SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Policies to promote the internationalisation of SMEs for more competitive regional ecosystems in border areas of the EU

There are borders that divide, and there are those that connect. INTER VENTURES strives for the latter one, promoting the internationalization of SMEs in EU border regions, thus contributing to their growth and increased competitiveness. The main questions to be answered are ‘What kind of capacities SME’s would need to engage in cross-border and international collaborations? How these skills and capacities can be developed? Who are the key players facilitating the internationalisation of SMEs? How do they work, and how could their activities be improved?

INTER VENTURES brings together partners from five European border regions, representing various stages of evolution of SME ecosystems, from occasional cross-border cooperation through more structured networking to international clusterization. But even the most advanced ones face issues to be tackled in order to fully exploit their specific potentials. Partners will intensely share their experiences and learn jointly via two Thematic Study Visits focusing on relevant good practices and four Interregional Meetings combining training with discussions. Regional stakeholders will be intensively involved in the process through RSG Meetings and Webinars including training, brainstorm sessions and assisted workshops. ‘Fast track’ policy improvement initiatives inducing immediate changes will be prepared and monitored through distinguished events joining key policymakers.

Lessons learnt will be adapted to regional conditions explored through targeted surveys of regional SMEs. Specific actions and measures prescribing the most appropriate ways to change the policy frameworks in partner regions will be identified in a step-by-step action planning process assisted by advisory services. As a result, tailor-made regional Action Plans will be elaborated that can lead to the desired improvement of the five selected regional ERDF and national programmes for the enhanced internationalisation of SMEs
Mechanisms that maintain centromere dna repeats stability in human cells.

Cell division relies on centromeres, which connect chromosomes to the spindle for separating sister chromatids in mitosis. Human centromeres are composed of large arrays of repetitive DNA, which are often sites of aberrant rearrangements in cancer. While centromere defects can cause chromosomal instability, the molecular mechanisms that maintain their repetitive DNA stable are poorly understood. During the fellowship, I aim to investigate how human centromere stability is maintained and the consequences of centromere dysfunction in driving cancer and aging. To circumvent impeding technical barriers due to incomplete centromere sequence annotation, I have ideated the use of Chromosome Orientation Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization at human centromeres (Cen-CO-FISH; Giunta, 2018). Using this innovative technique, I revealed that CENP-A and CCAN (constitutive centromere-associated network) proteins prevent centromere instability, and this functionality is compromised in cancer cell lines and in primary cells undergoing senescence (Giunta & Funabiki, 2017); my data show that CENP-A may play a new role during centromere replication, preventing DNA damage, repeats shortening, and subsequent aneuploidy. I will use the Auxin-Inducible Degron (AID) system and CRISPR-Cas genome editing with high-throughput imaging of Cen-CO-FISH to identify the human centromere maintenance network and investigate the mechanisms of repeats stability. I will also examine the consequences of centromeres dysfunction, including changes in the size of the array, cell ploidy and proliferation dynamics, using a variety of validated and novel methods, including Cen-qRT-PCR, qFISH and cytogenetic assays. Altogether, the proposed research will unveil a novel conceptual framework to explain the fragility of repetitive centromere DNA and its consequences on cell physiology and disease. This work will lay the foundation for my future independent research on centromere instability in age-associated cancers.
Complementing the BPMN to Enable Data-Driven Simulations of Business Processes

Business Process Simulation is a useful and widely adopted technique that fits process analysts with the ability to estimate the performance impact of important business decisions before the actions are actually deployed. In order for the simulation to provide accurate and reliable results, process models need to consider not just the workflow dynamics, but also many important factors that may impact on the overall process performance, which constitute what we refer to as the Process Context. In this paper we formalize a new Business Process Simulation Model which strictly integrates to the BPMN 2.0 standard and encompasses all the features of a business process in terms of Process Workflow and Process Context respectively. It allows designers to build a resource-based perspective of a business process that enables the simulation of complex data-driven behaviors. To prove the viability of the proposed approach, a case study is finally discussed. The results obtained from the case simulation are also reported.
CERVICAL BRACE

