SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
SWING TYPE ACCESS SYSTEM FOR AN EARTH MOVER

An access system (10) for an earth moving equipment (100) to allow a person to travel from ground level to an elevated position, said access system (10) includes an access means (12) mountable on to the earth moving equipment (100), and a retraction mechanism (50) to move the access means (10) between a deployed position (14) wherein a person can ascend or descend on the access means and a retracted position (16) wherein the access means (10) is stowed, and a locking means (52) moveable to an operative position wherein the locking means (52) restrains movement of the access means (10) in the retracted position (16).
Avaliação de custos para implementação de uma central de misturas intravenosas em um hospital da fronteira sudoeste do Brasil

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the cost for the implementation of an intravenous medication mixing center (CMI) in a philanthropic hospital on the southwestern border of Brazil. Methods: A survey of the costs of equipment, furniture, utensils and human resources required by the current legislation for the implementation of the CMI was carried out. In addition, an analysis of prescriptions was performed from hospitalized patients in Adult (UTI-AD) and Neonatal (UTI-NEO) Intensive Care Units (July to December/2020) who used injectable drugs. The costs of those medication and of losses for leftover medication were estimated. Seven drugs/mixtures were then selected as a proposal to carry out a pilot test for the implementation of the CMI. Results: The costs involving the physical area, furniture, equipment and materials were estimated at US$ 10,446.52. It is also estimated that it would be necessary to employ at least 2 pharmacists, 4 pharmacy assistants and 2 more students, with monthly costs calculated around US$ 2,267.80, excluding labor charges. The estimated total cost of intravenous drugs, solutions and materials to meet medical prescriptions for the 169 patients included in the study was US$ 24,748.13. Considering that the hospital does not have a CMI to centralize the preparation of unit doses of injectable drugs, a total loss of medication leftovers was estimated at approximately US$ 7,764.64. For pilot testing, the following preparations were suggested: omeprazole, heparin, midazolam and insulin (UTI-AD), electrolyte solutions, ampicillin and gentamicin (UTI-NEO). Conclusion: Although the implementation of a CMI requires significant resources, it would provide greater patient safety and an estimated savings of 31.4% with injectable drugs costs.
New record of Drasterius confusus Platia & Gudenzi, 1997 (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Agrypninae) for the Pakistani fauna.

The family Elateridae, has a World fauna of approximately 10,000 species, while subfamily Agrypninae represents a cosmopolitan group with approximately 800 species (Laibner, 2000). The last reclassification (Von Hayek, 1973, 1979) listed seven genera from India and two from West Bengal. Many authors (Vats and Chauhan, 1992, 1993; Vats and Kashyap, 1992a,b, 1993, 1996; Chakraborty and Chakraborty, 2000) worked on Agrypninae from India, while Chakraborty and Chakrabarti (2006) studied the elateridae from Bengal. Cate (2007) listed fifteen species of the genus Drasterius Eschscholtz from Palearctic region, while Platia and Gudenzi (1997) recognized twelve species belonging to the same genus from Oriental region. Akhter et al. (2012) studied Agrypninae and listed Drasterius sulcutulus Candeze, D. brahminus Candeze, D. csorbai Platia and Gudenzi and D. collaris Candeze from Pakistan. In September 2012, we discovered Drasterius confusus Platia and Gudenzi, 1997 from Thar Desert, Sindh which represents a new country record. Seven male specimens were collected from Mithi, Thar Desert. According to Platia and Gudenzi (1997) D. confusus was described from Konbir, India. This species is very similar to D. collaris Candeze, but it can be distinguished from this species by average larger size (length 4-5 mm), apex of posterior angles of __________________________________ * Corresponding author: zbrahmed36@gmail.com pronotum not divergent and pronotum just wider than long. We thank Rainer Schimmel, Germany for help in identification of the species, which is deposited in (NHMUK) Natural History Museum, University of Karachi. This study was partially supported by Mini Research Project 2524 from Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science & Technology, Karachi, Pakistan.
Development of Inspection for Friction Stir Welds for Rocket Fuel Tanks

