SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Generalized finite compact difference scheme for shock/complex flowfield interaction

A class of generalized high order finite compact difference schemes is proposed for shock/vortex, shock/boundary layer interaction problems. The finite compact difference scheme takes the region between two shocks as a compact stencil. The high order WENO fluxes on shock stencils are used as the internal boundary fluxes for the compact scheme. A lemma based on the property of smoothness estimators on a 5-points stencil is given to detect the shock position. There is no free parameter introduced to switch the compact scheme and the WENO scheme. Some numerical experiments are given and they demonstrate that the present scheme has low dissipation due to the compact central differencing scheme used in the smooth regions.
Experimental study of geometrical and climate effects on the performance of a small solar chimney

Abstract Nowadays, referring to the increasing rate of environmental pollution and limitation on fossil fuel resources, the use of sustainable energies seems to be inevitable and an absolute necessity for the world. Renewable energies are known as the best alternative for solving the energy shortage and CO2 emission problems. Among the renewable sources, solar energy plays a significant role in aspects of accessibility of resource and diversity of energy conversion means. Solar chimney is a power plant that uses solar radiation to produce electricity by the created wind at the entrance of chimney. A solar chimney pilot power plant with 3 m collector diameter and 2 m chimney height was designed and constructed in University of Tehran, Iran. The temperature distributions and air velocity were measured and evaluated. The temperature difference between the chimney inlet and ambient reached to 26.3 °C. The output data for different collector inlet heights were obtained and the report shows that reducing the inlet size has a positive effect on the solar chimney power production performance. The air inversion at the latter of the chimney was not observed and it was found that this phenomenon directly associated with the geometry. The maximum air velocity of 1.3 m/s was recorded inside the chimney, while the collector entrance velocity was around zero.
Effect of Organotin on the Thermal Stability of Poly(Vinyl Chloride)

The thermal degradation behavior of PVC stabilized by the organotin were investigated by means of the thermogravimetric analysis and non-isothermal multiple scanning method. The results indicate that the lowest decomposition temperature is greater than 210°C in the conversion rate of 5%. The decomposition process occurred in three stages. The results calculated by Kissinger, Ozawa, Starink and Friedman methods show that the average apparent activation energy in first, second and third phase is 98.46kJ/mol, 111.24kJ/mol and 243.23kJ/mol respectively. In the initial reaction (α&lt;10%), the decomposition reaction is controlled by the first order (F1) mechanism, with a half-life of 4.92h at 180°C.
THE CARNEGIE HUBBLE PROGRAM

We present an overview of and preliminary results from an ongoing comprehensive program that has a goal of determining the Hubble constant to a systematic accuracy of 2%. As part of this program, we are currently obtaining 3.6 micron data using the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) on Spitzer, and the program is designed to include JWST in the future. We demonstrate that the mid-infrared period-luminosity relation for Cepheids at 3.6 microns is the most accurate means of measuring Cepheid distances to date. At 3.6 microns, it is possible to minimize the known remaining systematic uncertainties in the Cepheid extragalactic distance scale. We discuss the advantages of 3.6 micron observations in minimizing systematic effects in the Cepheid calibration of the Hubble constant including the absolute zero point, extinction corrections, and the effects of metallicity on the colors and magnitudes of Cepheids. We are undertaking three independent tests of the sensitivity of the mid-IR Cepheid Leavitt Law to metallicity, which when combined will allow a robust constraint on the effect. Finally, we are providing a new mid-IR Tully-Fisher relation for spiral galaxies.
Explaining Bank Productivity in Ghana

The objective of this paper is to examine productivity changes among Ghanaian banks. The Malmquist productivity index is employed to estimate total factor productivity changes and its components on a panel of 18 banks from 2003 to 2011. The results indicate that productivity growth was attributable to the catch-up effect of efficiency changes. We also find productivity growth across three categories of bank size to be driven by efficiency changes. From a panel regression analysis, we identify size, concentration, income diversification and risk as the factors that explain productivity differences among Ghanaian banks. Recommendations for improving bank productivity are derived from the results. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
METHOD FOR PREVENTIVE TREATMENT OF WOOD

Procédé de traitement préventif de bois, ledit procédé comprenant les étapes suivantes : une première imprégnation du bois utilisant une première solution comprenant un premier sel, et une deuxième imprégnation du bois utilisant une deuxième solution comprenant un deuxième sel.
The names of god and of christ in the syncretic renaissance: mystical, magical and visual words in christian kabbalah.

