SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Use of Food Practices by Childcare Staff and the Association with Dietary Intake of Children at Childcare

The study explored the associations between various childcare staff food practices and children's dietary intake at childcare. A total of 398 one- to four-year-old children and 24 childcare staff members from 24 Dutch childcare centers participated in the study. Children's dietary intake (fruit, vegetable, sweet snack, savory snack, water, and sweet drink intake) at childcare was registered on two weekdays, using observations by dieticians and childcare staff. Thirteen childcare staff practices were assessed using questionnaires administered by dieticians. Data were analyzed using multilevel regression analyses. Children consumed relatively much fruit and many sweet snacks at childcare, and they mainly drank sweet drinks. Various staff practices were associated with children's dietary intake. When staff explained what they were doing to the children during food preparation, children ate significantly more fruit. Children ate less sweet snacks when they were allowed to help prepare the meals. When staff encouraged children to continue eating, they ate more vegetables. In conclusion, the study showed the importance of childcare staff food practices for children's food intake at childcare. More research is needed to examine the specific conditions under which food practices can have a positive impact on children's dietary intake.
Piracy Cultures| The Quiet Agglomeration of Data: How Piracy is Made Mundane

This article conceptually outlines P2P-based file-sharing as a totality, a mass utility, and a backdrop to everyday cultural life. It elaborates on a recent study of Swedish file-sharers to sketch some important constituents of what would constitute a “piracy culture.” It shows that the actual file-sharer argumentation is not fully synonymous with established notions of “piracy” but rather reveals the complexity of the phenomenon and how the discourse invoking it relies on modes of justification that are not entirely commensurable. Moreover, the file-sharer rhetoric is contingent on a range of entities and infrastructures that condition actual usage. Noting the institutionalized, semi-anonymous, and depersonalized elements to file-sharing, I propose a different interpretation than regarding it as a “gift economy” like the tight-knit communities Mauss described in 1923. Instead, I propose a metaphor borrowed from Titmuss’ example of blood donors that acknowledges the perceived “need” for culture and the associated “right” to access content that file-sharers are exercising.
(14508.17092020.172002815) HOTEL DE INVESTIMENTO CAVALLINA

O INVESTIMENTO? COM O OBJETIVO DE MELHORAR OS QUARTOS DO HOTEL INNHOTEL COM A INSTALAÇÃO DE PARQUET E OBRAS DE REMODELAÇÃO. VAI CHEGAR? TAMBÉM ADQUIRIU UMA MÁQUINA PARA O AR CONDICIONADO E AQUECIMENTO DOS QUARTOS DO HOTEL.
Limited Role of the Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products duringStreptococcus pneumoniaeBacteremia

&lt;i&gt;Streptococcus pneumoniae&lt;/i&gt; is one of the most common causes of sepsis. Sepsis is associated with the release of 'damage-associated molecular patterns' (DAMPs). The receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) is a multiligand receptor, abundantly expressed in the lungs, that recognizes several of these DAMPs. Triggering of RAGE leads to activation of the NF-&amp;#954;B pathway and perpetuation of inflammation. Earlier investigations have shown that the absence of RAGE reduces inflammation and bacterial dissemination and increases survival in sepsis caused by &lt;i&gt;S. pneumoniae&lt;/i&gt; pneumonia. We hypothesized that the detrimental role of RAGE depends on the level of RAGE expression in the primary organ of infection. By directly injecting &lt;i&gt;S. pneumoniae&lt;/i&gt; intravenously, thereby circumventing the extensive RAGE-expressing lung, we here determined whether RAGE contributes to an adverse outcome of bacteremia or whether its role is restricted to primary lung infection. During late-stage infection (48 h), &lt;i&gt;rage&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;i&gt;-/-&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; mice had an attenuated systemic inflammatory response, as reflected by lower plasma levels of proinflammatory cytokines, reduced endothelial cell activation (as measured by E-selectin levels) and less neutrophil accumulation in lung tissue. However, RAGE deficiency did not influence bacterial loads or survival in this model. In accordance, plasma markers for cell injury were similar in both mouse strains. These results demonstrate that while RAGE plays a harmful part in &lt;i&gt;S. pneumoniae&lt;/i&gt; sepsis originating from the respiratory tract, this receptor has a limited role in the outcome of primary bloodstream infection by this pathogen.
In search for endothelial mechanisms of tpo-induced neuroprotection

