SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
International and intersectoral mobility to develop advanced scintillating fibres and cerenkov fibres for new hadron and jet calorimeters for future colliders

Currently, new concepts are being considered for hadron and jet calorimetry in high energy physics experiments, in order to improve the energy resolution of these detectors by a factor of at least two. This is a prerequisite for future studies at the high luminosity, large hadron collider as well as at future electron and proton colliders. Amongst the few concepts being proposed, scintillating and Čerenkov fibres are considered very promising candidates.

The INTELUM project will be a 4 year project funding international, industry-academia exchanges to develop micro-pulling-down crystal growth and other new types of fibre technology. This new fibre production technology has the potential to enable fast, low-cost, manufacture of heavy crystal scintillating fibres.

In order to prove the new fibre technology concept, two key technical issues will be addressed during the project:

• demonstrate feasibility of producing between 20-200km of fibres with consistent quality and well defined production costs
• demonstrate sufficient radiation hardness of the fibres that the degradation of their optical properties is below 10% at 1 MGy level

This ambitious project will be undertaken by a truly international consortium of sixteen institutes and companies, many closely linked to the Crystal Clear Collaboration. The project will also lead to important impacts in other domains such as functional medical imaging and homeland security.
Mechanistic Study of the Covalent Loading of Paclitaxel via Disulfide Linkers for Controlled Drug Release

A novel controlled drug-delivery system (CDDS) based on fluorescent mesoporous silica nanoparticles (FMSN) covalently linked with paclitaxel (PTX) via a disulfide linker was designed and characterized. A PTX prodrug based on a disulfide linker was synthesized, and its drug-delivery mechanism was determined through HPLC characterization. Utilizing the carboxyl group of the prodrug, PTX was covalently conjugated to the surface of amino-functionalized FMSN, with a disulfide linker as a spacer to bridge between PTX and FMSN, and the loading content of PTX reached as high as 13% by weight. The most important feature of this nanoscale CDDS is that the PTX prodrug modules conjugated with FMSN can be activated to its cytotoxic form inside the tumor cells upon internalization and in situ drug release. To prove the efficacy of this CDDS, glutathione-mediated intracellular drug delivery was investigated against the HeLa cell line, and the results indicated that our CDDS showed higher cellular proliferation inhibition against glutathione monoester pretreated cells than against untreated cells and the cytotoxicity increased with increasing intracellular glutathione concentration. The result indicates that CDDS can release PTX molecules to kill cancer cells and the release behavior is GSH-dependent. Furthermore, the in vitro evaluation revealed that the FMSN-PTX conjugate could be effectively taken up by HeLa cells. All of these results suggest that this redox-responsive CDDS is potentially useful as a drug-delivery system that can reduce the toxic and side effects of anticancer drugs.
Production of casting for prototype turbocharged two-stroke engine

The aim of the project is to design the casting of pistons and engine block — and their casting for prototype construction. The experience and technology of BUT will be used for small-volume prototyping of parts (3D printing of sand molds, gravity casting, etc.).
BATTERY ARRANGEMENT

A battery arrangement (10) comprises a housing (22) and a plurality of electric cells (12) arranged in a plurality of layers (14, 16, 18, 20) within the housing. The layers of electric cells define a duct (34). A plurality of connection members (36) connect the cells electrically to one another. A terminal assembly (37) is provided on the housing to connect the battery arrangement electrically to an article. Some of the electrical connection members extend through the duct (34) to electrically connect the cells (12) to the terminal assembly (37).
Village invest: low cost loans for unbanked people in risky political economies

Drawing on research from AISMA (An Anthropological Investigation of Muscular Politics in South Asia) on systematic corruption and bossism we propose to develop a proof of concept which tests the technical feasibility and commercial viability of an innovative online digital lending platform (‘Village Invest, Inc.’). The proof of concept will take place  over an eighteen-month period. The pilot testing will be conducted in India. ‘Village Invest’ is a start-up social enterprise that aims to provide low cost loans to marginalised groups in risky political economies. The incapacity of the current microfinance model to reach out to these sectors has been widely recognized. Local moneylenders often remain the only option. However, they charge exorbitant interest rates, spiralling the debts across generations and making them into chronically poor or bonded labourers. What is required is an alternative lending model which uses digital technology to reach out directly to unbanked people. This direct connection lowers costs tremendously, while increasing transparency and accountability. The inability of existing online lending platforms to operate such model in countries like India, derives primarily from the lack of enabling environments: how does one replicate a direct lending system in countries with widespread cultures of unaccountability? This is the challenge that AISMA research expertise will help to untangle though the development of a risk management framework which will consist of: (1) an ethnographically driven  Risk Rating Tool, to identify loan-ready borrowers; and (2) a Technical Assistance Package, to build both borrowers and communities knowledge in loan administration. If commercially viable our model will create a prototype for accountable and high impact models of social investments to be replicated across the world.
EVASÃO NO ENSINO SUPERIOR: POLÍTICAS DE PERMANÊNCIA NOS CURSOS DE GRADUAÇÃO À DISTÂNCIA DE UMA INSTITUIÇÃO PÚBLICA

