SIRIS-Lab/unlabelled-sti-corpus huggingface dataset:
Forced egg retention and oviposition behavior of malaria, dengue and filariasis vectors to a topical repellent diethyl-phenylacetamide.

Egg retention and oviposition behavior of four species of mosquito vectors viz., Anopheles stephensi, Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus, and Culex quinquefasciatus to a topical insect repellent diethyl-phenylacetamide (DEPA) at 0.1-1000 mg/L was investigated under laboratory conditions. Based on oviposition activity indices, DEPA demonstrated concentration dependent oviposition deterrent effect to A. stephensi (-0.18 to -0.97), A. aegypti (-0.18 to -0.91) and A. albopictus (-0.50 to -0.98) females. In contrast, positive oviposition response by C. quinquefasciatus (+0.39 and +0.70) was observed respectively at 0.1 and 1 ppm, while 10 ppm of DEPA on water received 50% lesser egg rafts than control. Gravid Culex females laid no egg rafts at 100 and 1000 ppm DEPA treated bowls effecting 100% oviposition deterrence. Test mosquito females deposited most of their eggs (> 90%) in the absence of repellent odour, while DEPA odour on water surface forced them to retain huge numbers of eggs. Females of A. aegypti, A. albopictus and A. stephensi retained 49, 67 and 50% of total eggs, respectively throughout the experiment. Egg retention by Culex females due to DEPA on the water surface was ca. 65%, equivalent to 4 egg rafts. Therefore, DEPA at lower concentrations could effectively disturb the oviposition by these vectors. Application of repellents in small water bodies would help in reducing the population build up of mosquitoes near human households and could be useful in the integrated management of mosquito vectors.
Tragic Aftermath of Californian Jungle Fire and Hawaiian Volcano Outburst, a Warning about Persistently Rising Global Warming, Resulting into High Rated Disaster’s Chain

Earthglobe is almost at flash point with respect to global heat contents and temperature and any sizeable further addition of heat to its environment will result into huge disaster of life, property and infrastructure at multiple locations on the globe. The recent example of this is the aftermath of Cali-fornian forest fires (2017-2018) and Hawaii volcano eruption as elaborated in this treatise. This has resulted into 7 main catastrophic events over the Earth globe in its first round, while in 2nd round, all the previous same 7 or similar event in the same or an area close to it are repeated with one more event added in the list. These wildfires add large quantity of heat directly to the globe and even more through abstraction of out going global heat radiation by their generated green house gasses, pollution and soot. The 2nd round is perhaps also supported by Hawaii volcanic eruption. The 3rd round has mainly completed and few expected events are yet in pipe line, but California jungle fire of November 2018 has strengthened its attacks again. The mechanics and tracks of its attacks with pulled in of its allies has been elaborated in this work with role of this wildfire and its all children; heat, soot, pollution and green house gasses in possible boast of global heat contents and temperature. It is observed that disastrous aftermath from all such heating events in the north are contained mainly in Northern Hemisphere, while contrary to this; some of such events in the south have hard strikes on the North. It is requested that Global heat contents rise, jungle fire and volcanic eruptions must be completely stopped by all means because this causes widespread disaster mainly over the tropical regions of Globe as experienced from Californian Jungle Fire.
SOIL TREATMENT COMPOSITION

A synergistic composition, method and kit for controlling, suppressing or preventing plant pathogens in soil is provided. The composition comprises (A) Tagetes (Marigold) essential oil, 5 (B) A/ium sativum (garlic) essential oil, (C) Brassica (mustard) essential oil, and (D) Capsicum (chilli) essential oil, in which thevolume ratioof (A):(B):(C):(D) isfrom 1:1:60:1 to 10:10:80:20. Meloidogyne larvae per 1000 ml soil 14cPr U, z T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 Figure 5
Solitude: alone but resilient

It is undeniable that social connections and interactions are key to the human experience. Perhaps for this reason, laypeople and scientists alike have assumed that being alone is aversive, a state inexorably tied to lonely emotions and sense of isolation. Yet solitude is experienced daily by nearly everyone, and though it can be negative it can also be a constructive and rewarding time. What makes some more psychologically resilient to solitude and why do some experience fewer of the negative and more of the positive emotions associated with this potentially challenging state? The SOAR project will integrate fragmented literatures and model contributions of predictors at event, individual, and cultural levels.   This ambitious three-part project consists of complementing qualitative and quantitative approaches and will be the first to build a conceptual model through open science methods, offering intrinsic value to research conducted outside of the field of solitude. WP1 explores what solitude, and psychological resilience within it, means to people in different circumstances through semi-structured interviews, imagery, and written narratives. WP2 tests predictors of psychological resilience within solitude to develop a conceptual model, first with a novel diary study approach to capture solitude as it occurs, then with a large-scale multi-nation assessment, and finally with older adults. Finally, WP3 develops a resilience in solitude intervention as an experimental test of the model, and conducts a field experiment with older adults. The radical shift in theory, and use of novel, multifaceted approaches, will guide our understanding of how humans respond in the immediate absence of social connections, and pave the way for further understanding self-processes, the role of the self in relation to interpersonal interactions and society, and psychological resilience more broadly.
Expert Estimation and Historical Data: An Empirical Study

