SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Del espacio planificado al lugar habitado: procesos de apropiación y reconfiguraciones territoriales en conjuntos de vivienda social en altura (Ciudadela Nuevo Usme, Bogotá)

En la periferia del sur de Bogotá, la Ciudadela Nuevo Usme es característica de una nueva oferta de vivienda social construida desde mediados de los años 2000 por el sector privado. Este artí­culo busca dar cuenta de la experiencia vivida por los residentes de este modelo emergente de hábitat social vertical. Nuestro estudio se basa en un trabajo de campo realizado en el 2018, en dos conjuntos residenciales cerrados de la Ciudadela, destinados a poblaciones de bajos ingresos y hogares desplazados, víctimas del conflicto armado. A través de un estudio de los modos de habitar y enfocándonos en las divergencias entre el espacio construido y el espacio habitado, trataremos de evaluar la adecuación de esta oferta de vivienda a las necesidades y aspiraciones de sus beneficiarios. Con este fin, realizaremos un análisis multiescalar de las “prácticas de los lugares” y representaciones del espacio de los habitantes de estos bloques de apartamentos.
SHEET MATERIAL

A method of forming a sheet material. The method comprises advancing an arrangement comprising a body of fibres and a reinforcing structure, wherein the reinforcing structure comprises splittable fibres. The method further comprises subjecting the arrangement to successive hydroentanglement steps, wherein in each such hydroentanglement step the arrangement is exposed to high pressure jets of liquid over a surface of the arrangement. Subjecting the arrangement to successive hydroentanglement steps causes the fibres of the body of fibres to entangle with each other and causes a mechanical bond to form between the fibres of the body of fibres and the reinforcing structure. The mechanical bond is caused by at least: some of the fibres of the body of fibres being pushed by the high-pressure jets of liquid into gaps in the reinforcing structure; at least some of the splittable fibres of the reinforcing structure splitting to form split fibres which reduces the space within the gaps such that the reinforcing structure constricts about fibres of the body of fibres which have been pushed in the gaps; and at least some of the fibres of the body of fibres entangling with at least some of the split fibres and at least some of the splittable fibres of the reinforcing structure.
The illumination revolution

Light is what powers the world and makes our cities live. Light is identified as civilization’s first marker of development. In our lives, light is everywhere, produced by the Sun or artificially created by human ingenuity. However today’s lighting technology is contributing to global warming, therefore threatening both our planet and its inhabitants, contributing to the depletion of natural resources and the loss of biodiversity. 
Ironically Nature has done 3.8 billion years of research and development through evolution to find the most efficient solution in terms of lighting: bioluminescence. Fireflies, glow-worms, and more than 80% of marine organisms (jellyfish, plankton, fish, squids, sharks, krill) produce this biological light without needing the Sun. 
Glowee has decided to imitate what Nature does best and use these super-powers to develop biological lighting. For 5 years, Glowee’s multidisciplinary team (biologist, designer, business, finance) have been working to create the bedrock of Pipelight_2, a living system producing continuous bioluminescence in order to replace urban artificial lighting, reduce environmental impact, improve well-being and offer new creative possibilities. 
Glowee has acquired unparalleled, world-leading expertise in the field of bioluminescence, recognized globally by more than 20 innovation awards and 3 patents filed. Global smart lighting market fitting with Glowee’s technology is huge (> 1b€) and our business plan reach 28 M€ of revenue in 2028. 
TRL6 has been reached, the market validated through over 50 stakeholder interviews. The proposed project aims to increase the product performances to be ready for most challenging and impactful outdoor use (intensity, temperature resilience, cost-efficiency) and run a first pilot market demonstration (grant request). With the equity request, Glowee is willing to partner with a patient investor supporting its unique technology and its ambition to lead the light industry revolution.
Analyse des effets du programme européen LEADER sur l’action publique dans les territoires ruraux. Application en France et en Italie

