SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Historiografía de la América portuguesa en diálogo: sobre vilas y cidades en el período colonial

L’objectif de cet article consiste à discuter de certains modèles interprétatifs autour du processus d’occupation territoriale de l’Amérique portugaise. Il s’agit d’établir un dialogue entre plusieurs recherches historiographiques – qui englobent des auteurs de l’histoire de l’urbanisme et de l’histoire politique et économique – dans le but de présenter les limites explicatives et d’apporter des idées capables de contribuer au débat à partir des discussions et recherches développées au sein du projet « Atlas Numérique de l’Amérique portugaise ». L’ensemble des données organisées et analysées dans le cadre de ce projet a débouché sur des contributions divergentes par rapport aux éléments traditionnellement présentés par l’historiographie. Ainsi, nous proposons de redéfinir les contours du débat à partir de ces résultats.
Engineering optoelectronic interfaces: a global action intersecting fundamental concepts and technology implementation of self-organized organic materials

Investing in energy efficiency and saving is crucial to support energy accessibility and environmental protection, and it is the world’s best interest to share and implement forms of energy efficiency. This implies a stronger and effective transnational policy to promote and disseminate know-how about new technologies both at the market and R&D level. In this respect, development of projects centered on energy efficient technologies based on nanostructured organic materials certainly is a strategic field. The progresses in mastering organic matter by self-assembly and self-organization to form ordered soft-materials revolutionized the field opening new frontiers for both fundamental and applied research. However the route towards organic materials for application at the industrial scale is restricted by difficulties in the control and manipulation of the structural organization at the molecular level and its manifestation at higher scales. Motivated by the potential for significant energy savings, the INFUSION project aims to create a strongly interdisciplinary and inter-sectorial environment in which the principles of self-organization are poured from the Academia into the private sector and vice-versa to create new paradigms to engineer electrochromic devices. Through a detailed plan of 83 secondments, the project aims at cross-fertilize the electrochromic technology joining specific expertise to realize a bottom-up approach toward the design, preparation and characterization of self-organized organic materials (chromophores, CNSs, polymers...) at different interfaces (ITO, graphene) and exhibiting superior performances (optical, durability…). For the transfer of knowledge, the project combines the multidisciplinary expertise of 6 universities, 1 research institute, and 3 companies representing 4 EU and 2 TC countries (Pakistan and Argentina) in the field of organic chemistry, photochemistry, surface science, polymer and materials science, and device engineering.
THREE COMPONENT COMPOSITION FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF POLYURETHANE CEMENTITIOUS HYBRID FLOORING OR COATING WITH IMPROVED SURFACE GLOSS

The present invention relates to a three component composition consisting of a polyol component (A) comprising at least two polyols, one with high and one with low molecular weight, and water, a polyisocyanate component (B) comprising a methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) product with an average NCO functionality of at least 2.5, or a methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) product with an average NCO functionality of at least 2 and at least one further polyol with an amount of between 1 % and 30% based on the weight of said polyisocyanate component (B), wherein said MDI product and said polyol have reacted at least partially, and a powder component (C) comprising at least one hydraulic binder, preferably cement and/or calcined paper sludge, preferably a calcium compound selected from calcium hydroxide and/or calcium oxide, and optionally one or more aggregates. Polyurethane cementitious hybrid flooring or coating systems having glossy/semiglossy surfaces, good workability and outstanding mechanical properties can be achieved. Blister formation can be avoided.
Benzyl viologen as an n-type dopant for organic semiconductors

