SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
San Francisco Bay-Delta bathymetric/topographic digital elevation model(DEM)

a high resolution 10 meter per pixel digital elevation model dem was created for the sacramento san joaquin delta using both bathymetry and topography data this dem is the result of collaborative efforts of the u s geological survey usgs and the california department of water resources dwr the base of the dem is from a 10 m dem released in 2004 and updated in 2005 foxgrover and others 2005 that used environmental systems research institute esri arcgis topo to raster module to interpolate grids from single beam bathymetric surveys collected by dwr the army corp of engineers coe the national oceanic and atmospheric administration noaa and the usgs into a continuous surface the topo to raster interpolation method was specifically designed to create hydrologically correct dems from point line and polygon data environmental systems research institute inc 2015 elevation contour lines were digitized based on the single beam point data for control of channel morphology during the interpolation process checks were performed to ensure that the interpolated surfaces honored the source bathymetry and additional contours and or point data were added as needed to help constrain the data the original data were collected in the tidal datum mean lower or low water mllw or the national geodetic vertical datum of 1929 ngvd29 all data were converted to ngvd29 the 2005 usgs dem was updated by dwr first by converting the dem to the current modern datum of national geodetic vertical datum of 1988 ngvd88 and then by following the methodology of the usgs dem established for the 2005 dem foxgrover and others 2005 for adding newly collected single and multibeam bathymetric data they then included topographic data from lidar surveys providing the first dem that included the land water interface wang and ateljevich 2012 the usgs further updated and expanded the dwr dem with the inclusion of usgs interpolated sections of single beam bathymetry data collected by the coe and usgs scientists expanding the dem to include the northernmost areas of the sacramento san joaquin delta and by making use of a two meter seamless bathymetric topographic dem from the usgs eros data center 2013 of the san francisco bay region the resulting 10 meter usgs dem encompasses the entirety of suisun bay beginning with the carquinez strait in the west east to california interstate 5 north following the path of the yolo bypass and the sacramento river up to knights landing and the american river northeast to the nimbus dam and south to areas around tracy the dem incorporates the newest available bathymetry data at the time of release as well as including at minimum a 100 meter band of available topography data adjacent to most shorelines no data areas within the dem are areas where no elevation data exists either due to a gap in the land water interface or because lidar was collected over standing water that was then cut out of the dem
Abdichtungssystem

Die Erfindung betrifft ein Abdichtungssystem, insbesondere zur Abdichtung einer Tür- oder Fensterzarge an einer Laibung, umfassend eine, vorzugsweise im Bereich einer Stirnseite einer Tür- oder Fensterzarge anordenbare oder angeordnete, Glattstrichplatte sowie ein an der Glattstrichplatte anordenbares oder angeordnetes Multifunktionsband.
Diamond based nanomaterials for biosensing applications

This proposal is a 24-month Marie Curie Global Fellowship scheme which involves a British experienced researcher to undertake a training-through-research project on the development of cutting-edge diamond based nanomaterials for biosensing applications (DNA-BIO) in liaison with National Institutes for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan.  Dr. Haitao Ye has been conducting original research into diamond growth and characterisation and device fabrication at University of Leicester (UoL), and has established an excellent track record. NIMS is a world-leading research institution in the field with an international reputation of technological innovation, enterprise participation, and knowledge transfer.  The proposal will tackle the challenging development of multifunctional nanodiamond species and assess their applications to bioimaging and sensing.  Success will deliver new approaches for both surface functionalisation and doping of nanodiamonds and bring high-resolution bioimaging sensors to the research community. It will contribute to the EU’s economy by developing next-generation biomedical sensor and significantly widening the competences of the fellow to reach his professional maturity with interdisciplinary expertise and complementary skills unique to the ERA. The fellow is leading the development of UoL’s teaching and research activities in surface engineering and biomaterials and the highest quality training under supervision of internationally leading scientists is indispensable for his career development which will in turn benefit the UK and the EU.
Generative european commons living lab

gE.CO Living Lab aims at creating a platform for bringing together and supporting formal groups or informal communities of citizens who manage fab-lab, hubs, incubators, co-creation spaces, social centres created in regenerated urban voids. These innovative practices are considered generative commons, because they are based on sharing and collaboration between citizens and establish a new partnership between Public Institutions and local communities, setting forth new models of governance of the urban dimension based on solidarity, inclusion, participation, economic and environmental sustainability. 
However, these experiences design a scattered scenario of different legal and economic models which scalability is extremely difficult without appropriate tools. Also, their support through the traditional means of the public runs the risk of compromising their participatory character.
To fill these gaps gE.CO built a consortium of experts: Universities and non-profit and for-profit organizations in order to: i) bring together generative commons using a digital platform for collaboration that will map citizens’ initiatives as well as those Public Institutions engaged in new forms of partnership with local communities. This way, generative commons and Public Administrations can finally be connected in a new network able to promote the exchange of good practices and legal solutions; ii) evaluate a group of pilot cases in order to understand which socio-economic, cultural and legal factors make self-organized experiences sustainable and Public Institutions helpful for their development; iii) use the results of the evaluation for scaling up sustainable generative commons and innovative local policies: best practices, recommendations as well as legal solutions will be developed for supporting the emergence of new generative commons through shared, public and open access contents.
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN INTERNET PROTOCOL MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM-BASED THREE-WAY CALL

