SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
PIV investigation of the flow induced by a passive surge control method in a radial compressor

Due to recent emission regulations, the use of turbochargers for force induction of internal combustion engines has increased. Actually, the trend in diesel engines is to downsize the engine by use of turbochargers that operate at higher pressure ratios. Unfortunately, increasing the impeller rotational speed of turbocharger radial compressors tends to reduce their range of operation, which is limited at low mass flow rate by the occurrence of surge. In order to extend the operability of turbochargers, compressor housings can be equipped with a passive surge control device such as a “ported shroud.” This specific casing treatment has been demonstrated to enhance the surge margin with minor negative impact on the compressor efficiency. However, the actual working mechanisms of the system remain not well understood. Hence, in order to optimize the design of the ported shroud, it is crucial to identify the dynamic flow changes induced by the implementation of the device to control instabilities. From the full dynamic survey of the compressor performance characteristics obtained with and without ported shroud, specific points of operation were selected to carry out planar flow visualization. At normal working, both standard and stereoscopic particle imaging velocimetry (PIV) measurements were performed to evaluate instantaneous and mean velocity flow fields at the inlet of the compressor. At incipient and full surge, phase-locked PIV measurements were added. As a result, satisfying characterization of the compressor instabilities was provided at different operational speeds. Combining transient pressure data and PIV measurements, the time evolution of the complex flow patterns occurring at surge was reconstructed and a better insight into the bypass mechanism was achieved.
On China's Foveign Economic and Trade Policy in the Next Decade

Investment,consumption and exportation are troika that boost China's economic growth.The foreign economic and trade policy that China has carried out recent years is steady growth,adjusting structure,promoting balance,which makes China's foreign economic and trade development maintain a surplus situation.At present,the international and domestic environment is complex,China's foreign economic and trade development is fraught with many uncertainties and risky factors,the development is still not optimistic,we should continue to adjust and optimize the foreign economic and trade policy.This article analyzes the current development of China's foreign trade and economic and environmental development,predicts China's economic and foreign trade and economic environment in the next decade,and finally discusses on the corresponding foreign economic and trade policy.
Ladino proverbs: edition, recovery and dissemination of the endangered cultural heritage in the post-holocaust yugoslavia

This research project will constitute the first peremiological study of the Sephardic tradition from Serbia and Bosnia. Whereas other forms of the Ladino oral tradition from these countries such as ballads, songs or folktales have all been analysed, the proverb tradition remains largely unstudied. Thus my project seeks to fill a serious void in this field. I intend to edit and examine five manuscripts containing proverbs from these countries. All five manuscripts are postHolocaust. Three are exclusively in Ladino, whereas two are bilingual (Ladino/Serbian).  The study will entail an analysis of the literary genre of the proverb from an interdisciplinary approach that will include contributions from biblical studies, medieval Iberian cultural studies, modern Balkan history, sociological criticism, linguistics, and folklore paremiology and narrative. The study will also include a cross-cultural analysis of the proverbs using a comparative method. The ultimate goal of this project is a monograph intended to preserve, revitalise and disseminate the endangered Ladino language and culture. Prof. Paloma Díaz-Mas, who works in the Instituto de Lengua, Literatura and Antroplogía (ILLA) of the Centre for Human and Social Sciencies (CSIC, Spain) is the ideal person to supervise my work. She leads a research group that focuses on the culture of post-diaspora of Hispanic Jews (Sephardim) and has an extensive and prominent list of works on the topic published either independetly or in collaboration with other members of the project. By joining her group I would be given the opportunity to [the] acquire new skills (transliteration of Ladino texts written in Hebrew script[s]; edition of texts) and disseminate my work among both academic and non-academic audience through a number of activities  (international conferences, workshops and seminars; radio and television programmes; participation in Science weeks and fairs,organisation of exhibitions and promotional talks).
Imaging synaptic contributors to dementia

