SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
VINYLESTER CARBAMIDE

The invention relates to novel resins, characterised by a component of hardenable urea derivatives, novel plastic cements obtained from the above; kits for production of the plastic cement; use of the resins or plastic cements in adhesives and novel methods of fixing, comprising the use of said resins or plastic cements.
Measuring offshore tsunami currents using ship navigation records

We investigated ship navigation records known as Automatic Identification System (AIS) data near the source region of the 2011 Tohoku, Japan, tsunami. The AIS data of 16 ships in the offshore navigation could be compiled by about 40 min after the tsunami generation. Most of the AIS data showed notable deviation of the ship heading from the course over ground during the tsunami passage. There was good agreement in terms of amplitude/phase between the ship velocity and the simulated tsunami velocity in the direction normal to the ship heading. An equation of motion due to wave drag and inertia forces was examined for an offshore movable floating body. We explain that the ship movement in the direction normal to the heading immediately responds to the tsunami current, and relative velocity between the ship and the tsunami current asymptotically become zero. This indicates the movement velocity of navigating ships in the direction normal to the heading derived from AIS data will work as an offshore tsunami current meter. We examined the AIS data during the 2011 Tohoku tsunami and showed these data could be useful for tsunami source estimation and forecast. The AIS data in the current framework will possibly be a crowd-sourced tool for monitoring offshore tsunami current and tsunami forecast.
BRACHYTHERAPY SEED APPLICATORS

The invention features brachytherapy applicators for delivering radioactive seeds to a patient. Specifically, the invention provides brachytherapy applicators in which a seed magazine is removably held within a chuck by a magazine retaining structure. The magazine retaining structures described herein are designed such that a seed magazine can be readily inserted into or removed from a brachytherapy applicator. In addition, magazine retaining structures are designed such that they will not become jammed, even when blood cells or other particles enter the applicator during a brachytherapy procedure and become lodged near the seed magazine and the magazine retaining structure.
Ammodernamento e ammodernamento dell'infrastruttura tecnologica di AEMITEQ

Lo squilibrio tra le competenze scientifiche, tecniche, operative e tecnologiche attualmente installate in AEMITEQ e la specificità dei metodi e delle tecnologie analitiche nel controllo ambientale, nel controllo degli alimenti e nel controllo dei prodotti, compresi i requisiti di legge, impone la necessità di un intervento fisico presso le strutture AEMITEQ e l'ammodernamento del suo parco tecnologico per rispondere in modo efficiente alle esigenze del mercato.
Synthesis and characterization of difunctionalized derivatives of the cyclobutadiene linked dimeric cobalt sandwich compound [(η5-Cp)Co(η4-C4Ph3)]2

Abstract The dicarboxylic diester of the cyclobutadiene linked dimeric cobalt sandwich compound, {[η5-C5H4(C(O)OMe)]Co(η4-C4Ph3)}2 on controlled reduction with LiAlH4 gave the bis(hydroxymethyl) compound {[η5-C5H4(CH2OH)]Co(η4-C4Ph3)}2 1 in 98% yield. The diester was also reduced to the dimethyl derivative {[η5-C5H4(Me)]Co(η4-C4Ph3)}2 2 using LiAlH4 and AlCl3. Compound 1 was reacted with NaN3 in acetic acid at 50 °C to get the diazido methyl derivative {[η5-C5H4(CH2N3)]Co(η4-C4Ph3)}2 3 whereas the bis (2-acetoxy methyl) derivative {[η5-C5H4(CH2OC(O)Me]Co(η4-C4Ph3)}2 4 was obtained in almost quantitative yield by heating compound 1 with acetic acid at 80–85 °C. Click reaction of compound 3 with phenylacetylene resulted in the bis triazole derivative {[η5-C5H4(CH2N3C2HPh)]Co(η4-C4Ph3)}2 5 whereas reduction of 3 with LiAlH4 gave the bis (aminomethyl) compound {[η5-C5H4(CH2NH2)]Co(η4-C4Ph3)}2 6. The diacetyl derivative [{η5-C5H4[C(O)Me]}Co(η4-C4Ph3)}]2 7 was prepared by the reaction of in-situ generated {η5-C5H4[C(O)Me]}Co(PPh3)2, diphenyl acetylene and diphenyl diacetylene in 2:1:3 molar ratio in 42% yield. A novel dimeric derivative having two different functional groups on the cyclopentadienyl rings [{η5-C5H4[C(O)OMe]}Co(η4-C4Ph3)][{η5-C5H4[C(O)Me]}Co(η4-C4Ph3)] 8 was synthesized in 52% yield by reacting the ethynyl ester {η5-C5H4[C(O)OMe]}Co[η4-C4Ph3(C CPh)] with {η5-C5H4[C(O)Me]}Co(PPh3)2 and diphenyl acetylene in 1:2:3 molar ratio. Structural studies on compounds 1–4, 7 and 8 indicated that the two cobalt sandwich units were oriented almost anti to each other whereas compound 3 had the two cyclobutadiene rings oriented at an angle of 55.7(1)° to each other. The identity of compounds 5 and 6 was confirmed by 1H NMR, 13C NMR, IR and mass spectrometry.
Takayasu arteritis