A communication system (100) provides for an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)-based three way call. A mobile station (MS) (104) receives an invitation to participate in a call and determines to switch the call to a three way call. The MS conveys a request to an IMS network (150) to switch the call to a conference call. An IMS network server (168) receives the request, determines a unique identifier for the conference call, and provides the conference call identifier to the MS via one or more of a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Refer message, a SIP Message message, and a SIP 200 OK message. In response to receiving the conference call identifier, the MS dials into the conference call and requests that the call originator (102) also dial in. The IMS network server then requests that the call originator dial in and, in response, the call originator dials in.
Design, Synthesis, and Anti-bacterial Activity of Novel Deoxycholic Acid- Amino Alcohol Conjugates

Numerous synthetic bile acid derivatives have been recognized for their various biological activities. Among these, bile acid amides have emerged as an attractive antibacterial agent. We herein illustrate the synthesis and antibacterial evaluation of deoxycholic acidamino alcohols conjugates.Design and Synthesis of novel deoxycholic acid-amino alcohol conjugates to investigate their antibacterial activity against E. coli and S. aureus.Novel deoxycholic acid-amino alcohol conjugates were synthesized, from conjugation of deoxycholic acid-NHS ester with amino alcohols. Various amino alcohols moieties were appended to the C24 position of deoxycholic acid to yield deoxycholic acid-amino alcohol conjugates. All the synthesized compounds were characterized by 1H NMR, 13C NMR, IR and massspectroscopy. The entire synthesized deoxycholic acid-amino alcohol conjugates were evaluated for their antibacterial activity against E. coli and S. aureus using the broth dilution method.The outcome illustrated that some of the novel deoxycholic acid-amino alcohol conjugates exhibited enhanced anti-bacterial activities. Amongst them, deoxycholic acid-amino alcohol conjugate containing (-R)-2-aminocyclohexanol (1) demonstrated promising efficacy against both strains S. aureus ATCC 25923 (MIC 15 μg/mL) and E. coli ATCC 25922 (MIC 45 μg/mL) and was identified as a lead molecule.Numbers of novel deoxycholic acid-amino alcohol conjugates were synthesized and their antimicrobial activities provided useful information that the potency was strongly depending on the structures of deoxycholic acid-amino alcohol conjugates.
Implementation of risk governance: meeting the needs of nanotechnology

Gov4Nano will design and establish a well-positioned and broadly supported Nano Risk Governance Council (NRGC). Organizing, connecting and engaging are key activities in Gov4Nano and its creation of a sustainable NRGC. Gov4Nano will develop an operational trans disciplinary Nano Risk Governance Model (NRGM) for nanotechnologies, building on an established governance framework developed by the International Risk Governance Council (IRGC). Engaging stakeholders (including regulators) to proactively address nano-specific safety and seek dialogue for joint activities. NRGC and its precursor project Gov4Nano will engage, in order to support these activities, with the broad variety of stakeholders across all relevant nano-disciplines (chemical, biocides, food and feed, pharma and medical devices and materials development) and draft a review on our knowledge progress over the last decade whilst initiating dialog. To boost the quality of the dialog it will create a platform for dialogues between stakeholders in a “trusted environment” inclusive of civil society.

The NRGC core business is to coordinate, guide and harmonize in order to overcome the fragmentation of current knowledge, information and needs over various sectors and disciplines (workers, consumers/patients, environmental safety) and to prepare the transfer of this knowledge.