Alzheimer's disease, the most common cause of dementia in older people, is a devastating condition that is becoming a public health crisis as our population ages. Despite great progress recently in Alzheimer’s disease research, we have no disease modifying drugs and a decade with a 99.6% failure rate of clinical trials attempting to treat the disease.   This project aims to develop relevant therapeutic targets to restore brain function in Alzheimer’s disease by integrating human and model studies of synapses. It is widely accepted in the field that alterations in amyloid beta initiate the disease process. However the cascade leading from changes in amyloid to widespread tau pathology and neurodegeneration remain unclear.  Synapse loss is the strongest pathological correlate of dementia in Alzheimer’s, and mounting evidence suggests that synapse degeneration plays a key role in causing cognitive decline. Here I propose to test the hypothesis that the amyloid cascade begins at the synapse leading to tau pathology, synapse dysfunction and loss, and ultimately neural circuit collapse causing cognitive impairment.  The team will use cutting-edge multiphoton and array tomography imaging techniques to test mechanisms downstream of amyloid beta at synapses, and determine whether intervening in the cascade allows recovery of synapse structure and function.  Importantly, I will combine studies in robust models of familial Alzheimer’s disease with studies in postmortem human brain to confirm relevance of our mechanistic studies to human disease.  Finally, human stem cell derived neurons will be used to test mechanisms and potential therapeutics in neurons expressing the human proteome. Together, these experiments are ground-breaking since they have the potential to further our understanding of how synapses are lost in Alzheimer’s disease and to identify targets for effective therapeutic intervention, which is a critical unmet need in today’s health care system.
Comparando os Recursos Financeiros do PDDE com as chamadas ‘Contribuições Espontâneas’ arrecadadas pelas Escolas Públicas

The paper brings research data on how much the Money Direct to School Program (Programa Dinheiro Direto na Escola, PDDE), of federal origin, represents for the financial management of public schools in Brazil, compared to the fund raising made by the schools themselves.It is based on a digital survey, answered by 1,744 people, representatives of school units in the country.The answers made it possible to create a representative database of all federative units in Brazil, drawing a panorama of the impressions of people who deal with school financial management.It is pointed out that the PDDE is the only source of financial resources in 47.7% of cases, discussing the indispensability of this program for schools throughout Brazil, in addition to detecting low representation of own resources (17.4%) -with the exception of schools in the South region.Finally, it discusses the so-called "spontaneous contributions", especially in the state of Santa Catarina.
Flora of Tocomar and Campo Amarillo (Salta, Argentina).

Flora of Tocomar and Campo Amarillo (Salta, Argentina). In Salta, the puna vegetation studies are specific, sporadic, and often lack a complete picture of the floristic diversity. The objectives of this paper are to present the floristic diversity in Tocomar and Campo Amarillo, compare the biodiversity of the area of study with what is documented for Argentina, Bolivia and Chile, and analyze the indexes of similarities between the floristic vegas studied and those of other similar environments. The Non-wetlands include the grass steppes, shrub steppes and shrub hillside, and the wetlands include vegas. 30 families, 72 genera, 116 species, 19 infraspecific taxa and nine endemic species were recorded. The main families are Poaceae (26 species), Asteraceae (18) and Cyperaceae (9). 18 new records for the province of Salta are incorporated, of which four are Argentine endemisms. The floristic biodiversity of families, genera and species is higher than that documented for other floristically related sites, are concentrated in the analyzed vegas. The vegas had higher floristic similarity to the vegas of Northern Chile and Jujuy, while the lower affinity was recorded with the vegas of Catamarca, San Juan, Mendoza and Bolivia.
Introductory Accounting, with Matrices, at the Southern Federal University, Russia

