SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Development and commercialization of a semi-supervised learning ai for robust diagnosis in real world settings.

Non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, are by far the leading cause of death in the world  and a growing burden for patients, healthcare providers and local economies. Despite many NCDs conditions like cardiac arrhythmia, diabetes, hypertension can be cured with early detection, they don’t often show symptoms. During their medical check-up, medical practitioners (GP) can’t be accurate as specific examinations (e.g. EGCs, blood tests), resulting in a growing number of errors or false negative/positive, which represent for Healthcare systems and additional financial burden. People are usually discouraged from doing specific examination due to long waiting time, invasiveness of medical tests and additional costs.Even if technological advancements have led to AI based easy-to-use solutions able to contribute positively to easy  and early detection of diseases and pre-diseases condition, they come along with many significant limitations, such as the need to train on huge amounts of labelled data and difficulties in managing inputs that are noisy, incomplete or simply different from the original dataset (such data generated from a smartphone camera).This results in limited accuracy or significant costs and time consume for labelling of data. We have developed a platform based on a semi-supervised learning AI, able to analyse and interpret medical dataset through a process that mimics human creative imagination and, in a very short timeframe, detect and diagnose some NCDs and biometric parameters (blood pressure, Heart rate variability, haemoglobin, blood glucose) from “dirty” signals, generated by consumer electronics devices (smartphones, closed circuit cameras, etc.), with a high level of accuracy overcoming existing limitations.We aim at selling and licence our solution to 3 main targets: - final consumers/patients, - producers/owners of software and hardware tools (as well as Apps) in Health sector, Pharmaceutical companies.
Radio receiver and frequency generator

A frequency generator produces two widely spaced frequency outputs at the terminals of a single transistor. There is also disclosed a fixed frequency dual downconversion receiver, comprising: an analog first downconversion and IF filter stage; means for one-bit coding of the downconverted signal; and means for second downconversion by digital subsampling. The receiver is particularly suitable for use in GPS appliocations, and the frequency generator can advantageously be used to produce the local oscillator signal for the first mixer, and a clock signal for the digital subsampler. <IMAGE>
Bridging the gap between mind, brain and body: exosome role and monitoring

MindGAP presents a radical new vision that may BRIDGE the GAP between HEALTH status and MIND/BODY interactions and lead to a paradigm shift in medicine. The disruptive idea presented herein is sustained by relevant data presented in the literature: (i) exosomes circulate throughout the body as messengers of health and disease, transporting genetic data to be delivered into a recipient cell; (ii) and exosomes are implicated in brain activity, having the ability to cross the blood brain barrier.   Thus, when exosomes circulate and exit the brain to peripheral cells, there is a message transported therein, which is related to its cargo inside the vesicle. Overall, we aim to know which cargo is related to health and which cargo is related to disease. Traditionally, everyone has been looking for disease indicators to detect disease. Herein, we look for sensitive health indicators that may change under disease installation, therefore yielding an unprecedented early disease detection possibility.   Moreover, the possibility of using MINDFULNESS meditation as a mind-related tool to control the cargo of exosomes is explored herein. If meditation is successful in changing the behaviour and attitudes of many people, fighting depression, etc., it means that the exosomes cargo may be changed through this process. Thus, this could be a major route to a self-healing approach before disease begins.   Finally, all this knowledge opens doors to an innovative device that may be used by everyone to understand his/her health status.  Overall, MindGAP targets (i) the missing relation between the genetic data in EXOSOMES and health status; (ii) interfacing this link with MIND-related activities; (iii) and to create an INNOVATIVE and PORTABLE DEVICE that TRACKS EXOSOMES and ANALYSIS their relevant genetic data, thereby allowing each individual to correlate this information with their own HEALTH STATUS and the installation of a pro-active attitude of each one of us against disease.
Développement d’une stratégie de protection de la propriété intellectuelle dans la société Greenko sp. z o.o., un moyen d’améliorer l’efficacité et la compétitivité de l’entreprise

