SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Nuclear medicine training and practice in the Czech Republic

Nuclear medicine in the Czech Republic is a full specialty with an exclusive practice. Since the training program was organized and structured in recent years, residents have had access to the specialty of nuclear medicine, starting with a two-year general internship (in internal medicine or radiology). At present, nuclear medicine services are provided in 45 departments. In total, 119 nuclear medicine specialists are currently registered. In order to obtain the title of Nuclear Medicine Specialist, five years of training are necessary; the first two years consist of a general internship in internal medicine or radiology. The remaining three years consist of training in the nuclear medicine specialty itself, but includes three months of practice in radiology. Twenty-one physicians are currently in nuclear medicine training and a mean of three specialists pass the final exam per year. The syllabus is very similar to that of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS), namely concerning the minimum recommended numbers for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. In principle, the Czech law requires continuous medical education for all practicing doctors. The Czech Medical Chamber has provided a continuing medical education (CME) system. Other national CMEs are not accepted in Czech Republic.
Fostering capacities and networking of industrial liaison offices,exploitation of research results and business support

Did you know that during the last decades the mission of Universities and public research centres has increasingly shifted towards a more attentive consideration of the valorisation of research results and their impact on the local economy? As a matter of fact: Technology Transfer (TT) has become a key activity of Public Research Entities (PREs), which often provide TT related services through a dedicated office and skilled personnel. However, while this process is well established in more advanced countries, southern Europe’s universities are often lag in their ability to effectively contribute to the competitiveness of the local companies. The economies of Italy and Greece are characterized from small and medium industries, which are today increasingly exposed to global competition and are therefore pressed to innovate their products, production processes, organizations and marketing strategies at a much higher pace than before. In this framework, the role of organisms devoted to Technology Transfer connected to enterprise development is a key to strengthen regional competitive system. Ilonet addresses the common challenge to apply, valorise and transfer research technological results and knowledge produced in Universities and Research Organizations, in favour of youth entrepreneurs and the creation of new innovative SMEs. It aims to create a cross-border network of ILOs, Industrial Liaison Offices, whose role is the technological transfer and incubation paths for supporting the development and growth of existing small and medium enterprises.The general objective of the project is to share and strengthen skills, capacities, methodologies, models and approaches of the organizations devoted to valorise research results and innovative solutions, to transfer technology, to accompany and support SME and start-up. The specific objective of the project will contribute to the strengthening of research, technological development and innovation by delivering innovation support services and networking across borders to foster competitiveness. Also, the project will reinforce the knowledge economy to generate growth and jobs especially in SMEs and to strengthen growth sectors representing important jobs potential by forging R&D specializations in agribusiness, tourism, cultural and creative industries. It will also develop links and synergies between enterprises, research and development centres, promoting technology transfer, networking and supporting technological and applied research. Thanks to this project and the creation of 5 innovation support tools, there will be an increased number of SMEs in both Italian and Greek Regions that will be lead to the creation of innovative products, processes and services, through the reinforcement of skills, capacities, methodologies, models and approaches and the diffusion of innovation culture.
Rana evolucija Metazoa

The first modern definition of animals goes back to Haeckel who introduced the name Metazoa for a holophyletic group descended from gastraea. Since then, many have passionately discussed the phylogeny and evolution of metazoans. In this paper, historical context for some phylogenetic and evolutionary ideas being discussed or accepted today is given, as well as temporal context for the early evolution of Metazoa dealing with the phenomenon of Cambrian “explosion“. A gallery of portraits of four non-bilaterian phyla is given to understand the ideas about origin of genes and structures in early animal evolution, with emphasis on some misconceptions and most recent findings. It is universally accepted that choanoflagellates are sister group of metazoans, and these and other unicellular relatives of metazoans are important for understanding the origin of animal multicellularity. Although the main phylogenetic relationships of Bilateria are well suported, there is no general agreement on the relationships between non-bilaterian phyla, with Ctenophora and Porifera both proposed to be sister groups to all other metazoans, making it even more difficult to understand the origin of, for example, gastrulation, nervous system and ANTP genes. Discussion of other important topics, like the very origin of metazoans from their unicellular (or colonial) ancestors and the origin of through-gut in Eubilateria is also given. The list of proposed animal apomorphies is given. It is concluded that molecular biology is very important, but not omnipotent tool for understanding animal evolution, and that morphology, the diversity of which we want to explain, deserves equal interest.
Age of Smoking Milestones: Longitudinal Inconsistencies and Recanting

