SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Normalizing XRF-scanner data: A cautionary note on the interpretation of high-resolution records from organic-rich lakes

X-ray fluorescence (XRF) scanning of unlithified, untreated sediment cores is becoming an increasingly common method used to obtain paleoproxy data from lake records. XRF-scanning is fast and delivers high-resolution records of relative variations in the elemental composition of the sediment. However, lake sediments display extreme variations in their organic matter content, which can vary from just a few percent to well over 50%. As XRF scanners are largely insensitive to organic material in the sediment, increasing levels of organic material effectively dilute those components that can be measured, such as the lithogenic material (the closed-sum effect). Consequently, in sediments with large variations in organic material, the measured variations in an element will to a large extent mirror the changes in organic material. It is therefore necessary to normalize the elements in the lithogenic component of the sediment against a conservative element to allow changes in the input of the elements to be addressed. In this study we show that Al, which is the lightest element that can be measured using the Itrax XRF-scanner, can be used to effectively normalize the elements of the lithogenic fraction of the sediment against variations in organic content. We also show that care must be taken when choosing resolution and exposure time to ensure optimal output from the measurements.
RETROREFLECTIVE AEROSOL COATING COMPOSITION AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF

Compositions, methods of making, and methods of using, comprising retroreflective microspheres, binder system, and a blend of at least two thixotropic agents present in an amount from about three to about five weight percent are set forth. Such are suitable for use in aerosol applicators.
Psychometric analysis of the new ADHD DSM-V derived symptoms

Following the agreements on the reformulating and revising of ADHD diagnostic criteria, recently, the proposed revision for ADHD added 4 new symptoms to the hyperactivity and Impulsivity aspect in DSM-V. This study investigates the psychometric properties of the proposed ADHD diagnostic criteria.ADHD diagnosis was made according to DSM-IV. The parents completed the screening test of ADHD checklist of Child Symptom Inventory-4 and the 4 items describing the new proposed symptoms in DSM-V.The confirmatory factor analysis of the ADHD DSM-V derived items supports the loading of two factors including inattentiveness and hyperactivity/impulsivity. There is a sufficient reliability for the items. However, confirmatory factor analysis showed that the three-factor model is better fitted than the two-factor one. Moreover, the results of the exploratory analysis raised some concerns about the factor loading of the four new items.The current results support the two-factor model of the DSM-V ADHD diagnostic criteria including inattentiveness and hyperactivity/impulsivity. However, the four new items can be considered as a third factor.
Review of Effect of Management Ability on Costs Stickiness in Tehran Stock Exchange

New theories regarding cost behavior suggest that costs increase more when activity rises than they decrease when activity falls by an equivalent amount. This kind of behavior is known as “cost stickiness”. The statistical population is consisted of all firms listed in TSE in the 7-year time-period from 2007 to 2013, among which 88 firms have been selected as the sample group. In order to examine the hypotheses, regression analysis of the panel data has been carried out. The results suggest that in there is a significant relationship between earnings management and cost stickiness in the studied period. In other words, managerial Ability would increase cost stickiness in the firms. Therefore, efforts to identify factors affecting cost structures in firms should take into account the manager’s abilities in making decision regarding costs and resources, especially decisions motivated by agency costs.
The 1st international unique social ecosystem connecting athlets, apps, products and companies around the sport sector.

An estimate of 50 million Europeans, 12% of the total population, are engaged in running as a way to stay healthy and/or to
challenge themselves and there has been a marked surge in running events all over Europe with more people running
marathons than ever before. The total consumer expenditure per year is calculated in 9.596.363.000€ in Europe. This
represents an average of 192€ per runner per year.
RunIN solves the actual problem that sporty people and vendors face when looking for information, tickets/products/
equipment or consumers respectively as there is no site of reference and it is all scattered today.. RunIN connects and
integrates different vertical services related to running, biking and triathlon through a unique, usable, social and friendly
ecosystem that allows monetizing this huge market since consumers easily find what they look for and vendors can also
reach consumers.
RunIN will disrupt the existing sports sector by changing the current business paradigm taking into account new
opportunities arising from having an unique “Sport Identity” and stimulating under one single platform a more collaborative
and social interaction between the different stakeholders and consumers.
This innovation is made possible thanks to Big Data, Mining, Machine Learning and Business Intelligence techniques. The
information and set of services that revolve around the social layer of the ecosystem is the niche market that RunIN aims to
capitalize. With the right functionalities, athletes and companies start interacting within the RunIN ecosystem, which allows to
monetize both B2B and B2C opportunities. Thanks to the SME Instrument support (which speeds up the adequate team
growth, communication plan, technological roadmap implementation and commercialization of RunIN from 2018), the
company expects to create by 2020 over 40 high qualification jobs and generating a turnover of more than 21M€.
Teaching strategies and methodologies for the development of intercultural relations: a participatory approach

