SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Escuela y migración: percepción de los niños y niñas sobre el hecho migratorio. Estudio de caso en la Escuela “General Alfonso Jaramillo” provincia de Imbabura.

The lack of jobs in Ecuador, makes thousands of people especially from the Austro find their source of income weaving by hand the famous straw hats which are exported to the United States and other foreign countries such as Spain and Italy.
This working way greatly reduced the income of the productive sector which caused people to put interest in seeking new economic expectations massifying migration to major cities of the country, abandoning their land, their children, spouses, etc.., rural people or rural sector traveled to the most populated urban centers.
Young people especially boys found the solution to their economic problems traveling to other countries, where they can find work and better paid salaries, leading to international migration.
The effect of double stratification on boundary-layer flow and heat transfer of nanofluid over a vertical plate

Abstract The problem of double stratification on boundary layer flow and heat transfer induced due to a nanofluid over a vertical plate is investigated. The transport equations employed in the analysis include the effect of Brownian motion, thermophoresis, thermal stratification and solutal stratification parameters. The non-linear governing equations and their associated boundary conditions are initially cast into dimensionless forms by similarity variables. The resulting systems of equations are then solved numerically using Keller-box method. The solution for the temperature and nanoparticle concentration depends on parameters viz. thermal and solutal stratification parameters, Prandtl number Pr, Lewis number Le, Brownian motion Nb, buoyancy ratio parameter Nr and the thermophoresis parameter Nt. Numerical results are obtained for velocity, temperature and concentration distribution as well as the local Nusselt number and Sherwood number. It is found that the local Nusselt number and Sherwood number decrease with an increase in stratification parameters ɛ1 and ɛ2. However, the skin friction coefficient f ″ ( 0 ) increases with an increase in mass stratification parameter ɛ2 and decreases with an increase in thermal stratification parameter ɛ1. The obtained results are displayed both graphically tabular form to illustrate the effect of the stratification parameters on the dimensionless velocity, wall temperature and concentration. The numerical results are compared and found to be in good agreement with previous published result on special cases of the problem.
Sheets for plasma display panels and process for producing the same

A PDP resin sheet 11 capable of transmitting a rectilinear light is prepared by alternately arranging a transparent section 12 and a dark section 13 in the direction of the sheet surface. The transparent section 12 and the dark section 13 may be formed perpendicular or inclined to the sheet surface, respectively. In the sheet 11, the thickness T of the sheet may be about 0.12 to 0.25 mm, and the angle of the dark section 13 to the sheet surface may be about 70 to 90°. In addition, the ratio [P/T] of the periodical width P of the dark section relative to the thickness T of the sheet may be about 1/1 to 1/2, and the ratio [W1/W2] of the width W1 of the transparent section relative to the width W2 of the dark section may be about 30/1 to 10/1. Soft resins constituting the transparent section and the dark section may for example be an olefinic resin (particularly an ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer). Such a PDP sheet ensures an image display at high contrast even under a daylight environment, without reducing a plasma display luminance.
MEMORY DEVICE

A first DRAM device (11) comprises a first input connected to a first trace line (21) to receive an address signal and a second input is connected to receive an operating voltage, such as Vdd. A second DRAM device comprises a first input connected to the first trace line (21) to receive the address signal and a second input to receive the operating voltage. A first signal termination structure (20) is connected to the first trace line, wherein the first signal termination structure is to terminate the first trace line to the operating voltage.
Influencia de la inteligencia emocional y el apoyo social sobre el bienestar subjetivo: un estudio transcultural España-Ecuador

