SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Ultrasound cavitation in soft materials

The pressures and temperatures developing during the interactions of shockwaves with cavitation bubbles and soft matter induce complex phenomena, both at physical and biochemical levels. These have a non- exhaustive range of relevant applications including ultrasound-based therapies, surface cleaning and food processing. Our aim is to explore these processes both in micro and macroscales using experiments and to develop new computational capabilities for their simulations. Measurements will include temperature/ species forming in collapsing bubbles, identifying chemical reactions and possible tissue interaction, such as protein denaturation and agglomeration; tissue cavitation threshold and its control using nanoparticles, allowing development of new cavitation-mimicking-tissue materials extrapolating to actual tissue properties that will be used for in-vitro testing of equipment with minimum collateral damages. Computations will be based on advanced multi-resolution methods coupling fluid flow, chemical reactions and deforming material mechanics solvers, with physically consistent thermodynamic closure models for the involved materials; pressure wave propagation, bubble nucleation and material damage effects will link microscale phenomena to macroscale. Uncertainty quantification techniques will link computations with experimental data. UCOM builds upon the strong foundations of the PIs and their teams in training researchers in computational and experimental methods on cavitation and their strong record to successfully integrate research and technical applications. The final goal of the research and training program is to explore the enormous potential of the new and experimentally validated computational tools to guide breakthrough innovations and high-impact, high-tech technologies ranging across different sectors that all eventually enhance their careers and will be serving the well-being.
Social, Environmental and Psychological Factors Associated with Objective Physical Activity Levels in the Over 65s

To assess physical activity levels objectively using accelerometers in community dwelling over 65 s and to examine associations with health, social, environmental and psychological factors.Cross sectional survey.17 general practices in Scotland, United Kingdom.Random sampling of over 65 s registered with the practices in four strata young-old (65-80 years), old-old (over 80 years), more affluent and less affluent groups.Accelerometry counts of activity per day. Associations between activity and Theory of Planned Behaviour variables, the physical environment, health, wellbeing and demographic variables were examined with multiple regression analysis and multilevel modelling.547 older people (mean (SD) age 79(8) years, 54% female) were analysed representing 94% of those surveyed. Accelerometry counts were highest in the affluent younger group, followed by the deprived younger group, with lowest levels in the deprived over 80 s group. Multiple regression analysis showed that lower age, higher perceived behavioural control, the physical function subscale of SF-36, and having someone nearby to turn to were all independently associated with higher physical activity levels (R(2) = 0.32). In addition, hours of sunshine were independently significantly associated with greater physical activity in a multilevel model.Other than age and hours of sunlight, the variables identified are modifiable, and provide a strong basis for the future development of novel multidimensional interventions aimed at increasing activity participation in later life.
An overview of systematic reviews of normal labor and delivery management.

Despite the scientific and medical advances for management of complicated health issues, the current maternity care setting has increased risks for healthy women and their babies. The aim of this study was to conduct an overview of published systematic reviews on the interventions used most commonly for management of normal labor and delivery in the first stage of labor.The online databases through March 2013, limited to systematic reviews of clinical trials were searched. An updated search was performed in April 2014. Two reviewers independently assessed data inclusion, extraction, and quality of methodology.Twenty-three reviews (16 Cochrane, 7 non-Cochrane), relating to the most common care practices for management of normal labor and delivery in the first stage of labor, were included. Evidence does not support routine enemas, routine perineal shaving, continuous electronic fetal heart rate monitoring, routine early amniotomy, and restriction of fluids and food during labor. Evidence supports continuity of midwifery care and support, encouragement to non-supine position, and freedom in movement throughout labor. There is insufficient evidence to support routine administration of intravenous fluids and antispasmodics during labor. More evidence is needed regarding delayed admission until active labor and use of partograph.Evidence-based maternity care emphasizes on the practices that increase safety for mother and baby. If policymakers and healthcare providers wish to promote obstetric care quality successfully, it is important that they implement evidence-based clinical practices in routine midwifery care.
Global integration strategies of small and medium multinationals: Evidence from Taiwan

Abstract This study replicates and extends Birkinshaw et al.’s (1995) model of the predictors of business unit integration of large Western multinational corporations (MNCs). Our study investigates the global integration strategies of Taiwanese small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) competing in the global information technology (IT) industry. It confirms the importance of some structural forces (i.e. economies of scale and standard market demands) in the global integration strategies of Taiwanese SMEs thereby expanding the applicability of existent internationalization theories developed primarily in the context of large Western MNCs to non-Western SMEs. This study finds three results that add new knowledge to the current SME literature and provides managerial implications. First, it finds a negative relationship between competitive actions and business unit integration. Second, it finds that in the optimally globalized IT industry there is no direct effect of business unit integration on performance. Third, it finds a direct effect of differential comparative advantage on performance.
LIFTING DEVICE FOR CONNECTING TWO ROTOR BLADE SEGMENTS OF A WIND TURBINE

