SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
The Invocation at Tilburg: Mysticism, Implicit Religion and Gravetemple’s Drone Metal

This paper investigates implicitly religious practices and explicitly (though ambiguously) religious descriptions of the extreme heavy metal music subgenre of drone metal, in a case study focussing on a concert tour of the band Gravetemple. Responding to a conception of “experience” found in scholarship on mysticism and in Bailey’s theoretical framework of Implicit Religion, I suggest a contribution via the work of Michel de Certeau. In The Possession at Loudon (1966), Certeau investigates a seventeenth century incident of demonic possession by presenting a “history of the history” of the event in a compilation of documents with commentary. Adapting this methodology to include ethnographic participant observation fieldwork at Gravetemple concerts and interviews with audience members, I also examine and present here fragments of previews, promotion material, artwork, reviews and comments by attendees, in order to assess the relation between such texts, understandings of implicit religion, and listeners’ experience of drone metal.
Flexbio – an innovative process for the decentralised treatment of organically contaminated wastewater with reduced energy requirements, co2 emissions and operating costs

The company FLEXBIO Technologie GmbH will technologically finalise and commercialise the FLEXBIO process in form of a biological wastewater treatment plant for organically contaminated wastewater, e.g. from the food and beverage industry. In this process, which was developed in cooperation with the HAWK university in Germany, organic contaminants in the wastewater are converted into biogas under anaerobic conditions in a fixed-bed reactor. An optional second treatment step, a trickling filter, can moreover remove nitrogen compounds and further increase the treatment efficiency of the plant. Compared to the aerobic activated sludge process, which currently is the most important process for the treatment of organically contaminated wastewater, the FLEXBIO process has several important advantages: at a comparable treatment efficiency (more than 97 %), the FLEXBIO process requires much less energy (heating or aeration not necessary), produces much less sludge to be disposed of, is much more flexible to variations in the wastewater, can be installed in a compact and mobile container and produces biogas for the generation of heat or electricity. The FLEXBIO process offers an environmentally friendly solution for the decentralised treatment of wastewater especially for SMEs, clearly improving their economic performance.
In phase 1 of the project, the feasibility of the finalisation and market introduction of the FLEXBIO wastewater treatment plant will be assessed. For this purpose, the technical and legal framework will be determined, potentials and limits of the FLEXBIO process will be defined, potential customers will be characterised, the costs of a FLEXBIO plant will be calculated, its market potential determined and first concepts for production, distribution and marketing will be developed. Moreover, a container-based prototype for further tests and demonstrations at potential customers to be conducted in phase 2 will be conceptualised and participants acquired.
FIREARM WITH REAR REGULATOR

An M-4 type firearm is provided. The M-4 type firearm having a receiver with a bolt carrier movably located therein. A receiver extension is connected to the receiver with the receiver extension including a spring loaded bolt carrier buffer movable relative to the receiver for effecting return of the bolt carrier to a firing position of the bolt carrier. A regulator is provided on the receiver extension, for enabling movement of the bolt carrier buffer relative to the receiver and effecting automatic or semi-automatic fire when the receiver extension is at least partially filled with water.
Environmental friendly narrow band-gap colloidal nanocrystals for optoelectronic devices

In recent years a widespread investigation of semiconductor materials and its use in optoelectronic devices has taken place. Despite the vast variety of semiconductor materials, solution processable semiconductor nanocrystals (NC’s) take lead thanks to their excellent optoelectronic properties (tunable band-gap, high PLQY and optical stability) while they become more and more appealing for their low production cost. Although, a variety of semiconductor NC’s have been synthesized for application in the visible spectral region, only few examples exist with tunability in mid and near-IR, and most notable high toxicity mercury and lead based NCs. On the other hand, nowadays we experience a burst of emerging near and mid-IR technologies (e.g. solar cells, detectors, night cameras) which are moving towards the use of environmentally friendly IR emitting materials for large scale production. Therefore, NAROBAND aims to exploit the synthesis and the functionalization of low-toxic narrow-band gap Ag2SxSey NC’s via both chemical and physical routes towards the fabrication of environmental friendly, low cost solar cell devices. The project focus on achieving full control of the bandgap (1.2eV–0.4eV) via quantum confinement and stoichiometry allowing to decouple nanocrystals size and surface effects from bandgap, leading to a better control of the optoelectronic properties. Moreover, throughout careful surface characterization and functionalization NAROBAND aims to suppression of the trap state density, enhancing the carrier mobility and manipulating the energy levels of the valence and conduction band of the NC’s. These material advancements will pave the way towards, firstly, the fabrication of high efficient IR solar cell devices and later on the realization of tandem solar cell by using the conventional Si technology to harvest the high energy electromagnetic radiation of the sun, while the aforementioned solar cell device will collect the, so far wasted, IR radiation.
Transparent and flexible li-organic 3d thin-film microbattery