During development of the Ares I weld processes nondestructive and destructive testing were used to identify and characterize defects that occurred. These defects were named and character noted. This catalogue of defects and characteristics was then used to develop inspection methods for Self Reacting Friction Stir Welds (SR ]FSW) and Conventional Friction Stir Welds (C ]FSW). Dye penetrant, eddy current, x ]radiography, single element ultrasonic, and phased array ultrasonic (PAUT) inspection procedures were developed to target the expected defects. Once the method procedure was developed a comparison was performed to allow for selection of the best inspection method. Tests of the effectiveness of the inspection were performed on purposely fabricated flawed specimens and electrodischarge machined notches. The initial test results prompted a revisit of the PAUT procedure and a redesign of the inspection. Subsequent testing showed that a multi ]angle PAUT inspection resulted in better detection capability. A discussion of the most effective orientations of the PAUT transducer will be presented. Also, the implementation of the inspection on production hardware will be presented. In some cases the weld tool is used as the transducer manipulator and in some cases a portable scanner is used
Crevicular fluid levels of interleukin-8, interleukin-17 and soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 after regenerative periodontal therapy

ABSTRACT Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the influence of regenerative periodontal therapy on clinical parameters and interleukin-8 (IL-8), IL-17 and soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM-1) levels in gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) of subjects with chronic periodontitis (CP). Materials and Methods: Fifteen patients received demineralized freeze-dried bone allograft (DFDBA) surgically to the site of infrabony defect. Clinical periodontal indices were recorded, and GCF samples were collected at baseline and at the 6th and the 9th month after the surgery. Results: Except plaque index, all clinical parameters improved following surgery (P &lt; 0.05). The volume of GCF diminished from baseline to follow-up periods (P &lt; 0.05). However, no effect was observed on the total amount of IL-8, IL-17 and sICAM-1 in GCF. Conclusion: DFDBA improved clinical outcome in CP subjects and was effective on decreasing the volume of GCF, but no effect was determined on IL-8, IL-17 and sICAM-1. Findings did not indicate a direct relationship between biochemical parameters and periodontal healing after demineralized freeze-dried bone grafting.
METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIPOSOMES

The invention relates to a method for producing liposomes or dispersions of liposomes in an aqueous phase. The invention is characterized in that (I) (a) one lipid or one lipid mixture, (b) one optional oil phase, (c) one aqueous phase, (d) and one or more optional tensides are mixed together and homogenized at a temperature which is above the melting temperature of a lipid or lipid mixture and of the oil phase (in the case that one such oil phase is used). (II) The entirety of the homogenized components (a), (b), (c) and (d) forms a lamellar phase in a temperature interval [ theta ]. (III) The temperature of the homogenized mixture comprised of (a), (b), (c) and (d) is brought to a value within the temperature interval [ theta ] (production temperature theta 1) or to a value above the temperature interval [ theta ] (production temperature theta 2). (IV) Water is added to the homogenized mixture comprised of (a), (b), (c) and (d) and the formed liposomes or the formed liposome dispersion is brought to a temperature theta 3 which is below the temperature interval [ theta ].
Catch Data Reported by Telephone Avoid Public Access Bias in a Marine Recreational Survey

Abstract Marine recreational surveys often intercept fishers at public access sites to address identification error and recall bias in data reported by telephone, then calculate catch as the product of the effort reported by telephone and the catch rate recorded at public access sites. However, fishers using private access are left out of the public access frame. In a survey of the recreational catch of blue crabs Callinectes sapidus in Maryland and Virginia, we compared catch calculated using catch rates from public access surveys with catch estimated from catch data reported by telephone to see whether there was evidence of public access bias. We found no identification error by blue crab fishers. However, fishers interviewed by telephone reported that 61–83% of trips were made from private access sites, and relative to catch data reported by telephone the estimates of catch calculated using catch rates were at least 25–63% larger. Catch data reported by telephone followed a delta distribution and avoid...
Basic Laparoscopic Skills Assessment Study: Validation and Standard Setting among Canadian Urology Trainees

As urology training programs move to a competency based medical education model, iterative assessments with objective standards will be required. To develop a valid set of technical skills standards we initiated a national skills assessment study focusing initially on laparoscopic skills.Between February 2014 and March 2016 the basic laparoscopic skill of Canadian urology trainees and attending urologists was assessed using 4 standardized tasks from the AUA (American Urological Association) BLUS (Basic Laparoscopic Urological Surgery) curriculum, including peg transfer, pattern cutting, suturing and knot tying, and vascular clip applying. All performances were video recorded and assessed using 3 methods, including time and error based scoring, expert global rating scores and C-SATS (Crowd-Sourced Assessments of Technical Skill Global Rating Scale), a novel, crowd sourced assessment platform. Different methods of standard setting were used to develop pass-fail cut points.Six attending urologists and 99 trainees completed testing. Reported laparoscopic experience and training level correlated with performance (p <0.01). Attending urologists were significantly better than trainees (p <0.05), demonstrating construct validity evidence for the 4 AUA BLUS tasks. The C-SATS method of assessment correlated well with the traditional methods of time and error based scoring, and the global rating scale. We were able to use relative and absolute standard setting methods to define pass-fail cut points for all 4 AUA BLUS tasks.The 4 AUA BLUS tasks demonstrated good construct validity evidence for use in assessing basic laparoscopic skill. Performance scores using the novel C-SATS platform correlated well with traditional time-consuming methods of assessment. Various standard setting methods were used to develop pass-fail cut points for educators to use when making formative and summative assessments of basic laparoscopic skill.
Container emptying device and methods for operating and cleaning a container emptying device

