SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Cannibalism and Gang Involvement in the Cinematic Lives of Asian Gangsters

Abstract: Previous works focusing on Asian organized crime groups have examined the history, structure, function, and the extent of their legal and illegal business enterprises. While credible, such a line of inquiry omits crucial information on the source and reasoning behind membership and affiliation for members in Asian organized crime groups, such as the “Jok-Pok”, Triads, and Yakuza. Due to the secretive nature of those organized crime groups, such an omission leaves a major gap in the understanding as to why Asian youths join gangs. This paper examines the prevailing characteristics of membership and affiliation within Asian gangs by analyzing Asian gangsters in Asian (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) cinema. Results indicate that the lure of economic benefits, exposure to gang life from within one’s family and lack of opportunities to achieve legitimate goals constitute the three most pervasive themes that define membership within Asian gangs as represented in popular cinema.
The () Property in Banach Spaces

A Banach space is said to have ( D ) property if every bounded linear operator is weakly compact for every Banach space whose dual does not contain an isomorphic copy of . Studying this property in connection with other geometric properties, we show that every Banach space whose dual has ( V ∗ ) property of Pełczyński (and hence every Banach space with ( V ) property) has ( D ) property. We show that the space of real functions, which are integrable with respect to a measure with values in a Banach space , has ( D ) property. We give some other results concerning Banach spaces with ( D ) property.
A Influência de 25 Sessões de Treino na Capacidade de Tomada de Decisão de Jogadores de Futebol Sub-12

Resumo O objetivo deste estudo foi verificar a influência de 25 sessões de treino na capacidade de tomada de decisão de jogadores de futebol sub-12. A amostra contou com 25 jogadores de futebol sub-12 de um clube de primeira divisão do Brasil. Avaliou-se a tomada de decisão através da plataforma online TacticUP®. As 25 sessões de treino foram organizadas baseadas nos princípios táticos fundamentais do futebol. Verificou-se correlação positiva (r=0,413, p=0,040) entre a variação do desempenho da tomada de decisão e o tempo de treino para os princípios ofensivos fora do centro de jogo. Conclui-se que o treino melhorou a capacidade de tomada de decisão de jogadores de futebol sub-12, para os princípios de espaço sem bola, mobilidade e unidade ofensiva.
ANDOLFI S.A.S. POR ANDOLFI FABRIZIO Y C.

El DITTA ANDOLFI S.A.S. DI ANDOLFI FABRIZIO & C., FUNDED EN 1973 POR ANDOLFI ANDOLFI S.A.S. LA EMPRESA REALIZA TRABAJOS RELACIONADOS CON EL MOVIMIENTO DE TIERRAS COMO EXCAVACIONES PARA TRABAJOS DE EXCAVACIÓN EN EL CAMPO DE LA CONSTRUCCIÓN Y OBRAS VIALES, CONSOLIDACIÓN DE TIERRAS, INTERVENCIONES EN CASO DE DESLIZAMIENTOS DE TIERRA, LIMPIEZA DE NIEVE, EXCAVACIONES PARA CIMIENTOS DE EDIFICIOS, LIMPIEZA Y MANTENIMIENTO DE ÁREAS VERDES, SUCCIÓN DE LODOS Y PURINES, LAVADO DE TUBERÍAS Y ALCANTARILLADO. LA EMPRESA, ADEMÁS DE LOS 4 MIEMBROS, CUENTA CON 3 EMPLEADOS.
Effect of Ethanol/Water Solvents on Phenolic Profiles and Antioxidant Properties of Beijing Propolis Extracts

