SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Physics of star formation and its regulation

In the past decade we learned when and where stellar mass was built up in galaxies through cosmic time, now we must understand the physical causes in order to answer `How do galaxies form and evolve?’. This ERC project is designed to greatly advance our understanding of the physics of the star formation (SF) process and its regulation in typical star forming galaxies. The ERC project consists of 2 complementary parts: (A) an unparalleled characterization of the SF process in nearby galaxies through full exploitation of the revolutionary capabilities of the latest millimeter interferometers (ALMA) and optical integral field units (MUSE). This study will constrain the key physical parameters for the SF process on only 50pc scales - the scale of large HII regions and their predecessors, giant molecular clouds. At this crucial scale, the MUSE-ALMA-HST Survey will provide a characterization of the SF history, stellar/gaseous surface densities, metallicities of stars and gas, the stellar radiation field, extinction, and stellar/gas kinematics, and thus uncover the physical conditions that control and regulate the SF process. Part (B) will place the results of part (A) in a cosmological context, by characterizing key galaxy quantities (e.g., gas mass fraction, specific SF rates, gas depletion times) in fully representative galaxy samples after (z<3) and before (z>3) the peak epoch of cosmic star formation density. In addition to providing the critically needed constraints on the conditions that govern the SF process, this ERC project will provide the observational benchmark for state-of-the art galaxy simulations and models. The PI is internationally recognized as a leader in SF studies in nearby and distant galaxies, and has successfully led large international collaborations that strongly shaped our current understanding of the SF process. Through her track record and access to the required data, the PI is uniquely positioned to successful lead this ambitious program.
On Synthesis of Specifications with Arithmetic

Variable automata with arithmetic enable the specification of reactive systems with variables over an infinite domain of numeric values and whose operation involves arithmetic manipulation of these values [9]. We study the synthesis problem for such specifications. While the problem is in general undecidable, we define a fragment, namely semantically deterministic variable automata with arithmetic, for which the problem is decidable. Essentially, an automaton is semantically deterministic if the restrictions on the possible assignments to the variables that are accumulated along its runs resolve its nondeterministic choices. We show that semantically deterministic automata can specify many interesting behaviors – many more than deterministic ones, and that the synthesis problem for them can be reduced to a solution of a two-player game. For automata with simple guards, the game has a finite state space, and the synthesis problem can be solved in time polynomial in the automaton and exponential in the number of its variables.
Imaging device and method of controlling the same

An imaging device includes a light source configured to operate by a light control signal having a first duty ratio; a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels are disposed, each of the plurality of pixels including a photodiode for generating electrical charges in response to a light reception signal output by the light source and reflected from a subject, and a pixel circuit for outputting a pixel signal corresponding to electrical charges of the photodiode; and a logic circuit configured to generate raw data for generating a depth image using the pixel signal, wherein the logic circuit inputs a photo control signal having a second duty ratio to the pixel circuit connected to the photodiode in each of the plurality of pixels, and wherein the first duty ratio is not an integer multiple of the second duty ratio.
In situ transmission electron microscopy observation of electron-beam-deposited Pt field emitter during field emission and field evaporation

An internal structure of Pt field emitters fabricated by electron-beam-induced deposition (EBID) was investigated by in situ transmission electron microscopy during field emission and field evaporation. The internal structure of Pt field emitters was unchanged during field emission with an emission current of less than 480 nA. On the contrary, the top of Pt field emitters was sharpened after field evaporation. The Pt nanocrystals also moved to the Pt tip top after field evaporation. These results indicate the possibility of the sharpening of Pt field emitters by field evaporation, which would improve the field emission properties of Pt field emitters fabricated by EBID.
Bacterial isoprene metabolism: a missing link in a key global biogeochemical cycle

Isoprene is a very important climate-active biogenic volatile organic compound with both global warming and cooling effects. Globally, terrestrial plants emit huge amounts (~500-750 million tonnes) of isoprene per year. This is approximately the same quantity as methane released to the amosphere. Isoprene emissions are predicted to rise due to global warming and increased use of isoprene-emitting trees (oil palm, poplar) for biofuel production but almost nothing is known about its biogeochemical cycle. Microbes are a sink for isoprene and through their activity in soils and on the leaves of isoprene-emitting plants, they will be important in removal of isoprene in the biosphere before it gets released to the atmosphere. 
The aim of the project is to obtain a critical, fundamental understanding of the metabolism and ecological importance of biological isoprene degradation and to test the hypothesis that isoprene degrading bacteria play a crucial role in the biogeochemical isoprene cycle, thus helping to mitigate the effects of this important but neglected climate-active gas. Key objectives are to elucidate the biological mechanisms by which isoprene is metabolised, establish novel methods for the study of isoprene biodegradation and to understand at the mechanistic level how isoprene cycling by microbes is regulated in the environment. Bacteria that metabolise isoprene will be isolated from a range of terrestrial and marine environments and characterised using a multidisciplinary approach and a wide range of cutting edge techniques. We will elucidate the pathways of isoprene metabolism and their regulation by characterising genes/enzymes catalysing key steps in isoprene degradation, use innovative molecular ecology methods to determine distribution, diversity and activity of isoprene degraders and assess the contribution that microbes make in the removal of isoprene from the biosphere, thereby mitigating the effects of this climate-active compound.
Research and Application of Electronic Supervision and Manangement Informantion for Export Food Safety of China