The project aims at putting to good use the experience acquired by the United World College on the issue of education and training for the development of intercultural relations, in order to set up a table for dialogue and exchange between the teachers and students on teaching systems, with special reference to multicultural issues. This project aims at creating a permanent intercultural laboratory where secondary schools of the cross-border area can discuss and experiment techniques and instruments that are necessary for the integration of different linguistic and cultural groups. Each school appoints two Project Groups: Teachers (5 teachers per school, among the most relevant subjects) and Students (15 students per school belonging to different classes). The project groups will set up commissions, among which 5 on “learning methodologies” open to teachers of various didactic subjects. The meetings are held weekly and require the analysis of the various methodologies. As regards the students three commissions are set up: International Conference, Me and the Other, Website and Forum. The project deals with world conflicts and global issues,; workshops will be organised; students are shown, through a video that educates while entertaining, which behaviours generally inhibit mutual understanding and knowledge; communication activities are also implemented.
Relación entre el clima organizacional y la satisfacción del cliente en una empresa de servicios telefónicos

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship grade between the organizational climate and the client's satisfaction. With this end you applies a scale of Organizational Climate to a group of 200 employees of the company Telefonica of the Peru and a Questionnaire of Satisfaction to their respective clients. The Main Hypothesis pointed out that relationship existed between the Organizational Climate and the Client's Satisfaction in the sense that is increased when improving the Organizational Climate the Client's Satisfaction. The main conclusion checked that there is relationship among the two variables, that is to say, the organizational climate is related with the client's satisfaction. At level of the specific hypotheses he/she was proven that the Interpersonal Relationships, the Style of Address, the Sense of Ownership, the Retribution, the Stability, the Clarity and Coherence of the Address and the Collective Values were related significantly with the client's satisfaction in the company Telefonica of the Peru. He/she was not relationship between the Distribution of Recur-sos and the client's satisfaction in the company Telefonica of the Peru.
Key Words: Organizational climate; Satisfaction of the Client; Attention to the Client; Quality of the Service.
Implantation of a Complete Corneal Ring in an Intrastromal Pocket for Keratoconus

to evaluate the refractive and visual results of a new treatment for keratoconus using the corneal intrastromal implantation system (CISIS).six eyes of four patients with keratoconus were treated with CISIS. Follow-up was 1, 3, and 6 months. After creating an intracorneal pocket of 9-mm diameter and 300-microm depth, a flexible full-ring implant was inserted via a 4-mm-wide corneal tunnel.no eyes showed loss of lines in uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA) or spectacle corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA) at any follow-up examination. Uncorrected and distance corrected visual acuity, keratometry, spherical and cylindrical refractive error as well as spherical equivalent refraction improved significantly (P<.05). Mean UDVA improved from 20/260 to 20/48 and mean CDVA improved from 20/41 to 20/27. A significant centralization and decrease of the corneal apex was found. No intra- or postoperative complications were observed.the corneal intrastromal implantation system using a complete ring implanted in a stromal pocket can achieve significant improvements in the visual function of patients with keratoconus. Uncorrected distance visual acuity improved by more than seven lines on average and CDVA improved by two lines.
Development and pilot production of sustainable bio binder systems for wood based panels

The overall objective of the SusBind project is to produce and test, in an industrially relevant environment (TRL5), bio-based binders as alternative to formaldehyde based binder currently used in the production of wood-based panel board (abbreviated as wood board). A lot has been done on this subject, but so far a bio-based binder able to compete at industrial scale with incumbent chemicals, does not exist. The reason to believe on the success of this project is backed: on the selection of the partners, which involves actors across the whole supply chain, and their extensive technological background developed during the last years.

The SusBind project intends to build on these success factors by:
i. Selecting more adequate feedstocks from existing European Bio-refineries;
ii. Applying new and greener conversion technologies for the production of binders and intermediates, including novel epoxidizing enzymes (peroxygenases) developed in the project IndOx (FP7-KBBE; www.indoxproject.eu );
iii. Producing and validating these new bio-based binders with leading wood board manufacturers for two product types: P2 Particle Board (PB) and Medium Density Fibreboard (MDF) and;
iv. Involving the world leading brand owner, producer and retailer of mass market furniture.

