SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Depositional environments and diagenesis of a carbonate till from a Quaternary paleoglacier sequence in the Southern Velebit Mountain (Croatia)

Abstract Glacial sediment is an important paleoclimatological and paleoenvironmental archive. In the Mediterranean region most of the Quaternary glaciers were hosted in carbonate mountains. Diagenetical processes in carbonate sediments tend to impact preservation of glacial features and complicate the establishment of accurate chronologies. This paper presents a sedimentological study of a paleoglacier hosted in the carbonate Velebit Mountain, Croatia. Three carbonate tills were studied in order to evaluate their depositional environments and the diagenetical processes that affect them. The tills were selected from lateral moraines of different glacial stages of the paleoglacier and they are interpreted as lodgement and melt-out tills. Diagenetical processes such as cementation, dissolution and increase in organic content were enhanced by the percolation of water through the sediment and the propagation of rootlets. This research demonstrates the importance of understanding the diagenetical processes affecting carbonate tills after their sedimentation. Studies like this are an essential research stage prior to conducting geochronological and paleoclimatological interpretations based on paleoglaciers in carbonate regions.
Deployment of Renewable Energy Systems: Barriers, Challenges, and Opportunities

Abstract Anthropogenic activities resulting to the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) to the atmosphere have increased the challenges faced from climate change. The increased need to mitigate the impacts of climate change has brought focus on the adverse impacts of fossil-fuel-based energy on the environment. Renewable energy sources that include biomass, hydroelectric, wind, solar, and geothermal systems and are carbon neutral, releasing relatively no emissions, are a viable solution. This chapter describes the renewable energy potential of EU-28 countries, current trends, and future prospects of energy systems in 2050. Furthermore, this chapter assesses from a technological and economical point of view a strategy for integrating renewable sources into isolated energy systems—located in Cyclades group of islands. The design of renewable energy systems involves three major technological changes: energy savings on the demand side, efficiency improvements in the energy production, and the replacement of fossil fuels by various sources of renewable energy. Based on the case of Cyclades group of islands, this chapter analyzes the problems and perspectives of converting the present energy system of Greek islands into a 100% renewable energy system.
Depressurizing dissociation of natural gas hydrate with different saturation

Natural gas hydrate(NGH),a high quality,clean and efficient new energy,has received worldwide attention.Among the NGH dissociation methods,depressurization has been considered as an effective way.However,the result of depressurization dissociation is different for NGH with different saturations.A home-made one-dimensional experimental system is used for studying formation and dissociation behavior of NGH.At simulation marine geological conditions,NGH with different saturations is formed in the simulated porous media.Then they are dissociated by depressurizing slowly.Dissociation performance and saturation influence of NGH are analyzed.The results show that:the NGH dissociation by depressurization can be divided into three stages:free gas production in the early stage,gas release from hydrate dissociation in the second stage and surplus free gas release in the third stage.In the second stage,with NGH saturation increasing from 16% to 48%,the average rate of gas production increases first and then decreases.It shows that the effect of NGH saturation on gas production rate by NGH dissociation is of non-linear relation.Higher NGH saturation results in a large range of temperature decrease.Within the range of our experimental conditions,the dissociation rate of NGH with medium saturation(32%) is relatively larger,so depressurization is a appropriate method for NGH reservoirs with medium saturation.
REVOS - RÉSEAU EUROPÉEN DE SERVICE VOLONTAIRE SOCIAL

European civil society is based on a set of activities carried out by non-profit making entities supported by voluntary work and operating in conjunction with national, regional and local administrations in order to improve many sectors of contemporary society. Public authorities have become heavily involved in the development of policies and services in support of these bodies, promoting their various activities and offsetting certain gaps detected in recent years with increased voluntary social work in Europe. The REVOS project helps create a network of 16 European partners and also to produce the methods and instruments required by public social services. Overall objective / Objectif général Aware of their respective isolation, the authorities hope to use ICT to create a durable network to facilitate the emergence and dissemination of good practices, thus enabling reciprocal exchanges and professional links with local agents to be established. The Interreg IIIC Programme was considered to be suitable support since it involves first-level cooperation between administrations (regional, provincial and local, but also academic organisations and NGOs) to promote regional development of administrative services and improve the role of voluntary work in social activities. Expected results / Résultats attendus The creation of a European network to reinforce voluntary social work will be supported by a web site to facilitate cooperation and coordination between the partners. The portal will also be used by each administration in its work with other regional agents involved in social services. It is, then, a work tool that uses information generated at the European level and at the local and regional levels to promote voluntary work, create exchanges and disseminate resources and good practices between the regions. The exchange of technical officers related to voluntary social work and sectorial surveys will be launched to promote interregional relations within the network. Dissemination activities at the European level will allow other European administrative authorities to participate in the network.
Recent Advances in Means Safety as a Suicide Prevention Strategy

