SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
A golden opportunity

In the current issue of the Journal, Allareddy et al.1 report on the prevalence of acute respiratory failure from any cause in hospitalized SCT patients and the associated hospital costs. The authors utilized the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), which is the largest all-payer inpatient database in the United States, approximating 97% of all hospital discharges annually. This study provides valuable information from one of the largest cohorts of patients (n=6074) hospitalized with respiratory failure following SCT. The authors confirm the well-documented finding that SCT recipients who develop respiratory failure have high in-hospital mortality.2,3 They found that the prevalence of respiratory failure increased over the course of the study. They also demonstrated that the overall in-hospital mortality was greater than 50% and that continuous invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) and prolonged IMV (>96 h) were independent predictors of mortality. The novelty of the authors’ work is the assignment of a direct financial cost to hospital resource utilization associated with respiratory failure following SCT. The mean hospitalization charge was $620 765; total hospitalization expenditures for the entire cohort were a staggering $3.34 billion dollars. These costs did not include certain medications or loss of productivity and other indirect expenses associated with the hospitalizations and, therefore, likely underestimate true resource utilization.
Method and device for cleaning pallets for the moulding of plates of a hardenable plastic material.

1. Method for cleaning pallets for the moulding of plates of hardenable plastic material, for instance of concrete roofing tiles, in an extrusion process in which, on the pallets which are brought to a coating installation on a carrying device with adjacent abutting edges, a continuous coat of the plastic material is applied and, afterwards, compressed by means of a moulding cylinder and of a smoothing tool and, if necessary, profiled ; the compressed coat is further cut in a cutting station at the abutting edges of the pallets into plate shapes which will be later hardened, if necessary, under high temperature, and then separated from the pallets and afterwards taken away while the pallets are carried back to the coating installation, characterized in that pallets are swivelled about an axis in the conveying direction at least once before the renewed coating with the plastic material and, afterwards, swivelled back again into their conveying position, while the pallets placed before and behind a swivelled pallet and adjacent to it are respectively maintained in their conveying position, so that the hardened material sticking on its abutting edges is herewith sheared off.
Performance of Uncoated Weathering Steel Highway Bridges Throughout the United States

Because uncoated weathering steel (UWS) bridges have been in use in the United States for nearly 50 years, the long-term performance of these structures can now be assessed. An assessment was completed by surveying the varied experiences of 52 U.S. transportation agencies and analyzing the data on all UWS bridges known within these and other agencies, which totaled nearly 10,000 structures. It was established that the superstructure condition ratings system (based on a standard national rating system) of these structures was a valid means of assessing UWS performance in a quantitative manner on the basis of a comparison of these ratings to qualitative information received from bridge owners in the 52 agencies surveyed. Of the most significant findings from the analysis, first, was that the superstructure condition ratings of the majority of UWS bridges were classified as excellent or very good, on the basis of the national criteria for these qualitative descriptors. Second, a comparison of the ratings of UWS bridges and other steel bridges within representative agencies while accounting for differences in ages of the various populations indicated that UWS displays increased or similar performance relative to other steel. UWS bridges performed quite well in most cases. Considering their economic and environmental benefits, continued or increased use of UWS bridges is regarded as sound engineering practice.
Social-Ecological interdependencies in transboundary water resources systems

More than 286 internationally shared river basins supply 60% of global freshwater. The United Nations and the Council of European Union has highlighted the potential of transboundary water diplomacy. The complex interdependencies between humans and water in these transboundary basins remain poorly understood in the newly proposed discipline of socio-hydrology. Therefore, an assessment of social-ecological interdependencies in transboundary water resources systems is now urgently required for implementing target 6.5 of SDGs and for fulfilling the EU’s commitment on international peace and security. The overall objective of the envisaged research is to develop new understandings of complex human-water systems in large transboundary river basins with an aim to contribute scientific advancement of socio-hydrology and to enhance transboundary cooperation for international peace and security. The proposed research will be hosted in two highly qualified laboratories (during outgoing phase at MIT, with Prof. Susskind and during return phase at UNIVE with Prof. Giupponi). Going beyond the state-of-the-art, the proposed project will develop for the first time: an analytical framework of complex tranboundary water system; comparative network analysis for social ecological systems in two river basins; consideration of negotiation theory and role-play game in developing transboundary cooperation strategies. The proposed project is fundamentally interdisciplinary in characters. The scientifically innovative and socially relevant (for EU and the Globe) proposed project will help me achieve higher levels of professional maturity through innovative research, advanced training, the transferrable skills and interdisciplinary experiences in two highly qualified institutions both at MIT and at UNIVE. These unique experiences will support to achieve my short-(e.g., human-water interactions), medium- (e.g., young investigator) and long-term (permanent position in academia) career goals.
Dliver - digital b2b marketplace for fast and efficient parcel delivery