A cervical brace (10) providing support and stability to the neck of a wearer, and arranged to prevent excessive cervical flexion, extension and lateral flexion while allowing cervical rotation. The cervical brace of the invention comprises a shoulder brace (11) arranged to rest on the shoulders of the wearer; a head piece (12) supported by the shoulder brace (11) configured to encircle the back of the head of the wearer; a head rest (14) adjustably attached to the head piece (12) to support the back of the neck of the wearer; and a front support member (16) arranged with a chin support (19) movably mounted thereon is attached to the head piece (12). The chin support (19) is freely rotatable in three planes of three axes of rotation.
The Low Voices: Quality, Ethics, and Reach of Qualitative Data*

* Clarification. This article is based on the key-notespeech given by the author during the 9th Iberian-American Congress on Qualitative Research -Montevideo, Uruguay, 13-15 October 2021.
Dynein Associates with oskar mRNPs and Is Required For Their Efficient Net Plus-End Localization in Drosophila Oocytes

In order for eukaryotic cells to function properly, they must establish polarity. The Drosophila oocyte uses mRNA localization to establish polarity and hence provides a genetically tractable model in which to study this process. The spatial restriction of oskar mRNA and its subsequent protein product is necessary for embryonic patterning. The localization of oskar mRNA requires microtubules and microtubule-based motor proteins. Null mutants in Kinesin heavy chain (Khc), the motor subunit of the plus end-directed Kinesin-1, result in oskar mRNA delocalization. Although the majority of oskar particles are non-motile in khc nulls, a small fraction of particles display active motility. Thus, a motor other than Kinesin-1 could conceivably also participate in oskar mRNA localization. Here we show that Dynein heavy chain (Dhc), the motor subunit of the minus end-directed Dynein complex, extensively co-localizes with Khc and oskar mRNA. In addition, immunoprecipitation of the Dynein complex specifically co-precipitated oskar mRNA and Khc. Lastly, germline-specific depletion of Dhc resulted in oskar mRNA and Khc delocalization. Our results therefore suggest that efficient posterior localization of oskar mRNA requires the concerted activities of both Dynein and Kinesin-1.
Migration background and educational tracking

Research on immigrants’ educational disadvantages documents substantial immigrant–native achievement gaps in standardized student assessments. Exploiting data from the German PIRLS extension, we find that second-generation immigrants also receive worse grades and teacher recommendations for secondary school tracks than natives, which cannot be explained by differences in student achievement tests and general intelligence. Second-generation immigrants’ less favorable socioeconomic background largely accounts for this additional disadvantage, suggesting that immigrants are disproportionately affected by prevailing social inequalities at the transition to secondary school. We additionally show that differences in track attendance account for a substantial part of the immigrant–native wage gap in Germany.
A biodegradable tri-component graft for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Bone-patellar tendon-bone (BPTB) autografts are the gold standard for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction because the bony ends allow for superior healing and anchoring through bone-to-bone regeneration. However, the disadvantages of BPTB grafts include donor site morbidity and patellar rupture. In order to incorporate bone-to-bone healing without the risks associated with harvesting autogenous tissue, a biodegradable and synthetic tri-component graft was fabricated, consisting of porous poly(1,8-octanediol-co-citric acid)-hydroxyapatite nanocomposites (POC-HA) and poly(l-lactide) (PLL) braids. All regions of the tri-component graft were porous and the tensile properties were in the range of the native ACL. When these novel grafts were used to reconstruct the ACL of rabbits, all animals after 6 weeks were weight-bearing and showed good functionality. Histological assessment confirmed tissue infiltration throughout the entire scaffold and tissue ingrowth and interlocking within the bone tunnels, which is favourable for graft fixation. In conclusion, this pilot study suggests that a tri-component, biodegradable graft is a promising strategy to regenerate tissue types necessary for ACL tissue engineering, and provides a basis for developing an off-the-shelf graft for ACL repair. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Comparison of operational ice charts with satellite based ice concentration products in the Baltic Sea

