SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Valuable legacy? The effect of inherited fiscal rules

The working mechanism of national fiscal rules depends strongly on whether a government must comply with its own rules or inherited ones. In the former case, a government usually introduces fiscal rules to show its commitment to a disciplined fiscal policy (the signaling function). In the latter context, however, inherited rules constitute external obstacles to budgetary policymaking (the limiting function). This study mainly is concerned with the limiting function and therefore bases its empirical analysis on periods when the ruling government inherited fiscal rules introduced by a previous government. The results of a panel-data econometric study indicate that national fiscal rules do contribute to disciplined fiscal policy after a change in government in times of an economic upturn. That finding, however, does not mean that the signaling function is ineffective: quite the contrary. My results, in line with the literature, indicate that the double functions of rules may complement one another. A government that introduces such rules is often already committed to a disciplined policy and wishes to signal such commitment in the short term. With the appearance of new government, however, the function of rules changes, and they efficiently promote disciplined fiscal policy in the long term.
Supply chain quality management practices and performance: An empirical study

This study proposed a conceptual framework to study the relationships among three dimensions of supply chain quality management (SCQM) – in-house quality management practices (internal QM), interaction for quality with suppliers on the upstream side of supply chain (upstream QM), and interaction for quality with customers on the downstream side of supply chain (downstream QM) – and their impact on two types of quality performance (conformance quality, and customer satisfaction). Survey data were collected from 238 plants in three industries across eight countries and structural equation modeling was used to test this framework. The results indicate a dominant role of the internal QM in SCQM which has a positive impact on the other SCQM dimensions and two types of quality performance. Downstream QM is found to mediate the relationship between internal QM and customer satisfaction, while there is a lack of direct impact of upstream QM on either type of quality performance.
Influência da doença respiratória bovina e diarreia na fase de aleitamento sobre o desenvolvimento da futura vaca: Levantamento de dados

A ocorrência de diarreia e doença respiratória bovina (DRB) em bezerras resulta em impactos econômicos, reprodutivos e produtivos. O objetivo deste trabalho foi analisar o impacto da diarreia e DRB no desenvolvimento das bezerras e produção leiteira futura. O trabalho utilizou dados retrospectivos de fazenda leiteira localizada em Carambeí-PR. Todos os dados foram coletados de fêmeas bovinas da raça Holandesa, nascidas entre novembro de 2017 a novembro de 2018, sendo que estes dados estavam no software de gerenciamento Dairy Plan C21 – GEA®. Para avaliação as bezerras foram separadas em quatro grupos, sendo grupo Diarreia – bezerras com presença apenas de diarreia; grupo DRB – bezerras com presença apenas de DRB; grupo Diarreia + DRB – bezerras com presença de diarreia e DRB; grupo Saudáveis – bezerras sem doenças. No período do estudo nasceram 454 bezerras. O índice de mortalidade no aleitamento foi 9,47%. O grupo Diarreia apresentou maior taxa de morbidade (P &lt; 0,0001). O GMD mostrou diferenças entre o grupo Diarreia + DRB e o grupo Saudáveis (P = 0,001). Bezerras do grupo DRB tiveram 2,35 mais chances de apresentar GMD abaixo de 1 kg (P &lt; 0,001). Maior frequência de animais do grupo Saudáveis apresentou produção de leite acima de 14.000 kgna primeira lactação (P &lt; 0,0001). Vacas com produção acima de 14.000 kg possuem 3,31 mais chances de apresentarem doenças no pós-parto em relação aos animais com produção abaixo de 10.000 kg. O grupo Saudável apresentou maior produção de leite na primeira lactação (16.410 kg) em relação ao grupo Diarreia (11.860 kg) e grupo DRB (11.263 kg) (P = 0,007). Com o trabalho concluímos que as doenças de bezerras no período de aleitamento têm impacto negativo no GMD e produção futura de leite das vacas em lactação.
Government efficiency and exports in China

AbstractThis paper investigates the role of local governments’ efficiency on exports in China. We argue that firms located in provinces characterized by high governmental efficiency export more due to a positive productivity effect that lowers transaction costs. The analysis builds on NBS firm-level data that covers a representative sample of Chinese establishments. We find a positive correlation between provincial governments’ efficiency and Chinese firm’s exports. Moreover, we are able to show that the positive link between firm size and exports is magnified by governmental efficiency. Larger firms export more and this relationship is much stronger in provinces with more efficient provincial governments.
Modelling and simulation of impact waves in brain matter

During the past decade, the brain has been the subject of numerous studies aimed at understanding its function and its behaviour. An important challenge lies in the prediction and the treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), which is a major source of death and disability worldwide. In the mechanics community, important efforts have been dedicated to the mathematical description of the response of brain matter to forces, and to the simulation of traumatic events. Nevertheless, further progress is of utmost importance for applications in biomedical engineering and medicine. In facts, despite clear evidence that dynamic solicitations such as impacts play a crucial role in head traumas, several time-dependent effects are often neglected in the modelling (inertia, fluid content, viscous effects, swelling).

