SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Combined oil ring

A combined oil ring is comprised of an oil ring and an expander. The cross section of the oil ring is a generally I-shape, and the outer circumferential surfaces of outer rail portions form sliding surfaces to make contact with the cylinder wall surface. The cross section of an expander installation groove formed on the inner circumferential surface of the oil ring is formed in a rectangular shape, and an expander formed of axially corrugated ring-shaped plate material is mounted in the expander installation groove. The expander is formed by forming a rectangular cross sectional plate material in a corrugated shape in the direction of plate thickness and further forming in a ring shape. The expander installation groove of the oil ring is not limited to a rectangular shaped cross section. For example, the cross section of the expander installation groove may have a trapezoidal shape widening towards the inner circumference, and the cross section of the plate material forming the expander may have a generally diamond-shaped cross section.
Decomposição do crescimento da renda per capita do Brasil: uma abordagem regional-setorial

Resumo Este artigo mensura os determinantes do crescimento da renda per capita do Brasil no período 2004-2015, a partir do papel da produtividade e de variáveis socioeconômicas e demográficas. A investigação é feita de forma conjunta em uma abordagem regional (por grandes regiões) e setorial (contribuição de cada um dos setores da estrutura produtiva para o crescimento da renda per capita de cada unidade geográfica). Explicita-se o papel da eficiência produtiva e das mudanças estruturais na composição do emprego e dos preços relativos nesse crescimento. O artigo traz algumas contribuições para a literatura, sobretudo pela abordagem empírica ainda não explorada dentro do contexto regional e setorial. Os resultados indicam diferenças importantes nas contribuições de cada componente da decomposição a depender da unidade geográfica analisada, bem como heterogeneidades setoriais relevantes dentro e entre as unidades geográficas.
PRE-SOAPED, DISPOSABLE LUFFAH

Described is a luffah having of a series of ruffles wherein a substantially dry, water-soluble, cleansing and/or moisturizing agent is present on the ruffles at a center portion of the luffah. Enough cleaning agent or moisturizer is present to allow the luffah to be used at least once. A method of forming a luffah herein includes injecting a substantially wet, cleansing and/or moisturizing agent at, or near, a core of a luffah which is then compressed around the injected cleansing and/or moisturizing agent. The substantially wet, cleansing and/or moisturizing agent is then allowed to dry into a generally dry, water-soluble, cleansing and/or moisturizing agent at the core of the luffah.
LAUNDRY WASHING MACHINE EQUIPPED WITH A TREATING AGENTS DISPENSER

The present invention relates to a laundry washing machine (1) equipped with a treating agents dispenser (20) comprising a drawer (22) having an upper side (22a) comprising one or more open-top compartments (23a, 23b, 23c, 23d) for receiving at least one agent for treating laundry and a water distributor (35) arranged above said drawer (22). A cover element (50) is arranged between the drawer (22) and the water distributor (35) and the cover element (50) comprises at least one aperture (52, 54, 56, 58, 60) positioned above one of said one or more open-top compartments (23a, 23b, 23c, 23d).
GB 1301766 A

1301766 Crash restraint bags NISSAN MOTOR CO Ltd 28 June 1971 [22 Dec 1970] 30095/71 Heading B7B [Also in Divisions F4 and G1] In a vehicular safety device including a crash restraint bag inflatable by means of liquefied gas 11<SP>1</SP> vaporized by firing an explosive charge 14 during a collision, an alarm circuit 23 for indicating when the amount of liquefied gas falls below the level necessary for full inflation of the bag is provided. The circuit may include a device 26 having a diaphragm 27 subjected at one side to the pressure of vapour above the liquefied gas and at the other to the sum of the pressure of the liquid due to its weight and the vapour pressure, the diaphragm being biased by spring 34. When the liquid level drops, due for example to leakage, the diaphragm moves to the left as shown and eventually the circuit 23 is completed when contacts 32, 33 close thus lighting a warning light 24<SP>1</SP>. The pressure sensing and comparing arrangement may be formed from pressure sensors which generate electric, hydraulic or pneumatic signals and a suitable differential pressure detector.
Post-Conflict Property Restitution: Flawed Legal and Theoretical Foundations

The international community has recently hailed the restoration of property rights for people uprooted by armed conflict as a means of remedying forced displacement. Proponents of property restitution assert that this remedy can enhance the rule of in a post-conflict society by promoting reconciliation and bolstering economic and social stability. A United Nations (U.N.) subcommission has endorsed a set of legal and technical guidelines for constructing a property restitution scheme. While other authors have written in support of this plan and a general right to property restitution, this Article represents a critical analysis of the remedy, pointing to weaknesses in its legal and theoretical foundations. 
The current emphasis on property restitution is similar to past efforts of the United States and other Western nations to promote the rule of and economic through exporting an instrumentalist model of law. Just as these well-intentioned law and development efforts were plagued by unforeseen, deleterious consequences, so too might the export of property restitution laws and processes suffer from ill side effects. This Article identifies some of the possible unintentional outcomes of property restitution, including, ironically, that the U.N.'s property restitution scheme may ultimately undermine of the rule of law. The Article seeks to spur further debate on the merits of property restitution so that unintended consequences might be avoided and the remedies to forced displacement can be strengthened to meet the needs of refugees and internally displaced people.
The Global Crisis and Poverty

