SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Tribalism can corrupt: Why people denounce or protect immoral group members

Abstract When ingroup members behave immorally, what determines whether other group members denounce vs. protect them? We asked if concerns for group reputation might determine how people respond to the moral indiscretions of group members. In four studies, participants read about an immoral act committed by a member of their political party. The act was either publicly known to people outside of the participant's political party (i.e., “public transgression”) or hidden from public view (i.e., “private transgression”). In the public transgression condition, participants endorsed having their political party openly denounce the transgressor in an apparent effort to prevent the party's reputation from being tarnished by association. In the private transgression condition, however, they were reluctant to publicly report the transgressive party member, presumably to prevent reputational loss. Feelings of responsibility for the group arising from either identity fusion with the party or being experimentally assigned to occupy a position of responsibility for the party amplified these effects. Strongly fused participants were even willing to contemplate extreme, unethical actions aimed at protecting party reputation (e.g. tampering with incriminating evidence), regardless of the publicness of the transgression. We conclude that feelings of responsibility for the group and reputational considerations determine whether people denounce or protect ingroup transgressors.
Metagenomic analysis reveals the prevalence of biodegradation genes for organic pollutants in activated sludge

The abundance, diversity, and distribution of biodegradation genes (BDGs) and phenol degradation genes (PDGs) in activated sludge (AS) from two wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) at different sampling times were assessed by metagenomic analysis using a total of 15 datasets derived from Illumina high-throughput sequencing and BLAST comparisons to BDGs and PDGs databases. The results showed that the abundance (0.015-0.030%) and diversity of BDGs in AS varied with the WWTP and the sampling times. The p450 and pmo genes were the most abundant genes in the BDGs and PDGs subgroups, respectively. MG-RAST analysis revealed that 87 detected bacterial genera potentially capable of degrading pollutants were mostly affiliated with Proteobacteria (59.8%), Bacteroidetes (17.2%), and Actinobacteria (9.2%). Mycobacterium, belonging to Actinobacteria, was found to be the most abundant genus (23.4%). This method could be used to monitor an AS's biodegradation ability for organic pollutants and to evaluate its wastewater treatment efficiency.
Breve revisão sobre uso medicinal de três plantas encontradas na mata atlântica do extremo sul da Bahia: Fevillea trilobata, Cordia verbenacea e Carapichea ipecacuanha / Brief review on the medicinal use of three plants found in the atlantic forest of the extreme south of Bahia: Fevillea trilobata, Cordia verbenacea and Carapichea ipecacuanha

verbenacea e 140 (6,10%) sobre Carapichea ipecacuanha.Os principais temas descritos nas
Research and innovation centre on advanced industrial production

The Research and Innovation Centre on Advanced Industrial Production (RICAIP) unlocks the research and innovation capacity of CIIRC CTU and CEITEC BUT, by establishing a strong partnership with prominent German research organizations: DFKI and ZeMA, who jointly contribute to RICAIP by making their core facilities available and enable RICAIP to operate in a distributed way. RICAIP will be established at CIIRC CTU as an international centre operating fully in English. RICAIP will significantly contribute to upgrading the Institute from the national Centre of Excellence (CoE) in areas of informatics, robotics, and cybernetics to the European CoE of artificial intelligence and industrial robotics for advanced industry.

For this purpose, RICAIP will build and develop the very first distributed testbed for advanced industrial production (RICAIP Industrial Testbed Core), that serves both academia and companies. The RICAIP Industrial Testbed Core will be established by integration of three local core facilities – the Prague testbed at CIIRC CTU, the Brno testbed at CEITEC BUT (both significantly upgraded by RICAIP), and the existing Saarbrücken Testbed – the joint facility of DFKI and ZeMA.

RICAIP represents an international platform for Industry 4.0 scientific challenges as well as addressing current needs, gaps and demands of the industrial sector and society. RICAIP is a trigger for a significant upgrade of the academic and scientific environment. It promotes structural change and strikes against stereotypes and lack of innovative approaches.

RICAIP benefits from its prominent governmental support and from traditionally strong industrial ties between Czech and German application sectors. The autonomy of RICAIP is supervised and guaranteed by the external Supervisory body of its stakeholders. The special status of RICAIP implying financial and organisational autonomy within the University is already internally formalised.
Failure of Ubiquitin Proteasome System: Risk for Neurodegenerative Diseases

The ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS) is the primary proteolytic quality control system in cells and has an essential function in the nervous system. UPS dysfunction has been linked to neurodegenerative conditions, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases. The pathology of neurodegenerative diseases is characterized by the abnormal accumulation of insoluble protein aggregates or inclusion bodies within neurons. The failure or dysregulation of the UPS prevents the degradation of misfolded/aberrant proteins, leading to deficient synaptic function that eventually affects the nervous system. In this review, we discuss the UPS and its physiological roles in the nervous system, its influence on neuronal function, and how UPS dysfunction contributes to the development of neurodegenerative diseases.
International experiences of digital empowerment in a climate justice frame