Marco teórico: la inteligencia emocional es una de las variables psicológicas más estudiadas en la actualidad, así como el apoyo social, que puede actuar como protector de la salud y el bienestar psicológico. El objetivo principal del trabajo es el estudio del impacto que la inteligencia emocional y el apoyo social percibido tienen en la felicidad subjetiva y la satisfacción vital en universitarios de dos culturas y contextos diferentes: España y Ecuador.&#x0D; Método: 760 estudiantes universitarios, incluyendo 379 españoles (83.1% mujeres) y 381 ecuatorianos (76.6% mujeres), completaron las escalas Trait Meta Mood Scale, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, Satisfaction With Life Scale y Subjective Happiness Scale. &#x0D; Resultados: a pesar de encontrar diferencias entre las muestras en cada variable, los análisis correlacionales muestran la existencia de relaciones estadísticamente significativas y positivas en ambas muestras entre las dimensiones de claridad emocional y reparación de las emociones, pertenecientes a la inteligencia emocional, tanto con la satisfacción vital como con la felicidad subjetiva, y en dimensiones del apoyo social percibido, siendo la familia un predictor tanto de la satisfacción con la vida como de la felicidad subjetiva.&#x0D; Conclusiones: la presente investigación contribuye a una mayor comprensión de la influencia de la inteligencia emocional y el apoyo social sobre el bienestar subjetivo en dos culturas diferentes.
Manutenzione dei posti di lavoro in KLT TRANSPORT & LOGISTICS Sp. z o.o.

Il progetto riguarda il sostegno dell'imprenditore nel fornire liquidità finanziaria e il sostegno alle attività in corso a causa delle difficoltà finanziarie incontrate dall'imprenditore a causa dell'epidemia di COVID-19. Assistenza finanziaria erogata nell'ambito del programma n. SA.57015 (2020/N)
Barriers for the prevention of chemical exposures in pregnant and breast-feeding workers?

The working environment is an important source of exposure to toxic substances and other risk factors for pregnant workers.1 European Pregnant Workers Directive 92/85 obliges employers to protect workers and to avoid risks for reproduction, pregnancy and breast-feeding. However, effective protection of pregnant and breast-feeding workers against risks posed by dangerous chemicals encounters several barriers.

The identification of substances that are dangerous for pregnancy and breastfeeding is difficult, due to the lack of information on the intrinsic properties of the majority of chemicals. There is little or no toxicity data for 75 000 substances on the European market,2 and risks for reproduction have been evaluated for …
Texad – tailoring exosomes for autoimmune diseases

Exogenus Therapeutics is a drug development company using an exosome-based platform technology to develop an innovative pipeline of therapeutic products. Exogenus’ scientific team has pioneer research work in the area of Umbilical Cord Blood (UCB)-derived Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) clinical application. Among EVs, exosomes are nanosized vesicles (30-150nm) released from all types of cells responsible for cell-to-cell communication. Exogenus’ technology makes use of UCB cells preconditioned in ischemia, which secrete EVs enriched in pro-regenerative, anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory biomolecules. Based on immunomodulatory properties of the lead biological active agent under development (Exo-101), and its capacity to increase immunotolerance, the company is investigating the potential of these vesicles for the treatment of autoimmune diseases. There are more than 80 different autoimmune diseases (AD) and a prevalence of more than 50 million people in the US alone. There is a high unmet need for most of these diseases, especially regarding safer treatments with less secondary effects. Based on their proprietary vesicles derived from UCB, Exogenus aims to develop a new generation of biologics for AD, with high efficacy and less secondary effects.
Changes in Nanoscale Porosity by Wet Pressing Pulps from Sugarcane Bagasse

Nanoscale porosity is critical for cellulose reactivity and can be detrimentally affected by wet pressing. The present study evaluated how wet pressing reduced the nanoscale porosity of a set of pulps produced from sugarcane bagasse. The pulps were produced using hydrothermal treatments, followed by either 160 °C alkaline (sodium hydroxide) or 190 °C organosolv (ethanol-water) pulping. Pulping times (20, 40, 60, 80, and 100 min) and applied pressures in the pressing step (21, 43, 64, 85, and 107 MPa) were varied, and the resulting samples had their nanoscale porosity characterized using calorimetric thermoporometry. The lowest applied pressure (21 MPa) collapsed a considerable fraction of the nanoscale porosities. Otherwise, when additional pressure (up to 107 MPa) was applied, a much lower reduction in porosity was observed. The findings indicate that nanoscale porosity of pulps can be separated into compressible and incompressible components.
Relationships among Dissemination of Primary Parainfluenza Virus Infection in the Respiratory Tract, Mucosal and Peripheral Immune Responses, and Protection from Reinfection: a Noninvasive Bioluminescence-Imaging Study

