SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Climate Change and the Co-Production of Knowledge and Policy in Rural USA Communities

Climate change requires action at multiple levels of government. We focus on the potential for climate change policy creation among small rural governments in the USA. We argue that co-production of scientific knowledge and policy is a communicative approach that encompasses local knowledge flowing up from rural governments as well as expertise and power (to coordinate and ensure compliance) flowing down from higher level authority. Using environmental examples related to land use policy, natural gas hydro-fracturing, and watershed protection, we demonstrate the importance of knowledge flows, power, and coordination in policy creation. Co-production of knowledge and policy requires respect for local knowledge and a broader framing of issues to include both environmental and economic perspectives. While we see potential for local action, we caution that polycentric approaches lead to externality problems that require multilevel governance to ensure coordination and compliance.
Il metal detector: alleato o avversario della ricerca storica? Inghilterra e Italia a confronto nel diritto

Il confronto, provocato da circostanze contingenti, tra Regno Unito e Italia, mette in evidenza un maggiore linearità e accessibilità delle norme che regolano l’invenzione di oggetti storici o archeologici nella normazione di Westminster. Non si deve sottovalutare l’importanza di prescrizioni facilmente reperibili e chiare: impedire totalmente la ricerca di testimonianze del passato è irrealistico, conviene fissare in maniera realistica le condizioni in cui questo può avvenire, incentivando chi faccia un ritrovamento a renderlo pubblico, sapendo di poter contare su un compenso e su un riconoscimento. La normativa italiana è in continua revisione, le politiche che ispirano la tutela dei beni culturali subiscono aggiornamenti e abbondano in misura e in dettagli. Orientarsi non è facile, le sanzioni per le infrazioni sono difficili da applicare, il commercio illegale finisce per essere redditizio.
Money'sdoubles: reading, fiction and finance capital

This article reads the ambivalence of the doubles that populate Martin Amis' novel Money through the doubles that money itself possesses: specifically the divergence between what have come to be thought of as financial and industrial forms of capital. The form of Amis' novel, I suggest, offers itself as a metaphorical critique of these divided forms, one that seeks to interrupt the deferred logic that has constructed what he has described as money's ‘tacit conspiracy’. Amis's novel can thus be read as an intervention in the very logic that has prevented the disastrous implications of finance capitalism's ascendancy from being realised.
The Online Transportation Network in Indonesia: A Pendulum between the Sharing Economy and Ex Ante Regulation

The prominent role of innovation in the emerging digital market in Indonesia presents new challenges for current competition law and policy. Traditionally reliant on market definition for the analysis, the present competition law may not yet have sufficiently taken innovation into consideration. In the competition policy area, while innovation has not taken a clear role in tailoring suitable regulations or approaches, markets have attempted to adapt themselves to the new changes in order to meet rising demand. The present state of policy is illustrated by the development oj online transportation networks like those provided by Uber and GrabCar, services similar to those that have been traditionally offered by taxi companies. While regulation asymmetry has been accused of not allowing a level playing field for conventional taxis versus online transportation networks, the concept of the sharing economy seems to address today's policy approach in Indonesia, which favors ex ante regulation on public transportation service provision in the country. This paper examines the applicable regulations in the transportation network industry and discusses how competition policy might cope with this issue and in what cases competition law might deal with innovation brought by online transportation network in the public transportation industry in Indonesia.
Wheelchair control by elderly participants in a virtual environment with a brain-computer interface (BCI) and tactile stimulation

Tactile event-related potential (ERP) are rarely used as input signal to control brain-computer-interfaces (BCI) due to their low accuracy and speed (information transfer rate, ITR). Age-related loss of tactile sensibility might further decrease their viability for the target population of BCI. In this study we investigated whether training improves tactile ERP-BCI performance within a virtual wheelchair navigation task. Elderly subjects participated in 5 sessions and tactors were placed at legs, abdomen and back. Mean accuracy and ITR increased from 88.43%/4.5bitsmin-1 in the 1st to 92.56%/4.98bitsmin-1 in the last session. The mean P300 amplitude increased from 5.46μV to 9.22μV. In an optional task participants achieved an accuracy of 95,56% and a mean ITR of 20,73bitsmin-1 which is the highest ever achieved with tactile stimulation. Our sample of elderly people further contributed to the external validity of our results.
MEMBRANES

