SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT

Transferring spectrum use rights may include ascertaining information regarding available spectrum for use in wireless communications. A request for spectrum use from a spectrum user system may be matched with available spectrum. A spectrum certificate may be issued to the spectrum user system, where the spectrum certificate contains at least one spectrum-related variable under which the spectrum user system is to engage in wireless communications.
PRAMAR’S LATEST GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES TO INCREASE PROCESS EFFICIENCY, INCREASE COMPETITIVENESS AND INCREASE PRODUCTION QUALITY

THE INVESTMENT PROJECT RESPONDS TO A SPECIFIC INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ROADMAP OF THE COMPANY DIVIDED INTO THE FOLLOWING: 1.INCREASE IN PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY AND INCREASE IN PRODUCTION VOLUMES. THE INTRODUCTION OF AN INNOVATIVE ROBOTIC SYSTEM P
An Empirical Study Applying Log Periodic Structures for Prediction of Realty Market Crashes in India

The real estate market comprise of one of the most basic requirements of a human being that is shelter. A lot of money of the owners of the properties is invested in this market across the globe. The volatility in the real estate or realty market affects each and every human being. The crashes in the market lead to erosion of a large amount of value in terms of money, so if a technique is developed that can predict the upcoming crash, then this can help avoid losses of the investors. The present study tries to analyse downward movements in the Indian realty market by applying log-periodic structures. The period of the study is 1997–2011. The crashes were not predicted by using log-periodic structures as per the findings of the study. Thus the study concludes that it may not be appropriate to apply log-periodic structures to predict crashes of realty market in India.
CRANE MAT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE

A crane mat is disclosed having a plurality of panels of lumber positioned in alternating transverse directions with respect to one another, where the top and bottom panels are oriented parallel to the direction of vehicular traffic. The top and bottom panels may include a plurality of spaced apart grooves extending longitudinally from a first longitudinal end of the crane mat to a second longitudinal end of the crane mat for enhancing traction of a vehicle when traversing across the crane mat by transporting rain or moisture off the mat, or for receiving mud or other debris. The crane mat may include a plurality of edge protectors positioned on respective sides of the crane mat to protect the crane mat from handling damage. In various embodiments, the crane mat may be manufactured using either softwood, hardwood, or any combination of softwood and hardwood.
Reduced mortality and moderate alcohol consumption: The phospholipase D-mTOR connection

Many studies have suggested that moderate alcohol consumption reduces mortality. There is also substantial evidence that lifespan is extended with suppression of TOR (target of rapamycin). It was reported recently that rapamycin is able to extend the lifespan of a mammal--implicating the mammalian TOR (mTOR). mTOR has a requirement for the lipid second messenger phosphatidic acid (PA), which is generated by phospholipase D (PLD). Therefore, in principle, suppression of PLD would be similar to treatment with rapamycin. Significantly, PLD utilizes ethanol preferentially over water in the hydrolysis reaction that ordinarily generates PA. In the presence of ethanol, phosphatidyl-ethanol is generated at the expense of PA leading to the suppression of mTOR. This reaction, known as the transphosphatidylation reaction, provides a mechanistic basis for the reduced mortality observed with moderate consumption of alcohol--that being the suppression of mTOR.
Pioglitazone alleviates the mitochondrial apoptotic pathway and mito-oxidative damage in thed-galactose-induced mouse model