This project aims to explore whether and (if so) how individuals affected by climate change experience and perceive empowerment through digital crowdsourcing campaigns provided by organisational actors. Unequal inclusion in climate change debates and decision-making processes remains a significanThis project aims to explore whether and (if so) how individuals affected by climate change experience and perceive empowerment through digital crowdsourcing campaigns provided by organisational actors. Unequal inclusion in climate change debates and decision-making processes remains a significant global problem, perpetuating local and global structural inequalities in experiencing and addressing climate change . In response to this issue, various international non-governmental civil society (INGO) and governmental organisations (IGO) have initiated crowdsourcing campaigns to involve citizens around the globe. Such campaigns provide open calls through digital platforms with varying aims around participation, ranging from individual submissions of climate change data (e.g. photo evidence or disaster tracking) to group submissions of innovative solutions to specific environmental problems. As such, these campaigns aim to provide more participatory processes. They should therefore, in theory, empower individuals through more participatory digitally-enabled processes (= digital empowerment), a notion and hypothesis this project aims to test through the lens of climate justice. It will do so through qualitative research including short-term ethnographic fieldwork with the WWF & UNFCCC; long-term digital observation (and where possible participation, e.g. in group tasks or data submission) in crowdsourcing initiatives by the UNFCCC (= 3 initiatives, drawn from COP27 crowdsourcing actions as part of the Action Hubs) and WWF (= 3 initiatives, “Climate Crowd”; “One City Planet Challenge”); and six to ten focus groups (FG; 1-2 FG in each chosen location) with users of these platforms.
A Comparison of Low and High LET (Linear Energy Transfer) Induced Radiolysis of Solvent Extraction Processes

Abstract Reagents used in chemical separation processes for used nuclear fuel are susceptible to radiolysis. Here we investigate the 10 B(n,α) 7 Li reaction for inducing high linear energy transfer (LET) radiolysis. A solution of tributyl phosphate (TBP) in n-dodecane, representing the PUREX solvent, was irradiated by gamma rays from a 137 Cs source and by high LET particles from the 10 B(n,α) 7 Li reaction in the UC Irvine TRIGA reactor. TBP degradation and Dibutyl phosphate (DBP) formation were quantified by gas chromatography. Our data show a significantly larger formation of DBP in the presence of gamma radiation compared to high LET radiation.
Method for manufacturing a flash memory

A method for manufacturing a flash memory includes providing a substrate with a sacrificial oxide layer, a sacrificial poly-Si layer, a hard mask layer and a trench exposing part of the substrate and filled with an oxide layer, later depositing a oxide layer conformally on the sacrificial oxide layer and the oxide layer, and afterwards removing the oxide layer on the sacrificial oxide layer and on the top of the oxide layer and the sacrificial oxide layer to form a spacer as a STI oxide spacer.
Characterizations and modeling of turbidity in a water supply reservoir following an extreme runoff event

The findings from an integrated program of short- and long-term monitoring, individual particle analyses (IPA), and mechanistic modeling to characterize and simulate the turbidity (T n ) effects of an extreme runoff event (2011) on a water supply reservoir were documented. A robotic profiling platform and rapid profiling instrumentation resolved turbidity and temperature (T) patterns in time and space in the reservoir. Metalimnetic enrichment in T n following the event was reported and attributed to the entry of turbid stream water as density currents, or plunging inflows. The diminishment of high T n levels following the event was well represented by a first-order loss rate of about 0.023 d −1 . The highest T n levels were avoided in water withdrawn for the water supply following the event by selection of vertical intake alternatives, although T n values in the withdrawal remained distinctly above typical baseline conditions for nearly 2 months. Based on IPA, the T n -causing particles were mostly clay minerals in the 1–20 µm size range. The operation of sorting processes determining settling losses from the minerogenic particle population, according to their size and shape, following the runoff event was resolved. The set-up and testing of a mechanistic T n model, composed of 2 submodels, a 2-dimensional hydrothermal/transport submodel, and a T n kinetics submodel, is described. The hydrothermal/transport submodel was tested separately and performed well in simulating the dynamics of the reservoir’s stratification regime and the entry of the dense streams as plunging inflows during the extreme runoff event. The overall T n model needed to represent the loss processes of both settling and coagulation to perform well in simulating the in-reservoir and withdrawal T n patterns following the runoff event.
Disorder in the anionic part ofcatena-poly[[(pyrazine-2-carboxylato)copper(II)]-μ-pyrazine-2-carboxylato]