A membrane comprises an inorganic support having interstices and composite films carried by the support and bridging the interstices. Each composite film comprises a porous or microporous layer of partly sintered inorganic non-metallic particles and a permeable layer of a metal, preferably palladium. The support may be a woven metal mesh. The membrane can withstand bending and high temperatures and is useful for hydrogen separations.
Catalytic co-hydrothermal liquefaction of binary and ternary mixtures of rye straw, shellfish and beef tallow for sustainable production of high-grade biocrude-oil to drop-in transport fuel

The transport sector is the highest consumer of fossil fuels accounting for 96% of the global energy, which correspond to 65% of the global crude oil consumption. The escalating consumption of fossil fuel causes deleterious environmental pollution by releasing > 7 billion tons of CO2 in the atmosphere. The awareness to transition from conventional fossil fuel to eco-friendly options has resulted in several decarbonization strategies with Europe’s priority to develop new alternative and carbon-neutral energy sources based on a cost-effective biomass-based thermochemical conversion. Hence, the objective of CO-HTL4BIO-OIL is to develop commercially viable catalytic co-hydrothermal liquefaction (CO-HTL) that converts 2G wet solid food by-products such as rye straw, shellfish, and beef tallow into a sustainable transport fuel with potential 100% atom efficiency, low production costs, and zero CO2 emissions. The specific experiments include: (1) identify proper pretreatment prior to CO-HTL for efficient removal of undesirable heteroatoms (2) validate baseline Lab-scale CO-HTL by determining integrated models of HTL parameters and proportions of binary/ternary mixtures; (3) establish efficient catalytic upgrading to bring the HTL intermediate bio-crude oil to drop-in transport fuel; (4) carry out bench-scale HTL for techno-economic assessment.  It is anticipated that an in-depth study on the HTL parameters, optimization of the CO-HTL process, and techno-economic assessment will provide an outlook scenario of the industrial-scale process for high biofuels production capacity. Therefore, CO-HTL4BIO-OIL will diversify my scientific competences in renewable energy and equip me with new transferable skills. Thus, combining my skills in carbon-based biomaterials with the host’s expertise in advanced biofuels, a mutual benefit will be realized. The project will positively impact Europe’s knowledge-based economy and society towards sustainable and green transportation.
Marine seismic investigation of the ancient Kane harbour bay, Turkey

Abstract The ancient city of Kane, situated at the NW corner of the Kane Peninsula (NW Anatolia, Turkey), is known from ancient literary sources as a local harbour place in the area of the Pergamenian kingdom, which hosted a Roman fleet in winter 191/190 BC. Its precise location could not be determined so far. In search of evidences of the ancient Kane harbour, a marine seismic reflection survey in the bay west of the presumed Kane city area was performed together with an archaeological survey. The objectives of these surveys were to map remains of ancient harbour installations, thereby to distinguish between anthropogenic and geological structures and to derive clues from geological aspects influencing the interpretation of ancient harbour installations in the Kane Bay. From the seismic data we determined depth maps of the seafloor and of major layer interfaces of the marine subsoil. Based on this data, a possible harbour basin bounded by a submarine bedrock promontory and by a coastal bulge can be identified. For the harbour this bedrock promontory had the effect of a breakwater. Rock accumulations at the inner harbour side of the breakwater indicate that it was probably enhanced and fortified by construction work. Offshore archaeological findings such as an ancient bollard and a quay wall in the possible harbour basin support this interpretation. In Hellenistic times, the sea level was about 2 m lower than today, revealing that the top of the breakwater was above sea level then. From seismic sediment markers a minimum accumulation rate of ∼1 mm/a was calculated in the transition zone between breakwater and centre parts of the Kane Bay, indicating a previous basin depth of 4 m. The local bedrock, consisting of weathered limestone could be recognized in the seismic data all over the Kane Bay.
Efficacy of various irrigation protocols on the removal of triple antibiotic paste