S’appuyant sur un travail de recherche reposant sur quatre études de cas en France et en Italie, étudiés sur la période 1994-2015, cet article porte sur les effets qu’engendre la mise en œuvre du programme européen de développement rural LEADER dans les zones bénéficiaires. Il analyse les mécanismes en jeu relatifs à la contribution de ce programme aux transformations des enjeux de ces territoires, à l’évolution des systèmes d’acteurs locaux, enfin aux changements dans la conduite de l’action publique. En participant au renforcement des pouvoirs locaux selon leurs capacités territoriales relatives et en engendrant des processus de domination des pouvoirs régionaux, LEADER contribue in fine à la redistribution des places et des rôles des élus et des experts au sein de l’arène locale et génèrent des transferts sur d’autres programmes que LEADER.
Cryosphere-Carbon on top of the earth (cc-top):decreasing uncertainties of thawing permafrost and collapsing methane hydrates in the arctic

The enormous quantities of frozen carbon in the Arctic, held in shallow soils and sediments, act as “capacitors” of the global carbon system. Thawing permafrost (PF) and collapsing methane hydrates are top candidates to cause a net transfer of carbon from land/ocean to the atmosphere this century, yet uncertainties abound. 

Our program targets the East Siberian Arctic Ocean (ESAO), the World’s largest shelf sea, as it holds 80% of coastal PF, 80% of subsea PF and 75% of shallow hydrates. Our initial findings (e.g., Science, 2010; Nature, 2012; PNAS; 2013; Nature Geoscience, 2013, 2014) are challenging earlier notions by showing complexities in terrestrial PF-Carbon remobilization and extensive venting of methane from subsea PF/hydrates. The objective of the CC-Top Program is to transform descriptive and data-lean pictures into quantitative understanding of the CC system, to pin down the present and predict future releases from these “Sleeping Giants” of the global carbon system.

The CC-Top program combines unique Arctic field capacities with powerful molecular-isotopic characterization of PF-carbon/methane to break through on:

The “awakening” of terrestrial PF-C pools: CC-Top will employ great pan-arctic rivers as natural integrators and by probing the δ13C/Δ14C and molecular fingerprints, apportion release fluxes of different PF-C pools.

The ESAO subsea cryosphere/methane: CC-Top will use recent spatially-extensive observations, deep sediment cores and gap-filling expeditions to (i) estimate distribution of subsea PF and hydrates; (ii) establish thermal state (thawing rate) of subsea PF-C; (iii) apportion sources of releasing methane btw subsea-PF, shallow hydrates vs seepage from the deep petroleum megapool using source-diagnostic triple-isotope fingerprinting.

Arctic Ocean slope hydrates: CC-Top will investigate sites (discovered by us 2008-2014) of collapsed hydrates venting methane, to characterize geospatial distribution and causes of destabilization.
Libiguins: a remedy for the treatment of sexual dysfunctions

This project will develop a business plan to guide clinical development and commercialization strategies for DIC2024, a novel drug candidate for the treatment of the common types of sexual dysfunction (SD): erectile dysfunction (ED) and premature ejaculation (PE) that affects 2 billion men worldwide. 
SD has serious implications on quality of life and is a significant socioeconomic burden. Current standard-of-care includes the use of PDE-5 inhibitors for ED and limited options for PE. The available treatments do not give long effect duration and therefore a major criticism is their inability to facilitate a more natural sex life that does not require planning every time a couple wants to have sexual intercourse. This is also related to delayed efficacy (15-60 mins) when using PDE-5 inhibitors.
Accordingly, Dicot has developed DIC2024 that utilises a principle from a plant called Libiguin. Libiguin exerts a slow-onset, long-term action on the CNS’s integrative control systems for sexual behavior, which in turn controls spinal neuronal efferents that control erection and sexual behaviour. It also includes integration of afferent stimuli (tactile, visual, auditory). DIC2024’s uniqueness therefore lies in its potential to induce long term effects to tackle SD. 
The preclinical work performed to date includes development of the production protocol and studies to characterize the compound. Coupled with ethnopharmacological data (traditional medicine practiced by ethnic groups) supporting clinical use of Libiguin in men with SD, there is significant promise for the use of DIC2024 in the treatment of ED and PE. The proposed project will further prepare DIC2024 for a first-in-human clinical trial. SME Instrument funding will allow Dicot to take substantial steps along the path of commercialisation.
[Study on the mobile phone dependence syndrome and its distribution among 2213 college students in Guangzhou].