Despite advances in theory and the development and implementation of evidence-based treatments, the United States suicide rate has been rising continuously for over a decade. Although this does not indicate that traditional treatment approaches should be abandoned, it does highlight the need to supplement such approaches with alternatives. One seemingly highly valuable option is means safety, defined as the reduced access to and/or increased safe storage of potentially lethal methods for suicide. This paper provides a review of the current literature on the prevalence of six methods for suicide and preventative efforts aimed to reduce suicide rates. The majority of means safety interventions seem promising given that these methods are common and highly lethal. However, cultural and practical barriers will need to be taken into consideration when implementing these plans. Overall, means safety efforts and preventative measures seem to be promising ways to reduce the national suicide rate if implemented.
Shift in frequency-dependent selection across the life-cycle in obligately interbreeding harvester ant lineages

The long-term persistence of hybridogenetic systems, in which one genetic lineage is dependent on another as a sperm host, is paradoxical because they require continual coexistence between ecological competitors. Several species of ants display a social form of hybridogenesis, in which two distinct genetic lineages obligately interbreed to produce sterile workers, while intra-lineage progeny become the reproductives. A recent model suggests that persistence of such a system depends on the relative strengths of negative frequency-dependent selection acting during colony growth and positive frequency-dependent selection during reproduction. We used path analysis to investigate the effect of lineage frequency on reproductive output and colony sex ratio over a single reproductive season in a natural population of the H1/H2 lineage pair in the genus Pogonomyrmex. Results suggest that lineage frequency does impact reproduction via two opposing routes: the more common lineage procures more same-lineage mates, resulting in a higher proportion of same-lineage mates increases reproduction through higher queen-egg availability, but the rarer lineage procures more alternate-lineage mates, yielding a more genetically diverse worker caste that increases productivity. As a result, lineage frequency has only a weakly positive overall effect on colony reproduction, and overall frequency-dependence in this system across the entire life cycle is likely to be negative as predicted by the persistence model.
MINIATURE WATCH WINDER

The invention relates to a device (10) for winding an automatic watch (50), comprising a support (12) designed such that the watch (50) can be installed around the support (12), at least one base element (14a,14b) connected to the support (12), and a drive mechanism configured to move the support (12) relative to the base element (14a,14b), said drive element comprising a motor and said motor being located inside the support (12).
Scanning anisotropy parameters in horizontal transversely isotropic media

The horizontal transversely isotropic model, with arbitrary symmetry axis orientation, is the simplest effective representative that explains the azimuthal behaviour of seismic data. Estimating the anisotropy parameters of this model is important in reservoir characterisation, specifically in terms of fracture delineation. We propose a travel-time-based approach to estimate the anellipticity parameter η and the symmetry axis azimuth ϕ of a horizontal transversely isotropic medium, given an inhomogeneous elliptic background model (which might be obtained from velocity analysis and well velocities). This is accomplished through a Taylor's series expansion of the travel-time solution (of the eikonal equation) as a function of parameter η and azimuth angle ϕ. The accuracy of the travel time expansion is enhanced by the use of Shanks transform. This results in an accurate approximation of the solution of the non-linear eikonal equation and provides a mechanism to scan simultaneously for the best fitting effective parameters η and ϕ, without the need for repetitive modelling of travel times. The analysis of the travel time sensitivity to parameters η and ϕ reveals that travel times are more sensitive to η than to the symmetry axis azimuth ϕ. Thus, η is better constrained from travel times than the azimuth. Moreover, the two-parameter scan in the homogeneous case shows that errors in the background model affect the estimation of η and ϕ differently. While a gradual increase in errors in the background model leads to increasing errors in η, inaccuracies in ϕ, on the other hand, depend on the background model errors. We also propose a layer-stripping method valid for a stack of arbitrary oriented symmetry axis horizontal transversely isotropic layers to convert the effective parameters to the interval layer values.
Experimental and theoretical investigation of the first fold creation in thin walled columns

In this paper, a theoretical formula is presented to predict the instantaneous folding force of the first fold creation in square and rectangular columns under axial loading. The rectangular column is a small and single model of honeycombs with square or rectangular cells. Calculations are based on the analysis of the Basic Folding Mechanism (BFM). For this purpose, sum of the dissipated energy rate under bending around horizontal and inclined hinge lines and the dissipated energy rate under extensional deformations was equal to the work rate of the external force on the structure. The final formula obtained in this research, reasonably predicts the instantaneous folding force of single-cell square and rectangular honeycombs instead of the average value. Finally, according to the calculated theoretical relation, the instantaneous folding force of the first fold creation in a square column was sketched versus folding distance and compared to the experimental results, which showed a good correlation.
Surface Coating Mediated Swelling and Fracture of Silicon Nanowires during Lithiation