Propolis is a natural substance known to be beneficial for human health and used as a folk medicine in many parts of the world. In this study, phenolic profiles and antioxidant properties of Beijing propolis extracted by different ethanol/water solvents were analyzed. Our results reveal that phenolic compounds and antioxidant properties of propolis extracts were significantly dependent on the concentration of ethanol/water solvents. Totally, 29 phenolic compounds were identified: 12 phenolic acids, 13 flavonoids, and 4 phenolic acid esters. In particular, 75 wt.% ethanol/water solvent may be the best for the highest extraction yield and the strongest antioxidant properties. Caffeic acid, benzyl caffeate, phenethyl caffeate, 5-methoxy pinobanksin, pinobanksin, pinocembrin, pinobanksin-3-O-acetate, chrysin, and galangin were the characteristic compounds of Beijing propolis, and these compounds seem to verify that Beijing propolis may be poplar-type propolis. In addition, the presence of high level of pinobanksin-3-O-acetate in Chinese propolis may be a novel finding, representing one-third of all phenolics.
Age-related slowing in cognitive processing speed is associated with myelin integrity in a very healthy elderly sample

Performance on measures of cognitive processing speed (CPS) slows with age, but the biological basis associated with this cognitive phenomenon remains incompletely understood. We assessed the hypothesis that the age-related slowing in CPS is associated with myelin breakdown in late-myelinating regions in a very healthy elderly population. An in vivo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) biomarker of myelin integrity was obtained from the prefrontal lobe white matter and the genu of the corpus callosum for 152 healthy elderly adults. These regions myelinate later in brain development and are more vulnerable to breakdown due to the effects of normal aging. To evaluate regional specificity, we also assessed the splenium of the corpus callosum as a comparison region, which myelinates early in development and primarily contains axons involved in visual processing. The measure of myelin integrity was significantly correlated with CPS in highly vulnerable late-myelinating regions but not in the splenium. These results have implications for the neurobiology of the cognitive changes associated with brain aging.
Novel electrode materials for high performing aqueous organic redox flow batteries.

The aim of this 2-year fellowship is to develop novel and robust electrodes to improve the performance of Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Batteries (AORFBs) for renewable energy storage applications. The research will be carried out at Kemiwatt (Rennes, France), who have been developing AORFBs since 2014, in collaboration with the Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes (ISCR), University of Rennes 1 (France) as secondment. Carbon felts, which are the most commonly used electrodes for AORFBs, will be modified in order to enhance the interactions between the electrode and the electrolytes to further improve the performance of the batteries. Two routes of modifications will be explored: i) pulse-electrodeposition of metals on carbon felt electrodes using a flow-through system and ii) electrografting of organic modifiers via the aryl diazonium salts method.  By optimising the properties of the electrodes in terms of specific surface area, wettability, local pH and charge transfer, positive impacts on the power and energy densities and efficiencies of the battery are expected. Therefore, the objectives are threefold: i) to develop novel carbon felt electrodes modified by electrodeposition and electrografting, ii) to study the performance and durability of the modified electrodes for AORFBs application, via the optimisation of the electrode/electrolyte interactions, iii) to upscale (from 25 cm² up to 2100 cm²) the electrode surface modification process and to implement and test the corresponding electrodes in pilot-scale reactors. By developing novel modified carbon felts, this fellowship aims at improving the performance and stability of AORFBs. This will help Kemiwatt pursue their technological development and achieve their goals by 2023. It will in turn provide valuable insight to the scientific community on an aspect that is currently being overlooked and that could yet significant help improve the technology and the EU to reach its decarbonisation targets by 2050.
The relationship between health promoting resources and work participation in a sample reporting musculoskeletal pain from the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study, HUNT 3, Norway

