correctly. This study proposes a new approach for improving the hydrogen removing performance with hydrogen-guiding property. The steam is simulated and analysed. The results show that the shallow air containment reduced over 55% of the released hydrogen and the deep air containment type reduces over 80% of released hydrogen.
Application of spectral method in fatigue life assessment – determination of crack initiation

The purpose of this paper is to provide a simple approach for indication of those places of machine parts, where the fatigue crack initiation begins. This method uses FEM and the cyclic stress-strain curve for calculating the stress state on specimens. The multiaxial fatigue failure criterion based on the critical plane approach was used for reduction of the random spatial stress state into the equivalent uniaxial one. The critical plane position was established with the use of the variance method, and fatigue life was determined with assumption of linear damage accumulation. Experimental verification of the proposed method was performed with the use of results of fatigue tests for St52.3 structural steel subjected to biaxial random tension-compression. Cruciform specimens with four holes were tested. During the tests, the place and time of crack initiation were observed. It was shown, that the proposed method for determination of the places of fatigue crack initiation gave results well correlated with the data obtained from experiments. The proposed method could be applied by engineers in order to identify the places and time of fatigue cracks initiation.
Role of retinoic acid signaling in cdc1 and cdc2 on intestinal immune homeostasis and disease

For the past years, it has become undeniable that environmental signals have a great impact on the intestinal immune system. Among them, the Vitamin A (Vit A) has a central role in intestinal immunity. Consequently, the Vit A deficiency (VAD) is associated with an increase of infectious diseases and the supplementation of Vit A to pregnant mothers and children is a protocol defined by the World Health Organization. The vit A is mostly absorbed in the small intestine and derived into Retinoic Acid (RA), especially by conventional dendritic cells (cDC). Studies on the impact of RA on intestinal immunity, including in the host laboratory, have highlighted a major impact of RA produced by cDC on the homing and the polarization of effectors cells, although the effect of the RA on specific cDC subsets remains unknown. The understanding of this effect is an essential step for manipulating the system while avoiding secondary effects, usually triggered by impacting such central metabolites as RA. We propose to define this specific action of the RA on cDC using cutting edge technologies and state of art techniques both developed in the laboratory and brought by the candidate. These techniques will allow the investigation of the RA effect on specific intestinal cDC subsets at transcriptomic and phenotypic levels under homeostatic and pathologic states. The host laboratory will develop the professional skills of the candidate by reinforcing his individual competences, including laboratory techniques, writing, critical and innovative thinking, and communication abilities. Those will be further enhanced by the participation to many national and international collaborations enabled by Dr. Agace’s strong network. The high-quality infrastructure provided to the candidate and his complementary profile and techniques, acquired during his PhD, will ensure a solid project development and allow him to acquire all the abilities needed to become an efficient independent researcher.
Sales Tax Competition among State–Local Governments: Evidence from the US Counties

ABSTRACTThis article estimates tax reaction function of local governments competing with other governments to provide the insight for tax policy decision makers. Employing a panel of county-level data in all the states from 1970 to 2006, this article analyzes sales tax competition between county governments. In addition to a static model, this article pays more attention to dynamics in tax reaction function estimated by general methods of moments containing lagged dependent variables in the reaction function. Focusing on county governments, this article finds evidence for strategic interaction, an interaction that has positive effects on the setting of tax rates in a county.
RESONANT DEVICE AND FILTER

In a resonant device, a third plane electrode is located between a first plane electrode and a second plane electrode. A first via electrode connects the first plane electrode and the third plane electrode. A second via electrode, a third via electrode, and a fourth via electrode connect the first plane electrode and the second plane electrode. When the third plane electrode is seen in plan view in a normal direction of the first plane electrode, the third plane electrode includes a first projecting portion overlapping with a first area between the second via electrode and the third via electrode, and a second projecting portion overlapping with a second area between the third via electrode and the fourth via electrode.
SENSORSAIL

KOYRE Š UMA INOVADORA START-UP NASCIDA EM MILÃO EM MEADOS DE 2018 PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO DE NOVOS SENSORES PARA A MEDIÇÃO DE PARÂMETROS FÍSICOS E FISIOLÓGICOS, A SENSORIZAÇÃO DE TECIDOS E MATERIAIS COMPÓSITOS E O DESENVOLVIMENTO DE SISTEMAS AVANÇADOS DE COLETA E ANÁLISE DE DADOS NA INDÚSTRIA 4.0.O PRINCIPAL OBJETIVO DO PROJETO É ADQUIRIR OS PRINCIPAIS COMPONENTES DO SISTEMA SENSORSAIL, TANTO NO QUE DIZ RESPEITO À PARTE DE MATERIAIS E SENSORES, QUANTO AO SOFTWARE (E APLICATIVOS RELACIONADOS) CAPAZES DE COLETAR, PROCESSAR E TRANSMITIR OS DADOS COLETADOS A FIM DE FACILITAR A SUA UTILIZAÇÃO TANTO PELOS UTENTES FINAIS COMO PELAS EMPRESAS DO SETOR NÁUTICO, BEM COMO POR EMPRESAS DO SETOR NÁUTICO, BEM COMO POR EMPRESAS DO SETOR NÁUTICO (EM PRIMEIRO LUGAR, A EMPRESA INTEGRADA E OS NAVIOS TRADICIONAIS NÃO SÃO CAPAZES DE MONITORAR OS NAVIOS TRADICIONAIS A FIM DE NÃO SEREM CAPAZES DE MONITORAR OS SEUS DADOS, TANTO NO SETOR NÁUTICO COMO POR EMPRESAS DO SETOR NÁUTICO.
CONTROLLABLY TRANSLATABLE TISSUE CUTTING DEVICES