The present research project aims at examining fresh material about the syncretistic tradition in the 15th and 16th centuries: it includes a wide range of theories by the so-called Christian Kabbalists about the different names of God and of Jesus in the context of Renaissance thought. The study will focus especially on the Christian Kabbalistic reading of the Tetragrammaton, the Pentagrammaton, and the Trigrammaton, i.e. the various names of God as expressions of new Christological interpretations to Jewish Kabbalistic doctrines. More specifically, this project intends to devote greater attention to the analysis of Renaissance syncretism in two ways: as a linguistic instrument and as a performative power. The analysis will be examined through the writings of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Johannes Reuchlin, Giles of Viterbo, Niccolò Camerario, Francesco Zorzi and Arcangelo da Borgonovo. This research will also consider some unknown Jewish sources that influenced, either explicitly or implicitly, the Christian Kabbalistic theory of the divine names. Our purpose is therefore to answer the question of facing theological “otherness” in the Renaissance through a new type of cultural synthesis. In some way, combining Abrahamic faith with Kabbalah, Hermeticism and Trinitarian creeds, results in overcoming the conflicts of dogmas in order to converge towards a unified plurality of traditions. Starting with the hypothesis of a Kabbalistic “metamorphosis” of humanistic theology in the Renaissance, we hope that the proposed research will demonstrate that the Christian theories on Jewish divine names, against the background of Kabbalah and “barbarous wisdom”, was impossible without transgressing sacred boundaries and creating new values. Accordingly the work of many Christian Kabbalists should be reintegrated into the european heritage as the first stage of a cultural change, where a comparative frame of mind is essential for the sake of interreligious dialogue.
Ultrastructure of the flagellar apparatus in Rhinomonas reticulata var. atrorosea (Cryptophyceae, Cryptophyta)

Rhinomonas reticulata var. atrorosea G. Novarino is a photosynthetic marine flagellate that is known to have typical characteristics of cryptomonads. We examined the flagellar apparatus of R. reticulata var. atrorosea by transmission electron microscopy. The major components of the flagellar apparatus of R. reticulata var. atrorosea consisted of four types of microtubular roots (1r, 2r, 3r, and mr), a non-keeled rhizostyle (Rhs), mitochondrion-associated lamella (ML), two connections between basal bodies, a striated fibrous root (SR) and a striated fiber-associated microtubular root (SRm). Four types of microtubular roots originated near the ventral basal body and extended toward the left side of the basal bodies. The non-keeled Rhs originated at the Rhs-associated striated fiber, which was located between two basal bodies and extended into the middle of the cell. The ML was a plate-like fibrous structure associated with mitochondria and originating from a Rhs-associated fiber. It split into two parts and extended toward the dorsal-posterior of the cell to a mitochondrion. The SR and SRm extended parallel to the anterior lobe of the cell. The overall configuration of the flagellar apparatus in R. reticulata var. atrorosea was similar to the previously reported descriptions of those of Cryptomonas paramecium, C. pyrenoidifera, C. ovata, Hanusia phi, Guillardia theta, and Proteomonas sulcata. However, the flagellar apparatus system of R. reticulata var. atrorosea was more complex than those of other cryptomonad species due to the presence of an additional microtubular root and other distinctive features, such as a rhizostyle-associated striated fiber and large ML.
Insights into the population structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis using spoligotyping and RDRio in a southeastern Brazilian prison unit