ABSTRACT Within the context of the globalization of the practice and profession of accounting, it is increasingly important that accounting faculty and students are aware of the international accounting environment. In addition, the continued growth in the cross-national flows of students increases the need for accounting faculty to be aware of international differences in the teaching and learning of accounting. This paper contributes to this arena by looking at the context, structure, and content of a successful introductory accounting course at a major university in the Russian Federation that uses matrix accounting theory in its introductory accounting course. By doing so, the paper provides accounting educators with a range of insights into the diversity of the international context of the teaching of accounting, and provides awareness of the theory of matrix accounting and how and why this mathematical approach to the teaching of introductory accounting has been adopted. In addition, as part of the important \contextual background, the paper provides a rich description of the course, which could be used for comparison with other introductory accounting courses. By looking at introductory accounting from a different perspective, the paper has the potential to help and encourage accounting faculty to think afresh about our discipline by questioning some of the taken-for-granted assumptions that underlie the approaches used in teaching accounting.
Multifunctional nanoassemblies for vincristine sulfate delivery to overcome multidrug resistance by escaping P-glycoprotein mediated efflux

Multifunctional nanoassemblies (MNAs) were successfully developed for controlled delivery of water-soluble cationic vincristine sulfate (VCR) to overcome multidrug resistance (MDR). The incorporation of anionic small molecule of phosphatidylserine (PS) significantly enhanced the encapsulation efficiency of VCR in MNAs up to 94.4% by electrostatic interaction. Obvious sustained-release characteristics were found in VCR-loaded MNAs (VCR-MNAs) as the cumulative release of VCR was 83.2% at 96 h, and burst-release was effectively diminished. In vivo pharmacokinetics in rats following intravenous administration demonstrated that VCR-MNAs had higher AUC and longer t(1/2) than VCR solution (VCR-Sol). To investigate the MDR reversal effect and clarify the possible mechanism induced by MNAs, the cytotoxicity, cellular uptake and uptake mechanism experiments were performed in MCF-7 and P-glycoprotein over-expressing MCF-7/Adr cells, respectively. Compared with VCR-Sol, VCR-MNAs efficiently enhanced the cytotoxicity to 36.5-fold by increasing the cellular accumulation of VCR (12.6-fold higher) in MCF-7/Adr cells. The results of endocytosis inhibition experiment proved that VCR-MNAs were uptaken into the resistant cancer cells by clathrin- and caveolae-mediated endocytosis pathways, which escaped the efflux induced by P-gp transporter and thereby overcame the MDR of VCR.
Boosting Regional Development with ICT-Innovation-Strategies

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is crucial to European competitiveness, innovation strength and industrial development, especially as innovation is made possible in most cases by important developments in advanced ICT and their application. However, new policies and strategies are required to fully maximize the possible opportunities and meet the challenges that the rapid development of ICT creates. Given the dynamic evolution of the ICT sector and the current financial crisis, public policy-makers are facing increasing problems in identifying appropriate targets and choosing the proper means for implementing development strategies. This is particularly true at a regional level, where responsiveness and efficiency are crucial. Policy-makers need support to develop policies that combine three fundamental factors: (i) the given regional strengths and assets, (ii) innovation policies focusing on the establishment and support of continuous innovation in SMEs, and
(iii) interregional policies aimed at the most relevant technological areas. BORDWIIS+ will tackle this challenge with smart specialisation strategies. The consortium, consisting of 10 partners representing 8 regions with complementary ICT competencies and policies, aims to create the best environment for ICT innovation and business opportunities in strategic sectors for their respective regions and as a blueprint for European regions in general. Each region is represented by the partner responsible for designing the region's ICT innovation policy, which in the cases of NRW and Skane are also the managing organization of their ICT clusters. Foreseen actions include the analysis of regional policies and assets, preparation of an ICT inventory in each region, best-practices in collaborative models, study trips, a conference to disseminate final outputs and results,
a Dialogue with the Commission to discuss smart ICT innovation strategies on the European level, studies on interregional cooperation potential and regional impact, the publication of the "ICT innovation Strategy for European Regions: Recommendations for Regional Specialisation" as well as one implementation plan per region to ensure the durability of project results. The project will contribute to the INTERREG IVC goal of improving the effectiveness of regional development policies and instruments, economic modernisation and the increased competitiveness of Europe through large-scale information and experience exchange, collecting, putting into practice, evaluating and developing a new methodology among the partner regions to design, implement and monitor smart ICT innovation policies.
Bench-Top system for detection and analysis of mirna using solid-state nanopores