L’objectif du projet est de développer la société Greenko sp. z o.o. par l’utilisation d’un service de conseil professionnel consistant en l’élaboration d’une stratégie de protection de la propriété intellectuelle dans l’entreprise. En fournissant le service, l’entreprise augmentera ses chances d’atteindre le succès du marché et d’obtenir un avantage concurrentiel. Sans aucun doute, la mise en œuvre d’une stratégie de protection intellectuelle peut contribuer à une augmentation du chiffre d’affaires et donc à la réussite sur le marché.
Partial decode-forward for quantum relay channels

A relay channel is one in which a Source and Destination use an intermediate Relay station in order to improve communication rates. We propose the study of relay channels with classical inputs and quantum outputs and prove that a "partial decode and forward" strategy is achievable. We divide the channel uses into many blocks and build codes in a randomized, block-Markov manner within each block. The Relay performs a standard Holevo-Schumacher-Westmoreland quantum measurement on each block in order to decode part of the Source's message and then forwards this partial message in the next block. The Destination performs a novel "sliding-window" quantum measurement on two adjacent blocks in order to decode the Source's message. This strategy achieves non-trivial rates for classical communication over a quantum relay channel.
Effect of a pi-bridging unit in triphenylamine-benzothiadiazole based donor acceptor chromophores for dye-sensitized solar cells

ABSTRACT Two new metal free sensitizers based on triphenylamine-benzothiadiazole were synthesized and used in dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Electrochemical and optical properties of the dyes were studied by cyclic voltammetry, UV-vis absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy. A red shift was observed by the attachment of a thiophene (MZ-259) instead of a phenylene (MZ-255) bridge. The reverse effect was observed in the electrochemical properties because of the more electron-donating thiophene incorporated into the cyanoacrylic acid as an anchoring-acceptor unit in this system resulted in a higher LUMO level. The charge distribution of the dyes was also proved by DFT calculations using the Spartan10 program with the parameters of B3LYP and 6-31G** basis set. Finally the photovoltaic performances were investigated under standard AM 1.5 illumination with a power of 100 mW/cm2 using an ionic liquid based electrolyte. The power conversion efficiencies, η, were increased from 3.16% to 3.81% by using thiophene instead of phenylene as a π-bridge unit.
Fostering web entrepreneurship in europe: e-talent, e-mentoring, e-services and e-capital for e-entrepreneurs

The ePlus ecosystem project will develop and deploy an online and onsite environment, building on and interconnecting existing ecosystems, hubs and initiatives, in order to setup a runway for web entrepreneurs to start and scaleup a business in Europe and grow internationally. This European ecosystem will help web-entrepreneurs to develop and scale up their ideas and businesses, from a business international validation phase, to internationalization, access to finance and to business growth, thus complementing the service offer currently made available at local ecosystems level. The ePlus project will meet the objectives stated in the workprogramme in terms of accelerating web entrepreneurship in Europe, and offer a unique new platform that answers to the need for new services expressed in the Startup Manifesto. It will provide the nurturing to help web-entrepreneurs go global, through a unique combination of talents, tools and services of an European scale in all key elements required to create great companies: team, concept, technology, and capital. This will be done through the following elements:
- Putting in motion a true pan-european web-entrepreneurship ecosystem by setting up the initial backbone made of the interconnection between the booming regional ecosystems of Lisbon, Nice and Baden-Württemberg, combining and intertwining current services and opportunities and making room for more local ecosystems to join in;
- Untap on Europe’s unique mass of + 50,000 skilled and mobile researchers generated by institutions such as the Marie Curie Actions in order to reinforce the web-entrepreneurs teams’ skills and technology grasp;
- Guide web-entrepreneurs into global business concepts through a European mentoring scheme, building on the best regional and national programmes available;
- Facilitate access to some of the best services from the best service providers in Europe to promote web-entrepreneurs growth;
- Ensure access to capital either in early stage or crowdfunding form.
La Bibliothèque scientifique internationale : traduction et imaginaire des sciences à la fin du xixe siècle

