SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
High throughput spectroscopy atomic force microscopy for the foot printing of bacteria and cellular organelle

The project HighTPSAFM (High throughput spectroscopy atomic force microscopy for the foot printing of bacteria and cellular organelle) intends to develop and implement high throughput and high resolution modes of atomic force microscopy (AFM) with spectroscopy-like capabilities and enhanced sensitivity to detect and identify heterogeneous compositional contrast. The aim is to develop the instrumentation in order to answer and elucidate mechanisms of timely questions in molecular and cell biology, i.e. related to the Histone Code Hypothesis and bacterial resistance. Unresolved requirements involve simultaneously be minimally invasive while providing high throughput, high resolution and spectroscopic capabilities, such as chemical identification, or footprinting in the case of bacteria, cells and other biological systems, with high sensitivity. The applicant has already gained international recognition for his achievements in the field and become an emerging scientist of note. The project further represents a significant advance in the applicants’ career by expanding it towards applications in the fields of biotechnology and complementary optical techniques. The project will establish the candidate, and collaborators, in the field by building a European interdisciplinary and international team of growing stature and recognition.  The project includes the building of a competitive network of collaborators in Europe with partners that will jointly serve to support and systematically fulfil the objectives.  The two year project will further provide sufficient experience to the candidate as an independent researcher while being supported by an international referent in nanotechnology with state of the art infrastructure and facilities at of the Universidad de Murcia UM (CIOyN, Spain) and at Linz (JKU, Austria) as secondment. These have proven experience in the development and translation of microscopy instrumentation and new acquisition and data processing techniques.
A Study on Effectiveness of STEM Integration Education Using Educational Robot

이 연구의 목적은 교육용 로봇을 활용한 STEM 통합교육이 수학 교과의 태도 수준 향상에 미치는 영향을 검증하는데 있다. 이러한 목적을 달성하기 위하여 다음과 같은 가설을 설정하였다. 교육용 로봇을 활용한 STEM 통합교육과 기존 전통적인 수학 학습에 의한 초등학생들의 수학 교과 태도 수준에는 유의미한 차이가 있을 것이다. 이와 같은 가설을 검증하기 위하여 초등학교 1학년 56명을 대상으로 이질 통제 집단 전후 검사 설계 방식을 적용하였다. 연구의 결과로 이 연구의 가설은 채택 되었으며, 교육용 로봇을 활용한 STEM 통합교육은 초등학생의 수학 교과태도 수준 신장에긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 향후 다양한 교과의 지식과 활동을 교육용 로봇을 매개로 통합 융합할 수 있는 교육활동이 필요하다. The purpose of this research is to verify the influence of STEM integrate education using educational robots on improvement of the level of attitude towards Mathematics. The following hypothesis was formulated in order to achieve this purpose: There will be a meaningful difference in the level of attitude towards Mathematics between elementary school students educated by STEM integrated education with robots and by the traditional method of teaching Mathematics. To prove this hypothesis, 56 of first grade students were tested under the nonequivalent control group in the pretest-posttest designs. As a result of the study, it is showed that STEM integrated education has a positive effect on promoting the level of elementary school students' attitude towards Mathematics. Therefore, we need the instructional activities which can combine the knowledge gained from a variety of curriculum with activities by using educational robots.
Novel roles of regional and LOcal authorities in supporting energy consumers’ behaviour change towards a low CARBOn economy

Many of Europe's local/regional actors struggle with developing targeted, implementation-oriented policies addressing low carbon challenges. This holds particularly for energy wasting buildings irrespective of their ownership or use. Since buildings are responsible for 40% of energy consumption in the EU this is a highly relevant issue in the European context. The challenge to involve and motivate stakeholders (especially energy consumers) is perceived broadly as a major problem for public authorities. Motivation and awareness of consumers are of high significance to influence their behavior and support more conscious energy decisions. 

The overall objective of LOCARBO is improving policy instruments targeting demand-driven initiatives to increase energy efficiency related to the built environment. This is to be achieved by finding innovative ways for regional/local authorities to support energy consumers’ behaviour change. LOCARBO is unique in focusing its activities on bottom-up initiatives and mainly because of the approach to handle 3 thematic pillars (services, organizational structures and technological solutions) in a fully integrated way. The 7 partners from Hungary, Italy, Lithuania,Portugal, Romania and the UK are aware that regional policies on energy efficiency can only be successful if pieces of the puzzle are brought together.  