ABSTRACT Respiratory paramyxoviruses such as respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and human parainfluenza virus type 1 (HPIV1) to HPIV4 infect virtually all children by the age of 2 to 5 years, leading to partial but incomplete protection from reinfection. Here, we used luciferase-expressing reporter Sendai viruses (the murine counterpart of HPIV1) to noninvasively measure primary infection, immune responses, and protection from reinfection by either a lethal challenge or natural transmission in living mice. Both nonattenuated and attenuated reporter Sendai viruses were used, and three inoculation strategies were employed: intramuscular (i.m.), intranasal (i.n.) at a low dose and low volume, and i.n. at a high dose and high volume. High-dose, high-volume i.n. inoculation resulted in the highest levels of antibody responses and protection from reinfection. Low-dose, low-volume i.n. inoculation afforded complete protection from contact transmission and protection from morbidity, mortality, and viral growth during lethal challenge. i.m. inoculation was inferior to i.n. inoculation at inducing antibody responses and protection from challenge. For individual mice and across groups, the levels of serum binding and neutralizing antibody responses correlated with primary infection and protection from reinfection in the lungs. Contact transmission, the predominant mode of parainfluenza virus transmission, was modeled accurately by direct i.n. inoculation of Sendai virus at a low dose and low volume and was completely preventable by i.n. vaccination of an attenuated virus at a low dose and low volume. The data highlight differences in infection and protection from challenge in the upper versus lower respiratory tract and bear upon live attenuated vaccine development. IMPORTANCE There are currently no licensed vaccines against HPIVs and human RSV (HRSV), important respiratory pathogens of infants and children. Natural infection leads to partial but incomplete protective immunity, resulting in subsequent reinfections even in the absence of antigenic drift. Here, we used noninvasive bioluminescence imaging in a mouse model to dissect relationships among (i) the mode of inoculation, (ii) the dynamics of primary infection, (iii) consequent immune responses, and (iv) protection from high-dose, high-volume lethal challenge and contact transmission, which we find here to be similar to that of a mild low-dose, low-volume upper respiratory tract (URT)-biased infection. Our studies demonstrate the superiority of i.n. versus i.m. vaccination in protection against both lethal challenge and contact transmission. In addition to providing correlates of protection that will assist respiratory virus vaccine development, these studies extend the development of an increasingly used technique for the study of viral infection and immunity, noninvasive bioluminescence imaging.
Effectiveness of Active Labor Market Tools in Conditional Cash Transfers Programs: Evidence for Argentina

Summary This paper examines the impact of the program Seguro de Capacitacion y Empleo (SCE) implemented to provide support in skills upgrading, job seeking, and job placement to eligible beneficiaries of the Argentinian conditional cash transfer program Plan Jefes. The SCE is an example of a growing trend observed in Latin America, where labor activation components have been increasingly included into cash transfers programs to support beneficiaries in finding more stable income opportunities. Despite this growing trend, not enough is known regarding the effectiveness of these components, especially on job quality. In this context, this paper sheds light on whether the provision of a comprehensive package of active labor market measures contributes to a successful labor market integration of cash transfers beneficiaries. Taking advantage of the panel structure of the Permanent Household Survey and exploiting the time variation in the assignment of the program as identification strategy, we apply difference-in-difference estimators to measure the impact on a number of labor market indicators. We find that the program affects positively the job quality of participants by increasing the probability of having a formal job and raising hourly wages. Moreover, the intervention is associated with a lower probability of having a low-paid job and working an excessive number of hours. These effects are, however, not homogeneous across all groups of participants. While the program is more successful among the younger beneficiaries, it does not contribute to an improvement in the labor market conditions of female beneficiaries, who in fact are the majority of SCE participants. Our results suggest that reducing dependency on monetary transfers through programs, such as the SCE, that are rich in activation components is beneficial for participants’ labor market trajectories and therefore, it constitutes a satisfactory exit strategy to more universal cash transfer programs.
Device for damping a perpendicularly oscillating mass

