SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Research of Technologies of Water Level Detection for Water Supply and Drainage System

The paper introduced principle,characteristics and applicable situation of water level detection of float type,capacitive type,pressure type,ultrasonic wave type and bubble type.It indicated that the technologies of water level detection have different characteristics: float type water transmitter is suitable to detect water level of water tower and reservoir with the maximum water of depth 6 m and clear water quality;capacitive type water transmitter is suitable to detect water level of rivers and lakes with clear water quality,big diameter of water container and deep water level;pressure type water transmitter is suitable to detect water level of well with smaller diameters of water container;ultrasonic wave type and bubble type water transmitter need be chosen carefully with complex structure and high cost although they overcome influence of water quality on measuring accuracy.
Latin relics in a greek egypt

LAREGRE takes into account all documentary papyri from IV to VII AD Egypt, which contain passages in the Latin language, be they simple characters, words, phrases, or full texts (about 400 manuscripts). These documents will be investigated within the larger frame of Late Antique Egypt, the Late, and the Eastern Roman Empire. The core questions of this study are i) how the central government (first that of Rome, than that of Constantinople as the Empire fragmented) used the Latin language in the Egyptian provinces to enhance its power and authority; and ii) how people in Egypt reacted to the cultural and political decline of Rome, hitherto the centre of Roman power and the symbol of Western rule. The project addresses sets of documents so far understudied and fills a long-standing gap in scholarship; it stems from my experience as a scholar and interpreter of Latin texts on papyrus within the ERC-funded project PLATINUM (2015-2021), which has contributed to re-assess the historical importance of manuscripts, such as Latin papyri, potsherds or tablets from Egypt and the Mediterranean basin, usually overlooked or understudied. Employed methodologies will combine papyrological and palaeographical analysis on the manuscripts – which will be greatly improved at the Center for the Tebtynis Papyri in Berkeley – with historical investigation on the texts and contexts gathered from those very manuscripts, to be decidedly enhanced by the final year of the Fellowship at the DISCI in Bologna. The success of this project will improve my professional profile into a more complete scholar, and will boost my chances of getting a tenure-track position within the DISCI itself.
Understanding the influence of human and organizational factors on surgeon performance to enhance patient outcomes: experimental evaluation of a customized coaching program

Individual performance of surgeon is a core element of successful surgery that can vary greatly over career for poorly understood reasons. Solutions to optimize physical and mental condition of surgeon during operation have not been thoroughly explored so far, while this may represent basic foundation for delivering high quality surgery. This surgeon-centred outcome research pursues three successive goals: 1-Identifying the key determinants related to surgeon's human factor and operating room organization influencing his/her performance in terms of patient safety and care efficiency; 2-Developing a customized coaching program for surgeons based on the human and organizational factors previously discovered, which includes a charting system for individual parameters and surgical outcomes feedback, profiling of individual surgeon, and standardized modules of improvement; 3-Implementing and measuring the impact of this program on surgical outcomes of a randomized group of surgeons against a control group of non-exposed surgeons. Inspired from previous experiences in the aeronautic and sport arena to improve pilots and athletes performance, our approach will take place in real time at the point of care in close collaboration with front-line personnel. A particular attention will be paid to quantify the influence of several factors that may affect how the surgeon operates every day (physiological stress, sleep quality, physical activities, workload, team composition and unplanned events in operating room). Generated knowledge on these factors will be exploited for identifying deficiencies that, if corrected, could improve surgeon's functional capacity. Solutions to control these factors and achieve optimal outcomes will then be experimentally tested to establish evidence-based standards of surgical practice. Those standards will be adapted to each surgeon's needs and preferences, potentially leading to a certification model for surgeons complying with excellence criteria.
[Determination of lutein and zeaxanthin in serum by high performance liquid chromatography].

To establish a simultaneous determination method for measuring lutein, zeaxanthin and β-carotene in serum by internal standard on C(30)-HPLC.Experimental data were as follows: stationary phase, Develosil carotenoid column C(30) (250 mm×4.6 mm, 5 μm); mobile phase A, acetonitrile:methanol (3:2, v/v); mobile phase B, MTBE; grads elution; flow rate, 1 mL/min; monitoring wavelength, 450 nm; injection volume, 20 μL; column temperature, 25 °C.Lutein, zeaxanthin and β-carotene were thoroughly separated with the average retention time of 9.9 min, 10.3 min and 21.2 min, respectively. The intra-day relative standard deviation (RSD) values were 3.22%, 3.81% and 1.60%. The linear ranges of serum concentrations of lutein and β-carotene were both 0.012 5-12.5 mg/L (r=0.999 5, r=0.999 7), and that of zeaxanthin was 0.005-5.0 mg/L (r=1). The mean serum concentrations of lutein, zeaxanthin and β-carotene for 58 healthy elder inhabitants (>50 years) were 0.410 μmol/L, 0.054 μmol/L and 0.128 μmol/L, respectively.This established method can be used for determination of lutein, zeaxanthin and β-carotene in serum.
Efficient broadcasting in tactical networks: Forwarding vs. network coding

