SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Electricity in Europe: exiting fossil fuels?

There are many options for generating electricity with low carbon emissions, and the elec- trification of heat and transport can decarbonize energy use across the economy. This places the power sector at the forefront of any move away from fossil fuels, even though fossil-fuelled generators are more dependable and flexible than nuclear reactors or intermittent renewables, and vital for the second- by-second balancing of supply and demand. Renewables tend to supplement, rather than replace, fos- sil capacity, although output from fossil-fuelled stations will fall and some will have to retire to avoid depressing wholesale power prices. At times of low demand and high renewable output prices can turn negative, but electricity storage, long-distance interconnection, and flexible demand may develop to absorb any excess generation. Simulations for Great Britain show that while coal may be eliminated from the mix within a decade, natural gas has a long-term role in stations with or without carbon cap- ture and storage, depending on its cost and the price of carbon.
Descriptive Epidemiology of Voice Disorders in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Quality of Life Burden

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune inflammatory disease which may adversely affect phonatory function. This study aimed to establish the prevalence, risks, and quality of life effects of voice disorders in RA.This is a cross-sectional, descriptive epidemiology study.One hundred individuals with RA underwent a telephone interview to determine the frequency, severity, risks associated with, and quality of life burden of voice disorders. The results were analyzed using summary statistics, frequencies, chi-square tests, regression analysis, and risk ratios (P < 0.05).Thirty-five percent of participants with RA reported a current voice disorder which was chronic and long-standing in most cases. The prevalence of a current voice disorder did not significantly differ across age, sex, medication use, voice use patterns, medical history, or RA severity. These chronic voice disorders produced significant adverse effects on both voice-related quality of life and short form 36 health-related quality of life scales. Specific voice symptoms such as "voice-related discomfort" and "chronic throat dryness" contributed disproportionately to the quality of life burden. Of those participants with a voice disorder, only 37% had ever sought professional help to improve their voice.These results indicate that voice disorders are common in RA and produce significant adverse effects on quality of life. Further research is necessary to better understand the origin of these disorders and their potential response to treatment.
Compact modeling of silicon nanowire MOSFET for radio frequency applications

This article presents the radio frequency small-signal modeling of silicon nanowire (SNW) MOSFET with 30 nm channel length and 5 nm channel radius. Analytical parameter extraction methods are developed by Y-parameter analysis for the proposed equivalent circuit. Y-parameters of SNW MOSFET are obtained by three-dimensional (3D) device simulator. Accuracies of the new model and extracted parameters have been verified by the 3D device simulation data up to 200 GHz. The RMS modeling error of Y-parameter was calculated to be only 1.4%. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 53:471–473, 2011; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com. DOI 10.1002/mop.25686
Élaboration et mise en œuvre d’une prévision et d’une surveillance efficaces des polluants atmosphériques, sur la base de techniques d’IA utilisant les données d’un vaste réseau de mesure

Number_reference_aid_programme: SA.41471(2015/X) Objet de l’aide publique: Article 25 du règlement (CE) no 651/2014 du 17 juin 2014 déclarant certaines catégories d’aides compatibles avec le marché intérieur dans l’application des articles 107 et 108 du traité C’est tout. UE L 187/1 du 26.6.2014). L’objet de ce projet est le développement et la mise en œuvre de méthodes de calcul innovantes dans le domaine de l’intelligence artificielle et de l’apprentissage automatique, en ce qui concerne l’analyse, la correction, le traitement et la prévision des informations sur la pollution atmosphérique. Les données à analyser seront fournies par l’intermédiaire d’un réseau de capteurs de pollution à faible coût. Un réseau dense de ces appareils de mesure (cible 2-3 capteurs/km^2 de la zone de mesure) résout trois problèmes: qualité des données (en raison de la détermination continue du niveau de pollution à l’aide de données provenant de capteurs multiples, ce qui permet de réduire l’erreur de la valeur mesurée et de corriger les données en cas d’endommagement d’un capteur), l’identification immédiate des sources locales de pollution et le partage de données à partir de lieux non encore mesurés (par exemple, des bâtiments unifamiliales, générant de faibles émissions et des zones éloignées des stations de mesure précises mais coûteuses). Ces trois aspects sont essentiels pour prévoir la qualité et permettent pour la première fois d’évaluer l’efficacité des mesures visant à protéger la qualité de l’air.
Threading of Ring Poly(ethylene oxide) Molecules by Linear Chains in the Melt