The invention relates to a container emptying device (1) for emptying at least one container (6) filled with a liquid, comprising a suction unit (2), a receiving unit (4) and a pipe unit (3) connecting the receiving unit (4) with the suction unit (2). The suction unit (2) comprises at least one suction lance (2a) adapted to be inserted and lowered into the container (6), at least one pump (2c), connecting the suction lance (2a) with the pipe unit (3), for pumping the liquid out of the container (6) and a control device for controlling a suction process. The pipe unit (3) comprises at least one flexible pipe for transporting the liquid out of the container (6).
When a mafia dies: the criminogenic effects of the fight against organised crime

This project addresses the question of what happens when mafias are weakened, focussing on Japan and Italy. According to Diego Gambetta’s protection framework, which was expanded by Federico Varese, mafias replace the state in the everyday life of the local communities in which they operate.  Indeed, both the Italian mafias and the Japanese yakuza have exerted control over local communities, providing extra-legal protection and limiting the scope of ordinary criminality. Over the past fifty years, the struggle between mafias and the state has threatened democratic institutions and impacted the relationship between the state and society, prompting the state to introduce increasingly severe anti-organised crime (OC) legislation, which contributed to the weakening of these groups. While considerable efforts have been invested in this conflict, little research has addressed what happens when these policies are successful. The overall objective of the study is to identify the criminogenic effects resulting from the power vacuum left by a declining mafia, by: 1) analysing what determines the decline of a mafia in advanced liberal economies; 2) determining the socio-structural factors that favour the rise of new forms of criminality; 3) identifying the structure and modus operandi of the actors who take up the governing role in the markets previously monopolised by a mafia; 4) theorising an interdisciplinary approach to understand the long-term effects of the fight against OC; 5) suggesting anti-OC policies that empower civil society. JEOC will employ traditional archival, ethnographical, and visual research based on established research networks in Japan and Italy. The outputs will include a monograph on post-mafia governance and insurgent OCGs, a journal article on research methods, an open-access English database with a photo exhibition, and a photo book.
POROUS NANO-FIBER MATS TO REINFORCE PROTON CONDUCTING MEMBRANES FOR PEM APPLICATIONS

A method of manufacturing a proton conducting fuel cell composite membrane includes the step of electrospinning a non-charged polymeric material, such as PVDF and PSF, into fiber mats. The fibers are fused to one another to provide a welded porous mat. The welded porous mat is filled with proton conducting electrolyte, such as PFSA polymer, to generate a proton conducting composite membrane. The resulting proton conducting fuel cell membrane comprises a randomly oriented, three dimensional interlinked fiber lattice structure filled with proton conducting electrolyte, such as PFSA polymer.
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Clinical Significance of the Large Intestinal Wall Thickening Detected by Abdominal Computed Tomography

Bowel wall thickening on CT has been reported to reflect colorectal carcinoma and colitis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical significance of the large intestinal wall thickening on CT.Between January 2006 and August 2010, medical records of 815 patients who underwent endoscopy after CT scans within 1 month were reviewed retrospectively.A total of 233 patients were included. The wall thickening was actually associated with abnormal endoscopic findings in 81.1% of the cases. The accuracy rate on diagnosis between CT and endoscopy was 63.5%. The discrepancy in diagnosis was higher in cases with left colon abnormality and short segment lesion. Abdominal pain was significantly more common in cases suspected malignancy on CT compared with colitis (p=0.047). Most of the malignancy diagnosed on CT involved the left side colon and most of the colitis involved the entire colon (p<0.001). The length of lesion was below 5 cm in 86.5% of the malignancy. Malignancy was more common in patients aged over 50 years with hemoglobin below 12 g/dL. The CT findings significantly suggestive of malignancy were lymph node enlargement and length of lesion below 5 cm (p=0.027 and p<0.001).The large intestinal wall thickening on CT was limited in the differential diagnosis of malignancy and colitis. Additional endoscopic evaluation is needed in patients with bowel wall thickening associated with lymph node enlargement and short segment lesion on CT in order to exclude malignancy.
Introduction: Outward foreign direct investment from emerging economies and national development strategies: three regimes

