SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
The Impact on Farmer Incomes of a Nationwide Scaling Up of the Farmer Business School Program: Lessons and Insights from Central Malawi

Various models and approaches are being implemented to provide technical assistance and support to improve smallholder farmers’ market access and incomes. This study evaluates the impact of the farmer business schools (FBS) program that has been scaled up to nationwide in Malawi. We focus on measuring impacts on crop choices and incomes of smallholder farmers, using the case study of Dedza district in central Malawi. The FBS approach, which has been implemented nationally by the Government of Malawi since 2011, consists of 1 year of group training and learning sessions for smallholder farmers. Training is designed to help improve market access and teach farmers how to establish profitable agribusiness ventures. This study used a multistage sampling procedure to collect data from 455 smallholder farmers: 162 FBS graduates, 84 FBS dropouts, and 209 nonparticipants. Using matching and difference-in-difference techniques, crop incomes from four groups of farmers were evaluated: FBS participants and FBS nonparticipants, as well as FBS graduates and FBS dropouts. The study finds a positive yet very small impact of FBS participation on crop income (US$20 per year on average), and no significant difference in crop income and production for farmers who graduated from FBS versus those who dropped out. While most participants reported gaining improved knowledge from the training, it did not seem to translate into new business ventures and improved incomes. Only a few graduates experienced improvement in income after FBS graduation. Insights from the qualitative research component of this study suggest that this is primarily due to the limited financial resources that smallholder farmers have to implement the agricultural management practices and business skills taught in FBS.
Mapping the 3-dimensional gluon structure of the proton

Gluons, together with quarks, are the fundamental constituents of the proton. They generate almost all its mass, carry about half of its momentum and contribute to its spin in a still unconstrained amount. Mapping their three-dimensional (3D) structure in the proton is crucial in our understanding of Quantum Chromodynamics and matter in general. 

The quark and gluon 3D content in momentum space is encoded in the so-called Transverse-Momentum-Dependent distribution/fragmentation functions (TMDs). While a huge progress has been made recently in the quark sector, the gluon sector is much less developed, due to the difficulty to cleanly probe gluons in high-energy processes. A very promising and also challenging way to access them is through quarkonium production. However, we still lack a solid framework which connects gluon TMDs to these processes.

GlueCore will provide this new theoretical framework to properly access (un)polarized gluon TMDs through quarkonium production, also in view of the construction of new experimental facilities in Europe and the United States, with the goal of collecting a wealth of data useful for gluon mapping. GlueCore will also test the newly derived framework by performing the first phenomenological extraction of gluon TMDs, through the application of cutting-edge fitting techniques.
 
This project will contribute to the EU H2020 priority “Excellent Science”, bringing new insights into our quest of understanding the fundamental structure of matter. It will result in several high-impact peer-reviewed articles, conference presentations and opportunities to more broadly disseminate the findings. Moreover, undertaking this research at the INFN- Pavia Division, one of the world leaders in the study of hadron structure and QCD, along with formal training and mentoring by an exceptional supervisor, will enhance my academic profile, scientific experience and content expertise, enabling me to develop into an independent, leading researcher.
A.A Milne's Poetic World of Childhood in When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six

The chapter is a discussion of the construction of A.A. Milne’s poetic world of childhood in When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six. To date there has not been an analytical consideration which focuses specifically on the poetry in the approach taken here. For example, Kenneth Sterck’s ‘The real Christopher Robin: an appreciation of A. A, Milne's children's verse’ (Children’s Literature in Education, Volume 11, Number 2 / June, 1980, 52-61) relates incidents from Milne’s autobiography to the poetry. The intention here is to move away from this approach and consider the particular characteristics of the construction of childhood portrayed through the poems. Areas discussed are:
•	‘Reality’
•	Social Behaviour
•	Expectations 
•	Moral Viewpoint
•	Play 
•	Fantasy
•	The Self
•	Psychological veracity
•	Language
•	Images
•	Irony
The chapter links the areas outlined above, and then situates the discussion within consideration of the movement from Romanticism to Modernism, and the slow disintegration of the idyllic image of the pastoral world of childhood.
Eu-India innovation center