We report results from an atomistic molecular dynamics simulation study of ring-linear poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) melts followed by a topological reduction to ensembles of primitive paths and a detailed geometric analysis using vector calculus, which reveals considerable cyclic threading by the linear chains. The simulations have been conducted using ring-linear PEO blends of the same size, over a series of molecular lengths and compositions. For PEO melts characterized by molecular weight (MW) greater than 10044 g/mol, in particular, our computations reveal the occurrence of multiple threading events (penetrations). We further find that the time it takes a linear molecule that threads a cyclic one to fully pass through the latter can be more than 1 order of magnitude larger than the corresponding relaxation time of the ring in its own melt. Our analysis implies that dynamics in ring-linear polymer blends is highly heterogeneous, with many of the threadings being long-lived and with the linear chains (even when present in small amounts) dramatically obstructing the mobility of rings.
Personalised postoperative immunotherapy to improving cancer outcome and improving quality of life

During this RISE project we aim to develop nanoparticle-based encapsulated libraries of different immunotherapeutic
biomolecules for treatment after surgery as part of a novel cancer management strategy. The current state-of-art for the
management of cancer starts with surgery, after identification of an accessible tumour mass. Surgery remains an effective
treatment option for many types of cancer today and it is considered curative treatment for most solid tumours. It forms part
of a multidisciplinary approach used in conjunction with radiotherapy or chemotherapy. These approaches, however, have
several limitations, including inability of surgical resection to affect distal metastatic disease, toxicity to healthy tissues with
chemotherapy and lack of effectiveness of radiation therapy in more aggressive tumours. The observation that cancer can
relapse months or years after initial surgery implies that micrometastases still resides within the body in a latent state. Our
proposal is to take cancer therapy to beyond state-of-art by implementing techniques which will take us into new directions.
This includes a) new methods to identify immune gene profiles and biomarkers b) transgenic mouse models where the
complex interactions that underlie immune function can be visualised as multiplexed events in real time and c) the use of
nanoparticle-based libraries of immune modulating reagent combinations. There are three key objectives within this project:
i) to use immune gene signatures to monitor disease progression and therapeutic efficacy of immunotherapy combinations
on nanoparticle-based platforms, ii) to optimise the platform to encapsulate libraries of immune components for more
personalised, accurate and timely delivery of the payload to its intended target and iii) to optimise the overall cancer
management process of image-guided surgery followed by postoperative immunotherapy so that we can ultimately provide a
lifetime of protection against cancer.
Uniform $l^1$ Behavior of a Time Discretization Method for a Volterra Integrodifferential Equation with Convex Kernel; Stability

We study stability of a numerical method in which the backward Euler method is combined with order one convolution quadrature for approximating the integral term of the linear Volterra integrodifferential equation $\mathbf{u}'(t)+\int_{0}^{t}\beta(t-s)\mathbf{Au}(s)\,ds=0$, $t\geq0$, $\mathbf{u}(0)=\mathbf{u}_{0}$, which arises in the theory of linear viscoelasticity. Here $\mathbf{A}$ is a positive self-adjoint densely defined linear operator in a real Hilbert space, and $\beta(t)$ is locally integrable, nonnegative, nonincreasing, convex, and $-\beta'(t)$ is convex. We establish stability of the method under these hypotheses on $\beta(t)$. Thus, the method is stable for a wider class of kernel functions $\beta(t)$ than was previously known. We also extend the class of operators $\mathbf{A}$ for which the method is stable.
INTERVALOS DE CONFIANÇA PARA QUANTIS DE MÁXIMOS ANUAIS DE ACUMULADOS DE DADOS ACIMA DE UM LIMIAR GERADOS POR MODELO ESTOCÁSTICO NÃO-PARAMÉTRICO DE VAZÕES DIÁRIAS