Chronic injection of d-galactose can cause gradual deterioration in learning and memory capacity, and activates oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction and apoptotic cell death in the brain of mice. Thus, it serves as an animal model of ageing. Recent evidence has shown that mild cognitive impairment in humans might be alleviated by treatment with piogliatzone (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) agonists). To continue exploring the effects of piogliatzone in this model, we focused on behavioural alteration, oxidative damage, mitochondrial dysfunction and apoptosis in d-galactose-induced mice. The ageing model was established by administration of d-galactose (100 mg/kg) for 6 weeks. Pioglitazone (10 and 30 mg/kg) and bisphenol A diglycidyl ether (15 mg/kg) were given daily to d-galactose-induced senescent mice. The cognitive behaviour of mice was monitored using the Morris water maze. The anti-oxidant status and apoptotic activity in the ageing mice was measured by determining mito-oxidative parameters and caspase-3 activity in brain tissue. Systemic administration of d-galactose significantly increased behavioural alterations, biochemical parameters, mitochondrial enzymes, and activations of caspase-3 and acetylcholinesterase enzyme activity as compared with the control group. Piogliatzone treatment significantly improved behavioural abnormalities, biochemical, cellular alterations, and attenuated the caspase-3 and acetylcholinesterase enzyme activity as compared with the control. Furthermore, pretreatment of BADGE (PPARγ antagonist) with pioglitazone reversed the protective effect of pioglitazone in d-galactose-induced mice. The present study highlights the protective effects of pioglitzone against d-galactose-induced memory dysfunction, mito-oxidative damage and apoptosis through activation of PPARγ receptors. These findings suggest that pioglitazone might be helpful for the prevention or alleviation of ageing.
The use of variable CO2in the data assimilation of AIRS and IASI radiances

An important component of the assimilation of radiance observations from the AIRS and IASI satellite instruments is the radiative transfer modelling. Currently, the RTTOV model used in the ECMWF IFS system uses a fixed value for CO2. Neglecting the spatio-temporal variability of CO2 introduces an error in the simulation of the satellite radiances, which could affect the quality of the analyses and forecasts. The current assumption is that variational bias correction corrects most of this error and therefore minimizes the impact on the forecast scores. This paper investigates the possibility of modelling CO2 within the IFS to improve the radiative transfer modelling. Results show that the required bias correction is significantly reduced when using more realistic CO2 values. The impact on the analysis quality and forecast scores is mostly neutral with some indication of improvement in the Tropics and the stratosphere.
Bringing down costs of bipv multifunctional solutions and processes along the value chain, enabling widespread nzebs implementation

Building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) technology has the potential to significantly contribute to the achievement of the demanding energy efficiency targets set by the EU, however, its market uptake has been hindered in the past years by the difficulties of the industry in providing holistic solutions complying with key demands from decision makers and end-users. In this sense, it is a common perception that a joint industrial effort is needed to conceive and develop highly-efficient and multifunctional energy producing construction materials, in order to provide market opportunities at a world-wide level for the European photovoltaic and construction industry value chains. This market deployment depends critically on the achievement of ambitious targets in terms of significant cost reduction, flexibility of design, high performance, reliability in the long-term, aesthetics, standardization and compliance with legal regulations. Within this context, the main objective of BIPVBOOST project is to bring down the cost of multifunctional building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) systems, limiting the overcost with respect to traditional, non-PV, construction solutions and non-integrated PV modules, through an effective implementation of short and medium-term cost reduction roadmaps addressing the whole BIPV value chain and demonstration of the contribution of the technology towards mass realization of nearly Zero Energy Buildings.  In order to address these global objectives and maximize the impacts, the project will optimally combine and demonstrate in real operation conditions: (i) a completely flexible and automated BIPV manufacturing and control line, (ii) a large portfolio of multifunctional BIPV products optimally integrated in the building envelope, (iii) process and energy management innovation based on digitalization and (iv) advanced standardization activities supporting the qualification of BIPV systems for a massive implementation in the building skin.
Refining and implementing the Food Assortment Scoring Tool (FAST) in food pantries