EFS system is a highly effective management approach to improve and revolutionize inspection and quarantine operations,and it has a great prospect of extensive applications as well as large potential markets.This study,in accordance with practical work requirements of export food safety inspection and supervision,takes IS09000,GMP,as well as other quality safety management systems and concepts into consideration,integrates various functions such as raw material management, process control,risk assessment and experimental data transmission all together in order to develop the EFS system.The EFS system,achieving a dynamic management of an overall process,which begins from raw material purchases until final finished products ready to be delivered,is an influential exploration and innovation for the development of ECIQ.
Geometry-Induced Asymmetric Capillary Flow

When capillary flow occurs in a uniform porous medium, the depth of penetration is known to increase as the square root of time. However, we demonstrate in this study that the depth of penetration in multi-section porous layers with variation in width and height against the flow time is modified from this diffusive-like response, and liquids can pass through porous systems more readily in one direction than the other. We show here in a model and an experiment that the flow time for a negative gradient of cross-sectional widths is smaller than that for a positive gradient at the given total height of porous layers. The effect of width and height of local layers on capillary flow is quantitatively analyzed, and optimal parameters are obtained to facilitate the fastest flow.
The Role of Local and Regional Institutions

This chapter explores the ways in which regions that are remote from the main concentrations of economic wealth and power can achieve development in a high cost environment. The role of effective institutions in creating the conditions for economic development has become a major field of scholarship. Recently, these insights have been applied to the urban and regional scale. This chapter pays particular attention to the role that regional and local institutions play in shaping patterns of economic performance, especially in high cost environments. The chapter examines ways in which this new thinking is informing regional policy. It provides some case studies of regions that have succeeded in the high cost environment of Europe. It concludes by stressing the importance of effective and adept local and regional institutions in ensuring the prosperity of cities and regions.
METHODS FOR ENHANCING INFECTIVITY OF RETROVIRUSES

The present invention provides methods for producing retroviruses or viral vectors with enhanced infectivity. The methods entail transfecting a retroviral vector into a packaging cell that has suppressed expression or inhibited enzymatic activity of a parvulin prolyl peptidyl isomerase (parvulin PPIase), and culturing the transfected packaging cell to allow production of viral particles. The invention also provides methods for enhancing efficiency of gene transfer with a recombinant retrovirus. These methods involve constructing a recombinant retroviral vector expressing a target gene, transfecting into a packaging cell that has suppressed expression or inhibited enzymatic activity of a parvulin prolyl peptidyl isomerase (parvulin PPIase), culturing the transfected packaging cell to allow production of recombinant retroviral particles, harvesting recombinant retroviral particles from supernatant of the cultured cell, and transducing the recombinant retroviral particles into a target cell. Kits for carrying out these methods are also provided in the invention.
Novae from isolated white dwarfs as a source of helium for second-generation stars in globular clusters

We explore the possible contribution of classical and recurrent novae from isolated white dwarfs accreting from the intracluster medium to the abundances of "second generation" globular cluster stellar populations. We show that under reasonable assumptions the helium abundances of clusters can be enhanced substantially by these novae and argue that novae should be considered as an important, and perhaps even dominant channel in the evolution of the intracluster medium. We also discuss a possible test for whether helium enhancement really is the cause of the multiple main sequences in globular clusters that is independent of the positions of stars in the color-magnitude diagram.
Safe Anchoring and Seagrass Protection in the Adriatic Sea

The challenge of SASPAS is to preserve and get a better status of conservation of biodiversity of the Adriatic Sea ecosystem in order to decrease its vulnerability. The overall objective is to improve seagrass preservation and restoration through: laying safe anchorage innovative systems, performing pilot transplantations, carrying out monitoring activities and by defining an integrated management system for seagrasses in Adriatic area. The main outputs referred to the activities are: a Monitoring system with 2 data collections/monitoring campaigns, the placement of environmentally friendly anchoring systems, pilot transplantations of seagrasses and an Integrated Management System for seagrasses in the Adriatic area, made by a GIS Digital Information Platform and a Marine Seagrass Safeguard Integrated Management Program.
Effect Analysis of Multiple Factors Comprehensive Scoring Methods of the Rock Mass Quality