For short-distance delivery of goods, only 40% of vehicle cargo capacity is used. The result is a staggering €68Bn in lost revenues for goods providers and goods transport companies annually. This is because most goods transportation companies still use basic spreadsheets that are unable to match in real-time the supply of vehicles with the demand for transport services. The negative impacts are two-fold: 1) high fuel-costs and subsequent high CO2 emissions for goods transport companies and; 2) high prices for deliveries for the sender. DLIVER is the World’s first digital B2B marketplace that matches supply of carrier vans’ capacity with demand for parcel delivery services – in a convenient, transparent and cost-efficient way. Thanks to our proprietary Machine Learning algorithms, DLIVER overcomes the known problems and has already been shown to increase the cargo capacity used by carrier vans significantly. It will disrupt the short-distance goods transport market by providing an effective, convenient and affordable solution. The aim of this project is to bring our DLIVER solution to European and international markets. Our current private Beta version is being used by +10 daily users in the Copenhagen metropolitan area, providing confirmation that our solution can increase the number of daily deliveries per driver by +12% and reduced fuel consumption by +10% per average daily turnover per vehicle. The objective of this Phase 1 project is to lay the foundation for scaling up our innovation to reach TRL9 and launch in Europe in 2021, build a profitable business and reduce the cost and carbon footprint of millions of deliveries. The business opportunity is significant. Our Total Addressable Market is €21.4Bn and will reach €27.1Bn by 2025. Through our scalable digital marketplace business model, we expect to capture a market share of 0.43% (of Serviceable Available Market), a turnover of €115.4M, EBITDA of €95.7M and additional employment of 152 people by 2025.
Real-Time thermotronics: handling fluctuations, dynamics and dissipation for smart radiative thermal management

Thermotronics is a developing discipline that offers promising options to manage heat sources and proposes new ways of exploiting signals encoded by heat. Analogously to what happens in electronic components in which electric currents flow as a consequence of potential differences, thermotronic components are devices in which heat currents flow due to applied temperature differences. In radiative components, thermal photons flow as electrons flow in their electronic counterparts. Among these devices, a radiative thermal transistor controls the heat exchange without contact between a source and a receiver. When these components are reduced to the nanoscale, the environmental noise becomes important and is a major cause for concern. The objective of the proposal is to address fluctuations, dynamics and dissipation in thermotronic components, based on nanoscale photon transport and working under environmental noise perturbations. This is achieved by considering the parameters that define the states of these components as stochastic variables, from which stability conditions for equilibrium states can be derived and the dynamics under general nonequilibrium scenarios can be characterized. The proposed scheme provides novel methods to estimate the mean life of the states of a thermal memory and to quantify the time response of thermotronic components, including the impact of environmental conditions which are of prime importance for applications. A nonequilibrium thermodynamics framework dealing with the associated stochastic dynamics is also proposed to account for dissipation as a key element to optimize the performance of these devices. The proposal paves the way for innovative strategies for an active control of radiative heat fluxes, strengthening tools and concepts for smart radiative thermal management. The proposed methods for the description of fluctuations, dynamics and dissipation can be applied to any other many-body system with radiative interactions.
On-line Islanding Operation Based on CSP

In event of fault in distribution system with distributed generators, in order to enhance service reliability, the DGs should be used as main power source for blackout area. Deeply considering the characteristic in the service restoration process and the type of switches, the model based on CSP is proposed to solve the on-line islanding operation problem in the event of a blackout in a power distribution network with DGs. To enhance the searching speed, some calculating works which is not related to fault mode is finished off-line. In the process of searching for the best solution, backtracking algorithm is applied to solve the CSP. At last, the calculation example manifests the efficiency and quickness of algorithm.
INTEGRATION OF III-V DEVICES ON SI WAFERS

An insulating layer is conformally deposited on a plurality of mesa structures in a trench on a substrate. The insulating layer fills a space outside the mesa structures. A nucleation layer is deposited on the mesa structures. A III-V material layer is deposited on the nucleation layer. The III-V material layer is laterally grown over the insulating layer.
The competition between halogen bonds (Br⋯O) and C–H⋯O hydrogen bonds: the structure of the acetone–bromine complex revisited

