SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Effect of boron and nitrogen doping with native point defects on the vibrational properties of graphene

Abstract Boron and nitrogen doping in graphene has important implications in graphene-based devices. We investigate systematically the vibrational properties of B- and N-doped graphene with vacancies using forced vibrational method. We have calculated the phonon density of states (PDOSs), typical mode patterns and phonon localization length for different concentration of B, N and vacancies. We find that the interference between native point defects and B or N dopant break down the phonon degeneracy at the Г point of the LO and TO modes, distort and shift down the PDOSs significantly. We observe a broadening and softening of the Raman active E 2 g phonon mode with an increase of B and N atoms. The PDOS peaks for the mixture of vacancies and B or N atoms show the remarkable increase in the low-frequency region induced by their defect formations. Our computer experiments demonstrate that the disordered graphene show the spatially localized vibrations due to the resonant vibrations of the impurity atoms relative to the main C atoms. The calculated typical mode patterns for in-plane K point optical phonon modes indicate that the phonon is localized strongly within a region of several nanometers in the random disordered graphene structures. In particular, a typical localization length is on the order of ≈9.5 nm for B- and N-doping, ≈9 nm for mixture of B-doping and vacancy, and ≈8.5 nm for mixture of N-doping and vacancy concentrations of 20%. This study provides a useful basis for the understanding of a wide variety of physical properties such as thermal conductivity, specific heat capacity, and electron–phonon interaction, as well as in the experiments of infrared, Raman, and neutron-diffraction spectra of doped-graphene.
Ai-Based, hardware-agnostic, predictive wi-fi network management software

According to recent studies, around 50% of all customer service calls to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are related to issues with home Wi-Fi. Also, around 70% of all customers experience problems when streaming or downloading content over Wi-Fi in their homes. 75% of all customers expect their ISPs to solve their Wi-Fi related issues and 54% of all customers are willing to pay an extra of €4.5 per month if their ISP would provide a premium Wi-Fi service. Annual customer care cost alone amount to €11 million. Moreover, many dissatisfied customers do not prefer calling for a complaint, instead they silently churn by switching their service to another provider either immediately or when it comes time to renegotiate their service contract. Thus, in addition to the above mentioned costs, ISPs undertake unnecessary hardware replacement costs, customer churns and lost higher tier upsell opportunities. These findings demonstrate that there is solid need to diagnose and solve Wi-Fi problems remotely.
TEA’s innovative solution, TEApot (TEA’s predictive optimization technology), comprises embedded (local) and cloud software modules that provide comprehensive, hardware-agnostic, real-time AI-driven, in-home network management. TEApot facilitates predictive maintenance and proactive control of home Wi-Fi networks, thus avoiding customer dissatisfaction. Furthermore, by being hardware-agnostic, TEApot facilitates rapid integration and deployment without device vendor lock-in. TEApot promises around 60% reduction in customer care costs, translating into €6.5 million in cost savings annually per 1 million subscribers. Additionally, TEApot brings new revenue and upsell opportunities for ISPs through the value-added services made possible by its advanced features. TEApot’s modular architecture enables scalable and flexible marketing opportunities.
Reinforcement of Mediterranean olive oil sector competitiveness through development and application of innovative production and quality control methodologies related to olive oil health protecting properties

The Mediterranean region is the main place around the world for production of olive oil. 95% of the world's olive oil is produced in the Mediterranean and mainly in Greece, Peloponnese which produces 65% of Greek olive oil, Italian regions of Sicily, Calabria and Puglia and Andalusia in Spain, the biggest olive growing area on the planet. The main common challenge for all participating countries in the project is that the average price of olive oil is low in comparison to the production cost and moreover there is a strong competition with the non-Mediterranean seed oil sector. The producers in the Mediterranean are pressed either to reduce the cost of production or to increase the value or the demand for olive oil in the international market in order to maintain the viability and sustainability of the olive tree cultivation and the olive oil production. The main objective of ARISTOIL is the reinforcement of Mediterranean olive oil sector competitiveness through development and application of innovative production and quality control methodologies leading to olive oil with enhanced health protecting properties (as recognized by EU 432/2012 regulation). The development of a Mediterranean Cluster for olive oil producers and businesses combined with specialised training, development of innovative methods for identifying the phenolic ingredients of the oil as well as oil producers' support by special product certification is the mixture which will lead to the project's objective.
Impact of Drizzle-Sized Cloud Particles on Production of Precipitation in Hailstorms: A Sensitivity Study