Ageing is recognized as one of the greatest social and economical challenges of the 21century for European societies. With, Vascular Cognitive Impairment (VCI) being one of the leading causes of age-related cognitive impairment and one of the major causes of disability in the elderly. Although, the concept of VCI was introduced in 1993, current treatment is limited to management of vascular risks and symptomatic pharmacotherapy targeting vascular dementia.
	The overall objective of this project is to fill the significant gap in early detection, prevention and treatment of VCI. This will be achieved by explaining microvascular mechanism of protective effects of thrombopoietin (TPO) in a novel unique mixed-risk animal model of VCI- specific to hypertension plus carotid-artery hypoperfusion (HH-VCI). 
	Given increased number of progenitor endothelial cells after TPO treatment, it is hypothesizes that protective effect of TPO is mediated by endothelium. Furthermore, protective effect of TPO is expected to be caused by activation of neoangiogenesis, anti-inflammatory and vasoprotective mechanisms driven by TPO action on endothelial. This hypothesis will be tested in two stages first, in-vitro and second, in-vivo. In-vitro models, will be used to investigate endothelial response to TPO in terms of its modulation of inflammatory response angiogenic potential and vasoprotective mechanisms. In-vivo models of TPOR KO mice and HH-VCI mice will be used to validate and confirm mechanisms identified in in vitro stage of experiments.
Double circuit controlled brake pressure control valve.

1. Dual-circuit-controllable brake pressure control valve for compressed air-operated vehicle brake systems, in particular a trailer control valve, having the following features : a) there is provided a first control piston (7, 14) which bounds a first control chamber (2) and is loaded by a control pressure from a first brake circuit ; b) there is provided a second control piston (11) which bounds a second control chamber (46) and is movable relative to the first control piston (7, 14) and is loaded by a control pressure from a second brake circuit, and is so arranged that the two control pistons (7, 14, 11) are each movable in the same direction in dependence on the respective associated control pressures ; c) there is provided a combined inlet and outlet valve (37, 38, 48) which serves for the selective connection of a pressure medium inlet chamber (25) to a working chamber (21) and also to a pressure medium outlet (22) connected to the working chamber (21) and leading to the trailer brake circuit, or to a venting port (31) ; d) the combined inlet and outlet valve (37, 38, 48) is arranged to be operated in each case in dependence on the control pressure of at least one of the two control pistons (7, 14; 11) ; e) the two control pistons (7, 14; 11) are arranged to telescope together and so that they can be displaced relative to one another ; f) between the wall of a housing aperture guiding the outermost, first control piston (7, 14) and an annular wall of the outermost first control piston (7, 14) there is arranged a first sealing element (13) which seals the first control chamber (2) bounded by the outermost first control piston (7, 14) ; g) the second control chamber (46) is sealed directly from a partial chamber (47), which can be connected to the working chamber (21) and thus to the trailer brake circuit, by means of a second sealing element (12) ; characterized by the following features : h) between the inner side of the annular wall (14), facing the second control piston (11), of the first control piston (7, 14) and the outer edge of the second control piston (11) facing this wall (14) there is arranged the second sealing element (12) which prevents escape of pressure medium from the second control chamber (46) ; i) both control chambers (2, 46) are sealed directly from the partial chamber (47) by respective associated sealing elements (12, 13).
Men and women exhibit a similar time to task failure for a sustained, submaximal elbow extensor contraction

