SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
The City as a Laboratory

Treating cities as laboratories and as learning and experimental objects has many advantages playing an important role in fostering and supporting the circular transition. A city is an accessible and inexhaustible resource for considering motivating challenges to those learning any subject, and its nearness and complexity make it ideal for university students. This chapter explains this concept and describes the method and results obtained by two different examples and a related workshop with groups of students of the European Project Semester. The first was a learning experiment on the inclusive city carried out during the academic year 2018/19, and the second was on the redesign of the Valencia bus station as a challenge during the 2020/2021 academic year, including the workshop as preparatory activity. In this chapter, the authors explain a reflexive-type activity that contributes to exploring the city as a complex environment collaborating through university activity in the necessary transition towards more sustainable cities.
New Design Method of UWB Microstrip Filters Using Adaptive Genetic Algorithms with Defected Ground Structures

The effects of adaptive genetic algorithms (AGAs) and defected ground structures (DGSs) on performance optimization of tapered microstrip filter are investigated. The proposed structure achieves an ultra wide stopband with high attenuation within a small surface area, as well as 45% smaller size, in comparison with conventional filters. The parameters of the filter are optimized using in-home AGA code. In the proposed AGA algorithm, the crossover and mutation probabilities are adaptively changed according to the value of individual fitness. Then by utilizing the proposed DGS, a compact S-band lowpass filter with ultra-wide spurious free window is obtained. The proposed filter achieves an insertion loss of 0.8 dB from DC up to 4 GHz and 21 dB rejection in the stopband from 4.3 up to 60 GHz. The fabricated and measured results exhibit good agreement with the simulated results. They demonstrate that combining AGA and DGS yields best possible response for this group of filters.
MANUFACTURING OF ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE ACTUATORS

Methods and a device for the continuous manufacturing of artificial muscle actuator device fibers are disclosed. The method includes: threading an untwisted fiber along the axis of a tube and inside the tube that includes a heating means to raise the localized temperature of a cross-section of the tube to a predetermined temperature; providing a tension on the untwisted fiber; and twisting the untwisted fiber while the fiber is within the tube.
One earthquake, two tales: narrative analysis of the tenth anniversary coverage of the 921 Earthquake in Taiwan

This article studies media coverage of the ‘921’ Earthquake in Taiwan during two periods in 2009, ten years after the disaster, which occurred on 21 September 1999 (the date which provided the event with its compressed identifier). First it looks at coverage in the wake of another major disaster (Typhoon Morakot) that occurred just before the tenth anniversary of the earthquake, and then during the regular tenth anniversary commemorations of the earthquake. Using narrative analysis, this article notes that during the first period, journalists responded to a disaster event with an historical precedent by adopting the 921 Earthquake as a benchmark, ‘villain’, and moral allegory to explain the current disaster and forecast future closure. During the second period, this study shows how journalists used regular commemorative features on the 921 Earthquake to describe that event based on survivor testimony and present commemorative events. By portraying two interpretations of a single past event back to back, this study demonstrates how news media selectively employ the ‘usable past,’ and the implications of this for the formation of collective memories of past events.
The European Charter for Sustainable Tourism in protected areas of Archimed regions integrated with EMAS, Agenda 21 and Ecolabel

