SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Cooperation of space ncps as a means to optimise services under horizon 2020

National Contact Points (NCPs) for Space provide support on Space funding under EU Framework programmes. In 2007 under FP7 the EU started funding an NCP Space network which was named COSMOS. This enabled the NCPs to benefit from each other’s experience and thus raise the level of the overall quality of their services. Additional services were established like a joint website and news service providing information about Space and EU Framework Programme related topics. Furthermore they organised international information days in support of the European Commission with emphasis on bringing potential project partners together. Last but not least they implemented a country independent helpdesk for EU framework Space research related questions. While the project partners are core of the network the full group comprises the other Space NCPs from EU member states and Associated Countries as well as Space contact points in international partner countries, mainly from Space faring nations.
Within COSMOS2020 the network activities are continued under Horizon 2020. Capacity building, information services, project partner search support and more activities will once again reinforce the cooperation of the NCPs and raise the overall quality level of services. This is even more important since their role as only official support entity was decided for Horizon 2020.
Improving General Practitioners’ Knowledge Regarding Blood Pressure Measurement in Selected Cities of Pakistan Through Workshop

The objective of this study was to evaluate enhancement in the knowledge of general practitioners (GPs), from the urban cities in the province of Sindh, Pakistan, regarding blood pressure measurement through workshop. This was a quasi-experimental study that involved GPs from 5 cities of Sindh province, Pakistan. The GPs were required to complete a pretested self-administered questionnaire before and after the workshop session. The questionnaire included few demographic variables and 17 questions based on the American Heart Association recommendations. The mean pretest and posttest scores were compared using Student’s t test. A total of 350 GPs returned completed questionnaires, with a preponderance of males (n = 264, 75.4%) than females (n = 86, 24.6%). The mean correct responses increased significantly after the workshop session from 8 ± 2.1 to 14 ± 2.5 ( P = .01). The knowledge of GPs was almost doubled after the workshop and was significantly different for variables such as qualification, affiliation with teaching hospital, and number of years of practice ( P = .001). This survey, a representation of GPs from the Sindh province, indicated a significant doubling in knowledge after the workshop, proving that continuing medical education sessions play an important role in increasing awareness and staying updated.
INHALER APPARATUS WITH MODIFIED SURFACES FOR ENHANCED RELEASE OF DRY POWDERS

This invention is an inhaler providing surface topology (202, 204) for minimizing the area of contact between the medicament (107) and the surfaces of the inhaler. The surfaces are preferably made of a material having a low surface energy, and more preferably, also having, when uncharged, no substantial van der Waals or electrostatic interaction with the medicament. Furthermore, the material is preferably substantially chemically unreactive with the medicament.
Inovação para a prática da Antropologia Forense: OS-T-OMETRO

Este trabalho apresentará o equipamento OS-T-OMETRO desenvolvido pelo Dr. Frank Marotta para padronização e correta aferição das medidas antropométricas dos ossos longos. Nesta leitura será possível conhecer os componentes e a montagem deste dispositivo, que está em uso, desde 1988, no Laboratório de Antropologia do Instituto Médico Legal André Roquette, em Belo Horizonte.
Robotics digital innovation network

