SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Dry shaver with a slidable roll-type cover.

Bei einem Trockernrasierapparat mit einem verschiebbaren Rolladen (3), der zum wahlweisen Abdecken oder Freigeben einer Siebscherfolie (9) des Trockenrasierapparates dient, wobei die Siebscherfolie von einem an einem Grundapparat (1) des Trockenrasierapparates lösbar gehaltenen Scherkopfrahmen (2) getragen wird, und für den eine durch eine Rast (12, 13, 14, 15) gesicherte Lage vorgesehen ist, in welcher vom Rolladen her, bei zum Rasieren freigegebener Siebscherfolie durch den Rolladen, der Motorstromkreis für den Antrieb des Trockenrasierapparates geschlossen ist, ist der Rolladen von der Siebscherfolie her vollständig auf den Grundapparat schiebbar, wobei eine weitere durch eine Rast (12, 13; 23, 24) gesicherte Lage für den Rolladen vorgesehen ist, in welcher der Rollladen die Siebscherfolie und den Scherkopfrahmen freigibt und vom Rolladen her der Motorstromkreis unterbrochen ist (Fig. 1).
Novel Association of Killer Cell Immunoglobulin-like Receptor Genes with EBV-infectious Diseases in Children.

Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) which are mainly expressed on natural killer (NK) cells are implicated in many virus infections. However, it is unclear whether or not KIRs are associated with susceptibility to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection related diseases. Therefore, the purpose of our study was to investigate possible correlation between polymorphisms of KIR genes and infectious mononucleosis (IM)/EBV-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (EBV-HLH). The polymorphisms of KIR genes were detected by polymerase chain reaction with sequence-specific primers (PCR-SSP). The results would contribute to clarify the association of KIRs with EBV induced diseases, and provide new insights into the role of NK cells and innate immune response against viral infections and/or subsequent progression.
Possibility of Cyclic Turnarounds in Brane-World Scenario: Phantom Energy Accretion onto Black Holes and Its Consequences

A universe described by braneworlds is studied in a cyclic scenario. As expected such an oscillating universe will undergo turnarounds, whenever the phantom energy density reaches a critical value from either side. It is found that a universe described by RSII brane model will readily undergo oscillations if, either the brane tension, λ or the bulk cosmological constant, Λ 4 is negative. The DGP brane model does not readily undergo cyclic turnarounds. Hence for this model a modified equation is proposed to incorporate the cyclic nature. It is found that there is always a remanent mass of a black hole at the verge of a turnaround. Hence contrary to known results in literature, it is found that the destruction of black holes at the turnaround is completely out of question. Finally to alleviate, if not solve, the problem posed by the black holes, it is argued that the remanent masses of the black holes do not act as a serious defect of the model because of Hawking evaporation.
Towards multimodal emotion recognition

Multimedia indexing is about developing techniques allowing people to effectively find media. Content-based methods become necessary when dealing with large databases as people cannot possibly annotate all available content. Emotions are intrinsic in human beings and are known to be very important for natural interactions, decision making, memory, and many other cognitive functions. Current technologies allows exploring the emotional space by mean of content-based analysis of audio and video, but also thanks to other modalities such as the human physiology.In this paper, we present the latest development in the emotion recognition part of SAMMI [18] by mean of an extensive study on feature selection and the application of many of the principles we have presented in [17] and [15]. Then, we present the concepts of output thresholding, inverse thresholding, and profiling which we used for improving the results of the recognition. Finally, we present a study on the robustness to rotations and zoom of our feature point tracking system.Our experiments on the six prototypical emotions by Ekman and Friesen presented in the eNTERFACE'05 database result in as much as 75% correct recognition rate.
Ocupación como proceso subjetivante: experiencias de mujeres rurales vinculadas con organizaciones sociales