A device for damping a perpendicularly oscillating primary mass comprising a perpendicularly oscillatory reference mass supported by a piston in a pressure fluid chamber of an adjusting member. The pressure in the fluid chamber compensates for the weight of the reference mass and varies as a result of reference mass oscillation. Upon reduction of the prevailing pressure the fluid chamber receives fluid from a first pressure line through an automatic inlet valve, and upon increase of the prevailing pressure the fluid chamber emits fluid into a first return line through an automatic outlet valve, so as to impose on the adjusting member an oscillatory movement tending to reduce the vertical movement of the primary mass. The adjusting member forms a second piston in a follow-up cylinder to which the primary oscillating mass is connected. A third piston defining the closure element of a shuttle valve also in the follow-up cylinder and connected to the first piston, serves to select the supply of pressure fluid to and release of said fluid from the follow-up cylinder respectively through a second pressure line and a second return line.
Visual soil evaluation: reproducibility and correlation with standard measurements

Abstract Visual soil evaluation (VSE) is a simple and fast method to assess soil quality in situ, and is becoming increasingly popular. Besides soil structure assessment, also other soil properties can be assessed such as grass cover, roots and earthworms. Yet, the full set of visual observations has not been properly evaluated for reproducibility and correlation with standard field or laboratory measurements, for several soil types. The objectives of this study were therefore to evaluate the reproducibility and the correlation of visual observations with closely related field or laboratory measurements. We used quantitative visual observations where possible, to enhance objectivity of VSE. The reproducibility and correlation of visual observations with standard measurements was evaluated for three soil types (sand, peat and clay) in the North Friesian Woodlands, The Netherlands. Reproducibility of quantitative visual observations was tested by comparing observations made by farmers and soil scientists, on the same soils. A linear mixed-effect model indicated that for all quantitative visual observations except for the depth of soil compaction, subjectivity due to the observers’ background (farmer or soil scientist) had no significant effect on the observations. For assessment of relative soil quality differences between sites, the results suggested that a single observer can make the visual observations, when assessing the fraction largest soil structural elements, earthworms, gley mottles and the depth of soil compaction. Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients indicated that visual observations of grass cover, root count, maximum rooting depth and the fraction largest soil structural elements correlated significantly with closely related field or laboratory measurements regardless of soil type. Maximum rooting depth, root count, soil colour, the fraction largest soil structural elements, and the degree of soil compaction only significantly correlated with field or laboratory measurements for specific soil types. Analyses showed that the correlation of visual observations with standard measurements were soil type dependent, suggesting that the evaluation of soil quality should also be soil type dependent.
Meditate don't medicate: How medical imaging evidence supports the role of meditation in the treatment of depression