Rock mass is the key to evaluate the stability of rock mass.This article briefly described the scoring methods of multiple factors including rock mass surrounding rock of water conservancy and hydropower engineering geology classification,RMR rock mass classification,and Barton system classification.Taking an excavation face on the right bank foundation of a southwest hydroelectric power station as an example,in comprehensive consideration of the multiple factors which were consist of rock strength,groundwater,crustal stress,structural plane parameters,engineering geology character,weathering unloading and borehole date and so on,the consistency and accuracy of different rock mass quality multiple factors grading methods in rock mass quality classification multiple factors were discussed.The results show that the main granite dam foundation excavation,rock mass classification by RMR rock mass classification or Barton system classification is more accurate,and has good correlation.
Muslims condemning violent extremism - an interdisciplinary analysis of public initiatives in the netherlands and norway 2001-2015

The project comprehends an interdisciplinary study on the dilemma faced by Muslims whether or not to explicitly disavow violent extremism. It explores how Muslim organisations and youth groups in the Netherlands and Norway have responded to calls to publicly condemn violent extremism. Special attention is paid to how young Muslim women and men have used specific strategies to gain media coverage, and the gendered aspects of these strategies. The project aims to analyse recent historical developments in the two countries in theoretical and empirical depth, by studying public debates and specific public initiatives undertaken by Muslims in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks in 2001, the murder of Theo van Gogh in the Netherlands in 2004, and the 22/7 attacks by Anders Behring Breivik in Norway in 2011. It combines a comparative historical approach with theory and methodology of religious-, media-, cultural- and gender studies. The project fills an important gap in the growing body of research on Muslims in Europe: a lot of scholarly attention is paid to public discourses that stigmatise Muslims, but far less on how people with a Muslim background confirm or subvert dominant images in their interactions with the media. Scholars have described the pressure that young Muslims perceive to explicitly disavow terrorism, but a thorough analysis of their responses has yet to be made. The project will contribute to the understanding of the mechanisms of social cohesion in contemporary European society at a time of growing global threats. Hosting arrangements at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Utrecht University guarantee excellent training and research facilities. The vibrant interdisciplinary research network at the Department and the intense supervision by the awarded professor of religious studies Birgit Meyer will greatly contribute to the project and strengthen the interdisciplinary knowledge, skills and research network of the Experienced Researcher.
Lie algebras and algebras of associative type

In the paper, some properties of algebras of associative type are studied, and these properties are then used to describe the structure of finite-dimensional semisimple modular Lie algebras. It is proved that the homogeneous radical of any finite-dimensional algebra of associative type coincides with the kernel of some form induced by the trace function with values in a polynomial ring. This fact is used to show that every finite-dimensional semisimple algebra of associative type A = ⊕αeG
 A
 α
 graded by some group G, over a field of characteristic zero, has a nonzero component A
 1 (where 1 stands for the identity element of G), and A
 1 is a semisimple associative algebra. Let B = ⊕αeG
 B
 α
 be a finite-dimensional semisimple Lie algebra over a prime field F
 p
 , and let B be graded by a commutative group G. If B = F
 p
 ⊗
 ℤ
 A
 L
 , where A
 L
 is the commutator algebra of a ℤ-algebra A = ⊕αeG
 A
 α
 ; if ℚ ◯
 ℤ
 A is an algebra of associative type, then the 1-component of the algebra K
 ◯
 ℤ
 B, where K stands for the algebraic closure of the field F
 p
 , is the sum of some algebras of the form gl(n
 i
 ,K).
VEHICULAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM

A vehicular power system (1) comprises a battery unit (2), a high-capacity unit (3), and first and second connectors (4) for supplying a first output voltage and a second, different output voltage, wherein each connector is arranged to receive one or more parallel daughter boards (7). A daughter board comprises circuitry forming a DC-to-DC converter across the battery unit when the daughter board is received in the connector. The DC-to-DC converter is configured to supply the respective output voltage.
ÉCONOMIE CIRCULAIRE: UNE PERSPECTIVE DE GESTION INTÉGRÉE DES DÉCHETS TECHNOLOGIQUES A PRESIDENTE PRUDENTE/SP-BRÉSIL

