SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Contribution to the knowledge of the freshwater Ostracoda fauna in continental Portugal, with an updated checklist of Recent and Quaternary species

Ostracods have a ubiquitous distribution, a high diversity of life history strategies and an extensive fossil record. These characteristics make the group a useful study tool in multiple disciplines. In Portugal, very few studies on recent freshwater ostracods have been published. This is particularly important given the need for an accurate database of both autoecology and geographical distribution of the extant species for a correct use of these crustaceans as environmental proxies. Six temporary ponds were periodically sampled during the wet season 2005/2006, in the natural park Parque Natural do Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina (PNSACV) north of Vila Nova de Milfontes, SW Portugal. The relationship between ostracod assemblages and habitat features was analysed. In parallel, to assess relative ostracod species richness and diversity, faunistic results are also presented based on a regional (Alentejo) survey carried out during the same season. The semi-permanent nature of the study area in PNSACV may contribute to the observed relative high ostracod richness. Yet other environmental factors, such as pH and pond hydroperiod variation, may restrict the local ostracod species distribution and its abundance. The most abundant and/or common ostracod species were eurytopic forms: Cypridopsis vidua, Cypris bispinosa and Herpetocypris chevreuxi. A total of 14 species was identified, of which three named and one most probably undescribed candonid species new to Portugal: Bradleycypris obliqua, C. bispinosa, Paralimnocythere psammophila and Fabaeformiscandona sp. ex gr. fabaeformis. In the regional survey nine species were identified. Heterocypris sp., Ilyocypris aff. lacustris and Tonnacypris lutaria were recorded in the regional survey but not present in PNSACV, with the latter two also new in Portugal. To favour further faunistic and ecological research on ostracods in Portugal, a distributional checklist of Recent and Quaternary freshwater inland Ostracoda known from Portuguese mainland is given.
IMAGING METHODS, IMAGING DEVICES, TRANSFER ASSEMBLIES, AND TRANSFER MEMBER LUBRICATION ASSEMBLIES

Imaging methods, imaging devices (1), transfer assemblies, and transfer member lubrication assemblies (18) are described according to some aspects. According to one aspect, an imaging method includes forming a latent image using a first imaging member (12), using a marking agent, developing the latent image providing a developed image, after the developing, first transferring the marking agent of the developed image to an imaging transfer member (14), after the first transferring, second transferring the marking agent of the developed image from the imaging transfer member (14), and lubricating the imaging transfer member (14) during the first and the second transferrings.
Nietzsche na perspectiva pragmatista. Monismo e pluralismo para um novo paradigma bio-antropológico

Resumo: Neste artigo eu analiso alguns momentos da influência e recepção de Nietzsche entre a Europa e a América (nomeadamente em Martin Heidegger, Giovanni Papini e Josiah Royce) através de uma perspectiva pragmatista, a fim de mostrar como um monismo seletivo e um pluralismo realista emergem de suas interpretações de Nietzsche. Com base nesta reconstrução teórica e historiográfica, enfatizo que Nietzsche, tanto por meio de seu monismo como de seu pluralismo, pode questionar qualquer suposta irreversibilidade no campo da moral. Ao reconhecer a possibilidade de mudança do sujeito, de reverter a única irreversibilidade superficial de seu Dasein, o pragmatismo de Nietzsche neste sentido representa uma grande conquista teórica, indispensável para a definição de um novo paradigma bio-antropológico, no qual a identidade pode coexistir efetivamente com diferença.
SECTIONAL METAL PALLET FORMED FROM CORRIGATED METAL TUBES

The invention relates to a pallet made up of plural hollow sections of generally rectangular transverse profile formed from metal tubes, the sections having upper walls facing in the same direction and being secured together in side-by-side and/or end-to-end array to constitute a load-bearing platform. The lower wall of each section may have a longitudinal central rib projecting toward the upper wall for additional strength. The tubes can be hollow transversely corrugated cylinders of metal such as aluminum, used as cores for winding strip material. A method of making the pallet includes the steps of deforming plural metal tubes with generally radially directed pressure to produce the pallet sections, and' securing the sections together.
Making national identity. the construction of germanic mythology in 19th century.