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is an integral part of national development strategy throughout the developing world. However, while traditionally strategies have focused on the role of inward flows only, today, outward FDI is used on a larger scale and more deliberately to access markets and resources abroad. This Introduction proposes a broad framework for the analysis of OFDI from emerging economies. It provides a picture of how the role of FDI in development has changed over time and outlines the theoretical and institutional context in which the current wave of OFDI takes place. Theories of development and FDI, the role of government, and the trade policy environment have interacted to form three distinct development paradigms with different roles for FDI. For convenience, we will refer to these as the import substituting, the export-oriented and the FDI-led development regimes. Where local companies previously engaged mostly by way of trade-based measures, FDI is now becoming more integrated into corporate competitive strategies and national development policies.
Evaluation of a prototype active solar thermoelectric radiant wall system in winter conditions

Abstract Active solar thermoelectric radiant wall (ASTRW) system represents a new solar wall technology that uses solar energy to compensate for passive heat losses or gains through building walls. In ASTRW system, electrical energy obtained from photovoltaic cells or DC power is used to power thermoelectric modules, which can control the heat flow through the wall. In order to assess the practical feasibility of the ASTRW system, we have developed a prototype ASTRW system and conducted experiments in different modes. Results show that the ASTRW system can not only eliminate conventional building envelop thermal loads but also provide a heating capacity for space heating. The COP can reach 2.3 and the thermal efficiency can reach 34.2% when the system is powered directly by PV system during the daytime of a sunny winter's day. During the daytime hours of a cloudy or rainy winter's day, the system is powered by a DC power and works as an air source thermoelectric heat pump, and the COP can be about 2.0 for space heating. In order to get an excellent performance of the ASTRW system, the optimal operating current for ASTRW system has been analyzed using a simplified analytical model and the optimum operation strategy for ASTRW has been determined and proposed based on the experimental results.
The heavy vehicle crash injury study - phase II report

Research into commercial vehicle accidents has been undertaken by the Department for Transport for many years. Commercial vehicles usually have very different design characteristics compared to cars, as well as different patterns of use, so the factors contributing to crashes and injuries can also be very different. The overall aim of phase II of the HVCIS (Heavy Vehicle Crash Injury Study) was to provide the Department with a sound data set, relating to vehicle damage and consequential injuries sustained in accidents involving commercial vehicles, which may then be readily interrogated during other focussed research projects on these vehicle types. The project achieves this aim by means of three different studies: 1. Retrospective analysis of police fatal accident reports, archived at TRL on behalf of the DfT, to identify and evaluate countermeasures to reduce the incidence and severity of these accidents; 2. The Truck Crash Injury Study (TCIS) collects detailed information from investigations undertaken by the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) for both injury and non-injury accidents involving commercial vehicles, in 15 areas covering England, Scotland and Wales; 3. The collection of information relating to agricultural vehicle accidents based on news cuttings and Stats19 analysis.
Analysis and measurement of magnetic field emission near high voltage transmission lines (HVTL)

Magnetic field is produced whenever current flow based on the Ampere's Law.
The study of magnetic field distribution in the vicinity of high voltage transmission
lines is very important due to its potential health effects. This is because
of the low frequency magnetic field from high voltage transmission lines which
today are very close to building in the cities, due to the rapid development. According
to WHO no real prove that magnetic radiation from power transmission
line is hazardous to the people however, still the researchers and the population
are concerned about it. This project is to analyze and measure the magnetic field
emission from various configurations of 132Kv high voltage transmission line.The
measurement was done by using EMDEX II Electric and Magnetic Field Digital
Exposure System,which is a hardware and software package designed to measure,
record, and analyze power frequency magnetic fields. The result shows that it is
very below the limit sets by ICNIRP.
We had developed some equations and Maltlab Graphic User Interface
for double circuit 132Kv vertical configuration based on Bio-Savart's law and
Maxwell's equations, to make easy for the researchers to calculate the magnetic
field, it was use the superposition method of multiple conductors. to collect data
both for time and distance varying in Batu Pahat, Malaysia. Furthermore, the
emission was high within 10:45 am to 11:15 am and from 1pm to 3:30pm, the
highest recorded value was 12mG. Based on our results there are a few number of
parameters that determine the magnetic field, namely the current magnitude, the
high of the conductor above the ground and the space between the conductors.
The correct phase arrangement can reduced the magnetic up to 91.5% and the
increment of 8m in the height will reduce 79% of magnetic emission.
BORON-CONTAINING SMALL MOLECULES

This invention relates to, among other items, benzoxaborole compounds and their use for treating bacterial infections.