SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Temporal correlation detection using computational phase-change memory

For decades, conventional computers based on the von Neumann architecture have performed computation by repeatedly transferring data between their processing and their memory units, which are physically separated. As computation becomes increasingly data-centric and as the scalability limits in terms of performance and power are being reached, alternative computing paradigms are searched for in which computation and storage are collocated. A fascinating new approach is that of computational memory where the physics of nanoscale memory devices are used to perform certain computational tasks within the memory unit in a non-von Neumann manner. Here we present a large-scale experimental demonstration using one million phase-change memory devices organized to perform a high-level computational primitive by exploiting the crystallization dynamics. Also presented is an application of such a computational memory to process real-world data-sets. The results show that this co-existence of computation and storage at the nanometer scale could be the enabler for new, ultra-dense, low power, and massively parallel computing systems.
VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD AND VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE

An under-floor catalyst (33) has a GPF (41) capable of trapping fine exhaust particles in exhaust air, and a downstream catalyst (42) positioned downstream from the GPF (41). The GPF (41) can be supplied with secondary air. When an internal combustion engine (1) stops during travel a vehicle (1) supplies secondary air to the GPF (41) in which fine exhaust particles have accumulated. At that time the temperature of the GPF (41) is equal to or higher than a prescribed temperature. Thus, the under-floor catalyst (33) is able to control a reduction in the exhaust purification performance when the internal combustion engine (10) starts.
Microfluidic chambers for establishing physiological and pathological human ipsc-derived neuronal circuits

In vitro cultures of brain cells generate an ease and accessible ensemble of neurons In vitro cultures of brain cells generate an ease and accessible ensemble of neurons which has been invaluable for innumerable cellular and molecular studies. However, brain tissue dissociation and neuronal plating in vitro causes a complete loss of the original connections present into the brain tissue. Therefore, in vitro neuronal cultures do not allow to model specific neuronal circuits and study their specific properties. The same limitation is valid for human stem cell-derived neuronal cell cultures. In fact, several neuronal cell types can be differentiated from human iPS cells (iPSCs), but without any organization in terms of connectivity or synaptic specificity. We have established a microfluidic platform, named BrainCircuit-on-chip, which allows to growth human iPSC-derived neurons with a stereotyped organization and to establish patterned connections between different neuronal cell types. These microchips contain a central chamber where synapses between the two neuronal cell types are generated establishing the correct functional integration between the two neuronal populations. PDMS-microfluidic chambers are transparent and enables high-power and time-lapse imaging in the different neuronal compartments for sub-cellular and molecular studies. Moreover, the design of the central chamber enables to expose the synapses to chemicals or other cells types like astrocytes or microglia to study their effects on a specific class of synapses. We will produce a convenient kit with the frozen human neurons, the microfluidic chamber and a detailed protocol for generating the patterned neuronal circuits for research studies, compound testing and toxicology research.
PATROL DEVICE FIELD INSTALLATION NOTIFICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM

A method for installing a print monitor device and notifying an installer after the print monitor device is installed. In one aspect of the method, a print monitor device is associated with a customer location, installed at the customer location, and then the print monitor device is registered in a centralized repository. In another aspect, after the print monitor device is registered, a notification is sent to an installer. In another aspect, the notification is a message which includes information about the print monitor device and the devices the print monitor device has discovered and is monitoring in a customer location.
CRÉDITO FISCAL — FUERTE PAOLO SAS

¿EL PROYECTO DE INVERSIÓN? DESTINADA A LA COMPRA DE MAQUINARIA Y PLANTAS PARA OBTENER PRODUCTOS NUNCA FABRICADOS PREVIAMENTE O CON DIFERENTES TIPOS DE ENVASES CONSISTENTES EN: COMPRA DE PLANTA
A novel segmentation method for breast ultrasound images based on neutrosophic l-means clustering

