SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Numerical 3D modeling of the magnetotelluric field in Kamchatka

We consider the key features in the responses of magnetic tippers and MTS curves to the sharp contrast in electric conductivity at the interface between the land and the sea waters of the Sea of Okhotsk and the Pacific bounding Kamchatka. The zones with different intensity of the coast effect are revealed. Stronger manifestations of the effect are found to occur in the East Kamchatka, which is related to the induction effects of the electric currents concentrated in the Kuril-Kamchatka trench. Indentation of the coastline resulted in the appearance of three-dimensional (3D) effects in the magnetotelluric field of the eastern Kamchatka. These effects in the variations of the geomagnetic field are vanishing with an increasing period, giving room to low-frequency effects in the MT field, which are associated with the flow of electric currents around Kamchatka (the around-flow effect). It is shown that the transverse MTS curves over the entire region of Kamchatka suffer from the S effect at low frequencies and do not characterize the deep geoelectric structure. Only in the middle segments of the West and Central Kamchatka, the longitudinal MTS curves are weakly subjected to the induction effects and thus reflect the distribution of the deep electric conductivity. On the eastern coast of Kamchatka both the longitudinal and transverse MTS curves are strongly distorted by the 3D effects caused by the abundant capes and bays. The interpretation of MTS data in this region should necessarily invoke the 3D modeling of an MT field.
Tabacchiere in Lombardia

Tabacchiere e scatole del XVIII-prima metà del XIX secolo sono assai numerose e diffuse in Lombardia, ma poco studiate. Per contribuire a colmare tale carenza di ricerche vengono qui analizzati alcuni elementi determinanti. Si tratta di lettere (1770; 1774) del carteggio dei fratelli Verri, Alessandro a Roma e Pietro a Milano, relative a tabacchiere realizzate a Milano, anche nella manifattura di Gaetano Grassi, e all’affare che si potrebbe concludere a Roma. Il documento (1778) esaminato riguarda proprio la fabbrica di scatole di papier-mâché (un composto di carta plasmabile entro stampi, poi cotto) fondata dal Grassi a Milano. Viene inoltre offerto un rapido sguardo sulla bella raccolta di tabacchiere e scatole conservate a Brescia (Musei Civici di Arte e Storia), pubblicandone un saggio di esemplari diversi per forma, materiale e decorazione.
Genetic diversity, population structure and differentiation of rice species from Niger and their potential for rice genetic resources conservation and enhancement

Rice genetic resources conservation and evaluation is crucial to ensure germplasm sources for further crop breeding. We conducted a wide collection of Oryza species in Niger and characterize its diversity with microsatellites (or simple sequence repeats, SSR). The aims of this research were to get a better understanding of the extent of genetic diversity, its structure and partition within rice eco-geographical zones of Niger. There were 264 accessions found in farmers’ and other fields: 173 O. sativa (Asia’s rice), 65 O. glaberrima (Africa’s rice), 25 O. barthii, and 1 O. longistaminata (weedy perennial rice), which were genotyped with 18 SSR. A total of 178 alleles were detected, with a mean of 9.89 alleles per locus. The polymorphism information content was 0.65 and heterozygosity was estimated as 0.14. Two main well-differentiate genotypic groups, which correspond to Asian and African rice species, were identified. The SSR set divided the Asia’s rice group (solely indica) into irrigated and floating rice, with rainfed lowland rice in between. The African rice species group was composed of O. glaberrima, O. longistaminata and O. barthii accessions, but without any clear genetic differentiation among them likely due admixtures within the samples of O. barthii. Five accessions that could be natural interspecific hybrids were too admixed for assigning them to any of the two well-differentiated groups. The partitioning of the overall diversity showed that maximum variation was within genotypic groups and subgroups or cropping ecologies, rather than between eco-geographical zones. The eco-geographical distribution of the diversity suggests germplasm exchange in Niger. Next-steps for conserving rice and crop wild relatives in Niger could be taken using the findings of this research.
The human jigsaw: matching articulating skeletal elements from mass burials