To compare the efficacy of irrigation protocols on the removal of triple antibiotic paste (metronidazole, ciprofloxacin and minocycline) (TAP) from artificial grooves in root canals.Root canals in 72 extracted single-rooted teeth were prepared using ProTaper rotary instruments up to size F5. The roots were split longitudinally and a standardized groove was prepared in the apical part of one segment. TAP was placed in the grooves, and the root halves were reassembled. The roots were randomly divided into six experimental groups according to the irrigation protocol used: distilled water, 1% NaOCl, 2.5% NaOCl, 100% ethanol, 17% EDTA and passive ultrasonic irrigation (PUI) with 1% NaOCl. The root segments were disassembled, and the amount of TAP remaining was evaluated under a stereomicroscope at 20× magnification using a four-grade scoring system. The data were evaluated statistically using Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U-tests with a 95% confidence level (P = 0.05).There were significant differences amongst the groups (P < 0.001). Passive ultrasonic irrigation (PUI) with 1% NaOCl removed significantly more TAP than the other irrigating solutions (P < 0.05). Distilled water, 1% NaOCl, ethanol and EDTA were associated with significantly more remaining TAP.PUI with 1% NaOCl was more effective in removing TAP from artificial grooves in root canals than other irrigating solutions without ultrasonic agitation. It was not possible completely to remove TAP from root canals.
Aluminium scrap: open access database for impurity levels-microstructure-property and methods to recover properties in high impurity scrap

Aluminium (Al) alloys are extensively used in transport (28%), construction (35%) and engineering (27%) sectors. The total Al in use is expected to increase from 600 million tonnes in 2013 to one billion tonnes by 2020, thus creating a large metal bank for future recycling use.  Currently primary Al production from bauxite ore is the primary source of Al metal supply to industry. Since primary aluminium production is an energy intensive process and the world's bauxite deposits are limited, the use of Al scrap accumulated from packaging, building, automotive and engineering sectors offers a sustainable solution to secure metal supply. However, the scrap from these sectors has higher levels impurities in particular with iron (Fe). Higher concentration of Fe is detrimental to the mechanical properties due to formation of harmful platelet structures of Fe-based intermetallics. 

The overall aim for the fellowship is to develop solidification science based methods which enables the use of aluminium scrap alloys to produce high value aluminium products to support the rapid growth of Al. The objectives are (i) To develop methods to tolerate higher iron impurity concentrations in Al scrap alloys using model alloys containing impurities, through enhanced heterogeneous nucleation, intermetallic morphology control and restricting their growth (ii) to understand the solidification behaviour of scrap alloys by attempting to tackle the problem from thermodynamic analysis, engineering the microstructure through various approaches and an in-depth understanding of the behaviour of intermetallics using advanced tools, examine the effect of impurities on properties and to determine micro-mechanical properties of various synthetic iron based intermetallic phases,  (iii)  to build an open access database for  impurity levels in scrap alloys-property-process dependence and to provide guidelines for Al component manufacturers on critical levels of impurities in specific alloys.
From cluster to cloud to appliance

We propose a client-side virtual machine (VM) as an alternative to on-campus clusters and off-campus clouds as a development environment for students in introductory courses. In Fall 2011, we deployed the CS50 Appliance, our own such VM, to 600 students on campus and, in Fall 2012, to 700 students on campus and 140,000 students online. We present in this work the results of that two-year experiment. The appliance itself is available as open source for others to adapt or adopt. Not only did the appliance enable us to provide students with simpler tools, among them a graphical editor without any latency, it also enabled us to provide more sophisticated tools too, including a web server and database server. Moreover, the appliance ensured that the course's workload no longer required constant Internet access, particularly of students abroad. And the appliance alleviated load on the course's servers, with execution of students' programs now distributed across students' own CPUs. Without the appliance (or more costly clusters or clouds), we certainly could not have accommodated as many as 140,000 students.But some students' laptops, particularly netbooks, struggled under the appliance's weight. Even though designed to be lean, the appliance, like any VM, still consumes resources, particularly RAM. And unforeseen technical difficulties arose in both years, most, but not all, of which we redressed with mid-semester updates and documentation.Overall we have judged our deployment of an appliance a success, superior to past years' clusters and clouds. And we continue to refine the appliance for Fall 2013.
Proteomic Mechanism of Myocardial Angiogenesis Augmented by Remote Ischemic Training of Skeletal Muscle in Rabbit

