SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Women songwriters of the victorian fin de siècle: exploring the sentimental voice

Women Songwriters of the Victorian Fin de Siècle: Exploring the Sentimental Voice
This project contends that investigating an unexplored musical repertoire – that of Victorian and Edwardian parlour ballads – will uncover a larger story about marginalised musical voices, and will shed light on the musical history of London as a transnational and imperial city. The period 1860 to 1930 witnessed a flourishing of women’s creativity and commercial acumen within the popular genre of the sentimental parlour ballad. Today, much of this once ubiquitous repertoire now survives as historic sheet music collections, publisher’s records and sound recordings held in archives in the US and the UK. Through in-depth research into individual case studies, I propose to explore women songwriters and their networks within a burgeoning transatlantic music industry. The project entails three objectives, which are connected through a need to revaluate sentimentality as a defining aesthetic of parlour songs written by and for women. First, I will explore the figure of the popular woman songwriter within the context of modern musical discourse, drawing connections with critical attitudes to the sentimental in literature and film. Second, I will undertake contextualised close readings of individual songs and songwriters based in London, interpreting women’s compositional and performing voices in relation to race and colonialism. Third, I will address the legacy and afterlife of particular songs in the early twentieth century, exploring how aesthetics of sentimentality and nostalgia were mediated in performance through new technologies of sound reproduction. By combining archival research with critical theoretical approaches to the politics of musical voices, the research seeks to revise our understanding of a pivotal turning point in music history.
Risk analysis method of bank microfinance based on multiple genetic artificial neural networks

As a supplement to the financing of small- and medium-sized enterprises, bank microfinance companies are nonbank financial institutions, and it has played an active role in maintaining the stability of financial markets. However, in the course of the operation of microfinance companies, due to the lack of careful management and risk control, the problem of risk management has become increasingly prominent. The purpose of this paper is to study the microfinance risk based on polygenic artificial neural network, and it provides theory and practice application for risk management of microcredit enterprises. Taking the risk management of China’s microfinance companies as the research object, on the basis of previous studies, this paper analyzes the risks of bank microfinance companies. Secondly, the basic theory of neural network model and its transformation function are introduced, and the learning method of neural network. At the same time, the learning algorithm of neural network and its improved algorithm are mainly introduced. It lays a theoretical foundation for the follow-up empirical research. Then, through the empirical study of data-based risk assessment of microcredit of farmers, the sample data are divided into training samples and test samples for comparison. Then, we use MATLAB software to establish a neural network model for farmers’ microcredit risk assessment. Finally, in order to make the neural network model of farmers’ credit risk assessment better popularize and apply, and effectively reduce the credit risk of farmers’ microcredit. The corresponding policy suggestions are put forward, which proves the validity and applicability of the neural network in the field of farmers’ microcredit risk assessment. It provides a good basis for rural credit cooperatives to identify the credit risk of farmers.
Generation Y graduates and career transition: Perspectives by gender

Abstract The aim of this paper is to explore, by gender, UK Generation Y graduates’ views on their career transition after graduation from under-graduate business programmes. Following a literature review, the empirical work takes the form of an on-line questionnaire with business school graduates from a post-1992 Scottish University in five recent academic sessions. Gendered nuances are found in several aspects of the respondents’ views on their career transition, including statistically significant differences in: more women continuing their student job after graduation; women being more accepting of starting after graduation in a non-graduate level job; and more women than men encountering gender discrimination in the workplace. The identified nuances and differences appear to be setting the genders on diverging career tracks as early as the transition from university, in that they seem to signal more career progress, even advantage, among the men than the women.
Toxic impact of two organophosphate insecticides on biochemical parameters of a food fish and assessment of recovery response

Sublethal effects of chlorpyrifos (CPF) and monocrotophos (MCP) on fish biochemical constituents were investigated along with the assessment of recovery response after cessation of intoxication. The fish, Clarias batrachus were exposed to 1.656 mg –l and 2.114 mg –l of CPF and MCP for 28 days. After 28 days, they were released in freshwater and allowed to recover for 21 days. The CPF exposure resulted in the decrease of carbohydrate and glycogen content, whereas MCP intoxication caused mixed response. Pyruvate and lactate contents were altered under the stress of CPF and MCP. Recovery of these alterations was observed after the cessation of toxicity. Exposure of C. batrachus to CPF and MCP resulted in decreased activity of lactate dehydrogenase in the kidney, liver and muscle but its activity increased in the gills. The CPF caused inhibition of succinate dehydrogenase enzyme in all tissues. Induction in the activity of malate dehydrogenase was caused by both insecticides. Glycogen phosphorylase a was induced in all tissues, whereas glycogen phosphorylase ab showed both induction and inhibition. Of the two insecticides, CPF was more toxic and the recovery response was less. These results are important in the assessment of the risk caused by organophosphate insecticides on nontarget organisms, especially the food fish.
Energy systems in transition