A combination of single-crystal X-ray (at 110 and 200 K) and high-resolution neutron powder diffraction (110 K only) using perdeuterated samples has been used to re-determine the crystal structure of the well-known acetone–Br2 complex. The results indicate a significant interaction between the carbonyl oxygen and the nearest Br atom leading to a marked elongation of the molecular Br–Br bond. In the earlier widely cited crystal structure, no such elongation was reported. Furthermore, the new structure indicates the presence of additional weaker C–H⋯O and C–H⋯Br interactions. In this simple complex, in which the halogen bonding is strong compared to the hydrogen bonding (C–H⋯O), the former interaction is found to occur close (~12°) to the plane of the carbonyl group, with the C–H⋯Br complementing the stronger halogen bond.
Large Clinical Experience of Primary Angiosarcoma of the Breast in a Single Korean Medical Institute

Angiosarcoma of the breast is rare. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the clinicopathologic characteristics and the clinical outcomes of patients with primary breast angiosarcoma.We analyzed the clinicopathologic factors of patients with angiosarcoma of the breast treated between 1997 and 2010 at the Samsung Medical Center. We reviewed the related demographic data, preoperative imaging studies, method of histologic confirmation, tumor size, histologic grades, status of hormonal receptors, treatment modality, and survival data.Nine women with angiosarcoma of the breast were identified. The median age of patients with primary angiosarcoma of the breast at diagnosis was 31 years (range: 19-63 years), and the median tumor size was 9.0 cm (range: 3.5-10.7 cm). Seven patients (77.7%) died within a median follow-up of 46.7 months (range: 3.9-63.3 months), and all deaths were directly attributed to angiosarcoma. Overall, the median time from diagnosis of angiosarcoma to death was 46.8 months (range: 8.21-63.3 months). The 5 year overall survival with angiosarcoma was 42.9%.Primary angiosarcoma of the breast is a rare malignancy with a poor prognosis, even with complete resection. Chemotherapy and radiation therapy have limited value as treatments to date. Total mastectomy appears to be the most appropriate and beneficial treatment. More aggressive surgical management should be considered, and future clinical research should explore the most appropriate adjuvant therapy in the treatment of angiosarcoma.
Can ‘Baby Bonds’ Eliminate the Racial Wealth Gap in Putative Post-Racial America?

Despite an enormous and persistent black-white wealth gap, the ascendant American narrative is one that proclaims that our society has transcended the racial divide. The proclamation often is coupled with the claim that remaining disparities are due primarily to dysfunctional behavior on the part of blacks. In such a climate it appears the only acceptable remedial social policies are those that are facially race neutral. However, even without the capacity to redistribute assets directly on the basis of race, our nation still can do so indirectly by judiciously using wealth as the standard for redistributive measures. We offer a bold progressive child development account type program that could go a long way towards eliminating the racial wealth gap.
"Alpine Mobility Check - Step 2"

Putting down its roots into the road traced by the strategic call of the previous programming period and its project, AlpCheck 2 aims at creating a road transport model covering the whole Alpine area that supports the public decision makers by providing free on line access to a vast set of traffic data: actual data and simulated data concerning a set of future scenarios will be interactively accessible. Environmental data (atmospheric and noise emissions, money value of impacts) will also be available. Innovative technologies, solutions and methodologies will be elaborated, tested and evaluated as well. The project has a strong trans-national character both for exploiting synergies with other projects and for seeking the necessary Institutional support. An innovative transport planning tool, new evaluation methodologies and new technologies will be delivered to the Alpine Community, which are expected to contribute to improve competitiveness and quality of life of Alpine territories.
Soutien au financement du fonds de roulement en raison de la détérioration de la situation de l’entreprise à la suite de la pandémie de COVID-19

Le projet vise à soutenir le maintien de l’activité économique d’une entreprise qui s’est retrouvée dans une situation de pénurie soudaine due à la pandémie de COVID-19. Le demandeur demande des subventions pour financer le fonds de roulement et couvrir les frais de fonctionnement des activités pendant une période de trois mois.
Cryopreservation of marine planktonic crustacean nauplii for innovative and cost-effective live feed diet in fish juvenile aquaculture