Fully automatic and accurate breast lesion segmentation is an essential and challenging task. In this paper, the authors develop a novel, effective, and fully automatic method for breast ultrasound (BUS) image segmentation.The segmentation method utilizes a novel phase feature to improve the image quality, and a novel neutrosophic clustering approach to detect the accurate lesion boundary. First, a region of interest is generated to cut off complex background. After speckle reduction, an enhancement algorithm based on phase in max-energy orientation (PMO) is developed to further improve the image quality. The PMO is a newly proposed 2D phase feature obtained by filtering the image in the frequency domain and calculating the phase accumulation in the orientation with maximum energy. Finally, the authors propose a novel clustering approach called neutrosophic l-means (NLM) to detect the lesion boundary. NLM is a generalized clustering method that can be used to solve other clustering problems as well. In this paper, NLM is used to segment images with vague boundaries, and to deal with uncertainty better. To evaluate the performance of the proposed method, the authors compare it with the traditional fuzzy c-means clustering, active contour, level set, and watershed-based segmentation methods, using a common database. Radiologist's manual delineations are used as the golden standards. Five assessment metrics are utilized to evaluate the performance from different aspects. Both accuracy and efficiency are analyzed. Sensitivity analysis is also conducted to test the robustness of the proposed method.Compared with the other methods, the proposed method generates the most similar boundaries to the radiologist's manual delineations (TP rate is 92.4%, FP rate is 7.2%, and similarity rate is 86.3%; Hausdorff distance is 22.5 pixels and mean absolute distance is 4.8 pixels), with efficient processing speed (averagely 9.8 s per image). Sensitivity analysis shows the robustness of the proposed method as well.The proposed method is a fully automatic segmentation method for BUS images that can generate accurate lesion boundaries even for complicated cases. The fast processing speed, robustness, and accuracy of the proposed method suggest its potential applications in clinics.
ANFIBOLITOS ITAGUARA COM ASSINATURA E-MORB: PROVÁVEIS INTEGRANTES DE OFIOLITOS PALEOPROTEROZOICOS DO SUL DO CRÁTON DO SÃO FRANCISCO

Os ofiolitos são litotipos oriundos da crosta oceânica que são posicionados em terrenos continentais através de processos colisionais. Uma sequência ofiolítica é caracterizada do topo para base por metassedimentos pelágicos, rochas metabásicas, metagabros e metaultramáficas. No sul do cráton do São Francisco, entre as cidades de Itaguara e Crucilândia (Minas Gerais- Brasil), está situada a Sequência de Itaguara composta por quartzitos, xistos, formações ferríferas bandadas, orto-anfibolitos e metaultramáficas de idade paleoproterozoica. O presente trabalho apresenta dados petrográficos e química mineral dos anfibolitos da Sequência de Itaguara. Mineralogicamente são constituídos por orto- e clinopiroxênio, plagioclásio, hornblenda e quartzo, tendo gabro como protólito. Os dados litogeoquímicos revelam uma afinidade toleítica e uma assinatura E-MORB, posicionando-os como provenientes de crosta oceânica. Sugere-se aqui que os anfibolitos Itaguara estariam associados à base de uma sequência ofiolítica paleoproterozoica. Esta sequência está associada a uma possível bacia oceânica que foi subductada no evento orogenético Riaciano-Orosiriano entre os Complexos Metamórficos Divinopólis e Campo Belo/Bonfim, onde restos de khondalito, prisma acrescionário e retroeclogito são encontrados.
IMPLEMENTAÇÕES DA HISTÓRIA DA MATEMÁTICA NA EDUCAÇÃO BÁSICA: O QUE NOS APRESENTAM OS ANAIS DO SEMINÁRIO NACIONAL DE HISTÓRIA DA MATEMÁTICA SOBRE ESSA TEMÁTICA?

O evento Seminário Nacional de História da Matemática (SNHM) tem contribuído para a ampliação e divulgação de investigações na área de História da Matemática no Brasil. Considerando a importância desse evento, neste artigo trazemos os resultados de uma investigação que procurou identificar e interpretar o que os trabalhos publicados nas edições de 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 e 2021 do SNHM relatam a respeito de implementações envolvendo História da Matemática na Educação Básica. Para tanto, foi realizada uma pesquisa bibliográfica, por meio da qual se buscou trabalhos das referidas edições do evento que tratassem da temática, o que nos levou à identificação de 16 deles. Por meio dos procedimentos da Análise de Conteúdo, realizamos o estudo das contribuições das implementações indicadas pelos autores das divulgações, assumindo por categorias a priori aquelas estabelecidas por Miguel (1997). Desse processo analítico evidenciamos que são poucos os trabalhos que tratam da implementação da História da Matemática na Educação Básica. Naqueles que se dedicaram à temática, seus autores reforçam os argumentos pautados na motivação e na aprendizagem com compreensão, codificadas por nós por C1 e C11, as quais foram assumidas por categorias a priori e que estão assim descritas em Miguel (1997): A história é uma fonte de motivação para o ensino e aprendizagem da matemática; A história é um instrumento que pode promover a aprendizagem significativa e compreensiva da matemática.
Performative contradiction and revolution : reconsidering Romania