The fast and reliable detection of single molecules holds the promise of revolutionising diagnostics, disease prevention as well as biological research by offering unprecedented resolution compared to bulk approaches. Based on work done as part of the ‘DesignerPore’ ERC consolidator grant (Nature Nanotechnology 2016) we will develop a benchtop device capable of detecting hundreds of molecular targets within tens of minutes. We will combine our recent development in nanopore sensing technology (JACS 2015) with machine-learning (Nano Letters 2018) and advanced statistics (arxiv 2019) to create a new versatile single molecule technique. Ultimately, our PoreDetect technology has the potential to become an integral part of handheld or wearable devices allowing real time tracking of disease markers for personalised medicine, bacterial infections or environmental contaminants. While the technique is not limited to the detection of certain molecules, for this proof-of-concept we aim to focus on sensing short oligonucleotides tens of base pairs in length, with immediate applications in the quantification of cell-free (cfRNA) and microRNA (miRNA) as cancer biomarkers.
Surrealism and Photography in Czechoslovakia: On the Needles of Days

Contents: Introduction Years of long days: surrealism in Czechoslovakia, Michael Richardson and Krzysztof Fijalkowski Photo analysis A: poetry, revolution and the city, Krzysztof Fijalkowski Jindrich A tyrskA1/2 and Czech surrealist photography in the 1930s, Ian Walker Photo analysis B: Paris Afternoon, Ian Walker Between photograph and poem: A tyrskA1/2 and Heislera (TM)s On the Needles of these Days, Ian Walker Photo analysis C: impossible objects, Krzysztof Fijalkowsi Objective poetry: post-war Czech surrealist photography and the everyday, Krzysztof Fijalkowski Photo analysis D: In the Courtyard, Michael Richardson Emila MedkovA!, the magic of despair, Krzysztof Fijalkowsi Photo analysis E: At The castle of La Coste, Michael Richardson a Island beacons in the sea of realitya (TM): the photographic cycles of VilA(c)m Reichmann and JA-rA- Sever, Ian Walker Photo analysis F: J.S. Bach: Fantasia in G Minor, Ian Walker Complementary knowledge: photography in the contemporary group of Czech-Slovak surrealists, Krzysztof Fijalkowski and Michael Richardson Appendices Bibliography Index.
Pluralistic economics for development in green economic enhancement

The question of which economic framework (or sets of frameworks) is (are) appropriate for providing policy prescriptions
conducive to ecological sustainable has gained renewed interest within the community of ecological economists and
political economists. To help answer this question I propose to investigate the suitability of four economic frameworks —
neoclassical environmental economics, non-Walrasian neoclassical environmental economics, institutional ecological
economics, and ecological Marxian political economy, for providing effective and coherent policy prescriptions for renewable
and sustainable energy resources, specifically for electricity generation.
The inquiry will be both philosophical/methodological and empirical. The four frameworks will be interrogated against case
studies of the UK, Germany, Norway, France, Canada, and the US. The case studies will be comprised of analyses of the
socio-economic, historical, political, and cultural backdrop of energy resources in each country. The results of this
interrogation will then be used to assess the suitability of the four frameworks for providing policy prescriptions conducive to
ecological sustainability with regards to their respective methodologies including ontology, epistemology, methodology (to
include methods as well), and ideology. The case for methodological pluralism will be assessed and a notion of pluralism
developed for economic frameworks concerned with ecological sustainability.
The benefits that will be gained from undertaking this research program at the ERA level will accrue to economists and
social scientists first by giving them better analytical and conceptual tools, and all those, including policy makers, politicians,
and business leaders who depend on those tools afterwards through better results.
Post-analysis of Keyword-Based Search Results Using Entity Mining, Linked Data, and Link Analysis at Query Time