The overall aim of RODIN is to coordinate activities within the different PAA Innovation Actions and support them by increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of their activities, and improve their cross-PAA collaboration.
Main objectives of the project are to:
•	Disseminate best practice in the operation of robotics DIH networks
•	Gather information from DIH networks on their composition, service offers, assets and infrastructure relevant to applying robotics in the PAA
•	Develop collaboration with and between the DIH networks, developing links to key stakeholders in robotics and technology
•	Deliver communication and outreach activities to external stakeholders and policy makers
•	Establish a resource to share information with DIH IAs
•	Assess the performance of DIH networks and provide feedback to the consortia to improve and enhance their operation
•	Coordinate access to, and development of, platforms, pilots and demonstrators
•	Enable industry-led standards development
•	Assess the access to finance for SMEs and the role DIH networks play in developing synergy between national, regional and European funding mechanisms
•	Develop means of extending the networks across Europe 
•	Develop strategy around the future development of DIHs in robotics 
All objectives will be achieved by the proposed activities detailed in the work packages. RODIN also establishes and manages the Working Group that:
•	sets the basis for cooperation with the IAs
•	feeds back assessments of their performance and operation to the IAs
•	delivers best practice information to the IAs
•	develops models of sustainability for robotic DIH networks
RODIN fully addresses the CSA called for under DT-ICT-02-2018 b): Robotics – Digital Innovation Hubs (DIH). It addresses the need to support and cooperate with the four Digital Innovation Hub networks under DT-ICT-01-2018 a) to coordinate activities and develop synergy between the four Priority Area DIH networks thereby creating a network of networks.
Asymmetric organocatalytic fluorination with fluoride salts

Fluorine is a key element in modern pharmaceutical, agrochemicals and anesthetics. It is well-known that fluorine substitution can strongly improve drug efficiency by modifying the properties of compounds such as lipophilicity, metabolic stability, bioavailability and protein binding affinity. The selective installation of fluorine into molecules, especially in a catalytic way, still represents a major challenge for organic synthesis. To date, chemists have developed a range of transformations for carbon-fluorine bond formation yet the vast majority employs fluorine sources derived from F2, a highly toxic and corrosive gas. Only few processes involve the use of cheaper fluoride salts but often require expensive transition metals and suffer from a limited scope. With this proposal, we envision the development of a novel asymmetric metal-free catalytic reaction for carbon-fluorine bond formation by employing cost effective fluoride salts. The organocatalytic process we have designed is mechanistically unprecedented and will be applied to the synthesis of enantiopure fluoroamines which have a direct application in medicinal chemistry. This novel methodology will therefore provide a novel toolbox of reactions for chemists both from academia and industry and has the potential to have a strong impact on society by improving diagnostics, patient care and health-related quality of life.
EFEITO DA REVISÃO DA NORMA DE ARRENDAMENTOS NO CONSERVADORISMO CONTÁBIL DAS COMPANHIAS ABERTAS DE BENS INDUSTRIAIS

Objetivo: Este estudo objetiva verificar o efeito da revisão da norma de arrendamentos no conservadorismo contábil das companhias abertas de bens industriais listadas na B3. Método: As companhias foram analisadas por meio de regressões múltiplas fundamentadas no modelo de Ball e Shivakumar (2005). Principais resultados: Os resultados apontaram um comportamento mais conservador das companhias do setor de bens industriais após a adoção do Pronunciamento Técnico CPC 06 (R2) – Arrendamentos, o que representa um ganho na qualidade informacional dos relatórios reportados, visto que as obrigações de arrendamento subavaliadas passaram a ser incorporadas no balanço patrimonial. Contribuições: Como contribuição, as evidências empíricas podem gerar dados importantes que permitem reflexões quanto a eficácia das alterações dos pronunciamentos técnicos, além de auxiliar profissionais e normatizadores nos debates sobre as futuras revisões da norma e colaborar com o avanço dessa discussão no ambiente acadêmico. Relevância: O CPC 06 (R2), vigente no Brasil a partir de 1º de janeiro de 2019 e elaborado em conformidade com a International Financial Reporting Standards 16 – Leases, trouxe mudanças significativas acerca do reconhecimento, mensuração e evidenciação contábil dos arrendamentos, pois os arrendamentos, até então classificados em duas modalidades (financeiro e operacional) segundo o CPC 06 (R1) – Operações de Arrendamento Mercantil, passaram a receber o mesmo tratamento contábil para os arrendatários e, portanto, extinguiu-se a diferença entre arrendamento financeiro e operacional. Nesse sentido, a relevância deste estudo está em verificar se a revisão da norma de arrendamentos contribui para melhorar a qualidade da informação contábil.
Wading through batchelor’s book

