SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Inductively computable unions of fat linear subspaces

Abstract This paper introduces complexes of linear varieties, called inclics (for INductively Constructible LInear ComplexeS). By assigning an order of vanishing (i.e., a multiplicity) to each member of the complex, we obtain fat linear varieties (fat points if all of the linear varieties are points). The scheme theoretic union of these fat linear varieties gives an inclic scheme X. For such a scheme, we show there is an inductive procedure for computing the Hilbert function and a resolution of its defining ideal I X , regardless of the choice of multiplicities. As an application, we show how our results allow the computation of the Hilbert functions and of a resolution of fat points with all but one point having support in a hyperplane. We also explicitly compute the Waldschmidt constants α ˆ ( I X ) for galactic inclics X; these are special inclics constructed starting from a star configuration to which we add general points in a larger projective space.
Modelling of a level drum process control training system

The purpose of this paper is to study a mathematical formulation of a water level control loop in a process control training system. Mathematical modeling was carried out to understand the dynamics of the water level changes in the water tank for different settings of the PID controller mode. The idea of transfer function was used to represent the physical systems of the plant. Thus, a system dynamic model of this plant was developed. Control System Toolbox simulation software embedded in the Matlab was used to compare the parameters between theoretical and experimental results. The experimental and simulation results that were verified exhibited fair agreement.
Improved anaerobic treatment of palm oil mill effluent in a semi-commercial closed digester tank with sludge recycling and appropriate feeding strategy

Anaerobic treatment of palm oil mill effluent (POME) in a semi-commercial closed digester tank with sludge recycling was studied using different feeding strategies; one fixed at every three hour and another at every six hour. The organic loading rate (OLR) was increased step-wise and stopped once inhibition on methane production occurred. The chemical oxygen demand (COD), feeding rate, hydraulic retention time (HRT),OLR, and sludge recycling ratio were measured. Performance was based on the COD removal efficiency and methane yield, while stability was assessed in terms of total volatile fatty acids (VFA) accumulation, total VFA-to-alkalinity ratio (VFA:Alk) and food-to-microorganisms ratio (F/M ratio). The feeding strategies, at
every three hour and six hour, gave satisfactory COD removal efficiency of higher than 90%, but the latter
feeding strategy gave a more stable process with total VFA concentration recorded below 500 mg L-1 and VFA:Alk ratio of less than 0.3 at maximum OLR of 6.0 kgCOD m-3 d-1. The treatment period could also be extended up to 100 days without any obvious problems.
Calidad institucional y rendimiento académico

This article aims to provide empirical evidence on the determinants of the academic performance of university students in Colombia’s Caribbean region, particularly with regard to the results obtained in the areas of Administration, Accounting, Economics, Law, Engineering and Medicine, as well as in the Bachelor’s Degree test on Saber Pro — ProLearn 2009—, which was presented by 22,525 students from 41 universities in Colombia’s Caribbean-region states (Atlantico, Bolivar, Cesar, Magdalena, Cordoba, La Guajira and Sucre) through a multilevel modeling framework. Several findings are of particular interest with a view to providing an explanation on academic performance, such as: the “university effect,” determined by individual institutional quality, the weak explanatory power regarding the socioeconomic status of the students, and gender gaps found in the different areas of study covered.
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Analysis of the Cerebral Mechanisms of Learning Difficulties in Children. Experience of Studies of Children with Signs of ADHD