To investigate the occurrence, distribution and risk factors of mobile phone dependence syndrome(MPDS)among college students in Guangzhou.A unified questionnaire was adopted, with 2311 college students from 6 universities in Guangzhou investigated by cluster sampling. Distribution and risk factors of MPDS among different groups were analyzed by logistic regression.A total number of 2213 effective questionnaires was retrieved, including 1149 males and 1064 females. The average age was(21.33 ± 1.72). The incidence rate of MPDS among studied college students in Guangzhou was 23.3% (515/2213). Regarding the distribution of personal characteristics, significant differences were found in the following aspects:grades, majors in college, being the only child of the family, monthly cost of living, personal characters and the academic performance at school (P<0.05). Regarding the distribution of characteristics among parents, significant differences were found in the following areas:educational levels of the mother, rearing patterns of both parents, status of feeling on mother's caring(P<0.05)etc. The main risk factors for MPDS were as follows:students major in literature and law, with high monthly living cost, father's autocratic and democratic patterns of rearing, mother's autocratic and doting rearing pattern as well as personal feeling on mother's attitude of unconcern. The incidence of MPDS among those persons with uncertain characters was less than those who were extroverts.MPDS among college students seemed to be severe in Guangzhou. No difference was found in the incidence rates of MPDS between genders. Should take interventions according to its risk factors.
Sport and Health as INnovative INitiatives for the Growth of Mountains

Healthcare and wellness have recently become dynamic sectors of the tourism economy and are characterised by high expansion rates. Particularly mountain regions are well suited as potential destinations for healthcare and wellness tourism. The SHINING Mountains project involves partners from mountain regions located in Italy, Bulgaria, Hungary, Greece and Slovakia who want to extend or introduce healthcare and wellness services to their tourism economy. The aim of the project is to stimulate the indigenous potentials of mountain regions to strengthen the business environment and to promote a diversified development strategy. Starting from a theoretical approach and an EU benchmarking network, the project will introduce specific managerial tools for the strategic planning and management of healthcare and wellness in mountain regions. Afterwards, it will concentrate on operative tools which will enable concrete health and wellness activities in the project regions to be implemented. The tools are applied to pilot areas, which are former partners of a CADSES transnational circuit of "high quality wellness and health destinations". The application of this model to destinations in different mountain regions of the CADSES area will enable the model to be generalised as a reference experience for the whole of the EU.
Effects of noise type and signal‐to‐noise ratio on speech intelligibility and the speech transmission index.

The STI metric is the most reliable measure we have for assessing the intelligibility of speech in public address/voice alarm or speech reinforcement systems. A good design for speech is based on an understanding of the room acoustics and electroacoustics of the system, with a consideration for the expected signal to noise ratios in the room. In modeling, most noise signals are assumed to be broadband, whereas in reality the noise signals can be significantly variable in the frequency and time domain, which may dramatically increase or reduce the intelligibility. This study compares the effects of type of noise on intelligibility as measured through both word scores and STI. It explores masking from both theoretical and real world signals. The determined relationships will help inform the design process by clarifying the effects of non‐broadband and variable noise signals on intelligibility.
Development of a fuel consumption equation: Test case for a tractor chisel-ploughing in a clay loam soil