The integration of the classical Web (of documents) with the emerging Web of Data is a challenging vision. In this paper we focus on an integration approach during searching which aims at enriching the responses of non-semantic search systems (e.g. professional search systems, web search engines) with semantic information, i.e. Linked Open Data (LOD), and exploiting the outcome for providing an overview of the search space and allowing the users (apart from restricting it) to explore the related LOD. We use named entities (e.g. persons, locations, etc.) as the glue for automatically connecting search hits with LOD. We consider a scenario where this entity-based integration is performed at query time with no human effort, and no a-priori indexing, which is beneficial in terms of configurability and freshness. To realize this scenario one has to tackle various challenges. One spiny issue is that the number of identified entities can be high, the same is true for the semantic information about these entities that can be fetched from the available LOD (i.e. their properties and associations with other entities). To this end, in this paper we propose a Link Analysis-based method which is used for (a) ranking (and thus selecting to show) the more important semantic information related to the search results, (b) deriving and showing top-K semantic graphs. In the sequel, we report the results of a survey regarding the marine domain with promising results, and comparative results that illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed (Page Rank-based) ranking scheme. Finally, we report experimental results regarding efficiency showing that the proposed functionality can be offered even at query time.
Generalizing human-demonstrated robot skills

Future robots are expected to perform a multitude of complex tasks with high variability, in close collaboration or even physical contact with humans, and in industrial as well as in non-industrial settings. Both human-robot interaction and task variability are major challenges. A lot of progress is needed so that: (1) robots recognize the intention of the human and react with human-like motions; (2) robot end-users, such as operators on the factory floor or people at home, are able to deploy robots for new tasks or new situations in an intuitive way, for example by just demonstrating the task to the robot. 

The fundamental challenge addressed in this proposal is: how can a robot generalize a skill that has been demonstrated in a particular situation and apply it to new situations? This project focuses on skills involving rigid objects manipulated by a robot or a human and follows a model-based approach consisting of: (1) conversion of the demonstrated data to an innovative invariant representation of motion and interaction forces; (2) generalization of this representation to a new situation by solving an optimal control problem in which similarity with the invariant representation is maintained while complying with the constraints imposed by the new context. Additional knowledge about the task can be added in the constraints.
 
Major breakthroughs are that the required number of demonstrations and hence the training effort decrease drastically, similarity with the demonstration is maintained in view of preserving the human-like nature, and task knowledge is easily included.

The methodology is applied to program robot skills involving motion in free space (e.g. human-robot hand over tasks) as well as advanced manipulation skills involving contact (e.g. assembly, cleaning), aiming at impact in industrial and non-industrial settings.  

Application of the invariant motion representation in the neighbouring field of biomechanics will further leverage impact.
Management for the White Shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) from the Southeastern Gulf of California through Biomass Models Analysis

Samples taken during the closed fishing seasons from 1992 to 2010 were analyzed at sea. These data along with the landing records for the fishing periods from 1992-1993 to 2009-2010 were used to allow the situation of Litopenaeus van-namei from the coasts of Sinaloa and Nayarit to be analyzed by means of stochastic models and by a graphic approach for the surplus biomass. Using the catch from 1993-1994 as a reference point and comparing this to the 2008-2009 catch revealed a stock decrease of about 65%. By taking into account the percentage contribution to total shrimp land-ings, these changes showed a decrease from 76% to 12%. There were changes between 2000 and 2001 when the fleet grew by 50%. Considering a 3600 t maximum sustained yield (MSY) in the series 1992-2010, 50% of the reports are lower. It is necessary to recover the stock.