We present here an interdisciplinary approach to studies of the cerebral mechanisms of learning difficulties in children of junior school age. A complex electroencephalographic (EEG) and neuropsychological analysis was used to identify neurophysiological factors for cognitive deficits in children aged 7–8 and 9–10 years with signs of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). EEG traces in calm waking in children with signs of ADHD contained patterns characteristic of a nonoptimal state of the frontothalamic regulatory system, with bilaterally synchronous groups of frontal theta waves, along with local deviations in cortical electrical activity in the right hemisphere significantly more commonly than traces from children of the control group. In addition, children with signs of ADHD had a higher frequency of EEG changes pointing to a deficit in the total level of activation by the brainstem reticular formation, in the form of a hypersynchronous alpha rhythm and/or groups of theta waves in the caudal areas, than the control group. Children with signs of ADHD showed a relationship between the characteristics of the cognitive deficit and the presence of one of these three types of EEG abnormality. Children of both age groups with EEG signs of the nonoptimal state of the frontothalamic system demonstrated marked deficiency of programming functions, regulation and control of activity (executive functions), along with difficulties in performing auditory-verbal tasks. In children with local abnormalities of electrical activity in the right hemisphere, the deficit in executive functions was combined with difficulties in performing nonverbal tasks. Decreases in the level of nonspecific activation mainly affected work capacity and the rate of performance of cognitive tasks in both age groups. Children aged 7–8 years with signs of decreased activation also showed difficulty in processing nonverbal information. Thus, the results obtained by interdisciplinary investigations identified at least three types of abnormalities in the functional state of the brain which could produce decreases in the effectiveness of different components of cognitive activity in children with ADHD.
NANOSTRUCTURED EZETIMIBE COMPOSITIONS, PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING THEM

The present invention is directed to nanostructured Ezetimibe compositions, process for the preparation thereof and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. The nanoparticles of Ezetimibe according to the invention have an average particle size of less than about 400 nm. The stable nanostructured particles of the invention are presented by increased solubility, dissolution rate, permeability and bioequivalent or enhanced biological performance compared to the marketed drug. Ezetimibe is an anti-hyperlipidemic medication that is used to lower cholesterol levels. It acts by decreasing cholesterol absorption in the intestine.
Effect of Hyp delivery system on PKCα activity: What will happen afterpkcα gene silencing and Hyp photo-activation?

Low density lipoproteins (LDL) are considered as suitable natural in vivo delivery system for hydrophobic photosensitizers (pts) such as hypericin (Hyp) and it was shown that over expression of LDL-receptors in tumor cells can be used for specific targeting. Activation of pts by irradiation results in a formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) at the place of light application and starts destructive mechanism. PKCα plays a key role in the cell survival and its overexpression was observed in glioma cell lines. In the present study we aim to present the effectivity of the pts delivery in the glioma cells and consequences of silencing pkcα gene on cell death/survival after Hyp photo-activation. Pts can be delivered through two pathways: endocytosis - when cells are incubated with LDL/Hyp complex and Hyp transport through cellular membrane without any carrier. Preliminary results show that incubation of cells with or without LDL leads to PKCα activation. Photo-activated Hyp seems to be more effective in terms of apoptosis induction when compared to photo-activated LDL/Hyp complex. We have evaluated the influence of photo-activated Hyp on cell death in non-transfected and transfected (PKCα-) human glioma cells (U87-MG). Level of ROS production and type of cell death was notably affected by silencing pkca gene resulting in significant increase of necrosis after Hyp photo-activation.
CYGNE PAR ANGELA CASAPIETRA PAR MASSILI PAOLA ET CATERINA S.N.C.