Broadcasting (communicating information from one to all or many to all nodes in a network) is an important communication primitive. It is used as a building block in many MANET routing protocols, for example. In addition, broadcasting is a key primitive in tactical networks to support to deliver applications of all-informed voice, group push-to-talk, situational information sharing etc. Supporting one-to-all or all-to-all communication patterns in multihop wireless networks efficiently is therefore important. In this paper, we compare efficient broadcasting protocols based on packet forwarding and based on network-coding. Using a number of network scenarios, we derive lower bounds for the required number of packet retransmissions at the MAC layer to support broadcast with and without applying network coding techniques. We compare these lower bounds with each other, as well as with protocols proposed for each approach. More specifically, we use SMF and PDP as sample forwarding-based broadcast protocols, and a multisource random linear network coding protocol as a representative network coding approach. The results show that network coding has advantages over pure packet forwarding. However, none of the existing solutions comes close to approaching their respective lower bounds, leaving much room for new and improved protocols.
SMALL TECHNETIUM-99M AND RHENIUM LABELED AGENTS AND METHODS FOR IMAGING TISSUES, ORGANS AND TUMORS

The present invention relates to compounds and related technetium and rhenium complexes thereof which are suitable for imaging or therapeutic treatment of tissues, organs, or tumors. In another embodiment, the invention relates the methods of imaging tissues, organs or tumors using radiolabeled metal complexes, particularly tissues, organs, or tumors which express certain receptors to which the compounds or complexes of the invention have an affinity. The present invention also relates to methods of treating cancer, particularly those cancer lines which express certain receptors to which the compounds or complexes of the invention have an affinity. In yet another embodiment, the present invention provides methods of imaging and/or inhibiting receptors or neuroreceptors using compounds or complexes of the invention which have an affinity for the receptor or neuroreceptor to be imaged and/or inhibited.
The synergistic effects of 3-D porous silk fibroin matrix scaffold properties and hydrodynamic environment in cartilage tissue regeneration

Autologous cell-based tissue engineering using three-dimensional porous scaffolds has provided a good option for the repair of cartilage defects. Silk fibroin-based scaffolds are naturally degradable materials with excellent biocompatibility and robust mechanical properties, indicating potential applications in cartilage tissue engineering. In this study, silk fibroin scaffolds prepared by freeze-drying (FD) and salt-leaching (SL300 and SL500) were fully characterized and used to study the effects of silk fibroin scaffold properties on chondrocyte attachment, proliferation and differentiation. The synergistic effects of scaffold properties and hydrodynamic environment generated by in vitro rocking culture were also investigated using static cultures as control. FD scaffolds with small pore size and lower porosity increased cell attachment but inhibited cell penetration and limited cell proliferation and differentiation. In contrast, SL scaffolds displaying a bigger pore size, higher porosity and crystallinity resulted in homogenous cell distribution, increasing cell proliferation and advanced chondrocyte differentiation in terms of their spherical morphology, predominant chondrogenic gene expression and abundant cartilaginous extracellular matrix production. A hydrodynamic environment was beneficial to chondrocyte proliferation, differentiation, and integrin gene expression in a pore size dependent manner with superior cartilage matrix production but limited hypertrophic differentiation obtained using chondrocyte-seeded SL500 scaffolds. Integrin alpha5beta1 might mediate these effects. Chondrocyte/SL500 silk fibroin constructs obtained under in vitro rocking culture might serve as an excellent implant for in vivo cartilage defect reparation.
ANALISIS KAUSALITAS PENERIMAANPAJAK DAN PENGELUARAN PEMERINTAH(Studi Kasus Pemerintah Kota di Provinsi JawaTengah)