In this Proof-of-Concept project we will demonstrate the practical feasibility of a fundamentally novel transparent and
flexible Li-organic thin-film microbattery. The strong basis for the project is the new hybrid Li-organic electrode materials
discovered in the PI's ERC Advanced Grant Project “Molecular-Layer-Engineered Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Materials
(LAYERENG-HYBMAT)”. These hybrid thin-film materials are fabricated by the combined atomic/molecular layer deposition
(ALD/MLD) technique which uniquely allows for fabrication of highly conformal thin-film coatings on various flexible,
sensitive, functional and/or nanostructured surfaces. Within this PoC project we will (1) design and construct an actual
optimized all-ALD/MLD Li-organic battery cell, (2) confirm its optical transparency and mechanical flexibility as expected,
(3) identify the most potential applications for this new type of 3D thin-film microbattery, (4) assess its real-life business
opportunities, and (5) build up a network of academic and industrial collaborators for the further advancement of the novel
technology.
A Survey and Research on the Ancient Road of Ruhe

Xiaoguan Ancient Road (also called Hui Central Road) is famous in history.Its flows from Xian,passes through Xianyang,Chunhua,Xunyi of Shanxi Province,Zhengning,Ningxian of Gansu Province or through Xinpin and Changwu of Shanxi Province,and Sigoukou (the meeting area of Puhe and Ruhe.Then it flows to east along the bank of Ruhe before the North Grottoes Temple,passes through Penyang of Zhengyuan,Zhengyuan County,Kaibian,into Yangxiang,Gucheng,Qingshizui and Bianwatingguan (ancient Xianguan),flows 45 kilometers to north and into Guyuan of Ningxia.Lastly,it flows to north along Qingshui River,and directly flows into Huanghe,and into Yingchuan and Neimeng.It was the key transport road from Xihan to Song and Ming dynasty,even longer history period,and it had played significant role as the branch of the Silk Road.The part from Penyang of Zhenyuan to Pengyang,Chaona and Qingshizui of Ningxia is about 65 kilometers long,is the Ancient Road of Ruhe.It is the key road that connects North-west farming and nomadic cultivation.It was also an important transport road in connecting the Northwest frontier.
A Compartmental Model Analysis of Integrative and Self-Regulatory Ion Dynamics in Pollen Tube Growth

Sexual reproduction in higher plants relies upon the polarised growth of pollen tubes. The growth-site at the pollen tube tip responds to signalling processes to successfully steer the tube to an ovule. Essential features of pollen tube growth are polarisation of ion fluxes, intracellular ion gradients, and oscillating dynamics. However, little is known about how these features are generated and how they are causally related. We propose that ion dynamics in biological systems should be studied in an integrative and self-regulatory way. Here we have developed a two-compartment model by integrating major ion transporters at both the tip and shank of pollen tubes. We demonstrate that the physiological features of polarised growth in the pollen tube can be explained by the localised distribution of transporters at the tip and shank. Model analysis reveals that the tip and shank compartments integrate into a self-regulatory dynamic system, however the oscillatory dynamics at the tip do not play an important role in maintaining ion gradients. Furthermore, an electric current travelling along the pollen tube contributes to the regulation of ion dynamics. Two candidate mechanisms for growth-induced oscillations are proposed: the transition of tip membrane into shank membrane, and growth-induced changes in kinetic parameters of ion transporters. The methodology and principles developed here are applicable to the study of ion dynamics and their interactions with other functional modules in any plant cellular system.
WTO Appellate Body, <i>Peru  Additional Duty on Imports of Certain Agriculture Products</i>, WT/DS457/AB/R, 20 July 2015