The expected result is the development of 7 fully feasible Action Plans with the focus on improving 7 policy instruments (6 ERDF, 1 other funds) influencing EUR 100M of funds. This is achieved through inter alia intense local stakeholder group involvement, 3 interregional site visits and the compilation of a good practice inventory. By implementing the action plans an enlarged circle of end-users will benefit from making conscious decisions on energy efficiency and implementing investments using smart technologies. They will be assisted by new-type of services and innovative cooperation models promoted by local authorities.
Using Wmatrix to Explore Discourse of Economic Growth

Growth is a concept of particular interest for economic discourse. This paper sets out to explore a small corpus of economic growth, which consists of articles from The Economist. The corpus software used in this study is a web-based tool Wmatrix, an automatic tagging software able to assign semantic field (domain) tags, and to permit the extraction of key words and key semantic domains by applying the keyness calculation to tag frequency lists. The results show that at 99% confidence (or p < 0.01), the cut-off of 6.63 (log likelihood value) indicates that there are 1051 positive keywords (including multiword expressions) and 80 key semantic domains generated from the corpus. It is evident that BRICs or the emerging economies/markets, in particular China and India, are a big concern regarding economic growth over the past years. A number of examples of possible ways forward in teaching methodology are presented.
SERIES OF ZOAGLI LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES

OURS IS ALSO A REALITY OF HISTORICAL VALUE AS THE PRODUCTION OF SILK IN ZOAGLI DATES BACK TO 1500. WE CONTINUE TO CARRY ON THE TRADITION ALSO WITH THE COMMERCIAL PART THAT PROVIDES FOR THE SALE OF FABRICS AND PRODUCTS MADE BY US NOT TO TAILOR TAILORING. OUR PRODUCTS ARE APPRECIATED BOTH BY NATIONAL CUSTOMERS AND BY AN INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC WHO RESEARCHES QUALITY AND TRADITION IN RESPECT OF THE TRUE MADE IN ITALY. IN FACT, EVERY YEAR VISITORS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD COME TO VISIT THE WEAVING BY HAND AND TO BUY OUR PRODUCTS DIRECTLY FROM THE FACTORY
Evidence of elevation effect on stable isotopes of water along highlands of a humid tropical mountain belt (Western Ghats, India) experiencing monsoonal climate

Abstract Forest ecosystem plays a major role in controlling moisture dynamics over the continents, particularly in the humid tropics. The montane forest ecosystem in South India supports a characteristic warm tropical climate which affects the weather pattern and the monsoon system. This study focuses on better understanding of the influence of dual monsoonal rainfall on the surface water and groundwater in south-west India, and the role of the Western Ghats mountain belt in governing the water isotope characteristics (i.e., isotopic elevation, rainfall amount and continental effects) in the humid tropics of South India. This is achieved through a spatial study of stable isotope ratios of surface and subsurface water (oxygen, δ18O and hydrogen, δ2H), collected from different tropical river basins located between Kozhikode (Kerala, 10° 30′ N) and Udupi (Karnataka, 13° 30′ N), in the wettest places and highest peaks of the Western Ghats between 2011 and 2014. The results on stable isotope ratios of ground water, river water and springs show that the water from the tropical mountain belt of the Western Ghats exhibit a low elevation effect with an isotopic lapse rate of 0.09‰/100 m for δ18O up to 2050 m asl. Beyond 2050  m asl, a considerable effect of elevation with an isotopic lapse rate of 2.5‰/100 m for δ18O is observed. The water samples from the Nilgiri ranges (1950–2300 m asl) exhibited higher isotopic lapse rate of 1.5‰/100 m for δ18O unlike that of the mountains (Ezhimala, Agumbe and Chembra) close to the eastern Arabian Sea. The difference in isotopic lapse rate is mainly dependent on (i) the dominating seasonality of oceanic source moisture over the subcontinent leading to higher depletion of heavy isotopes for more inland groundwater during the winter monsoon on the eastern slopes of the Western Ghats (ii) the degree of terrestrial moisture feedback mechanisms along windward slopes of the Ghats belt (i.e., Arabian Sea coast of India) leading to relative enrichment of heavy isotopes in groundwater fed by the highly recycled vapour sources rather than depletion due to amount, elevation or continental effect, and iii) deep cooling of orographically uplifted air moisture at high elevations of inland tropical mountains. The observed isotopic elevation effect on the groundwater and surface water is unique and constrained by specific time scale and mountain ranges within the Western Ghats belt. This study provides new understanding on factors controlling hydrological budget along higher parts of the Western Ghats mountain belt in South India experiencing humid tropical climate.
The impact of interpregnancy weight change on birthweight in obese women