The project ARCHICHARTER promotes the improvement of Parks environment through the implementation of the European Charter for Sustainable Tourism (Charter) in parks of the ARCHIMED area, where tourism is a significant economic activity but can be a threat. With the Charter the project aims at promoting cooperation among Parks and private and public stakeholders, in order to define a common Strategy for sustainable tourism development and for the introduction of shared Plan for Action. The project promotes a transnational approach to tourism creating new skills and market opportunities. Tourism is fundamental for economy in Mediterranean area with strong natural, cultural and traditional values, where natural systems and human activities are interdependent, and economic activities strongly influence the ecosystems status, hence the need to adopt a perspective which takes into account these inter-relations in local development actions. This concern may find an useful tool in the European Charter for Sustainable Tourism (Charter), a strategic instrument jointly defined by Europarc, the EU DGXI and IUCN for promoting sustainable tourism in protected areas. The Charter considers every local resource as the core of tourist attractiveness and, therefore, compels park administrators, tourist operators and all relevant stakeholders to set up a network to jointly define tourism development strategies combined with environment protection and to valorize cultural heritage. Within the ARCHIMED area no parks still joined the Charter. The project ARCHICHARTER aims at enhancing Charter’s implementation, stimulating public/private synergies inside the parks and among parks of different regions. Moreover, the project aims at integrating the Charter with elements of additional tools such as EMAS, Local Agenda 21, Ecolabel. Project partners are mainly administrators of protected areas or with Nature 2000 sites located in areas of tourist relevance, in need to develope a strategy for managing tourism in order to prevent consequences of tourism pressures. ENEA will be responsible for the scientific quality of project’s implementation with the support of Europarc, (the body envisaged by EU for Charter implementation) and the Italian National Competent Body which has the responsibility of Ecolabel diffusion.
Impact of Tropical Pacific Precipitation Anomaly on the East Asian Upper-Tropospheric Westerly Jet during the Boreal Winter

Abstract The leading mode of boreal winter precipitation variability over the tropical Pacific for the period 1980–2010 shows a west–east dipole pattern with one center over the western North Pacific (WNP) and Maritime Continent and the other center over the equatorial central Pacific (CP). Observational evidence shows that the variability of the East Asian upper-tropospheric subtropical westerly jet (EAJ) has a significant correlation with precipitation anomalies over the WNP and CP and that tropical precipitation anomalies over WNP and CP have a distinct influence on the variation of the EAJ. A series of numerical experiments based on a linear baroclinic model are performed to confirm the influence of the heating anomalies associated with precipitation perturbations over the WNP and CP on the EAJ. The results of numerical experiments indicate that a heat source over the WNP can excite a northward-propagating Rossby wave train in the upper troposphere over East Asia and facilitate a poleward eddy momentum flux. It results in the acceleration of the westerlies between 30° and 45°N, which favors a northward displacement of the EAJ. The response induced by a heat sink over the CP features a zonal easterly band between 25° and 40°N, suggesting that the response to heat sink associated with negative precipitation anomalies over the CP may weaken the EAJ. A strengthened relationship was found between tropical Pacific precipitation and the EAJ since 1979. The modeling results suggest that the shift of mean states might be responsible for the strengthened EAJ–rainfall relationship after 1979.
IMPACT OF BIOSOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MOTHER ON BIRTH WEIGHT OF THE NEWBORN

Objective: To find out the impact of biosocial characteristics of the mother on birth weight of the newborn. Study Setting: Three most busy hospitals of District Dehradun. Study Design: Cross sectional descriptive study. Study Period: One year (i.e. from May 2006 to April 2007. Study Population: Pregnant females delivering live infants in the study setting during the period of study. Material & Methods: The study group comprised of 1300 mothers from HIMS Jolly Grant, S.P.S.S. Government hospital Rishikesh and Doon Hospital Dehradun which contributed in equal proportions to the sample. Each hospital was visited for four days in a week till the sample for that hospital was complete and later shifted to the next to follow the same procedure. Interviewing and examination of the mother and the newborn were the main methodologies adopted for the present study. All the mothers who delivered live infants were interviewed within 24 hours after delivery on a pre-designed schedule, and this was followed by the examination of the mother and the new born. Data was collected on a structured and pre-tested questionnaire. Statistical analysis: Data was entered in SPSS (Version 10.0) & Microsoft Excel programme and were subjected for statistical significance. Results: The highest prevalence of LBW was found among mothers aged 5. Conclusions: Mothers health and the biosocial factors significantly contribute to the prevalence of low birth weight among the newborns.
Genomic resistance island AGI1 carrying a complex class 1 integron in a multiply antibiotic-resistant ST25<i>Acinetobacter baumannii</i>isolate