La investigación tuvo como propósito comprender el aporte de la ocupación al proceso subjetivante de cinco mujeres rurales vinculadas con organizaciones sociales de los departamentos de Caldas y Boyacá, en Colombia. Toma como fundamento teórico lo planteado por el grupo de investigación Ocupación y Realización Humana en el libro Ocupación: sentido, realización y libertad; diálogos en torno al sujeto, la sociedad y el medio ambiente. Se utilizó un diseño metodológico cualitativo en un entorno virtual, con estrategias participativas de interacción, diálogo y vínculo. Los resultados se organizan en dos categorías: ser mujer y hacer cotidiano. Se proponen seis premisas para contribuir a la comprensión del aporte de la ocupación al proceso subjetivante de las mujeres participantes: los haceres significativos reconfiguran lo que se es y desea ser; por medio del hacer el sujeto transforma y trasciende a su propósito de libertad; el sujeto tiene capacidad de decidir sus ocupaciones; la ocupación es una forma de semiotizar formas culturales de ser; la persona se construye en su interacción con el entorno por medio de su actuar ocupacional.
Shedding light on the dark supermassive black hole growth in the early universe

Understanding what drives the interplay between active supermassive black holes (SMBHs) and galaxies is one of the most debated issues in modern Astrophysics. The feeding, feedback and cosmic growth of active galactic nuclei (AGN) must have been much more effective in the early Universe than today. Nevertheless, little is known on the high-redshift (z>3) SMBH
growth, as this early epoch may coincide with intense star formation and obscured SMBH accretion, both unaccessible with current X-ray data. Moreover, no constraints on the role of mechanical AGN feedback in shaping galaxy growth exist at z>1. These issues point to a lack of understanding of the big picture of AGN-galaxy evolution. 
The proposed project hosted at CEA will clarify the link between SMBH growth, star formation, and AGN feedback since z~5. For this, I will exploit a stellar mass complete sample of 150,000 galaxies with exquisite multi-wavelength data obtained in the COSMOS field. The novel combination of the most sensitive IR-radio data, and state-of-the-art tools for spectral modeling, will allow me to derive dust-unbiased AGN and galaxy properties with unprecedented accuracy. I will push this analysis for the first time to z>3 galaxies and to highly obscured systems at any redshift. The main objectives of this comprehensive work are twofold: (1) to trace the hidden growth of SMBHs since z~5 in star-forming and quiescent galaxies; (2) to constrain the role of the host galaxy in triggering mechanical AGN feedback over cosmic time. These are crucial steps in determining how AGN feedback has shaped today's galaxies and SMBHs. One of the specific strengths of this proposal is that all the core data are already available, ensuring the achievement of the proposed goals.
This innovative project will complement the existing expertise of CEA in physics of star formation, distant galaxies and numerical simulations, providing a unique opportunity for knowledge growth.
«Ebbi una passione spiccata per la storia». La figura di don Luigi Luchini e la donazione di materiali da Bedriacum al Museo Archeologico di Cremona

Nella storia delle ricerche archeologiche ottocentesche nel sito di Calvatone-Bedriacum riveste un ruolo centrale la figura di don Luigi Luchini, originario del Milanese e vissuto per gran parte della sua vita nel territorio della Diocesi di Cremona. Il Museo Civico Ala Ponzone conserva una serie di documenti d’archivio, interessanti per la ricostruzione dei primi ritrovamenti nel vicus e delle vicissitudini della collezione che da essi ebbe origine.
Riemann-Roch and motives for arithmetic problems

Our project “Riemann-Roch and Motives for Arithmetic Problems” aims to develop techniques in the area of Motives and the Riemann-Roch to attack arithmetic problems. To be more concrete we aim to attack:

- The integral Riemann-Roch: At SGA VI Grothendieck developed his landmark Riemann-Roch result stating an integral version of it as an open question. Later on, research of Fulton, MacPherson and Pappas raised Grothendieck original conjecture to a more complete statement related to traces, which is known today only in the complex geometric setting. We aim to prove this conjecture in its full generality. 