Open and endovascular surgery remains important in the management of Takayasu arteritis. This review summarizes the indications and approaches available, the evidence for them and recent advances.The outlook in Takayasu arteritis has improved over the last decade, reflecting earlier diagnosis, increased use of noninvasive imaging and combination immunotherapy. This is likely to be reflected in a reduced requirement for vascular intervention in the next decade. An important role remains for open surgery, which is effective, well tolerated and improves long-term survival in those with severe disease. Primary angioplasty offers a less invasive option for specific arterial sites, although restenosis rates are higher. Interventional outcomes are significantly improved by adequate pre and postoperative immunosuppression to render arteritis inactive. Stent placement should be reserved predominantly for primary and secondary angioplasty failures. The role of drug-eluting stents is not yet established. Preliminary evidence suggests that stent grafts represent an important noninvasive option.Vascular intervention remains important for the treatment of stenosed and occluded arteries leading to organ ischaemia or hypertension, and for aneurysmal disease. Endovascular stent grafts are likely to be increasingly deployed, and targeted biologic therapies may reduce the need for vascular intervention.
EFFICIENTLY STORING INDENTED THREADS IN THREADED APPLICATION

A method, apparatus, and computer-readable media for retrieving records (202) in a hierarchical set of the records having a plurality of hierarchical levels and a plurality of hierarchical depths (204), each of the records having a tag that is unique within the hierarchical set of records, comprises identifying one of the records in the hierarchical set of the records; modifying the tag, thereby producing a key; indexing the hierarchical set of the records only once (208), thereby selecting one or more of the records within the hierarchical set of the records, wherein indexing the hierarchical set of the records only once comprises applying the key to the hierarchical set of the records (208); and retrieving the selected records (210).
Agglomeration of wheat powders by a novel reverse wet agglomeration process

The wet agglomeration process is implemented to improve the powders functionalities. The objective of the present work is to investigate a novel reverse wet agglomeration process for reactive powders. This novel process is conducted in two main successive phases during mechanical mixing. The first phase consists of mixing a specific amount of powder and water to produce a continuous saturated paste, called dough, by controlling the physicochemical reactivity of the biochemical components of the powder. The second stage consists of generating the agglomerates by adding the powder inside the continuous dough under mixing conditions. This agglomeration process is mainly promoted by fragmentation mechanism. We have evaluated the impact of the process conditions on the electric consumption, agglomeration yield and characteristics of the agglomerates. Experiments were conducted using durum wheat semolina as raw materials. The results were compared to those obtained by using the classical wet agglomeration process, at same final water content of the agglomerates.
Image processing methods for predicting the time of cloud shadow arrivals to photovoltaic systems

This document presents a combination of image processing tools used for detecting clouds from sky images and for predicting the arrival time of cloud shadows to an area of interest, for example an area of solar panels. Solar panels are used to produce energy from the sun in areas without access to electricity from central power plants and are increasingly being used by people who want to have the flexibility of being disconnected from the main power grid. Unfortunately, the volatility of cloud motion makes photovoltaic (PV) power unreliable for those who want a steady production of electricity. Knowledge about expected drops in power generation due to cloud shadows in PV systems can improve the performance of microgids by granting users the flexibility to turn on alternative forms of power generation, such as fuel cells, or power storage devices such as batteries, to keep the same loads working uninterruptedly. The solution presented was designed to address the need to improve the predictability of solar power generation for possible PV users.
Ecological niche conservatism: a time-structured review of evidence

Aim  To evaluate the evolutionary conservatism of coarse-resolution Grinnellian (or scenopoetic) ecological niches.