To that end, the NRGC will be equipped with a self-sustainable NanoSafety Governance Portal (NSGP) consolidating state-of-the-art and progressive nanosafety governance tools including ones for dialogues and measuring risk perception. Major efforts will be towards requirements for data harmonization and data curation to be defined and laid down in guidance on obtaining harmonized and standardized quality-scored data collections promoting a big data approach for nano-toxicology. Research activities will be initiated for regulatory sound knowledge in support of harmonized (OECD) guidance for characterization and testing of nanomaterials.
Photographic reportage from cultural and commercial events

The project concerns support for working capital of a company in the event of a decline in turnover (sales revenue) caused by the negative effects of the COVID-19 outbreak.
METHODS FOR TESTING THE ACCURACY AND THERMAL RELIABILITY OF A PCR THERMAL CYCLER, AND A MEANS FOR IMPLEMENTING SAID METHODS

The invention comprises a method for testing the accuracy and reliability of a thermal unit of a thermal cycler or an enclosure of a PCR thermal cycler thermally controlled by pulsed air, said thermal unit and enclosure thermally controlled by pulsed air including a plurality of locations for reaction mixture tubes, said method including the following steps: a) arranging a set of temperature-measuring sensors in locations for reaction mix tubes selected from within said thermal unit and enclosure thermally controlled by pulsed air, said temperature-measuring sensors including: (i) a reaction tube suited to the type of thermal unit tested, (ii) a selected volume of liquid at least partially filling said reaction tube, (iii) a thermal probe at least partially submerged in said liquid, and (iv) at least one means for linking said thermal probe to a means for receiving a signal generated by said thermal probe, said locations in which the temperature-measuring sensors are arranged being distributed across the surface of said thermal unit such that at least two temperature measurement sensors are arranged in each of the thermal elements included in said thermal unit, or, for the enclosures thermally controlled by pulsed air, at the locations provided for the PCR tubes or capillaries such that at least half of said locations are occupied by measuring sensors, and b) starting the thermal cycler, under normal usage conditions, for at least one cycle programmed with temperature set values for a PCR reaction, and c) at the same time as step b), measuring the temperature values with each of the measuring sensors at a plurality of given moments.
Research on Mid-Long Term Load Forecasting Based on Gray Fourier Series Residual Correction Model

The purpose of power load forecasting is to provide the development status and level of the region's future load, providing the basis for the electric power production department and management department to make production and development plans. This paper puts forward the grey prediction model modified by Fourier series residual. First of all, the moving average method is used to preprocess the original data and weaken the burr of the original data. Secondly, the GM (1, 1) is used to estimate the load of the selected sample area. On this basis, use the Fourier series to revise the residual error of the grey forecasting model, making the model fitting of historical data as much as possible. The example analysis results show that the grey prediction model modified by Fourier series residual has the higher prediction accuracy compared with the general GM (1,1), proving the validity of the model.
Trace element concentrations in red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) and surface sediments in Lake Preola and Gorghi Tondi natural reserve, SW Sicily

Concentrations of trace elements (Cd, Pb, As, V, Cr, Ni, Cu and Zn) were determined in superficial sediments and in muscle and hepatopancreas tissues of the red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii from Lake Preola and Gorghi Tondi Natural Reserve (SW Sicily). In particular, hepatopancreas showed a decidedly higher content of all analysed trace elements with respect to muscles (two- to threefold higher for Cd, Cu, As, Zn and V; four- to fivefold higher for Pb and Cr and seven times higher for Ni). However, no statistically reliable differential accumulation pattern emerged with regard to length and weight for trace elements (except for Cd for which significant positive correlations with length were recorded). Trace element concentrations found in crayfish tissues were in the range considered harmful to human health (except for Cd and Cr). Moreover, the As and Pb concentrations, either in sediment or crayfish tissues, are clearly related to intense agricultural activities, with extensive use of fertilizers and pesticides, that significantly affect the levels of these toxic metals in the study area.
Identification of trabecular excrescences, novel microanatomical structures, present in bone in osteoarthropathies

It is widely held that bone architecture is finely regulated in accordance with homeostatic requirements. Aberrant remodelling (hyperdensification and/or cyst formation in the immediately subchondral region) has previously been described in bone underlying cartilage in arthropathies. The present study examined the trabecular architecture of samples of bone, initially in the severe osteoarthropathy of alkaptonuria, but subsequently in osteoarthritis using a combination of light microscopy, 3D scanning electron microscopy and quantitative backscattered electron scanning electron microscopy. We report an extraordinary and previously unrecognised bone phenotype in both disorders, including novel microanatomical structures. The underlying subchondral trabecular bone contained idiosyncratic architecture. Trabecular surfaces had numerous outgrowths that we have termed "trabecular excrescences", of which three distinct types were recognised. The first type arose from incomplete resorption of branching secondary trabeculae arising from the deposition of immature (woven) bone in prior marrow space. These were characterised by very deeply scalloped surfaces and rugged edges. The second type had arisen in a similar way but been smoothed over by new bone deposition. The third type, which resembled coarse stucco, probably arises from resting surfaces that had been focally reactivated. These were poorly integrated with the prior trabecular wall. We propose that these distinctive microanatomical structures are indicative of abnormal osteoclast/osteoblast modelling in osteoarthropathies, possibly secondary to altered mechanical loading or other aberrant signalling. Identification of the mechanisms underlying the formation of trabecular excrescences will contribute to a better understanding of the role of aberrant bone remodelling in arthropathies and development of new therapeutic strategies.
Theoretical studies on high energetic density nitramine explosives containing pyridine

The insensitive property of explosives containing pyridine is combined with the high energy of nitramine explosives, and the concept of new nitramine explosives containing pyridine is proposed, into which nitramine group with N-N bonds is introduced as much as possible. Based on molecular structures of nitramine compounds containing pyridine, density functional theory (DFT) calculation method was applied to study designed molecules at B3LYP/6–31+G(d) level. The geometric and electronic structures, density, heats of formation (HOF), detonation performance and bond dissociation energies (BDE) were investigated and comparable to 1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazinane (RDX) and 1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocane (HMX). The simulation results reveal that molecules B and D perform similarly to traditionally used RDX. Molecule E outperform RDX, with performance that approach that of HMX and may be considered as potential candidate of high energy density compound (HEDC). These results provide basic information for molecular design of novel high energetic density compounds.
Early detection of cancer onset based on sensing field cancerization at the organ level

Cancer is a major cause of death worldwide. Gastrointestinal (GI) tract tumors are among the most common and deadliest
ones. Despite progress in imaging and treatment, the social impact of these diseases is enormous. All parties in the health
sector agree that prevention and/or early diagnosis is the most effective means to deal with cancer. Currently, cancer is
identified most often when symptomatic or large enough to be visualized in body scans or when histological alterations are
already present. What is lacking is an imaging method that could detect tissue changes that facilitate or predict tumor
development at an early stage. These alterations, collectively referred to as “field cancerization” is an exciting field of study
in cancer biology with profound ramifications in clinical practice. Molecular mechanisms underlying field cancerization are
being studied and the advances in molecular biology facilitate these studies. Never in the past however, have these changes
been sensed/measured by an imaging modality at the organ level. We thus propose the development of a multimodal
microscopy platform that will allow sensing of Raman and scattering properties at the organ level, in order to identify
molecular and structural fingerprints of early stage disease in the GI tract. Successful implementation will allow the
development of an endoscope especially designed for this purpose that will be used to detect early stage cancer in humans.
Engineering frustration in artificial colloidal ices:degeneracy, exotic lattices and 3d states

Geometric frustration, namely the impossibility of satisfying competing interactions on a lattice, has recently
become a topic of considerable interest as it engenders emergent, fundamentally new phenomena and holds
the exciting promise of delivering a new class of nanoscale devices based on the motion of magnetic charges.
With ENFORCE, I propose to realize two and three dimensional artificial colloidal ices and investigate the
fascinating manybody physics of geometric frustration in these mesoscopic structures. I will use these soft
matter systems to engineer novel frustrated states through independent control of the single particle
positions, lattice topology and collective magnetic coupling. The three project work packages (WPs) will
present increasing levels of complexity, challenge and ambition:
(i) In WP1, I will demonstrate a way to restore the residual entropy in the square ice, a fundamental longstanding
problem in the field. Furthermore, I will miniaturize the square and the honeycomb geometries and investigate the dynamics of thermally excited topological defects and the formation of grain boundaries.
(ii) In WP2, I will decimate both lattices and realize mixed coordination geometries, where the similarity
between the colloidal and spin ice systems breaks down. I will then develop a novel annealing protocol based
on the simultaneous system visualization and magnetic actuation control.
(iii) In WP3, I will realize a three dimensional artificial colloidal ice, in which interacting ferromagnetic
inclusions will be located in the voids of an inverse opal, and arranged to form the FCC or the pyrochlore
lattices. External fields will be used to align, bias and stir these magnetic inclusions while monitoring in situ
their orientation and dynamics via laser scanning confocal microscopy.
ENFORCE will exploit the accessible time and length scales of the colloidal ice to shed new light on the
exciting and interdisciplinary field of geometric frustration.
Database design for an experimental, dual band, polarimetric radar

Multistatic measurements of targets and clutter have been performed over the past few years by the NetRAD system developed at the University College London and the University of Cape Town. A new system, NeXtRAD, is now being developed in order to investigate some of the many aspects of multistatic radar at L and X Bands, dual polarised. This paper discusses the data archive system of the new radar in the light of the lessons learnt from the use of NetRAD. Although this data can be conveniently grouped by day, within campaigns, it is highly desirable to be able to search for specific recording conditions, across many data takes. In addition, to assist investigators during post processing, a library of routines to access the data have been prepared. The radar raw target returns, together with ancillary data, is merged into an Hierarchical Data File version 5 (HDF5) archive. During this process, important parameters are extracted to a searchable database.