Musculoskeletal pain (MSP) is one of the most frequent causes of sick leave from work, and is a common and potentially disabling condition. This study is based on the salutogenic perspective and investigates the relationship between personal, social, and functional health resources and work participation in a population reporting MSP.Analysis was performed on cross sectional data from the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study, HUNT 3, in Norway. The sample of n= 6702 was extracted from HUNT 3, including a total of N= 50807 participants. Self-reported health (SRH) and, personal, social, and functional resources were assessed by a questionnaire. Reported sick leave was collected by interview at the point of time when the data were collected, from October 2006 until June 2008.Logistic regression analysis demonstrated statistically significant differences between the work group and sick leave group in self-rated health, work support, work control, work load, and feeling strong, and the model predicted 68% of the cases correctly. Females had a lower statistically significant probability (B= -.53) to be in the work group then men when suffering from MSP, with odds of 41%.There was a statistically significant relationship between health promoting resources such as SRH, feeling strong, absence of neuroticism, work load, work control, and work participation in MSP population.
Updated growth models for bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) in the Atlantic Ocean

The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) concluded the Atlantic Ocean tropical Tuna Tagging Programme (AOTTP) in 2021. This project had the objectives of enhancing food security, stimulating economic growth, and improving management through research on tropical tuna resources in the Atlantic Ocean, including bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus). Here, we combine tagging data and otolith data from the AOTTP program, Panama City Lab and the Pelagic Fisheries Lab at the University of Maine with historical tagging data and otolith data from ICCAT and other sources to fit integrated growth models with the goal of providing the most complete growth curve (in terms of data inclusion and validation of age-at-length) for bigeye tuna in the Atlantic Ocean. Both Richards and von Bertalanffy growth models were fitted. A variety of models were fitted to subsets of the data to investigate the consistency of growth information. In all cases for the integrated model, the Richards and von Bertalanffy models were very similar with the von Bertalannfy model being preferred for parsimony. The preferred model, based on fit to old fish, was the von Bertalanffy curve based on length-age pair data from multiple sources. The addition of tagging data to create an integrated model showed patterns of lack of fit to both the tagging and otolith data suggesting conflict between the tagging and otolith data. The preferred model (length-age pair data only) gave the estimates: asymptotic length L∞ (fork length) equals 161.21 cm (95% bootstrap CI 154.39, 166.84), growth parameter K equals 0.392 yr−1 (95% bootstrap CI 0.355, 0.441), and the time-axis intercept t0 equals − 0.239 yr (95% bootstrap CI –0.306, −0.175). For the best fitting integrated model, the asymptotic length L∞(fork length, in cm) was estimated to be 185.78 (SD 6.298), the growth parameter K was 0.252 yr−1 (SD 0.014), and the time-axis intercept t0 was − 0.524 yr (SE 0.025). The value for asymptotic length L∞ from the integrated model was larger than the lengths of all the old fish in the sample whereas the value for the curve based on otoliths passes through the cloud of points for old fish.
Births, mothers and babies: prehistoric fertility in the balkans between 10000 – 5000 bc

The BIRTH project will investigate the key biological and cultural mechanisms affecting fertility rates resulting the Neolithic Demogaphic Transition, the major demographic shift in human evolution. We integrate skeletal markers with micro-nutritional and macro-scaled cultural effects on fertility rates during the Early-Middle Holocene (10000-5000 BC) in the Central Balkans. Human, animal and plant remains, will be analysed using methods from bioarchaeological, forensic, chemical sciences in order to: 1) Investigate variability in the pattern of birth rates (number of pregnancies, interval(s) between them and the duration of the reproductive period) through histological analysis of irregularities in tooth cementum of women; 2) Determine paleoobstetric and neonatal body characteristics, health status and nutrition through analysis of skeletal remains; 3) Determine micronutritional changes during the Early-Middle Holocene through trace element (Zn, Ca and Fe) analysis; 4) Investigate the micro and macronutritional value of prehistoric foodstuffs, through an analysis of animal and plant remains and to compare the nutritional intake in relation to health and fertility; 5) Establish a chronology of the NDT in the Balkans by summed radiocarbon probability distributions; 6) Explore the possible role of culture in driving fertility increases, through analysis of community attitudes to birthing trough investigation of neonate graves and artifact connected to the birthing process. Given that the issues of health and fertility are of utmost importance in the present as they were in the past, the BIRTH project offers new understanding of biocultural mechanisms which led to fertility increase and novel approaches to ancient skeletal heritage, and emphasizes their great potential for modern humanity.
Process for the production of a porous pressed part