Location  Global.



Methods  I review a broad swathe of literature relevant to the topic of niche conservatism or differentiation, and illustrate some of the resulting insights with examplar analyses.



Results  Ecological niche characteristics are highly conserved over short-to-moderate time spans (i.e. from individual life spans up to tens or hundreds of thousands of years); little or no ecological niche differentiation is discernible as part of the processes of invasion or speciation.



Main conclusions  Although niche conservatism is widespread, many methodological complications obscure this point. In particular, niche models are frequently over-interpreted: too often, they are based on limited occurrence data in high-dimensional environmental spaces, and cannot be interpreted robustly to indicate niche differentiation.
Disrupting the real-time medical imaging market, and accelerating innovation, with cloud platform as a service (paas)

Medical imaging science has progressed greatly in recent years with advances in cloud computing power, computer vision, machine learning and augmented reality. There is global political will to improve the efficiency of healthcare delivery through better exploitation of information technology. But there is surprisingly little translation of research output into clinical systems supporting real-time imaging. 
Large hardware manufacturers currently dominate the software market for image-guided surgery. Their business model is based on high capital expenditure for installing large equipment that combines hardware and software. But this model means high costs and long lead times for changes, creating high barriers to innovation.
Cydar has identified an opportunity to disrupt this model by decoupling software innovation from the hardware. The concept is a dedicated cloud platform that hosts third-party applications, while handling image anonymisation, information security, governance and data storage. The core, tested technology involves a standard PC and web browser securely streaming the live imaging in the operating room to the cloud platform. 
This business model is cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS), hosting applications for enterprises, healthcare organisations and academic institutions. Revenue streams include hosting fees and fees for access to the stored data for secondary use.
Crucially, end-user markets become widely accessible, costs are lowered, lead times slashed and the commercial risks of innovation reduced. The model is readily scalable for the global market. We expect it to accelerate the exploitation of medical digital data for the benefit of citizens, both as patients and as taxpayers.
Creative collaboration to provide value for first time innovators - effective engagement of stakeholders and users in co-creation processes in smes.

The main objective of “Create4value"" project is to adapt significantly improved methodology of co-creation to the needs of “first time innovators” from the Wielkopolska region, based on testing the intrinsic and extrinsic approaches to engaging end-users and stakeholders in the process. The real challenge that PSTP and other innovation agencies face is to mobilise non-innovative companies, that have never benefited from any support in innovation implementation, despite their potential. The target group of “Create4value” project will be predefined within another project that PSTP is leading, namely “Innovators2B” (INNOSUP-05-2016-2017, „Peer learning of innovation agencies” action), which will allow PSTP to identify and reach companies from the Wielkopolska region representing the “first time innovators”. “Create4value” will build on this knowledge and deliver innovation support scheme in the form of co-creation service to the “potentially innovative SMEs”. The improved SME support scheme is based on the co-creation method applied as an organised process of product or service development, motivated by the real needs of the users and their involvement in the whole action, as well as assistance of experienced innovation agency - PSTP. The novel approach means addressing “first time innovators” with a view to unlock their innovation potential and bring economic effects in consequence. The impact of co-creation service will be measured using small-scale RCTs method. Conclusions will be prepared aiming to scale-up tested approach. This experiment will help PSTP to elaborate the method of assessing the support schemes and choose the ones with significant impact to make them a part of the PSTP offer in the future. The results of the project will be disseminated, especially to help other innovation agencies, stakeholders or regional authorities to use RCTs method when designing and testing new support schemes for SMEs.
CABLE OR FLEXIBLE PIPE WITH IMPROVED TENSILE ELEMENTS