-The discrete Riemann-Roch: At SGA5 Grothendieck proved his wellknown Ogg-Shafarevich formula computing the Euler characteristic of a constructible sheaf over curve in terms of the genus, the Swan conductor and therank. This formula plays a central role in the original strategy to prove the Weyl conjectures. Grothendieck also conjectured that this formula would fit into a Riemann-Roch type theorem for the K-group of étale constructible sheaves and general schemes, which he called the “discrete Riemann-Roch”. We aim to attack this theorem from the motivic point of view.

-Intersection theory in the arithmetic setting: A major objective of Algebraic Geometry is to define a product algebraic cycles for
in the arithmetic setting. So far, this product has being defined with rational coefficients. The first definition, due to Gillet-Soulé, was achieved throughout the Adam’s operations, the Adams Riemann-Roch and the
Grothendieck-Riemann-Roch. We aim to explore some of Gillet-Soulé’s ideas and the arithmetic bivariant integral version of the Riemann-Roch to explore a definition of the intersection product of cycles after killing certain torsion on the Chow groups related to the codimension of the cycle
Adsorption of potential-determining ions on porous glasses of different compositions

The adsorption characteristics are studied for nano- and ultraporous glasses (PGs) produced from sodium borosilicate glasses and a glass containing small amounts of fluoride ions and phosphorus oxide by acid (HCl) leaching and additional alkaline (KOH) and thermal treatment. The surface charges σ0 of PGs are determined by continuous potentiometric titration in 10−3−1 M NaCl, KCl, and (C2H5)4NCl solutions. Only negative surface charges of PGs are observed for all investigated systems. The |σ0| value is predetermined by the following factors: the composition of PG, the pore radius in the nanometer region (r ≤ 13 nm), the specificity of counterions, the content of secondary silica in the pore space, and the temperature of the additional thermal treatment of the membranes. The introduction of fluoride ions and phosphorus oxide into sodium borosilicate glass, an increase in the pore sizes and the amount of the secondary silica in PGs, and a rise in the specificity of counterions enhance the |σ0| values, which decrease with a rise in the temperature of the thermal treatment due to the surface dehydration and dehydroxylation. For ultraporous glasses (r > 13 nm), the surface charge is almost independent of the pore radius.
Modeling Signaling Processes across Cellular Membranes Using a Mesoscopic Approach

Abstract Computational models are effective in providing quantitative predictions on processes across cellular membranes, thereby aiding experimental observations. Conventional computational tools, such as molecular dynamics or Monte Carlo simulation, offer significant insights when applicable. However, it remains extremely difficult to use these simulation methods to describe large macromolecular assemblies within timescales relevant to a vast majority of critical physiological processes. To overcome this outstanding challenge, alternative methods based on coarse-grained representations have more recently emerged. In this chapter, we review one such particular advanced methodology that is based on mean-field-type representations typically used for equilibrium thermodynamic calculations of lipids and proteins. The main advantages of this self-consistent scheme are in adding information concerning longer timescales and in gaining access to the steady state of the system without making a priori assumptions concerning protein–membrane interactions. We illustrate this methodology using several examples pertaining to interactions of peripheral signaling proteins with lipid membranes. These examples outline the current state of the computational strategy and allow us to discuss several future enhancements that should help the scheme become a powerful methodology complementary to other simulation techniques. With these extensions, the proposed methodology could enable quantitative description of large-scale membrane-associated interactions that are of major importance in physiological processes of the healthy and diseased cell.
Household vulnerability and resilience in flood hazards from disaster-prone areas of Punjab, Pakistan

An environmental variation has caused Pakistan an alarming portrait of vulnerability in flood disasters. The government has focused on a number of realistic actions, heartening insertion of disaster risk-lessening measure by local disaster management policies instead of conventional dealings of aid-based approach due to the destructive outcome of floods and other natural disasters. In this study, household vulnerability and resilience of flood disaster in three districts of Punjab province were detailed. Data of a sample of the 840 inhabitant respondents of flood-prone areas of three districts of Punjab, which were severely affected in flooding of 2010, were collected from household respondent by face-to-face meeting and from Provincial Disaster Management Authority Punjab. A subjective method was used in the study to weight the components of vulnerability and resilience. In the empirical finding, higher vulnerability and lower resilience to the flood were found in these study areas. Muzaffargarh and Rajanpur districts were more vulnerable (higher composite vulnerable index score) and less resilient (lower composite resilience index score) in contrast to Rahim Yar Khan. The mutual contribution of local and provincial disaster management authorities can play the significant role in reducing vulnerability and increasing resilience of the inhabitants of flood-prone areas through strengthening awareness and vigilance, training regarding improving capacity of building and lessening flood costs.
Trust, family businesses and financial intermediation