Apresenta-se resultados de testes com diferentes métodos de cálculo de intervalos de confiança para quantis de maximos anuais de acumulados de dados acima de um limiar gerados por modelo estocástico não-paramétrico de vazões diárias cuja formulação implica em limite superior para vazões e para máximos anuais dos acumulados. O modelo estocástico foi calibrado com registros fluviométricos de afluências diárias ao aproveitamento hidroelétrico de Salto Santiago no rio Iguaçu, PR, Brasil, e utilizado para gerar amostras dos máximos anuais com N=12.000, 20.0000, 100.000 e 120.000. Para cada método foram calculados intervalos de confiança a 90% de quantis com recorrência de 30 anos e 400 anos. Foram testados dois métodos paramétricos: a aproximação guassiana válida para amostras grandes e uso da transformação da integral de probabilidades (método TIP). Como distribuição populacional dos máximos anuais acumulados considerou-se distribuiçóes mistas, Gama ou de Kamaraswamy, com massa de probabilidade no valor nulo. Foram testados também três métodos não-paramétricos: uma formulação não-paramétrica para o método TIP, o bootstrap por percentis e o bootstrap básico. Os resultados indicaram diversidade nos intervalos das diferentes metodologias para tempo de recorrência de 400 anos e N=12.000 ou 20.000. Para as amostras maiores os intervalos das diferentes metodologias são, na prática, muito similares para qualquer das duas recorrências testadas. Os testes permitiram recomendar o uso dos métodos não paramétricos.
Prevalence of resistant occipital lobe epilepsy associated with celiac disease in children

Celiac disease (CD) is a chronic, inflammatory autoimmune disorder caused by intolerance to ingested gluten. Increased frequency of CD has been reported in occipital lobe epilepsy. The aim of the present study is to investigate the frequency of CD among children followed up due to epilepsy and diagnosed with epileptic activity in the occipital lobe in at least one electroencephalography (EEG) test.For this research, 90 pediatric epilepsy patients with epileptic activity in the occipital lobe were enrolled in the study group, while the control group comprised of 100 healthy children. In addition to the EEG examination, tissue transglutaminase (tTG) antibody was determined on duodenal biopsy.None of the healthy children in the control group was positive in terms of the tTG antibody test used to scan CD. In the group with epileptic activity in the occipital lobe, two patients out of 90 were tTG antibody positive. The seroprevalence was 1/45 (2.22 %) in this group. These two patients were diagnosed with CD based on the endoscopic duodenal biopsy. In these patients, the seizures were uncontrollable through monotherapy.Our results showed that the prevalence of CD is observed to be higher than the normal population among the patients with occipital lobe epilepsy. This type of seizure disorder seems to be more resistant to monotherapy, compared with other types of occipital epilepsy. Therefore, screening for CD is recommended in children with resistant epileptic activity in the occipital lobe.
Development of an innovative reader and a set of cartridges for the analysis of CBC+ 3DIFF blood cells and markers of inflammation to monitor the health of patients infected with coronavirus, among others. SARS-CoV-2 in remote conditions.

Number_reference_aid_programme: SA.41471(2015/X) Purpose of public aid: Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty That’s it. EU L 187/1 of 26.06.2014).The subject of the project is to carry out R & D work on the development of an innovative reader and a set of cartridges for the analysis of CBC+ 3DIFF blood cells and markers of inflammation (CRP, IL-6, LDH, PCT) to monitor the health of patients infected with, inter alia, Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus. The concept of the planned R & D project responds to the market need, which is primarily to speed up the selection process of patients at risk of severe COVID-19 and those who will be asymptomatic, symptomatic mild or moderate. Offering HomeCyte on the market will make an important contribution to diagnostic reasoning and care for patients with suspected or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection and will become the primary tool used in etiological diagnostics, patient monitoring, and epidemiological surveillance. At present, the availability of adequate human and/or infrastructure resources poses significant obstacles to ensuring a timely and effective response to the occurrence of a contagious agent. The project will be carried out in 5 stages, three of which are industrial research, one is development work, and the last stage — pre-implementation works. The direct result of R & D works will be the PoC (PoC) device. Point-of-Care) providing effective analysis of CBC+ 3DIFF blood cells and selected markers of inflammation. The novelty of the result of the project, compared to the offers of competitors of PoC diagnostic devices, should be considered on a global scale. The implementation of the product innovation will take place in its own business of MICROX Sp. z o.o. In the first place, a new product will be offered on the domestic market, and
PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHODS

A printing apparatus (10) has at a printing station (11), a print head (12) with an array (13) of heating elements individually selectable by a computer controller (15), a feed path (16) for feeding carrier ribbon (18) through the printing station (11), the carrier ribbon (18) carrying a layer of thermally sensitive print medium, pixels of the thermally sensitive print medium being in use deposited on a print area of a substrate (20), by selectively energising the heating elements, as the substrate (20) and print head (12) are relatively moved, the apparatus (10) including a backing member (22) and the substrate (20) being positioned in use between the backing member (22) and the carrier ribbon (1.8), and wherein the print head (12) is mounted by amounting structure (25) for generally linear movement towards and away from the substrate (20), one of the mounting structure (25) and print head (12) including a projecting part which projects towards the other and at least during printing engages with the other of the mounting structure (25) and print head (12), and there being a resilient member (31) between the mounting structure (25) and the print head (12) which allows resiliently resisted movement between the mounting structure (25) and the print head (12) with the projecting part engaged with the other of the mounting structure (25) and print head (12) and there being at least one fastener (30) to couple the mounting structure (25) and print head (12) together.
JPTT20-COVID19-LGZD

Réalisation d’un film promotionnel, optimisation du site web et des canaux de vente numériques, e-catalogue- Activités b) Création de contenus vidéo au niveau de l’entreprise ou pour le niveau des produits/services de l’entreprise dans au moins une langue étrangère, y compris la traduction, — Activités e) Optimisation des sites web et des canaux de vente numériques, mise en place de systèmes de mesure des effets des communications numériques et systèmes de suivi pour les clients potentiels dans les canaux de vente numériques, tous destinés aux acheteurs étrangers/au public des entreprises étrangères, — Activité f) Production de catalogues électroniques de présentation dans au moins trois langues étrangères, y compris la traduction
Cosmological backreaction within the Szekeres model and emergence of spatial curvature

This paper discusses the phenomenon of backreaction within the Szekeres model. Cosmological backreaction describes how the mean global evolution of the Universe deviates from the Friedmannian evolution. The analysis is based on models of a single cosmological environment and the global ensemble of the Szekeres models (of the Swiss-Cheese-type and Styrofoam-type). The obtained results show that non-linear growth of cosmic structures is associated with the growth of the spatial curvature $\Omega_{\cal R}$ (in the FLRW limit $\Omega_{\cal R} \to \Omega_k$). If averaged over global scales the result depends on the assumed global model of the Universe. Within the Swiss-Cheese model, which does have a fixed background, the volume average follows the evolution of the background, and the global spatial curvature averages out to zero (the background model is the $\Lambda$CDM model, which is spatially flat). In the Styrofoam-type model, which does not have a fixed background, the mean evolution deviates from the spatially flat $\Lambda$CDM model, and the mean spatial curvature evolves to from $\Omega_{\cal R} =0 $ at the CMB to $\Omega_{\cal R} \sim 0.1$ at $z =0$. If the Styrofoam-type model correctly captures evolutionary features of the real Universe then one should expect that in our Universe, the spatial curvature should build up (local growth of cosmic structures) and its mean global average should deviate from zero (backreaction). As a result, this paper predicts that the low-redshift Universe should not be spatially flat (i.e. $\Omega_k \ne 0$, even if in the early Universe $\Omega_k = 0$) and therefore when analysing low-$z$ cosmological data one should keep $\Omega_k$ as a free parameter and independent from the CMB constraints.
Network of leading european aquatic mesocosm facilities connecting mountains to oceans from the arctic to the mediterranean