The objective of this study was to locate the antibiotic resistance determinants in the multiply antibiotic-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolate D4.The genome was sequenced using Illumina HiSeq and assembled de novo using Velvet. PCR was used to link the relevant contigs and fill the gaps. Sequences were compared with ones in GenBank and annotated.A sporadic A. baumannii isolate D4, recovered in Sydney in 2006 from a wound, was multiply antibiotic resistant. D4 is ST25 (Institut Pasteur scheme) and exhibited resistance to third-generation cephalosporins and reduced susceptibility to ciprofloxacin, as well as resistance to aminoglycosides (gentamicin, kanamycin, neomycin and tobramycin) and further older antibiotics, nalidixic acid, sulfamethoxazole, streptomycin, spectinomycin and trimethoprim. The gyrA gene has a mutation consistent with nalidixic acid resistance. The bla PER conferring cephalosporin resistance, together with the aadB, aadA13/2, aadA2, strAB and sul1 resistance genes, are located within a 29 173 bp complex class 1 integron that includes three copies of intI1, three cassette arrays and two copies of the 3'-conserved segment. This integron is adjacent to the resG gene of an integrative genomic resistance island, AGI1 (Acinetobacter genomic island 1), with a backbone related to that of islands in the SGI1, SGI2 and PGI1 families. AGI1 is located at the 3'-end of the chromosomal trmE (formerly thdF) gene.AGI1 represents a new lineage of genomic resistance islands that belongs in the same broad group as members of the SGI1, SGI2 and PGI1 families. Genes conferring resistance to cephalosporins, aminoglycosides and sulphonamides are located in a complex class 1 integron within AGI1.
Application of MPI Technique for Distributed Rainfall-Runoff Model

Distributed Models have relative weak points due to the amount of computer memory and calculation time required for calculating water flow using a numerical analysis based on kinematic wave theory when compared to the conceptual models used so far. Typically, the distributed models have been mainly applied to small basins. It was necessary to decrease the resolution of the grid to make it applicable for large scale watersheds, and because it would take up too much time to calculate using a higher resolution. That has been one of the more difficult factors in applying the model for actual work. In this paper, MPI (Message Passing Interface) technique was applied to solve the problem of calculation time as it is one of the demerits of the distributed model for performing physical and complicated numerical calculations for large scale watersheds. The comparison studies were performed a single domain and a divided small domain in Yongdam Dam watershed in case of typoon `Ewiniar` at 2006. They were compared to analyze the application effects of parallelization technique. As a result, a maximum of 10 times the amount of calculation time was saved but keeping the level of quality for discharge by using parallelization code rather than a single processor.
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ATTACHING A PATCH

A connector for connecting a patch to tissue in vivo. According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a patch suitable for obliterating or sealing an aberrant space or cavity caused by a disease or condition, where the aberrant space or cavity causes real or potential morbidity. A device for connecting a patch to tissue in vivo. According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a patch delivery system for connecting a patch to tissue in vivo.
The initial 244pu abundance of the solar system

The proposed project is a crossroad of noble gas cosmochemistry, geochemical modelling and astrophysics. We will obtain a best estimate of the initial 244 Plutonium content of the Solar System at the time when the first condensed mineral assemblages formed in the hot solar nebula. We will apply this value to model the volatile depletion history of the silicate Earth and to produce the first self-consistent estimate on the timing of the last addition of matter produced in rapid neutron capture processes (r process) to the Solar System. 244 Pu is an r-process- only short lived radionuclide that goes through spontaneous fission to produce Xenon isotopes and in principle the 244 Pu-Xe system can be used as chronometer to date early volatile loss events in Solar System solids. We propose a comprehensive experimental approach to study noble gases in combination with Nd (similarly volatile to Pu) and U (more volatile than Pu) abundances on a complementary set of samples that is adequate to explain the possible variation in the initial Pu/U ratio in different meteorites and early condensed mineral assemblages and to evaluate the applicability of the chronometer. While the Experienced Researcher is an expert in noble gas geochemistry and has experience in geochemical modelling, she will gain the knowledge on cosmochemistry and stellar nucleosynthesis required to interpret and discuss the new results produced in this project. The individual fellowship will help her start her early career as a postdoc and provide a crucial mobility to build a network in Europe and do research with high impact.
Cobblestone plaques on the lateral side of the neck