We are witnessing today a renewed mythologisation of the political sphere: myth has returned to occupy a persuasive and central role in modern political and cultural life, taking on the form of fictional narratives, “false myths” and ideologies, which are dangerously replacing rational debate. The process of demythologization (Entmythologisierung) of religious, political, cultural and social dynamics that began after the Second World War seems to have reached a standstill, revealing the unresolved contradictions inherent to the cult of reason and the Dialectic of Enlightenment. The question of the need for myth in every culture, modern culture not excluded, is still unanswered. Critical awareness of myth and its function as a cultural agent in today’s climate is critical, although the all too obvious demonization of myth should not be supplanted by the facile—and equally mythical—valorization of reason. As Jan Assmann argues, the function of myth in the modern world goes beyond a simple elaboration of the past. Indeed, all mythopoetic activity has immediate productive value and can be characterized as a dominant historical agent. A critical-historical study of the origins and development of the modern concepts of myth and mythology is of capital importance if we are to redefine our categories of thought and understand the pervasive phenomena that have dominated European culture for the last two centuries. My research takes on the first systematic study of mythology by way of a very telling case study: the birth of German Mythology studies. My aim is to show how German intellectuals created a system of Germanic mythology based on materials appropriated from Nordic myth and the model prevalent in European culture at the time: Greco-Roman mythology. This newly established Germanic myth imposed itself as an alternative model to the classical one, providing a new foundation for the construction of nationalistic cultural and political identities.
High-performance polyethylene multifilament yarn

Processes for making high-performance polyethylene multi-filament yarn are disclosed which include the steps of a) making a solution of ultra-high molar mass polyethylene in a solvent; b) spinning of the solution through a spinplate containing at least 5 spinholes into an air-gap to form fluid filaments, while applying a draw ratio DRfluid; c) cooling the fluid filaments to form solvent-containing gel filaments; d) removing at least partly the solvent from the filaments; and e) drawing the filaments in at least one step before, during and/or after said solvent removing, while applying a draw ratio DRsolid of at least 4, wherein in step b) each spinhole comprises a contraction zone of specific dimension and a downstream zone of diameter Dn and length Dn with Ln/Dn of from 0 to at most 25, to result in a draw ratio DRfluid=DRsp*DRag of at least 150, wherein DRsp is the draw ratio in the spinholes and DRag is the draw ratio in the air-gap, with DRsp being greater than 1 and DRag at least 1. High-performance polyethylene multifilament yarn, and semi-finished or end-use products containing said yarn, especially to ropes and ballistic-resistant composites, are also disclosed.
The Effect of Varicocelectomy on Sperm Parameters in Subfertile Men with Clinical Varicoceles Who Have Asthenozoospermia or Teratozoospermia with Normal Sperm Density

Background . To compare preoperative and postoperative sperm parameters such as sperm count, motility, and morphology in patients with normal sperm concentration with teratozoospermia and asthenozoospermia. Materials and Methods . Hundred and six patients with varicocele associated with male infertility over a 5-year period were included into the study. Pre- and postvaricocelectomy seminal fluid parameters evaluation according to the World Health Organization (WHO) criteria was performed at 4–6-month intervals. Results . One hundred and six patients met the criteria. The mean age of patients was 24.53 ± 8.13. The mean duration of infertility was 3.6 years (range: 1.5–6.3). Only the sperm motility of patients with normospermia showed a significant improvement postoperatively. Conclusions . No significant improvement in sperm morphology may be obtained in patients with clinical varicocele and preoperative normospermia.
Indications of brine related local seepage phenomena on the northern hemisphere of Mars