This sensitivity study examined the impact of drizzle on hailstorm characteristics and precipitation on the ground. A cloud-resolving mesoscale model with a two-moment bulk microphysical scheme is modified by introducing mixing ratio and number concentration of drizzle. Therefore, the cloud model integrates the mixing ratio and number concentration of the eight microphysical particles: cloud droplets, drizzle, raindrops, cloud ice, snowflakes, graupel, frozen raindrops and hailstones. We compared two microphysical schemes depending on whether drizzle particles are present or not. It can be noted that the presence of drizzle category slows the development of the rain in the hailstorm and its appearance on the ground. The increased values of radar reflectivity factor in simulations with drizzle are a result of significantly higher values of raindrop number concentration rather than their sizes and indicate the presence of hail as well. There are prominent decreases of the radar reflectivity factor in simulations with drizzle. The occurrence of heavy showers does not exist in results without drizzle. The absence of drizzle category leads to greater accumulations of rain and a wider area of downdrafts. The alternate case produces both weaker downdrafts and smaller area of downdraft cells due to a slower autoconversion of drizzle to rain and a smaller rain evaporation. A smaller amount of surface hail is expected in the non-drizzle case.
Impact of Benzodiazepines on Functional Outcome and Occurrence of Pneumonia in Stroke: Evidence from VISTA

Background Benzodiazepines have been proposed both as a neuroprotectant and risk factor for pneumonia in acute stroke. Aims We assessed the impact of benzodiazepine exposure on the modified Rankin scale score distribution at 90 days as well as pneumonia rates among patients registered in a trials archive. Method We used an age, baseline National Institutes of Health Stroke Score, and thrombolysis-rate adjusted Cochran–Mantel–Haenszel test to test significance ( P) followed by proportional odds logistic regression analysis to estimate the odds ratios for improved modified Rankin scale score, and binary logistic regression to estimate the odds ratio for developing pneumonia. Results Data were available for 5938 patients, of whom 1800 received benzodiazepines. No association of benzodiazepine use and overall stroke outcome could be found (odds ratio 0·90, 95% confidence interval 0·82–1·00, P = 0·121). Pneumonia occurred in 12·8% of patients treated with benzodiazepines and in 13·6% of the controls (odds ratio 0·99, 95% confidence interval 0·83–1·18, P = 0·904). Conclusion In this nonrandomized comparison, treatment with benzodiazepines as a concomitant medication had no independent impact on stroke outcome.
Vaccination of dogs and cats: no longer so controversial?

VACCINATION practice continues to cause confusion for UK practitioners who are often perplexed by the apparently conflicting information that they receive from various sources. As little as 10 years ago, the vaccination of adult dogs and cats was perceived to be a relatively straightforward process whereby every animal enrolled with a practice received a particular combination of vaccine components every year. This practice was legally sound as all vaccines were licensed with a minimum duration of immunity (DOI) of one year. The administration of the ‘annual booster vaccine’ was regarded as the principle reason for an annual veterinary visit and it was commonplace to issue reminder cards for the ‘annual booster’.

So why has this procedure changed? As the widespread and remarkably successful use of vaccines over the past few decades has resulted in a drastic reduction in the incidence of those serious infectious diseases against which we commonly vaccinate, attention has inevitably shifted to the small risk of vaccine-associated adverse reactions. Over the past 20 years, concerns have been raised over the safety of repeated administration of vaccines in both human and veterinary medicine. Although licensed vaccines have an extremely high safety profile, no product can be guaranteed safe in every patient and there is evidence that occasional adverse reactions to vaccines occur. Such reported suspected adverse reactions form a spectrum from mild and transient pyrexia and lethargy, through to allergic or autoimmune diseases, life-threatening neoplasia (the feline injection site sarcoma), or rarely death of the animal. Recent UK pharmacovigilance data suggest that the overall prevalence of canine adverse reactions is very low (18.5 per 100,000 doses of vaccine sold [VMD 2010]), while epidemiological analyses of a US corporate practice database provides figures of 30 to 50 reactions per 10,000 dogs or cats vaccinated (Moore and others …
Aesthetic and anthropological representations as evidence of racism: from italian unification (1861) to the fall of fascism (1943)