A lifting device 5 for connecting two rotor blade segments 4A, 4B of a wind turbine at the location of the wind turbine, said lifting device 5 being adapted for being moved in the longitudinal direction of the rotor blade, the lifting device comprising: o a frame structure 6, o means for supporting and guiding the frame structure in relation to the rotor blade, o means for lowering and/or lifting the frame structure in relation to the rotor blade, o means 7 for lifting and/or lowering a rotor blade segment 4B.
Les intermédiaires mathématiques dans le commentaire d’Asclépius sur la Métaphysique d’Aristote

Asclépius est un commentateur aristotélicien du VI e siècle après J.-C., qui – élève d’Ammonius – étudie à l’école néoplatonicienne d’Alexandrie en Égypte. Il réalise l’exégèse de divers passages de la Métaphysique dans lesquels Aristote attribue à Platon la doctrine de l’existence de substances mathématiques séparées (avec une position intermédiaire entre les substances intelligibles et les sensibles) et, en même temps, la critique fortement. Asclépius a une attitude de conciliation entre les perspectives platonicienne et aristotélicienne. D’une part, il défend la doctrine de l’existence de substances mathématiques séparées du monde sensible et supérieures à lui, et ce faisant il s’aligne sur la défense de la doctrine platonicienne déjà opérée par les néoplatoniciens Syrianus et Proclus. Cependant, d’autre part, il adopte aussi la position aristotélicienne et celle d’Alexandre d’Aphrodise, si bien qu’il existe aussi des entités mathématiques qui ne sont pas des substances, mais des caractéristiques mathématiques formelles immanentes au sensible. Enfin, les entités mathématiques sont aussi de simples concepts mentaux obtenus par abstraction du sensible. En parlant d’entités mathématiques non substantielles, Asclépius s’aligne sur Aristote et son commentateur peripatéticien Alexandre. Asclépius, grâce à une vision hiérarchisée de la réalité, peut admettre trois types d’entités mathématiques, de sorte que chaque type inférieur est une copie atténuée de celui qui lui est supérieur.
Flaner, a memory enhancement software platform

In a world where the amount of data is increasing exponentially, so is content
consumption. It goes without saying that our memory alone is not enough to handle such
overwhelming amount of information. To face this challenge, we have created Flaner: a memory
enhancement software platform that provides a seamless technology to extract relevant
information from any content users choose to memorize and is able to automatically retrieve
such information at the right moment and in the right context. Powered by a strong technology
backbone based on information retrieval, natural language processing, machine learning, neural
networks and deep learning, among others, Flaner will understand and extract the relevant
information from that content, continuously enhance it and, using context identification and
recommendation systems, automatically and proactively bring back memory insights notifying
users whenever these are most valuable to them - acting as a digital extension of our memory. As
this problem is enormous and execution focus is paramount, the company has decided to tackle
one vertical at a time and initially help users to memorize content around places, targeting
people who are interested in exploring their own cities or travelling to different ones, positioning
Flaner to disrupt the huge travel and tourism market. Flaner will also connect users with creators
and curators of content, meaning publishers, bloggers and influencers, giving them tools to
better engage their audience, reduce time spent to create content, successfully transition from
desktop to mobile and grow their monetization. Flaner’s memory enhancement technology
focused on places is inherently a global product, while also allowing for future expansion to
different verticals. The SME instrument Phase 1 is thoroughly aligned to Flaner's strategy, as a
solid feasibility study will guide future growth, allowing us to improve our business plan, while
also focusing on further technological development
Dichtungsprofil für ein Rahmenprofil und Rahmenprofil

Ein Dichtungsprofil (6) für ein Rahmenprofil (2, 2', 3, 3'), insbesondere Mitteldichtung, umfasst eine erste Wand (61), an der ein Fußteil (60) zur Fixierung an einem Rahmenprofil (2, 2', 3, 3') ausgebildet ist, und eine zweite Wand (62), die von der ersten Wand (61) beabstandet angeordnet ist und über mehrere Zwischenwände (63, 64, 65, 66) mit der ersten Wand (61) verbunden ist, wobei an der zweiten Wand (62) ein wulstförmiger Dichtvorsprung (69) ausgebildet ist und die zweite Wand (62) mit dem wulstförmigen Dichtvorsprung (69) über die Zwischenwände (63, 64, 65, 66) relativ zu der ersten Wand (61) verschwenkbar gelagert ist. Durch die verschwenkbare Lagerung des Dichtungsvorsprunges können ausreichend Rückstellkräfte auch bei einem größeren Schwenkweg des Dichtvorsprunges bereitgestellt werden.
Investigating uplift in Lesina Marina (Southern Italy) with the aid of persistent scatterer SAR interferometry and in situ measurements