Abstract In this study, we examine the impact of the 2008-2009 Global Crisis on poverty rates across the globe. Our results are mixed. We find that, after the crisis, there was a marginally significant increase in the number of the poorest group of people (living on less than $1.25 a day at 2005 international prices) across the world. However, we do not find any significant increase in the number of people in the other low-income categories (living on less than $2, $2.50, $4, or $5). Although we do not find any significant increase in the poverty headcount ratios (the percentage of poor people in the population living on less than $1.25, $2, $2.50, $4, or $5), our results show that, interestingly, there has been a significant decrease in the national poverty headcount ratios (percentage of people living below the national poverty line which is based on estimates from household surveys) after the crisis. Overall, we suggest policymakers to focus on the poorest group of people during these hard times since this group is affected the most.
Introduction to the Special Issue on HEVC Extensions and Efficient HEVC Implementations

High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) is the most recent standard in the series of major video coding standards jointly produced by the ITU-T Video Coding Experts Group (VCEG) and the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG). HEVC was first approved in 2013 in the ITU-T as Recommendation H.265 and in ISO/IEC as International Standard 23008-2, and it offers an unprecedented degree of compression capability for a very wide variety of applications. In the three years since its initial completion, it has been extended in several important ways to further broaden its scope. This special issue on HEVC features two sections: 1) HEVC extensions and 2) efficient HEVC implementations.
Construction of meeting cabinets

The conversion of unused premises in the building into meeting rooms.The property contains so-called waste space, which will be converted into meeting rooms.
Practice-Oriented security models and granular designs for future-proof authenticated encryption

Authenticated-Encryption (AE) algorithms have recently faced an immense increase in popularity as appropriate cryptographic tools for providing data confidentiality and integrity services simultaneously. AE algorithms are ubiquitous in protocols to secure the very fundamentals of the information and communication infrastructure, being adopted into widely-deployed protocols, such as TLS, SSH, IPsec, IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi) and ANSI C12.22. A wide range of recently reported security vulnerabilities and exploits, arisen from either using insecure designs to achieve the AE goal or misusing supposedly secure AE schemes, has motivated the cryptographic community to run the CAESAR competition for designing new AE algorithms, boosting research on AE. Yet a critical look at the classical security models for AE, defined over the last decade, that guided the constructions of CAESAR submissions, and a review of practical applications for AE algorithms reveals several inconsistencies and remaining problems that must be carefully investigated before moving towards adoption of next-generation AE schemes for widespread use in governmental, industrial and financial ICT systems. 

POMEGRANATE aims to critically rethink the existing security notions and robustness features for AE schemes and to develop fine-grained security models and modular, future-proof design paradigms that can flexibly capture a widening spectrum of disparate requirements in the emerging streaming media applications such as IPTV as well as in future heterogeneous environments such as Internet of Things and Cloud Computing infrastructures. We aim to proactively identify important ongoing challenges and to bridge the gaps between the theory and practice of AE, looking far beyond the design-centric CAESAR competition. Nevertheless, the results will also impact the evaluation and ranking of the CAESAR finalists, as those schemes should offer a set of envisioned new security and robustness needs for future applications.
S.E.Zs in India -New avataar of globalization an analytical perspective

Thirty years ago, 80 Special Economic Zones (S.EZs) in 30 countries generated barely $6 billion in exports and employed about I million people. Today, 3,000 S.EZs operate in 120 countries and account for $600+ billion in exports and 50 million direct jobs, SEZ has lately been a much talked about issue across the nation. This paper tries to examine what are the hopes and fears associated with such huge infrastructure and industry development. An analytical perspective of the Special Economic Zones (SEZ) framework has been conceptualized that weather S.E.Zs is really going to enhance the nation's competitiveness at the global level, through financial aspect, economic connotations, social aspects, legal aspects environmental aspect.
European LIfe Science Ecosystems

ELISE addresses a societal challenge common to European regions: to promote better health for all. This covers the need to improve health and well-being outcomes and promote healthy and active ageing, but also to promote market growth, job creation, EU competiveness. It requires innovative approaches. Life science is a promising frontier technology, with potential to produce many healthcare applications and treatments. The Healthcare Life Science branch is a key sector for Europe.