Pendant longtemps, et de manière différente selon les époques et les domaines, la traduction a été considérée comme une activité subalterne, ancillaire, une sorte d'impensé. Toutefois, entre 1874 et 1914, à partir de l'activité militante de l'éditeur Germer Baillière que poursuivra Felix Alcan, se développe sous la direction d'Emile Alglave le projet de la Bibliothèque scientifique internationale (BSI) : traduire les sciences en marche et diffuser « l'esprit scientifique » à travers la traduction. Pourquoi la traduction et la vulgarisation furent-elles considérées comme les clés d'accès privilégiées aux savoirs ?
Sense of Coherence and Coping with Stress Among Mothers and Fathers of Children with Autism

The purpose of the study was to compare the level of sense of coherence (SOC) in parents of children with autism and in parents of typically developing children, and to examine the association between SOC level and coping strategies. Two questionnaires were used: Sense of Coherence Scale (SOC-29) and Ways of Coping Questionnaire. Parents of children with autism had a lower level of the total SOC, meaningfulness, and manageability compared with controls, and used escape-avoidance coping more often. No differences in SOC level were found between mothers and fathers. In parents of children with autism the SOC level was positively associated with seeking social support and self-controlling, and negatively with accepting responsibility and positive reappraisal.
Impact du pharmacien clinicien sur le switch vers les biosimilaires au sein de consultations pluridisciplinaires pour les rhumatismes inflammatoires chroniques

Malgré plusieurs études démontrant l’efficacité et la sécurité des biosimilaires comparés aux biothérapies de référence, le switch vers un biosimilaire reste à ce jour, en France, à la discrétion du médecin prescripteur, avec consentement du patient. Éduquer les patients sur les biosimilaires et leur traitement en général semble donc essentiel pour augmenter le taux de switch vers les biosimilaires. Des consultations pluridisciplinaires associant coordinatrice de soin, pharmacien et rhumatologue, se sont donc mises en place au sein de notre hôpital pour les patients atteints de rhumatismes inflammatoires chroniques (RIC) traités par biothérapies sous-cutanées. Cette étude avait pour objectif d’évaluer l’impact d’une consultation pharmaceutique sur le taux de switch et le taux de rétention des biosimilaires chez les patients atteints de RIC. Cette étude rétrospective comparait deux groupes de patients ayant participé (groupe interventionnel) ou non (groupe contrôle) à une consultation pharmaceutique juste avant leur consultation avec le rhumatologue. Au cours de cet entretien, le pharmacien présentait la notion de biosimilaire ainsi que les différents dispositifs existants. Un document d’information était également remis aux patients. Le critère principal évalué était le nombre de patients ayant un biosimilaire prescrit à la fin de la consultation avec le rhumatologue. Le critère secondaire était le nombre de patients, parmi ceux ayant switché à la première consultation, qui maintenait leur traitement par biosimilaire après 1 an de suivi. Cent quarante et un patients naïfs de tout biosimilaire ont été inclus (50 % de femmes, âge moyen = 50,0 ± 14,9) : 85 patients dans le groupe interventionnel et 56 patients dans le groupe contrôle. Le taux de switch vers un biosimilaire était significativement plus élevé dans le groupe interventionnel comparé au groupe contrôle (69,4 % versus 41,1 %, p < 0,01). La proportion de patients encore traités par biosimilaire après 1 an de suivi (taux de rétention) était similaire entre les deux groupes (72,5 % versus 81,3 % dans le groupe interventionnel versus groupe contrôle respectivement, p > 0,05). Cette étude montre le bénéfice de la consultation pharmaceutique en complément de celle d’un médecin pour augmenter le taux de switch vers les biosimilaires. Néanmoins, d’autres d’études sont nécessaires pour évaluer son impact sur l’effet nocebo et par conséquent pour améliorer le taux de rétention des biosimilaires.
Cloud Based GIS Approach for Monitoring Environmental Pollution in the Coastal Zone of Kalutara, Sri Lanka