It is disclosed a cable comprising an elongated tensile element having a cross section area and comprising a fibre reinforced polymer composite core having an elastic modulus of at least 70 GPa and a sheath at least partially covering the composite core, the sheath being made of metal and being at least 30% of the cross section area of the tensile element.
Performance Analysis and Improvement for the Construction of MCDS Problem in 3D Space

In this paper, we discuss the problem of finding a minimum connected dominating set (MCDS) in 3-dimensional space, where the communication model is a unit ball graph (UBG). MCDS in UBG is proved to be an NP-complete problem, and currently the best approximation is 14.937 in [1]. However, their projection method during the approximation deduction process is incorrect, which overthrows its final bound completely. As a consequence, in this paper we will first propose a new projection method to overcome their problem, illustrate the cardinality upper bound of independent points in a graph (which will be used to analyze the approximation ratio), and then optimize the algorithms to select MCDS with prune techniques. The major technique we use is an adaptive jitter scheme, which solves the open question in this area.
A constraint-based understanding of design spaces

This paper suggests a framework for understanding and manoeuvring design spaces based on insights from research into creativity constraints. We define the design space as a conceptual space, which in addition to being co-constituted, explored and developed by the designer encompasses the creativity constraints governing the design process. While design spaces can be highly complex, our constraint-based understanding enables us to argue for the benefits of a systematic approach to mapping and manipulating aspects of the design space. We discuss how designers by means of a simple representation, a design space schema, can identify the properties of the prospective product that s/he can form. Through a case study, we show how design space schemas can support designers in various ways, including gaining an overview of the design process, documenting it, reflecting on it, and developing design concepts. Finally, we discuss the potentials and limitations of this approach.
Analysis of Drought-Flood Characteristics in Zhanjiang

The characteristics of the monthly drought-flood identified with Z-index were analyzed in Zhanjiang.The results show that there is high frequency of very drought,utmost drought,very flood,utmost flood.The frequency of drought-flood is high during later phase of raining season(September and October) and later phase of drought season(February and March),is lower during middle phase of raining(June and July) and early phase of drought season(November and December).It is common that drought and flood occur in one year.There were more droughts in 1950s,1960s and from 2001 to 2005,there were more floods in 1970s,1980s and 1990s.It has been changed from more droughts to more floods since 1970s.The droughts and floods have periods of 7～8 months,10～11 months,and 13～14 months.
Evaluation of Heavy Metal Contamination at Cavuscu Lake by Fuzzy Logic

Nowadays, one of the important problems is the heavy metal contamination. In order to determine those contaminations with classical methods which have distinction tables consisting down and upper limits have been used.  While evaluating the results by these tables close or distant results have been considered as same importance. Thus, each quality parameter has been rank as four class of this table. In this study, control of heavy metal contamination of Cavuscu Lake was evaluated for quality of water by classical methods as well as fuzzy logic evaluation method. During study, water samples were collected from five stations every month and the data was found as (minimum, maximum, average, respectively); Al (0-0-0 μg/l), Cu (72-340-182 μg/l), Zn (88-199-135.9 μg/l), Fe (58-286-152.9 μg/l),   Cd (0-0-0 μg/l ), Co (0-80-22.27 μg/l), Cr (10-30-20.27 μg/l), Pb (0-23-6 μg/l), Mn (0-1411-421.36 μg/l) and Ni (0-252- 3 μg/l). In conclusion, depending on the water contamination instructions Cavuscu Lake was evaluated first class for Al, Cd, Fe, Pb, Zn; second class for Cr, Co, Cu and Mn and fourth class for Ni. According to the fuzzy logic calculation, homogenization was obtained at Cavuscu Lake and it can be understand from  annual quality index obtained from this study 84% second class and 16% first class.
The making of infants in Hellenistic and early Roman Italy: a votive perspective