The challenge of transferring innovation from Europe to India has been a thorn in the side of establishing European presence in third countries and strengthening its position as a science, technology and innovation leader. Europe must take the lead in stimulating and enabling Europe-India interactions and mobilising the ecosystems to build bridges between the regions.
The EU-India InnoCenter is brought to life to extend the network of centres in the world's most dynamic, innovative subcontinent by connecting and supporting European researchers and entrepreneurs to launch and expand their activities in India.
•    The long-term strategic objective of the EU-India InnoCenter is to sustainably contribute to the establishment of Europe as a science, technology and innovation leader in India.
•    The direct objective of the EU-India InnoCenter is to build a centre in India that will, in close cooperation with local technology and innovation structures, guide European innovators on their journey to soft-landing in India, stimulate constructive co-creation, build an ecosystem of stakeholders, and bolster a two-way technology and knowledge transfer.
The project will support European startups and SMEs to enter India’s market with: 
•    50 internationalization bootcamps to consider India for expansion;
•    220 hours of expert consultations to prepare localization strategies;
•    8 vertical-specific market immersion programmes to find the first clients and partners;
•    4 batches of a 3-month programme to help European technologies adapt and scale to the Indian market;
•    Network of  30000+ Indian innovators through the consortium partners’ coworking hubs in nine major Indian cities.
The consortium comprises leading startup support organizations covering most of Europe and India with a proven record of bringing top-class internationalization support, business consulting, investment advice and readiness, acceleration, market immersion services to the market.
Unusual Diversity of Acquired β-lactamases in Multidrug-ResistantPseudomonas aeruginosaIsolates in a Mexican Hospital

Aims: To investigate the presence of extended spectrum and metallo β-lactamases (MBLs) in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates which are resistant to imipenem and ceftazidime that were isolated in a hospital in Mexico. Results: Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) revealed the presence of four clonal types among the 14 isolates. All these genes were found either alone or simultaneously in the P. aeruginosa strains in the following five different arrangements: <blaGES-5>; <blaGES-5, blaVIM-11>; <blaGES-5, blaVIM-2, blaVIM-11>; <blaGES-5, blaOXA-2>; and <blaGES-5, blaVIM-2, blaVIM-11, and blaOXA-2>. Class 1 integrons were detected and contained the cassettes blaGES-5 and blaOXA-2, but not that of blaVIM. blaVIM genes occurred only in the chromosome, while blaGES-5 was located in the chromosome and in the plasmids. Conclusions: To our knowledge, this is the first description of P. aeruginosa strains simultaneously producing the VIM-2 and VIM-11 variants, and the combination of GES-5 and MBL carbapenemases, which determines a major challenge for the clinical microbiology laboratory and a remarkable epidemiological risk for the nosocomial spread of multidrug-resistant determinants.
Ultrathin Zinc Oxide Nanofilm on Zinc Substrate for High Performance Electrochemical Sensors

Abstract Ultrathin ZnO nanofilms based on Zn substrate were synthesized through a facile one-pot hydrothermal method. Then this prepared Zn-ZnO integrated electrode was directly used as work electrode to detect glucose and hydrazine in the solution, respectively. Exhilaratingly, the results show that the prepared Zn-ZnO integrated electrode has significant electrocatalytic activity toward the oxidation of glucose and reduction of hydrazine. As a result, Zn-ZnO integrated electrode exhibits a wide linear range from 1 uM to 19.2 mM for the detection of glucose with a low detection limit of 1 uM (S/N = 3) and a wide linear range from 0.5 uM to 14.2 mM for the detection of hydrazine with a linear range from with a low detection limit of 0.5 uM (S/N = 3). What's more, the proposed sensor displays excellent selectivity, good stability, and satisfying repeatability.
PENGARUH PERBEDAAN TEMPORER ANTARA LABA AKUNTANSI DENGAN LABA KENA PAJAK TERHADAP PERTUMBUHAN LABA KE DEPAN (Studi Empiris pada Perusahaan Manufaktur yang Terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia 2010-2012)

This study aims to examine the effect of temporary differences between accounting income and taxes income for future earning growth. The independent variable of this study is deductible temporary differences and taxable temporary differences, the dependent variable is future earning growth, and the control variable are size and leverage. Deductible temporary differences measured by total deductible temporary differences divided by total assets. Taxable temporary differences measured by total taxable temporary differences divided by the total assets. Size measured by logarithm of total assets, and leverage measured by total long-term debt divided by total assets. While this study is the dependent variable future earnings growth as measured by the percentage of profit growth in the coming years.  Sample of this study consists of 432 companies from manufacturing sectors listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2010-2012. Samples were selected using purposive random sampling method with certain criteria, and gained as much as 156 companies that meet the criteria. The analysis technique is multiple regression analysis. Results of the analysis showed that the variable deductible temporary differences significant positive effect on future earnings growth and taxable temporary differences significant negative effect on future earnings growth. Based on these results mean future earnings growth is affected temporary differences.
Game reward systems: Gaming experiences and social meanings