To facilitate the necessary energy transition, there is an urgent need for highly trained professionals with the scientific knowledge and professional skills to analyse, understand and design relevant (new) energy systems and governance in different sectors and administration. The proposed project Energy Systems in Transition (ENSYSTRA) aims to train 15 ESRs in this field. The objectives of ENSYSTRA are 1) to develop state-of-the-art science of energy systems transition, scenario analysis and energy modelling tools with emphasis on interdisciplinary model collaboration, 2) to provide ESRs with interdisciplinary, inter-sectoral and applied perspectives on the energy transition, 3) to provide new skills and competences for interdisciplinary analysis, 3) to establish collaboration between key universities and their networks, 4) to create and increase linkages between different academic disciplines, applied research, industry and the public sector, 5) develop links and synergies between relevant scientific arenas, and 6) to contribute to accessible energy science based on open source work environments. By focussing on a prominent ‘’living lab’’ of the energy transition, the North Sea region, the project will bring together a strong network and analytical capacity to understand energy system & scenario modeling; new energy technologies & infrastructures; actor behavior & interactions; and policy & market design, linking the regional to the international scale. Through a carefully designed training programme, ESRs are trained in both scientific and transferable skills with ample opportunity to collaborate between different projects and partners. The total effort will result in major progress in the field of energy system analysis and transition modelling. By the combined use and improvement of a range of modelling tools and methods, the project will deliver integral insights in energy transition pathways, policy implications and options for the North Sea region.
Fractional order PD controller based on ADRC algorithm for DC motor

In this paper, a fractional order PD controller (FOPD) based on active disturbance rejection (ADR) algorithm is proposed to control DC motor. The performance of FOPD controller is less dependent on the observational precision of the extended state observer than ADRC. The extended state observer can make the system uncertainty maintained in the insensitive region of the FOPD controller to achieve high precision. The new controller is designed to control the speed of two different DC motors, the results demonstrate that the proposed controller is of more robustness, and it can accommodate the observation error of the extended state observer.
APLIKASI BELAJAR BERHITUNG BERBASIS ANDROID

Abstract - Game is one of the huge industry on the android phones. Game is a combination of the interactivity of multimedia, games right now has been proven to be something that very interesting in the society. Not only  for children, but also parents play it. Basically games was created just for entertainment but it would be better if games created as a learning tool, because learning is one of the process for us to increase knowledge and insight to be more. Unfortunately the potential of this kind is still rare for the positive purposes one of them are games which is combines the elements of education and entertainment. In this study the writer tried to apply some game for smartphones that can be used for play and learn. This game is talking about calculation sort of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and randomly. Contains questions about random addition, subtraction and multiplication. The writer made an application using Corona and Lua programming language. The result of the development of this system is an arcade games which presents a math game is not only fun and entertaining, but also estabilish the player's ability in arithmetic. Keyword s:  Game, Arcade, Math, Education, Corona, LUA.
COntemporary art Modeling Peripheries for LIvable CITIES

The COntemporary art Modeling Peripheries for LIvable CITIES – COMPLICITIES project is proposed by  a consortium composed by 3 project partners (JP Kulturni Centar Bar, Municipality of Lecce and CODE Partners) and 1 associated partner (University of Salento). Numerous findings show that urban peripheries share similar problems, linked to physical degradation and social tensions. At the same time, suburbs often act as laboratories in which innovative solutions of participatory urban governance take place. COMPLICITIES considers the Area’s suburbs as places for innovation, to be activated by Culture and Creative Industries involvement and interaction with human capital. COMPLICITIES aims to create a joint transferable model for the regeneration of suburbs based on the collaboration between local communities and public institutions. The project needs therefore a cross border dimension to develop a new identity for Areas’ suburbs, based on the enhancement of their cultural assets. COMPLICITIES will promote positive changes: a new regulatory framework will be implemented, promoting CCIs participation in suburbs’ development. The creative excellence of CCIs will be applied for the collaborative development of innovative solutions for urban regeneration.The main outputs will be: the adoption of Common Strategy to foster creative urban regeneration and of Community guidelines acting as local action plans, helping public authorities to achieve a sustainable urban development; the promotion of pilot suburbs as creative hubs for the development of cross-border creative projects, supporting inhabitants in the development of creative initiatives.
Photoperiod and aggression induce changes in ventral gland compounds exclusively in male Siberian hamsters