The SME Planktonic has succeeded in cryopreserving marine crustacean nauplii (hereafter called CryoProduct) in large user-friendly entities, and to revive them as live individuals after thawing. The ease-of-use CryoProduct meets the nutritional requirements of fish larvae. A doubling in growth rate and a 25-30% shortening of the live feed period compared to a diet of the suboptimal live feed diets commonly used at marine hatcheries have been demonstrated (large-scale industrial trial, TRL6). With a well-functioning feeding protocol to be developed in the project period, it is expected that performances of the fish larvae will be even better. It will be put effort on optimizing the cryopreservation protocols to achieve a CryoProduct with even better quality than today for improving the performances of fish juveniles. A bio-security evaluation will be performed, and a screening of microorganisms will be needed for the registration of the CryoProduct. To successfully launch the CryoProduct into the EU market, it will be of major importance to scale up the production, to establish efficient logistic systems, identify end-users needs and to provide a reliable commercialisation plan for the best possible market introduction. As the CryoProduct has outstanding performances compared to today’s alternatives, we expect a market share of 50% of the live feed market on a longer term. This corresponds to a revenue of more than 100 million €. As the market grows 3-4% per year, the market size will double in about 20 years. It is a considerable aquaculture production in the EU. If the product meet the expectations, it will most probably be a major contribution to realize the production potential of marine fish in aquaculture in the EU. This will result in many thousand new jobs, and primarily in the Mediterranean region. The business innovation project fits well to the business strategy of Planktonic, and to the Horizon2020 SME-2 programme under the topic BG-12-2015.
Instrumento predictor de obesidad en adolescentes en el Policlínico Universitario “Manuel González Díaz”, 2013-2014

Obesity is one of the principal non declarable diseases affecting children and adolescents.With the objective of developing a predictive instrument to identify high-risk adolescents with obesity, a cohort prospective study was carried out at the Policlinic "Manuel González Díaz", Bahía Honda City from 2013-2014. It was developed in three stages. In the first stage, 1800 adolescents from 10-19 years of age were included. The prevalence was identified and the most relevant characteristics of obesity were described (defined as body mass index >97th percentile according to age and sex). In the second stage we identified the possibility of the diagnosis of factors that increase the probability of obesity. The third stage elaborated and validated an obesity predictor instrument from the results of the initial stages.To apply the instrument to sample A for internal elaboration and validation, sensitivity was 77.78% and specificity was 86.11%. Area under the curve (AUC) receiver operating characteristic (ROC) was 0.86, whereas for sample B the sensitivity was 79.63% and specificity was 92.13%. Positive predictive value (PPV) was 83.5% and negative predictive value (NPV) was 90.05%.The instrument allows predicting the risk for developing obesity in adolescents with acceptable sensitivity and high specificity. Its routine application will be interesting in pediatric health consultations.
Anticoagulation Therapy as a Supplement to Recanalization for the Treatment of Sigmoid Sinus Thrombosis: A Case Report

Treatment of sigmoid sinus thrombosis with long-term anticoagulation therapy remains controversial. We present the case of a 6-year-old boy with intraoperatively confirmed sigmoid sinus thrombosis secondary to acute otomastoiditis. Combined-modality treatment—including mastoidectomy, sigmoid sinus decompression, and antibiotic and anticoagulation therapy—resulted in a complete clinical resolution of the patient's signs and symptoms. However, a 19-month follow-up with magnetic resonance venography demonstrated that the sigmoid sinus thrombosis itself had not resolved. It is clear that occlusion of the sigmoid sinus may persist after the completion of surgical and medical therapy for sigmoid sinus thrombosis secondary to otomastoiditis. It remains unclear (1) whether anticoagulation treatment aids in recanalization of the affected sinus and (2) whether patient outcomes are affected if recanalization is achieved.
Freiwilligenprogramm für wirtschaftliche internationale Solidarität 2015/TF

Dieses Aktionsprogramm betrifft neun internationale Freiwilligenmissionen im Wirtschaftsbereich in den Komoren, Madagaskar, Mauritius, Rodrigues und Seychellen auf der Grundlage eines ersten Vertrags von 6 bis 12 Monaten. Ziel ist es, den wirtschaftlichen, touristischen und technischen Austausch und das Know-how zwischen den Akteuren dieser Länder und Réunion zu stärken. Zusätzlich zu ihren vertraglich festgelegten technischen Aufgaben haben Freiwillige eine besondere Aufgabe, dauerhafte und privilegierte Beziehungen zwischen ihrem Land oder ihrer Einsatzregion und La Réunion zu entwickeln.
Developing a VM-based hybrid DNS system with high availability

In this paper, we proposed to develop a set of low-cost, virtual machine-based hybrid DNS scheme (i.e., a frontend + multiple backend systems) with a scalable capability to provide DNS services with high availability. In this study, we had built two use case diagrams, namely the frontend (i.e., load-balancer) and the backend (i.e., DNS resolving) subsystems, for modeling the overall system. Moreover, we had developed a two-phase DNS health checking algorithm and designed two testing cases to help implement and evaluate the system. For validating the hybrid scheme, we had deployed and run the proposed DNS system for more than 2 years on our campus network. Based on the collected statistics, we had ensured that the proposed DNS systems could offer the expected DNS services with load-sharing capability and high availability for serving daily DNS queries on a regular basis and run smoothly.