Expert estimation is the estimation strategy which is most frequently applied to software projects; however, this method is not very much reliable as the accuracy of the estimations thus obtained is always influenced by the level of experience of the expert. As part of the experts’ experience is made up by the information they obtain from historical data, we wanted to learn about the value such historical data has for an expert estimator. To do so, we designed an empirical study. We compared the accuracy of the estimations made with several estimation methods based on productivity, size, and analogies which use historical data, to that obtained with expert estimation. We used two similar applications; one was used as the target application and the other one was used to obtain historical data. The results show that the accuracy of expert estimation is affected by the expert’s work experience, the level of experience he/she has in the technologies to be used to develop the applications, and his/her level of experience in the domain of the applications. The use of historical data may improve the intuitive expert estimation method when the work experience, the experience in the technologies to be used to develop the application, and the experience in a given domain is low, as well as when the team velocity is unknown. Keywords—Expert; Expert Estimation; Effort Estimation; Empirical Study; Historical Data.
Development of the lean azimuthal flame as an innovative aviation gas turbine low-nox combustion concept

The low-NOx potential of ""Flameless Oxidation"" (or ""MILD combustion"", as is otherwise known) has been demonstrated for industrial furnaces and gaseous-fuel flames, but it has not been explored yet for aviation gas turbines burning kerosene. In this project, the ""Lean Azimuthal Flame"" (LEAF), a new combustor design that can operate at the ""Flameless Oxidation"" mode and that has been tested for gaseous fuels so far producing very low NOx, CO, and unburnt hydrocarbons, will be developed for kerosene as an innovative low-NOx candidate combustor concept for the long-term. The work comprises tests at low and elevated pressures, development of new kinetic schemes for kerosene combustion under MILD combustions, development of experimental diagnostics and sectional models for nanoparticles so as to assess the particulate emissions of the kerosene LEAF and to increase our predictive capability, modelling by advanced combustion models (Large-Eddy Simulation with sub-grid Conditional Moment Closure supplemented with the new kinetic schemes for NOx and soot), and the construction of low-order models for emissions and thermoacoustics for the LEAF. The models can also assist the medium-term improvement of existing combustors such as those based on the RQL or LPP concepts. The consortium consists of four highly-experienced partners, with significant expertise with the LEAF, combustion in vitiated air, NOx and particulate emissions chemistry, and numerical modelling, and with emphasis on knowledge transfer to industry. The outcomes of the project can provide new options to the European aeroengine industry and can result in significanly lower NOx emissions than at present due to the unique low emissions of the ""Flameless Oxidation"" combustion mode.
Silver spoons in the rough: can environmental enrichment improve survival of hatchery Atlantic salmon Salmo salar in the wild?

This study tested the ‘silver spoon’ hypothesis which posits that individuals that develop under favourable conditions should enjoy a fitness advantage later in life because they are more likely to recognize and settle in high-quality habitats. Atlantic salmon Salmo salar of two age classes (0+ and 1+ years) were reared in environmentally enriched or standard hatchery tanks for a short period (c. 10 weeks), were then released into a natural river and sampled on repeated occasions to test for silver-spoon effects. Compared with controls, enriched fish had a 6·4% higher recapture rate and settled in higher velocity habitats when they were stocked as 0+ year fry, but not when they were stocked as 1+ year parr. The opportunity for selection was generally higher for environmentally enriched fish than for controls, and also higher for 0+ than for 1+ year fish. Selection favoured individuals with high condition factor, extensive fat reserves and longer than average pectoral fins in both age classes but favoured a small body size in 1+ year and a large body size in 0+ year releases. Stomach analysis showed that enriched fish ate more, and adapted quicker to natural prey than controls. These results provide support for silver-spoon effects in fish and indicate that enrichment can improve post-release performance in conservation programmes, but seemingly only if fish are not kept in captivity for too long.
Improvements appertaining to Horses for Clothes-drying-closets.