International Journal of DermatologyEarly View Clinicopathologic challenge Cobblestone plaques on the lateral side of the neck Jose M. Llamas-Molina MD, Jose M. Llamas-Molina MD Department of Dermatology, Hospital Universitario San Cecilio, Granada, Spain Spain Biohealth Research Institute (ibs.GRANADA), Granada, SpainSearch for more papers by this authorRicardo Ruiz-Villaverde MD, PhD, Corresponding Author Ricardo Ruiz-Villaverde MD, PhD ricardo.ruiz.villaverde.sspa@juntadeandalucia.es orcid.org/0000-0002-0381-6174 Department of Dermatology, Hospital Universitario San Cecilio, Granada, Spain Spain Biohealth Research Institute (ibs.GRANADA), Granada, Spain Correspondence Ricardo Ruiz-Villaverde, md, phd Servicio de Dermatología Hospital Universitario San Cecilio Avenida de la Investigación s/n, 18016 Granada Spain E-mail: ricardo.ruiz.villaverde.sspa@juntadeandalucia.esSearch for more papers by this author Jose M. Llamas-Molina MD, Jose M. Llamas-Molina MD Department of Dermatology, Hospital Universitario San Cecilio, Granada, Spain Spain Biohealth Research Institute (ibs.GRANADA), Granada, SpainSearch for more papers by this authorRicardo Ruiz-Villaverde MD, PhD, Corresponding Author Ricardo Ruiz-Villaverde MD, PhD ricardo.ruiz.villaverde.sspa@juntadeandalucia.es orcid.org/0000-0002-0381-6174 Department of Dermatology, Hospital Universitario San Cecilio, Granada, Spain Spain Biohealth Research Institute (ibs.GRANADA), Granada, Spain Correspondence Ricardo Ruiz-Villaverde, md, phd Servicio de Dermatología Hospital Universitario San Cecilio Avenida de la Investigación s/n, 18016 Granada Spain E-mail: ricardo.ruiz.villaverde.sspa@juntadeandalucia.esSearch for more papers by this author First published: 07 April 2022 https://doi.org/10.1111/ijd.16190 Conflict of interest: None Funding source: None Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Early ViewOnline Version of Record before inclusion in an issue RelatedInformation
Complete pathological response of NSCLC

Methods In a 64y o. male a squamous cell lung cancer was diagnosed in his left upper lobe by bronchoscopic brush biopsy cytology. Stage III.A cT2N2MO. He underwent the neoadjuvant treatment: received six cycles of cisplatin etoposid combination. After the restaging (Stage IBycT2NOMO) we performed a pneumonectomy and the mediastinal blockdissection, because of the involvement of the pulmonary artery and spreading to the lower lobe. The pathologist found only pulmonary fibrosis, but no tumor. In 50 y.o. male an adenocarcinoma of the right upper lobe was diagnosed by bronchoscopic brush cytology. Stage IIIA cT3N2MO. He received the same induction therapy regimen. After restaging (Stage IBycT2NOMO) he underwent a right upper lobectomy. At the operation we have not found any abnormal or enlarged N2 lymphonodes. The hystopathological examination showed only necrotic tissues and haemorrhages, but no tumour. Both patients are alive without any complications and tumourfree.
The dust devils in galaxy centres

Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are the most powerful objects in the Universe. Their power source is accretion of surrounding matter onto the supermassive black holes in the galaxy centers. During the accretion process huge radiation pressure builds up preventing a large amount of matter to actually fall into the black hole. Instead, it is blown away in polar directions up to kiloparsec scales. Recently, it was discovered that these polar winds are very dusty and form hollow cones and therefore roughly resemble dust devils. This research action aims at investigating this newly discovered dust structures because they have the potential to significantly advance our understanding not only of the AGN phenomenon but contribute to the question of how the feedback on AGN onto their host galaxies works. Specifically, the polar dusty winds could  dominate the power output of the AGN in the mid-infrared (MIR) which so far has been firmly attributed to the canonical torus structure. Here, I propose to study the polar dust structures in AGN with unprecedented new observations. First, I want to asses the ubiquity of these structures, and second determine their physical properties including dust composition. The results will be used test whether they are caused by dusty polar wind being launched from the accretion disk and driven by the radiation pressure to large distances. If true, our picture of the nuclear dust structure of the AGN could be transformed  from a static phenomenological torus into a highly dynamic structure where the obscuration is caused by the combination of the accretion disk and the base of this dusty wind. This would be a result of high impact in the field and together with the training objectives of this fellowship allow me to reach and demonstrate professional maturity.
Therapeutic role of curcumin in oxidative DNA damage caused by formaldehyde

Formaldehyde is a common environmental contaminant that causes oxidative DNA damage in cells by increasing the production of reactive oxygen species. The aim of this study was to investigate the amount of 8-hydroxy-deoxyguanosine (8-OhdG), tumor protein 53(TP53), beta-amyloid[Aß(1-42), Aß (1-40)], total antioxidant capacity (TAC) and malondialdehyde (MDA) and the therapeutic role of curcumin in rat cells with oxidative DNA damage caused by formaldehyde.The control group was given physiological saline for 15 days (i.p.) and the second group was given 37% formaldehyde (i.p.) at a dose of 9 mg/kg group every other day. The third group was given 9 mg/kg formaldehyde (i.p.) every other day and treated therapeutically with 100 mg/kg curcumin every day by gavage. At the end of the trial period, urine, blood, and brain tissue was collected from the rats.The levels of MDA in sera were increased and the TAC, TP53, and Aß (1-40) levels were reduced in the formaldehyde-treated group with respect to the control group (p<0.005). After treatment with curcumin, the levels of sera MDA were significantly reduced, the TAC, TP53, and Aß (1-40) levels were significantly increased (P < 0.05). The levels of whole brain Aß (1-42) and 8-OhdG were increased in the formaldehyde-treated group and reduced after treatment with curcumin (P < 0.05). Urinary 8-OhdG excretion increased in the formaldehyde-treated group (P < 0.05) and decreased after treatment with curcumin (P > 0.05).In conclusion, the oxidative stress caused by formaldehyde exposure was reduced with the application of curcumin.
Spectral geometric methods in practice

Spectral geometry concerns the study of the geometric properties of data domains, such as surfaces or graphs, via the spectral decomposition of linear operators defined upon them. Due to their valuable properties analogous to Fourier theory, such methods find widespread use in several branches of computer science, ranging from computer vision to machine learning and network analysis.

Despite their pervasive presence, very little efforts have been devoted to the design and application of spectral techniques that deal with corrupted, missing, high-dimensional or abstract data undergoing complex transformations. This lack of focus is mainly motivated by the widespread acceptance, supported in part by theoretical results, that an ε-perturbation to the geometry of the data (as small as the removal of a single point) can induce arbitrary changes in the operator’s eigendecomposition – leading to a limited adoption of spectral models in real-world applications. This project challenges this view, contending that such presumption of instability is primarily due to a suboptimal choice of the analytical tools that are currently being employed, and which only provide part of the picture. In fact, strong evidence largely contradicts the expected behavior on real geometric data. The reason behind this apparent inconsistency lies in the different focus of current methods, which provide crude bounds and are directed toward other kinds of perturbation than those observed in real settings.

The ambitious goal of this project is to develop a novel theoretical and computational framework that will fundamentally change the way spectral techniques are constructed, interpreted, and applied. These tools will enable a range of currently infeasible uses of spectral methods on real data. They will deal with strong incompleteness, corruption and cross-modality, and they will be applied to outstanding problems in geometry processing, computer vision, machine learning, and computational biology.