A modalidade de educação à distância, ao possibilitar a flexibilidade nas variáveis educacionais tempo e espaço na prática de ensino e aprendizagem, apresenta desafios às instituições de ensino superior em relação ao abandono e evasão, bem como em relação às políticas de permanência dos alunos até o término do curso. Tem-se por objetivo neste artigo desvelar as políticas sobre a permanência de alunos nos cursos de graduação à distância de uma IES Catarinense. Metodologicamente, trata-se de uma pesquisa bibliográfica, baseando-se na modalidade de pesquisa conhecida como estado da arte ou estado do conhecimento. Para a técnica de coleta de dados foi utilizada a análise bibliográfica e documental, buscando os dados do Plano 20 e Instruções normativas da IES, assim como, o Plano Nacional de Educação – PNE e legislações do Governo Federal que estimulam a permanência dos estudantes nas universidades públicas e privadas. Os resultados revelam que apesar de existirem programas, leis e resoluções que respaldam o papel de políticas institucionais voltadas à promoção da permanência dos acadêmicos ingressantes, ainda faltam condições propícias para a garantia de permanência do estudante no ambiente universitário. Conclui-se que há outros fatores que influenciam no abandono e evasão dos alunos do ensino superior, cujo tema não está presente nas legislações de manutenção e permanência dos alunos universitários no Brasil e na IES analisada.
‘<i>Twas When my Shield Turned traitor’!</i>Establishing the Combat Effectiveness of the Greek Hoplite Shield

Summary

Greek hoplite warfare has traditionally been explored through the extant textual and pictorial evidence. This has resulted in an incomplete picture, with much of the focus on the strategic and tactical aspects of battle, to the neglect of practical and functional considerations of combat. As a consequence, many of our understandings of the nature of hoplite combat, the how, remain deficient. In this paper, I explore the structural and functional aspects of the hoplite shield, the single most important item in the Greek hoplite's panoply, to determine its efficacy in a combat environment. Through a set of controlled practical experiments, the effectiveness of the hoplite shield is tested to establish its defensive qualities vis-a-vis the long thrusting spear, the hoplite's primary offensive weapon.
A vtol (vertical take-off and landing) drone for mapping and surveying, uniquely combining long range, heavy payloads and ease of use.

Drones and footage from their cameras have become familiar sights over the past decade. Yet Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have only scratched the surface of their commercial potential. Drone technology is now evolving beyond its military roots to encompass a broad array of business applications. Goldman Sachs estimate that the commercial segment holds the most potential for growth, with a triple- digit CAGR over the next five years. They expect that by 2020 the global drone market size will grow by 42% in precision agriculture and 36% in inspection and monitoring of infrastructures.

WingtraOne is our revolutionary fully autonomous hybrid drone. It takes off automatically vertically, and is therefore runway independent meaning it can be flown anywhere to map unreachable areas. After take-off it transitions into flying “like a plane”, capable of covering a far superior range than other multirotor drones even in technically difficult high winds. Nevertheless, for drones to have real application they require payload capacity. WingtraOne’s, superior payload weight permits it to carry the best in class cameras and Post-Processed Kinematics (PPK) technology. This is revolutionary for industries such as surveying and agriculture.

We are a spin-off from the ETH Autonomous System Lab in Zürich. As a team, our mission has been to create a drone that could combine the usability of multirotors but the coverage of fixed wing with heavy payload capacity. We incorporated Wingtra and further developed our drone. We now seek non-diluting funding to exploit the commercial opportunity made possible thanks to our revolutionary drone which received very promising early signs from the market.
EXPANDABLE BRUSH

Expandable brushes for cleaning a surrounding tubular member. Brushes include a housing to be disposed within the surrounding tubular member and a brush shoe that retains at least one brush bristle, the brush shoe being radially moveable with respect to the housing between a radially retracted position and a radially expanded position.
Thermal evolution of Venus with argon degassing