The authors give an overview of how various video game reward systems provide positive experiences to players, and propose classifications for rewards and reward characteristics for further analysis. We also discuss what reward systems encourage players to do, and describe how they provide fun even before players receive their rewards. Next, we describe how game reward systems can be used to motivate or change behaviors in the physical world. One of our main suggestions is that players can have fun with both rewards and reward mechanisms—enjoying rewards while reacting to the motivation that such rewards provide. Based on relevant psychological theories, we discuss how reward mechanisms foster intrinsic motivation while giving extrinsic rewards. We think that reward systems and mechanisms in modern digital games provide social meaning for players primarily through motivation, enhanced status within gaming societies, and the use of rewards as social tools.
Control of bacterial multidrug tolerance and stress response by alarmone synthetase spot

Difficult-to-treat chronic and recurrent bacterial infections are often caused by bacteria that are sensitive to commonly used antibiotics. The reasons for this recalcitrance are frequently unknown. However, when grown in the laboratory, all bacteria, including major pathogens form persister cells that are multidrug tolerant, a phenomenon thought to be a major factor underlying recalcitrant infections. We observed that the general bacterial stress response, known as “the stringent response”, plays a key role in persister cell maintenance. Indeed, stochastic variation of the stringent response regulator ppGpp triggers persister cell formation. However, the molecular mechanisms by which environmental cues activate the stringent response are still largely unknown and represent one of the most fundamental, unsolved problems in prokaryotic molecular biology. Importantly the stringent response is also required for virulence of almost all bacterial pathogens, strongly arguing that novel insights into ppGpp biology will lead to novel methods to combat infections. We recently observed that the ppGpp synthetase II activity encoded by SpoT is responsible for persister cell formation in Escherichia. coli. Therefore, I propose a research program that builds on the pivotal role of SpoT in bacterial persistence, with the goal of dissecting the molecular mechanisms by which environmental stimuli trigger SpoT-dependent ppGpp synthesis. This project has three main objectives: (i) To unravel how spoT expression is regulated (ii) To reveal how ppGpp synthetase II activity is mechanistically controlled and (iii) To decipher the physiological role of SpoT in persister cell decision-making. The program is ambitious and will provide a significant step forward for the persistence field and offer novel, fundamental insights into ppGpp biology. Moreover, it may represent an invaluable resource to improve biotechnological processes and how bacterial infections are treated.
Genomic strategies against stb disease of wheat

A primary crop in Ireland, wheat is the most important cereal within the EU. Zymoseptoria tritici, the causal agent of septoria tritici blotch (STB) disease, continuously threatens Europe’s wheat crop causing loses of up to 50%, if left untreated. The absence of commercial varieties with adequate STB resistance means the sector is wholly dependent on fungicides to offset STB, with control costs >€1bn pa. This chemical dependency has driven the appearance of fungicide resistant strains of Z. tritici. In addition, EU legislation has removed several fungicides due to environmental concerns. In short, the European wheat sector has an unsustainable future unless greater effort is made to identify durable sources of resistance to STB. This is where new breeding methodologies (e.g. genomic selection, GS) can assist traditional breeding initiatives. GS is a form of marker assisted selection that simultaneously estimates all loci, haplotype or marker effects across the entire genome to calculate Genomic Estimated Breeding Values (GEBVs). GEBVs are then used to select individuals of interest for advancement in the breeding cycle. This proposal will apply a GS strategy to a unique population (>600) of wheat lines (DiverseMAGIC, NIAB), that are firstly phenotyped in the presence of natural field-borne STB inoculum. Taking advantage of NIAB resources (35K SNP data, exome capture, genetic maps), this action will combine genotype and field phenotype data so that relevant QTL associated with contrasting STB resistant profiles can be identified. In parallel, an in-house gene editing system will be employed to edit several gene sequences that have demonstrated to be STB responsive based on previously accumulated RNAseq data. Multi-disciplinary in nature, we envisage this proposal (plus secondment) will identify novel sources of resistance to STB disease that thereafter will be integrated into European wheat breeding programmes through existing networks with this project’s partners.
Monitoring of Road Traffic related Effects in the Alpine Space and Common Measures

The project intends to strengthen the interregional exchange of traffic related effects and monitoring results in the Alps. In the participating regions, monitoring networks are already established and results are available. The idea is to use these results and establish the interregional exchange about the interpretation and consequences: Identify the road traffic related effects on the Alpine space, analyses of the state of every partner region, define a set of indicators for sustainable development, discuss past and actual values of the indicators, formulate interpretations of the actual and future state in the regions. The main objective is to identify common measures to reduce negative impacts and to increase quality of life assuring a sustainable approach. Measures will be formulated on the administrational level where the regional authorities will be involved. The activities are focusing on the three severely threatened transalpine crossing area Montblanc, Gotthard and Brenner.
[Distress of cancer patients: prevalence and associated factors in the opinion of family].