To determine (1) how reports of the ages of first cigarette smoked and daily smoking onset change from adolescence through emerging adulthood and into young adulthood and (2) what predicts reporting inconsistencies and recanting for both smoking milestones.Multinomial logistic regression models compared relative risks of the following: (1) consistent reporting of milestone age (reference group); (2) recanting at either subsequent wave; or (3) inconsistent reporting of age in at least one subsequent wave, using data from Waves I, III, and IV of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health.Instability and forward telescoping between adolescence and emerging adulthood leveled off by young adulthood. For smoking first cigarette, those who started younger had more inconsistencies and recanting than those who started later, as did African-American, Latino, and Asian respondents compared with non-Latino white respondents. Native American respondents also had higher relative risks of recanting, as did those with low parental education. Males were more inconsistent than females. Depression, same-sex attractions or relationships, and family structure were not associated with reporting stability. Binge drinking, marijuana, and other illegal drugs were associated with lower levels of recanting. For age of daily smoking, starting older versus younger, sex, race, ethnicity, and use of marijuana were significant predictors of report stability.Stage of life may influence forward telescoping in smoking self-reports. Stability of reports of adolescent smoking by emerging and young adults in the United States appears biased by age of onset, sex, race, and other substance use.
A radiological investigation of the hepatorenal space: the importance of the ventral decubitus for safer percutaneous right renal access

We investigated anatomical and radiological morphometric parameters, aiming to minimize the risk of hepatic and colonic injuries during right percutaneous kidney access under either ventral or dorsal decubitus of patients. Prone and supine abdominal computerized tomographic examinations from 31 normal adult volunteers (men = 12; women = 19; without history of abdominal pathology) were analyzed morphometrically in order to study the dynamic anatomical relations between the liver and the right kidney. The age of the volunteers ranged from 22 to 64 years old (mean +/- SD = 42.77 +/- 2.10). We observed a significantly greater distance between the liver and the right kidney (hepatorenal space) when the examinee is positioned in ventral decubitus (3.93 +/- 0.37 cm) in comparison with dorsal decubitus (1.98 +/- 0.20 cm). Accordingly, we conclude that right percutaneous access to the inferior right renal pole implies a significantly lower risk (P < 0.01) of both hepatic and biliary injuries when performed in ventral decubitus, comparatively to dorsal decubitus.
Die erfolgreiche Geschichte vom «Mann ohne Schatten» in Spanien anhand der Übersetzungen

In dem bekannten Kunstmärchen der deutschen Romantik Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte (1814) verwendet Adelbert von Chamisso das Motiv «Mann ohne Schatten», im Grunde eine Variante des Doppelgängers, um innerliche existentielle Spannungen des Individuums dichterisch darzustellen. Die Erzählung wurde von der deutschen Leserschaft lebhaft begrüßt und wenig später war auch das französische und englische Publikum von der Geschichte begeistert. Dagegen wurden die Übersetzungen dieses Werks in Spanien viel später vertrieben, nämlich erst Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts, sind aber seitdem auch erfolgreich und kontinuierlich vermittelt worden. Hier wird ein historiographischer Überblick über die Übersetzungen des Peter Schlemihl in Spanien in den letzten 120 Jahren dargebracht, um nachzuweisen, dass die klassische Erzählung immer noch aktuell ist.
Florinated mof for toxic gas capture

Air pollution is both, an environmental and a social problem as it affects human health, ecosystems and play a key role in global warming. More than 80% of people are exposed to air quality levels that exceed safe limits, being responsible for many premature deaths. European commission estimated to several billion euros the health-related cost due to air pollution. Some of the most important molecules accused by Europe, and so need to be reduce from atmosphere, are nitrogen oxides, sulphure oxide, hydrogen sulfide and ammonia. In order to capture them from air, a convenient method is to use porous materials. Metal-Organic-Framework, a relatively new class of porous material, built up from polytopic linker and inorganic node or clusters, already demonstrated excellent performance for gas capture. The tunability, at molecular level of these materials makes them serious candidates for separation applications. Recently, the applicant was part of the team who designed a fluorinated MOF with a suitable pore and aperture size for selectively capturing propylene from propane , or capture CO2 from air at ppm level. This very robust material is opening the path of fluorinated hybrid material for toxic gas separation and capture. This project aim to design, synthesis and characterize new single and mixed metal fluorinated MOFs in order to evaluated their capabilities for harmful gas capture.
Radiological dose assessment of naturally occurring radioactive materials in concrete building materials