This study was designed to evaluate the proteomic mechanism of myocardial angiogenesis augmented by a remote ischemic training (RIT) of skeletal muscle in a controlled myocardial ischemia model.The rabbits were grouped by RIT, myocardial ischemia without RIT (MI), and sham-operation (Sham). Controlled myocardial ischemia was modeled by a balloon constrictor implanted on their left ventricular branch (LVB) in a New Zealand rabbit. RIT was induced by four cycles of 10-minute ischemia followed by 10 minutes of reperfusion using tourniquets on the hind limbs of the myocardial ischemia models for 4 weeks. The myocardial samples were subjected to two dimensional electrophoresis and MALDI TOF for protein identification. The angiogenesis was documented by using microspheres to measure the relative regional blood flow, immunohistochemistry to assess capillary density (Factor VIII), and Western blotting to measure the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels.Thirty-eight differentially expressed protein spots between RIT and MI were separated by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, and of those, 22 proteins were identified by mass spectrometry. The regional blood flow, capillary density and VEGF in RIT were 35%, 49% and 28% higher than MI (p < 0.01). The increase of regional blood flow and capillary density were highly correlated with VEGF (r= 0.74 and r= 0.67, respectively; p < 0.01). Both RIT and MI groups exhibited stronger angiogenesis than sham treatment (p < 0.01).Augmentation of angiogenesis in ischemic myocardium by RIT has identical identified proteomic findings with differentially expressed proteins.
Jr CzK 2020-2021 — Spreten.si

— objeto del proyecto: financiación de recursos humanos, equipo técnico y sala de clase electrónica para mejorar y ampliar las actividades del solicitante en la enseñanza del uso creativo de las nuevas tecnologías a los niños — finalidad del proyecto: construir un ecosistema sostenible para enseñar trabajo creativo a través de nuevas tecnologías- Objetivo del proyecto: desarrollar una empresa en crecimiento a partir de la tarde s.p. que empleará permanentemente nuevo personal (mentores para la enseñanza del trabajo creativo con nuevas tecnologías)
Innovative ultra-broadband ubiquitous wireless communications through terahertz transceivers

The demand for broadband content and services has been growing at tremendous rates, and predictions indicate that wireless data-rates of multiple tens of Gbps will be required by the year 2020, essentially for short-range connectivity. Currently available wireless technology cannot support these future demands, and so there is an urgent need to develop new technology platforms that are cost and energy efficient to enable ubiquitous ultra-broadband wireless communications seamlessly integrated with high-speed fibre-optic networks, paving the way for 100 Gbps datarates in the long term. The frequency spectrum currently in use is not expected to be suitable to accommodate the predicted future data-rate requirements, and therefore there is a need to embrace higher frequency bands, above 60 GHz and up to 1 THz. iBROW aims at developing a novel, low cost, energy-efficient and compact ultra-broadband short-range wireless communication transceiver technology, capable of addressing predicted future network usage requirements. This will be pursued through the exploitation of Resonant Tunnelling Diode (RTD) devices which represent the fastest pure solid-state electronic devices operating at room temperature with reported working frequencies exceeding 1 THz. Through the development of a unified technology that can be integrated into both ends of the wireless link, namely consumer portable devices and fibre-optic supported base-stations, the project aims at increasing the RTD output power, optical detection efficiency and energy efficiency at target frequencies, developing a methodology for low cost RTD manufacturing on a silicon platform, photonic integration and packaging, as well as identifying appropriate communication methods and architectures to enable its deployment in 10 Gbps short-range wireless communication devices in short term and paving the way for 100 Gbps in long term for both the mm-wave and THz frequency bands, seamlessly integrated with optical fibre networks
Pseudo cut-through architecture between non-volatile memory storage and remote hosts over a fabric