This research project entitled Aesthetic and Anthropological Representations as Evidence of Racism: from Italian Unification (1861) to the Fall of Fascism (1943) (ARER) aims to study the role of visual and material culture in the formation of an African racial identity during Italy’s national unification and its colonial conquests up to the fall of fascism. Italian colonialism, later than that of its French and English neighbours, coincided with the constitution of the nation-state, and it was imperative that its first campaigns, exclusively turned towards Africa, reinforce patriotic sentiment and inscribe Italy among the colonial powers. The figure of the Italian was thus invented progressively by way of contrast to African populations, and through the exaltation of its Roman and Etruscan origins, in order to legitimate its vocation to conquer and ‘civilize’ the world. Situated at the crossroads of art, history and anthropology, the theoretical results of my study have for an ambition to help question the contemporary resurgence of racism and xenophobia in a Europe affected by a migration crisis and the rise of populism.
ANTIFALSIFICATION PAPER AND OTHER ANTIFALSIFICATION ITEMS

The invention relates to antifalsification paper and in general to antifalsification items which comprise at least one antifalsification element. Said element contains at least one photoluminescent segment which is characterized by linearly polarized photoluminescence and/or linearly polarized absorption. The invention relates also to a method for producing such antifalsification articles as well as to their use.
Improving of Key Supporting Services for Young Innovators across Central Europe

Young innovators are important potential driving force for the innovation in regions of Central Europe, but as the matter of fact their potential is used in a very limited amount. It is also considered that their needs for support are particularly the same as for other Innovators; particularly they are faced with specific issues according to their experiences, knowledge, social inclusion etc.

The project idea was born because of a high demand for services supporting the innovation activities within private companies, RTDs or even idea owners. To advise is however not so simple as lot of services are not provided directly. Other important point in generation of the project idea was that most problems in finding the right solution for required needs have young talents, young entrepreneurs, and researchers. InoPlaCe project is therefore trying to improve, based on the transnational cooperation of relevant actors, the framework conditions for innovation targeted to the specific end beneficiaries – Young Innovators.
EES S.P.A.

EES (SERVICIO DE INGENIERÍA ELECTRÓNICA) FUE FUNDADA EN 1987 COMO UNA EMPRESA DE SERVICIOS PARA LA INDUSTRIA ELECTRÓNICA, ESPECIALIZADA EN EL DISEÑO DE MASTERS PARA PLACAS DE CIRCUITO IMPRESO, TRABAJANDO EN LA SUBCONTRATACIÓN O COLABORANDO DIRECTAMENTE CON LAS EMPRESAS MÁS IMPORTANTES DEL SECTOR. LA EVOLUCIÓN DE LA EMPRESA, EN LÍNEA CON LAS DEMANDAS DEL MERCADO CADA VEZ MÁS ORIENTADAS AL SERVICIO COMPLETO, TOMÓ UNA TENDENCIA EXPONENCIAL CUANDO EN 2001, EES TRASLADÓ SU SEDE A TRAVÉS DE BUCCARI, RECONOCIDO POLO INDUSTRIAL GENOVÉS CONOCIDO POR LA ELECTRÓNICA Y LAS TECNOLOGÍAS AVANZADAS, INVIRTIENDO EN NUEVA PROFESIONALIDAD CON RECURSOS HUMANOS ADECUADOS Y MAQUINARIA DE VANGUARDIA QUE LE PERMITIÓ SER MÁS COMPETITIVA Y DE RENDIMIENTO CUALITATIVO. HOY EES S.P.A. TIENE UNA CARTERA DE CLIENTES MUY GRANDE, QUE INCLUYE ADEMÁS DE CLIENTES NACIONALES TAMBIÉN CLIENTES EN EUROPA, CHINA Y LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS; PODER PRESUMIR DE TENER EN CASA TODO LO NECESARIO PARA UN SERVICIO COMPLETO DE INGENIERÍA Y MONTAJE DE S
Liquid crystal display element

