SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Specific Phobia Disorder Symptoms in People over 65 in Madrid: A Network Analysis

A symptom network analysis of specific phobia disorder (SPD) was conducted according to gender and age in 555 people over 65 in the Region of Madrid (Spain). The network was estimated using the InsingFit package that implements a procedure called eLasso. These results reveal differences in the strength, closeness, and betweenness of the different networks according to gender but not for the 65-74 and 75-84 age groups. The gender variable presents a greater presence of symptoms in women than in men. For all types of specific phobia, the symptom of greater occurrence for both groups was fear. The main difference between men and women over 65 with SPD lies in the situational type, where centrality is more distributed and where the most central symptoms are distress for women and fear for men. These differences in the networks seem to support the conceptualization of SPD from a dimensional point of view.
Construcción de un centro de formación en la empresa STδECHY Šot, s. r. o.

Roof Šot s.r.o. es una empresa que realiza trabajos de techado, carpintería, fontanería y aislante. Tiene muchos años de experiencia en el campo y trabaja con énfasis en la calidad del trabajo realizado. Aunque la empresa cuenta con tecnología de última generación, se da cuenta de que para mantener un alto nivel de servicios y consultoría, es necesario aumentar el conocimiento práctico y teórico de sus empleados. El objetivo del proyecto es crear un centro de formación y equiparlo completamente. El volumen de inversión es de 6,5 millones de coronas checas.
Stability of breakwaters under hydrodynamic loading using a coupled DDA/FEM approach

Abstract In this paper, a numerical study is conducted to assess the stability of the seaward facing slope of breakwaters under hydrodynamic loading using a coupled fluid–structure interaction framework. Stability characteristics of breakwaters have traditionally been analysed using empirical approaches which do not take into account important factors such as non-linear wave–structure effects. A modelling framework is proposed for coupling discontinuous deformation analysis (DDA) with a finite element method (FEM) for solving free-surface flows where the Navier–Stokes equations are solved for velocity and pressure. It is necessary to take into account contacts between different shaped blocks and this study assumes that contact constraints are imposed through an augmented Lagrangian algorithm. To illustrate the performance of the proposed framework two breakwaters consisting of cubic and acropod shaped blocks are simulated under hydrodynamic forces.
Modafinil Effects on Middle-Frequency Oscillatory Power During Rule Selection in Schizophrenia

Control-related cognitive processes such as rule selection are associated with cortical oscillations in the theta, alpha and, beta ranges, and modulated by catecholamine neurotransmission. Thus, a potential strategy for improving cognitive control deficits in schizophrenia would be to use pro-catecholamine pharmacological agents to augment these control-related oscillations. In a double-blind, placebo-controlled (within-subjects) study, we tested the effects of adjunctive single-dose modafinil 200 mg on rule-related 4-30 Hz oscillations in 23 stable schizophrenia patients, using EEG during cognitive control task performance. EEG data underwent time-frequency decomposition with Morlet wavelets to determine the power of 4-30 Hz oscillations. Modafinil (relative to placebo) enhanced oscillatory power associated with high-control rule selection in theta, alpha, and beta ranges, with modest effects during rule maintenance. Modafinil treatment in schizophrenia augments middle-frequency cortical oscillatory power associated with rule selection, and may subserve diverse subcomponent processes in proactive cognitive control.
Oxygen Concentration Inside a Functioning Photosynthetic Cell

The excess oxygen concentration in the photosynthetic membranes of functioning oxygenic photosynthetic cells was estimated using classical diffusion theory combined with experimental data on oxygen production rates of cyanobacterial cells. The excess oxygen concentration within the plesiomorphic cyanobacterium Gloeobactor violaceus is only 0.025 μM, or four orders of magnitude lower than the oxygen concentration in air-saturated water. Such a low concentration suggests that the first oxygenic photosynthetic bacteria in solitary form could have evolved ∼2.8 billion years ago without special mechanisms to protect them against reactive oxygen species. These mechanisms instead could have been developed during the following ∼500 million years while the oxygen level in the Earth's atmosphere was slowly rising. Excess oxygen concentrations within individual cells of the apomorphic cyanobacteria Synechocystis and Synechococcus are 0.064 and 0.25 μM, respectively. These numbers suggest that intramembrane and intracellular proteins in isolated oxygenic photosynthetic cells are not subjected to excessively high oxygen levels. The situation is different for closely packed colonies of photosynthetic cells. Calculations show that the excess concentration within colonies that are ∼40 μm or larger in diameter can be comparable to the oxygen concentration in air-saturated water, suggesting that species forming colonies require protection against reactive oxygen species even in the absence of oxygen in the surrounding atmosphere.
“Plan de Exportacion de aceite esencial de Cardamomo desde la Provincia de Pichincha hasta Alemania 2010 – 2012