Abstract This paper reports an n-type dopant, neutral benzyl viologen (BV0), for organic semiconductors and their application as active layers in organic field-effect transistors (OFETs). BV0 is blended in four commonly used n-type and ambipolar conjugated polymer solutions as charge transfer dopant. Electron mobility increased markedly to ∼10−1 cm2 V-1 s-1 from ∼10−3 cm2V−1s−1 for BV0 doped (6.7%v/v) ambipolar diketopyrrolopyrrole-thieno [3,2-b]thiophene (DPPT-TT) OFETs; whereas, only decreased off current was observed in BV0 doped (6.7%v/v) n-type OFETs based on strong electron transport polymers, including poly [[ N, N 9-bis(2-octyldodecyl)-naphthalene-1,4,5,8-bis(dicarboximide)-2,6-diyl]-alt-5,59-(2,29-bithiophene)] (P(NDI2OD-T2)), poly{2,5-bis(2-dodecylhexadecyl)-3,6-di(thiophen-2-yl)pyrrolo-[3,4-c]pyrrole-1,4(2H, 5H)-dione-alt-(E)-1,2-bis(3-cyanothiophen-2-yl)ethene} (2DPP-2CNTVT) and poly{2,5-bis(7-dodecylhenicosyl)-3,6-di(thiophen-2-yl)pyrrolo-[3,4-c]pyrrole-1,4(2H, 5H)-dione-alt-(E)-1,2-bis(3-cyanothiophen-2-yl)ethene (7DPP-2CNTVT). This indicates that BV0 doping efficiency is strongly dependent on conjugated polymer structural differences and transport profiles as well as the interaction between their molecules and BV0 during the doping process.
Effect of ciprofloxacin on microbiological development in wetland mesocosms

An understanding of how antibiotics and other "emerging contaminants" affect both water treatment systems and natural environments is of growing interest. Ciprofloxacin is a broad-spectrum antibiotic active against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and has been extensively used over the past 20 years. The objective of this research was to study the effect of an antibiotic such as ciprofloxacin on the development, function and stability of bacterial communities in wetland systems. Four mesocosm wetlands planted with Phragmites australis were initially seeded with activated sludge from a waste water treatment plant and allowed to develop for a 1 week period, after which 2 of the 4 mesocosms were exposed to a ciprofloxacin concentration of 2 μg/mL for a 5 day period. The 4 mesocosms were then monitored for several microbiological and hydrological parameters over the course of 22 weeks. The bacterial community species distribution and catabolic capabilities were assessed via denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) and community level physiological profiling (CLPP), based on carbon utilization. DGGE results indicated that the ciprofloxacin decreased the total number of PCR-amplifiable DNA (bacteria) and the overall diversity of bacterial operational taxonomic units (OTUs). Through CLPP it was shown that the interstitial microbiological community was initially adversely affected by the ciprofloxacin, creating a temporary decrease in the activity and overall catabolic capabilities of the inherent wetland bacterial communities. However, after a 2-5 week recovery period the activities and catabolic capabilities of the bacterial communities exposed to ciprofloxacin returned to levels comparable to those found for bacterial communities not exposed to the ciprofloxacin. These findings suggest that ciprofloxacin exposure may have an adverse effect on the inherent bacterial communities in wetland systems initially reducing their ability to assimilate anthropogenic carbon-based compounds; however, normal functionality may resume after a 2-5 week period. It was also observed that plants in the ciprofloxacin-treated mesocosms did not adapt to the antibiotic presence, instead showing initial browning of above ground parts and eventual die-off. Reduced porosity, evapotranspiration, and overall hydrological mixing in the ciprofloxacin-treated mesocosms was observed.
Semi-natural grassland as a source of biodiversity improvement

Today using our environment responsibly and developing a high quality environment means, above all, maintaining the existing species and habitats diversity and creating, wherever possible, new High Nature Value areas (HNVAs) as replacements of those eliminated through impacting human activities. In the last decades the agricultural intensification and the abandonment of land more difficult to cultivate have led to a strong biodiversity decrease of extensively or less intensively managed agri-ecosystems, mainly grasslands, with a High Nature Value (HNV). In Central Europe, the total biodiversity, of which the agricultural part is essential, has also decreased. Moreover, the urbanisation has also contributed to reduce the HNV areas and to create surfaces with vegetation strongly influenced by human activities.
Protection of biodiversity was first promoted by the 1992 Rio de Janeiro Convention on Biological Conservation and then by recent EU regulations. To achieve this goal the public and private institutions involved need the availability of native plant material, which is not sufficiently met in Central Europe. Grasslands in this area are usually established by sowing standard seed mixtures from the international seed market, which mostly contain non-native species or ecotypes. In addition, the practical implementation of ecological restoration methods is not as yet satisfactory and seeds of local provenance are seldom available on the market in the needed quantities.
In order to meet and overcome these obstacles the general aim of SALVERE is to contribute to the practical realisation of EU regulations regarding biodiversity by utilising the semi-natural grasslands as potential seed donor sites. The specific aims will be the improvement and transfer of the restoration techniques suitable for harvesting native plant seed from semi-natural grasslands and to establish new HNV areas.
Improving drought resistance in crops and arabidopsis