A liquid crystal display element comprises a pair of substrates (13,23) facing each other with a predetermined gap, strips of first electrodes (14) formed on one substrate, strips of second electrodes (24) formed on another substrate and crossing the first electrodes, a vertical alignment film (15,25) formed on at least one of the substrates and treated with an alignment process in a direction (18R,28R) not perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the second electrodes (UD), a vertical alignment mode liquid crystal layer (3) placed between the substrates and having a pretilt angle, and a pair of polarizers (11,12) sandwiching the substrates, wherein the first and the second electrodes cross each other to form pixels, and non-uniform alignment regions where liquid crystal molecules in a center of a thickness of the liquid crystal layer are aligned in a different direction from the direction defined by the alignment process appear near an edge of each pixel.
Creation of the Research and Development Department at BROWAR kormoran SP. WITH O.O.

As part of the project, the R & D infrastructure will be purchased. Browar Kormoran Sp. z o. o. applies for the purchase of laboratory equipment and two tanks simulating the conditions prevailing in the production fermenters. Research and development in cooperation with the UWM will be carried out in the R & D department. Step 1 – selection of the contractor for the guidelines for eligibility of expenditure under the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund for the period 2014-2020 Stage 2 -Conclusion of contracts Step 3 – Stage 4 – Completion of implementation – submission of the final payment application The project is part of the objective of allocation 1.2.1: The increase of innovation of companies in the areas of smart specialisation thanks to R & D activities and is in line with SZOOP The result of the intervention will increase the percentage of innovative enterprises operating in the Warmia-Mazury region thanks to their R & D activities.
CHAIN LINK AND CONVEYING CHAIN INCLUDING SUCH LINK, AND BLOCKING ASSEMBLY COMPRISING SUCH CHAIN

The invention relates to a chain link (1) for holding and conveying plant stems on industrial machines, in particular the stems of fibrous plants. The link is attached to a belt (5) and engages adjacent links (1', 1') in order to form a chain (39). It comprises an outer part (3) and an inner part (7), the inner part fitting into the outer part. The link includes a first end portion (25) and a second end portion (27) opposite the first one, the first end portion and the second end portion being complementary. The invention also relates to a chain (39) including a belt and links, and to an assembly comprising a chain and a blocking belt, said blocking belt being adapted so as to be inserted into the inner parts of the links and to retain the plant stems.
Exposure to Secondhand Smoke in Terraces and Other Outdoor Areas of Hospitality Venues in Eight European Countries

Outdoor secondhand smoke (SHS) concentrations are usually lower than indoor concentrations, yet some studies have shown that outdoor SHS levels could be comparable to indoor levels under specific conditions. The main objectives of this study were to assess levels of SHS exposure in terraces and other outdoor areas of hospitality venues and to evaluate their potential displacement to adjacent indoor areas.Nicotine and respirable particles (PM2.5) were measured in outdoor and indoor areas of hospitality venues of 8 European countries. Hospitality venues of the study included night bars, restaurants and bars. The fieldwork was carried out between March 2009 and March 2011.We gathered 170 nicotine and 142 PM2.5 measurements during the study. The median indoor SHS concentration was significantly higher in venues where smoking was allowed (nicotine 3.69 µg/m3, PM2.5: 120.51 µg/m3) than in those where smoking was banned (nicotine: 0.48 µg/m3, PM2.5: 36.90 µg/m3). The median outdoor nicotine concentration was higher in places where indoor smoking was banned (1.56 µg/m3) than in venues where smoking was allowed (0.31 µg/m3). Among the different types of outdoor areas, the highest median outdoor SHS levels (nicotine: 4.23 µg/m3, PM2.5: 43.64 µg/m3) were found in the semi-closed outdoor areas of venues where indoor smoking was banned.Banning indoor smoking seems to displace SHS exposure to adjacent outdoor areas. Furthermore, indoor settings where smoking is banned but which have a semi-closed outdoor area have higher levels of SHS than those with open outdoor areas, possibly indicating that SHS also drifts from outdoors to indoors. Current legislation restricting indoor SHS levels seems to be insufficient to protect hospitality workers--and patrons--from SHS exposure. Tobacco-free legislation should take these results into account and consider restrictions in the terraces of some hospitality venues to ensure effective protection.
Regulation apparatus for the mixture composition of a combustion engine.