The purpose of this study was to estimate the impact of interpregnancy weight change from first to second pregnancies in obese women on the risk of large-for-gestational-age (LGA) and small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infants.A population-based historical cohort analysis of 10,444 obese women in Missouri who delivered their first 2 singleton live infants from 1998-2005. Interpregnancy weight change was calculated as the difference between prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) of the first and second pregnancies. LGA and SGA births were compared among 3 interpregnancy weight change groups: (1) weight loss (≥2 BMI units), (2) weight gain (≥2 BMI units), and (3) reference group (BMI maintained within 2 units). Adjusted odds ratios (aOR) were calculated for LGA and SGA births with the use of multiple logistic regression. A dose-response relationship was assessed with a linear-by-linear χ(2) test.Compared with the reference group, interpregnancy weight loss was associated with lower risk of an LGA infant (aOR, 0.61; 95% confidence interval, 0.52-0.73), whereas interpregnancy weight gain was associated with increased risk of an LGA infant (aOR, 1.37; 95% confidence interval, 1.21-1.54). Interpregnancy BMI change was not related to SGA infant risk, except for weight loss of >8 BMI units. A significant dose-response relationship was observed for LGA infant risk (P < .001), but not SGA infant risk (P = .840).Mild-to-moderate interpregnancy weight loss in obese women reduced the risk of subsequent birth of LGA infants without increasing the risk of SGA infants. The interpregnancy interval may be a crucial period for targeting weight loss in obese women.
Review of Uriah Y. Kim,Identity and Loyalty in the David Story: A Postcolonial Reading, Hebrew Bible Monographs 22

It is becoming increasingly apparent that the character of David in 1 Samuel 2 Kings 2 is very complicated. Interpretations that picture him either as the purely pious shepherd or solely as the Machiavellian mafioso rising to power by killing anyone in his way do not do justice to this complex character. While many modern interpretations of David are available, Uriah Kim, Professor of Hebrew Bible at Hartford Seminary, has offered a different interpretation: a postcolonial David. In Identity and Loyalty Kim continues his program of a postcolonial reading of the Deuteronomistic History, having set out his program in Decolonizing Josiah: Toward a Postcolonial Reading of the Deuteronomistic History (Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2005). In this reading strategy, Kim seeks to allow his own social context, as ‘an Asian American Christian’ (p. 13), to inform a reading of David. Such reading strategies are a helpful aid to better understanding in a field dominated by white, western, mostly affluent voices. In the first chapter, Kim sets up the concept of a postcolonial reading of David. Key factors lie in the concepts of identity, which in Kim's reading means largely who is and who is not considered an ‘Israelite’, and loyalty, which he examines in the David story in terms of the Hebrew word hesed, often translated ‘loving-kindness’ or ‘loyalty’. Kim proposes a reading of David which envisions him as ‘a Machiavellian man of hesed who was willing to cross various boundaries of difference in order to form his kingdom’ (p. 27). He reads the David story through the lens of hesed in order to see ‘neither the David of the narrator (and faith) nor the David of his enemies (and modern skeptics)... [but rather] a post-colonial David who represents a third way of reading the David story’ (p. 30). BOOK REVIEWS
Cosa fa uno psicoanalista in uno sportello per il gioco d’azzardo problematico e patologico? Lo sportello ‘Gioco Responsabile’ della Repubblica di San Marino

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The Most Probable Explanation for Probabilistic Logic Programs with Annotated Disjunctions

Probabilistic logic languages, such as ProbLog and CP-logic, are probabilistic generalizations of logic programming that allow one to model probability distributions over complex, structured domains. Their key probabilistic constructs are probabilistic facts and annotated disjunctions to represent binary and mutli-valued random variables, respectively. ProbLog allows the use of annotated disjunctions by translating them into probabilistic facts and rules. This encoding is tailored towards the task of computing the marginal probability of a query given evidence MARG, but is not correct for the task of finding the most probable explanation MPE with important applications e.g., diagnostics and scheduling.