The plan of thesis is based on the description of the process of export of essential oil of cardamomo from Pichincha to Germany. The cardamomo is an original plant from India, nowadays it is planted on Ecuador, with several characteristics that to this plant it differentiates of other, there is analyzed the nature, components and condition of this product for a correct tariff classification, the cardamomo is a plant which extraction of his seed meets as proved essential oil on destination of definitive export to the foreign market, especially there was treating itself in this thesis export of essential oil of cardamomo to the German country...
Fillers, Mime and Self-Repetitions as Most Frequently Used Communication Strategies in Oral Expositions

Achieving competence in an oral communication situation has always been the ultimate goal of both teacher and students in an ESL classroom. Long years of schooling and prolonged exposure to speech communication had empowered students’ speaking ability, but anxieties still emerge in their oral expositions. This exploratory study investigated the communication strategies of students in overcoming communication anxieties in their oral expositions. It also delved into the factors affecting their communication anxieties. Using Laurilla’s (2003) Categories of Communication Strategies, data were obtained from the 25 third year BS Tourism Management students of the Mariano Marcos State University, Philippines chosen through systematic random sampling. Transcriptions of their videotaped oral expositions were analyzed in terms of the frequency of occurrence of specific communication strategies. Interview was also utilized to support gathered quantitative data. Results revealed that the most common strategies of students in managing their communication anxieties during their oral expositions included fillers, mime, self-repetition, self-repair, and mumbling. It also disclosed that attitude toward language learning, motivation in learning the language, and socio-economic status are the factors that would affect communication anxieties.
Consequências da seca no Oeste Catarinense para a cultura dos citros na safra 2020/21

O ciclo produtivo dos citros na safra 2020/2021 foi afetado por períodos de deficiência hídrica com magnitudes pouco comuns para o Oeste Catarinense, especialmente de setembro a novembro de 2020. Com a estiagem, as plantas sofreram murcha, redução de crescimento, abortamento excessivo de frutos da ﬂorada de inverno e, com o retorno das chuvas, ﬂoração intensa em dezembro. Isso causou uma safra temporã de dimensão atípica em diversos cultivares e locais. Também foram observados redução do tamanho dos frutos e aumento populacional da cochonilha-verde com consequente desenvolvimento intenso de fumagina. Essas consequências da estiagem nos pomares de citros na região sugerem a necessidade de maximizar o armazenamento de água no solo e monitorar a ocorrência de pragas.
SEALED THREADED JOINT FOR METAL PIPES

The invention relates to the field of sealed threaded joints for metal pipes in the oil and gas industry. A joint is formed by threaded end portions, having an internal and an external conical buttress thread, of two coaxially arranged pipes, and by contiguous sealing and thrust surfaces. The sealing surface of a female pipe is conical, and the sealing surface of a male pipe is toroidal. The thrust surfaces of the pipes are conical with a negative taper angle. The male pipe is provided with an additional cylindrical surface, which interfaces with the toroidal sealing surface and with the threaded end portion. The male pipe is provided with an additional conical surface, which interfaces with the toroidal sealing surface and, at the opposite end, with the conical thrust surface. The female pipe is provided with an internal annular groove, situated between the threaded end portion and the conical sealing surface. The technical result is improved tightness of the joint.
Direct Isosurface Visualization of Hex-Based High-Order Geometry and Attribute Representations

In this paper, we present a novel isosurface visualization technique that guarantees the accurate visualization of isosurfaces with complex attribute data defined on (un)structured (curvi)linear hexahedral grids. Isosurfaces of high-order hexahedral-based finite element solutions on both uniform grids (including MRI and CT scans) and more complex geometry representing a domain of interest that can be rendered using our algorithm. Additionally, our technique can be used to directly visualize solutions and attributes in isogeometric analysis, an area based on trivariate high-order NURBS (Non-Uniform Rational B-splines) geometry and attribute representations for the analysis. Furthermore, our technique can be used to visualize isosurfaces of algebraic functions. Our approach combines subdivision and numerical root finding to form a robust and efficient isosurface visualization algorithm that does not miss surface features, while finding all intersections between a view frustum and desired isosurfaces. This allows the use of view-independent transparency in the rendering process. We demonstrate our technique through a straightforward CPU implementation on both complex-structured and complex-unstructured geometries with high-order simulation solutions, isosurfaces of medical data sets, and isosurfaces of algebraic functions.
Adoption prospects and implication problems of practicing conservation agriculture in Bangladesh: A socioeconomic diagnosis