SWAN ORTHOPÉDIQUE OPÈRE DANS LE DOMAINE DE LA REVENTE D’ARTICLES ORTHOPÉDIQUES ET SANITAIRES ET DANS LA RÉALISATION ARTISANALE DE BUSTES ORTHOPÉDIQUES ET DE SEMELLES SUR MESURE. L’EXPÉRIENCE ACQUISE ET TRANSMISE DEPUIS TROIS GÉNÉRATIONS, DANS LE SECTEUR DE L’ORTHOPÉDIE ET DE LA SANTÉ, SE VANTE DE LA PRÉSENCE SUR LE TERRITOIRE DE VALPOLCEVERA DEPUIS PLUS D’ANNÉES. DANS NOTRE CHEMINEMENT DE CROISSANCE, NOUS AVONS PU SAISIR LES IDÉES INNOVANTES SUGGÉRÉES PAR LE MARCHÉ, FLANQUANT DANS LES ANNÉES 80, NOTRE LABORATOIRE BUSTI, LE LABORATOIRE PLANTAIRE, TOUJOURS AVEC UN REGARD CONSTANT SUR LA RECHERCHE DE NOUVELLES TECHNOLOGIES ET DE NOUVEAUX MATÉRIAUX. EN 2017, NOUS AVONS ÉLARGI L’OFFRE AVEC LE SERVICE DE PODOLOGIE QUI, EN COLLABORATION AVEC NOTRE TECHNICIEN ORTHOPÉDIQUE, OFFRE UN SERVICE DE PLUS EN PLUS QUALIFIÉ ET COMPÉTENT. AU SEIN DE L’ENTREPRISE, IL Y A CINQ EMPLOYÉS, TROIS EMPLOYÉS ET DEUX PROPRIÉTAIRES. LE BUDGET AU 31/12/19 INDIQUE UN CHIFFRE D’AFFAIRES DE 491 760 EUR, UN BÉNÉFICE NET DE 93 522 EUR, DES CRÉANCES FINANCIÈRES DE 40 645 EUR,
Innovative Ecological Assessment and Water Management Strategy for the Protection of Ecosystem Services in Alpine Lakes and Rivers

Ecosystem services provided by lakes and rivers are facing serious threats under the pressure of anthropogenic impacts, climate change, biodiversity loss and invasion of exotic species. The assessment of these changes is still defined by traditional criteria, which include time-consuming and expensive approaches (e.g. classical identification of aquatic species). The main aim of the project Eco-AlpsWater is to complement the traditional monitoring approaches used in the Alpine region (Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC-EU WFD and, in Switzerland, the Water Protection Ordinance-WPO) with advanced and innovative technologies, providing support based on robust knowledge to the water management plans. The new approach will make use of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) to analyze environmental DNA in waterbodies (which allow rapid species identification at low costs, from fish to bacteria), and smart technologies (automation in data processing, data storage, information retrieval). Along with the identification of gaps in the monitoring approaches across the Alpine regions, the new technologies will allow to define new improved experimental monitoring protocols to be applied in selected areas (including large perialpine lakes and smaller waterbodies, and key rivers). The transnational approach is essential to foster interactions and fill the scientific divide between academia and governance agencies, putting into practice the EUSALP agenda, i.e. capacity building of research institutions, networks and infrastructure with an Alpine Region dimension; and the preservation and valorization of natural resources at a transnational scale. Main outputs include new innovative metagenomic tools and smart bioinformatic technologies to monitor water ecological status and biodiversity; upgrading of traditional WFD/WPO methods with innovative technologies; guidelines for the definition of ecological status and restoration plans using next generation monitoring approaches.
METHOD, APPARATUS, AND PRODUCT PROVIDING HYDROLYZED STARCH AND FIBER

A method and composition for providing hydrolyzed starch and fiber. In one aspect, the method comprises providing a first enzyme; a second enzyme; water; and a starting composition comprising at least one material selected from the group consisting of at least a portion of grain and at least a portion of pulse. Additional steps comprise hydrolyzing the fiber and starch in the at least one material through fiber and starch hydrolysis reactions catalyzed by the first and second enzymes, respectively. Further steps comprise deactivating the first and second enzymes. In a second aspect, a composition comprises at least one material selected from the group consisting of at least a portion of grain and at least a portion of pulse. The average molecular weights of the hydrolyzed starch and fiber molecules in the composition are fractions of the molecular weights of unhydrolyzed starch and fiber molecules, respectively.
Punzonatrice cellulare Pro