However, some constraints hinder Life Science potential. These largely concerning difficulties in market exploitation; demand for extensive human and technical resources; and bioethical constraints affecting protection of individuals’ rights and dignity.

ELISE partners from 7 regions believe that the concrete application of the Ecosystem concept at regional and interregional level can help to address these constraints. An ecosystem groups business, researchers, clinicians and patients to translate discovery into clinical use for medical innovation in health service.

Using interregional exchange and active stakeholder participation, ELISE partners improve regional ERDF policy instruments in this direction. 2 regions want to create an ecosystem, where it does not currently exist. 5 want to strengthen existing clusters, by turning them into ecosystems. All regions want to consider the feasibility of creating a European Ecosystem.

Changes to policy instruments are detailed in 7 Regional Action Plans and are expected in terms of types and quality of projects funded, management structures and strategic focus moving towards regional and European ecosystems.

ELISE leads to short, medium and long-term results. Participating regions should be able to better support the healthcare sector and the enterprises operating around it to use Life Science R&I results and to create places of work. In the long term, this should contribute to creating healthy, competitive and innovative European regions.
Providing every student with an iPad as a means of helping develop Korean EFL Digital Literacy

The predominant uses of English by non-native speakers will increasingly be online, in using English language digital resources, and in computer-mediated communication with other non-native speakers of English. That these uses are computer-mediated has profound implications for Korean learners of English. For Korea to be competitive in the global economy, Korean EFL should encourage L2 Digital Literacy in English. Korea already enjoys an enviable status as the most wired nation on the planet, with the fastest Internet connections in the world. But computer facilities in Korean educational institutions need drastic reorganization. The opportunities for computer-mediated second language learning need to be vastly increased, particularly for native teacher English classes. Multimedia-capable, mobile web solutions need to be provided that put the Internet into the hands of all students and teachers. Wi-Fi networked campuses already allow any campus space to act as a wireless classroom. A teacher's computer console with high-speed Internet access and OHP is required in every classroom. All students should be provided with adequate computing facilities, that are available anywhere, anytime. This is now feasible through adopting the strategy of providing every student, on enrollment, with a Wi-Fi+3G enabled Apple iPad.
Factors Associated With Driving Status Among Brazilian Older Adults

This study analyzed the factors associated with driving status among older adults in Brazil. The sample consisted of 15,221 older adults (≥65 years) residing in Brazilian capitals in 2018. The following question established the participants’ driving status: “ Do you drive a car, motorcycle, and/or another vehicle?” Sociodemographic, health conditions, and health-related behaviors were derived through standard procedures. Poisson regression analysis was performed to estimate prevalence ratios and 95% confidence interval. The prevalence of drivers was 28.83%. We found that being physically active during leisure time and higher daily recreational screen time (&gt;3 h/day) were associated with driving status. Self-perceived negative health and being physically active by commuting showed an inverse association with driving status. The high prevalence of older drivers and the characteristics associated with driving reinforces the importance of public policy strategies for these individuals.
AN APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING A FLUID SAMPLE FROM A PATIENT AND CONTAINER FOR STORING THE SAME

A portable fluid container (110) having an inlet (116) and an outlet (130) for allowing fluid to flow into and out of the portable fluid container. The outlet is completely covered and sealed by a selective filter (124) which only allows gases and minute particles to pass therethrough while retaining liquid and other larger particles within the portable fluid container. The portable fluid container is attached to a cover (104) and the cover seals an opening of a rigid container (102) in which the portable fluid container is placed. The invention also relates to a novel connecting member (4) for interconnecting the fluid container with a desired fluid collection device.
Targeting tau-induced cognitive decline with antisense oligonucleotides to synaptogyrin-3

Tauopathies (that include Alzheimer’s disease) are characterized by hyperphosphorylation or mutations in the microtubuleassociated protein Tau. This reduces the affinity of Tau to bind microtubules and increases the levels of soluble detached Tau in neurons. Previous ERC-supported work from my lab showed that pathogenic Tau accumulates at pre-synaptic terminals and clusters synaptic vesicles in mouse and fly Tauopathy models and in Alzheimer patient brain samples. This pre-synaptic Tau reduces vesicle mobility and neurotransmitter release (Zhou et al., 2017). The interaction of Tau with synaptic vesicles occurs via the synaptic vesicle-associated protein Synaptogyrin-3. Lowering the levels of Synaptogyrin-3 blocks the ability of Tau to efficiently bind to synaptic vesicles (McInnes et al., 2018). Hence, Synaptogyrin-3 is a promising therapeutic target to tackle tauopathies. In this project I propose to use antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) to reduce the levels of Synaptogyrin-3 in the brain of Tauopathy mouse models to rescue tau-induced pre-synaptic defects, including cognitive decline. ASO-technology has vastly improved over the past years and was recently approved to treat other degenerative disorders. My goal is to provide in vivo proof-of-concept that targeting Synaptogyrin-3 with an ASO in a therapeutic setting suppresses Tau-induced defects, including cognitive decline.
Modeling the performance of amorphous and crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules for different types of building integration conditions

