SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Créer un pays, le royaume de Poyais. Gregor MacGregor, emprunts d’État et fraude financière 1820-1824

Depuis le 23 octobre 1822, la bourse de Londres enregistre l’échange sulfureux et enthousiaste d’un nouveau titre sur son marché des emprunts étrangers : l’obligation de l’État de Poyais. À la tête de ce territoire inconnu se trouve Gregor MacGregor, un ancien mercenaire écossais et nouveau Cacique flamboyant de ce territoire alors inconnu. Ce dernier emprunte plusieurs centaines de milliers de livres sterling au sein du centre financier le plus important du monde, gonflé à bloc par les prêts accordés aux récentes indépendances latino-américaines. Or, Poyais n’existe pas. C’est, du moins, ce dont MacGregor sera rapidement accusé par la presse et l’opinion publique de l’époque. L’ancien mercenaire incarne dès lors, et aujourd’hui encore, la figure de l’escroc par excellence, à l’origine de la fraude la plus audacieuse de l’Histoire. Des figures telles que « Bernie » Madoff ou Charles Ponzi font encore souvent pâle figure face à celui reconnu pour être parvenu à faire croire l’entier de la communauté financière de Londres de l’existence d’un pays imaginaire. Ce livre propose une déconstruction et une réécriture de l’histoire du Poyais. En retraçant minutieusement la genèse, le développement, et la chute du projet de Poyais à l’aune des multiples traces laissées par MacGregor, l’idée d’émettre une dette souveraine sur le marché des capitaux londonien dans les années 1820 apparaît ainsi moins comme une fraude financière monumentale que comme une tentative ratée de financer l’établissement d’une colonie privée et de soutenir la création d’un nouvel État en Amérique centrale. Dans la lignée des travaux issus de la micro-histoire appliquée à l’histoire globale, cette étude de cas offre également une lunette à travers laquelle se révèlent nombre de dynamiques politiques, économiques, légales ou sociales propres aux transformations financières et impériales qui traversent l’Atlantique du début du XIXe siècle. En narrant l’histoire d’un emprunt raté, cette réinterprétation du Poyais contribue ainsi à l’étude de la formation de relations transatlantiques de crédits et commerciales, se forgeant entre la City de Londres et les nouveaux souverains issus des révolutions latino-américaines.
Baltic biomaterials centre of excellence

The Rudolfs Cimdins Riga Biomaterials Innovations and Development Centre (RBIDC) is a part of Rigas Tehniska Universitate, Latvia (RTU). The RTU RBIDC research team is composed of chemists, chemical engineers and materials scientists. RTU RBIDC scientists are working on well-defined materials science research areas for bone tissue replacement and regeneration. There has been a long lasting cooperation between RTU RBIDC and the Latvijas Organiskas Sintezes Instituts (LIOS) on investigations of biomaterials developed in RTU RBIDC. LIOS has vast experience in preclinical testing of biological/pharmacological activity in in vitro and in vivo systems. Biomaterials developed at RTU RBIDC, in cooperation with clinicians from the Rigas Stradina Universitate, Latvia (RSU) and Riga Stradins University Institute of Stomatology (RSU IS), which starting from 15 June, 2018 has been added to project as a new partner, have been tested in clinical practice in more than 400 patient cases. RTU RBIDC research fields and scientific capacity will be the core for establishing a new Baltic Biomaterials Centre of Excellence (BBCE) and by adding the crucial experience of RSU, RSU IS and LIOS research fields, full-cycle development of biomaterials will be covered.
Establishment of Centre of Excellence will provide an opportunity to combine expertise and infrastructure, to create critical mass and excel at specific field and create spill-over effects between different fields. Within the formation of critical mass in research and development, also the cooperation between industry and research organisations will be encouraged, leading to technology transfer and delivery of new products in the market. Hence BBCE project´s main objective is to establish a joint Baltic Biomaterials Centre of Excellence for advanced biomaterials development based on the long-term strategic cooperation between AO--Forschungsinstitut Davos, Switzerland (ARI) and Friedrich-Alexander-Universitaet Erlangen Nuernberg, Germany (FAU) on the one hand and RTU RBIDC, LIOS, RSU IS and RSU on the other hand.
ITINÉRAIRE DES PATRIMOINES ACCESSIBLES

The project wants to elaborate a network of cultural heritage as part of an integrated management of shared resources in the "maritime" space. Specifically, the project will result in structuring a great itinerary and in the ability to integrate the actions the Tyrrhenian area by relying on a network consisting of the four regions and by a series of "laboratories of tangible and intangible heritage and landscape" allowing a direct linkage between the institutional authorities and local actors. Governance tools, both technological and regulatory methodology, will be developed. The project addresses the main partners of the "maritime" space, the services of four regions corresponding to the various skills of the project, departments and provinces to implement a policy for managing cultural heritage. Finally, many recipients are common and municipal associations, institutes and organizations for cultural, are associated.
The main activities will focus on the organization of a control device for structuring a management that will target the sustainability of the system, establishing a network of laboratories, implementation of interventions for the preservation and accessibility of a number of elements of heritage, research and new courses of study through local workshops.
A novel method for analyzing solanesyl esters in tobacco leaves using atmospheric pressure chemical ionization/mass spectrometer