To improve the homogeneity of the porosity of a concave-convex pressed part with minimized mass, a pre-compressed pressed part with plane frontal surfaces is produced in a first process step. This part is then further compressed to produce a concave-convex sintered pressed part in a further process step. The pressed part can, however, also be produced in only one process step, if the requirements for homogeneous porosity distribution are less.
At first glance: how saccades drive communication between the visual system and the hippocampus during memory formation

Information processing in the human brain depends on the exact timing of neuronal activity. Duty cycles, defining favorable states of activity within the phase of a neuronal oscillation, have been shown to coordinate information processing in the visual domain (Jensen & Mazaheri, 2010) and the formation of new memories (Buzsaki, 2010). While there is little doubt about the interaction between these two domains, the underlying mechanisms are as of yet unclear. The aim of the present proposal is to understand the mechanisms supporting human memory formation by investigating the joint inter-regional coordination of visual and memory-related brain regions. Recent evidence suggests that saccadic eye movements modulate hippocampal oscillations in non-human primates during memory formation (Jutras et al., 2013) and also influence the phase of visual oscillations (Ito et al., 2011; 2013). It is hypothesized that the coordination of these brain areas during information transfer can be unraveled by incorporating saccadic eye movements adjusting the phase of visual and hippocampal oscillations. In particular, it is hypothesized that neuronal oscillations following saccades are instrumental to synchronize visual cortex and hippocampus activity such that visual information is successfully encoded. Oscillatory synchronization in the 5-12 Hz theta/alpha band is expected to establish the ‘functional connectivity’ between the visuo-hippocampal regions, whereas gamma band activity (30-100 Hz), phase-locked to the theta/alpha oscillations reflects the actual information transfer (Lisman & Jensen, 2013; Jensen et al., 2014). The aim of this research plan is to test these hypotheses directly by using a combination of neuromagnetic (MEG), neuroimaging (fMRI) and behavioral (eye tracker) recordings in a memory paradigm.
Transformation of Biomass DNA into Biodegradable Materials from Gels to Plastics for Reducing Petrochemical Consumption

Ancient biomass is the main source for petrochemicals including plastics, which are inherently difficult to be degraded, increasingly polluting the earth's ecosystem including our oceans. To reduce the consumption by substituting or even replacing most of the petrochemicals with degradable and renewable materials is inevitable and urgent for a sustainable future. We report here a unique strategy to directly convert biomass DNA, at a large scale and with low cost, to diverse materials including gels, membranes, and plastics without breaking down DNA first into building blocks and without polymer syntheses. With excellent and sometimes unexpected, useful properties, we applied these biomass DNA materials for versatile applications for drug delivery, unusual adhesion, multifunctional composites, patterning, and everyday plastic objects. We also achieved cell-free protein production that had not been possible by petrochemical-based products. We expect our biomass DNA conversion approach to be adaptable to other biomass molecules including biomass proteins. We envision a promising and exciting era coming where biomass may replace petrochemicals for most if not all petro-based products.
On Speech Synthesis of Sindhi Numeric

In a text-to-speech system, spoken utterances are automatically produced from text. The interest in text to speech synthesis increased in the world text to speech have been developed for many popular languages such as English, Devnagri, Punjabi and many other languages in the globe. Even today there are many researches and developments have been applied to these languages. In this paper the first attempt is made towards the development of text to speech of Sindhi numeric. Using the Java Sound API a sequence of Java programs are written for building text to speech synthesiser for Sindhi numeric. It is observed that generated output is accurate upto the significant level. Even the first version of this system is able to generate the synthesised utterance of words for inputted Sindhi numeric.
Low curing temperature and energy efficient powder coatings