Sex differences in muscle fatigue-resistance have been observed in a variety of muscles and under several conditions. This study compared the time to task failure (TTF) of a sustained isometric elbow extensor (intensity 15% of maximal strength) contraction in young men (n = 12) and women (n = 11), and examined if their neurophysiologic adjustments to fatigue differed. Motor-evoked potential amplitude (MEP), silent period duration, interference electromyogram (EMG) amplitude, maximal muscle action potential (M (max)), heart rate, and mean arterial pressure were measured at baseline, during the task, and during a 2-min ischemia period. Men and women did not differ in TTF (478.2 +/- 31.9 vs. 500.4 +/- 41.3 s; P = 0.67). We also performed an exploratory post hoc cluster analysis, and classified subjects as low (n = 15) or high endurance (n = 8) based on TTF (415.3 +/- 16.0 vs. 626.7 +/- 25.8 s, respectively). The high-endurance group exhibited a lower MEP and EMG at baseline (MEP 16.3 +/- 4.1 vs. 37.2 +/- 3.0% M (max), P < 0.01; EMG 0.98 +/- 0.18 vs. 1.85 +/- 0.26% M (max), P = 0.03). These findings suggest no sex differences in elbow extensor fatigability, in contrast to observations from other muscle groups. The cluster analyses results indicated that high- and low-endurance groups displayed neurophysiologic differences at baseline (before performing the fatigue task), but that they did not differ in fatigue-induced changes in their neurophysiologic adjustments to the task.
A portable and wide energy range semiconductor-based neutron spectrometer

Hand-held instruments that can be used to passively detect and identify sources of neutron radiation—either bare or obscured by neutron moderating and/or absorbing material(s)—in real time are of interest in a variety of nuclear non-proliferation and health physics applications. Such an instrument must provide a means to high intrinsic detection efficiency and energy-sensitive measurements of free neutron fields, for neutrons ranging from thermal energies to the top end of the evaporation spectrum. To address and overcome the challenges inherent to the aforementioned applications, four solid-state moderating-type neutron spectrometers of varying cost, weight, and complexity have been designed, fabricated, and tested. The motivation of this work is to introduce these novel human-portable instruments by discussing the fundamental theory of their operation, investigating and analyzing the principal considerations for optimal instrument design, and evaluating the capability of each of the four fabricated spectrometers to meet the application needs.
Ice-Ocean interactions during heinrich events in the labrador sea

Northern hemisphere ice sheets are particularly vulnerable to climate change as the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet. Scenarios of future ice sheet stability, however, are associated with significant uncertainty, due to a lack of understanding of the relevant internal climate feedbacks. These processes involve ocean-ice sheet interactions and the effects of sea ice on the terrestrial cryosphere. With increased societal concerns over rising sea levels, it is more than ever important to understand the implications of climate change for ice sheet stability. The key lies in understanding the response of past ice sheets to climate change. 
Prominent episodes of past ice-sheet collapse are so-called Heinrich events during the last glacial period, originating in Hudson Strait. While modelling studies have long hinted at the importance of sea ice in the Labrador Sea for subsurface warming and ocean induced melting during Heinrich events, this has not been shown using proxy methods. My project will investigate the links and feedbacks of sea ice, ocean circulation, subsurface warming, and ice-sheet collapse in the Labrador Sea to determine the role of the coupled cryosphere-ocean system for ice sheet stability across. Additionally, the effect of enhanced freshwater discharge on the system will be documented and a spatial-temporal map of North Atlantic sea ice dynamics across Heinrich events will be constructed. I will apply an integrated approach of organic and inorganic geochemistry, using sea-ice biomarkers, foraminiferal isotopes, and foraminiferal trace metals (i.e. Mg/Ca) in combination with state-of-the-art dating and correlation techniques. The new records will provide important clues with respect to a potential oceanic trigger of Hudson Strait iceberg surges during Heinrich events as well as advancing our understanding of the coupled cryosphere-ocean system, vital to accurately predict mass loss from the Greenland ice sheet in the future.
Discrimination on Several Key Issues of Global Climate Change