A direct and simple method for analyzing solanesyl esters found in tobacco leaves was developed. Sample preparation was performed by accelerated solvent extractor 200 (ASE200) using n-hexane followed by evaporating solution in vacuo and dissolving residue with acetone. The separation of analytes was conducted through high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) equipped with an SIL-C18/5C column and the non-aqueous reversed phase chromatography (NARP) technique using acetone and acetonitrile as the mobile phase with a linear gradient. Atmospheric pressure chemical ionization/mass spectrometer (APCI/MS) in positive mode was used to detect solanesyl esters in the following conditions: capillary voltage 4000 V, corona current 10 microA, drying gas flow 5 mL/min, fragmentor voltage 200 V, nebulizer pressure 60 psi, and vaporizer temperature 500 degrees C. Each solanesyl ester was identified by the comparison of analyte with synthesized solanesyl esters. Quantification was conducted by selected ion monitoring (SIM) mode in order to detect the specific product ion (613.6 m/z) fragmented from solanesyl ester. The calibration curve was made in the range of 0.1-40 microg/mL with a regression coefficient over 0.999 on almost all solanesyl esters. The limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantification (LOQ) ranged from 0.01 to 0.05 microg/mL and from 0.03 to 0.15 microg/mL, respectively, on the SIM mode of MS for quantification. Recovery (%) ranged from about 80 to 120%. The direct quantification using the developed method succeeded in showing a different amount and composition of solanesyl esters among various tobacco leaves.
BIOMIMETIC MULTILAYER COMPOSITIONS

The present invention provides, inter alia, compositions including at least one pliable layer comprising a plurality of silk fibroin nanofibrils, and at least one rigid layer comprising a plurality of mineral crystals, wherein each rigid layer is associated with at least one pliable layer, as well as methods for the production and use thereof.
ROTATABLE DISPENSER ASSEMBLY FOR SOLID UNITS

A dispenser assembly (2) for solid units (4) includes an outer sleeve (10) having an end (12) and a first sidewall (14) extending from the end of the outer sleeve, the first sidewall having a window (19) proximate to the end of the outer sleeve; and an inner housing (50) inserted into the outer sleeve, the inner housing including an end (54) with an opening therein leading to a compartment configured for storing the solid units. The dispenser assembly (2) is configured to rotate between a CLOSED position corresponding to the window being blocked by a portion of the inner housing, and an OPEN position corresponding to the window not being blocked by the inner housing in order to allow at least one of the solid units to be dispensed through the window.
Impulsionamento de Conteúdo na Internet e Desempenho Eleitoral no Legislativo Brasileiro: uma replicação

Este trabalho consiste em uma replicação da monografia “Campanha eleitoral online no Brasil em 2018: mais gasto com Internet ganha eleição?”, de Nunes (2018). A partir da constatação de que a pesquisa original não elimina devidamente os obstáculos para o estabelecimento de relações causais apresentados por Kellstedt e Whitten (2013), pretende-se, com esta replicação, a partir da utilização da técnica de regressão logística, confirmar ou contestar as inferências resultantes da obra analisada com base nos dados do Tribunal Superior Eleitoral para as eleições de 2018. Além disso, a presente pesquisa dialoga diretamente com as dimensões pedagógica, substantiva e de transparência, que são inerentes à replicabilidade, segundo Rocha et al. (2013), na medida em que implica no aprimoramento das técnicas a partir da replicação e na facilitação da aprendizagem, além da proteção contra erros honestos que podem vir a ocorrer. A partir da análise de 5035 casos, obtivemos o resultado estatisticamente significante de que há relação positiva entre Gastos com Impulsionamento de Conteúdo na Internet e Sucesso Eleitoral.
A Survey of Pressure Control Approaches in Water Supply Systems

Pressure control in water distribution networks (WDNs) provides an avenue for improving both their sustainability and reliability. The complexities of the networks make the problem more challenging as various situational operations must be accounted for to ensure that the entire system performs under recommended conditions. In general, this problem is addressed by the installation of pressure reducing valves (PRVs) in WDNs and determining their appropriate settings. Researchers have proposed the utilization of several control techniques. However, the limitations of both computational and financial resources have compelled the researchers to investigate the possibility of limiting the PRVs while ensuring their control is sufficient for the entire system. Several approaches have been put forward to mitigate this sub-problem of the pressure control problem. This paper presents a review of existing techniques to solve both the localization of PRVs and their control problems. It dwells briefly on the classification of these methods and subsequently highlights their merits and demerits. Despite the available literature, it can be noted that the solution methods are yet to be harmonized. As a result, various avenues of research areas are available. This paper further presents the possible research areas that could be exploited in this domain.
Multimodal and multiparty social interactions modelling