The Peru – Agriculture Products case presents an issue of first impression for the relationship between Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its substantive rules. While the provisions of the covered agreements cited by the complainant, Guatemala, were not unique to a WTO dispute, this case raised the puzzling spectre of one RTA member complaining against the other that a provision in their own Free Trade Agreement (FTA) violates the WTO. This poses the question whether, and if so under what allowable conditions, regional trade agreement members may modify (violate) WTO rights and obligations as between them only (inter se) in their trade treaty relations. This note examines three of the issues raised on the appeal that affect the RTA / WTO relationship.
Flavihumibacter cheonanensis sp. nov., isolated from sediment of a shallow stream

A Gram-reaction-positive, rod-shaped, strictly aerobic and non-motile bacterial strain, designated WS16 T , was isolated from the sediment of a shallow stream located in Cheonan, Korea. The strain grew optimally at 28 °C, at pH 7.0 and in the absence of NaCl. Phylogenetic trees based on 16S rRNA gene sequences suggested that the isolate belonged to the genus Flavihumibacter of the phylum Bacteroidetes . Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that strain WS16 T was related most closely to Flavihumibacter petaseus T41 T (96.8 % similarity). The isolate contained MK-7 as the predominant menaquinone and iso-C 15 : 0 , iso-C 15 : 1 and iso-C 17 : 0 3-OH as the major fatty acids. The genomic DNA G+C content of the isolate was 45.9 mol%. The results of a polyphasic taxonomic approach indicated that strain WS16 T represents a novel species of the genus Flavihumibacter , for which the name Flavihumibacter cheonanensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is WS16 T ( = KACC 17467 T = JCM 19322 T ).
Analysis of the relationships between oxidative stress, DNA damage and sperm vitality in a patient population: development of diagnostic criteria

DNA damage in human spermatozoa is known to be associated with a variety of adverse clinical outcomes affecting both reproductive efficiency and the health and wellbeing of the offspring. However, the origin of this damage, its biochemical nature and strategies for its amelioration, still await resolution.Using novel methods to simultaneously assess DNA fragmentation (modified TUNEL assay), DNA-base adduct formation (8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine [8OHdG]) and cell vitality, spermatozoa from a cohort of 50 assisted conception patients were examined and compared with a group of donors. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was then used to examine the frequency distribution of the data and to determine optimized thresholds for identifying patients exhibiting abnormally high levels of DNA damage.8OHdG formation and DNA fragmentation were highly correlated with each other and frequently associated with cell death. Percoll centrifugation improved sperm quality but, unexpectedly, increased 8OHdG formation in live cells, as did sperm fractionation using Puresperm gradients. ROC analysis indicated that the frequency distribution of 8OHdG and DNA fragmentation data were significantly different between patients and donors (P < 0.001), permitting the development of thresholds that would allow the accurate diagnosis of DNA damage in the male germ line.The aetiology of DNA damage in spermatozoa involves a cascade of changes that progress from the induction of oxidative stress and oxidized DNA base adduct formation to DNA fragmentation and cell death. Preparation of spermatozoa on discontinuous density gradients aggravates the problem by stimulating the formation of 8OHdG in live cells. However, the development of novel methods and optimized thresholds for diagnosing oxidative DNA damage in human spermatozoa should assist in the clinical management of this pathology.
Crises, informalité et reconfigurations du marché du travail : quatre décennies de bouleversements économiques au Brésil