The “Human Jigsaw” will address the key issue of sorting commingled human remains, by amalgamating state-of-the-art techniques in three dimensional geometric morphometrics and machine learning. The deposition of multiple bodies in mass graves has been common practice worldwide after warfare, natural disasters or as part of the funerary treatment of the deceased. In Cyprus, where this project is to be materialized, the events that took place in 1963-64 and 1974 have resulted in an unspecified number of individuals having been buried in mass graves, of which over 2000 Greek and Turkish Cypriots are still missing. Commingling, the mixing of the skeletal elements of different individuals, is a grave issue in such contexts. A major limitation of current methods for sorting the remains of different individuals is that they do not effectively take into account the three-dimensional morphology of adjoining surfaces. The “Human Jigsaw” will focus on matching the main elements of the lower skeleton (os coxae, femora, tibiae), which are the elements that provide basic biological profile information (age, sex and stature). The produced methods will be subsequently applied in Minoan and pre-Mycenaean assemblages, addressing issues of the post-mortem treatment of the dead. The “Human Jigsaw” will have major implications in forensic anthropology as it will facilitate the identification of unknown subjects. In bioarchaeological contexts, the results of this project will have implications in archaeothanatology and funerary taphonomy by allowing a more accurate assessment of the palaeodemographic profile of the deceased who were deposited in mass burials.
Integration Processes in European Research and Development: A Comparative Spatial Interaction Approach Using Project Based Research and Development Networks, Co-Patent Networks and Co-Publication Networks

This study focuses on integration processes in European Research and Development (R&D) by analyzing the spatiotemporal dimension of three different R&D collaboration networks across Europe. The studied networks cover different types of knowledge creation, namely project-based R&D networks within the European Union (EU) Framework Programmes (FPs), co-patent networks, and co-publication networks. Integration in European R&D—one of the main pillars of the EU Science Technology and Innovation policy—refers to the harmonization of fragmented national research systems across Europe and to the free movement of knowledge and researchers. The objective is to describe and compare spatiotemporal patterns at a regional level and to estimate the evolution of separation effects over the time period 1999–2006 that influence the probability of cross-region collaborations in the distinct networks under consideration. The study adopts a spatial interaction modeling perspective, econometrically specifying a panel generalized linear model relationship, taking into account spatial autocorrelation among flows using eigenfunction spatial filtering methods. The results show that geographical factors are a lower hurdle for R&D collaborations in the FP networks than in co-patent networks and co-publication networks. Furthermore, it is shown that the geographical integration is higher in the FP network.
Metodología activa en la educación permanente para abordar la ética y la bioética

Resumen Desde una investigación cualitativa con la técnica del discurso del sujeto colectivo, este estudio analiza la educación a distancia como metodología activa en la formación permanente del equipo de enfermería de un hospital universitario de Minas Gerais (Brasil). Se recopilaron los datos mediante un cuestionario y un grupo focal para organizarlos de acuerdo con tres ejes centrales que surgieron en las reuniones. Para los participantes de la investigación, la modalidad a distancia puede ser una metodología de enseñanza activa que posibilita intervenciones en el trabajo, siempre que exista la infraestructura necesaria para el desarrollo del proceso de trabajo y la realización de capacitaciones en el ambiente laboral. Es importante que el profesional enfermero sea un sujeto activo en su proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje al usar la educación permanente en salud para brindar asistencia integral, ética y segura a los usuarios del Sistema Único de Salud.
Health, environment and economic development

This dissertation investigates theoretically and empirically the interrelationships among population’s health,environmental degradation and economic development, its consequences for developing countries, and someeffective policy responses. The first part explores the association between health, environment, and inequalities. Itfirstly analyzes whether environmental degradation could be considered as an additional channel through whichincome inequality affects infant and child mortality (chapter 2). Theoretical and empirical investigations show thatincome inequality affects negatively air and water quality, and this in turn worsens population’s health. Therefore,environmental degradation is an important channel through which income inequality affects population health. Then,it is shown that sulphur dioxide emission (SO2) and particulate matter (PM10) are in part responsible for the largedisparities in infant and child mortalities between and within developing countries (chapter 3). In addition, we foundthat democratic institutions play the role of social protection by mitigating this effect for the poorest income classesand reducing the health inequality it provokes. The second part is devoted to the link among health, environment,and economic growth. The effect of health (global burden of disease, communicable disease, and malaria) oneconomic growth is assessed in Chapter 4. This chapter shows that health indicators, when correctly measured by thegap between current health status and an ideal health situation where the entire population lives to an advanced age,free of disease and disability, and when accurately instrumented have significant impact on economic performance.The consequences of these interrelationships on the convergence of poor countries towards their steady state aretheoretically and empirically investigated in the last Chapter (chapter 5). It is found that environment degradationreduces the ability of poor countries to reach their own steady state, reinforcing our argument according to whichenvironment quality improvement plays a considerable role in economic convergence process. Moreover, thedegradation of air and water quality affects negatively economic performance, and health status remains an importantchannel through which environment degradation affects economic growth even if it is not alone. The EnvironmentalKuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis is also verified.
PLANT DERIVED CELLULOSE COMPOSITIONS FOR USE AS DRILLING MUDS