The project addresses the modelling of multimodal communicative human behaviour during natural interactions in multiparty settings and specifically the conversational and feedback strategies of the interaction participants in terms of attention, engagement and conflict management. The knowledge base for this modelling problem will be a collection of human-human interaction recordings to be acquired through a concise experimental protocol and state-of-the-art equipment. The communicative behavior will be analysed in multimodal signals, including facial expressions, gaze and prosodic cues that provide information about social interaction management and speakers’ attitudes. This information becomes more complex in group interactions, where a management mechanism will be discovered and modelled. These low-level signals will be examined in relation to their timing and sequence to infer and model high-level signals of attention, engagement and conflict, and subsequently implement modules to feed existing HCI interfaces such as dialogue systems or avatars. The implementation of such novel models will allow for the creation of more sophisticated human-like agent-based interfaces of high quality communication experience, especially in scenarios where social and cognitive skills, in addition to the communicative ones, are crucial for the success of the interaction, i.e. in the education, customer care domains and web applications requiring interfaces triggered by human communication. The project builds on the strengths of the applicant in multimodal communication and language technology, and combines these with new training in intelligent systems and human-computer interaction to support a new research direction and to strengthen cross-European collaboration. The host provides an excellent supportive environment conducive to the interdisciplinary research envisaged in the project and the training objectives of the fellowship in view of the applicant’s career development.
Rapid therapy development through open ncoronavirus vaccine platform

The OPENCORONA consortia will test a therapy that protects against 2019-nCoV infection and/or disease in a phase I clinical trial in 24 months. The spread of the 2019-nCoV (or SARS-CoV-2) between the Jan 21 and Feb 11 has expanded alarmingly. There are >43000 confirmed cases of which >1000 has died. Around 7000 have a severe disease. The infection still mainly affect mainland China, although an increasing number of cases are seen outside China. The major question is what will happen when China halts its massive isolation campaign. No approved human coronavirus immunotherapy or vaccine exists. Thus, speed in therapy and vaccine development is critical. Genetic analysis shows that the 2019-nCoV envelope and receptor binding domain only has a 75% homology with other human coronaviruses. Thus, existing immunotherapies and vaccine candidates against other coronaviruses, such as SARS, will not be useful against 2019-nCoV. We will use the DNA vaccine platform as this is currently the most rapid and robust vaccine platform today. We will generate chimeric 2019-nCoV genes (Figure 1) and select the most potent DNA vaccine/immunotherapy candidate delivered by in vivo electroporation that protects against 2019-nCoV infection and/or disease in animal models and take this to phase I clinical testing. The partners in the consortium have done this before and all know-how for reliable development is present. KI and FoHM will develop vaccine candidates and infectious models, JLU will test candidates for over-activation of innate immunity, IGEA will provide a CE marked device for in vivo electroporation in humans. Cobra will produce plasmid according to GMP, Adlego will perform toxicological testing according to GLP, and Karolinska will write the  (Investigator’s brochure) and IMPD (Investigational Medicinal Products Dossier), file with ethics comitty and EMA, and perform a phase I clinical trial of the immunotherapy/vaccine in healthy volunteers. All these tasks are within the expertise that the partners do every day. Thus, this is truly realistic.
Samarium(III)-based AGET ATRP of Acrylonitrile Using Ascorbic Acid as Reducing Agent

Atom transfer radical polymerization using activators generated by electron transfer (AGET ATRP) of acrylonitrile (AN) initiated by ethyl 2-bromoisobutyrate (EBiB) was approached for the first time in the absence of oxygen and in the presence of air, using a novel catalyst system based on SmBr3·6H2O/isophthalic acid complexes and using ascorbic acid (VC) as a reducing agent. Both the polymerization in the absence of oxygen and in the presence of air proceeded in a well-controlled manner as evidenced by kinetic studies. Compared with the polymerization in the absence of oxygen, the polymerization in the presence of air provided rather slow reaction rate and showed better control of molecular weight and its distribution under the same experimental conditions. The polymerization apparent activation energies in the absence of oxygen and in the presence of air were calculated to be 47.1 and 51.3 kJ·mol−1, respectively. A slow polymerization rate and a broad polydispersity index were observed using anisole and ...
Neo-Kaleckian and Sraffian Controversies on the Theory of Accumulation