Previous studies have shown that the natural radioactivity contained in building materials have significantly influenced the dose rates in dwelling. Exposure to natural radiation in building has been of concerned since almost 80 % of our daily live are spend indoor. Thus, the aim of the study is to assess the radiological risk associated by natural radioactivity in soil based building materials to dwellers. A total of 13 Portland cement, 46 sand and 43 gravel samples obtained from manufacturers or bought directly from local hardware stores in Peninsular of Malaysia were analysed for their radioactivity concentrations. The activity concentrations of 226Ra, 232Th and 40K in the studied building materials samples were found to be in the range of 3.7–359.3, 2.0–370.8 and 10.3–1,949.5 Bq kg−1 respectively. The annual radiation dose rates (μSv year−1) received by dwellers were evaluated for 1 to 50 years of exposure using Resrad-Build Computer Code based on the activity concentration of 226Ra, 232Th and 40K found in the studied building material samples. The rooms modelling were based on the changing parameters of concrete wall thickness and the room dimensions. The annual radiation dose rates to dwellers were found to increase annually over a period of 50 years. The concrete thicknesses were found to have significantly influenced the dose rates in building. The self-absorption occurred when the concrete thickness was thicker than 0.4 m. Results of this study shows that the dose rates received by the dwellers of the building are proportional to the size of the room. In general the study concludes that concrete building materials; Portland cements, sands, and gravels in Peninsular of Malaysia does not pose radiological hazard to the building dwellers.
Nuclear analyses for the design of the ITER-like plasma facing components vertical targets of the DEMO divertor

Abstract The Divertor Plasma Facing Components (PFCs) of a fusion reactor are the most loaded components in terms of high heat fluxes, which, combined with high neutron irradiation, can severely compromise their thermo-mechanical and physical properties as well as their heat removal capacity. Therefore, neutronic assessment plays a key role in the design of these critical components. The aim of this work is to perform a dedicated nuclear analysis for the European DEMO divertor PFCs placed on the vertical targets, aimed to provide significant outcomes in the PFCs selection concept. In particular, the present assessment is devoted to the reference ITER-like configuration under study within the EUROfusion WPDIV-PPPT programme. Three-dimensional neutronics analyses have been performed with the MCNP5 Monte Carlo code. This work presents detailed neutronics results with heterogeneous materials constitution and actual geometry of the PFC concept. High resolution data on the nuclear heating density and neutron damage of the ITER-like PFCs placed on the divertor vertical targets, including helium production, assessed for first time for the latest DEMO design, are presented and discussed.
Holographic conductivity of holographic superconductors with higher-order corrections

We analytically as well as numerically disclose the effects of the higher order correction terms in the gravity and in the gauge field on the properties of $s$-wave holographic superconductors. On the gravity side, we consider the higher curvature Gauss-Bonnet corrections and on the gauge field side, we add a quadratic correction term to the Maxwell Lagrangian. We show that for this system, one can still obtain an analytical relation between the critical temperature and the charge density. We also calculate the critical exponent and the condensation value both analytically and numerically. We use a variational method, based on the Sturm-Liouville eigenvalue problem for our analytical study, as well as a numerical shooting method in order to compare with our analytical results. For a fixed value of the Gauss-Bonnet parameter, we observe that the critical temperature decreases with increasing the nonlinearity of the gauge field. This implies that the nonlinear correction term to the Maxwell electrodynamics make the condensation harder. We also study the holographic conductivity of the system and disclose the effects of Gauss-Bonnet and nonlinear parameters $\alpha$ and $b$ on the superconducting gap. We observe that for various values of $\alpha $ and $b$, the real part of conductivity is proportional to the frequency per temperature, $\omega /T$, as frequency is enough large. Besides, the conductivity has a minimum in the imaginary part which is shifted toward greater frequency with decreasing the temperature.
PROCESS FOR IMPROVING CELLULOSIC MATERIAL

The wet strength softness absorbency, absorbency rate and other valuable properties in paper products, tissues, wipes, towels, etc. can be improved by using, in the paper forming process, a cellulosic material comprising a carboxymethyl cellulose material associated with a monomeric or polymeric cationic additive material. A process of the invention comprises a fiber surface carboxymethylation and an aqueous medium followed by blending the modified fibers with a cationic additive under varying conditions and wet forming the tissue and towel products. The additive is typically a cationic additive that preferentially associates with a carboxymethyl group on the cellulose surface. The affinity between the positively charged cationic groups in the polymeric or monomeric additive material to the negatively charged carboxyl group in the carboxymethyl cellulose modified fiber improves various attributes of the paper products.
Entrapment of organic liquid species in molecular scale in sol–gel derived silica glass matrix