Cet article analyse les ajustements du marché du travail brésilien sur longue période, notamment lors des épisodes de crise macroéconomique, qui s’étendent sur plus du tiers des quarante dernières années. L’un des objectifs est de soumettre les différentes théories de l’informel à l’épreuve des faits, et tout particulièrement l’hypothèse du rôle anticyclique que lui attribue la thèse dualiste. Sur le plan empirique, notre approche est basée sur un important travail d’« archéologie statistique » de reconstitution de séries historiques et de traitement de première main de millions d’observations de microdonnées d’enquêtes ou de registres administratifs. Les trois angles d’analyse adoptés convergent. Nous montrons entre autres la formidable résilience du marché du travail brésilien qui s’inscrit dans l’histoire et les disparitions progressives depuis les années 1990 des mécanismes de la crise « canonique », supplantée par un processus d’exclusion multiforme, et des frontières entre formel et informel, en défaveur des droits des travailleurs. Cependant, les crises ne sont pas toujours le meilleur point d’observation : la phase de croissance des années 2000, par exemple, apparaît comme la seule période « transformative » qui a laissé une empreinte positive et durable sur le monde du travail.
Forging advanced liquid-crystal coronagraphs optimized for novel exoplanet research

The 39-m European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) has the potential to directly observe and characterize habitable exoplanets, but current technologies are unable to sufficiently suppress the starlight very close to the star. I propose to develop a novel instrumental approach with breakthrough contrast performance by combining coronagraphs based on brand-new liquid crystal technology, and sensitive imaging polarimetry. The novel coronagraphs will provide an achromatic rejection of starlight even right next to the star such that exoplanets can be imaged efficiently in broadband light and characterized through spectropolarimetry. The coronagraphs will incorporate focal-plane wavefront sensing and polarimetry to achieve an ultimate contrast of 1E-9, which will enable the E-ELT to observe habitable exoplanets.

We will prototype coronagraph designs of increasing contrast performance, validate them in the lab, and apply them on-sky using 6-8 meter class telescopes. With our coronagraphs that offer a contrast improvement by a factor of 10 as compared to current systems in 360-degree dark holes, we will search for self-luminous exoplanets very close to stars at thermal infrared wavelengths, and characterize known targets with multi-wavelength observations. Through accurate photometry and polarimetry, we will study their atmospheric hazes. By combining liquid-crystal coronagraphy with sensitive polarimetry, we will study the inner regions of protoplanetary disks to find signs of planet formation.

By manipulating both phase and amplitude in pupil and focal planes, we will establish hybrid coronagraph systems that combine the strengths of individual concepts, and that can be adapted to the telescope mirror segmentation and the observational strategy. The proposed research will demonstrate the technologies necessary for building an instrument for the E-ELT that can successfully study rocky exoplanets in the habitable zones of nearby stars.
Internal Migration and Drug Violence in Mexico

Este documento estudia el efecto de la tasa de homicidios sobre la migración interna en México. Evidencia de forma reducida indica que se redujo la migración neta de trabajadores calificados hacia municipios donde aumentó la tasa de homicidios después de 2007, sugiriendo que los trabajadores prefieren menores tasas de homicidios. El resultado se debe a menor inmigración, sin efectos sobre emigración, indicando que existen costos de migración. Para cuantificar el costo en bienestar del aumento de la tasa de homicidios, se usan las decisiones de migración de los trabajadores y un modelo de equilibrio espacial. En promedio la disposición a pagar de los trabajadores calificados por reducir la tasa de homicidios local en 1% corresponde a 0.58% de su salario. El costo en bienestar total es de varios puntos del PIB por año, dependiendo de los supuestos. Quienes no migran en respuesta a las mayores tasas de homicidios cargan con la mayor parte de este costo.
COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR WELLBORE RESISTIVITY LOGGING CALIBRATION

In-situ calibration of a resistivity logging tool is accomplished using a variety of methods in which deep measurement signals are calibrated using acquired and simulated measurement signals.
Lp-PLA2 Inhibition—The Atherosclerosis Panacea?