In questo consorzio il dimostratore Cell Puncher Pro sarà sviluppato e convalidato per consentire l'analisi di tutte le singole cellule tumorali circolanti (CTC) per guidare la terapia del cancro. Il trattamento personalizzato del cancro basato sulla composizione tumorale (proteine, DNA e RNA) diventerà lo standard nei prossimi dieci anni. Ciò richiede soluzioni per determinare la composizione tumorale in più punti temporali durante il corso della terapia. Il metodo più conveniente e amichevole per ottenere la composizione tumorale è quello di estrarre un tubo di sangue (7,5 ml) da un paziente e analizzare il suo CTC. A differenza di una biopsia tumorale, che spesso può essere presa solo una volta o non affatto, una biopsia tumorale liquida può essere presa in diversi momenti durante il trattamento e guidare una terapia. VyCAP B.V ha sviluppato una soluzione compatibile con gli strumenti commerciali di arricchimento CTC per analizzare singole celle. Il campione arricchito CTC viene elaborato dalla piattaforma Cell Puncher Pro per selezionare, isolare e analizzare tutto il CTC per guidare la terapia. Il Puncher è attualmente al TRL 4 e sarà ulteriormente sviluppato dal consorzio a TRL 7 che dovrebbe essere pronto entro la metà del 2020. Dopo una validazione presso l'Heinrich Heine University Hospital di Düsseldorf, sarà introdotto in altre cliniche. L'Ospedale di Dusseldorf è l'esperto nell'analisi del CTC. La convalida in clinica sarà eseguita utilizzando campioni di sangue di pazienti affetti da cancro alla prostata e polmone a piccole cellule allo stadio finale, per garantire una quantità sufficiente di CTC (5-100/7,5 ml). Nell'ambito del programma INTERREG, il consorzio: — Sviluppare e progettare il dimostrante Cell Puncher Pro verso TRL-7 — Trasferire la produzione del chip di isolamento cellulare verso la Fonderia Micronit a Dortmund, Germania — Migliorare i monouso di plastica presso JB Ventures, Nijverdal, Paesi Bassi — Validare il Cell Puncher Pro utilizzando campioni di sangue di pazienti con malattia tumorale estensiva che vengono trattati presso l'UMCG Groningen (NL), Regno Unito Munster e Heinrich Heine University di Düsseldorf
Post-compulsory education and lifelong learning across the UK: moving from managed divergence to a new period of uncertainty

This chapter looks back over the past two decades, which include successive Labour Governments in Westminster and parliamentary devolution in Scotland, Wales and latterly in Northern Ireland. This was a period of considerable change in which post-compulsory education, skills and lifelong learning remained a high-profile policy area across all the countries of the UK because of its association with competitiveness in an increasingly globalised world economy and its role in supporting social inclusion (e.g. Leitch, 2006; DEL, 2010), civic participation (e.g. Webb Review, 2007) and the development of a fairer society (The Scottish Government, 2007). Reflecting on the period since 1999 and parliamentary devolution in Scotland and Wales, we discuss underlying trends influencing convergence and divergence of post-compulsory education and lifelong learning between the four countries of the UK. It then briefly examines the emerging policy framework from the new UK Coalition Government elected in May 2010 and its potential implications. The final part of the chapter, outlines three scenarios to explore two key questions: (1) From an assessment of the early messages emerging from the new UK Coalition Government, what is the likely direction of policy for post-compulsory education and lifelong learning?; (2) Will the process of divergence identified in earlier chapters of the book increase as a result of UK-wide economic pressures? We conclude by suggesting that what started out in the book as a discussion about convergence or divergence of policy in post-compulsory education and lifelong learning may become part of a much wider debate about the future of the UK state as a political entity.
Designing multifunctional self-limiting assembled nanocrystal superstructures and monitoring their self-assembly at high spatiotemporal resolution