On the basis of global climate change facts and the analysis of the national climate change action,identification of a few key issues and debate of different points of view of the current scientific understanding of global climate change and actions has been made.It is pointed that: ①as a start point,the relative reliable and certain scientific facts,as well as the principles of the common but different duty should be taken in order to response to climate change;②the magnitude of global warming has been overestimated;③over the past century warming is mainly due to human activities is lack of scientific evidence;④effects of global warming pros and cons need a concrete analysis of specific problems;⑤climate predictions does not equal weather forecasting and their uncertainty is very large;⑥the current action to address global warming should be taken to adapt the main mitigation supplement strategy.
MOULDING FOR ACCOMMODATING AN ELECTRICAL ASSEMBLY

Moulding (1), which is intended for accommodating an electrical assembly (2), in particular a relay, wherein the moulding (1) has at least one bearing face (11), against which the electrical assembly (2) which is installed in the moulding (1) bears at least partially, wherein the moulding (1) surrounds the electrical assembly (2) installed in the moulding (1) in the form of a frame.
EDIFICE FOUNDATION, AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF

The invention relates to an edifice foundation comprising at least one foundation element which encompasses a wooden pole that can preferably be anchored in the ground by ramming the same in and a load-transferring cap that can be slid over the upper end of the wooden pole, introduces edifice loads into the wooden pole, and is preferably fitted with positive means for connecting an edifice element to be supported. The invention further relates to a method for producing such an edifice foundation. According to the invention, the load transferring cap is simultaneously used as a device that prevents rotting, wherefore the same is designed so as to prevent humidity transfer on the wooden pole. The load transferring cap forms an at least fluid-tight, preferably also gas-tight, pole protecting jacket which fluid-tightly encloses the wooden pole from the upper end thereof down to a humidity transfer zone. The load transferring cap keeps the wooden pole uniformly humid or uniformly dry according to the mounting situation. The pole protecting jacket keeps the wooden pole by and large humid beyond the water level if the latter is used as a foundation for a hydraulic structure. Advantageously, the wooden pole has a permanently modified, particularly compressed wood structure in the area surrounded by the pole protecting jacket.
The first ai-driven smart-learning platform that teaches not only contents but also interdisciplinary skills as the key to success

In the era of interconnected world, we are still approaching teaching with methodologies from the industrial revolution. The result of the one-size-fits-all approach is (in EU) a 22% of underachivers in mathematics, 18% in reading and 17% in science. To maximize the potential of the future EU workforce (the students of today) we need a change of the teaching paradigm. We need to provide students with advanced tools for achieving their curricular goals but also, we need to coach them to develop their interdisciplinary competences (self-esteem, self-criticism, etc.) to unlock their true potential. Today, most schools do not have the resources (time & money) to provide individual learning and parents must support their children with private tutoring, that cost up to 1000€ per child per year. There are multitude of smart learning platforms today (Duolingo, Smartick, etc.) but they lack the capacity to develop student interdisciplinary competences. As a result, most students give up e-learning platforms after 3 weeks. 
Tobias and Michael, primary school teachers (IT background) have committed to change this paradigm by developing lernwolke. Lernwolke is an affordable Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven learning platform that provides individual learning paths to each student. Our uniqueness, however, relies in the human component of our AI. Teachers and coaches, supported by the AI engine, help develop the emotional competences of each student and facilitate reaching their learning objectives and develop as a person. As there are no set goals, but the goals are adjusted to the capability of each student, lernwolke eliminates the concept of failure that is so detrimental for children. 
Our confidence in lernwolke relies in the 4000+ students from over 40 schools that have already validated the potential of our technology and the 16 letters of support received. With lernwolke we plan to reach an EBITDA of by 22M€ by 2025 (ROI 15,8) while increase our team by 12 members
DRONE-BASED, ATTACKER NEUTRALIZATION

Methods and systems are provided for responding to an attacker including a shooter who opens fire at a site where people are gathered, including identifying, neutralizing, and restraining the attacker. A system may include a central control unit configured to receive signals indicative of gun fire, to responsively determine an origin of the gun fire, to identify features of a shooter associated with the gun fire and to release a UAV from a shielded UAV housing to engage the shooter. The UAV may be configured to fly towards the shooter, according to the origin of the gun fire and the identifying features of the shooter, and to neutralize the shooter by operating a UAV incapacitating mechanism.
5G programmable infrastructure converging disaggregated network and compute resources