Tuberculosis (TB) is still a serious public health problem, continuing to be an important threat for confined populations. We used spoligotyping to estimate the genotypic clades of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from inmates in two blocks in a southeastern Brazilian prison unit, with TB incidence rate of 8185/100.000. The Latin American Mediterranean (LAM) clade is well represented in the country, and the LAM specific molecular markers, RD(Rio) large sequence polymorphism and the SNP on the Rv3062 [ligB(1212)], were used to characterize spoligotype signatures from prison isolates. Typing of RD(Rio) and ligB increase LAM clade from 66.7% (n=72/108) to 69.4% (n=75). The LAM2 SIT17 (n=23) and SIT179 (n=12) signatures comprised one third of all isolates, followed by Haarlem (11.5%, n=12), T (8.7%, n=9) and X (5.7%, n=6) clades. Strains with unknown signatures represented 5.5% (n=6), and four (3.7%) did not match any lineage. We observed RD(Rio) among 64 (59.2%) isolates, and 54 (50%) were of the LAM clade. In particular, the LAM2/RD(Rio) sub-lineage was significantly associated with clustering (p=0.02) and its frequency was higher (32%) when compared to that of the previous general TB cases in RJ (4.29%). Overall cluster frequency defined by spoligotyping/IS6110-RFLP was 62%. The two evolutionary markers helped to evaluate some LAM signature misconceptions and demonstrate that LAM2/RD(Rio) was found with high frequency, hitherto being unnoticed. All these data, allied to high clustering, imply that public health measures to minimize the escalation of TB in prison is essential, and both spoligotyping as well as RD(Rio) would be useful tools to monitor the effects of the measures with respect to M. tuberculosis lineage variation.
European network for particle physics, lattice field theory and extreme computing

EuroPLEx will provide a stimulating and fertile environment to train a new generation of researchers in Theoretical Particle Physics, equipped with all the analytical and computational skills that are distinctive of the field of Lattice QCD. The main core of EuroPLEx research aims at a deeper understanding of strongly interacting matter. This will be pursued by numerical simulations of the underlying fundamental theories, including mainly (but not only) QCD.

EuroPLEx will enable a solid comparison of forthcoming experimental results from high-energy experiments (e.g. those of LHC Run-2 at CERN) to our best theoretical understanding. Precision tests of the Standard Model will mark the perimeter of what our current theoretical understanding can describe, as opposed to what hints at New Physics. Moreover, EuroPLEx will also directly tackle the study of Beyond the Standard Model candidate theories.

EuroPLEx will confront the theoretical and computational challenges of describing matter under the extreme conditions of high temperature and density, aiming at a picture of the so far elusive QCD phase diagram.

Finally, EuroPLEx will explore subjects at the interface between non-perturbative Quantum Field Theory and theoretical scenarios like those put forward by Resurgence or String Theory, interacting with theorists interested in the amazing capabilities of lattice field theories as a theoretical laboratory.

ESRs hired in EuroPLEx will be part of research projects in which advanced theoretical physics meets algorithmic studies and hardware-aware software developments. Research and training capabilities are strengthened by partners from both experimental physics and industry. EuroPLEx training will benefit from collaborating with partners in many respects, building on solid experience in hardware codesign, software innovation, massive data treatment and Data Science, all ubiquitous outside academia in any kind of consulting, modelling and most fields of IT industry.
Politiche e strumenti per la valorizzazione delle biomasse come fonte di energia rinnovabile