Abstract Springtime low albedo features, called Dark Dune Spots, on the seasonal frost covered dunes on Mars between 77°N and 84°N latitude have been analyzed. Two groups of these spots have been identified: “small” and “large” ones, where large spots have diameters above 4 m, and complex internal structure. From these “large” spots branching seepage-like features emanate and grow on the steep slopes. They show a characteristic sequence of changes: first only wind-blown features emanate from them, while later a bright circular and elevated ring forms, and dark seepage-features start from the spots. These streaks grow with a speed between 0.3 m/day and 7 m/day respectively, first only from the spots, later from all along the dune crest. During this “seepage period” the temperature is between 150 K and 180 K at a 3–9 km spatial resolution scale, indicating that CO2 ice-free parts must be present at the observed dark spots. Around the receding northern seasonal CO2 cap, an annulus of water ice lags behind, which is probably present in the spots too where the CO2 frost has sublimated. Our model estimates show in the present work and in Kereszturi et al. (Kereszturi, A., Mohlmann, D., Berczi, Sz., Ganti, T., Kuti, A., Sik, A., Horvath, A. [2009b]. Icarus 201, 492–503) that the warming driven by solar insolation may produce not only interfacial water, but also bulk brines around the dune grains. The brine can support the movement of liquids and dune grains, enhances the sublimation of CO2 frost, and produce the dark features, as well as liquid modifies the optical properties of the surface. Signs of movement of dune material after the total defrosting of the terrain is also visible but it is uncertain because of the limit of resolution. In our previous work (Kereszturi et al., 2009b) we showed that resembling seepage-like streaks at the southern hemisphere might have been formed by ephemeral interfacial water, as well as these northern features. Such wet environments may have astrobiological importance too.
Dispersal of Hoffmannia excelsa (Rubiaceae) by the Toltec fruit-eating bat (Artibeus toltecus) in central Veracruz, México

En esta nota reportamos el consumo del fruto y dispersión no endozoócora de semillas de una especie vegetal que no había sido mencionada en la dieta de los murciélagos, y que no presenta las características típicas de quiropterocoria. Este evento fue registrado mientras realizábamos capturas nocturnas con redes de niebla, en fragmentos de vegetación secundaria en el área metropolitana de la ciudad de Xalapa de Enríquez, México. Un ejemplar hembra de Artibeus toltecus, capturada en junio de 2018, llevaba consigo dos frutos de Hoffmannia excelsa (Rubiaceae). Aunque H. excelsa es un arbusto común en el centro de Veracruz, éste es el primer registro conocido de dispersión en esta especie, llevada a cabo por murciélagos. El consumo de este fruto, con características ornitócoras, posiblemente obedece a una situación de oportunismo frente a un recurso temporalmente abundante.
HEAT EXCHANGER

Heat exchanger (1) provided with a housing (2) having a core (3). The core (3) comprises a series of plate-shaped fins (10) placed at least almost parallel to each other, in which each fin (10) is provided with pipe openings (13), and a bundle of pipes (8) for passing a first heat exchange medium. Each of the pipes (8) extends through respective pipe openings (13) of respective fins (10). The housing (2) is provided with an inlet (5) and an outlet (7) for passing a second heat exchange medium through the housing (2). At least one of the fins (10) is further provided with mix openings (20). Preferably at least one of the fins (10) is further provided with local elevations (23). Preferably between the core (3) and the housing (2) a strip (14), preferably of springy material, has been arranged for reducing leakage between the core (3) and the housing (2).
Multiple criteria decision analysis in the context of health technology assessment: a simulation exercise on metastatic colorectal cancer with multiple stakeholders in the English setting