This invention relates to water-based well drilling fluids. It has been found that cellulose based particles, which comprise cell wall material and their networks of cellulose based fibers and nanofibrils can be used to produce suspensions having viscosity and rheological properties particularly suitable for use as a drilling fluid. It is assumed that the organization of the cellulose fibrils, as it exists in the parenchymal cell walls, is at least partly retained in the cellulose based particles of the invention, even though part of the pectin and hemicellulose is removed there from. Breaking plant-based pulp down into this kind of cellulose based particles involves fewer and gentler processes than to break the pulp down further into cellulose nanofibrils, and therefore the present cellulose based particles can be produced much faster and at lower cost than completely unraveled cellulose nanofibrils. The well drilling fluids based on the cellulose material of this invention are stable over a wide range of operating temperatures.
Spatial dependencies of storm surges and global risk assessment.

An extreme still water level (ESWL) event caused by a single storm can affect multiple populations, critical services, and industrial sectors, thus magnifying the impacts of the event. The identification of coastal stretches prone to be impacted simultaneously by an ESWL event is crucial for accurate risk analyses, development of efficient emergency plans, robust insurance schemes, and public adaptation funds. However, little attention has been paid to the study of the spatial extension of storm surges and ESWLs and the related studies were conducted under the assumption of stationarity. Also, the spatial dependencies of the storm surges and ESWLs have been systematically neglected in broad-scale coastal risk assessments. Through a combination of ESWL, surge, and socio-economic datasets, and by using advanced statistical and vulnerability assessment models, SpaDeRisks addresses these knowledge gaps. In this project, it will be (i) investigated, at a global scale, the non-stationarity spatial dependencies of ESWLs and storm surges; (ii) performed a novel framework to include the spatial dependencies into broad-scale coastal flood risk assessment and; (iii) assessed flood coastal impacts under present and future conditions. The new framework will provide additional risk metrics that cannot be derived from traditional broad-scale coastal risk analyses. Results from this project will be relevant for the scientific community and stakeholders involved in coastal management and thus, special attention will be devoted to dissemination and communication. The fellowship will contribute to the development of the researcher career through broadening the competencies in assessing coastal flooding, acquiring new knowledge in oceanographic sciences and advanced statistical techniques, and learning the use of the state-of-the-art models for vulnerability and impact assessment.
Zooarchaeology of the nuragic bronze age

ZANBA will combine cutting-edge, multi-scalar isotope analyses with morphological analysis of zooarchaeological remains to
understand the relationships among developing elite identities, landscape use, and power consolidation in the Nuragic
Culture of Bronze Age Sardinia (c. 1700-1100 BCE). Assemblages of archaeofauanas from two sites that represent the full
development of the Nuragic Culture will be analysed for evidence of feasting, hunting, collection of tribute, intensification of
the animal economy, and other behaviours that are used by incipient elites to promote an elite group identity and consolidate
power. Specimens from these archaeofaunas representing raised, managed, and hunted animal species will then be
analysed using multiple isotopes for evidence of economic intensification and expanding territorial control. The combined
results of both studies will be used to construct a new narrative of internal social development within the Nuragic Culture.
Such a multi-disciplinary study is unique in Nuragic Sardinia, where isotope studies have never been applied to
archaeofaunas and where morphological studies have often addressed the animal economy of the Nuragic Culture as a
undifferentiated whole with few attempts to understand its internal social dynamics during the Culture's 600-year
development. The detailed study and reassessment of Nuragic social dynamics provided by ZANBA is necessary and timely
as new archaeological discoveries are indicating that the Nuragic Culture played a larger role in European Bronze Age
exchange networks than has previously been recognized.
Cycle Route Network of Mediterranean