In this work, we propose a new encoding of annotated disjunctions which allows correct MARG and MPE. We explore from both theoretical and experimental perspective the trade-off between the encoding suitable only for MARG inference and the newly proposed general approach.
Synthesis, characterization, DFT calculations and bromoperoxidase activity of binuclear oxidovanadium complexes containing vitamin B6

Juliana Morais Missina, Rubia Camila Ronqui Bottini, Gabriel Barros Baptistella, Francielli Sousa Santana, Danilo Stinghen, Eduardo Lemos de Sá & Giovana Gioppo Nunes* Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba-PR, Brazil
The next generation epigenetic medicine for inflammation

Epigenetic mechanisms allow cells to adjust gene expression in response to environmental cues. Increased understanding of this area has led to excitement about the potential of applying epigenetic regulation to drug discovery. EPIMAC aims to pursue the potential of epigenetics as a novel and innovative therapeutic modality for immuno-inflammatory diseases, in particular Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). 
IBD is a severe and disabling chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract affecting millions of people worldwide. Current treatment strategies are not successful because the precise etiology unclear. It is increasingly clear that deregulated epigenetic processes are associated with the aberrant inflammatory response seen in IBD. Recent reports suggest that inhibitors of epigenetic modifications developed by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), such as histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors, bear potential in treating inflammatory states (Nicodeme et al, Nature 2010; Kruidenier et al, Nature 2012). 
The EPIMAC consortium has the ambition to educate a group of next-generation scientists that master genetics, epigenetics, target discovery, pharmacology, preclinical validation and regulatory issues, and at the same time have a good understanding of clinical implementations of the drug pipeline of our pharmaceutical partner GSK. GSK is one of the world's leading research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies that aims to team up with academic partners in EPIMAC through its dedicated discovery performance unit named EpiNova in conjunction with 2  immuno-pharmacology units. An SME specializing in epigenetic compound targeting to inflammatory cells, Chroma Therapeutics, will contribute technology to EPIMAC. EPIMAC will educate and train these scientists by providing them with a versatile and multidisciplinary doctoral program, allowing them to become excellent scientists skilled to overcome the current challenges in IBD.
Nature-Based solutions: from innovation to common-use

The Estonian Presidency Conference “Nature-based Solutions: From Innovation to Common-use” (NBS2017) will involve original knowledge on Nature-based Solutions (NBS) policy, multi-functionality and effectiveness and management options. Presented research and applied results will contribute to improved use and implementation of NBS. The conference aims to strengthen synergy among various recent initiatives and programs launched by the European Commission and the Member States and develop recommendations for future practical solutions and actions. This benefits the overall coherence and helps to improve policies and implementation of NBS in the European Union (EU). 
The conference is planned for 500 participants and will be held 24 - 26 October 2017 in Tallinn, Estonia. The first day of the conference will be planned for side events (including special working meeting with invitations) and field trips related to the theme of the conference; the second day will concentrate on the EU level and strategic steps related to NBS concept and policy; the third day will concentrate on applied projects and case studies of NBS (EU including Estonian cases, Eastern Partnership countries).
The knowledge and experiences of the invited guests, politicians and representatives of international organizations and countries will provide an input for drafting recommendations related to necessary political and societal processes that can facilitate the process towards NBS at national and EU level. In line with the objectives of 7th Environment Action Programme, the Council conclusions on the EU action plan for the circular economy and the European Commission Research & Innovation agenda “Nature-Based Solutions and Re-Naturing Cities” on new and innovative NBS to societal challenges, the conference will contribute to the protection of our natural capital, stimulate resource-efficiency and innovation, and safeguard people’s health and wellbeing, while respecting the Earth’s natural limit.
Diagnosing a learning practice: the validity and reliability of a learning practice inventory