Abstract Objective Hunger relief agencies have a limited capacity to monitor the nutritional quality of their food. Validated measures of food environments, such as the Healthy Eating Index-2010 (HEI-2010), are challenging to use due to their time intensity and requirement for precise nutrient information. A previous study used out-of-sample predictions to demonstrate that an alternative measure correlated well with the HEI-2010. The present study revised the Food Assortment Scoring Tool (FAST) to facilitate implementation and tested the tool’s performance in a real-world food pantry setting. Design We developed a FAST measure with thirteen scored categories and thirty-one sub-categories. FAST scores were generated by sorting and weighing foods in categories, multiplying each category’s weight share by a healthfulness parameter and summing the categories (range 0–100). FAST was implemented by recording all food products moved over five days. Researchers collected FAST and HEI-2010 scores for food availability and foods selected by clients, to calculate correlations. Setting Five food pantries in greater Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. Subjects Food carts of sixty food pantry clients. Results The thirteen-category FAST correlated well with the HEI-2010 in prediction models ( r = 0·68). FAST scores averaged 61·5 for food products moved, 63·8 for availability and 62·5 for client carts. As implemented in the real world, FAST demonstrated good correlation with the HEI-2010 ( r = 0·66). Conclusions The FAST is a flexible, valid tool to monitor the nutritional quality of food in pantries. Future studies are needed to test its use in monitoring improvements in food pantry nutritional quality over time.
Development patterns of agrozootechnical activities in a mountain environment for the conservation of the territory and the enhancement of local products

The mountain landscape we know and appreciate is the result of a millennial interaction between the natural environment and human activities. Agriculture and in particular stock-rearing have contributed to shaping these territories, interrupting the forest area with meadows and pasture which, until the process of industrialization started, were fundamental resources of the alpine agrozootechnical system. Over the last decades these resources have lost their traditional significance, bringing about the reduction of meadows and pasture. In the meantime, the mountain zootechnical sector has undergone a dramatic evolution. The farms located in the most favourable areas have increased in size and improved their technical and productive efficiency, whereas the smaller family-owned farms, which characterized the most disadvantaged areas, were expelled from the market. For some years now the itinerant production systems, based on the summer mountain grazing, have been met with growing interest by large sectors of our society. Their extensive feature, their infrequent use of external factors, their contribution to the landscape variability, their potential characterization of final products meet the citizens’ expectations in terms of agricultural activities in the mountain environment. The project aims at improving the conditions of the alpicultural sector in two casestudies involving both the Italian and the Slovenian territories (the Cansiglio-Cavallo ridge in Italy and mount Vremscica in Slovenia) through demonstration, experimental and promotional activities.
Methods and devices for deploying an implant in curved anatomy

Methods and devices for deploying an endoluminal implant in a curved vessel. The devices include steerable catheters having a control member that extends to the distal end and operates to bend the catheter. In other cases, the stent includes a longitudinal adjustment member attached near the leading edge of the stent and operates to shorten or lengthen the stent and thereby induce a curvature. The stent is carried in a distal region of the catheter that is advanced into a curved region of a vessel. The catheter is bent and/or the stent is curved using the longitudinal adjustment member, and the stent is deployed to achieve uniform wall contact with the endoluminal surface of the vessel at the lesser curvature.
FASTENING AND TENSIONING DEVICE FOR GUIDE CABLES OF A CONVEYING SYSTEM

In order to fasten guide cables in preferably vertical shafts, the guide cable (1) is deflected from the vertical direction by means of a deflecting device (2) and is retained by means of catching clamps (4). A preferably mobile tensioning device (7) having a further cable clamp produces the required pretensioning force.
POLYNUCLEOTIDES FOR THE DETECTION OF SALMONELLA SPECIES

Polynucleotide primers and probes for the amplification and detection of Salmonella species in samples are provided. The primers and probes can be used in real time diagnostic assays for rapid detection of one or more Salmonella species in a variety of situations. Kits comprising the primers and probes are also provided.
Quantum information access and retrieval theory