The main goal of the TBI-WAVES project is to improve the mechanical and computational modelling of head traumas. A first aim is to improve the mechanical modelling of brain matter by accounting for the above commonly neglected effects. A second aim is to develop dedicated head impact simulation tools. The problem will be approached from theoretical and numerical perspectives, based both on the applicant’s and the host laboratory’s expertise. The training programme is exhaustive and will allow the applicant to grow as an independent researcher. The proposed research will foster further developments in this direction, a step which is fundamental in healthcare and for the benefit of society.

The applicant is a Franco-German dual citizen, trained in France in applied mathematics, theoretical mechanics, and computational mechanics. He publishes articles in international scientific journals, with topics in applied mathematics and other disciplines. He is requesting funds for two years, to work within Prof. Michel Destrade’s team at NUI Galway. A six-month secondment at the University of Trento is planned.
William Morris, Extraction Capitalism, and the Aesthetics of Surface

William Morris’s literary and political writings offer a prescient eco-socialist analysis of extraction capitalism and coal combustion, suggesting a geocritical dimension to what I will call his aesthetics of surface. An early adopter of the position that capitalism is fundamentally incompatible with Earth’s ecological balance, Morris was attuned not only to the way that the idea of free exchange obscures the market’s remainder of surplus value, but also to the way that the idea of unregulated natural balance denies environmental remainders such as pollution and waste. Morris’s aesthetics favor surface and exteriority over depth, registering a value shift away from excavated underground commodities and toward surface resources such as sunlight and air.
Signs of early adaptation to climate change

Nearly 8% of deaths are attributable to ambient temperatures, but little is known about the future impact in a warming world. I conducted studies in high-impact journals showing that this death toll can be largely reduced if a substantial degree of adaptation to ambient temperatures takes place. Adaptation strategies have been increasingly implemented in Europe in recent years, but the last IPCC report indicated that evidence of their effectiveness is still lacking. I postulate that adaptation measures are starting to generate positive benefits for the wellbeing of societies, including an adaptive response to climate change, but the degree to which they are effectively reducing human vulnerability is largely heterogeneous among and within European societies. I aim to describe the major sources of vulnerability, and if, which and to what extent societies have already started to adapt to changing conditions. Towards this aim, I will use predictive models to quantify the potential beneficial effect of early adaptation strategies through the attribution of temporal changes in human vulnerability. For that purpose, I will generate a massive database with daily counts of death for different subdomains and spatial resolutions, including data for countries, regions, cities and neighbourhoods, together with the best available climate, air pollution, influenza, socioeconomic and demographic datasets. In addition, I will combine the best epidemiological techniques with weather and climate forecasts and climate change simulations to perform an integrated predictability assessment of mortality risks and provide a realistic re-estimation of the likely range of future heat- and cold- attributable mortality. Expected results will provide a better understanding of the real impact of adaptation measures, which is key for decision-making and the design of strategies minimizing the negative impacts of future temperature rises in Europe.
EARTH STRUCTURES.

A facing element (2), for use in a stabilised earth structure (1), comprises a reinforcing portion (60) extending substantially across the facing element, the reinforcing portion having at an end thereof a connection point for connection to an earth stabilising member (4) and/or an adjacent facing element.
Capitales en trance: la deuda privada interna en Brasil a mediados del siglo XIX

El primer objetivo del texto es explicar el debate historiográfico sobre la transferencia de capital en la economía brasileña posterior a 1850. Un abundante grupo de autores defiende que esta partió del comercio atlántico de esclavos y tuvo como destino inversiones modernas; para ellos, esta transferencia fue consecuencia del fin del comercio internacional de cautivos. Frente a ese grupo de historiadores se encuentra otro conjunto, mucho menor, que refuta esa transferencia. Este segundo grupo tiene razón, pues no existen evidencias que sustenten que ocurrió la transferencia de capital. El segundo objetivo es mostrar que el dinamismo de la economía brasileña después de 1850 y hasta 1864 estaba vinculado al desempeño del financiamiento interno de la economía. Para demostrarlo, se calcula el monto mínimo del flujo de crédito privado interno y se infiere su crecimiento. Además, las características de ese crédito ayudan a explicar la crisis de 1864.
Ai-Augmented automation for efficient devops, a model-based framework for continuous development at runtime in cyber-physical systems

The project idea is focusing on AI-augmented automation supporting modeling, coding, testing, and monitoring as part of a continuous development in Cyber-Physical Systems (CPSs). The growing complexity of CPS poses several challenges throughout all software development and analysis phases, but also during their usage and maintenance.