22,811. Longsdon, H. C. Oct. 3. Clothes-horses.-In drying-closets in which a series of horses are mounted on wheels and run on rails, their fronts a closing the closets, the clothes-rails and rails c<4> on which the wheel bearings are mounted are of tubing or iron bars secured by unions d and screws passing through the end frames. Brackets h acting as bearings and protective covers for the wheels are secured to the end frames and the rails c' by slots and bolts and by U-bolts k, respectively.
Method of Synthesis of Automatic Correction Systems of Underwater Vehicles Linear Displacements

Abstract In this work the synthesis method of system of automatic correction of underwater vehicle linear displacements is described. Arbitrary non-zero values of underwater vehicles angles of roll and trim arise under the influence of external forces and torques. Proposed system automatically changes corresponding thrusters thrusts depending on current values of said angles. It provides high-accuracy underwater vehicle moving in given direction. Besides, developed system allows to eliminate underwater vehicle displacements from given spatial trajectory which caused by vehicle asymmetry and different values of added mass of fluid and viscous friction coefficients when underwater vehicle moves along different degrees of freedom. As result of using of proposed correction, operator can control desired torque vector of underwater vehicle without considering of appearance of arbitrary angles of roll and trim. Results of performed numerical simulations have confirmed high efficiency of functioning of synthesized system.
Can Economic Globalization be Measured

Globalization has many meanings but it is generally defined as economic and political interdependence on a worldwide scale through the increasing speed, ease, and extent with which goods, capital, services, technologies, people, cultures, information and ideas cross borders all around the world. In this paper, three definitions, from IMF, WB and European Commission, of eeconomic globalization were adopted. From this, four aspects of trade, capital movement, movement of people and spread of knowledge and technology were branched out into 11 variables. Each variable were looked at and discussed in its current relevance to economic globalization. It can be concluded that with this updated identified variables, it can be adopted to measure the level of economic globalization in future studies.
Previsão do preço do milho, através de séries temporais

Corn is a major crop of Brazilian agribusiness in both productivity and profitability and has gained space between the other cultures mainly in Rio Grande do Sul, where comes the traditional culture of wheat replacing. The importance of this crop is given by the fact that it can be used for various purposes from the food to the animal. Due to great economic influence of culture to the national and regional scenario this work addressed a comparison between the models of ARIMA time series and Holt-Winters exponential smoothing applied to historical series of monthly average price of maize in Rio Grande do Sul. The analysis of the results showed that the model Holt-Winters additive even for very little difference showed best results for corn price forecasts in comparison to the fitted model ARIAMA (1.1, 2).
Validated LC–MS/MS method for determination of YH-8, a novel PKnB inhibitor, in rat plasma and its application to pharmacokinetic study

(E)-Methyl-4-aryl-4-oxabut-2-enoate (YH-8) is a novel PKnB protein kinase inhibitor with good anti-tuberculosis activity. To evaluate its pharmacokinetics in rats, a sensitive and selective high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometric (LC--MS/MS) method has been developed and validated for the quantification of YH-8 in rat plasma for the first time. Samples were pre-treated using a liquid--liquid extraction with ethyl acetate and the chromatographic separation was performed on a C18 column by gradient elution with methanol--water as the mobile phase. YH-8 was detected using a tandem mass spectrometer in positive selected reaction monitoring (SRM) mode. Method validation revealed good linearity over the range of 1-500 ng/mL for YH-8 with a lower limit of quantification (LLOQ) of 1 ng/mL. Intra- and inter-day precision of YH-8 assay in rat plasma samples were 2.0%-6.8%, with accuracy of the method being 100.69%-106.18%. Stability test showed that when spiked into rat plasma, YH-8 was stable for 12 h at room temperature, for up to 15 days at -70 °C, and after three freeze-thaw cycles. Extracted samples were found to be stable over 12 h in an auto-sampler. The method was successfully applied to the pharmacokinetic study of YH-8 in rats after oral administration at 100 mg/kg and 200 mg/kg.
Development of a novel servovalve concept for aircraft

The aim of this research project is to develop, in line with the Work Programme 2014-2015 of Horizon 2020 “Smart, green and integrated transport-mobility for growth”, a novel servovalve prototype for aerospace applications having lower complexity and number of parts, lower manufacturing costs and weight, and greater reliability and efficiency compared to common valve configurations. The fellow’s activity alongside the research group at the Centre for Power Transmission and Motion Control (University of Bath) will focus on the optimization of an existing valve prototype (which was recently conceived at the Centre) with the aim of allowing the safe and effective implementation of the new valve concept in aircraft. The research objectives will be reached thanks to the fellow’s unique expertise in optimization and computational fluiddynamic analysis applied to hydraulic valves and experimental testing of hydraulic components, combined with the host’s expertise in designing novel control techniques. The fellow, who will undertake high level training both at Bath and at the Aircraft Group of Moog Controls Ltd (5 month secondment), will utilize new approaches such as a reliable and flexible optimization process based on numerical models coupled to genetic algorithms; the technical solutions resulting from the numerical activity will be constructed through innovative manufacturing techniques, such as Additive Manufacturing, so as to allow the realization of non-conventional geometries. The outcomes of the latter phase will be tested experimentally on a hydraulic test bench. The new servovalve concept, which is expected to outperform commonly used configurations, has the potential to save costs and time across the whole life cycle of aircraft and to reduce power consumption and emissions of aircraft, with great impact on European economy and society.
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In this Letter, comprehensive results on ${\rm\pi}^\pm$, K$^\pm$, K$^0_S$, p, $\rm\bar{p}$, $\rm \Lambda$ and $\rm \bar{\Lambda}$ production at mid-rapidity ($0 < y_{\rm cms} < 0.5$) in p-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}} = 5.02$ TeV, measured by the ALICE detector at the LHC, are reported. The transverse momentum distributions exhibit a hardening as a function of event multiplicity, which is stronger for heavier particles. This behavior is similar to what has been observed in pp and Pb-Pb collisions at the LHC. The measured $p_{\rm T}$ distributions are compared to results at lower energy and with predictions based on QCD-inspired and hydrodynamic models.
Design optimization of Floor Cranes