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can be used as a powerful tool in many aspects of handling geospatial data. By considering the modern geospatial approaches, this research is focused on monitoring environmental pollution in the coastal zone of Kalutara area, with the objective of identification of existing natural resources. Green vegetation patches, water bodies and beech areas were detected using remote sensing techniques. A detailed GPS field survey was conducted and identified minor environmental resources with various pollution incidents. This information was used to improve the available data sets. The types of pollution incidents were categorised according to the severity level by considering the relationship to each natural resource. Maps were created and data was uploaded to the ArcGIS online cloud platform. Web services were hosted using this cloud infrastructure. Pollution incidents data layer has been given web based editing capabilities for field monitoring using GPS enabled mobiles. Field observations were conducted and locations of the pollution effects were uploaded into web maps from the field with related attributes. The hot spots were used to get better understanding and awareness of the environmental pollution. As the results, pollution incidents were identified and there was a significant effect to the minor environmental elements. The cloud infrastructure, helped to bring down the barriers of data sharing and the incident reporting mechanism became more convenient during the field observations.
A personificação do dialeto como violência em Um amor incômodo, de Elena Ferrante

RESUMO: Elena Ferrante é o pseudônimo de uma escritora italiana cuja identidade é um mistério. Em sua trama de exórdio L'amore molesto (1992), Ferrante nos apresenta a história intrigante de Delia, personagem que procura desvendar a morte estranha de sua mãe e, ao mesmo tempo, precisa enfrentar o desconforto que lhe causa o retorno à sua cidade natal. Na tessitura do enredo, é interessante observar como a escritora utiliza a linguagem (mais especificamente o dialeto napolitano) como elemento reiterante da aflição emocional que a viagem a Nápoles desperta na protagonista. Sendo assim, sobretudo a partir de Alfonzetti (2018) e Di Rogartis (1993), pretendemos, neste trabalho, analisar a presença do dialeto na obra Um amor Incômodo de Elena Ferrante, procurando sublinhar como a escolha narrativa operada pela escritora se configura como uma espécie de "personagem silencioso", ora conduzindo a protagonista, ora justificando o porquê da sensação desagradável experimentada por Delia desde a tenra idade.Palavras-chave: Elena Ferrante. Dialeto. Violência. Um Amor Incômodo. ABSTRACT: Elena Ferrante è lo pseudonimo di una scrittrice italiana la cui identità è un mistero. Nel suo esordio L'amore molesto (1992), Ferrante ci presenta l'intrigante storia di Delia, un personaggio che cerca di svelare la strana morte della madre e, allo stesso tempo, deve affrontare il disagio causato dal suo ritorno nella sua città natale. Nell’intreccio, è interessante osservare come la scrittrice utilizzi il linguaggio (più precisamente il dialetto napoletano) come nodo centrale del conflitto emotivo che il viaggio a Napoli suscita nella protagonista. Dagli studi di Alfonzetti (2018) e Di Rogartis (1993), si intende, in questo lavoro, analizzare la presenza del dialetto nell'opera Um amor Incômodo (titolo in portoghese) di Elena Ferrante, cercando di sottolineare come la scelta narrativa operata dalla scrittrice sia configurata come una sorta di "personaggio muto" che rege la protagonista Delia fin dalla tenera età.Parole chiave: Elena Ferrante. Dialetto. Violenza. L’amore molesto ABSTRACT: Elena Ferrante is the pseudonym of an Italian writer whose identity is a mystery. In his exordium plot L'amore molesto (1992), Ferrante presents us with the intriguing story of Delia, a character who seeks to unravel the strange death of her mother and, at the same time, has to face the discomfort caused by her return to her hometown. Christmas. At the plot, it is interesting to observe how the writer uses language (more specifically the Neapolitan dialect) as a reiterating element of the emotional distress that the trip to Naples arouses in the protagonist. Therefore, especially from Alfonzetti (2018) and Di Rogartis (1993), we intend, in this work, to analyze the presence of dialect in the work Um amor Incômodo by Elena Ferrante, seeking to underline how the narrative choice operated by the writer is configured as a kind of "silent character" that leads the protagonist Delia from her early age.Keywords: Elena Ferrante. Dialect. Violence. Um amor incômodo.
Antiprion compounds that reduce PrPSc levels in dividing and stationary-phase cells