Drought is the first cause of agricultural losses globally, and represents a major threat to food security.  Currently, plant biotechnology stands as the most promising strategy to produce crops capable of producing high yields in fed rain conditions. From the study of whole-plants, the main underlying mechanism for responses to drought stress has been uncovered, and multiple drought resistance genes have been engineered into crops. So far, plants with enhanced drought resistance displayed reduced crop yield, which imposes the search of novel approaches to uncouple drought resistance from plant growth. Our laboratory has recently shown, for the first time, that the receptors of Brassinosteroid hormones use cell-specific pathways to allocate different developmental responses during root growth. In particular, we have found that cell-specific components of the stem cell niche have the ability to control cellular responses to stress to promote stem renewal to ensure root growth. Additionally, we have also found that BR mutants are resistant to drought, together opening an exceptional opportunity to investigate the mechanisms that confer drought resistance with cellular specificity in plants. In this project, we will use Brassinosteroid signaling in the Arabidopsis root to investigate the mechanism for drought stress resistance in plant and to design novel molecules able to confer resistance to the drought stress. Finally, we will translate our research results and tools into Sorghum bicolor (Sorghum), a crop cereal of paramount importance in fed rain regions of the planet. Our research will impact in science, providing new avenues for the study of hormone signaling in plants, and in society, by providing sustainable solutions for enhance crop production in limiting water environments.
Modulation of pressure‐dependent cerebral arterial myogenic tone by a redox‐sensitive signaling event (1079.8)

The objective of this study is to investigate the pressure-induced redox-sensitive signaling pathway in the regulation of pressure-dependent myogenic rat cerebral arterial constriction. Methods. We have investigated effects of step increases in intramural pressure on the generation of ROS and the role of inactivation of the phosphatase PTEN and subsequent activation of the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway in pressure-induced myogenic constriction of cerebral arteries using a battery of experimental methods. Results. Step increase in intraluminal pressure induced myogenic constriction associated with increased formation of superoxide (O2.-) and its dismutation product hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). The increase in intraluminal pressure also induced oxidative inactivation of the lipid dual-phosphatase PTEN and activation of Akt. Pharmacological inhibition of endogenous PTEN activity potentiated pressure-dependent myogenic constriction, and caused a reduction in NPo of a 238 pS arterial KCa channel current and an increase in [Ca2+]i level in freshly isolated cerebral arterial muscle cells (CAMCs), responses that were attenuated by Inhibition of the PI3K/Akt pathway. Conclusions. We report that an increase in intraluminal pressure-induced elevated O2.-production that resulted in oxidative inactivation of PTEN and activation of the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway, which involved in modulation of the development of pressure-dependent myogenic cerebral arterial constriction. Grant Funding Source: This work is supported by grants from NIH (R01 NIH/NHLBI, HL033833, HL092105 and HL105997)
A novel approach for CPU utilization on a multicore paradigm using parallel quicksort