La base de cette étude se concentre sur le concept d'économie circulaire, sa mise en oeuvre étant récente au Brésil. La recherche visait à discuter de la gestion intégrée des déchets technologiques dans Presidente Prudente/SP, à la lumière de la théorie de l'économie circulaire. La méthodologie utilisée était une recherche appliquée exploratoire, à travers une approche déductive et qualitative. En tant qu'instrument de collecte de données, la recherche documentaire et le travail sur le terrain ont été utilisés, les techniques utilisées étaient l'entretien, le questionnaire et l'observation non systématique. Les résultats ont montré que 94 % des déchets technologiques produits dans la municipalité peuvent être réutilisés et vendus. L'ouvrage présente une proposition de Réseau Technologique de Logistique des Déchets pour la commune de Presidente Prudente/SP, basée sur l'Economie Circulaire, divisée en cinq étapes qui soutiennent chaque processus, à savoir : 1) Diffusion ; 2) Collecte et Collecte ; 3) Dépistage ; 4) Recyclage et réutilisation ; et 5) commercialisation. Ces résultats sont des outils importants pour la gestion des déchets technologiques, la promotion d'informations pertinentes pour la gestion environnementale dans la commune, répondant aux Objectifs de Développement Durable (ODD).
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"This project is part of the plan PACE ": “Faire Connaitre”’s project aims to share unknow cultural legacy of ALCOTRA’s territory, thorough numerical innovation, to set forth this legacy to youth, business, and professionals of touristic sector with innovative approaches.

The ALCOTRA 2014/2020 Program identifies, among the threats, the risk of loss of the cultural heritage, a finding which is even more worrying for the intangible heritage. Heritage is also threatened because of climate change, which amplifies the causes of deterioration of materials, and because of the lack of knowledge of local populations of the principles of restoration of traditional buildings. All this increases the risk of loss of the cultural concept, understood as an identity element / founder of a region, such as the Transboundary Region, which has gone through history and everywhere presents clear evidence of this cultural sharing. PITEM proposes to preserve the Alcotra space thanks to its cultural markers and their common evolution. Four projects based on a common chronological division will identify strategies for the conservation and exchange of good practices:
Tell, Save, Promote and Share. The actions will aim at the knowledge and safeguarding of tangible and intangible heritage, in order to provide users and the public with tools to understand the cultural value of the territory in line with environmental issues. The results of the projects will be part of a perspective of economic development, tourist attractiveness and boosting the cross-border territory.
Size Estimates of Three Migrant Groups in Bangkok: Citizens of Myanmar, Lao PDR and Cambodia

The migrant laborers from Myanmar, Lao PDR and Cambodia are the largest groups of foreign workers in Thailand. Effective policy making and planning related to migrant laborers and their families is impeded by the fact that they are a mix of both legal and illegal migrants which makes it difficult to determine the precise number in each group.This study attempts to provide more accurate size estimates of these groups than has been available so far. Our estimates of the populations rely on both primary and secondary sources of data. Data from a sample of 21 Census Enumeration Areas (EA) in Bangkok were augmented by the registration of foreign migrant laborers. The size estimates based on these data indicate that the total number of migrant laborers and their dependents from these three countries residing in Bangkok is in a range of 464,943 to 681,867. It is recommended that comparable surveys be conducted in other provinces to provide a more accurate national estimate of the total migrant labor populations, including those from these three neighboring countries. Data on the migration patterns, as well as documentation of the speed and patterns of movement while in Thailand would further refine these estimates.
Retrospective estimation of Plutonium-239 doses from transfer to the fetus for Mayak PA workers

The estimation of plutonium fetal transfer and the calculation of individual in utero and postnatal doses for the Mayak Production Association (PA) offspring cohort.The model developed by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) for the transfer of plutonium to the fetus following maternal intakes before and during pregnancy has been adjusted for application to analysis of the fetal transfer of (239)Pu for Mayak workers. Improved estimates of fetal to maternal concentration ratios (CF:CM) have been obtained based on a correlation observed between adult offsprings' measured daily urine (239)Pu activity and estimates of their mothers' systemic activity at conception. Data on (239)Pu activity in daily urine samples were collected from 13 selected adults whose mothers worked at the Mayak PA facility during the period from 1948-1953, before and/or during pregnancy.A comparison of measured and modeled excretion data enabled a mean value of 0.18 ± 0.02 (n = 21) to be inferred for the Pu CF:CM ratio, with a coefficient of variation of 60%.Point estimates of the individual in utero and postnatal absorbed doses for the red bone marrow and liver were in the range 2…13 mGy in 95% of the cases for the cohort of 1936 offspring.
NETTING, ARRAYS, AND DIES, AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME

Nettings and arrays comprising polymeric strands, including dies and methods to make the same. Nettings and arrays of polymeric strands described herein have a variety of uses, including wound care, tapes, filtration, absorbent articles, pest control articles, geotextile applications, water/vapor management in clothing, reinforcement for nonwoven articles, self bulking articles, floor coverings, grip supports, athletic articles, and pattern-coated adhesives.