Abstract This paper analyzes whether interpersonal trust affects the agency costs of family-controlled firms' debt. Our results are threefold. First, we find that banks apply a discount to the interest rates charged to family firms, whose size decreases considerably for contracts stipulated in high-trust areas. Second, as a response to the (unexpected) liquidity shock affecting the interbank market in August 2007, banks further increased the discount associated with family control. Third, we have no evidence of lender-corruption effects since the ex-post performance of the (cheaper) loans extended to the family firms is superior to that of their peers. These results suggest that banks deem the incentive structures prevailing in family firms to be able to attenuate the higher risks of expropriation run by lenders in areas where agency conflicts are greater, due to lack of interpersonal trust. Our findings are robust to the self-selection and omitted local variable problems as well as to credit demand-side effects. We model family control as an endogenous choice, introduce local-level fixed effects and use the heterogeneous exposure of Italian banks to the 2007–09 financial crisis – and the fact that Italian firms have more than one lender – to fully absorb changes in credit demand schedules.
Filling the citation gap: measuring the multidimensional impact of the academic book at institutional level with PlumX

More than five years after their emergence, altmetrics are still seen as a promise to complement traditional citation-based indicators. However, no study has focused on their potential usefulness to capture the impact of scholarly books. While recent literature shows that citation indicators cannot fully capture the impact of books, other studies have suggested alternative indicators such as usage, publishers' prestige or library holdings. In this paper, we calculate 18 indicators which range from altmetrics to library holdings, views, downloads or citations to the production of monographs of a Spanish university using the bibliometric suite PlumX from EBSCO. The objective of the study is to adopt a multidimensional perspective on the analysis of books and understand the level of complementarity between these different indicators. Also, we compare the overview offered by this range of indicators when applied to monographs with the traditional bibliometric perspective focused on journal articles and citation impact. We observe a low presence of altmetric indicators for monographs, even lower than for journal articles and a predominance of library holdings, confirming this indicator as the most promising one towards the analysis of the impact of books.
Multiwalled carbon nanotubes/cryogel composite, a new sorbent for determination of trace polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Abstract A new cost-effective sorbent, multiwalled carbon nanotubes/poly (vinyl alcohol) cryogel composite (MWCNTs/PVA), was prepared under frozen conditions for the extraction and preconcentration of trace polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in water samples. This was followed by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with fluorescence detection. The proposed method provided a high enrichment factor with an extremely high extraction efficiency (89–98%) of three spiked levels of three standard PAHs with relative standard deviations of less than 8%. The low detection limits of the method were 5, 8 and 5 ng L− 1 for benzo(a)anthracene, benzo(b)fluoranthene and benzo(a)pyrene, respectively. This method was successfully applied for the determination of the three PAHs in real water samples where they were found in the range of 7 to 22 ng L− 1. The major advantages of MWCNTs/PVA over the commercial C18 is that it can be operated at a higher loading flow rate without sorbent clogging and requires a shorter time for completion without any loss of extraction efficiency.
Algunas consideraciones sobre el peaje de las tropas de Saro y los bagaudas alpinos