Multicore architecture of CPU is popular because of its performance; the challenge for the Multicore environment are-writing the effective code that can exploit the parallelism, measuring the performance in terms of CPU individual core utilization. The effective code using multithreading (parallel code) leads to performance speedup. Various multithreading applications are getting developed now days to utilize the CPU cores. In this paper, tools are developed, one by using C# console viz. application for measuring the performance of the CPU cores individually. Performance is measured in terms of load on each core in percentage. Second tool is designed using windows C# viz. application for plotting the graph with respect to time of CPU load in percentage. By both the tools performance is measured while quicksort is getting executed in the serial and parallel for a large number of data elements. Experiment is done on dual core and quad core CPU and results are stored in the table. Comparison graphs are drawn for running time of quicksort as well as CPU individual core utilization. The result shows parallel version of quicksort better utilize the CPU individual cores compared to its sequential version. It exploits more parallelism that leads the better CPU utilization.
(6439.12122014.079000451) EN BUSCA DE LA EXCELENCIA 2 PARA EL ESPACIO ABIERTO SRL

. INCLUYE LOS CINCO PUNTOS SIGUIENTES: . 1. LA REORGANIZACIÓN DE LA PRODUCCIÓN DE ACUERDO CON LOS PRINCIPIOS DE PRODUCCIÓN LEAN APLICADOS A LA PRODUCCIÓN MEDIANTE LA INTRODUCCIÓN DE INNOVACIONES DE PROCESOS TRATADAS EN LOS SIGUIENTES TRES PUNTOS HACE NECESARIO REVISAR Y REDEFINIR LOS PROCESOS DE PRODUCCIÓN PARA QUE LOS PROCESOS EN SÍ MISMOS SE OPTIMICEN DE TAL MANERA. ¿PARA PODER INCLUIR ACTIVIDADES DE LA MEJOR MANERA? CARACTERÍSTICAS DE LOS PROCEDIMIENTOS DESCRITOS ANTERIORMENTE. . TENER QUE DESARROLLAR UNA NUEVA LÓGICA DE PROCESO EN EL CAMPO DE PRODUCCIÓN, ¿SÍ? ¿ELIGIÓ APLICAR UNA METODOLOGÍA QUE REFLEJE AL MENOS LOS PRIMEROS 4 PRINCIPIOS DEL MÉTODO DE PRODUCCIÓN MAGRA? (PRODUCCIÓN DIRECTA) EN UN CONTEXTO (DADO EL PEQUEÑO TAMAÑO DE LA EMPRESA) QUE SE PRESTA BIEN A ESTE TIPO DE ENFOQUE. . AL FINAL DE ESTA PARTE DE LA INTERVENCIÓN, LOS REPRESENTANTES DE LA EMPRESA PODRÁN: — ¿GESTIONAR Y CONTROLAR LOS PROCESOS DE PRODUCCIÓN Y, MÁS? EN GENERAL, ¿LOS PROCESOS DE NEGOCIO NOS DISTINGUEN? QUE GENERA VALOR PARA EL SINGO
On the Nature of the Stationary Point of a Quadratic Response Surface: A Bayesian Simulation-Based Approach

In response-surface methodology, when the data are fitted using a quadratic model, it is important to make inference about the eigenvalues of the matrix of pure and mixed second-order coefficients, since they contain information on the nature of the stationary point and the shape of the surface. In this article, we propose a Bayesian simulation-based approach to explore the behavior of the posterior distributions of these eigenvalues. Highest posterior density (HPD) intervals for the ordered eigenvalues are then computed and their empirical coverage probabilities are evaluated. A user-friendly software tool has been developed to get the kernel density plots of these simulated posterior distributions and to obtain the corresponding HPD intervals. It is provided online as supplementary materials to this article.
The Research of Virtual Assembly of Cotton Picker Roller Based on Virtual Reality

This paper took the roller of a new cotton picker as the example, drew its various parts and assemblyed overally in the three-dimensional mapping software environment of UG, imported the models into the virtual reality assembly platform by the interface between UG and VAPlatform, added the virtual hand and carried through the virtual assembly in the virtual scene based on the certain assembly restriction in UG. The paper realized the visualization of the assembly path, offered the foundation for the feasible assembly path, and finally obtained the reasonable assembly process, provided a set of reasonable operation guide for the workers to assemble the cotton pickers.
Implementación de un producto innovador en la actividad de «UMT» Ltd. — broca de aleación sólida para agujeros profundos