The title compound, [Cu(C 5 H 3 N 2 O 2 ) 0.88 (C 6 H 4 NO 2 ) 1.12 ] n , is characterized by disorder of the anion, resulting from a statistical occupation in a 0.44 (3):0.56 (3) ratio of pyrazine-2-carboxylate and pyridine-2-carboxylate. The compound was isolated during attempts to synthesize a mixed-ligand coordination polymer by solvothermal reaction between copper(II) nitrate and equimolar mixtures of pyrazine-2-carboxylic acid and pyridine-2-carboxylic acid in a mixture of water and EtOH. The difference in the two components of the compound is due to substitutional disorder of a CH group for one of the N atoms of the pyrazine ring which share the same site in the structure. In the crystal structure, the Cu II atom lies on an inversion centre and is six-coordinated in a distorted N 2 O 4 geometry. The carboxylate group carbonyl O atoms are weakly coordinated to an equivalent Cu II atom that is translated one unit cell in the a -axis direction, thus forming a polymeric chain through carboxylate bridges.
Humans Use Summary Statistics to Perceive Auditory Sequences

In vision, humans use summary statistics (e.g., the average facial expression of a crowd) to efficiently perceive the gist of groups of features. Here, we present direct evidence that ensemble coding is also important for auditory processing. We found that listeners could accurately estimate the mean frequency of a set of logarithmically spaced pure tones presented in a temporal sequence (Experiment 1). Their performance was severely reduced when only a subset of tones from a given sequence was presented (Experiment 2), which demonstrates that ensemble coding is based on a substantial number of the tones in a sequence. This precise ensemble coding occurred despite very limited representation of individual tones from the sequence: Listeners were poor at identifying specific individual member tones (Experiment 3) and at determining their positions in the sequence (Experiment 4). Together, these results indicate that summary statistical coding is not limited to visual processing and is an important auditory mechanism for extracting ensemble frequency information from sequences of sounds.
New test method for gas boosters with domestic solar water heaters

Abstract This paper describes a new test method for determining the annual energy consumption of a domestic solar water heater incorporating an in-series gas booster on the outlet of the storage vessel to provide auxiliary heating. The test method accounts for the variation in performance of the gas booster as its incoming water temperature and flow rate varies. Systems incorporating both standard and condensing gas instantaneous water heaters are evaluated. An experimental method was developed to characterize the steady-state performance of the gas booster and the resulting performance equation incorporated in a TRNSYS model of the solar water heater to assess gas consumption. Using this method, annual gas consumption is found to be 15% higher than calculated by a current standard where gas booster efficiency is held constant regardless of water flow rate or temperature. The condensing gas booster tested was found to maintain a significant performance advantage over the non-condensing model over a range of solar water heaters.
Livestock Diseases and Health Care Facilities in Sundarbans Delta of India

There are a number of livestock diseases which are seasonal in nature. Understanding the disease pattern and health care facility has an implication in formulating an efficient and effective disease management strategy. With this implication, a study was conducted in four villages of Sundarban delta of India to understand the prevalence of livestock disease, their seasonality, and health care facility available. A participatory case study method was used for the study. Data were collected using semi-structured interview, listing, narrative and observation method. Study reveals that foot and mouth disease, ranikhet disease, chicken pox, hump sore, etc. were highly seasonal, whereas amphistomiasis, delayed expulsion of placenta, dystokia, etc. were not seasonal. Quacks, veterinary officers, medicine pedlars, medicine shop keepers, midwives, and ethno-veterinarians were the veterinary service providers in the study area. It is concluded that a holistic research is needed on documentation and validation of major livestock diseases in order to suggest effective disease management practices in the context of prevailing health care practices and available veterinary facilities.
Polling beehives to monitor parasitic infestations and gather pollination information

One out of every three bites of food we eat is there because of pollinators. However, pollinator and especially bee diversity has declined markedly in Europe and a study from 2014 by the university of Reading calculates the existing shortage at seven billion bees. In addition to the challenges from climate change and an ever growing world population the agricultural sector is under tremendous pressure to produce a lot more crop on limited acres and a declining pollinator population. Hivepoll aims to establish a novel data exchange platform between beekeepers and other stakeholder in the agriculture market. The project will not only offer a low-cost visual computing system to detect threats and effectively manage bee hives in real time but also unprecedented insights into the performance of bee colonies as pollinators. Hivepoll allows to predict crop yield and using better models to manage crop failure risks, two features which are among the biggest opportunities for Big Data applications in agriculture. With hivepoll it will become possible to provide an early warning system in case of a low pollination performance as well as being able to counter these adverse effects. Furthermore, an effective parasite detection will contribute to the health of bee colonies and their survival in good health over the winter which is a prime concern of bee keepers and farmers as honey bees are among the few pollinators which are active in sufficient force early in the planting cycle. A fast pollination of crops is extremely important as it alleviates the negative effects of unstable weather conditions such as spring frost. We predict an up to 10% increase in crop yield due to the improved management of pollination by hivepoll. Hivepoll is based on a successfully concluded 2 years research project with universities. In the project important follow-up steps for commercialization will be carried out.
Delphi: a framework to study dark matter and the emergence of galaxies in the epoch of reionization