During prion diseases, a normally benign, host protein, denoted PrP(C), undergoes alternative folding into the aberrant isoform, PrP(Sc). We used ELISA to identify and confirm hits in order to develop leads that reduce PrP(Sc) in prion-infected dividing and stationary-phase mouse neuroblastoma (ScN2a-cl3) cells. We tested 52,830 diverse small molecules in dividing cells and 49,430 in stationary-phase cells. This led to 3100 HTS and 970 single point confirmed (SPC) hits in dividing cells, 331 HTS and 55 confirmed SPC hits in stationary-phase cells as well as 36 confirmed SPC hits active in both. Fourteen chemical leads were identified from confirmed SPC hits in dividing cells and three in stationary-phase cells. From more than 682 compounds tested in concentration-effect relationships in dividing cells to determine potency (EC50), 102 had EC50 values between 1 and 10 μM and 50 had EC50 values of <1 μM; none affected cell viability. We observed an excellent correlation between EC50 values determined by ELISA and Western immunoblotting for 28 representative compounds in dividing cells (R(2)=0.75; p <0.0001). Of the 55 confirmed SPC hits in stationary-phase cells, 23 were piperazine, indole, or urea leads. The EC50 values of one indole in stationary-phase and dividing ScN2a-cl3 cells were 7.5 and 1.6 μM, respectively. Unexpectedly, the number of hits in stationary-phase cells was ~10% of that in dividing cells. The explanation for this difference remains to be determined.
Application research of high purity germanium (HPGe) gamma-ray spectrometer in nuclear pollution of import and export aquatic products

【Objective】The method of detecting radionuclide in aquatic products using high purity germanium(HPGe)gamma-ray spectrometer was established to monitor nuclear pollution situation of Shandong import and export aquatic goods and estimate the influence of Fukushima nuclear accident on aquatic products safety in our country. 【Method】The samples were rinsed, dried in the air centering on the edible parts, crushed, packaged and finally detected by HPGe gamma-ray spectrometer. Three positive samples of137Cs were randomly chosen to make into three parallel classes and detected for 0.5, 1,2,4,6,8,12,18,36 and 48 h, respectively. The altas was analyzed using DSA-1000 digital spectrometer and Genie 2000 software. Specific activity of nuclide in the samples at different time was obtained. 【Result】When the detection time was 6 h, the detection results went up gradually as time went by and tended to be stable after 8 h. Among1127 samples, the detection rate was 8.9%. The radionuclide was mainly134Cs,137Cs and110 mAg in positive samples, in which detection rate was 6.21%, 5.15% and 2.75%. The highest specific activity value of137Cs and134Cs was 27.8 Bq/kg and 16.7 Bq/kg, respectively. The specific activity value of134Cs,137Cs and110 mAg in the tested positive samples was far below the standard in different countries. 【Conclusion】The optimum detection time was 6-8 h. After Fukushima nuclear accident, no severe pollution happened to import and export aquatic products in China, but it still needed to be monitored.
Method to evaluate UV dose of upper-room UVGI system using the concept of ventilation efficiency

Several countermeasures against the prevalence of infectious diseases have recently been issued, and one of them, the ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) system, has been carefully considered for building environments especially. Besides experimental methods to evaluate the germicidal performance of upper air UVGI systems, this research introduces two numerical methods using the concept of ventilation performance, and illustrates the methods with a ward model. The first calculates the average residence time of air using the concept of local purging flow rate (L-PFR) which is multiplied by the average UV intensity of the upper area to obtain a UV dose. The other calculates the UV dose with the distributional UV intensity and deals with UV intensities as contaminant sources. The results of the illustrative cases with a ward model show that the method using the L-PFR concept could not clearly identify the difference in UV doses for each case with different exhaust opening setups, although the other could. The results from the method using the distributional UV intensity indicated the layout of ventilation openings and upper-room UVGI systems are important to optimize the germicidal performance.
The Texture of Everyday Life

This paper will explore some of the ways in which personal experience turns into life writing; the process in which a record of a life lived becomes a story, such as the textualization of the “texture” of life, or from body to book; the emplotment of the incidences of life into a life narrative (White); the heteroglossia of life writing (Bakhtin); the finding of voice for one’s self (Eakin); and the role of memory in life writing (Olney). As a specific backdrop to the discussion, two well-known examples of Canadian literature, Susanna Moodie’s Roughing It in the Bush and Margaret Atwood’s reinscription The Journals of Susanna Moodie, will be used to exemplify some of the main arguments raised in the paper.