The SusBind resulting binder system will prove better performance in PB and MDF in terms of  50 - 75% reduction of formaldehyde emissions than current fossil- and formaldehyde-based wood boards. The active participation of industry and a consumer brand owner secures post-project scale up into existing plants. On the basis of cost analyses performed, an economically viable and better performing precursor will increase the marketability of bio-based furniture products concerned. The results of SusBind will not only benefit consumer health and help mitigate climate change, but also strengthen the European furniture industry by providing a cost efficient, bio-based alternative to formaldehyde-based binders.
Future outboards run conventionally and electrically

Waterborne transport still offers an enormous potential for pollution reduction and energy efficiency gains. The reduction of pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions is far removed from the progress made in road transport, particularly in the category of older, small to medium-size vessels which make up a large proportion of intra-European waterborne transport, including inland navigation.
Scope of FORCE project is to evaluate the technical and commercial feasibility of a new hybrid marine propulsion system, aimed at combining the conventional mechanical powertrain with a commercially affordable and technically effective electric drive train, which is able to increase the overall efficiency of outboards below 50 kW power for both, professional and leisure utilization, allowing zero emission navigation in sensitive areas as for instance near to the coasts, protected areas, marinas or inland waters.
The objectives of the FORCE project are very ambitious and innovative, since an outboard able to combine conventional with electrical drive (constituting in fact a hybrid propulsion system) does not exist yet in the market. 
The technical and commercial feasibility study will be developed verifying the technological/practical as well as the economic viability of the proposed innovative propulsion system and will include an elaborated business plan.
métodos para a preparação de um composto e para a preparação de calcipotriol ou monoidrato de calcipotriol, composto, e, usos de um composto e de éster dietìlico do ácido (2-ciclopropil-2-oxoetil) fosfÈnico

MéTODOS PARA A PREPARAçãO DE UM COMPOSTO E PARA A PREPARAçãO DE CALCIPOTRIOL OU MONOIDRATO DE CALCIPOTRIOL, COMPOSTO, E, USOS DE UM COMPOSTO E DE éSTER DIETìLICO DO áCIDO (2-CICLOPROPIL-2-OXOETILFOSFÈNICO A presente invenção refere-se a novos métodos para a preparação de intermediários, que são úteis na síntese de calcipotriol. A presente invenção refere-se ainda ao uso de intermediários produzidos com os referidos métodos para a produção de calcipotriol ou monoidrato de calcipotriol
Collaboration network for industry, manufacturing, business and logistics in europe

NIMBLE: collaboration Network for Industry, Manufacturing, Business and Logistics in Europe will develop the infrastructure for a cloud-based, Industrie 4.0, Internet-of-things-enabled B2B platform on which European manufacturing firms can register, publish machine-readable catalogs for products and services, search for suitable supply chain partners, negotiate contracts and supply logistics, and develop private and secure B2B and M2M information exchange channels to optimise business work flows. The infrastructure will be developed as open source software under an Apache-type, permissive license. The governance model is a federation of platforms for multi-sided trade, with mandatory interoperation functions and optional added-value business functions that can be provided by third parties. This will foster the growth of a net-centric business ecosystem for sustainable innovation and fair competition as envisaged by the Digital Agenda 2020. Prospective NIMBLE providers can take the open source infrastructure  and bundle it with sectoral, regional or functional added value services and launch a new platform in the federation. 
Internet platforms need fast adoption rates and the work plan reflects this: we start attracting early adopters from day one and develop the initial, working platform in year one. Added-value business functions follow in year two and final validation at large scale, involving hundreds of external firms, will happen in year three. Our adoption plan is designed to enable two or more platform providers at the end of the project, and to have 1000 to 2000 enterprises connected to the overall ecosystem at that point. NIMBLE has 17 partners grouped around 3 main activities: developing the infrastructure, running a platform adoption programme, and validating the platform with 4 supply chains (white goods, wooden houses, fashion fabrics, and child care furniture). 
NIMBLE will give manufacturing SMEs in Europe a stable and sustainable digital ecosystem.
PROMOTION OF THE TERRITORY FOR THE COMPETITIVENESS OF SMEs OF GREEN & BLUE TOURISM in THE CROSS-BORDER SPACE

This project aims to make SMEs in the tourism sector more competitive and marginal and island cross-border areas more attractive by promoting joint positioning and promotion systems for innovative tourism products. The general objective is to increase the sustainability of cross-border tourist demand by enhancing typical local features while countering the phenomenon of "mass tourism". The partners will develop a Joint Action Plan and agree on a working methodology to promote the seasonal adjustment of the cross-border tourism offer, which by the TERRAGIR 1 and 2 projects developed in part. The plan will qualify existing green & blue tourist packages and create prototype packages for less known marginal and insular areas, also in a cross-border perspective. The G&B Tourist Packages will make available to a wide public a great variety of activities allowing a seasonal adjustment of the flows (museums, farmhouses, typical products, local folklore, fishing tourism, sport fishing, outdoor sports and nature). Furthermore, flexible “do-it-yourself” cross-border tourist packages will meet specific individual requests integrated with the partner’s tourism portals (dynamic packaging). A Marketing Plan attentive to the needs of the previously identified market segments will allow to reach a vast regional, national and international public, also thanks to the experimentation of new online communication techniques (viral marketing, guerrilla). The Integrated System of the G&B Maritime Tourism Offer thus created will be sustainable also thanks to the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding that will oblige partners beyond the duration of the project.
The Role of Large and Small Scale Hydropower for Energy and Water Security in the Spanish Duero Basin