Es wird eine Einrichtung zur Regelung des Luft-Brennstoff-Verhältnisses, insbesondere einer Brennkraftmaschine mit einer auf dieses Verhältnis empfindlichen Sonde, insbesondere einer Sauerstoffsonde und eine Schaltungsanordnung zur Auswertung der Ausgangsgröße der Sonde vorgeschlagen, bei der in der Schaltungsanordnung Mittel zur Kompensation des Offsetspannungseinflusses vorgesehen sind, die eine präzise Regelung des Luft-Brennstoff-Verhältnisses in einem Lambda-Wertbereich erlauben, in dem die Sondenausgangsgröße eine nur schwach ausgeprägte Abhängigkeit von der Sondeneingangsgröße aufweist. Hierzu wird der Einfluß der Offset-Spannung der verwendeten Regelverstäker periodisch oder in unregelmäßigen Intervallen gemessen und analog oder digital abgespeichert. Diese gespeicherte Größe kann einerseits dazu verwendet werden, um den Eingängen der Regelverstärker eine zur EingangsoffsetSpannung entgegengesetzte Kompensationssspannung zu unterlagern oder aber um von der Ausgangsgröße des Operationsverstärkers den auf Offset-Spannungen beruhenden Anteil zu subtrahieren.
USE OF NICOTINAMIDE FOR TREATING SUMMER ITCH IN HORSES

The present invention relates to the use of nicotinamide, as pure nicotinamide or in the form of vitamin B3, for the treatment of summer itch in non-human mammals such as horses and cattle.
WordBytes: Exploring an Intermediate Constraint Format for Rapid Classification of Student Answers on Constructed Response Assessments

Computerized classification of student answers offers the possibility of instant feedback and improved learning. Open response (OR) questions provide greater insight into student thinking and understanding than more constrained multiple choice (MC) questions, but development of automated classifiers is more difficult, often requiring training a machine learning system with many human-classified answers. Here we explore a novel intermediate constraint question format called WordBytes (WB) where students assemble one-sentence answers to two different college evolutionary biology questions by choosing, then ordering, fixed tiles containing words and phrases. We found WB allowed students to construct hundreds to thousands of different answers (≤20 tiles), with multiple ways to express correct and incorrect answers with different misconceptions. We found humans could specify rules for an automated WB grader that could accurately classify answers as correct/incorrect with Cohen's kappa ≥ 0.88, near the measured intra-rater reliability of two human graders and the performance of machine classification of OR answers (Nehm et al., 2012). Finer-grained classification to identify the specific misconception had lower accuracy (Cohen's kappa < 0.75), which could be improved either by using a machine learner or revising the rules, but both would require considerably more development effort. Our results indicate that WB may allow rapid development of automated correct/incorrect answer classification without collecting and hand-grading hundreds of student answers.
Reflections on the comparative studies of petroglyphs in the Canary Islands and North Africa. El barranco de Balos (Gran Canaria, Spain) and Foum Chenna (Zagora, Marruecos)

Petroglyphs created by ancient Canarians cultures share certain similarities with rock art panels in the nearby African continent, in terms of the subject matter of the motifs. The methodology developed to document the rock art stations at Balos (Gran Canaria) provides us with essential data to help question some of the parallels drawn with petroglyphs in Africa, such as those at Foum Chenna (Zagora, Morocco). As a result we have been able to detect differences in the graphical expressions at both locations, some in terms of the techniques applied as well as the contexts in which they are located. Les méthodes employées pour documenter les sites rupestres de Balos sur l’île de Gran Canaria ont permis d’apporter des données essentielles, permettant de revenir sur certaines comparaisons entre les gravures du nord de l’Afrique et en particulier celles de Foum Chenna (Province de Zagora, Maroc) et de mettre en lumière quelques différences de ces expressions graphiques quant à leurs techniques d’exécution, entre autres.