UMT Ltd. es una empresa establecida en 2006 en Kazanlak. Las actividades de la empresa comenzaron con las importaciones de acero estructural y para herramientas procedentes de Rusia y Ucrania y exportaciones a Rusia y a los países de la antigua URSS de maquinaria y herramientas de corte. En 2010 UMT Ltd. comenzó su propia producción. Actualmente, la empresa es el único productor en Bulgaria de herramientas monolíticas de aleación dura para máquinas de corte de metal. Con este proyecto, la empresa-candidato implementará innovación de productos — innovación mundial: broca de aleación sólida para agujeros profundos, que es una herramienta para máquinas de unión de metal. En el proyecto se implementará una actividad:1. Adquisición de nuevos equipos necesarios para la implementación en la producción del producto innovador. Esta actividad se llevará a cabo a través de la compra de: — Máquina para rectificado circular exterior — 1 pieza- Máquina rectificadora CNC con tienda para el cambio automático de discos — 1 pieza — máquina para pulir — 1 pieza- Sistema de medición 3D -1 piezas Estas máquinas asegurarán la viabilidad técnica completa del proyecto complementando la base existente de la empresa para garantizar la capacidad total necesaria para iniciar la producción en serie de la broca y su posterior comercialización. El taladro es un producto significativamente mejorado en comparación con los análogos del mundo, que combina cuatro características únicas, de las cuales solo una es propiedad de un análogo cercano. Entra dentro del ámbito de aplicación del área temática «Mecatrónica y Tecnologías Limpias» de la ESIS y tiene las siguientes ventajas sobre los productos competitivos del mundo: reducir radicalmente el coste de una operación específica en el cliente, aumentar la productividad y la calidad máxima de las aperturas en funcionamiento del instrumento. Estas ventajas de producto conducirán a ventajas de mercado para UMT y aumentarán la competitividad de la empresa a través del aumento de las ventas y la expansión de los mercados en Bulgaria, Rusia, Francia y Alemania.
Verification of the recovery program for the musculoskeletal and breathing apparatus in Hotel Zdraví Cvilín.

The submitted project is focused on verification of the recovery program for the musculoskeletal and breathing apparatus in Hotel Zdraví Cvilín using instruments and methodology on a representative sample of probands and know-how. Therefore, a scientific team from the BALUO Application Centre at Palacký University Olomouc was approached, which, using FTK UP technologies, measuring devices, new procedures combined with the experience of physiotherapy specialists, will allow for real testing, leading to their improvement and to verify effectiveness in real conditions.
Bridging the gap to commercialisation of wave energy technology using pre-commercial procurement

The global potential to harness the power of ocean waves is huge. Europe has 44% of wave energy patents as well as some of the best resources on its Atlantic coastlines.  Wave energy technology has, however, not yet achieved commercial viability and conventional public technology innovation support schemes have had only limited success.  Convergence/consolidation is needed to deliver the technology the market requires.  Without this, investors and industrial developers will not have the confidence to engage with the sector and help make it a significant contributor to the future low carbon energy mix.

EuropeWave builds on the success of the regionally funded PCP programme known as Wave Energy Scotland (WES), set up in 2014 and expands this concept to the European level as mandated by the SET Plan Implementation Plan for ocean energy.  WES will be the coordinator of the proposed EuropeWave project and lead a ‘Buyers Group’ of public authorities from the UK (Scotland - WES) and the Basque Country (EVE). The consortium is completed by Ocean Energy Europe, the sector’s representative body, who will enable the widest possible engagement with those influential stakeholders able to maximise the environmental, economic and social benefits of wave energy technology for Europe. 

EuropeWave brings together over €22.5m of national, regional and EU funding to provide the boost to Europe’s wave energy innovation community necessary to transition to commercial viability. This will be achieved by procuring a phased competitive programme of R&D to pull forward those technologies that can demonstrate the best potential to achieve the technical and economic performance metrics that will make them investor-ready.  Approximately 7 technologies are expected to enter the programme via an open OJEU call with the best performing technologies completing a physical demonstration in the marine environment.