There is an increasing literature on learning organisations as a way of fostering communication, teamwork, collaboration and collective learning, thereby promoting quality improvement and enhancing patient safety. An increasing number of instruments are being developed in an attempt to measure learning organisation characteristics. However, the majority of these tools are created for a business setting, have not been scientifically tested and have not been applied in healthcare.To evaluate elements of the validity and reliability of an instrument (ie, learning practice inventory (LPI)) for diagnosing learning practice characteristics in primary healthcare.Content validity was evaluated using a modified nominal group technique and a content validity rating scale. Construct validity and reliability evaluation was undertaken with 10 staff members from 10 general practices in the west of Scotland. Staff completed the inventory twice, 4-6 weeks apart. Applying generalisability theory, a variance component analysis was performed.The main findings present evidence that the inventory has acceptable reliability and content validity. The results also demonstrate that the inventory can reflect the consistent and uniquely different perspectives of particular designations of staff within a practice. It is possible to compare practices' overall learning environments and to identify specific areas of practice strength as well as areas for development.This study demonstrates the psychometric properties of a learning practice diagnostic inventory. It highlights the consistently different perspectives that individual staff groups have on the function of their practice, suggesting that the success of quality improvement initiatives may be compromised without the involvement and true engagement of each staff group.
Parvovirus B19 infection during pregnancy and risks to the fetus

Parvovirus B19 infects 1 to 5% of pregnant women, generally with normal pregnancy outcomes. During epidemics, the rate of infection is higher. Major congenital anomalies among offspring of infected mothers are rare, as the virus does not appear to be a significant teratogen. However, parvovirus B19 infection may cause significant fetal damage, and in rare cases, brain anomalies and neurodevelopmental insults, especially if infection occurs in the first 20 weeks of pregnancy. Parvovirus B19 is also an important cause of fetal loss, especially in the second half of pregnancy when spontaneous fetal loss from other causes is relatively rare. Parvovirus B19 infection may affect many fetal organs and can cause severe anemia, following fetal erythroid progenitor cells infection and apoptosis, especially in fetuses, that have shortened half-life of erythrocytes. Severe anemia may cause high output cardiac failure and nonimmune hydrops fetalis. In addition, parvovirus B19 may directly infect myocardial cells and produce myocarditis that further aggravates the cardiac failure. Intrauterine fetal transfusion is commonly used for the treatment of severe fetal anemia with survival rates of 75 to 90% and significant reduction of fetal morbidity. Only 66 cases were evaluated neurodevelopmentally, of which 10 (16%) had slight or severe neurodevelopmental problems. Because parvovirus B19 infection can cause severe fetal morbidity and mortality, it should be part of the routine work-up of pregnant women who have been exposed to the virus or of pregnancies with suspected fetal hydrops. Assessment for maternal infection during pregnancy is especially important during epidemics, when sero-conversion rates are high. Birth Defects Research 109:311-323, 2017. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Alberto TARTAGLIONE & ALESSANDRO BARETTO S.N.C.

The COMPANY A. TARTAGLIONE & A. BARETTO SNC performs the intermediary activity of ESSURATIONS WITH THE INSCRIPTION OF ITS TWO COMPANY IN THE RUI (SINGLE INTERMEDIARY REJECT) ALBERTO TARTAGLIONE, AGENT since 1993 AND ALESSANDRO BARETTO AGENT since September 2017. A. TARTAGLIONE & A. BARETTO SNC GESTISCE TWO MANDATI FOR ACCOUNT OF GENERALI ITALIA SPA: THE FIRST IN RELATION TO THE GENERAL AGENCY OF VARAZZE (CODE 15K) AND THE SECOND IN RELATION TO THE GENERAL AGENCY OF ARENZANO (CODE LZ7). THE COMPANY ALSO HAS TWO ADDITIONAL MANDATES, FROM DAS INSURERS (A SINGLE BRANCH COMPANY ON LEGAL PROTECTION) AND FROM EUROP ASSISTANCE (MONORAM COMPANY ON ASSISTANCE AND TRAVEL). 6 ADMINISTRATIVE EMPLOYEES AND 8 COMMERCIAL COLLABORATORS (INCLUDING 1 AGENCY ATTORNEY, 1 SUBAGENT, 4 EMPLOYEES OF GENERALI ITALIA SPA SUPPORTED BY THE AGENCY AND 2 FREE COLLABORATORS OF THE AGENCY) OPERATE AT THE TWO OFFICES. THE AGENCIES ALSO MAKE USE OF OTHER EXTERNAL COLLABORATORS (1 EXTERNAL SUBAGENT WITH