Worldwide demand for powder coatings has increased over the last few decades based on their excellent durability and finish, easy application and low environmental impact. Thermosetting powder coatings cure between 180ºC-200ºC and need beyond 20 minutes curing depending on the resin and cross linker used. Its application takes place in big ovens (2x7m2) and the energy consumed during the curing process represents nowadays 50% of the total operational costs of the applicators, which are either coating enterprises or directly product manufacturers (OEMs). A major challenge for powder coating manufacturers is therefore to offer their customers more energy-efficient products by reducing the polymerization temperature and increasing the speed of the reaction. PulverCoat is a new generation of advanced thermosetting powder coatings that polymerize at lower temperature (110ºC-130°C) with a reaction mechanism 10 times faster than common powder coatings, enabling curing to take place in just 3-5 minutes. The use of PulverCoat will therefore significantly improve the energetic yield of the application process, representing a total energy saving between 40 – 70% depending on the dimension of the painted part and, consequently, reducing the financial and environmental impact of this operation. Furthermore, this low curing temperature range enables its use for coating heat sensitive substrates, like wood and plastic. Moreover, our new generation of advanced powder coatings has shown additional advantages, such as improved, outstanding resistance to UV radiation (50% better than common polyesters), and excellent anti-graffiti properties thanks to its dense net of amino bonds grants. The PULVERCOAT project is expected have a significant impact on our company, PUVERIT: forecasted sales in 2025 will render revenues of €45.9 million, and a total of 90 new jobs will be created in the first five years of commercialization.
Towards a learning building sector by setting up a large-scale and flexible qualification methodology integrating  technical, cross-craft and bim related skills and competences

NZEB construction needs an enhanced systematic approach for the quality control of the entire process to reduce the gap between designed and actual performances of buildings. This requires a fully qualified and equipped workforce, capable to implement, execute and perform all the necessary labor actions with understanding of the responsibility of their own profession and actions, as well as the relation with the other involved professions and actions. BIMplement offers the trainers and the learners a range of tools that fit the objective of developing a fully qualified and equipped workforce, capable to implement, execute and perform all the necessary labour actions. Main aim is to achieve an improved quality for NZEB construction and renovation by setting up a large scale, training, CPD and qualification schemes, addressing the entire process phases in a cross-crafts and cross level multidisciplinary approach, strengthened with hands-on and BIM-enhanced workplace learning tools by following objectives:
1.	To improve the overall quality of renovations and new constructions, based on a BIM-enabled workplace learning, addressing the entire process phases in a cross-crafts multidisciplinary approach
2.	To create a new generation of professionals and craftsmen, equipped and enabled by BIM skills, to enhance the overall quality of construction and renovation across the entire process
3.	To foster interactions between different trades and professions enabled by a flexible qualification, certification and accreditation methodology for implementing BIM as a workplace learning environment
4.	To sustain the qualification and training schemes a replication and exploitation strategy will be developed and validated
At the end of the 2 years project BIMplement has developed a transferable method based on the experience of previous BUS and H2020 Construction Skills projects and on experimentations in territories with craftsmen and small enterprises.
A New Hybrid Approach to the Animation of Complex Character Interactions in Games

In this paper we discuss a set of well established problems in computer animation and computer games that are difficult to solve using currently available methods. Our approach is based on the idea of hybrid modelling that allows us to combine animated polygonal meshes with function representation (FRep) models. Such a hybrid model consists of an animated polygonal mesh and an approximation of this mesh by an FRep stand-in. The two models can be combined using one of the proposed methods. The motions of both dynamic objects are synchronised through the underlying skeleton used for the definition of the animation. Our method allows us to model interactions between the animated characters and viscoelastic substances with arbitrary time-dependent topology, as well as to model partial or full metamorphosis of animated characters with specified Level of Detail (LOD). Our hybrid modelling technique can be integrated into existing pipelines in an artist-friendly manner. A straightforward implementation of our approach on the GPU makes it attractive to use in real-time applications.