Multiple criteria decision analysis (MCDA) has appeared as a methodology to address limitations of economic evaluation in health technology assessment (HTA), however there are limited empirical evidence from real world applications. The aim of this study is to test in practice a recently developed MCDA methodological framework known as Advance Value Framework (AVF) through a proof-of-concept case study engaging multiple stakeholders.A multi-attribute value theory methodological process was adopted involving problem structuring, model building, model assessment and model appraisal phases. A facilitated decision analysis modelling approach was used as part of a decision conference with thirteen participants. An expanded scope of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) remit acted as the study setting with the use of supplementary value concerns. Second-line biological treatments were evaluated for metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) patients having received prior chemotherapy, including cetuximab monotherapy, panitumumab monotherapy and aflibercept in combination with FOLFIRI chemotherapy. Initially 18 criteria attributes were considered spanning four value domains relating to therapeutic impact, safety profile, innovation level and socioeconomic impact.Nine criteria attributes were finally included. Cetuximab scored the highest overall weighted preference value score of 45.7 out of 100, followed by panitumumab with 42.3, and aflibercept plus FOLFIRI with 14.4. The relative weights of the two most important criteria (overall survival and Grade 4 adverse events) added up to more than the relative weight of all other criteria together (52.1%). Main methodological limitation was the lack of comparative clinical effects across treatments and challenges included the selection of "lower" and "higher" reference levels on criteria attributes, eliciting preferences across attributes where participants had less experience, and ensuring that all attributes possess the right decision theory properties.This first application of AVF produced transparent rankings for three mCRC treatments based on their value, by assessing an explicit set of evaluation criteria while allowing for the elicitation and construction of participants' value preferences and their trade-offs. It proved it can aid the evaluation process and value communication of the alternative treatments for the group participants. Further research is needed to optimise its use as part of policy-making.
Evolutionary platform to predict breast cancer (bc) patients outcome and response to therapy

“BARRICADE” is about an evolutionary platform to predict breast cancer (BC) patients outcome and response to therapy in a faster and specific manner. Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer mortality among women and is characterized by a high interindividual variability in response to cancer treatment, and often resistance to therapy arise over the time or after first line of treatment. For this reason, the therapeutic approach of each patient has to be set up during its management causing some gaps, useless toxicities and a losing of time useful for patient’s cure. In cancer research, cells are usually grown in a monolayer on dishes of polystyrene plastic to perform experiment or toxicity studies. Alternatively, researchers use animal models that are able to mimic a more physiological growth of tumor cells and they take in account also the microenvironmental influences. Unfortunately, animal models do not recapitulate the human complexity, and sometimes they do not predict tumor behaviour and clinical response. For this reason, organoids are emerging as new more complex system that may overcome the limitations of traditional cancer model. “BARRICADE” will contribute to taking BC cancer therapy to beyond state-of-art, developing personalized anticancer therapies and giving useful information for cure setting up. Indeed, progress in developing in vitro 3D organoid culture system using primary human breast cancer tissues have attracted great interest as an emerging tools for precision medicine. BARRICADE will help to overcome some of those barriers by giving preclinical information for future therapy settings.
Prevalência de helmintos gastrintestinais em caprinos da região do Baixo Parnaíba - PI

As parasitoses gastrintestinais são os principais obstáculos enfrentados em caprinos, contribuindo para o aumento da mortalidade e consequente queda na produção animal. A presente pesquisa objetivou identificar a prevalência de helmintos gastrintestinais em caprinos de um município do Estado do Piauí. Trata-se de uma pesquisa experimental de natureza quantitativa. Constituiu a população alvo desta pesquisa, 45 caprinos sem raça definida provenientes de uma fazenda situada na zona rural do município de Teresina-PI. Esses animais receberam alimentação e sal mineral, de acordo o padrão recomendado tecnicamente para utilização no rebanho da propriedade. Os 120 animais selecionados para o estudo foram submetidos a exames coproparasitológicos e coprocultura. Independente de sexo, os animais possuem em média dois anos de idade, com peso médio de 38kg ± 500 gr. As fezes para a realização da análise coproparasitológica foram colhidas da ampola retal de cada animal. Os resultados apontaram a prevalência 84% de Haemonchus sp, 0,3% Oesophagostomun sp e 13% de Trichostrongylus sp. Considera-se então, relevante um esquema de vermifugação conforme um protocolo de um profissional, contemplando a região, hábitos, e demais características para direcionamento correto de vermífugos, no caso de soluções específicas.
RADIO RESOURCE CONTROL FOR D2D COMMUNICATION