This thesis discusses the Romanian Revolution of 1989 through the critiques of its authenticity that have emerged in the field of critical theory over the past twenty-five years. It applies a different theoretical model for interpretation, that of performative contradiction, and reconsiders accusations of inauthenticity through this lens. By introducing this new model, the objective is to liberate this specific political event, and also political events at large, from the burden of authenticity, which amounts to an expectation of adherence to a specific form of identity politics. The end of the Cold War is commemorated and reflected upon alongside, and with as much frequency as, references to the demise of Communism, yet political realities continue to trouble these declarations. For example, the recent annexation of Crimea has once again brought Cold War tensions back into view, and demonstrates that the conflict is perhaps not so easily diagnosable, and its death not quite as finite, as the fall of the Berlin Wall promised. This perpetually returning specter demands further analysis, without which the risk of repetition and escalation increases. In the interrogation of the specific case of the Romanian Revolution of 1989, there is no scholarly work devoted to a thorough reading of the events through a critical lens such as this. All the theoretical work discussing this example is preoccupied with a notion of authenticity, and discusses the revolution exclusively in terms of coups, simulacra, falsifications, and thefts. As the only one of the Easter Bloc nations to violently execute the former head of state, this event remains vexing and resistant to interpretation for many scholars. It is precisely this resistance that calls for a new interpretive model. The application of performative contradiction in this thesis provides a new vocabulary through which to discuss political movements in general, particularly those that appear compromised, at odds with themselves, or otherwise fractured.
Secure Virtual Private LAN Services: An overview with performance evaluation

Virtual Private LAN Services (VPLS) is a widely utilized Layer 2 (L2) Virtual Private Network (VPN) architecture in industrial networks. In the last few years, VPLS networks gained an immense popularity as an ideal network architecture to interconnect industrial legacy SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) and process control devices over a shared network. However, legacy VPLS architectures are highly vulnerable to security threats which are initiated at the insecure shared network segment. Thus, secure VPLS architectures are becoming popular among industrial enterprises. In this article, we provide an overview of existing secure VPLS architectures with a performance evaluation. We evaluate the performance penalty of security on throughput, latency and jitter in a real world testbed. From these experiments, we seek to highlight the drawbacks of existing secure VPLS architectures after implementing them in a real networking environment. Moreover, we try to underscore future research questions that will help to improve the performance of secure VPLS networks.
Welfare state politics under pressure: identifying priorities, trade-offs and reform opportunities among citizens, political and economic elites

In times of austerity, the politics of the welfare state involve tough choices and even trade-offs: whose risks should benefit from social solidarity in a context of shrinking resources? Should the welfare state prioritize the needs of the elderly or those of the young? Those of people in the workforce or outside of the workforce? Of natives or of immigrants? 
How countries answer these key questions depends on the welfare state priorities of citizens, political elites and economic elites. However, we know still very little about these priorities and their determinants, and we know even less about the mechanisms that foster support for social solidarity – i.e. support for inclusive social security beyond self-interest. This project wants to make use of recent methodological advances to investigate precisely these priorities and mechanisms. 
The project will have two phases: the goal of the first phase is to identify the most salient distributive conflicts and welfare trade-offs in eight European countries. It includes an original data collection on social policy priorities among citizens, politicians, employers and trade unions (based on conjoint survey and interviews), as well as content analysis of the actual welfare politics in these countries. 
The second phase builds on the findings of the first phase, but its objective is to go beyond conflict towards coalitions. It will again combine conjoint surveys and content analysis to identify the factors that foster support for social policies among those actors who are unlikely to benefit directly from these policies. The project will investigate the relative importance of three factors: compensation, framing and mediation. 
The project breaks new theoretical and methodological ground in comparative welfare state research. It conceptualizes and studies both the trade-offs and the potentials for coalitions, which will determine the fate of the European welfare state in the 21st century.
Experiences of the Relatives of Patients Undergoing Cranial Surgery for a Brain Tumor

The functional changes that develop because of neurological sequelae in patients with a brain tumor have a negative effect on daily activities and self-care. This situation in turn has a negative effect on the lives of the patients' relatives and increases their work load. We interviewed 10 relatives of patients who had undergone cranial surgery for a brain tumor as part of a descriptive qualitative study and asked them to describe their experiences during the perioperative period and home care. The data obtained from the patients' relatives were evaluated using Colaizzi's analysis method and divided into three categories and eight themes: (a) personal feelings (first reactions, decision for surgery, first meeting with the patient after surgery, ambiguity), (b) management of the changes (management of the side effects of the tumor, management of role and behavioral changes, management of care at home, social support), and (c) need for knowledge about managing the disease process. We found that brain tumor surgery can be more frightening for patients and their relatives than other surgical interventions. Also, because the patient requires prolonged postoperative care, the patient's family plays an important role at every stage of the patient's treatment and care.
Selective vulnerability of neuronal degeneration in parkinson’s disease: the load of routine behaviour