Résumé Cet article vise à montrer que l’obligation, pour les troupes de Sarus, de payer un droit de passage au franchissement des cols alpins n’était pas un événement invraisemblable. Nous avons des précédents historiques qui montrent qu’à diverses périodes antérieures, des armées redoutables forcées par les circonstances ont dû faire des compromis face à ce type d’extorsion pratiqué par les habitants indigènes de la région. Dans ce cas précis, on estime que Sarus a atteint le col du Montgenèvre dans les Alpes Cottiennes par la Via Domitia, accompagné d’une armée composée en grande partie de barbares intégrés par Stilicon et qui avaient pénétré l’Empire avec Radagaise. C’est cette même invasion qui a déstabilisé le système défensif des cols des Alpes Cottiennes, facilitant ainsi la présence temporaire des Bagaudes.
EU-US Green Initiatives: Opportunities and Challenges for the Future of Transatlantic Green Partnerships

Après le rapport spécial du GIEC de 2018 sur les conséquences d’un réchauffement climatique de 1,5 degré Celsius supérieur au niveau préindustriel, les dirigeants mondiaux et la communauté internationale ont encouragé les politiques d’atténuation du climat. De nombreux pays ont dévoilé des stratégies pour lutter contre le changement climatique et satisfaire aux objectifs de l’Accord de Paris. L’Union européenne et la Corée du Sud ont été les premières à lancer un accord vert global, tandis que le Japon et la Chine ont annoncé des engagements d’émissions nettes nulles. Les États-Unis, eux, poursuivent la définition de leur posture après la fin de la présidence Trump. Compte tenu du besoin crucial de coopération internationale en matière de changement climatique, les partenariats verts entre l’Union européenne et les États-Unis – en tant qu’alliés traditionnels, mais aussi grands émetteurs – pourraient favoriser une évolution plus marquée et accélérée de l’atténuation du changement climatique sur la scène mondiale.
Probing black hole accretion in quasar pairs at high redshift

Models and observations suggest that luminous quasar activity is triggered by mergers, so it should preferentially occur in the most massive primordial dark matter haloes, where the frequency of mergers is expected to be the highest. Since the importance of galaxy mergers increases with redshift, we identify the high-redshift Universe as the ideal laboratory for studying dual AGN. Here we present the X-ray properties of two systems of dual quasars at z=3.0-3.3 selected from the SDSS-DR6 at separations of 6-8 arcsec (43-65kpc) and observed by Chandra for 65ks each. Both members of each pair are detected with good photon statistics to allow us to constrain the column density, spectral slope and intrinsic X-ray luminosity. We also include a recently discovered dual quasar at z=5 (separation of 21 arcsec, 136kpc) for which XMM-Newton archival data allow us to detect the two components separately. Using optical spectra we derived bolometric luminosities, BH masses and Eddington ratios that were compared to those of luminous SDSS quasars in the same redshift ranges. We find that the brighter component of both pairs at z=3.0-3.3 has high luminosities compared to the distribution of SDSS quasars at similar redshift, with J1622A having an order magnitude higher luminosity than the median. This source lies at the luminous end of the z~3.3 quasar luminosity function. While we cannot conclusively state that the unusually high luminosities of our sources are related to their having a close companion, for J1622A there is only a 3% probability that it is by chance.
European forum and observatory for open science in transport

BE OPEN aims to create a common understanding on the practical impact of Open Science and to identify and put in place the mechanisms to make it a reality in transport research. Achieving Open Access to publications, making their underlying data FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) and open where possible, and using open and collaborative processes and infrastructure via the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) will be key factors in making transportation researchers share-reuse-reproduce science and in bringing such a critical sector closer to the society for enabling open innovation and citizen science.Openness, transparency, fairness, reproducibility of science are key aspects around which BE OPEN will seek to establish the ground rules for the transport research communities, ultimately establishing a community of transport research organizations willing to work on the basis of a commonly agreed “Open Science Code of Conduct”. To this end, BE OPEN has brought on board key transport and open science related communities in a two-fold action plan: to engage them in a participatory approach fostering a dialogue on Open Science (what exists, what should be done, how it should be done) among relevant stakeholders in Europe and around the world, and develop a detailed roadmap for the implementation of sustainable open science modules which include key practices, infrastructures, policies and business models, all taking into account the specificities of the transport research domain, and the use and integration of existing-infrastructures and the emerging EOSC initiative.