Chemical communication is a critical component of social behavior as it facilitates social encounters, allows for evaluation of the social partner, defines territories and resources, and advertises information such as sex and physiological state of an animal. Odors provide a key source of information about the social environment to rodents; however, studies identifying chemical compounds have thus far focused primarily on few species, particularly the house mouse. Moreover, considerably less attention has been focused on how environmental factors, reproductive phenotype, and behavioral context alter these compounds outside of reproduction. We examined the effects of photoperiod, sex, and social context on chemical communication in the seasonally breeding Siberian hamster. We sampled ventral gland secretions in both male and female hamsters before and after an aggressive encounter and identified changes in a range of volatile compounds. Next, we investigated how photoperiod, reproductive phenotype, and aggression altered ventral gland volatile compound composition across the sexes. Males exhibited a more diverse chemical composition, more sex-specific volatiles, and showed higher levels of excretion compared to females. Individual volatiles were also differentially excreted across photoperiod and reproductive phenotype, as well as differentially altered in response to an aggressive encounter. Female volatile compound composition, in contrast, did not differ across photoperiods or in response to aggression. Collectively, these data contribute to a greater understanding of context-dependent changes in chemical communication in a seasonally breeding rodent.
Regional and Seasonal Variations of the Characteristics of Gust Factor in Hong Kong and the Observed Long Term Trend

Abstract The design of buildings and structural systems requires consideration of winds and gusts. Among the wind parameters, the gust factor, which reflects the degree of wind turbulence or gustiness, is one of the critical parameters widely employed in codes and standards for estimating the wind loading effect. Hong Kong, located at the coast of south China, has a sub-tropical climate with significant seasonal variation. Different weather systems characterize different seasons, resulting in a marked seasonal variation in wind speed and prevailing wind direction. Climatologically, high wind and gust conditions in summer are attributed to the passage of tropical cyclones while those in winter are attributed to intense winter monsoons. In addition to seasonal variation, the wind pattern in Hong Kong is complicated by the complex terrain and the densely distributed high-rise buildings constructed in the past few decades. This study analyses the wind data measured at different locations of the territory by a network of anemometers, the aim being to examine the characteristics of the gust factors in summer and winter in different regions as well as to determine the long-term trend, if any, of the gust factors.
INtelligents MAterials

The smart materials here called MAIN, that is the set of -cool roof-� and -cool pavement-� solutions to reduce summer overheating of urban areas caused by sun radiation, are scarcely used due to different motivations or alibis. The project is aimed at intervening in any chain cycle for the use of MAIN. The systemic model MAIN will be implemented in several types of zones: the seaside, plain lands, hinterlands, hills, and also mountains, in order to verify its efficiency and profitability. The project will start with an awareness campaign for citizens, families, schools, technicians, firms. These audiences need to know the MAIN, their costs, their quality/price/impacts on the environment relationships, their certifications and assurances, the available aids. The project will charge the effects of the economic crisis, by creating Territorial Island platforms aimed at promoting knowledge, marketing and use of MAIN by target audiences and users. Each island will be organized and supported by Partners, with participation of elected representatives, public officials, firms, chambers of commerce, research institutes, universities, awarding bodies, insurances. Workshops and training will be provided to elected representatives and policymakers to define with them policies and standards relevant even in this time of crisis. Workshops and training are foreseen for public officials, architects, engineers, craftsmen, business. Short courses and professional references will be organized in order to diffuse advanced skills for the implementation of MAIN. The list of participants to training will be included on the website MAIN and disseminated. A list of MAIN and their purchase and implementation costs will be published on the Web. Territorial agreements with companies that produce MAIN will be considered. Pilot actions are planned for cool roofs, cool pavements, eco-materials, MAIN certifications. The university UNIMORE, via its laboratory EELab, will take care of the analysis of MAIN used in the Islands and will issue a certification for each MAIN. Partners are in contact with the public bodies responsible for development of the regulatory framework. The university UNIMORE will also issue a quality label for cool roofs and cool pavements produced by artisans and firms participating in training for the implementation of MAIN. Significant actions to producers of MAIN are performed, thus favoring a pricing policy accessible to families and citizens. The project will use an e-learning platform on the Web, a collaborative tool, and will implement a horizontal and vertical mainstreaming for the evaluation, funding and dissemination of good practices.
PREGLED I SISTEMATIZACIJA NAJČEŠĆE KORIŠTENIH MATEMATIČKIH MODELA ZA OPISIVANJE KRIVULJE NAPREZANJA PLASTIČNOG TEČENJA MATERIJALA