Experimentation in mesocosms is arguably the single most powerful approach to obtain a mechanistic quantitative understanding of ecosystem-level impacts of stressors in complex systems, especially when embedded in long-term observations, theoretical models and experiments conducted at other scales. AQUACOSM builds on an established European network of mesocosm research infrastructures (RI), the FP7 Infra project MESOAQUA (2009-2012), where 167 users successfully conducted 74 projects. AQUACOSM greatly enhances that network on pelagic marine systems in at least 3 ways: first by expanding it to 10 freshwater (rivers and lakes), 2 brackish and 2 benthic marine facilities, and by involving 2 SMEs and reaching out to more, thereby granting effective transnational access to world-leading mesocosm facilities to >340 users on >11500 days; second, by integrating scattered know-how between freshwater and marine RI; and third, by uniting aquatic mesocosm science in an open network beyond the core consortium, with industry involved in an ambitious innovation process, to promote ground-breaking developments in mesocosm technology, instrumentation and data processing. A new dimension of experimental ecosystem science will be reached by coordinated mesocosm experiments along transects from the Mediterranean to the Arctic and beyond salinity boundaries. These efforts will culminate in a joint research activity (JRA) to assess aquatic ecosystem responses across multiple environmental gradients to a selected climate-related key stressor with repercussions for ecosystem services. Overall, AQUACOSM will fill a global void by forging an integrated freshwater and marine research infrastructure network. Long-term sustainability is sought through assessing governance models based on science priorities and economic innovation opportunities. Linkages to and synergies with ESFRI RI and other large initiatives are ensured by AQUACOSM partners and Advisory Board members in those programs.
Scalable parallel regridding algorithms for block-structured adaptive mesh refinement

Block-structured adaptive mesh refinement (BSAMR) is widely used within simulation software because it improves the utilization of computing resources by refining the mesh only where necessary. For BSAMR to scale onto existing petascale and eventually exascale computers all portions of the simulation need to weak scale ideally. Any portions of the simulation that do not will become a bottleneck at larger numbers of cores. The challenge is to design algorithms that will make it possible to avoid these bottlenecks on exascale computers. One step of existing BSAMR algorithms involves determining where to create new patches of refinement. The Berger–Rigoutsos algorithm is commonly used to perform this task. This paper provides a detailed analysis of the performance of two existing parallel implementations of the Berger–Rigoutsos algorithm and develops a new parallel implementation of the Berger–Rigoutsos algorithm and a tiled algorithm that exhibits ideal scalability. The analysis and computational results up to 98 304 cores are used to design performance models which are then used to predict how these algorithms will perform on 100 M cores. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Production of phenolic compounds from rice bran biomass under subcritical water conditions

Abstract This study investigated the application of subcritical water as green and environmentally friendly treatment medium for hydrolysis and decomposition of rice bran in order to obtain phenolic compounds as well as other valuable materials. Experiments were performed in a batch stainless steel reactor at different temperatures ranging from 100 to 360 °C at the residence time of 10 min. The effect of residence time was also studied up to 30 min at 220 °C. After subcritical water treatment, it was evaluated for their individual concentrations of phenolic compounds, total phenolic content, antioxidant activity, total soluble sugars, pH, and electrical conductivity as well as remained solid (solid residue). Eleven phenolic compounds were identified from decomposition of rice bran: caffeic, ferulic, gallic, gentisic, p-coumaric, p-hydroxybenzoic, protocatechuic, sinapic, syringic, vanillic acids and vanillin. Results indicated that total phenolic content and antioxidant activity increased with temperature. They also sharply increased with residence time up to 15 min. Also at an optimum condition, significant amounts of soluble sugars in aqueous solution (approximately 215 glucose equivalents mg/g dry matter) were identified which demonstrated that subcritical water also is a promising treatment medium for hydrolysis of this biomass into water soluble sugars using a short residence time. Changing the pH of the solution due to the hydrolysis of rice bran into phenolic compounds with acidic function and also production of other organic compounds, suggested that autocatalysis may occurred during subcritical water treatment.