This paper inculcates a way to make the floor crane as more efficient with less material requirement. This has been achieved by minimizing reach of the crane from the floor. The crane is assumed to be cantilever type. Also tension and acceleration in steel ropes are analysed to ensure the safety. The optimized crane successfully passed the various analysing tests which include deflection, bending moment, rope tension and acceleration of the loads in the rope. It also includes another method which provides the virtual user interface for the design engineer. By providing the crane dimensions in the virtual panel, the predefined program automatically creates the CAD modelling in the CAD software. The program is made with visual studio and Solid works macro. Finally, this work reduces the burden on the design engineer and increases the productivity.
U(VI) Reduction to Mononuclear U(IV) by Desulfitobacterium Species

The bioreduction of U(VI) to U(IV) affects uranium mobility and fate in contaminated subsurface environments and is best understood in Gram-negative model organisms such as Geobacter and Shewanella spp. This study demonstrates that U(VI) reduction is a common trait of Gram-positive Desulfitobacterium spp. Five different Desulfitobacterium isolates reduced 100 μM U(VI) to U(IV) in <10 days, whereas U(VI) remained soluble in abiotic and heat-killed controls. U(VI) reduction in live cultures was confirmed using X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) analysis. Interestingly, although bioreduction of U(VI) is almost always reported to yield the uraninite mineral (UO2), extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) analysis demonstrated that the U(IV) produced in the Desulfitobacterium cultures was not UO2. The EXAFS data indicated that the U(IV) product was a phase or mineral composed of mononuclear U(IV) atoms closely surrounded by light element shells. This atomic arrangement likely results from inner-sphere bonds between U(IV) and C/N/O- or P/S-containing ligands, such as carbonate or phosphate. The formation of a distinct U(IV) phase warrants further study because the characteristics of the reduced material affect uranium stability and fate in the contaminated subsurface.
LOCK MECHANISM

The invention is concerned with a lock mechanism of the kind having a deadbolt (9) which is operable by either an inside actuator or an outside actuator. The inside actuator usually includes a turn knob or the like, and the outside actuator usually includes a key operated lock. The lock mechanism includes a gear train (8) through which each of the two actuators is drivably connected to the deadbolt (9). The gear train includes two drive gears (13, 14) which are independently rotatable about a common axis of rotation, and each is connected to a respective one of the two actuators so as to rotate in response to operation of that actuator. The gear train (8) also includes two driven gears (17, 18) which are united to form a single piece composite gear (16), and each driven gear (17, 18) is cooperable with a respective one of the two drive gears (13, 14). The composite gear (16) is connected to the deadbolt (9) so that the deadbolt (9) moves between operative and inoperative positions in response to rotation of the composite gear (16). Each actuator adopts a rest position when the deadbolt (9) is in the inoperative position, and neither drive gear (13, 14) cooperatively engages with the composite gear (16) when the respective actuator is in the rest position. Furthermore, the gear arrangement is such that the outside actuator turns through 360 DEG to cause the deadbolt (9) to move from one of its positions to the other, whereas 180 DEG rotation of the inside actuator is sufficient to effect the same degree of deadbolt movement.
Research on Dual Margin of China's Export after Entry into WTO

By applying the decomposition method of Hummels and Klenow(2005), this paper finds that China's export growth after its entry into the WTO mainly stems from the intensive margin and the contribution of the extensive margin is insignificant. There was no substantial change in this growth mode before or after the financial crisis. By a close decomposition of the intensive margin,this paper finds that the export growth from the intensive margin is principally a result of the quantity expansion. Therefore, to transform this growth mode is a matter of great urgency. Using bilateral panel data of China with its 22 trade partners, the empirical research suggests that the main decisive factors of the extensive margin are destination market scale, multi-lateral resistance and FDI, and the main decisive factor of the intensive margin is fixed cost. The conclusions provide some important empirical support for China's formulation of current export stabilization policies