Satellite remote sensing data is used for operational monitoring of sea ice parameters in many countries locating on high latitude. The routinely monitored regions are interesting from the economical as well as from safe navigation point of view and include Baltic Sea, coastal waters of Canada (Hudson Bay, Canadian Arctic region, Great Lakes), Barents Sea, Kara Sea etc. The operational ice services in Sweden and Finland have been using a system called IceMap for many years. In this paper we will assess the possibility of using automatically processed satellite data for ice concentration estimation. The investigated satellite products include SIC from (1) Ocean & Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF), (2) Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS (AMSR-E), and (3) Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). The work aims at investigating whether one of these, or perhaps a combination of several, may be used operationally as an alternative or as a complimentary data to the IceMap system. This will be accomplished by objectively comparing the ice charts from the satellite products with the IceMap ice charts produced operationally by the Swedish Ice Service at the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI). Visual comparison and correlation analysis will be carried out between the different products and the advantages and disadvantages of each product are discussed in the paper.
TU-A-116-09: Real-Time Plastic Scintillation Dosimeter for Fluoroscopically-Guided Interventional Procedures

Purpose: To monitor and measure, in real‐time, patient skin dose during fluoroscopically‐guided interventional (FGI) procedures using a novel plastic scintillation dosimeter (PSD). Methods: A clear optical fiber of 1 mm diameter, 10 m long, is optically coupled to a plastic scintillation fiber (BCF‐60) of 1 mm diameter, 10 mm long. On its other end, the clear fiber is connected to an avalanche photodiode, APD (C4777‐01, Hamamatsu). An electrometer collects the APD charge and displays live graph and dose values. Initial calibration is achieved with a NRC calibrated Farmer‐type ionization chamber (Exradin A12, Standard Imaging). The PSD and the chamber are set on an Allura Xper Fd10/10 (Philips) intervention table at the Air Kerma reference point, 150 mm below isocentre. In compliance with TG‐125 data collection methodology, slabs of solid water are gradually added over the instruments. In order to preserve image quality, the automatic controls increase tube current and kVp accordingly. Acquisitions are made in both cine‐fluorography and fluoroscopy operation modes, at 15 frames/s. Measurements were repeated by replacing the solid water by an Alderson RANDO phantom, with image intensifier as close as possible of the surface to replicate clinical protocols. Results: The calibration curves indicate that PSD response is linear below 80 kVp, but exhibits a quadratic behavior above, with a rate of 20–40 pA/mGy over Air Kerma Rate range of 0.10–16 mGy/s. The PSD can read dose rate as low as 1.7 mGy/s ± 5 %. However, uncertainties rise above 10 % for dose rate less than 1 mGy/s. Phantom measurements indicate that the dosimeter is accurate for clinical applications. Conclusion: A PSD has been calibrated and tested in order to monitor and measure low dose rates involved in FGI procedures in real‐time. The next steps will include Monte Carlo calculations to assess accuracy before starting clinical procedures.
POWER SUPPLIES FOR POOL AND SPA EQUIPMENT

Power supplies for pool and spa equipment are disclosed. In one embodiment, the power supply includes a buoyant housing, a peripheral float, at least one solar cell positioned on the buoyant housing for collecting sunlight and converting same to electrical energy, and a power cable for interconnecting the power supply and pool/spa equipment. In other embodiments, first and second inductive power couplings are provided for powering pool and spa equipment. The power couplings can also be installed using existing plumbing features of the pool or spa.
New industrial value chain for safe, secure and resilient cities and territories

The security sector is considerably evolving, by adapting the offer to the risk and threats and by permanently aggregating emerging innovations. The digital is disrupting this industry, by adding new capacities and new threats. The security sector is very fragmented. SecurIT aims to create a new global competitive security industrial (product & service) value chain by supporting a better integration of innovative security systems, with a cross-sectoral and European approach, to support the time to market optimization, the integration of privacy and security by design at all steps of maturity, with a cross-border collaboration between SMEs and other RDI actors. 