Quantum Information Access and Retrieval Theory

We aim to establish an European Training Network (ETN) on QUantum information Access and Retrieval Theory (QUARTZ). Towards a new approach to Information Access and Retrieval (IAR) addressing the challenges of the dynamic and multimodal nature of the data and user interaction context, QUARTZ aims to educate its Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) to adopt a novel theoretically and empirically motivated approach to IAR based on the quantum mechanical framework that gives up the notions of unimodal features and classical ranking models disconnected from context. Each ESR will be aware that the current state of the art of IAR is not sufficient to address the challenges of a dynamic, adaptive and context-aware user-machine interaction and to make a major breakthrough in the overall effectiveness of retrieval systems, and that a genuine theoretical breakthrough is on the contrary necessary. We believe that this breakthrough can be provided by quantum theory which can integrate abstract vector spaces, probability spaces and logic in a single theoretical framework which extend and generalize the classical vector, probability and logic spaces utilised in IAR. QUARTZ will consist of training activities and ESR research projects which investigate theoretical issues and evaluate methods and prototypes for adaptive IAR systems managing large data collections and meeting the end user's information needs in a dynamic context.
QUICK-CONNECT CHUCK MECHANISM

A chuck for retaining the shank of a tool bit or accessory, having a fixed diameter, inserted in a central channel at a distal end of said chuck, comprising at least one torsion spring mounted axially within a housing and having an inner dimension and shape comparable to said shank's outer dimension and shape, and mechanical means for winding and unwinding said torsion spring to respectively grip or release said shank, said winding being in a rotational direction consistent with a normal operating rotational direction of said chuck such that said shank tends to further wind said torsion spring for further self-tightening in normal operation.
DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR TOP DRIVE CLEARING

Systems and methods for clearing a top drive (118) from an operational area of the mast such that operations may be performed along a top drive guide rail (120) without interference from the top drive (118). The guide rail (120) may be arranged within an operational area of a mast and may have a pair of interchangeable rail sections (122, 124), each of which may be configured for arrangement in either an operating configuration, where the rail section may be positioned within the operational area of the mast to form part of the rail, or a parked configuration, where the rail section may be positioned outside of the operational area. Each interchangeable rail section may be pivotable about an axis and may be arranged on a pivotable gate of the mast.
Evidence of Sequence and Age of Ancestral Lake Erie Lake-Levels, Northwest Ohio

While the general scheme of the retreat of the Late Wisconsinan glacier from the ancestral Lake Erie basin is understood, the sequence and timing of those movements that caused lake-level changes are not well documented. Ground penetrating radar (GPR), electrical resistivity (ER), and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) techniques were used to analyze beach and sand dune formations in the Wauseon area in northwest Ohio. The beaches showed no evidence of being flooded after deposition. Thirteen (13) new OSL ages revealed a short time of approximately 1000 years (16.9–15.9 ka) for formation of the Maumee, Arkona and Whittlesey shorelines. Evidence supporting the Ypsilanti lowstand in the ancestral Lake Erie basin was not observed within two sequences of glacial lacustrine sediments. The results of OSL dating of sand dunes indicate a period of older activity (~14–15 ka) and confirmation of previous work that documented activity during the Younger Dryas cold period (~13–11.5 ka).
METHOD FOR THE PYROLYTIC EXTRACTION OF HYDROCARBON FROM OIL SHALE

A method for the pyrolytic extraction of hydrocarbons such as shale oil from kerogen containing oil shale. Oil shale which has been ground into particulate form, is cascaded downwardly between a plurality of rotating trays (110) within a heated processing chamber (102). As the hydrocarbons are volatized within the chamber, the volatiles are collected and condensed within a condenser (124) or other suitable recovery apparatus (128).
Dna strand break repair and links to human disease