Fuel consumption and tillage draught were measured when chiselling in a clay loam soil in Badjgah Research Station, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran. An 81 kW tractor (MF-399) instrumented with a data acquisition system was used to measure fuel consumption, actual forward speed, theoretical forward speed, slip and implement draught. The effects of blade width (5 and 10 cm), tillage depth (10, 15 and 20 cm) and actual forward speed (3, 4 and 5 km h−1) upon fuel consumption were investigated. Fuel consumption was assumed to be a function of wheel numeric, slip, net traction ratio, rolling resistance ratio, chisel-tool aspect ratio and actual forward speed. Collected data were used to model the tractor fuel consumption using dimensional analysis approach. Results were compared to fuel consumption rates as predicted by ASAE Standards (D497.4). The comparisons showed that the standard overestimates fuel consumption by 26–53%. Results from regression (F-test) between predicted and measured fuel consumption data showed that the slopes for fuel consumption with the 5 and 10 cm blade widths were not significantly different from 1:1 line (P ≤ 0.05). Consequently, the fuel consumption rate can be successfully predicted by the model with good accuracy.
Investor energy-climate action toolkit - developing the framework and platform for non state actors' contribution to the paris agreement

The InvECAT project aims to mobilize voluntary energy efficiency and sustainable energy investment by companies and financial institutions through the development of standardized frameworks and tools and outreach by critical convening and marketing powers (UNEP FI, and Bloomberg). The project will thus enable credible, standardized non-state actor (NSA) energy and climate commitments that directly contribute to the achievement of EU and global energy and climate goals. 

At its core, InvECAT develops a “toolkit” for energy and climate target setting and monitoring that companies, financial institutions, regulators and policy makers can exploit to support domestic and global energy and climate goals. Policy makers and governments will have access to a framework and standard templates to define NSA pledges and a monitoring platform tracking alignment to such goals. Companies and financial institutions, reached by large corporate and financial sector networks at WRI and WWF will access target-setting tools that track progress toward existing commitments and the ability to set more ambitious ones. The project will further achieve broad market acceptance through the first international standard measuring the finance sector’s contribution to the Paris Agreement.

The work done through InvECAT will address all types of energy-climate actions, thus covering both sustainable energy and energy efficiency. It builds on market leading data and tool initiatives (e.g. H2020 SEI Metrics project) and commitment initiatives (Science Based Targets initiative and UNFCCC NAZCA portal), while integrating an expanded focus on energy efficiency. The market uptake of the toolkit by all stakeholders (companies, financial institutions, policy makers, civil society) is supported by the extensive outreach and strong networks that consortium members have developed in over 20+ years of experience.
Application of the SCCmec element in the molecular typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Acquisition of the staphylococcal chromosome cassette mec (SCCmec) is one of the key reasons for the resistance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). SCCmec is composed of a mec gene complex encoding the PBP2a determinant that is responsible for the β-lactam resistance of MRSA, and a ccr gene complex encoding recombinases that mediate the integration of SCCmec into and its excision from the recipient chromosome, and so-called three junkyard (J) regions of different sizes. The SCCmec elements carried by MRSA from different geographic locations are diverse, and each type contains characteristic DNA fragments in size. These characteristics of SCCmec element may facilitate the usage of SCCmec in the molecular typing of MRSA strains. In this review, we summarize the structure and function of SCCmec elecments, and discuss the application of SCCmec elements in the molecular typing of MRSA.
Research and Design of a Real-Time Interactive Application Development Model Based on the Android Platform

This paper introduces a real-time interactive application development model on the Android platform. This model uses persistent socket connection mechanism to establish the connection of clients and servers and uses Protocol Buffers as the transmission medium. In order to maintain the smooth connection with the server in the communication process, clients send keep alive packages to servers at regular time. In addition, this model adds retransmission mechanism and reconnection mechanism to ensure the correctness of the packages and the robustness of the system. This module has a good performance in network data consumption, power saving and the correctness of the packages etc.
Graphene/VO2 hybrid material for high performance electrochemical capacitor