In this work we use and further elaborate a model which has previously been proposed to model the daily energy performance of amorphous (a-Si) and crystalline silicon (c-Si) photovoltaic solar modules under real operation conditions. In the present work we expand the simulations to model, besides a conventional ventilated free-rack mounted installations (south-facing, 45° tilt), the performance of the same technologies to include BIPV installations conditions. For simplicity, we consider two extreme cases: (a) a south-facing facade installation (90°) and (b) a perfectly horizontal one (0°). The angle-of-incidence AOI response of the modules is then used to model reflection losses. Further, fully integrated PV modules -compared to ventilated ones - exhibit average operating temperatures that can reach +20°C differences in days of clear sky conditions. These offset is used to model the operating temperatures - and performance losses - BIPV modules.
Ferroelectric acousto-optic synaptic technology (fast)

Efforts are being made to develop bio-inspired optical neuro-synaptic networks to support “neuromorphic computing” for ultra-fast communication. The idea is to split the information of an optical signal using an “acousto-optic modulator” (synapse) into multiple signals. The signals are then communicated through multiple parallel channels similar to neurons and recombined at the receiver end by using another acousto-optic modulator. Such neuro-synaptic networks are targeted for less than 100 mW power budget and greater than 100 GHz communication bandwidths which are currently hindered by the performance of the piezoelectric transducer used in the acousto-optic modulators. It generates high-frequency acoustic waves inside the attached waveguide which act as dynamic optical gratings offering periodic modification of the refractive index of the medium through which the light is traveling. To solve this issue, the applicant proposes exploring optically birefringent ferroelectrics with strong elasto-optic coefficients as stand-alone acousto-optic modulators. The project aims for the development of a CMOS compatible 100 GHz-THz range ferroelectric acousto-optic modulator (FAOM) and it's integration in a self-learning neuro-synaptic network. The applicant will unite his expertise in materials engineering and photo-ferroelectrics with Katholieke Universiteit Leuven’s (KUL) and IBM’s knowledge of the integration and characterization of neuromorphic networks with the following objectives: 
1. Growth of CMOS compatible strain-engineered BaTiO3 (BTO) heterostructures.
2. Fabrication and characterization of two CMOS integrated ferroelectric (BTO) acousto-optic modulator designs based on (2.1) photo-induced acoustic strain gradients by optical control of ferroelectric domains and (2.2) acoustic confinement. 
3. Demonstration of FAOM-based self-learning optical convolution neuro-synaptic network.
Transfer of Climate-Friendly Technologies through the Clean Development Mechanism: An Empirical Study of the Carbon Finance Market

Against the backdrop of the enhanced importance of technology transfer in the context of the ongoing climate change negotiations, the potential of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) as a vehicle for technology transfer has been underscored. This study undertakes an empirical exploration of the extent to which the CDM is contributing to technology transfer and what is the nature of that technology transfer. The study presents an operational definition of technology transfer in the context of the CDM and applies this definition to a dataset of the first 1000 registered CDM projects. The core finding that emerges from the study is that the contribution of the CDM to technology transfer can at best be regarded as minimal. The purpose of the study was threefold: i) To develop an understanding of the merits and limitations of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) as it stands; ii) To assess the CDM’s environmental integrity, such as its impact on sustainable development and its contribution towards financing “additional” emissions reduction projects; iii) To assess alternative mechanisms that could achieve emissions reductions at a greater scale to that of the CDM. The specific tasks under the study were to produce a number of briefing sheets and a final report that would: • Assess merits and shortcomings of the CDM relative to a set of criteria; • Inform CDM related actions at supply-side and demand-side level to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, regional distribution and contribution to sustainable development of the CDM. Further, to explore the options for a transition away from project-based crediting towards sectoral mechanisms and other global policies. • Assess and suggest reforms to the CDM governance structures to improve transparency, predictability, and simplicity e.g. through use of more objective and standardized approaches for setting baselines and determining additionality. The purpose of this particular briefing sheet was to assess the CDM’s contribution to the transfer of sustainable technologies to developing countries for emissions reduction. It aims to include: • Qualitative analysis on scale of transfer and current barriers to sustainable technology transfer (including the impact of CDM on transformation of energy systems and policies in developing countries); • Review of empirical evidence in literature with a focus on renewable energies and energy intensive sectors; • Options for improvement and reform to achieve technology transfer in a way that meets the CDM’s sustainable development goal. Information was obtained through a literature review, analysis and interviews with selected experts.