Tissue cutters are provided, along with systems and methods of using the tissue cutters, and a corresponding trial sizer. A channel cutter and a rasp are also provided, each for use with the tissue cutter or alone. A tissue cutter can be a sweeping cutter, an expansion cutter, a pull cutter, or a push cutter. A sweeping cutter, for example, can include a cutting element having a geared body and a cutting flange; the geared body having a central aperture, and the cutting flange having a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a central opening. The tissue cutter can also include a housing for the cutting element.
CATALYSTS FOR POLYESTER PRODUCTION

Novel catalysts for polyester production by esterification and/or transesterification are MoS2 or WS2 which have been intercalated by alkali metals cations, especially lithium cations, and then contacted with an alcohol or a polyol, a preferred polyol being a glycol which is one of the monomeric units in the polyester produced.
Theoretical study of cold and ultracold collisions in triatomic systems using inner-region nuclear motion wavefunctions and outer-region r-matrix propagation

A ""quiet revolution"" is occurring at the ""border between atomic physics and experimental quantum chemistry"" (Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem., 2014, 65, 501-518). Techniques for producing cold and ultracold molecules are enabling the study of chemical reactions and scattering at the quantum scattering limit with only a few partial waves contributing to the incident channel leading to the observation and even full control of state-to-state collisions in this regime.

Rmat3 will develop a new formalism and allied codes for tackling problems for triatomic molecules involving low- and ultra-low energy collisions. Though this project focuses on triatomics, the formalism is completely general and could prove transformative in its scope. It is particularly appropriate for slow collisions occurring over deep wells. The many resonance states make such systems hard to treat theoretically but offer the best prospects for novel physics: resonances are being widely used to control diatomic systems and should provide the route to steering ultracold reactions.

Rmat3 will build on the progress made in variational calculations of molecular spectra by using these methods to provide rovibrational wavefunctions for the whole system at short internuclear distances. These wavefunctions will be used to construct collision-energy-dependent R-matrices which can then be propagated to give products as a function of collision energy. The methods will be used to study ultracold collisions in triatomic systems in conjunction with leading European experimental groups, focusing on the H2O and H3+ systems for which spectroscopically accurate potential energy curves are already available. The project will focus on elastic and inelastic collisions and reactive scattering.s

The new methodology explored in Rmat3 can be extended in the future to treat larger molecular systems as well as  photodissociation and photoassociation, charge exchange and predissociation. The Rmat3 code will be made freely available to the scientific community.
Chemical and Isotopic Composition Measurements on Atmospheric Probes Exploring Uranus and Neptune

So far no designated mission to either of the two ice giants, Uranus and Neptune, exists. Almost all of our gathered information on these planets comes from remote sensing. In recent years, NASA and ESA have started planning for future mission to Uranus and Neptune, with both agencies focusing their attention on orbiters and atmospheric probes. Whereas information provided by remote sensing is undoubtedly highly valuable, remote sensing of planetary atmospheres also presents some shortcomings, most of which can be overcome by mass spectrometers. In most studies presented to date a mass spectrometer experiment is thus a favored science instrument for in situ composition measurements on an atmospheric probe. Mass spectrometric measurements can provide unique scientific data, i.e., sensitive and quantitative measurements of the chemical composition of the atmosphere, including isotopic, elemental, and molecular abundances. In this review paper we present the technical aspects of mass spectrometry relevant to atmospheric probes. This includes the individual components that make up mass spectrometers and possible implementation choices for each of these components. We then give an overview of mass spectrometers that were sent to space with the intent of probing planetary atmospheres, and discuss three instruments, the heritage of which is especially relevant to Uranus and Neptune probes, in detail. The main part of this paper presents the current state-of-art in mass spectrometry intended for atmospheric probe. Finally, we present a possible descent probe implementation in detail, including measurement phases and associated expected accuracies for selected species.
Effect of Entrepreneur and Firm Characteristics on the Business Success of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Bangladesh