It is a real pleasure for me to review this immensely popular text on fluid dynamics. I will begin with a comment on the general character of the book, and on a few of the features that set it apart frommost other books on the subject. Subsequently, I attempt a detailed chapter-wise discussion of the book contents. An effort has been made in this latter part to highlight the significance of the topics covered, to discuss the intricacies of the physical arguments presented by the author (the very arguments that make the text a must-read for a proper understanding of the subject), and further, to point out connections withmore recent research when possible. It is hoped that the points brought out will guide a beginner in finding material in the book that wouldn’t have been apparent except from a detailed reading. As would be the case in any review, the material that follows is, on one hand, biased by my experiences in the field, and on the other hand, limited by my inadequate knowledge of the subject.
Pan european technology energy research approach

Collaborative work is pivotal in the development work that the consortium proposes through the PANTERA CSA. Through this coordinated activity the consortium is confident that it will deliver a multi-dimensional platform of pan-European status and influence capable of leveraging coherence and trust as a pull towards enhanced R&I in energy systems centered around an integrated grid active and responsive. This proposed platform, can work for Local Energy Systems in an integrated PAN European Smart Grid with specific emphasis on the less privileged / low spending countries. It will bring together the attractiveness of successful partnerships being national, regional or European building through them the will for enhanced adaption to areas and partnerships that can broaden active participation for mutual benefit. Emphasis will be given to develop an innovative top-down and bottom-up approach for effectively identifying the key challenges in accelerating R&I activities in low spending countries. Formalize a governance structure capable of delivering targeted objectives that will bring under the same umbrella all active entities / stakeholders in the field of smart grids / storage and local energy systems to leverage synergies and maximize benefits. Develop enhanced knowledge-sharing mechanisms that help identify, discuss and structure the key R&I challenges. Deliver through the platform ready-made tools that will facilitate the collection of real data / results from on-going projects, build a useful shareable data repository, capable of supporting case studies of exploitable results, scenario building and local energy system analysis accessible by all interested stakeholders. Organize dedicated workshops which facilitate exchanges of experience and capacities between members of R&I community in collaboration with already on-going activities aiming to wider participation, strengthen objectives and extent impact of achieved results.
Chapter 7 Competitors or Collaborators: A Comparison of Commercial Diplomacy Policies and Practices of EU Member States

Commercial diplomacy within the EU is currently a matter for the individual EU member states (MS). This results in different policies and practices. But to what extent do they really differ? This chapter presents the results of a comparative study on EU MS commercial diplomacy policies and practices. The policy goals and practices of all 27 MS were assessed via document analysis and interviews with commercial diplomats. The findings show considerable differences in terms of the responsible ministry, the policy focus, the network of foreign posts and the work performed at the foreign post. However, countries that entered the EU first seem to have similar commercial diplomacy policy and practices characteristics, as do the countries that entered the EU after 2003. Furthermore, the results of statistical tests show that countries that entered first are similar in size, wealth, share of EU trade, number of embassies inside the EU, number of employees at the foreign post and the activism of the foreign post. These similarities apply as well for the countries that entered the EU after 2003. Overall, this study concludes that home country characteristics (size, culture, government), host country characteristics (institutions, culture, regime) and the relationship between a home country and a host country affect the commercial diplomacy policies and practices.
Protection against interleaving transactions using a transaction manager

A transaction manager maintains an enlistment data structure used for managing resource object enlistment. A transaction manager may receive an enlistment request initiated from a resource object. Upon receiving the request, the transaction manager will determine if the resource object is already enlisted. If the resource object is already enlisted, the transaction manager will block the enlistment request. If the resource object is not enlisted, the transaction manger will enlist the resource. Upon enlistment, the resource object will perform a requested task or service. After the requested task or service is complete, the resource initiates a delistment request to the transaction manager. After receiving the delistment request from the resource, object, the transaction manager is delisted from the enlistment data structure.
Biological water alarm system (biwas) for protection of urban drinking water infrastructure against cbrn threats