Based on the complex pathophysiology of atherosclerosis, a large number of biomarkers that relate to lipids, inflammation, immunity, thrombosis and hemostasis, have been investigated experimentally, in epidemiologic studies and in clinical trials. Interest focuses on their potential role to aid in risk stratification, as possible surrogate markers of atherosclerosis, and potential targets for therapy. More recently, one lipid associated biomarker, lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA₂), has gained considerable interest. In addition to a plausible pathophysiological role by generating pro-inflammatory and pro-atherogenic compounds from oxidized LDL in the vessel wall, there is a large, fairly consistent epidemiological database indicating that increased levels of Lp-PLA2 mass or activity are associated with increased risk for cardiovascular outcomes; such data further suggest that it might improve risk stratification. In addition, clinical studies indicate that increased Lp-PLA₂ levels are associated with endothelial dysfunction. Moreover, it may also serve as an interesting therapeutic target, since a specific inhibitor of the enzyme is available with promising animal data and initial positive data in humans. Recent experimental data from a hyperlipidemic diabetic pig model strongly suggest that increased Lp-PLA2 in the vessel wall is associated with a more vulnerable plaque phenotype which can be modulated by inhibiting Lp-PLA₂ activity. A biomarker study in more than 1,000 patients with CHD over three months has demonstrated a positive effect on various inflammatory molecules. In addition, an imaging study using IVUS based modalities (greyscale, virtual histology, and palpography) together with a panel of biomarkers (IBIS-2) has been done in more than 300 patients with CHD treated over 12 months and results indicate that the progression of the necrotic core of the plaque can be retarded. Inhibition of the pro-atherogenic and pro-inflammatory effects of Lp-PLA₂ may therefore contribute to decrease the residual risk in high risk patients already on polypharmacotherapy. This hypothesis is now being tested in two large phase 3 clinical trials. Thus, Lp-PLA₂ indeed may represent a biomarker and a promising target for intervention.
Tourism and economic development: The beach disease?

Abstract This paper analyses empirically the danger of a Dutch Disease Effect in tourism dependent countries in the long run. Data on 134 countries of the world over the period 1970–2007 is used. In a first step the long-run relationship between tourism and economic growth is analysed in a cross-country setting. The results are then checked in a panel data framework on GDP per capita levels that allows to control for reverse causality, non-linearity and interactive effects. It is found that there is no danger of a Beach Disease Effect. On the contrary, tourism dependent countries do not face real exchange rate distortion and deindustrialisation but higher than average economic growth rates. Investment in physical capital, such as for instance transport infrastructure, is complementary to investment in tourism.
A modeling study of orographic convection and mountain waves in the landfalling typhoon Nari (2001)

In this study the characteristics of mountain-induced gravity waves (MGWs) and orographic convection in typhoon Nari (2001) and their impacts on the formation of orographic precipitation, as Nari moved across Taiwan's Central Mountain Range (CMR), are investigated by analyzing the cloud-resolving model simulation results. In the distant rain band, convective cells were triggered frequently on the steep windward slope of CMR and advected downstream. Simultaneously MGWs could exist on the lee side with stable environmental stratification. Three phases occurred in the MGWs–convection interaction, including the enhancement of MGWs and convection, breaking, and restoring of MGWs. When the convective cells and MGWs were superposed in (out of) phase, the amplitudes of both MGWs and convective cells were increased (decreased). The vertical wavelength of MGWs was also increased during the in-phase superposition, even inducing the further breaking of MGWs. For the formation of precipitation on the lee side, MGWs–convection interaction contributes on a smaller scale to offset the reduction effect from the larger-scale descending. Moreover, convective cells on the windward slope could contribute a large amount of cloud ice and snow particles aloft to seed hydrometeors over the lee side. More cloud water was produced by the MGWs–convection interaction when their amplitudes were increased during the in-phase superposition. Riming and coalescence processes were responsible not only for the windward-slope precipitation enhancement but also the secondary precipitation maximum over the lee side. Therefore, the MGWs–convection interaction could modify the structure of vertical motion and hydrometeors over the lee side, and then affect orographic precipitation when Nari passed the CMR.



As Nari's eyewall encountered the northern CMR, the terrain generated long-lasting strong updrafts at the upslope, resulting in a doubled rainfall maximum to that in the no-terrain sensitivity experiment. The downdraft branch of the MGW produced a rain shadow on the lee side. Copyright © 2011 Royal Meteorological Society