Abstract Introduction Depression is a debilitating psychiatric disorder that affects a large proportion of the population. The current treatment for depression involves anti-depressant medication which is associated with side effects and a heightened risk of relapse. Methods A systematic literature review was performed to determine the value of medical imaging studies in measuring the impact of meditation on depression. Results Medical imaging studies have successfully demonstrated that meditation may counteract or prevent the physiological cause of depression by decreasing amygdala activity and increasing grey matter volume and activity of the hippocampus, prefrontal cortex and other brain regions associated with attention and emotional self-regulation. Recent advances in functional imaging have enabled visualisation of neural plasticity within the brain. This has shown that for meditators, practice-induced alterations could be due to micro-anatomical processes that may represent an increased functional capacity within the brain regions activated. These changes within brain physiology in association with the skills gained during meditation such as self-regulation, mental processing of negative information and relaxation techniques could potentially lead to a permanent cure for depression and thus prevent relapse. Conclusions The results of this review suggest that medical imaging has a valuable role to play in evidencing the physiological changes within the brain caused by meditation that counteract those that cause depression. These studies indicate that meditation is a viable alternative to medication for clinical treatment of patients with depression. More rigorous longitudinal imaging studies are proposed to enhance understanding of the neural pathways and mechanisms of meditation.
Chewing more than one can swallow: the creation of new districts in Uganda

As is the case in many other developing countries, Uganda’s decentralisation programme is designed to promote grassroots democracy and participatory development. However, it is argued in this paper that it is also meant to accommodate Uganda’s diverse identities and culture.

Uganda has undergone a process of decentralisation in which the district was chosen as the basic unit of local government to which powers and functions are devolved. Since the commencement of the decentralisation programme numerous new districts have been created.

After laying the ground for the constitutional articulation of districts as the main pillars of local governance, the article questions the practice of creating units of lower government that may not be economically sustainable. The article assesses what resources will be at the disposal of the districts and concludes that creating too many districts may disrupt the realisation of socio-economic rights. The process of creating new districts is not only open to manipulation, but also runs counter to the intended objectives of the decentralisation programme. The article makes a proposal for the establishment of an independent boundary demarcation body that should be responsible for changing district boundaries.
A Regularity Lemma, and Low-Weight Approximators, for Low-Degree Polynomial Threshold Functions

We give a "regularity lemma" for degree-d polynomial threshold functions (PTFs) over the Boolean cube {-1,1} <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">n</sup> . Roughly speaking, this result shows that every degree-d PTF can be decomposed into a constant number of subfunctions such that almost all of the subfunctions are close to being regular PTFs. Here a "regular" PTF is a PTF sign(p(x)) where the influence of each variable on the polynomial p(x) is a small fraction of the total influence of p. As an application of this regularity lemma, we prove that for any constants d ≥ 1, ϵ > 0, every degree-d PTF over n variables can be approximated to accuracy eps by a constant degree PTF that has integer weights of total magnitude O(n <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">d</sup> ). This weight bound is shown to be optimal up to logarithmic factors.
Improvements in "lubricants" for facilitating the winding of textile fibres of threads

277,649. Zemmerli, G. Sept. 16, 1926, [Convention date]. Void [Published under Sect. 91 of the Acts]. Lubricants for fibres and threads consist of a water-free neutral mixture of oil of petrolatum or like paraffin oil with a liquid capable subsequently of emulsifying the oil in the dyeing vat. Mineral oil distillates or mixtures of isomeric hydrocarbons may also be added. Suitable wetting liquids specified are hydrogenated phenols, hydrogenated naphthalenes, and hydrogenated terpenes. In an example a mixture of 200 parts of oil of petrolatum,- 60 parts of decahydronaphthalene, and 10 parts of hydrogenated cresol is used.
The Respect for Fundamental in EU as an Eligibility for the Candidate Countries: The Albania Case

As it is well known, nowadays, a country aspiring to become a European Union member must ensure respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, consolidation of democracy and the rule of law, along numerous other economic and legislative criteria. The part of pre-accession standards that have to be achieved, known as political criteria, are the topic of the present paper that aims at assessing the scope of conditionality in the field of human rights promotion and protection in Albania. The first part of the paper offers a chronological overview of the recent EU policies vis-a-vis Albania, particularly regarding human rights requirements the country was askedto fulfill in order for the accession negotiations to be opened. In the second part, the paper deals with actual human rights situation in the country, with special emphasis on several critical registered human rights violations that were registered in previous years. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n20p2527