Safe drinking water is essentially a global concern, thus resulting in a considerably large market for water quality monitoring. Besides, potential terrorists might threaten water infrastructure in European cities, since poisoning the tap water is a low-cost attack that easily generates social panic and economic loss to the society. Due to lack of the ideal early warning tools on water safety, large amount of routine sampling and testing have to be done frequently to fight against possible CBRN threats on urban water supply. This project addresses feasibility study for the technical and economic viability of Biological Water Alarm System (BiWAS): An innovative low-cost early warning device for monitoring of drinking water safety over a broad spectrum of harmful substances, including (1) acute toxicant chemicals, (2) chronic carcinogenic chemicals, and (3) waterborne pathogens. The innovative content of BiWAS lies in the miniaturisation and integration with multidisciplinary knowledge, which makes BiWAS a continuous, automatic and portable device working for long period with only annually or biannually maintenance. The potential customers include public water suppliers, household users, hospitals, hotels, culinary and food industries, etc. An early warning system against CBRN threats in drinking water can be realized without more investment. A feasibility assessment on BiWAS product under Phase 1 includes market investigation, business plan development, risk assessment, intellectual property management and innovation strategy development. In the potential Phase 2, a commercializable prototype of BiWAS will be expected, which can be probably the first low-cost and broad-spectrum early warning device for water safety. With the outcome of Phase 1, it will guide the European companies towards the leading role of the global water quality monitoring techniques, and open a big door to the large market of global water quality monitoring, from Europe to the world.
An Early Permian (ca. 280Ma) silicic igneous province in the Alxa Block, NW China: A magmatic flare-up triggered by a mantle-plume?

Abstract Silicic igneous provinces have important implications for geodynamic processes. In this study, we show that the predominantly Early Permian (ca. 280 Ma) granitoids in the Alxa Block correspond to an important silicic igneous province with areal distribution in Northwest (NW) China. We present zircon U–Pb age and Hf–O isotopic, and whole-rock geochemical and Sr–Nd isotopic data for the newly identified I- and A-type granites and high Sr/Y granodiorites in the Bayannuoergong batholith, and gabbros, diorites and quartz diorites in the Bijiertai Complex, Alxa Block. The I-type monzogranites, granodiorites and A-type granites of the Bayannuoergong batholith were probably generated by mixing between crust- and mantle-derived magmas, partial melting of a thickened eclogitic lower crust and underplated mantle-derived mafic rocks, respectively. The gabbros, quartz diorites and diorites of the Bijiertai Complex were likely generated by partial melting of the lithospheric mantle, differentiation from basaltic magmas and partial melting of the middle crust, respectively. Despite pronounced geochemical and isotopic heterogeneity of these rocks, new SIMS and LA–ICP-MS U–Pb zircon dating indicates that they were formed over a very short time interval at ca. 280 Ma. Thus, the mantle, lower crust and middle crust underwent widespread melting at this time. Given that these magmatic rocks have no spatial or temporal zonation, and were probably formed in an extensional setting, we suggest that the ca. 280 Ma Tarim mantle plume in NW China may have triggered the magmatic flare-up of the Alxa silicic igneous province.
TREATMENT OF AMBLYOPIA

Treatment of Amblyopia A patient with amblyopia is treated using a pair of shutter glasses (100). The shutter glasses (100) have first (104b) and second (106b) shutters and respective first (104c) and second (106c) variable focus lenses corresponding respectively to a lazy eye and a preferred eye of the patient. A power of at least one of the first (104c) or second (106c) variable focus lenses is adjusted. An opacity of the first shutter (104b) is controlled according to a first scheme. An opacity of the second shutter (106c) is controlled according to a second scheme. The first and second schemes are adhered to while the shutter glasses (100) are worn by the patient during a treatment period. The use of variable focus lenses together with shutters provides for a greater flexibility and improved procedures including correction of the refractive error in one or both eyes and/or using sub-optimal refractive powers as part of the treatment. [Fig. 1b]
Electrothermal-driven gap adjustable MEMS comb structure: modeling and simulation of the equivalent circuit macromodel