Hydropower has been increasingly seen as a two-fold solution to the provision of renewable energy and water storage. However, the massive deployment of both large and small scale hydropower projects has been reported to cause important environmental impacts at the basin scale. This study assesses the differential contributions to regional energy and water security of large (LHP) and small (SHP) scale hydropower deployment in the Spanish Duero basin, as well as associated cumulative environmental impacts. This is performed through a selection of indicators measured in absolute and relative terms. The results suggest that LHP deployment contributes more to energy and water security, performing better in 10 of the 12 indicators. It also shows higher absolute environmental impacts on flow regime and habitat loss. Meanwhile, when analyzed in relative terms, SHP shows greater impacts in all categories as a result of cumulative effects cascading along the rivers system. These findings suggest that optimizing the use of existing hydropower infrastructure would be beneficial for energy, water and environmental security. This could be implemented by substantially reducing the number of low capacity plants with almost no impact on final energy generation, while enhancing the pumping and storage potential of higher capacity plants.
Geochemical speciation and risk assessment of metals in the river sediments from Dan River Drainage, China

ABSTRACTThis study investigates the partitioning of metals in surface sediments from the Dan River drainage basin, the source of drinking water for the South to North Water Transfer Project, China, to determine their bioavailability and associated levels of risk. Sediment samples were collected from 99 sites along the Dan River, and the concentration of each element fraction was determined using sequential extraction and inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. The residual fraction was the major phase for most metals sampled. Among the non-residual fractions, greater proportions of Zn, Mn and Cd were transported in in the available phase, whereas Ba, Sb, Pb and As were mainly found in the reducible phase. The oxidisable phase was important for the transport of Ni, Co, Cr and Cu in sediments. This analysis of sediments from the Dan River basin indicates a very high risk of pollution from Cd, Co, Mn, Sb and Zn. Combined with the sediments with extremely high concentrations, the Dan, Laoguan and Yinhua...
Process for preparing spheroidal alumina particles

A process for preparing aluminum oxide beads from alumina hydrogel, comprising polymerizing in a hot and substantially water-immiscible fluid, an aqueous mixture which contains alumina hydrogel and a water soluble monomer whose uncross-linked polymer is water soluble or forms a gel, this mixture being dispersed as droplets into said fluid in which substantial polymerization of said monomer is performed.
Effects of charging voltage, application speed, target height, and orientation upon charged spray deposition on leaf abaxial and adaxial surfaces

Wastage of agricultural chemicals and ensuing environmental pollution is an issue, where ineffective spray deposition is a major concern with conventional pesticide application methods. Electrostatic spraying is known to be one of the most effective methods to improve leaf abaxial (underside) surface deposition, overall deposition, and distribution on the plant targets. Deposition of charged sprays on leaf abaxial and adaxial (upper) surfaces as influenced by the spray charging voltage (system), application speed (operational), target height and orientation (target) parameters was studied in the laboratory. An air-assisted electrostatic induction spray charging system attached to a moving carriage was used to apply charged spray at uniform application (ground) speeds. Spray deposition (101–71 μm NMD), determined using a fluorescent tracer technique increased with charging (0–5.5 mC kg −1 ) on leaf abaxial and decreased with charging on adaxial surface. The deposition was higher on abaxial (0.66–1.33 μg cm −2 ) at 30° below (horizontal plane) and on adaxial (0.78–1.79 μg cm −2 ) at 0° (horizontal) target orientation for lower (0.278 m s −1 ) application speed. At all target heights, abaxial deposition increased with charging voltage (0–4.0 kV) for medium application speed (0.417 m s −1 ) and adaxial deposition decreased with charging voltage for lower application speed (0.278 m s −1 ). The medium application speed with higher charging voltage was optimum for abaxial and adaxial deposition. The droplet velocity and charging voltage were the key factors for obtaining desired spray deposition on targets. All the selected factors including target orientation ( O ), application speed ( S ), target surface ( L ), and charging voltage ( V ), and their interactions except between O and S were significant at lower (0.35 m) and medium (0.65 m) target heights. All the factors and their interactions except between O and V were significant at higher (0.95 m) height. Electrostatically charged spray improved the underside (abaxial) and overall deposition. The deposition was substantially influenced by factors such as charging voltage, application speed, plant target height, and target orientation.