Many leading companies have started envisaging the automation of tomorrow to be brought about by Artificial Intelligence (AI) tech. While the number of companies that invest significant resources in software development is constantly increasing, the use of AI in the development and design techniques is still immature.  

The project targets the development of a model-based framework to support teams during the automated continuous development of CPSs by means of integrated AI-augmented solutions. The overall AIDOaRT infrastructure will work with existing data sources, including traditional IT monitoring, log events, along with software models and measurements. The infrastructure is intended to operate within the DevOps process combining software development and information technology (IT) operations. Moreover, AI technological innovations have to ensure that systems are designed responsibly and contribute to our trust in their behaviour (i.e., requiring both accountability and explainability).

AIDOaRT aims to impact organizations where continuous deployment and operations management are standard operating procedures. DevOps teams may use the AIDOaRT framework to analyze event streams in real-time and historical data, extract meaningful insights from events for continuous improvement, drive faster deployments and better collaboration, and reduce downtime with proactive detection.
All-trans-retinoic acid-induced scrotal ulcers in a patient with acute promyelocytic leukemia.

Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) accounts for 10% of acute myelocytic leukemias and is characterized by t(15;17) that produces the PML-RARα (promyelocytic leukemia-retinoic acid receptor α) fusion oncoprotein. The discovery and implementation of all-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA) therapy for APL has led to complete remission rates greater than 90% when coupled with chemotherapy. We report a novel case of ATRA-induced scrotal ulcers in a black man with APL. The differential diagnosis of scrotal ulcerations in immunocompromised patients is lengthy, and misdiagnosis can lead to substantial morbidity and mortality. It is important for dermatologists to be aware of this potential complication of ATRA therapy.
Winning hearts and minds for the Competition State

An important question concerns the routes by which the Competition State is able to secure ongoing political support, or what is referred to as ‘the battle for hearts and minds’. The tapping of legitimacy vis-a-vis the current Competition State is explored drawing on examples of the UK and New Zealand. Three ‘hyphen concepts’ are outlined: hyphen one focuses on the British or Kiwi-Competition State; hyphen two explores the welfare processes of the Socially Investing-Competition State; hyphen three outlines the relationship between the Competition State and civil society within the Opportunity Society-Competition State. These hyphens may assist in exploring, albeit tentatively, how the battle for hearts and minds has been won and, indeed, is continuing to be won as forms of the Competition State are consolidated.
Martí i franquès cofund

The Martí Franquès Programme (MFP) was born in 2012 as a natural evolution of the doctoral fellowships programme offered for the last decade by the Departments of the University Rovira i Virgili (URV). It was designed to attract the most talented doctoral candidates to work on ground-breaking research projects, in any of the 5 knowledge disciplines (Arts and Humanities, Legal and Social Sciences, Engineering and Architecture, Sciences, Health Sciences). MFP has also unified administrative procedures, enhanced working conditions and concentrated several financial funds. For 2016, the URV goes a step forward, and proposes a revamped management programme (MFP) for 50 fellowships, offered in 2 calls (2016 and 2017), that aligns the existing fellowship programme to the European Charter for Researchers and Code of Conduct for Recruitment (C&C), and provide much improved employment and working conditions to the best doctoral candidates from all over the world. The MFP will ensure a selection process that is transparent, open, merit-based, impartial, equitable and internationally advertised for all its positions, and commits to provide equal opportunities for all candidates, including candidates with disabilities. The fellows will be enrolled in one of the 23 URV official doctoral programmes, and will be hosted by our best research groups, who will provide state-of-the-art facilities, and the most innovative training programme, which mandates a secondments to an international institution, to complement their research and transferrable skills training. Short stays at industrial partners are also envisioned (URV has 16 ongoing industrial doctorates), which will help prepare the fellows for a possible career in the private sector, by offering training in specific skills most valued by companies. The MFP is formally backed by 33 partner organizations (4 industrial partners, 1 banks, 1 foundation and 27 international academic organizations), 2 of them co-funding the programme.
Can This Time Be Different? Policy Options in Times of Rising Debt