Surface passivation of silicon anodes is an appealing design strategy for the development of reliable, high-capacity lithium-ion batteries. However, the structural stability of the coating layer and its influence on the lithiation process remain largely unclear. Herein, we show that surface coating mediates the swelling dynamics and the fracture pattern during initial lithiation of crystalline silicon nanopillars. We choose conformally nickel coated silicon architectures as a model system. Experimental findings are interpreted based on a chemomechanical model. Markedly different swelling and fracture regimes have been identified, depending on the coating thickness and silicon nanopillar diameter. Nanopillars with relatively thin coating display anisotropic swelling similar to pristine nanopillars, but with different preferred fracture sites. As the coating thickness increases, the mechanisms become isotropic, with one randomly oriented longitudinal crack that unzips the core-shell structure. The morphology of cracked pillars resembles that of a thin-film electrode on a substrate, which is more amenable to cyclic lithiation without fracture. The knowledge provided here helps clarify the cycling results of coated nanosilicon electrodes and further suggests design rules for better performance electrodes through proper control of the lithiation and fracture.
The Moldanubian Zone in the French Massif Central, Vosges/Schwarzwald and Bohemian Massif revisited: differences and similarities

In order to portray the main differences and similarities between the Northeastern Variscan
segments (French Massif Central (FMC), Vosges, Black Forest and Bohemian Massif (BM)),
we review their crustal-scale architectures, the specific rock associations and lithotectonic
sequences, as well as the ages of the main magmatic and metamorphic events. This review demonstrates
significant differences between the ‘Moldanubian’ domains in theBMand the FMC. On this
basis we propose distinguishing between the Eastern and Western Moldanubian zones, while the
Vosges/Black Forest Mountains are an intermediate section between the BM and the FMC. The
observed differences are the result of, first, the presence in the French segment of an early
large-scale accretionary system prior to the main Variscan collision and, second, the duration of
Saxothuringian/Armorican subduction, which generated long-lived magmatic arc and back-arc
systems in the Bohemian segment, while the magmatic activity in the FMC was comparably
short-lived.
Patagonia. Comparando representaciones de los siglos XX y XXI

Basándose en el concepto de interacción dinámica entre espacio y literatura propuesto por el crítico francés Bertrand Westphal y por él denominado geocrítica, el presente trabajo se propone yuxtaponer las representaciones que de la Patagonia proporcionan intelectuales de distinta procedencia como el italiano Alberto Maria De Agostini y los argentinos (no patagónicos) Asencio Abeijón y Raúl Argemí. El análisis y la comparación ponen de relieve como, aun sustrayéndose todos los autores a la más tradicional imagen de la Patagonia-desierto propuesta por el llamado “texto fundador” –como lo define Silvia Casini–, sufren en diferente medida la influencia de la visión europea sobre la región pero al mismo tiempo saben subvertir dicho imaginario resignificándolo.
USER-GUIDED TERM SUGGESTIONS

Methods and apparatus related to providing user-guided term suggestions. Some implementations may be directed to identifying user input that includes at least one term and identifying a user-initiated activity near the term. An edit term may be identified based on the user-initiated activity near the term, an edit position in the edit term may be identified, and one or more candidate terms may be identified based on the edit term. Similarity measures for the candidate terms may be determined. The similarity measure of a given candidate term of the candidate terms may be based on the edit position. One or more of the candidate terms may be selected as suggested terms based on the similarity measures and the selected suggested terms provided for potential replacement of the edit term.
Foundations of efficient lattice cryptography

Public key cryptography is the backbone of internet security. Yet it is very likely that within the next few decades some government or corporate entity will succeed in building a general-purpose quantum computer that is capable of breaking all of today's public key protocols. Lattice cryptography, which appears to be resilient to quantum attacks, is currently viewed as the most promising candidate to take over as the basis for cryptography in the future.  Recent theoretical breakthroughs have additionally shown that lattice cryptography may even allow for constructions of primitives with novel capabilities.  But even though the progress in this latter area has been considerable, the resulting schemes are still extremely impractical. 