The main objective of the project CYRONMED is to enhance cycle mobility and environmental-friendly tourism and promote economic change by improving the tourist attractiveness of Archimed countries through joint planning of integrated transport and sustainable tourism. Presently, the Archimed countries do not offer conditions in favour of cycle mobility. Yet, they present the natural and cultural assets required to position themselves in the market, and are endowed with a climate favourable to year-round cycling tourism. A cycling network connected with stations, airport and ports, as proposed in this project, will lay the very basis for enhanced urban mobility and cycle tourism, as the project’s final aim. The project strategy is to address the current constraints to cycling and tourism (1) by delivering a concrete proposal for a cross-border cycle network, (2) by linking up with territorial planning, and (3) by focusing on connectivity between cycle networks, sea and airports, and railway networks. Specific objectives are: 1. to establish a regional network for sustainable mobility; 2. to identify an interconnected cycling network constituted by part of the EuroVelo (No. 5,7,8,11 routes) and Bicitalia (No. 6,10,14 routes) cycle networks, crossing the Archimed region, and study its feasibility; 3. to formulate a strategy for the promotion of sustainable cycle tourism; 4. to enhance public awareness of the benefits of cycle mobility; 5. to provide technical guidelines for the realization of the proposed network; 6. to realise part of the proposed network, as a pilot model. Main activities and expected results: 1. A functional Regional Network for dialogue, exchange of experience, and sharing of norms and standards for the development of interconnected cycle infrastructures and sustainable mobility; 2. A Feasibility Study for the development of a cycle network in the region, including cartographic support, a reconnaissance survey of cycling resources, and a selection of route corridors; 3. A Strategy for development of sustainable cycle tourism in the region; 4. Guidelines for the implementation of a cycling network, including aspects of road safety; 5. Enhanced public awareness about the benefits of cycle mobility; 6. A part of the integrated cycling network realised in a tourist area in Puglia. Direct beneficiaries are the public institutions involved in the project, that will have the necessary work tools to develop sustainable, cycle-based mobility in their jurisdictions, in a cross-border perspective and collaboration. The national and international bicycle associations associated with the project will benefit from an enhanced coordination with and support from the relevant public institutions. On a longer term, local populations will benefit from the project through increased cycle connectivity and road safety, and from the spin-off of enhanced cycle tourism in the region.
Anti-Proliferative Effect and Phytochemical Analysis of<i>Cymbopogon citratus</i>Extract

The antiproliferative and antioxidant potential of Cymbopogon citratus (Lemon grass) extracts were investigated. The extracts were isolated by solvent maceration method and thereafter subjected to antiproliferative activity test on five different cancer cells: human colon carcinoma (HCT-116), breast carcinoma (MCF-7 and MDA-MB 231), ovarian carcinoma (SKOV-3 and COAV), and a normal liver cell line (WRL 68). The cell viability was determined using MTT assay. The DPPH radical scavenging assay revealed a concentration dependent trend. A maximum percentage inhibition of 45% and an IC50 of 278 μ g/mL were observed when aqueous extract was evaluated. In contrast, 48.3% and IC50 of 258.9 μ g/mL were observed when 50% ethanolic extract was evaluated. Both extracts at concentration of 50 to 800 μ g/mL showed appreciative metal chelating activity with IC50 value of<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M1"><mml:mn>172.2</mml:mn><mml:mo>±</mml:mo><mml:mn>31</mml:mn></mml:math> μ g/mL to<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M2"><mml:mn>456.5</mml:mn><mml:mo>±</mml:mo><mml:mn>30</mml:mn></mml:math> μ g/mL. Depending on extraction solvent content, extract obtained from 50% ethanolic solvent proved to be more potent on breast cancer MCF-7 cell line (IC50 = 68 μ g/mL). On the other hand, 90% ethanolic extract showed a moderate potency on the ovarian cancer (COAV) and MCF-7 cells having an IC50 of 104.6 μ g/mL each. These results suggested antiproliferative efficacy of C. citratus ethanolic extract against human cancer cell lines.
The Application of Principles of Green Building in Traditional Housing in Iraq

Green building has become an important issue among architects and urban planners due to the increment in global warming risks and climatic changes which influenced negatively on natural resources. It is also one of measures been put forward to alleviate the significant impacts of the influence of buildings on the environment, society and economy. There have been extensive studies on green buildings, as evidenced in the rapid growing number of papers been published in last decades. These studies have been conducted in both developed countries and developing countries, indicating this is a global issue. However, there is lack of extensive researches on the green buildings in Iraq that is crucial for the future exerts. This paper reports the definition of green building, the environmental, social and economical aspects of green building, and application of green building's principles in traditional housing in Iraq.
LOCAL CONTAMINATION DETECTION IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

An additive manufacturing system comprises a build chamber, a powder bed additive manufacturing device disposed in the build chamber, and a powder contamination detection system. The powder contamination detection system is in communication with an atmosphere in the build chamber.