Biomass answers some basic questions: what are the opportunities offered by forest and agricultural biomass to produce energy and heat in the cooperation? What are the benefits and costs in achieving both environmental and economic systems and boilers, and organize their supply chains that provide the raw material? There are conditions for forest biomass power plants by promoting sustainable forest management? What are the possible uses in civil, industrial, agricultural, energy and heat produced? What are the regulations, policies, experiences and tools in place to enhance and promote biomass? The reference area is the entire area of ​​cooperation. The partners, in fact, undertake to work for the territories are not represented directly to the project - the source of biomass - offer a complete answer to the specific objective of the OP III.3.
 The overall objective is to promote biomass as a renewable energy source testing, through pilot experiences, the real opportunities: cost savings in energy consumption, better exploitation of natural resources (forests and farmland to be converted), less use of fossil fuels and less air pollution. The targets are all those interested in organizing supply chains for the supply of raw material, create the systems, use energy and / or heat products. The project consists of some key activities: exchange of experiences / best practices, deepening of the thematic evaluation of forest and agricultural potential, site identification and definition of a management tool, pilot testing of a demonstration designed to validate the instrument management.
Mapping skills and competencies; providing access to knowledge, tools and platforms;  and strengthening, disseminating and exploiting success outcomes for a skilled transatlantic ehealth workforce

The EU-US eHealth Workforce Development Consortium has an overall goal of mapping, quantifying and projecting the need, supply and demand for workforce skills and competences, utilising these results to further develop IT skills and training programmes for the healthcare workforce. This work is a continuation and further development of the EU-US collaboration under the EU-US MoU eHealth Roadmap, leveraging the work this group has developed to date, including the HITCOMP Tool and Repository.  Additionally, we hope to build upon that work to include intersecting it with foundational education and training methods and materials in eHealth.  We will continue analysing the needs, trends and approaches to improve the health IT workforce. Finally, we will provide an interactive web platform in which end-users, educators, governments and industry can: communicate; exchange information; provide and locate opportunities for training, skills development and employment opportunities; and increase knowledge related to the eHealth, health information technology, and health informatics disciplines.
Understanding mechanisms and functions of mirna oscillations during development

Successful development of an organism relies on careful temporal orchestration of a large number of diverse events. Although processes such as cell proliferation, migration and differentiation are thus under precise temporal control, molecular mechanisms of the relevant biological timers have remained largely enigmatic. I propose to exploit the repetitive development and robust oscillatory gene expression of the nematode C. elegans to identify fundamental principles of temporal control of organismal development through rhythmic gene expression. High temporal reproducibility of developmental progression and genetic tractability are additional major assets of this novel experimental paradigm.
Previous work in my host-lab uncovered high-amplitude oscillatory expression of ~2700 genes peaking exactly once per larval stage, with an ~8-hr period. These oscillations appear to orchestrate periodic developmental events encompassing synthesis and shedding of the cuticle, cell proliferation and differentiation. A small set of regulatory miRNAs also exhibit oscillations with large amplitudes. This is surprising given that miRNAs are generally quite stable, and that the transcript level oscillations appear to be rely mostly on rhythmic transcription. Here, I propose to delineate the function of oscillatory miRNAs in rhythmic gene expression and development, and the mechanisms that render them sufficiently unstable to facilitate oscillation. Thus, through a combination of high-throughput developmental tracking, single-cell sequencing, bioinformatics, and biophysics approaches, I expect to uncover molecular mechanisms that control developmental timing and miRNA metabolism.
Scram valve

The scram valve has a closing piston which can be controlled by a pilot valve in a pressure medium supply line to the closing piston. The pilot valve has a control piston which is spring biased on one side and connected on the other side with the flow of medium in the outlet spigot of the scram valve. Thus, should the pressure in the outlet spigot drop, the control piston moves to open the pressure medium supply line to the closing piston. In addition, this supply line is connected at the upstream end to the scram valve casing upstream of the valve seat so that the pressure of the medium flowing through the scram valve aids in the closing of this valve.
Opening Up: Clients’ Inner Struggles in the Initial Phase of Therapy