Our genetic material is continually subjected to damage, either from endogenous sources such as reactive oxygen species, produced as by-products of oxidative metabolism, from the breakdown of replication forks during cell growth, or by agents in the environment such as ionising radiation or carcinogenic chemicals. To cope with DNA damage, cells employ elaborate and effective repair processes that specifically recognise a wide variety of lesions in DNA. These repair systems are essential for the maintenance of genome integrity. Unfortunately, some individuals are genetically predisposed to crippling diseases or cancers that are the direct result of mutations in genes involved in the DNA damage response. For several years our work has been at the forefront of basic biological research in the area of DNA repair, and in particular we have made significant contributions to the understanding of inheritable diseases such as breast cancer, Fanconi anemia, and the neurodegenerative disorder Ataxia with Oculomotor Apraxia (AOA). The focus of this ERC proposal is: (i) to determine the mechanism of action and high-resolution structure of the BRCA2 tumour suppressor, and to provide a detailed picture of the interplay between BRCA2, PALB2, RAD51AP1 and the RAD51 paralogs, in terms of RAD51 filament assembly, using biochemical, electron microscopic and cell biological approaches, (ii) to determine the biological role of a unique structure-selective tri-nuclease complex (SLX1-SLX4-MUS81-EME1-XPF-ERCC1), with particular emphasis on its roles in DNA crosslink repair and Fanconi anemia, and (iii) to understand the actions of Senataxin, which is defective in AOA2, in protecting against genome instability in neuronal cells. These three distinct and yet inter-related areas of the research programme will provide an improved understanding of basic mechanisms of DNA repair and thereby underpin future therapeutic developments that will help individuals afflicted with these diseases.
The ORION Study: Comparison of Two Sirolimus-Based Regimens versus Tacrolimus and Mycophenolate Mofetil in Renal Allograft Recipients

Safety and efficacy of two sirolimus (SRL)-based regimens were compared with tacrolimus (TAC) and mycophenolate mofetil (MMF). Renal transplantation recipients were randomized to Group 1 (SRL+TAC; week 13 TAC elimination [n = 152]), Group 2 (SRL + MMF [n = 152]) or Group 3 (TAC + MMF [n = 139]). Group 2, with higher-than-expected biopsy-confirmed acute rejections (BCARs), was sponsor-terminated; therefore, Group 2 two-year data were limited. At 1 and 2 years, respectively, graft (Group 1: 92.8%, 88.5%; Group 2: 90.6%, 89.9%; Group 3: 96.2%, 95.4%) and patient (Group 1: 97.3%, 94.4%; Group 2: 95.2%, 94.5%; Group 3: 97.0%, 97.0%) survival rates were similar. One- and 2-year BCAR incidence was: Group 1, 15.2%, 17.4%; Group 2, 31.3%, 32.8%; Group 3, 8.2%, 12.3% (Group 2 vs. 3, p < 0.001). Mean 1- and 2-year modified intent-to-treat glomerular filtration rates (mL/min) were similar. Primary reason for discontinuation was adverse events (Group 1, 34.2%; Group 2, 33.6%; Group 3, 22.3%; p < 0.05). In Groups 1 and 2, delayed wound healing and hyperlipidemia were more frequent. One-year post hoc analysis of new-onset diabetes posttransplantation was greater in TAC recipients (Groups 1 and 3 vs. 2, 17% vs. 6%; p = 0.004). Between-group malignancy rates were similar. The SRL-based regimens were not associated with improved outcomes for kidney transplantation patients.
The pecia system and its use in the cultural milieu of Paris c1250 to 1330

This thesis is an examination of the pecia system in operation at the University of Paris from c1250 to 1330, and its use in the cultural milieu of the city during this period. An appendix (1) lists the manuscripts with user notes on which the thesis is primarily based. As the university community rose as a leading force in theology and philosophy, so too did the book trade that supported this network. The pecia system of book production mass-produced texts efficiently and at a low cost to its users, mainly university masters, students, preachers, and visitors to the Paris cultural community. Users interacted with pecia manuscripts by leaving a wide range of marginalia in works. Marginalia are classified according to a devised user typology scheme and include ownership marks, passage summaries, and comments on the main text. We have two further surviving sources for the Paris system: bookseller lists of pecia-produced works from 1275 and 1304. Chapters 1 to 10 examine separate genres of texts available on the pecia lists, theological and philosophical works as well as preaching aids. That Paris pecia manuscripts were used in action as preaching aids is one of the conclusions the user notes help to establish. Another is that Paris pecia manuscripts were important in English intellectual life (Chapter 11). The codicological and textual examinations of individual manuscripts and user notes present within reveal the function and intended audience of each genre as a whole, providing unique insight into the workings of the medieval cultural community at Paris in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.