In this bachelor thesis provides a theoretical overview and review of the most commonly used mathematical models for describing the stress-strain curves of flow stress of materials, and the importance of their application in practice when selecting the parameters of technological processes of metal forming. Given the most common mathematical models, it is shown why they as such are not fully reliable because they do not take into account all the influential parameters. Based on this, a new mathematical model is presented that is much more complicated than the most commonly used ones, which as such takes as many influential parameters as possible. For the given mathematical models, the curves they describe are shown. Based on the bachelor thesis, the conclusion of the given topic is finally given.
método para ajustar uma espessura de descarga de um material de laminação, equipamento de controle e/ou regulagem para um laminador e laminador com um trem de laminação de múltiplas cadeiras para laminar material de laminação metálico

método para ajustar a espessura de descarga de material de laminação que passa através de um trem de laminação de múltiplas cadeiras, equipamento de controle de circuito aberto e/ou circuito fechado e laminador. a invenção refere-se a um laminador, um equipamento de controle de circuito aberto e/ou de circuito fechado e um método para ajustar a espessura de descarga( h3,h3') do material rolante (g), em particular uma tira a quente . que passa através de um trem de laminação de múltiplas cadeiras (2), onde a primeira seção (g-1) do matéria de laminação (g) é laminada até uma primeira espessura de descarga (h3), e onde a segunda seção (g-2) do material de laminação (g) é laminada até na segunda espessura de descarga (h3') que é diferente da primeira espessura de descarga (h3).em virtude do fato de que a transição da primeira espessura de descarga para a segunda espessura de descarga, que ocorre durante a laminação, ocorre a uma taxa de alimentação (vo) do material de laminação (g) no trem de laminação (2) que é ajustado como uma função de uma taxa de descarga (vg) do material de laminação (g) de uma unidade (6) que é arranjada antes do trem de laminação (2) na direção do fluxo de massa, pode ser tornado disponível um método que corre essencialmente sem reações para unidades que são arranjadas antes do trem de laminação na direção do fluxo de massa.
Explaining trends towards universal coverage in market-heavy pension systems

Market-heavy pension systems, in which low or moderate state benefits are topped up by private welfare arrangements, have long been expected not only to create dualisms, but also to fuel patterns of politics that perpetuate and even increase such dualisms over time. The starting point of this research is the observation that while some market-heavy pension systems indeed remain dualised in the post-industrial context, others have become more universal, either through changes to the structure of the state pension or through regulation to extend the coverage of private pensions.
My research objective is to explain the universalising changes that have occurred. I show that the very institutional features that are usually expected to lead to further dualisation, namely a reliance on market-based arrangements, the prevalence of targeting and limited earnings replacement, contribute to bringing about universalising reforms. In particular, I show how under certain conditions these institutional features help structure the policy preferences of key political actors such that those actors usually associated with the extension of state provision embrace market means, while those associated with private provision push for the expansion of the state pension.
I use fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) of nine market-heavy pension systems over the three decades since 1980 to map the combinations of causal conditions under which universalising reforms have occurred. In addition, I present case outlines linking the institutional conditions to the reform outcomes via the policy preferences of key political actors. In doing so I provide a causal logic that reinforces the results of the fsQCA and offers a substantial explanation for the introduction of universalising reform in some market-heavy systems, as well as for the absence of such reform in others.
Brecha generacional y condiciones de los académicos para la producción de conocimiento en México

Este texto surge del interés por conocer las condiciones de las y los investigadores para la producción de conocimiento en sus diversas etapas de desarrollo. Pone énfasis analítico en la dimensión generacional, y somete a discusión algunos mecanismos meritocráticos de legitimación de las brechas existentes entre investigadores pertenecientes a diferentes rangos generacionales. El artículo muestra parte del análisis del trabajo empírico de la investigación “La libertad académica y las condiciones de producción y movilización colectiva de conocimiento de los investigadores”, con la representación de doce entrevistas realizadas en la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México a los académicos que pertenecen al Sistema Nacional de Investigadores. Entre los hallazgos encontramos que para los y las académicos que inician sus carreras resulta cada vez más importante formar parte del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNI), por la necesidad de poder acceder a mejores condiciones laborales; para los y las académicos con mayor experiencia el interés se centra en la permanencia, incluso cuando pueden acceder a la etapa de jubilación, ya que, al dejar de tener una relación contractual con la Universidad, perderán la distinción del SNI y su estímulo económico.