This disclosure generally relates to radio resource control for D2D communication. In one embodiment, a master UE of the D2D communication may obtain radio resource information of a slave UE before performing radio resource configuration for the D2D communication between the master UE and the slave UE. Based on the radio resource information, the master UE may configure radio resource for the D2D communication. In this way, radio resource configuration may be performed for both the D2D communication and cellular communication without violating the slave UE's radio capability.
COMBINATION THERAPIES

The present invention relates to combination therapies for treating KRas G12C cancers. In particular, the present invention relates to methods of treating cancer in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a combination of a CDK 4/6 inhibitor and a KRAS G12C inhibitor of Formula (I), Formula (I-A) or Formula (I-B), pharmaceutical compositions comprising a therapeutically effective amounts of the inhibitors, kits comprising the compositions and methods of use therefor.
Adaptation du lieu de travail

L’objectif de ce projet est d’adapter les méthodes d’organisation du travail de l’entreprise aux nouvelles conditions dans le contexte de la pandémie de COVID-19, en veillant au respect des normes et recommandations établies par les autorités compétentes.
High Employment Generating Sectors in Portugal: an Interindustry Approach

An increase in the unemployment rate is one of the most serious consequences of macroeconomic crises. In Portugal, the impact of the recent recession has been particularly strong. In this paper, after quantifying this macroeconomic problem, an interindustry approach is used in order to identify the high employment generating (or destructing) sectors. This approach is particularly interesting because it considers not only the direct flows of job creation and destruction, but also the employment changes attributable to the indirect and induced effects of interindustry connections (the flows of intermediate inputs supply and demand). Using the so-called hypothetical extraction (or “shut-down of industry”) method and the employment and interindustry data of the Portuguese economy, the key sectors in terms of multipliers, elasticities and the creation of jobs are identified. The empirical results of this paper can be useful in improving the policy responses to the crisis and carrying out the most appropriate measures to stimulate the economy.
AUTO-TUNED RFID READER ANTENNA

A reader for an RFID system includes an antenna assembly, a signal driver and a controller. The antenna assembly has an antenna coupled to an antenna tuning circuit which includes a variable capacitance circuit. The signal driver is coupled to the antenna assembly to apply a drive signal to the antenna assembly. The controller is coupled to the antenna assembly to determine a difference between an antenna impedance and a signal driver impedance and to set the variable capacitance at a set capacitance value which reduces the impedance difference.
Disrupting the energy market with the innovation in solar heating

Can the renewable energy be attractive without subventions? Currently it’s not, since the existing solutions do not provide energy at a competitive price level. PolarSol has developed the first solar heating system capable of operating around the year even in cold-climate conditions. Moreover, it provides energy that is cheaper than district heating! The innovation is based on the patented heat exchanger made from thin stainless steel sheet. This unique element serves as a core for all processes within a full-cycle hybrid system, including heating, cooling, waste heat recuperation, and energy storage. Using same element for multiple purposes allows customers significantly reduce investments, shorten payback time and increase ROI. For most of objects the payback time is 3-5 years, which is by far the industry record.
The system has already been piloted in Finland, Estonia, Czech Republiс, Poland, Malta, Ukraine and Russia for a variety of objects including private houses, industrial plants, spas and multi-story buildings. The system is easily scalable and can be supplied both to B2C and B2B markets. However, so far PolarSol has paid little attention on focusing marketing and sales effort in order to attract as diverse customer base as possible. The diversity has provided us better opportunity to test different system modifications. One of the main goals of the project is to identify customer segments with the highest market potential with special emphasis on B2B market. This goal will be pursued in Phase 1 by means of market surveys and thorough analysis of available options.
The whole delivery chain is so far mainly handled by PolarSol itself. The goal of Phase 2 is to develop the international network of partners and local representatives and build up effective sales and distribution channels. This will allow PolarSol better respond to the constantly growing demand for heat exchangers and concentrate on developing new clean energy solutions for global challenges.