Abstract The research was conducted to evaluate the problems and prospects of adopting conservation agriculture in Jamalpur and Bogra districts of Bangladesh. A total of 120 farmers (20 from focal and 100 from control group) were surveyed for collecting necessary data and information. A combination of descriptive statistics and mathematical techniques was used to analyze the data. Focal farmers followed the basic principles of conservation agriculture but control farmers continued conventional crop farming practices. Focal farmers were more profitable compared to control farmers in terms of wheat and bean production. Less production due to minimum tillage, difficulties in maintenance, lack of extension service etc. was the major problems faced by the farmers. Knowledge on soil conservation and soil quality improvement, use of organic fertilizer, etc. was found as strengths; management of crop residue, scarcity of cowdung, etc. were found as weaknesses; labour opportunities, market demand, etc. were found as opportunities; and climate change and price fluctuation were found as threats of adopting conservation agriculture. Regular extension contact, arrangement of training programmes and input support are to be ensured by different government and non-government organizations to motivate farmers for adopting conservation agriculture practice.
Heat Release in Turbine Cooling II: Numerical Details of Secondary Combustion Surrounding Shaped Holes

Film cooling plays a critical role in providing effective thermal protection to components in modern gas turbine engines. Most of the previous studies on film cooling were conducted using either cylindrical or shaped coolant holes with nonreactive pure gases in the cross-stream flow. In this paper, the chemically reactive film cooling over a surface with shaped coolant hole is investigated by a Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes approach with a shear-stress transport k-!model to simulate the turbulentflow.To take into account the secondary combustion resulting from the unburned fuels in the crossflow, a two-step reaction scheme was used for the combustion of propane. An eddydissipation concept approach was used to account for the turbulence–chemistry interaction. The three-dimensional simulation was performed on an unstructured hybrid grid. The characteristics of reactive thermal flows, jet– crossflow interactions, species transport, and fuel consumption were investigated at different equivalence ratios and blowing ratios. Numerical results provide insight into where reactions take place and how fuel is consumed.
Flexible combined production of power, heat and transport fuels from renewable energy sources

Seasonal solar energy potential and the need for heat and power do not match in Northern and Central European conditions. Consequently, large investments are needed for storing solar energy from summer season to dark winter time. The widely available combined heat and power plants and heating networks should be utilized effectively also in the future energy system. In addition to these challenges, decarbonisation of the transport sector requires massive production of renewable fuels especially for the heavy duty sector: air traffic, ships, heavy duty road vehicles. FLEXCHX project is aiming to present a cost-effective solution to tackle these challenges of the new European energy mix.

Principal ideas of the proposal are:
-  A hybrid process that integrates electrolysis to biomass gasification and synthesis is developed and the key enabling technologies of this process are validated to reach TRL5.
-  In summer season renewable fuel intermediate (FT-wax) is produced from biomass carbon boosted with solar energy driven electrolysis. A small amount of by-product heat is also produced to cover the summer-time demand for district heating. Biomass consumption is halved compared to the winter time operation and 50 % of the input energy comes from low-cost excess electricity.
- In winter season the plant is operated without the electrolyzer in a way that biomass conversion to liquid fuel intermediate,  heat and electricity is maximized.
- Most of the invested plant components are in full use throughout the year, only the electrolysis unit is operated seasonally

Behind FLEXCHX there is a multi-national consortium composed of RTD organizations, industry and SMEs representing the entire value chain.  The RTD partners have excellent synergistic competences, while the industrial partners represent lead industries covering the complete value chain from biomass gasification, gas cleaning and fuel synthesis component and plant manufacturers to service providers and end-users.
Self-Organization towards reduced cost and energy per bit for future emerging radio technologies

A revelation in today´s mobile is networks is SON (Self-Organizing technology) technology, which is seen as a playing pivotal role towards reducing the management costs of networks. In legacy networks, still many network elements and associated parameters are manually configured. The associated operations costs are significant. Specialized expertise must be maintained to tune these network parameters, and the existing manual process is time-consuming and potentially error-prone. In addition, this manual tuning process inherently results in comparatively long delays in updating values in response to the often rapidly changing network topologies and operating conditions, resulting in sub-optimal network performance. SON is capable of collecting information from the network, so as to perform self-configuration, self-optimization, self-healing and etc, so as to reduce the operation cost through less human involvement, and to optimize the service quality through robust and prompt network optimization.   

In this proposal, we aim to drive further cost savings in the way networks are managed today by amplifying further the coverage zone of SON within the network. We believe that key technologies such as network sharing and Coordinated Multipoint (CoMP) can benefit from SON technology solutions. We will consider a complex context-aware heterogeneous network that is slowly becoming a 5G reality, and investigate the notion of SON CoMP and SO network sharing, as key technologies to reduce cost and energy per bit in legacy and future emerging mobile technologies.
Effect of melatonin supplementation on plasma glucose and liver glycogen levels in rats subjected to acute swimming exercise.