Decades-old measurements of atmospheric and elemental surface composition constrain the history of Venus. In this study, we search for a model featuring continuous evolution in the stagnant-lid regime that predicts the present-day atmospheric mass of radiogenic argon and satisfies the other available constraints. For comparison, we also consider the end-member scenario of a single catastrophic resurfacing event. Thermal evolution simulations are performed that track the mass transport of argon and potassium and include a simple model of upwelling mantle plumes. Sensitivity analyses and linear regression are used to quantify the range of initial conditions that will produce desired values for key model output parameters. Decompression melting of passively upwelling mantle causes considerable mantle processing and crustal growth during the early evolution of Venus. Mantle plumes have negligible effects on recent crustal production, but may be important to local surface features. For a wide range of initial conditions, continuous evolution in the stagnant-lid regime predicts the correct amount of argon degassing, along with the absence of a global magnetic field, crustal and lithosphere thicknesses matching modern estimates, and volcanism consistent with the cratering record. Argon degassing does not uniquely constrain mantle dynamics, but the success of simple stagnant-lid models diminishes the need to invoke dramatic changes like catastrophic resurfacing.
Improvements in self-regulating piston pumps and in particular fuel injection pumps

848,188. Fuel injection pumps. BESSIERE, P. E. Jan. 20, 1959 [Jan. 28, 1958], No. 2133/59. Class 102(1). A fuel injection pump comprises a piston 1, Fig. 1, which divides a cylinder 2 into a pumping chamber 2a and a regulation chamber 2b interconnected by a conduit 14. The piston is mechanically actuated on the pump delivery stroke by any suitable means such as a cam 7 and is acted upon by resilient means such as a spring 6. In operation on the delivery stroke of the piston fuel is delivered from the pumping chamber 2a past non-return valve 5 and fuel flows from the supply past valve 16 to chamber 2b, a non-return valve 23 prevents back flow from the chamber 2b and the delivery is ended by the opening of by-pass conduit 22 by groove 20. On the return stroke fuel is transferred from chamber 2b to 2a through conduit 14 provided with a throttle 3, adjustable by hand or automatically, which brakes the flow of fuel. When the speed of the engine increases above a predetermined value the cam moves a slider 11 to commence the delivery stroke before the piston 1 reaches its lowermost position thus reducing the effective delivery stroke of the piston. Fig. 3 shows an alternative control in which the throttle is replaced by a slide valve 25 actuated mechanically to close the conduit 14 during the delivery stroke of the pump. The valve is urged into an open position by a spring 26 and is attached to a piston member 32 which opens a conduit 31 when the valve is closed and allows liquid to flow into the cylinder 30. During the return stroke of the slider 11 the liquid in cylinder 30 escapes past a throttle valve 27 which delays the opening of the conduit 14 by the valve 25 and thus delays the transfer of fuel from chamber 2b to chamber 2a, thus above a predetermined engine speed the effective stroke of the piston 1 is reduced as above. An extension 17 may be fitted to the upper side of the piston of the same diameter as the slider 9 thus equalising the volume change in the chambers 2a, 2b.
Statutory financial reporting for variable annuity guaranteed death benefits: Market practice, mathematical modeling and computation

Abstract As more regulatory reporting requirements for equity-linked insurance move towards dependence on stochastic approaches, insurance companies are experiencing increasing difficulty with detailed forecasting and more accurate risk assessment based on Monte Carlo simulations. While there is vast literature on pricing and valuations of various equity-linked insurance products, very few have focused on the challenges of financial reporting for regulatory requirement and internal risk management. Most insurers use either simulation-based spreadsheet calculations or employ third-party vendor software packages. We intend to use a basic variable annuity death benefit as a model example to decipher the common mathematical structure of US statutory financial reporting. We shall demonstrate that alternative deterministic algorithms such as partial differential equation (PDE) methods can also be used in financial reporting, and that a fully quantified model allows us to compare alternatives of risk metrics for financial reporting.
Mechanism analysis and control technology of surrounding rock failure in deep soft rock roadway

• Roadways deformation with deep soft surrounding rock is serious and difficult to control. • The full-section layer-double arch synergy reinforcement technology was proposed. • The mechanism of layer-double arch synergy reinforcement technology was shown. • The deep soft rock roadway can be effectively controlled by the composite support scheme. In order to research the surrounding rock control technology of deep soft rock roadway, the air returning cross-cut of Xinhu Coal Mine in Bozhou City was taken as an example to study the failure characteristics, roadway deformation mechanism and surrounding rock repair technology. Before the surrounding rock of the roadway is repaired, the roof of the roadway sink seriously, the floor heave is obvious, and the surrounding rock strength is low, showing characteristics of soft rock. Therefore, The composite support method of “ shotcreting + grouting anchor bolt + anchor bolt + grouting anchor cable + anchor cable ” is proposed by the full-section layer-double arch synergy reinforcement technology. The technical parameters of the scheme are determined by theoretical analysis, engineering analogy and engineering practice. The numerical simulation is adopted to verify the rationality of the layer-double arch collaborative reinforcement technology. And, the on-site monitoring results show that the deep soft rock roadway can be effectively controlled by the composite support scheme, which can provide reference value for other similar engineering.
How do infants mentalize? bringing a neuroimaging approach to the puzzle of early mindreading.