Our Universe started as a dark featureless sea of hydrogen, helium, and dark matter of unknown composition about 13 and a half billion years ago. The earliest galaxies lit up the Universe with pinpricks of light, ushering in the era of  ‘cosmic dawn’. These galaxies represent the primary building blocks of all subsequent galaxies and the sources of the first (hydrogen ionizing) photons that could break apart the hydrogen atoms suffusing all of space starting the process of ‘cosmic reionization’. By virtue of being the smallest bound structures in the early Universe, these galaxies also provide an excellent testbed for models wherein Dark Matter is composed of warm, fast moving particles as opposed to the sluggish heavy particles used in the standard Cold Dark Matter paradigm.

Exploiting the power of the latest cosmological simulations as well as semi-analytic modelling rooted in first principles, DELPHI will build a coherent and predictive model to answer three of the key outstanding questions in physical cosmology:
- how did the interlinked processes of galaxy formation and reionization drive each other?
- what were the physical properties of early galaxies and how have they evolved through time to give rise to  the galaxy properties we see today?
- what is the nature (mass) of the mysterious Dark Matter  that makes up 80% of the matter content in the Universe?

The timescale of the ERC represents an excellent opportunity for progress on these fundamental questions: observations with cutting-edge instruments (e.g. the Hubble and Subaru telescopes) are providing the first tantalising glimpses of early galaxies assembling in an infant Universe, required to pin down theoretical models. The realistic results obtained by DELPHI will also be vital in determining survey strategies and exploiting synergies between forthcoming key state-of-the-art instruments such as the European-Extremely Large Telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope and the Square Kilometre Array.
DESIGUALDADE GLOBAL, CRISE MULTIDIMENSIONAL E AS FALÁCIAS DO DESENVOLVIMENTO

O capitalismo contemporâneo tem ampliado sua condição produtora de desigualdades. Este aprofundamento tem sido revelado por meio do caráter multidimensional tomado pela crise capitalista. A continuidade da crise capitalista também desafia as noções ligadas às possibilidades de correção do capitalismo e a superação das desigualdades inerentes ao modo de produção pela figura histórica da reforma. Este artigo objetiva evidenciar processos específicos, mas globais, assinalando suas “impossibilidades sistêmicas”, que apontam criticamente para as falácias do desenvolvimento, em projetos que aprofundam as disparidades sociais de toda ordem, ao serviço do grande capital e em detrimento dos trabalhadores. Isso é feito com a exposição de dois estudos de caso, Brasil e China, evidenciando o caráter multidimensional da crise capitalista e sua relação com a produção de desigualdades.
OS PRINCIPAIS ASSUNTOS DE AUDITORIA DE EMPRESAS DO SETOR FINANCEIRO BRASILEIRO

O presente trabalho buscou analisar os principais assuntos de auditoria (PAA’s) mais recorrentes de instituições financeiras que estão listadas na Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão (B3) no período de 2016 a 2020 devido ao início da vigência do novo relatório do auditor para avaliar a evolução deste parecer no decorrer dos anos ao relacionar a quantidade de assuntos de auditoria alocados com a empresa de auditoria. Através de pesquisa descritiva, documental com análise qualitativa e quantitativa, verificou que os principais assuntos abordados no seguimento de bancos são: provisão para crédito de liquidação duvidosa; ambiente de tecnologia e passivo contingente, com recorrência de 95 (noventa e cinco) 81 (oitenta e um) e 72 (setenta e dois) repetições respectivamente. As principais empresas de auditoria contratadas foram as Big Four: Deloitte, PWC (PricewaterhouseCoopers), E&amp;Y (Ernst &amp; Young) e KPMG, havendo apenas uma empresa contratada que não faz parte deste grupo: Grant Thornton. Demonstrou-se a quantidade de principais assuntos de auditoria aplicados às empresas analisadas, sendo a média conjunta de 3,70 PAA’s por parecer publicado. Verificou-se a conformidade entre as empresas de auditoria quanto aos principais assuntos abordados com maior recorrência, sendo estes apresentados e fundamentados de mesmo modo.
TRAVEL TUBE

A reusable travel tube that has a flexible tube portion, a collar and a cap that can be threaded onto the cap. The collar is fitted over a neck of the tube portion and forms a gasket-like seal between the neck of the tube portion and the collar. The cap has a rotatable locking bail that can prevent a flip-top cap from accidentally being opened. When the locking bail is not positioned to prevent the cap from being accidentally opened, it can be retracted into a nested position such that the handle of the bail is substantially flush with the outer side surface of the collar.