Votive deposits from Hellenistic and early Roman central Italy provide valuable evidence for the genuine concerns, fears and hopes of contemporary communities, including experiences and understandings of pregnancy, childbirth and infancy. This paper examines two types of terracotta votive – models of human uteri and swaddled infants – in order to elucidate the significance of the social and religious beginnings of life in ancient Italy. In particular, the study addresses the manner in which these states of being were perceived and produced by both parents and society at large through the treatment of the unborn/newborn body and its representation in the sanctuary.
Evaluation of Chromosomal Aberrations and Micronuclei in Medical Workers Chronically Exposed to Low Dose Ionizing Radiation

&lt;p class="IsiAbstrakIndo"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Medical workers representing the group is the most consistently are exposed to low doses of ionizing radiation, prolonged low-level ionizing radiation can induce chromosomal aberrations (CAs). This study would evaluate the cytogenetic effect using the CAs based on dicentric, and cytokinesis-blocked micronucleus (CBMN) assay on hospital workers. The exposed group dividedto Interventional and Diagnostic groups then compared to non exposed group. The accumulated absorbed doses calculated for the radiation workers were below 5mSv. Blood samples were obtained from 29 samples of medical workers , and 15 samples of control. The Study showed that the frequency of dicentric chromosomes both in exposed and control were not found. In case of micronuclei, the mean frequencies were observed in exposed group that was (19 ±6.22) and (16.25 ± 6.04) respectively and the control group was (10.4±7.79). Frequency MN/1000 cell in the lymphocytes both in the two exposed group was relatively higher compared to control group. However the MN frequencies in all sample group was still in normal range . In this study chronic low radiation dose exposure in the hospital had no significant effect on chromosome aberration nor micronuclei. The benefit of the study is to enrich the potential usefulness of cytogenetic assay providing safety index in medical surveillance programs. The results suggest that education and retraining of staff concerning radiation safety guidelines need to be done to maintain the safety aspects of radiation. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
Review of Commonly Used Serum Tumor Markers and Their Relevance for Image Interpretation

Serum tumor markers are firmly entrenched as one of the primary tools in an oncologist's armamentarium. They can be implemented in a broad range of applications from diagnostic assistance, assessing prognosis, or guiding therapeutic decisions. However, tumor markers also have limitations, which significantly impact how they should be used. Radiologists should be familiar with the following most prevalent tumor markers, which will all be discussed here: prostate-specific antigen (prostate), carcinoembryonic antigen (colon), α-fetoprotein (hepatocellular and testicular), carbohydrate antigen 19.9 (pancreas), cancer antigen 125 (ovarian), human chorionic gonadotropin/lactic dehydrogenase (testicular), and chromogranin A (neuroendocrine). This knowledge should avoid needless intervention, enhance image interpretation, and ultimately provide optimal patient care.
Performance Predictions of Multilevel Communication Optimal LU and QR Factorizations on Hierarchical Platforms

AbstractIn this paper we study the performance of two classical dense linear algebra algorithms, the LU and the QR factorizations, on multilevel hierarchical platforms. We note that we focus on multilevel QR factorization, and give a brief description of the multilevel LU factorization. We first introduce a performance model called Hierarchical Cluster Platform (Hcp), encapsulating the characteristics of such platforms. The focus is set on reducing the communication requirements of studied algorithms at each level of the hierarchy. Lower bounds on communication are therefore extended with respect to the Hcp model. We then present a multilevel QR factorization algorithm tailored for those platforms, and provide a detailed performance analysis. We also provide a set of performance predictions showing the need for such hierarchical algorithms on large platforms.KeywordsQRLUexascalehierarchical platforms
Joy, Schadenfreude, Sorrow, and Resentment as Responses Restoring Balance in Cognitive Units

Based on Heider’s (1958) balance theory we hypothesize that emotional responses to other persons’ outcomes depend on attitudes toward these persons. Positive attitudes toward others lead to empathic responses to their outcomes – joy after a success and sorrow after a failure. Negative attitudes result in paradoxical responses – negative to a success (resentment) and positive to a failure (schadenfreude). These emotions function as responses restoring balance within cognitive units consisting of the perceiver, other persons, and their outcomes. Three studies supported these hypotheses and showed that deservingness considerations play a weaker role in shaping emotional responses of joy and sorrow to others’ outcomes when strong interpersonal attitudes are involved. However, deservingness plays an independent role in shaping the emotional response of resentment.