The explosive growth of mobile internet traffic introduces the need to transform traditional closed, static and inelastic network infrastructures into open, scalable and elastic ecosystems supporting new types of connectivity, high mobility and new mission-critical services for operators, vendors and vertical industries.
5G-PICTURE will develop and demonstrate a converged fronthaul and backhaul infrastructure integrating advanced wireless and novel optical network solutions. Τo address the limitations of the current D-RAN and C-RAN approaches, 5G-PICTURE will exploit flexible functional splits that can be dynamically selected, to optimise resource and energy efficiency.
This results in a paradigm shift, from RAN and C-RAN to ʽDis-Aggregated RANʼ (DA-RAN). DA-RAN is a novel concept where HW and SW components are disaggregated across the wireless, optical and compute/storage domains. ʽResource disaggregationʼ allows decoupling these components, creating a common “pool of resources” that can be independently selected and allocated on demand to compose any infrastructure service. Key enablers for DA-RAN are 1) network ʽsoftwarizationʼ, migrating from the conventional closed networking model to an open reference platform, supported through 2) HW programmability, where HW is configured directly by network functions, to provide the required performance. This will enable provisioning of any service by flexibly mixing-and-matching network, compute and storage resources without sacrificing performance and efficiency as is the case in today’s NFV-based solutions.
To validate these capabilities, 5G-PICTURE will demonstrate converged fronthaul and backhaul services in: a) a smart city environment, b) a 5G railway experimental testbed showcasing seamless service provisioning and mobility management in high-speed moving environments and c) a stadium with ultra-high user density, supporting media services.
The project results will be widely promoted for adoption and standardization
Traffic-related Air Pollution and Blood Pressure in Elderly Subjects With Coronary Artery Disease

Associations between blood pressure (BP) and ambient air pollution have been inconsistent. No studies have used ambulatory BP monitoring and outdoor home air-pollutant measurements with time-activity-location data. We address these gaps in a study of 64 elderly subjects with coronary artery disease, living in retirement communities in the Los Angeles basin.Subjects were followed up for 10 days with hourly waking ambulatory BP monitoring (n = 6539 total measurements), hourly electronic diaries for perceived exertion and location, and real-time activity monitors (actigraphs). We measured hourly outdoor home pollutant gases, particle number, PM2.5, organic carbon, and black carbon. Data were analyzed with mixed models controlling for temperature, posture, actigraph activity, hour, community, and season.We found positive associations of systolic and diastolic BP with air pollutants. The strongest associations were with organic carbon (especially its estimated fossil-fuel- combustion fraction), multiday average exposures, and time periods when subjects were at home. An interquartile increase in 5-day average organic carbon (5.2 microg/m) was associated with 8.2 mm Hg higher mean systolic BP (95% confidence interval = 3.0-13.4) and 5.8 mm Hg higher mean diastolic BP (3.0-8.6). Associations of BP with 1-8 hour average air pollution were stronger with reports of moderate to strenuous physical exertion but not with higher actigraph motion. Associations were also stronger among 12 obese subjects.Exposure to primary organic components of fossil fuel combustion near the home were strongly associated with increased ambulatory BP in a population at potential risk of heart attack. Low fitness or obesity may increase the effects of pollutants.
Review of Current Design Guidelines for Circular FRP-Wrapped Plain Concrete Cylinders

AbstractWith the widespread use of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites in the construction sector as a strengthening technique, the development of design guidelines for the field application of externally bonded FRP systems is ongoing in Europe, Japan, Canada, and the United States. The main goal of this study is to evaluate the current seven international design guidelines and four other design models for the prediction of confined concrete compressive strength of FRP-wrapped plain concrete cylinders against the experimental results of a large database of 812 specimens reported in the literature. The results clearly show that the reliability of predictions of confined concrete compressive strength of FRP-wrapped plain concrete cylinders by the design guidelines significantly varies for different ranges of unconfined concrete compressive strength. For example, the gain in confined concrete compressive strength of FRP-wrapped low- and medium-strength concrete cylinders is larger than that of high- an...