Objective To explore how clients in clinical settings experience the process of opening up and sharing their inner experiences in the initial phase of therapy. Methods Two psychotherapy sessions of clients ( N = 11) were videotaped and followed by interviews. Interpersonal process recall was used to obtain in-depth descriptions of clients’ immediate experiences in session. A follow-up interview was conducted 3 months later. The interviews were analyzed using thematic analysis. Results The data revealed how and why clients distanced themselves from inner experiences in the initial phase of therapy. The overarching theme was “Holding back and struggling to open up,” which included four subthemes: (a) fearing the intensity and consequences of negative emotions; (b) experiences of being incapable and bodily stuck; (c) being insecure about one’s worthiness and right to share inner experiences with the therapist; and (d) struggling with feeling disloyal to loved ones. Conclusion The participants held back because they feared different consequences of opening up. A range of concerns led participants to distance themselves from their inner experiences and/or to refrain from openly talking about them to the therapist. Concerns related to appropriate interpersonal conduct as client were especially important. This knowledge is highly relevant to clinicians when building safety for psychotherapeutic work.
The weeping sermon: persuasion, binding and authority within the Gülen-movement

One of the remarkable aspects of the weekly meetings (sohbet) organised by the followers of Fethullah Gulen is the so-called weeping sermon. The visual depiction of the weeping sermon, where Fethullah Gulen bursts into tears, after which his followers intensively weep during a certain period, hardly reveals the implications of the ritual. Weeping sermons are not just emotional performances, or modes of enchantment. They are part of a larger mediating practice common in the Gulen movement. It has persuasive qualities in three regards: (1) participating in a weeping sermon is a form of bodily moral attunement. It is part of a broader trajectory of religious training and disciplining and enhances spiritual and pious competence. (2) The total ritual including preparations has implications for the internal binding between followers and the forming of community. And (3) the ritual reconfirms and reproduces religious authority. We argue that the specific features of the sessions and the ways in which followers a...
MODIFIED RESELECTION EVALUATION

A user equipment (UE) reselects back to a higher priority radio access technology (RAT) when network configured parameters do not provide sufficient time to perform the IRAT reselection measurements and evaluation due to the UE spending a very short duration in a discontinuous reception (DRX) mode. In one instance, the UE detects a triggering condition for incomplete cell reselection evaluation based on a number of past events. The UE computes a modified reselection timer value based on the past events and applies the modified reselection timer value to future events.
Atomistic Models of Nanosystems

Nanoscopic systems contain, in essence, a finite number of atoms. Description of nanosystems with first principles methods of quantum mechanics is still a cumbersome process, hence simpler models are rather used in the process of modeling. In this communication we analyze atomistic approaches like the empirical tight-binding (ETB) method that can be used with many flavors of sophistication to calculate both electronic structure and transport properties of nanosystems of various sizes ranging from tens and hundreds to millions of atoms. In contrast, the ab-initio methods deal with smaller systems, yet they provide reliable information, like equilibrium geometry and charge distribution, which are not fully captured by ETB methods. Several examples of relevant nanosystems that uses either ETB or ab-initio methods are provided.
Influence of family carers on haemodialyzed patients’ adherence to dietary and fluid restrictions: an observational study

To determine the influence of a family carer on haemodialyzed patients''adherence'. There is extensive evidence showing that successful treatment of patients with end-stage renal disease is directly related to patients''adherence'. The parameters indicative of a good adherence are potassium and phosphate serum levels and the interdialytic weight gain. Haemodialyzed patients may have scarce adherence to food and fluid intake restrictions, and medications schedule. Case-control study carried out in a haemodialysis centre in Italy. The data were collected during 2010. A total of 72 subjects with end-stage renal disease participated in the study. The subjects assisted by a family carer were identified as cases (n = 36), whereas those who did not have a family carer, as controls (n = 36). All subjects were followed up (4 months) and checked up regarding interdialytic weight gain, and serum levels of potassium and phosphate. Important differences in potassium and phosphate serum level and interdialytic weight gain between the two groups were evaluated separately using a repeated measures anova test. Participants in the case group showed significantly lower phosphate and potassium serum levels and a lower interdialytic weight gain during follow-up when compared to controls. The presence of a family carer improves patients' adherence, particularly as far as phosphate levels are concerned, since phosphate intake plays a fundamental role in avoiding long-term complications in end-stage renal disease patients.