This study examines the effect of characteristics of entrepreneur and characteristics of the firm on the business success of Small and Medium Enterprises in Bangladesh. The study is based on survey methodology through a questionnaire administered on the owners and employees of small firms. Data are analyzed using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). Two hypotheses are proposed and tested. The characteristic of entrepreneur is found to be a significant factor for business success of SMEs in Bangladesh. However the firm characteristics are found not to be significant factor on the business success of SMEs in Bangladesh. The results of the analysis show that only one of the demographic factors which is duration of organization operated has significant effect toward business success of SMEs. SMEs that are operated longer period have been more successful in comparison to those who have been in operation for a shorter period. In addition to this, independent sample t-test shows that gender plays a significant role on business success of SMEs in Bangladesh. This study has implications for entrepreneurs and policy makers.
PROCESSES FOR LIQUEFYING CARBONACEOUS FEEDSTOCKS AND RELATED COMPOSITIONS

Methods for the conversion of lignites, subbituminous coals and other carbonaceous feedstocks into synthetic oils, including oils with properties similar to light weight sweet crude oil using a solvent derived from hydrogenating oil produced by pyrolyzing lignite are set forth herein. Such methods may be conducted, for example, under mild operating conditions with a low cost stoichiometric co-reagent and/or a disposable conversion agent.
Measuring Compute-Reuse Opportunities for Video Processing Acceleration

Increases in bandwidth for mobile and land-line networks enables devices to communicate video at higher image and audio resolution. Processing these video streams is of interest for a wide-ranging collection of applications including robotic recognition and navigation, video security surveillance, action recognition and augmented virtual reality. The advent of massively parallel Graphical Processing Units (GPUs) has met many computing challenges in processing video in real time. Yet, GPU computing works best when the algorithm and structure of the image data can be regularized into locally-independent compute threads. When these regularity constraints do not hold or if the computational complexity of the local thread is high, GPU computing solutions can be overwhelmed by the computational task at hand. This article provides initial research results to explore an alternative approach for computation classically referred to as “memoization.” Here input and output values of computationally expensive functions are stored on a “memo” Look-Up Table (LUT) and when an input re-occurs, the corresponding output value is taken from the LUT without computation. Research work implements a memoization system to investigate the extent of compute re-use that exists within streaming video data. Insights are provided specifying new techniques that efficiently transform traditional memoization approaches into approximate memoization methods which open up new design spaces to explore the tradeoff between accuracy and computational cost. Here one may enhance compute re-use by allowing similar input values to map to the same output having an end-effect similar to approximate computing. Experimental results for 2D convolution (stencil() function) on data from six videos shows reuse of 50% with no loss in the computation accuracy. Our experimental results also show approximate memoization increases reuse to rates ranging from 75% up to 99%.
LINDALE SERVICE WEB PLATFORM FOR MUSICIANS AND PROFESSIONALS IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS

LINDALE ÃO A SOCIAL-BASED WEB PLATFORM WHICH CONNECTS MUSIC MUSICIANS AND PROFESSIONALS TO THE MUSIC BUSINESS AND PROVIDES THEM WITH THE TOOLS TO CREATE AND MANAGE THEIR ACTIVITIES ONLINE: THE AIM IS TO FIND THE WHOLE RANGE NEEDED IN A SINGLE VIRTUAL SPACE, TO SAVE RESOURCES AND TO INCREASE CAREER CHOICES. ITS MODULAR NATURE INTEGRATES INNOVATIVE FUNCTIONS AND SERVICES.
Removal and recovery of pharmaceutical persistent pollutants from wastewater by selective reagentless process

Pharmaceutical drugs, characterized by their environmental persistence (e.g. cytostatic drugs [CDs]) have been detected in water bodies (drinking water, groundwater, surface water, and effluent wastewater) at concentrations up to μg/L level. Actual methods for the removal and degradation of CDs, including electrochemical, photochemical, and biological methods have been developed. However, these methods are expensive and sometimes inefficient for CDs complete removal from the treated water. Including the exploitation of previous results from EU funded projects, the goal of project RECOPHARMA is to design, develop, validate and demonstrate a novel process by sequential integration the potentials offered by Molecular Imprinted Polymers (MIPs), Reagentless Thermosorption (RTS),  Nanocomposites Functional Materials, Advanced Oxidation Processes, for an effective treatment aiming the recovery of target recalcitrant CDs and degradation of corresponding transformation products or metabolites, working in a continuous operation mode. The suggested approach offers versatile, fast, highly efficient, and low-cost treatment for wastewaters.
 
RECOPHARMA brings together academic research centres and the private sector, with a long-term goal of designing and developing advanced water treatment technologies in the interest of the society and integrate them for demonstration following a circular economy approach. Through the scheduled secondments, the involved staff will perform the required R&I to demonstrate the technical and economic feasibility of the developed process, including the technical formation of specialists as a fundamental activity to project success. The secondments will also enhance the exchange of knowledge, best practices, know-how, innovations, experience, mutual cooperation and culture of work between different organizations, regions and countries through the partners’ well-established reputation as transfer hubs.