The central objective of the FELICITY project is to substantially expand the boundaries of efficient lattice-based cryptography.  This includes improving on the most crucial cryptographic protocols, some of which are already considered practical, as well as pushing towards efficiency in areas that currently seem out of reach.  The methodology that we propose to use differs from the bulk of the research being done today.   Rather than directly working on advanced primitives in which practical considerations are ignored, the focus of the project will be on finding novel ways in which to break the most fundamental barriers that are standing in the way of practicality.  For this, I believe it is productive to concentrate on building schemes that stand at the frontier of what is considered efficient -- because it is there that the most critical barriers are most apparent.  And since cryptographic techniques usually propagate themselves from simple to advanced primitives, improved solutions for the fundamental ones will eventually serve as building blocks for practical constructions of schemes having advanced capabilities.
SMART BOX

A smart box cooler includes a cooler body and a delivery lid coupled to the liner or the cooler body. The delivery lid is adapted to close an opening that extends through the cooler body and the liner into at least one cavity of the cooler body. The smart box cooler can maintain a food safe temperature in the cavity. The cooler body or the delivery lid includes a delivery assembly with a lock mechanism, an electrically operated actuator adapted to prevent the lock mechanism from being unlocked, and a computing device. The computing device can initiate access to the cavity of the cooler body.
EVALUASI CITRA WORLDVIEW-2 UNTUK PENDUGAAN KEDALAMAN PERAIRAN DANGKAL PULAU KELAPA-HARAPAN MENGGUNAKAN ALGORITMA RASIO BAND

Remote sensing technology is so advanced that recently produced satellite sensors with the capability to provide imagery options with very high spatial resolutions. One of the options is WorldView-2 that has 1.84 meter of spatial resolution. Besides, WorldView-2 also has at least five bands on visible rays. The capability of remote sensing for underwater detection through specific depths and the availability of its bands on visible rays give more appropriate options to apply logarithm bands ratio on shallow water depth estimation. This research is aimed at analyzing the capability of WorldView-2 imagery to estimate shallow water depth of Kelapa-Harapan islands by using bands ratio algorithm. There were six bands combination used in applying band 1 through band 4 of WorldView-2 imagery. The results have shown that the best combination of bands to estimate the shallow water depth in the study area is the ratio between band 1 and band 3 with the R2 value of 0.067 and the average bias of 0.66 m. The ratio between band 1 and band 4 gave the value of R2 as big as 0.55 of its regression to the field depth samples. Meanwhile, the other four bands combination ratios have shown very low correlations to the water depth in the field. © 2015 GJGP UNDIP. All rights reserved.
Deciphering the fungus-host-microbiota interplay to improve the management of fungal infections

Fungal infections have a major impact on human health, infecting about 2 billion people and killing more people each year than malaria or breast cancer. In particular, Candida species impose a high clinical and economic burden upon the European population. They frequently cause fatal hospital-acquired bloodstream infections. They also cause oral thrush and vaginitis. Most women have suffered an episode of vulvovaginal candidiasis, with ~8% enduring recurrent infections. The initiation and severity of a Candida infection depends on an intricate interplay between the infecting fungal strain and the individual’s immune status and microbiota, all of which can display significant variability. Therefore, for the first time, FunHoMic integrates experts in fungal pathogenesis, immunology, microbial ecology and ‘omics technologies to train 13 Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) who will define and exploit this Fungal-Host-Microbiota interplay to identify novel biomarkers (fungal or host genetic polymorphisms, microbiota profiles, metabolites or immune markers) for the stratification of a patient’s risk of serious fungal infection. This will pave the way for precision medicine in patient management through preventive or therapeutic interventions using antifungals, immune modulators or Live Biotherapeutic Products (LBPs). FunHoMic ESRs will gain broad interdisciplinary skills plus a translational mindset through our integrated, inter-sectoral training program. This will allow Europe to remain at the forefront of translational research in the field of medical mycology. To achieve this vision FunHoMic unites academic partners from France, Germany, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain and UK, a French Technology Research Institute with cutting-edge ‘omics technology platforms and three SMEs from The Netherlands, Belgium and France that bring unrivalled organ-on-chip and gastro-intestinal tract simulation technologies and expertise in the development and exploitation of innovative LBPs.
Analysis on the troubleshooting of continuous blood purification machine malfunction in the clinical use

Objective:To provide a basis for proper use of the continuous blood purification machine through analysis of its malfunction related factors.Methods:Through study of using continuous blood purification machine by Baxter Aquarius in four of the best hospitals in Shanghai for the past three years,lists frequent incidences of malfunction classification,causes,and treatment methods based on statistics on the process of using the alarm malfunction,and solved malfunction by manufacturer's engineers.Results:To provide clinical guidance for operation of CRRT equipment,improve the safe and stable operating condition through comparison and analysis of the continuous blood purification machine malfunction.Conclusion:The regular maintenance and proper use of clinical operations will help the stability of operating condition of the continuous blood purification machine.