Theoretical model of gap adjustable comb structure has been presented in this paper. This structure can be used to increase the sensitivity of sensor. As an example, an electrothermal-driven gap adjustable comb structure has been proposed, and the mechanical---electrical coupling equations of the system have been derived. According to the coupling equations, a macromodel of the comb structure has been presented through the combine of equivalent circuit method and nodal analysis method. Simulation of the macromodel has been carried out with SPICE, and the result agreed with the FEA result in a certain range of accuracy. The result has also been compared with theoretical analysis, which coincide the theoretical solution fully. Amplitude modulation characteristics of the gap adjustable comb structure have also been studied with SPICE in this paper.
Development of a three-dimensional model of temporal and mandibular joint to mapping the operation of the skeletal-churved apparatus for effective commercialisation of results in prosthetics, orthodontics and orthognatic surgery

The subject of the project is the development of a three-dimensional digital model of temporal and mandibular joint (SSŻ) with the determination of geometry and motion parameters for skeletal-churved structures, enriched with the deformity of these structures. The project will examine the movement of the mandible, taking into account the behaviour of the joint disc, using a set of sensors, CBCT (conical beam tomography) and MR (magnetic resonance imaging) and determined characteristics of mechanical properties of bones and muscles. On the basis of these studies, numerical models of rigid skull and mandible bases and complete numerical analyses will be carried out to map the actual movements of the patients’ stomatognatic system. This will allow the determination of the circumference of the knuckle movement of the joint s-that at the level of each patient individually. The results of the research will be verified and validated and used to develop a prototype of a new technology in the world for use in prosthetics, orthodontics and orthognatic surgery for the manufacture of medical products (including the provision of services) personalised for use mainly in the treatment of civilisation diseases.
Burning plasma achieved in inertial fusion

Obtaining a burning plasma is a critical step towards self-sustaining fusion energy1. A burning plasma is one in which the fusion reactions themselves are the primary source of heating in the plasma, which is necessary to sustain and propagate the burn, enabling high energy gain. After decades of fusion research, here we achieve a burning-plasma state in the laboratory. These experiments were conducted at the US National Ignition Facility, a laser facility delivering up to 1.9 megajoules of energy in pulses with peak powers up to 500 terawatts. We use the lasers to generate X-rays in a radiation cavity to indirectly drive a fuel-containing capsule via the X-ray ablation pressure, which results in the implosion process compressing and heating the fuel via mechanical work. The burning-plasma state was created using a strategy to increase the spatial scale of the capsule2,3 through two different implosion concepts4-7. These experiments show fusion self-heating in excess of the mechanical work injected into the implosions, satisfying several burning-plasma metrics3,8. Additionally, we describe a subset of experiments that appear to have crossed the static self-heating boundary, where fusion heating surpasses the energy losses from radiation and conduction. These results provide an opportunity to study α-particle-dominated plasmas and burning-plasma physics in the laboratory.
Finding the Angry Face in the Crowd: A Comparison Between Preadolescents and Adolescents with an Emotional Visual Search Task

Abstract The facial expression of anger is considered a salient signal of threat that elicits preferential allocation of attention as expected on the basis of an evolved module of fear. Though not explicitly stated in the model, an evolved threat -detection bias should operate across different ages. However, developmental data on such an advantage of anger with photographic stimuli is limited to preschoolers. The current study compares the speed of preadolescents to those of adolescents when detecting angry and happy faces in a visual search task with photos of 9 individuals. Angry faces were detected more efficiently compared to happy ones, across the two age groups. Additionally, for adolescents, the anger advantage was modulated by face gender. These results offer among the first evidence of an anger advantage in attention processing across development.