Fiscal policy is an action taken by the government in the field of state
governement budget wich is related to tax revenue and government expenditure
In the framework of the implementation of fiscal decentralization, there is the
giving task and authority to local governments which means that the local
government has the right to regulate their tax revenue and expenditure. The
greater amount of tax that government received will result in increased revenues
to finance government expenditure, and conversely. It basically gives
the understanding that discussion of tax revenues closely related to government
expenditure.
This research aims to analyze the causality relationship between tax
revenues and government expenditure on the cities of Central Java Province
during 2001-2014. This research uses Granger Causality Test. Types of data used
in this research is secondary data and panel. The data obtained from
the Directorate General of Financial Equalization.
The result showed that there is unidirectional causality from tax revenues
to the government expenditure on the cities of Central Java Province. This result
support tax-spend hypothesis explained by Friedman (1978) that government
expenditure will adjust by tax revenues.
Numerical Simulation of 2010 Pakistan Flood in the Kabul River Basin by Using Lagged Ensemble Rainfall Forecasting

Abstract Lagged ensemble forecasting of rainfall and rainfall–runoff–inundation (RRI) forecasting were applied to the devastating flood in the Kabul River basin, the first strike of the 2010 Pakistan flood. The forecasts were performed using the Global Forecast System of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP-GFS) and were provided four times daily. Dynamical downscaling was also applied to the forecasts by the Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF), a regional model. The forecasts of the rainfall and inundation area were verified by comparing rain gauge–corrected Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP) data and the observed indicator of an inundation map based on Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite data. The GFS predicted a sign of heavy rainfall in northern Pakistan 4 days ahead of the onset. However, most of the forecasts predicted it in wrong places, and only those performed after the rainfall onset predicted it in the accurate location. Downscaling corrected the locations of the misplaced GFS forecasts and also underestimated or overestimated rainfall amount derived from GFS. Finally, downscaled forecasts predicted a reliable amount of rainfall in the Kabul River basin 1 day ahead of the rainfall onset and predicted a high probability of heavy rainfall 3 days ahead. Lagged ensemble forecasts of discharge and inundation distribution based on GFS rainfall predicted the probability of the actual discharge and inundation distribution, but in low reliability. The reliability substantially improved when downscaled rainfall was used. The reliability of the flood alert system combining NCEP-GFS, dynamical downscaling by WRF, and the RRI model was at an acceptable level in this study.
Synthetic cellularity via protocell design and chemical construction

We propose to undertake an ambitious 5-year multidisciplinary programme that seeks to pioneer and establish a fundamentally new paradigm in protolife research that is based on novel conceptual and experimental advances in the design and construction of rudimentary forms of synthetic cell-like micro-ensembles (protocells). Our approach is positioned at the interface between materials chemistry, soft matter science and synthetic biology, and will address the following aspects of protocell design and construction: (i) functional complexity in protocell phenotypes, (ii) protocell self-structuring and metamorphosis, (iii) multi-compartmentalization and protocell endosymbiosis, and (iv) collective behavior in protocell communities. We will initiate unprecedented increases in the complexity of individual protocells by developing new types of structural architectures with advanced functions including photosynthetic protocells and motile proteinosomes, and develop innovative strategies for the chemical secretion of spatially extended extra-protocellular hydrogel matrices and induction of protocell metamorphosis. We will develop a modular micro-engineering approach to protocell multi-compartmentalization with the aim of generating coordinated enzyme- and gene-activated endosymbiotic interactions, and pioneer the experimental study of collective behaviour in communities of synthetic protocells. Our overall aim is to pioneer a modern approach to synthetic cellularity that advances the chemical and physical basis of protocell structure and function, and spearheads the development of future technologies based on autonomously functioning chemical micro-compartments with applications in bioinspired micro-storage and delivery, micro-reactor technologies, cytomimetic engineering, and the development of integrated constructs for diverse procedures in synthetic biology.
Clinical observation of three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy concurrent TP regimen in the treatment of advanced cervical cancer

OBJECTIVE To observe the clinical efficacy of three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy combined with TP regimen in treatment of advanced cervical cancer.METHODS A total of 75 patients with advanced cervical cancer were randomly divided into treatment group and control group.In treatment group,38 patients received simultaneous three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy combined with TP(docetaxel+cisplatin)chemotherapy.In control group,37 patients received radiotherapy.RESULTS The response rate(RR)of treatment group were 94.7%,higher than 70.3% in the control group(P﹤0.05).Up for 2 years,the local recurrence rates in treatment groups and control groups were 7.9% and 29.7%,the distant metastasis rates were 10.5% and 35.1%,there was a significant difference(P﹤0.05).The survival rates at 1,2 year for patients in treatment group vs.control group were 92.1% and 70.3%,84.2% and 62.2%,respectively,there were also a significant difference(P﹤0.05).The incidences of gastrointestinal side effects,bone marrow suppression,radiation proctitis and radiation cystitis in treatment group were slightly higher than control group,but there were no significant differences(P﹥0.05).CONCLUSION For patients with advanced cervical cancer,concurrent chemoradiotherapy can reduce the local recurrence rate and distant metastasis rate,and improve 1,2-year survival rate comparing with radiotherapy alone,and it is a safe and effective adjuvant therapy.
High-Speed Image Analysis of the Rock Fracture Process under the Impact of Blasting