An example method of exchanging data between a remote host and a target system includes receiving at least one remote descriptor from the remote host over a front-end fabric at a controller, the at least one remote descriptor specifying a remote buffer in a remote memory of the remote host that is larger than a page size. The method includes adding entries to a table that map the remote buffer to a plurality of page-sized virtual buffers in a virtual address space managed by the controller, generating local descriptors referencing the plurality of paged-sized virtual buffers, receiving a sequence of page-sized direct memory access (DMA) requests at the controller, generating a sequence remote DMA (RDMA) requests from the sequence of DMA requests based on the entries in the table, and sending the sequence of RDMA requests to the remote host over the front-end fabric.
Rabdomiomas intracardiacos múltiples en un neonato con esclerosis tuberosa. Informe de un caso

Primary cardiac tumors are rare in childhood and are mostly benign (97%). Rhabdomyomas are the most frequent benign primary tumors with an incidence of 45% in autopsy series and 19% clinical series. In the pediatric population it incidence is 0.27%. They are benign tumors in view of their histological features. However, they may give rise to clinical manifestations depending on their location and on the structures they involve, obstruct or invade. They are associated with tuberous sclerosis has been observed up to 81% of the patients. We report a case of a newborn male who presented at birth with congestive heart failure (CHF), bradycardia. He was diagnosed as tuberous sclerosis with intracardiac rhabdomyoma which resolved spontaneously. Patient is currently asymptomatic one year after the initial diagnosis.
Privacy-Aware Large-Scale Virological and Epidemiological Data Monitoring

Modern mobile and wearable devices are enabling the realization of so-called ubiquitous computing. This provides citizens the technological means to contribute to urban management by becoming sensors within a smart city. Notwithstanding, the health sector is a very crucial factor for city management, imposing restrictions to the decisions directly or indirectly. The question that arises is given the current technological advances, could we collect health related data from citizens without violating their privacy? In this work we propose a methodology that can be used to allow citizens to send their data without disclosing their identity, while simultaneously enabling almost real-time urban-scale virological and epidemiological data monitoring.
Anti-inflammatory and anti-hyperlipidemic effect of Semecarpus anacardium in a High fat diet: STZ-induced Type 2 diabetic rat model

Semecarpus anacardium, known as marking nut, has been used in indigenous system of medicine against various ailments.To evaluate the antilipidemic and anti-inflammatory effect of S. anacardium Linn. nut milk extract (SA) in Type 2 diabetic rats.Diabetes was induced in rats by feeding them with a high fat diet followed by i.p. of 35 mg/kg body weight of streptozotocin. Diabetic rats were treated with the drugs, SA (200 mg/kg body weight) and metformin (500 mg/kg body weight) for 30 days. Antilipidemic effect of the drug was established by studying the lipoprotein alterations and also the alterations in the lipid profile and lipid metabolizing enzymes in the experimental group of rats. The effect of the drug on the expression of PPAR γ was also studied. To determine the anti-inflammatory effect of the drug, the levels of inflammatory cytokines, TNF-α and IL-6 and also C-reactive protein were determined.Semecarpus anacardium nut milk extract at a dosage of 200 mg/kg orally significantly (p < 0.05) reduced and normalized the alterations in the lipid metabolism in diabetic rats effectively than metformin. SA treatment significantly (p < 0.05) increased the mRNA expression of PPAR γ, thereby establishing the antilipidemic effect of the drug. The increase in the levels of inflammatory cytokines were significantly (p < 0.05) brought down to near normal levels on treatment with the drug SA.The present study thereby establishes the antilipidemic and anti-inflammatory effect of the drug. Thus, by decreasing the alterations in the lipid metabolism and inflammatory status, the drug can effectively improve the insulin sensitivity in rats and can serve as an excellent drug in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus.