SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Illuminating neural microcircuitry underlying flicker resonance in the visual cortex

Almost 200 years ago, Jan Purkinje examined the visual illusions induced by flickering light. Since then, scientists, clinicians, and artists have been fascinated by the effects of flicker on brain rhythms. When entrained with rhythmic light of ~10, ~20, ~40 Hz, visual cortex responds more strongly, or resonates. In the visual and cognitive neurosciences, resonance flicker is used to study perception and attention; in clinical domain, aberrant resonance responses to flicker are used as a diagnostic tool and potential treatment. However, the neural mechanisms by which flicker engages resonant properties of local cortical circuits and entrains brain rhythms at the level they are generated remain unknown. Over the past decade, this level became accessible to neuroscientists due to the rapid development of new neurobiological tools such as cell-type-specific optical stimulation (optogenetics). In this project, using recordings that span multiple spatial scales (from neurons and local field potentials across cortical layers to EEG), I will characterize the neural mechanisms by which flicker stimuli engage resonant properties of brain rhythms. I will use optogenetic tools to identify and manipulate genetically targeted cell types, and will combine it with simultaneous EEG and high-density laminar recordings in primary visual cortex of awake mice. I will determine the laminar profile of neural activity underlying flicker resonance observed at the EEG level (Study 1). By recording from distinct GABAergic interneuron classes and optogenetically silencing them, I will test the novel hypothesis that distinct classes of interneurons mediate flicker resonance to low (theta, alpha) and high (beta, gamma) frequencies (Study 2). This research will allow me to uncover the neurophysiological basis of resonance responses to flicker in unprecedented detail, and provide means to exploit the untapped potential of flicker as a tool to study and modulate brain rhythms in a targeted way.
METHOD FOR ATTACHMENT OF SILICON-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS TO A SURFACE AND FOR SYNTHESIS OF HYPERVALENT SILICON-COMPOUNDS

A method for functionalising a surface of a substrate, the method comprising: (a) providing (i) a silicon-containing compound having two or more leaving groups, and (ii) a first functional compound comprising at least one nucleophilic group; (b) contacting the silicon-containing compound and the functional compound with a surface of a substrate having nucleophilic sites thereon; and (c) exposing the silicon-containing compound, the functional compound and the surface of the substrate to microwave radiation.
MEDIA FOR INKJET WEB PRESS PRINTING

A media suitable for inkjet web press printing is disclosed herein. The media includes a paper substrate and an ink receptive layer coated onto at least one surface of the paper substrate. The ink receptive layer includes: inorganic pigments; at least one water-based binder; a water-soluble metallic salt; a colorant durability enhancer selected from the group consisting of boric acid, borax, sodium tetraborate, phenyl boronic acid, butyl boronic acid and combinations thereof; and a coefficient of friction (COF) reducer selected from the group consisting of polyethylene wax, paraffin wax, carnauba wax, polypropylene wax, polytetrafluoroethylene wax, and combinations thereof.
Form-fill-seal machine

A form-fill-seal machine 100 has a pull-down belt mechanism 23, a vertical sealing mechanism 2, and a controller 29. The pull-down belt mechanism conveys a cylindrical film Fm. The vertical sealing mechanism applies pressure and ultrasonic oscillation to the 5 cylindrical film which is conveyed by the pull-down belt mechanism, and seals the cylindrical film. The controller controls the pull-down belt mechanism, and the pressure and the amplitude of the ultrasonic oscillation applied to the cylindrical film by the vertical sealing mechanism. The controller applies pressure and ultrasonic oscillation to the cylindrical film immediately before reaching a first point in time when the cylindrical film [0 begins to be conveyed. The controller changes at least one of the pressure and the amplitude of the ultrasonic oscillation applied to the film according to the speed of the film in a time period after reaching the first point in time. co O c 2- Fm LEFT SIDE REAR SIDE FRONT SIDE RIGHT SIDE 0o 4 C z z 0J _ 0 : zz
APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING TO, MONITORING AND CONTROLLING BODILY WASTE RECEPTACLES

An apparatus, system and method for a receptacle suitable for control, data collection, and remote management. An exemplary receptacle may include a basin for receiving at least one viscous element; at least one sensor physically associated with the basin; and at least one actuator responsive to the at least one sensor, wherein actuation of the actuator outputs the viscous element to the basin. The receptacle may further include a controller at least partially physically proximate to the basin and capable of controlling the actuation of the at least one actuator; and a control system communicative with the local controller over at least open data path, wherein the control system imposes a plurality of rules to the controller.
Directed evolution of metalloenzymes through electrochemical droplet microarrays

The goal of this Marie Curie Individual fellowship proposal is to establish directed evolution of redox enzymes by means of electrochemical microarrays (DEMED) to enable the direct screening of the enzyme properties desired for their application in electrochemical devices. An O2 reducing metalloenzyme for implementation in biocathodes of H2/O2 enzymatic fuel cells will serve as model system to demonstrate that directed evolution of such redox enzymes screened by electrochemical droplet microarray is advantageous to specifically improve biofuel cell performances. The selected metalloenzyme is rubredoxin: oxygen oxidoreductase (ROO), which has never been applied to H2/O2 enzymatic fuel cells so far. First, ROO gene will be cloned and its random mutagenesis library will be synthesized. Second, the electrochemical droplet microarray will be adapted to enable the screening of the desired properties of the metalloenzyme. Third, electrochemical directed evolution of ROO will be carried out. Finally, the interface of ROO and electrode based on redox active polymers will be co-evolved with ROO to achieve high electron transfer rates to the enzyme and thus enable the fabrication of a high performance biocathode. It is expected that this project will have a groundbreaking on directed evolution of metalloenzymes for their practical implementation in electrochemical devices.
DEVICE FOR HOLDING OBJECTS

Disclosed is a device for holding objects near a ground into which a peg (1) can be inserted. According to the invention, a clamping mechanism (2) for the object is assigned to the peg (1).
‘Guariqueña FL’: Nuevo cultivar de arroz de riego para Venezuela

La variedad de arroz GUARIQUEÑA FL es un nuevo producto tecnológico obtenido en el marco del convenio INIA-FUNDARROZ, Venezuela. Fue derivada de un cruce triple realizado por el Fondo Latinoamericano y del Caribe para Arroz de Riego (FLAR) en el año 2004, utilizando como progenitores a FL01028-8P-3-2P-1P-M-2X-3P-1P / FL03188-7P-5-3P-3P-M-1P // FL02764-3P-3-4P-2P-M-1P-M-M-1P. La primera etapa de evaluación y selección del material (hasta la etapa F5), fue realizada en Colombia utilizando el método genealógico o pedigree. En Venezuela llega en el Vivero de introducciones del FLAR en el año 2007, siendo evaluada por el equipo técnico de arroz del INIA en diferentes localidades de Barinas, Portuguesa y Guárico hasta el año 2015. En paralelo, se llevó a cabo las actividades tendientes a la obtención de semilla genética a partir de la semilla original recibida del FLAR, mediante los ensayos de purificación y estabilización. El cultivar fue inscrito en SENASEM en el año 2016, siendo evaluado en los EVACs de los ciclos seco 2016-2017, lluvioso 2017, seco 2017-2018 y seco 2018-2019. Fue liberada en el mercado nacional de Venezuela en el año 2020. La variedad Guariqueña FL se caracteriza por presentar alta resistencia a escaldado (Monographella albescens), helminstosporium (Cochiobolus miyabeanus), manchado de grano (Complejo de hongos) y sogata (Tagosodes orizicolus); resistencia a piricularia (Magnaporthe grisea) de hoja y cuello y resistencia intermedia al virus de la hoja blanca. Posee un potencial de rendimiento superior a los 11.000 kg/ha, el cual debido a una alta capacidad de macollamiento, panículas densas que pueden superar los 200 granos por panícula, con fertilidad superior al 89 %, no aristados, con peso de mil semillas secas de 29,5 g. Este material presenta tolerancia al vuelco, desgrane y retraso de cosecha.
Digital encyclopedia of european sociability

The Digital Encyclopaedia of European Sociability (DIGITENS) project will produce the first open-access digital encyclopaedia and anthology of sociability in Europe throughout the long-eighteenth century. The purpose of the DIGITENS project is to build an original framework for understanding the interactions, tensions, limits and paradoxes underlying European models of sociability and to reflect on the following question: Can the emergence and formation of European models of sociability be traced throughout the long eighteenth century (1650-1850)? Drawing upon the expertise of international members from different disciplines and national traditions, the project will create a toplevel interdisciplinary network and facilitate intersectoral communication between its academic and non-academic partners.
The nine international universities will work together with the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Musée Cognacq-Jay in France, and The National Archives in Great Britain, allowing members to explore how understandings of sociability might be enhanced through dialogue, international collaboration, and digital technology, developing a broader contextualisation of the research into European sociability. As the first digital encyclopaedia of its kind, the expected impact of the resource will not only benefit researchers, but anyone interested in the history of European models of sociability. 
The project is not, however, of purely historical or academic interest. Through the implementation of outreach events, workshops and the production of the accessible digital platforms, the DIGITENS team will promote a wide investigation of the value of eighteenth century principles in twenty-first-century private and public lives throughout Europe. The interdisciplinary and international aspects of the DIGITENS project, and coherent methodology, are innovative, and the scope broad and ambitious.
Bond activation and catalysis with low-valent aluminium

This project will develop the principles required to enable bond-modifying redox catalysis based on aluminium by preparing and studying new Al(I) compounds capable of reversible oxidative addition.

Catalytic processes are involved in the synthesis of 75 % of all industrially produced chemicals, but most catalysts involved are based on precious metals such as rhodium, palladium or platinum. These metals are expensive and their supply limited and unstable; there is a significant need to develop the chemistry of non-precious metals as alternatives. On toxicity and abundance alone, aluminium is an attractive candidate. Furthermore, recent work, including in our group, has demonstrated that Al(I) compounds can perform a key step in catalytic cycles - the oxidative addition of E-H bonds.

In order to realise the significant potential of Al(I) for transition-metal style catalysis we urgently need to:
- establish the principles governing oxidative addition and reductive elimination reactivity in aluminium systems.
- know how the reactivity of Al(I) compounds can be controlled by varying properties of ligand frameworks.
- understand the onward reactivity of oxidative addition products of Al(I) to enable applications in catalysis.
 In this project we will:

- Study mechanisms of oxidative addition and reductive elimination of a range of synthetically relevant bonds at Al(I) centres, establishing the principles governing this fundamental reactivity.
- Develop new ligand frameworks to support of Al(I) centres and evaluate the effect of the ligand on oxidative addition/reductive elimination at Al centres.
- Investigate methods for Al-mediated functionalisation of organic compounds by exploring the reactivity of E-H oxidative addition products with unsaturated organic compounds.
METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HIGH-PURITY SIO2

The invention relates to a method for producing high-purity SiO2, comprising steps a. producing a precursor from an acidifying agent having a pH value of less than 2; b. providing a silicate solution; c. adding the silicate solution from step b. to the precursor from step a. such that the pH value of the obtained precipitation suspension remains below 2 at all times; and d. separating and washing the obtained silicon dioxide, the silicon dioxide obtained in the precipitation process being continuously or semi-continuously separated from the precipitation zone and being washed in a washing zone that is separated from the precipitation zone. The invention further relates to a system for carrying out said method.
Early term infants are at increased risk of requiring neonatal intensive care

Increasing evidence is demonstrating that infants born early on during the term period are at increased risk of morbidity compared with infants born closer to a complete 40 week gestational pregnancy. The purpose of this study was to compare early term [gestation age (GA): 37-37 6/7 weeks] neonatal outcomes with those of other full term neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admissions.Retrospective chart review of all term infants admitted to the NICU at New York University Langone Medical Center over a 17 month period. Subjects were grouped and analyzed according to their GA at birth: 1) early term infants (GA between 37 0/7 to 37 6/7 weeks) and 2) other term infants (38 0/7 weeks and older).Early term infants were more likely to require NICU care than other term infants [relative risk: 1.42, 95% confidence interval (CI)=1.07-1.88), P=0.01]. In the NICU, they are more likely to manifest respiratory distress syndrome [odds ratio (OR)=5.7, 95% CI=1.6-19.8, P<0.01] and hypoglycemia (OR=4.6, 95% CI=2.0-10.4, P<0.001). In addition, early term neonates were more likely to be born via elective cesarean section than other term neonates (OR=4.1, 95% CI=2.0-8.5, P<0.001).Being born at early term is associated with increased risk of respiratory disease and hypoglycemia requiring neonatal intensive care. Further efforts directed at decreasing early term deliveries may be warranted.
Electronic Structure Analysis of C:Si Codoping AlN Crystals

The band structure and electronic properties of 32-atom wurtzite AlN supercell system with C∶Si codoping is investigated by the full-potential linearized augmented plane wave method( FP-LAPW)based on the Density Functional theory( DFT). If the concentration of doped C atoms is equal with that of Si atoms,C-Si complexes will be formed,but for the compensation effects,the concentration of free carriers will be very low; as the concentration of C atoms is increased,other complexes,such as C2-Si,C3-Si etc.,will be formed. The existence of these complexes can increase the solubility of acceptor impurities as well as reducing their activation energy. It is found that C∶ Si codoping is a promising way to gain p-type AlN crystals.
A spatial decision support system for the Portuguese public transportation sector

SIGGESC is a spatial decision support system (SDSS), based on a Geographic Information System (GIS), directed towards the public transportation sector. This SDSS contributes to a paradigm shift at the Portuguese Transportation Authority (IMTT) in terms of the process of registering and granting concessions to the bus companies, and also increases IMTT's ability in other supervision tasks. It allows a better coordination and planning of bus lines, and contributes to the dematerialization of the licensing processes.This project not only brought an added value to IMTT, but also to the Portuguese passenger transportation companies; by setting up an integrated information system that offers an opportunity to automate work processes and routines, greater efficiency in inspection and licensing processes, and the organization of a database on the public passenger road transport service. Such a database allows the compilation of useful references, indicators and parameters for the regulatory process, leading to faster and better decisions in terms of planning.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING INTERNET CONSUMERS AND FOR CERTIFYING, IDENTIFYING, SEGREGATING AND LOCATING TRADITIONAL "BRICK AND MORTAR" MERCHANT BUSINESSES ON THE INTERNET

A system and related methods for providing verifiable certification regarding the identity and legitimacy of the web sites of brick-and-mortar merchants are disclosed herein. The systems and related methods disclosed utilize a certification network that implemets various computer and software implemented methods to help consumers, businesses and others to differentiate between the commercial internet web sites of traditional brick-and-mortar merchants and those web sites of less-trusted Internet-only enterprises. Merchants that meet a predetermined set of criteria representative of physical location, permanence, business practices and other indicia of overall consumer trustworthiness are certified by storing details of that certified merchant in a centralized merchant database in the certification network, granted a verifiable certification seal for display on their web site, and assigned a unique identifier. The predetermined set of criteria is measured by the completion of an on-site field survey at the merchant's traditio nal place of business, and upon the trusted third party's conclusion that the certification requirements have been met.
DOOR, IN PARTICULAR A FIRE-PROOF DOOR, WHICH CAN OPTIONALLY BE USED TO ABUT ON THE RIGHT-HAND OR ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE

The invention relates to a door with a frame (3) and a door leaf (2) optionally fitted to abut on the right-hand or the left-hand side, and provided on the longitudinal side regions and at least in one of the flank regions with a fold which covers when closed the gap to the frame (3), when viewed from the flank pointing in the opening direction. Said door leaf (2) is connected to the frame via hinges (5), each having at least three hinge blades (8, 9) which a hinge bolt (4) traverses. Sliding rings (12) are preferably arranged in particular to rotate in unison with those end surfaces of the hinge blades which face each other. The design of said door is such that for the purpose of particularly simple manipulation for the required height displacement of the door leaf (2) in the frame (3), the door leaf (2) is formed to be displaceable in relation to the frame (3) by approximately up to the height of one flank fold of the door leaf in the region of the hinges (5) in the longitudinal direction of the bolt, and can be fastened, optionally in one of the displacement end positions, to pivot about the hinge bolts (4) without dismantling or altering the hinge parts (4, 8, 9).
Sino-Iranica: investigating relations between medieval china and sasanian iran

An investigation of Sino-Iranian connections from the third to tenth centuries, with a particular focus on political, religious and material exchanges between China and Sassanian Iran. The aim will be to build a bridge between modern Sinology and Iranology and to further build our understanding of the history of Sino-Iranian relations in close coordination with Iranologists in Italy and Europe. The project will aim to highlight Sino-Iranian relations as having been significantly more important than is normally recognized, and to provide new knowledge that will be useful to both Sinology and Iranology. This two-year project will excavate primary and archaeological sources in Chinese while documenting modern scholarship on Sino-Iranian relations, especially in Modern Chinese and Japanese. The project will make great use of the digitized and searchable corpus of classical Chinese, and reevaluate the roles of Iranian religions in medieval China. The findings and data from this study will be digested and presented as a single monograph. The proposed project will be actively interdisciplinary. It will involve the research, a Canadian Sinologist trained in Japan and the Netherlands, being hosted by Iranologists in Italy. Such an arrangement will allow for gainful two-way exchanges of knowledge and skills.
Emotional machines: the technological transformation of intimacy in japan

EMTECH analyzes the relationship between aesthetic works on human-robot interaction in Japan and cutting-edge advances in robotics and artificial intelligence. Its central hypothesis argues that a tradition of literary, artistic, and other media forms of cultural production on human-robot relationships particular to Japan is currently being built into emotionally-intelligent companion robots with the ability to understand, record, and elicit emotions in its users, consequently expanding the capacities for humans to create affective bonds with machines and transforming structures of intimacy that sustain traditional social institutions. In its most ambitious claim, EMTECH argues that this cultural tradition has played a primary role in inspiring the recently-emerging mass production of domestic robots with technology that can register and record facial expressions, heart rate, skin conductance, and other signs of affect not consciously recognized by humans, thus generating new kinds of scientific data on human affect that fundamentally challenges previous understandings of emotion. Through the textual analysis of literary work on robot imaginaries and ethnographic fieldwork on human-robot interaction in homes, palliative care centers, and engineering laboratories, EMTECH’s purpose is to collect qualitative data on new technologies of emotion management in order to advance literary and cultural theory’s contributions to the affective sciences, as well as to inform public discussions on issues of data collection, privacy, and other ethical concerns raised by the adoption of emotionally-intelligent robots in the home. Leveraging research in the humanities to critique emotional models employed by robotics engineers and designers, and implementing novel research methods such as the use of robots in both literary critique and ethnographic fieldwork, EMTECH promises to yield groundbreaking data of both theoretical and methodological application across the human sciences.