Episodes of debt accumulation have been a recurrent feature of the global economy over the past fifty years. Since 2010, emerging and developing economies have experienced another wave of historically large and rapid debt accumulation. Similar past debt buildups have often ended in widespread financial crises in these economies. This paper examines the factors that are likely to determine the outcome of the most recent debt wave, and considers policy options to help reduce the likelihood that it ends again in widespread crises. It reports two main results. First, the rapid increase in debt has made emerging and developing economies more vulnerable to shifts in market sentiment, notwithstanding historically low global interest rates. Second, policy options are available to lower the likelihood of financial crises, and to help manage the adverse impacts of crises when they do occur. These include sound debt management, strong monetary and fiscal frameworks, and robust bank supervision and regulation. The post-crisis debt buildup has coincided with a period of subdued growth as well as the emergence of non-traditional creditors. As a result, policy priorities also need to ensure that debt is spent on productive purposes to improve growth prospects and that all debt-related transactions are transparently reported.
An effective procedure for sensor variable selection and utilization in plasma etching for semiconductor manufacturing

Abstract Plasma etching processes have a potentially large number of sensor variables to be utilized, and the number of the sensor variables is growing due to advances in real-time sensors. In addition, the sensor variables from plasma sensors require additional knowledge about plasmas, which becomes a big burden for engineers to utilize them in this filed. Thus an effective procedure for sensor variable selection with minimum plasma knowledge is needed to develop in plasma etching. The integrated squared response (ISR) based sensor variable selection method which facilitates collecting and analyzing sensor data at one time with regard to manipulated variables (MVs) is suggested in this paper. The reference sensor library as well as sensor ranking tables constructed on the basis of ISR can give insight into plasma sensors. The ISR based sensor variable selection method is incorporated with relative gain array (RGA) or non-square relative gain array (NRGA) for effective variable selection in building a virtual metrology (VM) system to predict critical dimension (CD) in plasma etching. The application of the technique introduced in this paper is shown to be effective in the CD prediction in plasma etching for a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) manufacturing. The procedure for sensor variable selection introduced in this paper can be a starting point for various sensor-related applications in semiconductor manufacturing.
Reservoir characterization using multifractal detrended fluctuation analysis of geophysical well-log data

Abstract The spatio-temporal variations in geophysical well-log signals, which often reflect their scale invariant properties, can be well studied with multifractal analysis. In this study, we have carried out fractal and multifractal studies using detrended fluctuation analysis (DFA) and multifractal DFA (MFDFA) respectively. While the DFA primarily facilitates to understand the intrinsic self-similarities in non-stationary signals like well-logs by determining the fractal scaling exponents in a modified least-squares sense, the MFDFA, which in fact, is a generalization of DFA, provides a comprehensive understanding of the multifractal behaviour of the signals through multifractal singularity spectrum as well as the Hurst exponents. DFA and MFDFA have been applied to gamma-ray log and neutron porosity logs of two wells (well B and well C), located in the western offshore basin, India, to study the nature of the subsurface formation properties, vis-a-vis their multifractal behaviour. The estimated DFA fractal scaling exponents, represented in the form of contour plots enable easy identification of the depths to the tops of reservoir zones. On the other hand, the multifractal singularity spectra provide a unique platform for an improved interpretation of logs in terms of their sedimentation pattern and lithological differences. This has been tested with gamma-ray log data of wells B and C. We show that the multifractal behaviour of gamma-ray log is largely influenced by the presence of shale and variations in the subsurface sedimentation pattern. Similarly, the role of gas in a pay zone on the multifractal behaviour was established by comparing the multifractal singularity spectra of the original neutron porosity log and a synthetic neutron log (which we call gas-corrected log), generated using density log. The MFDFA of only that portion of the original neutron log representing the pay zone and its gas-corrected equivalent unequivocally suggest that the presence of gas in the reservoir zones weakens the multifractal behaviour of neutron porosity logs. This emphasizes the significance of multifractal studies of well-logs for effective reservoir characterization. The observed multifractal behaviour in all logs is found to be due to the presence of long-range correlations in the data.
The Static and Dynamic Modeling of the Information System of Maintenance and Conducting of the Remote Technological Competitions in Robotics

In this article the static and dynamic modeling of the information system of maintenance and conducting of the remote technological competitions in robotics is made. The main types of the system’s objects are pointed, the class diagram is designed. Based on this diagram the sequence diagrams for all users are developed. In the conclusion there is information about the developed information system testing during the All-Russian competition of designed works of young people RoboPolitech. Also the plans for the further extensions and class diagram and sequence diagrams changing for the information system of maintenance and conducting of the remote technological competitions in robotics are described.