This vision is supported by a 4 step-approach:

#1: : Analysis of the demand-side, mobilizing 40 integrators/end-users to identify their needs and 42 potential demonstrators including major actors as large industry, cities, critical infrastructures operators that will join SecurIT as user group, experiment hosting or supportive partners (26 support letters in annex - AIRBUS, THALES, ATOS, COESS, ECSO, cities, EEN etc.).

#2&3: Involving supply sides (SMEs), aiming to get 300 EoI to participate in SecurIT and attracting +1000 SMEs to get part through outreach actions (15 letters of SMEs in annex).

#4: Select and Support 63 innovation projects involving 126 SMEs with over 3,5M€ of FSTP through 2 Instruments of support from TRL5 to TRL9 (Prototyping and Demonstration/Pilot), and +700K€ in services provided by partners. Highquality experts will be involved in the SMEs selection process.

The consortium is as a whole, with 7 Security and complementary Clusters from France, Belgium, Lithuania, The
Netherlands and Denmark, coming from most relevant security / cybersecurity Regional Innovation Hubs in Europe, and the SecurIT partners have experience in open call management at national and european level.
Iqaluktutiaq Voices: Local Perspectives about the Importance of Muskoxen, Contemporary and Traditional Use and Practices + Supplementary Appendices S1–S5 (See Article Tools)

Understanding human-wildlife relationships and interactions is crucial to implementing policies and practices related to wildlife and public health that are locally relevant and adapted to local communities and needs. With the goal of informing a community-based participatory muskox health surveillance system in the community of Iqaluktutiaq (Cambridge Bay) on Victoria Island, Nunavut, Canada, we explored the importance of muskoxen for community residents, their relevance for local food security, and the relationships and interactions between Iqaluktutiamiut and muskoxen. We investigated these themes through individual interviews of 30 community members identified as muskox experts by local organizations. Results were finalized and refined with 26 interviewees in feedback sessions. For Iqaluktutiaq residents, muskoxen have nutritional, economic, sociocultural, and environmental importance. The decline of muskoxen documented locally has a multidimensional impact on the community, with negative effects on all the domains explored, from food security to the integrity of the cultural system. Descriptions of subsistence and commercial harvesting and butchering practices are an asset for the successful implementation of participatory muskox health surveillance activities (e.g., hunter-based sampling), as well as for interpretation of derived data (e.g., local knowledge on muskox diseases). Knowledge of specific harvesting practices that might increase exposure to zoonotic agents is also relevant for designing targeted strategies to mitigate public health risks. This research underlines how careful examination of the human-wildlife context through local perspectives can benefit wildlife health surveillance, public health, and wildlife co-management outcomes.
REFRIGERATING APPLIANCE COMPRISING DRAWERS

The invention relates to a refrigerating appliance comprising a body (1) and a door (2) that surround a heat-insulated inner chamber (3) wherein an upper drawer (5) and a lower drawer (4) are guided on rails. Said drawers can be displaced along the rails out of the inner chamber (3). The lower drawer (4, 5) is sub-divided into a low-walled and a high-walled section (4a, 4b), transversally to the direction of displacement thereof, and the upper drawer (5) is sub-divided into a section (5a) with a high bottom (9) and a section (5b) with a low bottom. The front plate of the lower drawer (4) is stepped on the upper edge thereof and the front plate of the upper drawer (5) is stepped on the lower edge thereof according to the division into sections (4a, 4b, 5a, 5b). The section (5a) with the low bottom of the upper drawer (5) is arranged above the low-walled section (4a) of the lower drawer (4), and the section (5b) with the high bottom (9) of the upper drawer (5) is arranged above the low-walled section (4b) of the lower drawer (4). The steps of the upper edge of the lower drawer (4) and the steps of the lower edge of the upper drawer (5) interlock.
A little while in the Son of God: Austin Farrer on the trinitarian nature of prayer