ABSTRACT The aim of the present study is to examine how melatonin supplementation affects plasma glucose and liver glycogen levels in rats subjected to acute swimming exercise. Spraque-Dawley species thirty adult male rats were allocated to 3 groups with equal number of animals: general control group which was not subjected to any procedure (Group 1), the group subjected to a 30-minute acute swimming exercise (Group 2), and the group subjected to a 30-minute acute swimming exercise after intraperitoneal (i.p.) melatonin supplementation (3 mg/kg/day) for 4 weeks (Group 3). Blood samples collected from the experimental animals by decapitation method were analyzed in terms of plasma glucose, and glycogen levels were determined in liver tissue samples by histological method. The highest plasma glucose levels were obtained in group 2 (p<0,05). Plasma glucose levels in groups 1 and 3 were not different. Mean liver glycogen level in group 3 was significantly higher than those in the other groups (p<0,01), while there was no significant difference between group 1 and group 2 in terms of this parameter. Results of the study demonstrate that melatonin supplementation can have a protective effect on liver glycogen reserves in rats subjected to acute swimming exercise.
Machine learning for advanced gas turbine injection systems to enhance combustor performance.

Air transportation is expected to grow persistently over the next decades. Clean combustion technology for aircraft engines is a key enabler to reduce the impact of this growth on ecosystems and humans’ health. The vision for European aviation is shaped by the Advisory Council for Aviation Research and Innovation in Europe in the Flight Path 2050 goals, which define stringent regulations on pollutant emissions. To meet these goals, the major engine manufacturers develop lean premixed combustors operated at very high pressure. This development introduces a large risk for reduced reliability and lifetime of engines: pressure oscillations in the combustor called thermoacoustics. Much research has been dedicated to study this phenomenon over the last decades with mixed success. Industrial experience shows that the pressure oscillations often surface as late as the full engine has been built and tested. Traditional engineering methods fall short of predictability during the design of the engines due to a high sensitivity of thermoacoustics with respect to barely known input parameters. Aviation industry encounters currently the fourth industrial revolution: cyber-physical systems analyze and monitor technical systems and take automated decisions. This industrial revolution is known as “Industry 4.0” in Germany and “Industrial Internet” in the USA. An essential enabler of the fourth industrial revolution is Machine Learning. The ITN MAGISTER will utilize Machine Learning to predict and understand thermoacoustics in aircraft engine combustors, and lead combustion research a revolutionary new approach in this area. The participation of the major aircraft engine OEMs GE, Rolls Royce, Safran ensures industrial relevance and outreach of the results. The project will shape early career talents in a network of world leading scientists and industrial partners to work on one of the most severe design issues in aviation technology in the spirit of the fourth industrial revolution.
New Performances for Mediterranean Tourism

The rising importance of tourism and its positive impacts on economic growth and local development have put tourist policies and their governance at the centre of strategies of many Mediterranean regions. The Mediterranean area received around 200 million tourists in 2005, forecasts are of 325 million by 2020. Despite these figures, the growth rate in the Mediterranean Basin is slower than the global one: difficulties to propose new alternatives and new attractions to face emerging tourist markets can explain this trend. NEWPER proposes to build a new model of local governance for planning policies and strategies to valorise secondary tourist destinations.
METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A HEAT EXCHANGER CONTAINING A PHASE-CHANGE MATERIAL, EXCHANGER OBTAINED AND USES AT HIGH TEMPERATURES

The invention relates to a heat-exchanger module (1) comprising at least one fluid circuit comprising at least one fluid-circulation channel (13), at least one cell containing a phase-change material (PCM) such as a metal alloy or salt, at least the cell(s) being defined by walls (10) of at least one first metal plate (10.1, 10.2, 10.3) which can be welded, diffusion welded or brazed onto a second metal plate (10.1, 10.2, 10.3). The invention relates to the related manufacturing methods as well as to the uses at high temperatures.
TEXTILE FIBRES HAVING PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTIES FOR DEGRADING CHEMICAL OR BIOLOGICAL AGENTS, METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME AND USE THEREOF IN PHOTOCATALYSIS

The invention relates to textile fibres at least partially covered with a nanometric-sized semiconducting material having photocatalytic properties for degrading chemical compounds, in particular chemical or biological agents, wherein said semiconducting material is in the form of nanostructures or nanocomposites with a one-dimensional morphology. The textile fibres can be used for applications in the military, medical, and civilian domains, etc. The curves 60 and 62 respectively show the photocatalytic degradation of organic compounds at the surface of textile fibres covered with nanostructures or nanocomposites having a one-dimensional morphology according to the invention, and nanoparticles having a granular morphology according to the prior art. The nanostructures or nanocomposites of the invention 60 are more efficient.