Abstract An organic liquid species, tributyl phosphate (TBP), was immobilized in sol–gel derived silica matrix by direct mixing into a silica sol. These mixtures spontaneously solidified due to the polycondensation of silica sol. The obtained glassy materials were completely solid and optically transparent. TBP was stably immobilized as indicated by the absence of the leakage from the surface. Although the stable immobilization was macroscopically observed even at ca. 70% of the volume fraction of TBP in the glass sample, the results of the thermogravimetry–differential thermal analysis, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and immersion tests in water suggested that TBP is not chemically bound to the silica matrix but topologically entrapped in the cage of siloxane bonds. The relatively high Vickers hardness indicated that the network of siloxane bonds envelopes the immobilized TBP molecules. The results of wide angle X-ray scattering showed that the unit length of the siloxane bond does not significantly depend on the volume fraction of TBP. The expansion in the volume due to the incorporation of TBP occurred not uniformly but quite locally at the spots at which TBP molecules were embedded. The formation of the network of siloxane bonds is enhanced in the vicinity of the enveloped TBP molecules because of its Lewis basicity at the phosphate group.
Computational prediction and validation of rna thermometer at transcriptome-wide scale in living cell

Temperature is crucial to plants’ growth and development. The cold and heat stresses may drastically inhibit plant growth and cause yield losses in crops. Understanding the temperature responding mechanism is crucial to adapt the crops to withstand extreme temperature changes caused by global warming. Among other temperature regulation mechanism, RNA thermometers (RNATs) can instantaneously respond to temperature shift and directly control translational efficiency therefore protein abundance. To date, no RNAT has been identified in plant mainly due to the fact that instead of sequence level conservation, RNATs only have structure level conservation; also because in-vivo RNA structure probing used to be technically challenging. The host lab has developed a powerful platform for in vivo RNA secondary structure probing at both targeted individual RNA and genome-wide scale. This proposed study aims to globally identify RNA thermometers in plants for the first time, and to quantitatively elucidate the role of RNA structure in the post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression in response to temperature. I will measure the alteration of in vivo RNA structural features in Arabidopsis thaliana under different temperature regime. Additionally, Ribosome profiling data and RNA-Seq data will be combined to study the translation efficiency under the corresponding temperature. Together with the identified significantly changed RNA structure elements, we will be able to determine the putative RNAT. Finally, I will validate the predicted RNATs through studying nature variations. I will perform in-vivo RNA structure probing and determine whether the identified single nucleotide variations (SNV) will have significant effects on temperature-regulatory elements. Besides the potential for crop improvement, our approach to globally measure RNA secondary structure and the corresponding translation efficiency will be easily applied to other organisms and various environmental stimuli.
Comparison Of Physicochemical And Functional Properties Of Flour And Starch Extract In Different Methods From Africa Locust Bean &lt;i&gt;(Parkia Biglobosa)&lt;/i&gt; Seeds

African locust bean tree is an important food tree for both human and livestock such as husks and pods. It plays a very vital role in the rural areas. The aim of this study was to evaluate some physicochemical, mineral characteristics and functional properties of flour and starch extract produced from Parkia biglobosa seeds, using different methods.Three different methods were used for starch extraction in other to get the Starch yield (%),composition analysis for; moisture, protein, fat, ash and fiber contents of flour and starch extracts from Parkia biglobosa were determined on dry basis (db), by AACC method, color and PH value measurements was carried out using color flex spectrocolorimeter, and the official method of AOAC respectively. Pasting properties was determined and X-ray powder starch diffraction was used to examine the crystalline property of flour and starch extract. Gelatinization characteristics and in vitro starch digestibility were also determined, test results were processed using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA).Flour showed higher (P < 0.05), moisture content, fat, carbohydrate, amylopectine, and protein content than starch, while amylose content of this starch was higher (P<0.05). Phosphorus, sodium, magnesium, and potassium minerals content were higher in flour than starch. Pasting properties, gelatinisation, color, pH values, water and oil absorption capacity content of the flour were found to be higher than that of starch. The pasting characteristics showed a decrease of viscosity, final viscosity, set back value, breakdown, and pasting temperature of flour when compared to that of starch.From our results, we speculate that flour from native Parkia biglobosa grown in Guinea under controlled environmental conditions could be considered as an ideal RS material, whereas the extract Parkia starch could be an ideal SDS material. Therefore, these may offer an interesting alternative for food developers, depending on their characteristics and functional properties.