Abstract This article explores Austin Farrer's contribution to trinitarian theology, arguing that he grounds understanding of the doctrine of the Trinity in the life of prayer. While Farrer nowhere offers a systematic presentation of the believer's experience of the Trinity, an investigation of his writings, particularly his sermons and devotional works, reveals that it is precisely in prayer that he thinks the force of the doctrine is revealed to the believer. Beginning with Farrer's ‘empirical principle’, the idea that to know anything one must exercise one's relation to it, the article attempts to show how the act of praying constitutes a living out of the doctrine of the Trinity. Living in the Son entails an adoption of an attitude of sonship towards the Father, which Farrer describes most succinctly as an ‘active openness of heart’. This filial attitude, which Christ expressed humanly throughout his life, is adopted by believers through the Holy Spirit who, according to Farrer, is not an object of direct experience. In this, his trinitarian understanding of prayer differs from Sarah Coakley's, whose reflection on this topic serves as a point of comparison at various places throughout the article. Through Coakley's work, the trinitarian nature of prayer has become a theme in contemporary theology. Thus, this article is aimed at more than simply illuminating a somewhat neglected aspect of Farrer's thought; it is also an attempt to contribute to an ongoing, constructive conversation about the Trinity in the life of faith.
FIRE RESISTANT INSULATING COMPOUND

A thermal or acoustic or thermoacoustic insulation compound includes at least one aerogel, calcite, hydrated lime and a component constituted by at least one flame retardant.
Ultrasound-assisted cloud point extraction for the determination of sulfonamides in honey samples by fluorescence spectrophotometry

An ultrasound-assisted cloud point extraction (UA-CPE) method using nonionic surfactant nonylphenol ethoxylate (NP-7) as the extractant was developed for determination of two sulfonamides (SAs, sulfadiazine sodium and sulfamerazine) in honey samples. The procedure was based on the derivatization SAs in honey with fluorescamine yielding fluorescent complexes, which were extracted into the surfactant-rich phase and analyzed by molecular fluorescence spectrophotometry. The polar of SAs of derivatives was reduced and strong fluorescence was produced at λex = 410 nm. Variable parameters affecting the derivatization and UA-CPE procedure were evaluated and optimized. The calibration graph was linear from 10 to 10 000 ng mL−1 with coefficient of determination more than 0.9991. The limits of detection (LOD) were 0.5 ng mL−1 for sulfadiazine sodium and 5.0 ng mL−1 for sulfamerazine with the relative standard deviations of the method ranging from 2.2% to 4.1%. Recoveries of the compounds on spiked honey samples at fortified level of 1 μg mL−1 were 92.2% for sulfadiazine sodium and 84.1% for sulfamerazine, respectively. Therefore, the developed method is practical and reliable, with potential application to determine the content of SAs in honey samples.
Sample size for quantification of Cercospora leaf spot in sweet pepper.

SUMMARY Cercospora leaf spot of sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum) caused by Cercospora capsici is an important disease occurring in the tropics. Due to the lack of standard methods to quantify this disease in field conditions, the objective of this study was to determine the ideal sample size for Cercospora leaf spot quantification in the field. Disease severity was determined in eight commercial sweet pepper (cv. All Big) fields located in the Agreste region of Pernambuco state (northeast Brazil). In each field, two diagonals (X) were established in a 0.5 ha area. Twenty-five plants were evaluated along each diagonal with the aid of an empiric scale to consider different sampling rates (3, 6, 9, 12 leaves/plant). The spatial pattern of the disease was estimated using Lloyd’s Index of Patchiness (LIP) and ideal sample sizes were calculated based on degrees of acceptable error (5, 10 and 20%). The spatial pattern was predominantly random and there was no correlation (P = 0.44) between the LIP values and sample size. Considering a sample of 3 leaves/plant with 10 and 20% rate of acceptable error, the mean ideal sample size was 103 and 26 plants, respectively, for each 0.5 ha of cultivated field.