Non-orthodox economists generally share the Keynesian Hypothesis of the independence of investment from capacity savings, in the long run no less than in the short run. This hypothesis marks an essential point of difference from neoclassical theory. Keynes showed that within the limits of the existing capacity utilisation, investment determines savings rather than the other way around. How best to extend this conclusion to the long run is the object of the current paper. The paper assesses the controversy on demand-led growth that has taken place since the mid-1980s between neo-Kaleckian and Sraffian authors. The Sraffian front may be divided into a first and a second Sraffian position, the latter being the Sraffian supermultiplier approach. I shall argue that this second approach is the most promising framework for analysing economic growth.
Fisioterapia respiratoria post-COVID-19: algoritmo de decisión terapéutica

La pandemia causada por la enfermedad de la COVID-19 ha supuesto un gran reto para los profesionales del sistema sociosanitario, intensificándose con el manejo y atención de las manifestaciones clínicas que potencialmente pueden presentarse de manera persistente en las personas que han superado la enfermedad. Para ello, la fisioterapia respiratoria se presenta como piedra angular dentro del modelo de abordaje interdisciplinar que requiere esta población. Dado que la implementación de esta opción terapéutica continúa siendo limitada en España, es imprescindible realizar una evaluación integral y exhaustiva de la persona que nos permita establecer criterios de selección a fin de optimizar el uso de los recursos humanos y materiales existentes. Para ello, se propone un algoritmo de decisión terapéutica basado en pruebas de evaluación validadas y objetivas de las posibles manifestaciones clínicas del paciente. La aplicación de este algoritmo, en cualquier nivel asistencial (atención especializada y atención primaria/comunitaria) junto con la atención centrada en la persona, el impulso del uso de los espacios comunitarios verdes y azules de las ciudades y un adecuado uso de las tecnologías de la comunicación y la información, nos permitirá optimizar el modelo de atención de fisioterapia respiratoria en el contexto actual, marcado por la COVID-19. The outbreak of COVID-19 has posed a great challenge for the healthcare system which has been later aggravated by the need of managing clinical manifestations and potential sequelae in COVID-19 survivors. In this context, respiratory Physiotherapy emerges as a cornerstone in the interdisciplinary management warranted in this population. Given that the implementation and resources available for the interdisciplinary therapeutic interventions in Spain is scarce, it is essential to perform a comprehensive, exhaustive and personalised assessment. This will allow us to establish more accurate selection criteria in order to optimise the use of existing human and material resources. To this end, we propose here a decision-making algorithm for clinical practice to assess the clinical manifestations in people recovered from COVID-19 based on well-established, validated tests and assessment tools. This algorithm can be used at any clinical practice environment (primary care/community or hospital-based), combined with a patient-centered model and the use of community and e-Health resources and its application to improve the Physiotherapy care of these patients in the COVID-19 era.
Microscale processes governing global sustainability

Reactive transport modelling is a key tool in understanding the extremely complex interplay of flow, transport and reactions occurring over various temporal and spatial scales in the subsurface. The most difficult challenge in reactive transport is the capture of scale dependence, and upscaling reactive transport will ultimately only be successful if there is a detailed understanding of fundamental mechanisms at the pore level and the supporting data are available. State-of-the-art tools (e.g. X-ray microtomography and on-chip porous media) are not sufficient to understand reactive flow, as they do not provide real-time mapping of propagation of fronts (e.g. temperature, pressure, concentration) that are critical to refine and validate simulations.

The ambition is to progress beyond the state of the art via additive manufacturing tools to print 3D replicas of porous cores that enable monitoring the properties within the pores. Our unique approach is to develop for the first time three-dimensional instrumented replicas of porous structures, so we can gain much needed dynamic data at the pore scale that can be incorporated into validated simulations coupling flow and reactive transport processes.

We combine expertise and integrating ground-breaking work in: (i) additive manufacturing to produce three dimensional replicas of porous structures; (ii) tools to embed sensors to determine in-vivo propagation of fronts (pressure, temperature, pH) within complex structures; and (iii) novel high-fidelity in-silico pore models coupling relative permeability functions and critical saturations with compositional changes and validated using virtual reality tools. The ERC MILEPOST project will transform our ability to analyse and predict the behaviour of a wide range of pore-scale processes governing the macroscopic behaviour of complex subsurface systems and open up new horizons for science in other areas, e.g porosity controlled in polymers and bioprinting.
Supply-Side Policies in the Depression: Evidence from France

The effects of supply-side policies in depressed economies are controversial. We shed light on this debate using evidence from France in the 1930s. In 1936, France departed from the gold standard and implemented mandatory wage increases and hours restrictions. Deflation ended but output stagnated. We present time-series and cross-sectional evidence that these supply-side policies, in particular the 40-hour law, contributed to French stagflation. These results are inconsistent both with the standard one-sector New Keynesian model and with a medium scale, multisector model calibrated to match our cross-sectional estimates. We conclude that the New Keynesian model is a poor guide to the effects of supply-side shocks in depressed economies.