We apply persistent scatterer interferometry (PSI) techniques to synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data from ERS and ENVISAT satellites on the Lesina Marina area, a coastal tourist village in Apulia, Southern Italy, where the excavation of a canal exposed grey micro- and meso-crystalline gypsum which is now showing a high density of cavities and sinkholes due to gravitational collapse processes. We observe PS objects undergoing displacements, along the sensor line of sight, forming the same relatively smooth pattern in all the processed data stacks. Vertical displacement rates, derived through integration of ascending and descending geometries, reach about 4 mm/year on locations adjacent to the canal, gently decreasing towards the western end of the built-up area
. High-precision leveling measurements, performed in 1999 and 2010, reveal a substantial agreement with the ENVISAT PSI data, taking into account a small bias due to the choice of the leveling reference point. The dataset, thus validated, suggests the presence of an uplift phenomenon going on steadily for the entire timespan covered by the SAR observations (1992–2009). These observations, supported by petrographic data and in situ investigations, seem only in part compatible with a residual diapirism, and hint instead to more complex processes, such as a combination of diapirism and the hydration of the residual anhydrite in the core of the gypsum mass. These results confirm the importance of the integration between in situ, geologic and geophysical, remotely sensed investigations, as the latter often represent an essential tool to infer whether a given phenomenon, which can be hypothesized by the former, is presently under development.
Rotating Identification Container Band (RICB)

The Rotating Identification Container Band (RICB) comprises a circular band with an opening in its wall that fits within a containers indentation and rotates around a container (i.e. cup). This invention offers a repeatable, dynamic way to identify the user of a cup within a small group of people (i.e. the family, daycare group, etc). This is accomplished by a rotating the band that is intrinsic to a cup. As the band rotates around the cup it displays one of the defined set of colour/name indicia in bands window opening. All cups within a set are identical, which allows each and every cup to be dynamically identified by a user.
PRESS ROLLER

The invention relates to a press roller (1) comprising a stationary support and a rotary roller sleeve which is supported via at least one supporting element (press shoe, 4) that can be pressed thereagainst. Points for supplying liquid coolant and/or lubricant are provided within the supporting area. Sintered metals (5) are provided within the supporting element (4) so as to distribute the liquid coolant and/or lubricant.
Interdisciplinarity in the environmental sciences: barriers and frontiers

SUMMARY Global environmental changes present unprecedented challenges to humans and the ecosystems upon which they depend. The need for interdisciplinary approaches to solve such multidimensional challenges is clear, however less clear is whether current attempts to cross disciplinary boundaries are succeeding. Indeed, efforts to further interdisciplinary approaches remain hampered by failures in assessing their scope and success. Here a set of measures examined the interdisciplinarity of the environmental sciences and tested two literature-based hypotheses: (1) newer and larger disciplines are more interdisciplinary; and (2) interdisciplinary research has lower impact factors than its counterparts. In addition, network analysis was used to map interdisciplinarity and determine the relative extent to which environmental science disciplines draw on alternative disciplinary perspectives. Contrary to expectations, age and size of a discipline had no effect on measures of interdisciplinarity for papers published in 2006, though metrics indicated larger articles and journals were more interdisciplinary. In addition, interdisciplinary research had a greater impact factor than its more strictly disciplinary peers. Network analysis revealed disciplines acting as ‘interdisciplinary frontiers’, bridging critical gaps between otherwise disparate subject areas. Whilst interdisciplinarity is complex, a combination of diversity metrics and network analysis provides valuable preliminary insights for interdisciplinary environmental research policy. The successful promotion of interdisciplinarity is needed to help dispel commonly perceived barriers to interdisciplinarity and create opportunities for such work by increasing the space available for different disciplines to encounter each other. In particular, the networks presented highlight the importance of considering disciplinary functioning within the wider context, to ensure maximum benefit to the scientific community as a whole.
OPTIMIZED REDIRECTION FOR NETWORK ARCHITECTURES

A system, computer readable medium and method for providing to a user device (20) location information of a data device that provides a specific asset, where the user device (20) is present in a network (32) that includes at least a serving node (36) and an address of the user device (20) is indicative of a gateway node (35) that is different from the serving node (36). The method includes receiving at the serving node (36) a first message from the user device (20), the first message including a request for the specific asset; sending the first message from the serving node (36) to the gateway node (35); receiving at the serving node (36) a second message from the gateway node (35), the second message including a first location of a first data device (44) that provides the specific asset; modifying at the serving node (36) the second message to include an indication about a second location of a second data device (46) that provides the specific asset, where the first location is different from the second location; and sending the modified second message including the second location to the user device (20) for accessing the specific asset.
High levels of uric acid correlate with decline of glomerular filtration rate in chronic kidney disease.