The study aimed to verify the opinion of family members about distress on cancer patients and the factors associated with it. Interviews with 140 family members of cancer patients were conducted. The Distress Thermometer was adapted to be used with family members. Approximately 72.9% of patients were considered in distress, related to concern (80.4%), nervousness (78.4%), sadness (74.5%), pain (67.6%), fatigue (67.6%) and problems with eating (57.8%). The hierarchical logistic regression models showed that while male (OR=0.025) and older ages (OR=0.006 to 0.059) had lower risk of perceiving the distress, individuals Protestants, compared to Catholics, were 12.77 times more likely to perceive it. About the associated factors, nervousness (OR=10.8) contributed significantly more to the perception of distress for family members when compared to fatigue (OR=3.38) or have private health insurance (OR=2.55). Family can be great allies in the evaluation and monitoring of distress in patients with cancer.
FruitVegCNN: Power- and Memory-Efficient Classification of Fruits & Vegetables Using CNN in Mobile MPSoC

Fruit and vegetable classification using Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) has become a popular application in the agricultural industry, however, to the best of our knowledge no previously recorded study has designed and evaluated such an application on a mobile platform. In this paper, we propose a power- and memory-efficient CNN model, FruitVegCNN, to perform classification of fruits and vegetables in a mobile multi-processor system-on-a-chip (MPSoC). We also evaluated the efficacy of FruitVegCNN compared to popular state-of-the-art CNN models in real mobile platforms (Huawei P20 Lite and Samsung Galaxy Note 9) and experimental results show the efficacy, power- and memory-efficiency of our proposed CNN architecture.
Sqetch – easily connecting fashion brands with apparel manufacturers

Today`s world is constantly speeding the way we live (learn, communicate, entertain or do business). With over 3 billion searches on Google, “to buy” characterises today`s society. People are looking to be always fashion-conscious therefore they go shopping. This puts an important amount of pressure on brands interested to become more and more effective in order to satisfy customer’s expectations – high quality, fair price, short delivery time. Achieving this requires a paradigm shift in the way companies are conducting their business processes. And the fashion industry is no exception! Both fashion brands and apparel manufacturers are facing significant challenges: How to easily find suitable and trustful apparel manufacturers? Are those delivering the expected quality for a fair price? How to turn more fashion brands into new customers? How to confirm a good quality level of manufacturing?
Our Sqetch project will offer a concrete solution by providing an innovative online platform which will help more than 170.000 European textile and clothing companies to connect. Our Sqetch project is driving a major change in how a traditional industry adopts actual business models, responding to the EC initiative for this sector: encouraging innovation and maintaining competitiveness. Sqetch positions as an online service to support a sector which employs 1, 6 million people and plays a crucial role in the economy and social well-being in many regions of Europe.
The technical innovation resides in the matching algorithm which uses many weighted criteria to find the best matching manufacturer for a brand. The algorithm weighs, 10 times faster than existing solutions, all these criteria against their importance and finds which manufacturer in the database has the greatest match with that project. The result: faster match, easier usability, lower costs for brand and manufacturers. This translates into more innovative and competitive companies, the foundation of growth.
Learning how to rate video-recorded therapy sessions: A practical guide for trainees and advanced clinicians.

Watching and rating psychotherapy sessions is an important yet often overlooked component of psychotherapy training. This article provides a simple and straightforward guide for using one Website (www.ATOStrainer.com) that provides an automated training protocol for rating of psychotherapy sessions. By the end of the article, readers will be able to have the knowledge to go to the Website and begin using this training method as soon as they have a recorded session to view. This article presents, (a) an overview of the Achievement of Therapeutic Objectives Scale (ATOS; McCullough et al., 2003a), a research tool used to rate psychotherapy sessions; (b) a description of APA training tapes, available for purchase from APA Books, that have been rated and scored by ATOS trained clinicians and posted on the Website; (c) step-by-step procedures on how ratings can be done; (d) an introduction to www.ATOStrainer.com where ratings can be entered and compared with expert ratings; and (e) first-hand personal experiences of the authors using this training method and the benefits it affords both trainees and experienced therapists. This psychotherapy training Website has the potential to be a key resource tool for graduate students, researchers, and clinicians. Our long-range goal is to promote the growth of our understanding of psychotherapy and to improve the quality of psychotherapy provided for patients.