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is characterized by striatal dopamine (DA) depletion due to loss of dopaminergic neurons in the Substantia Nigra pars compacta (SNpc).Understanding the mechanisms underlying the onset and progression of SNpc damage is a primary unmet goal in PD research.Cell loss occurs earliest and foremost in the ventro-lateral region of the SNpc.Previous work defines anatomical factors determining the vulnerability of the ventro-lateral SNpc:their large axonal arborisations,bursting activity with high Ca++ inflow,high oxidative stress and sensitivity to aging.However, all of these features are shared by SNpc neurons but neurodegeneration in PD begins specifically by the ventro-lateral tier. This DA depletion first occurs in the posterior striatum, which is involved and required for habit formation and routine behaviour.Indeed, the earliest motor features of PD are commonly associated with impairment of automatic movements.The striatum is well known to be engaged in learning and habit formation,a process that is DA dependent.Striatal DA is released phasically (SNpc firing related) triggered by emotional responses,whereas tonic dopaminergic modulation (non-SNpc firing related),predominates in routine behaviour. The precise mechanism whereby DA regulates the learning of a routine is not well defined but SNpc dopaminergic neurons are engaged in behavioural tasks showing an activation of their firing rate at the start of an instrumental task. This provides support to the notion that DA signals the onset/offset of a task and perhaps switching between tasks.In addition, they have a higher response to external stimuli (alertness, sensory) and to emotional behaviours (i.e. reward, salience). It is hypothesized here that in order to control the whole spectrum of a task, from goal directed to habitual, the ventro-lateral SNpc neurons are under higher functional demand, and the consequent metabolic overload makes them more susceptible to degeneration.
Smart modular actuator for robotic compliant systems

The field of robotics is rapidly changing. Not only is the industry growing at an ever increasing speed, a clear shift can also be seen in the way they are used. We no longer hide away the robots in cages. Instead, we use them to actively work together with humans. To allow this new physical human-robot interaction, a new type of actuators (‘muscles’) are needed that can provide both the necessary safety and an adequate performance. Particularly in the field of wearable robotics the need for a new generation of actuators combining safety, low weight, high energy efficiency and performance is high. Under the BioMot project, a new compliant actuator was developed with promising features to address these new needs. The VUB-R&MM research group has the ambition to bring this technology to the market via a spin-off company. The objective of this Launchpad proposal is twofold: on the one hand aid the production of a demonstrator kit which can be sold to research groups and on the other hand start give us a clearer view of the actuator market,the viability and funding options of a spin-off. Starting from the patented BioMot results a demonstrator kit will be created to gather inputs from partners and learn about their needs whilst at the same time having a first product. Following the project, the spin-off will be responsible for finalizing the product and expand to a wider range of actuator solutions. The Launchpad project will encourage and stimulate the entrepreneurial mind of the researchers at the research group, bring them in contact with partners and will help the European Robotics ecosystem. For such an ecosystem to develop companies addressing the entire value chain are needed but are still lacking. The spin-off will address a critical and complex step in this value chain. Given this importance, the research group VUB-R&MM wants to commit to this promising technology of compliant actuation.
Fighting with words: poetic duelling and its performance across the mediterranean

DUEL is the first comparative study of poetic duelling across the Mediterranean. It focuses on six islands found in six Mediterranean European countries, moving from East to West: Cyprus, Crete (Greece), Malta, Sardinia (Italy), Corsica (France), and Majorca (Spain). At the heart of DUEL are two central questions: How are poetic duels performed, and what do they mean for both the producers (the performers) and the consumers (the audience) of this practice in the six chosen islands? Rather than looking at poetry or music in isolation, DUEL brings the poetic, musical, ethnographic, gender and performative aspects of this practice together in a ‘bottom-up’ study that puts the people involved in poetic duelling centre stage. Using an interdisciplinary approach and combining methods from ethnomusicology, life writing, visual anthropology, oral and cultural history, DUEL aims to bring performers from the six islands together on the page (in a book), on the screen (in an ethnographic documentary), and on the stage (in a festival). While the project is informed by theory, it is not side-tracked by it. The emphasis is on creating a vivid portrait of this performance practice (written, visual, and aural) that can have the greatest possible impact on academic and non-academic audiences alike. This is in line with the EU’s policy for making culture ‘accessible and inclusive’. There is a sense of urgency attached to this project, as it concerns a dying tradition practised among groups of performers across Europe who are also fast disappearing. In addition to interviewing performers through extended periods of fieldwork and recording poetic duelling performances in their particular social and cultural contexts, this project will also contribute to the understanding and preservation of European intangible heritage, against an increasing trend of homogenisation of both the production and the consumption of culture.