The purpose of this paper was to observe the generation, development, and extent impact of rock fissures under the blasting process; the failure process of rock under the gases expansion pressure. The latest high-speed camera, producing about 30,000 frames per second (each grid was 32 µs, and exposure time 4 µs), was used to capture the failure process of rock in blasting concrete specimens. The types of cracks and the rate of extended development in a quantitative way were recorded for observation, analysis, and verification of the failure mechanism of induced by blasting. The results showed that the gas expansion rate after blasting reached the maximum of about 200 µs and then gradually attenuated. As to the development rate of the fragmentation of rock after blasting, it reached the maximum of about 130 µs, and the attenuation then became gradual. It is concluded that high-speed photography provides meaningful scientific basis for study of the detonation theory of explosives, rock blasting fracture mechanism, analysis of blast effects, etc. Further improvement and research can be done on the control of the synchronous operation of blasting and photography, and the three-dimensional spatial analysis of the rock blasting process.
Social Norms of Cooperation With Costly Reputation Building

Social norms regulate actions in artificial societies, steering collective behavior towards desirable states. In real societies, social norms can solve cooperation dilemmas, constituting a key ingredient in systems of indirect reciprocity: reputations of agents are assigned following social norms that identify their actions as good or bad. This, in turn, implies that agents can discriminate between the different actions of others and that the behaviors of each agent are known to the population at large. This is only possible if the agents report their interactions. Reporting constitutes, this way, a fundamental ingredient of indirect reciprocity, as in its absence cooperation in a multiagent system may collapse. Yet, in most studies to date, reporting is assumed to be cost-free, which collides with many life situations, where reporting can easily incur a cost (costly reputation building). Here we develop a new model of indirect reciprocity that allows reputation building to be costly. We show that only two norms can sustain cooperation under costly reputation building, a feature that requires agents to be able to anticipate the reporting intentions of their opponents, depending sensitively on both the cost of reporting and the accuracy level of reporting anticipation.
Research on measurement of engine speed base on LabWindows/CVI

Engine speed is a very important reference signal in the fault diagnosis of the engine. This paper discussed a method to measure the engine speed by analyzing the engine cylinder vibration signal, based on the software of LabWindows/CVI. We can get the speed of the engine after the fowling steps: firstly, sample the vibration signal produced by the burning gas in engine cylinder; and then using the software of LabWindows/CVI to process the signal by frequency spectrum analysis and low-pass filter; finally, combining the vibration source and the relationship between engine vibration and engine speed. The experiment result indicates that this engine speed measurement method shows a high precision.
Linking the perceptual and neural mechanisms of human spatial perception using behavioral and ultra-high field fmri signals

The present research aims to further our understanding of the mechanisms by which our brain makes sense of the visual world. Our brain cannot represent with full fidelity the overwhelming amount of information it constantly faces. Yet, understanding our visual world seems effortless. One strategy developed by the brain is to trade off poor spatial representations in the periphery for high-resolution foveal vision. Spatial attention is another strategy the brain relies on to select and prioritize visual processing at relevant areas of the visual field without having to move our eyes. Perceptually, attention benefits performance in many visual tasks, in line with heightened spatial resolution at the attended area. Physiologically, single-neuron recordings in animals have shown that attention alters the receptive-field (RF) properties of neurons, which may account for changes in human perception. Yet, human behavior depends on large-scale neuronal population codes. Thus, understanding how attention helps us represent information across the visual field requires to link human perception with changes in human neuronal populations. Here, I will do exactly that by combining a powerful behavioral approach I developed with recent neuroimaging techniques that can assess human neuronal population RF properties. Using cutting-edge, ultra-high resolution neuroimaging methods, I will pinpoint the neural mechanisms by which attention alters spatial representations at unprecedented levels of cortical organization in the human brain, further establishing the host’s recognition as a world-leading brain research center. This interdisciplinary training will reinforce my previous research skills and provide me with state-of-the-art neuroimaging expertise. The MSCA fellowship is a unique chance to expand my skills and reintegrate the European research community, putting me on the right track to pursue an independent career with a multifaceted profile of psychologist and neuroscientist.