This project focuses on the self-limited self-assembly of nanocrystals that involves inorganic particles assembling into highly ordered terminal structures. The design of such structures is still challenging but offers many perspectives for templating assemblies of desired shape and size, and for several applications ranging from optoelectronics to energy storage and biosensing. In this scope, the objectives of the proposal are structured around three main stages: (i) the chemical design of uniformly sized, hybrid magnetic/non-magnetic systems, (ii) the monitoring of the self-assembly reaction in situ using real-time measurement techniques, and (iii) the characterization of the effect of an applied external field on the morphology of the assembled structures. The chemical design methodology of the self-limiting complex particles will be investigated along with Prof. Nicholas Kotov (University of Michigan, USA) during the outgoing phase. X-ray scattering/imaging experiments yielding high spatiotemporal resolution will be performed in large-scale synchrotron facilities in the USA as well as in Europe during the return phase along with Prof. Andrei Petukhov (Utrecht University, Netherlands) with whom the effect of an applied magnetic field will be further studied. A collaboration between the two host institutes in Europe and USA will take place through this fellowship and will involve the competences of the three parties: in chemical engineering of hierarchical assemblies in solution (Prof. Kotov), in X-ray scattering/imaging for studying the self-organization of colloids (Prof. Petukhov) and in data analysis/modeling and X-ray scattering (the fellow Law-Hine). The project should bring new insights into the mechanisms of formation of self-limiting, multifunctional nanoparticles and provide strategies for designing these particles using external control fields.
Analytical Prediction of the Critical Depth of Cut and Worst Spindle Speeds for Chatter in End Milling

The frequency response function (FRF) method has been well used to determine the worst spindle speeds and their critical limiting chip width for turning operation by finding the maximum negative real part of the FRF. In this study, a modified FRF concept is adapted for a 2 DOF milling system of planar isotropic dynamics to determine the worst spindle speeds and the critical limiting axial depth of cut in explicit, analytic formulas. Analogous to the formulation of worst spindle speeds, similar expression for the best spindle speeds is also obtained. The modified FRF is obtained by multiplying the original FRF of the structure with a complex scaling factor, corresponding to a scaling and a rotation of its original Nyquist plot. The scaling factor is determined analytically from the system characteristic equation with the radial cutting constant and radial immersion angle as the major system parameters. Through the presented method, it is also shown that the worst spindle speeds for a milling operation can be found without the prior knowledge of modal dynamics and stability lobe diagram. The proposed analytical expressions are confirmed by the existing stability models and experimentally verified.
Multimodal and interconnected hubs for freight and passenger transport contributing to a zero emission 21st century

A swift transition to zero emissions and climate resilient transport systems requires that passenger and freight transport no longer are addressed separately and in isolation from one another. Passenger and freight transport must be addressed together so that policies, infrastructure (physical and digital), vehicles and energy sources serve both. These will be tackled in an integrated and coherent way in six urban nodes: from policy definition, to planning and implementation in the cities cooperating in MOVE21. The tested and integrated approach will then be disseminated across Europe. This integrated approach ensures that potential negative effects from applying zero emission solutions in one domain are not transferred to other domains, but are instead mitigated. It also ensures that European transport systems will become more resilient. Central to the integrated approach of MOVE21 are three Living Labs in Oslo, Gothenburg and Hamburg and three replicator cities: Munich, Bologna and Rome. In these, different types of mobility hubs and associated innovations are tested, and means to overcome barriers for clean and smart mobility are deployed. The Living Labs are based on an open innovation model with quadruple helix partners. The co-creation processes are supported by coherent policy measures and by increasing innovation capacity in city governments and local ecosystems. The proposed solutions will deliver new, close to market ready solutions that have been proven to work in different regulatory and governance settings. The Living Labs are designed to outlast MOVE21 by applying a self-sustaining partnership model that builds on already existing, strong partnerships for zero emission solutions. MOVE21 comprises 24 partners (six public authorities, two public transport companies owned by municipalities, six industry partners (two of which are SMEs), six research organisations and four network organisations) from seven different European countries.