Human social interaction and learning depends on making the right inferences about other people’s thoughts, a process commonly called mentalizing, or Theory of Mind, a cognitive achievement which several decades of research concluded was reached at around age 4. The last 10 years has radically changed this view, and innovative new paradigms suggest that even preverbal infants can think about others’ minds. This new developmental data has created arguably one of the biggest puzzles in the history of developmental science: How can infants be mentalizing when years of research have shown that a) pre-schoolers fail at mentalizing tasks and b) mentalizing depends on the development of cognitive control, language, and brain maturation? The key issue is whether behaviour that looks like infant mentalizing really is mentalizing, or might infants’ success belie alternative processes? The most powerful strategy for resolving this puzzle is to look to brain activity. By applying the same methods and paradigms across infancy and early childhood, DEVOMIND will investigate whether infants’ success on mentalizing tasks recruits the same network of brain regions, and neural processes, that we know are involved in success in older children and adults. In the second half of the project, we will use our neural indicators of mentalizing to test a completely novel hypothesis in which infants’ success is possible because they have a limited ability to distinguish self from other. Although novel, this hypothesis deserves to be tested because it has the potential to explain both infants’ success and preschoolers’ failures under a single, unified theory. By bringing a neuroimaging approach to the puzzle of early mentalizing, DEVOMIND will allow us to move beyond the current impasse, and to generate a new theory of Theory of Mind.
SYSTEM FOR MONITORING FIRE EXTINGUISHERS

The invention relates to a system for monitoring fire extinguishers, which is used to monitor and manage a set of extinguishers installed in an area of wireless coverage, from an external control centre connected to a server, each extinguisher of the system independently comprising an electronic device having a programmable control unit, a radio transmitter for the telematic transmission of information and/or warning signals to the external control centre, a sensor for weighing the extinguisher, an ultrasound obstacle sensor for detecting objects that could prevent the handling of the extinguisher, a position sensor for controlling the position of the extinguisher, and at least one micro camera used to obtain images of the assembly, the electronic device receiving events from the external sensors and sending a signal or warning to the external control centre.
Market study for solenco power box, a zero-carbon small-scale local energy storage product. potential application as missing link in residential pv uptake (residential and commercial buildings)

The SOLENCO POWER BOX TM (SPB) eliminates the uncertainty in supply and cost of energy for family homes and commercial buildings by using small-scale energy storage based on hydrogen technology, in combination with renewable energy sources (wind and solar PV). The SPBTM is a Decentralized Power Production & Storage Device and enables a shift in the energy model from central distribution to local generation and distribution while stabilizing the grid and hence enabling higher penetration (up to 100%) solar PV energy. The product enables EU households to be 100% independent from the grid and 100% independent from price fluctuations in fossil fuels. It is the missing link for mass uptake of residential PV solar and your insurance against rising energy prices.

The goal of Phase 1 of the SME instrument is to define, prioritize, and validate the application, value proposition and target market(s) for the product to draft an elaborated Business and Financial Plan. The objective is to use this Business and Financial Plan to convince potential investors to invest additional equity capital in the SPBTM to fund the mass-production and mass-commercialization of the product.
Governing (through) Prices Determining the Price of Reimbursed Pharmaceuticals in France

This article examines how prices for pharmaceuticals reimbursed by the state in France have been determined from the beginning of the system after World War II to the mid- 2010s. We analyze the successive forms of this policy, from unilateral state administration of prices, in effect from 1948 to the 1980s, to price negotiation in the framework of agreements between an interdepartmental committee and pharmaceutical companies, starting in the mid-1990s. We contend that state-imposed price controls bring together two types of market government: government of values, where the aim is to assess drugs according to principles of social justice (promoting public health, complying with national health insurance budget requirements, developing industrial employment) and government of conducts, where the aim is to assess pharmaceuticals in connection with the concern of market effectiveness (ensuring that the prices determined will orient industrial and market actors in the direction of the general interest). The “fair price” is hardly self-evident, and the work of determining it in these conditions gives rise to confrontations within the committee and in its negotiations with the pharmaceutical companies, between actors with plural and antagonistic conceptions, those of social justice and market effectiveness.
Qualification des PME — Appui à la création et à l’extension de capacités avancées de développement de produits et de services

Dans le nouveau contexte de la maladie COVI-19, il est nécessaire d’adapter l’entreprise avec des équipements (Terminal Selfbank Cashdro3 et services connexes) qui répondent aux normes, afin d’éviter la contagion parmi les employés, les clients et les fournisseurs.