Abstract Vanadium oxides have attracted significant attention for electrochemical capacitor because of their extensive multifunctional properties. In the present work, graphene/VO2 (RG/VO2) hybrid materials with different RG amounts are prepared in a mixture of ammonium vanadate, formic acid and graphite oxide (GO) nanosheets by one-step simultaneous hydrothermal reduction technology. The hydrothermal treatment makes the reduction of GO into RG and the formation of VO2 particles with starfruit morphology. The starfruit-like VO2 particles are uniformly embedded in the hole constructed by RG nanosheets, which makes the electrode–electrolyte contact better. A high specific capacitance of 225 F g−1 has been achieved for RG(1.0)/VO2 electrode with RG content of 26 wt% in 0.5 mol L−1 K2SO4 electrolyte. An asymmetrical electrochemical capacitor is assembled by using RG(1.0)/VO2 as positive electrode and RG as negative electrode, and it can be reversibly charged–discharged at a cell voltage of 1.7 V in 0.5 mol L−1 K2SO4 electrolyte. The asymmetrical capacitor can deliver an energy density of 22.8 Wh kg−1 at a power density of 425 W kg−1, much higher than those of the symmetrical electrochemical capacitor based on the RG and RG(1.0)/VO2 electrodes. Moreover, the asymmetrical capacitor preserves 81% of its initial capacitance over 1000 cycles at a current density of 5 A g−1.
Metabolism of dna secondary structures and their impact on genome stability

DNA replication is an essential process for genome duplication, cell division and ultimately organismal survival that ensures faithful transmission of the genome to progeny. Certain genomic loci represent major obstacles to DNA replication including fragile sites, G-rich tracts and repetitive sequences, such as ribosomal DNA and telomeres. Mammalian telomeres have the propensity to adopt complex DNA secondary structures, including telomere-loops and telomeric G-quadruplex DNA, which are believed to play essential roles in telomere maintenance. However, recent work has established that these structures are also a hindrance to DNA replication and failure to stabilise, repair or restart the replication fork is a potential source of genome instability, the hallmark of many diseases including cancer.
Despite recent advances, the mechanisms that facilitate DNA replication at telomeres and other hard to replicate loci throughout the genome remain unclear. This proposal aims to address this important question in order to discover and decipher the mechanisms that help DNA replication through DNA secondary structures. I propose using multidisciplinary approaches to investigate the cellular response to replication stress at telomeres and the enzymatic activities that result in telomere replication aberrations, which will involve direct visualisation of telomere abnormalities using complementary DNA related methodologies and analysis of novel telomere-associated complexes. I also plan to determine the nature/structure of fragile telomeres, which remains poorly defined and represent a central question for the field using visualisation of biological molecules and proteomics.
The detailed investigation of the function of known and new factors that facilitate telomere DNA replication represent an outstanding challenge that will provide a novel framework for understanding the contributions of replication factors in general DNA replication, genome stability and cancer in humans.
Overcoming barriers in trajectory space: Mechanism and kinetics of rare events via Wang–Landau enhanced transition path sampling

Within the framework of transition path sampling (TPS), activation energies can be computed as path ensemble averages without a priori information about the reaction mechanism [C. Dellago and P. G. Bolhuis, Mol. Simul. 30, 795 (2004)]. Activation energies computed for different conditions can then be used to determine by numerical integration the rate constant for a system of interest from the rate constant known for a reference system. However, in systems with complex potential energy surfaces, multiple reaction pathways may exist making ergodic sampling of trajectory space difficult. Here, we present a combination of TPS with the Wang-Landau (WL) flat-histogram algorithm for an efficient sampling of the transition path ensemble. This method, denoted by WL-TPS, has the advantage that from one single simulation, activation energies at different temperatures can be determined even for systems with multiple reaction mechanisms. The proposed methodology for rate constant calculations does not require the knowledge of the reaction coordinate and is generally applicable to Arrhenius and non-Arrhenius processes. We illustrate the applicability of this technique by studying a two-dimensional toy system consisting of a triatomic molecule immersed in a fluid of repulsive soft disks. We also provide an expression for the calculation of activation volumes from path averages such that the pressure dependence of the rate constant can be obtained by numerical integration.