Clinical studies have suggested that high levels of uric acid may contribute to the development of hypertension and kidney disease. However the relation between uric acid and chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been inconsistent.To examine the association between plasma concentration of uric acid, and estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in CKD subjects.In a cross-sectional study, authors surveyed 5,558 subjects, but only 750 CKD subjects in whom GFR was between 15 and 60 ml/min/1.73 m2 were included in the study. The GFR values were calculated by Cockcroft-Gault formula.There were 65.5% males, mean age of 50.29 +/- 6.39 years and body mass index (BMI) of 21.68 +/- 2.64 kg/m2. The mean value of estimated GFR was 53.86 +/- 6.29 ml/min/1.73 m2. In subjects with serum uric acid fourth quartile displayed significantly higher BMI, higher systolic blood pressure (BP), higher diastolic BP, higher BUN, and higher serum creatinine, and lower estimated GFR as compared with the three lower quartiles. The correlation analysis showed that estimated GFR was negatively correlated with serum uric acid (r = -0.208, p < 0.01), age (r = -0.171, p < 0.01), systolic BP (r = -0.148, p < 0.01) and BMI (r = -0.147, p < 0.01). Multiple regression analysis, the presence of high serum uric acid levels were independently associated with a decline of GFR.In CKD subjects, high levels of uric acid were independent associated with GFR decline. Our finding suggests that early detection and prevention on hyperuricemia in CKD subjects are critical.
LINKING DEVICE FOR COMPONENTS, ESPECIALLY FOR HOUSING PARTS OF CIRCUIT BREAKERS

The invention relates to a device (1) for linking a number of components, especially for linking the housing parts (3, 4) of circuit breakers. The inventive device comprises a link element (2) that is provided with a shaft (2) which comprises an insertion end (2c) and an opposite holding end (2b). Said shaft extends through through openings (7, 8) that are in alignment with one another in the zone where the components (3, 4) are linked. The aim of the invention is to make sure that the link element (2) is centered when it is twisted to brace said components (3, 4) and at the same time to minimize the extent of contortion or twist necessary to lock the components. To this end, a first assembly recess (10) is configured as a centering cone (11). Said assembly recess accommodates the holding end (2b) and is aligned with the through openings (7, 8). The holding end (2b) has a conical shape and defines a clamping surface (5) that corresponds to the centering cone (11).
Contested ‘Relational Policy Spaces’ in Two European Border Regions

Cross-border cooperation to promote economic development and political integration has been among the EU's key themes since the 1990s, and contemporary policy networks are considered useful organisational solutions. Focusing on transport policies in the border regions of Basel and Luxembourg, we analyse the persistency of national preferences among policy actors, mapping their perceived ‘policy spaces of action’ and conceptualising these policy spaces as relational. We discuss that the networks’ various actors on either side of the border appear to perceive the actual ‘policy spaces’ very differently. Therefore, and due to the networks’ terminability, these policy spaces are highly contested and frequently negotiated between the actors. Based on a combination of in-depth interviews, sketch maps, and social network analysis, we show that large spatiocultural differences still prevail among network actors, potentially impacting on the decisions taken in cross-border policy networks.
Asynchronous time–space model for evolutionary market

An economic system is thought to be evolutionary growing. Economists investigate human decision-making by monetary value. However, the emergent property of the economy has not been explained. A model considering the extent of the monetary value is required. In this paper, a time-space model is proposed to elucidate the economic evolution of a market. Since the market activities are always open and realtime, the model of time and space is complicated. For the complexity, the probabilistic boundary and expectations under a low-possibility are introduced. Then, time and space cannot be separated and are defined as an asynchronous relationship. We apply this time-space model to the adaptive agent models of single and double auctions. The results of the numerical simulation indicate the intermittency in a broad area of the control parameter. This result concludes that the extent of monetary value can be a basis of the evolutionary market.
Pyramid or iceberg? Problematizing the fortune to be made from India’s austerity

As far back as the 19th century, the notion of a ‘social pyramid’ was critiqued in the social sciences as an inadequate and simplistic model of society. The model encourages the idea that those at the bottom of the pyramid (BoP) are uniformly mediocre and the small number at the top overtly exceptional—social pyramid thinking not only tends to reflect differences in incomes but blends together other ‘traits’ such as talent, genius, values, practices and so on. Despite the disfavour in the social sciences throughout the 20th century about the notion of a social pyramid, the concept is now enjoying a renaissance in business, marketing and management theory in ‘frontier’ understandings of poverty in places such as Brazil and India. This article argues that the idea of vested ‘globals’ at the top of the pyramid (ToP) transgresses the concept of a social pyramid because India’s ToP engages with the BoP from afar, remotely and in ways difficult to trace. Crucially, it is not those in India’s BoP who are demanding of inquiry, but instead those at the ToP in terms of their stakes in India’s austerity and their lived distance from these austere conditions.